Contribution of terahertz waves to near-field radiative heat transfer between graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials

Hyperbolic metamaterials alternately stacked by graphene and silicon(Si) are proposed and theoretically studied to investigate the contribution of terahertz(THz) waves to near-field radiative transfer. The results show that the heat transfer coefficient can be enhanced several times in a certain THz frequency range compared with that between graphene-covered Si bulks because of the presence of a continuum of hyperbolic modes. Moreover, the radiative heat transfer can also be enhanced remarkably for the proposed structure even in the whole THz range. The hyperbolic dispersion of the graphenebased hyperbolic metamaterial can be tuned by varying the chemical potential or the thickness of Si, with the tunability of optical conductivity and the chemical potential of graphene fixed. We also demonstrate that the radiative heat transfer can be actively controlled in the THz frequency range.     

新型高效偏振光分束器的设计

研究及分析了光波在分束结构中的传播行为和特性,发现当增大波导邻近两侧空气孔半径时,能形成完全光子禁带范围内某一频率光波单一偏振态的传播,基于此原理提出了一种全新结构的偏振光分束器,计算与模拟结构表明,该结构可以实现TE模与TM模高效大角度分离. 器件尺寸不超过17.6 μm×9.8 μm,在集成光回路中无疑有着很大的应用潜力. 关键词： 光子晶体 偏振光分束器 时域有限差分法 平面波展开法     

Electromagnetic Bloch oscillation in one-dimensional multiple microcavities composed of metamaterials

We propose a photonic structure stacked sequentially by one-dimensional photonic crystals and cavities. The whole structure is composed of single-negative and double-negative materials. The optical Wannier-Stark ladder （WSL） can be obtained in a low frequency region by modulating the widths of the cavities in order. We simulate the dynamical behavior of the electromagnetic wave passing through the proposed photonic structure. Due to the dispersive characteristics of the metamaterials, a very narrow WSL can be obtained. The long-period electromagnetic Bloch oscillation is demonstrated theoretically to have a period on a microsecond time scale.     

一种全光开关及任意比能量输出光分束器的设计

基于光子晶体非线性Kerr效应设计了一种结构简单的任意比能量输出光分束器, 通过控制抽运光的强度来控制端口能量输出比. 该结构还可以实现控制光传输的动态开关作用, 并且具有插入损耗低、无串扰、信号光的开/关两个状态下的透射率相差非常大的特点, 因此该光开关具有很高的开关比. 关键词： 全光开关 光分束器 非线性Kerr效应 光子晶体     

含色散介质的一维光子晶体微腔的透射谱

研究了含色散介质的一维光子晶体微腔的透射谱,对色散介质采用Lorentz振子模型,腔模的频率设置在光子晶体带隙中心。发现当吸收可以忽略时,色散效应将导致在腔模附近有很高的态密度,与此相应地在透射谱中出现一个较宽的透射带。当吸收存在时透射带中心的透射峰消失,但带尾的透射峰依然存在。     

一维含负折射率材料结构中原子的瞬时自发辐射

负折射率材料是一种新型的人工材料，其介电常数和磁导率同时小于零，导致了折射率小于零。当电磁波入射到正负折射率材料的界面上，将会产生负的折射现象。因此单个负折射率材料板能起到能量汇聚的作用。用正负折射率交替排列组成的一维光子晶体能产生不同于通常布拉格带隙的零平均折射率带隙。这种带隙能抑制几乎全方向的辐射，从而能对原子自发辐射产生更强的抑制作用。J．Kastel和M．Fleischhauer最近提出用理想负折射率材料板加上理想反射镜，在适当条件下会完全抑制原子的自发辐射。本文我们考虑在包含实际负折射率材料—有色散和吸收—的一维结构对原子自发辐射的影响。     

与色散介质毗邻的一维半无限光子晶体表面态

运用Bloch定理和传输矩阵方法,研究了与色散介质毗邻的由两种材料组成的半无限一维光子晶体局域表面态的电场和色散关系.和以空气为背景的一维光子晶体相比,毗邻色散介质的光子晶体表面模色散曲线在一定堆积次序下会在较低的带隙中发生断开,较高带隙中的表面模群速度在不同堆积次序下会有很大差异.当与色散介质毗邻的物质折射率较大时,较高带隙中的表面模群速度较小；与色散介质毗邻的物质折射率较小时,较高带隙中表面模的群速度较大.     

两类单负材料组成的一维半无限光子晶体反射谱

运用传输矩阵方法和Bloch定理计算了两类单负材料组成的一维半无限光子晶体反射谱,与有限多层结构通带中振荡的反射谱相比,半无限结构的反射谱曲线是光滑的,是有限周期结构反射谱振幅取平均的结果,可用来估计通带中的反射率.研究半无限结构的反射谱,有利于分析带隙的位置和宽度,结果表明,由两类单负材料组成的光子晶体中,不仅存在零有效位相带隙,还存在角度带隙,尤其发现高频处的Bragg带隙也是一个全方位带隙.     

Relative entropy of entanglement of two-qubit ’X’ states

Two closest single-qubit states could be diagonalised by the same unitary matrix,which helps to find the relative entropy of entanglement of a two-qubit ’X’ state.We formulate two binary equations for the relative entropy of entanglement and the corresponding closest separable state of a given two-qubit ’X’ state.This approach can be applied to get the relative entropy of entanglement of many widely-discussed two-qubit states,such as pure states,Werner states,and so on.