Frequency Doubling of a Laser Diode Using a Domain-Inverted LiTaO3Waveguide with a Monolithic Bragg Reflector

We report wavelength stabilization of a laser diode using a highly efficient distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) grating formed on a LiTaO₃ quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation (QPM-SHG) device. Fabricating the second-order DBR on the LiTaO₃ waveguide, the reflectivity of 90% and FWHM wavelength bandwidth of 0.2 nm were obtained. By stabilizing the oscillation wavelength of the laser diode, 3.1 mW of blue light was generated in the QPM-SHG device with the monolithic grating.     

Refractive index behavior of SiO2-P2O5 glass in optical fiber application

The refractive index of SiO₂-P₂O₅ glass prepared by a modified chemical vapor deposition method is measured using an interference microscope. It is found that the refractive index in bulk form increases linearly at 9.5×10^-4 (mol.%)^-1 as the P₂O₅ concentration increases. It is also found that quenching at extremely high speed reduces the refractive index over 2 mol.% P₂O₅. The wavelength dispersion of the refractive index dn/dλ is constant up to 5 mol.% P₂O₅ producing a refractive index difference of 5×10^-3 compared with fused silica. Consequently, this glass materials is thought to be suitable for wide band-width optical fiber applications.     

微腔有机电致发光器件的谐振腔反射镜性能

根据微腔原理运用传输矩阵法对构成微腔有机电致发光器件(MOLED)谐振腔的两个反射镜进行模拟计算并比较,可观察到:随金属反射镜的反射率增大,微腔器件的电致发光(PL)谱的半峰全宽(FWHM)逐渐窄化;峰值逐渐蓝移至设计的谐振峰值520nm处;峰值强度和光谱积分强度逐渐增强。结果表明:金属反射镜反射率越大越好。随DBR反射镜的周期数从1增加到9,EL的峰值均为520nm,半峰全宽逐渐窄化,积分强度逐渐减弱;峰值强度由弱增强再减弱,4个周期时峰值强度最大,所以设计微腔器件时,DBR的周期是一项很重要的参数。DBR反射率太大不利于出光,太小微腔效应小。需要根据制作目的和需要进行合理选择。     

吸收对垂直腔面发射激光器光学特性的影响

采用光学传输矩阵方法，详细分析了反射镜以及键合界面的吸收对垂直腔面发射激光器光学特性的影响. 结果表明，反射镜以及键合界面的吸收对反射镜和垂直腔面发射激光器的反射率和势透射率有较大影响，而对反射镜中心波长处的反射相移以及垂直腔面发射激光器模式的反射相移和模式位置影响很小. 随着反射镜以及键合界面的吸收增大，反射镜中心波长处的反射率逐渐减小，垂直腔面发射激光器的模式反射率变化则是先急剧减小，达到一个极小值，然后再逐渐增大，而反射镜中心波长处以及垂直腔面发射激光器模式处的势透射率则都是迅速降低的. 此外，将有吸收的键合界面离有源区的距离远一些，有利于提高垂直腔面发射激光器模式处的光输出效率.     

温度对Al0.5Ga0.5As/AlAs分布布喇格反射器的反射谱影响

采用光学传输矩阵理论对Al0.5Ga0.5As/AlAs材料分布布喇格反射器(DBR)进行理论研究,分析了－10℃到100℃的范围内,温度变化对不同DBR结构的反射光谱影响.结果表明：随着温度的升高,传统20周期DBR的反射光谱向长波长方向移动,速率约0.05 nm/℃,其中由线热膨胀系数带来的影响小于0.001 nm/℃.当传统DBR的周期数增大时,温度对DBR光谱反射率的影响在减小,同时DBR的反射谱峰值波长发生红移.为了降低温度对DBR反射光谱的影响,提出一种新型的复式DBR结构.分析指出：该复式DBR比传统DBR有更大的反射光谱半峰宽,基本能覆盖同温度的AlGaInP LED电致发光光谱,这对提高LED的出光效率有现实意义.     

