scholarly journals Multipole Radiations from Large Gold Nanospheres Excited by Evanescent Wave

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Jingdong Chen ◽  
Jin Xiang ◽  
Shuai Jiang ◽  
Qiaofeng Dai ◽  
Shaolong Tie ◽  
...  

We proposed the use of the evanescent wave generated in a total internal reflection configuration to excite large gold nanospheres and investigated the radiations of the high-order plasmon modes supported in gold nanospheres. It was revealed that the evanescent wave excitation is equivalent to the excitation by using both the incident and reflected light, offering us the opportunity to control the orientation of the electric field used to excite nanoparticles. In addition, it was found that the scattering light intensity is greatly enhanced and the background noise is considerably suppressed, making it possible to detect the radiations from high-order plasmon modes. Moreover, the influence of the mirror images on the scattering induced by a metal substrate is eliminated as compared with the surface plasmon polariton excitation. By exciting a gold nanosphere with s-polarized light and detecting the scattering light with a p-polarized analyzer, we were able to reveal the radiation from the electric quadrupole mode of the gold nanosphere in both the spatial and the frequency domains. Our findings are important for characterizing the radiations from the high-order modes of large nanoparticles and useful for designing nanoscale photonic devices.

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 9153-9163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing-Dong Chen ◽  
Jin Xiang ◽  
Shuai Jiang ◽  
Qiao-Feng Dai ◽  
Shao-Long Tie ◽  
...  

Large metallic nanoparticles with sizes comparable to the wavelength of light are expected to support high-order plasmon modes exhibiting resonances in the visible to near infrared spectral range.


2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 1027-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Nestola ◽  
A. Guastoni ◽  
L. Bindi ◽  
L. Secco

AbstractDalnegroite, ideally Tl4Pb2(As12Sb8)Σ20S34, is a new mineral from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. It occurs as anhedral to subhedral grains up to 200 μm across, closely associated with realgar, pyrite, Sb-rich seligmanite in a gangue of dolomite. Dalnegroite is opaque with a submetallic lustre and shows a brownish-red streak. It is brittle; the Vickers hardness (VHN25) is 87 kg mm-2(range: 69—101) (Mohs hardness ∼3—3½). In reflected light, dalnegroite is highly bireflectant and weakly pleochroic, from white to a slightly greenish-grey. In cross-polarized light, it is highly anisotropic with bluish to green rotation tints and red internal reflections.According to chemical and X-ray diffraction data, dalnegroite appears to be isotypic with chabournéite, Tl5-xPb2x(Sb,As)21-xS34. It is triclinic, probable space groupP1, witha= 16.217(7) Å,b= 42.544(9) Å,c= 8.557(4) Å, α = 95.72(4)°, β = 90.25(4)°, γ = 96.78(4)°,V= 5832(4) Å3,Z= 4.The nine strongest powder-diffraction lines [d(Å) (I/I0) (hkl)] are: 3.927 (100) (10 0); 3.775 (45) (22); 3.685 (45) (60); 3.620 (50) (440); 3.124 (50) (2); 2.929 (60) (42); 2.850 (70) (42); 2.579 (45) (02); 2.097 (60) (024). The mean of 11 electron microprobe analyses gave elemental concentrations as follows: Pb 10.09(1) wt.%, Tl 20.36(1), Sb 23.95(1), As 21.33(8), S 26.16(8), totalling 101.95 wt.%, corresponding to Tl4.15Pb2.03(As11.86Sb8.20)S34. The new mineral is named for Alberto Dal Negro, Professor in Mineralogy and Crystallography at the University of Padova since 1976.


2011 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 377-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Dong Xin ◽  
Qing Gang Liu ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Ting Ting Li ◽  
Shi Yi Liu

It is found that the phase position of p-component of reflected light changes with the metal film thickness, while the phase position of s-component almost doesn’t change in the Surface Plasmon Resonance effect. S-polarized light is taken as reference and interferometry is adopted to turn the change of the phase position into the change of interference fringes position in the paper, and the film thickness can be derived from it. The simulation results indicated that, through making use of piecewise quadratic fitting on the phase data, the inaccuracy with the range of film thickness is between 30 and 80 nanometers is not more than 0.33 nm.


