质子交换铌酸锂波导MMI光功分器

利用三维非旁轴近似光束传输法对退火质子交换铌酸锂渐变折射率分布波导中的自镜像效应进行分析与模拟 .在此基础上 ,利用退火质子交换技术在 X切 Y传铌酸锂衬底上进一步制作了 1× 8MMI光功分器 .测试表明器件实现了 1路分成 8路的光功分功能 .     

Potential of near-field microwave imaging in breast cancer detection utilizing tapered rectangular waveguide probes

Microwave imaging for medical applications has been of interest for many years. A novel near-field microwave non-invasive testing and evaluation (NIT&E) technique utilizing tapered rectangular waveguide probes is presented for breast cancer detection. Near-field microwave NIT&E techniques can be a successful candidate for the detection of breast cancer because of their potential in dealing with materials of low conductivity (i.e. lossy dielectrics like the breast tissue). The physical basis for breast tumor detection with microwave imaging is the contrast in dielectric properties of normal and malignant breast tissues. A method adopting Fourier transform matching (FTM) technique and utilizing the reflection coefficient at the aperture of a tapered rectangular waveguide sensor radiating into a breast is described resulting in microwave images that indicate the presence of a tumor. These images demonstrate the feasibility of detecting breast tumors using this approach.     

The Stiles–Crawford Effect: spot-size ratio departure in retinitis pigmentosa

The Stiles–Crawford effect of the first kind is the retina’s compensative response to loss of luminance efficiency for oblique stimulation manifested as the spot-size ratio departure from the perfect power coupling for a normal human eye. In a retinitis pigmentosa eye (RP), the normal cone photoreceptor morphology is affected due to foveal cone loss and disrupted cone mosaic spatial arrangement with reduction in directional sensitivity. We show that the flattened Stiles–Crawford function (SCF) in a RP eye is due to a different spot-size ratio departure profile, that is, for the same loss of luminance efficiency, a RP eye has a smaller departure from perfect power coupling compared to a normal eye. Again, the difference in spot-size ratio departure increases from the centre towards the periphery, having zero value for axial entry and maximum value for maximum peripheral entry indicating dispersal of photoreceptor alignment which prevents the retina to go for a bigger compensative response as it lacks both in number and appropriate cone morphology to tackle the loss of luminance efficiency for oblique stimulation. The slope of departure profile also testifies to the flattened SCF for a RP eye. Moreover, the discrepancy in spot-size ratio departure between a normal and a RP eye is shown to have a direct bearing on the Stiles–Crawford diminution of visibility.     

基于贝塞尔函数数值求解平面光波导的弯曲损耗

为了数值求解平面光波导的弯曲损耗,首先给出了平面弯曲光波导的传输模型。基于这种模型,使用基于求解贝塞尔函数的方法数值求解出平面光波导的弯曲损耗。为了验证该方法的准确性,将计算得到的弯曲损耗结果与以往的实验结果相比较,结果表明,在弯曲半径较大的情况下两者基本吻合。     

Resonant Photonic States in Coupled Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Waveguides

In this paper, we study the photonic resonance states and transmission spectra of coupled waveguides made from heterostructure photonic crystals. We consider photonic crystal waveguides made from three photonic crystals A, B and C, where the waveguide heterostructure is denoted as B/A/C/A/B. Due to the band structure engineering, light is confined within crystal A, which thus act as waveguides. Here, photonic crystal C is taken as a nonlinear photonic crystal, which has a band gap that may be modified by applying a pump laser. We have found that the number of bound states within the waveguides depends on the width and well depth of photonic crystal A. It has also been found that when both waveguides are far away from each other, the energies of bound photons in each of the waveguides are degenerate. However, when they are brought close to each other, the degeneracy of the bound states is removed due to the coupling between them, which causes these states to split into pairs. We have also investigated the effect of the pump field on photonic crystal C. We have shown that by applying a pump field, the system may be switched between a double waveguide to a single waveguide, which effectively turns on or off the coupling between degenerate states. This reveals interesting results that can be applied to develop new types of nanophotonic devices such as nano-switches and nano-transistors.     

分析介质光波导传播特性的Cole—Hopf变换法

采用Cole-Hopf变换法，将平板光波导导模所满足的二阶常微分方程（Helmholtz方程）变换成一阶常微分方程（Riccati方程），用较简单且有效的方法分析导模的特性。给出了多层阶跃型及渐变型平板波导导模的精确解析解和数值解法及实例；给出了非线性平板波导传播特性的数值计算法及实例。