Ion-exchanged tapered-waveguide laser in neodymium-doped BK7 glass

We report what is to our knowledge the first operation of a planar dielectric tapered-waveguide laser. The waveguide laser is fabricated by potassium-ion exchange in Nd(3+) -doped BK7 glass and consists of a single-mode channel waveguide of a few micrometers' width followed by a linear taper up to a broad region with a width of ~180microm . A slope efficiency of 42% is found both in the tapers and in standard channel waveguides fabricated upon the same substrate, indicating that the tapers and the channels have similar internal losses; hence the low-loss nature of the tapered beam expansion. The output from either end of the tapered structure is found to be nearly diffraction limited.     

锥形脊结构半导体光放大器的有限元分析

为提高半导体光放大器与单模光纤耦合效率，建立了半导体放大器的锥形脊结构模型。在该模型下利用有限元数值模拟方法分析，计算了波导区折射率、锥尖宽度、条形波导尺寸、渐变折射率波导层对锥形脊结构模式扩展的影响。通过完善锥形脊结构参量的设计，获得了锥形脊结构半导体光放大器与单模光纤95％的耦合效率。     

弯折波导杆的超声斜入射方法*

波导杆技术是一种有效的超声辅助检测方法,在提升高温关键承压设备安全运行方面具有重要作用。现有的波导换能器因直入式发射声波,常被用来在线监测壁厚的腐蚀进程,难以对指定方向的缺陷进行有效检测。为了解决这个难题,基于斯涅耳定理以及导波的频散特性提出了一种弯折结构的波导杆来实现超声斜入射。首先分析了弯折波导杆中水平剪切波的传播特性,探究了波导杆的厚度、弯折角度对杆中声波传播的影响规律;然后,进一步研究了弯折波导杆在半无限空间内的声束指向性;最后通过一对弯折波导杆在线检测结构内部缺陷的试验证明了波导超声斜入射的应用价值。研究结果为基于斜入射技术的波导超声在线监测提供了坚实的理论基础。     

Ultrasonic wave speed measurement using the time-delay profile of rf-backscattered signals: simulation and experimental results

Conventional methods determine the ultrasonic wave speed measuring the medium path length propagated by a pulsed wave and the corresponding time-of-flight. In this work, the wave speed is determined without the need of the path length. A transmit transducer sends a pulsed wave into the medium (wave speed constant along the beam axis) and the backscattered signal is collected by a hydrophone placed at two distinct positions near the transmitted beam. The time-delay profile, between gated windows of the two rf-signals received by the hydrophone, is determined using a cross-correlation method. Also, a theoretical time-delay profile is determined considering the wave speed as a parameter. The estimated wave speed is obtained upon minimization of the rms error between theoretical and experimental time-delay profiles. A PZT conically focused transmitting transducer with center frequency of 3.3 MHz, focal depth of 30 mm, and beam full width (-3 dB) of 2 mm at the focus was used together with a PZT hydrophone (0.8 mm of aperture). The method was applied to three phantoms (wave speed of 1220, 1540, and 1720 m/s) and, in vitro, to fresh bovine liver sample, immersed in a temperature-controlled water bath. The results present a relative speed error less than 3% when compared with the sound speed obtained by a conventional method.     

Ultrasonic wave speed measurement using the time-delay profile of rf-backscattered signals

Conventional methods determine the ultrasonic wave speed by measuring the medium path length propagated by a pulsed wave and the corresponding time-of-flight. In this study, the wave speed is determined without the need of the path length. A transmitting transducer sends a pulsed wave into the medium (constant wave speed along the beam axis) and the backscattered signal is collected by a hydrophone placed at two distinct positions near the transmitted beam. The time-delay profile, between gated windows of the two rf-signals received by the hydrophone, is determined using a cross-correlation method. Also, a theoretical time-delay profile is determined considering the wave speed as a parameter. The measured wave speed is obtained upon minimization of the RMS error between theoretical and experimental time-delay profiles. A PZT conically focused transmitting transducer with center frequency of 3.3 MHz, focal depth of 20 mm and beam width (-6 dB) of 2 mm at the focus was used together with a PZT hydrophone, 0.8 mm in aperture. The method was applied to three phantoms (wave speed of 1220, 1501 and 1715 m/s) and, in vitro, to fresh bovine liver sample, immersed in a temperature-controlled water bath. The results vary within 3% of those obtained with a conventional method.     

