带有多孔二氧化硅间隔层的导模共振光栅实现染料激光器发射增强

导模共振光栅是一种典型的平面波导共振结构,可在光栅表面或波导层内形成较强的局域电场,能增强光与物质的相互作用.本文在导模共振结构的光栅层和基底层之间,引入低折射率的多孔二氧化硅间隔层,显著增强了局域电场与增益介质的接触度.结果表明,引入多孔二氧化硅后,共振产生的电场增强区域上移至激光染料层,增加了激光染料与电场的相互作用,实现了激光出射增强.本文基于时域有限差分法,对结构参数进行分析优化,研究了820 nm共振波长激发下的出射激光特性,得到了连续的激光出射,其能量阈值约为2.5 mJ/cm^2,线宽约为0.3 nm.本文提出的结构实现了对表面局域电场的有效调控,增强了激发光与增益介质的相互作用,不但可应用于激光器,还为其它发光器件的设计提供了参考.     

带有增益介质层的混合脊状等离子体波导的传输特性

在传统脊状等离子体波导的基础上设计了一种带有增益介质层的新型混合脊状等离子体波导,其结构中的介质层部分包含两个区域:前区为单一介质,后区的脊是由2种介质构成的双层脊区。采用二维时域有限差分方法分析了波导结构的传输特性,得到了TM模下的电场分布图,并对输出功率以及传输损耗与结构参数和介质折射率的变化规律进行了讨论。结果表明,在波导中引入的增益介质材料磷化铟后其损耗达到-6 dB/μm。此种波导结构对于光集成芯片的研究与制作具有重要意义。     

含间隔层的增益导引-折射率反导引平面波导激光器中高阶模式抑制研究

为了抑制高功率波导激光器中的高阶模式,改善其光束质量,基于增益导引-折射率反导引理论,在对称分层波导结构中添加了一层间隔层,进一步加大了高阶模式与基模之间阈值增益系数的差异,利用这种模式竞争抑制高阶模式.同时从波动方程出发,推导出各模式的本征方程,并给出了基模和高阶模的场分布.引入间隔层之后的高低阶模式损耗计算结果表明,通过合理地选择间隔层参数,可以有效地抑制高阶模式.     

太赫兹量子级联激光器光束特性分析

用有限元法计算太赫兹量子级联激光器激光模式的阈值增益.结果表明:接触层厚度和掺杂浓度对阈值增益的影响远远大于波导宽度和激射波长;接触层厚度较小(大)和掺杂浓度较低(高)时,TM₁(TM₀)模的阈值增益较小.在此基础上,用矢量衍射理论分析岀射光束的远场特性,得到光束的远场光斑基本是椭圆;x方向的远场散射角随波导宽度或激射波长的增加分别线性减小或增加,尽管对应的接触层厚度和掺杂浓度不同,但TM₀和TM₁模x方向的远场散射角相同;另外,还得到y方向远场散射角不受波导宽度或少受激射波长的影响.在阈值增益和光束质量方面,TM₁模都优于TM₀模.     

混合表面等离子体激元的纳米激光器设计

为了实现纳米激光器的性能优化,设计了一种基于纳米线、半圆形氟化镁、三角形空气槽和金属脊结构的纳米激光器模型。模型中耦合在低折射率电介质层中的SPP模式和纳米线波导可以在低折射率间隙下像电容器那样存储光能,从而使低折射率的空气槽场强明显增大。应用有限元法在COMSOL Multiphysics软件下,分析了该纳米激光器模型的电场分布、模式特性、品质因数和增益阈值随着设计结构几何参数变化的规律,通过各部分折线图的综合分析来得出模型性能的数据。分析表明：该模型的光场约束能力较强且传播损耗较低,其中归一化面积最小可达到0.004 8,有效传输损耗最小可达到0.002。波导模场区域和限制因素表明,该激光器模型可以实现输出光场的亚波长约束。该模型基本实现了低增益阈值、低传输损耗和高品质因数的要求。     

Sensitivity enhanced all-optical switching using prism-grating coupled surface plasmon modes

A sensitivity enhanced all-optical-switch design using prism-sinusoidal grating coupled surface plasmon modes is demonstrated numerically. Owing to the simultaneous excitation of surface plasmons for the pump and signal at the interface between a nonlinear waveguide layer and a metal layer, a sensitivity enhanced bistability effect in the structure can be obtained. The nonlinear refractive index of the waveguide layer experiences an abrupt change of the local pump field owing to this bistability effect. Such a characteristic greatly improves the performance of optical switch by reducing the threshold pump intensity. An all-optical-switch design with a pump threshold as low as 0.9 GW/cm² is presented.     

