Coupled nano-resonating energy emitting structures
View Patent ↗A coupled nano-resonating structure includes a plurality of a nano-resonating substructures constructed and adapted to couple energy from a beam of charged particles into said nano-resonating structure and to transmit the coupled energy outside said nano-resonating structure. The nano-resonant substructures may have various shapes and may include parallel rows of structures. The rows may be symmetric or asymmetric, tilted, and/or staggered.
1. A coupled nano-resonating structure comprising:
a plurality of a nano-resonating substructures constructed and adapted to couple energy from a beam of charged particles into said nano-resonating structure and to transmit the coupled energy outside said nano-resonating structure.
2. The nano-resonating energy structure of claim 1 wherein said plurality of a nano-resonating substructures are positioned adjacent each other in a substantially straight row.
3. The nano-resonant structure of claim 2 wherein each of said plurality of nano-resonating substructures has a shape selected from the group comprising:
C-shaped; semi-circular shaped; semi-ovular shaped; semi-rectangular shaped; and rectangular shaped.
4. The nano-resonant structure of claim 3 wherein all of the plurality of nano-resonant substructures have substantially the same shape.
5. The nano-resonant structure of claim 4 wherein all of the plurality of nano-resonant substructures have substantially the same dimensions.
6. The nano-resonant structure of claim 2 wherein said plurality of nano-resonating substructures are substantially equally spaced apart.
7. The nano-resonant structure of claim 1 wherein the nano-resonant structure is formed on a single substrate.
8. The nano-resonating energy structure of claim 1 wherein said plurality of a nano-resonating substructures are positioned adjacent each other in at least two substantially straight rows.
9. The nano-resonant structure of claim 8 wherein each of said plurality of nano-resonating substructures has a shape selected from the group comprising:
C-shaped; semi-circular shaped; semi-ovular shaped; semi-rectangular shaped; and rectangular shaped.
10. The nano-resonant structure of claim 9 wherein all of the plurality of nano-resonant substructures have substantially the same shape.
11. The nano-resonant structure of claim 8 wherein all of the plurality of nano-resonant substructures have substantially the same dimensions.
12. The nano-resonant structure of claim 2 wherein said plurality of nano-resonating substructures in at least one of the rows are substantially equally spaced apart from each other.
13. The nano-resonant structure of claim 2 comprising two substantially parallel rows, each comprising some of said plurality of nano-resonant substructures.
14. The nano-resonant structure of claim 13 wherein at least some of the nano-resonant substructures in a first of the two rows are positioned substantially opposite at least some of the nano-resonant substructures in a second of the two rows.
15. The nano-resonant structure of claim 13 wherein a first of the two rows has a different number of nano-resonant substructures from a second of the two rows.
16. The nano-resonant structure of claim 13 wherein each of the two rows has the same number of nano-resonant substructures.
17. The nano-resonant structure of claim 14 wherein the nano-resonant substructures in a first of the two rows have different dimensions from the nano-resonant substructures in a second of the two rows.
18. The nano-resonant structure as in claim 1 wherein the of charged particles are selected from the group comprising: electrons, protons, and ions.
19. The nano-resonant structure of claim 8 wherein the two rows of structures are symmetric.
20. The nano-resonant structure of claim 8 wherein the two rows of structures are asymmetric.
21. The nano-resonant structure of claim 1 wherein the nano-resonant substructures are composed of one from the group of: metals, alloys, non-metallic conductors and dielectrics.
22. A coupled nano-resonating structure comprising:
a plurality of a nano-resonating substructures constructed and adapted to couple energy from a beam of charged particles into said nano-resonating structure and to transmit the coupled energy outside said nano-resonating structure, said plurality of a nano-resonating substructures being positioned adjacent each other in a substantially straight row, and
wherein each of said plurality of nano-resonating substructures has a shape selected from the group comprising: C-shaped; semi-circular shaped; semi-ovular shaped; semi-rectangular shaped; and rectangular shaped,
wherein the nano-resonant structure is on a single substrate, and
wherein the nano-resonant substructures are composed of one from the group of: metals, alloys, non-metallic conductors and dielectrics, and
wherein the charged particles are selected from the group comprising: electrons, protons, and ions.
23. A coupled nano-resonating structure comprising:
a plurality of a nano-resonating substructures constructed and adapted to couple energy from a beam of charged particles into said nano-resonating structure and to transmit the coupled energy outside said nano-resonating structure, said plurality of a nano-resonating substructures being positioned adjacent each other in two substantially straight rows,
wherein each of said plurality of nano-resonating substructures has a shape selected from the group comprising: C-shaped; semi-circular shaped; semi-ovular shaped; semi-rectangular shaped; and rectangular shaped,
wherein the nano-resonant structure is on a single substrate, and
wherein the nano-resonant substructures are composed of one from the group of: metals, alloys, non-metallic conductors and dielectrics, and
wherein the charged particles are selected from the group comprising: electrons, protons, and ions.
24. The nano-resonant structure of claim 23 wherein said plurality of nano-resonating substructures in at least one of the rows are substantially equally spaced apart from each other.
25. The nano-resonant structure of claim 23 wherein at least some of the nano-resonant substructures in a first of the two rows are positioned substantially opposite at least some of the nano-resonant substructures in a second of the two rows.
26. The nano-resonant structure of claim 23 wherein the two rows of structures are symmetric.
27. The nano-resonant structure of claim 23 wherein the two rows of structures are asymmetric.