光子晶体自准直光束偏振分束器

结合能带图和等频图分析,基于光子晶体自准直效应和光子带隙,设计了一种紧凑、高效的偏振分束器.时域有限差分法(FDTD)模拟表明,该设计可以在一个较大的频率范围f=0.268—0.278(c/a) 内实现TE模和TM模的高效(85%)、大角度(90°)分离.在光通讯波长λ=1.55 μm,该设计尺寸仅为9 μm×9 μm.这些特性使其在光通讯领域中具有重要的应用前景. 关键词： 光子晶体 偏振分束器 自准直     

基于光子晶体自准直环形谐振腔的全光均分束器

通过等频图分析并结合时域有限差分法模拟,在一个与偏振态无关的自准直光子晶体环形谐振腔中,研究发现当环形谐振腔内的光传输距离改变时,横电波(TE)和横磁波(TM)两种偏振态的光在通过环形谐振腔之后的输出将会随之变化并呈现出不同的周期性.通过选择适合的传输距离,实现了TE,TM自准直的情况下同时分束50%的结果,构成了一种基于光子晶体自准直环形谐振腔的全光均分束器.全光均分束器扩大了分束器的运用范围,也会在高密度集成光路中发挥重要的作用. 关键词： 光子晶体 环形谐振腔 自准直 分束器     

二维光子晶体分束器和偏转器

针对二维光子晶体在光束调整和光束偏转中的应用,采用平面波展开法、二维有限时域差分法和完全匹配层吸收边界条件,从理论上研究了二维方形光子晶体结构中TM模式的自准直现象.通过分析光子晶体的能带结构和等频图,基于二维光子晶体的自准直效应和光子带隙,对光波在二维光子晶体中的传播特性进行了讨论.数值计算表明,通过在合适的方向引入不同的线缺陷,可以实现自准直光束的1×2和1×3分束以及光束偏转.最后讨论了透射光束和偏转光束的能量随线缺陷半径的变化关系.所设计的器件极大地扩展了光子晶体在高密度光学集成电路中的应用.     

二维光子晶体中与电磁波偏振态无关的自准直

利用有限时域差分法(FDTD)进行数值模拟，在二维光子晶体中实现了电磁波两种偏振态的自准直——全光自准直(full-light-self-collimation).研究表明，通过对光子晶体的结构做适当的调整，可以在较宽频率范围内实现横电波(TE波)和横磁波(TM波)沿着相同方向传播，同时保持较强的能流强度.全光自准直可以显著提高光源利用率和光波导的传播效率，在高密度集成光路中有非常重要的用途. 关键词： 光子晶体 偏振 自准直     

二维光子晶体非对称Mach-Zehnder自准直传感器研究

基于自准直效应,通过在二维空气柱型光子晶体非对称Mach-Zehnder干涉仪长臂上设置传感区域,设计了一种自准直传感器.平面波展开法确定了入射光的自准直频率范围,时域有限差分法分析了传感器的灵敏度达到68 nm/RIU,采用单频光入射实现了传感模拟.该传感器完全依赖自准直导光,无需引入任何缺陷波导,大大降低了制作工艺要求,其大小只有十几个微米,能够满足超紧凑、高灵敏度、廉价和无标记的要求.     

二维光子晶体非对称Mach-Zehnder自准直传感器研究

基于自准直效应,通过在二维空气柱型光子晶体非对称Mach-Zehnder干涉仪长臂上设置传感区域,设计了一种自准直传感器.平面波展开法确定了入射光的自准直频率范围,时域有限差分法分析了传感器的灵敏度达到68 nm/RIU,采用单频光入射实现了传感模拟.该传感器完全依赖自准直导光,无需引入任何缺陷波导,大大降低了制作工艺要求,其大小只有十几个微米,能够满足超紧凑、高灵敏度、廉价和无标记的要求.     

孔型硅光子晶体中折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪(英文)

设计了基于孔型硅光子晶体的折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪.它由一个光反射器和几个光分束器构成.在干涉仪中,窄光束依赖自准直效应进行传输.利用时域有限差分法研究了折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的特性.结果表明,在0.255～0.270c/a的归一化频率范围内,干涉仪的两个透射谱均为正弦形且强度互补,透射谱的透射峰间距随着干涉仪两臂的光程差的增大而减小.该折叠式干涉仪结构紧凑,尺寸比非折叠式光子晶体马赫-曾德尔干涉仪要小许多,有望作为信道解复用器应用于光子芯片中.     

