Theoretical investigation of hierarchical sub-wavelength photonic structures fabricated using high-order waveguide-mode interference lithograph

This paper presents the theoretical investigation of hierarchical sub-wavelength photonic structures with various periods and numbers of layers, which were fabricated using a high-order waveguide-mode interference field. A 442-nm laser was used to excite high-order waveguide modes in an asymmetric metal-cladding dielectric waveguide structure. The dispersion curve of the waveguide modes was theoretically analyzed, and the distribution of the interference field of high-order waveguide modes was numerically simulated using the finite-element method. The various dependences of the characteristics of hierarchical sub-wavelength photonic structures on the thickness and refractive index of the photoresist and the waveguide mode were investigated in detail. These hierarchical sub-wavelength photonic structures have various periods and numbers of layers and can be fabricated by a simple and low-cost method.     

二氧化硅亚波长纳米微结构的增透特性

对亚波长纳米微结构-非紧密堆积多晶胶体晶体光学薄膜的增透特性进行了研究。采用浸渍-提拉法在玻璃表面组装了亚波长纳米微结构,并利用等效介质理论分析其光学性质,理论和实验符合。研究表明实验制备的纳米微结构具有优异的增透性质,通过控制组装条件可以控制膜层厚度实现高增透效率从可见光到近红外的有效调谐,且微结构在玻璃基底上的等效折射率接近1.22,透射率最大能提高约7%,达到99.8%的增透效果。     

基于RCWA的太阳能电池抗反射膜分析研究

利用严格耦合波分析法（RCWA）分别计算了五种不同形貌的亚波长浮雕结构的太阳能电池抗反射膜性能,分别从占空比、光栅高度和周期等结构参数以及入射光角度进行模拟。研究结果表明：周期为200rim,高度为400nm,占空比为1的金字塔型浮雕结构的抗反射效果令人满意,且平均反射率低于1％;光波的入射角对光栅的反射率影响较大,光波在光栅法线的角度控制在40°以下合适。通过对亚波长浮雕结构的反射特性模拟和分析,为太阳能电池抗反射膜设计与制作提供理论支持。     

Imaging with a metamaterial ＂Im-Perfect＂ lens

There is widespread and strong interest in trying to fabricate a metamaterial in which both the permittivity and permeability are equal to - 1 in order to achieve sub-wavelength imaging. Several metamaterial constructs have been proposed with varying degrees of suceess because of inherent losses, limited bandwidth and scattering from the abstracted circuit elements constituting the artificial material itself. A further limitation is the need to capture evanescent components from the object to be imaged that requires the lens to be located near the object. We have studied the underlying models and constraints that influence the design of a negative index lens and present this analysis as well as reviewing the opportunities. There are inevitable and well-known trade-offs between lens thickness, wavelength, dispersion and absorption. However, these can be eharaeterized both numerically and experimentally, suggesting that a computational imaging approach to the recovery of sub-wavelength features might be effective. Depending on the specific details of the metamaterial employed for imaging, one can consider the data acquired to represent a set of coded apertures.     

亚波长金属光栅的表面等离子体激元共振特性

亚波长金属光栅在共振波长处有光场局域增强、异常透射等现象,为深入认识其共振机制,本文研究了亚波长金属光栅的表面等离子体激元（SPP）共振特性。通过研究不同金属光栅的几何结构以及金属介电常数对SPP共振波长的影响,获得了3种共振波长的基本物理机制。采用周期边界元法进行数值模拟,在边界积分方程的基础上结合平面波展开方法来处理任意形状的周期性结构。模拟结果表明,3种共振波长可以分别由金属的材料、金属光栅周期和金属光栅厚度所调谐。该研究为微纳米光学器件的设计提供了依据。