Uchicago Argonne, LLC

The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Energy

Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov

Ulrich Welp

Wai-Kwong Kwok

Kenneth E Gray

Alexei Koshelev

Stephen K Gray

Aiqing Chen

George W Crabtree

A method, system and article of manufacture for amplification of light for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The method and system include a source of input light, a grating with grooves therein, a nanoparticle array disposed in the grooves with the nanoparticles and grating having a variety of selectable parameters. The combination of the nanoparticles and selected characteristics, including generating hot spots, and the features of the grating enable enhanced amplification of the input light signal to provide an output Raman signal of greatly increased intensity for Raman spectroscopy.

Multiscale light amplification structures for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

A compact, solid-state THz source based on the driven Josephson vortex lattice in a highly anisotropic superconductor such as BiSrCaCuOthat allows cw emission at tunable frequency. A second order metallic Bragg grating is used to achieve impedance matching and to induce surface emission of THz-radiation from a BiSrCaCuOsample. Steering of the emitted THz beam is accomplished by tuning the Josephson vortex spacing around the grating period using a superimposed magnetic control field.

Tunable, superconducting, surface-emitting teraherz source

A device and method for mapping magnetic fields of a sample at a resolution less than the wavelength of light without altering the magnetic field of the sample is disclosed. A device having a tapered end portion with a magneto-optically active particle positioned at the distal end thereof in communication with a fiber optic for transferring incoming linearly polarized light from a source thereof to the particle and for transferring reflected light from the particle is provided. The fiber optic has a reflective material trapping light within the fiber optic and in communication with a light detector for determining the polarization of light reflected from the particle as a function of the strength and direction of the magnetic field of the sample. Linearly polarized light from the source thereof transferred to the particle positioned proximate the sample is affected by the magnetic field of the sample sensed by the particle such that the difference in polarization of light entering and leaving the particle is due to the magnetic field of the sample. Relative movement between the particle and sample enables mapping.

Near-field magneto-optical microscope

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Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov