FDTD 结合支持向量机反演各向异性材料电磁参数

本文首先介绍了太赫兹波导和3D打印技术的发展现状。3D打印作为一项新兴的技术,以数字模型文件为基础,运用粉末状金属或塑料等可粘合材料通过逐层打印的方法构造实体,打破了传统THz波导技术的局限性。本文介绍的3D打印THz波导利用聚合树脂作为打印材料,打印完成的THz波导在其传输通路上镀500nm的金,金的厚度足以支持THz传播。利用这种方法可以打印出直波导、三维弯曲面、三维Y劈和U型波导等多种结构。3D打印THz波导除传输损耗略高外,其传输模式及其特性与传统的金属波导基本一致,这种额外的传输损耗归咎于商业3D打印机的精度。     

基于开口圆锥近场探针的太赫兹超分辨成像研究

基于近场探针的太赫兹扫描成像系统能够突破衍射极限探究物质隐藏的细节,但是传统基于微纳加工工艺的近场探针存在工艺复杂、传输损耗较大的缺点。提出了一种基于空心圆波导的渐变开口圆锥形近场探针设计方法,所设计的探针能够通过圆波导实现低损耗传输,同时利用渐变开口圆锥形针尖实现亚波长聚焦。为了验证方法的可行性,采用3D打印技术对所设计的探针进行加工,然后基于高精度三维扫描平台搭建了一套0.1 THz近场扫描成像系统。实验结果表明该探针能够实现亚波长超分辨聚焦,实验结果与仿真结果一致。     

可弯曲的低损耗太赫兹波导研究进展

近年来,随着太赫兹(THz)时域光谱系统的发展,THz波导作为用于THz波传输的器件一直都是研究的重点,而寻找低损耗的材料和可弯曲的结构一直是研究人员的目标。介绍了THz时域光谱系统的现状,并总结了传统波导技术应用于THz领域时的一些不足之处。重点介绍了基于三种不同工作原理的新型THz波导,并对比了各自的优缺点,这三种原理分别是金属面反射、介质界面全反射以及反共振反射。最后简要介绍了可弯曲低损耗THz波导的应用现状及后续工作方向。     

THz QCL波导结构研究与光束质量分析

THz量子级联激光器是理想的固态THz源,研究波导结构对激射光特性和远场光束质量的影响,是THz QCL设计中的关键。本文采用有限元方法对THz QCL双面和单面金属波导结构的限制和损耗特性进行分析,给出了限制因子、波导损耗和阈值增益随波导结构、激射波长等参数的变化关系。仿真实验结果表明:与单面金属波导相比,双面金属波导对光具有更好的限制作用,损耗也比较小,更适合做有源区的波导限制结构。在计算出波导中光场分布的基础上,又利用矢量衍射理论分析了THz QCL的光束质量,给出了不同波导宽度时出射光束的远场光束宽度和远场发散角,从应用方面为QCL的设计提供了一定参考。     

低损耗太赫兹波导及其成像应用

高性能的太赫兹功能器件在太赫兹波的产生、传输及探测上都有着重要意义.报道了一种Kagome型低损耗太赫兹波导及其成像应用.首先根据反谐振波导理论设计了0. 1 THz处低损耗的太赫兹波导,其理论损耗低至0. 012 cm~(-1).然后使用3D打印技术制备波导实物,实验测得其损耗为0. 015 3 cm-1,波导末端光束发散角为6±0. 5°.最后基于该波导搭建了可重构太赫兹成像装置,分别实现了对隐藏刀片、矿石的反射和透射成像,在地下远距离勘探领域具有潜在的应用前景.     

柔性介质金属膜太赫兹波导的传输特性与应用

太赫兹（THz）波在通信、成像、安全监测、生物医学等领域有着广阔的应用前景。随着THz技术的飞速发展，对其传输波导，特别是低损耗、单模、柔性传输等高性能THz波导的需求日益增长，这将为提高THz系统的灵活性及推动其实用化发展提供重要支撑。综述了金属膜波导和介质金属膜波导的设计和制备工艺，在0.1～0.3 THz和2.0～5.0 THz频段的损耗和单偏振单模传输等特性，以及在通信和成像等方面的应用。着重介绍了本课题组近年来在波导的设计、特性仿真、制备、测试和应用方面的研究结果。也对THz波导研制中存在的难点和发展前景进行了初步探讨。     

太赫兹波在二维光子晶体波导中的传输特性研究

首先用平面波展开法(PWM)计算了二维光子晶体的能带结构,然后提出了适合THz 波传输的光子晶体波导模型,并采用时域有限差分法(FDTD)研究了THz波在这种波导中的传输特性.在波导的输入输出口采样场值经过傅立叶变换以后进行比较,结果很合理.分析结果表明,位于光子晶体禁带内的THz波在这种波导中的传输是几乎没有损耗的,这为开发性能优良的THz 器件提供了理论依据.     

