EP2027450A1 - Composant optique fonctionnant en transmission en champ proche - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical component operating in near-field transmission.
- a component may be incorporated in a near-field detection device for irradiating an object with radiation and for collecting the reflected radiation or in a detection device for collecting radiation emitted by an object, this component being placed in the field close to the object.
- These devices may be read heads or read and write heads of optical information on an optical information medium or probes of near field optical microscopes for example.
- the first is the far-field zone, in which a detector is placed and the second is the near-field zone in the vicinity of the surface of the object.
- the distance between the object and the optical component is less than ⁇ / 2 ⁇ , ⁇ represents the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object.
- the distance between the object and the optical component less than ⁇ can be set as a near-field criterion.
- a solid immersion lens 1 is generally used as a near-field optical component.
- This lens 1 is made of a material with a high refractive index such as the LasF35 glass (name of the catalog of the company Schott) or the diamond has, in general, a first spherical diopter 2 facing the focusing lens 3 and a second diopter 4 facing the disk 5.
- This second dioptre 4 can be plane as shown in Figure IA or curved as shown in document [3].
- a detector 8 is placed opposite the objective of focusing 3 with respect to the solid immersion lens 1.
- a metal coating 7 is applied to a portion of the lateral surface of the substantially frustoconical tip 6, opposite the sharpest part, this coating 7 saves the sharpest part of the substantially frustoconical end 6 on the side of the object 5.
- Such a substantially frustoconical end 6 is subsequently assimilated to an optical probe placed at the end of an optical fiber, particularly in optical microscopes. near field detection.
- the optical fiber comprises a core and a sheath. It ends with a pointed part whose end or opening, made of dielectric material of the heart, has a diameter which is of the order of a few tens of nanometers (for example about 50 nanometers), which is much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation used.
- the lateral surface of the pointed part, except the tip is metallized.
- the metal coating 7 serves to channel the radiation that illuminates the object or that is collected from the object.
- the resolution capacity of such detection devices depends on the size of the aperture and its distance to the object and no longer the wavelength.
- the probes detect the near electromagnetic field lying opposite their point. They make it possible to obtain information on details of the object whose size is smaller than the wavelength.
- the electromagnetic field reflected by the object couples into the aperture of the probe and is then passed through the fiber to a detector.
- the near field is detected locally. The detection is direct. The nature of the field is not impaired. The carthography of the field makes it possible to reconstitute the object.
- the object 5 emits or reflects electromagnetic waves which carry information on its topography and which depend on the optical properties of the material of its surface.
- the radiated or reflected spectrum can be divided into two parts, one of which is formed by a so-called homogeneous cone, contains propagating electromagnetic waves, carrying information of frequencies lower than the cut-off frequency of the optical system as a whole and which are radiative and can therefore be detected at a distance greater than the wavelength of the radiation used, at the detector.
- the other part formed by a so-called inhomogeneous cone contains evanescent electromagnetic waves located near the surface of the object and whose amplitude decreases exponentially more away from the object. These evanescent waves, non-radiative, carry information on sub-wavelength details of the object but they remain localized and can not be detected directly by the detector.
- the probe or the solid immersion lens comes to collect them on the spot by effect of frustration.
- each radiation can be decomposed into an angular spectrum which is a set of pairs of wave vectors (kx, kz) where kx is a transverse component and kz a propagation component.
- the homogeneous cone is defined by the set of wave vector pairs (kx, kz) which satisfies: -kO ⁇ kx ⁇ kO.
- the inhomogeneous cone can be defined by the set of wave vector pairs which verifies:
- the signal level detected by the probe depends only on the part of the object under the tip of the probe. This tip is very small, it has a minimum diameter of a few nanometers to a hundred nanometers, this diameter remaining less than the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object. Thus, when the probe is in a determined position, it detects only the details of the object that are facing its tip. Point-to-point detection is carried out and therefore point-to-point reading. By scanning the object with the probe, it is possible to establish near-field maps by juxtaposing the information detected at each point.
- a plate-shaped metal probe for reading optical disks or for. It has a central opening and, offset from this central opening, one or two bowls, these bowls being placed on the side of the disk to be read.
- These cuvettes make it possible to bring more near-field into the central aperture of the probe thanks to surface waves called plasmons and thus to increase the visibility of the marks carried by the disc.
- the presence of a mark that coincides with a cuvette creates a resonance cavity for plasmons, thus altering the transmitted field.
- the visibility of brands is improved. Plasmons are particular evanescent waves.
