Highly enhanced broadband infrared absorption of germanium by multi-layer plasmonic nano-antenna

High-sensitivity and broad bandwidth photo-detector devices are important for both fundamental studies and high-technology applications. Here, by using three-dimensional （3D） finite-difference time-domain simulation, we design an optimized 3D multi-layer gold nano-antenna to enhance the near-infrared （NIR） absorption of germanium nanoparticles. The key ingredient is the simultaneous presence of multiple plasmonic resonance modes with strong light-harvesting effect that encompass a broad bandwidth of germanium absorption band. The simulation results show more than two orders of magnitude enhanced absorption efficiency of gernanium around 1550 nm. The design opens up a promising way to build high-sensitivity and broad bandwidth NIR photo-detectors.     

Ultrasmall focusing spot with a long depth of focus based on polarization and phase modulation

A design for focusing an incoming light into an ultrasmall spot with a long depth of focus is proposed. We use a phase plate with three concentric regions to modulate the incoming light from radial polarization into outward-inward-outward polarization. The analysis shows that the design is more suitable for a lens with a high numerical aperture because much energy is concentrated in the main lobe of the focus spot.     

Experimental study of unidirectional excitation of SPPs by binary area-coded nanohole arrays

We present an experimental study on a unidirectional surface plasmon polariton （SPP） launcher based on a compact binary area-coded nanohole array, where the symmetry breaking is realized via effective-index modulation in the binary pattern of the gold film, thus avoiding the challenge of modulating nanostructure in its depth. It is shown that SPPs can be unidirectionally and effectively excited at normal incidence. The SPP intensity and asymmetric excitation ratio, which are two key figure-of-merits of SPP launchers, can be improved by increasing the number of array rows. The proposed device is compatible with most mature top-town nanofabrieation techniques and thus is perspective for low-cost mass production.     

Ultrabroadband superoscillatory lens composed by plasmonic metasurfaces for subdiffraction light focusing

Conventional optics is diffraction limited due to the cutoff of spatial frequency components, and evanescent waves allow subdiffraction optics at the cost of complex near‐field manipulation. Recently, optical superoscillatory phenomena were employed to realize superresolution lenses in the far field, but suffering from very narrow working wavelength band due to the fragility of the superoscillatory light field. Here, an ultrabroadband superoscillatory lens (UBSOL) is proposed and realized by utilizing the metasurface‐assisted law of refraction and reflection in arrayed nanorectangular apertures with variant orientations. The ultrabroadband feature mainly arises from the nearly dispersionless phase profile of transmitted light through the UBSOL for opposite circulation polarization with respect to the incident light. It is demonstrated in experiments that subdiffraction light focusing behavior holds well with nearly unchanged focal patterns for wavelengths spanning across visible and near‐infrared light. This method is believed to find promising applications in superresolution microscopes or telescopes, high‐density optical data storage, etc.

     

Evolution of polarization singularities accompanied by avoided crossing in plasmonic system

The evolution of polarization singularities supported in a one-dimensional periodic plasmonic system is studied. The lateral inversion symmetry of the system, which breaks the in-plane inversion symmetry and up-down mirror symmetry simultaneously, yields abundant polarization states. A complete evolution process with geometry for the polarization states is traced. In the evolution, circularly polarized points (C points) can stem from 3 different processes. In addition to the previously reported processes occurring in an isolated band, a new type of C point appearing in two bands simultaneously due to the avoided band crossing, is observed. Unlike the dielectric system with a similar structure which only supports at-$\varGamma$ bound states in the continuum (BICs), accidental BICs off the $\varGamma$ point are realized in this plasmonic system. This work provides a new scheme of polarization manipulation for the plasmonic systems.     

Tuning of plasmonic behaviours in coupled metallic nanotube arrays

We theoretically investigate the influence of the shape of nanoholes on plasmonic behaviours in coupled elliptical metallic nanotube arrays by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.We study the structure in two cases:one for the array aligned along the minor axis and the other for the array aligned along the major axis.It is found that the optical properties and plasmonic effects can be tuned by the effective surface charges as a result of the variation in the minor axis length.Based on the localized nature of electric field distributions,we also clearly show that the presence of localized plasmon resonant modes originates from multipolar plasmon polaritons and a large magnitude of opposing surface charges build up in the gap between adjacent nanotubes.     

聚敛光下的Wollaston棱镜光强分束比研究

从棱镜的结构特点出发,利用折射定律和菲涅耳公式,推导了Wollaston棱镜对聚敛光的光强分束比随方位角的变化关系式。在入射角给定的情况下,分析了方位角对光强分束比的影响。结果表明:在入射角取定值时,方位角对光强分束比的影响基本呈二次曲线型变化;当方位角在160°～180°时,光强分束比最小。     

光学成像法和穿孔法测量飞秒激光焦斑特征

超短超强激光焦斑参数的精确测量是深入开展精密物理实验的前提。在SILEX-Ⅰ激光装置上,采用光学成像法和穿孔法测量了μJ级能量下的激光焦斑特性,采用光学成像方法得到了激光主瓣大小及能量集中度信息,通过穿孔法得到了激光能量透过率与不同大小孔径的关系曲线,并对两种方法得到的测量结果进行了比对研究。研究结果表明,光学焦斑测量法和穿孔法都可以比较准确地反映激光焦斑的能量分布情况,得到的能量分布偏差小于10%。     

