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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshitaka Shingaya, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomonobu Nakayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Masakazu Aono, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, JP;
National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 70/16 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical electric field enhancement element includes a nanorod which includes a plurality of conductive layers formed therein in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nanorod. Adjacent conductive layers are isolated from each other via an insulating layer. The nanorod exhibits an effect of enhancing an optical electric field.