ZnO光子晶体的制备和光学特征

通过制备过程中严格分离晶核的形成和生长两步骤, 成功获取了直径一致的单分散ZnO胶体球, 并通过控制晶核的数量来调节胶体球大小. 利用扫描电子显微镜和X射线衍射仪对其进行了结构和成分表征. 通过加热条件下的重力场自组装, 把ZnO单分散胶体球的浓缩液滴到140 ℃下的各种不同的基底上, 随着溶剂蒸发, 胶体球自组装成光子晶体, 最后测量了光子晶体的光透过率, 胶体球直径为220、250 nm的光子晶体分别具有对应着中心波长为460、540 nm的光子带隙.     

金属Al薄膜基微池强制沉积胶体光子晶体的制备

强制沉积法是一种利用自组装原理快速沉积胶体晶体有序阵列的模板方法. 我们利用微机械刻划法加工金属Al薄膜, Al膜厚控制微粒粒径和聚醚砜膜厚控制层数, 成功地制备了用于强制沉积光子晶体的微池装置. 为了检验该微池装置的有效性, 我们分别测试了不同粒径(224, 245和283 nm)单分散聚苯乙烯微球的沉积效果, 并且对其中一种微球(283 nm)进行了不同温度的烘干处理, 检验了烘干温度对该样品表面形貌和光子带隙中心波长的影响. 实验结果表明, 该光子晶体呈面心立方结构, 内部晶格完整, 缺陷较少, 带隙中心波长的实验值与计算值符合得较好. 此外, 烘干处理可以使构成光子晶体的微球发生微观变化, 并导致光子带隙中心波长的蓝移.     

金属AI薄膜基微池强制沉积胶体光子晶体的制备

强制沉积法是一种利用自组装原理快速沉积胶体晶体有序阵列的模板方法.我们利用微机械刻划法加工金属Al薄膜,Al膜厚控制微粒粒径和聚醚砜膜厚控制层数,成功地制备了用于强制沉积光子晶体的微池装置.为了检验该微池装置的有效性,我们分别测试了不同粒径(224,245和283 nm)单分散聚苯乙烯微球的沉积效果,并且对其中一种微球(283 nm)进行了不同温度的烘干处理,检验了烘干温度对该样品表面形貌和光子带隙中心波长的影响.实验结果表明,该光子晶体呈面心立方结构,内部晶格完整,缺陷较少,带隙中心波长的实验值与计算值符合得较好.此外,烘干处理可以使构成光子晶体的微球发生微观变化,并导致光子带隙中心波长的蓝移.     

胶体光子晶体的平面介电常数缺陷

为引入特殊的光学性质,通常需要在三维光子晶体中人为可控地引入缺陷.通过改变局部结构单元的尺寸或介电常数,相应地引入给体或受体掺杂,带来不同的缺陷态.以前文献报道的向胶体光子晶体中引入缺陷,常会因为同时引入尺寸和介电常数掺杂,给掺杂性质的界定带来困难.本文中,我们结合对流自组装法和L-B膜法,在实心二氧化硅微球组成的三维光子晶体内引入尺寸相同的二氧化硅空心球(与实心球相比具有不同折光率)组成的单层平面缺陷,或者在空心球晶体内引入实心球缺陷层,构成实心-空心-实心或空心-实心-空心的三明治结构,在不破坏整体晶格的同时,在三维胶体光子晶体中引入单一的平面介电常数缺陷.     

自组装方法与三维光子晶体制作

光子晶体,特别是三维光子晶体,可能成为信息处理和通信等领域的新型功能材料.光子晶体的制作方法可分为"自上而下"的物理方法和"自下而上"的化学自组装方法.化学自组装方法是制作三维光子晶体最为经济有效的方法.本文在阐述自组装方法的种类、一般过程、优点和不足等内容的基础上,分别分析和总结了带有各种功能缺陷的三维光子晶体的制作,这些缺陷主要包括线缺陷、面缺陷和点缺陷.从研究中可以看出,化学自组装方法通常需要结合其他方法才能实现缺陷的嵌入.近些年,三维光子晶体制作在材料选取、结构设计和方法改进等方面都有一些最新进展,本文对此进行了较为详尽的评述,并对我们课题组的研究进行了总结.最后对光子晶体的研究和制作方向进行了展望.     

