title: Near- and far-field optical properties of embedded scatters in AgOx-type super-resolution near-field structures.
abstract: In recent near-field optical recording techniques, the super-resolution near-field structures (super-RENS) have been successfully demonstrated to overcome the diffraction limit. To realize the possibility of replacing the conventional near-field optical probe by the super-RENS, and to understand the relations between the near-field enhancements and detectable far-field signals, we use the two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method to study the near-field and far-field properties of different types of embedded scatters in the AgOx-type super-RENS.
authors.affiliation: Center of Nanostorage Research, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tai Chi
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Wei-Chih
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Din Ping
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Tsai