Modal symmetries at the nanoscale: a route toward a complete vectorial near-field mapping

作者：le Feber Boris; Rotenberg Nir; van Oosten Dries; Kuipers L^*

来源：Optics Letters, 2014, 39(9): 2802-2805.

DOI：10.1364/OL.39.002802

We use symmetry considerations to understand and unravel near-field measurements, ultimately showing that we can spatially map three distinct fields using only two detectors. As an example, we create 2D field maps of the outof-plane magnetic field and two in-plane fields for a silicon ridge waveguide. Furthermore, we are able to identify and remove polarization mixing of less than 1/30 of our experimental signals. Since symmetries are prevalent in nanophotonic structures and their near-fields, our method can have an impact on many future near-field measurements.

• 出版日期2014-5-1