基于双层超表面的宽带、高效透射型轨道角动量发生器

提出一种宽带、高传输效率的双层超表面,其单元结构是在介质层两边对称刻蚀结构参数相同的十字型金属贴片且将两层超表面沿y方向错位半个周期长度形成.通过引入y方向的错位,双层超表面的透射带宽得到大幅度提升.同时,采用等效电路理论分析了该双层超表面的带宽展宽机理.在此基础上,进一步结合Pancharatnam-Berry相位原...     

相位连续可调诱导下双艾里光束形成的可控方形光瓶

提出一种利用相位连续可调诱导产生的双艾里光束形成方形光瓶的方法。该方法首先利用二值化后的相位调制出双艾里光束,为了能够实现光瓶能量分布,一个可调控的线性因子被引入到相位调制函数中形成新改进的相位,该相位能够灵活地调节光瓶的大小。数值模拟结果表明高斯光束通过该改进相位调制,能够形成光瓶能量分布的光束。该方形光瓶光束可应用于光镊、原子捕获与操纵。     

相位连续可调诱导下双艾里光束形成的可控方形光瓶(英文)

提出一种利用相位连续可调诱导产生的双艾里光束形成方形光瓶的方法。该方法首先利用二值化后的相位调制出双艾里光束,为了能够实现光瓶能量分布,一个可调控的线性因子被引入到相位调制函数中形成新改进的相位,该相位能够灵活地调节光瓶的大小。数值模拟结果表明高斯光束通过该改进相位调制,能够形成光瓶能量分布的光束。该方形光瓶光束可应用于光镊、原子捕获与操纵。     

自成像局域空心光束产生的新方法及粒子俘获

本文提出了产生自成像局域空心光束(self-imaged bottle beams)的一种光学元件------液体轴棱锥.从衍射理论结合几何光学对经过轴棱锥后的光场进行了分析, 得出注入液体折射率小于轴棱锥材料折射率时可产生自成像局域空心光束.并通过软件MathCAD模拟, 得到一个完整周期光束的变换过程和局域空心光束的演变过程.研究发现液体轴棱锥产生的自成像局域 空心光束具有周期及相干长度可调的特点.分析了如何利用自成像局域空心光束对粒子进行俘获, 讨论了用自成像局域空心光束进行多层面粒子俘获的优势.     

High efficiency and broad bandwidth terahertz vortex beam generation based on ultra-thin transmission Pancharatnam–Berry metasurfaces

The terahertz(THz) vortex beam generators are designed and theoretically investigated based on single-layer ultra-thin transmission metasurfaces. Noncontinuous phase changes of metasurfaces are obtained by utilizing Pancharatnam–Berry phase elements, which possess different rotation angles and are arranged on two concentric rings centered on the origin.The circularly polarized incident THz beam could be turned into a cross-polarization transmission wave, and the orbital angular momentum(OAM) varies in value by lh. The l values change from ±1 to ±5, and the maximal cross-polarization conversion efficiency that could be achieved is 23%, which nearly reaches the theoretical limit of a single-layer structure.The frequency range of the designed vortex generator is from 1.2 THz to 1.9 THz, and the generated THz vortex beam could keep a high fidelity in the operating bandwidth. The propagation behavior of the emerged THz vortex beam is analyzed in detail. Our work offers a novel way of designing ultra-thin and single-layer vortex beam generators, which have low process complexity, high conversion efficiency and broad bandwidth.     

Dynamic polarization rotation and vector field steering based on phase change metasurface

Polarization rotation and vector field steering of electromagnetic wave are of great significance in modern optical applications. However, conventional polarization devices are bulky, monofunctional and lack of tunability, which pose great challenges to the miniaturized and multifunctional applications. Herein, we propose a meta-device that is capable of multi-state polarization rotation and vector field steering based on phase change metasurface. The supercell of the meta-device consists of four Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST) elliptic cylinders located on a SiO₂ substrate. By independently controlling the phase state (amorphous or crystalline) of each GST elliptic cylinder, the meta-device can rotate the polarization plane of the linearly polarized incident light to different angles that cover from 19.8° to 154.9° at a wavelength of 1550 nm. Furthermore, by merely altering the phase transition state of GST elliptic cylinders, we successfully demonstrated a vector field steering by generating optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentums (OAMs) with topological charges of 0, 1 and −1, respectively. The proposed method provides a new platform for investigating dynamically tunable optical devices and has potential applications in many fields such as optical communications and information processing.     

