人工局域表面等离激元诱导的超透射（英文）

利用有限元方法研究了理想导体薄膜中齿状孔阵列在微波频段的超透射现象.齿状结构的引入使得孔阵列的透射谱发生红移,在更深的亚波长区实现全透射.近场分析表明分布在齿状孔上的局域态对红移起了关键作用.研究发现单个齿孔支持人工局域表面等离激元多极子模式,与超透射相关的是偶极子模式.该研究方案可以推广到红外与太赫兹频段.     

周期性亚波长金属孔阵列的单元结构对称性对其增强光透射特性的影响

采用三维时域有限差分方法,对比研究了石英基底上周期性亚波长圆形、纽扣形、半圆形和太极形四种具有不同对称性的孔阵列微结构金属膜的增强光透射特性,并分别探讨了阵列周期、小孔尺寸对这四种阵列结构透射特性的影响.结果表明增强光透射特性对单元结构对称性具有很强的依赖性:在超短高斯光脉冲激励下,随着单元结构对称性的降低,归一化透过率逐渐增大,红外波段的透射峰发生大量红移,且其与可见光波段的透射峰之间的距离逐渐增大,在对称性破缺的太极形孔阵列中两峰间距最大,可达1 300nm左右.表面等离激元模式与局域表面等离子体共振模式在增强光透射现象中起着重要的作用.在可见光波段,表面等离激元模式是这四种阵列结构的光透射增强的主导性因素;在红外波段,局域表面等离子体共振模式对单元结构对称性较差孔阵列结构的增强光透射特性有着显著影响.     

圆环孔阵列超材料对热释电太赫兹探测器性能影响关系研究

本文提出了新的基于圆环孔阵列超材料的钽酸锂热释电太赫兹探测器,以提高0.1—1 THz频段太赫兹波探测性能.仿真分析了内外径、周期、厚度等特征参数对圆环孔阵列超材料太赫兹波透射带宽及透射率的定量影响关系,阐明了圆环孔阵列超材料与热释电探测器的不同结合方式对探测器的带宽及噪声等效功率的作用机理;制备了两种圆环孔阵列超材料钽酸锂热释电太赫兹探测器;测试了圆环孔阵列超材料的透射特性和两类热释电探测器的噪声等效功率.结果表明,所制备的圆环孔阵列超材料在0.25—0.65 THz频段透射率大于40%,实现了带通滤波.当圆孔阵列超材料与热释电探测器保持足够间距时,在0.315 THz点频其噪声等效功率为11.29μW/Hz^0.5,是带通波段外0.1 THz噪声等效功率的6.3%,实现了带通探测;当圆环孔阵列超材料与热释电探测器贴合时,在0.315 THz点频其噪声等效功率为4.64μW/Hz^0.5,是无圆环孔阵列超材料探测器噪声等效功率的29.4%,实现了窄带探测.上述结论可用于生物成像、大分子探测等领域中特定太赫兹波段的带通与窄带探测.     

锐钛矿TiO2及其掺Fe所导致的红移现象研究：赝势计算和紫外光谱实验

采用平面波超软赝势方法研究了锐钛矿型TiO2及Fe掺杂TiO2的晶体结构和能带结构，计算表明Fe掺杂导致TiO2电子局域能级的出现及禁带变窄，从而导致吸收光谱红移.研究发现，t2g态在红移现象中起了重要作用.紫外透射光谱实验证实了TiO2掺Fe后吸收光谱红移和禁带变窄的理论预言. 关键词： 密度泛函理论 TiO2 Fe掺杂 红移     

基于磁谐振的亚波长空气环金属阵列透射特性研究

利用等效电路模型,用仿真模拟软件对空气环金属阵列的透射特性进行仿真,得出空气环金属阵列的几何参数对透射峰的影响规律:一种透射峰随着空气环金属阵列空气环外半径、内半径的增大发生红移,金属层厚度对该透射峰的影响可忽略;另一种透射峰随着空气环金属阵列金属层厚度和空气环外半径、内半径的增大发生红移.根据透射峰处金属表面的电流分布,用磁谐振效应理论和导模共振理论对透射峰的产生做出解释;基于磁极化理论建立等效电路模型,研究了空气环金属阵列的几何参数对磁谐振峰位置的影响,即:改变阵列的几何参可导致等效电容、电感的改变,从而促使磁谐振峰的移动.等效电路与模拟软件仿真的结果对比表明,所建立的等效电路模型对太赫兹滤波器的结构设计和性能分析具有重要参考价值.     

