Gradient-index narrow-bandpass filter fabricated with glancing-angle deposition

Glancing-angle deposition (GLAD) is a fabrication method capable of producing thin films with engineered nanoscale porosity variations. GLAD can be used to create optical thin-film interference filters from a single source material by modification of the film refractive index through control of film porosity. We present the effects of introducing a layer of constant low density into the center of a rugate thin-film filter fabricated with the GLAD technique. A rugate filter is characterized by a sinusoidal refractive-index profile. Embedding a layer of constant refractive index, with a thickness equal to one period of the rugate index variation, causes a narrow bandpass to appear within the filter's larger stop band. Transmittance measurements of such a gradient-index narrow-bandpass filter, formed with titanium dioxide, revealed an 83% transmittance peak at a vacuum wavelength of 522 nm, near the center of the stop band, with a FWHM bandwidth of 15 nm.     

Rugate光学薄膜通带内反射次峰的抑制

本文探讨了抑制Rugate光学薄膜通带内反射次峰的各种方法。以五次函数匹配和正弦调制相结合的方法获得了在宽光谱范围内能很好抑制反射次峰并能保持其截止带反射率的Rugate膜系。     

Porous silicon based extended-bandwidth rugate filters for mid-infrared application

Porous silicon-based rugate filters operating in the mid-infrared spectral range are fabricated by electrochemical etching of bulk silicon wafers. The rugate filter has a high reflectivity stop-band at 5 μm with no higher-order harmonics and very small sidelobes. Furthermore, broadband high pass filter having the cutoff wavelength in a mid-infrared range is demonstrated by combining five rugate structures.     

Ka波段宽带谐波抑制定向耦合器

为解决传统分支线定向耦合器带宽较窄,且应用到线性化器等微波元件中时受谐波信号影响较大的问题,提出了一个宽带且带有谐波抑制功能的定向耦合器。该定向耦合器在双支节定向耦合器的基础上增加一个支节,可有效地提高定向耦合器的带宽,同时将其传输线支节替换为低通滤波结构,以实现对高次谐波抑制的作用。仿真结果表明,该定向耦合器的反射系数和隔离度均小于-15 dB,传输损耗小于3.8 dB,波动范围0.5 dB,相位差为90°且与双支节耦合器相比增加1 GHz带宽。满足耦合器的设计指标,可应用到微波元件中,提高微波元件的性能。     

Rugate filters prepared by rapidly alternating deposition

A methodology for the fabrication of composite (Nb₂O₅)_1-x(SiO₂)_x thin-film rugate filters by using pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering is presented. The two materials are mixed using rapidly alternating deposition technology. The optical properties of the composite films varying with the composition of the material are studied in detail. Refractive indices between 1.50 and 2.14 can be realized in our coating system. Two designed rugate filters with a reflection band at the wavelength of 532 nm are fabricated using an automatic deposition process. The microstructure of the rugate filter is investigated by using scanning electron microscopy. The calculated and the measured transmittance spectra are in good agreement with each other. The causes of the slight differences between them are also analysed.     

Experimental demonstration of narrow-band rugate minus filters using rapidly alternating deposition technology

The design, fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper. A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O2) and high(Al2 O3) refractive index materials is presented to fabricate a rugate structure. The narrow-band rugate minus filter design and fabrication approaches are discussed in detail. The experimental results, including transmittance spectrum, surface damage test and damage morphology investigated with a scanning electron microscope, demonstrate the high performance of the as-fabricated spatial filter and confirm the feasibility of the fabrication method for narrow-band rugate minus filters.     

Study on plate silencer with general boundary conditions

A plate silencer consists of an expansion chamber with two side-branch rigid cavities covered by plates. Previous studies showed that, in a duct, the introduction of simply supported or clamped plates into an air conveying system could achieve broadband quieting from low to medium frequencies. In this study, analytical formulation is extended to the plate silencer with general boundary conditions. A set of static beam functions, which are a combination of sine series and third-order polynomial, is employed as the trial functions of the plate vibration velocity. Green?s function and Kirchhoff–Helmholtz integral are used to solve the sound radiation in the duct and the cavity, and then the vibration velocity of the plate is obtained. Having obtained the vibration velocity, the pressure perturbations induced by the plate oscillation and the transmission loss are found. Optimization is carried out in order to obtain the widest stopband. The transmission loss calculated by the analytical method agrees closely with the result of the finite element method simulation. Further studies with regard to the plate under several different classical boundary conditions based on the validated model show that a clamped-free plate silencer has the worst stopband. Attempts to release the boundary restriction of the plate are also made to study its effect on sound reflection. Results show that a softer end for a clamped–clamped plate silencer helps increase the optimal bandwidth, while the same treatment for simply supported plate silencer will result in performance degradation.     

