@article{2014-ploss-peschel-opt-exp-v22-11-p13744, Abstract = {

We demonstrate experimentally and numerically that in fiber tips as they are used in NSOMs azimuthally polarized electrical fields (|E_azi|^2 / |E_tot|^2 ≈55% ± 5% for λ_0 = 1550 nm), respectively subwavelength confined (FWHM ≈450 nm ≈λ_0/3.5) magnetic fields, are generated for a certain tip aperture diameter (d = 1.4 μm). We attribute the generation of this field distribution in metal-coated fiber tips to symmetry breaking in the bend and subsequent plasmonic mode filtering in the truncated conical taper.

}, Author = {Ploss, D. AND Kriesch, A. AND Pfeifer, H. AND Banzer, P. AND Peschel, U.}, Journal = {Optics express}, Pages = {13744}, Title = {{Generation and subwavelength focusing of longitudinal magnetic fields in a metallized fiber tip}}, Volume = {22 (11)}, Year = {2014} }