Imaging resonant modes in photonic crystal nanocavity by atomic force microscope nano-oxidation

W. Y. Chen, M. J. Chen, C. C. Cheng, T. M. Hsu, C. J. Wang, J. I. Chyi

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Abstract

Electric field distributions of resonant modes in a photonic crystal nanocavity were imaged using atomic force microscope nano-oxidation. A grid pattern of nanosize oxides was grown on the nanocavity to perturb the resonant modes. The perturbation caused a shift in the resonant wavelength that was proportional to the local electric field intensity of the resonant mode. The experimentally obtained field intensity images agreed excellently with the finite-difference time-domain calculations. The measured resonant mode images had high spatial resolution and image contrast, owing to the extremely local perturbation of the atomic force microscope oxidation technique.

Original languageEnglish
Article number191110
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume98
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 May 2011

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