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Analysis of photon-scanning tunneling microscope images of inhomogeneous samples: determination of the local refractive index of channel waveguides

J. P. GoudonnetEric BourillotA. KevorkianD. DelacourtD. PersegolF. De Fornel

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PhysicsImage formationTotal internal reflectionPlane of incidencebusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsPolarization (waves)Atomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialslaw.inventionLight intensityOpticslawLight beamComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionScanning tunneling microscopebusinessRefractive index

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Channel waveguides are imaged by a photon-scanning tunneling microscope (PSTM). The polarization of the light and its orientation with respect to the guide axis are shown to be very important parameters in the analysis of the images of such samples. We simulated image formation for the plane of incidence parallel to the axis of the guide. Our theoretical results are qualitatively in agreement with our measurements. These results show the ability of the PSTM to give information about the local refractive-index variations of a sample.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1995-01-01Journal of the Optical Society of America A
https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.12.000095