Nanofocusing of radially polarized light with dielectric-metal-dielectric probe

Opt Express. 2009 May 25;17(11):9191-6. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.009191.

Abstract

Nanofocusing properties of a tip in the form of a dielectric tapered fiber with metal apertureless coating and dielectric nanocladding can be tuned within a wide spectral range by choice of cladding permittivity. The silica core of diameter decreasing from 2 mum to 5 nm in apex is covered with a silver layer and has a 5 nm dielectric cladding. Internal illumination with a radially polarized Laguerre-Gauss beam guided in fiber is used. In body-of-revolution finite-difference time-domain simulations we find that with an increase of the refractive index of nanocladdings the maximum enhancement occurs for increasingly longer wavelengths.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Metals / chemistry*
  • Optical Devices*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Transducers*

Substances

  • Metals