数值模拟二维间隙表面等离子波导传输特性

利用表面等离子激元的新颖特性,设计了二维间隙表面等离子波导.以这种结构为基础通过变形和组合形成90°直角弯曲波导、T型光功率分配器和光开光,采用时域有限差分法研究了它们的传输特性.结果表明:不同于介质光波导的弯曲损耗来自于辐射泄漏,90°直角弯曲间隙表面等离子波导的能量损耗主要来自于金属中的欧姆热损耗.在间隙达到40 nm以上后,当直行段的长度适当时,弯曲段的透射率较相同长度的直波导的透射率要大.T型光功率分配器在两输出波导的间隙宽度比达到0.6及以上时,不同于传统介质波导的分光原则,能量主要沿等效折射率较小的输出臂流出.当两输入光的相位反相时,T型光开关处于输出截止的状态,当两输入光的相位同相时,T型光开关处于输出导通的状态.所有波导间隙均小于衍射极限,实现了超衍射极限传播,可用于未来了超大规模集成光路中.     

用于折射率传感的聚合物基狭缝波导的模拟与制备

设计了在极近红外波段(890 nm)的聚合物基狭缝波导微环折射率传感器.分析了波导高度、宽度及狭缝宽度对灵敏度的影响,以找到最佳的设计标准用于折射率传感.采用电子束光刻工艺制备了硅母版模,并用独特的氟化聚合物PFPE从硅母版模上成功制备了柔性软模具.采用紫外软压印工艺制备了聚合物基狭缝波导.波导的宽度和高度以及狭缝波导的宽度分别约为510 nm、830 nm和234 nm,聚合物狭缝波导残留层的厚度约为350 nm.制备的狭缝波导具有高的高宽比并与低成本批量生产工艺相兼容.     

Optical field enhancement in nanoscale slot waveguides of hyperbolic metamaterials

Nanoscale slot waveguides of hyperbolic metamaterials are proposed and demonstrated for achieving large optical field enhancement. The dependence of the enhanced electric field within the air slot on waveguide mode coupling and permittivity tensors of hyperbolic metamaterials is analyzed both numerically and analytically. Optical intensity in the metamaterial slot waveguide can be more than 25 times stronger than that in a conventional silicon slot waveguide, due to tight optical mode confinement enabled by the ultrahigh refractive indices supported in hyperbolic metamaterials. The electric field enhancement effects are also verified with the realistic metal-dielectric multilayer waveguide structure.     

Resonance and Antiresonance in Electronic Transport Process Through a T-Shaped Quantum Waveguide

By means of the transfer matrix approach, the linear conductance spectrum for electronic transport through a T-shaped quantum waveguide is calculated. The resonant peaks and the antiresonant dips in the conductance spectrum are mainly focused. The previous prediction about their positions by other theoretical approaches is checked. In addition, a function of spin filtering is suggested based on the interplay of the resonance and antiresonance in this T-shaped quantum waveguide.     

Optimization of T-shaped waveguide branches in two-dimensional photonic crystals

The interval and the radius of a pair of defect dielectric rods in waveguide channels near the branching region of a T-shaped waveguide branches are simultaneously varied, and their effects on the transmission properties are investigated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerical results show that there is an optimized region where the relative bandwidth of high-transmission (total transmittance 0.95) band of the branches is larger than 17%, which is higher than that of the existing same structures (11.60%) with fixed interval. These results provide for engineering application of simple T-shaped waveguide branches with high transmission.     

Efficient design of silicon slot waveguide optical modulator

An optimal design of a slot waveguide is presented for realizing an ultrafast optical modulator based on a 220 nm silicon wafer technology. The recipe is to maximize the confinement and interaction between optical power supported by the waveguide and electric field applied through metallic electrodes. As height of waveguide is fixed at 220 nm, the waveguide and slot width are optimized to maximize the confinement factor of optical power. Moreover, metal electrodes tend to make the waveguide lossy, their optimal placement is calculated to reduce the optical loss and enhance the voltage per unit width in the slot. Performance of an optimally designed slot waveguide with metal electrodes as ultrafast modulator is also discussed.     

