Polarization and modal field properties of quinquangular-core photonic crystal fibers

A kind of highly birefringent quinquangular-core photonic crystal fiber(Q-PCF) structure is proposed and analyzed by full-vector finite element method(FEM) . The modal field,effective index,and birefringence properties are investigated. From the numerical results,it is found that the birefringence of the new polarization-maintaining PCFs is at least five times larger than that of the standard highly birefringent hexagonal PCFs(H-PCFs) with the same hole pitch,hole diameter,and whole hole area as that of the new PCFs at 1 550 nm. Moreover,the modal field of the new PCFs could be better restricted than that of the standard highly birefringent H-PCFs;hence,the loss of fibers could be reduced.     

熔锥型熊猫光纤耦合器的传输特性分析

熔锥型保偏耦合器的传输特性决定了其光学原理与功能的实现。为了从理论上分析各参量对保偏耦合器传输特性的影响,基于热-结构-电磁多物理场耦合理论,建立了熔锥型熊猫光纤耦合器双锥模型,应用有限元法,分析了各参量对熊猫光纤耦合器传输特性的影响。结果表明应力区与包层折射率差影响耦合区纵向电磁场的分布,折射率差越大,纵向电磁场分布的变形也越大;HE1x1模和HEy11模的传播常量对偏振主轴角度差不敏感,偏振主轴角度差是通过耦合系数进而影响保偏光纤耦合器的消光比的;HE1x1模的传播常量对熔锥的熔锥区横截面椭圆率比较敏感,横截面椭圆率变化6.67%时Δβx11变化0.14%,计算结果表明当熔锥区横截面椭圆率为0.56时可获得较高性能的耦合器。     

基于边界逆向优化算法的任意分光比耦合器设计

光子集成技术的高速发展对功能器件的设计效率提出了较高的要求。逆向设计利用优化算法实现器件结构的智能设计，从而可有效降低设计复杂度，提升设计效率。利用基于伴随法的逆向设计算法对硅基平台上的光耦合器进行结构设计，通过优化器件的边界形状，实现了高效率、任意分光比输出。仿真验证了三种1×2光耦合器的性能，其分光比分别为1∶2、1∶4和1∶8(3 dB、6 dB和9 dB)。器件的设计尺寸仅为4μm×2μm，且可以通过一步刻蚀完成。在1550 nm波长处，所设计的耦合器均可达到设计目标，且最大插入损耗仅有0.12 dB。在1500～1600 nm波长范围内，三种耦合器的分光比相对于设计目标的误差均保持在±1 dB以内，并且三种耦合器的插入损耗均低于0.28 dB。针对制作工艺误差等问题，对器件的制作容差进行了分析。结果表明，当耦合器的整体宽度变化±20 nm时，三种耦合器在1550 nm波长处的分光比的误差仍能保持在±1 dB以内。此外，制造了分光比为1∶2的耦合器，且实验结果符合设计目标。     

Study on single-mode photonic crystal fibers in wide wavelength range

The comparatively large mode field single-mode photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) were fabricated, the lightwave from 600- to 1600-nm wavelength along this PCF could be transmitted in single mode. The manufacturing process technologies of the PCFs were exploited, and the drawing parameters of PCFs were also presented. The structure parameters on the single-mode performance of PCFs were theoretically studied,and in practice the design was proved. The measurements of cut-off wavelength and light intensity distribution showed that the PCF had comparatively wide single-mode operating wavelength range.     

一种硅基SiO_2波导耦合器的设计与分析

波导耦合器是组成光纤传感系统和光纤通信系统光收发组件及模块的重要元器件,是实现光收发模块一体化光电集成的基础。给出了一种用光纤陀螺系统的X型四端口波导耦合器的工作原理,采用有效折射率法和BPM(Beam propagation method)法建立了耦合器的数学模型,计算并分析了耦合器尺寸在尽可能小的情况下和在满足单模传输的条件下耦合器的耦合系数、有效耦合长度、分光比以及回波损耗等参数之间的关系,并对其关键技术进行了系统的研究。仿真结果表明,所设计的波导耦合器在低损耗情况下分光比可达到50%∶50%,耦合器全长为33.5mm,输入输出波导间距为410μm,芯层截面积为6μm×6μm。     

Design procedure for photonic crystal fibers with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion

A simple design procedure is used to generate photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with ultra-flattened chromatic dispersion. Only four parameters are required, which not only considerably saves the computing time, but also distinctly reduces the air-hole quantity. The influence of the air-hole diameters of each ring of hexagonal PCFs (H-PCF, including 1-hole-missing and 7-hole-missing H-PCFs), circular PCFs (C-PCF), square PCFs (S-PCF), and octagonal PCFs (O-PCF) is investigated through simulations. Results show that regardless of the cross section structures of the PCFs, the 1st ring air-hole diameter has the greatest influence on the dispersion curve followed by that of the 2nd ring. The 3rd ring diameter only affects the dispersion curve within longer wavelengths, whereas the 4th and 5th rings have almost no influence on the dispersion curve. The hole-to-hole pitch between rings changes the dispersion curve as a whole. Based on the simulation results, a procedure is proposed to design PCFs with ultra-flattened dispersion. Through the adjustment of air-hole diameters of the inner three rings and hole-to-hole pitch, a flattened dispersion of 0±0.5 ps/(nm·km) within a wavelength range of 1.239 – 2.083 μm for 5-ring 1-hole-missing H-PCF, 1.248 – 1.992 μm for 5-ring C-PCF, 1.237 – 2.21 μm for 5-ring S-PCF, 1.149 – 1.926 μm for 5-ring O-PCF, and 1.294 – 1.663 μm for 7-hole-missing H-PCF is achieved.     

熔锥型全波耦合器

从耦合模方程出发，分析了全光纤非对称熔融拉锥型耦合器的带宽特性，提出和论证了全波(O+E+S+C+L band)耦合器的制作方案，并且在工艺上实现了全波耦合，其带宽达到了390nm(1260—1650)，分束比1∶99；附加损耗01dB. 关键词： 全波耦合器 熔融拉锥 带宽 预拉伸     

全息光盘存储器的数据存取与像素匹配

全息光盘存储(HDS)技术作为一种非常具有潜力的新型信息存储技术, 是下一代光盘发展的目标。在全息光盘存储系统中, 为了实现数据精确快速地写入和读出, 降低误码率, 需要在整个高分辨率页面上实现空间光调制器(SLM)与光电阵列耦合器(CCD)之间1∶1像素匹配。在体全息存储理论和光学设计理论基础上, 研究实现SLM和CCD像素1∶1匹配的方法, 提出了实现像素匹配的要求和条件, 并且按照此要求完成该全息光盘存储器的光学系统。实验中, 分别使用随机数据掩膜版和SLM实现了对CCD的512×512精确像素匹配, 在光学系统中引入存储介质条件下, 图像质量良好, 掩膜版和SLM原始误码率分别为2.5×10-4和1.5×10-4。     

Highly birefringent extruded elliptical-hole photonic crystal fibers with single defect and double defects

Highly birefringent elliptical-hole photonic crystal fibers （PCFs） with single defect and double defects are proposed, which are supposed to be achieved by extruding normal circular-hole PCFs based on a triangular-lattice photonic crystal structure. Comparative research on the birefringence and the confinement loss of the proposed PCFs with single defect and double defects is presented. Simulation results show that the proposed PCFs with single defect and double defects can be with high birefringence （even up to the order of 10^-2）. The confinement loss increases when the ellipticity of the air hole of the PCFs increases, which nevertheless can be overcome bv increasing the ring number or the air holes in the fiber cladding.     

微结构纤芯对光子晶体光纤基本特性的影响

本文设计了两种具有微结构纤芯的光子晶体光纤（PCFs）——矩形芯和椭圆芯PCFs,利用电磁场散射的多极理论研究了这两种光纤的基本特性.发现在光纤包层气孔不变的情况下,仅通过调节纤芯气孔的大小就可以灵活地调节光纤的双折射、色散和非线性特性.随着纤芯气孔半径r₁的增大,两种纤芯结构的PCFs表现出如下特点：双折射度增大且最大双折射度对应的波长发生红移,零色散波长由一个增加到三个,短波段非线性系数增大而长波段非线性系数减小.r₁=0.4 μm的椭圆芯PCFs的三个零色 关键词： 微结构纤芯光子晶体光纤 双折射 色散 非线性     

Memory for pitch versus memory for loudness

The decays of pitch traces and loudness traces in short-term auditory memory were compared in forced-choice discrimination experiments. The two stimuli presented on each trial were separated by a variable delay (D); they consisted of pure tones, series of resolved harmonics, or series of unresolved harmonics mixed with lowpass noise. A roving procedure was employed in order to minimize the influence of context coding. During an initial phase of each experiment, frequency and intensity discrimination thresholds [P(C) = 0.80] were measured with an adaptive staircase method while D was fixed at 0.5 s. The corresponding physical differences (in cents or dB) were then constantly presented at four values of D: 0.5, 2, 5, and 10 s. In the case of intensity discrimination, performance (d') markedly decreased when D increased from 0.5 to 2 s, but was not further reduced when D was longer. In the case of frequency discrimination, the decline of performance as a function of D was significantly less abrupt. This divergence suggests that pitch and loudness are processed in separate modules of auditory memory.     

