基于石墨烯编码超构材料的太赫兹波束多功能动态调控

提出了一种基于石墨烯带的太赫兹波段的1 bit编码超构材料,可以实现太赫兹波束的数目、频率、幅度等参数多功能动态调控.该结构由金属薄膜、聚酰亚胺、硅、二氧化硅、石墨烯带组成.通过对石墨烯带施加两种不同的电压,可以实现一定频率范围内相位差接近180?的"0"和"1"数字编码单元,进而构成1 bit动态可控的编码超构材料.全波仿真结果表明,不同序列的编码超构材料能够实现波束数目从单波束、双波束、多波束到宽波束的调控.相同序列的编码超构材料,通过施加石墨烯带的不同电压能够实现宽频段波束频率的偏移.对于000000或者111111周期序列的编码超构材料,通过施加石墨烯带的不同电压还能够实现波束幅度的调控.因此这种基于石墨烯带的编码超构材料为灵活调控太赫兹波提供了一种新的途径,将在雷达隐身、成像、宽带通信等方面具有重要的意义.     

Terahertz modulator using photonic crystals

In this letter, a novel terahertz wave modulator based on a silicon oxide/polyaniline photonic crystal is proposed. The modulation mechanism of the novel modulator is based on a dynamic shift of the photonic band gap by the applied external electric field. Its performances were investigated with the finite-difference time-domain method. The novel modulator has 3 dB modulation bandwidth of 10 kHz, a size as small as 20 mm and its extinction ratio larger than 30 dB at the frequency of 1 THz.     

太赫兹mesh带通滤波器的设计与仿真

基于太赫兹波的大气吸收窗口,设计了一款四级级联的太赫兹mesh带通滤波器。此滤波器的中心频率为0.25 THz,在3 dB处带宽为0.1 THz,在通带内的插入损耗为1.5 dB,纹波系数小于0.5 dB,在室温下通带内的透过率能达80%以上,且此滤波器的中心工作频率和带宽可以通过缩放mesh槽孔的尺寸来调节。利用电磁仿真软件HFSS,结合周期边界条件及理想匹配层吸收边界条件模拟了太赫兹mesh带通滤波器的mesh排列方式、介质衬底及不同入射角度的入射波、不同极化方式等因素对滤波器透过率、插入损耗的影响。     

光栅-液晶复合结构太赫兹移相器

随着太赫兹技术及其应用的快速发展,各类太赫兹控制器件需求也随之增加,作为太赫兹系统重要器件之一,太赫兹波移相器成为当前研究热点。已有移相器存在着尺寸较大、结构复杂、相移量较小等问题,为克服上述缺陷,提出一种光栅-液晶复合结构太赫兹移相器,该器件结构为石英、石墨烯、液晶盒、光栅结构、石墨烯和石英组成。通过改变石墨烯电极上电压,使液晶折射率发生改变,相移器的相位因折射率改变而发生变化,通过控制外加电压可以实现对太赫兹波相移量有效调控。计算结果表明,该移相器在0.39~0.46 THz频率范围内实现了400°相移量,回波损耗小于-11 dB,在频率0.43 THz处,最大相移量达到422°。太赫兹波入射角在0°~30°范围内变化,移相器的相移量保持不变,而且该器件对入射太赫兹波偏振态不敏感。所设计的太赫兹移相器具有相移量大、结构尺寸小等优点,在未来的太赫兹通信、安检、医疗、传感、成像等领域中具有广阔的应用前景。     

Terahertz wave narrow bandpass filter based on photonic crystal

We designed a narrow bandpass terahertz wave filter using photonic crystals with a line defect. An inserted linear defect in one-dimensional photonic crystal structures for a channeled filtering in the terahertz range are studied and designed theoretically. By using transfer matrix method, we examined the transmittance spectra for the proposed terahertz wave filter has a 3 dB transmission loss bandwidth of 20 MHz ranging from 0.29998 THz to 0.30001 THz. The simulated results show that a very narrow transmission band and high transmission (higher than 99.99%) centered at λ₀, and very sharp edges can be achieved.     

