Band gap behaviours of periodic magnetoelectroelastic composite structures with Kagome lattices

In this paper, the elastic wave propagation in periodic cylinder magnetoelectroelastic composite structures is studied using the plane wave expansion method. The band structure characteristics of magnetoelectroelastic rods embedded in polymer matrix and the reverse case are investigated taking the electric, magnetic and mechanical coupling effects into account. The generalised eigenvalue equation is derived to analyse the in-plane and out-of-plane modes, respectively. The numerical calculations for both the cases with Kagome lattices are performed. The relation between the gap widths and filling fractions are discussed in detail. The effects of the magnetoelectricity on the band structures and widths of band gaps are analysed. The band gap characteristics are illustrated further and the results will be helpful to design such kind of composite structures.     

高极化纯度的超表面透镜设计与应用

针对超表面在透镜方面的应用,基于各向异性超表面单元设计了一款高极化纯度的聚焦超表面透镜,并探讨了其在高增益高极化纯度天线方面的应用.设计了一款具有极化滤波特性的各向异性超表面单元,单元对x极化波保持高透性的同时,对y极化波保持近乎为零的透射率.利用该型单元设计了焦距为30 mm、阵列大小为105 mm×105 mm、单元数为21×21的聚焦超表面透镜.根据光路可逆原理,焦点处发出的球面波被超表面透镜有效转化为平面波,从而达到提高天线增益的目标.实验中分别用不同极化形式的球面波照射聚焦超表面来研究超表面对不同极化波的控制特性.结果表明,x极化波照射时,超表面工作于透镜模式,球面波转化为平面波,天线增益大大提高;y极化波照射时,超表面类似于金属板,将入射波全部反射;x/y极化混合波照射时,天线增益大大提高,且极化隔离度高于25 dB,充分说明设计的聚焦超表面在提高x极化波增益的同时可高效滤除y极化波,达到了高增益高极化纯度的目标.     

Giant enhancement of second-harmonic generation from a nanocavity metasurface

Nonlinear plasmonic metasurfaces are compatible with complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology and highly promising for on-chip optical switching and modulations and nanoscale frequency conversions. However, the low nonlinearoptical response of metasurface devices limits their practical applications. To circumvent this constraint, we propose the design of a nanocavity plasmonic metasurface, in which the strong light localization in the nanocavity can be used to boost the efficiency of second-harmonic generation. Compared with the single-layer counterpart, experimental results show that the intensity of the second-harmonic waves in the nanocavity metasurface is enhanced by ~790 times. The proposed nanocavity plasmonic metasurfaces in this work may open new routes for developing highly efficient nonlinear metacrystals for on-chip nonlinear sources,nonlinear image encryption, information processing, and so on.     

Planar bifunctional Luneburg‐fisheye lens made of an anisotropic metasurface

Luneburg lens and Maxwell‐fisheye lens are well‐known microwave and optical devices with distinct focusing properties. Here, a planar bifunctional Luneburg‐fisheye lens made of an anisotropic metasurface is presented, which features as a Luneburg along the horizontal optical axis, while as a fisheye along the vertical optical axis. A method to control the inhomogeneous indices of refraction along the two optical axes independently is proposed by designing an anisotropic and nonuniform metasurface, which can provide the required distributions of refractive indices approximately for Luneburg and fisheye lenses viewing from the two optical axes. Experiments in the microwave frequency range demonstrate very good performance of the planar bifunctional Luneburg‐fisheye lens. The proposed method opens up an avenue to design other kinds of bifunctional devices using metasurfaces in the microwave, terahertz, and even optical ranges.     

Pattern generation using axicon lens beam shaping in two-photon polymerisation

The fabrication of three-dimensional microstructures by two-photon polymerisation has been widely reported as a viable route to the development of photonic crystals, rotors, bridges and other complex artefacts requiring nanoscale resolution. Conventionally, single point serial writing is used to write the structures but recently multipoint beam delivery using beam division optics has been reported as a method of introducing parallel processing. In this paper we present an alternative and novel approach using an axicon lens to give profiled beam delivery. This enables complete three-dimensional annular structure fabrication without the use of scanning stages. In addition, the concept of axicon delivery is developed further to investigate three-dimensional structure as a function of axicon geometry.A Ti:sapphire laser, with wavelength 795 nm, 80 MHz repetition rate, 100 fs pulse duration and an average power of 700 mW, was used to initiate two-photon polymerisation. The axicon was used, in combination with a 100× microscope objective, to form representative three-dimensional structures based on the annular cell with varying diameter. The structures were written in a Zr-loaded resin prepared on a glass substrate using dip coating deposition of a Zr/PMMA hybrid prepared by the sol-gel method. Annuli with diameters up to 50 μm were characterised in terms of topography and surface roughness using SEM and Zygo interferometer. The writing technique was also extended to fabrication of stacked structures.     

