介质球掺杂导致的无序效应对光子晶体光学性能的影响

采用自组装法制备了聚苯乙烯(PS)微球三维光子晶体结构,通过在PS微球悬浮液中掺入不同浓度的二氧化硅大球,实现了光子晶体结构从有序向无序过程的转变。通过对这些样品的透射、反射进行测量和分析,发现无序效应对光子晶体的光子响应特性具有极大的影响,随着无序程度的增加,高频波段的透射率急剧下降,低频波段的法布里-珀罗振荡消失,光子带隙蓝移且逐渐消失;而在掺杂浓度为0.02%(质量分数)时,光子晶体带隙中心的最低透射率从10%下降到1%,且反射单峰随着探测角度的增大而分裂为双峰。这有助于基于介质球三维光子晶体沿Γ-L方向透射消光,促进其在新型光学器件领域的应用发展。     

Visible transmission through metal-coated colloidal crystals

Large-scale periodically structured metal films with enhanced optical transmission in visible frequencies were fabricated by depositing silver onto colloidal crystals. The obtained transmission properties are similar to those observed through periodical hole arrays in planar metal films. We have experimentally observed two enhanced transmission pass bands in visible frequencies in these metal films due to the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. The peak positions of the pass bands depend on the size of the colloidal spheres. The transmission spectra highly depend on the incident angle for p-polarized light but are weak for s-polarized light. Our fabrication method provides a promising approach for the fabrication of large-scale low-cost plasmonic crystals with submicrometer periodicity.     

Light propagation in linear arrays of spherical particles

A propagation of dipolar radiation in a finite length linear chain of identical dielectric spheres is investigated using the multisphere Mie scattering formalism (MSMS). A frequency pass band is shown to be formed near every Mie resonances inherent in the spheres. The manifestation of the pass band depends on the polarization of the travelling radiation. To prove this effect, a point dipole placed by the end of the chain is used as an external source of radiation. It is found that, if this dipole is directed parallel to the chain axis, the frequency pass bands exist if the refractive index of dielectric spheres is sufficiently large nr>1.9. For the dipole normal to the chain axis, the pass band can always be formed if the chain is sufficiently long. Such a distinction is due to different behavior of the far-field dipolar interaction between the spheres induced by the external source. The edges of the pass bands are defined by the guiding wave criterion based on the light-cone constraint. The criterion of creation of the pass bands correlate with condition of formation of high quality factor modes in these systems found in our previous papers. A comparison with the results available for infinite chains is made. In particular, we clarify the nature of braking down the band structure for small enough wavevectors.     

高质量胶体晶体薄膜的快速制备及表征

通过控制温度和湿度，用垂直沉积法（vertical deposition method）快速制备出了可精确控制样品的厚度、在较大范围呈现好的有序性的密排结构的聚苯乙烯（PS）胶体晶体 薄膜.利用透射电子显微镜直观准确地确定了样品为面心（fcc）密排结构.通过控制样品干燥速度和加温处理，胶体颗粒排列更加有序,并且克服了胶体晶体干燥后易碎和在水等溶 剂中容易再分散等缺点，为胶体晶体实际应用创造了条件. 关键词： 胶体晶体薄膜 垂直沉积法 面心密排结构 再分散     

高质量三维光子晶体的实验制备及理论分析

对压强控制自组装法进行了改进,采用了密封硅胶颗粒的强吸水装置,为光子晶体样品的制备提供了一个稳定的温度、湿度和压强环境.将温度、压强分别控制在35 ℃、45 mmHg,利用直径为260 nm的聚苯乙烯胶体球进行了高质量三维光子晶体样品的制备.从理论计算和实验测量等方面对制备的光子晶体样品的结构、质量和性能进行了对比分析,结果表明,利用该实验装置进行光子晶体样品的制备时,可重复性高;制备的光子晶体样品具有较为完美有序的密堆结构,质量较好;在光子晶体样品的Г L方向有深且窄的光子带隙和陡峭的带隙边沿.光子带隙深度为83%,宽度为0.073,带隙边沿陡峭度为8%/nm,这为超快全光开关等先进的光学设备的研究奠定了基础.     

