Summary of conditions for precision in applications of ellipsometry to surface and film studies

Ellipsometry [1,2] is simple in instrumentation and application and is sensitive to fractional monatomic coverage under favourable conditions. This summary recapitulates the requirements for fruitful applications of this technique. In general it will be applied to study an interface situation or a reaction at an interface. It will therefore be necessary to obtain the optical parameters of the bulk phase and reaction products known or suspected to be involved at the interface when the nature and kinetics of the reactions occuring there are studied. These can then be used to compute curves based on various model postulates which can then be compared with observations until an acceptable interpretation can be places on the observations. The determination of optical parameters for a film-free interface of a bulk phase often then turns out to be simply a question of preparation and preservation of such a film-free interface.     

Optimal beam diameter for lateral optical forces on microspheres at a water-air interface

Optical tweezers with a low numerical aperture microscope objective is used to manipulate the microspheres at the water-air interface. In this letter, we determine the optimal optical trap for the lateral manipulation of microspheres at a water-air interface. The experimental results show that the trapping force is influenced by the expansion of the trapping beam at the back aperture of the objective. The optimal filling ratio of 0.65 is suggested for lateral optical manipulation at the water-air interface. The lateral trapping forces at the water-air interface are theoretically investigated with the ray-optics model. The numerical results show that the lateral trapping forces can be changed by shrinking the diameter of the trapping laser beam. The numerical results are in accordance with the experimental results.     

Variable spectral filter based on optically saturated selective reflection

We have studied the selective reflection from glass-rubidium vapor interface at a large incidence angle in pump-probe experiment. The linear reflectivity can be more than 0.9 in a narrow spectral range (several GHz) at the blue side of the atomic resonance. The effect can be called the reduced total selective reflection. The reflectivity has been decreased two times due to the optical saturation. The obtained results can be used to develop a variable optical filter or optical switcher. Our estimations show that switching time can be less than the natural lifetime of the excited state. We suggested a multi-reflection scheme to increase the contrast of the variable spectral filter.     

玻璃与液晶非线性光学界面反射特性的研究

本文系统地研究了由玻璃与液晶构成的非线性光学界面。用一台调Q的红宝石激光器研究了由玻璃与处于各向同性液相的液晶所构成的非线性界面。在不同入射角时非线性界面由内部全反射跃变到部分透射的阈值光强与Kaplen的平面波理论计算结果相一致。在T-T_c=2.5℃条件下测量了时间分辨的非线性界面的反射率。观察到了反射率的滞后迴线。非线性界面的这种反射率的滞后迴线可以归之于液晶分子退取向的弛豫过程。用Ar⁺激光器研究了玻璃与向列相液晶所构成的非线性光学界面,观察到了由相变而产 关键词：     

键合界面对面发射激光器光与热性质的影响

通过界面有效吸收系数的计算及界面对腔模的反射率的影响可知,采用双面键合技术制备面发射激光器应使键合界面处于驻波场分布零点位置,同时界面厚度应该小于20 nm以使器件光学性能受界面吸收系数的影响较小.采用有限元方法分析VCSEL温度分布,结果证实薄的键合界面使VCSEL有源区温度对界面的热导率和电导率改变不敏感,而厚的键合界面将可能使有源区温度有较大地升高,给器件带来严重的不良影响.亲水键合和疏水键合的SEM照片说明疏水处理界面较薄,适合用于器件的制备.而亲水处理界面厚度>40 nm,对器件的光、热特性不利 关键词： 键合 面发射激光器 热导率 电导率     

Optical Trapping with Focused Surface Waves

Near-field optical trapping can be realized with focused evanescent waves that are excited at the water–glass interface due to the total internal reflection, or with focused plasmonic waves excited on the water–gold interface. Herein, the performance of these two kinds of near-field optical trapping techniques is compared using the same optical microscope configuration. Experimental results show that only a single-micron polystyrene bead can be trapped by the focused evanescent waves, whereas many beads are simultaneously attracted to the center of the excited region by focused plasmonic waves. This difference in trapping behavior is analyzed from the electric field intensity distributions of these two kinds of focused surface waves and the difference in trapping behavior is attributed to photothermal effects due to the light absorption by the gold film.     

