离轴矢量光束的紧聚焦特性

基于理查德-沃尔夫矢量衍射积分理论,数值研究了离轴矢量光束经过高数值孔径透镜后的紧聚焦特性.通过对比分析偏振奇点离轴的径向、角向矢量光束紧聚焦后,焦点附近的强度和相位分布规律,提出了一种由广义柱矢量光束设计紧聚焦场的方法.此外,通过分析矢量光束自旋分量的聚焦行为和自旋轨道耦合所诱导的自旋角动量分布变化,讨论了偏振奇点离轴对称破缺对高阶矢量光束紧聚焦场空间结构,特别是其自旋角动量空间分布的影响.该研究结果不仅对矢量光场的紧聚焦特性进行了补充,也为改进和完善焦场分布提供了理论参考.     

双环径向偏振涡旋光束经介质界面的深聚焦

基于矢量德拜理论,研究了双环径向偏振涡旋光束经介质分界面的深聚焦特性。当选取适当的入射光束拦截比时(即透镜孔径半径与入射光束的束腰半径的比),在聚焦场中可以得到一个极小的局域空心光束。局域空心光束的大小不仅与透镜的数值孔径有关,还与聚焦场介质的折射率有关。另外,还研究了透镜的数值孔径、入射光束的拦截比以及探测深度对聚焦光束实际焦点位置的影响。通过对聚焦光束的实际焦点位置的计算发现:当选取一定的光束拦截比时,聚焦光束存在一个焦点开关。     

不同数值孔径下调控矢量光束聚焦场的反向构建

根据电磁辐射理论和矢量光场积分理论,研究了矢量光束聚焦场特性与聚焦透镜数值孔径之间的关系。在透镜焦场区设定电偶极子阵列和磁偶极子阵列,收集其辐射场并反向聚焦,通过调控与优化偶极子阵列参数,反演不同数值孔径透镜下的聚焦光场,获得了聚焦光针场、三维衍射受限光管场随透镜数值孔径的变化规律。研究结果表明,随着数值孔径的减小,光针场的纵向分量纯度、边缘斜率以及光针长度递减,半峰全宽递增,光管场依旧保持纯方位角偏振分布,且中空区域的半峰全宽递增。研究结果对在不同数值孔径下矢量光束聚焦的应用研究具有重要意义。     

三环非均匀混合偏振同轴矢量光束的聚焦特性

基于Richards-Wolf矢量衍射积分公式,数值分析了同轴三环非均匀混合偏振矢量光束经过高数值孔径透镜的聚焦特性。该矢量光束由同轴三环局域线偏振矢量光束通过一个相位延迟角为δ的液晶相位延迟器产生,光束偏振变为包含线偏振、圆偏振和椭圆偏振的混合态。同轴三环局域线偏振矢量光束的偏振分布是由径向向内偏振的外环光束、径向向外偏振的内环光束和线偏振方向与径向方向夹角为φ2的中环光束构成。数值模拟结果显示该混合偏振矢量光束的聚焦强度分布与参数φ2和相位延迟角δ密切相关,当选取适当的φ2和δ时,在焦平面附近产生沿光轴方向的三维多点光俘获结构——暗光链,这在光学微操纵领域具有潜在的应用价值。     

部分相干圆偏振贝塞耳-高斯光束经高数值孔径透镜的聚焦

研究了部分相干圆偏振贝塞耳一高斯光束经高数值孑L径透镜的聚焦特性.基于德拜矢量积分理论,分别推导出了部分相十圆偏振涡旋光束经过高数值孔径透镜聚焦以后的光强和偏振度表达式.根据数值模拟的结果,比较了左旋和右旋圆偏振涡旋光束的不同深聚焦特性以及相关参量对涡旋光束深聚焦特性的影响.研究表明,入射光束的相关参数和聚焦透镜的数值孔径大小都会影响光束的聚焦特性.此外,还得出一个重要结论,部分相于圆偏振涡旋光束经高数值孔径透镜聚焦以后.光束本身带有的白旋角动晕会转化成轨道角动量,这一研究成果对于利用涡旋光束进行微粒操控等方面应用具有十分重要的意义.     

椭圆环光阑对径向偏振光聚焦研究的影响

柱坐标下的径向偏振矢量光束在被高数值孔径透镜聚焦时,在紧聚焦条件下相比线偏振和圆偏振光束通过透镜后能获得较小的聚焦斑。在聚焦透镜前加上椭圆环光阑后能强化在聚焦区域内的光场轴向分量,能在单一方向上进一步缩小聚焦斑的尺寸。研究了径向偏振矢量光束经过椭圆环形光阑后的聚焦特性,在聚焦区域径向偏振分量形成两个聚焦瓣,而轴向分量形成椭圆形的聚焦斑,并做了相应的物理解释。当增加椭圆环形光阑内环半径时,径向偏振分量的聚焦瓣和轴向分量的聚焦斑单一方向聚焦尺寸均可小于光波长的三分之一,当进一步提高椭圆环形光阑内环半径时,由于通光量减少和衍射效应,不能得到更小的聚焦尺寸。研究结果对于提高激光扫描显微镜的单向分辨率具有重要意义。     

