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Inside the Wavelength seeing really small objects with light
JB Pendry
The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London email: [email protected]
collaborators:
Stefan Maier Ortwin Hess Alexandre Aubry Dang Yuan Lei Antonio I. Fernandez-Dominguez Wei Hsiung Wee Yu Luo
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Focussing light
θ
( )0 0exp sin cosik x ik z i tθ+ θ − ω0 0exp sin cosik x ik z i t
lens, n. L. lens lentil, from the similarity in form. A piece of glass with two curved surfaces
Galileo by Leoni - 1624
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Focussing light: wavelength limits the resolution
Contributions of the far field to the image ….
θ
( )0 0exp sin cosik x ik z i tθ+ θ − ω0 0exp sin cosik x ik z i t
….. are limited by the free space wavelength:
90θ = ° gives maximum value of 0 0 02xk k c= = ω = π λ − the shortest wavelength component of the 2D image. Hence resolution is no better than,
00
2 2 ckπ π
Δ ≈ = = λω
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Negative Refractive Index and Focussing
A negative refractive index medium bends light to a negative angle relative to the surface normal. Light formerly diverging from a point source is set in reverse and converges back to a point. Released from the medium the light reaches a focus for a second time.
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Limitations to a Conventional Lens (2) Contributions of the near field to the image ….. come from large values of xk responsible for the finest details in the source. Forget about ray diagrams because,
2 2 2 2 2 20,z x xk i k c c k− −= + −ω ω <
and ‘near field’ light decays exponentially with distance from the source. i.e. the near field is confined to the immediate vicinity of the source. Unless we can make an amplifier it is inevitable that the finest detail is lost from the image.
Attempting the impossible: a lens for the near field,
a negative story
near-field of source
amplifier
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Near field superlensing experiment: Nicholas Fang, Hyesog Lee, Cheng Sun and Xiang Zhan, UCB
Left: the objects to be imaged are inscribed onto the chrome. Left is an array of 60nm wide slots of 120nm pitch. The image is recorded in the photoresist placed on another side of silver superlens.
Below: Atomic force microscopy of a developed image. This clearly shows a superlens imaging of a 60 nm object (λ/6).
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Imaging by a Silver Superlens. Nicholas Fang, Hyesog Lee, Cheng Sun, Xiang Zhang, Science 534 308 (2005)
(A) FIB image of the object. The linewidth of the ‘‘NANO’’ object was 40 nm.
(B) AFM of the developed image on photoresist with a 35-nm-thick silver superlens.
(C) AFM of the developed image on photoresist when the layer of silver was replaced by PMMA spacer as a control experiment.
(D) blue line: averaged cross section of letter ‘‘A’’ line width 89nm red line: control experiment line width 321nm.
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Limitations of the Veselago Lens
• Surface roughness
• Losses in the metamaterial from which the lens is manufactured
Currently the main limitation is surface roughness, but ultimately we need to reduce losses either by introducing amplification, or find a better material than silver.
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Smoothing the superlens Chaturvedi et at, Appl. Phys. Lett., 96, 043102, (2010)
Left: a chromium grating imaged using a 15nm thick silver superlens showing resolution of to λ/12. Right: simulation of resolution.
A surfactant (germanium in this case) deployed during growth of the silver film, results in a much smoother surface and resolution is increased to λ/12.
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Negative refractive index metamaterials
Diagram (left) and scanning electron microscope image (right) of a ‘fishnet’ structure fabricated by the Xiang group at Berkeley California. The structure consists of alternating layers of 30nm silver and 50nm magnesium fluoride.
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Compensating for loss in metamaterials Shumin Xiao et al., Nature Letters, 466, 735 (2010)
The fabrication process into which gain is introduced by the Shalaev group. Left: one-quarter of the structure with an alumina spacer. Middle: after etching the alumina, the structure has air or solvent as the spacer with alumina pillars as support. Right: finally the gain material (an organic dye shown in pink) is introduced into the structure.
