光纤耦合双微球谐振腔及其模式分裂特性

回音壁模式微腔间耦合引起的模式分裂会导致器件Q值提高,进而提升器件性能.在纤式光纤耦合微球谐振腔作为一种新型的微腔耦合形式,实现了光纤器件集成度和稳定性的提升.提出并研究了基于光纤耦合双微球谐振腔的光纤传感器件,该器件由单模光纤、石英毛细管和两个钛酸钡微球谐振腔构成.双微球谐振腔的回音壁模式相互耦合,激发了模式分裂,谐...     

在纤式回音壁模式微球谐振腔及其传感特性

提出一种在纤式回音壁模式微球谐振腔,并对其温度和折射率传感特性进行研究。首先,分析了不同尺寸的微球腔与光纤结构耦合时的相位匹配情况,以锥形光纤为探针来拾取并移动钛酸钡微球,将其嵌入空心光纤,形成在纤式谐振腔结构,从而在微球中激发回音壁模式,并与空心光纤端面的反射光相互作用,产生法诺共振。实验结果表明,激发的法诺共振峰曲线的斜率高达-99.3 dB/nm。另外,通过实验证明了此结构对温度和折射率均具有较好的传感特性,灵敏度分别为26.8 pm/℃和-244.97 dB/RIU。该谐振腔性能稳定、结构紧凑、加工简单,在纤式的反射结构使其有望在复杂的传感环境中发挥作用。     

结构改进的厘米尺寸谐振腔的磁场传感特性

基于光力谐振腔的磁力仪在应用时主要受限于灵敏度和检测带宽两个指标.本文设计了一种厘米尺寸的回音壁模式谐振腔结构,可探测6 Hz至1 MHz频率范围内的交变磁场,在无磁屏蔽、室温环境下、无直流偏置磁场时,其最佳灵敏度在123.8 kHz可达530 pT·Hz–1/2,探测带宽和最佳灵敏度分别为同尺寸谐振腔的11倍和1.6...     

光学微瓶腔特性及温度传感应用研究

设计并测试了两种基于微瓶腔结构的温度传感系统。分别基于电弧放电法和自主装法制备了氧化硅材料(SiO₂)和紫外光固化胶(UCA)聚合物材料微瓶腔,通过锥形光纤耦合的方式分析了两种微瓶腔基本特性,并测试它们在温度传感中的应用。实验结果表明,SiO₂微瓶腔在温度上升时的灵敏度为11.13 pm/℃,在温度下降时的灵敏度为10.25 pm/℃;UCA微瓶腔在温度上升时的灵敏度为111.89 pm/℃,在温度下降时的温度灵敏度为102.02 pm/℃。两者在上升和下降时均保持很好的一致性,尤其UCA微瓶腔温度灵敏度比SiO₂微瓶腔提升了10倍。本文传感器具有体积小、价格低、可塑性和重复性好、灵敏度高等优势,在温度传感领域具有潜在应用。     

空心微瓶谐振腔的封装及折射率传感特性研究北大核心CSCD

为提高传感器的稳定性和便携性,提出一种基于空心微瓶谐振腔的折射率传感器,对系统进行封装并对其折射率传感特性进行研究。仿真分析不同壁厚下空心微瓶谐振腔径向回音壁模式的光场分布,光场在微瓶内部的占比随着器件壁厚的减少而增加,有利于提高传感灵敏度。为减小空心微瓶谐振腔的壁厚,利用氢氟酸对石英毛细管进行腐蚀,使用光纤熔接机制备了薄壁空心微瓶谐振腔。采用紫外胶将耦合系统封装固定在载玻片上,器件稳定性和便携性得到提升。研究了封装器件在不同折射率匹配液下的传感特性,器件传感灵敏度为26.50 nm/RIU。该传感器具有稳定性强、灵活性高、损耗小等优点,在光微流控折射率检测方面拥有很大的应用潜力。     

