光学超晶格:从体块到薄膜

光学超晶格是一种基于准相位匹配技术的非线性光学材料。通过铁电畴工程研制出不同微结构的光学超晶格,可以实现高效灵活的非线性频率转换,并对光场进行多维调控。光学超晶格的基质材料,经历了从体块到薄膜的发展,伴随着两种材料体系超晶格制备技术的突破,催生了激光变频技术、非线性光场调控和多功能集成光量子芯片等重要应用。     

Ultra-broadband enhanced nonlinear saturable absorption for Mo_(0.53)W_(0.47)Te_2 nanosheets

Alloying in two-dimension has been a hot spot in the development of new,versatile systems of optics and electronics.Alloys have been demonstrated to be a fascinating strategy to modulate the chemical and electronic properties of two-dimensional nanosheets.We firstly reported ultra-broadband enhanced nonlinear saturable absorption of Mo0.53W0.47Te2 alloy at 0.6,1.0,and 2.0μm.The nonlinear saturable absorption of Mo0.53W0.47Te2 saturable absorber(SA)was measured by the open aperture Z-scan technique.Compared to MoTe2 and WTe2 SAs,the Mo0.53W0.47Te2 SA showed five times deeper modulation depth,8.6%lower saturable intensity,and one order larger figure of merit.Thus,our research provides a method of alloys to find novel materials with more outstanding properties for optics and optoelectronic applications.     

Floquet规范转变诱导拓扑π模产生的理论分析

拓扑绝缘体是一类内部绝缘而在表面可以导电的物态,其倒空间的能带具有非平庸的拓扑特性,而在其实空间的边界上具有可以单向传播的边界态。这种拓扑界面态出现往往依赖于界面处的拓扑相变。而最近有研究在一类Floquet的拓扑体系中实验观测到一种规范场相变诱导产生的拓扑π模,这种拓扑态的产生可能不依赖于拓扑相变。本文对于这种规范场诱导的拓扑π模的产生机理做出了理论解释。两个Floquet规范相反的体系的哈密顿量由于规范相变而具有相反的π能隙质量项,类似于Jackiw-Rebbi模型,从而导致拓扑界面态的出现。本文的研究为规范场相变诱导拓扑模式的产生提供了理论基础,并加深了人们对于Floquet规范场的理解。     

Numerical simulations of negative-index refraction in a lamellar composite with alternating single negative layers

Negative-index refraction is demonstrated in a lamellar composite with epsilon-negative (ENG) and mu-negative (MNG) materials stacked alternatively. Based on the effective medium approximation, simultaneously negative effective permittivity and permeability of such a lamellar composite are obtained theoretically and further proven by full-wave simulations. Consequently, the renowned left-handed metamaterial comprising split ring resonators and wires is interpreted as an analogy of such ENG--MNG layers. In addition, beyond the effective medium approximation, the propagating field squeezed near the ENG/MNG interface is demonstrated to be left-handed surface waves with backward phase velocity.     

铁电畴的环境扫描电子成像术

利用环境扫描电为微术（ＥＳＥＭ）直接在铁电晶体ＬｉＴａＯ３极性表面观察到铁电畴二次电子发射形成的衬度像。这种铁电畴成像的新方法无需对样品表面进行处理,正负畴衬度图像十分稳定,并具有较高的图像分辩率。     

助熔剂提拉法生长化学计量比LiNbO3晶体

利用助熔剂提拉法,分别从掺入11mol;K2O的同成份LiNbO3熔体中和从掺入19mol;*!K2O的化学配比LiNbO3熔体中生长出高质量近化学计量比LiNbO3单晶.对这两种从不同配比熔体中生长的晶体进行光谱分析表明,与同成份比LiNbO3相比较,其紫外吸收边出现明显蓝移,OH红外吸收峰的位置和线宽也都有显著的变化.室温极化反转测试显示,两种晶体的矫顽场分别为4.4kV/mm和0.8kV/mm.根据所得测量结果,估计两种晶体中Li2O的含量分别为49.6mol;和49.9mol;.其中从掺19mol; K2O化学配比LiNbO3熔体中生长出的LiNbO3单晶的Li2O含量已非常接近50mol;的化学配比.进一步优化生长工艺,获得成份均匀、大尺寸化学计量比晶体的工作正在进行中.     

