High precision refractometry based on Fresnel diffraction from phase plates

When a transparent plane-parallel plate is illuminated at a boundary region by a monochromatic parallel beam of light, Fresnel diffraction occurs because of the abrupt change in phase imposed by the finite change in refractive index at the plate boundary. The visibility of the diffraction fringes varies periodically with changes in incident angle. The visibility period depends on the plate thickness and the refractive indices of the plate and the surrounding medium. Plotting the phase change versus incident angle or counting the visibility repetition in an incident-angle interval provides, for a given plate thickness, the refractive index of the plate very accurately. It is shown here that the refractive index of a plate can be determined without knowing the plate thickness. Therefore, the technique can be utilized for measuring plate thickness with high precision. In addition, by installing a plate with known refractive index in a rectangular cell filled with a liquid and following the described procedures, the refractive index of the liquid is obtained. The technique is applied to measure the refractive indices of a glass slide, distilled water, and ethanol. The potential and merits of the technique are also discussed.     

基于椭圆偏振光谱法的玻璃表面离子束改性分析

采用阳极层线性离子源解离氮气对玻璃表面进行刻蚀处理,研究表面改性后玻璃表面的变化,并分析离化电压对表面粗糙度、折射率以及光学厚度的影响。在此基础上,基于椭圆偏振光谱仪,通过对比不同表面状态下的Δ光谱,讨论固定波长变化入射角的Δ光谱曲线特征与表面折射率、布儒斯特角、粗糙度以及光学厚度之间的关系。结果表明,刻蚀后玻璃的布儒斯特角附近的Δ光谱曲线形状发生变化,突变向高角度偏移,曲线下降斜率增大。通过建模并拟合分析发现,氮离子束轰击使玻璃表面产生光密介质层,表面折射率增大,布儒斯特角增大,粗糙度降低,且随离化电压升高,折射率不变,而光密介质层厚度增加。由原子力显微镜分析表面形貌,验证了离子束对玻璃表面的平整化作用。X射线光电子能谱结果表明离子束使玻璃表面发生选择性溅射,推断光密介质层的产生来自于离子束对玻璃表面的夯实作用。此外,推导并验证了Δ光谱曲线的特征与材料表面状态之间的普适关系,提出了基于椭圆偏振光谱仪的材料表面评估方法,即Δ曲线的突变发生角度增大说明折射率与布儒斯特角的增大;下降斜率增大说明表面粗糙度减小;曲线两端尖角增大说明光学厚度增大。反之亦然。     

Dosimetry techniques

The formation and annealing of defects in ion implanted silicon dioxide layers and in connection with them the refractive index change are of high interest for the production of electronic and integrated optical devices.

Several studies have shown that the ion implantation in fused silica leads to a compaction of the material and in consequence to an increasing of the refractive index.^1–6 On the other hand the defect formation in crystalline quartz is connected with a decreasing of the refractive index up to nearly the same value for ion implanted quartz and fused silica layers in the high dose region.^1,5 On the base of this effects optical waveguides had been produced by ion implantation in both material.^2,7–12 However, the nature of the mechanisms responsible for the defect formation and for the changes of the optical properties are not well understood.

This paper reports on the ion dose and annealing temperature dependence of several defects in connection with the refractive index change.     

Structural changes in BK7 glass upon exposure to femtosecond laser pulses

A general picture of refractive index change mechanisms in glass modified by a femtosecond laser has proven elusive. In this paper, Raman microscopy was used in conjunction with refractive near‐field profilometry to analyse the structure of borosilicate glass (Schott BK7) modified by a femtosecond laser and determine the mechanism of the observed refractive index change. For a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz, it was determined that the refractive index change was due to an elevated population of non‐bridging oxygen atoms, resulting in more ionic bonds forming within the glass network and increasing the molar refractivity of the glass. For a pulse repetition rate of 5.1 MHz, the dominant mechanism of refractive index change was densification and rarefaction of the glass network. Different refractive index change mechanisms were attributed to different thermal conditions imparted to the glass under different pulse repetition rates. Implications for device fabrication are also discussed. These findings constitute an important step toward a complete overview of femtosecond‐laser‐induced refractive index change in glass. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

K+-Na+二次离子交换制作玻璃波导

通过数值计算模拟了K⁺Na⁺二次扩散玻璃波导的折射率轮廓,阐述了利用K⁺Na⁺二次离子交换的方法,在BK7玻璃上制作波导的过程,分析了极化率不同的扩散离子对的选择对波导有效折射率变化的影响,以及扩散平衡时体积变化对表面折射率的影响,描述了扩散引起的波导内部诱导应力变化设计了测试波导损耗以及波导表面折射率改变的实验装置,对尺寸10mm×10mm×1.5mm和10mm×5mm×1.5mm两组BK7玻璃基片上的玻璃波导进行了测试,测试结果与理论吻合较好.     

