title: Bowtie nano-aperture as interface between near-fields and a single-mode fiber.
abstract: We present the development and study of a single bowtie nano-aperture (BNA) at the end of a monomode optical fiber as an interface between near-fields/nano-optical objects and the fiber mode. To optimize energy conversion between BNA and the single fiber mode, the BNA is opened at the apex of a specially designed polymer fiber tip which acts as an efficient mediator (like a horn optical antenna) between the two systems. As a first application, we propose to use our device as polarizing electric-field nanocollector for scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). However, this BNA-on-fiber probe may also find applications in nanolithography, addressing and telecommunications as well as in situ biological and chemical probing and trapping.
authors: Département d'Optique P.M. Duffieux, Institut FEMTO-ST, UMR CNRS 6174, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon cedex, France. mathieu.mivelle@femto-st.fr
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