线偏振器对偏振法折射率测量的影响

在一阶近似下，本文着重分析了偏振法折射率测量中线偏振器漏光误差和转角误差的影响，并导出了有关公式。数据计算表明，当线偏振器位于反射光路中时，转角误差影响最大，若转角误差小于５′时，由此产生的折射率误差约为５．５×１０（－７），此时漏光误差不影响折射率测量精度。当线偏振器位于人射光路中时，若利用中高精度线偏振器（消光比１０（－５）），则由此产生的折射率测量误差约为２．３×１０（－７）。相对该方法的随机误差１０（－５），无论线偏振器位于反射光路或入射光路中，由它产生的折射率测量误差均可忽略不计。     

大长宽比矩形有源非稳腔模式的数值模拟

 利用快速傅里叶变换算法和薄层增益近似方法,在Matlab计算平台上,对大长宽比正支共焦有源谐振腔进行了数值模拟。得到了长宽比为3.6∶1的大功率化学激光器输出的近场模式强度和相位分布,以及理想聚焦下的远场光斑的强度分布。给出了由非均匀增益引起的强度分布不均对远场光斑的影响。得到的近场图像结果和实验结果基本一致,表明本方法可以对大长宽比矩形腔的输出模式进行仿真,从而为激光器的光束质量改善提供计算参考。     

Demagnifying far field focusing spot to deep subwavelength scale by truncated hyperlens for nanolithography

A truncated hyperlens composed of pairs of metal-dielectric cylindrical multilayers is proposed to demagnify the diffraction limited spot to achieve deep subwavelength imaging. The diffraction limited spot is focused by far field converging cylindrical wave. Numerical simulations demonstrate that full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the image down to 32 nm (∼λ/11) can be achieved from object (∼λ/3) by 365 nm light illumination. It is discussed that the influence of size and focusing shift of the spot on those of the demagnification image on photoresist. It is also demonstrated that multi-objects can be demagnified and projected on the photoresist.     

Investigation of the impulse response of an image inversion interferometer

Based on the proposal of Wicker and Heintzmann “Interferometric resolution improvement for confocal microscopes” [1] we demonstrate in principle the functionality of an image inversion interferometer (III) experimentally, which can be described by an appropriate frequency transfer function. Thereby, the FWHM of the impulse response narrows around 30% compared to the PSF of a classical system. The experimental data yield a FWHM of the impulse response of 0.83 μm as compared to the theoretical value of 1.21 μm at by a wide field detection (NA=0.25) without an interferometer.     

利用偏振度研究混合目标的混合比

提出一种利用偏振度研究混合目标混合比的新方法。通过建立混合目标模型将混合目标散射光的偏振度与混合目标的混合比建立直接的关系,在理论上得到了混合目标混合比分别与混合目标偏振度和归一化偏振度之间的数值关系,并且进一步给出了混合目标混合比由归一化偏振度的反演结果,为研究混合目标提供了新的思路与方法,对偏振度探测混合目标的实验以及工程应用都有重要的理论意义。     

Nanometer linear focusing of hard x rays by a multilayer Laue lens

We report on a type of linear zone plate for nanometer-scale focusing of hard x rays, a multilayer Laue lens (MLL), produced by sectioning a multilayer and illuminating it in Laue diffraction geometry. Because of its large optical depth, a MLL spans the diffraction regimes applicable to a thin Fresnel zone plate and a crystal. Coupled wave theory calculations indicate that focusing to 5 nm or smaller with high efficiency should be possible. Partial MLL structures with outermost zone widths as small as 10 nm have been fabricated and tested with 19.5 keV synchrotron radiation. Focal sizes as small as 30 nm with efficiencies up to 44% are measured.     

Comparison of subwavelength focusing properties of diffraction and Fresnel zone plate plasmonic planar lenses

The subwavelength focusing properties of diffractive plasmonic planar lenses (DPLs) and Fresnel zone plate plasmonic planar lenses (FZPs) have been compared in this paper. To that end, we use the same lens material, incident wavelength, thickness and focal length for comparison. Both DPLs and FZPs consist of central circular slits surrounded by transparent and opaque zones and can get clear focusing performances. By using the rigorous electromagnetic numerical method, the fields in the focal region are analyzed in detail, and our results demonstrate that FZP can generate higher transmission efficiency, and higher peak field intensity at the focal plane. Focusing polarization properties of the lens illuminated by linearly polarized state, are calculated and analyzed also. The numerical results show that both the DPL and the FZP produce asymmetrical focal spot distributions with a low f-number. To the FZP, the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) varies from 256 nm (along y-axis) to 516 nm(along x-axis) and to the DPL, the FWHM varies from 256 nm(along y-axis) to 580 nm(along x-axis), respectively. But for a high f-number, the asymmetrical performance of the focal spot will be reduced due to complicated electromagnetical field interferences and micro waveguide effect. Otherwise, the DPL can get a higher depolarization effect than the FZP does.     

基于动态磁聚焦的CT球管飞焦点研究

作为CT设备的核心器件,CT球管采用动态磁聚焦技术以利于大电流输出时小焦点的实现。飞焦点技术可以多角度记录每次扫描的每个投影,提高采样率,从而大幅改善图像清晰度,提高成像质量。当CT球管为1 A大电流输出时,采用CST软件对双磁四极透镜关键参数进行模拟仿真及优化,满足焦点目标尺寸为0.2 mm×0.6 mm的同时具备飞焦点功能。