不同厚度有耗左手材料板中的电磁波研究

 基于有损耗的Lorentz模型的时域有限差分（FDTD）方法，模拟了有耗左手材料（LHM）平板对波源的图像聚焦特性。分别计算了不同宽度的左手材料平板结构。通过比较说明电磁波在不同厚度左手材料板中传播方式相同。材料板越薄，其聚焦点的位置越往板边缘靠近。当左手材料板的厚度不满足聚焦尺寸时，该聚焦点将会消失。     

可多重聚焦电磁能量的左手材料结构

 功分器在微波工程中广泛应用。基于有损耗的Lorentz模型的时域有限差分(FDTD)方法，分析模拟了左手材料(LHM)的平板结构和环状结构对电磁波源的不同聚焦特性。每个左手材料边界均可以对波源发出的波进行聚焦。同时通过比较，在对称结构中，每个聚焦点的电磁场幅度都相同。说明该左手材料结构可以对电磁波源进行多点聚焦。     

左手系材料界面上的非线性TE电磁波

针对电磁波在非线性左手系材料中的传播性质, 分别研究了左、右手系材料界面以及两左手系材料界面上非线性TE表面波的传播行为讨论了导波的频率特性、色散关系以及群速度随频率的变化规律分析表明，两种界面上的非线性TE表面波均存在频率通带和禁带，且带宽是传播功率的函数揭示了在一定条件下，左、右手系材料界面上既可以支持正向传播的非线性TE表面波，也可以支持反向传播的非线性TE表面波；两左手系材料界面上表面波的传播性质因材料参量的变化差异较大，一定参量条件下，该界面上仅支持反向传播的非线性TE表面波.     

左手材料平板对傍轴高斯光束聚焦特性分析

在傍轴近似下,推导出了左手材料平板聚焦系统的传输矩阵,并利用ABCD定律得到了高斯光束在左手材料中和经过平板透镜聚焦后的传输公式。高斯光束在左手材料内部和像空间的传输公式的研究表明:像高斯光束和物高斯光束束腰大小一致,即左手材料平板透镜实际上对高斯光束没有聚焦作用。研究同时表明左手材料平板对高斯光束的聚焦与几何光学成像规律完全一致,而不存在一般透镜聚焦时的焦移效应。     

基于左手材料的高增益双频带微带天线

左手材料具有平板透镜聚焦效应,突破电磁波的衍射极限实现倏逝波的放大,其覆盖于微带天线上方,可以提高天线增益。设计了一种应用于UHF和WLAN的双频微带天线,通过在接地板上刻蚀"己"字形弯折缝隙的方法实现双频谐振。为了改善微带天线低频段的增益,设计了一种新型的哑铃型结构双频段左手材料,将其作为微带天线的覆层。测试结果表明,覆层左手材料微带天线的低频段和高频段的峰值增益分别为2.1dBi和7.4dBi。     

Metamaterials电磁特性的数值仿真研究

利用HFSS软件，对电磁波在左手材料中的后向波传输、平板成像特性和近零折射率媒质的定向辐射特性进行了全波仿真研究，分别验证了左手材料与近零折射率媒质的上述特性。利用AnsoftDesigner软件，对去掉并联电感和去掉串联电容的、基于微带线的两种简化的左右手复合传输线构成的具有磁单负和电单负特性介质的电磁特性进行了仿真研究，验证了电磁波在匹配的MNG-ENG介质对结构的隧穿特性。     

电磁波在左手材料中传播的数值仿真

借助MATLAB数值模拟了平面电磁波在左手材料介质中的传播,形象生动地展现了电磁波穿过异性介质时电场强度随着传播距离的增加发生衰减的现象,并且对电磁波在左手材料中传播时的能量变化情况做了讨论.在大学物理及电磁学教学中利用电磁波的仿真图像不仅有助于化概念抽象于具体,丰富教学手段,提高课堂教学效果,而且有利于激发学生学习的兴趣,加深对电磁波知识的理解和应用,培养创新意识.     

