Near Field Observation of a Refractive Index Grating and a Topographical Grating by an Optically-Trapped Gold Particle

We observed the near field for a refractive index grating fabricated on a planar light waveguide circuit (PLC) by scanning an optically-trapped 100 nm diameter gold particle. We demonstrate that stable trapping and scanning occur with a Gaussian laser beam at the scan velocity of 1.6 m/s and Nd:YAG laser power of 25mW. The scattered Ar laser light from the gold particle is strong at high refractive indexes of the grating with periods of 1.06 m and 0.53 m both by s and p polarized illumination. In addition, we observed the surface profile of the optical disk tracking groove with and without the gold particle. © 2004 The Optical Society of Japan     

偶氮苯聚合物全息光栅衍射效率和偏振特性研究

研究了不同偏振全息模式下基于交联偶氮苯聚合物薄膜的相位光栅的形成机理、衍射效率和偏振特性.利用琼斯矢量表征了正交线偏振(SP)和半行线偏振(SS)干涉模式下的偏振干涉场.基于SP和SS两种模式,制作了无明显表成起伏的纯折射率光栅和有表面起伏的浮雕光栅.偏光显微镜(POM)观测说明纯折射率光栅具有周期性的折射率分布;近场光学显微镜(SNOM)探测说明纯折射率光栅和浮雕光栅的表而起伏在5 nm以下和 85.23 nm.实验表明.当探测光为水平偏振时,纯折射率光栅的衍射效率达到22.2%.浮雕光栅只能达到1.65%.纯折射率光栅的0、 1级衍射光分别为水平和竖直线偏振光,偏振度达到0.9969和0.9963;浮雕光栅的0, 1级衍射光均为水平线偏振光.     

基于InP的全光高速相机的理论和实验研究

为了评估基于瞬态光栅的全光高速相机系统中激发光强与图像信号之间的对应关系,验证基于磷化铟（InP）建立该相机的可行性。针对InP材料从理论上分析了从光子入射激发载流子,到载流子影响折射率,再到折射率影响衍射效率过程中各物理量值之间的关系;并建立了基于衍射光收集的图像探测系统获取InP内部的瞬态光栅分布图像。理论结果给出了针对InP材料的激发光强与载流子浓度的关系,探针激光为 1064 nm时载流子浓度与折射率之间的关系,以及瞬态光栅为矩形光栅时折射率与衍射效率之间的关系,特别指出在基于InP和1064 nm探针激光的高速相机系统中,若时间分辨为1 ps量级,对于532 nm激发光,系统的灵敏度为1.3105 Wcm-2量级。实验结果证明了基于InP和1064 nm探针光可以建立全光高速相机系统,并根据所获得图像得出系统的空间分辨好于5.04 lp/mm。     

基于液晶/聚合物光栅的高转化效率有机半导体激光器

采用有机半导体发光材料聚[2-甲氧基-5-(2-乙基己氧基)-1,4-苯乙炔]作为增益介质,低官能度光敏单体制备的液晶/聚合物光栅作为外部反馈谐振腔,制备出参数可独立控制的分离式结构的有机半导体激光器.液晶/聚合物光栅中液晶分子的取向影响光栅折射率调制量,从而影响光栅的反馈能力,最终影响激光器出射激光的性能.通过研究发现决定液晶分子取向的主要有两种与光栅周期有关的作用力,利用这一原理制备不同周期的光栅,光栅周期小于450 nm时,相分离出的液晶分子取向由光栅矢量方向变为光栅沟槽方向,此时光栅的折射率调制量增加,光反馈能力增强.采用周期为395 nm的液晶/聚合物光栅制备二级布拉格散射的有机半导体激光器,相较于大周期光栅(593 nm)制备的激光器,激光阈值由0.70μJ/pulse降低至0.18μJ/pulse,转化效率由2.5%提高到6.4%,且出射激光垂直于基板表面发射,有利于后续的处理及应用.     

