Slow light in photonic crystals waveguide constructed with symmetrically perturbed structure

Symmetrically perturbed photonic crystal waveguide can be constructed by inserting perturbative dielectric rods into photonic crystal waveguide structure with whose rods’ radius distributed according to a certain proportion. Slow light properties in this new structure are studied by using the plane wave expansion method (PWM). In this paper, schemes of adjusting radius of perturbative dielectric rods and adjusting the dielectric constant of perturbative dielectric rods are proposed to optimize slow light properties. The result shows that the scheme for adjusting radius of perturbative rods can realize larger average slow light bandwidth and efficiently control the NDBP value of the waveguide, but it contributes little to obtain smaller group velocity. The scheme for adjusting dielectric constant of perturbative rods can realize smaller group velocity, but can only obtain smaller slow light bandwidth and cannot efficiently enlarge NDBP value of waveguide. Both optimization schemes proposed in this paper realize group velocity that is two magnitudes smaller than the vacuum speed of light meanwhile maintaining large NDBP and low GVD region. Our results provide important theoretical basis for the potential application offered by symmetrically perturbed photonic crystal in future optical networks.     

Broadrange tunable slow and fast light in quantum dot photonic crystal structure

Slow and fast light processes, based on both structural and material dispersions, are realized in a wide tuning range in this article. Coherent population oscillations(CPO) in electrically tunable quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers lead to a variable group index ranging from the background index(nbgd) to ～ 30. A photonic crystal waveguide is then dispersion engineered and a group index of 260 with the normalized delay-bandwidth product(NDBP) of 0.65 is achieved in the proposed waveguide. Using comprehensive numerical simulations, we show that a considerable enhancement of slow light effect can be achieved by combining both the material and the structural dispersions in the proposed active QDPCW structure. We compare our developed FDTD results with analytical results and show that there is good agreement between the results, which demonstrates that the proposed electrically-tunable slow light idea is obtainable in the QDPCW structure.We achieve a total group index in a wide tuning range from nbgdto ～ 1500 at the operation bandwidth, which shows a significant enhancement compared with the schemes based only on material or structural dispersions. The tuning range and also NDBP of the slow light scheme are much larger than those of the electrically tunable CPO process.     

Issues when designing hypoellipse photonic crystal waveguides

This work designs a type of line-defect photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) called hypoellipse PCW (HPCW) that considers two conflicting issues: group index and bandwidth. To do so, the recent multi objective framework called MoMIR is employed. A wide range of designs obtained demonstrates the advantage of considering group index and bandwidth simultaneously when designing HPCWs. Comparison of the proposed HPCW with the current best PCWs shows a nearly 7% improvement over the latter in terms of normalized delay-bandwidth product (NDBP). Analysis of the results reveals some of the physical rules about the structure of the HPCW. Finally, optical pulse propagation in obtained HPCWs and the process of designing an optical buffer by using an obtained design are explained.     

Slow light engineering in a photonic crystal slab waveguide through optofluidic infiltration and geometric modulation

In this paper, a new type of flat-band slow light structure with high group index (n _g) and large normalized delay-bandwidth product (NDBP) in a silicon on insulator (SOI) based photonic crystal (PC) slab waveguide with a triangular lattice of circular holes is demonstrated. The dispersion engineering is performed by infiltrating optical fluids with different refractive indices n _f in the first row and shifting the second row of air holes adjacent to the PC waveguide (PCW) in the longitudinal direction. In the optimized case, a high NDBP of 0.32 with a group index of 54.55 and a bandwidth of 9.13 nm could be obtained. Furthermore, an ultra-low group velocity dispersion (GVD) in the range of 10^–20 s²/m is achieved in all of the structures. These results are obtained by numerical simulations based on three-dimensional (3D) plane wave expansion (PWE) method.     

