基于表面等离激元交叉耦合作用的纳米金属双缝异常透射现象

利用二维时域有限差分方法研究了非对称纳米金属双缝结构在薄隔层情况下对光波的异常透射特性,以及狭缝长度、狭缝数目和入射角度对透射特性的影响.研究发现,该双缝结构中传导的表面等离激元波通过渗透中间隔层材料产生交叉耦合作用,形成对称和反对称耦合模式,导致其透射谱在特定波长位置处形成双共振峰传输和一个透射率为零的透射抑制现象;双缝结构中表面等离激元波交叉耦合作用的本质是其横向电场分量渗入中间隔层材料产生的相互干涉作用,而横向电场分量的初始相位差决定双缝结构中形成的表面等离激元波耦合模式的类型.由于双缝结构的透射极值与各狭缝腔内的法布里-珀罗共振效应密切相关,因此狭缝长度决定透射极值的波长位置,而狭缝数目和入射角度只影响透射峰的传输效率.该双缝结构具备光学滤波和空间分光功能,在新型纳米光子器件领域具有潜在的应用价值.     

金属亚波长狭缝中凹槽对其透过特性的影响

利用时域有限差分方法,研究了单个二维金属亚波长狭缝中空气凹槽的结构、位置等参数变化对其透过特性的影响. 整个缝槽结构可以类比为LC振荡环路,凹槽结构变化时,不同程度地改变振荡电路的电感和电容,从而使共振透射峰出现移动. 凹槽位置变化时,电路的驱动源改变,从而改变缝槽结构中的电磁场分布,使得共振透射峰出现分裂. 利用LC共振原理分析了凹槽各个参数变化时共振透射峰的变化情况. 关键词： 表面等离子体 透射率 LC振荡')" href="#">LC振荡     

含复折射率介质一维准周期光子晶体的透射特性

用Si和复折射率介质构成了(AB)N型一维准周期光子晶体,在考虑Si色散关系的基础上,利用传输矩阵法研究了其透射特性.数值计算表明其TE波的透射谱有如下特征:电磁波垂直入射时,在相对频率0～4的范围内存在4个等间距的尖锐的透射主峰,各主峰低频端相距0.148 (ω/ω0)处都有一透射副峰.入射角增加,主峰的透射率下降,副峰的透射率上升.周期数N增加,各主、副峰位置都有蓝移,但主峰透射率逐渐减小,而各副峰的半峰全宽度变小.当两介质厚度为定值时,从第一主峰到第四主峰,其透射率依次减小,两介质厚度增加时,各主峰的透射率下降.复折射率虚部增加时,各透射峰的位置保持不变,主峰的透射率变大,而副峰的透射率变小,反之亦然.     

双腔法布里-珀罗腔透射特性

基于单腔和双腔结构的法布里-珀罗(F-P)腔透射光强度公式,研究了单腔F-P结构的镜面反射率与腔长对透射谱线的影响;在总腔长相同时,模拟分析了单腔、对称及非对称双腔的透射光谱特性;分析了镜面反射率对非对称双腔F-P结构透射光谱的影响。结果表明:无论单腔还是双腔的F-P结构,镜面反射率增加导致输出峰的峰值半高宽(FWHM)减小;腔长度增加会导致输出谐振峰间距减小,而通过调节腔长比例系数和选择镜面反射率,总长度相同的双腔能在不减小主谐振峰透射率的同时增加谱线间距。最后,讨论了镜面反射率对输出谱线FWHM以及腔长微小形变对中心谐振峰的位置、FWHM和透射率的影响。     

开口狭缝调制的耦合微腔中表面等离激元诱导透明特性

耦合的波导-微腔结构在光滤波器、光调制器中有着广泛的应用.结构的光传输性质主要由模式的耦合强度来决定,而耦合强度通常通过控制结构间的几何间距来实现.由于电磁波在金属中急剧衰减,这为控制金属微腔中模式的耦合带来了巨大的挑战.本文利用金属微腔中法布里-珀罗模式的共振特性,在微腔中引入开口狭缝,通过调节狭缝的缝宽以及偏移位置,来控制模式的泄漏率以及耦合强度,实现了可调控的表面等离激元诱导透明效应.当狭缝的开口宽度或者偏移量增加时,结构透射谱的透射峰值和半高全宽也会相应地增加.狭缝的几何参数变化会对结构共振特性产生调制,文中通过时域耦合模理论对相应的物理机进行了解释.本文的结果为实现利于加工的紧凑表面等离激元器件提供了思路.     

