Coupling of cavity modes and guiding modes in two-dimensional phononic crystals

Cavity modes for the single-cavity and the double-cavities in two-dimensional phononic crystal are studied by using a plane waves expansion supercell method. We show that the single-cavity behaves like an atom while the double-cavities behave like a molecule. Couplings of cavity modes with the waveguide modes are investigated for typical configurations. Suitably designed waveguides with introduced cavities might be used as acoustic filter in waveguide applications.     

Coupled rotational and translational modes in the mixed molecular crystal KBr1−x (CN) x

TheE _g andT _2g acoustic phonon modes of the molecular crystals KBr_0.96(CN)_0.04 and KBr_0.86(CN)_0.14 have been investigated by inelastic neutron scattering at 6, 90 and 300 K. Clear resonances due to mode-mode coupling to molecular excitations were observed. In complementary ultrasonic experiments the elastic constants were found to pass through minima as a function of temperature. The results were quantitavely explained by a model which assumes simple forms of the molecular excitation spectrum. An alternative interpretation, though being only qualitative, postulates a freezing of the CN molecules into a glass-like phase.     

Localized defect modes in finite magnetic two-dimensional photonic crystals

We present a detailed study of localized defect modes in finite two-dimensional magnetic photonic crystal consisting of cylindrical ferrite material in air background by using the scattering matrix method. It is shown that due to having positive and negative value of the effective magnetic permeability in interested photonic band gap, the defect modes present different behavior. Our results show that the modes appeared in positive permeability region have features similar to the modes supported by the dielectric photonic crystal while those created in the negative permeability region are strongly localized at the interface of defect ferrite rod with air background. Moreover, results indicate that defect modes occurred in the negative region are sharper than those appeared in the positive one which means the quality factor of former case is extremely high.     

二维声子晶体中简单旋转操作导致的拓扑相变

构建了一种简单的二维声子晶体:由两个横截面为三角形的钢柱所组成的复式元胞按三角点阵的形式排列在空气中,等效地形成了一个蜂巢点阵结构.当三角形钢柱的取向与三角点阵的高对称方向一致时,整个体系具有C_(6v)对称性.研究发现:在保持钢柱填充率不变的条件下,只需要将所有三角柱绕着自己的中心旋转180°,就可实现二重简并的p态和d态在布里渊区中心Γ点处的频率反转,且该能带反转过程实质上是一个拓扑相变过程.通过利用Γ点的P态和d态的空间旋转对称性,构造了一个赝时反演对称性,并在声学系统中实现了类似于电子系统中量子自旋霍尔效应的赝自旋态.随后通过k·p微扰法导出了Γ点附近的有效哈密顿量,并分别计算了拓扑平庸和非平庸系统的自旋陈数,揭示了能带反转和拓扑相变的内在联系.最后通过数值模拟演示了受到拓扑不变量保护的声波边界态的单向传输行为和对缺陷的背向散射抑制.文中所研究的声波体系,尽管材料普通常见,但其拓扑带隙的相对宽度超过21%,比已报道的类似体系的带隙都要宽,且工作原理涵盖从次声波到超声波的很大频率范围,从而在实际应用上具有较大的优势和潜力.     

二维磁振子晶体中线缺陷模的性质及其应用

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体带结构及缺陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 线缺陷结构的引入会在禁带中产生一个小范围的通带, 即产生线缺陷模. 该模式的存在可使自旋波沿着线缺陷结构的方向传播, 利用此性质含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体材料可作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料. 关键词： 磁振子晶体 线缺陷 波导     

二维磁振子晶体中点缺陷模的耦合性质研究

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了多点缺陷的二维磁振子晶体带结构及其部分缺 陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 点缺陷模间的能量发生了耦合, 使自旋波沿着缺陷方向传播. 利用该性质可将含多点缺陷体的二维磁 振子晶体作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料.     

