Optical properties of one-dimensional subwave plasmonic nanostructures

Nanogratings formed by parallel gold nanowires on a quartz substrate have been fabricated. Their transmission and reflection spectra have been studied experimentally. Numerical simulation of the transmission (reflection) spectra has been performed. The simulated spectra agree well with the experimental ones. A package has been proposed, which combines the experimental techniques of the structure fabrication and theoretical methods for calculating the parameters of optical spectra. This package is a promising tool for designing and fabricating optoelectronic devices such as filters, polarizers, and switches.     

Design of Narrowband Optical Filters Using Binary Number Sequence Photonic Crystals

A theory to design narrow band optical filters by using a new photonic crystal structure is presented. This new photonic crystal structure is composed of low index layers and high index layers arranged in mod. 4 up and down binary number sequence. The new structure exhibits narrow transmission peaks in the forbidden frequency gap region with high optical transmission (greater than 99.98%) at C.W.D.M. (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing) center wavelengths. The proposed filters use only 8 layers. These new binary number sequence photonic crystal narrowband optical filters are much smaller in size, lower in cost and easier to fabricate as compared to narrowband photonic crystal optical filters based on defect Fractal Cantor multilayers, suggested recently by a group of researchers.     

Terahertz bandpass filters using double-stacked metamaterial layers

Bandpass filters are reported based on double-stacked metamaterial layers separated by an air gap for operation at terahertz frequencies. Several stacking configurations were investigated designed for a ~0.5 THz center frequency. The filters exhibited improved spectral transmission properties when compared with conventional ones based on single metamaterial layers. 3 dB bandwidth of ~78 GHz and sidelobe suppression ratio >16 dB were determined when symmetric or asymmetric double layers were stacked. We demonstrate that superior frequency selectivity can be achieved when metamaterial layers with different unit cells are used. Good agreement was found between measured and simulated transmission response.     

Fabrication of broadband antireflection coatings using broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring

Multi-layer optical coatings with complex spectrum requirements, such as multi-band pass filters, notch filters, and ultra-broadband antireflection coating, which usually contain very thin layers and sensitive layers, are difficult to be fabricated using a quartz crystal monitoring method or a single wavelength optical monitoring system(SWLOMS). In this paper, a broadband antireflection(AR) coating applied in the wavelength range from 800 nm to 1800 nm was designed and deposited by ion beam sputtering(IBS). Ta_2O_5 and Si O_2 were chosen as high and low refractive index coating materials,respectively. The optimized coating structure contains 9 non-quarter-wave(QW) layers totally with ultra-thin layers and sensitive layers in this coating stack. In order to obtain high transmittance, it is very important to realize the thickness accurate control on these thin layers and sensitive layers. A broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring strategy was successfully used to control the layer thickness during the deposition process. At last, the measured transmittance of AR coating is quite close to the theoretical value. A 0.6% variation in short wavelength edge across the central 180 mm diameter is demonstrated. A spectrum shift of less than 0.5% for 2 continuous runs is also presented.     

多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器的滤波特性

根据石英晶体的旋光色散特性,利用光学矩阵方法对多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器的滤波原理进行了详细的理论分析,推导出多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器的透射主峰波长和通带半宽度的计算公式.利用分光光度计对单级和多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器的滤波特性进行了实验研究,结果表明单级和多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器滤波特性与理论曲线一致.从理论和实验上证明了多级石英晶体旋光光学滤波器与单级相比通带半宽度得到了有效的压缩,且随滤波器级数的增大,压缩的程度也随之增大. 关键词： 光学滤波器 偏振 石英晶体 旋光色散     

Second-order bandpass terahertz filter achieved by multilayer complementary metamaterial structures

We propose a multilayer complementary metamaterial structure fabricated on a crystal quartz substrate measuring between 100 and 700 GHz. The concept of a second-order terahertz bandpass filter is realized by this structure, and it offers a superior quality factor, steepness of skirts, and out-of-band rejection. Physical limitations on the quality factor and insertion loss have also been studied, including the skin depth of the metal and the optical phonon resonance in quartz. Based on these factors, a series of higher frequency filters has been designed, and simulation results are presented.     

Optical transparency of makrofol nuclear track filters

Makrofol polycarbonate—one of the widely used materials for making nuclear track filters, has been studied for its transparency to light (Λ = 350 nm to 950 nm). Also the optical transmission and IR-spectroscopy results on the Makrofol foils, forming nuclear track filters by irradiating with 14 MeV/n ²³⁸U ions, with and without post-irradiation UV and γ-exposures, are presented. Studies have been extended to these filters to investigate the variation of percentage transmission with etch-time, pore diameter, at different values of Λ.     