磁诱导的光学二次谐波及其应用

介绍一种新近发展起来的，利用光学非线性效应来进行磁学测量的实验方法－－磁诱导的光学二次谐波。该方法不仅对于表面的对称性及磁性结构具有极高的探测灵敏度，更重要的是它还是现在极少数可对多层薄膜的界面进行研究的技术，这为当今非常活跃的磁性单层、多摹研究工作提供了一个强有力的手段。     

Two-colour mid-infrared absorption in InAs/GaSb type II and broken-gap quantum wells under gated electric field

We present a detailed theoretical study on optical properties of an InAs/GaSb-based type II and broken-gap quantum well (QW) in the presence of gated electric voltage. Two absorption peaks were observed through intraband transitions within the same material layer. The intensity of optical absorption induced by inter-layer transition is relatively weak due to a small overlap of electron and hole wavefunctions at InAs/GaSb interface. The applied electric field can open up new channels for optical transition and thus affect significantly the optical absorption by changing the overlap of the electron and hole wavefunctions as well as the transition channels. The obtained results suggest that InAs/GaSb-based type II and broken-gap QWs can be employed as two-colour photodetectors working at mid-infrared bandwidth at relatively high temperatures. More over, the bandwidth of the optical absorption can be tuned by the gated electric field.     

Probing the interior of a solid volume with time reversal and nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy

A nonlinear scatterer is simulated in the body of a sample and demonstrates a technique to locate and define the elastic nature of the scatterer. Using the principle of time reversal, elastic wave energy is focused at the interface between blocks of optical grade glass and aluminum. Focusing of energy at the interface creates nonlinear wave scattering that can be detected on the sample perimeter with time-reversal mirror elements. The nonlinearly generated scattered signal is bandpass filtered about the nonlinearly generated components, time reversed and broadcast from the same mirror elements, and the signal is focused at the scattering location on the interface.     

新型缓变锥型PCF结构接口耦合损耗特性

提出一种新型的缓变锥型光纤接口器件。该接口器件是一个长度为150mm左右的缓变锥型光子晶体光纤。利用有限元方法对模场直径差别较大的不同光纤进行拼接时的损耗问题进行研究。研究结果表明:在模场直径分别为9μm和10.4μm的光纤之间加入锥型光纤后可以有效降低耦合损耗,并且在不同波长下耦合损耗都维持在一个较低水平。因此,该接口器件能够实现光纤拼接时物理结构的过渡和不同模场直径的转换,从而使拼接损耗降到最低。     

Characterization of semiconductor core-shell nanoparticles by resonant Raman scattering and photoluminescence spectroscopy

Colloidal CdSe nanoparticles (NPs), passivated with CdS and ZnS, were characterized by resonant Raman scattering and photoluminescence (PL). The effect of the passivating shell, its volume and formation procedure on optical and vibrational spectra is discussed. Analyzing the Raman peaks due to optical phonons inside the core and those related to the core-shell interface allows some understanding of the relation between the core-shell structure and its PL properties to be achieved. In particular, a compositional intermixing at the core/shell interface of the NPs was deduced from the Raman spectra, which can noticeably affect their PL intensity.     

Designing optical-fiber modulators by using magnetic fluids

To reduce interface loss between optical fibers and devices in telecommunication systems, the development of an optical-fiber-based device that can be fused directly with fibers is important. A novel optical modulator consisting of a bare fiber core surrounded by magnetic fluids instead of by a SiO2 cladding layer is proposed. Applying a magnetic field raises the refractive index of the magnetic fluid. Thus we can control the occurrence of total reflection at the interface between the fiber core and the magnetic fluid when light propagates along the fiber. As a result, the intensity of the outgoing light is modulated by variation in field strength. Details of the design, fabrication, and working properties of such a modulator are presented.     

