• DocumentCode
    3012585
  • Title

    Surface Plasmon Polariton-based Coaxial Probe for Terahertz Near-field Microscopy

  • Author

    Surawicz, Dustin ; Bolívar, Peter Haring ; Shin, Heungjoo ; Mizaikoff, Boris

  • Author_Institution
    Siegen Univ., Siegen
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An enhanced sensitivity near-field terahertz microscope concept is presented based on surface plasmon polariton assisted tunneling through a sub-wavelength coaxial probe. A concentric metallo-dielectric coupling structure yields a field enhancement by two orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    infrared imaging; optical microscopy; polaritons; submillimetre wave imaging; surface plasmons; tunnelling; concentric metallodielectric coupling structure; enhanced sensitivity near-field terahertz microscope; field enhancement; subwavelength coaxial probe; surface plasmon polariton assisted tunneling; Apertures; Biomedical optical imaging; Coaxial components; Frequency; Microscopy; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Plasmons; Probes; Sensor systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453026
  • Filename
    4453026