Characteristics of photonic bands generated by quadrangular multiconnected networks

In this paper, by means of the network equation and generalized dimensionless Floquet-Bloch theorem, we study the influences of the number of connected waveguide segments （NCWS） between adjacent nodes and the matching ratio of waveguide length （MRWL） on the photonic bands generated by quadrangular multiconnected networks （QMNs）, and obtain a series of formulae. It is found that multicombining networks （MCNs） and repetitive combining networks （RCNs） are equivalent to each other and they can all be simplified into the simplest fundamental combining systems. It would be useful for adjusting the number, widths, and positions of photonic bands, and would possess potential applications for the designing of all-optical devices and photonic network devices.     

Novel wavelength-accurate InP-based arrayed waveguide grating

A 13-channel, InP-based arrayed waveguide grating （AWG） is designed and fabricated in which the on-chip loss of the central channel is about -5 dB and the crosstalk is less than -23 dB in the center of the spectrum response. However, the central wavelength and channel spacing are deviated from the design values. To improve their accuracy, an optimized design is adopted to compensate the process error. As a result, the central wavelength 1549.9 nm and channel spacing 1.59 nm are obtained in the experiment, while their design values are 1549.32 nm and 1.6 nm, respectively. The route capability and thermo-optic characteristic of the AWG are also discussed in detail.     

Simulation and experiments for the Qext of a cavity beam position monitor

The external Q （Qext） of the dipole mode is a key parameter of the Cavity Beam Position Monitor （CBPM）. It determines the amplitude and length of the dipole mode signal. In this paper, Qext of a CBPM whose waveguides were open to the air was simulated and measured, and the results agreed with each other. Then four waveguide-to-coaxial cable adpaters were adjusted and assembled to the CBPM, and Qext remained unchanged. This progress provides a reliable method to evaluate Qext in the physics design without simulating the structurally complex adapters.     

Metallic nanowires for subwavelength waveguiding and nanophotonic devices

Plasmonics is a rapidly developing field concerning light manipulation at the nanoscale with many potential applications, of which plasmonic circuits are promising for future information technology. Plasmonic waveguides are fundamental elements for constructing plasmonic integrated circuits. Among the proposed different plasmonic waveguides, metallic nanowires have drawn much attention due to the highly confined electromagnetic waves and relatively low propagation loss. Here we review the recent research progress in the waveguiding characteristics of metallic nanowires and nanowire-based nanophotonic devices. Plasmon modes of both cylindrical and pentagonal metallic nanowires with and without substrate are discussed. Typical methods for exciting and detecting the plasmons in metallic nanowires are briefly summarized. Because of the multimode characteristic, the plasmon propagation and emission in the nanowire have many unique properties, benefiting the design of plasmonic devices. A few nanowire-based devices are highlighted, including quarter-wave plate, Fabry-Prot resonator, router and logic gates.     

Transferring and Bounding Single Photon in Waveguide Controlled by Quantum Node Based on Atomic Ensemble

We study the scattering process of photons confined in a one-dimensional optical waveguide by a laser controlled atomic ensemble. The investigation leads to an alternative setup of quantum node controlling the coherent transfer of single photon in such one dimensional continuum. To exactly solve the effective scattering equations by using the discrete coordinate approach, we simulate the linear waveguide as a coupled resonator array at the high energy limit. We generally calculate the transmission eoet~cients and its vanishing at resonance reflects the good controllability of our scheme. We also show that there exist two bound states to describe the localize photons around the cavity.     

Hybrid plasmon waveguides with metamaterial substrate and dielectric substrate:A contrastive study

Hybrid plasmon waveguides, respectively, with metamaterial substrate and dielectric substrate are investigated and analyzed contrastively with a numerical finite element method. Basic properties, including propagation length Lp, effective mode area Aeff, and energy distribution, are obtained and compared with waveguide geometric parameters at 1.55 gin. For the waveguide with metamaterial substrate, propagation length Lp increases to several tens of microns and effective mode area Aeff is reduced by more than 3 times. Moreover, the near field region is expanded, leading to potential applications in nanophotonics. Therefore, it could be very helpful for improving the integration density in optical chips and developing functional components on a nanometer scale for all optical integrated circuits.     

Frequency-selective microwave polarization rotator using substrate-integrated waveguide cavities

A frequency selective polarization rotator that can rotate the polarization angle of an incident electromagnetic wave at the microwave frequency by 45 is presented. The polarization rotator is based on a two-dimensional periodic array of substrate integrated waveguide cavities, realizing the polarization rotation by coupling the input signal to the output wave through three metallic slots. Two layers of frequency selective surfaces are cascaded by substrate and form the polarization rotator. A vertical slot on the top layer is used to select the horizontal polarization from the incident wave, the vertical and the horizontal slots on the bottom layer are, respectively, used to obtain horizontally and vertically polarized outgoing waves. The two orthogonal outgoing waves are combined to result in the 45~ polarized wave. Both full wave simulation and experimental measurement are carried out, together validating the proposed method.     

