垂直入射条件下金属环的谐振特性

本文研究垂直入射条件下水平极化和垂直极化时金属开口谐振环(split ring resonator, SRR)的电磁响应行为. 通过分析这两种情况下的透射系数、介电常数和磁导率, 发现垂直极化时, SRR可以产生电谐振实现负介电常数, 其频段远高于磁谐振频段; 水平极化时, SRR只能产生磁谐振实现负磁导率, 其频段与水平入射时的SRR的磁谐振频段相对应. 通过仿真对此进行了证明, 并对产生电谐振和磁谐振的原因进行了分析.     

可见光天线

可见光天线与无线电波天线类似，可以用碳纳米管制成．无线电天线的长度等于入射波的波长或入射波长的几分之一，无线电波激发天线中的电子，产生一定量的电流．这种响应电流被放大和调谐是无线电和电视广播的基础．     

复合金属粒子散射强度分布的计算与分析

根据Mie散射理论,对金银复合粒子的散射强度和偏振度进行了数值计算与理论分析,得到了散射强度、偏振度与散射角、入射波长及核壳大小之间的关系.结果表明,入射波长越大,前向散射越强,易出现线偏振光；而核壳半径越大,背向散射越弱,易出现退偏振现象.该结论对金银复合材料光学特性方面的开发和应用提供理论参考.     

表面等离子共振谱半波全宽的算法探讨

根据金属薄膜复介电常量的性质和衬底对表面等离子波波矢的微扰,对在波长调制下的表面等离子共振传感器输出光谱的半波全宽计算方法进行了探讨。建立了输出光谱的半波全宽与传感器各参量之间关系的数学表达式。将理论研究与实验结果进行对比后发现,两者吻合较好。文中的研究结果可为优化传感器的特性提供理论依据。     

金属纳米柱天线的快速电磁分析

基于分段正弦基函数和矩量法,通过求解离散电流节点格林函数的封闭解得到金属纳米柱天线激发表面等离子体的阻抗矩阵.与使用其它基函数矩量法相比,该方法可以减少矩阵方程的维数.仿真结果表明:使用此方法只需求解很小的矩阵方程就可以求解出纳米天线表面极化电流,从而实现对纳米天线的散射特征及谐振模式的快速分析;其结果与时域有限差分仿真结果吻合良好且速度具有显著的优势,尤其在计算斜入射问题时计算优势更加明显.本文的方法对文中计算的模型有效,同样为其他形状纳米柱天线和碳纳米管器件散射特性仿真提供了快速有效的电磁分析方法.     

液晶环境下金纳米柱的表面等离子体特性研究

为了有效研究液晶环境对金属纳米结构表面等离子体的调制作用,基于时域有限差分方法,对液晶环境下金纳米柱结构进行了建模,上下边界采用完全吸收边界条件,四周为周期边界条件.数值模拟了液晶厚度、倾角、光栅距离以及周期结构等参数对金纳米柱的消光特性的调制作用.分析结果表明:随着液晶光轴角度增加,谐振波长出现红移现象,且调制范围为40nm;光栅距离越大,金纳米柱之间的相互作用越弱,谐振波长越小;增加周期长度,谐振波长红移,且随着周期长度增加,次峰作用越明显.利用液晶光学性质可调节金属纳米结构的表面等离子体特性,结果对液晶环境中表面等离子体结构在新的光子器件等方面的研究提供了理论依据.     

绝缘颗粒液体主体基质复合介质的非线性光学性质

利用Maxwell-Garnett近似，并结合谱表示方法，理论研究了具有一般非线性的绝缘颗粒，无规则浸入液体主体基质复合体系的非线性光学性质-在弱非线性条件下，数值研究了体系的有效线性介电函数和光学非线性随体积分数的变化，并发现体系的线性介电函数比光学非线性更依赖于绝缘颗粒组分的体积分数-在一般非线性条件下，研究体系的有效介电函数随入射光强度的依赖关系，还研究了s方向和p方向极化的总反射率的行为- 关键词： 复合介质 谱表示 非线性光学性质     

梯度颗粒复合介质的光学双稳

重点研究了组分的梯度构形对带壳球形颗粒复合介质的光学双稳特性的影响.其中球形颗粒是由非线性核和介电函数具有梯度分布的线性壳组成.对于壳层介电函数具有幂指数分布的情况,通过求解麦克斯韦方程,得到各区域的势能分布函数,从而求得核内电场的数学表达式.数值研究发现,该复合介质的光学双稳阈值和区域与壳层的厚度及壳层的介电幂指数有关,随着壳层厚度增大或幂指数增大,双稳阈值将变宽.此外,还研究了正入射情况下复合材料体系的反射系数随外电场的变化情况, 发现其关系曲线是一条回线. 关键词： 梯度颗粒 复合介质 光学双稳     

