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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Mathieu Carras, Montrouge, FR;
Alfredo DE Rossi, Paris, FR;
Jean-philippe Schnell, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thales, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical structure enabling properties of the surface plasmons to be used is defined from a substantially binary, parameterizable unit pattern M. The parameters a, b, c, d and hof the pattern are chosen so as to maximize the complex amplitudes of the first two harmonics of the complex Fourier series describing the pattern M. This structure is advantageously used in combination with a photodetector, an infrared or Terahertz optical wave emitter, or a field emission device.