Optical matching layer structures in evanescent coupling photodiodes at a wavelength of 1.55μm： physics,design and simulation

We have studied the optical matching layers (OMLs) and external quantum efficiency in the evanescent coupling photodiodes (ECPDs) integrating a diluted waveguide as a fibre-to-waveguide coupler, by using the semi-vectorial beam propagation method (BPM). The physical basis of OML has been identified, thereby a general designing rule of OML is developed in such a kind of photodiode. In addition, the external quantum efficiency and the polarization sensitivity versus the absorption and coupling length are analysed. With an optical matching layer, the absorption medium with a length of 30μm could absorb 90% of the incident light at 1.55μm wavelength, thus the total absorption increases more than 7 times over that of the photodiode without any optical matching layer.     

The fabrication of polymer-based evanescent optical waveguide for biosensing

A polymer waveguide was fabricated to amplify the evanescent optical field for biosensing. The structure of waveguide was designed to propagate a normal single mode at the input and output regions for low loss beam coupling and propagation. A sensing region was formed in the middle of the waveguide to activate the evanescent mode and to induce high birefringence by depositing a thin dielectric film with a high refractive index on a single mode waveguide. A polymer waveguide with the dimensions of 7 μm-width and 2.5 μm-thickness was fabricated by photolithography and dry-etching. The active region of the TiO₂ thin film was fabricated with the dimensions of 20 mm-length, 20 nm-thickness and 2 mm-tapered tail. A polarimetric interference technique was used to evaluate the evanescent waveguide biosensor, and biomaterial such as glycerol was tested. The sensitivity of the sensor increased with increasing TiO₂ film thickness. For the fabricated waveguide with a 20 nm-thick TiO₂ film, the measured index change to the lead phase variation of 2π was 1.8 × 10⁻⁴.     

InP-based evanescently coupled high-responsivity photodiodes with extremely low dark current density integrated diluted waveguide at 1550 nm

In this paper, we have demonstrated a high performance waveguide photodiode integrated diluted waveguide serving as a fibre-to-waveguide coupler to achieve high coupling efficiency. High responsivity (> 1 A/W), high saturation power (> 45 mA) in the static state and extremely low dark current density (0.04 pA/μm²) with 3 dB bandwidth at 13.4 GHz have been achieved.     

光波导振荡场传感器

针对消逝场传感器的不足,提出了一种传感介质处于波导芯层,且以超高阶导模为探针的光波导振荡场传感器.由于其波导芯层处于功率密度极高的振荡场区域,而超高阶导模又具有对芯层参数极为灵敏的性质,因此这种新型传感器的灵敏度大大增强.实现了超越消逝场传感器灵敏度极限值几个量级的位移传感器.     

基于倏逝场耦合的石墨烯波导光传输相位特性仿真与实验研究

石墨烯材料应用到各种光波导器件中正成为新一代光子器件的重要发展方向之一,目前基于石墨烯的光纤和集成光子器件研究越来越受到国内外的重视. 本文建立了一种由微纳光纤耦合光倏逝场,并在石墨烯薄膜中传输的模型. 通过有限元分析法,研究了光在这种石墨烯波导中传输光场的强度分布和相位特性,并通过实验进行了验证. 结果表明,沿着微纳光纤-石墨烯光波导传播的倏逝场的强度分布和相位均受石墨烯材料作用,石墨烯材料能有效聚集和导行波导中传输的高阶模,在单位传输长度上具有更密集的等相位面. 本文提出了一种利用微纳光纤耦合光倏逝场研究石墨烯相位响应特性的新方法,对基于石墨烯波导的新型调制器、滤波器、激光器和传感器等光子器件的设计和应用具有一定的参考意义. 关键词： 石墨烯平面光波导 倏逝波 光场强度 相位     

Optical and magnetic properties of InFeP layers prepared by Fe~+ implantation

InFeP layers are prepared by ion implantation of InP with 100-keV Fe＋ ions to a dose of 5 ×10^16 cm-2 and investigated by optical, magnetic, and ion beam analysis measurements. Photoluminescence measurements show a deep-level peak at 1.035 eV due to Fe in InP and two exciton-related luminescences at 1.426 eV and 1.376 eV in the implanted samples annealed at 400℃. Conversion electron Mossbauer spectroscopy reveals a doublet corresponding to Fe3＋ ions in the indium sites. Atomic force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy show that magnetic clusters are formed in the annealing process. The magnetization-field hysteresis loops show ferromagnetic properties persisting up to room temperature with a coercive field of 100 0e （10e = 79.5775 A-m-1）, saturation magnetization of 4.35 × 10-5 emu, and remnant magnetization of 4.4× 10 6 emu.     