太赫兹Si/SiGe量子级联激光器波导模拟

波导层结构设计是制备太赫兹(THz)量子级联激光器的关键问题之一.本文基于德鲁得(Drude)模型,利用时域有限差分(FDTD)法,对Si/SiGe量子级联激光器的波导层进行优化设计,从理论上对传统的递变折射率波导、单面金属波导、双面金属波导以及金属/金属硅化物波导横磁模(TM模)的模式损耗和光场限制因子进行了对比分析.结果表明,金属/金属硅化物波导不但可以减小波导损耗,而且有很高的光学限制因子,同时其工艺也比双面金属波导容易实现,为Si/SiGe太赫兹量子级联激光器波导层的设计提供了一定的理论指导.     

太赫兹Si/SiGe量子级联激光器波导模拟

波导层结构设计是制备太赫兹(THz)量子级联激光器的关键问题之一.本文基于德鲁得(Drude)模型,利用时域有限差分(FDTD)法,对Si/SiGe量子级联激光器的波导层进行优化设计,从理论上对传统的递变折射率波导、单面金属波导、双面金属波导以及金属/金属硅化物波导横磁模(TM模)的模式损耗和光场限制因子进行了对比分析.结果表明,金属/金属硅化物波导不但可以减小波导损耗,而且有很高的光学限制因子,同时其工艺也比双面金属波导容易实现,为Si/SiGe太赫兹量子级联激光器波导层的设计提供了一定的理论指导.     

太赫兹光子晶体光纤与天线设计

以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)材料为基质,设计了一种空芯多孔包层结构的太赫兹光纤,中心的大孔缺陷用于传输太赫兹波,周围四层小孔可以将太赫兹波的传播限制在缺陷内部。利用COMSOL软件对光纤的损耗特性进行仿真分析发现,光纤在0.6 THz的泄露损耗低于0.1 dB/m,具有良好的传输特性。和金属波导口可以当作天线辐射电磁波的原理相似,光纤的端面也可以作为天线将内部传输的太赫兹波向外辐射,通过仿真分析,天线在0.59~0.61 THz的回波损耗低于-25 dB,方向性系数大于20 dB,半功率波束宽度约为13。     

4D Printing of Hydrogels: A Review

3D printing permits the construction of objects by layer‐by‐layer deposition of material, resulting in precise control of the dimensions and properties of complex printed structures. Although 3D printing fabricates inanimate objects, the emerging technology of 4D printing allows for animated structures that change their shape, function, or properties over time when exposed to specific external stimuli after fabrication. Among the materials used in 4D printing, hydrogels have attracted growing interest due to the availability of various smart hydrogels. The reversible shape‐morphing in 4D printed hydrogel structures is driven by a stress mismatch arising from the different swelling degrees in the parts of the structure upon application of a stimulus. This review provides the state‐of‐the‐art of 4D printing of hydrogels from the materials perspective. First, the main 3D printing technologies employed are briefly depicted, and, for each one, the required physico‐chemical properties of the precursor material. Then, the hydrogels that have been printed are described, including stimuli‐responsive hydrogels, non‐responsive hydrogels that are sensitive to solvent absorption/desorption, and multimaterial structures that are totally hydrogel‐based. Finally, the current and future applications of this technology are presented, and the requisites and avenues of improvement in terms of material properties are discussed.     

Dynamic Photomask‐Assisted Direct Ink Writing Multimaterial for Multilevel Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) devices are extensively studied as a mechanical energy harvester and self‐powered sensor for wearable electronics and physiological monitoring. However, the conventional TENG fabrication involving assembling steps and using the single property of matrix material suffers from simple devices shape and a single level of mechanical response for sensing and energy harvesting. Here, the printed multimaterial matrix for multilevel mechanical‐responsive TENG with on‐demand reconfiguration of shape is reported. A multimaterial 3D printing approach by using dynamic photomask‐assisted direct ink writing printing together with a two‐stage curing hybrid ink is first developed. Multimaterial structures with location‐specific properties, such as tensile modulus, failure stress, and glass transition temperature for controlled deformation, crack propagation path, and sequential shape memory, are directly printed. The printed multimaterial structure with sequential deformation behavior is used to fabricate a multilevel‐TENG (mTENG) device for multiple level mechanical energy harvesters and sensors. It is demonstrated that the mTENG can be embedded in shoe insoles to achieve both comfortable wearing and motion state monitoring. This work provides a new approach to combine multimaterial 3D printing with TENG devices for functional wearable electronics as energy harvester and sensors.     