金属膜圆孔阵列异常透射特性的波导机制

对线偏振平面波垂直入射到亚微米金属膜圆孔阵列的透射谱进行了研究,优化结构参数后得到的最大透射率可达0.896,远大于圆孔阵列的孔填充比,突破了传统理论的预期。对金属膜圆孔阵列的电场分布、波导模式、相位特征及色散关系等进行了分析,研究了基于金属膜圆孔波导的异常透射机制。研究发现,表面Bloch波的存在使得金属膜圆孔阵列的上方形成了一套二维周期性的光晶格,并且光晶格的电场分布中心正好在金属膜圆孔部分的上方。当光晶格的电场模式与圆孔中的横向本征电场模式匹配时,将导致较大的耦合效率。如果电场模式沿着圆孔传播时满足相位匹配条件,就能保证圆孔中的光能从圆孔中有效地耦合出来,进而形成较大的透射率。该机制不但可以解释较厚的二维金属膜圆孔阵列的光频段异常透射现象,而且适用于太赫兹波段。如果在圆孔中填充大折射率介质,还可以实现波长远大于孔半径情况下的较大透射率。     

亚波长金属块阵列中太赫兹波的传输特性研究

利用太赫兹时域光谱技术,研究了亚波长金属块阵列的太赫兹透射光谱特性及金属阵列结构的周期、金属块尺寸等因素对太赫兹透射特性的影响.结合时域有限差分方法,对实验结果进行了数值模拟,并分析了影响太赫兹透射的因素.结果表明:亚波长金属块阵列结构中,THz波的透射极小的位置由金属块的尺寸和周期决定,其透射谷的半高宽随其周期的增大而减小;透射峰值的位置由阵列的周期结构决定,其频率随周期的增加而减小;亚波长金属块结构的透射极小来源于金属块表面局域化电场等离子体的本征频率反射,该局域化电场与金属块结构密切相关,通过改变金属块结构,可以改变其表面电场分布与局域化.研究结果为研制太赫兹波段带阻滤波器提供了有益的参考.     

亚波长金属块阵列中太赫兹波的传输特性研究

利用太赫兹时域光谱技术,研究了亚波长金属块阵列的太赫兹透射光谱特性及金属阵列结构的周期、金属块尺寸等因素对太赫兹透射特性的影响.结合时域有限差分方法,对实验结果进行了数值模拟,并分析了影响太赫兹透射的因素.结果表明:亚波长金属块阵列结构中,THz波的透射极小的位置由金属块的尺寸和周期决定,其透射谷的半高宽随其周期的增大而减小;透射峰值的位置由阵列的周期结构决定,其频率随周期的增加而减小;亚波长金属块结构的透射极小来源于金属块表面局域化电场等离子体的本征频率反射,该局域化电场与金属块结构密切相关,通过改变金属块结构,可以改变其表面电场分布与局域化.研究结果为研制太赫兹波段带阻滤波器提供了有益的参考.     

金属光子晶体平板的超强透射及其表面等离子体共振

用全矢量的三维有限差分时域(finite-difference time-domain,简称FDTD)方法,研究了正方形单元结构金属光子晶体平板的增强传输效应以及局域性表面等离子体共振现象.这种增强效应来自于两个不同的等离子体共振机制：由长方形空气孔形成的局域波导共振以及由周期性结构引起的光子晶体共振效应.对于由长方形空气孔形成的局域波导共振模式,其等离子体波全部局域在整个长方形空气孔区域中.而由周期性引起的共振模式,其频率随着金属平板表面周期性的变化而变化,相应的等离子体波分布在长方形空气孔区域的两端.产生的表面等离子体都局域在长方形空气孔区域中,电场强度得到了显著的增强. 关键词： 光子晶体 金属平板 超强透射 表面等离子体     

