摘要:
An exposure apparatus includes a light-emitting portion arranged so as to be opposite to a photosensitive member at a position for exposure. A part of the light-emitting portion is smaller in width than a wavelength of light from the light-emitting portion.
摘要:
A device for detecting a target substance in a fluid is provided. This device comprises a periodic structure having a vacant portion for passing the fluid containing the target substance and a solid portion arranged regularly and capable of transmitting an electromagnetic wave, an electro-magnetic wave-projecting means for projecting the electromagnetic wave to the periodic structure, and a detecting means for measuring the magnetic wave emitted from the periodic structure to detect a change in periodic distribution of a refractive index. This sensor is highly sensitive in a small size.
摘要:
A micro-processing method is provided for forming a structure adapted to confine electrons within a micro-region. The method comprises steps of arranging a probe oppositely relative to a non-electroconductive thin film arranged on an electroconductive substrate, placing the probe on or near the surface to be processed of the non-electroconductive thin film, applying a voltage between the probe and the substrate to form an enhanced electroconductivity region as compared with the remaining area in the non-electroconductive thin film, and oxidizing the interface of the substrate and the non-electroconductive thin film.
摘要:
An electroconductive micro-region surrounded by a non-electroconductive region is formed on a non-electroconductive substrate surface. Such an electroconductive micro-region is formed by forming a non-electroconductive thin film on a non-electroconductive substrate surface, then approximating a probe having a micro-aperture for irradiation of light to the spot to be processed of the non-electroconductive thin film, and irradiating the non-electroconductive thin film with light through the micro-aperture of the probe to thereby increasing the electroconductivity of the non-electroconductive thin film at the spot. The electroconductive micro-region can be formed so that it confines electrons to exhibit quantum effects.
摘要:
An optical tomography imaging a tomogram by using a coherent light by a backscattering light of a measured object and a reflected light of a reference mirror, which has supercontinuum light sources, an optical system having group velocity dispersion connected to the supercontinuum light source, an optical detection element detecting a coherent light by a backscattering light of the measured object and a reflected light of the reference mirror, a timing detection element detecting a timing of each wavelength component in an output light from the optical system having the group velocity dispersion, and a unit sampling a signal from the optical detector by using a timing signal from the timing detection element with a signal from the supercontinuum light source as a trigger, and detecting an optical tomogram signal imaging a tomogram, thereby acquiring an optical tomogram at a higher speed than a conventional SS-OCT.
摘要:
An optical filter includes a light-shielding conductive layer provided with a plurality of apertures on a substrate surface that selectively transmits light of a first wavelength, and a dielectric layer in contact with the conductive layer. A size of the apertures is a size equal to or less than the first wavelength, and a ratio of a surface area of the conductive layer to a surface area of the substrate surface is within a range of equal to or greater than 36% and equal to or less than 74%. A transmissivity of the first wavelength is increased by surface plasmons induced in the apertures by light falling on the conductive layer.
摘要:
A substrate for forming a target substance detecting device includes a supporting member, an underlying layer disposed on a surface of the supporting member, and a metal pattern layer, disposed on a surface of the underlying layer, for being bound to a target substance trapping substance capable of trapping a target substance in a specimen solution at least containing water as a liquid medium to detect the target substance by utilizing plasmon resonance. The underlying layer has a refractive index nb satisfying the following relationship: 0.90 na≦nb≦1.05 na, wherein na represents a refractive index of water.
摘要:
An optical filter includes a substrate, and a periodic structure in which a plurality of members formed of silicon are periodically arranged on a surface of the substrate. The filter selectively transmits light of a first wavelength included in light incident on the periodic structure in the direction of the substrate. The members are two-dimensionally arranged with a period of 400 nm to 500 nm. The dimension of the members in the direction parallel to the surface is of 120 nm to 160 nm. A local maximum value of the transmission spectrum of the first wavelength is within the range of 400 nm to 500 nm.
摘要:
An optical element 4 of the present invention includes a conductive microstructure 6 having a conductive property, and detects an optical spectrum signal varied by the binding of measured molecules on the surface of the conductive microstructure 6. The optical element 4 has a distribution in the direction to the electric displacement vector generated inside the conductive microstructure 6 by the binding capacity of the measured molecules on the surface of the conductive microstructure 6. As a result, it is possible to provide an optical element capable of measuring the density at high accuracy without depending on the binding position of the measured molecules.
摘要:
A sensor device is formed from a metal film having a plurality of openings, a sensor material positioned within each of the openings, a light source that emits light having a first wavelength, and a light detector that detects light emitted from the light source and transmitted through or reflected from the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged periodically in a first direction in the metal film, and both a size of each of the plurality of openings and an interval thereof in the first direction are equal to or less than the wavelength of the light.