Modeling and characterization of TFT-LCD display module for LED projector

We developed optical simulation models for TFT-LCD modules in LED projectors to study the effects of optical properties and light projection tilting angle on the transmission rate of liquid crystals. Optical properties for modules in each of the LCD panel layers were included in the study. The experiment for establishing crystal rotation was first constructed to measure changes in the transmission rate as light was projected on the LCD panel from different angles. The relationship between light attenuation and the allowable angles at which the LCD panel is able to allow light to shine through, was investigated. The results were used as parameters in the optical simulations. Through the use of LightTools, an optical software package, optical simulation was built for different modules in each of the LCD panel layers and optical simulation analysis was performed on the overall structure of the TFT-LCD panel. Results from the simulation analysis were compared with experimental results from scanning illumination measurement. The disparity between simulated and experimental values was less than 13%, ensuring the rationality and accuracy of the optical simulation.     

Quasi-achromatic superresolving phase only pupil filters

Reported in this paper is a new design of the quasi-achromatic phase-only superresolving pupil filters (QAPSFs) relatively independent of wavelength based on the zero order Bessel function of the first kind. The effect of design parameters of the new filters on the superresolving performance parameters such as the normalized spot size (G) and the Strehl ratio (S) is discussed and analyzed in detail. As an example, the performance parameters of QAPSFs made of optical quartz glass are simulated and compared with phase only pupil filters, which indicate that this kind of filters is less independent of wavelength in the range from 300 nm to 589 nm for superresolution, and a high Strehl ratio is also obtained. The equivalent performance parameters are derived to characterize the superresolution performance of the quasi-achromatic filter.     

微缺陷对薄膜滤光片环境稳定性的影响

用热蒸发方法沉积了薄膜滤光片.并将样品分别在去离子水中浸泡10天和30天.通过分光光度计、光学暗场显微镜、及扫描电子显微镜等多种测试手段,对诱导透射滤光片在潮湿环境下的稳定性进行了研究.实验发现,在潮湿环境下滤光片产生的膜层分离都是从薄膜中微缺陷点处开始发生和发展的,微缺陷是影响滤光片环境稳定性的重要原因之一,其中杂质和针孔是滤光片中两种最常见的微缺陷.EDS能谱分析进一步表明,薄膜中杂质缺陷成分即为Al2O3膜料本身,所以不能推测,薄膜沉积中的喷溅可能是微缺陷产生的根本原因,抑制喷溅可以有效提高薄膜滤光片的环境稳定性.最后还用扩散理论对微缺陷引起滤光片失效的机理进行了分析.     

Reflection and transmission of light by cholesteric liquid crystal-glass-cholesteric liquid crystal and cholesteric liquid crystal(1)-cholesteric crystal(2) systems

Reflection and transmission of light by cholesteric liquid crystal-glass-cholesteric liquid crystal and cholesteric liquid crystal(1)-cholesteric liquid crystal(2) systems were studied. The classical Ambartsumyan method of adding layers and the concept of a sewing function were used. This approach was developed earlier in astrophysics for the theory of radiation transfer. Here, we used a version of this method adapted to wave optics. The Jones matrices are constructed for these systems. The features of the reflection and transmission spectra, optical rotation and ellipticity of polarization were studied for these systems. It is proposed to use these systems as tunable narrow-band filters and mirrors. These systems can be used, for example, to develop a variety of optical elements for lasers and of polarimetric elements in ellipsometry. The specific features of eigenpolarization are also discussed. It is shown that optical rotation of the two layers of cholesteric liquid crystals, which differ from each other only by the sign of the helix, is nonzero, and it becomes substantial in the diffraction reflection region. A unique property of these systems is the degeneracy (coincidence) of eigenpolarizations.     

The effect of absorption on light filtering in randomly layered dielectric systems

Abstract

We study the effect of absorption on the transmission of light in a system of randomly distributed dielectric layers having identical optical length. In such systems, resonant transmission peaks have been obtained at wavelengths corresponding to multiples of the optical length. The absorption is found to leave the width of these peaks almost unaffected, while it substantially reduces the intensity of the transmitted light. Thus the high resolution is not destroyed by absorption, so this device remains a good potential candidate for use in light filtering compared to existing filters.     

Anomalous diffusion of light in TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>-powder layers near the absorption edge

The transfer of visible and near-IR radiation in layers of polydisperse TiO₂ (rutile) particles has been studied by measuring diffusion transmission and coherent backscattering in order to determine the optical parameters of the samples under investigation. An approach based on the coherent potential approximation is applied. It has been shown that, in the short-wavelength region of the visible range, anomalous diffusion of light occurs due to the effect of interference at mesoscopic scales on the transport characteristics of the scattering medium.     

