Features of Radiation Fields of Some Sources in a Subluminal Flow of a Nondispersive Medium

We study radiation fields of various dipole sources as well as of a source of bisphere type moving in a nondispersive medium with velocity less than the speed of light in this medium. In particular, it is shown that in certain cases, there is a displacement of the angular pattern of a source in the direction opposite to the medium flow. Expressions for energy losses of the considered sources are obtained. It is pointed out that the radiation power of both a bisphere and a toroidal dipole increases with increasing velocity of motion of the medium more rapidly compared with the ordinary dipoles.     

Moving finite-size dipole emission

Emission of a finite-size arbitrarily moving dipole is considered. It is shown that the dipole radiation intensity can be expressed in terms of the dipole moment of the system for wavelengths longer than the dipole size. In this case, the system radiation intensity is much lower than that of the unit charge. For wavelengths much shorter than the dipole size, the dipole radiation intensity is equal to the sum of radiation intensities of two charges. For wavelengths comparable to the dipole size, interference minima and maxima arise in the angular distribution of the radiation intensity.     

Electron dynamics and spatial characteristics of emission from electron oscillation driven by femtosecond laser pulses

The dynamics and characteristics of spatial distribution of emission are analyzed with a single electron model in the cases of different intensities and different polarized femtosecond laser pulses. It is discovered that with the increase of laser intensity, for circularly polarized laser pulse, the angular distribution is tipped forward more and more; for linearly polarized laser pulse, the radiation pattern is changed from the fourfold rotational symmetry bifoliate pattern same as that from a dipole antenna to twofold rotational symmetry trefoil pattern.     

Transmission of electric dipole radiation through an interface

We consider the transmission of electric dipole radiation through an interface between two dielectrics, for the case of a vertical dipole. Energy flows along the field lines of the Poynting vector, and in the optical near field these field lines are curves (as opposed to optical rays). When the radiation passes through the interface into a thicker medium, the field lines bend to the normal (as rays do), but the transmission angle is not related to the angle of incidence. The redirection of the radiation at the interface is determined by the angle dependence of the transmission coefficient. This near-field redistribution is responsible for the far-field angular power pattern. When the transmission medium is thinner than the embedding medium of the dipole, some energy flows back and forth through the interface in an oscillating fashion. In each area where field lines dip below the interface, an optical vortex appears just above the interface. The centers of these vortices are concentric singular circles around the dipole axis.     

Three dimensional polarization control in 4Pi microscopy

An approach to obtain a diffraction-limited spherical focal spot with controllable three dimensional state of polarization in 4Pi microscopy is proposed. By combining the angular radiation pattern of a dipole antenna and vectorial diffraction method, input field at the pupil plane for creating a spherical focal spot with arbitrary three dimensionally oriented linear polarization is found analytically by solving the inverse problem. A diffraction-limited spherical spot with arbitrary three dimensional elliptical polarization can be realized by introducing a second dipole antenna oriented in the orthogonal plane with appropriate amplitude and phase differences.     

零电磁材料特性模拟及分析

 利用时域有限差分法分别模拟了线源、TM波和偶极子激励下零电磁材料的角度滤波和波形变换特性。仿真结果表明:当电磁波的入射方向垂直于零电磁材料表面时,电磁波可完全穿过零电磁材料;对不同表面形状的零电磁材料,透射波的相位完全由材料输出面决定;在线源或偶极子上覆盖一层输出面为平面的零电磁材料,其辐射可变换成平面波,并且多个线源或偶极子组成的天线阵,单元天线的数目增加至N个时,其辐射场强也提高为N0.5倍。     

Radiation from an oscillating point dipole from a photonic crystal layer of dielectric nanocolumns

The radiation pattern and intensity of the electromagnetic radiation from a point dipole source (e.g., a semiconductor quantum dot) located inside a photonic crystal layer consisting of a periodically ordered array of dielectric nanocolumns have been calculated. It has been shown that the main features of radiation can be explained considering a simple model of the interaction of the dipole with Fabry-Perrot resonances of eigenmodes of the photonic crystal layer. The total power of radiation and radiation pattern strongly depend on the position of the dipole, orientation of its dipole moment, and frequency of oscillations.     

