微波频段表面等离子激元波导滤波器的实验研究

基于理论分析, 实验研究了二维磁单负材料/双正材料/磁单负材料表面等离子波导的滤波效应. 研究表明, 该波导结构具有低通滤波性质, 引入分支缺陷之后, 由于谐振效应该波导具有带阻滤波效应. 分支缺陷相当于亚波长谐振腔, 谐振腔的长度决定带阻滤波器的中心频率, 而中心频率几乎不受缺陷位置的影响; 滤波器透射率下降的幅度由耦合距离决定. 通过引入谐振腔及改变谐振腔的长度、数量以及耦合间距等参数, 可以实现可调节的表面等离子波导滤波器. 实验结果与理论分析符合得很好, 该性质将在可调的单通道或多通道带阻滤波器件中具有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： 表面等离子激元 特异材料波导 谐振腔 滤波器     

数值模拟二维间隙表面等离子波导传输特性

利用表面等离子激元的新颖特性,设计了二维间隙表面等离子波导.以这种结构为基础通过变形和组合形成90°直角弯曲波导、T型光功率分配器和光开光,采用时域有限差分法研究了它们的传输特性.结果表明:不同于介质光波导的弯曲损耗来自于辐射泄漏,90°直角弯曲间隙表面等离子波导的能量损耗主要来自于金属中的欧姆热损耗.在间隙达到40 ...     

太赫兹波段表面等离子光子学研究进展

表面等离子光子学是研究金属、 半导体纳米结构材料独特的光学特性, 是目前光子学中最有吸引力、 发展最快的领域之一. 伴随着微/纳制造技术与计算机模拟技术的进步, 表面等离子光子学在可见光、 红外、 太赫兹以及微波频域得到了广泛研究, 在高灵敏生化传感、 亚波长光波导、 近场光学显微、 纳米光刻等领域有潜在的应用价值. 特别是人工超材料的发展, 为自然界长期缺乏响应太赫兹波的材料和器件奠定了基础, 从而也促进了太赫兹波段表面等离子光子学的研究. 本文从太赫兹表面等离子波的激发、 传导、 最新应用及未来发展趋势等几个方面进行了回顾和讨论, 将最新研究成果展示给读者.     

新型SOI基3×3多模干涉波导光开关的优化设计

提出了一种基于SOI材料的新型3×3多模干涉(MMI)波导光开关,在开关的多模波导中引入折射率调制区,利用硅的等离子色散效应改变多模波导局部区域的折射率,使得光场在传输过程中的相位发生变化,进而确定输出光场位置,实现开关功能。采用有限差分光束传播法(FD-BPM)方法对开关的各个状态进行了模拟和分析,并对器件的结构参量进行了优化设计,采用优化后的结构参量,开关可实现的最大消光比达到-17.27 dB。     

弯曲波导上的光学调控与应用

超材料作为一种突破性的人工设计材料,在电磁波调控领域起到了革命性的作用。变换光学与超材料的结合不仅可以充分发挥超材料的奇妙特性,实现许多神奇的效应,还可以用作光学模拟,展现一些无法直接观测到的宇宙学现象。由于超材料自身结构的局限性,有些电磁参数仍无法通过微结构的调控来实现,这时曲面开始受到人们的关注。曲面结构的波导也可以对电磁波起到调控的作用,更可以突破超材料的一些限制,实现许多新奇的效应。通过介绍南京大学刘辉课题组在曲面结构波导上的一系列工作,展示了曲面波导在各个方向上的奇妙应用,并讨论了曲面波导的应用前景。     

表面等离子体和人工电磁介质纳米光子器件

贵重金属在纳米光子学中开始起着越来越重要的作用,特别是贵重金属的表面等离子体效应和人工电磁介质结构的应用。表面等离子体纳米光子器件能实现光学模的亚波长束缚,因此在超高集成度光路、发光二极管、传感器、探测器等应用中将起着巨大的作用。同时,亚波长金属材料组成的人工电磁介质也能展现出各种激动人心的物理特性和潜在的应用。表面等离子体器件和人工电磁介质结构都需要贵重金属（如金、银等）作为其基本的组成元素。在这里,将回顾我们研究小组最近在表面等离子体器件和人工电磁介质结构方面的一些进展。将系统介绍光通讯波段的亚波长表面等离子波导和普通硅波导之间的高性能耦合器,以及超薄、宽吸收角度的亚波长人工电磁介质完美吸收结构等内容。也将简单介绍我们利用表面等离子体效应和人工电磁介质结构在隐形方面的一些研究。     

带状波导表面等离子激元的透射特性(英文)

为了深入探讨带状波导的表面等离子激元透射特性,采用衍射光栅耦合方式实现表面等离子激元激发,通过改变金属薄膜厚度和入射光角度,得到薄膜厚度、入射光角度与透射率的变化特性.结果表明:金属薄膜厚度的减少会导致透射带宽迅速降低,同时透射率也随之降低;而入射光角度的改变导致透射光效率的变化.这一研究对于半导体设备的纳米等离子激元耦合具有一定的意义.     