P(St-AM)核壳聚合物微球的制备及其光子晶体膜

采用一步乳液聚合法,调节引发剂用量,制备了不同粒径的具有核壳结构的功能性聚(苯乙烯-丙烯酰胺)乳胶微球.用透射电子显微镜表征了乳胶微球的核壳结构和粒径,所制微球的粒径分别为195,217,234和255 nm.用红外光谱对微球的化学成分进行了表征,证实聚丙烯酰胺已包覆在聚苯乙烯外层.通过竖直沉积自组装法制备了聚合物微球的光子晶体薄膜.扫描电子显微镜表征了所制光子晶体膜的表面形貌,反射和透射光谱表征了光子禁带.结果表明,聚合物微球以面心立方紧密堆积,其(111)面与基底平行;微球粒径不同,光子晶体的光子禁带不同.制备了不同光子禁带的光子晶体,禁带分别位于473,515,574和630 nm,相应的薄膜分别呈蓝色、绿色、黄色和红色,对于光子晶体的拓展和应用具有重要的意义.     

二氧化钛反蛋白石薄膜的制备及其在化学传感器中的应用

用提拉成膜法将单分散295 nm聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)胶体微球自组装成蛋白石光子晶体膜. 在PMMA蛋白石光子晶体膜的空隙里填充15 nm二氧化钛纳米颗粒, 经500 ℃的处理除去PMMA膜板, 制备出大面积, 结构均一的二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体膜. 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察和X射线光电能谱(XPS)分析表明, 这种二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体薄膜是六方紧密堆积. 用这种二氧化钛反蛋白石光子晶体膜对溶液折射率的检测实验表明该传感膜分辨率可达0.01.     

PNDC-b-PNTPE自组装制备兼具结构色和荧光色的薄膜

设计合成了含有聚集诱导发光四苯乙烯基的大位阻单体四苯乙烯基降冰片烯(NTPE),通过NTPE与含有双癸烷基的树状单体对苯二甲酸癸烷苯酯基降冰片烯(NDC)的顺序开环易位聚合(ROMP)制备具有聚集诱导发光性质的大位阻树状嵌段聚合物(PNDC-b-PNTPE).利用薄膜自组装制备了兼具结构色和荧光色的一维光子晶体薄膜.结果表明,PNDC-b-PNTPE在四氢呋喃(THF)中随着溶剂的挥发而快速自组装成为蓝色的一维光子晶体薄膜,其最大反射波长(λ_max)为443 nm.一维光子晶体薄膜的横截面扫描电子显微镜照片表明,PNDC-bPNTPE组装为周期为133 nm的层状结构.荧光发射光谱分析结果表明,一维光子晶体薄膜在368 nm波长紫外光的激发下能够发射最大波长为425 nm的荧光.该兼具结构色和荧光色的薄膜在防伪和显示方面有潜在的应用前景.     

以离子液体为铝源和模板合成氧化铝纳米纤维

以咪唑类氯铝酸盐离子液体(x Al Cl_3-[C_(10)mim]Cl)为模板和铝源,采用溶胶-凝胶法合成了氧化铝纳米纤维.考察了氯铝酸盐离子液体中Al Cl_3的摩尔分数以及焙烧温度对纤维状氧化铝合成的影响,通过X射线衍射仪(XRD)、场发射透射电子显微镜(TEM)和物理吸附仪对样品进行了表征.研究结果表明,氯铝酸盐离子液体可以同时作为模板剂和铝源合成具有一定形貌的氧化铝.当Al Cl_3的摩尔分数x(Al Cl_3)=0.5时,可以合成出纳米纤维状氧化铝,纳米纤维直径约为2 nm,长度约为200 nm,比表面积为238.38 m~2/g,孔容为0.54 cm~3/g,平均孔径为8.43 nm.合成的氧化铝具有高的热稳定性,在900℃下焙烧依然能够很好地保持其形貌结构和γ晶型.此外,提出了氢键共π-π键堆积机理来解释超细纤维氧化铝的合成过程.     

