Phototunable Dielectric Huygens' Metasurfaces

Conventional dielectric metasurfaces achieve their properties through geometrical tuning and consequently are static. Although some unique properties are demonstrated, the usefulness for realistic applications is thus inherently limited. Here, control of the resonant eigenmodes supported by Huygens' metasurface (HMS) absorbers through optical excitation is proposed and demonstrated. An intensity transmission modulation depth of 99.93% is demonstrated at 1.03 THz, with an associated phase change of greater than π/2 rad. Coupled mode theory and S‐parameter simulations are used to elucidate the mechanism underlying the dynamics of the metasurface and it is found that the tuning is primarily governed by modification of the magnetic dipole‐like odd eigenmode, which both lifts the degeneracy, and eliminates critical coupling. The dynamic HMS demonstrates wide tunability and versatility which is not limited to the spectral range demonstrated, offering a new path for reconfigurable metasurface applications.     

Observation of Fano Resonances in All‐Dielectric Nanoparticle Oligomers

It is well‐known that oligomers made of metallic nanoparticles are able to support sharp Fano resonances originating from the interference of two plasmonic resonant modes with different spectral width. While such plasmonic oligomers suffer from high dissipative losses, a new route for achieving Fano resonances in nanoparticle oligomers has opened up after the recent experimental observations of electric and magnetic resonances in low‐loss dielectric nanoparticles. Here, light scattering by all‐dielectric oligomers composed of silicon nanoparticles is studied experimentally for the first time. Pronounced Fano resonances are observed for a variety of lithographically‐fabricated heptamer nanostructures consisting of a central particle of varying size, encircled by six nanoparticles of constant size. Based on a full collective mode analysis, the origin of the observed Fano resonances is revealed as a result of interference of the optically‐induced magnetic dipole mode of the central particle with the collective mode of the nanoparticle structure. This allows for effective tuning of the Fano resonance to a desired spectral position by a controlled size variation of the central particle. Such optically‐induced magnetic Fano resonances in all‐dielectric oligomers offer new opportunities for sensing and nonlinear applications.     

Reversible Diode with Tunable Band Alignment for Photoelectricity-Induced Artificial Synapse

The advent of big data era has put forward higher requirements for electronic nanodevices that have low energy consumption for their application in analog computing with memory and logic circuit to address attendant energy efficiency issues. Here, a miniaturized diode with a reversible switching state based on N-n MoS₂ homojunction used a bandgap renormalization effect through the band alignment type regulated by both dielectric and polarization, controllably switched between type-I and type-II, which can be simulated as artificial synapse for sensing memory processing because of its rectification, nonvolatile characteristic and high optical responsiveness. The device demonstrates a rectification ratio of 10³. When served as memory retention time, it can attain at least 7000 s. For the synapse simulation, it has an ultralow-level energy consumption because of the pA-level operation current with 5 pJ for long-term potentiation and 7.8 fJ for long-term depression. Furthermore, the paired pulse facilitation index reaches up to 230%, and it realizes the function of optical storage that can be applied to simulate visual cells.     

一种新型高灵敏度横向电容式硅微加速度计

提出了一种新型高灵敏度横向电容式硅微加速度计．根据差分电容极板间正对面积的改变来检测加速度大小．保证输出电压与加速度之间的线性度．系统刚度可由静电力调节、为了提高电学灵敏度,在检测电容极板上设计高K介质层,增大了检测电容量,减小了杂散电容的影响．使用Coventor Ware对本设计进行机械分析、力电耦合分析和模态分析,仿真结果与理论计算相吻合．加速度计使用简单的表面牺牲层工艺即可完成,具有很好的发展前景．     

Tunable lasing from a cholesteric liquid crystal film embedded with a liquid crystal nanopore network

Continuous tuning of lasing wavelength is achieved in cholesteric liquid crystal lasers by embedding a network of nanopores with an average size of 10 nm filled with liquid crystals inside a polymerized matrix with helical order. The device possesses both high transparency and a fast response time because the tuning is driven by local reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules in the nanopores.     

2D Mechanical Metamaterials with Widely Tunable Unusual Modes of Thermal Expansion

Most natural materials expand uniformly in all directions upon heating. Artificial, engineered systems offer opportunities to tune thermal expansion properties in interesting ways. Previous reports exploit diverse design principles and fabrication techniques to achieve a negative or ultralow coefficient of thermal expansion, but very few demonstrate tunability over different behaviors. This work presents a collection of 2D material structures that exploit bimaterial serpentine lattices with micrometer feature sizes as the basis of a mechanical metamaterials system capable of supporting positive/negative, isotropic/anisotropic, and homogeneous/heterogeneous thermal expansion properties, with additional features in unusual shearing, bending, and gradient modes of thermal expansion. Control over the thermal expansion tensor achieved in this way provides a continuum‐mechanics platform for advanced strain‐field engineering, including examples of 2D metamaterials that transform into 3D surfaces upon heating. Integrated electrical and optical sources of thermal actuation provide capabilities for reversible shape reconfiguration with response times of less than 1 s, as the basis of dynamically responsive metamaterials.     

不同晶粒尺寸Mg掺杂(Ba0.6Sr0.4)0.925K0.075TiO3薄膜的直流场介电性能研究

采用溶胶凝胶工艺,在Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si衬底制备了Mg掺杂(Ba0.6Sr0.4)0.925K0.075TiO3(BSKT)薄膜.X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电镜(SEM)分析测定了物相微结构和薄膜表面形貌,研究了Mg掺杂含量对BSKT晶粒尺寸和直流场介电调谐性能的影响,讨论了直流场介电损耗谱演变的原因.结果表明,Mg掺杂BSKT使薄膜表面粗糙度、晶粒尺寸、介电常量、介电损耗和调谐量都降低;在室温1MHz下,BSKT薄膜有最大的调谐量73.6%;6%(摩尔分数)Mg掺杂BSKT薄膜有最低的介电损耗为0.0088;发现直流场下薄膜的介电损耗谱演变一方面可能与薄膜的晶粒尺寸有关,另一方面也可能与测试温度有关.     

基于小波变换的MR图像的去噪处理

根据小波变换多尺度下图像信号与噪声不同性质的理论,提出了一种新的MR图像去噪处理 算法,这种算法直接比较相邻小波域的系数,根据比较结果设立滤波器去除噪声。计算机模拟结果表明:这种算法的速度快,能去除渗噪图91%的噪声,图像的信噪比从3.1861提高到了13.4784。