Tunable Bragg gratings for fiber lasers

A tuning method of a fiber Bragg grating by the bending compression-tension is considered. With this method, a relative tuning range of the resonance wavelength of the grating of about 5% has been obtained. The changes in the shape of the spectrum and in the grating reflectivity during the tuning process are studied. The reflectivity of the fiber Bragg grating has been found to considerably increase with increasing degree of compression. It is shown that such an increase is caused by compression-induced changes in the refractive index modulation amplitude in the grating. The fiber Bragg grating developed has been applied for tuning the radiation wavelength of an ytterbium fiber laser. The tuning range of the laser has been found to be 45 nm around the central wavelength 1080 nm.     

侧墙倾斜的水平半导体/空气分布布喇格反射器的设计

时域有限差分(FDTD)法计算表明,在常规的水平半导体/空气分布布喇格反射器(DBR)设计中为了得到高反射率,DBR中侧墙与衬底垂直非常重要。对于GaN基材料DBR侧墙如果有3°的倾斜,反射率将下降到30%左右,然而在实验上很难得到侧墙与衬底垂直的GaN基DBR结构。考虑到侧墙倾斜问题我们提出了新的DBR设计方法,采用这种方法即使DBR侧墙有较大的倾斜也可以得到高的反射率。设计的关键是在侧墙倾斜的情况下保持每个DBR周期光程差与垂直情况下一致,根据光的干涉原理我们给出了详细的解释。     

Microbead dynamics in optical trap assisted nanopatterning

An optically pumped ZnO nanowire laser with a 10-period SiO₂/SiN _x distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) was demonstrated. Stimulated emissions with equally distributed Fabry–Pérot lasing modes were observed at pumping powers larger than 121 kW/cm². This result, when compared to nanowires of the same length and without a DBR structure, shows that a lower threshold of pumping power, higher quality factor, and larger cavity finesse can be achieved due to the high reflectivity of the DBR in the designed wavelength range. A coexistence of stimulated and spontaneous emissions was also observed above threshold and was attributed to partially confined waveguide modes in nanowires with diameters smaller than 100 nm.     

Effect of dopant Cr ions on the dielectric properties of melt-grown ZnSe crystals

The frequency and temperature dependences of the real and imaginary parts of the permittivity of Cr-doped (n _Cr ? 10¹⁸ cm^?3) melt-grown ZnSe crystals have been measured in the low-frequency region. It has been established that such doping reduces the heterogeneity of the dielectric properties and the level of energy losses of ac electric field in a crystalline ingot. The effect of dopant atoms on the dielectric properties has been explained as being caused by formation of defect associates with participation of these atoms and intrinsic crystal defects.     

Optical nonlinearities of Au nanoparticles embedded in a zinc oxide matrix

Optical nonlinearities of Au nanoparticles embedded in zinc oxide (ZnO) matrix have been investigated by the Z-scan method at the wavelength of 532 nm using nanosecond Nd³⁺:YAG laser radiation. The nonlinear refractive index has been measured and the real part of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility is deduced. The results of the investigation of nonlinear refraction using the off-axis Z-scan configuration are presented and the mechanisms responsible for the nonlinear response are discussed. The nonlinear refraction is found to be negative (self-defocusing) in the vicinity of the surface plasmon resonance. Moreover, its strength is shown to be larger for materials having higher gold concentration. Finally, the prevailing influence of the electronic Kerr effect over the possible thermo-optical contribution is demonstrated.     

Novel spectrum properties of the periodic π-phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating

A special periodic π-phase-shifted (π-PS) fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed to achieve multichannel reflections. The Fourier analysis and the simulations based on the transfer matrix method show that this simple structure can generate multichannel response with high reflectivity. The reflectivity is much greater than that of the traditional sampled FBG for the same value of κL. Therefore the length of the fiber or the amplitude of refractive index modulation can be greatly reduced if such a periodic π-PS FBG is used instead of the traditional sampled FBG in the applications of comb filtering and optical wavelength division multiplexing. Besides, when the duty cycle is 0.5, this periodic π-PS FBG can create dual wavelength spectrum with high reflectivity.     

