Receiver Antenna for 400~700nm wave 2

[KulasBadulas]

What size of antenna is ideal for a wave spectrum on the above wave lenght?

 

[IRstuff]

The wavelength regime stipulated is visible light, so that would be an optics problem.

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[VEBill]

200~350nm, half-wave dipoles.

The day will eventually come when nanotechnology will bring the optical range into the RF world. It should be very interesting when it happens.

 

[itsmoked]

It already has VE1BLL.

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[VEBill]

See?

That was fast. ;-)

 

[itsmoked]

Nantennas are being worked on for direct conversion of light into electricity in lue of photovoltaic methods.

An issue which is being conquered is the complex interaction of light with ANY metal surface causing (plasmons) a sort-of plasma cloud which makes direct scaling of radio antenna theory not possible, but they're getting a handle on it. It's similiar to skin depth stuff which doesn't greatly impact RF antennas but does cause strange effects with regards to nano length optical antennas.

Here's a link to short paper on the subject:
antennas for light

Here's a paper. Look at page 444 for some cool optical antennas.(Don't worry its only a 37 page doc not hundreds of pages)
Page 444

Here's a link to lots of stuff at Rochester Univ:
Search of Rochester's data base


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[VEBill]

I knew it was at the research stage. Of course, 'research stage' is a very long time frame, often spanning decades.

You've provided some excellent references for the OP, if the question was actually intended as written.

 

[KulasBadulas]

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