周期不对称度对光子晶体透射谱特性的影响研究

利用传输矩阵法,研究周期不对称度对光子晶体透射谱的影响,结果表明:当周期不对称度为零时,光子晶体透射峰随着周期数的增大而变得越精细,但其透射率均为100%不变;当周期不对称度为不等于零的恒定值时,光子晶体透射峰的透射率低于100%,但随着周期数的增大,透射峰仅变得精细而透射率不变;光子晶体透射峰的透射率随着周期不对称度增大而下降,而且不对称度越大,透射率下降越快,同时透射峰变窄的速度也越快。周期不对称度对光子晶体透射谱的影响规律,为光子晶体模型的构造和设计制备等提供方法依据。     

基于塔姆激元-表面等离极化激元混合模式的单缝加凹槽纳米结构的增强透射

金属单缝纳米结构因为结构简单、易于集成,常用在基于表面等离极化激元(surface plasmon polaritons,SPPs)的纳米结构中构建光源.但是,金属亚波长单缝结构一直存在透射率低的问题,如何提高其透射率一直是研究的重点.为了更好地提高金属亚波长单缝的透射率,本文对之前文献提出的分布式布拉格反射镜(distributed bragg reflector,DBR)和金属银薄膜纳米缝结构进行改进,在金属银薄膜两侧设计凹槽.当TM偏振光由DBR侧入射至DBR-银纳米缝结构时,DBR-银膜界面上和银膜入射侧凹槽一起激发的塔姆激元(Tamm plasmon polaritons,TPPs)和SPPs,以及纳米缝和银膜出射侧凹槽对的SPPs同时激发,利用凹槽激发的SPPs和银膜表面处的TPPs-SPPs混合模式的干涉相长耦合作用,通过塔姆激元的局域场增强效应和两侧凹槽与单纳米缝的干涉相长耦合作用进一步提高了表面等离极化激元模式的激发效率,再加上纳米缝中的类法布里-珀罗腔共振效应,使纳米缝的透射率得到增强.本文采用有限元方法研究了DBR-银纳米缝结构上单纳米缝加凹槽的透射特性.经过一系列参数优化,使DBR-银纳米缝凹槽结构的最大透射率增加到0.22,相对于TiO_2-银纳米缝结构的透射率(0.01)提高了22倍,比文献[23]得到的最大透射率0.166有所提高.研究结果在纳米光源设计、光子集成电路和光学信号传输等相关领域具有一定的应用价值.     

TE激励下金属光栅电荷振荡的异常透射及其表面波分析

 利用时域有限差分法,对TE偏振光（电场平行狭缝方向）激励下,不同结构和参数的带电介质亚波长一维金属光栅的光场分布进行了数值模拟实验。根据金属表面电荷分布理论和表面波理论对此现象进行了物理机理分析,通过分析可以得出在金属狭缝处产生柱面表面波,这种表面波可以突破衍射极限,从而引起异常透射;并且根据Ag的表面电荷分布及其激发机理分析,得到了透射峰位置与介质覆层厚度变化的动态响应以及金属薄膜厚度改变时透射率与波长变化的动态关系,确定了柱面表面波是该异常透射现象产生的一个重要原因。理论分析与模拟实验结果一致,从而为TE偏振光激励下的异常透射机理深入研究和结构参数的选择提供了较好的理论依据。     

一维光子晶体缺陷模偏振特性的研究

利用一维光子晶体的透射率公式,计算出一维光子晶体掺杂后TE波和TM波缺陷模的波长随入射角的响应曲线、缺陷模透射峰随入射角的响应曲线、缺陷模透射峰随入射波长的响应曲线.研究发现,TE波和TM波的缺陷模透射峰均随入射角的增加而向短波方向移动；TE波缺陷模透射峰的半高宽度(FWHM)和峰值随入射角的增加而减小,而TM波缺陷模透射峰的半高宽度(FWHM)和峰值确随入射角的增加而增加；对TM波其波长为λ0的缺陷模也存在明显的“广义布儒斯特角”现象, TE波的缺陷模不存在“广义布儒斯特角”现象.     

