金属介电常数的色散模型对光学Tamm态的影响

比较银介电常数三种色散模型对光学Tamm态的影响,根据三种色散模型的复折射率随波长的变化研究银-光子晶体-银结构TE波和TM波的光学Tamm 态随入射角、银层厚度及周期数的变化.得出：三种色散模型下银-光子晶体-银结构中都会出现两个光学Tamm 态（OTS1和OTS2）.三种色散模型下的光学Tamm 态的波长随入射角、银层厚度及周期数的变化规律一致.但是光学Tamm 态的透射峰值随入射角、银层厚度及周期数的变化规律不一致.Drude-Lorentz模型和Lorentz模型能够描述银的特征,而Drude模型不能.     

Controllable switching behavior of optical Tamm state based on nematic liquid crystal

The controllable behavior of optical Tamm state (OTS) is investigated in a heterostructure with nematic liquid crystal (NLC). By changing the external fields (electric field and temperature), the orientation of NLC’s molecules can be modified. It offers us an effective way to control the optical properties of the optical Tamm state. We obtain the critical condition for the appearance of the optical Tamm state. Our theoretical analysis and numerical simulations show that through choosing appropriate parameters we can not only change the frequency position of the optical Tamm state, but also realize the disappearance of the OTS.     

非晶化与量子限域效应

当材料尺度减小到几个纳米时，材料内部电子结构会表现为分立能级，这就是所谓的量子限域效应。通过晶态和非晶Pd纳米颗粒的单电子隧穿实验发现，在晶态Pd颗粒中能观察到量子限域效应，而在同样大小的非晶Pd颗粒中却没有观察到。考虑到有序／无序结构的静态效应并结合电子散射等动态效应，解释了非晶Pd颗粒实验中没有观察到量子限域效应的原因。这一结果表明，尺寸减小并不足以使纳米体系表现量子行为，原子结构有序度对于决定纳米体系表现经典行为或量子行为具有同等重要作用。     

A surface state on TiN(100); calculated photoemission results

The photoemission spectrum of TiN(100) at normal electron emission has been calculated for two different surface layer potentials. The results do, when compared to experimental data, give strong evidence of a Tamm surface state on TiN(100) induced by a change in the electrostatic potential at the surface.     

Investigation of optical properties of Tamm states in higher bands of multilayer stacks including right and left handed materials

We study the electromagnetic surface wave localizing, the so-called surface Tamm states, at an interface separating a left-handed metamaterial (LHM) and a semi-infinite one-dimensional photonic crystal made of alternative left-handed metamaterial and right-handed materials. We show that the existence of metamaterial causes the Tamm states with backward energy flow and allows flexible control of dispersion properties of the surface modes. We study the effect of the physical parameters of the photonic crystal on the dispersion properties and the group velocity of the Tamm states. We also study dispersion properties of the Tamm states in higher order photonic band gaps of the photonic crystal and compare our results with the case when the LHM medium is replaced by a right-handed material (RHM).     

Ultrafast carrier dynamics of resonantly excited InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots

We study theoretically the time development of electronic relaxation in quantum dots. We consider the process of relaxation of the state with an electron prepared at the beginning of relaxation in the electronic ground state. We obtain a fast (in picoseconds) increase of electronic population in the excited state. Also, we consider the process of relaxation of an electron from an excited state in the dot. Here we obtain an incomplete depopulation of the electron from the excited state. We compare these results to experiments in which a fast decrease of luminescence is reported during the first period of relaxation after resonant excitation of the ground state. We estimate numerically the role of electron–LO–phonon (Fröhlich's coupling) mechanism in these processes. We show that this effect may be attributed to the influence of multiple scattering of quantum dot electrons on LO phonons. A single-electron two-energy-level quantum dot model is used to demonstrate this effect in an isolated semiconductor quantum dot.     

High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission from Cu(610)

Cu(610) has a mean terrace width of six atoms. Although the regular arrangement of steps was verified by SPALEED, no step-induced surface umklapp process could be identified in UPS spectra taken with HeI radiation. This fact allows an easy comparison with results from Cu(100). In particular, we demonstrate that the final state wave vector can be determined by triangulation using exclusively the Cu(610) surface, since equivalent k-space points contribute at different electron emission angles. However, spectra from equivalent points exhibit differences in the UPS linewidth and this gives additional information on the final state lifetime. Finally we discuss the modification of a Tamm state [its analogue is observed at on the (100) surface] due to confinement by the steps.     