扇形波导谐振宽边纵缝的归一化电导

扇形波导可作为高功率微波圆柱共形波导缝隙阵天线的基本单元。分析了扇形波导中主模场分量,根据实际情况对主模场进行了合理近似。采用互易定理推导由波导主模横向场分量和缝隙场分量表示的波导场分量的前向或后向散射系数。根据波导传输线理论,将波导宽边纵缝等效为并联导纳,再根据波导边界条件得到扇形波导宽边谐振纵缝的归一化电导与波导散射系数之间的关系式。根据缝隙天线与振子天线的互补关系得到扇形波导谐振缝隙的辐射阻抗,结合波导功率平衡关系得到由波导横向场散射系数表示的缝隙辐射功率表达式,得到归一化电导的与谐振宽边纵缝的偏移位置、缝隙宽度、波导波长以及扇形波导尺寸参数之间的解析表达式。给出了算例,在波导中间区域,通过商用软件计算得到的电导与理论公式结果基本吻合。     

Propagation properties of a modified surface plasmonic waveguide with an arc slot

We introduce a modified surface plasmonic waveguide with an arc slot. The dependences of distribution of energy flux density, effective index, propagation length and mode area of the symmetric mode supported by this waveguide on geometrical parameters and working wavelength are analysed by using the finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD) method. Results show that the energy flux density distributes mainly in four corners which are formed by two arcs, and the closer to the corners it is, the stronger the energy flux density will be. The effective index, the propagation length and the mode area are influenced by geometrical parameters, including the width, the thickness and the arc radius of the surface plasmonic waveguide, as well as the working wavelength. It has been shown that the surface plasmonic waveguide with an arc slot has better propagation properties than the surface plasmonic waveguide with a straight slot. This work may be helpful for applying the slot surface plasmonic waveguide to integrated photonics.     

Dispersion modified slot optical waveguides

Advent of slot waveguide structures had opened a new era where light can be confined in low index slot guarded by high index slabs. Already in use SOI slot waveguides (contrast ratio is 2.42) have two distinct properties over the conventional waveguides, i.e. high E-field amplitude, optical power, optical intensity in low index materials, and strong E-field confinement localized to nanometer-size low index regions. We hereby propose a low refractive index contrast ratio slot waveguide structure (ratio is 1.18) comprising of commercially available glass material. Novelty lies in showing high E-field amplitude, optical power, optical intensity, and strong E-field confinement in low index slot regions despite of lowest ever reported contrast ratio. A systematic numerical study on the higher order dispersion characteristics of the widely studied SOI-based slot structure and of our proposed low refractive index contrast slot structure is carried out. It has been demonstrated that low refractive index contrast ratio slot optical waveguide GVD properties are quite different than SOI slot optical waveguide. The less normal dispersion existing in this kind of waveguide could have an impact on their applications in various nonlinear or linear applications.     

兼具低非线性和高功率限制的狭缝波导（英文）

利用非线性效应的全矢量模型和狭缝波导的有限元模场求解法,系统地研究了狭缝波导结构和包层材料对其非线性和功率限制特性的影响.研究结果表明,狭缝波导的硅臂宽度、狭缝宽度、硅层高度和包层材料均影响其非线性和功率限制特性.对于空气包层狭缝波导,不同结构参数下的最高功率限制因子对应的非线性系数均高于20 W^-1·m^-1,而最低非线性系数6.5 W^-1·m^-1均出现在模式截止附近,泄露损耗较大,功率限制较弱,故空气包层狭缝波导无法同时实现低非线性和高功率限制;如果在狭缝波导上包覆二氧化硅,则可以同时获得低非线性和高功率限制,非线性系数可低至4.12 W^-1·m^-1,同时功率限制因子可达42%.     

Enhanced vertical confinement in angled-wall slot waveguides

Optical confinement in slot waveguides with angled sidewalls is studied. Improved vertical optical confinement is observed. Different mode solvers are compared in the modeling of slot waveguides with varying sidewall angles. The finite element method was found best suitable for this task. The effect of the slot waveguide geometry on the vertical optical confinement is studied. The reduced effective mode area is beneficial in all-optical applications due to enhancement of nonlinear effects in the waveguide.     

波导缝隙阵列天线高功率微波应用探索

设计了一种波导窄边缝隙天线阵,其微波传输工作于行波状态,绝大部分能量被缝隙耦合辐射,其余能量被匹配负载吸收。通过等效电路的方法,使得各个缝隙达到均匀辐射,从而具备可拓展组阵能力,此外通过设计移相结构改变相位差,实现方位角方向的波束扫描。该缝隙天线工作在行波状态,避免了电场集中现象的出现,且工作于真空环境,具有较高的功率容量。     

Spontaneous emission rate and optical amplification of Er3+ in double slot waveguide

The spontaneous emission(SE) of Er3+ embedded in a double slot dielectric structure was studied by a quantum-electrodynamical formalism. The study shows that the slot width and the position of Er3+ in slot structure have a significant effect on the SE. The double slot waveguides were fabricated by embedding two low-index Er/Yb silicate material layers into high-index silicon. The radiative efficiency of Er3+ in the double slot waveguides is found to be higher than that of the single slot waveguide, which is consistent with the theory simulation. The 0.67 d B signal enhancement at 1.53 ?m in a 4.6-mm-long slot waveguide was observed pumped by 1476 nm laser. These results show the relevance of our model to study the SE processes in multilayer structures and are important for future realization of silicon-compatible active optical devices.     

