高下路空气孔型光子晶体环形谐振腔的设计

提出一种基于二维正方晶格光子晶体空气孔型高下路效率的环形谐振腔,通过压缩线缺陷波导的宽度实现单模有效控制,同时讨论内围光子晶体列数对传输场的影响,然后运用二维时域有限差分方法数值分析了耦合强度及环区局部折射率调制对下路效率、品质因子以及下路波长等参量的影响.结果表明:当波导宽度为0.7个晶格常量,耦合强度为0个晶格常量,在信道波长为1 528.1nm时,下路效率为99%,品质因子Q为379;当耦合强度提高到1个晶格常量,下路波长稍微漂移为1 524.3nm,品质因子显著提高到1 397,而下路效率下降为89%.同时,下路波长会随着环区折射率的增加呈线性红移.     

高下路空气孔型光子晶体环形谐振腔的设计

提出一种基于二维正方晶格光子晶体空气孔型高下路效率的环形谐振腔,通过压缩线缺陷波导的宽度实现单模有效控制,同时讨论内围光子晶体列数对传输场的影响,然后运用二维时域有限差分方法数值分析了耦合强度及环区局部折射率调制对下路效率、品质因子以及下路波长等参量的影响.结果表明:当波导宽度为0.7个晶格常量,耦合强度为0个晶格常量,在信道波长为1 528.1 nm时,下路效率为99%,品质因子Q为379;当耦合强度提高到1个晶格常量,下路波长稍微漂移为1 524.3 nm,品质因子显著提高到1 397,而下路效率下降为89%.同时,下路波长会随着环区折射率的增加呈线性红移.     

Emissions of Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Discretely Modulated Surfaces

Transmission properties of photonic crystal （PC） waveguides with discretely modulated exit surfaces are investigated numerically using the finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. Unlike the case of periodically modulated surfaces, where the transmission beam tends to be a single and directional beam, when the exit surfaces are modulated only at several discrete points, the emission power tends to split into multiple and directional beams. We explain this phenomenon using a multiple point source interference model. Based on these results, we propose a 1-to-N beam splitter, and numerically realized high efficiency coupling between a PC sub-wavelength waveguide and three traditional dielectric waveguides with a total efficiency larger than 92%. This simple, easy fabrication, and controllable mechanism may find more potential applications in integrated optical circuits.     

An Integrative Biosensor Based on Contra-Directional Coupling Two-dimensional Photonic Crystal Waveguides

We propose an integrative biochemical sensor utilizing the dip in the transmission spectrum of a normal singleline defect photonic crystal （PC） waveguide, which has a eontra-directional coupling with another PC waveguide. When the air holes in the PC slab are filled with a liquid analyte with different refractive indices, the dip has a wavelength shift. By detecting the output power variation at a certain fixed wavelength, a sensitivity of 1.2 × 10^-4 is feasible. This structure is easy for integration due to its plane waveguide structure and omissible pump source. In addition, high signal to noise ratio can be expected because signal transmits via a normal single-line defect PC waveguide instead of the PC hole area or analyte.     

跑道型结构光子晶体波导定向耦合器

鉴于波导定向耦合器在集成光路以及光电集成方面的广泛应用,提出了一种基于光子晶体波导间高效耦合的光子晶体定向耦合器。通过主波导和耦合波导间的耦合,可以实现对波长为1 490 nm和1 550 nm电磁波的高效分光。在将器件长度控制在30 μm左右的同时,其总效率高达93.05%。另外,发现主波导和耦合波导间介质柱结构参数对电磁波的耦合周期有着极大的影响。并通过将介质柱沿z方向拉伸0.1a(a为晶格周期),设计了工作波长为1 530 nm和1 540 nm的光子晶体定向耦合器,器件长度仅为60 μm。通过拉伸介质柱的纵向长度,可以大幅减小耦合周期,这对缩小器件体积以及实现更为密集的波分复用有着重要的意义。     

