超分辨近场结构技术及其应用

超分辨近场结构(Super RENS)技术是在传统的超分辨光盘技术和近场光学的基础上发展起来的新技术。介绍了Super RENS技术的基本原理:利用掩膜层的非线性效应或表面等离子体增强效应,在近场区域可以记录、读出超过衍射极限的信号。综述了该技术在纳米光信息存储和光刻方面应用研究的最新进展,提出了存在的问题,展望了它的发展前景。     

基于近场激发与增强的新型多层纳米薄膜结构在非线性光学器件上的应用与发展前景

传统光学引入了远场衍射的尺度极限。自从提出了近场光学技术以来 ,由于近场扫描光学显微镜 (NSOM)系统的复杂性而使得近扬的引入和利用变得困难。具有多层纳米薄膜结构的超分辨近场结构 (Super RENS)的提出改变了这种局面 ,并在诸如超高密度光学数据存储、近场光刻技术、纳米光子学晶体管等领域获得了重要的应用。围绕Su per RENS技术 ,通过综述它的基本原理、物理机制以及各项应用 ,指出了基于近场激发与增强原理的新型多层纳米薄膜结构在未来非线性光学器件上的应用与发展前景     

飞秒时间分辨近场光学系统实现及其应用

结合飞秒光脉冲和近场光学显微镜，成功实现了飞秒时间分辨近场光学系统.系统通过高频声光调制和差频锁相探测，极大提高了信噪比并消除了抽运、探测光本底信号，从而在收集模式下测得了飞秒时间分辨的透射光微弱信号变化.同时获得了80nm的空间分辨和小于200fs的时间分辨测量.利用该实验系统，研究了金纳米结构的热电子弛豫动力学过程，观察到不同位置间热电子弛豫动力学的差异. 关键词： 飞秒近场 扫描近场光学显微镜 飞秒光脉冲 金纳米颗粒     

近场光存储及其研究进展

本文从近场光学的超分辨原理出发详细介绍和分析了孔径探针型近场光存储技术、SIL透镜近场光存储技术和近场超分辨结构光盘存储技术等的基本原理、研究现状以及它们的优缺点及存在的问题     

超分辨近场结构中Bubble微结构的远场光学特性分析

以菲涅尔-基尔霍夫衍射理论为基础,建立了超分辨近场结构中Bubble微结构对高斯光束的衍射模型.分析了PtOx型超分辨近场结构(PtOx-Type-Super-RENS)中Bubble微结构的远场光学特性.结果表明,设计的Bubble微结构形成过程的简化模型可基本反映超分辨近场结构中掩膜结构在激光作用下的结构变化过程,说明了高斯衍射模型是研究薄膜微结构变化的一种有效方法.     

单壁碳纳米管束针尖增强近场拉曼光谱探测实验研究

针尖增强近场拉曼光谱术是最近发展起来的光谱技术。金属探针在获得样品纳米局域表面形貌的同时,受激光激发,在针尖附近产生增强电磁场,得到与形貌位置精确对应的针尖增强局域拉曼光谱,形貌和光谱的结合实现了纳米局域的光谱指认。文章建立了一套针尖增强近场拉曼光谱测量装置,并用此装置对电弧法合成的单壁碳纳米管进行了近场拉曼光谱探测。测量了直径为100 nm单壁碳纳米管束的针尖增强拉曼光谱,进一步得到至多3根单壁碳纳米管的近场拉曼光谱,实现了超衍射分辨光谱探测。通过与远场拉曼光谱比较发现,针尖增强近场拉曼光谱的增强因子大于230倍。实验证明,同时具有超衍射空间分辨和拉曼光谱信号增强能力的针尖增强近场拉曼光谱术将是纳米材料和纳米结构表征的一种重要方法。     

近场光存储及其研究进展

本文从近场光学的超分辨原理出发详细介绍和分析了孔径探针型近场光存储技术，SIL透镜近场光存储技术和近场超分辨结构光盘存储技术等的基本原理、研究现状以及它们的优缺点及存在的问题。     