- a metal detection probe for near field optical microscope or reading information on a support. It comprises a pipette-shaped portion with opposite to its free end a metal collar with periodic reliefs. This collar serves to bring more electromagnetic field inside the pipette.
- the control of the distance between the object tip is crucial and the collection of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object is done at a low rate because of the small size of the tip and the point-to-point operation.
- This type of near field detection is not well suited to reading information on an optical disc.
- the marks on the disc are detected one after the other, as the disc rotates. For this to be interesting, the flow should be more important.
- the object of the present invention is precisely to propose a near-field optical component. operating in transmission that avoids the disadvantages mentioned above near-field detection devices.
- the optical component overcomes the disadvantages of components operating point by point that are not compatible with a fast reading of information over large areas.
- one aim is to propose such a component that is capable of providing a higher radiation collection rate than what is done today in the near-field detection devices, whether it be probes of near-field optical microscopes or optical information read heads.
- Another goal is to be able to recover inhomogeneous waves and thus to detect details of the object that can not be seen with conventional optical systems.
- the present invention is a transmission-oriented near-field optical detection component comprising at least one part forming at least one network of diffraction microstructures succeeding one another over several periods, this network being capable of converting evanescent waves which are established between the component and an object located in the near field when it reflects or emits radiation having a wavelength, propagating waves by diffraction effect in transmission through the part.
- the period of the network is of the order of magnitude of the wavelength of the radiation emitted or reflected by the object.
- the period of the grating will be chosen to be smaller than the wavelength of the radiation emitted or reflected by the object.
- the optical component has a lateral size greater than several wavelengths of the radiation, or even substantially equal to a hundred wavelengths of the radiation.
- the optical component may further comprise at least one amplifying part of the evanescent waves before their conversion which cooperates with the part forming the diffraction microstructure network.
- the amplifying portion may be contiguous to the portion forming the diffraction microstructure array.
- the amplifying part may be made of a metallic material based on gold, silver, platinum, aluminum, indium-antimony or a semiconductor material.
- the amplifying portion will preferably have a thickness substantially less than the wavelength of the radiation.
- the amplifying part may cover one side of the part forming the diffraction microstructure array, as opposed to the diffraction microstructures.
- the amplifying part and the part forming the network of diffraction microstructures can be made of the same material.
- the optical component may advantageously be formed of an alternating stack, with at least one part forming the diffraction microstructure array and one or more amplifying parts or else with several parts each forming the diffraction microstructure array and at least a part amplifier.
- the part forming the diffraction microstructure array may be made of an electrically conductive material and / or a dielectric material.
- the diffraction microstructure array may comprise projecting portions separated by recessed portions or solid portions separated by through holes or by solid electrically conductive portions separated by solid dielectric portions.
- the diffraction microstructure array may include substantially circular and concentric corrugations.
- the diffraction microstructure array prefferably be rotationally invariant.
- the part forming the network of diffraction microstructures can be periodically modulated.
- the part forming at least one diffraction microstructure array In order for the optical component to be able to serve with several different radiations, it is possible for the part forming at least one diffraction microstructure array to comprise several networks side by side, these networks having different periods. To increase the transmission of the optical component, it is possible to provide that the part forming the diffraction microstructure network comprises, in a central part, a break in periodicity. The rupture of periodicity can be full or be a gap, which facilitates the centering of the optical component.
- the gap extends in the amplifying part.
- the present invention also relates to a near-field optical detection device which comprises an optical component thus defined.
- the near-field optical detection device may comprise a detector placed downstream of the optical component, for the converted propagating waves.
- the near-field optical detection device may comprise a solid immersion lens placed downstream of the optical component, the solid immersion lens being placed upstream of the detector for propagating waves converted in the presence of the detector.
- the near-field optical detection device may be a read head or a read and write head on an optical information medium or a near-field optical microscope probe.
- FIGS. 1A, 1B show two examples of near field optical information read head of the state of the art
- FIG. 2 shows, in cross-section, an example of an optical component according to the invention mounted in a near field detection device
- FIGS. 3A, 3B show, in cross section, two new examples of optical components according to the invention, these components being periodically modulated
- FIGS. 4A, 4B show, in cross-section, two new examples of optical components according to the invention
- FIG. 5 shows, in plan view, another example of an optical component according to the invention provided with several diffraction microstructure arrays
- FIG. 6 shows, in cross-section, an example of an optical component according to the invention with several parts forming a network of diffraction microstructures and several stacked amplifying parts.
- FIG. 2 shows a first example of a near-field optical detection component of the invention.
