Magnetically Controlled Tunneling of a TE Wave through the Ferrite—ε-Negative Layer Structure

We have considered the tunneling of a normally incident electromagnetic wave through a bilayer structure that consists of a ferrite layer and an adjoining layer with a negative permittivity. The ferrite layer is transversely magnetized by an external magnetic field that corresponds to the range of negative values of the effective permeability. It has been shown that the transmission of the structure can be controlled in wide limits by varying the external magnetic field. In particular, nearly perfect tunneling (viz., nonreflective transmission of incident radiation) can be realized.     

Interaction of ultrashort elliptically polarized laser pulses with nonlinear helical photonic metamaterial

The effect of nonlinear properties of a material with a periodic structural cell (three-dimensional spiral) on the specificity of transmission and reflection of elliptically polarized laser pulses normally incident on the metamaterial is studied using the finite-difference time-domain method. An analysis of the hodograph of electric-field strength vector showed that an increase in the peak intensity of a linearly polarized laser pulse incident on a sample leads to an increase in the orthogonal component of the electric-field strength vector in the pulse transmitted through the medium. When pulses containing few electric-field periods are incident on a metamaterial, the latter demonstrates radically different optical properties for right- and left-handed circularly polarized light passing through the medium. It was shown that an increase in the intensity of a right-handed (left-handed) circularly polarized ultrashort pulse, incident on a sample composed of a rather large number of right-handed (left-handed) spirals made of nonlinearmaterial, widens the frequency range within which the incident light is almost entirely reflected from the medium.     

FDTD Analysis of Electromagnetic Reflection by Conductive Plane Covered with Magnetized Inhomogeneous Plasmas

A novel finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methodology which incorporates both anisotropy and frequency dispersion at the same time is developed for electromagnetic wave propagation in anisotropic magnetoactive plasmas in this paper. The numerical verification of the method are confirmed by computing the reflection and transmission of right-handed/left-handed circularly polarized (RCP/LCP) wave through a magnetized plasma layer, with the direction of propagation parallel to the direction of the biasing field. And, the right-handed / left-handed polarized wave reflection coefficients for electromagnetic signals normally incident upon a conductive plane covered with a layer of magnetized plasma are computed using the new FDTD method. The parabolic electron-number density profile varies only in the direction perpendicular to the plane. The function dependence of reflection coefficients on the number density, collision frequency and external magnetic field is studied.     

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在理想条件下,为了研究等离子体参数、填充率、入射角度和介质层相对介电常数对一维三元磁化等离子体光子晶体的禁带特性的影响,用由传输矩阵法计算得到的TE波任意角度入射时的左旋极化波(LCP)和右旋极化波(RCP)的透射系数来研究其禁带特性。结果表明,仅增加等离子体碰撞频率不能实现禁带宽度的拓展,改变等离子体频率、填充率和介质层的相对介电常数能实现对禁带宽度和数目的调谐。改变等离子体回旋频率能实现对右旋极化波的禁带的调谐,但对左旋极化波的禁带几乎无影响。入射角度的增大使得禁带低频区域带宽变大,而高频区域带宽则是将先减小再增大。     

双曲色散型单轴左手介质中的折射

研究了横磁波在各向同性右手介质和双曲色散型单轴左手介质界面处波矢和能流的折射。计算发现,当入射角在很大范围内变化时,波矢的折射角和能流的折射角几乎不变。调节光轴角可使波矢折射角和能流折射角随入射角变化不敏感的现象更明显,经分析计算给出光轴角的调节范围。这一现象是由双曲色散型单轴左手介质的各向异性及负的主折射率引起的,可以用来实现光束准直、光束整合、光束压缩以及方便的光束耦合。如果光从双曲色散型单轴左手介质向各向同性右手介质入射,还能实现超棱镜(superprism)现象。计算了横磁波穿越界面时的透过率,证实双曲色散型单轴左手介质可能实现上述应用。     

Enhanced transmission by a grating composed of left-handed materials

We present a detailed theoretical analysis about the influence of surface polaritons on the transmission properties of electromagnetic waves at the periodically corrugated interface between the vacuum and left-handed material by using nonlinear boundary condition approach. The principle behind this approach is to match the wave fields across the grating interface by using a set of linear wave equation with nonlinear boundary conditions. The resonant transmission of the incident electromagnetic radiation in this structure is feasible within a certain frequency band, where there is a range of frequency over which both the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability are simultaneously negative. The enhanced transmission is attributed to the coupling of the incident electromagnetic wave with the excited surface polaritons on grating interface. Finally, we present the numerical results illustrating the effect of the structural parameters and angle of incidence on the transmission spectra of a TM polarized electromagnetic wave.     