Interplay of local resonances and Bragg band gaps in acoustic waveguides with periodic detuned resonators

This letter is concerned with acoustic wave propagation and transmission in acoustic waveguides with periodically grafted detuned Helmholtz resonators. The interplay of local resonances and Bragg band gaps in such periodic systems is examined. It is shown that, when the resonant frequencies of the resonators are tuned close to a Bragg band gap, the behavior of the Bragg band gap can be affected dramatically. Particularly, by introducing appropriately tuned resonators, the bandwidth of a Bragg band gap can be reduced to zero, leading to a very narrow pass band with great wave attenuation performance near both band edges. The band formation mechanisms of such periodic waveguides are further examined, providing explicit formulae to locate the band edge frequencies of all the band gaps, as well as the conditions to achieve very narrow pass bands in such periodic waveguides.     

高质量三维胶体光子晶体中慢光速与超光速的实验研究

利用飞秒脉冲自相关技术研究了高质量三维胶体光子晶体中的慢光速和超光速效应.实验中使用的胶体光子晶体是采用压力控制的绝热沉积技术（PCIHVD）制备的、由聚苯乙烯小球组成的人工蛋白石结构.由于其中的缺陷和位错密度很低,它们具有很高的通带透过率和陡峭的能带边缘.测量了从通带到带边直至带隙中央群速度的变化,在只有20层左右小球的样品中观察到低至0.43c的慢光速以及高至1.34c的超光速现象.此外,利用时域有限差分（FDTD）方法对短脉冲在三维光子晶体中的群速度进行了数值模拟,并且和 关键词： 三维胶体光子晶体 慢光速 超光速 脉冲自相关     

基于直接胶体晶体刻蚀技术的高度有序纳米硅阵列的尺寸及形貌控制

以自组装单层胶体小球阵列为掩模，采用直接胶体晶体刻蚀技术在硅表面制备二维有序尺寸可控的纳米结构.在样品制备过程中，首先通过自组装法在硅表面制备了直径200nm的单层聚苯乙烯(PS)胶体小球的二维有序阵列；然后对样品直接进行反应离子刻蚀(RIE)，以氧气为气源，利用氧等离子体对聚苯乙烯小球和对硅的选择性刻蚀作用，通过改变刻蚀时间，制备出不同尺寸的PS胶体小球的有序单层阵列；接着以此二维PS胶体单层膜为掩模，以四氟化碳为气源对样品进行刻蚀；最后去除胶体球后得到二维有序的硅柱阵列.SEM和AFM的测量结果表明：改变氧等离子体对胶体球的刻蚀时间和四氟化碳对硅的刻蚀时间，可以控制硅柱的尺寸以及形貌，而硅柱阵列的周期取决于原始胶体球的直径. 关键词： 胶体晶体刻蚀 纳米硅柱阵列     

Fabrication of Colloidal Photonic Crystals with Heterostructure by Spin-Coating Method

Colloidal photonic crystal heterostructures, composed of two opaline photonic crystal films of silica spheres with different diameters, are fabricated by a two-step spin-coating method. Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and UV-vis spectrophotometer are used to characterize the heterostructures. The SEM images show good ordering of the two-layer colloidal crystals constituting the heterostructures. The transmission spectra measured from the （111） plane in the heterostructure show that the composite colloidal photonic crystals have double photonic stop bands. Furthermore, when the sizes of the silica spheres used for fabricating the composite photonic crystal are slightly different, the transmission spectrum shows that the composite photonic crystals have more extended bandgap than that of the individual photonic crystals due to partial overlapping of its two photonic stop bands.     

中红外空心Bragg光纤的制备及在气体传感中的应用

空心Bragg光纤可广泛用于气体传感, 但要求它的传输通带处于中红外波段, 以便与待测气体的基频吸收峰匹配. 本文提出了空心Bragg光纤传输通带的一种设计方法与波长控制工艺, 可以实现传输通带在2.5-12 μ m内任意波长的空心Bragg光纤的制备. 实验制备出一阶传输通带分别在10.6 μ m和 3.3 μ m的光纤样品, 利用截断法测量出其一阶传输通带损耗分别为5.9 dB/m和8.8 dB/m. 利用在传输通带在3.3 μ m的样品中注入和排出甲烷/氮气混合气体, 观察到了光纤样品透射谱随注入气体浓度的变化, 并用指数稀释法初步测量了该系统的浓度探测极限约为26 ppm, 验证了该光纤应用于气体传感的可行性.     

