基于光纤-胶体晶体的液体折射率传感实验研究

制备了胶体晶体,并利用胶体晶体的光子带隙对折射率传感进行了实验研究。从理论上分析了胶体晶体光子带隙中心波长的变化与折射率的关系。通过设计模具制备了胶体晶体-光纤结构,用扫描电镜对胶体晶体的表面进行了观察,并测量了胶体晶体的光子带隙的位置。结果表明胶体晶体的光子带隙的测试结果与理论分析相一致。设计了实验装置,利用光纤间的耦合对胶体晶体的光子带隙的变化进行了测试和分析。结果表明SiO2胶体晶体光子带隙的中心波长为1445.5nm,且在不同折射率液体环境下,其中心波长发生移动,能够形成新的传感机理。对胶体晶体在液体传感上的应用进行了探索。     

基于光纤的三维可调胶体光子晶体

用改进的垂直沉积法在光纤端面制备了高质量的SiO₂胶体光子晶体,经过烧结、固化构成胶体光子晶体-光纤结构. 用扫描电子显微镜确定了样品为面心立方密排结构,其密排面平行于光纤基底表面. 利用全光纤传感网络测试了该胶体光子晶体,反射峰中心位于845 nm处,与Bragg理论计算值符合很好. 将该样品浸入不同折射率的液体中,反射光谱的峰值位置随着液体折射率的改变而发生偏移,近似呈线性关系,实现了峰位可调. 对于不同浓度引起的液体折射率的变化,基于光纤的胶体光子晶体结构也能够很好地分辨出来. 关键词： 可调胶体光子晶体 2微球')" href="#">SiO₂微球 Bragg反射 光纤     

中红外完全带隙Si反蛋白石光子晶体的制备与光学性能研究

通过溶剂蒸发对流自组装法制备SiO2胶体晶体,采用低压化学气相沉积法填充Si,制备得到Si反蛋白石(opal)三维光子晶体.采用扫描电子显微镜对Si反opal的显微形貌进行表征,采用平面波展开法理论模拟Si反opal的光子带隙,采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪测试其光学性能.研究结果表明:Si在SiO2微球空隙内填充致密均匀,显微红外光谱测试的光子带隙反射峰位置及带宽与理论计算基本符合.变角度反射光谱测试表明,Si反opal沿不同角度入射时在中心波长3319nm处均存在明显的反射峰,证明其具有完全光子带隙,带隙位于中红外大气窗口区域.     

SiO2纳米微球表面结构在可见光波段的减反特性

研究了不同尺寸SiO2胶体微球形成纳米结构薄膜的光学传输特性和光子带隙。通过在玻璃基底上自组装透光的SiO2胶体微球形成胶体晶体薄膜, 依据布拉格定律,分析微球尺寸对胶体晶体光子带隙的影响。为实现可见光波段的全方位减反射,提出通过改变胶体粒径将胶体晶体带隙位置移动至紫外波段,理论计算得出当粒径为112 nm,占空比为0.45时能实现可见光波段0.5%的平均反射率。实验结果表明,玻璃基底在400~800 nm间的平均反射率从4.3%降低至0.7%,最小反射率达0.3%。通过控制微球粒径移动光子带隙位置,优化晶体结构参数实现了可见光波段的减反射,有效提高了光学组件对可见光的利用率。     

非密堆积TiO2空心微球光子晶体的制备与能带分析

利用胶体自组装、高温烧结和HF酸刻蚀技术,制备了SiO₂微球非密堆积面心立方(FCC)结构的胶体晶体,并以此为模板,利用溶胶凝胶方法和NaOH湿法刻蚀技术制备了TiO₂空心微球非密堆积FCC结构光子晶体.利用电子显微镜分析了晶体的结构,用平面波展开法对该结构进行了能带计算与分析.计算结果表明,制备的TiO₂空心微球非密堆积FCC结构光子晶体在低能区的第二、第三能带之间除布里渊区的W点仍保持简并外,其余各点简并都已经消除. 关键词： 空心微球 非密堆积 光子晶体 光子带隙     