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Harvesting light – enhancing non linearity What is ‘harvesting’? A lens gathers beams of light from points in an object and brings them to a focus at the corresponding points in the image. In contrast a light harvester concentrates all the beams at a single point. Harvesters can be used for:
• Making very intense concentrations of light, forcing photons to interactwith one another
• Detecting molecules with high sensitivity – ideally sensing a single molecule
• Enhancing the efficiency of solar cells • Improving the efficiency of lasers
Light harvesters suffer from the same wavelength restrictions as lenses, but we can use the same tricks of negative refraction to improve their performance
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Harvesting light – non linear mixing Incident radiation at 1 1,ω ω interacts non linearly to produce 1 1ω ω+ and
1 1ω ω− . The process is enhanced by harvesting energy to the site of the non-linear material.
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Strategy for broadband Harvesting of Light • Start with a ‘mother system’ that collects light, is broad band, and is
sufficiently simple to be solved analytically, but may not have the desired geometry.
• Make a coordinate transformation to a desirable geometry.
• Use ‘transformation optics’ to calculate the properties of the transformed system. The daughter structure inherits the mother’s analytical solution.
• A whole family of structures is now possible containing the same analytic genes but of sometimes wildly different shapes and sizes.
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Constructing a broadband absorber Resonant systems, such as silver spheres, enhance the absorption of radiation hence greatly improving the sensitivity to adsorbed molecules; but absorption by a single resonance is narrow band and therefore of limited use. • start with a dipole exciting an infinite system – most infinite systems have
a broadband continuum • invert about the origin to convert to a finite system excited by a plane
wave. The spectrum is unchanged and remains broadband.
a metallic slab of finite thickness has a broadband spectrum
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a Zoo of Structures continuous spectrum
discrete spectrum
continuous spectrum
continuous spectrum
the properties of each of these structures can be found analytically
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Inversion About the Origin ( ) ( )' 1 , 'z z z z= ! "!
This conformal transformation maps a semi ! slab into a cylinder
spectra of the slab and the cylinder are identical in the electrostatic limit linear momentum, q, maps into angular momentum, m.
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An inversion maps a dipole into a uniform electric field
Studying a dipole interacting with a flat surface tells us how a cylinder responds to a plane wave. (We assume the diameter to be sub-wavelength). The absorption cross section comprises a sharp resonance at sp! in both cases.
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Inversion about the origin, ' 1z z= , converts a slab to a cylindrical crescent
The dipole source is transformed into a uniform electric field
Left: a thin slab of metal supports surface plasmons that couple to a dipole source, transporting its energy to infinity. Th e spectrum is continuous and broadband therefore the process is effective over a wide range of frequencies. Right: the transformed material now comprises a cylinder with cross section in the form of a crescent. The dipole source is transformed into a uniform electric field.
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Inversion about the origin, ' 1z z= , converts a cavity to a pair of kissing cylinders
The dipole source is transformed into a uniform electric field
Left: a cavity supports surface plasmons that couple to a dipole source, transporting its energy to infinity. The spectrum is continuous. Right: the transformed material now comprises two kissing cylinders. The dipole source is transformed into a uniform electric field.
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Broadband field enhancement in singular structures (Alexandre Aubry, Dang Yuan Lei, Antonio I. Fernandez-Dominguez, et al.)
Calculated xE normalized to the incoming field (E -field along x). The left and right panels display the field in the crescent and in the two kissing cylinders respectively. The metal is silver and 0.9 spω ω= . The scale is restricted to
5 510 to +10+ +− but note that the field magnitude is far larger around the structural singularities.
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Field enhancement versus angle – crescent
Blue curve: xE at the surface of the crescent, plotted as a function of θ , for
0.75 spω ω= and 7.058 0.213iε = − + taken from Johnson and Christy. Red curve: 7.058 2 0.213iε = − + × i.e. more loss. Both curves are normalised to the incoming field amplitude E0. The crescent is defined by the ratio of diameters r = 0.5
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The transformation ( )' exp 2z a z d= π converts periodic cavities into a wedge
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The transformation ( )
'exp 2 1 2
a azz d
= +−π
converts periodic cavities into 2 embedded cylinders
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Raman signal enhancement for inclusions
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The transformation ( )
'exp 2 1
azz d
=−π
converts
periodic dipoles into 2 separated cylinders
In this case the spectrum is finite, not continuous
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Absorption cross section: non-touching cylinders
Absorption cross section normalised to the physical cross section, D0, as a function of separation between the cylinders, ! .
