Theory of imaging a photonic crystal with transmission near-field optical microscopy

Details Theory of imaging a photonic crystal with transmission near-field optical microscopy Theory of imaging a photonic crystal with transmission near-field optical microscopy

1998-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9801161v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

28 pages of ReVTex, 14 ps figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.58.2131

While near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) can provide optical images with resolution much better than the diffraction limit, analysis and interpretation of these images is often difficult. We present a theory of imaging with transmission NSOM that includes the effects of tip field, tip/sample coupling, light propagation through the sample and light collection. We apply this theory to analyze experimental NSOM images of a nanochannel glass (NCG) array obtained in transmission mode. The NCG is a triangular array of dielectric rods in a dielectric glass matrix with a two-dimensional photonic band structure. We determine the modes for the NCG photonic crystal and simulate the observed data. The calculations show large contrast at low numerical aperture (NA) of the collection optics and detailed structure at high NA consistent with the observed images. We present calculations as a function of NA to identify how the NCG photonic modes contribute to and determine the spatial structure in these images. Calculations are presented as a function of tip/sample position, sample index contrast and geometry, and aperture size to identify the factors that determine image formation with transmission NSOM in this experiment.

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