Composite optical waveguide composed of a tapered film of bromothymol blue evaporated onto a potassium ion-exchanged waveguide and its application as a guided wave absorption-based ammonia-gas sensor

For what is the first time to our knowledge, we have successfully evaporated a tapered film of bromothymol blue (BTB) onto a potassium ion-exchanged (PIE) waveguide to form a composite optical waveguide (COWG) for trace-ammonia detection. The BTB film has a high refractive index (1.69) and a smooth surface and is transparent to a 633-nm laser beam in air. In the COWG structure, the BTB film serves as a single-mode waveguide, and adiabatic transition of the TE(0) mode was realized between the BTB waveguide and the PIE waveguide with both BTB tapers. In the presence of ammonia, the BTB film changes color from yellow to blue, which causes absorption of the 633-nm guided wave. Our experimental results demonstrate that such a guided wave absorption-based ammonia-gas sensor is much more sensitive than one based on evanescent-wave absorption. A detection limit of part in 10(9) of ammonia has been realized for a BTB film-PIE glass COWG.     

New method for calculating the spectra and radiation losses of leaky waves in multilayer optical waveguides

The efficiency of a new method for calculating the spectrum and attenuation coefficient of leaky electromagnetic modes is demonstrated with multilayer planar optical waveguides the guiding properties of which are determined by antiresonant reflection from the multilayer cladding (antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides) rather than by total internal reflection from the core-cladding interface as in standard optical waveguides. The new method applies to calculation of both electromagnetic modes in dielectric waveguides and electron quantum states in multibarrier semiconductor heterostructures. The characteristics of multilayer waveguides calculated by the new method are compared with published data obtained from a complex dispersion relation by the transfer matrix method. As an example, the wavelength dependence of the radiation losses for the first TE mode of a planar optical waveguide containing 52 pairs of layers is calculated.     

任意分配比的微波功率分配器

圆波导中TE11模式波的电场在波导壁上随角度按正弦(或余弦)变化.如果在其侧壁上沿径向接两根互相垂直的波导,波导绕轴转动时两根波导中所分配的功率将随旋转角度而变化.这样就可以设计出任意分配比的微波功率分配器.通过HFSS的模拟计算完成了该功分器的设计,同时设计了一个新型的圆波导TE11模式转换器.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备SiO2-TiO2平板光波导工艺研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了SiO₂-TiO₂平板光波导,计算了平板光波导通光条件,分析了硅/钛溶胶-凝胶材料的热性能,观测了平板光波导的结构形貌,并测试了其通光损耗。结果表明：经过200℃,30 min干燥处理的凝胶薄膜呈疏松多孔状态,对于非对称平板波导,存在芯层通光截止厚度,而且当SiO₂-TiO₂芯层厚度为0.5 μm时,SiO₂下包层厚度至少有6 μm才能防止1550 nm波长光泄露入单晶硅衬底中。制备的光波导对于1550 nm波长光传输损耗最小值为0.34 dB/cm。     

Theoretical analysis of optimal quasi-phase matched second harmonic generation waveguide structure in LiTaO3 substrates

Based on the QPM structure and the coupled-mode theory, the maximum SHG conversion efficiency of QPM-SHG waveguides in LiTaO3 substrates is analyzed by optimizing the mode confinement and the mode overlap factors. For TM00()-to-TM00(2) conversion with a non-square shaped domain inversion QPM structure, the mode confinement and mode overlap factor are dependent not only on the optical field distribution for the fundamental and the SH waves in the waveguide, but also on the domain inversion shape. With the assumption that the refractive index profile of an annealed, proton exchanged LiTaO3 channel waveguide is an exponential decay function in the depth direction, and a Gaussian function in the width direction, the analytical expression of the optical field distribution for the lowest order mode can be obtained. By considering both a non-Gaussian field distribution and a non-square shaped domain inversion structure, the theoretical values for achieving the optimal QPM-SHG waveguide structure are determined.     

Polarization-independent grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator nanophotonic waveguides

We propose the use of subwavelength structures in a waveguide grating to achieve polarization-independent coupling of light between an optical fiber and a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) optical waveguide. The subwavelength structure allows the mode effective indices of the TE and TM modes in the grating section to be precisely engineered. We calculate that coupling efficiency of over 64% is possible using the proposed design for polarization-independent coupling between single-mode optical fibers and SOI nanophotonic waveguides.     

