Terahertz polarization splitter based on an asymmetric dual-core photonic crystal fiber

By employing the liquid crystal refractive index changes induced by applied electric field, a novel terahertz polarization splitter with tunable the operating frequency and bandwidths has been proposed and theoretically analyzed. It possesses an extinction ratio as high as the polarization splitters based on the two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. These distinguished features ensure its important applications in the integrated optical systems.     

1-to-N beam splitter based on photonic crystal branched waveguide structure

A novel beam splitter is proposed based on a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PC) branched waveguide structure. The beam splitter structure comprises branched waveguide channels and extra dielectric columns. These branched waveguide channels are used to obtain secondary sources and the introduced extra dielectric columns are used to control the phase difference of the secondary point sources. The field distributions of the beam are investigated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD). It is found that the number of beams is sensitive to the distance of the waveguide channels ports and extra dielectric columns. By adjusting the positions of the waveguide channels and the parameters of the extra dielectric columns, 1-to-N beam splitters can be realized. These simple, easily fabricated and controllable structures have important potential applications in integrated optical circuits.     

Plasmonic splitter based on the metal-insulator-metal waveguide with periodic grooves

In this paper, we have proposed a plasmonic splitter which is composed of a subwavelength slit and two different metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides with periodic grooves. The slit is used to excite surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at certain wavelengths. By setting the SPPs resonance wavelengths of the slit as the Bragg wavelengths of MIM waveguides, the SPPs of different wavelengths are able to be confined and guided in the two different MIM waveguides. The numerical results of two-dimensional finite difference time domain (2D-FDTD) demonstrate that our proposed structure is capable of splitting light into two MIM waveguides.     

基于自映像的光子晶体波导分束器的设计

通过研究2维正方晶格光子晶体波导多模干涉的自映像效应,优化设计了一种新型1×2光子晶体波导分束器,采用时域有限差分法对其传输特性进行模拟分析。设计过程中,根据多模干涉耦合区中周期出现的双重像的位置确定两个单模输出波导的位置,通过在分束器输入和输出耦合区的连结处设置介质柱,改变输入和输出耦合区中的模场分布,实现模式匹配,从而明显减小分束器的反射损耗。计算结果表明:设置的介质柱归一化半径分别为0.08和0.177时,对于波长为1.55 μm的入射光,该分束器的透射率可高达93%。     

基于自映像的光子晶体波导分束器的设计

通过研究2维正方晶格光子晶体波导多模干涉的自映像效应,优化设计了一种新型1×2光子晶体波导分束器,采用时域有限差分法对其传输特性进行模拟分析。设计过程中,根据多模干涉耦合区中周期出现的双重像的位置确定两个单模输出波导的位置,通过在分束器输入和输出耦合区的连结处设置介质柱,改变输入和输出耦合区中的模场分布,实现模式匹配,从而明显减小分束器的反射损耗。计算结果表明:设置的介质柱归一化半径分别为0.08和0.177时,对于波长为1.55μm的入射光,该分束器的透射率可高达93%。     

基于光子晶体共振耦合的四波长波分复用/解复用器

谐振腔因其具有选频功能而在集成光学领域具有广泛的应用. 通过两个光子晶体环形腔、四个不同尺寸的光子晶体微腔及波导之间的耦合, 实现了1310 nm, 1550 nm, 1600 nm和1650 nm 四个波长的波分解复用．时域有限差分法模拟分析的结果表明, 仅仅通过调制输出波导边缘介质柱的半径, 即可使四个波长的输出效率均达到90%以上. 所设计的器件不但效率高, 而且尺寸小(约为12 μ m× 17 μ m), 在未来的光通信领域中具有潜在的应用价值.     

Diffusion coupling between a barrel-shaped resonant cavity and a coaxial waveguide

We consider a resonant cavity in the form of a section of a weakly irregular metal tube coupled with a waveguide of larger cross section. Eigenmodes of such a cavity with frequencies close to the cutoff frequency are described by the inhomogeneous-string equation. The solution of this equation obtained by the variational technique leads to standard formulas for interaction between the cavity and an incident wave.     

