Superconducting Point Defect in a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal

This paper presents the tunability of the high temperature superconducting (SC) point defect modes in a two-dimensional photonic crystal composed of circular cylinders on a square lattice. By some modifications on the plane wave expansion method, we have shown that the properties of the SC point defect modes strongly depend on the temperature and external magnetic fields. The superconductor type and the nearest-neighbor of the defect effects are further investigated. Comparison between SC and conventional defects show that the SC one has only a monopole profile for different values of the defect size, and has very low sensitivity on the disorders, which is an important feature from a manufacturing point of view.     

Enlarged Photonic Band Gap in Heterostructure of Metallic Photonic and Superconducting Photonic Crystals

We show theoretically that the frequency range of photonic band gap of a hetero-structure which is made of a metallic photonic and superconducting photonic crystal can be enlarged due to the combination of the reflection band properties of the superconductor–dielectric (PC1) and metallic–dielectric (PC2) periodic structures. The transmittance and band structure of the considered structures are calculated using simple transfer matrix method and the Bloch theorem. Beside this, we have also calculated the transmittance of the superconducting photonic structure (PC1), metallic photonic structure (PC2) and heterostructure of metallic photonic and superconductor photonic crystals (PC1/PC2) for TE and TM-mode at the different angles of incidence.     

Unusual Commensurability Effect in Superconducting Sn Films with Triangular Lattice of Microholes

The interaction of the magnetic field with superconducting Sn perforated films prepared by electron beam lithography was studied. Shift of the peaks in the critical current I _c from integral multiples of the matching field was observed. An approach based on existence of the excited vortex lattice states is proposed to explain the effect. Some energetically unfavorable vortex states are stable in the structures made of superconducting films with strong interaction of the vortices with defect in the films. By using the approach it is possible to explain the unusual matching effect, and other results obtained in the present paper.     

Investigation of Absolute Photonic Band Gaps in Two-dimensional Dielectric Structures

Abstract

We examine the photonic band structure of two-dimensional (2D) arrays of dielectric holes using the coherent microwave transient spectroscopy (COMITS) technique. Such 2D hole arrays are constructed by embedding low-index rods (air) in a dielectric background of higher-index Stycast material (n = 3·60). The dispersion relation for electromagnetic wave propagation in these photonic crystals is directly determined using the phase sensitivity of COMITS. We find that both the square and triangular lattice structures exhibit photonic band gaps that are common to both polarizations for all wave-vectors along major symmetry axes. In addition, the connectivity of the high-index dielectric and the opening of a large gap for propagation with E field perpendicular to the hole cylinders are found to be important criteria for generating a large absolute photonic band gap.     

Properties of Photonic Band Gaps in Superconductor Multilayer Structure with Periodically Varying Ambient Temperature

The properties of the reflectance for a superconductor multilayer structure with periodically varying ambient temperature have been theoretically investigated by the transfer matrix method (TMM). From the numerical results, it has been shown that such system has the photonic band gap (PBG) properties of photonic crystals (PCs), so it can also be called superconductor photonic crystals (SPCs). It is found that the locations and bandwidths of PBGs can be modulated by the incident angle. The frequency ranges and central frequencies of PBGs can be tuned by the temperature and thickness of superconductor layer A (higher temperature superconductor layer), respectively. The bandwidths of PBGs can be notably enlarged with increasing the temperature of superconductor layer A. The frequency ranges of PBGs can be controlled by increasing the thickness of superconductor layer A, and the more PBGs appear. The damping coefficient of superconductor and the number of periods have little effect on the bandwidths of PBGs under low-temperature conditions. It is shown that this kind of SPCs has potential applications in filters, microcavities, and fibers, etc.     

Ultra-wide Low-Frequency Band Gap of One-Dimensional Superconducting Photonic Crystals Containing Metamaterials

In this paper, the low-frequency band gap properties of one-dimensional superconducting photonic crystal which is composed of superconductor and metamaterials have been theoretically investigated by the Bloch theorem together with the transfer matrix method. Numerical results show that the width of the low-frequency band gap increases first and then decreases with the increase of thickness ratio, which is defined as the ratio of the thickness of the metamaterials layer to that of the superconductor layer. A critical thickness ratio is found at which the ultra-wide low-frequency band gap appears. The influence of the metamaterials layer’s relative permittivity, the superconductor layer thicknesses and the operating temperature on the ultra-wide low-frequency band gap are also investigated in this paper.     

空气中周期管阵列的声波禁带研究

本文以不锈钢管正方形排列在空气中形成的二维声子晶体为对象,使用平面波展开法计算并通过实验测试的方法,分析了该二维声子晶体的声波禁带,讨论了晶格常数对声波禁带的影响.结果表明,随着晶格常数的减小,ΓX方向禁带宽度增加,禁带上下边界频率增大.     

