Light confinement effect of non-spherical nanoscale solid immersion lenses

Myun-Sik Kim; Toralf Scharf; David Nguyen; Ethan Keeler; Skyler Rydberg; Wataru Nakagawa; Gaël Osowecki; Hans Peter Herzig; Reinhard Voelkel

doi:10.1117/12.2002145

5 March 2013 Light confinement effect of non-spherical nanoscale solid immersion lenses

Myun-Sik Kim, Toralf Scharf, David Nguyen, Ethan Keeler, Skyler Rydberg, Wataru Nakagawa, Gaël Osowecki, Hans Peter Herzig, Reinhard Voelkel

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Proceedings Volume 8613, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics VI; 86131B (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002145
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the light confinement effect observed in non-ideally shaped (i.e., non-spherical) nanoscale solid immersion lenses (SILs). To investigate this effect, nanostructures of various shapes are fabricated by electron-beam lithography. When completely melted in reflow, these non-circular pillars become spherical, while incomplete melting results in nonspherically shaped SILs. Optical characterization shows that non-ideal SILs exhibit a spot size reduction comparable to that of spherical SILs. When the SIL size is wavelength scale or smaller, aberrations are negligible due to the short optical path length. This insensitivity to minor variations in shape implies a large tolerance in nano-SIL fabrication.

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Myun-Sik Kim, Toralf Scharf, David Nguyen, Ethan Keeler, Skyler Rydberg, Wataru Nakagawa, Gaël Osowecki, Hans Peter Herzig, and Reinhard Voelkel "Light confinement effect of non-spherical nanoscale solid immersion lenses", Proc. SPIE 8613, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics VI, 86131B (5 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002145

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