基于Ⅲ-V与Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体材料色散特性的高灵敏度慢光干涉仪

分析了Ⅲ-V与Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体材料的光学特性,证明半导体慢光介质不但可以提高干涉仪的光谱灵敏度,而且可以获得远大于气体慢光介质的工作光谱范围.实验证明,基于慢光介质GaAs的干涉仪光谱灵敏度相对于传统的干涉仪提高约3.2倍.     

基于Ⅲ-Ⅴ与Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体材料色散特性的高灵敏度慢光干涉仪

分析了Ⅲ-Ⅴ与Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体材料的光学特性,证明半导体慢光介质不但可以提高干涉仪的光谱灵敏度,而且可以获得远大于气体慢光介质的工作光谱范围.实验证明,基于慢光介质GaAs的干涉仪光谱灵敏度相对于传统的干涉仪提高约3.2倍. 关键词： 干涉仪 非线性光学 Ⅲ-Ⅴ与Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体材料     

基于马赫-曾德干涉法测量原子介质的色散特性

理论分析了利用马赫-曾德干涉仪及平衡零拍探测技术测量相干介质色散特性的方法,实验测量了三能级铯原子分别在电磁诱导透明和电磁诱导吸收两种截然相反的相干效应下的色散特性.研究表明:在原子频率共振中心,对于透明介质,由于吸收减弱效应,信号光能穿出介质,保证了有效色散信息,即正常色散特性能被测量到;相反地,对于吸收介质,由于强吸收效应,只有在低粒子数密度条件下,即保证有信号光没有被完全吸收而穿出介质,才能测量到介质的反常色散特性;当提高铯泡温度时,介质对信号光吸收增强以至完全吸收,并且吸收频谱宽度变宽,导致色散信息不能被有效测量到.     

改进"yo-yo"Cs/O交替激活方法对GaAs光阴极稳定性影响

为提高激活后GaAs光阴极的稳定性,延长微光夜视器件的工作寿命,围绕Cs/O激活方法和衰减特性进行实验研究.通过对比传统"yo-yo"激活法和改进"yo-yo"激活法在Cs/O激活光电流、光谱响应以及光照衰减方面的差异,发现采用改进"yo-yo"激活法的GaAs光阴极光谱灵敏度更高且稳定性更好.利用四极质谱仪监测真空腔...     

光学元件群延迟的直接测量

提出了一种测量群延迟的新方法,利用白光干涉仪产生的光谱干涉,通过时间频率联合分析直接得出群延迟,减小了传统相位差分方法产生的误差,并通过测量结果减去系统背景,进一步提高了光学元件色散测量的准确度. 该方法适合于具有复杂色散光学元件群延迟和色散的准确测量,也适合于慢光器件群速度延迟的测量. 关键词： 色散测量 白光干涉 时间频率分析 超快激光     

光子晶体波导慢光特性研究

基于二维三角晶格空气孔光子晶体,通过在光子晶体单线缺陷波导两侧引入不同的耦合腔,设计了慢光特性较好的波导结构.利用平面波展开法计算波导的色散曲线,并分析慢光模式的群速度和群速度色散特性.耦合腔采用单缺陷腔时,适当调节波导宽度可以获得在零色散点群速度为0.0128c的慢光模式,对应在1.55 μm波长处的带宽为409 G...     

光波在一维周期介质中传播的色散和反射

从光的电磁理论出发导出了光在一维周期介质中的特性矩阵的表达式. 运用特性矩阵方法对光在周期介质中的色散关系、光子带隙、反射率光谱等特性进行了数值模拟和理论分析,在此基础上还讨论了与光子带隙相应的反常折射率.     

基于同心纳米圆环谐振腔的MIM波导的PIA特性研究

本文设计了一种基于同心纳米圆环谐振腔的金属-介质-金属(MIM)表面等离子体光波导(SPW),其中外侧是一个完整的环形谐振腔,而内侧环形谐振腔带有一个微小缺口。利用数值和解析方法分析了不同几何参数下的传输特性。可以发现,当缺口宽度θ=5°,位置φ=45°时,会在波长674nm处产生明显的等离子体诱导吸收(Plasmonic Induced Absorption,PIA)现象。基于此,首先研究了该结构在折射率传感器方面的应用,研究结果表明,其灵敏度超过600nm/RIU,最大品质因子约为700。其次研究了其快光和慢光特性,在PIA传输谷处会产生约-0.081ps的光学延迟,意味着较大的异常色散和快光效应,而在PIA传输谷两侧的传输峰处会分别产生约为0.045ps和0.043ps的光学延迟,意味着较大的正常色散和慢光效应。这种表面等离子体光波导结构在折射率传感器、纳米滤波器、光开关和片上纳米光学器件集成等领域有一定的应用前景。     

单光子晶体界面介质波导中的慢光效应

研究了单光子晶体界面介质波导中的慢光效应.芯层-空气层界面的全内反射效应以及光子晶体基底的禁带效应共同形成了对光场能量的横向约束.用基于超元胞的平面波展开法计算得到了导模色散曲线,并据此对其色散、群速以及群速色散性质做了详尽分析.由于利用了色散曲线慢光区域内拐点附近低群速色散的部分,该单光子晶体界面介质波导具有良好的慢光特性.对两个不同导模计算得到的平均群速分别为c/98和c/376,可用相对频带宽度分别达到2.1×10-3和4.1×10-4.另外,该慢光结构可以侧向耦合的方式克服光子晶体慢光波导耦合困难的缺点.     

