用级联缓变结构实现光子晶体波导和传统波导的耦合

为了提高光子晶体波导与传统介质波导的耦合效率,设计了级联缓变结构.先将传统介质波导中的光耦合进尺寸相当的光子晶体W5波导中,然后W5波导中的光被耦合进尺寸较小些的W3波导中,最后光被耦合进尺寸最小的W1波导.各级波导之间由半径逐渐增大的空气孔连接,空气孔半径逐渐变化相当于波导有效折射率在变化,所以各级波导可以看作是被折射率缓变结构连接起来.由于折射率的缓变,使得光从前一级波导耦合进相邻的后一级波导时反射很小,从而能有效地提高耦合效率.数值计算表明,在光子晶体禁带范围内,除了波导有限长度和波导微小禁带造成的微小不通带外,耦合系数一般能达80%左右,最高可达到95%.     

二维光子晶体波导与单模平面介质波导间的喇叭波导接头

提出并优化了用于二维介质柱光子晶体波导与单模平面介质波导对接的基于分布布拉格反射波导的喇叭波导接头，提高了这两种波导之间的传输效率.二维时域有限差分仿真结果表明，在大部分光子晶体波导导模的频谱范围内，传输效率高于98％.传输效率最高可以达到99.85％. 关键词： 光子晶体波导 平面介质波导 时域有限差分     

两介质波导的最小中心间距

根据波导的耦合模理论,推导出两介质波导单位长度串扰的表达式,并在一定串扰的前提下,定义了两介质波导最小间距和最小中心间距,提出采用最小中心间距做为衡量波导集成度的参量.分析了波导尺寸及折射率差对最小间距、最小中心间距的影响.分析和模拟结果表明:折射率差越大,两波导最小间距、最小中心间距越小;在大折射率差的条件下,两波导最小间距可以降低到1 μm以下;在给定的工作波长、折射率分布的条件下,两介质波导的最小中心间距存在最小值.     

基于三波导定向耦合器的紧凑型偏振分束器的设计

为了提高偏振分束器的消光比,利用混合等离子体波导和条形介质波导之间的非对称定向耦合特性,设计了由两个尺寸不同的硅波导和一个中间输入混合等离子体波导组成的偏振分束器,采用三维时域有限差分法对偏振分束器的结构和性能进行优化.实验结果表明:混合等离子体波导中TE和TM模式的双折射率对比通过介质加载波导增强,可获得超紧凑的结构...     

W波段介质金属膜空芯波导的传输特性

分析比较了不同孔径、不同膜厚的金属膜空芯波导与介质金属膜空芯波导在损耗、色散、耦合效率等方面的传输性质。研究表明,较大的波导孔径与较小的介质膜厚能够获得较低的传输损耗。同时,镀制一定厚度的介质膜,将增大波导的单模传输范围并改善波导的色散特性。研究了高斯光源与波导的耦合效率,通过选择合适的光源,使高次模与波导的耦合效率远低于基模。讨论了介质膜对波导与光源之间耦合效率的影响,以及其在传输波长接近波导尺寸时对波导电场分布的影响。     

加载异向介质非辐射介质波导中的慢波传输及应用

将开口谐振环作为加载单元,分析了含有开口谐振环结构非辐射介质波导的新型传输特性.由于异向介质的双各向异性效应,纵剖面磁波型和纵剖面电波型在此新型非辐射介质波导中的传输速度能够减慢,甚至达到零速度.对于波导中的能量关系也进行了分析,研究表明,在一定情况下,慢波传输将引起功率流动的增强.这些特性使得此新型非辐射介质波导更能满足小型化的设计要求. 关键词： 开口谐振环 异向介质 非辐射介质波导 慢波传输     

THz波段渐变波导中的多模传输特性

 根据耦合波理论,推导出轴对称渐变波导中, 考虑波导壁损耗时的多模传输时域耦合波方程组,并给出该方程组中各模式间耦合系数的具体表达式。据此编写了渐变波导中多模传输特性数值模拟程序。利用该程序计算了在THz波段圆波导中的模式衰减,在THz波段研究波导中的多模传输特性时,必须考虑波导壁的阻抗损耗影响。数值分析了直波导中的模式耦合问题,从而证实了波导壁有限电导率能产生模式耦合这一耦合机制。介绍了利用该程序数值分析波导耦合器和过渡器中多模传输特性的两个例子,利用该程序可对波导耦合器和过渡器中的多模传输特性进行数值模拟分析,进而对结构进行设计和优化。     

