Material growth and device fabrication of terahertz quantum-cascade laser based on bound-to-continuum structure

The terahertz quantum-cascade laser （THz QCL） based on bound-to-continuum structure is demonstrated. The X-ray diffraction measurement of the material shows a high crystalline quality of the active region. A THz QCL device was fabricated with semi-insulating surface-plasmon waveguide. The test device is lasing at about 3 THz and operating up to 60 K. It shows a single frequency property under different drive currents and temperatures. At 9 K, the maximum output power is greater than 2 mW with a threshold current density of 159 A/cm2.     

中国科学技术大学国际功能材料量子设计中心博士后、特任研究员/副研究员招聘启事

<正>国际功能材料量子设计中心(ICQD)成立于2008年,是一个依托于中国科学技术大学合肥微尺度物质科学国家实验室的研究实体。中心的使命是在量子信息和清洁能源两大领域促进理论与实验互动性合作的前瞻性研究,并促进国内外在这些领域的实质性合作与交流。更多信息请登录中心网站http://icqd.ustc.edu.cn。ICQD中心科学家张振宇(千人计划)、朱文光(青年千人计划)、乔振华(百人计划)三位教授的研究组,拟向国内外招聘凝聚态物理理论与计算领域的博士后、特任副研究员和特任研究     

Oxide magnetic semiconductors： Materials, properties, and devices

We give a brief introduction to the oxide （ZnO, TiO2, In2O3, SnO2, etc.）-based magnetic semiconductors from fundamental material aspects through fascinating magnetic, transport, and optical properties, particularly at room temperature, to promising device applications. The origin of the observed ferromagnetism is also discussed, with a special focus on first-principles investigations of the exchange interactions between transition metal dopants in oxide-based magnetic semiconductors.     

两类单负材料组成的一维半无限光子晶体反射谱

运用传输矩阵方法和Bloch定理计算了两类单负材料组成的一维半无限光子晶体反射谱,与有限多层结构通带中振荡的反射谱相比,半无限结构的反射谱曲线是光滑的,是有限周期结构反射谱振幅取平均的结果,可用来估计通带中的反射率.研究半无限结构的反射谱,有利于分析带隙的位置和宽度,结果表明,由两类单负材料组成的光子晶体中,不仅存在零有效位相带隙,还存在角度带隙,尤其发现高频处的Bragg带隙也是一个全方位带隙.     

电工所率先研制出新型铁基超导体线材

在科技部、国家自然科学基金委和中科院的支持下,中科院电工所应用超导重点实验室马衍伟研究小组采用传统的粉末装管方法,首次成功研制出转变温度达25K的铁基镧氧铁砷线材．这是世界上第一个将铁基超导材料加工成超导线材的工作,对于强电应用具有重要意义．     

Single-material guided-mode resonance filter for TE waves under normal incidence

<正>A guided-mode resonance(GMR) filter with the same material(Ta_2O_5) for both the grating layer and the waveguide layer is designed and fabricated.This simple structure is easy to fabricate and can avoid the defects at the grating/waveguide interface using different materials.The spectral response measured with a Lambda 900 spectrophotometer under normal incidence for TE waves exhibits a peak reflectance exceeding 80%at the wavelength of 1040 nm with a full-width half-maximum(FWHM) linewidth of 23 nm.We evaluate the deviations of the fabricated structure from the designed parameters.     

共掺氧化镱对掺铋硅酸盐玻璃的发光性能调控

掺铋玻璃及其光纤材料在近红外（中心波长1300nm）具有200-400nm的超宽带发光特性,是用作超宽带光纤放大、可调谐激光以及飞秒激光的理想基质材料。武汉光电国家实验室李进延教授带领的新型光纤材料与器件团队从事新型光纤材料与器件的前沿研究。     

Optical responses of dilute anisotropic composites：numerical calculations via Green‘s function formalism

We investigate the linear and nonlinear optical responses of dilute anisotropic networks using Green's function formalism [Gu Y et al 1999 Phys. Rev. B 59 12847]. For different applied fields, numerical calculations indicate that a large third-order nonlinear enhancement and a broad infrared absorption arise from the geometric anisotropy. We also show the overlap and separation between the absorption peak and nonlinear enhancement peak when the applied field is parallel and perpendicular to the anisotropy, respectively. The results can be understood in terms of the inverse participation ratios with q=2 and the spectral distribution of optical responses.     

非线性左手材料中的二次谐波

基于电磁场理论，推导了无耗非线性左手材料中二次谐波的曼利－诺关系，及相位匹配条件下正向基波与逆向二次谐波的能量转换过程及其空间分布.验证了可将无耗非线性左手材料的入射面作为反射镜，把能量以二次谐波的形式反射.同时分别给出有限厚度介质板中基波和二次谐波的场强分布数值结果，验证了结论的正确性.最后从相位失配角度说明了相位匹配是分析非线性左手材料二次谐波的重要条件.这为研究左手材料的非线性理论奠定了基础.