Conformal Printing of Graphene for Single‐ and Multilayered Devices onto Arbitrarily Shaped 3D Surfaces

Printing has drawn a lot of attention as a means of low per‐unit cost and high throughput patterning of graphene inks for scaled‐up thin‐form factor device manufacturing. However, traditional printing processes require a flat surface and are incapable of achieving patterning onto 3D objects. Here, a conformal printing method is presented to achieve functional graphene‐based patterns onto arbitrarily shaped surfaces. Using experimental design, a water‐insoluble graphene ink with optimum conductivity is formulated. Then single‐ and multilayered electrically functional structures are printed onto a sacrificial layer using conventional screen printing. The print is then floated on water, allowing the dissolution of the sacrificial layer, while retaining the functional patterns. The single‐ and multilayer patterns can then be directly transferred onto arbitrarily shaped 3D objects without requiring any postdeposition processing. Using this technique, conformal printing of single‐ and multilayer functional devices that include joule heaters, resistive deformation sensors, and proximity sensors on hard, flexible, and soft substrates, such as glass, latex, thermoplastics, textiles, and even candies and marshmallows, is demonstrated. This simple strategy promises to add new device and sensing functionalities to previously inert 3D surfaces.     

3D Printing of Multifunctional Hydrogels

3D printing technology has been widely explored for the rapid design and fabrication of hydrogels, as required by complicated soft structures and devices. Here, a new 3D printing method is presented based on the rheology modifier of Carbomer for direct ink writing of various functional hydrogels. Carbomer is shown to be highly efficient in providing ideal rheological behaviors for multifunctional hydrogel inks, including double network hydrogels, magnetic hydrogels, temperature‐sensitive hydrogels, and biogels, with a low dosage (at least 0.5% w/v) recorded. Besides the excellent printing performance, mechanical behaviors, and biocompatibility, the 3D printed multifunctional hydrogels enable various soft devices, including loadable webs, soft robots, 4D printed leaves, and hydrogel Petri dishes. Moreover, with its unprecedented capability, the Carbomer‐based 3D printing method opens new avenues for bioprinting manufacturing and integrated hydrogel devices.     

Scattering loss of antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides

The scattering loss of two-dimensional antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROW) and of ARROW-B, which has a similar structure to ARROW and less polarization dependence, are analyzed by the first-order perturbation theory. Calculated results are compared with those of conventional three layer waveguides. Optimum design for the reduction of scattering loss of these ARROW-type waveguides is discussed. It was found that the scattering loss of ARROW-type waveguides is no larger than that of a conventional waveguide having a relative refractive-index difference, Δ of 2.5%, despite each interface of ARROW-type waveguides having a large Δ, normally larger than 20%. The optimum design for the reduction of essential radiation loss of ARROW is also optimum for the reduction of scattering loss     

Cover Picture: High Definition Digital Fabrication of Active Organic Devices by Molecular Jet Printing (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2007)

A new method for direct patterning of organic optoelectronic/electronic devices using a reconfigurable and scalable printing method is reported by Vladimir Bulovic and co‐workers on p. 2722. The printing technique is applied to the fabrication of high‐resolution printed organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and organic field effect transistors (OFETs). Remarkably, the final print‐deposited films are evaporated onto the substrate (rather than solvent printed), giving high‐quality, solvent‐free, molecularly flat structures that match the performance of comparable high‐performance unpatterned films. We introduce a high resolution molecular jet (MoJet) printing technique for vacuum deposition of evaporated thin films and apply it to fabrication of 30 μm pixelated (800 ppi) molecular organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) based on aluminum tris(8‐hydroxyquinoline) (Alq₃) and fabrication of narrow channel (15 μm) organic field effect transistors (OFETs) with pentacene channel and silver contacts. Patterned printing of both organic and metal films is demonstrated, with the operating properties of MoJet‐printed OLEDs and OFETs shown to be comparable to the performance of devices fabricated by conventional evaporative deposition through a metal stencil. We show that the MoJet printing technique is reconfigurable for digital fabrication of arbitrary patterns with multiple material sets and high print accuracy (of better than 5 μm), and scalable to fabrication on large area substrates. Analogous to the concept of “drop‐on‐demand” in Inkjet printing technology, MoJet printing is a “flux‐on‐demand” process and we show it capable of fabricating multi‐layer stacked film structures, as needed for engineered organic devices.     

