{"title":"Direct measurement of the real strength of near-field electric field","authors":"Yihang Fan, Jianqiao Zhao, Fei Yang, Xiaotian Xue, Weipeng Wang, Ji Zhou, Zhengjun Zhang","doi":"10.1063/5.0226084","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Measurement of the real strength value of near-field electric fields is of great importance for understanding light–matter interactions in nanophotonics, which is a big challenge in the field. We developed in this study a theory and approaches for directly measuring the real strength of near-field electric fields by scattering type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM). The validity of the theory and approaches was confirmed by comparing s-SNOM measurement results with the finite element method simulations. Our efforts enable s-SNOM as a quantitative tool in clarifying light–matter interactions in a variety of fields, such as all-optical chips, plasmon-induced catalysis, metamaterials and metasurfaces, enhanced spectroscopy, and van der Waals materials, etc.","PeriodicalId":8094,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics Letters","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Physics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226084","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Measurement of the real strength value of near-field electric fields is of great importance for understanding light–matter interactions in nanophotonics, which is a big challenge in the field. We developed in this study a theory and approaches for directly measuring the real strength of near-field electric fields by scattering type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM). The validity of the theory and approaches was confirmed by comparing s-SNOM measurement results with the finite element method simulations. Our efforts enable s-SNOM as a quantitative tool in clarifying light–matter interactions in a variety of fields, such as all-optical chips, plasmon-induced catalysis, metamaterials and metasurfaces, enhanced spectroscopy, and van der Waals materials, etc.
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