Single-layer one-dimensional nonpolarizing guided-mode resonance filters under normal incidence

We demonstrate that properly designed one-dimensional guided-mode resonance filters (GMRFs) with only one grating layer can exhibit a nonpolarizing resonant filtering effect under normal incidence. A sinusoidal profile nonpolarizing GMRF is realized by photoinduced surface-relief grating formation on thin films of polymer-azobenzene complexes and subsequent atomic layer deposition, showing the feasibility of fabrication of such compact GMRFs.     

Photoconductive spectral analysis of InAs quantum dot under normal incidence

InAs/InAlAs-on-InP quantum dots were implemented for infrared photodetection. The photoconductive spectra were measured as a function of polarization angle and bias. Normal incidence configuration was employed, to emphasize the contrast to the response in quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs). Several peaks were observed, ranging from 90 to 420 meV. The strongest peak, at around 95 meV, is highly polarized. The superlinear increase of the intensity with bias, due to bound-to-bound transition followed by tunneling, was modeled successfully by WKB approximation. I–V characteristics show no improvement over QWIP performance.     

Single-material guided-mode resonance filter for TE waves under normal incidence

<正>A guided-mode resonance(GMR) filter with the same material(Ta_2O_5) for both the grating layer and the waveguide layer is designed and fabricated.This simple structure is easy to fabricate and can avoid the defects at the grating/waveguide interface using different materials.The spectral response measured with a Lambda 900 spectrophotometer under normal incidence for TE waves exhibits a peak reflectance exceeding 80%at the wavelength of 1040 nm with a full-width half-maximum(FWHM) linewidth of 23 nm.We evaluate the deviations of the fabricated structure from the designed parameters.     

TE- and TM-polarization-resolved spectroscopy on quantum wells under normal incidence

We present TE- and TM-polarization-resolved photocurrent measurements on quantum well pin diodes under normal incidence. Usually, optical experiments performed in such a geometry yield information only about transitions involving in-plane (p_x and p_y) components of the hole wave functions because of the in-plane (TE) polarization of the light. Information on transitions sensitive to the p_z components can be obtained by focussing a radially polarized laser beam through a microscope objective with high numerical aperture (NA=0.9). With our setup, the electrical field vector at the focal tail has a significant component along the optical axis (TM-polarization!) which enables excitation of transitions sensitive to p_z components also. Additionally, the existence of a degenerate (azimuthally polarized) optical mode enables switching these p_z components on and off easily.Experimental evidence of these features has been achieved by exploiting the selection rules for e–hh and e–lh transitions in a quantum well structure. We present a comparison of our recorded spectra with theoretical predictions obtained from simple geometric optics assumptions. For our quantum wells the polarization effects are small because our measurement averages the intensity distribution of the whole focal plane. We plan to extend our measurements to polarization resolved single quantum dot spectroscopy. By restricting the detection region to the spatial extent of a single dot, one can exploit the almost pure TM-polarization on the optical axis for obtaining high contrast between heavy- and light-hole exciton absorption.     

基于双三角形金属条的二维可衍生超材料性能分析

基于两宽金属条中间引入两交叉细长金属线的双三角形结构, 提出了一种新型二维超材料结构.利用HFSS软件对该结构及其衍生结构进行仿真分析, 结果表明: 该类形结构在电磁波垂直和平行两种入射情况下都能实现双负特性, 通过比较分析归纳出该类形结构的一般规律: 电磁波以垂直和水平两种方式入射时, 中间引入的金属线个数每增加一根, 结构的谐振频率向高频方向分别移动0.5 GHz和4 GHz左右.对多维左手材料的发展提供了参考.     

Double-T metamaterial for parallel and normal transverse electric incident waves

Electric and magnetic hybridized plasmonic modes are obtained by stacking two T-shaped resonators. We show that head-to-toe configuration leads to inverse the hybridization. The frequency shift between the resonances is finely controlled by adjusting the gap between the two resonators. A negative refractive index close to -1 is numerically and experimentally demonstrated at 4.3 GHz for TE waves. This left-handed behavior is similar for parallel and normal TE incident wave vectors. The proposed double-T unit cell is well adapted for developing terahertz and IR metamaterials.     