Measuring the topological charge of an optical vortex by using a tilted convex lens

We demonstrate, analytically and experimentally, a simple, but effective method to determine the topological charge of an optical vortex by using a spherical bi-convex lens, a ubiquitous optical element found in any optics laboratory. Just by tilting the lens and recording the intensity distribution of a propagating vortex at a predicted position past the lens, we have been able to measure both the sign and the magnitude of the topological charge m   up to m=±14$m=\pm 14$. Our experimental results are in excellent agreement with analytical predictions.     

基于双开口谐振环超表面的宽带太赫兹涡旋光束产生

提出了一种基于双开口谐振环单元结构超表面的太赫兹宽带涡旋光束产生器.该结构由金属-电介质两层构成,位于顶层的是基于双开口谐振环单元结构的超表面,底层为介质层.对单元结构阵列进行数值仿真,圆偏振的入射光可以被转换成相应的交叉偏振透射光,通过旋转表层金属谐振环,可以控制交叉偏振透射光具有相同的振幅和不同的相位.这些单元结构按照特定的规律排列,可以形成用以产生不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束的涡旋相位板.以拓扑荷数1和2为例,设计了两种涡旋相位板,数值分析了圆偏振波垂直入射到该涡旋相位板生成交叉圆偏振涡旋光束的特性.结果表明,在1.39—1.91 THz的频率范围内产生了比较理想的不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束,且透过率高于20%,最高可达到24%,接近单层透射式超表面的理论极限值.     

Experimental Observation of Electronic Structures of Kagome Metal YCr_6Ge_6

Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we study electronic structures of a Kagome metal YCr_6Ge_6.Band dispersions along k_z direction are significant, suggesting a remarkable interlayer coupling between neighboring Kagome planes. Comparing ARPES data with first-principles calculations, we find a moderate electron correlation in this material, since band calculations must be compressed in the energy scale to reach an excellent agreement between experimental data and theoretical calculations. Moreover, as indicated by band calculations,there is a flat band in the vicinity of the Fermi level at the ■–M–K plane in the momentum space, which could be responsible for the unusual transport behavior in YCr_6Ge_6.     

Experimental system of coupled map lattices

We design an optical feedback loop system consisting of a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (SLM), a lens, polarizers, a CCD camera, and a computer. The system images every SLM pixel onto one camera pixel. The light intensity on the camera pixel shows a nonlinear relationship with the phase shift applied by the SLM. Every pixel behaves as a nonlinear map, and we can control the interaction of pixels. Therefore, this feedback loop system can be regarded as a spatially extended system. This experimental coupled map has variable dimensions, which can be up to 512 by 512. The system can be used to study high-dimensional problems that computer simulations cannot handle.     

Frontispiece: Planar bifunctional Luneburg‐fisheye lens made of an anisotropic metasurface

Luneburg lens and Maxwell‐fisheye lens are wellknown microwave and optical devices with distinct focusing properties. Xiang Wan et al . present a planar bifunctional Luneburg‐fisheye lens made of an anisotropic metasurface (pp. 757–765), which features as a Luneburg along the horizontal optical axis, while as a fisheye along the vertical optical axis. A method to control the inhomogeneous indices of refraction along the two optical axes independently is proposed by designing an anisotropic and nonuniform metasurface, which can provide the required distributions of refractive indices approximately for Luneburg and fisheye lenses viewing from the two optical axes. The proposed method opens up an avenue to design other kinds of bifunctional devices using metasurfaces in the microwave, terahertz, and even optical ranges. The figure shows the schematic diagram of the designed anisotropic metasurface lens, in which the big blue and red arrows indicate the directions of two optical axes. U‐s haped metallic particles constitute the whole metasurface lens, which acts as a Luneburg lens when observed f rom the direction of the blue arrow, but as a Fisheye lens when observed from the direction of the red arrow.     

Design of cylindrical conformal transmitted metasurface for orbital angular momentum vortex wave generation

We propose a cylindrical conformal transmitted metasurface for orbital angular momentum vortex wave generation. Formulas for calculating the phase distributions of cylindrical conformal transmitted metasurface is presented. A prototype of the proposed conformal transmitted metasurface is designed, fabricated and measured. Measured results shows that the proposed conformal transmitted metasurface can effectively generate vortex waves, which verifies the effectiveness of our method. The proposed method may pave the way of vortex wave generation with cylindrical conformal devices.     

Experimental research on high density data storage using solid immersion lens

We have set up a solid immersion lens (SIL) near-field static recording system for demonstrating preliminarily the feasibility of SIL technology in the higher density storage. The experimental result with recording mark size of 240 nm is obtained corresponding to a potential of density of tens of gigabits per square inch. Some factors in the SIL near-field recording are discussed.     

