Incident angle and temperature dependence of WSi wire-grid polarizer

The dependences of the incident angle and thermal durability of a tungsten silicide (WSi) wire-grid polarizer were examined. A WSi grating with a 0.5 fill factor, 260 nm depth, and 400 nm period was formed on a Si surface using two-beam interference and dry etching. The TM transmission spectrum of the fabricated element was greater than 60% at the incident angle of θ = 40° (the angle between the incident direction and the perpendicular axis to the grating direction) in the 4–10 μm wavelength range. An extinction ratio of 22.2 dB was achieved at 2.5 μm wavelength. Additionally, results show that this polarizer has higher thermal resistance than that of commercial infrared polarizers. Therefore, this polarizer is effective for taking a polarized thermal image of high temperatures.     

面形误差对亚波长金属光栅偏振器性能的影响

基于严格耦合波理论分析了光栅面形误差对亚波长金属光栅偏振器偏振性能的影响.通过对数值结果的分析发现,光栅圆角误差、光栅侧壁倾斜误差和光栅表面粗糙误差对光栅的TM透射效率影响不大,但它们使得光栅的消光比明显降低.因此,面形误差使得光栅的偏振性能明显降低.理论分析表明,顶角为直角、侧壁垂直和表面光滑的理想矩形光栅结构的偏振性能最好.     

Terahertz transmission characteristics of double wire-grid polarizer on low-loss polyethylene substrate

We fabricated a double metallic wire-grid polarizer consisting of micrometer-pitch Cu grating on both sides of low-loss polyethylene substrate by simple electroplating and lithography micro-processing techniques. The performance of transmission was measured using a terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy system. The mixed polarization effects of surface plasmon polaritons in an azimuthally rotated grating were investigated. The polarization dependence of both amplitude and phase shift on frequency was demonstrated in the wide range of 0.1?C3 THz, and the extinction ratio is over 22 dB.     

Al wire-grid polarizer using the s-polarization resonance effect at the 0.8-microm-wavelength band

An aluminum wire-grid polarizer whose period is 0.39 microm has been fabricated on a quartz substrate by electron-beam direct-writing lithography and the lift-off method. By using the s -polarization resonance effect and optimizing structural parameters, characteristics such as a loss of less than 20% and an extinction ratio larger than 1000 have been experimentally obtained at the 0.8- microm -wavelength band. Theoretical analysis is performed and found to be consistent with the experimental results.     

激光诱导和化学镀铜制备太赫兹偏振器和滤波器

利用激光诱导与化学镀铜的方法在聚酰亚胺薄膜上制备了太赫兹线栅偏振器和带阻滤波器,用太赫兹时域光谱系统对所制备的器件进行了测试。测试结果表明,该方法制备的太赫兹线栅偏振器在0.2～1.5 THz范围内的消光比优于20 dB,耶路撒冷十字结构带阻滤波器的3个中心频率分别为0.41、1.07、1.47 THz。实验结果与时域有限差分法的仿真结果基本相符。研究表明激光诱导与化学镀铜是一种简单灵活且能有效地制备太赫兹器件的方法。     

像素偏振片阵列制备及其在偏振图像增强中的应用

像素偏振片阵列在实时测量光的斯托克斯参量方面具有重要的应用.本文设计和制作了基于金属铝纳米光栅的像素偏振片阵列,制作工艺基于电子束曝光技术.偏振片阵列单元尺寸为7.4μm,每相邻2×2单元的透偏振方向分别为0,7π/4,π/2和3π/4.光栅周期为140 nm,占空比为0.5,深度100 nm,光栅面型为矩形.像素偏振片阵列的扫描电子显微镜照片显示,制备的偏振片阵列的金属纳米光栅栅线无断线、无交叉、无杂物污染,光栅栅线结构平直,厚度均匀,满足理想矩形面型.采用偏振光作为照明光的光学显微镜拍摄图片显示,像素偏振片阵列整体形状规则,具有很好的偏振特性,最大偏振透射率可达到79.3%,消光比可达到454.将像素偏振片阵列与CCD(charge coupled device)集成在一起,采集单帧图像即可计算图像的斯托克斯参量,从而得到拍摄物体线偏振度图像和线偏振角图像,实现了偏振增强,可应用于目标反隐和识别.     

Design of wire-grid polarizer with effective medium theory

A design concept of a wire-grid polarizer, which is based on the effective-medium theory, has been proposed. The effective indices of a wire-grid grating are evaluated with the effective-medium theory. The results show that, the wire-grid grating acts as a metal for TE polarization, but it behaves like a dielectric material for TM polarization. According to the different effective optical properties of the wire-grid grating for the different polarizations, a wire-grid polarizer with a high polarization ratio can be obtained by enhancing both the transmission for TM polarization and the reflection for TE polarization.     

