以表面等离子体为媒介的ZnO薄膜发光增强特性研究

采用两步法制备Si基Ag/ZnO双层结构薄膜,研究了Ag覆盖层的厚度和生长温度T对ZnO近带边发光强度的影响.对于厚度为100 nm的ZnO薄膜,发现Ag覆盖层的最佳厚度仅为8 nm,此时双层薄膜相对于单层ZnO薄膜的发光增强因子η达到最大值8.1;同时还发现,在最佳Ag层厚度下,生长温度T≥300 ℃时生长Ag所获Ag/ZnO双层薄膜的ZnO发光强度比生长温度T≤200 ℃时生长的双层薄膜样品大一倍以上,η ≈ 18.结合对双层薄膜表 关键词： 表面等离子体共振 复合薄膜     

基于平面波导激励的修正长程表面波的传感器研究

为了解决传统的强度检测型波导激励的表面等离子体共振传感器灵敏度不高的缺点,研究平面波导激励的介质膜-金属-被测介质的可激发修正的长程表面等离子体波结构。采用离子交换的方法制备折射率可用费米函数拟合的平面波导,研究了离子交换时间对平面波导的模数及等效折射率等特性的影响,为激励波导的优化设计提供有效依据。采用制备的平面波导激励介质膜-金属-被测介质的非对称结构,研究金属材质、介质膜厚和金属膜厚等因素对修正的长程表面等离子体波特性的影响,对被测溶液的折射率进行检测。实验结果表明,其灵敏度为传统的强度检测型表面等离子体共振传感器的6倍,并且具有较好的线性关系。     

表面等离子体亚波长光学原理和新颖效应

表面等离子体是沿着导体表面传播的波，当改变金属表面结构时，表面等离子体激元（surface plasmon polaritons，SPPs）的性质、色散关系、激发模式、耦合效应等都将产生重大的变化．通过SPPs与光场之间相互作用，能够实现对光传播的主动操控．表面等离子体光子学（plasmonics）已成为一门新兴的学科，它的原理、新颖效应以及机制的探究，都极大地吸引研究者们的兴趣．SPPs具有广阔的应用前景，例如，应用于制作各种SPPs元器件和回路，制作纳米波导、表面等离子体光子芯片、耦合器、调制器和开关，应用于亚波长光学数据存储、新型光源、突破衍射极限的超分辨成像、SPPs纳米光刻蚀术、以及生物光学（作为传感器和探测器）．文章介绍了表面等离子体光子学原理、新颖效应和物理机制，并简述若干应用。     

表面等离子体亚波长光学原理和新颖效应

表面等离子体是沿着导体表面传播的波,当改变金属表面结构时,表面等离子体激元(surface plasmon polaritons, SPPs) 的性质、色散关系、激发模式、耦合效应等都将产生重大的变化.通过SPPs与光场之间相互作用,能够实现对光传播的主动操控.表面等离子体光子学（plasmonics）已成为一门新兴的学科,它的原理、新颖效应以及机制的探究,都极大地吸引研究者们的兴趣.SPPs具有广阔的应用前景,例如,应用于制作各种SPPs元器件和回路,制作纳米波导、表面等离子体光子芯片、耦合器、调制器和开关,应用于亚波长光学数据存储、新型光源、突破衍射极限的超分辨成像、SPPs纳米光刻蚀术、以及生物光学(作为传感器和探测器).文章介绍了表面等离子体光子学原理、新颖效应和物理机制,并简述若干应用.     

热丝辅助双偏压氢等离子体制造金刚石锥状表面研究

利用热丝辅助双偏压氢等离子体对化学气相沉积金刚石薄膜进行了纳米尺度上的表面改装,制造出锥状金刚石列阵.金刚石薄膜内在的柱状结构使氢离子在刻蚀薄膜时产生非均匀的刻蚀速率,对锥状表面的形成起着重要作用.另一方面,溅射出的含碳粒子会发生二次沉积,最终的特征表面形貌取决于刻蚀与含碳基团再沉积之间的相互竞争.栅极的使用影响基底区域放电的伏安特性,改变栅极电流可以对形成的金刚石特征表面结构进行有效调节.在处理过程中少量掺入甲烷,提高了金刚石表面附近的含碳基团浓度,促进二次成核,进而诱发均匀分布的锥状列阵. 关键词： 等离子体 表面 金刚石薄膜     

