Negative refractive index and anomalous dispersion

Media with negative index of refraction are discussed briefly within Sellmeier model. In particular, dispersion of light waves is found to be anomalous and the corresponding coefficient of material dispersion is found to be negative. In addition, the group index becomes negative.     

A flexible metamaterial with negative refractive index at visible wavelength

In this paper, we demonstrated a realization of a flexible metamaterial with negative refractive index operating at visible wavelength. With the help of Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, we could establish design rules for the metamaterial and analyze the characteristics of it. To this end, the fishnet structure with the unit cell size 185 nm by 240 nm was fabricated. Due to the polymer dielectric spacer between the metal-layers, the metamaterial is freestanding without base substrate and additional backside etching process.     

基于十字连通形环形谐振腔金属-介质-金属波导的折射率传感器和滤波器

提出了由十字连通形环形谐振腔耦合两个金属-介质-金属(metal-insulator-metal, MIM)波导的结构,并用有限元法数值研究了表面等离极化激元在结构中的传输特性.通过对透射谱的研究,系统地分析了MIM结构的传感特性.结果表明,在透射光谱中有三个共振峰,即存在三种共振模式,其中透射峰与材料的折射率呈线性关系.通过对结构参数的优化,得到了折射率灵敏度(S)高达1500 nm/RIU的理论值,相应的传感分辨率为1.33×10~(-4)RIU.更重要的是,灵敏度不受结构参数变化的影响,这意味着传感器的灵敏度不受制造偏差的影响.此外,谐振波长与环形腔中心半径成线性关系,该器件在较大波长范围内实现可调谐带通滤波.透射强度随着波导与环形腔间距的增大而减小,透射带宽同时减小,因此,可以通过控制环形腔与波导的耦合距离来调谐透射强度及透射带宽.研究结果对高灵敏度纳米级折射率传感器和带通滤波器的设计以及在生物传感器方面的应用都具有一定的指导意义.     

负折射率平板透镜系统中的光束聚焦及相位补偿特性

利用平面角谱理论,建立厄米-高斯光束和拉盖尔-高斯光束在负折射率平板透镜系统中的傍轴传输模型,研究负折射率平板透镜中厄米-高斯光束和拉盖尔-高斯光束强度聚焦及相位补偿特性。结果发现:负折射率平板透镜产生的反向Gouy 相移可以补偿空气中Gouy相移导致的相差,因而在满足相位匹配条件下,光束在物平面和像平面之间的相差为零;当强度聚焦和相位匹配条件同时满足的条件下,光束在物平面强度和相位分布可在像平面实现完全重构。     

负折射材料的非寻常折射

负折射材料是近年来研究人员关注的新型材料,与常规材料相比,它有许多非寻常的表现,特别是光的折射,用惠更斯原理解释了负折射材料的折射规律,并分析了负折射材料制作的一些常用光学元件与传统材料制作的相应光学元件的不同作用。     

Fano resonance and spectral compression in a ring resonator drop filter with feedback

We propose a ring resonator drop filter with feedback loop which can form the other ring cavity to produce an asymmetric Fano-resonance line shape and mode compression. By properly adjusting the feedback loop, the asymmetric line shapes of the transmission spectra can be controlled and selectively mode compression of the circuiting intensity in the feedback loop is achieved. Such characteristics are useful for applications in ring resonator-based photonic devices such as all-optical switches, sensors and intracavity frequency selection single-mode laser.     

Multiple slow light bands in photonic crystal coupled resonator optical waveguides constructed with a portion of photonic quasicrystals

Coupled resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) in complex two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PCs) constructed with a portion of 12-fold photonic quasicrystals (PQs) are proposed. We show that enhanced transmission and slow light can be simultaneously achieved in such waveguides as well as general CROWs. Moreover, due to higher degree of flexibility and tunability of PQs for defect mode properties compared to conventional periodic PCs, multiple slow light bands can be flexibly obtained in CROWs constructed with complex 2D PCs. Our results may lead to the development of a variety of novel ultracompact devices for photonic integrated circuits.     

光纤纤芯及包层模有效折射率计算及仿真

光纤结构设计、模间色散求解、光纤光栅模式耦合等问题的研究, 都需要对光纤纤芯及包层模的有效折射率进行精确计算. 本文以光纤三层结构模型为基础, 结合该模型下的模式本征方程, 使用截弦法求解了纤芯模有效折射率, 并将计算结果与COMSOL软件模拟的对应纤芯模的传输光场进行对比, 验证了计算结果正确.使用区间遍历算法对包层模有效折射率进行了求解, 与已有的传统方法相比, 该方法可以有效防止求解过程中根的遗漏、避免特征方程产生的奇点, 并能保证模式的正规性.本文采用Mathematica软件对求解过程进行仿真, 获得了纤芯模和包层模有效折射率与波长关系曲线. 关键词： 光纤传输模式 有效折射率 截弦法 区间遍历算法     

High-sensitivity refractive index sensors based on Fano resonance in a metal-insulator-metal based arc-shaped resonator coupled with a rectangular stub

A metal-insulator-metal (MIM)-based arc-shaped resonator coupled with a rectangular stub (MARS) structure is proposed. This structure can generate two tunable Fano resonances originating from two different mechanisms. The structure has the advantage of being sensitive to the refractive index, and this feature makes it favorable for application in various microsensors. The relationship between the structural parameters and Fano resonance is researched using the finite element method (FEM) based on the software COMSOL Multiphysics 5.4. The simulation reveals that the sensitivity reaches 1900 nm/refractive index unit (RIU), and the figure of merit (FOM) is 23.75.     

