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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Maruyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Katsumi Shibayama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masashi Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toru Hirohata, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroki Kamei, Hamamatsu, JP;
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A SERS element comprises a substrate; a fine structure part formed on a front face of the substrate and having a plurality of pillars; and a conductor layer formed on the fine structure part and constituting an optical function part for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering. The conductor layer has a base part formed along the front face of the substrate and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the base part at respective positions corresponding to the pillars. The base part and the protrusions form a plurality of gaps in the conductor layer, each of the gaps having an interstice gradually decreasing in the projecting direction of the pillar.