一种采用互补结构的宽阻带共模缺陷地滤波器

为了抑制高速差分信号传输中的共模噪声, 提出了一种基于低成本FR4材料制作的互补型缺陷地结构(defected ground structure, DGS)共模阻带滤波器. 滤波器两边采用对称性酒杯形DGS结构, 中间采用对称伞形DGS结构. 由于这两种DGS 结构互补, 整个滤波器结构紧凑, 可以实现小面积设计目的; 另外, 由于三个DGS结构相邻较近, 相互之间存在互感, 可以通过改变相互之间的距离来调节相互之间的互感, 从而实现宽阻带滤波的目的. 仿真和测试结果表明, 该DGS滤波器的差模信号损耗小, 在抑制共模噪声20 dB条件下其阻带范围为4.8–11.4 GHz, 而且面积仅为10 mm×10 mm. 与周期性DGS结构相比, 本方法在相同共模噪声抑制深度下, 具有占用面积不到30%、阻带宽度增加约50%等优点.     

Multiple narrow bandpass optical filters based on one-dimensional rugate photonic structures of two periodicities

A theoretical analysis of a design of multiple narrow bandpass filters based on one-dimensional (1D) rugate photonic structures with a period jump defect is presented. The optical properties, including transmittance and energy density distributions, are numerically calculated using the propagation matrix method. Our results show that multiple resonance transmission modes are produced when the period jump defect is introduced into the 1D rugate film. Both blueshift and redshift of the stop band of the rugate structure and wavelengths of resonant modes are observed, depending on the change of period jump. The number, the wavelengths, the band intervals, and the intensities of multiple resonance transmission modes are tunable by adjusting structure parameters of the rugate structure. Experimental feasibility of the proposed multiple narrow bandpass optical filters using the technique of glancing angle deposition is also discussed.     

覆盖X和Ku波段的低雷达散射截面人工磁导体反射屏

设计并制备了一种基于人工磁导体(artificial magnetic conductor, AMC)的覆盖X和Ku波段的宽带低雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)反射屏. 将双频带耶路撒冷十字形AMC结构和宽带双金属方形AMC结构复合, 通过参数优化, 使耶路撒冷十字形结构的反射相位反转频点与方形结构的反射相位零值频点重合或者非常接近, 进一步扩宽有效相位差区域, 从而拓展RCS减缩带宽. 给出了反射能量峰值方位的一般理论计算公式, 当入射角度、棋盘单元尺寸和观察频率确定后, 可通过公式计算出反射峰的方位. HFSS软件仿真结果与理论计算结果符合较好, 验证了理论公式的正确性. 同时与等尺寸金属平板相比, 在7.4–17.0 GHz 频带内, 除9.8 GHz附近的少数频点外, 天线后向RCS均有-10 dB以上的减缩, 基本覆盖X波段和Ku波段, 相对带宽为78.7%, 在11.6 GHz时, 减缩量最大, 达到40.3 dB. 加工了反射屏实物并进行测试, 测试结果与仿真结果基本一致, 证实了反射屏具有宽带的低RCS特性.     

Optimal Design of Thin Film Filters for IR Integrated Photonic Amplifiers

This paper addresses in the design of thin film filter for IR broadband integrated photonic amplifiers. A cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter structure is presented. This proposed filter consists of some different filtering unit cells with different central wavelength and bandwidth, and each cell can suppress certain peak gain at a specific wavelength. The intrinsical gain spectrum of amplifier is obtained by solving a set of rate and power propagation equations with finite difference time-domain(FDTD)-based overlapping integral-Runge Kutter(RK) method. The effect of transmittance spectrum of the proposed cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter on flattening gain is discussed. The transmission function of the cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter is obtained. Finally, a real device is fabricated, it is shown that the design is valid.     

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.     

Rugate filter with multi-channel grown by glancing angle deposition

Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is an effective technique to fabricate thin films with desired nanoscale porosity variations in three dimensions. GLAD can be used to grow rugate filters characterized by a sinusoidal refractive index profile from one single source material through control of film porosity. A multi-stopband rugate filter can be achieved either by introducing a layer of constant index into the center of sinusoidal refractive index profile or by embedding discrete layers of constant refractive index to sinusoidal index profile with the GLAD technique. Transmittance measurements of the one channel filter, formed with titanium dioxide, revealed this method is one of the most valid technologies to fabricate multi-band filters.     