对称单负介质包层平面波导的模式特征

系统研究了负μ材料(MNG)作为包层的对称三层平板波导的传输特性. 研究发现,这种波导既支持快波的传播,又支持TE₀,TE₁模式的慢波传输. 其模式特性不同于左手介质波导和传统介质波导,导模存在的模折射率范围要比它们的大. MNG波导的TE₀快波模缺失,且TE_m模(m>1)的传播常数大于TM_m模的传播常数. TE_m模具有双模特征,且与波导的结构参数密切相关,导致波导中的净能流出现负值. 关键词： 单负介质 平板波导 快波与慢波 传播常数     

Slot结构聚合物波导微环光学生物传感器研究

Slot结构在提高集成波导光学传感器灵敏度和降低探测极限值方面具有极大的优势。对基于Slot结构的聚合物PSQ-Ls波导微环光学生物传感器进行了研究。分析了850 nm波段Slot波导的单波导高度、狭缝宽度及单波导宽度对传感器灵敏度的影响,在满足单模传输的条件下,得到了优化的微环传感器横截面尺寸参数。对Slot结构波导微环的弯曲损耗、自由光谱范围等进行了仿真分析,得到微环传感器的消光比、品质因子等随结构参数的变化,确定了优化的微环弯曲半径、耦合效率。与正脊形结构波导微环传感器相比,Slot结构波导微环传感器的灵敏度是前者的两倍,探测极限值是其一半。     

基于三角晶格光子晶体多模波导1×2分束器的优化设计

依据自映像原理,设计了一种基于三角晶格光子晶体多模波导的1×2分束器.采用时域有限差分法模拟了光波在分束器中的传播行为,并计算了分束器的传输效率.结果表明,仅仅通过改变多模波导与输出波导联结处的介质柱的位置对结构进行优化,便可大大提高分束器在工作点频率处的传输效率和带宽,其多模耦合区的长度可低至3.1 μm.因而本文所设计的分束器具有更小的器件尺寸和更高的传输效率,易于大规模集成的实现,在未来的集成光路中具有广泛的应用价值.     

Design of hybrid optical waveguide with a 90° bend structure for high density photonics integrated circuits

A hybrid optical waveguide having a 90° sharp bend structure, composed of a dielectric straight waveguide, tapered dielectric strip waveguide, and microscale metal gap waveguide, is proposed and simulated to improve the efficiency of light coupling between dielectric and plasmonic waveguides. Our simulation result is a critical step for the hybrid integration of plasmonic components with conventional dielectric components.     

Numerical studies of 2D photonic crystals: Waveguides,coupling between waveguides and filters

In photonic crystals, light propagation is forbidden in a certain wavelength range, the bandgap. In a two-dimensional crystal composed of parallel high-refractive index rods in a low-index background a line defect can be formed by removing a row of these rods, which can act as a waveguide for frequencies in the bandgap of the crystal. In order to get more insight into the main features of such waveguides we have studied a number of properties, using simulation tools based on the finite difference time domain method and a finite element Helmholtz solver. We show conceptually simple methods for determining the bandgap of the crystal as well as the dispersion of a waveguide for wavelengths in this bandgap. For practical applications, it is also important to know how much light can be coupled into the waveguide. Therefore, the coupling of light from a dielectric slab waveguide into the photonic crystal waveguide has been examined, showing that a coupling efficiency of up to 83% can be obtained between a silicon oxide slab and a waveguide in a crystal of silicon rods. Finally, calculations on an ultra-compact filter based on reflectively terminated side-branches of waveguides (similar to tuned stubs in microwave engineering) are shown and discussed.     

Coupled mode analysis of light modulation in dielectric waveguides

A detailed analysis of electrooptic light modulation in optical waveguides is presented. Several important problems of a waveguide modulator, such as the difference of waveguide axes from crystalline electrooptic ones, the distribution of transverse and longitudinal field components of light modes, and the traveling-wave property of the modulating field, are discussed. The analysis is based on the coupled mode theory, regarding the modulation as the coupling among sidebands of unperturbed waveguide modes. The coupled mode equation is derived for the modulation in optical waveguides. It can be solved if the normal modes of the waveguide are given. Actually the equation is solved for the modulation in dielectric slab waveguides and the mechanism of modulation is discussed. The results of the analysis are applied to designing two types of waveguide modulators. In an example (10.6 μm modulator with a GaAs slab waveguide) a new efficient crystal orientation is found. The calculated phase retardation with this orientation is 0.13 rad/(V·cm) with a 1 μm thick slab. Another example of a 0.633 μm modulator using a LiTaO₃ crystal as a substrate is also described.     

