一维光子晶体光谱控制实验研究

光子晶体的禁带特性为伪装材料的光谱控制研究提供了一条新的技术途径。利用传输矩阵的方法建立了一维光子晶体光谱透射、反射的理论模型,针对伪装材料近红外高反射、中远红外低发射的要求,优选Ag,MgF2和ZnS等材料作为光子晶体的薄膜材料,采用真空蒸发镀膜的方法制备出Ag/MgF2,Ag/MgF2/ZnS 4种不同周期结构的一维光子晶体,并实验研究了一维光子晶体的光谱反射和透过特性。结果表明:材料和周期结构对一维光子晶体光谱特性有不同的影响,通过优化设计可以实现在伪装波段内的光谱特性要求。     

Fabrication of flexible photonic crystal using alumina ball inserted Teflon tube

In our previous paper, it was found that cotton yarn/TiO₂-dispersed resin photonic crystals were fabricated successfully by applying textile technology. However, it is difficult to apply for practical use because these photonic crystals cannot change their shape flexibly. In this study, we fabricate the flexible photonic crystals using high-dielectric constant fibers. The high-dielectric constant fibers were made by inserting alumina balls into Teflon tubes. The crossed linear-fiber laminated fabric and multilayered woven fabric with an fcc lattice structure were structured by aligning high-dielectric constant fibers periodically. These photonic crystals consist of air and high-dielectric constant fibers. The attenuation of transmission amplitude through the photonic crystals was measured. The photonic crystal of crossed linear-fiber laminated fabric exhibits a forbidden gap in the range from 16 to 18 GHz range. On the other hand, the photonic crystal of multilayered woven fabric, which was fabricated by the same parameter with crossed linear-fiber laminated fabric, also exhibits a forbidden gap in the range from 13 to 16 GHz range. Thus, we can successfully fabricate flexible photonic crystals of woven fabric using high-dielectric constant fibers.     

Experimental demonstration of self-collimation inside a three-dimensional photonic crystal

We present our experimental demonstration of self-collimation inside a three-dimensional (3D) simple cubic photonic crystal at microwave frequencies. The photonic crystal was designed with unique dispersion property and fabricated by a high precision computer-controlled machine. The self-collimation modes were excited by a grounded waveguide feeding and detected by a scanning monopole. Self-collimation of electromagnetic waves in the 3D photonic crystal was demonstrated by measuring the 3D field distribution, which was shown as a narrow collimated beam inside the 3D photonic crystal but a diverged beam in the absence of the photonic crystal.     

磁导率对二维蜂窝结构光子晶体带隙的影响

利用平面波展开法对二维六角晶格结构磁性光子晶体的带隙特性进行了研究,给出其能带结构分布图,并与非磁性介质构成的光子晶体进行了比较.结果表明,由磁性材料构成的光子晶体更易出现带隙,磁导率对带隙结构影响很大.空气背景磁性散射子情况,磁导率增加较小时,二个绝对光子带隙宽度逐渐减小,直至消失.继续增加磁导率,在较低频率范围内出现一个绝对光子带隙,占空比逐渐加大,且最佳填充系数基本保持不变.磁性背景空气散射子,类似地在较低频率范围内也出现了一个绝对光子带隙.磁性背景非磁性散射子与空气背景磁性散射子情况相似.     

Optical properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals obtained by micromatchining silicon (a review)

The theoretical and experimental investigations of photonic band gaps in one-dimensional photonic crystals created by micromatchining silicon, which have been performed by the author as part of his doctoral dissertation, are presented. The most important result of the work is the development of a method of modeling photonic crystals based on photonic band gap maps plotted in structure–property coordinates, which can be used with any optical materials and in any region of electromagnetic radiation, and also for nonperiodic structures. This method made it possible to realize the targeted control of the optical contrast of photonic crystals and to predict the optical properties of optical heterostructures and three-component and composite photonic crystals. The theoretical findings were experimentally implemented using methods of micromatchining silicon, which can be incorporated into modern technological lines for the production of microchips. In the IR spectra of a designed and a fabricated optical heterostructure (a composite photonic crystal), extended bands with high reflectivities were obtained. In a Si-based three-component photonic crystal, broad transmission bands and photonic band gaps in the middle IR region have been predicted and experimentally demonstrated for the first time. Si–liquid crystal periodic structures with electric-field tunable photonic band-gap edges have been investigated. The one-dimensional photonic crystals developed based on micromatchining silicon can serve as a basis for creating components of optical processors, as well as highly sensitive chemical and biological sensors in a wide region of the IR spectrum (from 1 to 20 μm) for lab-on-a-chip applications.     