Optical manipulation at planar dielectric surfaces using evanescent Hermite-Gaussian light

We show that a set of high order Hermite-Gaussian light beams when internally reflected at a dielectric/vacuum interface can generate well-defined evanescent light modes in each of which the intensity distribution is confined to a sub-wavelength region near the interface outside the dielectric. We suggest that this could greatly facilitate lateral optical manipulation of nano-particles and neutral atoms along the interface. Equally significantly, the scenario could lead to the formation of two-dimensional optical potential arrays and surface optical lattices that could form a suitable architecture for the implementation of quantum computing using neutral atoms.     

Surface gap solitons

We put forward the existence of surface gap solitons at the interface between uniform media and an optical lattice with defocusing nonlinearity. Such new type of solitons forms when the incident and reflected waves at the interface of the lattice experience Bragg scattering, and feature a combination of the unique properties of both surface waves and gap solitons. We discover that gap surface solitons exist only when the lattice depth exceeds a threshold value, that they can be made completely stable, and that they can form stable bound states.     

纳米集成光路中的光源、光波导和光增强

使用近场光学显微术(scanning near-field optical microscopy, SNOM)研究了ZnO亚微米线端面出射性质,不同空间形貌Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体荧光器件光波导特性,二维光子晶体、准晶光子晶体对LED的出射增强作用以及表面等离激元(surface plasmon polariton, SPP)与半导体纳米荧光器件的相互作用,对纳米集成光路中的光源、光波导、光增强三个重要问题做了实验和理论上的分析.研究发现半导体微纳米线端面出射光束的质量与样品的直径有密切关系.通过合理地设计其直径和 关键词： 纳米集成光路 扫描近场光学显微术 光波导 光增强     

纳米集成光路中的光源、光波导和光增强

使用近场光学显微术(scanning near-field optical microscopy, SNOM)研究了ZnO亚微米线端面出射性质，不同空间形貌Ⅱ-Ⅵ族半导体荧光器件光波导特性，二维光子晶体、准晶光子晶体对LED的出射增强作用以及表面等离激元(surface plasmon polariton, SPP)与半导体纳米荧光器件的相互作用，对纳米集成光路中的光源、光波导、光增强三个重要问题做了实验和理论上的分析.研究发现半导体微纳米线端面出射光束的质量与样品的直径有密切关系.通过合理地设计其直径和     

The vector reflector

A linearly polarized Bessel beam, whose spatial frequencies correspond to the Brewster angle, impinging at normal incidence on a higher refractive-index interface is shown to lead to a reflected field that can be used to produce an azimuthally polarized optical vector beam.     

Periodic metal-dielectric interfaces for photonic applications

The photonic bandgap properties of periodic interfaces between noble metals and dielectrics exhibiting third-order optical nonlinearity are investigated. Some device configurations aimed at obtaining all-optical switching around 1500 nm are proposed, based either on the excitation of propagating surface plasmons at a sinusoidally modulated interface or on the back-reflection properties of a sawtooth-modulated metal-dielectric interface under normal incidence of the radiation. In the second case, 35% switching of 15-ps 5-nJ input pulses can be obtained using polydiacetylenes as the nonlinear dielectric.     

Subwavelength propagation and localization of light using surface plasmons: A brief perspective

Surface plasmons at the metal–dielectric interface have emerged as an important candidate to propagate and localize light at subwavelength scales. By tailoring the geometry and arrangement of metallic nanoarchitectures, propagating and localized surface plasmons can be obtained. In this brief perspective, we discuss: (1) how surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and localized surface plasmons (LSPs) can be optically excited in metallic nanoarchitectures by employing a variety of optical microscopy methods; (2) how SPPs and LSPs in plasmonic nanowires can be utilized for subwavelength polarization optics and single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) on a photonic chip; and (3) how individual plasmonic nanowire can be optically manipulated using optical trapping methods.     

多层光学薄膜矢量散射的理论与实验研究

本文提出一种用以计算多层光学薄膜的矢量散射波场分布的新方法。并应用统计学原理,详细讨论了不同膜层界面的互相关模型及相应的光学薄膜散射特性。推导中应用了薄膜光学的惯用概念,所得公式亦比较简洁。还实验测量了光学薄膜的散射波场分布,并根据所建立的模型确定了所测光学薄膜的界面互相关特性。 关键词：