孔型硅光子晶体中折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪

本文首次设计了基于孔型硅光子晶体的折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪。它由一个光反射器和几个光分束器构成。在干涉仪中,窄光束依赖自准直效应进行传输。利用时域有限差分法研究了折叠式马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的特性。结果表明,在0.255-0.270c/a的归一化频率范围内,干涉仪的两个透射谱均为正弦形且强度互补,透射谱的透射峰间距随着干涉仪两臂的光程差的增大而减小。该折叠式干涉仪结构紧凑,尺寸比非折叠式光子晶体马赫-曾德尔干涉仪要小许多。它有望作为信道解复用器应用于光子芯片中。     

正方介质柱光子晶体中异常传输现象研究

研究了电磁波在二维正方介质柱光子晶体中的传输,发现处于第一频带部分带隙的电磁波在不同界面切割方向上不同角度入射时可分别产生全反射及复杂异常折射现象如自准直现象、负折射现象.首先利用平面波展开法从理论上研究正方介质柱正方晶格光子晶体的频带结构及等频线,然后通过时域有限差分法来仿真研究光子晶体在第一频带部分带隙的传输特性.当光子晶体的界面切割沿着ΓX方向时,由于光子晶体内无本征模能够被有效地激发,入射波束被完全反射,这与光子带隙导致的全反射具有本质的不同;当光子晶体的界面切割方向沿着ΓM时,归因于其扁平的等频线,一定角度范围内入射的波束在光子晶体内几乎沿同方向传输即产生自准直现象.     

可实现宽频带光波非对称传输的自准直效应光子晶体异质结构

利用光子晶体的自准直效应和能带特性,设计了一种能实现宽频带光波非对称传输的二维光子晶体异质结构.该结构实现宽频带、高正向透射、非偏振选择的非对称传输.横电(transverse electric, TE)偏振光非对称传输波长带宽可达532 nm,在光通信波长1550 nm处正向透射率和透射对比度分别可达0.693和0.946;横磁(transverse magnetic, TM)偏振光非对称传输波长带宽为128 nm,在光通信波长1550 nm处正向透射率和透射对比度分别可达0.513和0.972;通过进一步优化异质结界面,在TE偏振光下非对称传输波长带宽可达562 nm.     

Control of photonic band gaps in one-dimensional photonic crystals

The photonic band gaps in one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) are theoretically investigated. A new method to broaden the photonic band gaps is introduced. Based on the similar method, a kind of photonic crystals is constructed to generate photonic band gaps with proportioned central frequencies. This technology can be used for designing nonlinear PCs for harmonic generation.     

二维光子晶体全光异或门的设计及研究

分析了二维光子晶体马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的传输特性,将二维光子晶体波导、环形腔和马赫-曾德尔干涉仪有效结合,提出了一种基于二维光子晶体马赫-曾德尔干涉仪的异或门设计。用平面波展开法分析二维光子晶体能带结构,并用时域有限差分法验证光信号在该器件中的电场稳态分布。结果表明,该结构能够实现异或逻辑,且具有高逻辑对比度7.88 dB,快速响应周期0.388 ps和高传输速率7.87 Tbit/s;并且该器件结构尺寸仅为13 μm×14 μm,易于集成。该异或逻辑结构中引入了二维光子晶体马赫-曾德尔干涉仪,使得光子晶体逻辑门结构的设计更加多样,并为二维光子晶体半加器与全加器的设计提供了基础,具有重要的研究意义。     

光子晶体器件进展

光子晶体对光具有独特的局域、反射、传导、分束、耦合、调制、慢光等操纵能力,使其成为微/纳光电集成的重要材料之一。介绍了光子晶体的几种重要物理特性——带隙特性、慢光特性、自准直和负折射特性,叙述了光子晶体集成器件方面所取得的最新进展,对光子晶体器件的发展动向做了展望。     

Photonic‐on‐a‐chip: a thermal actuated Mach‐Zehnder interferometer and a molecular thermometer based on a single di‐ureasil organic‐inorganic hybrid

An integrated photonic‐on‐a‐chip device based on a single organic‐inorganic di‐ureasil hybrid was fabricated for optical waveguide and temperature sensing. The device is composed by a thermal actuated Mach‐Zehnder (MZ) interferometer operating with a switching power of 0.011 W and a maximum temperature difference between branches of 0.89 ºC. The MZ interferometer is covered by a Eu³⁺/Tb³⁺ co‐doped di‐ureasil luminescent molecular thermometer with a temperature uncertainty of 0.1ºC and a spatial resolution of 13 µm. This is an uncommon example in which the same material (an organic‐inorganic hybrid) that is used to fabricate a particular device (a thermal‐actuated MZ interferometer) is also used to measure one of the device intrinsic properties (the operating temperature). The photonic‐on‐a‐chip example discussed here can be applied to sense temperature gradients with high resolution (10⁻³ ºC·µm⁻¹) in chip‐scale heat engines or refrigerators, magnetic nanocontacts and energy‐harvesting machines.     

