Subwavelength imaging of light confinement in high-Q/small-V photonic crystal nanocavity
- 17 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 92 (11)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2890051
Abstract
International audienceThe optical near field of a high-Q and ultrasmall volume photonic crystal nanocavity is visualized with a subwavelength resolution by using a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) operating at the same time in collection-scanning mode and in interaction-scanning mode. It is shown that the nanocavity resonant mode is selectively visualized by using the SNOM interaction-scanning mode while the whole electromagnetic field surrounding the nanocavity is probed using the SNOM collection-scanning mode. The different optical near-field images are compared in light of a three-dimensional numerical analysis and we demonstrate an unexpected mode coupling at the cavity resonanceKeywords
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