Sub-Wavelength Probing and Modification of Complex Photonic Structures / Silvia Vignolini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vignolini, Silvia, author.

Series:

Premio Firenze University Press tesi di dottorato (Series)

Premio Tesi di Dottorato

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonlinear optics.

Photonic crystals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Firenze, Italy : Firenze University Press, [2010]

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.

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