Generation of a compact high-power high-efficiency normal-dispersion pumping supercontinuum in silica photonic crystal fiber pumped with a 1064-nm picosecond pulse

Broadband normal dispersion pumping supercontinuum （SC） generation in silica photonic crystal fiber （PCF） is investigated in this paper. A 1064-nm picosecond fiber laser is used to pump silica PCF for the SC generation. The length of PCF is optimized for the most efficient stimulated Raman scattering process in the picosecond pump pulse region. The first stimulated Raman Stokes peak is located in the anomalous dispersion regime of the PCF and near the zero dispersion wavelength; thus the SC generation process can benefit from both a normal dispersion pumping scheme and an anomalous dispersion pumping scheme. The 51.7-W SC spanning from about 700 nm to beyond 1700 nm is generated with an all-fiber configuration, and the pump-to-SC conversion efficiency is up to 90%. In order to avoid the output fiber end face damage and increase the stability of the system, an improved output solution for the high power SC is proposed in our experiment. This high-efficiency near-infrared SC source is very suitable for applications in which average output power and spectral power density are firstly desirable.     

Influence of colloidal particle transfer on the quality of self-assembling colloidal photonic crystal under confined condition

The relationship between colloidal particle transfer and the quality of colloidal photonic crystal(CPC) is investigated by comparing colloidal particle self-assembling under the vertical channel(VC) and horizontal channel(HC) conditions.Both the theoretical analyses and the experimental measurements indicate that crystal quality depends on the stability of mass transfer.For the VC,colloidal particle transfer takes place in a stable laminar flow,which is conducive to forming high-quality crystal.In contrast,it happens in an unstable turbulent flow for the HC.Crystals with cracks and an uneven surface formed under the HC condition can be seen from the images of a field emission scanning electron microscope(SEM) and a three-dimensional(3D) laser scanning microscope(LSM),respectively.     

A compact in-plane photonic crystal channel drop filter

This paper presents a novel in-plane photonic crystal channel drop filter.The device is composed of a resonant cavity sandwiched by two parallel waveguides.The cavity has two resonant modes with opposite symmetries.Tuning these two modes into degeneracy causes destructive interference in bus waveguide,which results in high forward drop efficiency at the resonant wavelength.From the result of numerical analysis by using two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method,the channel drop filter has a drop efficiency of 96% and a Q value of over 3000,which can be used in dense wavelength division multiplexing systems.     

Effect of single point defects on the confinement losses of air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers

The confinement losses in air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers (PBGFs) with air hole missing are studied with the full-vector finite-element method. It is confirmed that there are two loss peaks (1.555 and 1.598 μm) if there is a hole missing in the cladding far from the core. The closer to the core the hole missing is, the larger the confinement losses are, and even no mode could propagate in the core. The main power of the fundamental mode leaks from the core to the cladding defect. The quality of PBGFs can be improved through controlling the number and position of defects.     

Recent developments in high power near-infrared super-continuum generation based on photonic crystal fiber

High power supercontinuum generation has witnessed rapid developments during the past few years. The mechanism and the latest achievements in high power supercontinuum generation are reviewed both for the continuous wave pump regime and the pulsed pump regime. The challenges in scaling the average power of supercontinuum generation are analyzed. Some of our works on high power supercontinuum generation are summarized, and perspectives for the future development are discussed.     

High sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber

A high sensitivity plasmonic temperature sensor based on a side-polished photonic crystal fiber is proposed in this work.In order to achieve high sensitivity and high stability,the gold layer is coated on the side-polished photonic crystal fiber to support surface plasmon resonance.The mixture of ethanol and chloroform is used as the thermosensitive liquid.The performances of the proposed temperature sensor were investigated by the finite element method(FEM).Simulation results indicate that the sensitivity of the temperature sensor is as high as 7.82 nm/℃.It has good linearity(R;=0.99803),the resolution of 1.1×10;℃,and the amplitude sensitivity of 0.1008℃;.In addition,the sizes of the small air hole and polishing depth have little influence on the sensitivity.Therefore,the proposed sensor shows a high structure tolerance.The excellent performance and high structure tolerance of the sensor make it an appropriate choice for temperature measurement.     

