Sony patents hollow nanostructures to control light at specific wavelengths
Sony describes a thin surface made of tiny hollow structures coated with a metal layer. This design allows the surface to interact with light at specific, chosen wavelengths.
In the filing’s own words
A plasmonic metasurface comprising a plurality of metaatoms, the plasmonic metasurface comprising a nanostructured dielectric component and at least one ultrathin metal layer of one or more plasmonic metals conformal to the nanostructure to define resonances at designed wavelengths is disclosed herein.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A plasmonic metasurface comprising a plurality of metaatoms, the plasmonic metasurface comprising a nanostructured dielectric component and at least one ultrathin metal layer of one or more plasmonic metals conformal to the nanostructure to define resonances at designed wavelengths.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation)
- Official title
- HOLLOW PLASMONIC NANSTRUCTURES BUILD UP PLASMONIC METASURFACE
- Publication number
- US20260267039A1
- Application number
- 19166879
- Filed
- Jan 31, 2024
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G02B 5/008 Physics & computingG02B 1/002 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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