The optical transmission characteristics through coupled metallic nanotube arrays

The plasmonic properties in coupled metallic nanotube arrays are investigated theoretically by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. We calculate the transmission spectra and the electric field distributions. We show that there is a photonic band gap over a wide optical wavelength range and the transmission spectrum depends strongly on the inner radii, the separation distance and the number of the nanotubes. Based on the localized nature of the field distribution, we also clearly show that the presence of local plasmon resonant modes that originate from multipolar plasmon polaritons and a big magnitude of opposing surface charges build up in the gap between adjacent nanotubes.     

Tunable optical transmission through square-core metallic nanotube arrays

We propose a square-core metallic nanotube array and investigate its optical transmission property theoretically. We find that the transmission spectra can be tuned by the width of square-core edge, the intertube spacing and the dielectric constants of the core and the embedding medium between the nanotubes. We show that there is a band gap over a wide optical wavelength, and its width, number and position are sensitive to the tunable parameters. We also discuss the situation of the rectangular-core nanotube arrays and present that modification of the size of internal holes leads to redshift of the transmission spectra. Based on the localized nature of the field distributions, we show that there are local plasmonic resonant modes that originate from multipolar plasmon polaritons and a large number of opposing surface charges build up in the gap between adjacent nanotubes.     

增强光子晶体谐振腔模式选择性的方法分析

在分析计算金属光子晶体的正三角形晶格TE模式的色散特性、全局带隙分布图的基础上,针对TE04模光子晶体谐振腔中仍有较多的模式竞争且金属柱半径较小的问题,结合模式分布特点图,通过优化和选择工作点的位置,将TE04中的竞争模从5种减少为2种,大幅度降低了TE04工作模式中的模式竞争,并且增加了晶格常数和金属柱半径,使之能够承受更大的热损耗,有利于提高腔体功率容量。仿真验证了数值计算的正确性并得出了完整的TE04场分布。     

Effect of vacancy defect on electrical properties of chiral single-walled carbon nanotube under external electrical field

Ab initio calculations demonstrated that the energy gap modulation of a chiral carbon nanotube with mono-vacancy defect can be achieved by applying a transverse electric field. The bandstructure of this defective carbon nanotube varying due to the external electric field is distinctly different from those of the perfect nanotube and defective zigzag nanotube. This variation in bandstructure strongly depends on not only the chirality of the nanotube and also the applied direction of the transverse electric field. A mechanism is proposed to explain the response of the local energy gap between the valence band maximum state and the local gap state under external electric field. Several potential applications of these phenomena are discussed.     

Adjustable plasmon resonance in the coaxial gold nanotubes

We propose the coaxial gold nanotubes for their transmission and plasmon resonances theoretically. We find that the transmission spectra are highly adjustable by tuning the thickness of the nanotubes, the separation and the dielectric constant between the inner and outer nanotubes. The resonance peaks close to the left forbidden band gap edge are strongly correlated with the dielectric constant, the inner and outer tube thickness, and the separation between the two tubes. Based on the localized nature of the electric field distributions, we show that local plasmon resonance modes result from hybridized resonances of multifold multipolar plasmon polaritons in the cross section of the coaxial nanotubes.     

Tuning of plasmonic behaviours in coupled metallic nanotube arrays

We theoretically investigate the influence of the shape of nanoholes on plasmonic behaviours in coupled elliptical metallic nanotube arrays by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.We study the structure in two cases:one for the array aligned along the minor axis and the other for the array aligned along the major axis.It is found that the optical properties and plasmonic effects can be tuned by the effective surface charges as a result of the variation in the minor axis length.Based on the localized nature of electric field distributions,we also clearly show that the presence of localized plasmon resonant modes originates from multipolar plasmon polaritons and a large magnitude of opposing surface charges build up in the gap between adjacent nanotubes.     