空心微瓶谐振腔的曲率模型及其传输特性研究

提出了有关空心微瓶谐振腔的曲率变化模型并且研究了曲率对其传输特性的影响。仿真分析了微瓶谐振腔内回音壁模式的分布情况,随着曲率的增加,微瓶谐振腔对回音壁模式的束缚能力越强,使得内部光场能量也相应增加。通过控制熔接机的放电次数制得不同曲率的空心微瓶谐振腔,并且根据理想气体状态方程,推导了制备工艺中曲率模型,研究了空心微瓶谐振腔的曲率随放电次数的变化趋势。实验结果表明,曲率越大的空心微瓶谐振腔品质因子越高,可达到7.26×105,该结论在提升谐振腔的品质因子方面具有重要价值。     

石英毛细管椭球微气泡模式特性及传感技术

利用有限元数值分析方法研究了椭球状石英毛细管微气泡回音壁模式特性及其折射率传感性能.计算分析了不同半径与内壁厚度情况下空芯和液芯椭球形微气泡模式特征,包括品质因数、有效折射率和能量比等,并探讨了微气泡在高灵敏度和高分辨率折射率传感方面的应用潜能.研究结果表明微气泡膨胀至350μm,且内壁厚度为1μm时分辨率和灵敏度最佳;在该厚度范围附近,微气泡分辨率不会因为半径尺寸的改变而发生太大变化;二阶径向模具有较高品质因数,其灵敏度略高于一阶基模,且使用二阶径向模可降低在制造时对结构壁厚控制精度的要求,可用于实际传感应用中.研究结果对微气泡的进一步实验研制具有理论参考价值.     

光学微球腔及其应用

光学微球腔因其极高的品质因和极小的模式体积，在非线性光学、腔体量子电动力学以及窄带光学滤波、高灵敏度运动传感器、极低阈值激光器等许多研究与应用领域具有广泛的应用前景。文章对光学微球腔的谐振原理、特点、耦合、制备和应用进行了综述。     

基于回音壁模式微球腔的PDH稳频技术

光学微球腔因其回音壁模式可获得极高的品质因数而受到广泛关注.本文分析了Fabry-Perot腔和微球腔的基本原理,通过CO2激光熔融光纤实验制得了直径为1.2 mm的微球腔,并测试了微球腔和锥形光纤耦合结构的耦合特性.采用典型的PDH稳频系统设计了基于微球腔的稳频系统,分析了用于鉴频的误差曲线的吸收特性和色散特性,对比了不同调制频率、微球腔直径、耦合损耗、传输损耗下与误差曲线斜率的关系.结果表明:耦合状态下最大Q值可达到1.1×108,调节微球腔内横磁模和横电模的转换可优化耦合效率,匹配微球腔和锥形光纤的尺寸得到了径向二阶模式的透射谱,误差曲线效率达到15.4A mW/MHz.球腔在提高PDH稳频技术灵敏度上具有巨大潜力.     

回音壁模式光学微腔传感

回音壁模式光学微腔具有很高的品质因子和较小的模式体积,能极大地增强腔内光场与物质相互作用,已经成为超高灵敏光学传感的优异平台,也是国际学术前沿之一。文章简介了回音壁微腔传感研究现状与热点、微腔传感平台及传感机制原理;着重列举了微腔传感的部分典型应用,例如纳米尺度单个颗粒检测、温度传感、磁场传感、化学气体传感以及压力/应力等物理量传感等;最后对光学微腔传感的研究进行了展望。     

Nanolayer characterization through wavelength multiplexing of a microsphere resonator

We optically characterize nanolayer (<150 nm) formation in situ on a silica microsphere in an aqueous environment by simultaneously following the shifts of whispering-gallery modes at two wavelengths. This approach was inspired by layer perturbation theory, which indicates that these two measurements can be used to determine independently both the thickness and the optical dielectric constant. The theory is verified for extreme cases and used to characterize a biophysically relevant hydrogel nanolayer with an extremely small excess refractive index of 0.0012.     