Viscosity and Temperature Effects on the Rate of Oxygen Quenching of Tris-(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II)

We compare the bimolecular quenching rate constant (k₂) of luminescent tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) by oxygen in water, ethylene glycol and glycerol as a function of temperature and viscosity to several theoretical models. The Smoluchowski equation with experimentally determined diffusion coefficients produced calculated values that were in the best agreement with experiment. For the less viscous solvent, water, this equation produced a value that was approximately an order of magnitude larger than the experimental value. With an increase in solvent viscosity, the Smoluchowski value approached the experimental value. Using the Smoluchowski equation with calculated diffusion coefficients based on the known radii of the reacting species produced deviations an order of magnitude larger in water and a factor of two or three lower in ethylene glycol and glycerol. If an assumption is made that the radii of both molecules are equal, we have the Stokes Einstein equation, and the only parameters become temperature and viscosity. Using this relationship, the calculated values for water are about a factor of two larger and with ethylene glycol and glycerol about a factor of 6 smaller than experimental data. These results show that bimolecular quenching is a more complex process affected by many parameters such as solvent cage effects in addition to viscosity and temperature.     

An optimum design and fabrication of lens on luminous uniformity and light extraction of high-power light-emitting diode

The effect of lens inner structure on radiation pattern and light extraction efficiency of light-emitting diode (LED) and the application to artificial light in compact greenhouse is demonstrated. A commercial software package of Trace Pro and one-factor at-a-time (OFAT) method are used to simulate the lens with different inner structure. The optimum parameters of lens inner structure design for the maximum light extraction efficiency and the best uniform luminous are described by the corner radius of curvature, lens width, and lens height, respectively. For a real single LED module, base on the optimum parameters of lens inner structure, the corresponding best luminous uniformity is 62% and corresponding output extraction is 14.11 lm. The maximum uniformity of illumination for LED matrix assembled by LED modules with optimum lens is 88% and corresponding light extraction 1141 lm. In comparison with a commercial artificial light of LED matrix used in agriculture, the high-power LED module with proposed lens inner structure exhibit good improvement in uniformity of illumination and light extraction. This study may provide a practical guideline for design and fabrication of a high-performance lens used in various compact agricultural applications.     

关于原子核电荷半径的研究

结合原子核电荷半径实验数据, 对885个中子数N≥8和质子数Z≥8的核电荷半径做了系统的研究. 对于单参数核电荷半径公式, Z^1/3律公式计算的结果优于A^1/3律的结果, 而对于两参数和三参数公式, Z^1/3律和A^1/3律的结果基本相当. 考虑到壳效应及奇偶摆动现象, 在原有的三参数公式基础上提出了加入Casten因子项和δ项的核电荷半径新公式. 利用该公式计算得到的核电荷半径理论值和实验值符合得非常好, 均方根偏差仅为σ=0.0266 fm, 此值比常用的三参数公式的结果下降了近50%, 理论计算值能更好地反映出壳效应及核电荷半径奇偶摆动的变化趋势.     

Packet switching start-stop bits generation based on bifurcation behavior of light in a micro ring resonator

This paper proposes the interesting nonlinear behavior of light known as bifurcation, where the use of such behavior in a micro ring resonator to form the secure digital codes for optical packet switching application is demonstrated. A new concept of the stop-start bits in an optical packet switching protocol is formed by using the bifurcation codes. Bifurcation is introduced when light is input into a nonlinear micro ring device, where the refractive index of an InGaAsP/InP is one of device parameters. The other parameters of the device are coupling coefficient (K) and the ring radius (R), where the ring radii used are ranged from 5 to 10 μm. Simulation results obtained have shown that the packet switching data can be secured by using the generated start-stop bits as the secured codes.     

Generalized fast light generation with multi-stage nonlinear micro ring resonators

We firstly demonstrate a simple system of fast light generation using a soliton pulse circulating in the integrated micro ring devices. Using such a system, the attosecond pulse and beyond can be easily generated. Simulation results obtained have shown that the generation of a very narrow full-width at half maximum (FWHM) and sharp tip are achieved. In principle, light pulse known as a soliton pulse is generated and input into a three-stage micro ring resonator, where the ring radii are within the ranges from 5 to 15 μm. With some selected parameters such as ring radii, coupling coefficients and nonlinear refractive indices, the extremely short pulse is generated, which means fast light is generated from ns to zs and beyond by using the simple system.     