可见光波段SiO2/CdSe一维光子晶体及缺陷模的研究究

采用SiO2/CdSe构建了可见光波段一维光子晶体结构,并在其中引入LiTaO3缺陷层。利用传输矩阵法,分析了电磁波在无缺陷与含LiTaO3缺陷层两种光子晶体中的带隙结构,系统地研究了缺陷层参数对光子晶体可见光波段带隙结构的影响规律。计算结果表明：LiTaO3的引入,有利于带隙宽度的增加,调整缺陷层结构参数,缺陷模的位置可在不同颜色区域出现,如红光、黄光等缺陷模。该结构有望用于制作可见光波段的滤波器。     

Arbitrary-lattice photonic crystals created by multiphoton microfabrication

We used voxels of an intensely modified refractive index generated by multiphoton absorption at the focus of femtosecond laser pulses in Ge-doped silica as photonic atoms to build photonic lattices. The voxels were spatially organized in the same way as atoms arrayed in actual crystals, and a Bragg-like diffraction from the photonic atoms was evidenced by a photonic bandgap (PBG) effect. Postfabrication annealing was found to be essential for reducing random scattering and therefore enhancing PBG. This technique has an intrinsic capability of individually addressing single atoms. Therefore the introduction of defect structures was much facilitated, making the technique quite appealing for photonic research and applications.     

异质镜像光子晶体的光子带隙研究

对异质镜像结构光子晶体(ABCCBA)^N进行了研究。首先,利用一维介电体系中处理光传播的方法--传输矩阵法,详细推导了异质镜像光子晶体透射率的计算公式;然后,采用Matlab软件编程仿真并分析了光子带隙形成与镜像周期数目、光子带隙数目与光子晶体薄层厚度、光子带隙位置与入射角大小等的关系。结果表明:光子带隙的形成及变化主要受光子晶体薄层厚度及入射角大小变化的影响。通过改变影响光子晶体光子带隙的参数,可得到不同频段的光子带隙,用来制作高质量反射镜、滤波器和发光二极管等。     

高透射率慢光速的光子晶体耦合腔波导的研究

将二维三角晶格光子晶体波导和微腔结构结合,优化设计了一种二维三角晶格光子晶体共振耦合腔波导,运用时域有限差分法(FDTD)模拟共振耦合腔波导TE偏振光的透射谱,通过透射谱得到传输光的透射率和群速度。结果表明,合适参数的二维三角晶格共振耦合腔波导在波长1.551μm处的群速度为c/130、透射率为20.1%,在波长1.502μm处的群速度为c/50、透射率为29.2%。运用平面波展开法(PWE)计算的该波导的能带结构对慢光特性进行了分析。这种慢光特性的光子晶体波导将在光存储、光延迟及光子集成等方面有潜在的应用价值。     

光子晶体光纤传输特性的研究

应用平面波展开法研究光子晶体光纤的传输特性,数值模拟得到了光子晶体光纤传播模式图,以及光子晶体光纤的频率和色散关系,研究结果为光子晶体光纤器件的开发提供了理论依据。     

Negative refraction at infrared wavelengths in a two-dimensional photonic crystal

We report on the first experimental evidence of negative refraction at telecommunication wavelengths by a two-dimensional photonic crystal field. Samples were fabricated by chemically assisted ion beam etching in the InP-based low-index constrast system. Experiments of beam imaging and light collection show light focusing by the photonic crystal field. Finite-difference time-domain simulations confirm that the observed focusing is due to negative refraction in the photonic crystal area.     

含左手材料异质结构光子晶体的零平均折射率带隙的展宽

运用光学传输矩阵理论,研究了含左手材料一维二元光子晶体的禁带特性.提出了含左手材料的光子晶体异质结构中零平均折射率带隙展宽的方法.根据此方法设计的异质结构的光子晶体形成的零平均折射率带隙,与一维光子晶体零平均折射率带隙相比,零平均折射率带隙的宽度和相对带隙宽度可以得到显著的拓宽.而且它的零平均折射率带隙的边缘与TM波和TE波相关.这种特性在微型谐振腔、天线基片、同轴波导等方面都具有潜在的应用.     