Identifying contributions of individual layers constituting multilayer dielectric mirrors

First-order approximations have been used to study the recursion expressions of the reflection and transmission coefficients of a weakly absorptive multilayer mirror. It has been proved that in the proximity of the central frequency ω₀ of a quarter-wave mirror, contributions of an individual layer to the reflection delay time and absorption-induced reflectivity reduction can be quantitatively specified with a single weighting factor pertinent to that layer. Derivations have indicated that the absorption-induced reductions of mirror reflectivity and reflection delay can be reduced by selecting an odd layer number and a large index ratio between alternating high and low refractive index coating materials. Calculations have also suggested that the absorbed incident light is not distributed, among the reflected and transmitting parts, according to the ratio between the reflectivity and potential transmission.     

Design of the chirped Mo/Si multilayer mirror with SiC capping layer in extreme ultraviolet region

The design procedures were discussed in detail for a normal incident chirped Mo/Si multilayer mirror with Group Delay Dispersion (GDD) of ?3600 as² in the wavelength region of 13–17 nm. The GDD was calculated using an analytical approach by fitting the optical constants of the coating materials in the wavelength range of 12.8–17.2 nm, respectively. The final structure of the chirped mirror was obtained by using the simplex algorithm from the initial structure obtained by the genetic algorithm based on structure generated by a random generator. After considering the interfacial roughness and layers thickness deviation, the effects on the reflectivity and the GDD were discussed. It was found that the average reflectivity decreases from 5.98% to 4.22% and the average GDD decreases from ?3561.86 as² to ?3462.03 as², the vibration of GDD were larger than that of the reflectivity. The reflectivity was affected greatly by the 9th layer and the GDD was affected greatly by the 25th layer when each layer thickness changes ±0.2 nm. Compared with the GDD, the reflectivity was affected greatly by the layer thickness error.     

High sensitivity refractive index gas sensing enhanced by surface plasmon resonance with nano-cavity antenna array

The surface plasmon resonance gas sensor is presented for refractive index detection using nano-cavity antenna array.The gas sensor monitors the changes of the refractive index by measuring the spectral shift of the resonance dip,for modulating the wavelength of incident light.It is demonstrated that minute changes in the refractive index of a medium close to the surface of a metal film,owing to a shift in the resonance dip of the wavelength,can be detected.The average detection sensitivity is about 3200 nm/RIU(refractive index units),which is more than twice that of a metal grating-based gas sensor.The reflectivity of the surface plasmon resonance dip is only ～ 0.03%,and the full widths at half maximum(FWHMs) of bandwidth of the angle and wavelength are ～ 0.20° and 4.71nm,respectively.     

具有非均匀渐变界面DBR的光学特性分析

应用特征矩阵法研究了非均匀渐变界面Al_0.9Ga_0.1As/Al_yGa_1-yAs/GaAs/Al_xGa_1-xAs DBR的光学特性.建立了非均匀渐变界面Al_yGa_1-yAs的折射率模型，并得到了渐变界面特征矩阵的解析解，通过特征矩阵法分别计算了突变GaAs/Al_0.9Ga_0.1As DBR和渐变DBR的反射谱和反射相移，分析了非均匀渐变层对DBR光学特性的影响，对渐变DBR，需要在DBR前面再增加一定厚度的非均匀渐变相位匹配层才能使整个DBR满足中心波长相位匹配条件，并通过光学厚度近似方法求出相位匹配层厚度. 关键词： DBR 反射谱 反射相移 特征矩阵法     

Hg1-xCdxTe/Cd1-zZnzTe的X射线反射率及半峰全宽的动力学研究

X射线衍射摇摆曲线的计算机模拟是一种获得材料晶体质量参量的有效方法，其中材料本征摇摆曲线的计算是计算机模拟的基础。用X射线动力学理论计算了Hg1-xCdxTe和Cd1-zZnzTe本征反射率曲线，并研究了组分、膜厚分别对本征反射率和半峰全宽的影响。结果表明Hg1-xCdxTe和Cd1-zZnzTe的本征反射率和半峰全宽与材料组分和厚度有明显的依赖关系，且该依赖关系取决于X射线在材料中的散射和吸收的相对强弱。薄膜的厚度也是直接影响本征摇摆曲线峰形、半峰全宽和反射率的重要因素，当薄膜厚度小于穿透深度时，表征本征反射率曲线的各个参量均与薄膜厚度有直接的关系。对于(333)衍射面，碲镉汞材料厚度大于7μm后，本征反射率和半峰全宽将不再发生明显变化。     