Modal coupling in fiber tapers decorated with metallic surface gratings

An interference-based scheme for fabricating periodic metal gratings on one side of the uniform waist of optical fiber tapers has been developed. Optical characterization of a 5 mm long, 511 nm period gold grating fiber taper with a 10 microm diameter reveals backward coupling to both guided and radiation modes that is explained by using an analytical mode-coupling analysis. A refractometer based on this grating taper has a high and constant sensitivity over a large refractive index operating range of 1 to 1.41.     

Efficient excitation and amplification of the surface plasmons

One dimensional (1D) grating has been fabricated (using focused ion beam) on 50 nm gold (Au) film deposited on higher refractive index Gallium phosphate (GaP) substrate. The sub-wavelength periodic metal nano structuring enable to couple photon to couple with the surface plasmons (SPs) excited by them. These grating devices provide the efficient control on the SPs which propagate on the interface of noble metal and dielectric whose frequency is dependent on the bulk electron plasma frequency of the metal. For a fixed periodicity (Λ = 700 nm) and slit width (w = 100 nm) in the grating device, the efficiency of SPP excitation is about 40% compared to the transmission in the near-field. Efficient coupling of SPs with photon in dielectric provide field localisation on sub-wavelength scale which is needed in Heat Assisted Magnetic recording (HAMR) systems. The GaP is also used to emulate Vertical Cavity Surface emitting laser (VCSEL) in order to provide cheaper alternative of light source being used in HAMR technology. In order to understand the underlying physics, far-and near-field results has been compared with the modelling results which are obtained using COMSOL RF module.Apart from this, grating devices of smaller periodicity (Λ = 280 nm) and slit width (w = 22 nm) has been fabricated on GaP substrate which is photoluminescence material to observe amplified spontaneous emission of the SPs at wavelength of 805 nm when the grating device was excited with 532 nm laser light. This observation is unique and can have direct application in light emitting diodes (LEDs).     

Internal reflection mode scanning near-field optical microscopy with the tetrahedral tip on metallic samples

An internal reflection mode is introduced for scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) with the tetrahedral tip. A beam of light is coupled into the tip and the light specularly reflected out of the tip is detected as a photosignal for SNOM. An auxiliary STM mode is used to control the distance during the scanning process and to record the topography of the sample simultaneously with the SNOM image. Images were obtained of different metallic samples which show a contrast in the order of 10% of the total reflected photosignal. In images of metallic samples an inverted contrast is consistently obtained compared to images previously obtained of comparable samples in a transmission mode. The contrast shows a pronounced dependence on the polarization of the incident beam with respect to the orientation of the edges of the tip. In the case of gold surfaces, the photosignal as a function of distance between the tip and the surface shows a pronounced peak in the near-field range of 0–20 nm which is tentatively attributed to the excitation of surface plasmons on the gold surface. The pronounced near-field effects and the strong contrast in the near-field images and the resolution well below 50 nm are an indication of a highly efficient coupling of the incident beam to a local excitation of the tip apex which is essential for the function of the tip as a probe for SNOM. Received: 17 May 1999 / Accepted: 18 May 1999 / Published online: 21 October 1999     

Pressure-tunable guided-mode resonance sensor for single-wavelength characterization

A method of tuning a one-dimensional guided-mode resonance grating through the use of an air-pressure-responsive membrane is demonstrated here using finite-element method simulation. The device consists of a titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) grating structure embedded in a flexible polydimethylsiloxane membrane. This grating has a resonant response to TM-polarized light at a wavelength dependent upon the refractive index of the surrounding medium. By varying the pressure by 5500 Pa, lateral strain may be applied to the grating; this allows resonances to be produced for medium refractive indices ranging from 1.33 to 1.50 for a fixed-wavelength 850 nm light source.     

+1/-1相位掩模板和532nm激光下低损耗As_2S_3硫系光纤布喇格光栅的制备

采用改进型Sagnac干涉光栅写入系统,利用532nm准带隙光曝光源和带+1/-1衍射级的相位掩模板,在两种不同直径的低损耗As_2S_3硫系玻璃光纤上刻写布喇格光栅,并研究曝光期间光栅的动态特性.实验表明,As_2S_3光纤布喇格光栅透射峰值随光纤直径的减小而增强;在曝光过程中,布喇格波长先是较快地向短波长方向移动,随着曝光时间的延长,布喇格波长缓慢地向长波长方向回复.曝光时间为800~1 000s时,在包层直径为140μm的As_2S_3光纤上获得质量良好的布喇格光栅光谱,其透射峰值可达-2.6dB,带宽为0.37nm.对As_2S_3硫系光纤纤芯的光敏性分析结果表明,折射率调制幅度和平均折射率变化随曝光时间分别可达到10-4和10-3数量级.     