纳米球刻蚀法制备的二维有序的CdS纳米阵列及其光学性质的研究

采用纳米球刻蚀(nanosphere lithography)技术,以自组装的聚苯乙烯纳米小球(polystyrene,PS小球)的单层膜为掩模,制备出二维有序的CdS纳米阵列.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对样品结构进行了表征,用紫外—可见分光光度计对样品光学性质进行了分析.结果表明：制备的二维CdS纳米阵列是高度有序的,且与作为掩模的纳米小球的原始尺寸及排布结构一致;禁带宽度为2.60eV,相对于体材料的2.42eV,向短波长蓝移了0.18eV,表现出CdS材料在纳米结构点阵中的量子尺寸效应;CdS纳米 关键词： 纳米球刻蚀 二维CdS纳米有序阵列     

A nanometric plasmonic waveguide filter based on Fabry-Perot resonator

A compact nanometric surface plasmon polariton Fabry-Perot filter based on three metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides is proposed and studied. The characteristics of this SPP band pass filter are analyzed by the finite difference time domain method and the Fabry-Perot resonance model. The results show that the resonance wavelengths of the pass bands can be linearly changed by the resonant cavity length, and the transmission ratios of the pass bands can be varied by altering the gaps between the MIM waveguides. The metal loss and dispersion effects on the SPP filter's spectra are considered as well. This kind of simple filter is very promising for high density SPP waveguide integrations.     

Multiband Terahertz Photonic Band Gaps of Subwavelength Planar Fractals

Optical transmission properties of subwavelength planar fractals in terahertz （THz） frequency regime are studied by means of time-domain spectroscopy. The transmission spectra with multiple pass bands and stop bands are observed. The tunable photonic band gaps are realized by changing the angle between the principle axis of planar fractal and the polarization of THz wave. The possible application of the subwavelength optical component is discussed. We attribute the detected transmittance from subwavelength fractals to localized resonances.     

Photoacoustic study of the transmission of wide-band ultrasonic signals through periodic one-dimensional structures

The propagation of wide-band acoustic pulses in one-dimensional periodic structures consisting of alternating plexiglas and water layers is studied theoretically and experimentally. The experiment is carried out with the use of the wide-band photoacoustic spectroscopy based on the laser excitation of ultrasound and a wide-band signal detection. The fact that the transmission spectrum of a periodic structure has alternating pass and stop bands is confirmed experimentally. The width and localization of the stop bands strongly depend on the thickness of the layers and on the phase velocity of ultrasound in them. It is demonstrated that defects of the structure periodicity give rise to one or several local transmission maxima in the stop band and to a modification of the pass band. The amplitude and position of a local maximum in the stop band strongly depend on the position of the defective layer. The experimental data agree well with the results of numerical simulation.     

Uniform Fe3O4–PANi/PS composite spheres with conductive and magnetic properties and their hollow spheres

Core–shell multifunctional composite spheres consisting of Fe₃O₄–polyaniline (PANi) shell and polystyrene (PS) core were fabricated using core–shell-structured sulfonated PS spheres (with uniform diameter of 250 nm) as templates. PANi was doped in situ by sulfonic acid resulting the composite spheres are well conductive. Dissolved with solvent, PS cores were removed from the core–shell composite spheres and hollow Fe₃O₄–PANi spheres were obtained. Removing the PANi and PS components by calcinations produced hollow Fe₃O₄ spheres. The cavity size of the hollow spheres was uniformly approximate to 190 nm and the shell thickness was 30 nm. The cavity size and the shell thickness can be synchronously controlled by varying the sulfonation time of the PS templates. The shell thickness in size range was of 20–86 nm when the sulfonation time was changed from 1 to 4 h. These resulting spheres could be arranged in order by self-assembly of the templates. Both the Fe₃O₄–PANi/PS composite spheres and the hollow Fe₃O₄ spheres exhibit a super-paramagnetic behavior. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray powder scattering were used to characterize these as-prepared spheres. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

金纳米空心半球壳膜的可调谐光学性质研究

以单层聚苯乙烯微球阵列为模板,通过控制其表面金膜蒸镀时间,制备了具有不同厚度的空心半球壳结构的金纳米膜.利用扫描电子显微镜和自制光谱仪分别测量了金膜表面形貌和其透射光谱,并分析了金膜形貌与其光学性质间的关系,同时以4-巯基苯胺为探针分子测定了金膜的表面增强喇曼散射效应.结果表明,该金纳米膜的表面等离子体共振波长随膜厚度增大而发生红移,在可见与近红外波段较宽范围内可调谐,并且,当金膜共振波长与入射激发光波长较近时,探针分子可产生出较强的表面增强喇曼信号.同时,对该现象的产生机制也进行了理论解释.     

