太赫兹液晶可调谐功能器件

介绍了不同液晶材料在太赫兹(THz)波段的光学各向异性和外场调制特性。在此基础上,综述了几种基于液晶与人工电磁微结构相结合的THz功能器件,该器件可实现对THz波的调谐滤波、电磁诱导透明、相位调制以及偏振控制功能等;系统地分析了液晶与人工电磁微结构的相互作用机理、THz波长尺度下液晶的外场调控规律与表面相互作用。此外,还对THz液晶光子器件的研究发展趋势进行了展望。     

Resolution and contrast enhancement in optical sub-traction microscopy with annular aperture

A method for improving lateral resolution and reducing imaging distortion of optical subtraction microscopy is proposed. First, an azimuthally polarized (AP) light is modulated by an annular aperture. Then, an image with higher lateral resolu-tion is obtained by subtracting an image obtained by an annular AP beam from an image obtained by a radially polarized beam. The simulation results demonstrate that compared with the case without the annular aperture, negative side-lobes in the effective point spread function are effectively suppressed, and the imaging quality of subtraction microscopy is obvi-ously enhanced.     

基于双层金属光栅的高消光比高透过率太赫兹偏振器

本文设计了一种基于双层金属亚波长光栅的太赫兹偏振器，其可以实现高透过率和良好消光比的特性.该偏振器是通过微加工技术在薄石英衬底的上下表面上制备而成的.实验和模拟结果均表明，双层金属光栅具有与单层金属光栅相近的透过率、更高的偏振度和更高的消光比.在0.3～2.0 THz的频率范围内，测量的透过率在83.4%到62.7%之间，偏振度大于99.7%，消光比大于29 dB.此外，设计的两种双层金属光栅偏振器件成功地应用于太赫兹时域光谱（TeraHertz Time Domain Spectroscopy,THz-TDS）系统中，获得了超过96.2%的偏振度和超过17.1 dB的消光比.通过调整金属亚波长光栅的参数（例如间距、线宽和金属膜厚度），可以进一步提高透过率、偏振度和消光比等特性.