Vertical coupling characteristics between hybrid plasmonic slot waveguide and Si waveguide

For development of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible integrated optical circuits, vertical directional coupling between a hybrid plasmonic slot waveguide and a Si waveguide is theoretically investigated in detail. To determine the vertical separation gap and efficient coupling length, we investigate the characteristics of the even and odd supermodes at a wavelength of 1.55 μm. The vertical coupler transfers 90% of the power carried by the Si waveguide to the hybrid plasmonic slot waveguide after normalizing to reference waveguides when the gap is 60 nm and the coupling length is 2.6 μm. Because of the lossy hybrid guided mode in the plasmonic waveguide, the transmitted power exhibits damped sinusoidal behavior depending on the overlapping length. The proposed vertical coupler shows more efficient light coupling between a dielectric and plasmonic waveguide in comparison to the other types of hybrid coupler, and can be exploited further for on-chip integrated opto-electronic circuits.     

A visible-near infrared tunable waveguide based on plasmonic gold nanoshell

A tunable plasmonic waveguide via gold nanoshells immerged in a silica base is proposed and simulated by using the finite difference time-domain （FDTD） method. For waveguides based on near-field coupling, transmission frequencies can be tuned in a wide region from 660 to 900 nm in wavelength by varying shell thicknesses. After exploring the steady distributions of electric fields in these waveguides, we find that their decay lengths are about 5.948-12.83 dB/1000 nm, which is superior to the decay length （8.947 dB/1000 nm） of a gold nanosphere plasmonic waveguide. These excellent tunability and transmittability are mainly due to the unique hollow structure. These gold nanoshell waveguides should be fabricated in laboratory.     

Design and analysis of a vertical directional coupler between a three-dimensional plasmonic slot waveguide and a silicon waveguide

The design of a vertical directional coupler between a three-dimensional plasmonic slot waveguide and a silicon waveguide is theoretically investigated in detail. It consists of two steps: the design of isolated plasmonic slot waveguide and silicon waveguide and the determination of the gap between the two waveguides and the length of a coupling region. The designed structure transfers 70.8% of the power carried by the silicon waveguide mode to the plasmonic slot waveguide mode when the gap is 150 nm and the coupling length is 2.14 μm. The wavelength dependence of our vertical directional coupler is also studied. The analysis shows that the amount of the transferred power changes slightly over a very wide wavelength range between 1.40 μm and 1.61 μm. Moreover, if we employ the fabrication technology for silicon photonics, it is quite tolerant to the variation of the length of its coupling section. Finally, the vertical directional coupler is considered for a polarizer.     

Spot-size conversion effect on integrated photonic devices

Using numerically simulated results, we show that an efficient laser-to-optical fibre coupling is possible by incorporating a uniform spot size converter (SSC) based on diluted waveguides with low contrast index waveguide. We propose photonic devices and circuits composed of a laser coupled through a SSC to a one and more microdisks, which are coupled to an optical fibre. Using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, we simulate the propagation characteristics of light in the fundamental elements as the pulse propagates down the whole structure. Also by the use of the FDTD method, we model and predict the geometrical parameters used for the design of the different types of the proposed devices. It is shown that the coupling efficiency is less than 10% without the diluted waveguide, but the SSC couplers have over 73% power transmission. The gap width between the microdisks, coupling between the laser and the sequence of microdisks is investigated. We report the microdisk effect on the coupling efficiency between the laser-SSC structure and the optical fibre.     

Analysis of the plasmonic power splitter and MUX/DEMUX suitable for photonic integrated circuits

In this paper, the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) plasmonic directional coupler (PDC) with 45° waveguide bends based on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) excitation has been analyzed by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical method. Effects of the variations of the coupler length and the metal gap thickness on the output powers and the propagation loss at 1550 nm wavelength have been studied. By choosing proper coupler lengths, power splitters with various output power ratios at 1550 nm wavelength and multi/demultiplexers, as some applications of the directional couplers have been proposed and their performances have been simulated.     