Wavelength Filter and Converter by NDFWM in Strained Quantum Wells

A novel kind of wavelength filter and converter using nondegenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) in an optical amplifier with tensile and compressively strained quantum wells (T/C SQW) is reported in this paper. The configuration of the T/C SQW converting filter is designed first, followed by the establishment of the coupling model of the device. The influences of the property parameters of the optical amplifier with T/C SQW on the output efficiency, 3dB bandwidth, and the frequency shift are mainly discussed. The device can serve as both filter and wavelength converter with high conversion efficiency and narrow bandwidth on the order of 0.01 nm. Meanwhile, the frequency conversion range, which is decided by the gain bandwidth of the semiconductor media, is up to 5000 Ghz in the considered case.     

基于缺陷地结构的微带低通滤波器设计

提出了一种具有宽带带外抑制的小型化微带低通滤波器。该滤波器由缺陷地结构和两阶阶跃阻抗单元结构构成。利用ANSYS HFSS建立三维全波电磁模型并仿真优化,仿真结果表明:该低通滤波器的截止频率为1.4 GHz,通带宽度为0~1.4 GHz,通带内的插入损耗小于0.5 dB,带外抑制频率范围为2.1~11 GHz,在阻带范围内的带外抑制能力接近20 dB。为验证仿真和测试结果,加工并测试了经全波电磁优化后的缺陷地结构微带低通滤波器。测试结果和仿真结果吻合得较好,证明了所提出的缺陷地结构在实现滤波器小型化和宽阻抗带宽上有着重要的作用,能够使该滤波器具有较好的低通滤波特性。     

基于磁光子晶体的低损耗窄带THz滤波器

本文提出一种采用石榴石型铁氧体磁性材料的太赫兹滤波器,利用波导线缺陷和腔内点缺陷的耦合特性,通过改变腔内介质柱半径及分布,实现对某个波长的耦合,达到了高效率滤波的功能;改变外磁场的大小,影响铁氧体材料的磁导率变化,使谐振频率发生改变,从而对THz波进行滤波.应用平面波展开法(PWM)和时域差分有限法(FDTD)进行仿真分析,研究结果表明,该滤波器其插入损耗为0.0997 d B,3 d B带宽为8.22 GHz,实现了低损耗窄带滤波.     

Tunable slow light based on detuned coupling between graphene nanoribbon and square ring splitting modes

We proposed and numerically investigated a newly slow light structure with graphene doublet detuned coupling effect. The novelty and uniqueness of the proposed structure is that the bandwidth and group index can be enhanced simultaneously by changing the length or chemical potential of the nanoribbon resonator. The maximum group index can attain to 131 at \(\mu_{c}\)?=?0.145 eV with the bandwidth of 0.85 THz. By means of the standing wave distribution of square ring splitting modes, the group indices can be enhanced at one window and suppressed at another by adjusting the coupling position of nanoribbon. The proposed structure would have potential prospect in realizing plasmonic filter, optical nonlinearity, optical buffering and storage devices at terahertz frequencies.     

低损耗大带宽双芯负曲率太赫兹光纤偏振分束器

设计了一种基于双芯负曲率光纤的新型低损耗大带宽太赫兹偏振分束器,该器件以环烯烃共聚物为基底,沿圆周等间距分布着12个含内嵌管的圆形管,通过上下对称的两组外切小包层管将纤芯分成双芯.采用时域有限差分法对其导模特性进行分析,详细研究了各个参数对其偏振分束特性的影响,分析了该偏振分束器的消光比、带宽、传输损耗等性能.仿真结果表明:当入射光频率为1 THz,分束器长度为6.224 cm时, x偏振光的消光比达到120.8 d B,带宽为0.024 THz, y偏振光的消光比达到63.74 d B,带宽为0.02 THz,传输总损耗低至0.037 d B/cm.公差分析表明结构参数在±1%的偏差下,偏振分束器仍然可以保持较好的性能.     