金膜上亚波长小孔阵列表面等离激元颜色滤波器偏振性质

金属薄膜上制备的表面等离激元颜色滤波器具有很强的颜色可调性. 在200 nm厚的金膜上, 通过聚焦离子束刻蚀, 制备一系列周期逐渐变化的圆形、方形、矩形亚波长尺寸小孔方阵列表面等离激元颜色滤波器, 改变入射光的偏振方向, 观察其超透射滤波现象. 研究发现: 对于矩形小孔阵列, 其透射光颜色随入射光偏振方向的变化而改变; 而对于圆形、方形的小孔阵列, 其透射光颜色对入射光的偏振方向并不敏感. 分析表明, 对于金膜上刻蚀的小孔结构, 虽然结构的周期性导致的表面等离激元极化子会对透射光的颜色变化产生一定影响, 但是随小孔形状变化的局域表面等离激元共振才是影响透射光颜色的决定性因素. 如果入射光没有在小孔中激发出局域表面等离激元, 则表面等离激元极化子对透射光的影响也会消失. 根据不同形状小孔周期结构透射光颜色随入射光的偏振变化特点, 制备出了包含两种小孔形状的复合周期结构. 随着入射光偏振方向的改变, 该结构会显示出不同的颜色图案. 关键词： 表面等离激元极化子 局域表面等离激元 颜色滤波器 亚波长小孔阵列     

Critical process of extraordinary optical transmission through periodic subwavelength hole array: Hole-assisted evanescent-field coupling

We present a new explanation of the extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole array in metal films. By using the classical coupled-wave theory, we analyzed the coupling process between light and the surface plasmons wave on metal films with hole array. The analysis shows clearly the physical mechanism of extraordinary optical transmission. The calculation demonstrates that, instead of energy flux directly passing through the holes, the electromagnetic modes could exchange energy by overlapping the evanescent fields under the assistance of hole array. The periodicity of the array provides the momentum-matching condition to present the transmission peaks. The theory exhibits a good agreement with the experimental results reported in every detail.     

Polarization properties of subwavelength hole arrays consisting of rectangular holes

The influence of hole shape on extraordinary optical transmission was investigated using hole arrays consisting of rectangular holes with different aspect ratios. It was found that the transmission could be tuned continuously by rotating the hole array. Furthermore, a phase was generated in this process, and linear polarization states could be changed to elliptical polarization states. This phase was correlated with the aspect ratio of the holes. An intuitional model was presented to explain these results.     

Origin of superenhanced light transmission through two-dimensional subwavelength rectangular hole arrays

Superenhanced light transmission through subwavelength rectangular hole arrays have been reported and some investigations have been made into the physical origin of this phenomenon [K.J. Klein Koerkamp et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 183901 (2004)]. In our current work, by performing FDTD (finite difference in the time domain) numerical simulations, we demonstrate that mechanism that is different from surface plasmon polaritons set up by the periodicity at the in-plane metal surfaces may account for this superenhanced light transmission. We suggest that for arrays of rectangular holes with small enough width in comparison to the wavelength of the incident light, standing electromagnetic fields can be set up inside the cavity by the surface plasmons on the hole walls with its intensity being substantially enhanced inside the cavity. So resonant cavity-enhanced light transmission is predominant and responsible for its superenhanced light transmission. Rectangular holes behave as Fabry-Pérot resonance cavities except that the frequency of their fundamental modes is restricted by their TM cutoff frequency. However we believe that both localized surface plasmon modes and surface plasmon polaritons set up by the periodicity at the in-plane metal surfaces have their shares in extraordinary optical transmission of rectangular hole arrays especially when the width of the rectangular hole is not small enough and the metal film is not thick enough.     

亚波长周期性各向异性金属薄膜的等离子体共振特性

 基于各向异性模型,运用全矢量的3维时域有限差分法（FDTD）,研究了在外磁场作用下,亚波长周期性各向异性金属薄膜的表面等离子体共振机制和特性,即由周期性穿孔形成的局域波导共振和由周期性结构引起的光子晶体共振效应。研究发现:当薄膜厚度一定时,两种等离子体共振模式都会随着外磁场的增大而向短波方向移动;而当外磁场一定、薄膜变厚时,周期结构因素引起的共振传输峰向长波方向转移,波导共振传输峰向短波方向转移;通过调控外加磁场的大小或方向可控制光通过金属薄膜的增强传输效应。     