中红外下半导体掺杂调制的表面等离子体透射增强效应

理论研究了平面电磁波通过n型重掺GaAs薄膜的透射谱.当GaAs薄膜两表面刻上亚波长的周期性沟槽结构时,透射谱在中红外波段出现了异常的透射增强现象.把这一现象归因于表面等离子体模式和波导模式的耦合.通过优化结构参数可以得到最大的透射效率.此外,发现随着掺杂浓度的升高,透射谱线中的透射峰逐渐向高频方向移动,最优化后透射峰值随掺杂浓度的升高而逐渐降低.这是由于掺杂浓度的改变,导致了不同的等离子体频率和电子碰撞频率,从而影响了激发模式和薄膜对电磁波的吸收. 关键词： 表面等离子体 掺杂半导体 增强透射 掺杂调制     

Analysis of waveguide structure for surface plasmon polariton interference

This paper describes a multi-reflected mode based on a narrow waveguide to enlarge the interferential area of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). A reasonable thickness of metal film is coated under the waveguide, the incident angle and the waveguide thickness are optimized in order to effectively increase interferential area. This is a key point for research into the Goos--H\"anchen shift to optimize the waveguide thickness. Finally, the SPP interferential field is simulated with the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique to prove the optimized results, and indicates that not only is the interferential area enlarged, but the high contrast is also maintained. Furthermore, the mode can fabricate some specific interferential patterns by adding some modulating techniques to the waveguide. So the mode has potential application in the fabrication of sub-wavelength patterns.     

Tapered dielectric structure in metal as a wavelength-selective surface plasmon polariton focuser

Symmetric tapered dielectric structures in metal have demonstrated applications such as the nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons, as well as the waveguiding of V-channel polaritons. Yet the fabrication of smooth-surfaced tapered structure remains an obstacle to most researchers. We have successfully developed a handy method to fabricate metal-sandwiched tapered nanostructures simply with electron beam lithography. Though these structures are slightly different from conventional symmetric V-shaped structures, systematic simulations show that similar functionality of surface plasmon polariton nanofocusing can still be achieved. When parameters are properly selected, wavelength-selective nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons can be obtained.     

基于人工表面等离激元的双通带频率选择结构设计

本文提出了一种基于人工表面等离激元的频率选择结构的设计方法：将设计的频率选择表面和金属鱼骨结构阵列相结合得到一种新的频率选择结构.文中采用这种方法设计了一种具有陡截止和高透、高抑制性能的双通带频率选择结构.该结构由金属鱼骨结构阵列和上下两层相同的频率选择表面复合而成.通过仿真可得,该结构的两个通带频率范围分别是3.0–4.1和10.5–10.9 GHz,透射率均在-0.5 dB以上.透射率低于-10 dB的频率范围是4.7–9.2和12.1–18 GHz.在12.4–15.5 GHz频率范围内,该结构的透射率甚至低于-20 dB.在通带内,电磁波可以高效地透过该结构;在阻带内,该结构对电磁波的透射具有较好的抑制作用.测试结果表明用这种方法设计出的频率选择结构的实际性能和仿真基本一致.在金属鱼骨结构空隙中填入轻质泡沫后该结构具有一定的力学承载性能,可以实现结构功能一体化的设计.     

紫外表面等离激元在基于氧化锌纳米线的半导体-绝缘介质-金属结构中的输运特性研究

研究了紫外表面等离激元在半导体纳米线-绝缘介质-金属构成的波导结构中的输运问题,借助有限元方法,对这种波导所支持导模的电磁能分布、有效折射率、传播长度和有效模场面积随电磁参数和几何结构参数的依赖关系进行了分析.计算结果表明:以氧化锌纳米线作为增益介质,绝缘材料选择折射率小的空气,金属选择铝能够实现对输出光场的亚波长约束,有效模场面积达到λ2/100,同时保持低的传输损耗和高场强限制能力;有望用作纳米光源,使得相关的生物探测器件和医疗诊断设备实现更高的灵敏度和更小的体积.     

The surface plasmon polariton dispersion relations in a nonlinear-metal-nonlinear dielectric structure of arbitrary nonlinearity

The analytic surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) dispersion relation is studied in a system consisting of a thin metallic film bounded by two sides media of nonlinear dielectric of arbitrary nonlinearity is studied by applying a generalised first integral approach.We consider both asymmetric and symmetric structures.Especially,in the symmetric system,two possible modes can exist:the odd mode and the even mode.The dispersion relations of the two modes are obtained.Due to the nonlinear dielectric,the magnitude of the electric field at the interface appears and alters the dispersion relations.The changes in SPPs dispersion relations depending on film thicknesses and nonlinearity are studied.     