内窥镜校正中棋盘格标志点自动提取方法

为了解决具有大畸变内窥镜标定的标志点提取困难和人工参与较多等问题,提出了一种简单快速准确的棋盘格标志点提取方法。该方法是采用粗提取和优化来完成棋盘格标志点的提取的:首先利用高斯滤波去除图像噪声,并计算两次图像的梯度特征,利用梯度极值约束得到粗提取的角点;然后利用棋盘格标志点的对称特点消除噪声点的影响,并得到优化的角点位置。实验结果表明,该方法简单易行,计算量小,不需要人工干预即可获得全部标志点,反投影误差小于0.2pixel。     

Figure of merit for spectrometers for EDXRF

How should one select the best detector for a particular measurement in energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (EDXRF)? How should one select the optimum system configuration, i.e. the best shaping time and beam current? Manufacturers provide a variety of specifications, such as energy resolution and maximum count rate, but these are indirectly related to the end use of an EDXRF instrument, the measurement and detection limit of the measured elemental concentrations. We suggest in this paper using the time required to achieve a given statistical uncertainty as a figure of merit. We derive scaling rules for this figure of merit based on conventional specifications, including energy resolution, peaking time, maximum count rate, detector area, and intrinsic efficiency. These scaling rules also include the peak to background ratio of a photopeak and the number of overlapping peaks. We then show how this figure of merit can be used to select the optimum detector and spectrometer configuration for specific applications and compare the results to data obtained with typical systems. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Requirements for Optical Systems for Virtual Displays

Currently, there are many types of virtual displays and new types arise every year. However, their vast majority appear technically inapplicable because they are inconsistent with a number of key factors related to the eye physiology. In this paper, we present the general requirements for optical systems of virtual displays, taking into account human eye physiology.     

溶剂化的热力学集团展开理论

把二元溶液的过剩内能（ｅｘｃｅｓｓ ｅｎｅｒｇｙ）分成溶剂－溶剂、溶剂－溶质及溶质－溶质相互作用部分。利用集团展开方法给出了二元溶液在正则系综的配分函数的表达式,利用该表达式得到了溶质的偏摩尔内能（ｐａｒｔｉａｌ ｍｏｌａｒ ｅｎｅｒｇｙ）和偏摩尔熵（ｐａｒｔｉａｌ ｍｏｌａｒ ｅｎｔｒｏｐｙ）的表达式。在无限稀溶液情形,过剩偏摩尔内能的溶剂－溶剂部分又称重组织内能（ｒｅｏｒｇａｎｉｚａｔｉｏｎ ｅｎｅｒｇｙ）,它反映了溶质存在时对其周围溶剂分子之间的相互作用能的影响。研究表明,在溶质的粒子数密度相对较大时,溶质分子之间的相互作用将影响过过剩偏摩尔内能的溶剂－溶剂部分,对于稀溶液,过氧偏摩尔内能的溶剂－溶剂部分与溶质的摩尔分数成线性关系。对低蜜度二元溶液,溶质的过剩偏摩尔内能和过剩偏摩尔熵也与溶质的摩尔分数成线     

Convolution identities for quasiprobabilities for Bose functions

We present identities relating the equations of motion of various quasiprobabilities for quantum oscillators. These identities turn out useful for checking the consistency of approximations made in constructing the equations of motion with the basic Bose commutator. Moreover, our identities allow to identify the quasiprobability distributions which have the easiest-to-solve equations of motion.     

Microscopic basis for Fick's law for self-diffusion

We investigate self-diffusion in a classical fluid composed of two species which are distinguished through the color of their particles, either black or white, but are identical as regards their mechanical properties. Disregarding color the fluid is in thermal equilibrium. We show that if a single test particle in the one-component fluid moves asymptotically as Brownian motion, then the color density and current in certain classes of nonequilibrium states are related, on the appropriate macroscopic scale, through Fick's law, and the former is governed by the diffusion equation. If in addition several test particles move asymptotically as independent Brownian motions, then the colored fluid is, on a macroscopic scale, in local equilibrium with parameters governed by the solution of the diffusion equation.Part of this work was done while both authors were at IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, France.Supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY 78-15920-02.Supported by a Heisenberg fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

一种寻找团簇异构体的准动力学方法

建立了一套普遍适用的寻找团簇异构体的准动力学方法，该方法能够迅速给出在一般气相生长条件下形成概率较大的异构体.用该方法得到了C21的异构体谱，并采用分子动力学方法模拟了21个自由的碳原子在氦气氛中形成稳定团簇的过程，表明动力学过程中形成概率较大的异构体都已包含在该方法所得到的异构体谱中.所得到的C21最稳定结构的势能远低于采用遗传算法所得到的结果(Chem. Phys. Lett. 364 213，2002).