- This optical component operates in transmission and comprises at least one portion 11b forming at least one network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a.
- This network 11 comprises at least three successive diffraction microstructures 11a, they are separated by the same period p.
- the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a is on one face of a plate, it is turned towards the object 12, but it is possible that it turns its back to the object 12 in other configurations, as will be seen later in Figure 4A.
- the object 12 is a sample to be observed and that the optical component 10 is mounted in a probe of a near-field optical microscope.
- Other objects can be detected with such an optical component, it can be optical information carriers, and in this case, the optical component object of the invention is incorporated in a read or read head and writing optical information.
- These diffraction microstructures 11a may be formed of corrugations, i.e. protruding parts separated by recessed portions or solid portions separated by through holes or solid electrically conductive portions separated by dielectric portions (eg for example a silver support with through holes and therefore air) or even dielectric parts separated by other dielectric parts of different natures (for example silica and glass or other).
- the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a comprises solid parts separated by through holes 20.
- the through holes 20 can be made in a thin metallic layer by photolithography.
- the object 12 when it is illuminated by radiation or when it emits radiation, emits two types of radiation as explained above.
- homogeneous waves 15 and evanescent waves 16 can be distinguished in the vicinity of the object 12.
- the homogeneous waves 15 can propagate in the homogeneous cone 14, their wave vector has a small transverse component kx, such that
- a detector 17 is placed in this homogeneous cone 17, which will be responsible for collecting homogeneous waves that have reached it.
- the evanescent waves 16 have a strong transverse component kx such that kx> kO, they are located in the vicinity of the object 12.
- the evanescent waves contain information relating to details 13 of sub-wavelength dimensions of the object 12, that is, the finer details of the object.
- the objective of the optical component of the invention is to convert evanescent waves 16 into waves 16 'which can propagate in the homogeneous cone 14 and reach the detector 17.
- the conversion is effected by diffraction effect in transmission through the network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a.
- the magnitude p is the period of the diffraction microstructure network, it is of the order of magnitude of the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object 12. In order of magnitude, it means that it is between about one-tenth and one-twelfth of the wavelength.
- the period p of the grating is advantageously chosen to be less than the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object 12.
- the transverse component kx 'after conversion through the optical component 10 rotates counterclockwise with respect to the transverse component kx before conversion. It is brought back into the homogeneous cone 14 and is propagative and radiative. It can be detected by the detector 17.
- the purpose of the optical component 10 according to the invention is to allow the injection of sub-wavelength information into the homogeneous cone 14, this information never being found there before, since it remained in the inhomogeneous cone and did not propagate freely to the detector.
- the period p of the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures is tuned to the frequency of the evanescent wave 16 emitted by the object 12.
- the near-field conversion becomes far field will be on the evanescent waves 16 whose transverse component kx verify the relation:
- an optical component according to the invention modulated in period p, that is to say having a variable period network as shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B. It is thus possible to convert several types of inhomogeneous waves at a time. The presence of several periods improves the overall performance of the component.
- the periodicity makes it possible to transmit frequency or spectral information.
- zones z1 to z4 in the network 11 each having their period pi, p2, p3, p4, these periods being different from one zone to another.
- the microstructures succeed each other over several constant periods.
- These zones z1, z2, z3 can be nested within each other or succeed one another depending on the pattern formed by the diffraction microstructures HA. It is assumed in FIGS. 3A, 3B that the array 11 of diffraction microstructures Ha is formed of projecting parts separated by concentric substantially circular grooves. An invariant optical component is then obtained by rotation.
- FIG. 3A there are only two zones z1, z2 concentric, zone z1 being more central than zone z2.
- the diffraction microstructure array 11 may be formed by protruding portions separated by concentric substantially circular grooves, it may be formed by protruding portions separated by helical grooves, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, or by substantially straight and parallel grooves as shown in Figure 4A.
- the portion 11b forming the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a is made by a seedling of studs 40 distributed on a recessed base as illustrated in FIG. 4B.
- the base forms the amplifying part 18 which will be described later.
- portion 11b forming the diffraction microstructure network 11a is formed of pellets 60 of dielectric material embedded in a metal plate or, conversely, pellets 61 of metal embedded in a plate of dielectric material as illustrated on FIG. Figure 6.
- pellets 60 of dielectric material embedded in a metal plate or, conversely, pellets 61 of metal embedded in a plate of dielectric material as illustrated on FIG. Figure 6.
- Many other configurations are possible and the examples described are not limiting.