Adiabatic coupling between conventional dielectric waveguides and waveguides with discrete translational symmetry

We study adiabatic transformation in optical waveguides with discrete translational symmetry. We calculate the reflection and transmission coefficient for a structure consisting of a slab waveguide that is adiabatically transformed into a photonic crystal waveguide and then back into a slab waveguide. The calculation yields high transmission over a wide frequency range of the photonic crystal waveguide band and indicates efficient coupling between the slab waveguide and the photonic crystal waveguide. Other applications of adiabatic mode transformation in photonic crystal waveguides and the coupled-resonator optical waveguides are also discussed.     

Circular arc plasmonic waveguide couplers between two-dimensional dielectric slab waveguides and plasmonic waveguides

We investigate the properties of arc plasmonic waveguide coupler between two-dimensional dielectric slab waveguides and plasmonic waveguides with two-dimensional finite difference time domain methods. The simulation results show that transmission efficiency between high index dielectric slab waveguides with width 300 nm and silver-air-silver waveguides with width 40 nm connected by the coupler can reach to 90.4% at optical communication wavelength. And, by optimizing the shapes near the ends of the coupler, the transmission efficiency can be improved to 98.4%.     

基于波导间能量耦合效应的光子晶体频段选择与能量分束器

基于波导间能量耦合效应的光子晶体功率分束器具有结构紧凑、带宽较宽、弯曲损耗低、分光角度大和不受外界电磁场干扰等优点.本文利用时域有限差分方法,理论研究了二维三角晶格光子晶体耦合波导的功率分束特性,设计得出了一种能够在宽频谱范围内针对不同频率区间实现不同分光比的功能器件.在此基础上通过改变耦合区介质柱形状以及输出分支波导与能量耦合波导的连接位置,最终针对三个相邻频率范围内的入射光信号,较好地实现了三均分、二均分、单一输出通道这3种能量分配输出模式.该功能器件具有透过率对比度高、结构紧凑等特性,对于发展全光功能器件在大规模全光复杂集成领域内的实际应用具有一定的促进作用.     

Numerical Analysis of Coupling between Two-Dimensional Conventional Dielectric Waveguides and Photonic Crystal Waveguide

A problem of coupling between conventional dielectric waveguides and a two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide is analyzed, using the Fourier series expansion method combined with the absorbing boundary condition of a perfectly matched layer (PML). A novel structure for the input and output ends of the photonic crystal waveguide is proposed to increase the coupling efficiency. Numerical examples are demonstrated and discussed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed structure.     

Analysis and design of efficient coupling in photonic crystal circuits

A rigorous analysis and design of efficient coupling from photonic crystal (PhC) waveguides into conventional dielectric waveguides is reported. Closed-form expressions for the reflection and transmission matrices that completely characterize the scattering that occurs at the interface are derived based on an eigenmode expansion technique and a Bloch basis. Analytic expressions are used to analyze the reflection into PhC waveguides. We obtain that negligible reflection can be achieved by choosing a certain interface within a PhC unit cell. Furthermore, analytic expressions are used to design a novel and compact coupler structure in order to achieve high coupling efficiency when broad dielectric waveguides are considered. Thereby, transmission efficiencies near 100 from the fundamental guided Bloch mode into the fundamental waveguide mode are achieved.     

Asymmetric plasmonic-dielectric coupler with short coupling length, high extinction ratio, and low insertion loss

Asymmetric directional coupling between a hybrid plasmonic waveguide with subwavelength field confinement and a conventional dielectric waveguide is investigated. The proposed hybrid coupler features short coupling length, high coupling efficiency, high extinction ratio, and low insertion loss; it can also be integrated into a silicon-based platform. This coupler can be potentially adopted for signal routing between plasmonic waveguides and dielectric waveguides in photonic integrated circuits. Furthermore, it can be exploited to efficiently excite hybrid plasmonic modes with conventional dielectric modes.     

Composite optical fibre–slab waveguides: a scalar,coupled-mode analysis with vector corrections

Analytically-derived vector corrections are included as additional coupling coefficients in numerical calculations of scalar coupled-mode and compound-mode theory (SCMT) of composite fibre–slab waveguides. The slab waveguide is asymmetric, with moderate light-wave guiding and coupling assumed and the resultant polarization effects are of interest. It is found that the modifications to light propagation and coupling coefficients determined previously by first-order SCMT are dependent mainly on the strength of coupled fibre and slab modes, the thickness of the guiding layers and the ratio of refractive indices of guiding to cladding layer (asymmetry of the slab waveguide). The vector corrections observed are not significant compared with our previous SCMT results, as the optical constants defined appear to satisfy the approximations necessary for the scalar analysis. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.