All-angle negative refraction for visible light from left-handed metallo-dielectric photonic crystal: theoretical and numerical demonstration with nanophotonic device application

An artificially engineered structure of nano-inclusion made of metallic nano-rods embedded in a dielectric (ε=12.96) matrix with hexagonal arrangement is proposed to demonstrate All-angle Negative Refraction (AANR) for the visible region. AANR with negative index is obtained by applying Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation (SPPE) in Metallo-Dielectric Photonic Crystal (MDPC) operating in a dispersion regime with anti-parallel refracted wave vector and Poynting vector. It is shown that the proposed MDPC structure provides negative values of permeability (μ) and permittivity (ε) and shows their dependence on its structural parameters. The phase slope and phase velocity are shown to be negative for blue light in the proposed MDPC with index-matching to the incident medium. The Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is employed to study the left-handed transmission and reflection properties. The far-field spectrum for the proposed MDPC is also shown to confirm left-handed transmission for the blue region of visible light. Further, the proposed design of MDPC is also extended to achieve negative refraction for all rainbow colors having applications in the design and development of nanophotonic devices.     

Quasi-Rayleigh light scattering by internal elements of a metamaterial in a light-carrying core of a single-mode optical fiber based on the Veselago effect

At present, single-mode optical fibers composed of metamaterials—so-called “left-handed” optical media—for the far- and mid-IR ranges have already been created. In the near future, left-handed singlemode optical fibers for the visible and near-IR ranges will be created, light-carrying cores of which will be composed by an ordered structure of dielectric elements, the dimensions of which will be much smaller than the light wavelength, while the effective refractive index of the structure will be negative; i.e., the structure will possess the so-called “Veselago effect.” We show that, because the dimensions of these dielectric elements many times exceed the dimensions of molecules of optical media, the elements should strongly scatter light, with this scattering considerably exceeding the Rayleigh (molecular) light scattering that occurs in conventional quartz single-mode optical fibers. We propose to term this phenomenon the quasi-Rayleigh light scattering. Numerical estimates of the quasi-Rayleigh light scattering for left-handed single-mode optical fibers at a light wavelength of λ = 1.55 μm have been made.     

Kerr类非线性介质周期结构中的慢Bragg孤子

在耦合模理论的基础上,给出了一维无限大Kerr类非线性介质周期结构中的孤波解,并且指出,孤波的振幅依赖于入射频率以及脉宽两个参量.同时也证明,在布拉格共振极限条件下,孤波解可以简化成所谓的“隙孤子”解或是“慢布拉格孤子”解 关键词： 孤波 慢布拉格孤子 隙孤子 耦合模理论     

非线性左右手媒质界面的Goos-Hänchen位移

 由均匀平面电磁波在左右手媒质界面满足的切向边界条件出发,推导了电磁波由线性传统媒质入射到非线性左手媒质时波的传播特性。利用时间延迟的方法,给出全反射情况下媒质界面非线性Goos-Hänchen位移表达式。分析了非线性左手媒质界面的侧向位移随入射角及入射波电场强度的变化关系,发现入射波场强对传输特性起决定作用:当入射波电场小于临界场强时,调节入射场强可以控制相应的侧向位移;当入射波电场大于临界场强时,不再满足全反射条件,部分入射波透射到非线性介质中。波导中加入非线性介质不仅可以调节侧向位移的大小,且可以实现对入射波场强的控制。     

基于蘑菇型结构的双入射超宽带复合媒质材料设计与分析

通过设计一定的单元结构, 可以实现超宽带人工电磁材料. 基于蘑菇型金属结构, 提出了一种同时具有左右手通带无缝结合的超宽带双入射型复合媒质材料结构单元. 该结构由嵌入到介质板的两个反向对称的蘑菇型金属结构组成, 能够同时引发电谐振和磁谐振而得到左手通带. 通过利用CST软件仿真、等效电磁参数提取、折射率计算以及建立等效磁谐振电路模型等方法, 分析验证了该结构的双入射特性和左手特性. 仿真结果表明, 在电磁波垂直于介质板和平行于介质板入射两种情况下, 在X波段均表现出左手通带特性, 并具有1 GHz以上的左手带宽. 当电磁波垂直于介质板入射时, 在7.2 GHz-9.3 GHz频段为右手通带, 在9.3 GHz-11 GHz频段为左手通带; 当电磁波平行于介质板入射时, 在7.0 GHz-9.0 GHz频段为右手通带, 在9.0 GHz-10 GHz频段为左手通带. 在两种情况下分别于9.3 GHz与9.0 GHz处得到了零折射率, 从而构造了一种正-零-负复合媒质材料, 实现了具有3 GHz带宽的双入射超宽带平衡结构.     

Evolution of Berry's phase in a graded-index medium

Evolution of the polarization vector in an inhomogeneous isotropic medium is investigated using the quantum-mechanical formalism of coherent states. The relation between the fluctuations of Berry's phase of wave nature caused by the “spin-orbit” interaction of a photon and depolarization of an incident pure state of polarization is clarified.     

