Title : 
FDTD simulation of near-field fiber probe with distinctive tapered structures
         
        
            Author : 
Bo Gong ; Tielin Shi ; Wei Zhu ; Xiaoping Li ; Guanglan Liao ; Shiyuan Liu ; Zirong Tang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a distinctive tapered structure of near-field fiber probe to improve the propagation efficiency. By FDTD simulations, we examine the dependence of the efficiency on the tapered structure parameters.
         
        
            Keywords : 
finite difference time-domain analysis; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical fibres; probes; FDTD simulation; distinctive tapered structures; near-field fiber probe; propagation efficiency;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chennai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-4718-1