Fiber laser using a microsphere resonator as a feedback element

We show that a glass microsphere resonator can be used as a wavelength-selective mirror in fiber lasers. Due to their high quality factor (Q approximately 10(8)), microsphere resonators possess a narrow reflection bandwidth. This feature enables construction of single-frequency fiber lasers even when the laser cavity is long. Nonlinear effects (such as stimulated Raman lasing) were also observed in our setup at relatively low pump powers.     

Active Q switching of a fiber laser with a microsphere resonator

We propose and demonstrate an active Q-switched fiber laser using a high-Q microsphere resonator as the Q-switching element. The laser cavity consists of an Er-doped fiber as the gain medium, a glass microsphere reflector (coupled through a fiber taper) at one end of the cavity, and a fiber Bragg grating reflector at the other end. The reflectivity of the microsphere is modulated by changing the gap between the microsphere and the fiber taper. Active Q switching is realized by oscillating the microsphere in and out of contact with the taper. Using this novel technique, we have obtained giant pulses (maximum peak power approximately 102 W, duration approximately 160 ns) at a low pump-power threshold (approximately 3 mW).     

嵌入Fabry-Perot谐振腔的高温超导双晶约瑟夫森结的毫米波辐照特性研究

采用嵌入Fabry-Perot谐振腔的方式,研究了Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8(Tl-2212)高温超导薄膜双晶约瑟夫森结的毫米波辐照特性.重点研究了双晶约瑟夫森结与Fabry-Perot谐振腔的耦合特性,发现放置在谐振腔中的结的位置、角度、结的图形以及Fabry-Perot谐振腔中两镜面间的距离等对耦合都有很大的影响.通过精细调节这些参数,可使双晶约瑟夫森结与外加毫米波达到最佳耦合.在最佳耦合情况下,能观察到9级明显的夏皮罗台阶.利用Fabry-Perot谐振腔技术,解决了约瑟夫森结与毫米波的耦合问题,为高温超导约瑟夫森结的毫米波及太赫兹波的辐射和检测研究奠定了基础.     

混合微球谐振腔热非线性效应的增强方法

提出并实现了一种可增强微球谐振腔热非线性效应的方法。通过在微球谐振腔表面涂覆低折射率紫外胶形成并制备了混合谐振腔。通过分析混合谐振腔结构的热光系数,从理论和实验论证了混合谐振腔结构可获得更大的热非线性效应,同时验证了混合谐振腔的品质因素对热非线性的影响。应用此混合谐振腔结构于温度传感实验,结果表明通过增强方法制备的谐振腔其检测灵敏度提高了2.8倍。因此,此方法在传感应用、生物化学检测、通讯等领域也有广泛的应用前景。     

Tunable quantum dot resonator embedded in a quantum wire

Combined quantum wire and quantum dot system is theoretically predicted to show unique conductance properties associated with Coulomb interactions. We use a split gate technique to fabricate a quantum wire containing a quantum dot with two tunable potential barriers in a two-dimensional electron gas. We observe the effects of the quantum dot cavity on the electron transport through the quantum wire, such as Coulomb oscillations near the pinch-off voltage and periodic conductance oscillations on the first conductance plateau.     

混合微球谐振腔热非线性效应的增强方法

提出并实现了一种可增强微球谐振腔热非线性效应的方法。通过在微球谐振腔表面涂覆低折射率紫外胶形成并制备了混合谐振腔。通过分析混合谐振腔结构的热光系数,从理论和实验论证了混合谐振腔结构可获得更大的热非线性效应,同时验证了混合谐振腔的品质因素对热非线性的影响。应用此混合谐振腔结构于温度传感实验,结果表明通过增强方法制备的谐振腔其检测灵敏度提高了2.8倍。因此,此方法在传感应用、生物化学检测、通讯等领域也有广泛的应用前景。     

Influence of a sharp fiber tip on high-Q modes of a microsphere resonator

We investigate the degradation of the Q factor of a fundamental whispering-gallery mode of a microsphere resonator when a fiber tip is placed in the evanescent field of the mode. With a tip diameter of 80 nm it is possible to maintain a Q factor exceeding 10(8), even when the tip is as close as 10 nm to the sphere surface. This result demonstrates the possibility of using such a tip as a "nanotool" to actively place a single nanoparticle in a single high- Q mode with great precision to achieve well-controlled coupling.     