流动控制沉积法制备PMMA叠层光子晶体薄膜及其光学性能研究

采用流动控制沉积法, 通过调控泵速和聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)胶体微球溶液的浓度, 制备出微球排列高度有序且薄膜紧密附着于基底的高质量光子晶体薄膜. 获得了制备高质量PMMA光子晶体薄膜的组装条件范围, 发现在该条件范围内, 当泵速或胶体微球溶液浓度一定时, PMMA光子晶体薄膜的厚度随胶体微球溶液浓度的增加或泵速的降低而增加. 研究了组装条件对PMMA光子晶体薄膜光学性能的影响, 发现光子禁带位置随光子晶体薄膜厚度增加或减少而红移或蓝移. 在此基础上, 控制组装条件得到了不同尺寸微球堆叠而成的叠层光子晶体薄膜, 并研究了其光学性能的变化规律. 结果显示, 叠层光子晶体薄膜的光子禁带峰为各层叠层光子晶体禁带峰的简单叠加, 且峰强度受光入射角方向影响.     

Transmission and filtering in photonic circuits: effects of absorption and amplification

We study the effect of absorption and amplification on transmission and filtering in one-dimensional dielectric photonic structures made of dangling side branches grafted periodically along an infinite monomode waveguide with defective branches. The loss and gain are introduced by adding an imaginary part ″ to the dielectric constant. We show that for reasonable values of ″, loss and gain affect essentially the transmission at the frequencies of localized modes associated with the defect branch introduced into the periodic structure. The amplitude and the phase of the transmission and reflection coefficients associated with defect modes are discussed as function of ″ and the size of the structure. The properties of the defect modes in presence of loss and gain can be used as an on/off switching device in a demultiplexer made of the above photonic structures.     

Functional Opals from Reactive Polymers: Complex Structures,Sensors, and Modified Photoluminescence

Summary: This paper describes the synthesis and properties of functional opal structures, so-called colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs), from a variety of reactive polymers. Photoprocessable opals are presented as well as opals with incorporated “smart” defect layers that can be actively addressed by external stimuli. In addition, opals with functional bio-macromolecular defects have been developed. They present a new class of materials for optical biomonitoring through shifts of the induced photonic defect mode. Strong modification of photoluminescence according to the photonic bandstructure is observed from opals with embedded exclusively luminescent defect layer.     

Phoxonic crystals—a new platform for chemical and biochemical sensors

A new sensor platform is based on so-called phoxonic crystals. Phoxonic crystals are structures designed for simultaneous control of photon and phonon propagation and interaction. They are characterized by a periodic spatial modulation of the dielectric constant as well as elastic properties on a common wavelength scale. Multiple scattering of photons and phonons results in a band gap where propagation of both waves is prohibited. The existence of photonic and phononic band gaps opens up opportunities for novel devices and functional materials. The usage of defect modes is an advantageous concept for measurement. The defect also acts as point of measurement. We show theoretically that the properties of the defect mode can be tailored to provide very high sensitivity to optical and acoustic properties of matter confined within a defect cavity or surrounding the defect or being adsorbed at the cavity surface. In this paper, we introduce the sensor platform and analyze the key features of the sensor transduction scheme. Experimental investigations using a macroscopic device support the theoretical findings.     

A Photoisomerization‐Activated Intramolecular Charge‐Transfer Process for Broadband‐Tunable Single‐Mode Microlasers

Miniaturized lasers with high spectral purity and wide wavelength tunability are crucial for various photonic applications. Here we propose a strategy to realize broadband‐tunable single‐mode lasing based on a photoisomerization‐activated intramolecular charge‐transfer (ICT) process in coupled polymer microdisk cavities. The photoisomerizable molecules doped in the polymer microdisks can be quantitatively transformed into a kind of laser dye with strong ICT character by photoexcitation. The gain region was tailored over a wide range through the self‐modulation of the optically activated ICT isomers. Meanwhile, the resonant modes shifted with the photoisomerization because of a change in the effective refractive index of the polymer microdisk cavity. Based on the synergetic modulation of the optical gain and microcavity, we realized the broadband tuning of the single‐mode laser. These results offer a promising route to fabricate broadband‐tunable microlasers towards practical photonic integrations.     

