Imaging of near-field diffraction patterns with subwavelength resolution in the optical region

Duncan J. Butler; Keith A. Nugent; Ann Roberts; Patrick D. Kearney

doi:10.1117/12.134884

1 February 1992 Imaging of near-field diffraction patterns with subwavelength resolution in the optical region

Duncan J. Butler, Keith A. Nugent, Ann Roberts, Patrick D. Kearney

Proceedings Volume 1556, Scanning Microscopy Instrumentation; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134884
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Near-field microscopy techniques are ideally suited for the determination of optical electromagnetic field structures with high spatial resolution. In this paper we report some preliminary results of our experiments on the near-field diffraction by a straight-edge and on the fields emanating from a single mode optical fiber. It is suggested that near-field techniques might provide an excellent approach to characterizing the properties of optical fibers.

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Duncan J. Butler, Keith A. Nugent, Ann Roberts, and Patrick D. Kearney "Imaging of near-field diffraction patterns with subwavelength resolution in the optical region", Proc. SPIE 1556, Scanning Microscopy Instrumentation, (1 February 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.134884

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