Design of the spot size for single-mode Ti/Mg:LiNbO3, channel waveguide for optimum coupling with fibers

To improve the coupling effciency between fibers and conventional Ti:LiNbO₃ diffused channel waveguides, it is feasible that the elliptical mode pattern of the channel waveguide can be modified by the Ti/Mg double diffusion method. By means of the three-dimensional beam propagation method, we successfully show that the mode size of the waveguide fabricated by this method is well matched to that of the fiber for TE and TM polarizations separately.     

Integrated localized surface plasmon waveguides

Compact plasmonic structures made of gold nanoparticles chains are inserted on silicon optical waveguides. We show that silicon-on-insulator waveguide TE mode energy can be almost totally transferred in a 5 gold nanoparticles plasmonic chain, and that this short chain can also behave as a waveguide.     

Optically pumped distributed feedback thin film waveguide lasers with multiwavelength and polarized emissions

Zirconia titania organically modified silicate (ZrO₂-TiO₂-ORMOSIL) thin film waveguides of thickness from 0.4 to 7.0 μm were synthesized using low temperature sol–gel method. Narrow linewidth distributed feedback (DFB) lasing was demonstrated in rhodamine 6G-doped ZrO₂-TiO₂-ORMOSIL waveguides. Simultaneous tuning of multiple-output wavelengths was achieved in the dye-doped waveguides by varying the period of the gain modulation generated by a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. As many as eight separate output wavelengths were observed for a planar ZrO₂-TiO₂-ORMOSIL waveguide of thickness 7.0-μm. The output polarizations of the DFB waveguide lasers can be tuned by varying the polarization of the crossing pump beams. TE and TM optical waves belonging to the same propagation mode were generated by crossing two polarized pump beams, resulting in an effective double of the number of output wavelengths. Continuous tuning of the polarized laser outputs was also achieved by varying the crossing angle.     

1.5μm Ti:LiNbO_3光波导TE_0模偏振器

在1.523μm波长He-Ne激光,对于Z切Ti扩散LiNbO_3光波导及其带有金属包覆/介质缓冲层的偏振器结构,理论上计算了单模波导的工艺参数和基模的吸收损耗系数.文中用TM_0模的共振吸收效应,在1.5μm波长首次研制成Ti:LiNbO_3光波导TE_0模偏振器.当器件长度为2mm和9mm时,其消光比分别为20dB和25dB.     

包含左手材料的四层平板波导中的光导模

研究一个芯子层是左手材料,其他三层由传统材料构成的四层平板光波导系统,利用图解法对各种TE偏振的导波模式的解进行详细分析.研究表明,四层左手材料光波导既能支持振荡导模,也能支持表面导模,与三层左手材料光波导相比较,此四层波导的导波模式呈现一些新的特性.对于中间传统材料层存在振荡场的情形:芯子层支持振荡导模的光波导中存在基模,并且高阶振荡导模出现模式缺失的性质;芯子层支持表面导模的光波导可以支持基模和多个高阶模式,并且存在模式兼并的性质.对于中间传统材料层存在衰减场的情形,此四层波导结构可等效为三层左手材料光波导.这些新的光波导传输性质对各种光波导器件的制作有潜在的应用价值.     

高灵敏度集成光偏振干涉仪特性及生化传感应用研究

利用射频溅射技术在平面单模玻璃波导表面局部淀积一层Ta₂O₅梯度薄膜, 形成复合光波导芯片, 结合棱镜耦合法制备了一种集成光偏振干涉传感器. 基于四层平板波导模型理论分析了复合光波导表面折射率灵敏度S_RI与Ta₂O₅梯度薄膜等效厚度T_eq的关系, 结合实验测定的S_RI得出了本工作中所使用Ta₂O₅梯度薄膜的T_eq ≈ 33.021 nm, 进一步得出芯片吸附层厚度灵敏度S_ab≈ (2.412× 2π) nm^-1. 利用该复合波导偏振干涉仪结合Lorentz-Lorenz有效介质理论测得了市售食用白醋中醋酸的浓度, 并以市售牛栏山二锅头酒为例进行了白酒掺水和掺甲醇的测试, 结果表明, 白酒掺水或甲醇前后的折射率改变量与掺杂量成准线性变化关系; 原位实时监测了丁酰胆碱酯酶的动态吸附过程及细胞色素c/聚苯乙烯磺酸钠的分子自组装过程, 并利用测得的位相差变化结合芯片吸附层厚度灵敏度S_ab 获得了蛋白质表面覆盖度.     

