Light-enhancing component and fabrication method thereof

Details Light-enhancing component and fabrication method thereof Light-enhancing component and fabrication method thereof

2006-12-12

2006-12-12

Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Optical fiber waveguide with cladding

Utilizing multiple core or cladding

C385S011000, C385S123000, C385S122000, C385S141000, C359S368000, C065S385000, C065S387000, C065S400000, C427S163200

Reexamination Certificate

active

07149395

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a light-enhancing component and a fabrication method thereof by using the focused-ion-beam. In the present invention, the surface plasmon polariton structure is coated on the surface of the optical fiber so as to form the light-enhancing component. When the light passes through the optical fiber, the luminous flux transmitted through the aperture on the surface plasmon polariton is enhanced, and the light beam smaller than the diffraction limitation can be transmitted to the far-field, i.e. the nano-optic sword is formed. The light-enhancing component of the present invention can be used for the optical data storage, the optical microscopy, the biomedical detections and the lithography to perform the extra optical resolutions beyond the diffraction limitation.

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