A wide band-pass filter of broad angle incidence based on one-dimensional metallo-dielectric ternary photonic crystal

A wide band-pass filter has been presented based on one-dimensional metallo-dielectric ternary photonic crystal. ZnS, Ag and MgF₂ are used as the materials of the photonic crystal. The forbidden and allowed bands of the photonic crystal are determined by using the band-edge analysis. The result indicates that the filter has a wide pass band in the visible region and it can block ultraviolet and infrared light. Simulation of the transmission spectra shows that the filter has decent transmittance in the pass band at broad angle incidence ranging from 0° to 70°, which can meet the need of practical use.     

Dual-band asymmetric electromagnetic wave transmission for dual polarizations in chiral metamaterial structure

In this paper, we propose a chiral metamaterial structure that enables dual-band asymmetric transmission effect for different linearly polarized electromagnetic waves. The metamaterial is composed of metallic spirals with two split-ring resonators sandwiching a dielectric slab and connecting with via hole. Strong one-way transmission of two orthogonally polarized waves at different frequency bands has been confirmed through both full-wave simulation and test on fabricated prototype at the microwave band. Analysis also shows such asymmetric transmission can be attributed to the induced asymmetric current distributions in the spiral that support strong polarization conversion and cross-polarization transmission. By scaling down the metamaterial structure, the concept could also be utilized at other frequency bands, such as submillimeter or even terahertz band and find applications in designing one-way electromagnetic wave devices or polarization spectral filters.     

Infrared studies on the molecular interactions of polymer blends: polystyrenes and polycarbonates systems

Fourier—transform infrared (FT-IR) with digital subtraction method has been applied to investigate the molecular interactions of immiscible polystyrene (PS)/bisphenol A polycarbonate (PC) blends and miscible PS/tetra-methyl PC (TMPC) blends. The FT-IR results show that there are no interactions for PS/PC, and the miscibility of PS/TMPC blends is mainly due to the intermolecular interaction between the phenyl ring of PS and the carbonate group of TMPC. The phenyl ring band of PS is linearly shifted to higher wave number with increasing concentration of TMPC, and the bandwidth at half maximum intensity of the carbonyl band of TMPC is linearly decreased with increasing concentration of PS. The amplitude of the interactional bands is decreased with increasing temperature consistent with LCST behavior of the blend. The miscibility of PS/TMPC and immiscibility of PS/PC has also been discussed in terms of local free-volume, self-interactions, and intermolecular interactions based on the chemical structures of PC and TMPC. Furthermore, the immiscibility behavior for blends of methyl-substituted PS and TMPC, and blends of PS and halogen-substituted PC has been explained in terms of intra and intermolecular interactions caused by steric and/or induction effects.     

Metamaterial composed of wire pairs exhibiting dual band negative refraction

The design of the metamaterial that can exhibit negative refraction at two frequency bands is presented. The components of this metamaterial are cut wire pairs and continuous wires. The cut wire pairs structure in our sample can achieve the magnetic resonance at two frequency bands by appropriately designing the cut wire dimension. Through numerical simulation, the transmission property of the proposed dual band negative index metamaterial is investigated and its result shows that with the introduction of continuous wires, the stop bands for cut wire pairs (permeability μ<0) and the frequency band for continuous wires (permittivity ε<0) components would overlap and lead to the appearance of pass bands near the two magnetic resonance frequency bands. Its electromagnetic properties are then retrieved to demonstrate that the dual band left-hand behavior can be obtained in our sample structure. It is believed that our approach will be effective to make this kind of dual band negative refractive metamaterial based on the multiple magnetic resonances work at optical frequency.