氟化锂偏振器紫外-真空紫外偏振特性的研究

介绍了一种研究偏振元件偏振特性的方法,利用这一方法研究了氟化锂偏振器紫外-真空紫外偏振特征.一组氟化锂偏振器由对称放置的氟化锂晶片组成,各氟化锂片的入射角为60°.利用真空紫外空心阴极光源和Seya-Namioka型紫外-真空紫外单色仪提供单色辐射,测得两片组、四片组和八片组氟化锂偏振器的消光比,与用菲涅尔公式计算的氟化锂偏振器的偏振度在误差范围内一致.利用氟化锂偏振器产生的偏振辐射,初步研究了铝+氟化镁膜反射率以及全息光栅绝对效率在真空紫外波段的偏振特征.     

紫外固化型聚合物高阶布拉格波导光栅滤波器

利用紫外固化材料SU-82005与热交联聚合物甲基丙烯酸甲酯一甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯[P（MMA—GMA）]分别作为波导芯层和包层材料,通过直接光刻技术,成功实现了厚度为5μm,宽度为9μm,光栅高度为4μm的起伏型高阶布拉格波导光栅滤波器。对光栅器件的谐振波长,光透射率等重要参数进行了模拟设计。测得制备的聚合物高阶布拉格波导光栅滤波器的谐振波长为1550．4nm,消光比为23dB,3-dB带宽为2nm。     

可调谐型金属线栅偏振器的特性研究

金属线栅偏振器是一种新兴的基于微纳结构的光学偏振器件, 体积小、性能高、易集成.但在紫外和可见光波段, 通过缩小线栅的特征尺寸来提高消光比的方法已经受到纳米制作工艺的限制, 因此需要新的结构来提高其偏振特性.双层金属线栅结构仅在特定波段上提高 器件的偏振特性. 在此基础上, 提出一种间距可调谐的金属线栅偏振器结构, 通过调谐两层金属线栅之间的距离来确保偏振器极高的消光比和很强的透过率. 利用VirtualLab软件的傅里叶模式方法, 计算了可调谐型金属线栅偏振的透过率和消光比. 数值仿真结果表明, 双层可调谐型金属线栅结构在整个紫外、 可见光波段极大地提高了透射光的消光比和透过率. 关键词： 线栅偏振器 可调谐结构 消光比 压电陶瓷     

含分枝铜纳米线多孔铝膜的偏振特性

利用二次阳极氧化法制备了具有分枝结构的多孔铝(PAA)模板,并以交流电化学沉积的方法在该模板中合成了分枝状的铜纳米线。用SEM观察样品的形貌结构,用分光光度计测量了样品的透射光谱和偏振光谱。实验结果表明,含分枝状铜纳米线结构的多孔铝膜在近红外光区具有较高的透射率,且得到了14～22 dB的消光比。这种微偏振器件制备方法简单、效率高、造价低,在光电集成领域有着广泛的应用前景。     

Study of in-line single-mode optical fiber polarizer

The theoretical calculation method of multilayer metal-clad planar optical waveguide presented by Y. YAMAMOTO is greatly improved and transplant into the optical fiber and a suitable waveguide model of in-line single-mode optical fiber polarizer is set up to study its characteristics, the theorical analyses are in accordance with the experimental re suits. The polarizer whose extinction ratio is more than 30 dB at 0.633μm wavelength with an insertion loss of 0.5 dB is formed by grinding off the cladding on one side of a single-mode fibre and evaporating metal onto the polished durface in our Lab.     

Theoretical reflective performance of a sandwiched two-layer grating polarizer

The reflective polarizer is described by a sandwiched two-layer grating with a metal slab. Such a new polarizer is aimed to improve the performance of a reflective grating-based polarizer. The grating is optimized with the usual duty cycle of 0.5, where TE and TM polarizations are reflected in the –1st and the 0th diffraction orders, respectively. With optimized grating parameters, the extinction ratio can reach 45.5 dB and 41.9 dB in two diffraction orders, which are greatly improved compared with the conventional reported surface grating polarizer with the simple structure. Attractive merits of the new design are high efficiency, high extinction ratio, wide incident wavelength bandwidth for TE polarization, and wide angular range for TM polarization. Numerical results are expected to open new opportunities for the design of a grating-based polarizer with the enhanced performance by the complicated grating configuration.     

Fill factor controlled nanoimprinted ZnO nanowires based on atomic layer deposition

Enhanced diffraction by sub-wavelength nanostructures to convert incident electromagnetic radiation into waveguide modes has applications in anti-reflective coatings for optoelectronic devices. We propose a metal oxide (ZnO) nanowire grid polarizer as such a nanostructure, fabricated by ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography and whose fill factor (FF) is controlled by atomic layer deposition. Using finite difference time domain simulations, we investigated the polarization-dependent optical transmittance of the structures and calculated the polarizing efficiency. Optical profiles such as electric and magnetic field intensity and current density distributions of specific FF nanopatterns were determined for the transverse magnetic and transverse electric modes. The effects of geometrical parameters including the wire-grid period, fill ratio, and spacing between the wire-grid layers on diffraction wavelength were characterized. Respective FF-controlled ZnO nanowire structures were fabricated and their experimental optical transmittances were measured for nanowire grid polarizer applications.     

