A novel plasmonic refractive index sensor based on gold/silicon complementary grating structure

A novel complementary grating structure is proposed for plasmonic refractive index sensing due to its strong resonance at near-infrared wavelength.The reflection spectra and the electric field distributions are obtained via the finite-difference time-domain method.Numerical simulation results show that multiple surface plasmon resonance modes can be excited in this novel structure.Subsequently,one of the resonance modes shows appreciable potential in refractive index sensing due to its wide range of action with the environment of the analyte.After optimizing the grating geometric variables of the structure,the designed structure shows the stable sensing performance with a high refractive index sensitivity of 1642 nm per refractive index unit(nm/RIU)and the figure of merit of 409 RIU^-1.The promising simulation results indicate that such a sensor has a broad application prospect in biochemistry.     

利用高次谐波诊断自生磁场

实验在100TW超短超强激光装置上进行。采用OMA谱仪加CCD测量系统，测量2ωo和3ωo谐波谱的精细结构，回推出激光与等离子体相互作用中产生的自生磁场大小，验证通过谐波谱的精细结构推断白生磁场方法的可靠性。     

TE0导模干涉刻写周期可调亚波长光栅理论研究

通过棱镜耦合激发非对称金属包覆介质波导结构中的TE₀导波模式, 利用两束TE₀模的干涉从理论上实现了周期可调的亚波长光栅刻写. 分析了TE₀模式的色散关系, 刻写亚波长光栅的周期与激发光源、棱镜折射率、光刻胶薄膜厚度及折射率之间的关系. 用有限元方法数值模拟了金属薄膜、光刻胶薄膜和空气多层结构中TE₀导模的干涉场分布. 研究发现, 激发光源波长越短, TE₀ 模干涉刻写的亚波长光栅周期越小; 光刻胶越厚, 刻写的亚波长光栅周期越小; 高折射率光刻胶有利于更小周期亚波长光栅的刻写. 相较于表面等离子体干涉光刻, 基于TE₀ 模的干涉可在厚光刻胶条件下通过改变激发光源、棱镜折射率、光刻胶材料折射率、特别是光刻胶薄膜的厚度等多种方式实现对亚波长光栅周期的有效调控.     

现代物理学的先驱者——印度的J.C.玻色和S.N.玻色——兼谈东西方文化合流有利于创新人才的培养

本文简要地介绍了东方文明古国印度的两位现代物理学的杰出先驱——J．C．玻色和S．N．玻色的生平简历、卓越的贡献和爱国情怀．深刻地揭示了在他们身上，既体现出了西方科学的精神，又凸显了东方传统文明对他们的巨大影响，从而阐明了东方人的大脑在原创性科学工作上是极具潜力的．     

Plasmonic sensor with self-reference capability based on functional layer film composed of Au/Si gratings

We propose a simple one-dimensional grating coupling system that can excite multiple surface plasmon resonances for refractive index(RI)sensing with self-reference characteristics in the near-infrared band.Using theoretical analysis and the finite-difference time-domain method,the plasmonic mechanism of the structure is discussed in detail.The results show that the excited resonances are independent of each other and have different fields of action.The mode involving extensive interaction with the analyte environment achieves a high sensitivity of 1236 nm/RIU,and the figure of merit(FOM)can reach 145 RIU-1.Importantly,the mode that is insensitive to the analyte environment exhibits good self-reference characteristics.Moreover,we discuss the case of exchanging the substrate material with the analyte environment.Promising simulation results show that this RI sensor can be widely deployed in unstable and complicated environments.     

三角形银纳米颗粒淬灭八羟基喹啉铝发光研究

基于光学天线原理,通过实验和数值计算研究了三角形银纳米颗粒膜对八羟基喹啉铝(Alq3)发光的猝灭。Alq3发光猝灭是由于光子能量与三角形银纳米颗粒的面内电四极子发生能量共振耦合。实验中,猝灭因子为0.25~0.5。三角形银纳米颗粒密度增加形成较多二聚体和三聚体等,使近场电场场强增加,激发效率增加,导致猝灭因子减小。数值模拟得到三角形银纳米颗粒对Alq3的平均猝灭因子为0.44,与实验结果基本一致。研究结果为基于三角形银纳米颗粒的分子传感、表面等离子体光学成像等应用提供了有价值的参考。     

弘扬科学大师的人文精神是整治基础物理教育之方

本文从科学大师的人文精神出发,针对当前我国各高校基础物理教学中不同程度普遍存在着的忽视人文教育、过分注重“应试教育”之弊端,进行深刻的反思,并在此基础上提出一孔之见,力图寻找整治之方．     

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.     

Theoretical study of micro-optical structure fabrication based on sample rotation and two-laser-beam interference

A method for fabricating a micro-optical structure based on sample rotation and two-laser-beam interference is proposed. The rotation process is analyzed using the coordinate transformation in matrix presentation and the theoretical expressions of the optical field distributions corresponding to different sample rotations. By rotating the samples and changing the laser wavelength, various special micro-optical structures can be obtained, such as equally spaced concentric rings and irregular trapezoidal lattices; these structures are demonstrated by simulating the corresponding optical field distributions. The proposed approach may be developed into a low-cost laser interference lithography technology for the fabrication of various micro-optical structures.     

诺贝尔奖得主丁肇中的物理志中国情和科学观

本文简要地介绍了美籍华裔物理学家丁肇中传奇的成长经历,勇于创新和情系中华的人生风采以及深邃的科学观.其宗旨在于以他献身于科学的精神风范来激励、启迪和鞭策我国的青年科技工作者及广大教育界人士.