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Nanoscale imaging via absorption modulation

US8143601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

Rajesh Menon · Boston, US
Henry I. Smith · Sudbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 6, 2008
Grant date	Mar 27, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F7/2014
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a sample to be scanned by the imaging system. An absorbance modulation layer (AML) is positioned in close proximity to the sample and is physically separate from the sample. One or more sub-wavelength apertures are generated within the AML, whose size is determined by the material properties of the AML and the intensities of the illuminating wavelengths. A light source transmits an optical signal through the one or more sub-wavelength apertures generating optical near-fields that are collected for imaging.

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