胶体光子晶体的平面介电常数缺陷

为引入特殊的光学性质,通常需要在三维光子晶体中人为可控地引入缺陷.通过改变局部结构单元的尺寸或介电常数,相应地引入给体或受体掺杂,带来不同的缺陷态.以前文献报道的向胶体光子晶体中引入缺陷,常会因为同时引入尺寸和介电常数掺杂,给掺杂性质的界定带来困难.本文中,我们结合对流自组装法和L-B膜法,在实心二氧化硅微球组成的三维光子晶体内引入尺寸相同的二氧化硅空心球(与实心球相比具有不同折光率)组成的单层平面缺陷,或者在空心球晶体内引入实心球缺陷层,构成实心-空心-实心或空心-实心-空心的三明治结构,在不破坏整体晶格的同时,在三维胶体光子晶体中引入单一的平面介电常数缺陷.     

基于胆甾相液晶的可调制光子晶体

将胆甾相液晶填充进胶体晶体内部空隙, 通过胆甾相液晶与胶体晶体的耦合, 构建了一种新型可调制液晶光子晶体. 填充于胶体晶体内部的胆甾相液晶织构呈现典型的手性近晶相(S)特征. 由于胆甾相液晶具有特定的选择性反射, 当胶体晶体的带隙处于胆甾相液晶的反射波长范围之内, 则随着温度的改变, 胶体晶体的带隙与胆甾相液晶的带隙同时发生蓝移. 在一定温度条件下, 胆甾相液晶的带隙将与胶体晶体的带隙发生耦合, 实现了光子晶体带隙在单峰与双峰之间的可逆切换.     

手性Salen-Ni(Ⅱ)络合物的ECD光谱及其绝对构型关联:可见区第一ECD吸收带的指纹作用

对系列手性salen-Ni(Ⅱ)络合物的电子圆二色(ECD)光谱及其绝对构型关联进行了概述.根据晶体结构和对固、液ECD光谱的表征,结合理论计算,着重探讨了准平面型手性[Ni(salen)]的固态结构及其在溶液中的绝对构型和优势构象.在此基础上通过若干实例说明了平面四方形[M(salen)]络合物两种绝对构型命名法,并给出了我们的建议.对[Ni(sal-R, R-chxn)] [sal-R, R-chxn = (R, R)-N, N'-双(亚水杨基)-1, 2-二亚氨基环己烷]的二氯甲烷溶液ECD光谱的计算结果表明,可见区第一个ECD吸收带主要是π →d荷移跃迁(LMCT)所致,而不是通常认为的d-d跃迁: [Ni(sal-R, R-chxn)]的绝对构型为Λ,其在可见区第一个ECD吸收带为正.将此ECD指纹应用于具有“闭壳层”电子结构的其它平面型手性[Ni(salen)]和六配位trans-[Co^Ⅲ(salen)L₂]络合物的绝对构型指认,具有一定的普适性.本文的研究结果对于深入理解手性[M(salen)]络合物的配位立体化学、手征光学性质及其手性识别和不对称催化机理具有重要科学意义.     

Directional Study of the Optical Properties of Tb3+‐ and Eu3+‐Doped Nanoparticles Embedded in Silica Photonic Crystals

The effects of the stop band (SB) in colloidal photonic crystals composed of silica spheres containing Eu³⁺‐ and Tb³⁺‐doped yttria nanoparticles are analysed. Reflection and transmission spectra indicate movement of the stop band, due to the 111 series of planes, towards shorter wavelengths with increasing angle of observation. The profile of the emission spectra is modified by the presence of the SB depending on the angle of measurement. Such a modification is more effective for a narrow emission band and it is thus more evident in the case of Tb³⁺ than Eu³⁺. An angular effect is also observed in the lifetime, which presents two maxima and one minimum. In the case of Tb³⁺ the maxima are at observation angles of 35 and 50°, and the minimum at 45°. We attribute this behaviour to penetration of the excitation beam at 475 nm modulated by the stop band. The ions excited in this way emit from different depths in the crystal, and therefore their lifetime will be affected differently by the same stop band, depending on the thickness of the crystal that must be crossed. Eu³⁺ shows a similar but less pronounced effect for two reasons: first, the main stop band (due to the 111 planes) is not effective at the excitation wavelength of 392 nm; second, the broadness of the Eu³⁺ emission is comparable to the width of the SB, and a decrease in the transition rate at the wavelength of the SB maximum is compensated by an increase at the sides of the SB.     