Performance of nonlinear photonic crystal devices at high bit rates

I investigate theoretically the performance limits for all-optical switching devices incorporating photonic crystals made of nonlinear materials operating at high bit rates. I compare two switching techniques--shifting of the photonic bandgap and the more traditional interferometric method enhanced by slow wave propagation in photonic crystals-and show that the latter always has an advantage. I also demonstrate that the benefits provided by the photonic crystal in the interferometer are still severely limited by the dispersion and become significant only in materials combining high nonlinearity, high index contrast, and high damage threshold.     

Synthesis and photonic band gap characterization of high quality photonic crystal heterostructures

High quality photonic crystal heterostructures with a thin titania planar defect layer between its two constitutional photonic crystals were fabricated and their structural and optical properties were analyzed. The results suggest that the thin planar defect layer is beneficial to separate the two constitutional photonic crystals from each other and to reduce the roughness of the interface. The quality of the resulting photonic crystal heterostructures is improved largely and the main features of the photonic band gaps of the two constitutional photonic crystals are inherited. The predominant optical quality of these heterostructures (e.g. deep double photonic band gaps and steep photonic band edges) may afford new flexibility and functionality for engineered photonic behavior in practical devices such as late-model light-operated switches.     

Ultrasmall-angle X-ray scattering analysis of photonic crystal structure

The results of an ultrasmall-angle X-ray scattering study of iron(III) oxide inverse opal thin films are presented. The photonic crystals examined are shown to have fcc structure with amount of stacking faults varying among the samples. The method used in this study makes it possible to easily distinguish between samples with predominantly twinned fcc structure and nearly perfect fcc stacking. The difference observed between samples fabricated under identical conditions is attributed to random layer stacking in the self-assembled colloidal crystals used as templates for fabricating the inverse opals. The present method provides a versatile tool for analyzing photonic crystal structure in studies of inverse opals made of various materials, colloidal crystals, and three-dimensional photonic crystals of other types.     

Two-dimensional function photonic crystals

In this paper, we have studied two-dimensional function photonic crystals, in which the dielectric constants of medium columns are the functions of space coordinates , that can become true easily by electro-optical effect and optical kerr effect. We calculated the band gap structures of TE and TM waves, and found the TE (TM) wave band gaps of function photonic crystals are wider (narrower) than the conventional photonic crystals. For the two-dimensional function photonic crystals, when the dielectric constant functions change, the band gaps numbers, width and position should be changed, and the band gap structures of two-dimensional function photonic crystals can be adjusted flexibly, the needed band gap structures can be designed by the two-dimensional function photonic crystals, and it can be of help to design optical devices.     

Fabrication of a void array in dielectric materials by femtosecond laser micro-processing for compact photonic devices

We describe a systematic investigation on void structures fabricated by femtosecond laser irradiation inside dielectric materials for fabrication of a compact optical circuit. Void shapes fabricated in 5 different dielectric materials were compared and the physical constants determining the void shape were discussed. A long void array is obtainable in a material which has a low critical power for self-focusing. It was also indicated that the coefficient of thermal expansion is a dominant governing factor to fabricate a precise void which has a clear boundary. Furthermore, we propose and design a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in fused silica composed of optical waveguides and photonic crystals to verify practical application of a void array. Simulation results of the optical propagation in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer indicated that the photonic crystals using a void array have potential to fabricate compact optical circuits.     

等离子体光子晶体的FDTD分析

等离子体光子晶体是等离子体和介质（真空）构成的人工周期性结构.用分段线性电流密度 递归卷积时域有限差分（PLCDRC-FDTD）算法分析了等离子体光子晶体和缺陷等离子体光子 晶体.从时域的角度分析了高斯脉冲在等离子体光子晶体中的传播过程，给出了时域反射和 透射波形.然后，从频域的角度分析了等离子体光子晶体和带缺陷的等离子体光子晶体的电 磁反射系数和透射系数.计算表明，等离子体光子晶体对频率小于等离子体频率的低频电磁 波几乎完全反射，而透射的电磁波则为频率高于等离子体频率的电磁波.在高频，等离子体 光子晶体则出现类似一般光子晶体的光子带隙特性. 关键词： 等离子体 光子晶体 时域有限差分法 等离子体光子晶体