一维液晶光子晶体透射谱的研究

一维液晶光子晶体在光滤波器、低阈值激光器和光开关等领域有着很好的应用前景。研究了一维液晶光子晶体的透射谱,电压范围在0～10V内,光谱调谐范围约为50nm,透射峰半高宽为18nm,禁带宽度近400nm。进一步提出了非偏振光型液晶光子晶体,设计了相互垂直0°扭曲取向的双液晶层一维液晶光子晶体器件。双液晶层起到了对各向偏振光光程的补偿作用,使得禁带中的两个透射峰合并为一个透射峰,加强了光强度,增强了滤波性能。     

基于ROADM级联的概率成型光传输方法北大核心CSCD

针对概率成型双偏振64-正交幅度调制相干光传输系统,实验研究了可重构光分插复用器(reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer,ROADM)级联引起的带宽变窄对系统比特级可实现信息速率(bit-wise achievable information rate,BW AIR)的影响。发射端采用基于麦克斯韦玻尔兹曼分布的3个概率成型分布信号。实验装置包括概率成型符号序列的产生、模拟ROADM级联引起整体频率响应带宽变窄的可变带宽光滤波器、简化检测和BW AIR计算。结果表明:对于不同的星座熵,带宽变窄的影响是相似的;对于给定光信噪比,产生最大BW AIR的星座熵取决于ROADM级联导致带宽变窄的程度。通过选择合适的概率成型星座分布,系统可获得最大化BW AIR。     

Deposition of Ni, Ag, and Pt-based Al-doped ZnO double films for the transparent conductive electrodes by RF magnetron sputtering

Ni, Ag, and Pt-based Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films have been deposited as transparent conductivity layers on quartz by RF magnetron sputtering and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Hall measurement, optical transmission spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The deposition of thicker metal layer in double layers resulted in lowering the effective electrical resistivity with a slight reduction of their optical transmittance. A film consisting of AZO (250 nm)/Ni (2 nm) double structure, exhibits a sheet resistance of 21.0 Ω/sq, a high transmittance of 76.5%, and characterize good adhesion to substrate. These results make the satisfactory for GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells with metal-based AZO double films as current spread layers.     

DOUBLE PERIODIC PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WITH METAMATERIAL

In this paper, the reflection and transmission coefficients of multi-layer dielectric and metamaterial media are derived by transmission-line method. Then, it is applied to double periodic photonic crystal structure, which is composed of two thin dielectric layers sandwiched by two thin metamaterial layers. The results show the structure has a large passband and a monotonous symmetric rising band edges compared with that for a conventional photonic crystal structure. If a defect layer is introduced, the localized modes appear. Furthermore, the number of transmission peaks in the photonic crystal structure can be tuned by changing the thickness of the defect in the structure. This photonic crystal may find application to broadband reflectors and the multi-wavelength narrow band optical filters.     

紫外像增强器分辨力校准装置与方法研究

紫外像增强器作为导弹紫外告警系统、紫外预警系统以及各类紫外辐射监测系统的核心部件,其参数准确与否,直接影响到系统的图像质量。为保证测试数据的准确性,研制紫外像增强器分辨力校准装置,校准装置所用紫外光源是波长范围为200 nm～400 nm的紫外光,相对应的分辨力靶、滤光处、光学成像系统均要求能够透射紫外光,由于紫外波长较短,容易引起散射效应而产生大量的杂散光,设计的分辨力靶采用紫外级石英,紫外光学成像系统采用透射式结构,选用同轴共轭透镜作为紫外光学成像系统。实验和测量不确定度分析验证校准装置的测量不确定度为5%。     

The effect of different drying methods on band gap energy and femtosecond LIDT of nano-porous anti-reflective silica thin films

In this work, nano-porous anti-reflective silica thin films are deposited on the quartz samples by dip-coating in silica sol–gel. After dip-coating, the samples are divided into three groups and each group is heated in an oven with a different drying method. The effect of the heating methods on the morphology and optical properties of the coated layers are studied by SEM imaging and measuring optical transmission of the samples. Then based on the transmission data and calculation of absorption coefficient of the layers, the band gap energy of the silica thin films is calculated. In addition, laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) of the samples are measured by using 35 fs, 100 mJ femtosecond laser pulses. It can be seen that there is a distinct correlation between band gap energy and LIDT of the samples which both of them have been affected by heating method of the coated samples.     

Resonant optical transmission through a one-dimensional photonic crystal adjacent to a thin metal film

We theoretically and experimentally reveal that the large resonant optical transmission (ROT) can be realized through a one-dimensional photonic crystal adjacent to a thin metal film, at a frequency in the original band-gap of the photonic crystal (PC). The influence of periodic number of PC and the thickness of the adjacent metal on the transmission frequency and intensity is studied in detail. An optimum design is given to reach the maximum transmission efficiency, meanwhile a mechanism underlining the ROT phenomenon is proposed. An effective admittance-matching theory is proposed to understand this effect and quantitatively determine the operating frequency, which matches very well with the simulated and measured results. The effects might be very useful to realize some optical filters and sensor devices since the structure is easy for mass production and is matured technically to be prepared in industry.