各向异性圆柱掺杂光子晶体的缺陷模及其量子效应

利用光波在一维各向异性圆柱掺杂光子晶体中径向受限的条件,研究了光波在其中出现的模式量子效应,并利用特征矩阵法计算了TE波和TM波各模式的缺陷模的变化规律,得出了一些一维各向异性圆柱光子晶体缺陷模的新结构.缺陷模的频率和透射角都随模式量子数的增加而增大.同一模式缺陷模的频率随圆柱半径的增加而减小. 关键词： 圆柱光子晶体 各向异性介质 量子效应 缺陷模     

不同晶格常数光子晶体构成的光量子阱中的共振模

用基于平面波的传输矩阵法分析由具有不同晶格常数的光子晶体材料构成的光量子阱结构中的共振模，发现湮没于垒层的阱层能带分离成共振模，且共振模的数目随阱层的厚度变化而改变。提出一种新型的非对称量子阱结构模型，由2块晶格常数不同的光子晶体材料和夹在光子晶体材料中间作为阱层的均匀介电材料构成，并对其中的共振模进行了分析。指出当阱层厚度达到构成垒层的光子晶体晶格常数的一半时出现一个共振模，若继续小量增加阱层厚度将使共振模频率出现红移。最后给出一种基于平面波的传输矩阵法，且对于不同晶格常数的光子晶体量子阱结构均有效的数值模拟方法，可用于研究由三维光子晶体材料或者色散材料组成的光子晶体量子阱结构。     

缺陷态透射率可调的三缺陷层的一维光子晶体

利用传输矩阵方法，从理论上研究了三缺陷层一维光子晶体的光学性质.在缺陷层间距足够大以致于出现缺陷态简并的情况下，调节第一或第三个缺陷层的光学厚度，光子晶体缺陷态的透射率会发生最大程度的变化.这种结构可同时具有窄带滤波器和光开关的功能，据此提出了一种低阈值光开关的设计.把折射率可调的向列型液晶作为晶体的第三个缺陷层，并用4×4传输矩阵方法计算了其缺陷态透射率与电场电压的关系.     

一维光子晶体缺陷模的偏振特性研究

利用周期结构的布洛赫定理推导了一维无限光子晶体缺陷模方程,研究了缺陷模的偏振特性,以及在不同入射角和缺陷层厚度下缺陷模位置的变化.利用传输矩阵方法对有限周期数光子晶体也进行了研究,分别对应一维无限光子晶体和有限周期数光子晶体给出了数值计算结果.通过比较这两者的数值结果得出了缺陷模随入射角和缺陷层厚度变化的一般规律.     

一种紧凑的、可调的、基于缺陷共振的光开关

采用平面波展开法(PWM)和时域有限差分(FDTD)法,研究光在含点缺陷的光子晶体波导中的传输特性.计算结果表明,通过引入两共振腔(点缺陷),处于共振频率附近的光波将被完全反射回光子晶体波导.由于共振频率随点缺陷的折射率的变化而改变,这种现象可用来设计可调光开关. 关键词： 光子晶体波导 缺陷共振 光开关 透射率     

渐变折射率光量子阱对束缚态能级的调整

在对称的均匀电介质材料光子晶体体系中插入另一折射率渐变的光子晶体可构成光量子阱结构.利用时域有限差分法计算了不同折射率分布光量子阱结构的传输谱.研究表明：束缚态是对处于垒光子晶体禁带中的阱光子晶体导通带的离散化,束缚态能级个数等于阱光子晶体结构单元的重复周期数；以渐变方式调整阱区折射率分布,可在特定频率范围内得到新的互不交叠的束缚态.这样在有限的禁带区域可以成倍增加光子束缚态而无需增大光量子阱结构的尺寸,使信道密度最大化、光波有效带宽的使用最优化.这种量子阱结构可用于制作超窄带滤波器和多通道窄带滤波器,有望在光通信超密集波分复用和光学精密测量技术中获得广泛应用. 关键词： 光量子阱 光子束缚态 渐变折射率 光子晶体     

基于紧束缚理论的一维多镜像光子晶体特性研究

基于紧束缚理论,分析了一维多镜像光子晶体中多缺陷模的产生及缺陷模式分裂的机理,建立了缺陷模频率与缺陷层相对位置的关系模型.采用传输矩阵理论研究了双镜像光子晶体的光学传输特性,并讨论了光子晶体周期层数、入射角度、介质层厚度等及介质的相对折射率差等参数对光子晶体缺陷模特性的影响.模拟结果表明,调整光子晶体参数和缺陷层的相对位置可有效调控光子晶体的缺陷模特性,可为光子晶体多通道滤波器等光学器件的设计和应用提供一定的理论参考.     

