OPTICAL ENHANCEMENT WITH NANOPARTICLES AND MICROCAVITIES

摘要

A method and apparatus for enhanced optical emissions, the apparatus comprising a light source (12), a microcavity (14), and a medium comprising nanoparticles, located within or near the microcavity. The nanoparticles are either non-aggregated or are aggregated in the form of fractals. The nanoparticles and microcavity exhibit enhanced linear and non-linear optical parametric oscillation, light detection and ranging, increased sensitivity, high density optical data storage, and near-field optical spectroscopy.