The extraordinary optical transmission characters of the metallic film with rectangular hole arrays

The metallic films perforated with a periodic array of air holes show extraordinary optical transmission properties. In this paper the influence of the incident light's polarization direction and the arrays’ period on the transmission through the rectangular hole arrays immersed in a metallic film is studied by utilizing the finite-difference time-domain method. The results show that the intensities and number of the transmission peaks can be adjusted by changing the incident light's polarization direction, while the intensities can keep constant for some particular frequencies. The transmission peak's wavelength can be easily controlled by altering the lattice period parallel to the electric field for the rectangular holes. These results maybe provide reference for the design of multiple-wavelength resonance devices.     

Mid-infrared optical resonances in quantum dot photodetectors coupled with metallic gratings with different aperture diameters

The paper is devoted to optical testing of mid-infrared Ge/Si photodetectors obtained by stacking of self-assembled Ge quantum dots in multilayer structures, which are near-field coupled to the adjacent nanoplasmonic arrays of subwavelength holes in metallic films. It is shown that photocurrent and near-field spectra consist of several sets of peaks, which are attributted to surface plasmon waves, localized surface plasmon modes or diffractive Rayleigh anomaly depending on the hole diameter and the angle of incidence θ. We find that for small holes the greatest contribution to the photocurrent enhancement is due to the excitation of the surface plasmon-polariton waves for all θ. As the hole diameter is increased and becomes comparable with the array periodicity, the normal-incident photoresponse improvement is provided by the Rayleigh anomaly. With the increase of incident angle, the photocurrent enhancement is supposed to arise from coupling of the localized shape resonance and propagating plasmon modes.     

Near-field distribution of optical transmission of periodic subwavelength holes in a metal film

Optical transmission of a two-dimensional array of subwavelength holes in a metal film has been numerically studied using a differential method. Transmission spectra have been calculated showing a significant increase of the transmission in certain spectral ranges corresponding to the excitation of the surface polariton Bloch waves on a metal surface with a periodic hole structure. Under the enhanced transmission conditions, the near-field distribution of the transmitted light reveals an intensity enhancement greater than 2 orders of magnitude in localized ( approximately 40 nm) spots resulting from the interference of the surface polaritons Bragg scattered by the holes in an array.     

Subwavelength polarization rotators via double-layer metal hole arrays

We show that the polarization of linearly polarized light can be rotated an arbitrary angle by double-layer metal hole array structures in a subwavelength regime. The transmitted light with the rotated polarization, however, remains of nearly the same strength as the incident field at particular frequencies. The mechanism can be attributed to the subwavelength feature of the rectangular holes, and the tangential guiding modes between layers modulated by the orientation of the holes. The structures have potential applications as polarization rotators in a broad frequency range covering from terahertz (THz) to infrared frequencies.     

Extraordinary light transmission through a metal film perforated by a subwavelength hole array

It is shown that, depending on the incident wave frequency and the system geometry, the extraordinary transmission of light through a metal film perforated by an array of subwavelength holes can be described by one of the three mechanisms: the “transparency window” in the metal, excitation of the Fabry–Perot resonance of a collective mode produced by the hybridization of evanescence modes of the holes and surface plasmons, and excitation of a plasmon on the rear boundary of the film. The excitation of a plasmon resonance on the front boundary of the metal film does not make any substantial contribution to the transmission coefficient, although introduces a contribution to the reflection coefficient.     

Strong optical transmission through the ellipsoid metal-film nanohole arrays

The transmission characteristics of a metallic film with subwavelength ellipsoid nanohole arrays are investigated by using the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (3D-FDTD) method. The extraordinary transmission is attributed to the collaboration of localized waveguide resonance and surface plasmon resonance. The influences of the lattice constant and the hole shape on the transmission are studied. By analyzing the picture of electric field and electromagnetic energy distribution, we show the mechanisms of the two different resonances: Localized waveguide resonance mode can be confined inside the ellipsoid holes region, while electric field and electromagnetic energy are localized separately at the two ends of ellipsoid holes for the surface plasma resonance mode. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60708014), the Distinguished Youth Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 03JJY1008), the Science Foundation for Post-doctorate of China (Grant No. 2004035083), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 06JJ20034)