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Extension of Harvesting Theory from Cylinders to Spheres
Analytic theory in the electrostatic limit is exact for touching cylinders. For spheres theory approximates to the cylindrical solution near the touching point.
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Spheres as Light Harvesting Devices Theory by Antonio Fernandez-Dominguez
Electric field enhancement at various photon frequencies for touching spheres. Enhancement is an order of magnitude greater than for touching cylinders because energy is compressed in 2 directions.
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Leveraging Nanoscale Plasmonic Modes to Achieve Reproducible Enhancement of Light
Ryan T. Hill, Jack J. Mock, Yaroslav Urzhumov, David S. Sebba, Steven Oldenburg, Shiuan-Yeh Chen, Anne A. Lazarides, Ashutosh Chilkoti, and David R. Smith. NanoLetters 10 4150 (2010).
A: Gold nanoparticle near a gold. B: Localized NP-film field enhancement using SERRS from MGITC molecules adsorbed on the surface of the NP and within the NP-film gaps, which were created by a single molecular layer of PAH (0.6nm layer thickness).
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Measured distance dependence of SERRS from MGITC molecules in the NP-film gaps with varying spacer distances.
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Benefits of Broadband Harvesting
• Multi - frequency systems benefit from enhancement of all frequencies.
• e.g. one system can enhance detection of a wide range of molecules
• e.g. if we are amplifying a weak signal at one frequency using a pump of another frequency, both are enhanced.
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What can go wrong? The theory predicts spectacular enhancements in the harvested fields, even when realistic values of the silver permittivity are included. Harvesting is much less sensitive to resistive losses than is perfect imaging.
Enhancements in field strength of 410 are predicted, implying an enhancement of the SERS signal of 1610 . Several factors will prevent this ideal from being attained:
• radiative losses
• non locality of ε
• problems in nm scale precision manufacture
Nevertheless substantial effects can be expected
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Conclusions
Sub wavelength resolution in both imaging systems and harvesting devices requires control of the near field via a resonant system.
This can be achieved through negative refraction, ε < 0,μ < 0, as in the Veselago lens or in a limited form in plasmonic systems, ε < 0.
We outlined a design strategy in which a simple easily solved mother system gave rise to a series of daughters of increasing geometric complexity, but possessing the same spectral properties.
The tool of choice manipulating the geometry was transformation optics
Currently the chief limitation in performance is the perfection of manufacture of sub nanoscale structures.
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Inside the Wavelength seeing really small objects with light
JB Pendry
The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London email: [email protected]
collaborators:
Stefan Maier Ortwin Hess Alexandre Aubry Dang Yuan Lei Antonio I. Fernandez-Dominguez Wei Hsiung Wee Yu Luo
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Radiative Losses In the electrostatic approximation there ar e no radiative losses. This is a valid assumption provided that the cylinders are small compared to the wavelength. In practice this means:
( )diameter 200nmD <
Their effect is to damp the resonant harvesting states and steal energy from the light harvesting mechanism.
In the electrostatic limit the harvesting cross section 2a Dσ ∝ reflecting the
scale invariance of an electrostatic system.
However computer simulations using COMSOL show this scaling breaking down as radiative corrections kick in and aσ falling dramatically.
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Calculating radiative corrections analytically
(a) Two semi-infinite metal slabs support surface plasmons that couple to a dipole source, transporting its energy to infinity. A fictional absorbing particle superimposed on the emitting dipole chosen to account for the radiative damping in the transformed geometry. (b) The transformed material consists of two kissing cylinders. The dipole source is transformed into a uniform electric field, and the radiative losses are approximated by lossy material outside the large sphere.
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The effect of radiative loss on enhancement Electric field along the x- direction normalized by the incident electric field E0, for D = 100 nm and D =�200 nm for % = 0.9 %sp. The analytical prediction for the effect of radiative loss (red) is compared to the numerical result (green) and to the electrostatic case where there is no radiative loss (blue).