A proposal for the generation of optical frequency comb in temperature insensitive microcavity

We numerically simulate the generation of an optical frequency comb(OFC) in a microring based on the traditional Si_3N_4 strip waveguide and a temperature compensated slot waveguide.The results show that OFCs are susceptible to temperature with strip waveguide while they can keep stable when temperature changes 10 Kin either low-Q(10~5) or highQ(10~6) microcavity with the well-designed slot waveguide,which has great superiority in practical applications where the temperature drift of the cavity due to the intense pump or surrounding change is unavoidable.     

Input Impedance Characteristics of a T-Shaped Ridged Waveguide

This paper presents input impedance characteristics of a T-shaped ridged waveguide calculated by a magnetic wall model. They are also confirmed experimentally.     

Design and analysis of a vertical directional coupler between a three-dimensional plasmonic slot waveguide and a silicon waveguide

The design of a vertical directional coupler between a three-dimensional plasmonic slot waveguide and a silicon waveguide is theoretically investigated in detail. It consists of two steps: the design of isolated plasmonic slot waveguide and silicon waveguide and the determination of the gap between the two waveguides and the length of a coupling region. The designed structure transfers 70.8% of the power carried by the silicon waveguide mode to the plasmonic slot waveguide mode when the gap is 150 nm and the coupling length is 2.14 μm. The wavelength dependence of our vertical directional coupler is also studied. The analysis shows that the amount of the transferred power changes slightly over a very wide wavelength range between 1.40 μm and 1.61 μm. Moreover, if we employ the fabrication technology for silicon photonics, it is quite tolerant to the variation of the length of its coupling section. Finally, the vertical directional coupler is considered for a polarizer.     

Subwavelength confinement in an integrated metal slot waveguide on silicon

We demonstrate propagation losses of less than 0.8 dB/microm in a metal slot waveguide on silicon with a predicted confinement substantially below the optical wavelength (approximately 1.55 microm). We also show compact and efficient coupling of the high-confinement metal slot waveguide with a standard silicon dielectric waveguide with a coupling efficiency of approximately 2.5 dB per facet.     

A novel electrode structure with a reverse-biased p⿿n diode for high speed polymer-infiltrated slot modulators

This paper demonstrates an alternative electrode structure for low power optical modulation based on a slotted waveguide geometry filled with E-O polymers. A reverse-biased p?n junction is constructed inside the slot waveguide for apply modulation voltage. With this structure, the fabrication tolerance of the slot based E-O modulator should be more flexible. Analysis shows that the modulation speed of our design is comparable with the through-etched slot modulator, at the level of picoseconds.     

宽边可调缝隙波导中缝隙谐振电导的变化规律

通过建立理论模型研究了波导窄边缝隙天线中缝隙随着波导宽边尺寸调节过程中其谐振电导的变化规律,包括缝隙的宽度、缝隙切入宽边的深度、波导壁厚等对谐振电导及谐振长度的影响。得到了较为准确的拟合公式,利用该公式计算得到的缝隙参数能够满足工程设计的需要。此外,还分析了缝隙辐射电场随波导宽边调节的变化情况。     

Ultra broadband flat dispersion tailoring on reversed-rib chalcogenide glass waveguide

In this paper,we introduce a horizontal slot in the reversed-rib chalcogenide glass waveguide to tailor its dispersion characteristics.The waveguide exhibits a flat and low dispersion over a wavelength range of 1080 nm,in which the dispersion fluctuates between-10.6 ps·nm~(-1)·km~(-1) and +11.14 ps·nm~(-1)·km~(-1).The dispersion tailoring effect is due to the mode field transfer from the reversed-rib waveguide to the slot with the increase of wavelength,which results in the extension of the low dispersion band.Moreover,the nonlinear coefficient and the phase-matching condition of the fourwave mixing process in this waveguide are studied,showing that the waveguide has great potential in nonlinear optical applications over a wide wavelength range.