非线性左右手媒质界面的Goos-Hänchen位移

 由均匀平面电磁波在左右手媒质界面满足的切向边界条件出发,推导了电磁波由线性传统媒质入射到非线性左手媒质时波的传播特性。利用时间延迟的方法,给出全反射情况下媒质界面非线性Goos-Hänchen位移表达式。分析了非线性左手媒质界面的侧向位移随入射角及入射波电场强度的变化关系,发现入射波场强对传输特性起决定作用:当入射波电场小于临界场强时,调节入射场强可以控制相应的侧向位移;当入射波电场大于临界场强时,不再满足全反射条件,部分入射波透射到非线性介质中。波导中加入非线性介质不仅可以调节侧向位移的大小,且可以实现对入射波场强的控制。     

双曲余弦高斯光束在左手平板材料中的传输特性

为了研究双曲余弦高斯光束在左手平板材料中的传输特性,运用广义惠更斯-菲涅耳衍射积分公式,推导出双曲余弦高斯光束在左手平板材料中的一般传输解析表达式。利用此表达式数字模拟了左手平板材料工作频率的变化对光束传输特性的影响。结果表明:双曲余弦高斯光束的中心光强、横向光强和光斑尺寸都可以用左手平板材料的工作频率来调控。随传输距离的增加,中心光强逐渐加强;在同一传输面上工作频率越大,中心光强越强。横向光强随工作频率的增大而增加,并且出现空心分布,光斑尺寸在加速扩展。     

非线性左右手媒质界面的Goos-H(a)nchen位移

由均匀平面电磁波在左右手媒质界面满足的切向边界条件出发,推导了电磁波由线性传统媒质入射到非线性左手媒质时波的传播特性.利用时间延迟的方法,给出全反射情况下媒质界面非线性Goos-Hǎnchen位移表达式.分析了非线性左手媒质界面的侧向位移随入射角及入射波电场强度的变化关系,发现入射波场强对传输特性起决定作用:当入射波电场小于临界场强时,调节入射场强可以控制相应的侧向位移;当入射波电场大于临界场强时,不再满足全反射条件,部分入射波透射到非线性介质中.波导中加入非线性介质不仅可以调节侧向位移的大小,且可以实现对入射波场强的控制.     

不对称左手介质平板波导模式特性分析

对不对称左手介质平板波导的几个低阶的TE模和TM模进行了数值计算,得到了模式特征方程,分析了归一化传播常数β/k_0随平板厚度d变化的色散关系,作出了模式的电场E_y(x)分布．在左手介质平板波导中,每一模式都有截止点, TE_0模和TM_0模不出现,在我们给出的特定的介质参数下,TE_1模和TM_1模不能和其他高阶模式共存,其归一化传播常数β/ k_0随k_0d的增加而减小．给出的结果对左手介质元器件的研究有实际的参考意义．     

（3＋1）-dimensional nonlinear propagation equation for ultrashort pulsed beam in left-handed material

In this paper a comprehensive framework for treating the nonlinear propagation of ultrashort pulse in metamaterial with dispersive dielectric susceptibility and magnetic permeability is presented. Under the slowly-evolving-wave approximation, a generalized （3＋1）-dimensional wave equation first order in the propagation coordinate and suitable for both right-handed material （I~HM） and left-handed material （LHM） is derived. By the commonly used Drude dispersive model for LHM, a （3＋1）-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation describing ultrashort pulsed beam propagation in LHM is obtained, and its difference from that for conventional RHM is discussed. Particularly, the self-steeping effect of ultrashort pulse is found to be anomalous in LHM.     

Propagation of Gaussian beams family through a Kerr-type left-handed metamaterial

In this paper the propagation of elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian, elegant Laguerre Gaussian, and Bessel Gaussian beams through a Kerr left-handed metamaterial(LHM) slab have been studied. A split-step Fourier method is used to investigate the propagation of laser beams through this media. Numerical simulation shows that Gaussian beams have different focusing behaviors in a Kerr LHM slab with positive or negative nonlinearity. Beam focusing happens in slabs with positive nonlinearity and not in slabs with negative nonlinearity; however, negative nonlinearity is required for a Kerr LHM slab to act like a lens. Additionally, the focusing properties of beams can be controlled by controlling the thickness of the slab or the input power of the incident beam. A multilayer structure is also proposed to have beam focusing by thinner slabs and passing longer distances.     