平面金属等离激元美特材料对光学Tamm态及相关激射行为的增强作用

本文对具有类EIR色散特性的平面金属等离激元美特材料(planar plasmonic metamaterials, PPM)对光学Tamm态及相关激射行为的增强作用进行了研究. 我们首先运用传输矩阵方法分析了利用PPM结构的色散来增强光学Tamm态对应模式电磁局域密度的可能性. 其次, 我们将具有类EIR特性的PPM与一维光子晶体(photonic crystal, PC)合在一起设计了一种平面等离激元美特材料-光子晶体(PPM-PC)异质结构. 研究发现, 通过在电磁局域密度最高的PPM结构中(或附近)加入增益介质, 可观察到比通常光学Tamm态更强的激射增强效应及更明显的单色性响应. 这些特性使得这种PPM-PC结构有望被应用于低阈值激光器、荧光增强等方面.     

Direct excitation of the Tamm plasmon-polaritons on a dielectric Bragg reflector coated with a metal film

Tamm plasmon-polariton is a surface state or surface wave formed at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg reflector. In order to directly excite the Tamm plasmon-polaritons with unit transmission, we design a structure of Bragg reflector coated with a metal film. Through the Bloch theorem of periodic structures and transfer matrix method, we deduce the existence conditions of the Tamm plasmon-polaritons. For a a finite structure, the Tamm plasmon-polaritons can be excited, which is dependent on the thickness of metal, the period number of the Bragg reflector, the incident direction and frequency. On proper conditions, a perfect transmission for the Tamm plasmon-polariton mode can be achieved without the use of attenuated total reflection prism coupling or diffraction grating.     

Direct observation of strain-induced change in surface electronic structure

We have observed a novel modification of a surface state due to a local strain field induced by a nanopattern formation. N adsorption on the Cu(100) surface induces a nanoscale grid pattern, where the clean Cu regions remain periodically. The lattice is contracted on the clean region by adjacent c(2 x 2)N domains, which have a larger lattice constant. On this patterned surface, we have investigated the Tamm-type surface state at M by means of angle-resolved ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. The binding energy of the Tamm state shifts toward the Fermi level continuously with increasing N coverage, i.e., the intensity of the strain field. This behavior due to the strain field is completely different from that caused by electron confinement observed on vicinal surfaces. The Brillouin zone extension corresponding to the lattice contraction was also detected.     

Effect of an electric field in the space charge region on surface states

The quantization of the current carriers and the effect of an electric field in the space charge region on Tamm surface states are investigated within the framework of the Kronig-Penney model and in the effective mass approximation.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 70–77, October, 1991.     

Localized States of an Excess Electron in an Ionic Cluster

A theory of an electron affinity for an ionic cluster is proposed both in a quasiclassical approach and with quantization of a polarization electric field in a nanoparticle. A critical size of the cluster regarding in formation of an electron's autolocalized state, dependencies of energy and radius of a polaron on a cluster's size are obtained by a variational method. It has been found that binding energy of the electron in the cluster depends on a cluster's radius but a radius of electron's auto-localization does not depend on the cluster's radius and it equals to the polaron radius in a corresponding infinity crystal. A bound state of the electron in a cluster is possible only if the cluster's radius is more than the polaron radius.     

Microdosimetric Evaluation on the Metallic Nanoparticle-Mediated Dose Enhancement in Radiotherapeutic Proton Irradiation

Monte Carlo simulations are performed on the dosimetric effect of metallic nanoparticles in a clinical proton irradiation.With an in-water hitting model of a single nanoparticle,the secondar.y electrons dose,deposited around the particle surface,is calculated for the proton irradiations in a typical spread-out Bragg peak.The dose enhancement,as the ratio of electron doses from the target particle and background water,is evaluated for the dependence on the depth of hitting,particle size,elements,coating material and thickness.The results indicate a significant dose enhancement on the particle surface within-200 nm,but a fast decay in further distance.The dose enhancement presents a consistency along the spread-out Bragg peak,a positive dependence on both the particle size and electron density,but a strong attenuation by surface coating.Particle cluster may increase the incdividual dose enhajncement by electron crossfire,but is only noticeable in a compact case.The dose enhancement potentiates a radiosensitization use of metallic nanoparticles in clinical proton therapy,but challenqging meanwhile with the narrow ranqge of enhancement effect.     

带多孔硅表面缺陷腔的半无限光子晶体Tamm态及其折射率传感机理

结合表面缺陷半无限光子晶体Tamm态与多孔硅光学传感机理,在光子晶体表面缺陷腔中引入多孔硅,并利用其高效的承载机制,提出基于多孔硅表面缺陷光子晶体Tamm态的折射率传感结构.在半无限光子晶体中缺陷腔与原来的周期性分层介质结构的界面上存在Tamm态,通过入射角度调制使其在缺陷腔中实现多次全反射,并在缺陷腔中加入吸收介质,使谐振波长在缺陷腔中完成衰荡,从而在反射谱中得到缺陷峰;调整光子晶体参数,使缺陷峰的半高全宽得到优化,提高其品质因数(Q值);在此基础上,根据Goos-H?nchen相位移与谐振波长的关系,建立由待测样本折射率改变所导致的多孔硅表面吸附层有效折射率变化与缺陷峰值波长漂移之间的关系模型,并分析其折射率传感特性.结果表明,此生物传感结构Q值为1429,灵敏度为546.67 nm/RIU,证明了该传感结构的有效性,可为高Q值和高灵敏度折射率传感器的设计提供一定的理论参考.     

