高斯光束经相位连续变化型波带片的衍射特性

 根据瑞利-索末菲标量衍射理论分析了相位连续变化型波带片对高斯光束的衍射特性。在高斯光束入射下,对相位连续变化型波带片光轴和焦平面上的太赫兹强度分布特性进行了模拟,分析了入射光束的束腰半径和束腰位置对衍射场的影响,并与平面波入射的情况进行了对比。数值结果显示,相位连续变化型波带片可以实现对高斯分布太赫兹波的聚焦。相位连续变化型波带片的衍射规律与薄透镜的聚焦规律相似。通过合理调整束腰与波带片之间的距离可以保证衍射效率在85%以上。与平面波相比,高斯光束入射下的焦点处中心场强较小,但衍射效率较高。     

基于TPX透镜的连续太赫兹波像面数字全息成像研究

太赫兹波对非极性材料具有良好的穿透性,与太赫兹波强度成像相比,相衬成像能够更好的反映物体的内部结构.本文提出了基于TPX透镜的连续太赫兹波像面数字全息相衬成像方法,研究了全息记录和再现过程,利用曲面拟合畸变校正去除TPX透镜引入的二次相位畸变.实验搭建了太赫兹像面数字全息成像系统,利用振幅型西门子星样品对系统的成像分辨...     

基于四波混频效应的窄带太赫兹波源

采用频率差在太赫兹范围的双波长激光器进行泵浦,利用光纤的四波混频效应,得到结构紧凑、频率可调的窄带太赫兹波源。为减小光纤材料对太赫兹波的吸收,采用了表面发射机制。从耦合波理论出发,详细分析了保偏光纤中的四波混频过程,得到了太赫兹波输出功率的解析表达式,并讨论了实现相位匹配的条件。结果表明,太赫兹波功率与泵浦光功率和光纤长度成正比,与太赫兹波长的3次方成反比。当泵浦光峰值功率为1 kW,在6 THz处得到的太赫兹波峰值功率达350 mW,功率转换效率约为0.01%。通过合理设置泵浦波长,可以实现太赫兹辐射在3~8 THz范围内连续调谐。该方案提供了一种新型的高功率、紧凑型的窄带太赫兹辐射源。     

相变材料与超表面复合结构太赫兹移相器

利用相变材料嵌入超表面组成复合结构实现太赫兹移相器,该器件自上而下依次为二氧化钒嵌入金属层、液晶、二氧化钒嵌入金属层、二氧化硅层.通过二氧化钒的相变特性和液晶的双折率特性同时作用实现对器件相位调控.随着外加温度变化二氧化钒电导率发生改变,器件的相位随之产生移动,同样的对液晶层施加不同的电压导致液晶折射率发生变化,器件相位也会有影响.经过这两种介质共同作用,最终实现对太赫兹波相位有效调控.仿真结果验证了该相移器在频率f=0.736 THz时,太赫兹移相器的最大相移量达到355.37°,在0.731—0.752 THz(带宽为22 GHz)频率范围相移量超过350°.这种基于相变材料与超表面复合结构为灵活调控太赫兹波提供了一种新思路,将在太赫兹成像、通信等领域有着广泛的应用前景.     

基于超材料复合结构的太赫兹液晶移相器

为了解决现存太赫兹移相器的损耗较大且不可控、相移量较小的问题,本文设计了一种简易超材料复合结构实现的太赫兹移相器.该器件由4层结构组成,自上而下依次为L型金属谐振层、液晶层、弓型金属层、石英基底层.通过在上、下金属层施加偏置电压,改变液晶盒内液晶分子指向矢的偏转角α,从而改变液晶的有效折射率,器件的相位也随之发生变化,进而实现动态调控相位的目的.仿真结果表明:设计的太赫兹液晶移相器在1.68—1.78 THz间透射率可达0.968,插入损耗低至0.3 dB;当频率为1.7396 THz时,其最大相移为352.625°,在1.7315—1.7396 THz (带宽为8.1 GHz)频率内相移量超过352°.这种简易超材料多层结构为调控太赫兹波提供了一种新方法,在太赫兹成像、传感等领域有广泛的应用前景.     

生物基底材料的超宽频带太赫兹光谱研究

作为一种新兴的方式,太赫兹时域光谱和成像已经被广泛应用到研究不同生物组织的光学特性。在空气等离子体处施加偏置电场对太赫兹波脉冲进行外差式相干检测(air-biased-coherent-detection,ABCD)的太赫兹系统具有超宽频带和可以在较远距离进行成像的优点,十分适用于对生物组织进行超宽谱研究,而对生物组织进行光谱测量通常需要基底材料。利用太赫兹ABCD系统对四种典型的基底材料(石英,高密度聚乙烯,聚四氟乙烯和石蜡)的光学参数进行测定,并计算其在1~15THz频率范围内的吸收系数和折射率。结果表明,高密度聚乙烯和石蜡可以很好的被用作生物组织超宽频带太赫兹光谱测量的基底材料。同时,虽然石英和聚四氟乙烯都是窄带(0.1~3THz)太赫兹系统中常用的基底材料,但是由于它们在高于5THz的频率范围内对太赫兹波具有较强的吸收,所以不能用作超宽频带太赫兹光谱测量的基底材料。     

