Antenna-Attached Parabolic Probe for Excitation and Collection Modes in SNOM

Plasmonics - 2016
Wei Zhu1,2, Tielin Shi2, Guanglan Liao2, Zirong Tang2,1
1Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2State Key Lab of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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A novel optical fiber probe with a parabola-like shape and a nano-antenna mounted on the center of its endface is proposed for simultaneous excitation and collection modes in scanning near-field optical microscopy. The working principles of the probe are demonstrated, and its optical properties are theoretically investigated and compared with the conventional tip-on-aperture probe. It shows that the probe can greatly boost both the enhancement factor for the excitation mode and the collection efficiency for the collection mode. The proposed probe is a promising tool to realize low-cost and high resolution for a wide variety of near-field measurements in biology, physics, and chemistry.

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