亚波长光栅偏振片的纳秒脉冲激光损伤特性

偏振片在诸多光学系统中有着重要的应用。亚波长介质光栅可用作正入射偏振片，在高能激光系统中有着广泛的应用前景。为了探究波长为1 064 nm的纳秒脉冲激光对于亚波长全介质光栅的诱导损伤特性，使用了粒子群优化算法结合严格耦合波分析设计了光栅的几何参数，计算表明亚波长光栅偏振片在入射光波长1 064 nm附近带宽0.5 nm内，平均消光比为1 500。使用了紫外曝光配合离子束刻蚀的工艺制备了HfO₂光栅，并对其纳秒脉冲激光损伤阈值进行了测试。测试结果表明S光损伤阈值约为P光损伤阈值的5倍，且都大于5 J/cm2。结果表明亚波长全介质光栅偏振片可广泛用于正入射激光系统中。     

Optimization of the structure of an optical fiber polarizer with a metal film at a wavelength of 980 nm

The dependence of the extinction ratio of a 980-nm fiber polarizer with an Al film on the thickness of magnesium fluoride buffer layer has been experimentally and theoretically investigated. At the optimal thickness of the buffer layer, h _b = 0.078 (normalized to the wavelength), extinction ratios of 23 and 41 dB were obtained for polarizers having fiber shell residual layers of 2.01 and 1.607 μm, respectively. The optimal thin-film structure is determined, which will make it possible to design polarizers with extinction ratios up to 100 dB.     

近红外亚波长硅光栅偏振器的设计

利用泄漏模共振效应以及等效介质理论设计出工作在近红外波段的一维亚波长硅光栅偏振器。采用散射矩阵方法和时域有限差分方法对结构进行设计和优化,模拟结果显示在正入射条件下,该偏振器在1284-1575nm波长范围内的消光比大于100（20dB）,而TM模的透射率高于98％。同时对该偏振器的角度特性以及制备容差进行了讨论,计算结果表明该偏振器具有较大的角度与制备容差。     

Subwavelength gratings fabricated on semiconductor substrates via E-beam lithography and lift-off method

We present results of the fabrication and measurements on reflective polarizers consisting of stacked bi-layer subwavelength metal gratings prepared on GaAs (100) substrates. These linear gratings were fabricated using electron-beam direct-writing lithography and the lift-off method with periods less than the wavelength of light used for measurements. At normal incidence, the polarizer reflects the light polarized perpendicular to the grating lines (transverse magnetic polarization, TM polarized) but absorbs parallel-polarized light (transverse electric polarization, TE polarized). By optimizing structural parameters, the polarization extinction ratio close to 20 has been experimentally achieved at wavelength of 650 nm.     

High-performance nanowire-grid polarizers

We developed a new type of wire-grid polarizer that has achieved excellent optical performance and reliability. The nanowire-grid polarizer is based on a fully optimized innovative design structure that consists of not only the core nanowire grid but also the surrounding multilayer thin-film structures. The surrounding structures are designed for antireflectivity to provide the best possible efficiency as well as for device reliability to provide the best possible handling robustness and environmental durability. The core nanowire grid utilizes nanosized high-aspect-ratio dielectric walls as a support for forming a high-aspect-ratio metal nanowire grid that significantly reduces energy loss as a result of metal absorption for the transmitted beam while providing a high extinction ratio of the blocked beam. The developed high-quality nanowire-grid polarizer has potential for use in many integrated optical applications.     

Fiber devices using polarization- maintaining fibers

Fiber devices using polarization-maintaining fibers called PANDA fibers are presented. They are polarization-maintaining couplers and polarization-splitting couplers, optical isolators and optical circulators, and multi/demultiplexers designed for 1.3 μm wavelength. Crosstalk of-32 dB and excess loss of 0.03 dB for the polarization-maintaining coupler, and polarization-splitting ratio of 17 dB and excess loss of 0.5 dB for the polarization-splitting coupler have been fabricated by a fusion-elongation method. A fiber polarizer with the extinction ratio of more than 40 dB has been presented by using the difference of bending loss between the orthogonal modes in the PANDA fibers. Multi/demultiplexer with narrow band-pass of 1.4 nm utilizing combination of PANDA fiber polarization dispersion and the polarization-splitting coupler has been realized. An optical isolator consisting of fiber polarizers and a spherical YIG with a lens function and an optical circulator consisting of polarizing-splitting couplers and spherical YIGs have been achieved.