0.73～1.7μm超宽带微纳光纤波导全光调制器

提出了单层石墨烯包裹双锥形微纳光纤复合波导结构,构建了730~1 700nm超宽带微纳光纤波导全光调制器。通过火焰拉锥法将一根标准的通信单模光纤拉成具有双锥形的微纳光纤,在保证通光率的前提下可以极大的提升微纳光纤处的倏逝波与物质的相互作用。利用石墨烯的"超级特征",即单原子层厚度、线性色散的能带结构、超强的载流子带间跃迁及极短的弛豫时间和超宽带光与物质相互作用等,将单层石墨烯作为可饱和吸收体,包裹在双锥形微纳光纤波导的锥体上,以增强该复合波导表面倏逝波与石墨烯的相互作用。静态和动态全光调制实验中采用传统808nm低功率LD作为泵浦光,对谱宽为480~1 700nm的超连续谱探测光实现了光光调制,其泵浦光功率低于50mW,调制深度大于5.7dB,调制速率达到~4kHz。该微纳光纤波导全光调制器,在保证调制深度的情况下,用更低的泵浦功率实现了超宽带的全光调制,以简单、有效、廉价的方式兼容了当前高速光纤通信网络,打开了一扇未来对微纳超快光信号处理的大门。     

生物传感中平板光波导模式研究

为提高生物传感探测的灵敏度和响应速度,基于平面光波导理论,运用消逝场原理在生物传感领域的应用,在相同条件下比较了平面波导单模和多模2种模式下消逝场区域能量的大小,并且用VC和Matlab工具模拟论证单模能量高于多模。理论计算表明：单模和多模的荧光效率分别为5.83%和1.75%,在此计算中单模的荧光效率比多模的高。因此,在生物传感及其相关应用中,选用平板光波导的单模模式具有一定的优越性,为实际设计提供了理论依据。     

Improved method for loss measurements in planar waveguides

A method employing an isosceles prism and a right-angle one is developed for loss measurement in planar waveguides. During the measuring process, the isosceles prism is fixed and the right-angle prism fixed on the waveguide slides by following the waveguide. Only by adjusting the gap thickness we can realize the loss measurement in planar waveguides. The method is demonstrated with an Ag/Na ion-exchanged waveguide fabricated on BK7 glass from AgNO₃ melt diluted with NaNO₃ (mass ratio 1:9), with the condition of 4 h and . The experimental results show that the method has the advantages on convenient operation, accurate results and no required end polishing.     

高透射率慢光速的光子晶体耦合腔波导的研究

将二维三角晶格光子晶体波导和微腔结构结合,优化设计了一种二维三角晶格光子晶体共振耦合腔波导,运用时域有限差分法(FDTD)模拟共振耦合腔波导TE偏振光的透射谱,通过透射谱得到传输光的透射率和群速度。结果表明,合适参数的二维三角晶格共振耦合腔波导在波长1.551μm处的群速度为c/130、透射率为20.1%,在波长1.502μm处的群速度为c/50、透射率为29.2%。运用平面波展开法(PWE)计算的该波导的能带结构对慢光特性进行了分析。这种慢光特性的光子晶体波导将在光存储、光延迟及光子集成等方面有潜在的应用价值。     

1.55μmSi_(1-x)Ge_x光波导与Si_(1-x)Ge_x/Si多量子阱探测器集成的优化设计

对１．５５μｍ波长的Ｓｉ１－ｘＧｅｘ光波导和Ｓｉ１－ｘＧｅｘ／Ｓｉ多量子阱（ＭＱＷ）红外探测器的集成器件结构进行了系统的分析和优化设计。优化结果为：１）对Ｓｉ１－ｘＧｅｘ光波导，Ｇｅ含量ｘ＝０．０５，脊宽、高和腐蚀深度分别为８、３和２．６μｍ；２）对Ｓｉ１－ｘＧｅｘ／Ｓｉ多量子阱红外探测器，Ｇｅ含量ｘ＝０．５，探测器由厚度为５５０ｎｍ、２３个周期的６ｎｍＳｉ０．５Ｇｅ０．５＋１７ｎｍＳｉ组成，长度约２ｍｍ。结果表明，这种结构器件的内量子效率可达８８％。     

Extension of the radiation spectrum method for the reflection calculation at the end of a strongly guiding optical waveguide

In this work we extend the radiation spectrum method (RSM) with evanescent modes to use it for the calculation of the reflection coefficient at the end of a strongly guiding dielectric waveguide. The extension is made by considering the coupling between the radiation (or evanescent) modes at both sides of the optical discontinuity. To insure the convergence of the method, this extension is achieved analytically. Using this technique, we show that for small guide width, the generation of evanescent modes results in a complex reflection coefficient. The magnitude and the phase of the reflection coefficient are calculated and compared with the simple theory of the effective index as well as the finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique. The spectra of the transmitted and reflected fields are also obtained.     

Thin Film Waveguide Sensor for Measurement of the Absorption Coefficient of Hemoglobin Derivatives

A simple method for determining the absorption coefficient of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin in human blood is proposed. The method is based on a variation of the complex propagation constant of guided wave in a thin-film optical waveguide. On the waveguide layer, a serial multi-channel sample chamber is constructed to vary the interaction length between the evanescent field and the sample, and the dependence of the sensor response on the interaction length is investigated for various concentrations of two hemoglobins. The response of this sensor is linearly proportional to the interaction length and the concentration of the two hemoglobins. The attenuation constant due to the evanescent field absorption between the channels is experimentally obtained with the designed sensor, and the absorption coefficient is determined by the proposed method. The determined absorption coefficients coincided with those obtained by conventional transmission measurement.