四层不对称波导的一些近似关系式

本文在四层不对称波导的归一化电场方程和本征方程基础上,导出了归一化有效折射b表达式和限制因子Γ_x等的近似关系式,并提出了不对称近场和远场高斯分布的近似表达式。应用上述分析,研究了四层不对称波导的动态特性。文中导出了注入载流子分布,增益分布的解析表达式,可方便地计算模增益,阈值电流密度,最佳有源区厚度和最佳阈值电流密度。并进一步研究了结构参数对器件的影响。 关键词：     

基于混合表面等离子体波导的纳米激光器的研究

设计了一种带有金属脊和低折射率介质夹层的新型混合表面等离子体波导结构，利用有限元法对该结构进行了数值仿真。COMSOL Multiphysics软件是一款基于有限元法模拟真实物理现象的仿真软件。在COMSOL Multiphysics软件平台上，构建该结构的三维模型，使用模态分析和频域分析模块，研究了其电场分布、归一化模式面积、传输长度、增益阈值、品质因数。结果表明：在工作波长为370 nm时，所设计波导的光场约束可达到较好的深亚波长水平，同时保持大的传输长度。提出的带有金属脊结构与平坦金属层结构相比，波导特性更好。将该结构应用于纳米激光器，由基模和纵模反映出，激光器内光场分布稳定且集中在极小的面积内。在波导特性良好的情况下，该激光器可保持较低的增益阈值和较高的谐振腔品质因数。综合考虑，选取最优尺寸为ｒ＝80 nm, d＝45 nm，此时有效模式面积为0.005 1λ2，传输长度为1 668 nm，增益阈值为1.46×10-6 m-1, 品质因子74.5。最后，在最优尺寸下，通过仿真得到了该结构的发射光谱，其发射波长为360 nm，输出电能比输入电能增强了3 100倍。该结构为小型化和集成化的纳米设备提供了技术支持，在生物医学和光通信等领域有广泛的应用前景。     

Asymmetric first-order Bragg interactions in an active dielectric waveguide

The asymmetric first-order Bragg interactions in an active planar dielectric waveguide are investigated for the case of even TE modes. Either the index or the gain is assumed to have a sinusoidal variation in the propagation direction. By a singular perturbation procedure using multiple space scales, the coupled-mode equations governing the nature of the Bragg interactions are systematically deduced and the characteristics of this instability are examined. For the gain-modulated waveguide having an average loss, there are two threshold values for the modulation index of the gain, one for absolute instability and the other for traveling wave amplification, and these threshold values are deduced. Representative numerical results are presented to illustrate the characteristics of the Bragg interactions.     

Dielectric shielded nanoscale patch laser resonators

Dielectric shielded nanoscale patch laser resonators are introduced. Low-index dielectric shield layers surrounding a high-index core are shown to significantly reduce both metal and radiation losses. Structures suitable for both optical and electrical pumping and smaller than the vacuum wavelength in all three dimensions are shown to have a low enough threshold gain to lase at room temperature. Shifting the gain medium core provides control over the radiation pattern of the resonator and enables coupling of the laser light into a waveguide, opening opportunities for chipscale integration.     

Self-aligned Coupled Waveguide Distributed Bragg Reflector Lasers

A novel self-aligned coupled waveguide (SACW) multi-quantum-well (MQW) distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. By selectively removing the MQW layer and leaving the low SCH/SACW layer the Bragg grating is partially formed on this layer. By optimizing the thickness of the low SCH/SACW layer, a～80% coupling efficiency between the MQW gain region and the passive region are obtained. The typical threshold current of the SACW DBR laser is 39 mA, the slope efficiency can reach to 0.2 mW/mA and the output power is more than 20 mW with a more than 30dB side mode suppression ratio.     