Plasmonic nanoloop array antenna

In this Letter, we create an optical nanoantenna array composed of parasitic plasmonic loops that can enhance radiation characteristics and direct the optical energy successfully. Three metallic loops inspired by the concept of the Yagi-Uda antenna are optimized around the region where they feature high scattering performance to control the radiation beam. The loop geometry, when compared to the dipole configuration, has the benefit of using the available aperture in an effective way to provide higher directivity. The angular emission of the nanoloop array antenna is highly directive, and a directivity of 8.2 dB for upward radiation is established.     

Ultra-directional forward scattering by a high refractive index dielectric T-shaped nanoantenna in the visible

In this work, we design and numerically demonstrate a touching dielectric nanoantenna with high directionality. This antenna consists of a dielectric cuboid dimer with different heights, and there are no gaps between the subunits of the dimer. Superior unidirectional scattering is achieved when the electric and magnetic dipolar modes inside the antenna satisfy the first Kerker condition. This unidirectional scattering is much more prominent than its components (i.e., the dielectric cuboid nanoantennas with different heights) in the considered spectral region. Furthermore, the radiation angle can be tailored in a 10-degree range by properly rotating the antenna along the out of axis. The off-normal scattering is due to the interference between one induced magnetic dipole and two electric dipoles inside the nanoantenna. Furthermore, we also demonstrate that similar unidirectional scattering effect can also be maintained when the antenna is close to an electric (or magnetic) dipole source, and the forward emission direction can be efficiently controlled by the relative position of the dipole source. Finally, we show that it is possible to further enhance the unidirectionality by arranging the antenna in an array and the main lobe angular beam width of the 2D far-field pattern can be reduced to 28 degree.     

Multipole analysis of the radiation from near-field optical probes

We experimentally and theoretically analyze the radiation emitted from subwavelength-sized apertures in near-field optical probes. By decomposing the experimentally obtained radiation patterns into vector spherical waves, we describe the fields in terms of a series of multipole sources. We fit polarization-resolved angular intensity distributions, measured as far as 150 degrees from the normal, with dipole, quadrupole, and octupole radiation. We find that the magnetic and the electric dipole components are dominant but that the interference terms between dipoles and higher-order poles are not negligible. This result can be used as the basis for understanding near-field optical interactions and images.     

Three-dimensional focus engineering using dipole array radiation pattern

A systematic three-dimensional focus engineering method based on the dipole-array radiation pattern is proposed. High numerical aperture focusing of generalized cylindrical vector beam is interpreted as the reversing of the radiation from electrically small dipole arrays. Required pupil plane illumination can be found for the desired focal field with specific characteristics. Magnetic-dipole array radiation is utilized to create ultra-long (~ 8λ) diffraction limited three-dimensional optical tube with maximal uniformity. Combined with a recently reported optical needle field generation with the help of electric dipole array radiation, ultra-long (~ 8λ) three-dimensional flattop focus that has top hat profiles in both transversal and longitudinal directions can be realized with the help of radiations pattern from co-located magnetic and electric dipole arrays.     

Al原子K壳层光电离的理论研究

基于多组态Dirac-Fock理论方法及其相应的GRASP2K和修改后的RATIP2012程序包,计算了极化光子入射Al原子K壳层光电离截面,并利用最新发展的RPI-E计算程序研究了K壳层光电子角分布,重点讨论了辐射场的非偶极项对光电离截面和光电子角分布的影响.结果表明,在入射光子5000 e V能量范围内,辐射场的非偶极效应对光电离总截面的影响可以忽略不计.随着入射光子能量的增加,辐射场的非偶极效应对光电子角分布的影响越来越大,入射光子能量在5000 eV,一级非偶极参数γ的数值达到1.5.     