高折射玻璃微珠粒径与折射率关系的研究

利用激光照射高折射率玻璃微珠下形成的二次彩虹现象,以艾里的虹理论为基础对玻璃微珠折射率进行了测量。推导了玻璃微珠尺寸对折射率影响的计算公式,表明半径差异在10μm时,折射率的测量误差为10^-3数量级。此外,通过软件模拟计算玻璃微珠的二次彩虹现象,并对微珠的折射率进行了测量,验证了二次彩虹方法的正确性,同时也表明玻璃微...     

非线性一维光子晶体波导光双稳

利用非线性折射率系数较大且非线性时间响应较快的CdS_xSe_1-x玻璃为材料,设计并制备了非线性一维光子晶体波导光双稳器件,该器件的折射率空间分布呈正弦形式。实验测得双稳开关的阈值功率密度为1.60×10⁵W/cm²,开关时间为63ps。采用时域有限差分方法讨论了光子晶体带隙随入射光强变化而移动的情况,随着入射光功率密度的增加,光子晶体的带隙中心向短波方向移动。同时计算了该器件的双稳特性,理论计算得到双稳开关的阈值功率密度为1.40×10⁵W/cm²,开关时间约为50ps。获得了理论与实验基本一致的结果。     

Critical ray-like propagation modes along graded-index planar optical waveguides

Graded-index planar optical waveguides and surface compression layers were formed simultaneously in the surface layer of glass plates by ion exchange. A change in the refractometer patterns was observed. Before ion exchange, only a critical ray fringe was observed, but with ion exchange a guided wave fringe appeared on the high effective refractive index side of the ‘critical ray’ fringe, and the number of guided wave fringes increased. The guided wave fringe or fringes were birefringent, whereas the ‘critical ray’ fringe was kept nonbirefringent. It was concluded that the ‘critical ray’ propagated along the bottom of a waveguide, ie at the foot of the refractive index distribution.     

Ag+-Li+离子交换制作Er3+/Yb3+共掺磷酸盐玻璃平面光波导

制备了化学稳定的Er3+/Yb3+共掺的磷酸盐玻璃,并在其中制作了用于光放大器和激光器的平面光波导.这种磷酸盐玻璃的失重速率为4.7×10－5g·cm－2·hr－1,小于Kigre公司商业化的磷酸盐玻璃QX/Er的失重速率.采用Ag+-Li+交换技术制作了平面光波导并用m-线光谱在632.8 nm测量了平面光波导的有效折射率.根据反WKB法得到折射率形貌,计算了离子交换参数如:离子交换深度、表面折射率,折射率改变和扩散系数等.     

硼碲酸盐玻璃材料中Er3+光谱性质对组分的依赖关系

采用熔融淬火技术制备了一组Er3+掺杂的变组分硼碲酸盐玻璃材料.测量了玻璃的折射率、吸收光谱及4I13/2→4I15/2跃迁的荧光寿命.利用标准的三参量Judd Ofelt理论对Er3+的光学跃迁性质进行了计算,并对Er3+离子的4I13/2能级的量子效率进行了研究.结果发现,随着样品中TeO2含量的增加样品的折射率变大,三个Judd Ofelt参量中Ω2随着样品组分的改变较明显,而另外两个参量Ω4和Ω6的变化较小.还发现随着TeO2含量的增加4I13/2→4I15/2辐射跃迁几率增大,并且该跃迁的量子效率增加.这一研究结果表明,在硼酸盐玻璃材料中引入TeO2可以有效地改善其中稀土离子的量子效率和辐射跃迁性能.     

基于Au/ITO纳米复合材料的自参照SPR传感器

利用Au/ITO纳米复合材料设计了一种自参照表面等离子体共振传感器.该传感器产生的光谱有两个共振峰,即共振峰1和共振峰2.共振峰1随着待测介质折射率和入射角的变化产生漂移,而共振峰2仅随入射角的变化产生漂移,两个共振峰相互参照,降低了入射角偏移对测量结果的影响,提高了测量的准确性.在纳米复合材料的4种不同体积分数下,仿真分析了入射角、待测介质折射率和薄膜厚度变化对两个共振波长的影响.在入射角θ为80°,且金的体积分数f为0.65,薄膜厚度d为40nm和45nm,或金的体积分数f为0.85,薄膜厚度d为45nm和50nm时,共振峰2不随待测介质折射率的变化而变化,只有共振峰1随待测介质折射率的变化而变化,达到自参照传感器的理想状态.     

