Miniature planar solid immersion mirror with focused spot less than a quarter wavelength

被引:47
作者
Challener, WA
Mihalcea, C
Peng, CB
Pelhos, K
机构
[1] Seagate Technology, Pittsburgh, PA
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2005年 / 13卷 / 18期
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D O I
10.1364/OPEX.13.007189
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a microoptical planar waveguide solid immersion mirror with high optical throughput, and show that it can focus light to spot sizes of similar to 90 nm at a wavelength of 413 nm. Scanning near field optical microscope images of the light within the device are in good agreement with a simple theoretical model. This device is accurately mass-produced with lithographic and thin film deposition techniques known from modern integrated circuit processing. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America
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页码:7189 / 7197
页数:9
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