A flexible wideband bandpass terahertz filter using multi-layer metamaterials

We make a flexible wideband bandpass filter at terahertz (THz) frequencies using multi-layer metamaterials. A very flat response in the passband can be obtained since the Fabry–Perot reflection inside the rigid substrate is eliminated. The center frequency is about 0.89 THz with a 3 dB bandwidth of 0.69 THz for normal incidence. The sharp band-edge transitions are 53 and 70 dB/THz to the rejection bands, respectively. The measured average insertion loss is 1.4 dB with a ripple of 0.8 dB. Furthermore, the transmission feature is insensitive to the polarization of incident wave due to the symmetric structure of the unit cell of the metamaterials. Also, it has a small change as the increase of the curvature of the flexible substrate. This result manifests that the multi-layer metamaterials can provide an effective way to design wideband THz devices.     

Analysis of graphene based optically transparent patch antenna for terahertz communications

With and without multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) loaded graphene based optically transparent patch antennas are designed to resonate at 6 THz. Their radiation characteristics are analyzed in 5.66–6.43 THz band. The optically transparent graphene is deployed as the patch and ground plane of the antennas, which are separated by a 2.5 μm thick flexible polyimide substrate. By shorting the microstrip line and ground plane of the antenna with a MWCNT via, the return loss of the antenna is improved. The peak gain of 3.3dB at 6.2 THz and a gain greater than 3dB in 5.66–6.43 THz band is obtained for antenna loaded without MWCNT. Both the antennas achieved a −10dB impedance bandwidth of 12.83%. Gain, directivity and radiation efficiency of the proposed antennas are compared with conventional transparent patch antennas and graphene based non-transparent antennas. The antenna structures are simulated by using finite element method based electromagnetic simulator-Ansys HFSS.     

基于编码超表面的太赫兹宽频段雷达散射截面缩减的研究

本文设计了一种柔性, 非定向低散射的1bit编码超表面, 实现了太赫兹宽频带雷达散射截面的缩减. 这种设计基于对“0”和“1”两种基本单元进行编码, 其反射相位差在很宽的频段范围内接近180°, 为一种非周期的排列方式, 该电磁超表面使入射的电磁波发生漫反射, 从而实现雷达散射截面的缩减. 全波仿真结果表明, 在垂直入射条件下, 编码超表面的镜像反射率低于-10 dB的带宽频段范围为1.0-1.4 THz, 该带宽内超表面相对同尺寸金属板可将雷达散射截面所减量达到10 dB以上, 最大缩减量达到19 dB. 把柔性编码表面弯曲在直径为4 mm的金属圆柱面上, 雷达散射截面的所减量高于10 dB以上的带宽频段范围为0.9-1.2 THz, 仍然可实现宽频带缩减特性. 总之, 编码超表面为调控太赫兹波提供一种新的途径, 将在雷达隐身、成像、宽带通信等方面具有重要的意义.     

铁电薄膜可调带通滤波器

铁电薄膜的介电常数随外加电场强度的增加而减小.依据铁电薄膜的这一特性,提出了一种新颖的基于共面传输线结构的铁电薄膜可调带通滤波器.为了减小传输损耗,滤波器的导体部分由超导薄膜构成.滤波器的输入输出采用抽头线的方式分别与谐振器相接,外加电压通过输入输出端口直接施加到共面谐振器缝隙处的铁电薄膜上,用以改变铁电薄膜的介电常数,从而改变谐振器的谐振频率,实现带通滤波器通带频率的移动.这种新型可调带通滤波器具有结构紧凑、尺寸小及施加外加偏压容易等优点.仿真结果表明:铁电薄膜的介电常数在外加偏压下从250减小到150时,带通滤波器的传输特性曲线的形状基本保持不变,通带的中心频率从10.283GHz增加到10.518GHz,其3dB带宽保持在0.150GHz左右,反射损耗始终小于-17dB.     

Design and experimental verification of a dual-band metamaterial filter

In this paper, we present the design, simulation, and experimental verification of a dual-band free-standing metamaterial filter operating in a frequency range of 1 THz–30 THz. The proposed structure consists of periodically arranged composite air holes, and exhibits two broad and flat transmission bands. To clarify the effects of the structural parameters on both resonant transmission bands, three sets of experiments are performed. The first resonant transmission band shows a shift towards higher frequency when the side width w_1 of the main air hole is increased. In contrast, the second resonant transmission band displays a shift towards lower frequency when the side width w_2 of the sub-holes is increased, while the first resonant transmission band is unchanged. The measured results indicate that these resonant bands can be modulated individually by simply optimizing the relevant structural parameters(w_1 or w_2) for the required band. In addition, these resonant bands merge into a single resonant band with a bandwidth of 7.7 THz when w_1 and w_2 are optimized simultaneously. The structure proposed in this paper adopts different resonant mechanisms for transmission at different frequencies and thus offers a method to achieve a dual-band and low-loss filter.     

