Parametrical Instability of Surface Type X-modes Immersed into a Nonmonochromatic Pumping Electric Field

Parametrical excitation of surface type X-modes (STXM) at the second harmonic of electron cyclotron frequency by nonmonochromatic external alternating electric field is under consideration. STXM are the eigenmodes of a planar magnetoactive plasma waveguide structure consisting of a metal wall with dielectric coating and uniform plasma filling. An external steady magnetic field is applied along the plasma interface, so it is perpendicular to the group velocity of the considered extraordinarily polarized waves. Influence of the plasma waveguide parameters on the parametrical instability of the STXM is studied. External alternating electric field is assumed to consist of two fields with different amplitudes and frequencies. A theoretical investigation is carried out using kinetic equation for plasma particles under the conditions of weak plasma spatial dispersion and small amplitudes of external electric fields. The obtained results can be useful for research in branch of edge plasma physics.     

Peculiarities in the Formation of X-Ray Fluxes by Waveguide–Resonators of Different Construction

The phenomenon of total external reflection (TER) of quasi-monochromatic X-ray radiation fluxes on a material interface and the effect of waveguide–resonator propagation of these fluxes in nanosize extended slit clearance, as well as a device operating on the basis of this effect—a planar X-ray waveguide–resonator—are briefly described. Experimental data on the formation of an X-ray flux by a composite X-ray waveguide–resonator are presented, and a model describing the decrease in the angular divergence of the formed flux without a decrease in the integral intensity is proposed. The model is based on the conception of partial angular tunneling of the radiation flux in the gap between two consequently mounted and mutually adjusted waveguide–resonators; the tunneling is implemented due to the interaction between interference fields of standing X-ray waves excited by the radiation transported by the slit clearance of these waveguide–resonators.     

对称平面单轴晶体金属波导的模式场(1)

由于平面各向异性介质金属波导的重要应用,本文讨论了光在对称平面单轴晶体金属波导(波导层是单轴晶体,两个波导界面均为金属)内的传输特性.对于晶体光轴位于波导界面法方向与传输方向构成的平面内的特殊波导结构,利用麦克斯韦方程组并结合单轴晶体的性质,精确解出了波导模式场.结果表明:1)此种特殊结构波导内存在横电波(TE)和横磁波(TM);2)TM波的坡印廷矢量与波矢方向不在一条直线上;3)波导层为负单轴晶体时波导主模是TE波主模,而波导层为正单轴晶体时波导主模是TM波主模.     

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.     

Resonant cavity based antireflection structures for surface plasmon waveguides

The concept of antireflection coating in the theory of multilayer films is introduced to the two-dimensional metal–insulator–metal (MIM) structures to realize total transmission of optical energy at the waveguide discontinuities. The antireflection structure consists of a resonant cavity which is constructed by changing the insulator width of the waveguide. A numerical method is used to achieve the optimal design directly. A T-splitter with zero reflection is proposed, utilizing a cavity structure in the input waveguide. A transformer with enhanced transmission between different waveguides is presented for further validating the efficiency and generality of these cavity based antireflection structures. The simulation results show that such a structure can realize a perfect antireflection function.     

Axial structure of plasma column sustained by non‐symmetric electromagnetic surface wave

This article presents the results of theoretical study of the axial structure of gas discharge that is sustained by a non‐symmetric electromagnetic surface wave (SW) with azimuth wavenumber m = –2. The phase and attenuation characteristics of the wave, and the spatial wave field structure were studied as well. The wave considered propagates along the magnetized slightly nonuniform in axial direction plasma column and sustains it. The influence of external magnetic field value and finite plasma column radius on the discharge stability, on the plasma density axial profile and on the SW properties has been studied in the case of the diffusion regime of gas discharge sustaining.     