胶态磁组装光子晶体及其离子强度响应

采用细乳液聚合方法合成了聚合物包覆的磁性复合纳米粒子(MCNPs),通过磁场诱导组装制备得到胶态磁组装光子晶体(CMA-PCs).透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)表征结果表明,MCNPs具有规整的球形形貌和明显的核壳结构,并且单分散性较好,平均粒径为112 nm,聚合物壳层厚约10 nm.MCNPs在外界磁场的作用下可以快速(1 s)组装形成光子晶体结构.当离子强度在0.03~0.75 mmol/L范围内变化时,CMA-PCs的衍射色呈现从橙红色到紫色的变化,反射波长从607 nm蓝移至434 nm,并且离子强度的响应在10 s内即可达到平衡,表明制得的CMA-PCs可以作为化学传感器应用于离子强度的半定量检测,并且具有简便、快速及裸眼可视化检测的优点.     

Kinetics of photoinduced e to z isomerization of azobenzene in polystyrene films: thickness, molecular weight and temperature effects

E to Z (trans-->cis) photoisomerization of azobenzene (Az) chromophores tagged to polystyrene (PS) in thin films was studied as functions of thickness, PS molecular weight, and temperature, using the change in absorption at 336 nm arising from the Az E isomer remaining upon ultraviolet light irradiation at 350+/-5 nm. The photoisomerization in solid films exhibited fast and slow modes. The fractional amount of the fast mode (I1) started to increase with decreasing film thickness once the films were thinner than a threshold value. This was explained in terms of a surface layer in which the photoisomerization reaction proceeds quickly, the effect of which becomes more noticeable with decreasing thickness due to a larger surface to volume ratio. The thickness dependence of the I1 fraction was insensitive to the molecular weight of the PS used. The thickness of the surface layer, estimated through a layer model analysis, increased with rising temperature up to 298 K. Interestingly, the surface layer markedly thickened at temperatures at which the molecular motion of PS is on a relatively small scale, namely, at the gamma and beta relaxation temperatures.     

Amphibious sensor of temperature and refractive index based on D-shaped photonic crystal fibre filled with liquid crystal

ABSTRACT

A D-shaped photonic crystal fibre filled with liquid crystal was demonstrated as an amphibious sensor for detection of both temperature and refractive index, when combined with plasma materials. Specifically, the optical component is implanted into a complete optical system ensuring modulation of the external electric field. When the refractive index of the external solution changes from 1.0 to 1.6, the y-polarised mode has a loss spectrum with a wavelength sensitivity of up to 2275 nm/RIU, and the corresponding amplitude sensitivity is ?88.2RIU^?1. When the perceived temperature changes from 15°C to 50°C, the temperature of the sensor is correspondingly expressed as the maximum wavelength sensitivity of 9.09 nm/°C and the amplitude sensitivity of ?0.311°C^?1. In addition, the actual micro-operation processes have been studied in detail, such as polishing depth, coating thickness and coating method. This provides practical ideas for real-time sensing analysis that requires harsh environments.     

Excitation wavelength and fluence dependent femtosecond transient absorption studies on electron dynamics of gold nanorods

The electron dynamics of gold nanorods were systematically studied by using femtosecond transient absorption experiments. Two different excitation wavelengths (400 and 800 nm) have been used as the excitation sources to selectively excite transverse and longitudinal modes. The transient absorption spectra were found to be strongly dependent on the excitation wavelength and fluence. Laser pulses of 800 nm excite the longitudinal mode directly, which cause an increase in the electronic temperatures and subsequent broadening and bleaching of both the longitudinal and transverse modes. Pulses of 400 nm excite both the transverse and longitudinal modes simultaneously. At low excitation fluences, the energy is distributed into two modes according to their steady state extinction coefficients, under which the transient spectra are similar to those under excitation at 800 nm. However, as the excitation fluence exceeds a threshold, the bleaching of the longitudinal plasmon band saturates and the input energies mainly flow to the transverse mode. As a result, the bleaching of the transverse mode increases rapidly. The electron-phonon dynamics show a strong correlation with the bleaching amplitude. We have tried to explain the results with a consistent picture: the bleaching amplitude and electron-phonon relaxation time are directly related to energy distribution into different modes, which are excitation wavelength and fluence dependent. Our studies help to clarify the seemingly inconsistent results in the previous studies by different research groups.