Polymer optical waveguide based on integrated optics

The fabrication and characterization of refractive index profiles of multimode mode polymer optical waveguides is reported. Effect of annealing temperature on guided losses of polymer (polystyrene) thin film optical waveguide is also presented. Efficient coupling over a 110 nm spectral bandwidth was experimentally demonstrated with a prism-coupler designed to match the dispersion of a particular waveguide.     

同轴TEM-矩形TE10模式变换器的优化设计

用ＨＦＳＳ软件和网络理论对Ｓ波段同轴ＴＥＭ－矩形ＴＥ１０模式变换器进行了优化设计。同轴波导工作于过模状态,可同时传输ＴＥＭ、ＴＥ１１、ＴＥ２１模。模式变换器可应用于高功率微波的能量提取系统,优化设计方法可用于通过短路活塞来实现调配的同轴－矩表、圆波导－矩形的模式变换器。     

Design of the spot size for single-mode Ti/Mg:LiNbO3, channel waveguide for optimum coupling with fibers

Abstract

To improve the coupling effciency between fibers and conventional Ti:LiNbO₃ diffused channel waveguides, it is feasible that the elliptical mode pattern of the channel waveguide can be modified by the Ti/Mg double diffusion method. By means of the three-dimensional beam propagation method, we successfully show that the mode size of the waveguide fabricated by this method is well matched to that of the fiber for TE and TM polarizations separately.     

Plasmonic Metasurfaces Enabled Ultra‐Compact Broadband Waveguide TM‐Pass Polarizer

Silicon waveguide polarizers offer a simple yet robust approach to address the polarization‐dependent issue of silicon‐based optical components, and hence have found numerous applications in silicon photonics. However, the available silicon waveguide polarizers suffer from the issue of large device footprint, high insertion loss (IL), and/or fabrication complexities. Here, a silicon waveguide transverse magnetic (TM)‐pass polarizer is constructed by coating a silicon waveguide with an ultra‐thin plasmonic metasurface structure that is capable of guiding slow surface wave (SW) mode. The transverse electric (TE) waveguide mode can be converted into SW mode with the involvement of metasurfaces, and hence is intrinsically absorbed and forbidden to pass, while the TM waveguide mode can be well guided due to little influence. A typical metasurface polarizer with an ultra‐short length of 2.4 µm enables the IL of 28.16 dB for the TE mode, and that of 0.53 dB for the TM mode at 1550 nm. Multiple‐band TM‐pass polarizers can be obtained by cascading two or more different metasurface‐coated silicon waveguides along the propagation direction, and a dual‐band TM‐pass polarizer is demonstrated with the IL being of 19.21 and 29.09 dB for the TE mode at 1310 and 1550 nm, respectively.     

同轴TEM－余矩形TE10模式变换器的优化设计

 用HFSS软件和网络理论对S波段同轴TEM－矩形TE₁₀模式变换器进行了优化设计。其中同轴波导工作于过模状态,可同时传输TEM、TE₁₁、TE₂₁模。模式变换器可应用于高功率微波的能量提取系统,优化设计方法可用于通过短路活塞来实现调配的同轴－矩形、圆波导－矩形的模式变换器。     

A novel Y-branch waveguide for power dividing and mode splitting

A novel Y-branch waveguide for variable-ratio power dividing and transverse electrical-transverse magnetic (TE-TM) mode splitting depending on the applied voltage is presented. The Y-branch waveguide is formed by two closely coupled waveguides tabricated by nickel indiffusion (NI) and by magnesium-oxide induced lithium outdiffusion (MILO) in a y-cut lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) substrate. The TE component of the randomly polarized light is tuned between these two waveguides, such that the device can be either a power divider or a mode splitter depending on the applied voltage. The measured TE mode extinction ratio is about 20 dB.     

Expanded-core channel waveguides: Single-mode analysis and application

A buried channel waveguide composed of several core layers (i.e., a expanded-core waveguide) is proved to exhibit single-mode wave characteristics and a mode field compatible with that of a standard single-mode fiber. A sufficient condition for achieving single-mode operation is derived using an effective-index method. The concept of expanded-core waveguides is then applied to the design of MMIC-based beam splitters. Numerical results show that the mode field would exhibit a strong evanescent wave for TM mode in case the core layers are not many enough, even the TE mode field is well confined in the expanded core region. This situation induces substantial polarization dependent loss and a large fiber coupling loss for TM wave. However, this situation can be improved by using more core layers for the expanded-core waveguide.