双缺陷模一维光子晶体的双光子吸收增强研究

采用真空镀膜工艺制备了具有762 nm和800 nm双缺陷模的含两个CdS缺陷层的TiO2/SiO2一维光子晶体,运用抽运探测技术测量了其双光子吸收。对于两个缺陷模,双光子吸收均得到很大的增强,其中缺陷模为800nm时的双光子吸收系数307 cm/GW要大于缺陷模为762 nm时的116 cm/GW,分别为单层CdS薄膜的48倍和18倍。这种双光子吸收的增强是由于光局域化导致一维光子晶体缺陷层内的电场强度增大而形成的。通过传输矩阵法计算了一维光子晶体的内部场强,发现800 nm波长光入射时缺陷层内的电场强度要大于762 nm波长光入射时的电场强度值。     

光子晶体双量子阱的共振隧穿

采用R矩阵法研究了二维光子晶体双量子阱的共振隧穿特性.研究发现:光子晶体双量子阱的共振频率可以通过调节双阱的耦合强度来控制;对称双量子阱中,共振峰发生双劈裂;不对称双量子阱,共振劈裂消失.但是,由改变左手介质和右手介质在双阱中的排列顺序产生的阱介质不对称阱的共振劈裂消失与阱宽不对称的双阱产生的共振劈裂消失不一样.进一步对一维光子晶体量子阱分析后发现,前者是由光在左右手介质中传播的能流方向相反产生干涉相消而引起;后者是由阱宽不同,阱的本征模不一样而引起. 关键词： 光子晶体 双量子阱 R矩阵')" href="#">R矩阵 左手介质     

单负材料组成一维光子晶体双量子阱结构的共振模

通过传输矩阵方法, 计算模拟了两种单负材料组成一维光子晶体双量子阱结构的透射谱. 研究发现: 由于双量子阱结构双阱之间的相互耦合作用, 共振模发生双重劈裂, 共振峰之间的距离可以通过调节双阱之间的耦合强度控制, 共振模的品质因子可以通过调节外部障碍光子晶体的周期数控制. 并且, 共振模受入射角和光偏振模式的影响都比较小, 适合全方向滤波. 当考虑两种单负材料不同损耗的影响时, 研究结果表明, 电损耗对低频处的共振模影响大, 而磁损耗对高频和低频处的共振模影响都比较大.     

Properties of the defect mode in one-dimensional ferroelectric Si/C60 photonic crystals

In the present paper, a novel photonic crystal (PC) defect mode is designed by inserting a ferroelectric material layer (LiNbO₃) into Si/C₆₀ one-dimensional PCs. The band structure of the ferroelectric PCs is numerically analyzed by the transfer matrix method (TMM). The width of the photonic band gap increases by 80 nm and a defect mode appears at a central wavelength of 680 nm when a 150 nm LiNbO₃ layer is inserted into the Si/C₆₀ PC structure. The defect mode in the band gap shifts linearly with the change in electric field. The defect mode shifts by 11.2 nm toward shorter wavelengths when the thin film is subjected to a DC voltage of 1 KV.     

Polarization- and direction-independent defect modes in a wide incident-angle range within Bragg gaps by photonic heterostructures containing negative-index materials

We propose a type of photonic heterostructure by combining dielectric one-dimensional (1D) defective photonic crystals (PCs) and magnetic 1D defective PCs. Both of the two PCs consist of alternating positive-index-material (PIM) layers with a negative-index-material (NIM) defect layer. It is demonstrated by transfer matrix method that there is a polarization- and direction-independent defect mode in a wide incident-angle range within Bragg gaps in the heterostructure. The field distributions prove that the dielectric 1D defective PC benefits to achieve the approximately omnidirectional defect mode for TE waves while the magnetic 1D defective PC benefits for TM waves. Such a structure is useful for designing polarization-independent and omnidirectional or large incident angle narrow-passband filters in optical devices.     

Efficient tunable negative refraction photonic crystal achieved by an elliptic rod lattice with a nematic liquid crystal

Photonic crystals (PCs) have many potential applications because of their ability to control light-wave propagation. We have investigated the electromagnetic wave propagation inside an elliptic rod PC slab by means of finite-difference time-domain simulations. The band structure of the PC composed of elliptic rod in the square and triangular lattices is studied by solving Maxwell's equations using the plane wave expansion method. Numerical simulations show that the refractive angle can be tuned greatly by rotating the directors of elliptic rod in the PC slab. Furthermore, an optical switch based on elliptic rod PC structures with nematic liquid crystals was proposed. In the on/off switching system, the partial band gap can be controlled when the normalized operation frequency is 0.28. The modulation induced by liquid crystals created a sharp switching in the photonic devices. Such a mechanism of negative refraction PCs should open up a new application for designing components in photonic integrated circuits.     