Structural,optical, thermal and mechanical characterization of an organic nonlinear optical material: 4-methyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid single crystal

Organic single crystals of 4-methyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid (4M3N) have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique at room temperature. The single crystal X-ray diffraction study reveals that 4M3N crystallizes in monoclinic system with space group P21/n. The crystalline perfection of the crystal was analyzed by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) measurements. The functional groups present in 4M3N have been identified from FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra. The lower cut-off wavelength of 4M3N is found to be 404 nm and the optical band gap is calculated as 2.91 eV. The refractive index shows normal behavior with wavelength. The physio chemical changes, decomposition and stability of the 4M3N compound were established by TG-DTA studies. Vickers microhardness measurement concludes that 4M3N belongs to soft material (n=2.5) category. The LDT value is found to be higher than that of KDP and some of the important organic NLO materials. The third order nonlinear refractive index and nonlinear absorption coefficient of the 4M3N have been measured by Z-scan studies. The imaginary and real parts of the third-order susceptibility values were determined as Im χ³=9.129×10⁻¹¹ esu and Re χ³=1.4034×10⁻⁹ esu respectively. The dislocation density was calculated to be 3.0448×10⁶ cm⁻² which indicates the quality of the crystal.     

分布布喇格反射镜的反射特性

采用等效法布里珀罗(FP)腔方法对分布布喇格反射镜(DBR)的特性进行了研究,计算并讨论了上下两层DBR结构非对称模型反射率的变化.设计了DBR反射镜的反射谱中心波长为850nm的结构.随着DBR周期数的增加,腔反射率峰值逐渐增加.上下两层DBR反射镜的厚度由反射率和中心波长决定.实验表明,下DBR的周期数为30对左右,上DBR的周期数为20对左右,易实现激光输出.非对称的双层DBR的反射特性表明理论计算与实验结果基本一致.     

The refractive index dispersion of Hg1−xCdxTe by infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry

The refractive indices of Hg_1−xCd_xTe (x=0.276, 0.309, and 0.378) bulk samples in the region below, in, and above the fundamental band gap have been measured by infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry at room temperature. A refractive index peak, in which the corresponding energy equals approximately the band gap energy, is observed for each refractive index spectrum with different compositions. Above the band gap, the refractive index drops quickly near the gap, then decreases slowly as photon energy increases. The refractive index n above the band gap is found to follow the Sellmeier dispersion relationship n²(λ)=A+B/λ²+C/λ⁴+D/λ⁶ as a function of the wavelength of light λ.     

Design of thermo-optic tunable optical filter based on Si/Air DBR and polymer Fabry–Perot microcavity in SOI

An integrated tunable optical filter (TOF) based on thermo-optic effect in silicon on insulator (SOI) rib waveguide is designed and simulated. The device is comprised of two high refractivity contrast Si/Air stacks, functioning as high reflectivity of DBRs (distributed Bragg reflectors) and separating by a variable refractive index polymer Fabry–Perot (F–P) cavity. The designed device exhibits Q = 24077, FWHM = 0.065 nm and finesse = 566. Wavelength tuning is achieved through thermal modulation of refractive variation of the cavity. As the cavity polymer is heated, the refractive index of the cavity decreases. When the temperature of cavity polymer changes within 105, the central wavelength gets a continuous 35 nm shift from 1530 nm to 1565 nm, which can operate the whole C-band in the WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) networks. Moreover, by calculating, the tuning sensitivity is about 0.33 nm/°C. Owing to the compact size and excellent characteristics of integration, the proposed component has a promising utilization in spectroscopy and optical communication.