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Device integrated with scanning probe for optical nanofocusing and near-field optical imaging

US11054440B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Ming-Wei Liu · Sunnyvale, US
Ruoxue YAN · Riverside, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2020
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01Q60/38
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for generating a high-intensity light source at a probe tip, the method includes exciting a TM0 mode of a surface plasmon polariton (SPP) in a sharp-tip metal nanowire (AgNW) waveguide with a linearly-polarized mode (LP01) in a tapered optical fiber (OF); and compressing the TM0 mode through a chemically-sharpened taper to a tip apex of the sharp-tip silver nanowire (AgNW).

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