Generating mechanism of the energy-stream loops for the evanescent waves in a left-handed material slab

The generating mechanism of the energy-stream loops (ESLs) for the evanescent waves around the interfaces of a left-handed material (LHM) slab has been investigated with a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The simulations have shown that these ESLs originate from standing waves, attributed to the intervention of counter-propagating evanescent waves. Large numbers of ESLs can appear because of the numerous values of wave vectors k_y. The larger ESLs die out more quickly than the smaller ones in time after the source is switched off, the ESLs shrink continuously with increasing delay, and the oscillated distributions of the evanescent waves between the surfaces can also be validated. It is greatly helpful for the further comprehension on energy fluxes of evanescent waves in the LHM slab.     

Finite-size effects of a left-handed material slab on the image quality

The characteristics of an imaging system formed by a left-handed material (LHM) slab of finite length are studied, and the influence of the finite length of the slab on the image quality is analyzed. Unusual phenomena such as surface bright spots and negative energy stream at the image side are observed and explained as the cavity effects of surface plasmons excited by the evanescent components of the incident field. For a thin LHM slab, the cavity effects are found rather sensitive to the length of the slab; the bright spots on the bottom surface of the slab may stretch to the image plane and degrade the image quality.     

ABCD matrix formalism for propagation of Gaussian beam through left-handed material slab system

We apply a simple ABCD matrix formalism to investigate beam propagation in left-handed material (LHM) slab systems. Firstly, we derive the expressions for the matrix elements for a single LHM slab. Based on the ABCD matrix, we obtain the field distributions both inside and outside the LHM slab, and the conditions for focusing and phase compensation of the Gaussian beam. Secondly, the derived ABCD law is applied to analyze the propagation properties of Gaussian beams through various cascaded LHM slab systems. The corresponding focusing and phase compensation conditions of the Gaussian beam are also obtained. Our theoretic formalism may be applied as a compact and effective tool for the research of light beam propagation in complex LHM slab systems, since it avoids the complicated integral operation.     

关于左手性介质几何光学的研究（一）

根据几何光学中的费马原理和完善成像原理研究了光线经过正负折射率界面时的传播特性，推导了单负折射率完善成像的曲面方程，讨论了单块负折射率透镜成像特性的一些缺陷及改进方案，依此指出了最短时间原理的适用范围的局限性和利用左手性介质制作光学器件的优越性，为进一步研究左手性介质的光学特性和相关光学器件设计提供了理论基础.     

Focusing and phase compensation of paraxial beams by a left-handed material slab

On the basis of angular spectrum representation, a formalism describing paraxial beams propagating through an isotropic left-handed material (LHM) slab is presented. The treatment allows us to introduce the ideas of beam focusing and phase compensation by LHM slab. Because of the negative refractive index of LHM slab, the inverse Gouy phase shift and the negative Rayleigh length of paraxial Gaussian beam are proposed. It is shown that the phase difference caused by the Gouy phase shift in right-handed material (RHM) can be compensated by that caused by the inverse Gouy phase shift in LHM. If certain matching conditions are satisfied, the intensity and phase distributions at object plane can be completely reconstructed at the image plane.     

Enhanced twinkling in left-handed media

A slab of left-handed material (LHM) with refractive index -1 forms a perfect lens that retains subwavelength information about a source or object. Such lenses are highly susceptible to perturbations affecting their performance. It is shown that illuminating a roughened interface between air and an LHM produces a regime for enhanced focusing of light close to the boundary. This generates caustics that are brighter, fluctuate more, and cause Gaussian speckle at distances closer to the interface than in right-handed matter. These effects present fresh challenges for perfecting the perfect lens.