Localized States of an Excess Electron in an Ionic Cluster

A theory of an electron affinity for an ionic cluster is proposed both in a quasiclassical approach and with quantization of a polarization electric field in a nanopartiele. A critical size of the cluster regarding in formation of an electron＇s autolocalized state, dependencies of energy and radius of a polaron on a cluster＇s size are obtained by a variational method. It has been found that binding energy of the electron in the cluster depends on a eluster＇s radius but a radius of electron＇s auto-localization does not depend on the cluster＇s radius and it equals to the polaron radius in a corresponding infinity crystal. A bound state of the electron in a cluster is possible only if the duster＇s radius is more than the polaron radius.     

The study of optical characteristic of ZnSe nanocrystal

Nanocrystal ZnSe material was prepared in a triethylamine solvent using the modified solvothermal method in which potassium borohydride, a reducing reagent, is employed. Compared with the bulk ZnSe, the steady absorption edge and photoluminescence peak of nanocrystal ZnSe shift toward high energy. With the decrease of nanoparticle size, the probability of inelastic collision between electron and nanoparticle surface increases, which results in the enhancement of the intensity of electron–phonon coupling and the decrease of electron–phonon scattering time. In the lower temperature range (13–100 K), the transition probability between singlet state and triple state rapidly increases with the increase in temperature. With the further increase in temperature (100–292 K), the radiative recombination between singlet state and ground state is dominant. The competitive non-radiative recombination between singlet state and triple state is suppressed, therefore, the radiation decay time of singlet state changes slightly. PACS 78.55.Et; 73.61.Tm; 78.47.+p; 78.90.+t     

Size and thickness effect on magnetic structures of maghemite hollow magnetic nanoparticles

The effect of surface anisotropy on the magnetic ground state of hollow maghemite nanoparticles is investigated using atomistic Monte Carlo simulation. The computer modeling is carried on hollow nanostructures as a function of size and shell thickness. It is found that the large contribution of the surface anisotropy imposes a “throttled” spin structure where the moments located at the outer surface tend to orient normal to the surface while those located at the inner surface appear to be more aligned. For increasing values of surface anisotropy in the frame of a radial model, the magnetic moments become radially oriented either inward or outward giving rise to a “hedgehog” configuration with nearly zero net magnetization. We also show the effect of the size of hollow nanoparticle on the spin behavior where the spin non-collinearity increases (for fixed value of surface anisotropy) as the diameter of the hollow nanoparticle increases due to the significant increase in surface-to-volume ratio, the thickness being constant. Moreover, the thickness of the hollow nanoparticle shell influences the spin configuration and thus the relation between surface anisotropy and the size or the thickness of the hollow nanoparticle is established.     

Remagnetization of a ferromagnetic nanoparticle induced by the current of polarized electrons

The theory of change in the magnetic moment of a ferromagnetic nanoparticle under the action of an electric current has been developed. The conditions for the remagnetization of the nanoparticle located between two electrodes one of which is ferromagnetic have been found. It has been shown that the characteristic remagnetization times noticeably depend on the size of the nanoparticle, current, and relaxation time of the spin of an electron in the nanoparticle. A scheme of an experiment for the detection of the effect has been proposed.     

Optical Tamm states at the interface between a photonic crystal and a nanocomposite with resonance dispersion

Optical Tamm states localized at the edges of a photonic crystal bounded from one or both sides by a nanocomposite have been studied. The nanocomposite consists of metallic nanoinclusions, which have a spherical or orientationally ordered spheroidal shape and are dispersed in a transparent matrix, and is characterized by the resonant effective permittivity. The transmission, reflection, and absorption spectra have been calculated for waves with longitudinal and transverse polarizations in such structures at the normal incidence of light. The spectral manifestation of Tamm states that is due to the existence of negative values of the real part of the effective permittivity has been analyzed for the visible spectral range. It has been established that the characteristics of Tamm states localized at the edge of the photonic crystal depend strongly both on the concentration of nanoballs in the nanocomposite film and on its thickness. Modes formed by two coupled Tamm plasmon polaritons localized at the edges of the photonic crystal adjacent to two nanocomposite layers have been examined. It has been shown that, in the case of the anisotropic nanocomposite layer adjacent to the photonic crystal, each of two orthogonal polarizations of the incident wave corresponds to a specific frequency of the Tamm state localized at the edge; owing to this property, the transmission spectra of such a structure are polarization sensitive.