离轴高斯涡旋光束的深聚焦特性

基于德拜矢量衍射积分理论,对离轴高斯涡旋光束经过大数值孔径透镜后聚焦场的特性进行了研究,获得了离轴高斯涡旋光束深聚焦后复振幅分布函数,在此基础上对离轴高斯涡旋光束深聚焦场的光强和相位分别进行了分析.数值模拟结果表明:离轴距离的改变对高斯涡旋光束在焦平面上的光强分布和相位分布会产生影响,离轴距离的增加会加剧聚焦场光强在y轴方向上分布的差异,而离轴距离的符号决定了光强集中区域的方向.另一方面,与一阶离轴涡旋光束不同,高阶离轴涡旋光束经过深聚焦后会发生暗核分裂现象,出现多个相位奇点,奇点个数等于原始光束对应的拓扑荷数,且分裂后的奇点具有明显的对称性.研究表明,这种暗核分裂现象由大数值孔径透镜深聚焦引起.     

轴对称矢量光束聚焦特性研究现状及其应用

轴对称矢量光束是一种空间非均匀偏振光束, 中心光强为零, 经物镜聚焦后能在焦点附近产生空间场分量. 在高变迹系数光学系统成像情况下, 与线偏光、圆偏光相比, 径向偏振光与光瞳滤波技术及图像复原技术结合, 能获得较小焦斑, 提高横向分辨力. 介绍了轴对称矢量光束的特性, 基于电偶极子辐射模型和矢量衍射理论研究了轴对称矢量光束经高数值孔径物镜聚焦后的特性, 系统介绍了基于轴对称矢量光束实现光斑紧聚焦的几种方法, 并简述了轴对称矢量光束在差动共焦超分辨成像领域的研究设想. 关键词： 差动共焦显微技术 紧聚焦 光瞳滤波 轴对称矢量光束     

左手材料中圆偏振光束的反常旋转特性研究

根据Whittaker标量势理论,建立了圆偏振光束的矢量传输模型.基于这一模型研究了圆偏振光束在左手材料中的反常旋转特性.通过分析光束偏振态、衍射对强度质心旋转特性的影响,发现圆偏振光束在左手材料中旋转方向反转并揭示其旋转角等于古伊相.采用分析横向能流的方法,揭示左手材料中反向的横向能流是导致反常旋转特性的主要原因.对圆偏振光束在左手材料中反常旋转特性的研究,有利于增强对左手材料中光束传输特性的认识. 关键词： 左手材料 圆偏振光束 旋转特性     

基于圆偏振涡旋光束强聚焦的平顶光束的构成

由于圆偏振涡旋光束可以表征为柱坐标的径向矢量光束和角向矢量光束的线性叠加,因而在研究其聚焦特性时,必须考虑具有拓扑核的径向矢量光束聚焦后有角向分量和角向矢量光束聚焦后有径向分量。在修正关于圆偏振涡旋光束强聚焦公式的基础上,重新模拟计算了不同拓扑核的圆偏振涡旋光束的强聚焦特性。结果显示不仅单自旋手性的圆偏振涡旋光束聚焦能形成平顶光束,而且两束不同的自旋手性的涡旋光束的叠加聚焦也可以实现平顶光束。通过调节光束的振幅、束腰半径以及遮挡通光孔径可以有效地改变平顶光束的半宽。     

Goos-Hänchen shift from an anisotropic metamaterial slab

We have theoretically and numerically investigated the Goos-Hänchen shift (the lateral shift) from the anisotropic metamaterial slab. The sign and degree of the shift can be determined by the choices of the electromagnetic parameters and thicknesses of slab, which is different from the case of the isotropic media. We also find that the weak lossy may produce large positive or negative lateral shift.     

Tunable pulse delay in an anisotropic metamaterial slab

We show that large and tunable pulse delays can be obtained at propagation through an anisotropic metamaterial slab. The pulse delay depends not only on frequency but also on the incident/propagation angle and polarization of the electromagnetic field, the last two parameters being much easier to tune than the frequency of the incident field. Although there is a trade-off between large pulse delay values and large tuning ranges, the pulse delay can be modified several times by changing the incidence angle. The results apply to a wide frequency range, from the visible to the THz spectrum.     

Research of electromagnetic field in different length left-handed material slab

Finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method is used to simulate the propagation of electromagnetic wave in left-handed material slab （LHMs） with cold plasma model The effects of optical propagation in the left-handed material compared to convex lens are discussed. The wider the LHMs is, the stronger electric field of focusing image in left-handed material slab is confirmed by the simulation with various slab length. However, the outer image point location would slightly moves to the LHMs side when the length of LHMs is reduced.     