Reconstructing bifurcation diagrams from noisy time series using nonlinear autoregressive models

We introduce a formalism for the reconstruction of bifurcation diagrams from noisy time series. The method consists in finding a parametrized predictor function whose bifurcation structure is similar to that of the given system. The reconstruction algorithm is composed of two stages: model selection and bifurcation parameter identification. In the first stage, an appropriate model that best represents all the given time series is selected. A nonlinear autoregressive model with polynomial terms is employed in this study. The identification of the bifurcation parameters from among the many model parameters is done in the second stage. The algorithm works well even for a limited number of time series.     

A novel calibration approach to structured light 3D vision inspection

Structured light 3D vision inspection is a commonly used method for various 3D surface profiling techniques. In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to generate the sufficient calibration points with high accuracy for structured light 3D vision. This approach is based on a flexible calibration target, composed of a photo-electrical aiming device and a 3D translation platform. An improved algorithm of back propagation (BP) neural network is also presented, and is successfully applied to the calibration of structured light 3D vision inspection. Finally, using the calibration points and the improved algorithm of BP neural network, the best network structure is established. The training accuracy for the best BP network structure is 0.083 mm, and its testing accuracy is 0.128 mm.     

Design of a high efficiency wide-band 60° bend for TE polarization

In this paper, a high-efficiency 60° photonic crystal (PC) bend geometry is proposed. The corresponding PC is a two-dimensional triangular lattice of air holes in a dielectric slab. In the proposed bend structure, five additional holes are introduced in the bend. The radii of these holes are changed gradually. Hence the effect of bend discontinuity is decreased and consequently, a wide-band high efficiency bend is obtained. In this structure, the frequency bandwidth for which the transmission coefficient is greater than 0.9 covers 84% of the single-mode bandwidth of the waveguide, while for the best geometry reported in the literature this value does not exceed 56%. For numerical analysis of waveguide bends, the slab PC structure is first replaced by a two-dimensional (2D) PC with an effective refractive index and then, a 2D FDTD method is used to obtain the transmission coefficient of the bend.     

Interaction of two spatially separated light beams in a nonlinear Kerr medium

The evolution of two spatially separated light beams in a nonlinear Kerr medium described by a system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations is studied. An analytic solution is found for the variational problem. It is shown that when two crossed beams interact, a bound state can develop in which the distance between the centers of the beams and their radii vary periodically. Here the mutual curvature of the trajectories of the centers of the beams causes the beams to bend into a helical structure whose parameters (pitch and diameter) are also periodic functions. The threshold power for mutual trapping is determined and the period of the oscillations is found.     

光源角度对金属表面图像边缘的影响分析

在机器视觉的图像处理中影响图像优劣的因素有很多,其中光源照射角度是主要因素之一。为了得到更好的图像数据,对视觉系统中光源照射最佳角度进行了仿真分析与实验研究,实验中采用单一变量法,只改变光源照射角度,通过理论计算、模拟仿真和实验验证相结合,得到了最佳的光源照射角度。结合Sobel算法检验在最佳角度下和其他角度下的图像边缘质量,结果表明在光照角度为57.17°的倾角下图像光照数据和边缘图像表现最好。该实验结果对更深层次的图像处理和图像采集具有指导意义。     

