New type of Y-branch power splitter and beam expander based on eliminating anomalous reflection effect

We propose a new type of Y-branch power splitter and beam expander with scales of microns in two- dimensional （2D） photonic crystals （PCs） by drilling air holes in a silicon slice. Its functionality and performance are numerically investigated and simulated by finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. Simulation results show that the splitter can split a TE polarized light beam into two parallel sub-beams and the distance between them is tunable by changing the parameters of the splitter, while the expander can expand a narrow beam into a wider one, which is realized in an integrated optical circuit. The proposed device is based on the avoiding of anomalous reflection effect and the coupling transmission of defect modes of the interfaces.     

Electroless nickel plating on optical fiber probe

As a component of near-field scanning optical microscope （NSOM）, optical fiber probe is an important factor influncing the equipment resolution. Electroless nickel plating is introduced to metallize the optical fiber probe. The optical fibers are etched by 40% HF with Turner etching method. Through pretreatment, the optical fiber probe is coated with Ni-P film by electroless plating in a constant temperature water tank. Atomic absorption spectrometry （AAS）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry （EDXS） are carried out to characterize the deposition on fiber probe. We have reproducibly fabricated two kinds of fiber probes with a Ni-P film： aperture probe and apertureless probe. In addition, reductive particle transportation on the surface of fiber probe is proposed to explain the cause of these probes.     

基于物理光学法的建筑物内高功率微波耦合场分布计算

利用物理光学法计算了高功率微波在建筑物内的耦合场分布。根据建筑物墙壁和窗户的透射率可以得到墙壁内侧的透射场,将它代入到矢量衍射公式中直接计算出在整个建筑物内的透射场;根据建筑物地面的反射率得到地板表面的反射场,将它代入到矢量衍射公式中可计算出整个建筑物内的反射场;对透射场与反射场进行矢量相加,得到叠加场。将本文方法得到的场分布情况和时域有限差分法得到的场分布进行比较,二者结果一致。物理光学法的优点在于其物理图像清晰,计算量小,计算速度快,适合应用在大型建筑物内部耦合场分布计算上。     

Temperature-electric field hysteresis loop of multicaloric effects in PbZr0.8Ti0.2O3 thin films

The Multicaloric effect in the PbZr_0.8Ti_0.2O₃ thin films is investigated with the application of sine wave electric field, dc electric field and stress using a phase field method combined with the thermodynamic analysis. The simulation results show that the adiabatic temperature change-electric field curve presents a shape of butterfly in the presence of the sine wave electric field. In order to detect the effect of the sine wave electric field, the multicaloric effect and the domain structures under the direct electric field and the sine wave electric field are compared. It is found that the domain switching behaviors are quite different under the different applied electric fields. And the negative multicaloric effect in the PbZr_0.8Ti_0.2O₃ thin film is attribute to the domain switching under the external field.     

Security of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with imperfect state preparation

The state preparation operation of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (CV-MDI-QKD) protocol may become imperfect in practical applications. We address the security of the CV-MDI-QKD protocol based on imperfect preparation of the coherent state under realistic conditions of lossy and noisy quantum channel. Specifically, we assume that the imperfection of Alice's and Bob's practical state preparations equal to the amplification of ideal modulators and lasers at both Alice's and Bob's sides by untrusted third-parties Fred and Gray employing phase-insensitive amplifiers (PIAs), respectively. The equivalent excess noise introduced by the imperfect state preparation is comprehensively and quantitatively calculated by adopting the gains of PIAs. Security analysis shows that CV-MDI-QKD is quite sensitive to the imperfection of practical state preparation, which inevitably deteriorates the performance and security of CV-MDI-QKD system. Moreover, a lower bound of the secret key rate is derived under arbitrary collective attacks, and the upper threshold of this imperfection tolerated by the system is obtained in the form of the specific gains of PIAs. In addition, the methods presented will improve and perfect the practical security of CV-MDI-QKD protocol.     