Nonlinear Codirectional Coupler Filter Used in WDM Networks

It is proposed a novel wavelength filter with a narrow bandwidth suitable for WDM networks, which is based upon nondegenerate four-wave mixing(NDFWM) process in the active region of a wavelength selective coupler. By separating the desired wave-mixing product on the basis of the transverse spatial mode of the electric field, a bandwidth (full width at half maximum, FWHM) of subangstrom for the filter is obtained. The selected wavelength can be tuned in the entire semiconductor gain bandwidth (～70 nm). A theoretical analysis for NDFWM effect in the filter is given. The numerical simulation has been done. The influences of configure parameters on the output efficiency, 3 dB bandwidth (FWHM) and frequency shift are discussed.     

Nonlinear Codirectional Coupler Filter Used in WDM Networks

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Real‐Time and Broadband Terahertz Wave Scattering Manipulation via Polarization‐Insensitive Conformal Graphene‐Based Coding Metasurfaces

Here, for the first time, the real‐time and broadband manipulation of terahertz (THz) waves are acquired by introducing a multifunctional graphene‐based coding metasurface (GBCM). The designed structure consists of subwavelength patterned graphene units whose operational statuses can be dynamically switched between two digital states of “0” and “1”. By engineering the spatial distribution of chemical potentials across the GBCM, various scattering patterns having single, two, four, and numerous reflection beams are elaborately achieved just within one planar structure. To compute the far‐field pattern of GBCM, an inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) is established, providing a fast and efficient design method. The proposed GBCM provides a low reflection bellow ?10 dB over a broad frequency band ranging from 1 THz to 1.9 THz. In addition, the metasurface retains its low reflection behavior in a wide range of incident wave angles for both TE and TM polarizations. According to conformal invariance of graphene sheets, the stealth property of GBCM is well preserved while wrapping around a curved object. The proposed technique of real‐time scattering manipulation leads to multifunctional THz devices, opening new routes contributing to numerous applications such as imaging and stealth technology.     

Design considerations for rectangular microstrip patch antenna on electromagnetic crystal substrate at terahertz frequency

The effects of 2-D electromagnetic crystal substrate on the performance of a rectangular microstrip patch antennas at THz frequencies is simulated. Electromagnetic crystal substrate is used to obtain extremely broad-bandwidth with multi-frequency band operation of the proposed microstrip antennas. Multi-frequency band microstrip patch antennas are used in modern communication systems in order to enhance their capacity through frequency reuse. The simulated 10 dB impedance bandwidth of the rectangular patch microstrip antenna is 34.3% at THz frequency (0.6–0.95 THz). The radiation efficiency, gain and directivity of the proposed antenna are presented at different THz frequencies. The simulation has been performed using CST Microwave Studio, which is a commercially available electromagnetic simulator based on finite integral technique.     

一种采用互补结构的宽阻带共模缺陷地滤波器

为了抑制高速差分信号传输中的共模噪声, 提出了一种基于低成本FR4材料制作的互补型缺陷地结构(defected ground structure, DGS)共模阻带滤波器. 滤波器两边采用对称性酒杯形DGS结构, 中间采用对称伞形DGS结构. 由于这两种DGS 结构互补, 整个滤波器结构紧凑, 可以实现小面积设计目的; 另外, 由于三个DGS结构相邻较近, 相互之间存在互感, 可以通过改变相互之间的距离来调节相互之间的互感, 从而实现宽阻带滤波的目的. 仿真和测试结果表明, 该DGS滤波器的差模信号损耗小, 在抑制共模噪声20 dB条件下其阻带范围为4.8–11.4 GHz, 而且面积仅为10 mm×10 mm. 与周期性DGS结构相比, 本方法在相同共模噪声抑制深度下, 具有占用面积不到30%、阻带宽度增加约50%等优点.