Abstract:
Provided are an optical device and a method of controlling the direction of light from an optical device. The optical device includes: a substrate; a metal layer on the substrate; a first slot which is provided in the metal layer; and at least one light source provided in the first slot, wherein light is emitted from the at least one light source in the direction of the top part of the first slot or the bottom part of the first slot.
Abstract:
Provided are nanostructures and optical devices having the nanostructures. The nanostructure may include a carbon nanomaterial layer, a nanopattern formed on the carbon nanomaterial layer, and a metal layer formed on a surface of the nanopattern. The nanostructure may be formed in a ring shape, and the metal layer may include a plurality of metal layers formed of different metals.
Abstract:
Provided is a spectral filter including a first Bragg reflective layer, a second Bragg reflective layer that is spaced apart from the first Bragg reflective layer and includes a cavity, the first resonance layer being provided between the first Bragg reflective layer and the second Bragg reflective layer, a second resonance layer including at least a portion of the first Bragg reflective layer, the second Bragg reflective layer, and the cavity, a third Bragg reflective layer, a fourth Bragg reflective layer spaced apart from the third Bragg reflective layer, wherein the second resonance layer is provided between the third Bragg reflective layer and the fourth Bragg reflective layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a polarization spectral filter, including: a first reflector and a second reflector disposed to face each other in a first direction; and a grating layer disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector. The grating layer includes a plurality of first grating elements and a plurality of second grating elements, the plurality of first grating elements and the plurality of second grating elements being alternately arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The plurality of first grating elements include a first dielectric material having a first refractive index. The plurality of second grating elements include a second dielectric material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.
Abstract:
A leaky waveguide includes a waveguide configured to propagate light; a defect structure provided on a portion of the waveguide and configured to cause the light propagating in the waveguide to leak outside of the waveguide; and a plurality of detectors provided at predetermined positions adjacent to the defect structure and configured to detect the light leaking from the defect structure. Accordingly, a spectroscope including the leaky waveguide may have a reduced size.
Abstract:
A Micro-scale waveguide spectroscope is provided. The waveguide spectroscope includes a waveguide having a bent region that does not satisfy a total reflection condition, and a light detector arranged on the bent region of the waveguide and configured to detect light emitted from the bent region. The waveguide includes a single layer having a refractive index greater than that of air or includes a core layer and a cladding layer surrounding the core layer. The waveguide has at least a first region having a first radius of curvature and a second region having a second radius of curvature different from the first radius of curvature.
Abstract:
A security device using compressive imaging technology is provided. The security device includes a supporter configured to support a recognition object, a light source configured to irradiate light towards the recognition object, a mask configured to code light that is reflected from the recognition object, the coded light corresponding to an image of the recognition object, and a light receiver and processor configured to compress the coded light into a compressed image, and store the compressed image.
Abstract:
Provided is a spectral filter including a first unit filter having a first center wavelength in a first wavelength range, and a second unit filter having a second center wavelength in a second wavelength range, wherein the first unit filter includes two first metal reflective layers provided spaced apart from each other and including a first metal, and a first cavity provided between the two first metal reflective layers, and wherein the second unit filter includes two second metal reflective layers provided spaced apart from each other and including a second metal different from the first metal, and a second cavity provided between the two second metal reflective layers.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides an optical filter element including a plurality of nano-columns separated from each other in a horizontal direction and extended in a vertical direction, and each of the plurality of nano-columns includes a first material layer having an first extinction coefficient and second material layers having second extinction coefficients different from the first extinction coefficient of the first material layer and a spectrometer including the same.
Abstract:
An authentication structure and an authenticating method using the same are provided. The authentication structure includes a plurality of input couplers that generate surface plasmons by being selectively coupled to lights because the plurality of input couplers are different in terms of at least one of a geometric structure and an arrangement, and an output coupler that outputs a speckle pattern based on the surface plasmons.