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Subwavelength Visualization of Light in Thin Film Waveguides with Photoelectrons
Physical Review B
  • Joseph P. Fitzgerald, Portland State University
  • Robert Campbell Word, Portland State University
  • Rolf Könenkamp, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-21-2014
Subjects
  • Photoelectric emission,
  • Waveguides,
  • Thin films -- Surfaces,
  • Photoemission
Abstract

We report the visualization and quantitative analysis of electromagnetic surface fields at solid surfaces with the potential for λ/50 resolution. To illustrate this capability, we investigate patterns in two-photon photoemission images of light-diffracting structures in waveguiding, transparent thin films. The obtained micrographs show interference patterns between incident and guided light with a remarkable sensitivity to subwavelength features. We demonstrate that photoemission rates are directly related to the surface field strengths and develop a subwavelength method to calculate the surface fields from optical properties and surface topology based on the two-dimensional Kirchhoff diffraction integral. Calculated images based on this theoretical approach compare favorably to experimental electron micrographs.

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© 2014 American Physical Society

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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Physical Review B, 89(19), 195129 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.195129

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.89.195129
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11928
Citation Information
Fitzgerald, J. P. S., Word, R. C., & Könenkamp, R. (2014). Subwavelength visualization of light in thin film waveguides with photoelectrons. Physical Review B, 89(19), 195129.