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O4352006053870关于左手性介质几何光学的研究(1)=Study of geomet-rical optics onleft-handed material(Ⅰ)[刊,英]/林志立(浙江大学现代光学仪器国家重点实验室,光及电磁波研究中心.浙江,杭州(310027)),胡建东//光子学报.—2006,35(6).—893-897根据几何光学中的费马原理和完善成像原理研究了光线经过正负折射率界面时的传播特性,推导了单负折射率完善成像的曲面方程,讨论了单块负折射率透镜成像特性的一些缺陷及改进方案,依此指出了最短时间原理的适用范围的局限性和利用左手性介质制作光学器件的优越性,为进一步研究左手性介质的光学…     

左手介质对一维光量子阱透射谱的影响

通过传输矩阵法理论研究左手介质对一维光子晶体量子阱(AB)m(CBAABC)n(BA)m透射谱的影响,结果发现:当C层为双正介质时,光量子阱透射谱中出现2n+1条窄透射峰,当C层为左手介质时,呈现简并现象,光量子阱透射峰中仅出现2n-1条窄透射峰;当C层左手介质折射率负值增大时,光量子阱透射谱向禁带中心两侧移动,同时透射峰快速变窄;当C层左手介质光学厚度负值减小时,光量子阱透射谱向禁带中心靠拢,同时透射峰迅速变窄;光量子阱透射变窄对左手介质光学厚度的响应灵敏度高于对折射率负值的响应。左手介质对光量子阱透射谱特性的影响规律,可为光子晶体理论研究及新型量子光学器件设计提供参考。     

左手性介质透镜系统的赛德尔像差特性研究

根据初级像差理论，系统研究了由左手性介质构造的透镜系统的赛德尔像差特性.分析了左手性介质单折射曲面的赛德尔像差特性，发现其消初级球差的曲面类型比普通介质更为灵活且可用于实成像系统.依据薄透镜赛德尔和数公式，分析和设计了三种只有左手性介质才具备的可消部分赛德尔像差的薄透镜结构参数，提出了几种能同时消除全部五种赛德尔像差的由左手性介质构造的透镜组合系统.研究表明左手性介质相对于普通介质在消像差方面存在较大优势，在光学设计时可以采用更少的折射表面个数或更简单的表面形状即可到达同等的成像性能.     

关于左手性介质几何光学的研究(二)

利用几何光学方法研究了由左手性介质制成的简单透镜的光学特性.推理分析了左手性介质透镜处球形界面的负折射规律,并依此表明了常用光学公式仍适用于左手性介质.指出了左手性介质透镜相对于用传统介质制作的普通透镜所具备的固有优点,最后证实了利用单块左手性介质透镜即可完全消球差,并相应提供了零球差左手性介质透镜的设计实例.     

Metamaterials电磁特性的数值仿真研究

利用HFSS软件，对电磁波在左手材料中的后向波传输、平板成像特性和近零折射率媒质的定向辐射特性进行了全波仿真研究，分别验证了左手材料与近零折射率媒质的上述特性。利用AnsoftDesigner软件，对去掉并联电感和去掉串联电容的、基于微带线的两种简化的左右手复合传输线构成的具有磁单负和电单负特性介质的电磁特性进行了仿真研究，验证了电磁波在匹配的MNG-ENG介质对结构的隧穿特性。     

艾里光束通过负折射率介质的传输特性

为了研究艾里光束(Airy beams)通过负折射率介质中的传输特性,利用ABCD矩阵光学理论推导出了Airy光束通过负折射率介质的传输解析表达式.利用该解析表达式得到了Airy光束通过负折射率介质的传输特性.计算结果表明,Airy光束通过负折射率介质后的自加速和光强都可以通过负折射率介质的工作频率调控.Airy光束通过负折射率介质的横向偏转系数随传输距离z的增大而加速偏转;同时当传输距离z相同而负折射率介质的工作频率不同时,偏转系数也不相同.Airy光束的强度和偏转度都可以通过负折射率介质的工作频率调控.结果显示可以利用负折射率介质的工作频率方便有效地调控Airy光束,研究结果在光学器件设计和医学科学中都有潜在的应用价值.     