锥形半导体激光芯片的光刻工艺研究

针对锥形半导体激光器中的脊形波导区宽度较小的问题,对半导体激光芯片制造中的刻蚀标记及刻蚀方法进行了研究。提出对于锥形半导体刻蚀中的脊型区域和锥形区域,采用不同精度的双标记刻蚀方法,细化对脊形波导和锥形波导的刻蚀中的对准问题,并使光刻标在不同的光刻版上相错位排列,在相应光刻版中相互遮挡,反复刻蚀中保证相应的光刻标清晰、完整。刻蚀后的芯片在电流为7 A时获得了中心波长963nm、连续功率4.026 W、慢轴方向和快轴方向激光光束参数乘积分别为1.593 mm·mrad和0.668 mm·mrad的激光输出。     

变厚度聚焦换能器对声焦域轴向长度影响的研究*

针对不同厚度的病变组织,改变声焦域轴向长度能提高高强度聚焦超声在临床治疗过程中的安全性和有效性。基于多频超声波叠加原理,该文提出了变厚度(多频)聚焦换能器,并设计了两种类型变厚度聚焦换能器。根据瑞利积分法推导了变厚度聚焦换能器声场,计算和分析了变厚度聚焦换能器的声焦域轴向长度,并与等厚度(单频)聚焦换能器声焦域轴向长度进行对比。结果显示,变厚度聚焦换能器中心到边缘的厚度变化趋势与声焦域轴向长度变化相关,中间薄两边厚换能器声焦域轴向长度缩短,中间厚两边薄换能器声焦域轴向长度变长,且实验验证了理论的正确性。研究结果可为变厚度聚焦换能器声场研究和高强度聚焦超声的临床治疗提供参考。     

Analysis of a tapered vane loaded broad-band gyro-TWT

The wide-band low-gain feature of a tapered smooth wall gyro-traveling wave tube (gyro-TWT) was combined with the low beam energy, low magnetic field, and high gain, though narrow band, feature of a vane loaded nontapered gyro-TWT, to propose a distributed, tapered vane loaded gyro-TWT for both high gains and wide bandwidths. The device was analyzed for the tapering of any one of the three parameters - the waveguide radius, the vane depth, and the vane angle keeping the remaining two as constant. The magnetic field was also synchronously tapered. The optimum taper and vane parameters were predicted for a large gain and bandwidth     

斜波导喇曼振荡器

 采用斜波导的喇曼氢气池, 使泵浦激光束在波导内部传播, 增大了受激喇曼散射的作用区域。在传播过程中光束截面逐渐被压缩, 补偿因波导内壁的反射损耗而引起的功率密度下降。在一定气压范围内提高了喇曼转换的效率, 并利用波导对激光束的均匀作用, 使输出的一阶斯托克斯光光强的均匀性获得改善。     

Generation of a vortex ultrasonic beam with a phase plate with an angular dependence of the thickness

Vortex-wave beams are beams that carry angular momentum. Their specific feature is a ring-like transverse distribution of wave intensity with zero intensity at the axis. A method for generating an ultrasonic vortex beam by combining a single-element transducer and a phase plate with a nonuniform thickness is proposed. The method is examined theoretically and tested experimentally. In the theoretical analysis, the acoustic field was calculated using the Rayleigh integral. Experiments were performed in water with a focusing piezoceramic source with a frequency of the order of 1 MHz; the radiation from it was transmitted through a 12-sector organic-glass phase plate. The beam vorticity was established by setting the correct thickness of sectors. The results of scanning the field with a miniature hydrophone confirmed that the amplitude and phase distributions of the generated wave field were in fact consistent with a vortex beam. The capacity of the obtained beam to induce the rotation of scatterers positioned in the focal region was demonstrated.     

