含金属散射体的中红外无序介质的光子定域化理论研究

基于Mie散射理论发现,各种金属在中红外区的各个频率点上的散射行为均极为相近,是一种在中红外区反照率高但散射效率较低的散射体.在浓度为10%时,介质的定域化参量最小只能达到6.6,并且与体系的常用基质材料无关.数值研究揭示了这种金属散射体系统与低吸收、高折射率散射体系统间的内在联系 关键词： 光子定域化 无序介质 中红外 Mie散射 金属     

中红外区二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体的光子定域化研究

为了得到二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体中影响光子定域化的规律,基于Mie散射理论和低浓度近似,对光子定域化参量进行了数值计算与理论分析,发现在该氧化物的剩余射线区内,入射波长和散射体大小对光子定域化有明显的影响.结果表明,在散射体浓度为10%,相对折射率大于3.8时,在中红外区13.3~15.3 μm范围内出现了光子定域化现象,并随着散射体半径的增大,定域化区向长波方向移动;同时,定域化参量先增大后减小.研究结果为实验上在该类光子晶体中实现光子定域化现象提供了理论参考.     

中红外区二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体的光子定域化研究

为了得到二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体中影响光子定域化的规律,基于Mie散射理论和低浓度近似,对光子定域化参量进行了数值计算与理论分析,发现在该氧化物的剩余射线区内,入射波长和散射体大小对光子定域化有明显的影响.结果表明,在散射体浓度为10%,相对折射率大于3.8时,在中红外区13.3～15.3 μm范围内出现了光子定域化现...     

类Opal光子晶体红外区安德森定域化理论研究

本文根据Mie散射理论和低浓度近似下,对在中红外区高折射率半导体材料AlP等做为散射体的类Opal光子晶体的安德森定域化进行了理论研究,发现在浓度为10%,折射率比值大于3.8,无吸收状态下,此类晶体将出现两个定域化区.同时为此类晶体的定域化研究提供了一个比较理想的处理方法.     

中红外散射的基质折射率效应研究

本文利用Mie散射理论对中红外波段三种不同类型散射体的散射和消光进行了研究,发现基质在三种不同类型散射体的散射和消光中所起作用完全不同。对于无吸收的高折射率散射体,基质折射率越大面积散射比(或面积消光比)越低;对于反常色散散射体,基质折射率越大面积散射比和面积肖光比越高;而对于金属散射体,基质折射率的大小对于散射和消光影响极小。     

纵模对光子晶体中类狄拉克点传输特性的影响

本文通过数值仿真分析了无序正方晶格光子晶体中类狄拉克点的光子传输特性. 结构中的无序是通过随机移动氧化铝介质柱的位置来实现. 研究发现, 由于纵模被激发出来, 在类狄拉克点及其附近无序对结构透射率的影响是不同的. 在类狄拉克点, 由于纵模的干扰, 透射率随着无序的增加而减小, 与通带的行为类似. 在不受纵模干扰的类狄拉克点附近, 透射率几乎不受无序的影响, 这主要是由于结构可以等效为近零折射率材料, 等效的波长非常大. 本文的研究结果有助于人们进一步理解光学纵模和零折射率材料.     

光子晶体耦合腔波导的色散特性

理论研究表明，在基于光子晶体的耦合腔波导中，杂质带的色散性质取决于相邻缺陷间局域电磁场的特性，而非缺陷间距离的大小.在第一布里渊区中出现的杂质带的反常色散实际上是能带折叠的结果.通过计算结构的有效折射率，证实了杂质带色散是正常色散. 关键词： 光子晶体 反常色散 耦合腔 杂质带     

与色散介质毗邻的一维半无限光子晶体表面态

运用Bloch定理和传输矩阵方法,研究了与色散介质毗邻的由两种材料组成的半无限一维光子晶体局域表面态的电场和色散关系.和以空气为背景的一维光子晶体相比,毗邻色散介质的光子晶体表面模色散曲线在一定堆积次序下会在较低的带隙中发生断开,较高带隙中的表面模群速度在不同堆积次序下会有很大差异.当与色散介质毗邻的物质折射率较大时,较高带隙中的表面模群速度较小；与色散介质毗邻的物质折射率较小时,较高带隙中表面模的群速度较大.     

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.     

红外区金属氧化物反蛋白石光子晶体的安德森定域化研究

根据Mie散射理论,在低浓度近似下,对中红外区由金属氧化物构成的反蛋白石光子晶体的禁带的存在区域,即光子定域化区进行了研究。发现在浓度为10%,此类晶体在中红外区将出现多个光子禁带区域,并且计算了影响定域化区域的各种因素。由此可知利用材料在剩余射线带内折射率小于1的特性,我们可以制备出中红外区和远红外区存在禁带的光子晶体。这一结果为反蛋白石晶体的研究提供了理论方法。     

随机介质中电磁波空间分布特性研究

采用随机介质统计模型和FDTD方法模拟了随机介质电场空间分布根据光子局域化理论,讨论了电场的空间分布和介电常数涨落的关系,结果表明,在一定的介质密度下,电磁场是局域化的,其空间分布和介质介电常数的涨落密切相关.     