Plasmonic Metasurfaces Enabled Ultra‐Compact Broadband Waveguide TM‐Pass Polarizer

Silicon waveguide polarizers offer a simple yet robust approach to address the polarization‐dependent issue of silicon‐based optical components, and hence have found numerous applications in silicon photonics. However, the available silicon waveguide polarizers suffer from the issue of large device footprint, high insertion loss (IL), and/or fabrication complexities. Here, a silicon waveguide transverse magnetic (TM)‐pass polarizer is constructed by coating a silicon waveguide with an ultra‐thin plasmonic metasurface structure that is capable of guiding slow surface wave (SW) mode. The transverse electric (TE) waveguide mode can be converted into SW mode with the involvement of metasurfaces, and hence is intrinsically absorbed and forbidden to pass, while the TM waveguide mode can be well guided due to little influence. A typical metasurface polarizer with an ultra‐short length of 2.4 µm enables the IL of 28.16 dB for the TE mode, and that of 0.53 dB for the TM mode at 1550 nm. Multiple‐band TM‐pass polarizers can be obtained by cascading two or more different metasurface‐coated silicon waveguides along the propagation direction, and a dual‐band TM‐pass polarizer is demonstrated with the IL being of 19.21 and 29.09 dB for the TE mode at 1310 and 1550 nm, respectively.     

Heating Mechanism of Self-Interaction of Potential Surface Waves in a Warm Nonisothermal Plasma Bounded by Metal

The influence of electrons heating in the high-frequency potential surface wave (SW) field on dispersion properties of the considered SW is studied in this paper. High-frequency SW propagate at the interface between a warm nonisothermal plasma and a metal. The nonlinear dispersion relation for the SW is derived and investigated. The obtained results are valid in both semiconductor and gaseous plasmas in a weak heating approximation.     

Pure Reflection and Refraction of a Surface Polariton by a Matched Waveguide Structure

We study the fundamental problem of reflection and refraction of a surface polariton as it strikes the interface between two waveguide structures. By making the two waveguide structures match to each other, coupling of surface polaritons to radiating modes is cancelled, and the reflected and transmitted waves consist of only surface modes. The reflection and transmission coefficients are calculated, and negative refraction of surface polaritons is demonstrated. Finite-difference time-domain numerical simulations are also performed to verify the analytical results. As one of the applications of the matched waveguide structure, a square corner reflector for phase-retardation-free reflection of surface polaritons is proposed.     

A method of determining the charge trapped at the interfaces of a metal/ferroelectric/metal thin-film structure

A method is developed for determining the trap density at the metal/ferroelectric interfaces in a completely depleted ferroelectric film with two Schottky barriers. The method is based on the recharging of traps induced by an external pulsed bias. The ranges of the bias fields and of the parameters of the metal/ferro-electric/metal structure for which analytical solution of the Poisson equation is possible are found. Using this method and measurements of the transient current, the density of the charge trapped at the upper and lower interfaces of Pt(Ir)/PZT/Ir(Ti/SiO₂/Si) capacitors is determined. The interface charge as estimated from the trap density proved to be much smaller than the residual polarization of the PZT film. The observed correlation between the symmetry of the interface trap charges and the symmetry of the hysteresis loops and switching currents indicates the reliability of the estimation of the trap density determined using the proposed method.     

Refraction Light Control by Constructing Output Interface Topography of Metal Waveguide Arrays

We investigate a nanoscale metal waveguide array (MWGA) structure and demonstrate that negative refraction effect exists from the visible to infrared frequency. Our numerical analysis shows that this effect is related to outputinterface of MWGAs. Refraction light would have different directions on the gradient shaped output surface as a result of phase retardation control by waveguide thickness. Finite-difference time-domain analysis shows that more sharp superdiffraction limit imaging can be obtained by constructing convex-like output interface topography.     

Surface exciton modes for plane and spherical semiconductor-metal interfaces

An approximate method is developed for investigating the nature of interface exciton modes in a composite spatially dispersive medium. The method is general enough to be applicable to any composite system, in which each component is described by an arbitrary bulk dielectric functionε(q, ω). It is based on the extension of the usual electrostatic-image method of solving the Poisson’s equation, in the presence of an external point charge in the system. We have applied our general method to a composite system of a finite metal slab surrounded by a semiconductor on one side and the vacuum on the other side. Similarly, we have also considered the case of a metallic sphere of radiusR, surrounded by a semiconductor, with a spherical interface between them. With assumed spatially dispersive model dielectric functions for the bulk metal and the bulk semiconductor, the nature of the electron-electron interaction and the interface exciton modes in the metallic region are obtained in both the cases. For the relevant size of the metal large compared to the atomic dimensions over which the bulk dielectric functions are non-local due to the spatial dispersion, it is shown that one can obtain the interface exciton modes by first defining new effective dielectric functions for each of the media making the particular interface, and then using the usual expression which determines the modes in the non-dispersive case.     