太赫兹波在有限电导率金属空芯波导中的传输特性

研究了太赫兹波在具有有限电导率的金属镀层空芯波导中的传输特性.从其传输的特性方程出发,利用Newton-Raphson迭代方法数值模拟了传输损耗和相位常数随太赫兹波频率、波导内径以及波导中金属镀层的电导率的变化关系.结果表明,采用大芯径波导和高电导率的金属镀层能有效降低太赫兹波的传输损耗. 关键词： 太赫兹波 空芯波导 特征方程     

多功能磁光子晶体太赫兹可调偏振控制器件

通过对磁场控制下的二维磁光子晶体太赫兹波偏振传输特性的研究,利用铁氧体磁光材料的磁导率随外磁场改变而变化的特点,设计了具有可控起偏、偏振分束和可调谐波片功能的光子晶体太赫兹偏振控制器件.利用平面波展开法和严格耦合波分析分别计算了光子晶体带隙位置和透过率随外磁场强度变化的关系,用时域有限差分法计算了场分布和相位.结果表明,该结构可以实现高偏振消光比的偏振起偏器和分束器,以及在1 THz附近-π-π相位范围的连续可调谐波片. 关键词： 太赫兹 光子晶体 铁氧体 偏振控制     

基于非线性光学几何相位的超构表面太赫兹辐射源

太赫兹技术已被广泛用于材料物理、医学检测等领域,在太赫兹光源上直接对太赫兹波的偏振和相位等进行多维度调控,对进一步推动太赫兹技术的应用和发展具有重要意义. 近日,南方科技大学材料科学与工程系李贵新课题组与以色列特拉维夫大学Tal Ellenbogen课题组合作,基于非线性光学几何相位理论,设计并实现了一种新型超构表面太...     

太赫兹频率编码器

超表面是由亚波长单元组成控制电磁波的人工结构,研究发现通过对其进行编码排列可实现对电磁波能量的任意控制.本文利用四种形状相同、尺寸不同的人字形结构单元,结合其不同相位响应和不同的相位灵敏度设计了太赫兹频率编码器,通过进行特定编码,在频率改变的情况下,实现了对电磁波能量辐射调控.分别设计了1-bit, 2-bit周期和非周期太赫兹频率编码器,通过数值计算和仿真模拟验证了上述特性,而且该结构对太赫兹波辐射主瓣能量有很好的分散作用,可以有效减少雷达散射截面,雷达散射截面缩减在q=0,j=0方向上最大可达29 dB,在太赫兹波隐身中具有巨大应用价值.     

A Zone Plate as a Tunable Terahertz Filter

A broadband tunable terahertz filter based on a zone plate is demonstrated in our terahertz time domain spec- trometer. The central bandpass frequency covers the whole spectral range of the terahertz wave emitted from a ZnTe emitter, from 0.5 THz to 2.5 THz, and can be tuned continuously by simply moving the zone plate along the terahertz beam path. The peak transmission is about 40% and the bandwidth varies from 0.16 THz to 0.25 THz at different bandpass frequencies when the aperture size is kept constant.     

Design of Fresnel lenses and binary-staircase kinoforms of low value of the aperture number

The design of plane Fresnel zone plates, and binary-staircase kinoforms, has been analyzed in this paper for a non-imaging application aimed to increase the performance of point-like detectors. They maximize the irradiance at the focal point of the diffractive element maintaining some constrains in the lateral size of the element. The design of the binary-staircase kinoform has been described as an iterative process. Some interesting results have been obtained for the values of the relative aperture number, or F/#. The practical case treated here produces elements with very low F/#. The results shows that the gain of the irradiance at the focal point increases with the focal distance of the binary-staircase kinoform, and decreases with the focal length for a plane Fresnel zone plate having a limited lateral size. The calculation of the width of the irradiance distribution makes it possible to select those solutions that best concentrate the irradiance on the focal plane.     

Fresnel zone plate antennas at millimeter wavelengths

The performance characteristics of Fresnel zone plates are described with emphasis on applications at millimeter wavelengths. Recent results are included along with a summary from numerous earlier investigations. Parameters described include design information, efficiency, bandwidth, focal characteristics, off-axis performance, axial intensity dependence, aberrations, and far-field pattern. Both transmission and reflection configurations are discussed, mostly for cases where the focal length and diameter are comparable. This type of zone plate has advantages (compared to a lens or paraboloid) of reduced loss, weight, volume, and cost, as well as simple planar construction, with similar diffraction-limited beamwidth and major sidelobe performance, but lower efficiency.     