Self-aligned Coupled Waveguide Distributed Bragg Reflector Lasers

A novel self-aligned coupled waveguide (SACW) multi-quantum-well (MQW) distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. By selectively removing the MQW layer and leaving the low SCH/SACW layer the Bragg grating is partially formed on this layer. By optimizing the thickness of the low SCH/SACW layer, a-80% coupling efficiency between the MQW gain region and the passive region are obtained. The typical threshold current of the SACW DBR laser is 39 mA, the slope efficiency can reach to 0.2 mW/mA and the output power is more than 20 mW with a more than 30dB side mode suppression ratio.     

A general approach for the analysis of optical waveguides

A general approach for the analysis of optical waveguides with the presence of an active medium is presented. It is shown from first principles that the dispersion and gain (or loss) of the active medium can be incorporated into the modal analysis of the waveguide by defining an effective complex refractive index. The applicability of this approach, in contrast with that of the conventional analysis, is investigated, employing the hollow circular cylindrical waveguide amplifier as a typical example.     

Negative radiation pressure on gain medium structures

We demonstrate negative radiation pressure on gain medium structures, such that light amplification may cause a nanoscale body to be pulled toward a light source. Optically large gain medium structures, such as slabs and spheres, as well as deep subwavelength bodies, may experience this phenomenon. The threshold gain for radiation pressure reversal is obtained analytically for Rayleigh spheres, thin cylinders, and thin slabs. This threshold vanishes when the gain medium structure is surrounded by a medium with a matched refractive index, thus eliminating the positive scattering forces.     

Proposed electrically-pumped,III–V-metal hybrid plasmonic lasers

We propose an electrically-pumped hybrid plasmonic laser through the integration of a semiconductor quantum well laser with a thin metal film. Due to the coupling between the TM waveguide mode in the III–V active layer and the LRSPP mode around the metal thin film, light can be confined in both regions and optical gain can be provided by the active layer. We have shown that the quasi-odd supermode is the preferred lasing mode because of its larger confinement factor and lower modal loss compared to the quasi-even supermode. Through optimizing the gap distance between the active region and the metal film, we can obtain low threshold and a large amount of optical energy confined around the metal film for the hybrid plasmonic laser.     

Critical power for self-focusing in bulk media and in hollow waveguides

We determine the threshold power for self-focusing collapse both in a bulk medium and in a hollow-core waveguide for various spatial profiles. We find that the threshold power for collapse in the waveguide is always equal to the lower-bound prediction for a bulk medium.     

Transverse magnetic peak type metal-clad optical waveguide sensor

Transverse magnetic (TM) waves in a four-layer slab waveguide structure are studied for optical sensing applications. The structure consists of a semi-infinite substrate, a thin metal layer, a medium with negative permittivity and permeability as a guiding layer, and a semi-infinite layer as a cover. The proposed sensor is operated in reflection mode in which the angular position of the reflectance peak is used to detect small changes in the refractive index of the cover medium. The optimal structure parameters that correspond to the sharpest and highest peak are presented. The results reveal that for aluminum metal layer, a thickness of about 9 nm represents the optimum metal thickness. Moreover, the thickness, negative permittivity, and negative permeability of the guiding layer are found to have great impacts on the performance of the proposed optical waveguide sensor.     

Radiation modulation via violation of total internal reflection with excitation of a waveguide mode

The transverse transmission coefficient of a multilayer structure with a planar waveguide is numerically simulated under the conditions of modulation of the refractive index or absorption coefficient of the waveguide. The optical properties of this structure are shown to be highly sensitive to variation in the refractive index or absorption (amplification) coefficient of its waveguide layer. The influence of optical and geometric characteristics of the structure on its optical properties is analyzed. Modulation of the transmission and reflection coefficients of the structure containing a waveguide with an amplifying medium is considered.     

镱铒共掺Al2O3光波导放大器的净增益特性

将中频磁控溅射方法沉积制备的镱铒共掺Al2O3薄膜刻蚀成矩形截面、直线通道的光波导放大器.测量了净增益与抽运功率的关系,结果表明：净增益随抽运功率近似线性增加,阈值抽运功率为18 mW;抽运功率为68 mW时,长2.24 cm 的光波导放大器净增益为8.44 dB.数值模拟结果显示,相同抽运功率下的净增益为10.6 dB.