Three-dimensional mapping of the light intensity transmitted through nanoapertures.

Light Transmission through Three Types of Translucent Zirconia

  Objective: Zirconia cores have limited light transmittance and data are scarce on light transmission through zirconia cores with and without the veneering ceramic.   Methods: In this in vitro study, Disc-shaped specimens (11.5 mm in diameter and 0.4 (0.05) mm in thickness) were fabricated of three types of zirconia namely Mamut, Heany and ZirkonZahn (n=5). A disc-shaped specimen (11.5 mm in d...

An optical tweezer actuated, nanoaperture-grid based Optofluidic Microscope implementation method.

We report a novel grid based Optofluidic Microscope (OFM) method where a closely spaced 2D grid of nanoapertures (diameter = 100 nm, separation = 2.5 mum) provided patterned illumination. We achieved a one-to-one mapping of the light transmissions through the nanoapertures onto a high-speed CCD camera. By optically tweezing a targeted sample across the grid in a controlled fashion and recording...

Observation of intensity statistics of light transmitted through 3D random media.

We experimentally observe the spatial intensity statistics of light transmitted through three-dimensional (3D) isotropic scattering media. The intensity distributions measured through layers consisting of zinc oxide nanoparticles differ significantly from the usual Rayleigh statistics associated with speckle and instead are in agreement with the predictions of mesoscopic transport theory, takin...

Mapping the light intensity transmitted through nanoscale apertures

Sub-10 nm near-field localization by plasmonic metal nanoaperture arrays with ultrashort light pulses

Near-field localization by ultrashort femtosecond light pulses has been investigated using simple geometrical nanoapertures. The apertures employ circular, rhombic, and triangular shapes to localize the distribution of surface plasmon. To understand the geometrical effect on the localization, aperture length and period of the nanoapertures were varied. Aperture length was shown to affect the pe...