Active dielectric metasurface based on phase‐change medium

We propose all‐dielectric metasurfaces that can be actively re‐configured using the phase‐change material Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST) alloy. With selectively controlled phase transitions on the composing GST elements, metasurfaces can be tailored to exhibit varied functionalities. Using phase‐change GST rod as the basic building block, we have modelled metamolecules with tunable optical response when phase change occurs on select constituent GST rods. Tunable gradient metasurfaces can be realized with variable supercell period consisting of different patterns of the GST rods in their amorphous and crystalline states. Simulation results indicate a range of functions can be delivered, including multilevel signal modulating, near‐field coupling of GST rods, and anomalous reflection angle controlling. This work opens up a new space in exploring active meta‐devices with broader applications that cannot be achieved in their passive counterparts with permanent properties once fabricated.

     

圆顶轴棱锥底角及焦距对局域空心光束的影响

从衍射理论导出圆顶轴棱锥后的光场分布,用软件对圆顶轴棱锥后的光强进行仿真,结果表明,圆顶轴棱锥可以得到多个局域空心光束。分别改变圆顶轴棱锥的底角和顶端平凸透镜的焦距,再用软件对圆顶轴棱锥后的光强进行仿真,所得光强分布表明,圆顶轴棱锥的底角影响局域空心光束的周期和暗域数量,而顶端平凸透镜的焦距主要影响局域空心光束中暗域的数量,对周期几乎没有影响。在实际应用中可通过调节参量得到所需要局域空心光束。     

基于可调石墨烯超表面的宽角度动态波束控制

可调控超表面可用于动态控制空间波束的方向,具有很高的应用价值.石墨烯是一种可调的二维材料,它的电导率可以通过外加电压控制,利用这一特性可设计基于石墨烯的可调控超表面.超表面控制反射波束时的理论依据是广义的斯涅耳反射定律.反射角度可通过沿超表面的相位梯度进行控制.但是这种方法有局限性,当超表面单元固定时,反射角度只能取有限个离散的值.本文设计了基于石墨烯的可调超表面,并采用一种基于卷积运算定理的波束控制方法,实现了反射波角度的大范围动态控制.在1.75 THz垂直入射平面波激励下,反射角度可以从5?变化到70?,间隔小于10?.数值模拟结果与理论计算结果一致.     

空间相位调制对强非局域空间光孤子的影响

利用空间相位调制技术和数值分析的方法，讨论了高斯光束在强非局域非线性平板波导中的传输问题，发现只要介质的响应具有对称性,光束就会有相同的演化规律，可控的空间相位调制参数不仅能让光束自偏转还能实现分束，其全新特性在全光开关及分光器上有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： 强非局域空间光孤子 空间相位调制 光偏转 光开关     

基于双开口谐振环超表面的宽带太赫兹涡旋光束产生

提出了一种基于双开口谐振环单元结构超表面的太赫兹宽带涡旋光束产生器.该结构由金属-电介质两层构成,位于顶层的是基于双开口谐振环单元结构的超表面,底层为介质层.对单元结构阵列进行数值仿真,圆偏振的入射光可以被转换成相应的交叉偏振透射光,通过旋转表层金属谐振环,可以控制交叉偏振透射光具有相同的振幅和不同的相位.这些单元结构按照特定的规律排列,可以形成用以产生不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束的涡旋相位板.以拓扑荷数1和2为例,设计了两种涡旋相位板,数值分析了圆偏振波垂直入射到该涡旋相位板生成交叉圆偏振涡旋光束的特性.结果表明,在1.39—1.91 THz的频率范围内产生了比较理想的不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束,且透过率高于20%,最高可达到24%,接近单层透射式超表面的理论极限值.     

基于交叉极化旋转相位梯度超表面的宽带异常反射

设计实现了一种基于双圆弧形金属结构的宽带反射型极化旋转超表面, 在7.9–20.1 GHz的宽频带范围内交叉极化转换率达到99%, 通过改变其结构参数可实现在保持高效的交叉极化转换率的条件下对交叉极化反射相位的自由调控. 基于六种不同结构参数极化旋转超表面结构单元的空间排布设计实现了一维宽带相位梯度超表面, 在宽频带内, 实现了异常反射. 测试了其镜面交叉极化反射率, 与仿真结果基本一致. 仿真计算了x-极化波入射时的电磁场分布和异常反射角度, 与理论计算结果基本一致. 仿真与测试结果均表明这种相位梯度超表面在8.9–10 GHz 和10.0–18.1 GHz的两个宽带频率范围内可分别实现高效的表面波耦合和异常反射.     

利用高偏振级次轴对称偏振光束实现三维光学捕获

We propose a novel single-beam multiple 3D optical trapping scheme using higher polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams in an aplanatic focusing system. We calculate numerically the intensity distribution near the focus which presents a multi-focus-spot pattern and provides the possibility of multiple optical trapping. We also calculate the corresponding gradient force distribution near the focus. Finally we introduce a 3D optical chain by combining the single-beam system with a single diffractive optical element.     