Compact double-layer subwavelength binary blazed grating 1×4 splitter based on silicon-on-insulator

We describe a compact double-layer waveguide grating splitter that not only achieves efficient coupling between single mode fiber and a silicon-on-insulator optical waveguide but also realizes effective splitting. By appropriate choice of waveguide/grating parameters, including thicknesses, periods, height, and fill factor to optimize the mode matching, coupling efficiency is improved and the value of power difference of each output port is also significantly decreased. The maximum of power difference between four output ports is about 6.2%; however, the minimum value is only 0.6% or so. Moreover, the average power difference of four output ports is lower than 10% for TE polarization light over the 10?nm wavelength bandwidth centered at 1.54?μm. In addition, the splitter structure has the best tolerance for grating fabrication with deviations of grating depth 90?nm.     

谐振腔侧边1×5介质柱调谐光子晶体滤波器

在正方格二维光子晶体结构中设计了基于可调谐谐振腔的带通滤波器,通过改变1×5谐振腔侧边调谐介质柱位置调节谐振腔与波导系统工作时传输的波段,用CMT理论分析了输入端耦合衰减率及输入端失谐因子对滤波器的影响。借助FDTD方法得到了滤波器波长传输谱,结果表明:当滤波器结构工作于1320~1810 nm波长段时,输出端38个通帯的-3 dB带宽Δλ范围为4.18~11.15 nm,通带峰值波长可调宽度为186.56 nm。该微型滤波器适于光电通信粗波分解复用WDDM系统设计和光集成设计等方面。     

Analysis of directional emission in square resonator lasers with an output waveguide

Square microcavity laser with an output waveguide is proposed and analyzed by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. For a square resonator with refractive index of 3.2, side length of 4 μm, and output waveguide of 0.4-μm width, we have got the quality factors (Q factors) of 6.7 × 102 and 7.3 × 103 for the fundamental and first-order transverse magnetic (TM) mode near the wavelength of 1.5 μm, respectively. The simulated intensity distribution for the first-order TM mode shows that the coupling efficiency in the waveguide reaches 53%. The numerical simulation shows that the first-order transverse modes have fairly high Q factor and high coupling efficiency to the output waveguide. Therefore the square resonator with an output waveguide is a promising candidate to realize single-mode directional emission microcavity lasers.     

填充率渐变型波状结构二维光子晶体

填充率渐变引起的能带结构和等频面结构的变化是填充率渐变型波状结构二维(2D)光子晶体(PC)产生光路转弯现象的根本原因,由于TM模和TE模在能带结构上存在差异,光路转弯现象就具有明显的偏振选择特性,能够实现归一化频率a/λ为0.29~0.33的偏振分束。利用时域有限差分(FDTD)法模拟了TM模的U型转弯波导,发现出射光位置对入射波长和入射角的变化很敏感,位移变化量分别达到0.38μm/10 nm和0.29μm/(°)。利用TM模的U型转弯波导构建了新型的平行平面谐振腔,并指出由填充率渐变型波状结构二维光子晶体和一维多层薄膜构成的混合结构在光分束和抑制光束发散方面的作用及其在平行平面谐振腔中的潜在应用。     

光子晶体方形谐振器波分解复用的特性

光通信系统设计中波分解复用器是分离光信号的一种关键部件,用于分离光信号的微型谐振器特性直接关系到波分复用(WDM,wavelength division multiplexing)解复用系统的工作性能。在二维光子晶体中逐步优化设计了基于光子晶体方形谐振器(PCSR,photonic crystal square resonator)的单信道WDM解复用结构,借助于耦合模理论(CMT,coupled-mode theory)定性分析了波导与谐振腔结构的电磁波耦合相互作用,并用时域有限差分法(FDTD,finite-difference time-domain)数值模拟了其结构工作特性。结果表明:基于PCSR设计的单输出端口WDM解复用结构在设计的参数范围中具有单谐振峰、中心波长宽调谐范围(1 501.4 nm~1 591.0 nm)、通带带宽窄(3.3 nm~9.1 nm)的特性。该结构可应用于WDM解复用光通信系统设计和光路集成设计等方面。     