金属Al薄膜基微池强制沉积胶体光子晶体的制备

强制沉积法是一种利用自组装原理快速沉积胶体晶体有序阵列的模板方法. 我们利用微机械刻划法加工金属Al薄膜, Al膜厚控制微粒粒径和聚醚砜膜厚控制层数, 成功地制备了用于强制沉积光子晶体的微池装置. 为了检验该微池装置的有效性, 我们分别测试了不同粒径(224, 245和283 nm)单分散聚苯乙烯微球的沉积效果, 并且对其中一种微球(283 nm)进行了不同温度的烘干处理, 检验了烘干温度对该样品表面形貌和光子带隙中心波长的影响. 实验结果表明, 该光子晶体呈面心立方结构, 内部晶格完整, 缺陷较少, 带隙中心波长的实验值与计算值符合得较好. 此外, 烘干处理可以使构成光子晶体的微球发生微观变化, 并导致光子带隙中心波长的蓝移.     

带隙可调各向同性蛋白石光子晶体的制备与研究

用旋涂法将聚苯乙烯微球组装成光子晶体,研究了此光子晶体的特点,并分析了在单一微球粒径下旋涂参数对光子带隙的影响.结果表明:旋涂法制备的光子晶体具有各向同性特点,其光子带隙由旋涂参数决定.光子晶体的反射波段取决于乳液中微球的质量分数,而反射强度取决于旋涂层数.因此,在设计光子晶体时,可以根据需要,通过微球的质量分数和旋涂...     

Endowing Zeolite LTA Superballs with the Ability to Manipulate Light in Multiple Ways

Advances in zeolites research emerging from interdisciplinary efforts have opened new opportunities beyond conventional applications. Colloids drive much current research owing to their distinct collective behaviors, but so far, using zeolites as a colloidal building block to construct ordered superstructures remains unexplored. Herein we show that self-assembly of colloidal zeolite LTA superball (ZAS) by tilted-angle sedimentation forms macroscopic films with micro-mesoporosity and 3D long-range periodicity featuring a photonic band gap (PBG) that is tunable through the superball geometry and responds reversibly to chemical vapors. Remarkably, self-assembly of ZAS at elevated temperature forms 3D chiral photonic crystals that enable negative circular dichroism, selective reflection of right-handed circularly polarized (CP) light and left-handed CP luminescence based on PBG. We present a novel class of functional colloids and zeolite-based photonic crystals with the ability to manipulate light in several ways.     

手性钙钛矿的结构维度与光电特性

近十年,有机无机杂化钙钛矿凭借其新颖优异的光电特性而引起广泛关注。最近,手性钙钛矿由于结合了钙钛矿材料和手性材料各自独特性能,在三维显示、光学信息处理、量子光学、生物探测、自旋电子等方面具有重要应用价值。根据有机、无机组分的空间分布,可以对手性钙钛矿的结构维度进行分类。本文以手性钙钛矿的不同结构维度为出发点,分别阐述了一维、二维和三维手性钙钛矿的晶体结构、光学和光电特性,包括圆二色性、圆偏振光致发光和光电探测等特性。考虑到二维手性钙钛矿具有独特的范德华层状晶体结构,重点介绍了其与其它二维材料组合成二维异质结构方面的工作。最后,分别从材料制备和器件应用的角度,总结了手性钙钛矿的重点挑战问题和未来发展方向。     

Templated‐Assembly of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals into 2D Photonic Supercrystals with Amplified Spontaneous Emission

Perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have revolutionized optoelectronic devices because of their versatile optical properties. However, controlling and extending these functionalities often requires a light‐management strategy involving additional processing steps. Herein, we introduce a simple approach to shape perovskite nanocrystals (NC) into photonic architectures that provide light management by directly shaping the active material. Pre‐patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) templates are used for the template‐induced self‐assembly of 10 nm CsPbBr₃ perovskite NC colloids into large area (1 cm²) 2D photonic crystals with tunable lattice spacing, ranging from 400 nm up to several microns. The photonic crystal arrangement facilitates efficient light coupling to the nanocrystal layer, thereby increasing the electric field intensity within the perovskite film. As a result, CsPbBr₃ 2D photonic crystals show amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) under lower optical excitation fluences in the near‐IR, in contrast to equivalent flat NC films prepared using the same colloidal ink. This improvement is attributed to the enhanced multi‐photon absorption caused by light trapping in the photonic crystal.     

