We present a far-ïŹeld optical technique allowing measurements of the dispersion relation of electromagnetic ïŹelds propagating under the light cone in photonic nanostructures. It relies on the use of a one-dimensional grating to probe the evanescent tail of the guided ïŹeld in combination with a high-numerical-aperture Fourier- space imaging setup. A high-resolution spectroscopy of the far-ïŹeld emission diagram allows us to accurately and efïŹciently determine the dispersion curve and the group-index dispersion of planar photonic crystal waveguides operating in the slow-light regime