摘要:
The present invention has an object to obtain an optical waveguide probe which is formed in a hook form to illuminate and detect light by a manufacture using a silicon process. This optical waveguide probe is formed in a hook form and structured by an optical waveguide 1 sharpened at a probe needle portion 5 and formed of dielectric and a substrate 2 supporting this optical waveguide 1. This optical waveguide 1 is formed overlying the substrate 2. The optical waveguide 1 is structured by a core 8 to transmit light and a cladding 9 smaller in refractive index than the core 8.
摘要:
The present invention has an object to obtain an optical waveguide probe which is formed in a hook form to illuminate and detect light by a manufacture using a silicon process. This optical waveguide probe is formed in a hook form and structured by an optical waveguide 1 sharpened at a probe needle portion 5 and formed of dielectric and a substrate 2 supporting this optical waveguide 1. This optical waveguide 1 is formed overlying the substrate 2. The optical waveguide 1 is structured by a core 8 to transmit light and a cladding 9 smaller in refractive index than the core 8.
摘要:
A low-loss optical micro cantilever (10) comprises a support (1), an optical waveguide (2), an opaque film (3), a reflective film (4), a chip (5) with a pointed end, a minute opening (6) in the pointed of the chip (5), and a reflective mirror (7) for directing the light (H) from an optical input/output end (8) of the optical waveguide (2) toward the minute opening (6).
摘要:
There is provided an optical cantilever which is an optical cantilever for SNOM for irradiating and / or detecting light to or from a very small aperture, and is excellent in mass production performance and uniformity and capable of observing even a soft sample at high speed without damaging the sample. There is provided an optical cantilever characterized in including a base portion 1, a cantilever portion 2 extended from the base portion 1, a light propagating portion 5 of a dielectric member penetrating the cantilever portion 2, formed to project above the cantilever on a side opposed to the base portion and having a sharpened front end and a light propagating tip 3, a light shielding film 6 covering a surrounding of the sharpened dielectric member and a very small aperture 4 formed at the sharpened front end of the dielectric member.
摘要:
It is an optical information recording and reading apparatus for recording and/or reading information at a high density by using a near-field light-generating device as a near-field optical head. The end surface of the core 201 of a flexible optical waveguide 103 is formed in an intermediate position in the optical waveguide 103 and in a portion fixed to the near-field optical head 104. Light for recording and reading information is spread within the clad 202. The spread light flux is reflected toward the near-field optical head 104 by a reflective surface 203 formed on the side of one end of the optical waveguide 103. The reflected light flux is collected by light-collecting structures and then is made to enter an optical minute aperture 206 formed in the near-field optical head 104. Near-field light is created near the minute aperture 206. Light scattered by the surface of the recording medium 105 is received. Thus, information on the recording medium 105 can be recorded and read.
摘要:
The purpose of the invention is to fabricate a near field optical head capable of recording and reading high density information at high speed with excellent mass production. In the invention, stoppers having almost the same height as that of a tip of conical or pyramidal shape are disposed around the tip, a part of a pressing body covering the tip and the stoppers is displaced by an external force, a part of the pressing body having displaced is allowed to come into contact with an opaque film near the point of the tip and thereby an aperture is formed. According to a fabricating method of the invention, multiple apertures can be formed in a block. Thus, the near field optical head is excellent in mass production and the formed aperture has a structure of high optical efficiency and high resolution. Therefore, the near field optical head capable of performing recording/reading in high density and at high speed can be fabricated in excellent mass production.
摘要:
The purpose of the invention is to fabricate a near field optical head capable of recording and reading high density information at high speed with excellent mass production. In the invention, stoppers having almost the same height as that of a tip of conical or pyramidal shape are disposed around the tip, a part of a pressing body covering the tip and the stoppers is displaced by an external force, a part of the pressing body having displaced is allowed to come into contact with an opaque film near the point of the tip and thereby an aperture is formed. According to a fabricating method of the invention, multiple apertures can be formed in a block. Thus, the near field optical head is excellent in mass production and the formed aperture has a structure of high optical efficiency and high resolution. Therefore, the near field optical head capable of performing recording/reading in high density and at high speed can be fabricated in excellent mass production.
摘要:
Realized are a near-field optical probe capable of illuminating or/and detecting near-field light great in intensity and acquiring an optical image great in S/N ratio, and a manufacturing method and near-field optical apparatus. Accordingly, a near-field optical probe comprises a cantilever in a cantilever form, a base for supporting the cantilever, a tip in a weight form formed on the cantilever, a microscopic aperture formed in an end of the tip, and a shade film formed on a surface of the cantilever opposite to the base and on area other than the microscopic aperture of the tip. The tip and the cantilever are formed of a transparent material high in transmissivity relative to a wavelength of light to be generated and/or detected by the microscopic aperture, and the tip is structurally filled with the transparent material.
摘要:
It is an optical information recording and reading apparatus for recording and/or reading information at a high density by using a near-field light-generating device as a near-field optical head. The end surface of the core 201 of a flexible optical waveguide 103 is formed in an intermediate position in the optical waveguide 103 and in a portion fixed to the near-field optical head 104. Light for recording and reading information is spread within the clad 202. The spread light flux is reflected toward the near-field optical head 104 by a reflective surface 203 formed on the side of one end of the optical waveguide 103. The reflected light flux is collected by light-collecting structures and then is made to enter an optical minute aperture 206 formed in the near-field optical head 104. Near-field light is created near the minute aperture 206. Light scattered by the surface of the recording medium 105 is received. Thus, information on the recording medium 105 can be recorded and read.