- Part 11b forming the network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a may be made of a metallic material based on aluminum, gold, silver, platinum and / or dielectric material such as glass, ceramic, diamond organic or inorganic resins, or even silicon.
- the optical component according to the invention has a lateral size T which is greater than the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object 12, which was not the case in the prior art where the tips of the probes was below the wavelength.
- lateral size T of the optical component 10 is meant its largest dimension transverse to the optical axis XX ', ie the general direction of propagation of the waves towards the detector 17. It may be the diameter of the part 11b, if it is circular.
- This lateral size T can exceed several times the wavelength and even reach about a hundred wavelengths.
- An important extent of the component is desired since the evanescent waves to be converted must meet several periods of the network to be efficiently converted to propagating waves. If the optical component is additionally periodically modulated, as described above, its lateral size is even larger, for example of the order of one hundred micrometers.
- the choice of the period p is important for the conversion to be the best possible and to eliminate parasites.
- the fact that the zero order is cut means that the propagating homogeneous waves 15 are strongly attenuated during their crossing of the optical component 10 so as not to be added to the propagating waves 16 'obtained after conversion and which are present in the cone
- the attenuation of these homogeneous waves 15, especially in the case where the component is periodically modulated, is important since it makes it possible to establish a unique link between the information received by the detector 17 in the far field and its Originally at the level of the object 12.
- the originally homogeneous propagative waves 15 are found, they, converted into evanescent waves (not shown) with a diffraction order equal to unity in absolute value during their crossing of the optical component, if the period p is judiciously chosen. They therefore do not reach the detector 17.
- a value of the period p close to the median of the intervals specified above by the relations (3), (5) is particularly suitable.
- the evanescent waves 16 it is advantageous to be able to amplify the evanescent waves 16 before crossing the optical component object of the invention. It is thus possible to promote, in terms of signal level, the evanescent waves 16 to be converted, vis-à-vis other waves considered as parasites.
- the amplification can be done by including in the optical component, on the side of the object 12, a amplifying portion 18 which optically excites plasmons or surface waves.
- This amplifying part 18 may be made of a material having a dielectric constant with a negative real part. Such materials are for example noble metals such as gold, silver, platinum and even aluminum, indium-antimony (InSb), or even semiconductors such as silicon.
- This amplifying portion 18 may form a bilayer with the portion 11b carrying the array 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a being stacked therewith as shown in FIG. 3A.
- the amplifying portion 18 and the portion 11b forming the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a may be embedded one inside the other. Amplification and conversion are simultaneous. The photon of size ⁇ sees at the same time the network and the amplifying layer.
- the thickness h of the amplifying portion 18 will advantageously be less than approximately the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object 12.
- this amplifying part 18 is chosen for its dielectric constant which must favor the amplification of the evanescent waves and obscure the propagative homogeneous waves.
- This amplifying part 18 has the function of a high frequency pass filter.
- the array of diffraction microstructures facing the object 12 to be observed will preferably be placed. This will preferably be metal.
- the part 11a provided with the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11b and the amplifying part 18 may be made of the same material as illustrated in FIG. 3B or on the contrary be in different materials as illustrated in FIGS. 3A, 4A in particular.
- the amplifying part 18 can serve as a support for the part 11a forming the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures, especially in the case where the latter is provided with grooves and the solid parts are non-contiguous as shown in FIG. 3A and take the form concentric rings or straight bars.
- a zone 19 of fracture periodicity as shown in Figures 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B.
- This zone 19 of rupture of periodicity may be a gap as in Figures 3A, 3B, 4A or a solid portion free of diffraction microstructure as in Figure 4B.
- This solid part may be metallic or dielectric.
- This zone 19 breaking periodicity has the advantage of improving the transmission of the optical component especially when the diffraction microstructures 11a are full. It also makes it possible to give a reference for the centering of the optical component and the enslavement of the head or the probe on which the optical component will be mounted.
- a gap 19 In the case of a gap 19, the latter may extend into the amplifying portion 18 as illustrated in FIGS. 3B, 4A.
- the low frequency components of the object 12 to be detected pass through the breaking zone of periodicity 19. At this breaking zone of periodicity 19, there is no frequency conversion, it is close to what is passes in conventional devices like probe or read or read and write head.
- the read transmission and the gap 19 are greatly improved when the diffraction microstructure network 11a has circular symmetry reliefs and is full.
- FIG. 5 It is represented in a view from above and only its part 11b forming several gratings R1, R2, R3 diffraction microstructures, these networks R1 , R2, R3 being side by side.