Estimation of the Refractive Index Change in Glass Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.     

倾斜光纤光栅溶液折射率传感器的实验研究

根据倾斜光纤光栅(TFBG)和表面镀金的TFBG传感器测量折射率的基本原理,通过OptiGrating软件模拟了不同浓度溶液下TFBG的透射谱和芯层模与某阶包层模耦合引起的谐振峰,初步得出了TFBG各阶包层模随着外界折射率的增大而向右偏移、在一定的传感范围内中心波长与外界折射率呈线性关系的结论。用小型离子溅射仪对TFBG镀45 nm厚度左右的金膜,并用扫描电镜在微观上观察镀膜效果。通过不同浓度下的NaCl溶液、MgCl₂溶液、CaCl₂溶液实验,对比研究了裸TFBG和镀金TFBG传感器对溶液折射率的传感特性。从而验证了模拟仿真得出的结论并定量分析得知：镀金后具有表面等离子体共振的TFBG溶液折射率灵敏度大于500 nm·RIU-1,而裸TFBG为2 nm·RIU-1左右,大约提高了200～300倍,且在一定范围内中心波长与溶液折射率的线性拟合度都在0.99以上。     

飞秒时间分辨近场光学系统实现及其应用

结合飞秒光脉冲和近场光学显微镜，成功实现了飞秒时间分辨近场光学系统.系统通过高频声光调制和差频锁相探测，极大提高了信噪比并消除了抽运、探测光本底信号，从而在收集模式下测得了飞秒时间分辨的透射光微弱信号变化.同时获得了80nm的空间分辨和小于200fs的时间分辨测量.利用该实验系统，研究了金纳米结构的热电子弛豫动力学过程，观察到不同位置间热电子弛豫动力学的差异. 关键词： 飞秒近场 扫描近场光学显微镜 飞秒光脉冲 金纳米颗粒     

基于包层模的光纤布拉格光栅折射率传感特性

提出了基于光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)包层模式的折射率传感方案。实验中,利用不同浓度的丙三醇水溶液作为外界折射率传感溶液,采用氢氟酸溶液化学腐蚀的方法来减小光纤包层的直径以增大包层模式对外界折射率的敏感度,研究了腐蚀后光纤布拉格光栅包层模式的耦合波长对外部折射率的变化关系。实验结果表明在1.3300~1.4584的折射率范围内,包层模式耦合波长随外界折射率增大而增大,在接近光纤包层折射率处具有很高的折射率灵敏度,最大达到了172 nm/riu(refractive index unit)。而且,包层模谐振的光谱半峰全宽(约0.07 nm)仅为布拉格纤芯模谐振光谱半峰全宽的1/4,能够获得更好的传感精度。     

TE0导模干涉刻写周期可调亚波长光栅理论研究

通过棱镜耦合激发非对称金属包覆介质波导结构中的TE₀导波模式, 利用两束TE₀模的干涉从理论上实现了周期可调的亚波长光栅刻写. 分析了TE₀模式的色散关系, 刻写亚波长光栅的周期与激发光源、棱镜折射率、光刻胶薄膜厚度及折射率之间的关系. 用有限元方法数值模拟了金属薄膜、光刻胶薄膜和空气多层结构中TE₀导模的干涉场分布. 研究发现, 激发光源波长越短, TE₀ 模干涉刻写的亚波长光栅周期越小; 光刻胶越厚, 刻写的亚波长光栅周期越小; 高折射率光刻胶有利于更小周期亚波长光栅的刻写. 相较于表面等离子体干涉光刻, 基于TE₀ 模的干涉可在厚光刻胶条件下通过改变激发光源、棱镜折射率、光刻胶材料折射率、特别是光刻胶薄膜的厚度等多种方式实现对亚波长光栅周期的有效调控.     