基于SPPs的方形凹环结构MIM滤波器设计

基于表面等离子体波的传播特性提出了一种由方形凹环与波导管耦合而成的MIM结构滤波器,运用有限元法数值计算获得了该滤波结构的磁场分布、透射谱和共振波长分布曲线.研究结果表明,其阻带透射率最小透射比可低至0.01,通带最大透射比则高达0.96,并且顶部分布平滑.在增大滤波器波导结构参数I、H时,相应的透射谱线会有明显的红移,且不同模式阻带的透射比也会随之改变,此外共振波长与结构参数的变化呈现线性关系.在增大结构参数D时,模式1的透射率从之前的0.63增加到0.80,模式1最终消失,其余模式几乎不变,同时共振波长分布与参数D的变化无关.通过结构参数的优化,可以使波导结构的品质因数从14.82提升到17.07,通频带亦有所增加.该MIM结构滤波器具有封装尺寸小、多模式、阻带较窄、通带平滑、良好的品质因数以及可调节性,在微纳集成光学器件尤其是波分复用系统中有着良好的应用前景.     

Influence of slit width on the electromagnetic transmission of a periodic metallic grating

The light transmittance of a periodic metallic grating with varied slit widths has been investigated. The transmission peaks move to the shorter wavelength direction with an increase in the width of slits while keeping the other parameters unchanged. It was demonstrated that the slit width affects the spectral transmittance of the metal grating significantly. It was also found that the effective refractive index and cavity modes in slits are responsible for this phenomenon. Cavity modes play an important role in extraordinary transmission of the sub-wavelength aperture grating. When a complete resonant mode forms in the slits, a high transmission will appear. A wider slit results in a smaller efficient refractive index and thus affects the cavity mode in the slits. These two elements cause the transmission peaks to move to the shorter wavelength direction with widening of slits. The results obtained here may provide a useful guide to design metallic slit grating devices.     

Transmission of light through coaxial and non-coaxial double-layer gold slit arrays

We investigate numerically the transmittance of light through gold double-layer structures with periodic coaxial and non-coaxial slits. We attribute the enhanced optical transmission to the surface plasmon resonance collaborating with the localized waveguide resonance. The transmission spectra and the surface electric fields are used to characterize the resonances of both types. For the coaxial system, with the increase of the slit width of the second layer, the resonance peak values of both types increase sharply at first until the two layers have the same slit width and then decrease dramatically; additionally, the center of the localized waveguide resonance peak shifts to shorter wavelength noticeably, but the surface plasmon peak center moves negligibly. As regards the non-coaxial structure, it shows a similar behavior of the localized waveguide resonance peak to that of the coaxial one; however, the surface plasmon resonance peak behaves in a different way. These results may be associated with the surface plasmon coupling modes and the Fabry–Perot cavity modes in the double-layer structure.     

Influence of grooves in the electromagnetic transmission of a periodic metallic grating filter

The light transmittance of metal film with periodic slits and grooves structure has been investigated. It was demonstrated that the grooves significantly affect the transmittance of the metal film. The structure excavating two grooves symmetric to the central slit in a cell of a period grating displays a dent in the transmission spectrum comparing with the structure with only one slit in the cell. Deepening the grooves moves the dents to the longer wavelengths in the transmission spectrum. An analytical equation is also provided to approximately locate the dents. The grooves in the grating filter supply the advantage of removing the needless transmission of certain frequency.     

Enhanced optical transmission through a subwavelength 1D aperture

We present finite difference time domain simulations of the enhancement of the optical transmission through a single subwavelength slit in a thick metal film caused by resonances of the electromagnetic fields in and near the slit. These can be enhanced by including a periodic modulation on the in-coupling surface, and the dependence of the transmission on the grating structural parameters is analysed in detail.     