Enhanced optical transmission through double-layer gold slit arrays

We investigate the relationship between the transmission and the layer distance of double-layer gold slit arrays by using the finite-difference time-domain method.The results show that the transmission properties can be influenced strongly by layer distance.We attribute the two types of resonant modes to surface plasmon resonance and the localised waveguide resonance.We find that the localised waveguide transmission peak redshifts and becomes broader with increasing layer distance D.We also describe and explain the splitting,shift,and degeneration of the surface plasmon resonant transmission peak theoretically.In addition,to clarify the physical mechanism of the transmission behaviours,we analyse the distributions of electric field and total energy for the three transmission peaks with distance D=45 nm for the double-layer system.Light transporting behaviours are mostly concentrated in the region of the slits as well as the interspaces of the two layers,and for different resonant wavelengths the electric field and energy distributions are different.It is expected that the results obtained here will be helpful for designing subwavelength metallic grating devices.     

银纳米粒子阵列中衍射诱导高品质因子的四偶极晶格等离子体模式

金属纳米颗粒阵列中形成的四偶极晶格共振模式具有低辐射损耗、高品质因子的特性,因此广泛应用于纳米激光、传感、固态照明等领域.基于时域有限差分法在均匀环境下研究了银纳米圆柱阵列的光谱与近场特性.研究结果表明,在x偏振光直入射下,通过调节阵列x方向的周期,共振强度先增加后降低,当两个方向上的周期相等时,提出的阵列结构能够产生一个线宽约0.4 nm、品质因子高达1815的四偶极晶格共振模式,这种共振模式呈现出Fano线型的透射谷;调控y方向的周期能够实现从Fano线型的透射峰到透射谷的转变.本文说明了粒子大小、晶格周期对四偶极晶格共振模式的重要性,同时为银纳米颗粒在可见光波段设计高品质因子共振提供了优化策略.     

Effects of dielectric core and embedding medium on plasmonic coupling of gold nanoshell arrays

The effects of the dielectric core and the dielectric embedding medium separately on transmission spectra and plasmon resonance properties of gold nanoshell arrays were investigated by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) theory. It is found that when the hollow nanoshell arrays are placed in air, the wide photonic band gap becomes narrower as the core dielectric constant increases. On the contrary, when the nanoshell arrays with dielectric core are placed in the dielectric medium, the photonic band gap becomes wider. Furthermore, increasing core or medium dielectric constant leads to a redshift of the transmission spectra due to the polarization of the dielectric. Based on the electric field distributions, we also clearly show that the plasmon properties of the nanoshell arrays are strongly influenced by the presence of the dielectric.     

Fabrication of superhydrophobic surface from binary micro-/nano-structure of mullite-whisk-based films

The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) modes and near field gap enhancement of bowtie nanoantennas with triangle void defects are studied numerically. According to the location of the defects, we classify them into four categories: inner, edge, base and vertex defects. It is concluded that inner and base defects have little impact on both SPR modes and gap enhancement while edge and vertex defects which lead to mode splitting have great impact on the gap enhancement with symmetry breaking. Specifically, the size and location of edge defects have a remarkable effect on the resonant modes, especially for the low-energy resonant mode. When the edge defect gets close to the gap, the gap enhancement increases even above that of bowties with no defects. These properties are instructive to the evaluation of the fabrication of bowtie nanoantennas. And, by careful control of the defect location, we can get useful resonant modes and increase the gap enhancement for applications such as broadband light harvesting, ultra-fast wavelength-sensitive photodetection and fluorescent detection for two or more targets.     

外加轴向磁场下碳纳米管场效应晶体管的电学性质

在紧束缚理论的基础上推导出轴向磁场下碳纳米管的能带公式,研究外加磁场下碳纳米管场效应晶体管的电学特性.说明磁场可使碳管的导电性质在金属型和半导体型之间转变,转变的磁场周期为0.5₀.进一步应用场效应晶体管Natori理论模拟计算了外加磁场对碳纳米管场效应晶体管的电流-电压特性的影响,研究结果显示zigzag管和armchair管的电流随外电压和磁场都有振荡行为,而且两类管的振荡行为有明显差别. 关键词： 碳纳米管 紧束缚理论 费米能 能带结构     

A study on photo-generated charges property in highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays

In this study TiO₂ nanotube arrays were fabricated by potentiostatic anodization of titanium sheet. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) image indicated the TiO₂ nanotube arrays were of pure anatase form and highly ordered. The properties of the photo-generated charges in the nanotube arrays were investigated by transient photovoltage (TPV) technique and surface photovoltage (SPV) technique based on lock-in amplifier with dc bias, in comparison with the commercial powder derived film. The separation processes of the photo-induced charges in the system of TiO₂ nanotubes on Ti have been demonstrated to be correlated with the incident light intensity, surface trapping states, and the interfacial electric field between Ti and TiO₂. The results also show that the highly ordered nanotube film could generate much stronger SPV responses under external electric field than the commercial powder derived film.     

锯齿型石墨烯纳米窄带中量子霍尔体系的电场调控

应用含自洽格点在位库仑作用的Kane-Mele模型,研究锯齿型石墨烯纳米窄带平面内横向电场对边界带能带结构和量子自旋霍尔(QSH)体系的影响.研究结果显示,当电场强度较弱时,外加电场的方向可以调控自旋向下的两个边界带一起朝不同方向移动,导致波矢q=0.5处自旋向下的两个纯边界态的能量简并劈裂方向可由电场调控;当电场强度进一步增强到超过0.69 V/nm,自旋向下的两个边界带出现较大带隙,能带反转,而自旋向上的电子结构无能隙,系统呈现半金属性,同时QSH体系不再是B类.特别当电场强度为1.17 V/nm时,在自旋向下能带的能隙中,q=0.5处存在自旋向上的纯边界态,意味着在8格点边界处可以产生自旋向上的纯边界电流.当电场强度持续增加时,QSH系统从B类到C类经历3个阶段的变化.当电场强度超过1.42 V/nm后,自旋向上的两个边界带也出现能带反转,分别成为导带和价带,系统成为C类的普通量子霍尔体系.     

Characteristics of coupled plasmon modes in asymmetric layered system

We used an asymmetric layered system functioning as a plasmon waveguide coupler to couple surface plasmon modes with gap plasmon modes. The planar system was analyzed by the transfer matrix method to design the optical dimensions of the system. We simulated the effective mode indexes and H-field distribution of the coupled modes, for different gap widths and refractive indexes. For the calculated modes the propagation lengths were calculated. Furthermore, a sample structure was fabricated and odd gap plasmon modes were excited with a coupling prism in an attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) configuration. The mode index measurement showed good agreement with the simulation data.     

Plasmonic interactions between a perforated gold film and a thin gold film

Based on the finite difference time domain method,we investigated theoretically the optical properties and the plasmonic interactions between a gold film perforated with periodic sub-wavelength holes and a thin gold film.We showed that the plasmon resonant energies and intensities depend strongly on the thicknesses of the two films and the lattice constant.Based on the distributions of normal electric field component E z,tangential electric field component E y and total energy,we showed that the optical transmission is due to the collaboration of the localized waveguide resonance,the surface plasmon resonance and the coupling of the flat-surface plasmon of the two layers.     

Band gap engineering in silicene: A theoretical study of density functional tight-binding theory

In this work, we performed first principles calculations based on self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding to investigate different mechanisms of band gap tuning of silicene. We optimized structures of silicene sheet, functionalized silicene with H, CH₃ and F groups and nanoribbons with the edge of zigzag and armchair. Then we calculated electronic properties of silicene, functionalized silicene under uniaxial elastic strain, silicene nanoribbons and silicene under external electrical fields. It is found that the bond length and buckling value for relaxed silicene is agreeable with experimental and other theoretical values. Our results show that the band gap opens by functionalization of silicene. Also, we found that the direct band gap at K point for silicene changed to the direct band gap at the gamma point. Also, the functionalized silicene band gap decrease with increasing of the strain. For all sizes of the zigzag silicene nanoribbons, the band gap is near zero, while an oscillating decay occurs for the band gap of the armchair nanoribbons with increasing the nanoribbons width. At finally, it can be seen that the external electric field can open the band gap of silicene. We found that by increasing the electric field magnitude the band gap increases.     