长骨中振动声激发超声导波的方法

为了实现一定频段内任意低频下在长骨中激励导波信号,本文提出一种采用聚焦高频(5 MHz)超声换能器在长骨皮质骨中激发低频(150 kHz)超声导波的振动声方法.首先介绍了板状超声导波理论和双声束共聚焦法与单声束调幅法激发振动声的基本原理;进而采用三维有限元仿真方法分析振动声激发低频超声导波的基本现象,然后结合牛胫骨板离体实验,验证振动声激发低频超声导波的可行性.结果均表明,双声束共焦与单声束振动超声均可在骨板中激发低频超声导波.相关研究方法有助于提高空间域长骨中超声导波测量精度,以及在一定频段内实现任意频率激励等,对发展低频超声导波在体测量长骨皮质骨的新技术具有一定的指导意义.     

Planar waveguide‐resonator: a new device for x‐ray optics

Systematic investigations of the width dependence on the x‐ray beam propagation mechanism for a narrow extended slit formed by two plane dielectric plates are presented. It is shown that the mechanism of a multiple consecutive total reflection for Cu Kα radiation dominates in a slit width range s ≥ 3 µm. At the same time the manner of Cu Kα radiation propagation for super‐narrow slits s ≤ 0.1 µm is very different from the multiple total reflection mechanism. The x‐ray beam intensity proves to be constant for all this range of magnitude. This gives grounds to expect that the super‐narrow slit area is characterized by a specific type of mechanism of x‐ray beam propagation: waveguide‐resonance. A simple model for the waveguide‐resonance propagation mechanism based on the formation of a uniform x‐ray standing wave interference field in the total space of a narrow extended slit was developed. The design of a new x‐ray optical device, namely a planar x‐ray waveguide‐resonator, is proposed based on the waveguide‐resonance mechanism. Some properties of the composite planar x‐ray waveguide‐resonator are discussed. It is shown that under specific conditions the composite waveguide can demonstrate a partial tunneling effect of the x‐ray beam. The main applications of the new technique are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Linear Theory of Plasma-Filled Coaxial Cylindrical Cherenkov Maser

Injection of background plasma into the beam-wave interaction region can greatly enhance the beam-wave interaction efficiency and the microwave output power of the device. In this paper, a new type of plasma-filled slow-wave structure, i.e., plasma-filled, dielectric-loaded coaxial cylindrical waveguide with a dielectric ring enclosing tightly the inner conductor, is developed. The Cherenkov radiation excited by the beam-wave interaction in the slow-wave structure is examined by use of the self-consistent linear field theory. The dispersion equation and the synchronized condition of the beam-wave interaction are derived. It's clearly shown that the Cherenkov radiation excited by the beam-wave interaction results from the coupling between the slow electromagnetic wave, TM-modes, propagated along the slow-wave structure and the negative-energy space-charge wave propagated along the relativistic electron beam. And the wave growth rate is solved, and the beam-wave energy exchange in the presence of the background plasma is discussed. Finally, the effects of the background plasma density on the dispersion characteristics, the distribution of the longitudinal fluctuating electric field, the wave growth rate and the beam-wave energy exchange are calculated and discussed.     

LiNbO_3:Fe晶体中光写入平面光波导的导光特性研究

从光折变效应的单中心模型和载流子的光伏迁移机理出发给出了高斯片光在LiNbO3:Fe晶体中导致的折射率变化分布的解析表达式 .利用片光以“三明治”辐照方式在LiNbO3:Fe晶体中写入了平面光波导结构 .用切片干涉法测量了波导区的折射率分布 ,并对波导进行了简单的导光测试 .根据射线方程以及波导的折射率分布对光写入波导的导光特性进行了模拟计算分析 .研究结果表明 ,在LiNbO3:Fe晶体中光写入光波导是可行的     

高功率微波行波阵列纵向宽角扫描特性

利用机械调节波导宽边尺寸可变化波导波长,从而实现变频波束扫描相同的效果,针对窄边辐射波导行波阵的波束扫描特性进行了分析,以实现宽角波束扫描为目标,着重分析了不同辐射缝隙间距下变化宽边所能得到的最大波束扫描范围。设计了通过变化宽边尺寸实现宽角扫描的X波段窄边辐射波导缝隙阵,设计波束扫描范围指向波导馈入端,避开阵列法向辐射(此方向辐射效率较低),实现了29°的连续波束扫描范围,在波束扫描范畴内增益下降小于3 dB,辐射效率大于62%;设计缝隙宽度3 mm, 波导长度约1 m(缝隙数40),单根波导缝隙天线可实现高功率微波功率容量70 MW。     