一种胶体光子晶体修饰的光纤

设计了一种胶体光子晶体修饰的光纤. 采用恒温快速蒸发法直接在经切割刀处理后的光纤端面生长胶体晶体,再与另一根切割后的光纤在毛细玻璃管中完成对接,制备成胶体光子晶体修饰的光纤. 用扫描电子显微镜和光谱分析仪对样品的形貌、结构以及光学特性进行分析. 实验结果表明,粒径为640 nm、体积分数约为0.5%的SiO₂胶体微球溶液在60 ℃的情况下沉积,大约12 h后可得到质量较高的胶体光子晶体. 在SEM下,观察到端面的胶体晶体为面心立方(fcc)结构. 透射光谱证明,该结构在(111)面上     

高质量三维光子晶体的实验制备及理论分析

对压强控制自组装法进行了改进,采用了密封硅胶颗粒的强吸水装置,为光子晶体样品的制备提供了一个稳定的温度、湿度和压强环境.将温度、压强分别控制在35 ℃、45 mmHg,利用直径为260 nm的聚苯乙烯胶体球进行了高质量三维光子晶体样品的制备.从理论计算和实验测量等方面对制备的光子晶体样品的结构、质量和性能进行了对比分析,结果表明,利用该实验装置进行光子晶体样品的制备时,可重复性高;制备的光子晶体样品具有较为完美有序的密堆结构,质量较好;在光子晶体样品的Г L方向有深且窄的光子带隙和陡峭的带隙边沿.光子带隙深度为83%,宽度为0.073,带隙边沿陡峭度为8%/nm,这为超快全光开关等先进的光学设备的研究奠定了基础.     

1550nm低损耗单模全固态光子带隙光纤研究

全固态光子带隙光纤由于其独特的带隙和色散特性以及易于和传统光纤熔接的优势,引起了国内外研究人员的广泛关注.本文采用等离子体化学气相沉积工艺结合堆叠拉制法制备了全固态光子带隙光纤,并运用频域有限差分法模拟了其损耗和色散特性.该光纤1550 nm处有较低损耗且单模传输,计算得到1550 nm处的有效模场面积和色散分别为191.81μm2和16.418 ps/(km·nm),在测试范围1500—1650 nm内损耗小于0.15 dB/m.结合实验结果,对光纤参数做了进一步模拟优化.     

SiO_2胶体晶体自组装技术

介绍了垂直沉降法和旋涂法制备SiO2胶体晶体,并对两种方法制备的胶体晶体在宏观形貌、微观结构及光子带隙性质进行了比较。采用改进的Stober法在乙醇介质中合成粒径不同、单分散性较好的SiO2微球,用垂直沉积法和旋涂法制备出有序性较好的密排结构的SiO2胶体晶体。宏观照片表明,用旋涂法制备的SiO2胶体晶体经白光照射出现的光柱呈6次对称,而垂直沉降法制备的胶体晶体表面出现条纹。SEM分析表明,选用不同溶剂在同等旋涂工艺下制备SiO2胶体晶体,用乙醇和乙二醇混合溶液作溶剂制备出的SiO2胶体晶体质量最好。透射光谱表明,垂直沉降法所制备的胶体晶体在(111)方向具有明显的光子带隙性质,而旋涂法制备的胶体晶体则不明显。     

通讯波段禁带胶体光子晶体的制备及实验参数研究

采用直径为700nm的二氧化硅微球,通过垂直沉积法在玻璃基片上制备了位于光通讯波段的禁带胶体光子晶体。研究了不同蒸发温度、湿度条件、干燥过程对样品晶体质量的影响。用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对其形貌进行了观测。实验结果表明,在温度为65℃,相对湿度为70%,缓慢干燥条件下制备出的样品具有较好的晶体质量,晶体在大范围内保持了面心立方(FCC)单晶结构,其(111)面平行于生长基片。     

二氧化硅蛋白石光子晶体中粒子重构对光学性质的影响

使用自组装法制备了蛋白石结构二氧化硅纳米球三维光子晶体,并对样品在150,300,450℃温度下进行了热处理.随热处理温度的升高,光子晶体禁带中心波长出现22.5 nm的蓝移,且禁带宽度变窄.对于在450℃热处理的样品,其测量的禁带中心波长为572.5 nm,与理论计算结果有较大差异.引起样品光学特性变化的原因是热处理...     

A colloidal crystal microstructure fiber: fabrication and characterization

A method of fabricating colloidal crystal microstructured fiber is presented. The proposed structure relies on partial etching of the cladding layer of a single-mode fiber and growth of colloidal photonic crystals inside eroded area. The photonic crystal cylindrical annulus embedded in fiber is characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. The optical characterization was analyzed by optical transmission spectroscopy. The measurement results show a about 1550-nm band gap. The results also reveal the possibility of cladding cylindrical fibers with three-dimensional photonic crystals.     