A broadband polarization-independent two-port beam splitter under normal incidence based on encapsulated metal-dielectric reflective grating

An encapsulated metal-dielectric reflective grating is presented for broadband polarization-independent twoport beam splitting under normal incidence at the central wavelength of 800 nm. Different from traditional two-port grating splitters in the resonant region, this grating splitter is capable of separating light energy into±1 storders with high efficiency in a broad waveband for both TE and TM polarizations. A unified method is proposed here for designing this grating splitter, which enables one to choose a grating structure quickly to realize an ultrabroad working waveband. The simulation results indicate that a bandwidth of 46.4 nm could be achieved for diffraction efficiency(defined as the ratio of the light energy diffracted only at the first order to the incident light energy) over 46% at the central wavelength of 800 nm. Moreover, the parameters of the grating structure can be flexibly adjusted with wavelengths using the unified method for various other applications, such as augmented reality, optical interconnections for computing, coherent beam combination, and complex vector beam shaping.     

IR photodetectors operating under background illumination

The spectral dependence of the photoconductivity of silicon with multiply charged manganese nanoclusters is studied at different background currents. The spectral ranges where the IR quenching of the photoconductivity takes place and a shift in the photon energy at which the quenching efficiency as a function of the background current reaches a maximum are determined. The results allow us to design low-level IR photodetectors intended for the interval hν = 0.4–0.8 eV in the presence of fairly high background currents.     

光束正入射至界面时的自旋-轨道相互作用及其增强

光束正入射至均匀突变界面时的自旋-轨道相互作用表现为拓扑荷数为±2的、自旋可控的涡旋相位.然而,该涡旋相位的物理来源以及界面的性质在自旋-轨道相互作用过程中起到何种作用,这些问题还有待解决.首先建立一个简洁的菲涅耳琼斯矩阵来描述这种自旋-轨道相互作用,并揭示其中的涡旋相位其实是一种贝里(Berry)几何相位,它来源于光束本身的拓扑结构,而界面的性质影响自旋-轨道相互作用的转换效率.一般情况下,转换效率极低,限制了其应用.因此,基于上述理论,提出采用光轴平行于界面法线方向的单轴薄层材料,来极大地增强这种自旋-轨道相互作用.     

Dynamic characteristics of a VK-50 reactor operating under conditions of the loss of a normal feedwater flow

The paper describes the conditions of the ATWS type with virtually complete cessation of the feed-water flow at the operating power level of a reactor of the VK-50 type. Under these conditions, the role of spatial kinetics in the system of feedback between thermohydraulic and nuclear processes with bulk boiling of the coolant in the reactor core is clearly seen. This feature determines the specific character of experimental data obtained and the suitability of their use for verification of the associated codes used for calculating water-water reactors.     

High focusing grating reflectors with TE-polarized normal incidence

We design two types of reflectors by using subwavelength high-index contrast gratings,which exhibit similar high focusing capabilities at normal incidence with a TE-polarized plane wave.One type has bars of different heights,whereas the other has bars of different depths.Both grating reflectors are designed to be approximately 22 μm in structural length and 10 μm in focal length,at an operating wavelength of 1.55 μm.Both achieve a full-width-half-maximum of 0.9 μm at the focal plane,which is fairly close to the diffraction limit.Their reflectance reach as high as 94% and 91%.     

Wave reflection from inhomogeneous media at normal incidence

Wave reflection from a medium with continuously varying refractive index is examined. A differential equation is developed, the solution of which yields the back-reflected part of a wave of unity amplitude incident on a non-homogeneous medium at normal incidence.     

Stratified waveguide grating coupler for normal fiber incidence

We propose a new stratified waveguide grating coupler (SWGC) to couple light from a fiber at normal incidence into a planar waveguide. SWGCs are designed to operate in the strong coupling regime without intermediate optics between the fiber and the waveguide. Two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation in conjunction with microgenetic algorithm optimization shows that approximately 72% coupling efficiency is possible for fiber (core size of 8.3 microm and delta=0.36%) to slab waveguide (1.2-microm core and delta=3.1%) coupling. We show that the phase-matching and Bragg conditions are simultaneously satisfied through the fundamental leaky mode.     

