表面等离子体亚波长光学前沿进展

目前表面等离子体激元(surface plasmon polaritons，SPPs)在光存储、光激发、显微术以及生物光子学等领域中的应用前景受到了广泛的关注．文章介绍了SPPs的基本性质和表面等离子体亚波长光学(surface plasmons subwavelength optics)研究中的热点问题及发展方向．     

Near-field lithography on the azobenzene polymer liquid crystal films

In this article, we reported near-field research on azobenzene polymer liquid crystal films using scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). Optical writing and subsequently topographic reading of the patterns with subwavelength resolution were carried out in our experiments. Nanometer scale dots and lines were successfully fabricated on the films and the smallest dot diameter is about 120 nm. The width of the line fabricated is about 250 nm. This method is also a choice for nanolithography. The mechanism of the surface deformation on the polymer films was briefly analyzed from the viewpoint of gradient force in the optical near field. The intensity distribution of the electric field near the tip aperture was numerically simulated using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and the numerical simulation results were consistent with the experimental results.     

Optical Fibre Mode Structures Measured by Collection Mode Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy

High order fibre mode structures are measured by a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) and are determined to be consistent with the standard fibre LP patterns. The mode-field distortions of high-order mode LP11 and LP21 structures by far-field measurement are analysed based on scalar diffraction theory, and the maximum distortions may reach as high as 5.1% and 6.2%。 This shows that the method of using the NSOM is more accuracy than the far-field measurement method, especially for high-order mode structures of optical fibres.     

Super-Resolution Imaging on Microfluidic Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure

We present a new concept of the microfluidic super-resolution near-field structure (MSRENS) based on a microfluidic structure and a super-resolution near-field structure. The near-field distance control, “nano-probe” and scanning can be realized simultaneously using the MSRENS, which is similar to a near-field scanning optical microscope. The design and simulation results are presented. Numerical simulation has demonstrated that the MSRENS with spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit could be applicable in chemistry, biologics, and many other fields.     

纳米光子学的最新进展

论述了纳米光子学的最新进展，介绍了国际上的一些研究小组所做的关于纳米光子学的实验，包括纳米开关、近场光学探针技术、近场光化学气相沉积制备、基于等离子体激元波导实现的远近场能量的转换装置等内容，着重阐明实验原理和纳米制备技术中的一些关键问题。     

Analysis of Near-Field Diffraction Pattern of a Metallic Probe Tip with the Boundary Diffraction Wave Method

The boundary diffraction wave theory is introduced to analyse a near-field diffraction （NFD） pattern of a metallic probe tip of apertureless scanning near-field microscopy. This method is simple and can give a clear physical picture. The polarization effect of the incident light and the different shapes of the metallic probe tip are simulated. The results show that the NFD pattern of the metallic probe tip is directly related to those factors.