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AssigneeVirgin Islands Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Gorrell, Mark Davidson, Jean Tokarz, Michael Maines, Andres Trucco, Paul Hart
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We describe an ultra-small structure and a method of producing the same. The structures produce visible light of varying frequency, from a single metallic layer. In one example, a row of metallic posts are etched or plated on a substrate according to a particular geometry. When a charged particle beam passed close by the row of posts, the posts and cavities between them cooperate to resonate and produce radiation in the visible spectrum (or even higher). A plurality of such rows of different geometries are formed by either etching or plating from a single metal layer such that the charged particle beam will yield different visible light frequencies (i.e., different colors) using different ones of the rows.
A method of producing a series of one or more structures arranged in a continuum on a single substrate to emit electromagnetic radiation at an output wavelength when a charged particle beam is directed generally along and proximate the series of structures, the series having a period between the structures less than the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, the series emitting said electromagnetic radiation, the method comprising:
A method of patterning a series of ultra-small structures in a continuum on a single surface to emit electromagnetic radiation at an output wavelength when a charged particle beam is directed generally along and proximate the series of structures, the series having a period between the structures less than the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, the method comprising:
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