Strain distributions and electronic structure of three-dimensional InAs/GaAs quantum rings

This paper presents a finite element calculation for the electronic structure and strain distribution of self-organized InAs/GaAs quantum rings. The strain distribution calculations are based on the continuum elastic theory. An ideal three-dimensional circular quantum ring model is adopted in this work. The electron and heavy-hole energy levels of the InAs/GaAs quantum rings are calculated by solving the three-dimensional effective mass Schr?dinger equation including the deformation potential and piezoelectric potential up to the second order induced by the strain. The calculated results show the importance of strain and piezoelectric effects, and these effects should be taken into consideration in analysis of the optoelectronic characteristics of strain quantum rings.     

金属-电介质复合结构实现荧光远场增强

本文提出一种大尺度的金属-电介质复合微纳结构(银-硅结构),用于提高荧光生物检测的灵敏度及解决荧光物质距离结构远场范围时荧光增强的近场局限。这种大尺度的金属-电介质复合微纳结构与之前的金属-电介质复合微纳结构不同,其通过光的散射和干涉实现了荧光物质距离结构远场范围时的荧光增强。在本文中,通过采用时域有限差分法,主要从荧光激发和荧光发射两个过程研究银-硅结构。结果表明,在激发过程中,银-硅结构的荧光强度高于玻璃结构且位于银-硅结构两柱之间的狭缝中的电场分布比金属结构(银结构)更均匀,因此在银-硅结构中可以实现荧光增强,而且分子运动行为的检测更准确。在发射过程中,当荧光纳米粒子距离结构远场范围内时,与玻璃相比,银-硅结构可以实现更好的荧光增强效果。利用银-硅结构实现荧光增强的机理是光的散射和干涉,荧光被银膜向上散射,同时,结构两侧的银/硅柱也散射一部分荧光,荧光相互干涉传播至远场实现荧光增强。此外,银-硅结构易于制备和集成。因此,其可以很好地应用于生物传感领域。     

一维磁光子晶体实现光隔离的应用研究

采用4×4传输矩阵法研究了两种结构一维磁光子晶体的光隔离特性.结构一在外加磁场与光路光轴方向呈52.0°时,用7.96μm的总厚度在中心波长附近0.95nm范围内实现了光隔离,在此范围之内法拉第旋转角和透射率分别在45°~50.65°和97.01%~99.96%之间波动,结构仅包含43层光学薄膜,易于实际制备;结构二在外加磁场与光路光轴方向呈32.7°时,用11.54μm的总厚度在中心波长附近0.85nm范围内实现了光隔离,在此范围之内法拉第旋转角和透射率分别在45°~48.55°和98.85%~100%之间波动,结构包含73层光学薄膜,与结构一相比,该结构具有更高的透射率和更平坦的光谱.用这两种结构的一维磁光子晶体代替目前商用磁光隔离器中的块状磁光介质,可实现磁光隔离器的集成化.     

基于二维六方氮化硼材料的光子晶体非对称传输异质结构设计

二维六方氮化硼(hexagonal boron nitride,hBN)材料在产生光学稳定的超亮量子单光子光源领域有着潜在应用,有望用于量子计算和信息处理平台,已成为研究热点.而光学非对称传输设备是集成量子计算芯片中的关键器件之一.本文从理论上提出了一种基于hBN材料光子晶体异质结构的纳米光子学非对称光传输器件.运用平面波展开法研究了光子晶体的能带结构与等频特性,从理论上分析了hBN异质结构中可见光波非对称传输的可行性.同时,采用时域有限差分方法研究了可见光波段异质结构的晶格常数和半径对透射光谱的影响.研究结果显示,该结构实现了在610—684 nm波长范围内TE偏振光的非对称传输,在652 nm波长处正向透射率达到0.65,反向透射率为0.006,非对称传输透射对比度高达0.98.本文提出的结构模型为基于hBN的新型纳米光子器件设计提供了新的可能性,可用于不同功能光学器件的集成设计.     

Electronic and optical properties of GaN/AlN quantum dots with adjacent threading dislocations

We present a theory to simulate a coherent GaN QD with an adjacent pure edge threading dislocation by using a finite element method. The piezoelectric effects and the strain modified band edges are investigated in the framework of multi-band $\bm k\cdot \bm p$ theory to calculate the electron and the heavy hole energy levels. The linear optical absorption coefficients corresponding to the interband ground state transition are obtained via the density matrix approach and perturbation expansion method. The results indicate that the strain distribution of the threading dislocation affects the electronic structure. Moreover, the ground state transition behaviour is also influenced by the position of the adjacent threading dislocation.     