Effects of interplay between metal subwavelength slits on extraordinary optical transmission

In this paper we study the extraordinary optical transmission of one-dimensional multi-slits in an ideal metal film.The transmissivity is calculated as a function of various structural parameters.The transmissivity oscillates,with the period being just the light wavelength,as a function of the spacing between slits.As the number of slits increases,the transmissivity varies in one of three ways.It can increase,attenuate,or remain basically unchanged,depending on the spacing between slits.Each way is in an oscillatory manner.The slit interaction responsible for the oscillating transmission strength that depends on slit spacing is the subject of more detailed investigation.The interaction most intuitively manifests as a current distribution in the metal surface between slits.We find that this current is attenuated in an oscillating fashion from the slit corners to the center of the region between two adjacent slits,and we present a mathematical expression for its waveform.     

Microwave transmission of a compound metal grating

An array of subwavelength slits in a metallic substrate supports a series of Fabry-Perot-like resonances, where each harmonic results in a transmission peak. Addition of extra slits per period yields a compound grating with a structure factor associated with the basis. In this study each repeat period is comprised of a central slit flanked by a pair of narrower slits. It supports three resonances for every Fabry-Perot-like solution. New and useful insight into this phenomenon is gained by describing each of the modes in terms of the band structure of diffractively coupled surface waves.     

Wideband plasmonic beam steering in metal gratings

We demonstrate controllable light deflection in thick metal gratings with periodic subwavelength slits filled with an active material. Under specific illumination conditions, the grating becomes nearly transparent and acts as a uniform optical phased-array antenna where the phase of the radiating elements is controlled by modifying the index of refraction of the material that fills each slit. The beam-steering operational regime occurs in a wide wavelength band, and it is relatively insensitive to the input angle.     

Role of surface plasmon polaritons in anomalous transmission of an electromagnetic wave through two arrays with subwavelength slits

The anomalously large transmission of an electromagnetic wave through structures consisting of two periodic arrays of subwavelength slits in films has been investigated. The conditions ensuring zero transmittance of this system have been determined. The role of surface plasmon polaritons in transmission anomalies has been analyzed. An analysis of the systems consisting of three arrays of slits has revealed specific features of the transmittance that are independent of the number of slits. It has been demonstrated that, at a wavelength corresponding to the excitation of a surface plasmon polariton in the gap between two periodic arrays of subwavelength slits, the transmittance is zero (i.e., transmission is suppressed). The investigation has been carried out using numerical simulations with the Fourier modal method.     

Adjustable plasmon resonances through an H-shaped metallic grating

We propose an H-shaped metallic grating and investigate its surface plasmon resonance properties. The result shows the formation process of the transmission spectra of the H-shaped grating by adjusting the depths of the arm cuts, and a band gap is formed on the region of short wavelength. It is also presented that the transmission of the H-shaped grating sensitively depends on the width and position of the arm slit, noticeable magnitude modification, redshift and blueshift, meld and split of the resonance peaks are found. In addition, the resonance peaks exhibit dips in the transmission spectrum when the two slit widths are different, and the dips are tunable by changing any one slit width for fixed another slit. To understand its physical origin, a field-interference mechanism, the Fabry–Pérot-like resonance theory and the phase resonance mechanism have been suggested, respectively. By selecting appropriate structural parameters, an H-shaped metallic grating for optical filter and channel selecting devices can be constructed.     

Optical transmission through metal/dielectric multilayer films perforated with periodic subwavelength slits

The transmission of p-polarized plane wave through Ag/SiO₂ multilayer films perforated with periodic subwavelength air slits is investigated by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The results show that the optical transmission property is mediated by the interference among the propagating coupled-SPP modes along the lateral direction inside the SiO₂ layers and the conditions of Fabry-Pérot-like resonance along the longitudinal direction together. When some geometric parameters are suitably initialized, the high transmission peaks can split into more peaks as the functional layer (metal/dielectric/metal sandwich stack) number increases, and the wavelength of the same-order transmission peak exhibits a red shift as the grating period increases.