SnS Nanosheets for 105th Harmonic Soliton Molecule Generation

As a member of the 2D group IV monochalcogenides (MX; M = Sn, Ge; X = S, Se), SnS has attracted great interest due to its outstanding optical, electrical, and optoelectronic properties. Especially, SnS nanosheets material have a large absorption coefficient and high photoelectric conversion efficiency, it can be potentially used in optical modulators, saturable absorbers, solar cells, supercapacitors, and other optical devices. However, the nonlinear optical properties of SnS nanosheets and their applications in ultrafast photonics are seldom studied. In this paper, the nonlinear optical properties of SnS nanosheets have been characterized through a dual‐balance detection system, whose modulation depth is 5.8%. More importantly, 105th harmonic soliton molecule based on SnS saturable absorbers has been realized for the first time to the authors’ knowledge. A compact mode‐locked fiber laser with a pulse duration of 1.02 ps and a repetition rate of 459 MHz is realized near 1.5 µm. It is demonstrated that SnS nanosheets have outstanding nonlinear properties and play an extremely important role in the field of ultrafast photonics.     

Hybrid method for investigation of electromagnetic scattering from conducting target above the randomly rough surface

A current based hybrid method (HM) is proposed which combines the method of moment (MOM) with the Kirchhoff approximation (KA) for the analysis of scattering interaction between a two-dimensional (2D) infinitely long conducting target with arbitrary cross section and a one-dimensional (1D) Gaussian rough surface. The electromagnetic scattering region in the HM is split into KA region and MOM region. The electric field integral equation (EFIE) in MOM region (target) is derived, the computational time of the HM depends mainly on the number of unknowns of the target. The bistatic scattering coefficient for the infinitely long cylinder above the rough surface with Gaussian roughness spectrum is calculated, and the numerical results are compared and verified with those obtained by the conventional MOM, which shows the high efficiency of the HM. Finally, the influence of the size, location of the target, the rms height and correlation length of the rough surface on the bistatic scattering coefficient with different polarizations is discussed in detail.     

Monte Carlo study of the antiferromagnetical Ising model on a centred honeycomb lattice

We use the Monte Carlo method to study an antiferromagnetical Ising spin system on a centred honeycomb lattice, which is composed of two kinds of 1/2 spin particles A and B. There exist two different bond energies J_A-A and J_A-B in this lattice. Our study is focused on how the ratio of J_A-B to J_A-A influences the critical behaviour of this system by analysing the physical quantities, such as the energy, the order parameter, the specific heat, susceptibility, {etc} each as a function of temperature for a given ratio of J_A-B to J_A-A. Using these results together with the finite-size scaling method, we obtain a phase diagram for the ratio J_A-B / J_A-A. This work is helpful for studying the phase transition problem of crystals composed of compounds.     

氢离子与里德伯原子碰撞中的电荷转移过程

应用双中心原子轨道强耦合方法研究了H⁺与里德伯态原子Li（5d）碰撞的电荷转移过程,计算了电子转移到氢原子各个n,l壳层（这里n为主量子数,l为角量子数）的态选择截面.结果发现,电荷转移的末态主要分布在与初态电子能量5d接近的n=4—7能级,该分布随碰撞能量的变化不大;但俘获末态的l分布对入射离子能量很敏感：在1 keV左右的低能时主要分布在高l的末态,随着碰撞能量增加峰值逐渐向低l方向移动,并在l= 关键词： 电子俘获过程 双中心原子轨道强耦合方法 态选择截面     

多端耦合量子点分子桥的量子输运特性研究

利用非平衡格林函数方法,对五个量子点连结而成的有四个终端的耦合量子点分子桥进行了理论研究和数值模拟,得出了入射电子通过耦合量子点分子桥传输到各个终端的电子隧穿概率的规律. 关键词： 耦合量子点分子桥 非平衡格林函数 量子输运