光子芯片中类比引力的研究

探索和理解引力场弯曲时空的本质一直是人类孜孜不倦追求的目标。尤其最近天文学上两大事件：激光干涉引力波天文台探测到引力波信号以及事件视界望远镜拍到黑洞的影子,进一步激发人类对古老而神秘引力的兴趣。尽管人类在探测引力现象的天文实验技术上取得了巨大的进步,但是对于有些引力现象的研究仍然面临着挑战,特别是与引力有关的量子效应。另一方面,类比引力系统为人类研究引力效应提供了一个新的实验平台,它可以在实验室环境下研究目前天文观测仍面临挑战的引力现象,例如黑洞附近引力场的量子效应。文章将介绍以光子芯片作为一种类比引力的实验体系而实现的引力场弯曲时空的模拟与研究。     

《晶体生长的物理基础》再版发行 序

《晶体生长的物理基础》是闵乃本先生在自己平时讲义基础上逐步完善系统整理而成,是闵先生对晶体生长的理解和研究成果的系统总结,该书首次出版于1982年,是国际上第一本全面论述晶体生长的理论专著,作为高等学校研究生教材或教学参考书,以及从事晶体生长工作的科技人员的进修读物,培养了一代又一代中国材料物理和晶体生长工作者。然而,由于《晶体生长的物理基础》成书较早,闵先生1982年以后在晶体生长方面的诸多理论贡献未能收录其中。本次再版在保持原版体系和特色的基础上,补充了先生生前对原书做的校订和补充,内容比原版更为丰富和系统。祝世宁院士为其亲笔作序,满怀深情追溯了该专著再版的全过程,以及闵院士的杰出贡献和影响。2019年9月16日,闵先生逝世一周年之际,在南京大学举办了《晶体生长的物理基础》再版发行仪式,闵先生的家人、同事、学生、生前好友等出席了仪式。本期特别刊登祝世宁院士为本书所作序言,以及吴以成院士、本刊执行主编彭珍珍在出席仪式上的发言,以表达对先生的深切缅怀和追思!     

准相位匹配非线性切连科夫倍频与和频效应

研究了两维光学超晶格光波导中的准相位匹配切连科夫（Cerenkov）倍频与和频效应, 利用光学超晶格的不同倒格矢实现了多组准相位匹配切连科夫倍频与和频的同时输出, 从理论和实验两个方面探讨了光学微结构材料中非线性切连科夫辐射产生的机制、效应和可能的应用.     

Compact surface plasmon amplifier in nonlinear hybrid waveguide

Surface plasmon polariton(SPP), a sub-wavelength surface wave promising for photonic integration, always suffers from the large metallic loss that seriously restricts its practical application. Here, we propose a compact SPP amplifier based on a nonlinear hybrid waveguide(a combination of silver, LiNbO_3, and SiO_2), where a couple of Bragg gratings are introduced in the waveguide to construct a cavity. This special waveguide is demonstrated to support a highly localized SPP-like hybrid mode and a low loss waveguide-like hybrid mode. To provide a large nonlinear gain, a pumping wave input from the LiNbO_3 waveguide is designed to resonate inside the cavity and satisfy the cavity phase matching to fulfill the optical parametric amplification(OPA) of the SPP signal. Proper periods of gratings and the cavity length are chosen to satisfy the impedance matching condition to ensure the high input efficiency of the pump wave from the outside into the cavity. In theoretical calculations, this device demonstrates a high performance in a very compact scheme(~3.32 μm) and a much lower pumping power for OPA compared with single-pass pumping. To obtain a comprehensive insight into this cavity OPA, the influences of the pumping power, cavity length, and the initial phase are discussed in detail.