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Concurrent polarization retrieval in multiheterodyne scanning near-field optical microscopy: validation on silicon formbirefringent grating

Yu, Libo  
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Sfez, Tristan  
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Paeder, Vincent  
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2012
Optics Express

We demonstrate a concurrent polarization-retrieval algorithm based on a multi-heterodyne scanning near-field optical microscopy (MHSNOM) measurement system. This method relies on calibration of the polarization properties of the MH-SNOM using an isotropic region of the sample in the vicinity of the nanostructures of interest. We experimentally show the effectiveness of the method on a silicon form-birefringent grating (FBG) with significant polarization diversity. Three spatial dimensional near-field measurements are in agreement with theoretical predictions obtained with rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA). Pseudo-far-field measurements are performed to obtain the effective refractive index of the FBG, emphasizing the validity of the proposed method. This reconstruction algorithm makes the MH-SNOM a powerful tool to analyze concurrently the polarization-dependent near-field optical response of nanostructures with sub wavelength resolution as long as a calibration area is available in close proximity.

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research article
DOI
10.1364/OE.20.023088
Web of Science ID

WOS:000309955100013

Author(s)
Yu, Libo  
Sfez, Tristan  
Paeder, Vincent  
Stenberg, P.
Nakagawa, Wataru
Kuittinen, M.
Herzig, Hans Peter  
Date Issued

2012

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Published in
Optics Express
Volume

20

Issue

21

Start page

23088

End page

23099

Subjects

instrumentation

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measurements

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polarimetric imaging

Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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