数值模拟二维间隙表面等离子波导传输特性

利用表面等离子激元的新颖特性,设计了二维间隙表面等离子波导.以这种结构为基础通过变形和组合形成90°直角弯曲波导、T型光功率分配器和光开光,采用时域有限差分法研究了它们的传输特性.结果表明:不同于介质光波导的弯曲损耗来自于辐射泄漏,90°直角弯曲间隙表面等离子波导的能量损耗主要来自于金属中的欧姆热损耗.在间隙达到40 nm以上后,当直行段的长度适当时,弯曲段的透射率较相同长度的直波导的透射率要大.T型光功率分配器在两输出波导的间隙宽度比达到0.6及以上时,不同于传统介质波导的分光原则,能量主要沿等效折射率较小的输出臂流出.当两输入光的相位反相时,T型光开关处于输出截止的状态,当两输入光的相位同相时,T型光开关处于输出导通的状态.所有波导间隙均小于衍射极限,实现了超衍射极限传播,可用于未来了超大规模集成光路中.     

从光子晶体效应到表面等离子波的实时演变

文章报道了激光诱导太赫兹表面等离子谐振效应。采用激光抽运-太赫兹波探测技术，实时改变单晶硅中的载流子浓度，使其介电特性从类绝缘体演变为类金属导体，以支持表面等离子谐振效应，进而实现太赫兹波在周期性亚波长单晶硅孔阵列中的实时可控制谐振增强传输。同时还通过实验观测到太赫兹波从光子晶体效应到表面等离子波的实时演变。文章作者采用Fano模型对实验结果进行模拟分析，获得了与实验数据一致的理论拟合。     

波导型钯(Pd)膜氢传感器数值模拟及优化

基于离子交换波导的集成型器件是氢敏传感器中很有发展潜力的一种. 传感区域由离子交换波导及其表面的金属钯膜组成, 通过有限差分法（FDM）计算了这种波导结构中的导模及表面等离子模的模场分布, 分析了其传播特性与钯膜光学常数的关系, 并结合束传播方法（BPM）对钯膜的厚度进行了优化, 使其具有最高的灵敏度.     

金属异质波导阵列中的表面等离激元传播特性

提出了一种新的一维金属异质波导阵列的设计方案,即波导芯区周期调制的金属波导阵列.数值模拟的结果表明,金属波导芯区的周期调制引起波导中传播的表面等离激元有效折射率的周期调制,从而可在特定的波段打开一个表面等离激元带隙(如1550nm附近).通过引入合适的缺陷波导单元,可获得特定波长的高品质因子(Q=556)的表面电磁模共振.这一结果可用于设计亚波长的布拉格反射器、光发射器、滤波器等,有可能被用于未来的集成光路.     

MIM结构的SPP模式理论与仿真计算研究

为了进一步明确MIM （Metal-insulator-metal）波导结构的SPP （Surface plasmon polariton）模式特性,建立了MIM结构的SPP模式关系、激发系数和反射系数的理论模型。仿真数值计算结果表明：较大的介质厚度的TM基态模式衰减超过了振荡模式衰减,与传统的介质波导明显不同;TE模式表现为失真的介质光波导模式特性,其传播距离要远大于TM₀;MIM结构中腔的Q值随着长度增加而增大,表明了SPP反射受限;腔的品质因数改变与端面关系密切;MIM波导可以在具有更大Q值下确保光波更好地耦合成需要的SPP模式。     

Compact surface plasmon amplifier in nonlinear hybrid waveguide

Surface plasmon polariton(SPP), a sub-wavelength surface wave promising for photonic integration, always suffers from the large metallic loss that seriously restricts its practical application. Here, we propose a compact SPP amplifier based on a nonlinear hybrid waveguide(a combination of silver, LiNbO_3, and SiO_2), where a couple of Bragg gratings are introduced in the waveguide to construct a cavity. This special waveguide is demonstrated to support a highly localized SPP-like hybrid mode and a low loss waveguide-like hybrid mode. To provide a large nonlinear gain, a pumping wave input from the LiNbO_3 waveguide is designed to resonate inside the cavity and satisfy the cavity phase matching to fulfill the optical parametric amplification(OPA) of the SPP signal. Proper periods of gratings and the cavity length are chosen to satisfy the impedance matching condition to ensure the high input efficiency of the pump wave from the outside into the cavity. In theoretical calculations, this device demonstrates a high performance in a very compact scheme(~3.32 μm) and a much lower pumping power for OPA compared with single-pass pumping. To obtain a comprehensive insight into this cavity OPA, the influences of the pumping power, cavity length, and the initial phase are discussed in detail.     