平面环形谐振腔微光学陀螺结构设计与优化

提出具有高群有效折射率的双环级联作为核心元件的谐振式平面光波导陀螺结构, 基于光学Sagnac原理得到了双微环耦合谐振式光学陀螺理论灵敏度与群有效折射率的一般表达式和双环与单环陀螺系统的灵敏度关系, 并由耦合模理论方法得到了双环系统耦合器的两个透射系数对应的群有效折射率变化情况. 在环腔半径R₁=R₂=100 μm、环腔传输损耗系数t₁=t₂=0.95的情况下, 针对环与环之间耦合器和环与波导之间耦合器透射系数对群有效折射率的不同影响, 得到了最大群有效折射率的产生条件. 采用文中参数(R=100 μm, t=0.95)计算的单环谐振式陀螺灵敏度为(10⁴-10⁵)°/h, 而双环级联谐振系统理论灵敏度能够达到10 °/h. 该研究对微环耦合谐振腔在角速度检测上的应用有重要的意义.     

Group index and dispersion properties of photonic crystal waveguides with circular and square air-holes

The slow light and group velocity dispersion properties of 2D triangular lattice photonic crystal line defect waveguide (PCW) with square and circular air-holes are numerically investigated with the plane-wave expansion method. The simulation results show that the guided mode is impacted slightly by the cross section’s shape of the air-holes of the same filling ratio. Adjusting two rows of the inner-hole adjacent to the waveguide and modifying the waveguide width can bring in low-group velocity and low-dispersion (LVLD) region, in which the group index of the square holes can reach 210 which is far better than the circular-holes. At the same air-hole size and waveguide width, the PCW with the square holes can support higher bit rate of the signal up to 35 Gb/s. These results provide important theoretical basis for realizing of optical buffering and optical logic devices in all-optical network.     

含负折射率介质的多层结构中倏逝波传播及隧道效应的分析

研究了倏逝波在含负折射率介质的多层平板结构中的传播特性，解析地分析了倏逝波在不同结构参数下的放大或衰减规律及其原因以及能流的分布，并着重讨论了负折射率介质的损耗对隧道效应的影响，最后通过模拟高斯光束在该结构中的传播和能量储存，形象地给出了负折射率介质的损耗对倏逝波的影响和对光子隧道效应的减弱. 关键词： 负折射率介质 倏逝波 隧道效应     

真空腔测量空气折射率的方法及精度分析

空气折射率的测量及补偿效果在高精度激光干涉测量中起着“瓶颈”作用。分析了空气折射率的补偿原理 ,研究了用预抽气真空腔测量和补偿空气折射率的测量原理、方法及装置 ,分析了该方法对测量误差产生的原因。最后对测量精度作出了估计。     

利用单光束测量掺有叶绿素-α的有机聚合材料的光学非线性折射率

本文研究了利用单光束纵向扫描法测量介质的光学非线性折射率n_2中,介质的线性吸收对测量结果的影响,指出样品的吸收使得纵向扫描方法的测量范围减小,测量精度降低,在实验上,利用纵向扫描法测量了一种掺有叶绿素-α的有机聚合材料的非线性折射率,获得的n_2为3.4×10~(-9)esu,对实验结果的分析表明,材料的非线性折射来源于有机材料的共轭π电子效应.     

两端对称负折射率缺陷复合光子晶体:多通道滤波和光开关

采用传输矩阵法对两端对称负折射率缺陷复合光子晶体结构[D(AB)mD]N的透射特性进行了研究.结果表明:当N=2时,该结构透射谱的禁带出现两个完全共振透射峰,当N增加时,每个共振透射峰又分裂为N-1条;当复合光子晶体的层数m逐渐增加时,透射峰的品质因子逐渐提高,且分裂的共振透射峰距离逐渐减少;既为该结构实现高品质的多通...     

Numerical analysis of plasmon polarition refractive index fiber sensors with hollow core and a long period grating

The main principle of this design is based on the efficient energy transfer between the waveguide mode (WM) and the co-directional SPP provided by a properly designed fiber long period grating (LPG). This LPG is imprinted into a waveguide fiber layer of a specially designed hollow core optical fiber. The simulations are based on the finite element method (FEM) algorithm in electromagnetics and coupled mode theory for gratings. Compared to the previous proposed structure using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG), this novel kind of sensor can greatly enhance the refractive index sensitivity, e.g., from 5.93 nm/RIU (with FBG) to 817 nm/RIU (with LPG) at the sensing refractive index of 1.40. The other advantage is that the working conditions can be performed for the well-developed telecom wavelength windows 1500-1600 nm.