Digital imaging enhanced by plasmon resonance elements

等离子共振元件增强的数字成像

• 批准号: EP/G008329/1
• 负责人: David Cumming
• 金额: $ 61.47万
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG008329%2F1
• 关键词: Digital; imaging; enhanced; plasmon; resonance

In this project we will combine the CMOS imager design skills at Oxford University and the thin-film technology of Sharp Laboratories Europe with the nanofabrication and nano-optics expertise at Glasgow University to, for the first time, implement plasmon enhanced technologies for use in imaging and displays. The proposed technology can provide both wavelength and polarisation control in a single fabricated layer on the surface of otherwise standard technologies. This is a major step-forward from present day technologies that rely on multiple layers of processing to achieve less powerful effects.Optical resonances occur at the surface of metal films due to the dielectric dispersion relation. This phenomenon leads to surface plasmon resonances (SPR). Surface plasmons are non-radiative electromagnetic surface waves that cause fluctuations in the surface electron density. The simplest exploitation of this phenomenon is in thin films where the dispersion relation is close to resonance, leading to the enhancement of the electric field of a propagating light wave. Surface inhomogeneity, such as a deliberately-created periodic undulation on the metal surface, is used to improve the coupling of the light to the plasmons [1] hence increasing the enhancement. More recent work has shown how nanoparticle structures made by techniques ranging from colloidal suspensions to direct-write lithography can lead to further SPR enhancement in small structures.CMOS integrated circuits are now the dominant technology for optical imaging, including digital cameras, microscopes and a range of optical instruments. Similarly, active display technologies have become dominant, and widespread, in industrial and commercial sectors. These electronic devices combine high performance with low cost and also enable designers to implement signal processing functions on to the same substrate as the imaging sensor to reduce cost, pixel size and power consumption. However, current technologies suffer from a number of drawbacks that are limiting progress in traditional markets. Furthermore, little is being done to enable the core technology to expand its functionality, and hence use, in new and emerging markets. The aim of this project is to use the emerging field of plasmonics to study the potential for using back-end-of-line (BEOL) processing at the silicon foundry to enable both enhancement and diversification of the capabilities of electronic optical detectors, imagers and displays.

在这个项目中，我们将结合联合收割机的CMOS成像器的设计技能在牛津大学和夏普实验室的薄膜技术欧洲与纳米织物和纳米光学专业知识在格拉斯哥大学，首次实现等离子体增强技术用于成像和显示。所提出的技术可以在其他标准技术的表面上的单个制造层中提供波长和偏振控制。这是一个重大的进步，从目前的技术，依赖于多层处理，以实现较低的功能。光学谐振发生在金属薄膜的表面，由于介电色散关系。这种现象导致表面等离子体共振（SPR）。表面等离子体激元是引起表面电子密度波动的非辐射电磁表面波。这种现象最简单的利用是在薄膜中，其中色散关系接近共振，导致传播光波的电场增强。表面不均匀性，例如金属表面上故意产生的周期性波动，用于改善光与等离子体激元的耦合[1]，从而增加增强。最近的研究表明，从胶体悬浮到直写光刻等技术制造的纳米颗粒结构可以进一步增强小结构的SPR。CMOS集成电路现在是光学成像的主导技术，包括数码相机、显微镜和一系列光学仪器。类似地，有源显示技术在工业和商业领域中已经变得占主导地位并且广泛应用。这些电子器件联合收割机结合了高性能和低成本，并且还使设计者能够在与成像传感器相同的基板上实现信号处理功能，以降低成本、像素尺寸和功耗。然而，目前的技术存在许多缺点，限制了传统市场的进步。此外，几乎没有采取任何措施来使核心技术能够扩展其功能，从而在新兴市场中使用。该项目的目的是利用新兴的等离子体激元领域来研究在硅铸造厂使用后端线（BEOL）处理的潜力，以增强和多样化电子光学探测器，成像器和显示器的能力。