Localization and channeling of light in defect modes of two-dimensional photonic crystals

The spatial distribution of the electromagnetic field in a two-dimensional photonic crystal with a lattice defect is investigated. It is shown that in such a structure the field can be localized in a region smaller than one wavelength in size. The dependence of the spectrum of defect modes on the parameters of a two-dimensional photonic crystal is investigated. The light field at the exit of the photonic crystal possesses properties of a nonradiative mode, making it possible to achieve spatial resolution in the near-field much higher than the radiation wavelength. The possibilities of using this phenomenon in optical near-field microscopy to produce optical memory devices and to increase the efficiency of nonlinear optical interactions are discussed. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 5, 323–328 (10 September 1999)     

Emission from impurity molecular centres in binary solutions of inert crystals

The structure of impurity excitations in solid binary solutions XeKr, XeAr, KrAr has been studied using the luminescence vacuum u.v. spectroscopy. Emission from biatomic heteronuclear molecules of inert elements was separated. The existence of two excited states of heteronuclear molecules of different atomic configurations is predicted. The pair potential of inert element interaction in the excited and ground states are analysed and force constants found. The peculiarities of the heteronuclear molecule formation as a function of concentration and temperature for solid binary solutions of inert gases have been discussed.     

Spontaneous and stimulated-radiation of impurity molecular crystals with optical and electron pumping

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 966–972, June, 1989.     

Translational-rotational interaction in dynamics and thermodynamics of a two-dimensional atomic crystal with molecular impurities

The interaction between the rotational degrees of freedom of a diatomic impurity molecule and phonon excitations of a two-dimensional atomic matrix commensurate to the substrate is investigated theoretically. It is shown that the translational-rotational interaction leads to renormalization of the crystal field constants and a change in the form of the operator for the rotational kinetic energy as compared to the corresponding expression for a free rotator. The contribution from the rotational degrees of freedom of impurities to the low-temperature heat capacity of a diluted solution of diatomic molecules in the two-dimensional atomic matrix is calculated. The possibility of experimentally observing the predicted effects is discussed.     

Infra-red absorption due to localized modes of vibration of impurity complexes in ionic and semiconductor crystals

A brief account is given of the theory of the vibrations of an imperfect crystal containing isolated impurities and pairs of impurities, and the strength of the induced infra-red absorption is discussed. An analysis is then made, by the methods of group theory, of the energy levels and expected optical transitions of an anharmonic localized oscillator vibrating in a static potential well with various point symmetries. These results are compared with the available experimental data for pairs of impurities and more complicated impurity aggregates in ionic crystals with the fluorite and rocksalt structures, and also for similar defects in the covalent crystals silicon, germanium and some III–V compound materials.     

Equipartition of rotational and translational energy in a dense granular gas

Experiments quantifying the rotational and translational motion of particles in a dense, driven, 2D granular gas floating on an air table reveal that kinetic energy is divided equally between the two translational and one rotational degrees of freedom. This equipartition persists when the particle properties, confining pressure, packing density, or spatial ordering are changed. While the translational velocity distributions are the same for both large and small particles, the angular velocity distributions scale with the particle radius. The probability distributions of all particle velocities have approximately exponential tails. Additionally, we find that the system can be described with a granular Boyle's law with a van?der?Waals-like equation of state. These results demonstrate ways in which conventional statistical mechanics can unexpectedly apply to nonequilibrium systems.     

Green's function method for waveguide and single impurity modes in 2D photonic crystals: H-polarization

Green's function methods are used to study H-polarized electromagnetic single site and waveguide impurity modes in two-dimensional photonic crystals. Modes for impurities formed of frequency independent, frequency dependent, and nonlinear dielectric media are treated. Results for H- and E-polarized modes are compared and contrasted.     

Interaction induced light scattering in orientationally disordered crystals: the translational phonon region

We have derived an expression for the light scattering spectrum of a crystal in which the mechanically regular sites are occupied by point polarizable orientationally disordered molecules when the polarizabilities are assumed to depend on the positions of the surrounding atoms (interaction induced polarizability fluctuations).

Owing to the ‘electrical’ disorder properties of the system all phonons can contribute to the anisotropic scattering measured in all polarization configuration with wavevector, branch index and polarization dependent coefficients. Assuming short range interaction induced polarizabilities we show that the temperature reduced intensity I(ω)/[n(ω) + 1] is given by a superposition of the Brillouin zone centre symmetry ‘projected’ density of states with polarization dependent coefficients. These coefficients are found to be essentially frequency independent for all the projections, exception made for those corresponding to the acoustic phonons. For the acoustic branches the coefficients vanish in a first approximation. They can however be treated on more rigorous grounds and, as already found by other authors, their contribution is proportional to the density of states multiplied by ω².

In addition zone centre (k?0) totally symmetric phonons can also be present in the ‘isotropic’ term (which appears only in the polarized VV configuration).

A procedure is suggested to obtain the total density of states from the spectra measured in different polarization configurations.