Abstract: The invention relates to a prism part included in an analysis chip for use in an analysis device for analyzing a specimen utilizing surface plasmon resonance, and being cooperative with a channel member to form a channel for flowing a sample solution containing the specimen. The prism part includes a prism main body into which excitation light for generating surface plasmon is incident, and a gold film formed on a specified surface of the prism main body. The prism main body includes a mixed layer having a predetermined thickness from the specified surface toward the inner side. The mixed layer is formed by ions of gold for the gold film to enter from the specified surface in the formation of the gold film on the specified surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a nozzle plate which has a through hole having an ejection port. In the method, the through hole, which has one opening as an ejection port for ejecting the liquid, is arranged on a Si substrate by an anisotropic etching method wherein etching and side wall protection film formation are alternately repeated to the Si substrate and the following steps are performed in the following order; forming a film to be an etching mask on a surface of the Si substrate whereupon the ejection port is to be formed, forming the etching mask pattern having an opening for forming the thorough hole by performing photolithography and etching to a film to be the etching mask, and performing the etching by the anisotropic etching method by satisfying the conditional expression.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a nozzle plate which has a through hole having an ejection port. In the method, the through hole, which has one opening as an ejection port for ejecting the liquid, is arranged on a Si substrate by an anisotropic etching method wherein etching and side wall protection film formation are alternately repeated to the Si substrate and the following steps are performed in the following order; forming a film to be an etching mask on a surface of the Si substrate whereupon the ejection port is to be formed, forming the etching mask pattern having an opening for forming the thorough hole by performing photolithography and etching to a film to be the etching mask, and performing the etching by the anisotropic etching method by satisfying the conditional expression.

Abstract: An SIM (solid immersion mirror) made principally of a light-permeable high-refractive-index medium has a lower surface which is produced by rotating a parabola about a symmetry axis, and an upper surface which is a perpendicular bisector surface of a line segment connecting the vertex and the focus of the parabola. The upper surface has the property of transmitting collimated light incident in a direction perpendicular thereto and reflecting the light reflected from the lower surface. Such a structure of the SIM facilitates the design of the upper surface and the lower surface both of which are reflecting surfaces, and allows the light to be incident on a light focusing point uniformly from therearound, thereby to form a proper light spot at the light focusing point. Additionally, the SIM allows the light to enter the medium through the entire upper surface, to achieve effective use of light.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a light-accumulation material having high emission intensity, and a simple method to produce such material. This purpose is fulfilled by a complex compound including only rare earth element and aluminate as a main component formed as a thin film which is used as a light-accumulation material. The thin film can be manufactured on a substrate by RF magnetron spattering using the aluminate and rare earth element compound as raw material. Spattering gas may be argon, or argon including oxygen or ozone. After the thin film is formed, the thin film may be heated in the presence of oxygen to increase the oxygen within the thin film.

Abstract: An SIM (solid immersion mirror) made principally of a light-permeable high-refractive-index medium has a lower surface which is produced by rotating a parabola about a symmetry axis, and an upper surface which is a perpendicular bisector surface of a line segment connecting the vertex and the focus of the parabola. The upper surface has the property of transmitting collimated light incident in a direction perpendicular thereto and reflecting the light reflected from the lower surface. Such a structure of the SIM facilitates the design of the upper surface and the lower surface both of which are reflecting surfaces, and allows the light to be incident on a light focusing point uniformly from therearound, thereby to form a proper light spot at the light focusing point. Additionally, the SIM allows the light to enter the medium through the entire upper surface, to achieve effective use of light.

Abstract: Near-field light is generated from a fine opening formed in a silicon substrate to thereby record information on a recording layer of a recording medium. When the information is read out, reflected light from the recording layer is detected by a photodiode. The photodiode is formed by providing a boron-implanted layer around the fine opening in the silicon substrate. The detection signal of the reflected light is derived from the electrode. By this photodiode, the reflected light for reading is efficiently detected.

Abstract: A compound thin film, conforming to the stoichiometry, can be obtained by a magnetron sputtering method employing a thin film manufacturing apparatus wherein the film forming portion of the vacuum chamber is separated from the sputtering portion of the vacuum chamber by a multi-apertured partition, whereby sputtered molecules are permitted to pass through the apertures of the partition while sputter gas ions are hindered from passing through the apertures of the partition. The composition of the resulting compound thin film conforms to the stoichiometry of its components.

Abstract: An optical lens element is produced by the following steps of:preparing a glass pre-form;forming a metal thin layer or a powder layer, said metal thin layer including gold, platinum, rhodium, nickel, or palladium; andpressing the glass pre-form with the metal thin layer against molding surfaces to form the optical lens element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin-layer component having a thin layer of (100)-oriented platinum or the other metals in Group VIII, which is formed on amorphous silicon dioxide, and further relates to a thin-layer producing system for producing such thin-layer components, the thin-layer producing system being a sputtering system wherein an auxiliary electrode is provided between two electrodes.

Abstract: A spectral sensor comprises that a plurality of arrays of light receiving elements sensitive to different wavelength ranges which are arranged in a non-overlapping relationship with each other within the imaginary circle of a diameter smaller than the sum of lengths of the resective arrays of light receiving elements, and a filtering element of different transmission wavelength for each of the light receiving elements of all of the arrays, which filtering element is arranged in register with the respective light receiving element.