Sub-Wavelength Probing and Modification of Complex Photonic Structures

The aim of this thesis consists in the study and modification of complex photonic nano-structures. Nowadays, propagation of light in such materials is a rich and fascinating area of research, both for its fundamental implications and for its practical technological impact. To deeply investigate ligh...

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Main Author: Silvia Vignolini (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Firenze University Press 2010
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Summary:The aim of this thesis consists in the study and modification of complex photonic nano-structures. Nowadays, propagation of light in such materials is a rich and fascinating area of research, both for its fundamental implications and for its practical technological impact. To deeply investigate light propagation inside these structures a high spatial resolution technique is required, especially because intriguing effects often occur on length scales comparable with the diffraction-limit or involve coupling phenomena on this length scale. For this reason in this thesis a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope represents one the most straightforward tool both to study and locally modify complex photonic nano-structures from perfect periodic to completely random ones.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (90 p.)
ISBN:978-88-6453-139-7
9788864531397
Access:Open Access