摘要:
An apparatus comprising a nanowire waveguide with first and second ends, the second end comprising a nanoparticle, the nanowire waveguide configured to transmit radiation from the first end to the second end to illuminate the nanoparticle, the apparatus configured such that the nanoparticle is capable of being in close proximity to an analyte to allow for detection of said analyte.
摘要:
A plasmonic structure (10) comprising a layer of metal (14) in which the metal is selected from: a Group 8 to Group 11 transition metal, aluminium, germanium, antimony or bismuth, and a barrier layer (16) formed from a 2-D material disposed on a surface of the layer of metal (14). The metal layer has a roughness that permits the propagation of running plasmons along the interface of the metal layer and the barrier layer.
摘要:
An optical transmitter including two reflective regions (666,674) formed at two opposite ends of an interference region (670) along a first direction and at least three electrodes (691-693) electrically coupled to the interference region, where the amount of electrical carriers inside the interference region can be modulated by changing the relative electrical fields among the three electrodes, so that the amount of photons generated inside the interference region can be modulated and resonant along the first direction and emit along a second direction that is different from the first direction. Vertical output coupling is realized with a suitable grating (680) upon the interference region (670). The third electrode (693) may be transparent to the emitted light.
摘要:
A method 30 of manufacturing a layered material stack 10 that includes a plasmonic interface between a plasmonic material 12 and optical waveguide material 18 is disclosed. The method includes providing 32 a substrate layer 14, disposing a layer of plasmonic material 12 on the substrate layer 14, depositing 36 a metal constituent of an optical waveguide material 22 directly onto the layer of plasmonic material 12, and anodizing 38 the metal constituent of the optical waveguide material 22 to form an optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent configured to couple light into the layer of plasmonic material 12, with the optically transparent oxide of the metal constituent forming an optical waveguide structure 18.
摘要:
Provided are an SPR sensor cell having very excellent detection sensitivity and an SPR sensor. The SPR sensor cell includes a detection unit; and a sample mounting portion adjacent to the detection unit, wherein: the detection unit includes an under clad layer, a core layer formed so that at least a part thereof is adjacent to the under clad layer, a metal layer covering the core layer, and a coat layer covering the metal layer; the coat layer is formed of a material having a band gap (Eg) of more than 1.0 eV and less than 7.0 eV; and a refractive index of the coat layer is higher than a refractive index of the core layer.
摘要:
An optical element for terahertz waves that transmits terahertz-wave incident beams through itself after being compressed into half or less a wavelength of the beam, the optical element comprising: a substrate that allows terahertz waves to be transmitted through itself; and a conductive coat that covers a surface of the substrate and is capable of blocking the waves, wherein the coat has an aperture provided in a circular region and ring-shaped grooves, provided on a surface of the coat, having the same center as the circular region and having radii which increase every fixed length, and wherein in the circular region, four or more fan-shaped tips each having an arc with the same radius of curvature as the radius of the region, are arranged at equal distances toward the center of the circle without contacting each other as the arc contacts an outer periphery of the region.