Tunable phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating based on a microchannel fabricated by a femtosecond laser

A phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating(PS-FBG) based on a microchannel was proposed and realized by combining the pointby-point scanning method with chemical etching. The PS-FBG is composed of a fiber Bragg grating(FBG) and a microchannel through the fiber core. The microchannel can introduce phase shift into the FBG. What is more important is that it exposes the fiber core to the external environment. The phase shift peak is sensitive to the liquid refractive index, and it shows a linear refractive index response wavelength and intensity sensitivity of 2.526 nm/RIU and-111 d B/RIU, respectively.Therefore, such gratings can be used as sensors or tunable filters.     

利用SPR效应测定可见光波段金膜折射率

利用金膜光纤SPR传感器测定标准试剂折射率,实现了对金膜折射率的测试.给出金膜光纤SPR传感器总反射系数与金膜折射率等参量关系表达式.采用经典金膜折射率计算结果与试验结果相比具有相当差距.为此采用一组标准试剂进行试验,对测试数据进行计算,修正了可见光波段金膜的折射率.     

基于取样光纤布拉格光栅的全光纤拉曼测温分光系统设计及优化

为实现大气温度全天时和高精度主动遥感探测, 转动拉曼测温激光雷达的分光系统需要滤除强烈的背景光噪声, 以及对Mie-Rayleigh散射提供70 dB以上的带外抑制率. 本文提出了以可见光波段取样光纤布拉格光栅为核心的多级级联的特征光谱提取光路, 构建高抑制率的全光纤拉曼测温分光系统, 以实现大气温度的全天时和高精度探测. 根据分光系统光路的传输特性, 采用传输矩阵模型, 优化设计了影响取样光纤布拉格光栅带外抑制率的主要因素(折射率调制深度、栅区总长度、取样周期和占空比), 得到了优化的光谱分光系统参数. 利用该分光系统可实现太阳背景光强度和Mie-Rayleigh散射信号强度分别比转动拉曼散射信号强度弱40 dB和50 dB, 信噪比高于100时, 白天探测高度可达1.6 km. 该全光纤分光系统具有小型化、抗干扰和稳定性高的优点, 可为陆基及星载拉曼测温激光雷达提供一种全新的解决方案.     

Contribution of Absorptive and Refractive Gratings to Mixed Holograms Using Xanthene-Dye-Doped Films

The contribution of absorptive and refractive gratings to a mixed hologram is investigated by means of two-wave coupling technique by moving a hologram. Polyvinyl alcohol films doped with xanthene-dyes such as erythrosin B,eosin Y, uranin and fluorescein which absorb an argon-ion laser light of 488 nm and 515 nm are used as hologram recording materials in our experiment. A simple model of the two-level one-step photo-bleaching well explains the growth of an absorptive grating and the refractive index and also the working wavelength dependence of growth of the refractive grating in the xanthene-dye-doped films.     

Propagation length of surface plasmon polaritons excited by a 1D plasmonic grating

The propagation length of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is investigated experimentally using a 1D metallic grating fabricated on a higher refractive index substrate (Gallium Phosphide, GaP). The experimentally measured value propagation length of the SPP (L_SPP) at 785 nm wavelength is 13.33 ± 0.13 μm, which is close to the theoretical value of the L_SPP on an ideal Au-thin film. The SPP resonance observed in far-field measurements confirms the underlying process and the related effects on the L_SPP measured by scanning near field optical microscope (SNOM). Far-field measurements shows that L_SPP is associated with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the SPP resonance which in-turn associated with in-plane directional scattering of the SPP.     

Nano-optical image and probe in a scanning near-field optical microscope

We study a nanometer-sized optical probe and image in a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM). We demonstrated the potential to observe 5-nm wide optical patterns using the SNOM. The probe profile was measured by using a knife-edge method and a modulated transfer function evaluation method. An aluminum covered and pipet-pulled fiber probe used here has two optical probes, one which has a large diameter of 350 nm and one which has a small diameter of around 10 nm.