Anomalous transmission of terahertz wave through one-dimensional lamellar metallic grating

The anomalous transmission through one-dimensional lamellar metallic gratings was investigated in terahertz (THz) regime. The extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) is identified to originate from two possible ways: coupling of incident light with waveguide resonances and coupling of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at the upper and lower interfaces of metal grating. The dual effects of SPPs have been clarified in this study: (i) the excitation of SPP modes at each individual interface results in the weakness of the THz wave transmission; and (ii) the coupling of SPP modes at two interfaces of metal grating is attributed to enhancement of THz wave transmission. The enhanced transmission is dominated by the coupling of incident light with transverse waveguide resonances. Numerical simulation based on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) agrees well with experimental results.     

Fifty percent internal slope efficiency femtosecond direct-written Tm³⁺:ZBLAN waveguide laser

We report a 790 nm pumped, Tm3? doped ZBLAN glass buried waveguide laser that produces 47 mW at 1880 nm, with a 50% internal slope efficiency and an M2 of 1.7. The waveguide cladding is defined by two overlapping rings created by femtosecond direct-writing of the glass, which results in the formation of a tubular depressed-index-cladding structure, and the laser resonator is defined by external dielectric mirrors. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the most efficient laser created in a glass host via femtosecond waveguide writing.     

Surface plasmon propagation in a metal strip waveguide with biaxial substrate

Surface plasmon propagation in a nano metal strip waveguide with a biaxial substrate material was studied. The dispersion of the four fundamental modes propagating in the strip waveguide structure was analysed using a formalism based on the method of lines. The propagation properties of these modes with respect to the thickness of the metal film was studied, with two different biaxial materials as substrate for the waveguide. The results were then compared with the asymmetric strip waveguide structures with isotropic substrate and a uniaxial anisotropic substrate. Propagation characteristics as a function of longitudinal and transverse anisotropic components of the substrate material were also studied. The characteristics of the fundamental modes are observed to vary depending on the anisotropy of the biaxial material used.     

Modelling of finite-size grating waveguide filters on the basis of a free-space diffraction approach

The field reflection coefficientR of a high strength and short length waveguide grating section is obtained by resorting to a free-space diffraction approach whereby the waveguide grating is excited by means of a virtual high index prism. The effective index of the guided mode, the coupling coefficient between contradirectionally propagating modes of the grating waveguide as well as the modal field are first obtained in the case of an infinite grating by interpreting the results given by an exact diffraction solution by means of a three-wave coupled mode formalism. These results are then introduced in the coupled wave analysis of the structure of finite extent to provide the field at the entrance of the waveguide grating section where the usual overlap integral with the incident field delivers the reflection coefficient. We neglect only the result of radiation mode propagation. This assumption can be made when the grating section is longer than the propagating length of all the leaky modes.     

Modelling of finite-size grating waveguide filters on the basis of a free-space diffraction approach

The field reflection coefficient R of a high strength and short length waveguide grating section is obtained by resorting to a free-space diffraction approach whereby the waveguide grating is excited by means of a virtual high index prism. The effective index of the guided mode, the coupling coefficient between contradirectionally propagating modes of the grating waveguide as well as the modal field are first obtained in the case of an infinite grating by interpreting the results given by an exact diffraction solution by means of a three-wave coupled mode formalism. These results are then introduced in the coupled wave analysis of the structure of finite extent to provide the field at the entrance of the waveguide grating section where the usual overlap integral with the incident field delivers the reflection coefficient. We neglect only the result of radiation mode propagation. This assumption can be made when the grating section is longer than the propagating length of all the leaky modes.     

圆波导TM_(01)-TE_(11)模式变换器

提出了一种在圆波导中添加金属分割片及半边金属管壳的结构以实现圆波导TM01-TE11模式转换。通过金属分割片将圆波导分成两个半圆区域:其中一个半圆区域为空波导,另一半圆区域为填充一定厚度金属管壳的空波导。在S波段对设计的中心频率为2.8GHz的物理模型进行数值模拟与实验研究,模拟结果表明:在中心频率2.8GHz转换效率为99.56%,反射率低于0.01;在2.716～2.946GHz频带内转换效率大于90%,S11小于-10dB。实验中测试到的S11参数与模拟结果基本一致,证明了该变换器技术方案的可行性和模拟结果的正确性。