1953 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-169
Author(s):  
A. STANWORTH

A method is described of measuring the birefringence of the intact cornea using light reflected obliquely from its posterior surface. The value obtained (0.0037) is in reasonable agreement with the results obtained by using transmitted light and from corneal sections. The change in birefringence with an increase in intraocular pressure from 10 to 40 mm. Hg is about 7% of this. The change in birefringence was also assessed by changes in the density of the photographic image of the reflected light from the surface, and this affords a possible way in which the intraocular pressure could be measured in the human subject without touching the eye.


Author(s):  
So Yoon Kwon ◽  
Ki-Cheol Yoon ◽  
Kwang Gi Kim

Abstract Inside the brain tumor, the blood vessels are intricately composed, and the tumors and blood vessels are similar in color. Therefore, when observing tumors and blood vessels with the naked eye or a surgical microscope, it is difficult to distinguish between tumors and blood vessels. Fluorescence staining with indocyanine green (ICG) is performed to distinguish between brain tumors and blood vessels using a surgical microscope. However, when observing the blood circulation state of a tumor or blood vessel through a surgical microscope, light reflection occurs from the camera. In the process of observing the state of the blood vessel, due to the occurrence of light reflection, an obstruction phenomenon in which the observation field is blocked by the blood vessel of the object to be observed occurs. Therefore, it is difficult to diagnose the vascular condition. In this experiment, the 780nm light-emitting diode (LED) was irradiated to the ICG phantom, and then, when the fluorescence expression image was observed, the polarizing filter such as circular polarized light (CPL) filter and linear polarized light (LPL) filter were inserted into the camera and the reflected light was reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the reflected light from the fluorescence expression image by using a polarizing filter, and it is expected to be applicable to surgery and diagnostic fields of cancer such as surgery.


IAWA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Zemke ◽  
Volker Haag ◽  
Gerald Koch

Abstract The present study focusses on the application of 3D-reflected light microscopy (3D-RLM) for the wood anatomical identification of charcoal specimens produced from domestic and tropical timbers. This special microscopic technique offers a detailed investigation of anatomical features in charcoal directly compared with the quality of field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The advantages of using the 3D-RLM technology are that fresh fracture planes of charcoal can be directly observed under the microscope without further preparation or surface treatment. Furthermore, the 3D-technique with integrated polarized light illumination creates high-contrast images of uneven and black charcoal surfaces. Important diagnostic structural features such as septate fibres and intercellular canals can be clearly detected and intervessel pits are directly measured. The comparison of the microscopic analyses reveals that 3D-reflected light microscopy (3D-RLM) provides an effective alternative technique to conventional field emission scanning electron microscopy for the identification of carbonized wood.


Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhui Zhang ◽  
Bowei Yang ◽  
Zhiying Liu ◽  
Yuegang Fu

The metalens has been a hotspot in scientific communications in recent years. The polarization-controlled functional metalens is appealing in metalens investigation. We propose a metalens with dual functions that are controlled by polarization states. In the first design, when applied with x- and y-polarized light, two focal spots with different focal lengths are acquired, respectively. The proposed metalens performs well when illuminated with adjacent wavelengths. In the second design, the reflected light is focused when applied with x-polarized light, and when applied with y-polarized light, the reflected light is split into two oblique paths. We believe that the results will provide a new method in light manipulation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchu He ◽  
George V. Eleftheriades

An IR optical transmitarray is presented based on Antenna Array Sheet (AAS) for the manipulation of circularly polarized light. The unit cell of the transmitarray comprises three layers of metallic elliptical patches. Complete phase control is achieved through the local rotation of each unit cell. Thin refraction and focusing transmitarrays of this sort are demonstrated at infrared frequencies. Moreover, a new concept for realizing a polarization-discriminating device is introduced based on a flat refracting lens. These devices are compatible with current fabrication technology and can become crucial for the integration with other IR and nano-photonic devices.


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