T-shaped polarization beam splitter based on two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide structures

A T-shaped polarization beam splitter based on two-dimensional photonic crystal is proposed, which is composed of three waveguides: one input and two output. Unpolarized beams incident from the input port will be separated into two different polarization modes and outputted individually by two different coupling structures. Simulation results can be obtained by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. In the normalized frequency range of 0.3456 < \(\omega \alpha /2\pi {}c\) < 0.37, multiple frequencies can obtain high transmission efficiency simultaneously for both TE and TM modes. And the degree of polarization is very closed to 1 for both output ports at this frequency range. When the normalized frequency \(f=0.3534 \omega \alpha /2\pi {}c\), the transmission efficiency, respectively, is 88 % and \(91\) % for TE modes and TM modes. The extinction ratio is all 30dB for both modes. The polarization beam splitter attains the requirement we expected by analyzing simulation results.     

Polarisation splitter/combiner based on an antiresonant directional coupler

The theoretical performance of a new polarisation splitter/combiner based on a directional coupler is studied using vectorial mode analysis. The device includes an efficient antiresonant mirror transparent to TM polarisation and opaque to TE polarisation. Simulations indicate a high level of TM light can be transferred from the input waveguide into the non-excited guide for coupling lengths shorter than 1 mm. In addition, coupling efficiency of 80% and extinction ratios close to 30 dB have been obtained in a not optimised device.     

矩形波导中宽带非对称声传输

目前已有的非对称性声传输模型大部分局限于二维模式,无法直接应用于三维实际系统,针对这一问题,文中研究了通过内置非对称几何结构来实现声单向传输的三维管道模型。该几何结构体内引入天然材料——氙气,利用氙气与空气两种天然气体折射率的差异以及结构的不对称,实现声波在管道中的非对称传输,即当声波正向入射时,可通过管道内结构到达另一侧;而当反向入射时,声波无法通过内置的非对称结构。理论计算结果和仿真结果表明声波在三维矩形波导管中的非对称声传输效果和结构的厚度相关:当结构厚度较薄时,可在较宽频带范围内实现声波的非对称传输。此外,该矩形波导设计具有结构简单、透明超轻等特点,为设计新型声波非对称传输器件提供了相应的理论参考。     

基于光子晶体波导定向耦合的光子晶体分/合频器

在完整二维光子晶体中引入线缺陷后,就形成了光子晶体波导。将时域有限差分法(FDTD)和平面波法作为光子晶体理论研究的工具。研究结果表明,光子晶体波导之间的耦合遵循普通介质波导耦合的一般规律,有定向耦合的功能;将两个具有不同耦合长度的光子晶体波导定向耦合器顺序集成在一起,可以组成一个三波长的光子晶体分/合频器。     

A polarization splitter based on slow light effect in a left-handed material waveguide

We propose a polarization splitter (PS) based on the slow light effect in a three-layer waveguide that consists of left-handed material (LHM) and dielectric layers with no birefringence. Transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) waves can be split by the intrinsic configuration of permittivity and permeability of LHM and dielectric layers. Simulation results are given to discuss the influence of electromagnetic parameters on the properties of our PS, and the capture and release of TE or TM waves are also realized in our PS which provides a flexible method to modulate the switching of different polarization waves.     

Fringe visibility and correlation in Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an asymmetric beam splitter

We study the wave-particle duality in a general Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an asymmetric beam splitter from the viewpoint of quantum information theory. The correlations (including the classical correlation and the quantum correlation) between the particle and the which-path detector are derived when they are in pure state or mixed state at the output of Mach-Zehnder interferometer. It is found that the fringe visibility and the correlations are effected by the asymmetric beam splitter and the input state of the particle. The complementary relations between the fringe visibility and the correlations are also presented.     

Fringe visibility and distinguishability in two-path interferometer with an asymmetric beam splitter

We study the fringe visibility and the distinguishability of a general Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an asymmetric beam splitter. Both the fringe visibility V and the distinguishability D are affected by the input state of the particle characterized by the Bloch vector S =(S_x, S_y, S_z) and the second asymmetric beam splitter characterized by the paramterβ. For the total system is initially in a pure state, it is found that the fringe visibility reaches the upper bound and the distinguishability reaches the lower bound when cosβ=-S_x, The fringe visibility obtain the maximum only if S_x = 0 and β = π/2 when the input particle is initially in a mixed state. The complementary relationship V~2 +D~2 ≤ 1 is proved in a general Mach-Zehnder interferometer with an asymmetric beam splitter, and the conditions for the equality are also presented.     