Focal depth and focal splitting of truncated hyperbolic-cosine-Gaussian beam induced by phase plate

Focal depth and focal splitting of hyperbolic-cosine-Gaussian beams induced by a phase plate were investigated. The pure phase plate consists of three concentric zones: a center circle zone, an inner annular zone and an outer annular zone. The phase variance of the inner annular zone is adjustable. Simulation results show that the focal depth can be adjusted by changing the radii of zones. With the increase of the inner radius of the outer annular zone, the focal spot broadens along the optical axis and splits into two peaks. Then the two peaks combine back into one peak. There are two critical values for the inner radius of the outer annular zone, at which focal spot changes sharply. The tunable range of the focal depth varies considerably. The phase variance of the inner annular zone affects focal depth also; when the phase variance is π, the effect attains maximum. The parameters of cosh parts of the beam affect both focal splitting and focal depth evidently; focal splitting disappears with increasing parameters of cosh parts, and focal depth increases with increasing the parameters of cosh parts in both the low and the high numerical-aperture optical systems.     

Multiband terahertz metamaterial absorber

This paper reports the design of a multiband metamaterial (MM) absorber in the terahertz region. Theoretical and simulated results show that the absorber has four distinct and strong absorption points at 1.69, 2.76, 3.41 and 5.06 THz, which are consistent with `fingerprints' of some explosive materials. The retrieved material parameters show that the impedance of MM could be tuned to match approximately the impedance of the free space to minimise the reflectance at absorption frequencies and large power loss exists at absorption frequencies. The distribution of the power loss indicates that the absorber is an excellent electromagnetic wave collector: the wave is first trapped and reinforced in certain specific locations and then consumed. This multiband absorber has applications in the detection of explosives and materials characterisation.     

High birefringence, low loss terahertz photonic crystal fibres with zero dispersion at 0.3 THz

A terahertz photonic crystal fibre (THz-PCF) is designed for terahertz wave propagation. The dispersion property and model birefringence are studied by employing the finite element method. The simulation result reveals the changing patten of dispersion parameter versus the geometry. The influence of the large frequency band of terahertz on birefringence is also discussed. The design of low loss, high birefringence THz-PCFs with zero dispersion frequency at 0.3 THz is presented.     

Rapid fabrication of terahertz lens via three-dimensional printing technology

We design a plano-convex lens working in the terahertz(THz) frequency range and fabricate it using threedimensional(3D) printing technology. A 3D field scanner is used to measure its focal properties, and the results agree well with the numerical simulations. The refractive index and absorption coefficient measurements via THz time-domain spectroscopy(THz-TDS) reveal that the lens material is highly transparent at THz frequencies. It is expected that this inexpensive and rapid 3D printing technology holds promise for making various THz optical elements.     

THz频段单面左手材料的设计及仿真研究

本文运用等效参数提取方法验证了双线螺旋结构在不同频率处不仅能够实现负的磁导率, 而且可以实现负的介电常数. 在电磁波平行和垂直入射到双线螺旋结构表面两种情况下, 发现其负介电常数的形成机理相同. 以往的单面左手材料的研究仅仅局限于微波波段, 通过改进双线螺旋结构, 在THz频段设计出一种新型单面左手材料, 同时利用LC等效电路解释了其设计原理. 一般的左手材料是由刻蚀在基板两侧的电谐振器和磁谐振器组合而成的复合结构, 与这些复合结构相比, 这种新型单面左手材料具有低损耗, 结构简单, 易于加工等优点.     

基于纳观域碳纳米管的太赫兹波天线研究

基于碳纳米管独特的结构特点建立了以其为基础的Pocklington积分方程,并设计了一种全新的碳纳米管太赫兹(THz)波天线.数值仿真和理论计算结果表明,碳纳米管能够产生高频THz电磁辐射,半波长为60μm、半径为2.712nm的单壁碳纳米管偶极天线在-10dB反射系数以下可以实现2.5THz与7.6THz的双频带工作,带宽分别为8.4%与2.7%,由其构成的纳米管天线阵可以获得10.3dB的高增益特性.所得结果有助于在纳观域开展高频THz波辐射源及天线的研究与设计. 关键词： 太赫兹波 碳纳米管 天线 辐射源     

Experimental study of air-core dielectric tube at terahertz frequencies

In this paper, an experimental study of air-core dielectric tube waveguide is proposed at terahertz frequencies. By using the THz time domain measure system, the terahertz dispersion characteristics, loss characteristic and energy focusing characteristic of air-core single-layer and dual-layer dielectric tube are obtained. The results show that this type of air-core dielectric tube can realize low dispersion characteristics. Due to the difference of refractive index between two dielectric materials, stronger energy focusing can be achieved in air-core dual-layer dielectric tube. After the coupling of the THz pulse using the dual-layer dielectric tube waveguide, the THz pulse increased 2.4 times compared with the single-layer dielectric tube waveguide at 1.5 THz.