近场高密度光存储

文章综述了近场高密度光存储领域的研究进展情况，着重介绍了固体浸没透镜（solid immersion lens,SIL)存储方案和近场超分辨结构（super resolution near-field,SuperRENS)的原理、研究进展及问题。     

超越SNOM探针通光孔径尺寸的金属纳米间隙超分辨测量

采用电磁场有限元方法,数值模拟了孔径型扫描近场光学显微镜(aperture Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy,a-SNOM)在照明模式下的工作过程.针对金偶极天线结构,改变天线长度和纳米间隙尺寸,计算了a-SNOM探针孔径的远场辐射速率随探针端面中心坐标变化的扫描曲线,实现了超越a-SNOM探针通光孔径尺寸的天线金属纳米间隙的超分辨测量,对于100nm通光孔径的探针,可分辨最小尺寸为10nm(0.016倍波长)的金属间隙.通过对比金属和介质偶极天线的a-SNOM探针远场辐射速率测量的计算结果,表明天线金属纳米间隙的超分辨测量的实现是由于金属间隙表面等离激元的激发.     

超分辨技术在光盘中的应用研究

超分辨技术是一种无需用减小波长或增大数值孔径的方法减小记录点尺寸而能读出超过衍射极限信号从而有效增加存储密度的一种方法.超分辨可以通过调整光学系统或者调整光盘的结构来实现.在超分辨光盘中,超分辨是基于掩膜的光学性质随入射激光强度的非线性变化而实现的.在磁光盘中第一次引入超分辨技术后,超分辨技术的应用有了很大发展,在目前是提高光盘存储密度的有效方法,在各类光盘中都有良好的应用.近场超分辨技术的出现使相变光盘的超高密度记录和读出成为可能.文章综述了超分辨光盘的发展现状和发展方向.     

Near-field infrared response of graphene on copper substrate

The electronic properties of graphene are very sensitive to its dielectric environment. The coupling to a metal substrate can give rise to many novel quantum effects in graphene, such as band renormalization and plasmons with unusual properties, which are of high technological interest. Infrared nanoimaging are very suitable for exploring these effects considering their energy and length scales. Here, we report near-field infrared nanoimaging studies of graphene on copper synthesized by chemical vapor deposition. Remarkably, our measurements reveal three different types of near-field optical responses of graphene, which are very distinct from the near-field edge fringes observed in the substrate. These results can be understood from the modification of optical conductivity of graphene due to its coupling with the substrate. Our work provides a framework for identifying the near-field response of graphene in graphene/metal systems and paves the way for studying their novel physics and potential applications.     

金属衬底上石墨烯的红外近场光学

对石墨烯/铜体系开展了系统性的近场光学实验研究,成功观测到了区别于铜衬底的、来自石墨烯的近场光学响应信号,发现在表面台阶几何参数相同的铜衬底上的不同石墨烯样品表现出了截然不同的近场光学响应.     

Method of resonance near-field optical microscopy

We have solved the problem in which a thin metal wafer (probe) with a nanohole interacts with the flat surface of a metastructured film consisting of metal nanoparticles in an external optical radiation field. Nanoparticles are considered as two-level atomic systems. This interaction of the wafer-probe and the flat surface in the external optical radiation field gives rise to optical near-field resonance, the frequency of which differs significantly from the natural frequencies of two-level atoms in the medium and the probe. The fields inside and outside the probe and metastructured film are calculated in the near-field and far-field zones. The maximum resolution, which is achievable in the suggested scheme of near-field optical microscopy, can reach about 10 nm. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 499–506, July–August, 2007.     

Near-field optical observations of surface plasmon wave interference at subwavelength hole arrays perforated in Au film

We image optical near-field patterns at subwavelength circular hole arrays in Au film by using scanning near-field optical microscopy in near-infrared wavelengths.Periodical oscillation features are found in the near-field images at the air/Au interface and exhibit two typical kinds of standing wave oscillation forms at the wavelengths corresponding to the transmission minimum and maximum in the transmission spectrum,and the latter one originates from the excitation and interference of a surface plasmon wave at the metallic hole arrays.Our work indicates that monitoring optical near-field patterns can help to reveal many interesting properties of surface plasmon waves at metallic nanostructures and understand their underlying physical mechanisms.     