Wavelength-selective characteristics of high birefringence photonic crystal fiber with Au nanowires selectively filled in the cladding air holes

Filter characteristics of a designed gold-filled high birefringence photonic crystal fiber are investigated based on the finite element method. The wavelength filter resonances in the high birefringence photonic crystal fiber occur at different points for different polarized directions, and the resonance strength in the x-polarized case is much weaker than that in the y-polarized case. The much more obvious splitting filter characteristics and different resonance strength imply the study and application values in splitting and single polarization fiber devices. The simulation results show that increasing the number of the gold wires only enhances the resonance strength when there is no surface plasmon supermode formed. With the diameters of the gold wires increasing, the response wavelength moves to a longer wavelength, and the strength becomes stronger. When the diameter is increased to 1.4 μm, the response wavelength in the x-polarized case can be tuned to 1.318 μm, which is the communication wavelength. The strongest resonance occurs at 1.2375 μm in the y-polarized case, and the peaking loss can reach 435.83 dB/cm.     

A colloidal crystal double-heterostructure fabricated with the angle controlled inclined deposition method

A self-assembly method, named the angle controlled inclined deposition method, is developed for fabricating well-ordered silica and polystyrene colloidal crystals. A high-quality colloidal crystal with a flat and uniform surface over a large area can be produced rapidly using a minute quantity of suspension and without any additional equipment. By controlling the inclined angle, we can fabricate colloidal crystals with diverse numbers of layers. A colloidal crystal double-heterostructure (composed of three different colloidal photonic crystals) can be rapidly fabricated with this method. Both experimental and simulation results show that the photonic band gap of the double-heterostructure is not a simple superposition of that of the compositional colloidal crystals along the stacking direction.     

Generation of a mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuum in As₂Se₃ photonic crystal fibers

A simplified structure of birefringent chalcogenide As 2 Se 3 photonic crystal fiber(PCF) is designed.Properties of birefringence,polarization extinction ratio,chromatic dispersion,nonlinear coefficient,and transmission are studied by using the multipole method,the finite-difference beam propagation method,and the adaptive split-step Fourier method.Considering that the zero dispersion wavelength of our proposed fiber is about 4 μm,we have analysed the mechanism of spectral broadening in PCFs with different pitches in detail,with femtosecond pulses at a wavelength of 4 μm as the pump pulses.Especially,mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuums are obtained in a 3-cm PCF with an optimal pitch of 2 μm.Their spectral width at 20 dB reaches up to 12 μm.In the birefringent PCF,we find that the supercontinuum generation changes with the pump alignment angle.Research results show that no coupling between eigenpolarization modes are observed at the maximum average power(i.e.,37 mW),which indicates that the polarization state is well maintained.     

Coupling characteristics of high birefringence dual-core As2S3 rectangular lattice photonic crystal fiber

A type of As2S3 chalcogenide glass mid-infrared dual-core photonic crystal fiber has been proposed.The dualcore photonic crystal fiber(PCF) consists of two asymmetric cores.The high polarization property and the coupling characteristics have been studied by using the finite element method and mode coupling theory.Numerical results show that the birefringence at wavelength λ = 10 μm is up to 0.01386 and the coupling length can reach wavelength λ = 5 μm,261 μm and 271.44 μm for x-polarized mode and y-polarized mode,respectively.It demonstrates that a 6.786-mm-long fiber can exhibit an extinction ratio of better than 10 dB and a bandwidth of 180 nm.     

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。     

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     

基于不同液晶填充光子晶体光纤传输特性的研究

将5种不同折射率的液晶分别填入实芯光子晶体光纤的空气孔中, 通过改变外场条件, 研究其输出光谱的变化规律, 并进行了理论模拟分析. 结果表明: 填充液晶后, 输出光谱由全通变为多个波峰的带隙式; 同时, 液晶的折射率差值越大, 其波峰位置越向长波长方向移动, 且相对光强的对比度可以达到16 dB; 温度由20 ℃上升到85 ℃时, 波峰向短波长方向移动, 最大调控范围可达41 nm; 调节电压从0-250 V, 输出光谱的相对光强变小, 但波峰具有较好的稳定性; 在室温下, 波峰不随入射光偏振态的变化而变化. 该液晶光子晶体光纤可应用于温控可调谐滤波器或电控衰减器.     

光子晶体制备技术和应用研究进展

从光子晶体概念的提出到现在已经过了20余年,光子晶体不仅成为微纳光子学和量子光学的重要研究领域,而且在信息光学以及其他多个学科中得到广泛应用.本文重点综述了光子晶体的制备工艺,尤其是二维光子晶体和三维光子晶体的制备工艺进展,同时也综述了光子晶体的应用研究的进展,在此基础上,提出了一些光子晶体研究的展望.     

