02071nam 2200409 450 991057174450332120230513082004.0(CKB)5860000000047018(NjHacI)995860000000047018(EXLCZ)99586000000004701820230513d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSub-Wavelength Probing and Modification of Complex Photonic Structures /Silvia VignoliniFirenze, Italy :Firenze University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (90 pages) illustrationsPremio Tesi di Dottorato88-927-3686-8 Includes bibliographical references.The aim of this thesis consists in the study and modification of complex photonic nano-structures. Nowadays, propagation of light in such materials is a rich and fascinating area of research, both for its fundamental implications and for its practical technological impact. To deeply investigate light propagation inside these structures a high spatial resolution technique is required, especially because intriguing effects often occur on length scales comparable with the diffraction-limit or involve coupling phenomena on this length scale. For this reason in this thesis a Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope represents one the most straightforward tool both to study and locally modify complex photonic nano-structures from perfect periodic to completely random ones.Premio Firenze University Press tesi di dottorato (Series)Nonlinear opticsPhotonic crystalsNonlinear optics.Photonic crystals.535.2Vignolini Silvia1261782NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910571744503321Sub-wavelength probing and modification of complex photonic structures2941528UNINA