SETUP AND APPLICATION OF SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

The research on the setup and application of scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) performed in our laboratory is reviewed in this report. We have constructed a versatile low temperature scanning near-field optical microscope with the capability of near-field imaging and spectroscopy, operating at liquid nitrogen temperature. A special designed coaxial double lens was used to introduce the illumination beam through a 200μm fiber; the detected optical signal was transmitted via a fiber tip to an avalanche photon detector. The performance test shows the stability of the new design. The shear force image and optical image of a standard sample are shown. A system of SNOM working at room temperature and atmosphere was used to characterize semiconductors and bio-molecular samples. It revealed the unique features of semiconductor microdisks in the near-field that is significantly different from that of far-field. The effects of different geographic microstructures on the near-field light distribution of InGaP, GaN, and InGaN multi-quantum-well microdisk were observed.     

近场拉曼光谱技术的发展

将近场光学技术与拉曼光谱相结合,发展出近场拉曼光谱术。综述了近场拉曼光谱探测技术的发展现状,讨论了近场拉曼光谱术的优点和纳米局域光谱分析能力。对两种常用的探测方法(常规近场光谱探测方法和近场增强拉曼光谱探测方法)进行了比较,并介绍了近场拉曼光谱技术在生物、化学、纳米材料等领域的一些应用。     

细菌视紫红质近场光存储特性的研究

结合近场光学显微镜，利用菌紫质M态和基态之间的跃迁，对BR—D96N样品作了静态近场光存储特性的研究。结果表明，近场区域内细菌视紫外质在光激发前后对红光的吸收有较大差别，而且激发后无光照时会缓慢弛豫到激发前的状态，具有光致变色特性和热弛豫特性，可望作为近场光存储材料和微光学信息处理器件材料。     

Controllable and switchable chiral near-fields in symmetric graphene metasurfaces

A strong chiral near-field plays significant roles in the detection, separation and sensing of chiral molecules. In this paper, a simple and symmetric metasurface is proposed to generate strong chiral near-fields with both circularly polarized light and linearly polarized light illuminations in the mid-infrared region. Owing to the near-field interaction between plasmonic resonant modes of two nanosheets excited by circularly polarized light, there is a strong single-handed chiral near-field in the gap between the two graphene nanosheets and the maximum enhancement of the optical chirality could reach two orders of magnitude. As expected, the intensity and the response wavelength of the chiral near-fields could be controlled by the Fermi level and geometrical parameters of the graphene nanosheets, as well as the permittivity of the substrate. Meanwhile, based on the interaction between the incident field and scattered field, the one-handed chiral near-field in the gap also could be generated by the linearly polarized light excitation. For the two cases, the handedness of the chiral near-field could be switched by the polarized direction of the incident light. These results have potential opportunities for applications in molecular detection and sensing.     

近场光学虚拟光探针的数值分析

虚拟光探针是基于近场光学隐失场干涉原理产生的一种非实体探针，可以应用于近场光学超高密度存储、纳米光刻、近场光学成像、光谱探测、纳米样品的近场光学操作等领域。本研究采用三维时间域有限差分（FDTD）方法对近场光学虚拟光探针的光场分布特性进行了数值模拟计算和比较，分析了孔的形状、大小及偏振态等因素对虚拟光探针光场分布的影响，研究结果表明虚拟光探针的通光效率较普通的纳米孔径光纤探针提高10^2-10^4倍；其光场分布的中间峰的半峰全宽（即虚拟光探针的尺寸）在一定距离范围内基本保持不变，从而可以解决近场光学系统中纳米间距控制的难题，避免光学头与介质的磁撞。优化虚拟光探针的设计参量能有效的抑制虚拟光探针中的旁瓣。文章还给出了应用虚拟探针实现高密度光存储的原理方案。