Light energy accumulation by cholesteric liquid crystal layer at oblique incidence

Oblique propagation of light through a planar layer of a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is solved by Ambartsumian’s modified layer addition method. Two cases are considered, namely, the case when dielectric boundaries have a minimum influence on light transmission and the case when the CLC layer is in a vacuum. It is shown that in the first case a total internal reflection can happen for the fast eigen-mode at large incidence angles. New important features of light reflection (transmission) spectra, photonic density of states and accumulated energy density in the CLC layer are studied. The light localisation peculiarities in the CLC layer at oblique incidence is investigated too. It is shown that the light localisation for both the long-wavelength edge mode and the short-wavelength edge mode changes differently when the incidence angle changes. The obtained results can be used in the design of low-threshold lasers, in solar cell systems, in chiral photonics, in systems strongly absorbing light at certain wavelengths and when designing systems with absorption suppression created on the base of absorbing media, etc.     

反蛋白石结构光催化剂的制备与应用进展

光子晶体是一种具有光子禁带的周期性结构,在一定的波长范围内,光在晶体的某些方向上是不允许传播的;反蛋白石结构作为一种典型的光子晶体结构,具有慢光效应、多次散射效应和放大光子吸收、发射等特性,可以提高催化剂的传质效率、活性中心的曝光率和其集光性能,因此其在光催化领域受到越来越多的关注.我们综述了反蛋白石结构的光学性质;将...     

Tuning of Photonic band gap via combined effect of electric and optical fields in a blue phase liquid crystal composite

ABSTRACT

Blue phase liquid crystals are soft 3D photonic crystals in which the liquid crystal molecules self-assemble to form a cubic structure with lattice spacing of a few hundred nanometers resulting in selective reflection of colours in the visible spectrum. The corresponding wavelength or the ‘photonic band gap’ can be tuned using various external stimuli such as thermal, electric, magnetic and optical fields. Here, we report efficient tuning of photonic band gap by utilising the combination of electric and optical fields in a blue phase liquid crystalline system. The studies indicate that the chirality of the medium has a direct bearing on the direction of the wavelength shift and the extent of the photonic band gap tunability. More importantly, the synergistic effect of the two fields helps in reversible tuning of the band gap.     

Laser emission at the second-order photonic band gap in an electric-field-distorted cholesteric liquid crystal

ABSTRACT

We study the optical properties of a cholesteric liquid crystal doped with a fluorescent dye in the regime of highly distorted helix without full helix unwinding. The distortion was achieved by applying a pulsed AC electric field, perpendicular to the helix axis. If the pulse is in the millisecond range, the helix is deformed but keeps its original pitch even for electric fields higher than the theoretical critical field for helix unwinding. In this field regime, very pronounced high-order photonic band gaps are observed, in agreement with our calculations. We theoretically explore the possibility of obtaining viable laser emission at the second-order photonic band gap, and experimentally find that lasing is not only possible but has a figure of merit similar to that of the usual laser at the main-gap region. Therefore, electric-field-induced high-order photonic band gaps are potentially useful for multiline laser applications.     

Nematic liquid crystal gyroids as photonic crystals

ABSTRACT

We demonstrate nematic and cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) gyroids and show their photonic properties as photonic crystals by using numerical modelling. The LC gyroids are designed as composite optical materials, where we take one labyrinth of passages to be a solid dielectric, whereas the other (complementing) labyrinth of passages is taken to be filled by chiral or achiral nematic LC, with the intermediate gyroid surface imposing homeotropic (perpendicular) surface anchoring. The nematic inside the gyroid matrix is shown to exhibit a variety of possible orientational profiles which are characterised by complex networks of topological defects – from ordered, semi-ordered, to completely disordered. The diversity of possible nematic states is shown to lead to a rich structure of photonic bands, which can be tuned by the LC volume fraction and the cholesteric pitch, including control over full – direct and indirect – band gaps.     

Inhibition and exaltation of emission in layer-controlled colloidal photonic architectures

We described the engineering and characterization of photonic colloidal crystals based on silica spheres with incorporated YVO₄:Eu luminescent nanoparticles. These structures exhibit strong angle-dependent luminescent properties. The controlled incorporation of a planar defect in the periodic structures gives rise to the creation of a pass band in the pseudo-gap. In the energy range of this pass band, we observed a strong increase in combination with a sharp width of the emission spectrum, which opens new possibilities for the design of low-threshold and/or single mode photonic crystal lasers.     

