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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jin-eun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeon-sang Park, Seoul, KR;
Un-jeong Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-geun Roh, Seoul, KR;
Chang-won Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang-mo Cheon, Bucheon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an optical device and a method of controlling propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon using the optical device. The optical device includes a light source, a substrate, and a metal layer that is disposed on the substrate, the metal layer includes at least two slots, and propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon may be controlled by using the light that is polarized in a direction parallel to a direction of a long length of any one of the at least two slots.