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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Kiichi Ueyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Naya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Tomaru, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Minamiashigara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A near-field light-emitting element includes a transparent medium having a plane of incidence into which a laser beam enters, and a light-condensing plane on which the laser beam having entered the plane of incidence is concentrated, and a metal body provided on the light-condensing plane of the transparent medium having a first surface contacting the light-condensing plane, a second surface opposing the first surface, and an aperture which is formed to penetrate through the first and second surfaces at a position where the laser beam is concentrated and which emits a near-field light obtained from the laser beam. The metal body is arranged apart from a center of the aperture by a predetermined distance to connect together the first and second surfaces, and has a plasmon reflection plane that reflects toward the aperture a surface plasmon excited on the first and second surfaces by the laser beam concentrated at the aperture.