Theoretical model of a planar integrated refractive index sensor based on surface plasmon-polariton excitation

A theoretical model of a new integrated planar surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) refractive index sensor is presented and comprehensively investigated. The main principle of operation of this device is based on high efficiency energy transfer between a p-polarized guided mode propagating in a waveguide layer of the structure and the SPP propagating in the opposite direction in a metal layer separated from the waveguide layer by a dielectric buffer. The high efficiency energy transfer is realised by means of a properly designed Bragg grating imprinted in the waveguide layer. This device is compact, free from any moving parts and can easily be integrated into any planar scheme. Our simulations for the sensor operating at the well developed and commercialised telecom wavelengths are based on coupled mode theory.     

Theoretical model of a planar waveguide refractive index sensor assisted by a corrugated long period metal grating

A theoretical model of a novel planar integrated refractive index sensor based on surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) excitation with a corrugated metal long period grating (LPG) is presented and comprehensively investigated. The main principle of the operation this device is based on co-directional energy transfer by means of a corrugated metal LPG between a p-polarized guided mode propagating in a waveguide layer and the SPP propagating a metal layer separated from the waveguide layer by a buffer. The corrugated LPG is engraved in the metal layer in contact with the sensed medium. The power transmitted through the LPG in the guided mode serves as an input signal for an interrogation unit. This device is free from any moving parts and can be simply integrated into any planar waveguide system. Our sensor simulations are based on the local-normal-mode transfer matrix method and performed in telecom wavelength range.     

T型缝隙结构表面等离子波导的基本特性研究(英文)

An air channel inside a silver metal film is usually used as a typical Channel Plasmon Polariton(CPP) waveguide. This paper presents research on the basic properties of this waveguide using the Finite Difference Time Domain(FDTD) method. The relationship between transmission power and structure of the waveguide is investigated. The simulation results show that the subwavelength trapezoidal CPP waveguide is superior to the rectangle CPP waveguide for controlling SPP radiation loss and enhancing the transmitt...     

Ultralow-bending-loss surface-plasmon-polariton waveguides

We report the transmission, reflection and loss properties of 90-degree and 135-degree bent silicon waveguide and 90-degree and 135-degree bent surface-plasmon polariton (SPP) waveguides composed of metal thin film and silicon. Finite difference time domain simulation analysis shows that the maximum bending transmittances of 90-degree bent and 135-degree bent silicon waveguides are 51% and smaller than 10%, respectively, and the maximum bending transmittances of 90-degree bent and 135-degree bent SPP waveguides are 80% or so, and they are higher 30% and 70% than that of identically-bent silicon waveguides, respectively. Moreover, the SPP waveguide bend with metal thin film as inner layer of the bend and silicon as outer layer of the bend has much higher transmission than ones with silicon as the inner layer and metal thin film as the outer layer. The waveguide bend with metal as the inner layer and dielectric as the outer layer will be potential for integrated photonic devices and subsystem.     

Preservation of photon indistinguishability after transmission through surface-plasmon-polariton waveguide

We experimentally demonstrated preservation of indistinguishability between two photons via mode conversions, namely, photon-to-plasmon and plasmon-to-photon conversions. A two-photon interference experiment was carried out using a broadband photon pair generated through a spontaneous parametric downconversion process. We observed the so-called Hong-Ou-Mandel dip with an interferometer including a 1-mm-long surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) waveguide. The photon indistinguishability of 92.4% was retained after propagation in the SPP waveguide.     

A nanometric plasmonic waveguide filter based on Fabry-Perot resonator

A compact nanometric surface plasmon polariton Fabry-Perot filter based on three metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides is proposed and studied. The characteristics of this SPP band pass filter are analyzed by the finite difference time domain method and the Fabry-Perot resonance model. The results show that the resonance wavelengths of the pass bands can be linearly changed by the resonant cavity length, and the transmission ratios of the pass bands can be varied by altering the gaps between the MIM waveguides. The metal loss and dispersion effects on the SPP filter's spectra are considered as well. This kind of simple filter is very promising for high density SPP waveguide integrations.     

T型缝隙结构表面等离子波导的基本特性研究

An air channel inside a silver metal film is usually used as a typical Channel Plasmon Polariton （CPP） waveguide. This paper presents research on the basic properties of this waveguide using the Finite Difference Time Domain（FDTD） method. The relationship between transmission power and structure of the waveguide is investigated. The simulation results show that the subwavelength trapezoidal CPP waveguide is superior to the rectangle CPP waveguide for controlling SPP radiation loss and enhancing the transmitted power. As a result, if the rectangle CPP waveguide is replaced by a trapezoidal CPP waveguide in certain integrated optical devices, their performance may be improved.