矩形孔光子晶体波导慢光特性

在线缺陷光子晶体波导中,利用矩形孔和椭圆孔分别替代临近线缺陷的第二行和第一、三行圆形孔,构成矩形孔光子晶体波导结构.利用平面波展开法对波导的慢光特性进行仿真分析,研究矩形孔的非对称性对慢光带宽和色散特性的影响.研究表明,在慢光区域平均群折射率变化为±10%的情况下,与圆形孔线缺陷波导相比,得到的导模能更好地限制在禁带中,而且当矩形孔宽度参量小于高度参量时,导模可以得到归一化延迟带宽积更大、带宽更宽、色散更小的慢光.通过对波导中矩形孔参量的优化,得到的慢光归一化延迟带宽积最大为0.402,此时带宽为44.4nm,群速度色散为8.0ps2/mm.     

Slow light Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer

A slow light structure Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer is theoretically demonstrated. The sensitivity of the interferometer is significantly enhanced by the dispersion of the slow light structure. The numerical results show that the sensitivity enhancement factor varies with the coupling coefficient and reaches its maximum under critical coupling conditions.     

Enhancing the spectral sensitivity of interferometers using slow-light media

We demonstrate experimentally that the spectral sensitivity of an interferometer can be greatly enhanced by introducing a slow-light medium into it. The experimental results agree very well with theoretical predictions that the enhancement factor of the spectral sensitivity is equal to the group index n(g) of the slow-light medium.     

Enhancing the sensitivity of fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers using slow and fast light

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the sensitivity of a fiber Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) interferometer can be enhanced by coupling fiber ring resonators with it. The experimental results agree well with theoretical predications that combining slow light with fast light will further increase the sensitivity of a fiber M-Z interferometer.     

Slow light using wave mixing in liquid crystal light valve

By performing optical two-wave mixing in a liquid crystal light valve, we are able to slow down optical pulses to group velocities as slow as a few tenths of mm/s, corresponding to a very large group index. We present experiment and model of the slow light process occurring in liquid crystal light valves. The large group index corresponds to having a large sensitivity for phase variations, a property that can be used to increase the sensitivity of Fourier transform interferometer. We show that when a liquid crystal light valve is inserted in a Mach–Zehnder interferometer, the effect of frequency perturbations at the input of the system is amplified by a factor related to the group delay.     

利用LED探测甲烷气体浓度的实验研究

报导了一个利用LED作光源探测甲烷浓度的差分探测系统,分析了系统中各光学元件的作用,给出甲烷浓度的计算方法及实验结果.选用甲烷在1.65 μm附近2ν3谱带中的R支作为探测对象.利用法布里-珀罗标准具的透过率曲线与甲烷吸收线相互匹配的方法滤掉无用光,并通过压电陶瓷改变标准具的腔长,从而实现了差分吸收探测,进一步提高了测量灵敏度,取得了较好的结果.     

Theory of nonlinear Sagnac effect

A nonlinear wave interaction is considered as a technique to increase the rotation sensitivity of the ring laser. The gyroscopic scale factor K is calculated in an active laser gyro with a dispersive medium. K is in reverse proportion to the group index n* = n + vdn/dv of the medium. In a monolithically-integrated GaAs ring laser, the value K ∼5000 is obtainable (radius ∼1 cm) in a linear case. In the presence of a strong wave, the dynamic nonlinear anomalous dispersion can provide an increase of K by 10–100 times in the vicinity of critical points where n* passes zero. An expression of K is derived for the nonlinear Sagnac effect. The nonlinear dispersion is discussed in terms of “slow/fast” light.     

Micro-scale Fabry–Perot interferometer with high spectral resolution and tunable transmission frequency via chiral waveguide-emitter coupling

A micro-scale Fabry–Perot interferometer with high spectral resolution and tunable transmission frequency is proposed. In this scheme, two partially reflecting mirrors with a separation of several wavelengths is fabricated in a waveguide, and a two-level emitter is located between the mirrors and coupled to the waveguide with chiral interaction. We analytically show that the single emitter plays the role of a strongly dispersive medium and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the transmission fringes around the resonance frequency of the emitter can be narrowed by 5 orders of magnitude. The proposed micro-scale interferometer can have the same spectral resolution as meter-scale traditional interferometers. We also show that the central frequency of the narrowed transmission fringe can be tuned by adjusting the asymmetry of the emitter-waveguide coupling. Our scheme has potential applications in the fields of integrated optical circuit and quantum information processing.     

Slow and fast light: basic concepts and recent advancements based on nonlinear wave‐mixing processes

After a review of the basic concepts of slow and fast light, recent advancements based on nonlinear wave‐mixing processes are described. As a nonlinear medium, the authors focus on a liquid crystal light valve showing that it allows obtaining a large control of the group delay, with a maximum fractional delay of 1, and a deceleration of light pulses down to group velocities as small as 0.2 mm/s. A theoretical model accompanies the observations and accounts for them in the general framework of two‐wave mixing in the light valve. At the end, a high‐sensitivity interferometer is presented as an example of slow light applications.     

Dispersive Properties of tunnelling—induced transparency in an asymmetric double quantum well

We have investigated the dispersive properties of tunnelling-induced transparency in asymmetric double quantum well structures where two excited states are coupled by resonant tunnelling through a thin barrier in a three-level system of electronic subbands. The intersubband transitions exhibit high dispersion at zero absorption, which leads to the slow light velocity in this medium as compared with that in vacuum (c=3×10⁸). The group velocity in a specific GaAs/AlGaAs sample is calculated to be v_g=c/4.30. This structure can be used to compensate for the dispersion and energy loss in fibre optical communications.