Electronic and optical properties of CdS/CdZnS nanocrystals

Cd1-x ZnxS nanocrystals are prepared by a co-precipitation method with different atomic fractions of Zn.The texture,structural transformation and optical properties with increasing x value in Cd1-x ZnxS are studied with scanning electron microscopy,electron diffraction patterning,and absorption spectra respectively.Quantum confinement in a strained CdS/Cd1-xZnxS related nanodot with various Zn content values is investigated theoretically.Binding energies on exciton bound CdS/CdxZn1-xS quantum dot are computed,with consideration of the internal electric field induced by the spontaneous and piezoelectric polarizations,and thereby the interband emission energy is calculated as a function of the dot radius.The optical band gap from the UV absorption spectrum is compared with the interband emission energy computed theoretically.Our results show that the average diameter of composite nanoparticles ranges from 3 nm to 6 nm.The X-ray diffraction pattern shows that all the peaks shift towards the higher diffracting angles with an increase in Zn content.The lattice constant gradually decreases as the Zn content increases.The strong absorption edge shifts towards the lower wavelength region and hence the band gap of the films increases as the Zn content increases.The values of the absorption edge are found to shift towards the shorter wave length region and hence the direct band gap energy varies from 2.5 eV for the CdS film and 3.5 eV for the ZnS film.Our numerical results are in good agreement with the experimental results.     

Enhanced photoluminescence of MoS2–Au nanostructures: Nanotriangle and nanohole arrays

We investigated the photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of MoS₂–Au hybrid nanostructures, fabricated by nanosphere lithography and wet-transfer techniques. Two kinds of Au nanostructures - such as nanotriangles (NTs) and nanoholes (NHs) - were fabricated for comparison. MoS₂ monolayers on both NT and NH arrays exhibited enhanced PL intensity, compared with those on SiO₂/Si substrates and flat Au thin films. Numerical simulations revealed clear distinction in the electric field intensity distributions in the NT and NH arrays at the PL excitation wavelength. Such difference could be attributed to the excitation of localized and propagating surface plasmon in the NT and NH arrays. This work helps us to understand how the plasmonic NT and NH arrays affect the physical properties of the MoS₂ monolayers on them.     

Ultrafast dynamics of surface plasmon polaritons in plasmonic metamaterials

Using near-field scanning optical microscopy and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, we study the linear optical properties of subwavelength nanoslit and nanohole arrays in metal films, which are prototype structures for novel plasmonic metamaterials. Near-field microscopy provides direct evidence for surface plasmon polariton (SPP) excitation and allows for spatial imaging of the corresponding SPP modes. By employing spectral interferometry with ultrashort 11-fs light pulses, we directly reconstruct the temporal structure of the electric field of these pulses as they are transmitted through the metallic nanostructures. The analysis of these data allows for a quantitative extraction of the plasmonic band structure and the radiative damping of the corresponding SPP modes. Clear evidence for plasmonic band gap formation is given. Our results reveal that the coherent coupling between different SPP modes can result in a pronounced suppression of radiative SPP damping, increasing the SPP lifetime from 30 fs to more than 200 fs. These findings are relevant for optimizing and manipulating the optical properties of novel nano-plasmonic devices. PACS 42.70.Qs; 07.79.Fc; 42.25.-p     

Effect of calcination temperature on the morphology and surface properties of TiO2 nanotube arrays

Well-ordered TiO₂ nanotube arrays were prepared by electrochemical anodization of titanium in aqueous electrolyte solution of H₃PO₄ + NH₄F at a constant voltage of 20 V for 3 h, followed by calcined at various temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Photoluminescence (PL) were used to characterize the samples. The results showed that the as-prepared nanotube arrays before being calcined were amorphous and could transform to anatase phase at a heat treatment temperature higher than 400 °C. As the calcination temperatures increased, crystallization of anatase phase enhanced and rutile phase appeared at 600 °C. However, further increasing the calcination temperature would cause the collapse of nanotube arrays. PL intensity of the nanotube arrays annealed at 500 °C was the lowest, which was probably ascribed to better crystallization together with fewer surface defects of the nanotube arrays.