利用Kagome光纤实现多芯光子晶体光纤的输出合束

多芯光纤的输出光束只能在远场和焦点附近实现良好的同相位超模合束,这种超模传输特性大大影响了多芯光纤的应用范围.一种新型中空Kagome光纤为解决这一难题提供了可行的方案,利用中空Kagome光纤可以实现七芯光纤输出模式的整形合束.本文利用中心波长800 nm的钛宝石飞秒激光作为激光源,耦合入七芯非线性光子晶体光纤,得到700 nm至1050 nm的展宽光谱,并实现同相位超模输出.随后,将非线性展宽之后的宽谱七芯光束耦合至Kagome光子晶体光纤中,从Kagome光纤输出光斑呈高斯分布的模式传输,不再演变回七芯模式,耦合效率71%.实验还进一步验证此方法适用于不同结构的多芯光纤,为多芯光纤在高功率激光等领域的应用提供了参考.     

有限距离的凸非球面的透镜补偿检验方法

在用刀口检验凸双曲面反射镜时,一般采用传统的Hindle球检测法,但是在许多仪器中,需要曲面反射镜全口径使用,因此,Hindle球检测法是不合适的。此外,在很多情况下,刀口到待检非球面的距离很长,从而降低了刀口检验精度。为了解决这些问题,结合口径Φ=120mm的凸双曲面的检测,在分析了传统检验方法的基础上,提出了有限距离球面波入射的凸非球面透射补偿检验方法。从设计结果上看,它缩短了刀口到待检非球面的距离,获得高精度补偿。实践表明,这种方法不仅能够提高加工效率,而且提高了加工精度,实际加工完成后,这块凸双曲面的RMS值达到了λ/60。     

Studies of two-dimensional lattices using ferrofluid

By exerting a magnetic filed H normal to a ferrofluid layer, a triangular lattice of droplets is formed when H exceeds a characteristic critical field. The lattice may be “heated” by reducing H and the effects of dislocations and disclinations may be studied. This offers a new experimental system for direct visual observations of phenomena related to two-dimensional melting.     

Optical microwave generation using two parallel DFB lasers integrated with Y-branch waveguide coupler

A new device of two parallel distributed feedback (DFB) lasers integrated monolithically with Y-branch waveguide coupler was fabricated by means of quantum well intermixing. Optical microwave signal was generated in the Y-branch waveguide coupler through frequency beating of the two laser modes coming from two DFB laser in parallel, which had a small difference in frequency. Continuous rapid tuning of optical microwave signal from 13 to 42GHz were realized by adjusting independently the driving currents injected into the two DFB lasers.     

Femtosecond pulse generation using stimulated Raman scattering in integrated silicon optical waveguide device

To generate ultrafast femtosecond optical pulses, we propose a model of an integrated device consisting of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with two symmetric 3 dB directional couplers and a straight waveguide based on the single-mode silicon-on-insulator (SOI) optical waveguide. The principle of pulse generation in the presented device is based on the strong stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in silicon; the center wavelength of the pulse generated is tunable by changing the center wavelength of the co-propagating pump pulse. Numerical results show that, when a continuous wave (CW) with a weak power at 1670 nm wavelength and a pump pulse with a high peak power at 1550 nm wavelength are co-propagating, a narrow femtosecond pulse with a pulse width (full width at half maximum, FWHM) of ∼60 fs (FWHM of the pump pulse is 166.5 fs) can be achieved in the device proposed. In addition, when the waveguide length, pump peak power, and pump-pulse width are fixed, the properties of generated femtosecond pulse depend strongly on the incident chirp of the pump pulse and the CW power.     

GHz frequency band soliton generation using integrated ring resonator for WiMAX optical communication

New system of optical soliton signal generation with a high frequency band is presented. Microring resonator can be used to generate soliton signals with high frequency of GHz. These signals can be transmitted via a wireless network system known as WiMAX, which is providing broadband wireless access up to 50 km. The soliton pulses are more stable with less loss during propagation which is good candidate compare to other current optical waves used in optical communication. In this study, soliton pulses with full width at half maximum of 3 MHz and FSR of 85 MHz could be generated using an add/drop filter system which is used to generate high frequency signals, required for wireless network systems. These pulses can be used as carrier signals in order to transmit information codes without significant changes, thus improving transmission quality and delivery of the right information.     

Independent controls of orthogonally polarized transmitted waves using a Huygens metasurface

An ultrathin Huygens metasurface is proposed to manipulate orthogonally polarized transmitted waves independently. The Huygens metasurface consists of two layers of dielectric substrates and three layers of artificial metallic structures with ultrathin electric thickness. In physics, two orthogonal electric dipoles and two orthogonal magnetic dipoles are supported by each unit cell of the metasurface, which enable the complete control of phase distributions in both vertical and horizontal directions. Based on this feature, a polarization beam splitter with large splitting angle is designed and fabricated to demonstrate the capability and flexibility of the proposed Huygens metasurface. The numerical simulations and measurement results have a good match, indicating the good performance on independent controls of orthogonally polarized transmitted waves.