Morse势阱中线性和三阶非线性光折射率的改变

利用量子力学中的密度矩阵算符理论和迭代方法,导出莫尔斯（Morse）势阱中线性和三阶非线性光折射率改变的解析表达式,并以典型的GaAs／AlGaAs Morse势阱为例进行数值计算。数值结果表明,随着入射光强度增强,总的折射率改变将减少;随着势阱参数a的增大,总的折射率改变将减小;而随着载流子浓度的增加,总的折射率改变将增加。结果表明要获得较大的折射率改变,则需选取较小的入射光强度,较小的参数a,较大的载流子浓度,从而为实验研究提供理论依据。     

Xe离子束辐照硼硅酸盐玻璃和石英玻璃效应对比研究

玻璃固化体作为放射性废物地质处置的第一道安全屏障,它的耐辐照性能研究至关重要.玻璃固化体主要网络结构硅氧四面体与石英玻璃的硅氧四面体是一致的,所以这里用石英玻璃代替玻璃固化体作为研究对象.本文采用Xe离子在相同条件下辐照石英玻璃和硼硅酸盐玻璃.利用纳米压痕技术和椭圆偏振仪表征了辐照前后样品的硬度、模量以及折射率的变化情况.结果表明:硼硅酸盐玻璃和石英玻璃的硬度均随着辐照剂量的增大而减小,硼硅酸盐玻璃的模量随着辐照剂量的增大而减小;石英玻璃的模量随着辐照剂量的增大而增大.模量的变化可能和密度的变化有关,这点与折射率的结果相符.     

Estimation of the Refractive Index Change in Glass Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.     

光折变晶体中光诱导波导的折射率分布

分别讨论了亮孤子和暗孤子在光折变晶体中诱导波导的折射率分布,结果表明光诱导波导的折射率分布除与光强的倒数有关外,还与光强对数的一阶导数有关.后者对折射率的影响引起波导折射率的非对称性分布.     

二次彩虹法测量高折射率玻璃微珠折射率研究

基于米氏散射理论解释了激光照明下玻璃微珠的二次彩虹精细结构的成因,发现折射率的差异将直接影响二次彩虹精细结构的位置.对于实验中玻璃微珠半径变化引起二次彩虹精细结构间距变化的现象亦用米氏散射理论进行了模拟分析和实验研究.利用米氏散射的近似理论——艾里理论对玻璃微珠的折射率进行了测量.在对玻璃微珠二次彩虹精细结构所计算得到的折射率的统计分析基础上,通过校正测量误差后得到了玻璃微珠折射率的准确数据.     

Investigation of physical properties of quartz after focused ion beam bombardment

Optical properties (transmission and refractive index) and phase change (from amorphous to crystal) of a commonly used glass, quartz, were investigated before and after focused ion beam (FIB) bombardment with ion energy from 30 to 50 keV. We found different influences of FIB bombardment on the optical properties and chemical structure of the quartz in the wavelength region of visible and near infrared, respectively. The quartz still can be used in the infrared wavelength for conventional optical applications. As an application example, an array of diffractive optical elements (DOEs) was directly fabricated on the quartz by the FIB milling. The measured diffraction efficiency of the DOEs is 83.5%, which is acceptable for practical use.This revised version was published online in March 2005. In the previous version, the published online date was missing     

On the refractive index for a nonmagnetic two-component medium: Resolution of a controversy

The refractive index of a dielectric medium comprising both passive and inverted components in its permittivity was determined using two methods: (i) in the time-domain, a finite-difference algorithm to compute the frequency-domain reflectance from reflection data for a pulsed plane wave that is normally incident on a dielectric half-space and (ii) in the frequency-domain, the deflection of an obliquely incident Gaussian beam on transmission through a dielectric slab. The dielectric medium was found to be an active medium with a negative real part for its refractive index. Thereby, a recent controversy in the scientific literature was resolved.     

Ag-Na离子交换玻璃波导的折射率分布研究

用Ag-Na离子交换技术制备了玻璃平面波导.通过棱镜耦合技术测量了波导的模折射率,用反WKB方法拟合得到了平面波导的折射率分布为高斯分布.发现Ag-Na离子交换的扩散系数与交换时间有关,并且随着交换时间的增加而减小.使用随离子浓度变化的扩散系数求解扩散方程得到了玻璃内部Ag离子浓度分布,并通过SEM谱证实了求解的正确性;使用一次多项式模拟的方法求解折射率变化与Ag离子浓度变化之间的关系,得到了平面波导的折射率分布.与反WKB法只能获得多模离子交换平面波导的折射率分布相比,这种方法可以得到任意扩散时间下折射率变化与Ag离子浓度,可以获得单模平面波导的折射率分布.     

大尺寸轴向梯度折射率光学玻璃板的研制

研制了一种含钠光学玻璃和另一种含铊光学玻璃材料,并用离子交换方法使钠玻璃中钠离子与银盐中银离子交换;铊玻璃中铊离子与钾盐中钾离子交换,获得了两种高折射率梯度的轴向分布光学板.