激光辐照猫眼光学镜头时的反射特性机理研究

运用矩阵光学理论以及将硬边光阑窗口函数展开为有限个复高斯函数之和的方法, 对激光束辐照猫眼光学镜头时产生的猫眼效应机理进行了理论推导. 通过数值计算对猫眼效应的反射规律进行了分析, 并利用532nm激光辐照一个变焦范围为12—72mm的光学镜头进行了猫眼效应的实验验证, 从而得出了猫眼效应反射光特性与入射激光参数以及猫眼光学镜头的口径、焦距、离焦量等基本参数之间的关系. 研究表明, 猫眼效应反射光特性与猫眼光学镜头参数和入射激光参数密切相关, 且当猫眼光学镜头位于近场和远场的情况有很大不同. 根据入射光束 关键词： 猫眼光学镜头 猫眼效应 高斯光束 反射特性     

复合金属粒子散射强度分布的计算与分析

根据Mie散射理论,对金银复合粒子的散射强度和偏振度进行了数值计算与理论分析,得到了散射强度、偏振度与散射角、入射波长及核壳大小之间的关系。结果表明,入射波长越大,前向散射越强,易出现线偏振光;而核壳半径越大,背向散射越弱,易出现退偏振现象。该结论对金银复合材料光学特性方面的开发和应用提供理论参考。     

Receiving Antenna in a Magnetoplasma in the Resonance Frequency Band

We find the rms voltage on a receiving dipole antenna in the electromagnetic field of a quasipotential-wave packet in a magnetoplasma in the resonance frequency band. It is shown that this voltage can be determined as a product of the electromagnetic-field amplitude of the incident wave by the effective length L_eff of the receiving antenna. For a short dipole whose length is much smaller than the electromagnetic-mode wavelength, the antenna effective length is proportional to the product of the dipole effective length in free space by the excitation coefficient of quasielectrostatic waves (non-normalized electric-field pattern of a dipole). In the case where the receiving antenna is located in proximity to the resonance cone on the lighted side, this excitation coefficient is much greater than unity. Therefore, the determined voltage differs significantly from the conventional estimate which is based on formulas valid for antennas in free space. We perform our derivations using the reciprocity theorem and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem applied to a regular electromagnetic field and a receiving antenna, which constitute the special case of a system which is not in equilibrium but allows an equilibrium (stationary state) to be reached between the incident radiation field and the electromagnetic field reemitted by the antenna. The emphasis is placed on the universal nature of the applied calculation procedure which is valid for arbitrary antennas and matters.     

Measurement of the resonant lengths of infrared dipole antennas

The resonant lengths of infrared dipole antennas at 10.6 and 3.39 μm are experimentally investigated. For this purpose, submicron-sized microbolometers coupled to dipole antennas with lengths between 0.7 and 20 μm were fabricated on a SiO₂-on-Si substrate. The response of the detector to 10.6 μm radiation shows a first resonance for an antenna length between 1.0 and 2.5 μm. A subsequent zero and a second attenuated resonance are observed as the antenna length increases. Similar behavior is observed for illumination at 3.39 μm, with a first resonance occurring at a length shorter than 1 μm. The results permit evaluation of an effective dielectric permittivity and shows the effect of the surface impedance of the metal on the propagation of current-wave on the antenna. The resonance behavior is further studied by changing the irradiation conditions of the detectors. Air-side and substrate-side illumination exhibit identical resonant antenna lengths, but different efficiencies of power collection. The antenna patterns as a function of incident angle have also been measured at 10.6 μm, showing a transition from a primary broadside lobe to the development of side lobes for longer antennas. Finally, an antenna response is measured at visible frequencies. Our measurements point out similarities, as well as differences, between infrared antennas and their counterparts at microwave frequencies, and provide insights useful for the design optimization of planar infrared antennas.     

Effective wavelength scaling for optical antennas

In antenna theory, antenna parameters are directly related to the wavelength lambda of incident radiation, but this scaling fails at optical frequencies where metals behave as strongly coupled plasmas. In this Letter we show that antenna designs can be transferred to the optical frequency regime by replacing lambda by a linearly scaled effective wavelength lambda(eff)=n(1)+n(2)lambda/lambda(p), with lambda(p) being the plasma wavelength and n(1), n(2) being coefficients that depend on geometry and material properties. It is assumed that the antenna is made of linear segments with radii R < lambda. Optical antennas hold great promise for increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, and optical sensors.     

