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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Deborah J. Kirby, Calabasas, CA (US);
Andrew T. Hunter, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Daniel J. Gregoire, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Deborah J. Kirby, Calabasas, CA (US);
Andrew T. Hunter, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
In one of various embodiments, a detector assembly is provided which includes a metallic layer having a repeating pattern of structures over a dielectric substrate. The metallic layer in conjunction with the dielectric substrate form a structure capable of focusing incident radiation to sub-wavelength high field regions. A plurality of detectors are disposed within the dielectric substrate in the high field regions created by the metallic layer. In some embodiments, an array of subwavelength sized detectors may be located in the high field regions.