Single metal nanoparticle scattering interferometer

Title: Single metal nanoparticle scattering interferometer

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An interferometer and a method for generating scattered light interference are provided. A beam splitter is provided by a single metal nanoparticle to split an incoming excitation light. Scattered light from the single metal nanoparticle and its mirror image shows interference in both spatial and spectral domains. A mirror modifies the spatial distribution of elastic light scattering of the single metal nanoparticle. A large spectral width of the scattered light enables a distance measurement without scanning the mirror.

Inventors:: Eah, Sang -Kee; Lin, Xiao -Min; Wiederrecht, Gary

Issue Date:: 2007-07-31

Research Org.:: UChicago Argonne LLC, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1531536

Patent Number(s):: 7251040

Application Number:: 11/040,914

Assignee:: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G01B2290/55 - Quantum effects

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G01B9/02044 - {Imaging in the frequency domain, e.g. by using a spectrometer}

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DOE Contract Number:: W-31-109-ENG-38

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2005-01-21

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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  title        = {Single metal nanoparticle scattering interferometer},

  author       = {Eah, Sang -Kee and Lin, Xiao -Min and Wiederrecht, Gary},

  abstractNote = {An interferometer and a method for generating scattered light interference are provided. A beam splitter is provided by a single metal nanoparticle to split an incoming excitation light. Scattered light from the single metal nanoparticle and its mirror image shows interference in both spatial and spectral domains. A mirror modifies the spatial distribution of elastic light scattering of the single metal nanoparticle. A large spectral width of the scattered light enables a distance measurement without scanning the mirror.},

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  place        = {United States},

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