Terahertz Radiation Transport in Photonic Glasses

Multiple scattering of electromagnetic (EM) waves arises in disordered media with a refractive index varying on the scale of the wavelength. The diffusion approximation is a powerful tool to treat multiple scattering as a photon random walk, neglecting resonant phenomena. However, as the light intensity varies on a scale much smaller than the transport mean free path, resonances may occur in media formed by finite-size scatterers and break the diffusion approximation. The energy and phase velocity are very useful tools to reveal the onset of the resonant transport regime. In this paper the study of the propagation of terahertz (THz) waves through 3D random media by employing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is addressed. Specifically, measurements of the electric field transmitted by samples of different thicknesses made of 1 mm diameter silica spheres dispersed in a paraffin matrix at different filling fractions are reported. This investigation has provided an accurate measurement of the EM field phase and, hence, information on the radiation propagation velocity that has enabled the first observation of a photonic glass at the THz range.     

A physical scattering model of repeat-pass InSAR correlation for vegetation

A physical scattering model of repeat-pass InSAR correlation over forested areas is derived by accounting for the changes in the dielectric properties and positions of the scatterers in the scene between overpasses. This derivation is based on the discrete representation of a sparse random medium (such as forest canopy) along with the solution to the Foldy–Lax multiple scattering equations. In addition to taking into account the random motion of scatterers, which has been investigated in previous work, the derived repeat-pass InSAR correlation model in this paper includes the effects of moisture-induced dielectric fluctuations. This is accomplished by incorporating a separate correlation profile that takes into account these fluctuations into the framework. Once constructed, the mathematical formulation of this scattering model is cast into a modified version of the Random Volume over Ground model such that it can separately take into account dielectric fluctuations in the ground and volume components. This model is then validated using a modified version of ESA’s PolSARproSim simulation to show that similar results can be obtained from both the simulation and the theoretical model.     

Localized modes in a finite-size open disordered microwave cavity

We present measurements of the spatial intensity distribution of localized modes in a two-dimensional open microwave cavity randomly filled with cylindrical dielectric scatterers. We show that each of these modes displays a range of localization lengths, and we successfully relate the largest value to the measured leakage rate at the boundary. These results constitute unambiguous signatures of the existence of strongly localized electromagnetic modes in two-dimensional open random media.     

Backscattering of laser light from colloidal silica

Light-scattering experiments gained prominence as potential applications of quantum optics, non-linear optics, and photon localization. The possibility of the realization of lasing action in random media has created much interest in the study of the coherent structure of the backscattered light from disordered media. Backscattering (BS) studies are carried out to analyze the possibilities of photon localization in colloidal silica. The scattering enhancement is best associated with the density of the scatterers. The width of the BS cone and, hence, the mean-free path is related to the concentration of the medium. The dependence of the photon wavelength on the possible characteristics of the scattering is presented.     

Longitudinal Optical Fields in Light Scattering from Dielectric Spheres and Anderson Localization of Light

Recent research has shown that coupling between point scatterers in a disordered medium by longitudinal electromagnetic fields is harmful for Anderson localization of light. However, it has been unclear if this feature is generic or specific for point scatterers. The present work demonstrates that the intensity of longitudinal field outside a spherical dielectric scatterer illuminated by monochromatic light exhibits a complicated, nonmonotonous dependence on the scatterer size. Moreover, the intensity is reduced for a hollow sphere, whereas one can adjust the parameters of a coated sphere to obtain a relatively low longitudinal field together with a strong resonant scattering efficiency. Therefore, random arrangements of structured (hollow or coated) spheres may be promising three‐dimensional disordered materials for reaching Anderson localization of light.     

Random lasing in porous scattering medium

The spectrum behavior evolution and the threshold of random lasing depending on the way of photon walk randomization in an active random medium were investigated. The following three ways of photon walk randomization were implemented: multiple light scattering by corundum and silica particles embedded into a solid polymer solution of dye (astrafloxin), multiple light reflection at sub-millimeter extensive air pores (mean diameter 200 μm) produced in the medium, and the combined action of both these effects. The most effective lasing is observed in the case of an active medium with air pores and scattering particles in the interpore space. Such a combined porous scattering medium acts as a network of dielectric waveguides transmitting effectively the random light. This spatial structure of the random active medium significantly increases the photon path in the medium, thereby promoting photon multiplication due to stimulated emission. In this combined medium the random lasing reveals the narrowest spectrum, the lowest threshold, and the highest density of spectral energy in the spectrum maximum.     

Ultrafast dephasing of light in strongly scattering GaP nanowires

We demonstrate ultrafast dephasing in the random transport of light through a layer consisting of strongly scattering GaP nanowires. Dephasing results in a nonlinear intensity modulation of individual pseudomodes which is 100 times larger than that of bulk GaP. Different contributions to the nonlinear response are separated by using total transmission, white-light frequency correlation, and statistical pseudomode analysis. A dephasing time of 1.2±0.2 ps is found. Quantitative agreement is obtained with numerical model calculations which include photoinduced absorption and deformation of individual scatterers. Nonlinear dephasing of photonic eigenmodes opens up avenues for ultrafast control of random lasers, nanophotonic switches, and photon localization.