WO2000034810A1 - Lensed optical fibers & unique micropipettes with subwavelength apertures - Google Patents

Lensed optical fibers & unique micropipettes with subwavelength apertures Download PDF

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WO2000034810A1
WO2000034810A1 PCT/US1999/027913 US9927913W WO0034810A1 WO 2000034810 A1 WO2000034810 A1 WO 2000034810A1 US 9927913 W US9927913 W US 9927913W WO 0034810 A1 WO0034810 A1 WO 0034810A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01Q—SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY [SPM]
    • G01Q60/00—Particular types of SPM [Scanning Probe Microscopy] or microscopes; Essential components thereof
    • G01Q60/18—SNOM [Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy] or apparatus therefor, e.g. SNOM probes
    • G01Q60/22—Probes, their manufacture, or their related instrumentation, e.g. holders
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B23/00—Re-forming shaped glass
    • C03B23/04—Re-forming tubes or rods
    • C03B23/057—Re-forming tubes or rods by fusing, e.g. for flame sealing
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B23/00—Re-forming shaped glass
    • C03B23/04—Re-forming tubes or rods
    • C03B23/09—Reshaping the ends, e.g. as grooves, threads or mouths
    • C03B23/099—Reshaping the ends, e.g. as grooves, threads or mouths by fusing, e.g. flame sealing
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/10—Non-chemical treatment
    • C03B37/14—Re-forming fibres or filaments, i.e. changing their shape
    • C03B37/15—Re-forming fibres or filaments, i.e. changing their shape with heat application, e.g. for making optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01Q—SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY [SPM]
    • G01Q60/00—Particular types of SPM [Scanning Probe Microscopy] or microscopes; Essential components thereof
    • G01Q60/02—Multiple-type SPM, i.e. involving more than one SPM techniques
    • G01Q60/06—SNOM [Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy] combined with AFM [Atomic Force Microscopy]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/255—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding
    • G02B6/2552—Splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding reshaping or reforming of light guides for coupling using thermal heating, e.g. tapering, forming of a lens on light guide ends
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/241—Light guide terminations

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  • the need for subwavelength apertures spans many area of science and technology from subwavelength optical imaging and nanofabrication with near field optics to electrical measurements of cellular biology with subwavelength apertures in micropipettes.
  • the field of this invention is a method for making such a subwavelength aperture at the tip of an optical fiber that also behaves as a lens and for making micropipettes with apertures from as small as tens of nanometers with
  • Figs. 1A, IB and 1C are diagrammatic illustrations of the placement of a laser beam relative to glass structures for producing combined subwavelength apertures
  • Figs. 2A and 2B are diagrammatic illustrations of an optical fiber (in partial cross-section) and a micropipette respectively, after treatment by a laser, in
  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of a cantilevered glass structure
  • a glass structure 10 which may be an optical fiber tapered by standard Harootunian
  • the femtosecond laser 22 is used to make the aperture.
  • the device can be left uncoated.
  • asperities can be grown on the tip either electrochemically or with such techniques as ion or electron beams to produce a fine tip on the end of structures 10, 12 or 14 for atomic force microscopy.
  • the laser beam could also be used to heat the optical fiber or the
  • micropipette to form a curved cantilevered device 50 (Fig. 3), having a tip 52 incorporating a lens such as lens 36 (Fig. 2A), as has been accomplished previously (K. Lieberman and A. Lewis, "Bent Probe Microscopy", United States Patent Number:
  • the laser beam can also be used to put a flat
  • the above-described structures can act both as lenses and subwavelength apertures and can also behave in a hybrid fashion that has never been seen before.
  • microchip inspection where there is a technique of chemical mechanical polishing of the microchip where important features are below the surface and such tips could be useful in imaging such features.
  • any area of near-field optics which requires higher throughput of radiation this is an important invention.
  • micropipettes with such structures would be very good, for example, to hold cells

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  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
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JP2000587211A JP4778616B2 (ja) 1998-12-06 1999-12-03 準波長域の開口を備えたレンズを有する光ファイバ及び独特のマイクロピペット
US09/856,304 US6600856B1 (en) 1998-12-06 1999-12-03 Lensed optical fibers and unique micropipettes with subwavelength apertures
EP99963972A EP1141753B1 (en) 1998-12-06 1999-12-03 Method for producing optical fibers with subwavelength apertures
DE69942841T DE69942841D1 (de) 1998-12-06 1999-12-03 Verfahren zur herstellung von optischen fasern mit subwellenlängen-apertur

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