Sub-Wavelength Probing and Modification of Complex Photonic Structures
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 ligh...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze
Firenze University Press
2010
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| Series: | Premio Tesi di Dottorato
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (90 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6453-139-7 9788864531373 9788864531397 9788892736863 |
| Access: | Open Access |