Light trapping and releasing in side-coupled microresonator structures with asymmetric cavity–waveguide coupling

In this work we analyze the waveguiding properties of a kind of side-coupled microresonator structures with asymmetric coupling. The mismatch in the two resonator–waveguide couplings plays a similar role of loss and gain in the constituent material but offers much flexible controllability, in terms of achieving fast- and slow-light. Using a generalized transfer matrix formalism, we determine the criteria for achieving subluminal and superluminal pulse propagation in these structures. Moreover, we propose a scheme for light trapping and releasing by dynamical control of the resonator–waveguide coupling strengths. Time-domain numerical simulations with feasible physical parameters for the switching operation are presented.     

A tunable power splitter based on modes coupling and self-collimation effect in two-dimensional photonic crystals

A tunable power splitter is proposed in a two-dimensional photonic crystal with a line defect composed of two rows rods, whose refractive index can be controlled artificially. This device is working at a self-collimation frequency. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations show that the beam splitting ratio is a function of the refractive index of line defect. If the index varies from 3.0 to 3.5, the beam intensity of one output port decreases from 87.2% (normalized by the input beam) to 0 while the intensity of the other output port increases from 8.98% to 100% monotonically. The coupling between the self-collimation mode and the defect mode is used to explain the working mechanism.     

Negative-index dispersion and accidental mode degeneracy in an asymmetric spoof-insulator-spoof waveguide

It has been recently demonstrated that negative-index dispersion and mode degeneracy can be achieved by manipulating a spoof-insulator-spoof(SIS) waveguide. In this paper, we propose a new SIS waveguide, which is composed of two spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SSPPs) waveguides drilled with periodic rhomboidal grooves. Both the symmetric and asymmetric cases are investigated. Our simulation results show that the asymmetric SIS waveguides are more significant.By tailoring the tilt of the rhomboidal grooves, the negative-index dispersion can be achieved and the microwave band gap(MBG) can be effectively modulated. At a critical tilt, there appears an accidental mode degeneracy at the edge of the first Brillouin zone. The excitation and propagation of the two coupled modes sustained by the asymmetric SIS waveguides are also demonstrated.     

基于TE10矩形波导的异向介质有效本构参数提取算法

提出了一种基于TE₁₀矩形波导的异向介质有效本构参数提取算法,利用该算法提取了对称多元胞铁氧体和金属线阵复合型异向介质的有效介电常数ε和有效磁导率μ.文中着重探讨了多元胞异向介质传播常数β实部的分枝选取问题,借鉴了测量理论中测量值和理论真值之间的关系,将单元胞的β提取值作为多元胞β的测量值,进而确定多元胞β的真实值;由于在多元胞异向介质各元胞之间存在耦合效应,使电磁波主要以周期性Bloch波的形式存在 关键词： 10矩形波导')" href="#">TE₁₀矩形波导 异向介质 有效本构参数提取 铁氧体和金属线阵异向介质     

电光有机聚合物多模干涉分束器

分束器是光纤通信系统中光无源网络和光子集成回路的重要器件.1×2 MMI(multimode interferences)电光有机聚合物分束器是利用自成像效应设计的.分析了1×2 MMI 的工作原理.利用有效折射率方法(effective index method,EIM)计算出1×2 MMI 三维多模脊形波导的有效折射率分布.利用自成像效应的成像规律计算出成像位置并用导模传输分析法(guided-mode propagation analysis,MPA)对输出波导的光强进行模拟.分析表明:在波长为 1.55μm 的情况下,1×2 MMI 的输出波导的光强在未加电极时可以实现预定分束比输出;加上电极之后,由于电光效应可调控有机聚合物波导折射率的改变,利用有限差分光束传播法模拟输出波导的分束比可在7.6 dB 范围内可调.     

Ultrashort broadband polarization beam splitter based on an asymmetrical directional coupler

An ultrashort polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on an asymmetrical directional coupler is proposed by utilizing the evanescent coupling between a strip-nanowire and a nanoslot waveguide. In order to be convenient for integration with other components, mode converters between the nanoslot waveguide and the strip-nanowire are introduced and merged into S-bends to achieve an ultracompact PBS. As an example a 6.9 μm long PBS based on a silicon-on-insulator platform is designed, and the length of the coupling region is as small as 1.3 μm. Numerical simulations show that the present PBS has a very broad band (>160 nm) for an extinction ratio of >10 dB.