不同切型质子交换弯曲波导的弯曲损耗研究

退火质子交换铌酸锂光波导是一类重要的光波导。对2种不同切型的3种常用S形弯曲质子交换光波导,利用宽角有限差分光束传播法进行了分析。结果表明,3种弯曲波导的弯曲损耗,随波导结构参数的变化基本上是相同的,而在相同的波导结构参数下,X切型的质子交换光波导的弯曲损耗总体上都要小于Z切型的质子交换光波导。数值计算结果为相应波导器件的设计和制备提供了一定的参考。     

A Subtractive Photoresist Platform for Micro‐ and Macroscopic 3D Printed Structures

The selective removal of structural elements plays a decisive role in 3D printing applications enabling complex geometries. To date, the fabrication of complex structures on the microscale is severely limited by multistep processes. Herein, a subtractive photoresist platform technology that is transferable from microscopic 3D printing via direct laser writing to macroscopic structures via stereolithography is reported. All resist components are readily accessible and exchangeable, offering fast adaptation of the resist's property profile. The micro‐ and macroprinted structures can be removed in a facile fashion, without affecting objects based on standard photoresists. The cleavage is analyzed by time‐lapse optical microscopy as well as via in‐depth spectroscopic assessment. The mechanical properties of the printed materials are investigated by nanoindentation. Critically, the power of the subtractive resist platform is demonstrated by constructing complex 3D objects with flying features on the microscale.     

Patterned Carbon Nitride–Based Hybrid Aerogel Membranes via 3D Printing for Broadband Solar Wastewater Remediation

Controlled scalable assembly of 2D building blocks into macroscopic 3D architectures is highly significant. However, the assembly of g‐C₃N₄ into tailored, 3D architectures is not yet reported. Here, a 3D printing methodology to enable the programmable construction of carbon nitride–based hybrid aerogel membranes with patterned macroscopic architectures is proposed. g‐C₃N₄ nanosheets (CNNS) are used as the building block, and sodium alginate (SA) increases the viscosity of the ink to obtain the desired rheological properties. Three printing routes, including printing directly in air and in the supporting reservoirs composed of CaCl₂/glycerol solution or Pluronic F127, are demonstrated for printing versatility. The printed Au nanobipyramid–CNNS–SA hybrid aerogels exhibit broadband visible‐light absorption and superior solar wastewater remediation performance with excellent cyclic stability and easy manipulation features. Remarkably, the activity of the 3D‐printed aerogel is about 2.5 times of that of the contrast sample, attributing to the enhanced liquid velocity and solution diffusion efficiency because of the 3D‐printed structure, which is demonstrated by experimental and theoretical simulations. This approach can be extended to the macroscopic assembly of other 2D materials for myriad applications.     

Low-loss three-dimensional waveguide crossings using adiabatic interlayer coupling

The silica-based planar lightwave circuit (PLC) is a promising technology for application to a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM), which contains arrayed waveguide gratings (DEMUX/MUX), variable optical attenuators (VOAs), switches (SWs), and tap monitors (TAPs) as shown in Fig. 1. Specifically, single-chip integration with higher delta (D) contrast waveguides, which allow a small bending radius, enables us to realise compact and low-cost ROADM modules [1]. The critical problem with regards to single-chip integration is the large excess loss caused by conventional two-dimensional (2D) waveguide crossings as shown by the broken line in Fig. 1, because a large channel number of more than 40 ch is strongly required in ROADMsystems, and the crossing loss will accumulate in proportion to the channel number. On the other hand, three-dimensional (3D) waveguide crossings are attractive because they are fundamentally lossless [2, 3]. The most important technical aspect with regards to 3D waveguide crossings is to find a way to interconnect between vertically stacked waveguides. Various approaches have been proposed for realising interlayer coupling. One approach is direct writing using a femtosecond laser [2]. The problem with this approach is that the writing process time increases in proportion to the number of channels. Another approach involves using vertical directional couplers to realise interlayer coupling of the double waveguide structures [3, 4]. In this case, a severe fabrication tolerance is required if we are to form a directional coupler with 100% coupling. To overcome these problems, we propose and demonstrate 3D waveguide crossings based on a triple waveguide layer structure and adiabatic double/stacked-core modefield (MF) converters. By adopting simple mode conversion with the middle waveguide layer, we can provide stable low-loss interlayer coupling between vertically stacked upper and lower waveguides.