Circularly polarized unidirectional emission via a coupled plasmonic spiral antenna

In this Letter, we study the emission properties of an electric dipole emitter coupled to a plasmonic spiral structure. The plasmonic spiral structure functions as an optical antenna, coupling the electric dipole emission into circularly polarized unidirectional emission in the far field. Increasing number of turns of the spiral leads to narrower angular width of the emission pattern in the far field. For a spiral antenna with six turns, antenna directivity of 23.5 dB with a directional emission into a narrow angular cone of 4.3° can be achieved. The emitted photons carry spin that is essentially determined by the handedness of the spiral antenna. By reversing the spiral, one can switch the polarization of the emission field between left-hand and right-hand circular polarizations. The spiral antenna may be used as a nanoscale circular polarization source in single molecule sensing, single-photo sources, and integrated photonic circuits.     

Current Distribution of a Cylindrical Antenna in a Warm Plasma

The current distribution of a center-fed dipole cylindrical antenna of arbitrary dimension immersed in unbounded lossless warm plasma is considered, taking into account the commonly neglected end-cap effect. The approximated solution of the integral equation for the current distribution is obtained with the aid of Fourier analysis, and the expression is derived for the current distribution I(z) as the function of position z along the cylindrical surface of the antenna. Sample calculations are made for a half-wavelength dipole antenna with different values of thickness parameter ?=(a/l)<0.25 and of the normalized plasma density parameter po=(?p/?)2 <1. Here a and l denote the radius and the half-length of the antenna, respectively. ?p and ? denote the plasma angular frequency and the radiation angular frequency. The variation of the amplitude and phase of the current with the position, and the variation of radiation resistance with po and ? are examined and discussed in detail.     

Collective generation of higher optical harmonics by dipole molecules

An analysis is made of the collective resonant generation of higher harmonics by a spatially extended system of two-level molecules possessing an intrinsic electron dipole moment in the excited state. Frequency and angular dependences of the scattered radiation are studied. It is shown that for moderately small numbers of harmonics their intensity depends comparatively weakly on the number (plateau) and the intensity of the emitted harmonics then falls sharply as the number increases. The angular distribution of the harmonics is strongly anisotropic. It is also shown that collective effects significantly change the time profile of the generated harmonic pulse. In addition, as a result of cooperative effects harmonics of a certain parity are suppressed in the low-frequency part of the radiation spectrum.     

Energy radiated by a point acoustic dipole that reverses its uniform velocity along its rectilinear path

This work extends a mathematical approach developed recently for monopoles to describe the sound energy radiated by a rectilinearly moving dipole that changes direction along its trajectory. Although the dipole travels with constant speed, it undergoes acceleration by reversing its direction during a finite time interval along its path. This work determines the joint angular and frequency distribution of the radiated energy, its angular distribution, and the total radiated energy output. Results for the radiated energy are systematized by expressing the radiation integrals in terms of hypergeometric functions. This procedure simplifies the evaluations, particularly at low Mach numbers, and permits the comparison of results to the earlier monopole case.     

Steerable reflective high-gain antenna array based on loaded dipole scatterers

We present the results of studying experimentally a constructively simple and inexpensive centimeter-wave antenna having a radiation pattern, whose shape can be controlled. Specifically, the main lobe of the pattern can be scanned in a wide angular range, its width can be changed, and minima of the pattern can be formed in specified directions. The feed being the only active element of the antenna is located in front of the mirror made up by a system of steerable passive scatterers, which are dipole antennas loaded by semiconducting diodes. The capacity of the diode loads is changed under the action of controlling signals, which set specific bias voltages at each diode. The studies aimed at testing experimentally the operability of the antenna and assessing the practically achievable parameters of the proposed antenna design. The developed laboratory model of the antenna operates at frequencies near 2.4 GHz with a gain of more than 21 dBi and the possibility of scanning the main lobe of the radiation pattern in the horizontal and vertical planes to ±60° and ±15°, respectively, for the antenna with overall dimensions 100 × 60 × 30 cm.     

Synchrotron radiation from a charged,current-carrying ring

The problem of synchrotron radiation from a charged, current-carrying ring is considered. An expression is found for the spectral and angular distribution of radiation intensity including polarization effects. Some special cases of the general formula are examined: a limiting transition to the generalized Schott formula, a formula for the intensity of synchrotron radiation from a magnetic dipole oriented along the tangent to the trajectory, and a transition to the formulas for the intensity of Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation from a charged, current-carrying, annular cloud by taking sums of Bessel functions.