有机/无机复合功能材料倒脊型波导热光开关

利用溶胶-凝胶技术自主合成了一种具有优良光学特性和高热稳定性的有机/无机复合芯层材料.这种功能材料的分子中含有有机柔性侧链,可形成环氧交联.与无机SiO2-TiO2体系相比,具有较高的热光系数(量级为10-4/K),以及更好的成膜性和可加工性.通过与实验室自行配制的P(MMA-GMA)包层材料相匹配,设计制备了基于这种有机/无机复合功能材料的倒脊型波导马赫-曾德尔型热光开关.器件的波导与热电极性能良好.插入损耗为10dB,驱动功率15mW,开关时间小于1ms,消光比15dB.     

Numerical study of an ion-exchanged glass waveguide using both two-dimensional and three-dimensional models

A numerical study is carried out to compare the two-dimensional (2-D) case and three-dimensional (3-D) case for the modelling of an ion-exchanged glass waveguide. It is shown that different waveguide widths on the photomask correspond to different ion concentration distributions after an annealing process. A numerical example is presented of two waveguide sections with different widths indicates that due to the abrupt change of the waveguide width, a 3-D theoretical model is required for an accurate prediction of the parameters of ion-exchanged glass waveguides. The good agreement between the modelled and measured results proves that the developed 3-D numerical model can be beneficially utilized in the generalized design of optical devices based on ion-exchange waveguides.     

Athermal metal-free planar waveguide concave grating demultiplexer

An athermal metal-free planar waveguide concave grating demultiplexer is proposed. We designed the dielectric mirror at the grating facet instead of coating with the metal on the back wall of the grating facet. The transfer-matrix method is introduced to design the dielectric mirror and the reflectance spectral responses of the 2D waveguide structure are simulated using the FDTD software (RSoft, Inc.). To reduce the temperature sensitivity of the device, the three-focal-point method is introduced. We use the design example to show the high-reflectance bandwidth of the dielectric mirror. The fabrication errors are also taken into consideration. By using the numerical model of the scalar diffraction theory, the flat-top spectral responses of the channels are simulated.     

Directional coupler design based on coupled cavity waveguides in photonic crystals

We propose a directional coupler design based on coupled cavity waveguide in photonic crystals. The plane wave expansion is used to give the dispersion of the coupled cavity waveguides and two parallel such waveguides. The couple length is got from the dispersion curves. Based on the research of the dispersion, we present a directional coupler and the transmission property is given. This structure is potentially important for highly efficient directional coupler in integrate optical circuit.     

Slow light engineering in polyatomic photonic crystal waveguides based on square lattice

In this paper, the slow light properties of the polyatomic Photonic Crystal (PhC) which has multiple different air holes in each primitive cell are investigated. A slow light waveguide with “U-type” group index-frequency curve, which results in nearly constant group index over large bandwidth, is achieved using this new photonic crystal geometry based on the square lattice. Also, the radius and position of the innermost rows of small air holes have been modified to investigate the feasibility of controlling the dispersion relation by subtle structural modification. Numerical results demonstrate that decreasing the group velocity effectively and meanwhile maintaining a large Normalized Delay-Bandwidth Product (NDBP) can be achieved by only modifying the radius of the innermost rows of small air holes. Shifting the innermost rows of small air holes toward the waveguide core is highly beneficial to enlarge the slow light bandwidth, but it contributes nothing to the promotion of NDBP. Our results provide important theoretical basis for the potential application offered by the polyatomic photonic crystal in future optical networks.     

Multilayer dielectric cylindrical mirrors based on omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional photonic crystal

A multilayer dielectric cylindrical mirror (MDCM) based on the one-dimensional omnidirectional reflection of a photonic crystal is presented. In this case, the refractive indices of the two materials are 1.6 (polystyrene) and 4.6 (tellurium), and the corresponding optimized thicknesses are 0.75a and 0.25a. A very high reflectance over a wide frequency range is observed. In this case, a is the lattice constant of the photonic crystal. In this band, the MDCM has good reflection and focal properties. Therefore, it is feasible to use the MDCM for integrated waveguide devices. As an example, an etched diffraction grating demultiplexer based on the MDCM is also proposed. Both the operational principle and design of the device are introduced. This provides a method for designing compact integrated waveguide devices.     

Modal analysis and cutoff frequencies of a doubly clad plasma loaded waveguide having a lemniscates of Bernoulli-type core cross-section

The modal dispersion characteristics of EM waves in a new unconventional plasma loaded doubly clad waveguide having a shape of the lemniscates of Bernoulli-type core cross-section have been studied analytically. The proposed waveguide has three parts namely the core with slighter high index, the inner cladding with plasma and the outer cladding with air. Now using the necessary orthogonal coordinates for the proposed structure and imposing the boundary conditions under the weak guidance condition, the modal characteristics equation has been obtained considering variations in plasma width and plasma frequency, the dispersion curves and cutoff frequencies have been obtained and presented in this paper. It is noted that as the width of plasma layer increases, the cutoff frequency also increases considerably in all considered cases. This shows that using plasma width as a new parameter we can control any particular mode on our wish.     

Gain evaluation of compact designing on Er/Yb codoped germanate glass channel waveguide

Bent waveguide structures (U- and F-bend) based on UV-sensitive Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped germanate glass substrates have been designed to achieve high-gain C-band amplification. Using simulated-bend method, the optimal radius for curved structure is offered to be 1.90 cm with loss coefficient of 0.0015 dB/cm, as the substrate size is minimally schemed. In the wavelength range of 1528–1559 nm, obvious gain enhancement for the bent structure waveguides is anticipated, while, for the F-bend waveguide, the internal gain at 1533.8 nm wavelength is derived to be 22.55 dB, which is much higher than the value of 14.06 dB in the U-bend waveguide, and over three times higher than that of the straight one, after compensating both the bend loss and the transition loss. The simulation results indicate that the bent structure designing is beneficial in attaining high optical gain in Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ codoped germanate glass substrates, which assures that long-period grating can be applied to implement practical C-band gain-flattened amplification.     

折叠波导行波管切断匹配的设计

 利用电磁模拟软件,计算得到了H面渐变与E面渐变的楔形衰减器匹配效果,指出在相同渐变长度下,E面渐变匹配效果优于H面渐变。H面渐变衰减器反射主要来源于电场集中处,而E面渐变衰减器主要来源于渐变前部尖端处。在此基础上设计出了一种变形的匹配衰减器,即在E面渐变衰减器渐变开始处向前延伸一块薄片。计算结果与测试结果表明:与H面渐变和E面渐变的楔形衰减器相比,所设计衰减器在近截止频率处的匹配效果得到了明显的改善。     

基于圆盘加载波导的THz分布作用振荡器的数值模拟

 提出了一种新的基于真空电子学的THz源——基于圆盘加载波导的THz分布作用振荡器（EIO）,它由圆盘加载波导输入谐振腔、漂移管和输出腔构成。利用2.5维电磁仿真软件UNIPIC对其进行了模拟研究,结果表明慢波结构的长度、漂移管的长度和输出腔的半径对输出功率和频率产生显著影响。经过最优化设计,在注电压为24.85 kV、电流为20 mA的条件下,仿真得出其中心频率为755.5 GHz、峰值功率为1.322 5 W的THz波。