STTR Phase I: Surface Plasmon Enhanced High Efficiency Near-field Probes

STTR 第一阶段：表面等离子体激元增强型高效近场探头

• 批准号: 0340259
• 负责人: Russell Hollingsworth
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2004-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0340259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Surface; Plasmon; Enhanced

0340259This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I research project will develop near-fieldscanning optical microscopy (NSOM) probes with dramatically increased transmission efficiencythat will lead to increased spatial resolution and higher scan speed. High transmissionefficiency will be achieved by incorporation of newly discovered near-field surfaceplasmon affects. NSOM probes using surface plasmon enhancement will have 2-3 orders ofmagnitude higher transmission than existing probes, allowing faster scanning speeds aswell as better spatial resolution. A combination of first principles modeling and nanofabricationof test structures in Phase I will provide proof of concept as well as a guidefor Phase II optimization.This program will push the fundamental scientific understanding of near-fieldoptics while simultaneously enhancing the capabilities of commercial NSOM metrologyinstruments, which have wide applicability in nanotechnology development, lithography and metrology.Plasmon optics have potential applications to a broad range of areas where high efficiency and subwavelength sizes are required including the integration of optics with microelectronics, spatial and spectraloptical multiplexing, and data storage applications.

0340259这个小企业技术转让第一阶段的研究项目将开发近场扫描光学显微镜（NSOM）探头，大大提高传输效率，这将导致增加空间分辨率和更高的扫描速度。通过引入新发现的近场表面等离激元效应，将实现高的传输效率。使用表面等离子体增强的NSOM探针将具有比现有探针高2-3个数量级的透射率，从而允许更快的扫描速度以及更好的空间分辨率。第一阶段的第一原理建模和测试结构的纳米制造相结合将为第二阶段的优化提供概念验证和指导。该计划将推动对近场光学的基本科学理解，同时增强商业NSOM计量仪器的能力，这些仪器在纳米技术开发中具有广泛的适用性，等离子体激元光学器件在需要高效率和亚波长尺寸的广泛领域中具有潜在应用，包括光学器件与微电子器件的集成、空间和光谱光学多路复用以及数据存储应用。