梯度折射率介质下的光路计算与成像研究

使用激光照射具有梯度折射率的介质将形成海市蜃楼现象的光路轨迹"可视化"。主要研究了不同波长的激光在线性和非线性梯度折射率介质中的光路轨迹和成像情况。基于几何光学原理推导了光路方程并使用Matlab光线追迹算法计算了线性和非线性情况下的成像。实验上,通过自制仪器配置有折射率梯度的溶液并观察光路轨迹以及拍摄实物成像。实验拍摄的光路轨迹与理论推导基本一致,为海市蜃楼等现象的演示以及成像问题的研究提供了新的参考。     

封面故事

<正>Luneburg透镜,一个经典的渐变折射率分布的球形透镜,具有无像差理想成像和理想聚焦的新奇物性。通过三维空间中渐变折射率介质调控其光传输特性,从而实现传统单一的均匀介质透镜器件所不具有的消像差、大视场的功能,在纳米光子学、集成光学、通信光纤等领域具有重要应用潜力。根据有效介质近似理论,其内部渐变的折射率分布可通过渐变超材料等效为渐变折射率介质来实现,但受现有微纳加工方法的限制,目前已     

泄漏辐射模显微镜测量薄膜的局域双折射率

介质双折射率的传统测量方法有偏振光椭圆率测量仪和光学相干断层扫描等.提出一种新型的介质双折射率测量方法--切向偏振光照明的泄漏辐射模显微镜激励波导模共振,通过对物镜后焦面的傅里叶光谱信息进行成像,测量介质的双折射率.分析了利用切向偏振光照明的泄漏辐射模显微镜测量介质双折射率的原理并测量了双折射率差为△n≈0.005的偶...     

模拟渐变折射率光波导

介质光波导是导波器件和集成光路中用以限制和传导光波的基本构件,我们熟知的具有圆形截面的光学纤维就是介质波导的一种,然而集成光学所注重的波导往往是平面波导或条形波导。近年来,渐变折射率分布的平面波导越来越多地被应用来制作各种集成光学的器件,所以研究和了解渐变折射率分布波导的特性是很重要的。我们用简单的装置、简单的方法使液体折射率随深度的不同而渐变,并且用A.J.Barnard方法测得液体在某一时刻的     

A Non-Energy-Concentrating Lens Using Left-Handed Material

In a planar lens made of left-handed material (LHM), the rays converge to a focal point in the material and once again in free space. The problems exhibited by the planar lens are its great thickness, the long optical path length, and energy concentration in the LHM. We examine a bowl-shaped LHM lens with an index n = −1. In this lens, the back is a concave hemispherical surface and the rays never converge in the LHM, but in free space only. We also designed a quantized bowl-shaped LHM lens composed of multiple layers of thin LHM plates of uniform thickness. A bowl-shaped LHM lens quantized with more than 4 bits has a lens function similar to that of a smooth curved lens. The bowl-shaped lens is characterized by its thinness, its short optical path length, and the absence of energy concentration in the LHM. Furthermore, the quantized bowl-shaped LHM lens can be fabricated. Wave propagation through these lenses is numerically simulated using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method.     

Enhanced twinkling in left-handed media

A slab of left-handed material (LHM) with refractive index -1 forms a perfect lens that retains subwavelength information about a source or object. Such lenses are highly susceptible to perturbations affecting their performance. It is shown that illuminating a roughened interface between air and an LHM produces a regime for enhanced focusing of light close to the boundary. This generates caustics that are brighter, fluctuate more, and cause Gaussian speckle at distances closer to the interface than in right-handed matter. These effects present fresh challenges for perfecting the perfect lens.     