Vertical emitting aperture nanoantennas

Herein we propose, theoretically investigate, and numerically demonstrate a compact design for a vertical emitter at a wavelength of 1.5 μm based on nanophotonic aperture antennas coupled to a dielectric waveguide. The structure utilizes a plasmonic antenna placed above a Si3N4 waveguide with a ground plane for breaking the up-down symmetry and increasing the emission efficiency. Three-dimensional (3-D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations reveal that up to 60% vertical emission efficiency is possible in a structure only four wavelengths long with a 3 dB bandwidth of over 300 nm.     

Integrated optical proximity microsensor

This paper presents the design, simulation and experimental results of an integrated proximity sensor manufactured on silicon substrate. The sensor was designed for microrobotic applications like integration into a microgripper arm or detection of the position of gripper arms relative to an object. The structure is based on an SU8 polymeric optical waveguide splitted into three arms, integrated with a multielement photodetector on silicon substrate. Each element of the photodetector is a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodiode with Ti/Al Schottky interdigitated electrodes.The operation principle of this sensor consists in the light coupling in the central arm of the optical waveguide, interaction with the object (reflection) of the radiation which exits from this principal arm, the coupling of the “affected” radiation which comes back through the end of the waveguide and its splitting into three arms of the optical waveguide. From the optical waveguide, the light is coupled in photodiode and the photogenerated carriers are collected to the electrodes giving the electrical signal which is read and processed in real time.The optimal parameters of the waveguide (width, thicknesses of the core and the claddings) of the photodetector and the coupling between them were defined by simulation, using FDTD and BeamProp method (Opti FDTD software). Our microsensor can detect the position of an object in the range of 0-300 μm, as position sensor and with high precision in the range of zero to twice the wavelength, as proximity sensor.     

亚波长金属波导的光传播和干涉特性研究

利用时域有限差分方法研究了亚波长金属波导TE波的传播特性和基于异常透射现象的干涉特性.对各种参量对驻波特性的影响及两列波导间的耦合特性进行了分析.研究发现,TE波在波导中传播时存在截止宽度,如果波导宽度小于截止宽度,TE波在波导中不能传播;如果波导宽度大于截止宽度,TE波的传播距离将随波导宽度变大而突然增加.当波导宽度达到或大于半波长时,TE波可以在波导中正常传播.金属波导的截止宽度与金属的吸收系数成正比.此外,由于光在亚波长金属波导透射时的异常透射现象,在亚波长金属波导中产生了TE波的干涉现象,能形成驻波.     

Contra-directional coupling between two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides

The contra-directional coupling between two photonic crystal (PC) waveguides is studied, using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. A design of contra-directional coupler is presented and its transmission properties are investigated. The device can be used as an add/drop filter. It is also shown that the coupled mode theory is suitable to study the photonic crystal waveguide coupler.     

Photonic crystal microcavity as a highly sensitive platform for RI detection

In this paper, we propose a new design principle of two-dimensional photonic crystal refractive index sensors with high transmission and sensitivity simultaneously. The proposed sensor is made of two waveguide couplers and one microcavity which is obtained by varying the radius of one air hole in the center of PC structure. The microcavity is separated from the input and output waveguides by many holes of the PC. It is shown that by injecting an analyte such as gas or a liquid into a sensing hole, and thus changing its refractive index, a shift in the resonant wavelength may occur. The transmission spectra, quality factor and sensitivity of the sensor have been analyzed numerically by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The sensitivity value of the sensor has been found to be 668 nm/(RIU with minimum detection limit of 0.002 RIU), which proves the ability of the structure to produce biosensor PhC.