Propagation of Gaussian beams family through a Kerr-type left-handed metamaterial

In this paper the propagation of elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian, elegant Laguerre Gaussian, and Bessel Gaussian beams through a Kerr left-handed metamaterial(LHM) slab have been studied. A split-step Fourier method is used to investigate the propagation of laser beams through this media. Numerical simulation shows that Gaussian beams have different focusing behaviors in a Kerr LHM slab with positive or negative nonlinearity. Beam focusing happens in slabs with positive nonlinearity and not in slabs with negative nonlinearity; however, negative nonlinearity is required for a Kerr LHM slab to act like a lens. Additionally, the focusing properties of beams can be controlled by controlling the thickness of the slab or the input power of the incident beam. A multilayer structure is also proposed to have beam focusing by thinner slabs and passing longer distances.     

Surface-wave mechanism of subwavelength imaging by a flat left-handed superlens

We develop a theory describing the dynamics and interaction of electromagnetic surface waves (ESWs) resonantly excited by an external source in a slab of left-handed material (LHM) with identical negative (equal to −1) values of dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability that makes up a so-called perfect lens, or a superlens. We show that subwavelength imaging by a superlens is associated with the degeneracy of the spectrum of eigen electromagnetic surface modes at the interfaces of the metamaterial slab, whereas the dynamic response of the superlens is completely determined by the dynamics of these modes and the dispersion properties of the metamaterial. We obtain conditions that enable one to find out when a superlens produces subwavelength images of an external source. We consider the cases of a stationary and a pulse source, as well as of a source that moves with constant velocity or oscillates in space.     

The spatial polarization distribution over the dome of the sky for abnormal irradiance of the atmosphere

The paper deals with the polarized radiative transfer within a slab irradiated by a collimated infinitely wide beam of arbitrary polarized light. The efficiency of the proposed analytical solution lies in the assumption that the complete vectorial radiative transfer solution is the superposition of the most anisotropic and smooth parts, computed separately. The vectorial small-angle modification of the spherical harmonics method is used to evaluate the anisotropic part, and the vectorial discrete ordinates method is used to obtain the smooth one. The azimuthal expansion is used in order to describe the light field spatial distribution for the case of abnormal irradiance and to obtain some known neutral points in the sky especially useful for polarized remote sensing of the atmosphere.     

Theoretical and experimental investigation of negative index fishnet metamaterial multilayers in the Q-band

We investigate the electromagnetic properties of stacked metamaterial layers composed of modified fishnet structures at around 40?GHz. The designed planar multilayer exhibits theoretically high transmission of ?0.5?dB, low reflection, and a large negative index bandwidth with a record figure of merit higher than 36 at 38.5?GHz. Good agreement between simulation and measurement results is observed. We also verify experimentally the resolution of the negative index metamaterial stack and the focusing ability of the plano-concave lens configuration.     

Lateral shifts of an optical beam in an anisotropic metamaterial slab

The lateral shift of a light beam at the surface of an anisotropic metamaterial slab is investigated. Analytical expressions of the lateral shifts are derived using the stationary-phase method, in the case that total reflection does and does not occur at the first interface. The sign of the lateral shift in two situations is discussed, and the necessary conditions for the lateral shift to be positive or negative are given. It is shown that the thickness and physical parameters of the anisotropic metamaterial slab, as well as the incident angle of the light beam, strongly affect the properties of the lateral shift, and numerical results validate these conclusions. The effect of a lossy metamaterial on the lateral shift is also investigated. A restriction on the thickness of the slab is obtained, which is necessary for the stationary-phase method to remain valid.     

Designing polarization insensitive negative index metamaterial for operation in near infrared

Hexagonal arrays of gold nanoelements with C₃ symmetry are studied as a metamaterial slab of reduced anisotropy. Tri-dimensional (3D) finite-difference time domain (FDTD) simulations are used to calculate the reflected and transmitted electromagnetic field for two waves normally incident to the slab with mutually perpendicular polarizations. S-parameter method is used to retrieve the constitutive parameters for each polarization. While dipolar plasmonic resonance in the case of one layer metamaterial slab leads only to negative values of permittivity, using two layers of asymmetric nanoelements leads to a negative refractive index metamaterial in the near infrared range (158–172 THz) as a result of hybridized plasmonic states inversion.     

A novel design for high gain lens antennas with homogeneous media

A high gain lens antenna is designed by using a new transformation different from the discrete optical transformation. The antenna is composed of two blocks. Each block is made of homogenous and anisotropic materials, and thus can be easily achieved by metamaterial. The numerical results based on full wave simulation indicate that the antenna can be used to realize highly directive radiation beam, and the direction of radiation beam can be controlled artificially by changing the geometry parameters of the device. The electromagnetic field in the transformation region can be either stretched or compressed along both transverse and longitudinal directions by varying the geometry parameters in the virtual space while the distribution of electromagnetic field outside the antenna is little influenced. Moreover, effective medium theory is applied to realize such an antenna with isotropic materials. Also, the multi-beams antenna is investigated. It is indicated that this antenna can generate multi-collimated beams radiating at the desired angles.