Evanescent waves of an annular left-handed material lens

The imaging system formed by an annular left-handed material （LHM） lens as well as the evanescent waves in the lens are simulated numerically with a finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. For b - a 〉 λ （a and b are respectively the inner and outer radii of the annular lens, and λ is the wavelength）, when a point source is placed at an internal grid point, we demonstrate that the evanescent waves are produced around the internal interface, and cannot propagate outwards. As for b - a 〈λ ）,, the evanescent waves appear around both the internal and the external interfaces, which remarkably implies the coupling between the two interfaces. Hence it can be inferred that the evanescent waves around the external interface participating in the super-resolution imaging result from the coupling of the evanescent waves around the interface. Moreover, the partly uncomprehended properties of the evanescent waves in the LHM slab are also disclosed. It is conducive to understanding the evanescent waves in the LHMs further.     

Impacts of Refraction Index Mismatch on Performance of Target Detection and Imaging by Using Flat LHM Lens

Refraction index mismatch between flat left-handed metamaterial (LHM) lens and its surrounding medium generally destroys the focusing of flat LHM lens and degrades the performance of near-field target detection by using flat LHM lens. For LHM lens of refraction index mismatch within ±30%, numerical simulations demonstrate that lenses with large refraction index may suffer less resolution degradation than lenses with small refraction index, and the enhancement of refocused microwave backscattered from target can be subsided by up to approximately 5.5dB. The refraction index mismatch will also shift the target position in the reconstructed image so that theoretical prediction of target position needs to be modified.     

Focusing of a Flat Left-Handed Metamaterial Lens in a Heterogeneous and Lossy Medium

For applications such as near-field target detection and tumor hyperthermia with a fiat left-handed metamaterial （LHM） lens, a microwave will be focused in the heterogeneous and lossy medium. Different from the focusing of a fiat LHM lens in vacuum as reported in most previous studies, the medium loss and heterogeneity will affect the focusing performance of the LHM lens. Numerical simulations indicate that the medium loss will degrade the focusing resolution, while the heterogeneity of random variability within ±30% will affect the focusing resolution to a limited extent. Both the loss and heterogeneity of the medium will shift the focal point away from the image plane. When focusing in a medium with different permittivity values, an LHM lens will also have different focusing resolutions due to different electric thicknesses.     

Near-sighted superlens

We consider the problem of subwavelength imaging via a slab of a left-handed medium (LHM) in the presence of material losses. We derive the analytical expression for the resolution limit of a LHM-based lens and demonstrate that the area of its subwavelength performance is usually limited to the near-field zone.     

A very compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer with left-handed material

A very compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) composed of two parallel straight waveguides with left-handed material (LHM) layers is proposed. The operating principle and characteristics of the MZI with electro-optic material (EOM) core are analyzed by using the supermode theory and coupled mode theory. The result shows that regardless of material loss, a very compact MZI of only 0.87 mm × 0.022 mm can be achieved by utilizing EOM with ultrahigh electro-optic coefficient, which means a new way to fulfill a very compact electro-optic modulator or optical switch. The absorption effect of the proposed MZI is also analyzed by perturbation method which is generated by lossy LHM layers.     

非线性左手材料的时域研究

 分析了非线性左手材料模型，推导了非线性左手材料中的时域有限差分法及完美匹配层的计算式。数值模拟了具有Kerr非线性效应的左手材料平板中的电磁波。观察到该材料同样具有电磁聚焦特性。对比线性左手材料，其聚焦点的幅度和位置都会发生偏移。同时改变波源的强度及其到平板边界距离，讨论了不同距离情况下该非线性左手材料平板对电磁波分布的影响。当波源距离材料平板足够远，通过非线性左手材料聚焦的电场强度几乎集中在其外表面。     

三层不对称人工电磁材料界面处表面等离子体激元的理论研究

从P和S偏振出发.研究了由常规材料/左手材料/负介电常数材料、及常规材料/左手材料/负磁导率材料这两种三层不对称结构界面上表面等离子体激元(Surface plasmon polaritons,SPPs)的存在区域、色散曲线及其激发.观察到表面等离子体激元的性质强烈地依赖于人工电磁材料的组成参量,例如介质板的厚度和等离子体的频率.最后,使用衰减全反射(Attenuated total reflection,ATR)技术,探究了激发和观察表面等离子体激元的可能性.并针对P和s偏振两种情况计算了衰减全反射光谱.