Light emitting device and light emitting method
The present technology relates to a light emitting device and a light emitting method which readily emit high intensity light. Unipolar noise is applied to a plurality of rod-shaped metal antennas of a light emission mechanism including the plurality of metal antennas, radiating light by oscillation of electrons in the metal antennas caused by incident light. The present technology can be applied to a device for emitting light, such as an illumination device, for example.
1. A light emitting device comprising:
a light emission mechanism including a plurality of rod-shaped metal antennas to radiate light obtained by oscillation of electrons in each metal antenna caused by incident light; and
a unipolar noise output unit that applies unipolar noise to the plurality of rod-shaped metal antenna.
2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
an action time in which the unipolar noise continuously acts on the metal antenna is a time being ½ or less of a period of the incident light.
3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the unipolar noise output unit includes:
a unipolar noise output mechanism that outputs the unipolar noise in accordance with modulation of a charge density at an end surface; and
a random electromagnetic wave generation unit that generates a random electromagnetic wave, the random electromagnetic wave modulating a charge density at an end surface of the unipolar noise output mechanism.
4. The light emitting device according to claim 3 , wherein
the unipolar noise output mechanism includes a capacitor structure having a dielectric held between conductors.
5. The light emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein
the light emission mechanism includes a two-stage light emission mechanism where the metal antennas are arranged at one conductor and other conductor both positioned on both sides of the dielectric.
6. The light emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein
the light emission mechanism is constituted by matrix arrangement of:
the two-stage light emission mechanism including the metal antennas longitudinally arranged in a predetermined direction, and
the two-stage light emission mechanism including the metal antennas longitudinally arranged in a direction different from the predetermined direction.
7. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of rod-shaped metal antennas is longitudinally arranged in the same direction.
8. A light emitting method comprising
applying unipolar noise to a plurality of rod-shaped metal antennas of a light emission mechanism, the light emission mechanism including the plurality of rod-shaped metal antennas, radiating light by oscillation of electrons in the metal antennas caused by incident light.