Magneto-optical effects in crystals at the normal incidence

We consider the interaction of a polarized electromagnetic wave in a magnetically ordered crystal plate surrounded by an isotropic ambient at the normal incidence. The crystalline medium of the plate is specified by the general non-symmetric permittivity tensor. The results are expressed in terms of the transmission and reflection matrices which relate the electric fields of the incident wave to those of transmitted and reflected waves. Their applications are illustrated by examples of an isotropic plate magnetized normal to the interface, a cubic crystal magnetized parallel to the interface and an orthorhombic crystal magnetized along the axis normal to the interface. The effect of the reflection from the interfaces and the interference effect are included. The paper treats the reflection at an interface between an isotropic ambient and an absorbing magnetic crystal at small non-zero angles of incidence. The general reflection matrix is applied to the determination of the magneto-optical effects quadratic in magnetization.     

Perfect metamaterial absorber

We present the design for an absorbing metamaterial (MM) with near unity absorbance A(omega). Our structure consists of two MM resonators that couple separately to electric and magnetic fields so as to absorb all incident radiation within a single unit cell layer. We fabricate, characterize, and analyze a MM absorber with a slightly lower predicted A(omega) of 96%. Unlike conventional absorbers, our MM consists solely of metallic elements. The substrate can therefore be optimized for other parameters of interest. We experimentally demonstrate a peak A(omega) greater than 88% at 11.5 GHz.     

可听声频段的声学超材料

制作了一维周期排列的亥姆霍兹共振器超材料,在空气环境下测试了其在可听声频段声学透射行为.实验结果表明,在2.1—3.5 kHz附近该材料具有透射衰减的吸收峰,利用声传输线理论（ATLM）计算的透射率和实验结果一致,同时由计算的等效阻抗分析可知,实验中出现的吸收峰是由HRs共振的回波反射引起的.另外,实验测试的样品中透射信号分布进一步验证了材料的共振效应,也就是会出现与外加激励反相响应.基于前述的共振模型计算出该材料的等效弹性模量为负. 关键词： 亥姆霍兹共振器 声传输线 吸收峰 等效弹性模量     

Compressibility-near-zero acoustic metamaterial

This letter theoretically analyzes and experimentally demonstrates a novel class of compressibility-near-zero (CNZ) acoustic metamaterials, achieved by using resonant-type metamaterials, namely the Helmholtz resonator. We first present a closed analytical formula for the effective compressibility of the proposed unit cell and then show that two frequencies exist which may support CNZ propagation. We demonstrate how the choice of the actual operating CNZ frequency depends on the properties of the host and finally experimentally verify CNZ propagation of acoustic waves.     

Phonon-assisted normal incidence intersubband absorption in semiconductor quantum wells

In the presence of a normally incident mid-IR pulsed laser field, phonon-assisted photon absorption by both intrasubband and intersubband phonon scattering of conduction electrons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells are predicted. The novel non-resonant and non-linear intersubband absorption is found by including the photon-induced phonon scattering process in a Boltzmann equation for phonon energies smaller than the energy separation between two electron subbands in the quantum well. The predicted phonon-assisted photon absorption by intersubband transitions of electrons from the first to the second subband is a unique feature in quantum-well systems and is expected to have a significant effect on the electron populations in both subbands.     

Quantum reflection from a solid surface at normal incidence

We observed quantum reflection of ultracold atoms from the attractive potential of a solid surface. Extremely dilute Bose-Einstein condensates of 23Na, with peak density 10(11)-10(12) atoms/cm(3), confined in a weak gravitomagnetic trap were normally incident on a silicon surface. Reflection probabilities of up to 20% were observed for incident velocities of 1-8 mm/s. The velocity dependence agrees qualitatively with the prediction for quantum reflection from the attractive Casimir-Polder potential. Atoms confined in a harmonic trap divided in half by a solid surface exhibited extended lifetime due to quantum reflection from the surface, implying a reflection probability above 50%.