Fabrication and annealing analysis of three-dimensional photonic crystals

Three-dimensional face-centered-cubic (fcc) photonic crystals (PhCs) are fabricated on quartz substrate using vertical deposition technique, and followed by annealing in a temperature range of 200-700 °C. The monodispersed SiO₂ microspheres with a diameter of 220 nm in colloidal solution are synthesized using tetraethylorthosilicate as a precursor material. The as grown opal structure exhibits a strong photonic band gap (PBG) around 450 nm in the transmission spectrum. We find that the position of PBG peak in the spectrum is relevant to incident angle of light. Moreover, it is very sensitive to annealing temperature. It quickly shifts to short wavelength direction with annealing temperature increasing. The effect results from the decrease in refraction index due to the moisture evaporation in silica microspheres.     

The rapid preparation of large-scale CdS opal photonic crystals and study of the optical properties

Monodispersed silica microspheres of 270 nm are synthesized by a colloidal solution method. Larger scale perfect three-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) are rapidly prepared using the evaporation of acetone to self-assemble the microspheres on quartz substrates by vertical deposition methods. We find that the pseudo-photonic band gap (PBG) of the PC structure changes with increasing annealing temperature; it drastically shifts from 450 nm for as-grown crystals to 409 nm for annealing at 800 °C. CdS photonic crystals are formed by infiltrating CdS nanocrystals of 6 nm into the SiO₂ PC structure. The transmission and spontaneous emission characteristics of CdS PCs have been investigated. The clear dip in the spontaneous emission spectrum relates to the photonic band gap of CdS PCs, indicating that the spontaneous emission is inhibited in the region of the PBG. The emission band of CdS PCs becomes narrower and sharper than that of CdS nanocrystals; this demonstrates that the emission band and intensity of the luminescent devices will be tuned by controlling the position of the PBG. PACS 42.70.Qs; 42.25.Bs; 78.20.-e; 78.55.Et     

Experimental research of liquid refractive index sensing by optical fiber and colloidal crystal's photonic band-gap

We use the changes of colloidal photonic crystal photonic band-gap center wavelength to research the refractive index sensing by experiment. The changes in the center wavelength of the colloidal crystals photonic band-gap are analyzed. A mold is designed to obtain a controllable self-assembly method, colloidal crystals are observed by scan electronic microscope (SEM) and the band-gap is measured by infrared spectrometer. The results are agreed well with the theoretical analysis. An experimental device is designed to test liquid refractive index. The couple of the fibers are used to measure the band-gap of colloidal crystals and the results are also discussed in theory. The results show that the band-gap of colloidal crystals can be used to measure the liquid refractive index. The new sensing mechanism is formed and it provides a new application of colloidal crystals in the sensing.     

Pressure and temperature controlled self-assembly of high-quality colloidal crystal films on optical fibers

High-quality annular colloidal multilayer films coated on an optical fiber were fabricated from aqueous solutions by the modified vertical deposition method with controllable pressure and temperature. The resulting cylindrical annulus was characterized by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the SEM images illustrated the [111]-like plane of face-centered-cubic (fcc) structures parallel to the surface of the optical fiber. Transmission spectra demonstrated deep photonic band gap (PBG) of up to 76% and steep photonic band edge (PBE) of up to 5.2%/nm, as well as the excellent cylindrical symmetry was affirmed with off-axis incidence light. With the angles of out-of-plane incidence increasing from 0 to 60°, the peak positions and transmittance decreased gradually which agreed well with the Bragg formula.     

Photonic Band Gap Properties of Three-Dimensional SiO2 Photonic Crystals

Three-dimensional SiO2 photonic crystals （PhCs） are fabricated on quartz substrates by the vertical deposition method. Scanning electron microscopy measurement reveals that the samples exhibit an ordered close-packed arrangement of SiO2 spheres. It is found that the position of the [111] photonie band gap （PBG） shifts to a long wavelength （red shift） with increasing sphere size. Gap broadening effects are observed due to the presence of defects in the samples. Moreover, the optical properties of the PBG are very sensitive to the annealing temperature. Our results indicate that the optical properties of the PBG can be easily tuned in the visible region by appropriate experimental parameters, which will be useful for practical applications of PhC optical devices.