Temperature effects on capillary instabilities in a thin nematic liquid crystalline fiber embedded in a viscous matrix

Linear stability analysis of capillary instabilities in a thin nematic liquid crystalline cylindrical fiber embedded in an immiscible viscous matrix is performed by formulating and solving the governing nemato-capillary equations, that include the effect of temperature on the nematic ordering as well as the effect of the nematic orientation. A representative axial nematic orientation texture with the planar easy axis at the fiber surface is studied. The surface disturbance is expressed in normal modes, which include the azimuthal wave number m to take into account non-axisymmetric modes. Capillary instabilities in nematic fibers reflect the anisotropic nature of liquid crystals, such as the ordering and orientation contributions to the surface elasticity and surface normal and bending stresses. Surface gradients of normal and bending stresses provide additional anisotropic contributions to the capillary pressure that may renormalize the classical displacement and curvature forces that exist in any fluid fiber. The exact nature (stabilizing and destabilizing) and magnitude of the renormalization of the displacement and curvature forces depend on the nematic ordering and orientation, i.e. the anisotropic contribution to the surface energy, and accordingly capillary instabilities may be axisymmetric or non-axisymmetric. In addition, when the interface curvature effects are accounted for as contributions of the work of interfacial bending and torsion to the total energy of the system, the higher-order bending moment contribution to the surface stress tensor is critical in stabilizing the fiber instabilities. For the planar easy axis, the nematic ordering contribution to the surface energy, which renormalizes the effect of the fiber shape, plays a crucial role to determine the instability mechanisms. Moreover, the unstable modes, which are most likely observed, can be driven by the dependence of surface energy on the surface area. Low-ordering fibers display the classical axisymmetric mode, since the surface energy decreases by decreasing the surface area. Decreasing temperature gives rise to the encounter with a local maximum or to monotonic increase of the characteristic length of the axisymmetric mode. Meanwhile, in the presence of high surface ordering, non-axisymmetric finite wavelength instabilities emerge, with higher modes growing faster since the surface energy decreases by increasing the surface area. As temperature decreases, the pitches of the chiral microstructures become smaller. However, this non-axisymmetric instability mechanism can be regulated by taking account of the surface bending moment, which contains higher order variations in the interface curvatures. More and more non-axisymmetric modes emerge as temperature decreases, but, at constant temperature, only a finite number of non-axisymmetric modes are unstable and a single fastest growing mode emerges with lower and higher unstable modes growing slower. For nematic fibers, the classical fiber-to-droplet transformation is one of several possible instability pathways, while others include chiral microstructures. The capillary instabilities' growth rate of a thin nematic fiber in a viscous matrix is suppressed by increasing either the fiber or matrix viscosity, but the estimated droplet sizes after fiber breakup in axisymmetric instabilities decrease with increasing the matrix viscosity. Received 15 April 2002 and Received in final form 3 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: alejandro.rey@mcgill.ca     

Optimization of prism coupling to high-Q modes in a microsphere resonator using a near-field probe

In this paper, we demonstrate a novel method for optimizing the in- and out-coupling of light confined in the fundamental high-Q whispering-gallery mode of a microsphere resonator via an external prism coupler. The technique relies on the use of a near-field probe to map the modes of the resonator and to obtain topographical information at the same time. We demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of this technique by applying it to a sphere with a radius of 59 μm.