Solar-blind ultraviolet band-pass filter based on metal–dielectric multilayer structures

Solar-blind ultraviolet （UV） band-pass filter has significant value in many scientific, commercial, and military appli- cations, in which the detection of weak UV signal against a strong background of solar radiation is required. In this work, a solar-blind filter is designed based on the concept of ＂transparent metal＂. The filter consisting of Al/SiO2 multilayers could exhibit a high transmission in the solar-blind wavelength region and a wide stopband extending from near-ultraviolet to infrared wavelength range. The central wavelength, bandwidth, Q factor, and rejection ratio of the passband are numerically studied as a function of individual layer thickness and multilayer period.     

Wavelength dependent damage thresholds of a bandpass filter under femtosecond laser irradiation

Laser induced damage thresholds of a bandpass filter with TiO₂/SiO₂ coatings are measured, with the laser delivering wavelength tunable, high-repetition rate, and ultrashort pulses. The multiple wavelengths are selected within the transitional region between the filter passband and stopband. A method that scans the sample along the focused laser beam is employed to vary the spot size on the coating and, consequently, change the fluence. The damage is detected by both a CCD camera and by monitoring the transmitted power simultaneously. During the experiment, an increase in the filter transmission was observed prior to damage occurrence. We demonstrate that damage induced on the coating by the high repetition rate, femtosecond pulses is governed by macroscopic thermal behavior rather than by critical free electron density in the conduction band. In addition, the process of energy deposition is determined by intrinsic nature of the coating materials. Further analysis indicates that the thresholds as a function of wavelength are determined by the combination of the properties of TiO₂, interference field in the coating stack, and thermal effects. Moreover, we attribute the observed increase in the coating transmission to these thermal effects rather than ionization processes.     

具有宽阻带特性的6阶自均衡高温超导滤波器

本文提出了一种新颖的L型阶跃阻抗谐振器,该谐振器具有结构紧凑、抑制二次谐波能力强及易于实现电耦合及磁耦合等特点。使用该谐振器设计并制作了一款具有小型化、高选择性及宽阻带特性的6阶自均衡高温超导滤波器。测试结果表明,在70 K温度下滤波器的中心频率为1 601 MHz,3 dB带宽为24 MHz,带内回波损耗<14.87 dB,带内最大插入损耗约为0.22 dB,60%带宽范围内群时延起伏<3.13 ns,通带两侧具有一对深度的传输零点,实现了1 632~5 511 MHz范围内衰减>60 dB的宽平坦阻带。     

边带耦合光子晶体滤波器反射谱特性分析

 为研究边带耦合光子晶体滤波器的性质,利用耦合模理论（CMT）和传输矩阵方法（TMM）分析了谐振器腔体的周期,Q值和腔体的个数对滤波器反射谱的影响。仿真结果表明：相移为nπ/2,反射谱才具有对称性;Q值增加,反射峰带宽减小;N增大,反射峰带宽相应增大,旁瓣也随之出现。针对为实现增加带宽而出现的旁瓣增加的现象,采用了类似一维光子晶体滤波器的方法啁啾和级联技术实现了旁瓣的抑制。为设计具体光子晶体滤波器提供指导和依据。     

Transmission characteristics of an excited-state induced dispersion optical filter of rubidium at 775.9 nm

The operation of an ultra-narrow bandwidth optical filter based on the 5P3/2 → 5D3/2 excited-state transition in rubidium vapor is reported. The 5D3/2 state is excited by a circularly polarized pump beam at 780 nm from a diode laser. The filter displays a single 398-MHz bandwidth at a peak transmission of 9.0%, which is narrower than the Doppler bandwidth. The dependence of peak transmission on the pump intensity and cell temperature is also given.     

Low-pass rugate spatial filters for beam smoothing

A new application of rugate structures is proposed as low-pass spatial filters for beam smoothing. By using the transfer matrix method to analyze the spatial properties of the bandgap of rugate structures, the low-pass rugate spatial filters with both an almost ideal flat bandpass and a rather steep switching between pass- and stop-bands are designed. The angle-domain bandwidth of the spatial filters can be adjusted by changing the parameters of rugate structures for a given light frequency. The near-field simulations carried out by using the finite-difference time-domain technique confirm the possibility of an efficient light smoothing.     

All-dielectric frequency selective surface design based on dielectric resonator

In this work,we propose an all-dielectric frequency selective surface(FSS) composed of periodically placed highpermittivity dielectric resonators and a three-dimensional(3D) printed supporter.Mie resonances in the dielectric resonators offer strong electric and magnetic dipoles,quadrupoles,and higher order terms.The re-radiated electric and magnetic fields by these multipoles interact with the incident fields,which leads to total reflection or total transmission in some special frequency bands.The measured results of the fabricated FSS demonstrate a stopband fractional bandwidth(FBW)of 22.2%,which is consistent with the simulated result.