Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy: Principle, Instrumentation and Examples

by Prof. Saulius Marcinkevicius (KTH, OPT Optik)

Thursday 18 Mar 2010, 09:15 → 10:00 Europe/Stockholm

FA32

In the seminar, after a brief introduction to the principle and instrumentation of the scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM), several spectacular applications will be discussed. These include a study of AlGaN-based UV light emitting diodes performed in our group, as well as world highlights, such as measurements of excitonic wave functions, all-optical switching using just three quantum dots, and pulse propagation in photonic crystal and plasmonic waveguides.