一种新型光子晶体波导定向耦合型超微偏振光分束器

将两个二维空气孔光子晶体波导平行放置,两波导之间由三排空气孔相隔,构成一个定向耦合器.数值分析了TE(磁场平行于空气孔)和TM(电场平行于空气孔)偏振态光波在该定向耦合器中的传播行为.结果表明,减小耦合区两波导间的一排介质柱的半径,TE模的耦合长度减小,而TM模的耦合长度不变.基于此结构,设计了超微偏振光分束器,整个器件的尺寸为10.1μm,与已报道的24.2μm的结果相比,该器件具有更小的器件尺寸和更高的输出效率.     

聚合物填充的狭缝波导定向耦合器的数值分析(英文)

利用亥姆霍兹方程和有限差分法,给出一种用于分析聚合物SU-8填充的双狭缝波导定向耦合特性的数值方法,推导出双耦合狭缝波导模式特性的特征方程,并做了离散化和稀疏化处理,得到耦合波导的模式场分布和有效折射率.通过求解最高阶偶对称和最高阶奇对称模式的有效折射率,得到TE和TM偏振态下定向耦合器的耦合长度.数值分析结果表明,当耦合间距小于800nm时,耦合长度小于100μm.利用椭偏仪测得狭缝波导各层材料的光学参数随工作波长的色散关系,研究分析了双狭缝波导耦合长度和模式损耗的色散特性.分析显示,随着工作波长的增大,两种偏振模式下的耦合长度均减小,且TM模式下的耦合长度大于TE模式下的耦合长度,当工作波长为1 550nm时,二者分别为28.2和26.2μm(两狭缝波导间的耦合间距为0.5μm时).同时,模式损耗也随波长的增大而减小,且TE模式损耗大于TM模式损耗,当工作波长为1 550nm时,TE及TM模式的振幅衰减系数分别为5.65和3.16dB/cm.     

Photonic crystal-based dual-band demultiplexers on silicon materials

This investigation presents a novel design of dual-band demultiplexers based on a periodic hexagonal lattice of holes or rods on silicon materials. The demultiplexing function can be applied by coupling between two defect waveguides at one wavelength with no coupling then at another wavelength. Appropriately choosing the radius and number of separated rows yields a broad bandwidth for one range of wavelengths. Two designs that use rods or holes to generate photonic crystals are realized. An analysis based on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and plane wave expansion (PWE) methods demonstrates that a 1.3/1.55 μm dual-band wavelength demultiplexer can have a very low insertion loss and high isolation ratio.     

双芯光子晶体光纤宽带定向耦合器研究

利用半矢量有限差分法设计了具有低折射率双芯的光子晶体光纤宽带定向耦合器,并数值计算了双芯光子晶体光纤的结构参量对耦合性能的影响.数值结果表明,通过优化选取光子晶体光纤包层结构参量和纤芯掺杂浓度,双芯光子晶体光纤耦合器可以实现宽带耦合.在1.22~1.65 μm 波长范围内其耦合长度稳定在26637 nm±235 nm范围内,耦合器设计成耦合比为50%和10%,分别实现了耦合比为（50±0.702）%和（10±0.664）%的良好特性.     

Analysis of Coupling and Radiation Properties for an Improved Dielectric Waveguide Directional Coupler Utilizing a Tapering Left-Handed Slab Core

The coupling and radiation characteristics of an improved dielectric waveguide directional coupler with a tapering left-handed slab core located in the coupling region are analyzed by the staircase approximation method, which combines the building block approach and multi-mode network theory with a rigorous mode-matching procedure. Particular attentions are directed toward the radiation characteristics under different structural parameters of the coupler. Numerical results indicate that the proposed coupler is very promising by shortening the coupling length significantly while keeping the radiation loss at a low level.     

On Guided Waves Created by Line Defects

The propagation of guided waves in photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) is studied. A photonic crystal fiber can be regarded as a perfect two-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) with a line defect along the axial direction. Under the assumption that the background spectrum has gaps, we give a simple condition on the parameters of the medium and of the line defect, which ensures the rise of eigenvalues in a specified subinterval of the given gap of the photonic crystal fiber. Using the modified Combes-Thomas estimates, we prove that the eigenfunctions corresponding to the eigenvalues decay exponentially away from the line defect. The work was supported by the NSFC (10431030) of China. D. Miao is currently visiting Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, USA.