基于成像清晰度函数的非球面反射镜位置校正实验研究

在具有双曲面、抛物面或椭圆面反射镜的成像光学系统中,反射镜的位置误差通常具有对成像质量影响灵敏的特点.因此,在该类光学系统装调或工作过程中反射镜位置存在误差时需要对该反射镜进行精确调整.目前,反射镜位置校正的方法多基于对系统波前误差的测量,从而判断其位置误差.然而在系统工作过程中可能无法进行光学系统的波前测量,或者需要复杂的光学系统才能实现波前误差的测量.本文以焦平面图像清晰度作为评价函数,采用随机并行梯度下降算法对反射镜位置进行调整,使系统成像质量达到最佳.针对迭代过程中反射镜位置发生变化时图像偏离探测器靶面而无法探测的问题,本文采用了一种反射镜垂直光轴平移和旋转相结合的调整方法.在保证图像位置不变化的条件下对系统像差进行校正.室内实验验证了该方法具有可行性,校正后的成像质量达到衍射极限.     

Light propagation with ultralarge modal areas in optical fibers

We demonstrate robust single-transverse-mode light propagation in higher-order modes of a fiber, with effective area A(eff) ranging from 2,100 to 3,200 microm(2). These modes are accessed using long-period fiber gratings that enable higher-order-mode excitation over a bandwidth of 94 mm with greater than 99% of the light in the desired mode. The fiber is designed such that the effective index separation between modes is always large, hence minimizing in-fiber mode mixing and enabling light propagation over lengths as large as 12 m, with bends down to 4.5 cm radii. The modal stability increases with mode order, suggesting that A(eff) of this platform is substantially scalable.     

用于显示的透射型法布里-珀罗光调制器

提出了一种用于显示的,基于透射型法布里-珀罗干涉的微机电系统(MEMS)光学调制器。基于多光束干涉原理分析了调制器的光学特性,推导出了调制器结构的特征参量。分析表明,当调制器的腔长为cλ/4时,透射光可以实现暗态显示;当调制器的腔长取为零或cλ/2时,透射光可以实现亮态显示。通过控制法布里-珀罗腔长,就可实现调制器的明暗调制。理论上证明了该调制器用于显示的可行性。设计了一种基于微机电系统的透射型法布里-珀罗光学调制器结构,该调制器的理论衬比度达到150。仿真结果表明,该调制器具有2.4 V的低电压静电驱动性能。     

二维光子晶体提高C波段LED出光效率的研究

片上集成光源是未来光电子系统中光源发展的主要趋势,LED光源作为片上集成光源的主要缺点是其出光效率低,二维光子晶体是提高LED出光效率的有效手段。本工作设计了C波段LED的基本结构及参数,并采用时域有限差分法计算了不同阵列不同占空比的二维光子晶体能带结构,利用禁带理论选取提高C波段LED出光效率的最优二维光子晶体结构参数,结果表明三角排列空气孔二维光子晶体晶格常数a=500 nm且占空比R_p=0.44的光子晶体结构最优。     

Improved Lanczos algorithms for blackbox MRS data quantitation

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has been shown to be a potentially important medical diagnostic tool. The success of MRS depends on the quantitative data analysis, i.e., the interpretation of the signal in terms of relevant physical parameters, such as frequencies, decay constants, and amplitudes. A variety of time-domain algorithms to extract parameters have been developed. On the one hand, there are so-called blackbox methods. Minimal user interaction and limited incorporation of prior knowledge are inherent to this type of method. On the other hand, interactive methods exist that are iterative, require user involvement, and allow inclusion of prior knowledge. We focus on blackbox methods. The computationally most intensive part of these blackbox methods is the computation of the singular value decomposition (SVD) of a Hankel matrix. Our goal is to reduce the needed computational time without affecting the accuracy of the parameters of interest. To this end, algorithms based on the Lanczos method are suitable because the main computation at each step, a matrix-vector product, can be efficiently performed by means of the fast Fourier transform exploiting the structure of the involved matrix. We compare the performance in terms of accuracy and efficiency of four algorithms: the classical SVD algorithm based on the QR decomposition, the Lanczos algorithm, the Lanczos algorithm with partial reorthogonalization, and the implicitly restarted Lanczos algorithm. Extensive simulation studies show that the latter two algorithms perform best.