流动控制沉积法制备PMMA叠层光子晶体薄膜及其光学性能研究

采用流动控制沉积法,通过调控泵速和聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)胶体微球溶液的浓度,制备出微球排列高度有序且薄膜紧密附着于基底的高质量光子晶体薄膜。获得了制备高质量PMMA光子晶体薄膜的组装条件范围,发现在该条件范围内,当泵速或胶体微球溶液浓度一定时,PMMA光子晶体薄膜的厚度随胶体微球溶液浓度的增加或泵速的降低而增加。研究了组装条件对PMMA光子晶体薄膜光学性能的影响,发现光子禁带位置随光子晶体薄膜厚度增加或减少而红移或蓝移。在此基础上,控制组装条件得到了不同尺寸微球堆叠而成的叠层光子晶体薄膜,并研究了其光学性能的变化规律。结果显示,叠层光子晶体薄膜的光子禁带峰为各层叠层光子晶体禁带峰的简单叠加,且峰强度受光入射角方向影响。     

光子晶体非线性效应全光开关研究

全光化以其快速传输处理信息的优点已成为当前的研究热点,其中全光开关在全光化中发挥着重要作用。本文利用平面波展开法与超原胞技术相结合的方法,对光子晶体结构的能带分布进行了研究,并对其禁带特性进行了分析,确定了以四方晶系为结构基础进行全光开关的设计研究。此外,在四方晶系结构基础上设计了波导与谐振腔耦合的全光开关结构,利用时域有限差分法进行模拟仿真,对电磁场分布图进行了研究。并在此基础上对结构进行了设计优化,使开关的性能得到提升。通过对光子晶体禁带特性的研究和对全光开关的仿真结果的分析,本文证实基于光子晶体的非线性克尔效应可以设计出开关性能较为优异的全光开关结构,并可减小全光开关的尺寸和反应时间。     

TiO2光子晶体的光子带隙及其应用

最近利用TiO₂光子晶体控制光子的研究取得了一定进展。本文概述了TiO₂光子晶体的分类、性质、制备和应用。TiO₂光子晶体在反射器件、光电转换、化学传感器和光催化等方面应用前景广阔,目前,可见光和近红外波段的TiO₂光子晶体的合成是工作的难点,本文对今后TiO₂光子晶体的研究提出了展望。     

Recent progress in chiral photonic band‐gap liquid crystals for laser applications

This article describes a brief review of recent research advances in chiral liquid crystals (CLCs) for laser applications. The CLC molecules have an intrinsic capability to spontaneously organize supramolecular helical assemblages consisting of liquid crystalline layers through their helical twisting power. Such CLC supramolecular helical structures can be regarded as one‐dimensional photonic crystals (PhCs). Owing to their supramolecular helical structures, the CLCs show negative birefringence along the helical axis. Selective reflection of circularly polarized light is the most unique and important optical property in order to generate internal distributed feedback effect for optically‐excited laser emission. When a fluorescent dye is embedded in the CLC medium, optical excitation gives rise to stimulated laser emission peak(s) at the band edge(s) and/or within the CLC selective reflection. Furthermore, the optically‐excited laser emission peaks can be controlled by external stimuli through the self‐organization of CLC molecules. This review introduces the research background of CLCs carried out on the PhC realm, and highlights intriguing precedents of various CLC materials for laser applications. It would be greatly advantageous to fabricate active CLC laser devices by controlling the supramolecular helical structures. Taking account of the peculiar features, we can envisage that a wide variety of supramolecular helical structures of CLC materials will play leading roles in next‐generation optoelectronic molecular devices. © 2010 The Japan Chemical Journal Forum and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ) DOI 10.1002/tcr.201000013     

Polymeric One‐Dimensional Photonic Crystals by Continuous Coextrusion

It is shown that narrowband one‐dimensional photonic crystals can be fabricated from polymeric materials using laboratory scale layer‐multiplying coextrusion technology. The tuning of the photonic bandgap is demonstrated with films that selectively filter different regions of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. The layer uniformity of the photonic crystals is evaluated by comparing the measured UV‐vis transmission spectra with model simulations, and is independently confirmed with atomic force microscopy. Assemblies of alternating polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) layers exhibit a narrow reflection band with close to 100% reflection in good agreement with the prediction for uniform layers. The flexibility of the process is demonstrated by the fabrication of elastomeric one‐dimensional photonic crystals. It is anticipated that this technology will enable the rapid and facile realization of new polymeric optical devices.