纳米Ag颗粒表面等离子激元对上转换材料光致发光性能影响的研究

本文采用共烧结工艺将纳米Ag颗粒引入Yb³⁺, Er³⁺共掺的NaYF₄上转换材料中, 利用X射线衍射及扫描电子显微镜技术对制备的NaYF₄材料进行结构特性和表面形貌的表征, 通过吸收谱及荧光光谱测试技术对NaYF₄材料光吸收及光发射特性进行表征. 通过对纳米Ag颗粒引入量的优化, 获得了Yb³⁺, Er³⁺共掺的NaYF₄上转换材料荧光发射峰的增强, 300—800 nm全光谱范围内增益达28%, 在544 nm处获得最大增益55%, 具有显著的荧光增强效果. 同时分析了不同数量纳米Ag颗粒的引入对NaYF₄材料吸收谱及光致发光特性影响, 指出了表面等离子激元的光猝灭及共振吸收增强作用机理.     

Modeling of a surface plasmon polariton interferometer

We model the operation of a micro-optical interferometer for surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) that comprises an SPP beam-splitter formed by equivalent scatterers lined up and equally spaced. The numerical calculations are carried out by using a relatively simple vectorial dipolar model for multiple SPP scattering [Phys. Rev. B 67 (2003) 165405]. The SPP beam-splitter is simulated elucidating the influence of system parameters, such as the angle of SPP beam incidence, scattering particle size, and inter-particle distance, on the splitting efficiency and phase difference between the transmitted and reflected beams. It is found that the splitting efficiency is very sensitive to the size of scatterers and angle of incidence. Comparing our simulations with experimental data available in the literature, we conclude that this approach can be used, with certain limitations, for modelling of SPP components assembled of individual scatterers, e.g., beam-splitters and interferometers, and suggest further improvements of the model used.     

降低表面等离子激元寄生吸收损失的途径研究

从纳米Ag颗粒表面等离子激元光学及表面高能电场特性两方面入手,较为系统地研究了周围介质的导电特性对表面等离子激元的影响.通过对复合薄膜紫外-可见-近红外光谱及表面增强拉曼散射光谱的分析,指出绝缘性的Al₂O₃介质薄膜能够起到良好的表面电场定域效果,且不会引入附加的光吸收损失;而导电性的ITO薄膜则会引入表面价电子的溢出损失,加速了表面电场的衰逝,同时引起长波方向上显著的光吸收损失.研究还表明致密的Al₂O₃介质薄膜能够起到良好的屏蔽作用,且纳米Ag颗粒表面等离子激元特性仅受最近邻材料特性的影响.研究结果为在硅基薄膜太阳电池中实现对纳米Ag颗粒的阻挡、寄生光吸收损失的降低以及表面高能电场的利用,提供了一条有效的解决途径.     

基于石墨烯加载的不对称纳米天线对的表面等离激元单向耦合器

本文设计并数值研究了一种石墨烯加载的不对称金属纳米天线对结构.利用石墨烯费米能级的动态调控特性,实现了电控表面等离激元的单向传输.类似于传统的三明治型纳米天线结构,设计的不对称金属纳米天线对结构可以等效为两个共振的磁偶极子,由于磁偶极子辐射电磁波的干涉,将导致单向传输效应.通过计算腔中的电场分布,发现石墨烯的调谐能力与石墨烯区域的电场强度成正比关系.以上现象都可以通过等效电路模型进行理论解释.此外,该结构具有小尺寸、高效率、宽带宽和易于光电集成等优点,在未来的光子集成与光电子学领域将具有重要的应用.     

Low-cost,high performance surface plasmon resonance-compatible films characterized by the surface plasmon resonance technique

A new analytical method based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique is presented, with which SPR curves for both wavelength and angular modulations can be obtained simultaneously via only a single scan of the incident angle. Using this method, the SPR responses of TiO2-coated Cu films are characterized in the wavelength range from 600 nm to 900 nm. For the first time, we determine the effective optical constants and the thicknesses of TiO2-coated Cu films using the SPR curves of wavelength modulation. The sensitivities of prism-based SPR refractive index sensors using TiO2-coated Cu films are investigated theoretically for both wavelength and angular modulations, the results show that in the case of sensitivity with wavelength modulation, TiO2-coated Cu films are not as good as the Au film, however, they are more suitable than the Au film for SPR refractive index sensors with angular modulation because a higher sensitivity can be achieved.