- Three networks R1, R2, R3 are distinguished from different diffraction microstructures. It is assumed that these networks R1, R2, R3 are made by a substantially rectangular solid layer 50 provided with through holes 51.
- the through holes 51 are arranged in rows and columns, the networks R1, R2, R3 being two-dimensional.
- a network is one-dimensional, it could be formed of holes arranged in a single row or a single column.
- the second network R2 placed at the top right has a period p2 '.
- These two networks R1, R2 occupy substantially the same area.
- the period pi ' is greater than the period p2'.
- the holes 51 of the first network R1 are larger that the holes 51 of the second network R2, they are also fewer.
- the third network R3, placed in the lower part of the layer 50, has an area substantially equal to that of the first network R1 plus that of the second network R2. It is of variable period and has in its central part, a rupture zone of periodicity 52 and then on both sides two first bands 53 having a period p3 'and then further away from the rupture zone of periodicity 52, two other bands 54 having a period p4 '. The different bands 53, 54 are juxtaposed. The period p3 'is greater than the period p4'. The holes 51 placed in these strips 53, 54 are of substantially the same size. The period of the third network R3 decreases the further one moves away from its central part from p3 'to p4'.
- the optical component of the invention may be necessary to realize the optical component of the invention by stacking, alternately, at least a portion 11b provided with at least one network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a and one or more amplifying parts 18 or several parts 11b each having at least one grating 11 of diffraction microstructures and at least one amplifying part 18.
- the evanescent waves to be converted first traverse an amplifying part 18 before reaching a part 11b forming at least one network 11 of microstructures of diffraction 11a. This embodiment is illustrated in FIG. 6.
- the near field detection device comprises a component 10 according to the invention which cooperates with a detector 17.
- a solid immersion lens 21 is inserted between the optical component 10 according to the invention and the detector 17. More precisely the immersion lens solid 21 and the portion 11b provided with the network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a are joined to each other by any appropriate means such as gluing or the like. This assembly is done on the second dioptre of the solid immersion lens 21, that is to say the one that is closest to the object to be detected 12.
- the detection device is intended to operate with radiation having a wavelength of 400 nanometers.
- the optical component object of the invention has a portion 11b having an array 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a and an amplifier portion 18 stacked, the amplifying portion 18 being on the side of the object 12 to be detected.
- the network 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a comprises substantially circular and concentric grooves.
- the period p of the network 11 is substantially constant and is 100 nanometers.
- the width of the grooves is 50 nanometers.
- the depth of the bound furrows is 20 nanometers.
- the thickness of the amplifying layer 18, for example of noble metal is 30 nanometers.
- the total thickness of the object component of the invention is 50 nanometers. It is assumed that the amplifying portion 18 and the portion 11b forming the diffraction microstructure array are made of the same material, a noble metal for example.
- a gap 19 in the central portion of the optical component is provided in the amplifying portion.
- the gap 19 may have a diameter of between about 0.02 micrometer and 10 micrometers.
- the fact of providing the amplifying part 18 operating by plasmon effect, that is to say by exaltation of the evanescent electromagnetic waves, makes it possible to promote the transmission of a high spatial frequency range greater than 2 ⁇ / ⁇ .
- the presence of the periodicity breaking zone 19 in the central portion of the portion 11b forming the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a makes it possible to further increase the transmission and to give a mark for the centering and the position control of the device. detection which includes this optical component, the centering and the servocontrol can be done even if the breaking zone of periodicity is full.
- Part 11b forming the grating 11 of diffraction microstructures 11a serves the conversion of the electromagnetic field transmitted by the amplifying part 18 in the far field and thus allows it to reach the detector 17 by passing through the solid immersion lens 20, to the extent that it is present. It then becomes possible to process the signal reaching the detector 17 because its frequencies correspond mainly to those amplified by plasmon effect in the amplifying part 18. These frequencies are generally greater than the conventional limit of the far-field detectors since the period of the grating 11 is less than the wavelength of the radiation reflected or emitted by the object 12.
- This resolution R is expressed by:
- WO 03/062864 "Near-field optics simulation of a solid immersion lens combining with a conical probe and a highly efficient solid immersion lens-probe system" Yuan-Fong Chau et al., Journal of Applied Physics, volume 95, number 7, April 1, 2004, pages 3378-3384. [5] "Strategies for employing surface plasmons in near-field optical readout Systems” Choon How Gan et al., Optics Express, 20 March 2006, Volume 14, No. 6, pages 2385-2397.
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