Spatial and frequency domain effects of defects in 1D photonic crystal

The aim of this paper is to present the analysis of influence of defects in 1D photonic crystal (PC) on the density of states and simultaneously spontaneous emission, in both spatial and frequency domains. In our investigations we use an analytic model of 1D PC with defects. Our analysis reveals how presence of a defect causes a defect mode to appear. We show that a defect in 1D PC has local character, being negligible in regions of PC situated far from the defected elementary cell. We also analyze the effect of multiple defects, which lead to photonic band gap splitting.     

Enlargement of the omnidirectional reflectance gap in one-dimensional photonic crystal heterostructure containing double negative index material

In this paper, we investigate by theoretical analysis a way to enlarge the frequency range of band gap in one-dimensional heterostructure photonic crystal (PC) made of two PCs alternate stacked by conventional and double negative index material. The numerical results by scattering matrix method (SMM) show that, for the proposed PC with appropriate parameters, there is an omnidirectional photonic band gap (OBG), which is insensitive to incident angle and polarization. The thickness ratio of layers in the second PC is the inverse and identical of that in the first PC, respectively. Two PCs form the PC heterostructures. Moreover, we demonstrate the existence of OBG and notable enlargement of the frequency range of the OBG in proposed PC heterostructure. The reason is that the pass band of one of the two PCs falls into the forbidden band of another PC. Decreasing the thickness of layers but not changing the thickness ratio of layers in the second PC, the frequency range of OBG keeps invariant. However, with the increasing of thickness of layers, the frequency range of OBG gets narrow.     

Extraordinary wavelength dependence of self-collimation effect in photonic crystal with low structural symmetry

We present the optical properties of a new type of photonic crystal (PC) named star-shaped PC (STAR-PC) with anomalous equi-frequency contours. Intentionally introducing low-symmetry in the primitive unit cell gives rise to progressively tilting flat contours, which are observed in the fifth band of the transverse magnetic mode. Due to the intrinsic dispersive feature of the proposed PCs, i.e. tilted self-collimation, the incident signal with different wavelengths can be successfully separated in a spatial domain without introducing any corrugations or complexities inside the structure. We show numerical investigations of wavelength selective characteristic of the proposed PC structure in both time and frequency domains. The STAR-PC approach can be considered a good candidate for the wavelength division applications in the design of compact photonic integrated circuits. For the purpose of wavelength separation implementations, the proposed structure may operate within the wavelength interval of 1484.5–1621.5 nm with a broad bandwidth of 8.82%. The corresponding inter-channel crosstalk value is as low as ?19 dB and the calculated transmission efficiency is above 97%.     

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     

二维复式晶格完全带隙光子晶体缺陷频率的分析

提出了一种具有完全带隙的二维复式晶格光子晶体,该晶体是在二维正方形格子中,旋转截面为正方形的柱子,同时在每个原胞中心引入圆形截面的柱子而形成的,并在其中引入点缺陷。运用平面波展开法并结合超晶胞理论分析此缺陷态光子晶体的频率特性。仿真结果表明,通过调节缺陷的尺寸、角度等结构参量,可以改变缺陷态频率的位置,使TE和TM模缺陷态频率一致,TE模和TM模同时谐振,处于缺陷态频率的入射光就能够完全耦合进点缺陷,具有较高的耦合效率。这种结构的复式晶格完全带隙光子晶体为制作完全带隙光子晶体谐振腔提供了理论基础。     

Efficient omnidirectional couplers achieved by anisotropic photonic crystal waveguides

Photonic crystals (PCs) have many potential applications because of their ability to control light-wave propagation. We have investigated omnidirectional couplers in two-dimensional anisotropic PC structures. The anisotropic PC coupler composed of an anisotropic-dielectric cylinder in air is studied by solving Maxwell's equations using the plane wave expansion method and finite-difference time-domain method. The photonic band structures are found to exhibit absolute bandgaps for the square lattices. Numerical simulations show that the incident light-waves at both transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes have efficient coupling in anisotropic PC coupler with square lattices. The guided modes and coupling length are analyzed by considering various line defect anisotropic PC waveguides and interaction regions of couplers. Such a mechanism of omnidirectional coupling should open up a new application for designing components in photonic integrated circuits.     

Analysis and optimization of a new photonic crystal filters in near ultraviolet band

Transmission characteristics of one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystals (PCs) heterostructures containing defective are studied using the transfer matrix method. The key is to search the best combination style for different 1D PCs to form heterostructures. It is shown that the non-transmission range over near ultraviolet and visible range can be substantially enlarged and the phenomenon of narrow band PC filter in near ultraviolet can be realized by adjusting the repeat cycle counts of various photonic crystals. The theoretical results on multiple heterostructures containing TiO₂/SiO₂ multilayer films are presented. With a perfect omni-directional and high peak transmission filters for TE modes, this structure opens a promising way to fabricate ultra-narrow band PC filters with wide non-transmission range in near ultraviolet and visible range.