基于Metasurface的柱矢量光束的产生

本文提出了一种基于Metasurface产生任意柱矢量光束的方法.采用的Metasurface是在熔融石英上刻蚀空间变化的非周期光栅构成.非周期光栅会形成空变的有效双折射,从而对光场的偏振态空间分布进行调制.通过琼斯矩阵的方法分析得出这样的Metasurface可以将入射线偏振光转换为柱矢量光束,并且只需要改变入射线偏振光的偏振方向即可获得高阶庞加莱球赤道上任意一点的柱矢量光束.最后,用Metasurface搭建了一套简单、高效的柱矢量光束产生系统,实验结果与理论分析一致.     

利用高偏振级次轴对称偏振光束实现三维光学捕获(英文)

We propose a novel single-beam multiple 3D optical trapping scheme using higher polarization order axially-symmetric polarized beams in an aplanatic focusing system. We calculate numerically the intensity distribution near the focus which presents a multi-focus-spot pattern and provides the possibility of multiple optical trapping. We also calculate the corresponding gradient force distribution near the focus. Finally we introduce a 3D optical chain by combining the single-beam system with a single diffract...     

Prediction of phase-mostly modulation for holographic optical tweezers

We characterize a reflective Holoeye LC-R 2500 spatial light modulator with a technique in which Jones matrices describing its polarization capabilities are obtained and then used for any arbitrary configuration. We apply this method to predict a phase-mostly modulation response with minimum amplitude contrast and a phase modulation range close to 2π rad. This allows us to generate multiple traps in a holographic optical tweezers setup with high light efficiency and hardly any unwanted energy on the zero diffraction order.     

Multiple optical trapping based on high-order axially symmetric polarized beams

Multiple optical trapping with high-order axially symmetric polarized beams(ASPBs) is studied theoretically,and a scheme based on far-field optical trapping with ASPBs is first proposed.The focused fields and the corresponding gradient forces on Rayleigh dielectric particles are calculated for the scheme.The calculated results indicate that multiple ultra-small focused spots can be achieved,and multiple nanometer-sized particles with refractive index higher than the ambient can be trapped simultaneously near these focused spots,which are expected to enhance the capabilities of traditional optical trapping systems and provide a solution for massive multiple optical trapping of nanometer-sized particles.     

Design of broadband achromatic metasurface device based on phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5

Based on the phase-change material Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST), achromatic metasurface optical device in the longer-infrared wavelength is designed. With the combination of the linear phase gradient GST nanopillar and the adjustment of the crystalline fraction m value of GST, the polarization insensitive achromic metalenses and beam deflector metasurface within the longer-infrared wavelength 9.5 μm to 13 μm are realized. The design results show that the achromatic metalenses can be focused on the same focal plane within the working waveband. The simulation calculation results show that the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the focusing spot reaches the diffraction limit at each wavelength. In addition, the same method is also used to design a broadband achromatic beam deflector metasurface with the same deflection angle of 19°. The method proposed in this article not only provides new ideas for the design of achromatic metasurfaces, but also provides new possibilities for the integration of optical imaging, optical coding and other related optical systems.     

Systematical study of the trapping forces of optical tweezers formed by different types of optical ring beams

The technique of optical tweezers has been improved a lot since its invention, which extends the application fields of optical tweezers. Besides the conventionally used Gaussian beams, different types of ring beams have also been used to form optical tweezers for different purposes. The two typical kinds of ring beams used in optical tweezers are the hollow Gaussian beam and Laguerre--Gaussian (LG) beam. Both theoretical computation and experiments have shown that the axial trapping force is improved for the ring beams compared with the Gaussian beam, and hence the trapping stability is improved, although the transverse trapping forces of ring beams are smaller than that of Gaussian beam. However, no systematic study on the trapping forces of ring beam has ever been discussed. In this article, we will investigate the axial and transverse trapping forces of different types of ring beams with different parameters systematically, by numerical computation in which the ray optics model is adopted. The spherical aberration caused by the refractive index mismatch between oil and water is also considered in the article. The trapping forces for different objectives that obey the sine condition and tangent condition are also compared with each other. The result of systematical calculation will be useful for the applications of optical tweezers formed by different types of ring beams.     

部分相干光对周期性局域空心光束的影响

用旋转毛玻璃和光阑把激光变成部分相干光, 再经过双轴棱锥系统把一束平行光变成两束同频率但不同径向波矢分量的无衍射贝塞尔光, 相干叠加产生了部分相干的周期性局域空心光束. 通过干涉理论与实验结果相互佐证, 得出局域空心光束的周期为2.5 mm. 进一步探究入射光场相干度对产生局域空心光束的影响, 发现随着相干度的降低局域空心光束中心暗斑与周围光强的衬比度会降低, 但不影响局域空心光束的周期以及中心暗斑尺寸.