含有理想导体的准分形结构光子晶体的能带

用时域有限差分方法计算了一组具有相似几何结构且包含理想金属材料的准分形光子晶体的能带.数值计算结果表明，这种准分形结构光子晶体具有绝对带隙，且带隙的宽度会 随着分形级数的增大而增大.同时，随着级数的增大，其能带在整体地趋向于高频端的同时，能带会被快速拉直而形成孤立的能级. 关键词： 光子晶体 带隙 分形     

Rigorous Mode Analysis of Coupled Cavity Waveguides in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals*

A new approach for modal analysis of coupled cavity waveguides (CCW) in two-dimensional photonic crystals is presented. The mode propagation constants and the mode field profiles can be accurately derived by a simple matrix calculation, using a one-dimensional lattice sums, a T-matrix of an isolated circular cylinder, and generalized reflection matrices. Numerical examples have confirmed that the convergence of numerical solutions is very fast and the accuracy is very high.* Supported by the 21^st Century COE Program “Reconstruction of Social Insfrastructure Related to Information Science and Electrical Engineerings”.     

Photonic sensing technology is opening new frontiers in biophotonics

In advanced sensing photonics it is of great importance to explore the detection limits of extremely weak optical signals and imaging using state-of-the art technology. In this paper we describe recent progress in photonic sensing technology achieved in practice in the standard quantum limit of optical detection imposed by the signal-limited shot noise, which can be realized by both the optical heterodyne detection and photon counting techniques. Then, with particular attention on imaging of ultraweak photonic signals by these techniques, their applications in developing new frontiers in the field of biophotonics such as laser computed tomography, and the imaging and characterization of ultraweak biophoton emission phenomena are described and discussed as one of the typical examples of future trends in this field.     

光折变聚合物材料在光电子技术中的应用

光折变聚合物材料与光折变晶体相比，其非线性光学系数大，响应时间快，成本低廉，制备灵活，有可能成为制作光子学集成器件的材料。简要介绍了光折变聚合物材料在图像识别、光信息存储及光学相干层析技术等方面的应用情况，指出光折变聚合物材料中存在光子带隙。最后预测了光折变聚合物材料作为光子晶体在光子学器件中的应用前景。     

Generation of mid-infrared supercontinuum by designing circular photonic crystal fiber

A circular photonic crystal fiber (C-PCF) based on As₂Se₃ is designed, which has three zero dispersion wavelengths and flat dispersion. Using this fiber, a wide mid-infrared supercontinuum (MIR-SC) can be generated by launching a femtosecond pulse in the first anomalous dispersion region. The simulation results show that the MIR-SC is formed by soliton self-frequency shift and direct soliton spectrum tunneling on the long wavelength side and self-phase modulation, soliton fission on the short wavelength side. Further, optical shocking and four-wave mixing (FWM) are not conducive to the long-wavelength extension of MIR-SC, while the number and intensity of fundamental solitons have a greater effect on the short-wavelength extension of MIR-SC. The generation of optical shocking waves, FWM waves and fundamental solitons can be obviously affected by changing the fiber length and input pulse parameters, so that the spectrum range and flatness can be adjusted with great freedom. Finally, under the conditions of 4000 W pulse peak power, 30 fs pulse width, 47 mm fiber length, and 0 initial chirp, a wide MIR-SC with a coverage range of 2.535 μm-16.6 μm is obtained. These numerical results are encouraging because they demonstrate that the spread of MIR-SC towards the red and blue ends can be manipulated by choosing the appropriate incident pulse and designing optimized fiber parameters, which contributes to applications in such diverse areas as spectroscopy, metrology and tomography.     

厚金属Ag膜的磁光法拉第旋转效应的增强

为了更全面地认识和了解金属Ag的各种物理性质, 对金属Ag的磁光性质进行了研究. 利用光隧穿机制分析了由全介质光子晶体-厚金属Ag膜-全介质光子晶体组成 的三明治结构的透射和磁光法拉第旋转效应. 研究结果表明, 由于电磁场局域在光子晶体和厚金属Ag膜的界面上, 导致厚金属Ag膜透射和磁光法拉第旋转效应的同时增强.     

折射率对金属-电介质-金属光子晶体强透射特性的影响

通过改变一个薄电介质层的折射率来研究其对金属-电介质-金属光子晶体(M-D-MPhC)强透射特性的影响。采用与CMOS工艺兼容技术制作了由折射率分别为[nd(SU-8)=1.6,nd(SiO2.1N0.3)=1.6和nd(SiO0.6N1)=1.8]组成的三个正方形晶格圆孔阵列M-D-MPhC结构,利用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪测量其透射光谱。实验结果发现,金-SiO2.1N0.3-金结构能够获得较强的光透射增强效果和较窄的透射峰,证明了M-D-MPhC强透射特性既与中间电介质折射率大小有关,又与其材料制作工艺差异有关。采用时域有限差分(FDTD)法模拟了在相同条件下折射率分别为1.6和1.8组成的M-D-MPhC透射光谱和电场强度密度分布,模拟结果较好地符合了实验发现。     

硅光子晶体TE模式光下路分束器设计

设计了基于自准直效应的硅光子晶体TE模式13和12光下路分束器。13光下路分束器由4个分束镜组成,而12下路分束器由3个分束镜和1个反射镜组成。利用多光束干涉原理推导出光下路分束器各个出口的透射谱理论公式。通过选择合适的分束镜,可以得到不同分束比例的光下路分束器。对于13光下路分束器,设计了1∶1∶1和1∶2∶3两种分束比例;对于12光下路分束器,设计了1∶1和1∶2两种分束比例。再利用时域有限差分软件数值模拟了透射谱,其结果与理论设计一致。当下路波长为1550 nm时,13和12两种光下路分束器的大小均约为10 m 10 m,自由光谱区为36 nm,覆盖了整个光通信C波段。     

表面为二维光子晶体结构的AlGaInP系发光二极管的研究

近年来,GaN基光子晶体发光二极管(light emitting diode,LED)的研究已经取得了一定的进展,利用光子晶体的光子带隙效应和光栅衍射原理,在LED上制作光子晶体结构将会提高出光效率.本文为了提高AlGaInP系LED的光提取效率,分析了常规LED光提取效率受到限制的原因,将光子晶体结构引入了AlGaInP系LED的器件结构设计,通过理论分析与实验验证,结果显示:光子晶体结构对于提高AlGaInP系LED的光提取效率同样起到了明显的效果,引入光子晶体后,LED的输出光强比常规结构LED平均 关键词： AlGaInP系LED 光子晶体 光提取效率 光强     

Supercontinuum generation in chloroform-filled photonic crystal fibers

We propose a novel method to achieve highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber (PCF) by filling highly nonlinear liquid chloroform in the core of hollow-core PCF (HCPCF). The dispersion properties and electric field distribution of the fundamental mode are calculated by using the full-vector finite element method (FVFEM). Simulation results indicate that the zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDWL) of the chloroform-filled PCF is adjustable around 800 nm. Hence the femtosecond laser pulses with central wavelength at 800 nm can propagate in anomalous dispersion regime of the PCF, inducing the spectra broadening.