具有调制功能的多模干涉型1×3分束器

提出了利用量子约束斯塔克(Stark)效应制作具有调制功能的多模干涉型1×3分束器的设计思想,并详细分析了这种光分束器的工作原理。根据理论计算结果,制作了具有调制功能的多模干涉型1×3分束器。分束器的脊型多模波导长度为275μm,宽度为10μm,波导层采用GaAs/AlGaAs多量子阱结构,厚度约为0.2μm;电极采用共面波导结构。首先用有限差分光束传播法模拟了器件的光波传播特性,然后进行了初步的实验验证。理论模拟和实验结果表明,波长为0.86μm的高斯光束对称入射到多模波导的中心,器件实现了3分束功能;施加3 V的直流偏压,器件的调制深度达90%以上、调制带宽为2 GHz,实现了电吸收调制功能。     

聚合物电光调制器中M-Z波导TM模分析

M-Z光波导是聚合物电光调制器的重要结构单元。利用有效折射率法计算聚合物脊形波导的横向折射率分布，将三维光波场传播简化为二维传播。从导模满足的标量波动方程出发，结合透明边界条件，采用Crank-Nicholson差分格式，得出有限差分束传播法的基本计算格式。通过对M Z型波导结构中TM模的传播及损耗特性进行理论分析，系统地研究了脊宽、分支角等结构参数对损耗的影响。研究表明，有效折射率法与二维有限差分束传播法的结合可以较好地解决脊形M Z波导的设计问题。该方法具有精度高、计算量小及效率高等优点，为聚合物电光调制器的制备提供了理论依据。     

Tapered hollow waveguide for focusing infrared laser beams

A tapered hollow waveguide that can focus a laser beam into a small beam spot is proposed for medical and dental applications. We fabricated hollow tapered optics by using a traveling torch, and the shape was formed as a precise linear taper. For a hollow taper tip with input and output diameters of 700 and 200 microm, respectively, the insertion loss is as small as 0.7 dB in a 10 mm long taper. The hollow taper optic producing a 200 microm spot withstands input energy of 100 mJ. Because a focusing lens is unnecessary at the output end, the laser beam can be introduced into a deep and narrow spot with these tapered optics.     

Short-length and broadband mismatched optical couplers with tapered Hamming function for C- and L-band

Mismatched optical couplers with variable widths of waveguide tapered by Hamming function are numerically investigated in the demand of short-length, broadband, and low crosstalk. We used global search algorithm and beam propagation method to seek optimal structure parameters of coupling waveguide. The coupler length is 3.6 mm within the C+L-band (1.53-1.61 μm) for variable widths of waveguide at crosstalk level of −35 dB. Comparison with constant width of waveguide, the constant width of waveguide has a coupler length of 4.4 mm and can only achieve −20 dB of crosstalk within the C-band (1.53-1.565 μm). Obviously, the waveguide with variable widths has the advantage over constant width for the demand of short-length, bandwidth, and low-crosstalk.     

填充等离子体的介质同轴波导中的切伦科夫辐射

 利用自洽线性场理论，导出了薄环形相对论电子注通过填充等离子体的介质同轴波导中的注波互作用色散方程，得到了注波互作用产生切伦科夫辐射的同步条件和波增长率。分析了填充等离子体后的波与电子注之间的能量交换及等离子体密度对色散特性、波增长率和注波能量交换的影响。分析结果表明：切伦科夫辐射是由沿介质同轴波导传播的慢波与沿薄环形相对论电子注传播的负能空间电荷波耦合所致，且其耦合强度与电子注的密度成正比；输出频率和波增长率随着填充等离子体密度的增大而提高；保持一定的输出频率，增大电子注的束流可得到高的微波输出功率。