超越SNOM探针通光孔径尺寸的金属纳米间隙超分辨测量

采用电磁场有限元方法,数值模拟了孔径型扫描近场光学显微镜(aperture Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy,a-SNOM)在照明模式下的工作过程.针对金偶极天线结构,改变天线长度和纳米间隙尺寸,计算了a-SNOM探针孔径的远场辐射速率随探针端面中心坐标变化的扫描曲线,实现了超越a-SNOM探针通光孔径尺寸的天线金属纳米间隙的超分辨测量,对于100nm通光孔径的探针,可分辨最小尺寸为10nm(0.016倍波长)的金属间隙.通过对比金属和介质偶极天线的a-SNOM探针远场辐射速率测量的计算结果,表明天线金属纳米间隙的超分辨测量的实现是由于金属间隙表面等离激元的激发.     

Investigation of plasmonics resonance infrared bowtie metal antenna

An approximate resonance wavelength equation that varies with metal antenna structure size is developed to design a bowtie gold metal antenna working at near-infrared (IR) wavelength. Bowtie antenna structures with resonance wavelength of 1.06 μm, 1.55 μm and 10.6 μm are designed based on this equation. A finite-difference time domain (FDTD) algorithm with total field scattered field (TFSF) source simulation shows the resonance wavelength of the designed structures being precisely in agreement with the expected wavelengths from the equation. Planar integration of the metal bowtie antennas is discussed as well. Gold nanohole bowtie antenna arrays are fabricated and the near-field optical transmission properties of the nanohole array are investigated with a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM). Our experimental results verify the near-field optical transmission performance and further demonstrate that they are in agreement with the theoretical calculation results. The high enhancement efficiency and integration of the metal bowtie antennas open the possibility of a wide application in IR optoelectronics detection and imaging.     

Resonant transmission of terahertz waves through metallic slot antennas on various dielectric substrates

We report on terahertz electromagnetic field transmission through metallic slot antennas supported on various dielectric substrates. The substrate effect strongly modifies the transmission resonance compared to the free-standing case, while the resonance can be determined systematically by introducing an effective refractive index. The relative contribution of the substrate index to the effective index has been measured for various substrates, and shows a good agreement with theoretical calculations based on a coupled mode method. In addition, the slot antenna arrays embedded in a flexible substrate show a transmission resonance governed by a substrate refractive index.     

Field enhancement by semi-nanocapsule plasmonic antenna at the visible violet wavelength

We investigate, at the visible violet wavelength of 400 nm, the localized field-enhancement properties of an optical antenna consisting of two coupled metallic nanoparticles placed on the silica substrate. Compared to other shapes of optical antennas such as bowtie and coupled elliptical rods, the coupled semi-nanocapsules exhibit a stronger field-intensity enhancement in the gap and relatively weak field intensity at the outer-ends. Furthermore, the intensity enhancement of the semi-nanocapsules antenna can be further enhanced by choosing the suitable direction of illumination. These proposed structures can be used for the design and the applications of an optical antenna at the visible violet wavelength.     

Integration of microbolometers with infrared microstrip antennas

We report on various integration schemes of infrared microbolometers with microstrip antennas. The first integration design consists of two gold (Au) rectangular microstrip patches coupled along the radiating edges by a narrow niobium (Nb) strip. Devices using silicon oxide are compared to devices using amorphous silicon as antenna substrate. An extension of the twin-patch detector design is the microstrip dipole antenna-coupled microbolometer. Two ways of connecting the device to the contact pads via narrow dc leads are presented and compared. The contribution of the dc leads to the detector response is eliminated by directly connecting the dipole to the contact pads. The thermal isolation of the microbolometer from the silicon wafer is improved by incorporating air into the antenna dielectric substrate. This leads to higher detector responsivity and shifts the resonance towards longer antennas. The implementation of a bridge microstrip dipole antenna structure is also discussed.     

Three-dimensional study of planar optical antennas made of split-ring architecture outperforming dipole antennas for increased field localization

Optical antennas are of fundamental importance for the strongly localizing field beyond the diffraction limit. We report that planar optical antennas made of split-ring architecture are numerically found in three-dimensional simulations to outperform dipole antennas for the enhancement of localized field intensity inside their gap regions. The computational results (finite-difference time-domain) indicate that the resulting field localization, which is of the order of many thousandfold, in the case of the split-ring resonators is at least 2 times stronger than the one in the dipole antennas resonant at the same operating wavelength, while the two antenna types feature the same gap size and tip sharpness.     

利用互补天线原理求解孔缝的共振性能

 利用互补天线原理从理论上推导了真空、介质窄缝的共振频率公式,在理想窄缝长度小于5倍波长、辐射角度偏离垂直方向小于30°的情况下,孔缝的共振频率点仍然可以用半波振子的辐射情况来解释,共振点满足孔缝长度等于入射波的半个波长;介质窄缝等效为半个孔缝深度的微带贴片天线,不同介电常数介质填充时的共振频率理论公式推导值和数值模拟值基本一致,相对误差在5%以内。进一步分析了窄缝阵列的耦合性能,结果表明互补天线原理可以很好地应用于分析和求解孔缝的共振性能。