Extraordinary light transmission through a metal film perforated by a subwavelength hole array

It is shown that, depending on the incident wave frequency and the system geometry, the extraordinary transmission of light through a metal film perforated by an array of subwavelength holes can be described by one of the three mechanisms: the “transparency window” in the metal, excitation of the Fabry–Perot resonance of a collective mode produced by the hybridization of evanescence modes of the holes and surface plasmons, and excitation of a plasmon on the rear boundary of the film. The excitation of a plasmon resonance on the front boundary of the metal film does not make any substantial contribution to the transmission coefficient, although introduces a contribution to the reflection coefficient.     

Penetration of an ordinary wave into a weakly inhomogeneous magnetoplasma at oblique incidence

A theory is given describing the propagation of high-frequency electromagnetic waves in a plane-stratified weakly inhomogeneous plasma. The density gradient is supposed to be perpendicular to the external magnetic field and the wave vector is expected not to be generally parallel to the plane given by both the preceding vectors. The analysis points out that the ordinary wave can penetrate through the plasma resonance region if the direction of vacuum wave vector is chosen appropriately. Analytical expressions for the reflecion and transmission coefficients are obtained and their dependence on the direction cosines of the wave vector of the incident is studied. The paper further shows in outline that, after transmission through the plasma resonance, the ordinary wave is transformed into an extraordinary wave and the latter is reflected back to the region of the hybrid resonance. In this region the extraordinary wave is fully transformed into the Bernstein modes.     

Fermi-Bose hypersymmetry

A new algebra, combining supersymmetry and internal symmetry, is presented. A massless vector hypermultiplet contains a vector, an isodoublet of left-handed Dirac spinors, and a complex scalar. These can be used as generalized gauge fields. Abelian as well as non-Abelian gauge theories are studied, and the Higgs mechanism is extended in a hypersymmetric way. We present, also, a (mom-realistic) SU(2)× U(1) model; gauge invariance and hypersymmetry are spontaneously broken; two Goldstone spinors appear. Hypersymmetry allows one to define “electronic” and “muonic” numbers, and suggests that a weakly interacting scalar particle ωγ is associated with the photon and the two neutrinos.     

Retrapping of current in a vacuum transmission line upon reflection of a magnetic self-insulation wave from a load

The equations derived in the framework of the Brillouin model of an electron layer in a “hot” vacuum transmission line form the basis for analysis of reflection of an electromagnetic wave from a load, leading to a redistribution of currents in the magnetically insulated transmission line (MITL). It is shown theoretically for the first time that conversion (retrapping) of a considerable fraction of the current in the electron layer to the cathode current upon the reflection of the wave from the load upon an insignificant change in the current and voltage in the line is possible even under the conditions close to the self-consistent regime. This effect can be explained by the change in the state of the electron layer under the action of the reflected wave, which is associated with a transition of the system from the right branch of the magnetic self-insulation curve to the left branch.     

Electric-field and magnetic-field effects on electronic tunneling through magnetic-barrier nanostructures

We have theoretically investigated electric-field and magnetic-field effects on electronic transport properties in nanostructures consisting of realistic magnetic barriers created by lithographic patterning of ferromagnetic or superconducting films. The results indicate that the characteristics of transmission resonance are determined not only by the magnetic configuration and the incident wave vector but also strongly by the applied electric and magnetic fields. It is shown that transmission resonance shifts towards the low-energy region by applying the electric field, and that with increasing the electric field transmission resonance is suppressed for the entire incident wave vector in the magnetic nanostructures with antisymmetric magnetic profile, while for the magnetic nanostructures with symmetric magnetic profile transmission resonance is enhanced for certain incident wave vector. It is also shown that both transmission and conductance shift towards high-energy direction and are greatly suppressed with the increase of the external magnetic field.Received: 20 May 2003, Published online: 11 August 2003PACS: 73.40.Gk Tunneling - 73.23.-b Electronic transport in mesoscopic system - 75.70.Cn Interfacial magnetic properties (multilayers, superlattices)     

一种结构简单的二维左手材料设计及仿真研究

基于产生负介电常数的周期性金属线单元结构,讨论了金属线长度和宽度的变化对负介电常数的影响.在入射波的波矢k方向上放置两个单元结构,使两单元中的金属线响应入射波的磁场产生负磁导率,就可得到一维左手材料.若保持电边界条件的位置不变而调换波端口和磁边界条件位置,即入射波的波矢k转过90°角,两单元结构同样具有左手特性,从而可实现二维左手材料.     

New regions of diffraction reflection in apodized one-dimensional photonic crystals with a large modulation depth

The specific features of light transmission in a cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) cell with a director rotated by 90° have been investigated. In this structure, where a light wave is incident at a large angle with respect to the LC surface, the light is reflected (refracted) in the LC layer near the opposite boundary. It is shown that the application of an electric field changes the character of extraordinary wave refraction, as a result of which light starts passing through a cell. The transmission threshold voltage is determined, and its dependence on the angle of incidence of light is obtained. The dependence of the transmitted-light intensity on the voltage across the cell is obtained as well. The same dependences are also derived by numerical calculations with allowance for the turning points and extinction.