可用于拓宽光波单向传输带宽的光子晶体异质结构界面

基于光波单向传输的全光二极管在集成光通信、全光网络和光信息处理中有重要应用.基于方向带隙失配设计的光子晶体异质结构可实现光波单向传输,但正向透射率较低,带宽较窄.基于对光子晶体异质界面倾斜角度的研究,根据界面全反射条件,利用可集成材料硅和二氧化硅设计了一种空气孔型二维光子晶体异质结构.异质结构界面两侧的光子晶体对1550 nm波长附近的TE模光波在Γ-X方向均呈导带,避免了方向带隙失配.研究发现当异质界面满足全反射条件时,由于光子晶体的自准直效应,较宽波段的正向光波得以高效传播,而反向光波在界面由于全反射而被禁止传播.光子晶体异质结构界面的全反射效应打破了方向带隙对光波单向传输的限制,使得反向光波在光子晶体中为导带时同样可实现近零透射率,从而拓宽了光波单向传输的波长范围.基于全反射界面的光子晶体异质结构经过优化后,其正向透射率达0.64,透射对比度为0.97,单向传输带宽可达553 nm.     

Reflectionless spatial beam benders with arbitrary bending angle by introducing optic-null medium into transformation optics

By introducing an optic-null medium into the finite embedded transformation,a reflectionless spatial beam bender is designed,which can steer the output beam by a fixed pre-designed angleβfor an arbitrary incident angle.The bending angleβof the beam bender is determined by the geometrical angle of the device,which can be changed by simply choosing different geometrical angles.For various bending angles,the designed spatial beam bender can be realized by the same materials(i.e.,an optic-null medium),which is a homogenous anisotropic material.Numerical simulations verify the reflectionless bending effect and rotated imaging ability of the proposed beam bender.A reduction model of the optic-null medium is studied,which can also be used for a reflectionless spatial beam bender with a pre-designed bending angle.     

金属-电介质-金属柔性结构增强荧光发射

增强荧光发射可以提高荧光检测灵敏度、提高LED的亮度,在提高发光器件性能方面具有重要意义.由于金属结构在增强局域场、增强荧光发射方面具有很好效果,而柔性电介质材料具有灵活的可弯曲性特性,本文提出一种由金属-电介质-金属(MDM)组成的柔性结构以增强荧光发射.利用时域有限差分方法系统研究了该结构对量子点定向发射增强的影响...     

Surface diffusion of Si,Ge and C adatoms on Si （001） substrate studied the molecular dynamics simulation

Depositions of Si, Ge and C atoms onto a preliminary Si (001) substrate at different temperatures are investigated by using the molecular dynamics method. The mechanism of atomic self-assembling occurring locally on the flat terraces between steps is suggested. Diffusion and arrangement patterns of adatoms at different temperatures are observed. At 900 K, the deposited atoms are more likely to form dimers in the perpendicular [110] direction due to the more favourable movement along the perpendicular [110] direction. C adatoms are more likely to break or reconstruct the dimers on the substrate surface and have larger diffusion distances than Ge and Si adatoms. Exchange between C adatoms and substrate atoms are obvious and the epitaxial thickness is small. Total potential energies of adatoms and substrate atoms involved in the simulation cell are computed. When a newly arrived adatom reaches the stable position, the potential energy of the system will decrease and the curves turns into a ladder-like shape. It is found that C adatoms can lead to more reduction of the system energy and the potential energy of the system will increase as temperature increases.     

电介质球复合纳米天线对荧光定向发射的增强

在纳米光子学中,提高荧光物质的定向发光强度是许多应用要解决的关键问题。为了优化电介质纳米天线的荧光增强能力,本文提出了一种由硅纳米球二聚体与TiO 2微球组成的电介质球复合纳米天线。通过时域有限差分法,本文分别从量子产率增强、荧光收集效率增强以及荧光激发率增强3个方面研究了该复合纳米天线对荧光的增强效果。结果表明,这种复合纳米天线不仅可以解决单个TiO 2微球增强荧光时量子产率较低的问题,还可以弥补单个硅纳米球二聚体增强荧光时荧光收集效率较差的不足。该复合纳米天线可使CdSe量子点的量子产率增强约4倍、荧光收集效率增强约2倍。此外,由于硅纳米球二聚体与TiO 2微球对荧光激发过程具有增强效果,该复合天线最终可以产生较高的荧光定向增强倍数。在量子点发光的中心波长523 nm处,荧光定向增强约为3064倍。