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Evanescent Field Based Photoacoustics: Optical Property Evaluation at Surfaces
Published on: July 26, 2016
放射線のない電磁気干渉: evanescent-フィールドレンズと完璧なフォーカシング
1Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040, USA. merlin@umich.edu
まとめ
研究者らは,電磁場を焦点にするために,屈折限界を克服するサブ波長構造を開発しました. これらの新しいプレートは,サブ波長画像と操作を可能にし,先進ナノテクノロジーの扉を開きます.
科学分野:
- エレクトロマグネティクス 電子磁気学
- オプティクスは光学です.
- ナノテクノロジー ナノテクノロジー
背景:
- 微分光度制限は,電磁波長より小さい物体の画像と標的を制限します.
- 従来の方法は,サブ波長の解像度で苦労しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 電磁場を屈折限界を超えて焦点にすることができる新しい平面的な亜波長構造を記述する.
- スーパーレンズアプリケーションの任意の周波数操作を可能にします.
主な方法:
- フレスネルプレートにインスパイアされた平面的な亜波長構造の設計.
- 焦点を定めるために近場制御と静的干渉を利用し,移動波干渉とは異なる.
主要な成果:
- 電磁場を光限界を超えて焦点化するサブ波長構造の実証.
- 周波数に関係なく焦点が取れる.
結論:
- これらの亜波長プレートは, difraktion の制限を克服するための新しいアプローチを提供します.
- 潜在的応用には,近地データストレージ,非接触センサー,画像,ナノリトグラフィーなどがあります.
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