高质量三维胶体光子晶体中慢光速与超光速的实验研究

利用飞秒脉冲自相关技术研究了高质量三维胶体光子晶体中的慢光速和超光速效应.实验中使用的胶体光子晶体是采用压力控制的绝热沉积技术（PCIHVD）制备的、由聚苯乙烯小球组成的人工蛋白石结构.由于其中的缺陷和位错密度很低,它们具有很高的通带透过率和陡峭的能带边缘.测量了从通带到带边直至带隙中央群速度的变化,在只有20层左右小球的样品中观察到低至0.43c的慢光速以及高至1.34c的超光速现象.此外,利用时域有限差分（FDTD）方法对短脉冲在三维光子晶体中的群速度进行了数值模拟,并且和 关键词： 三维胶体光子晶体 慢光速 超光速 脉冲自相关     

Characterization of internal order of colloidal crystals by optical diffraction

We report the results of the optical characterization of photonic crystals consisting of close-packed arrays of polymeric monodispersed microspheres. The excellent agreement of the diffraction peak wavelengths with Bragg's law enables a precise determination of the sphere diameter. Optical diffraction is used to assess the quality of the internal order of colloidal crystals and to identify optimum growth conditions. This work leads to an estimate of the average free propagation distance of light, which is limited by incoherent scattering due to lattice imperfections, of up to 30 lattice constants.     

Parameters for efficient growth of second harmonic field in nonlinear photonic crystals

The ultrashort pulse propagation and nonlinear second harmonic generation under the undepleted pump approximation in a quadratic nonlinear photonic crystal (NPC) structure is theoretically investigated and the optimized parameters for high second harmonic generation conversion efficiency are extracted. The transfer matrix method is used for the numerical formulation for oblique angle of incidence. A unique set of material combination GaInP/InAlP is selected as alternating nonlinear and linear layers. The NPC parameters like incident angle and layer thickness are manipulated to obtain the exact phase matching using double resonance condition for a fixed number of layers with known experimental material parameters.     

混合导引型光子晶体光纤中纤芯折射率相关的导光特性研究

利用全矢量有限元法研究了一种混合导引型光子晶体光纤在纤芯折射率改变时,光纤导光机理和模式的演变特性.当纤芯折射率小于混合包层中空气孔包层的有效折射率时,芯模的导光机理为"双带隙导引型";当纤芯折射率位于空气孔和高折射率两套包层的有效折射率之间时,芯模的导光机理为"单带隙+全内反射导引型";当纤芯折射率大于高折射率棒包层的有效折射率时,芯模的导光机理为"全内反射导引型".并对该光纤在上述三种条件下的导光特性进行了比较和讨论.这些结果对设计特殊用途的光子晶体光纤具有指导意义. 关键词： 混合导引型光子晶体光纤 带隙 模式     

Observations of defect propagation in [100]-oriented opal-type photonic crystals

Charged colloidal suspensions have been used as experimental models for the study of crystal nucleation. Here we propose that the technique of template-assisted colloidal self-assembly can be used to visualize the effects of defect propagation in atomic crystal films produced using epitaxial growth. Templates with periodic line defects were used to grow [100]-oriented three-dimensional photonic crystals by means of the template-assisted colloidal self-assembly method, aided by capillary and gravitational forces. The defect propagation in the [100]-oriented photonic crystal was observed using scanning electron microscopy, both at the surface of the crystal and on cleaved facets. This method is useful in the understanding of defect propagation in the growth of colloidal films on templates - and the same approach may also prove useful for the understanding of atomic crystal growth on substrates with defects. Additionally, the deliberate incorporation of line defects may prove valuable as a way of introducing waveguide channels into three-dimensional photonic crystals.     

毛细管中柱对称类面心结构胶体晶体的光谱特性

用体积浓度为30% 的低分散二氧化硅小球悬浮液注入毛细管中自组织生长成胶体晶体. 实验测量了这种胶体晶体的透射谱. 测量结果显示这种胶体晶体的透射谱的柱对称性. 在垂直毛细管轴向的平面内，谱带结构不随光的入射角度变化，测得光谱在径向转360°保持不变. 在含毛细管轴的平面内，在与毛细管轴向夹角越小的方向，谱带越紫移；在垂直毛细管轴方向有最红的带隙. 测量得的光谱结果表明这种毛细管内的胶体晶体结构是柱对称的, 胶体晶体中密排面平行于毛细管的管壁. 另外，此柱对称的胶体晶体比低浓度制作的体心胶体晶体稳定. 这种轴向对称性的光子带隙特性将带来许多潜在的应用. 关键词： 光子晶体 胶体晶体 光子带隙 透射光谱 毛细管