含超导材料Cantor序列一维光子晶体的传输特性

利用传输矩阵法研究了按分形三分Cantor序列构成的一维超导光子晶体的传输特性。数值结果表明,与传统电介质材料构成的光子晶体的频谱不同,这种光子晶体频谱没有展现出自相似性。此外,当构成光子晶体的两种材料的光学厚度相同时,光子晶体的频谱具有明显的周期性,并且在光子带隙中间成对地出现缺陷模。这种特性可以用于设计通道滤波器。     

Optimization of two-photon absorption enhancement in one-dimensional photonic crystals with defect states

One-dimensional photonic crystals with a defect layer of CdS were fabricated. The observed enhancement of two-photon absorption (TPA) in the CdS layer can be attributed to the intensified optical field confined within the defect layer of the photonic crystal. The results show that the enhancement of TPA coefficient depends basically on the number of periods of the photonic crystal and the defect mode position in the photonic band gap. The observation agrees qualitatively with the expectations of a computation by matrix transfer formulation.     

一维光子晶体的透射谱特性

利用传输矩阵法研究了一维光子晶体的透射谱特性,数值模拟得到了可见光波段一维光子晶体中的透射谱特性,计算结果表明可见光波段入射波长变化时,透射谱禁带宽度发生变化。研究结果为可见光波段一维光子晶体器件的设计提供了理论依据。     

三角晶格二维光子晶体的横磁模特性

基于平面波展开法,以介电常数分别为1F/m和12F/m的物质构成三角晶格二维光子晶体,改变空气孔半径r与晶格常数a之间的大小,数值模拟得到了三角晶格二维光子晶体横磁模带隙,当r=.4α时形成三处三角晶格二维光子晶体横磁模的带隙,其中最大三角晶格二维光子晶体横磁模带隙出现在0.6766—0.8000Hz,差值为0.1234Hz。研究结论为光子晶体器件的制作提供参考。     

Mid infrared band gap properties of 3-dimensional silicon inverse opal photonic crystal

By the solvent vaporization convection self-assembly method, 1.86 μm silica microspheres were assembled into a colloidal crystal template with long-range order. High refractive index silicon was then filled in the voids of the silica template by the low pressure chemical vapor deposition method. A 3-dimensional silicon inverse opal photonic crystal was obtained with a photonic band gap simulated by a plane wave expansion method. Its micro modality and photonic band gap properties were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform IR spectrometer. There was a good agreement between the measured spectra and the simulated results. The tilt-angle reflectance spectra showed that an obvious reflection peak at 3319 nm stayed in existence with different incidence directions. This result proved that silicon inverse opal has a complete photonic band gap in the mid infrared range. This study opens up an opportunity to create Si-based photonic crystal devices for atmosphere mid infrared photodetection.     

一维光子晶体禁带特性的研究

应用传输矩阵法研究了一维光子晶体的禁带特性,数值模拟得到了一维光子晶体TE模、TM模和TE/TM模禁带结构,计算结果表明,介质层的厚度发生变化时,禁带宽度发生变化。研究结果为一维光子晶体器件的设计提供了理论依据。     

Synthesis and photonic band gap characterization of high quality photonic crystal heterostructures

High quality photonic crystal heterostructures with a thin titania planar defect layer between its two constitutional photonic crystals were fabricated and their structural and optical properties were analyzed. The results suggest that the thin planar defect layer is beneficial to separate the two constitutional photonic crystals from each other and to reduce the roughness of the interface. The quality of the resulting photonic crystal heterostructures is improved largely and the main features of the photonic band gaps of the two constitutional photonic crystals are inherited. The predominant optical quality of these heterostructures (e.g. deep double photonic band gaps and steep photonic band edges) may afford new flexibility and functionality for engineered photonic behavior in practical devices such as late-model light-operated switches.     

A method of designing photonic crystal grating slow-wave circuit for Ribbon--Beam microwave travelling wave amplifiers

A method of designing a photonic crystal grating slow-wave circuit in which the cylinders of the 2D photonic crystals dot on a cross-sectional plane is established by calculating the band structures of the 2D photonic crystals, and the eigenfrequency of the equivalent waveguide grating. For calculating the band structures, the eigenvalue equations of the photonic crystals in the system of photonic crystal grating slow-wave circuit are derived in a special polarization mode. Two examples are taken to show the method. The design result is validated by the scattering parameters of the same circuit. The result indicates that there exists no photonic band gap if the metal gratings do not extend into the photonic crystals; the design of the circuit without the metal gratings extending into the photonic crystals is less flexible than that with the metal gratings extending into the photonic crystals.