TY - BOOK AU - Silvia Vignolini AB - 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. DO - 10.36253/978-88-6453-139-7 ID - OAPEN ID: 49459 L1 - https://www.fupress.com/redir.ashx?RetUrl=4498.pdf LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60221 PB - Firenze University Press PY - 2010 SN - 9788864531397 TI - Sub-Wavelength Probing and Modification of Complex Photonic Structuresnull ER -