title: Characterization of strong electromagnetic field confinement on gold nanostructures by apertureless scanning near-field optical microscopy.
abstract: We report on the detection of the optical near field of a 1D gold particle array by using an apertureless scanning near-field optical microscope. The strong near-field confinement measured above the grating proves unambiguously the near-field origin of the detected optical signal. Comparing the experiment with theory leads us to assign the optical near field to the first diffracted order of the grating, which is evanescent.
authors.affiliation: Institut Charles Delaunay, CNRS FRE 3959, LNIO, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France. severine.diziain@univ-fcomte.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diziain
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: P-M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bijeon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Royer