Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology Ministry of International

National Institute for Researches in Inorganic Materials

Toshiro Tani

Hiroshi Yokoyama

Hitoshi Kawashima

Akio Makishima

Fumio Sasaki

Shunsuke Kobayashi

Martin Vacha

An ultra-minute microscope for spectroscopy includes a rod-shaped lens having an index of refraction distribution gradient and capable of having a sample mounted on one end surface thereof, an element for projecting a laser beam into the rod-shaped lens from another end surface thereof and converging it to a focal point at an interface region between the one end surface of the rod-shaped lens and the sample, and a scanner for varying the incidence angle of the laser beam to scan the focal point two-dimensionally on the one end surface.

Ultra-minute microscope for spectroscopy

A dielectric dispersion determining method applying a transient grating method. The transient response of a sample is observed by the transient grating method using a femtosecond ultrashort visible optical pulse. A vibrational waveform b(t) is determined such that its square b(t).sup.2 replicates vibrational components observed in the transient response. The vibrational waveform b(t) is converted into b(.omega.) through the Fourier transform. The dielectric constant .epsilon.(.omega.) is obtained by substituting the converted value for b(.omega.)/.omega..sup.2 on the right-hand side of the following equation (1) derived from Maxwell's equations. The dielectric constant and/or refraction index can be directly obtained from the transient response to the femtosecond ultrashort visible optical pulse without passing through the dispersion relation which leaves some ambiguity in its definition. ##EQU1##

Dielectric dispersion determining method in terahertz region using

A functional organic-inorganic composite amorphous material obtained by adding to an organic metal compound of silicon or germanium capable of being made amorphous by hydrolysis and dehydrating condensation, functional organic molecules soluble in a solvent capable of dissolving said organic metal compound, together with the solvent, followed by hydrolysis and dehydrating condensation to form an integrated composite.

Functional organic-inorganic composite amorphous material and process

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Tsukuba, Japan

Toshiro Tani