三角晶格固/气型声子晶体的弹性波带隙结构

将椭圆钢柱散射体引入到三角晶格固/气型声子晶体中,用平面渡法计算了其带隙结构.研究表明,通过降低散射体横截面的对称度,可在几乎不改变带隙中心频率的条件下获得更宽的低频带隙,还能在极低的填充率下实现低频带隙.随着填充率的增大,带隙变宽,中心频率下降.当散射体绕其中心轴的旋转角度小于60°时,带隙宽度随旋转角度的增大而减小,但带隙中心频率基本不受影响.     

空芯光子晶体带隙光纤用于甲烷检测的研究

基于甲烷的光谱吸收理论,设计了一套利用空芯光子晶体带隙光纤(HC-PBGF)做传感气室的全光纤甲烷检测系统。根据HITRAN2012数据库和HAWKS软件确定甲烷的检测波长;利用气泵在HC-PBGF两端形成压力差来加快甲烷气体的扩散,利用反射镜延长光程至2倍;通过实验得到190s后气体扩散完成,0.5h内系统示值波动为0.012%,平均重复率为99.63%。最后配制0~2.5%浓度的甲烷气体进行浓度检测,得出甲烷浓度与相对吸收强度呈线性关系,线性度为99.92%。该系统成功实现了将HC-PBGF的空芯结构用于甲烷的吸收检测,加快了系统的响应速度,实现了仪器的小型化,使在线检测更加方便。     

Force Analysis of a Permanent Magnet and a Superconducting Hollow Cylinder

The interaction between a cylindrical magnet and a superconducting hollow cylinder in the Meissner state was analyzed using a dipole?Cdipole model. Analytical expression of the levitation force was derived as a function of the magnetic moment, radius of the magnet, radius, and thickness of the superconductor sample. The effect of the magnet??s dimensions on the levitation force was studied. The obtained results show that there is strong dependence of the levitation force on the magnetic dipole orientation at a small magnet?Csuperconductor distance.     

Properties of Band Gaps and Defect Modes Based on Fibonacci All Superconductor-Semiconductor Aperiodic Photonic Crystals

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism - In this numerical simulation, we study a new optical device based on semiconductor-superconductor structures, showing narrower broadband...     

Maximization of Photonic Bandgaps in Two-Dimensional Superconductor Photonic Crystals

In this paper, we investigate the properties of photonic band structures in two-dimensional superconductor photonic crystals (2D-SCPCs) using the frequency dependent plane wave expansion method. We consider two types of 2D-SCPCs, which are composed of superconductor (dielectric) rods embedded into a dielectric (superconductor) background, named type I (type II) SCPCs. We target maximization of the gap-to-mid-gap ratio by varying many parameters, namely, shape of the rods, the operating temperature, the permittivity of the dielectric material, and the threshold frequency of the superconductor. We show that the type II SCPCs have a higher gap-to-mid-gap ratio than the type I SCPCs. In addition, the PBGs can be tuned efficiently by the operating temperature. Moreover, the photonic band structures can be tailored by changing the dielectric constant of the background (rods) in the type I (type II) SCPCs.     

近红外光学带隙硅三维光子晶体的制备

用溶剂蒸发法将单分散SiO2微球组装成三维有序结构的胶体晶体模板,用低压化学气相沉积法填充高折射率材料硅,酸洗去除SiO2模板,获得了硅反蛋白石三维光子晶体.通过扫描电镜、X射线衍射仪和紫外-可见-近红外光谱仪对硅反蛋白石三维光子晶体的形貌、成分、结构和光学性能进行了表征.研究结果表明:Si在SiO2微球空隙内具有较高的结晶质量,填充致密均匀;通过控制沉积条件,可控制硅的填充率;制备的硅反蛋白三维光子晶体在近红外区(1.4μm左右)具有明显的光学反射峰,表现出光学带隙效应,测试的光学性能与理论计算基本吻合.     

Analysis of Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties in 1D Ternary Superconducting Photonic Crystal with Mirror Symmetry

The temperature dependence of the defect mode in a 1D ternary superconducting photonic crystal (PC) with mirror symmetry was theoretically investigated by simultaneously considering thermal expansion effect and thermal-optical effect. Three different materials H (high-refractive index dielectric), L (low-refractive index dielectric), and S (superconducting material) are used to construct the ternary superconducting PC structure. For comparison, six structures are discussed. It is found that the structure (HLS) ^N (SLH) ^N has the highest temperature sensitivity. Here, N is the number of periods. The average change in the central wavelength of the defect mode is 31.18 nm/K as the thickness of superconducting layer is 50 nm. Thus, based on the structure (HLS) ^N (SLH) ^N , a low temperature sensor with higher sensitivity can be designed to realize the low temperature sensor.     

固-液结构声子晶体中弹性波的能带

为了研究弹性波在固-液结构声子晶体中的能带特性,推导出了弹性渡斜入射固-液结构声子晶体的转移矩阵.利用它计算了固-液结构声子晶体中弹性波的透射系数.结果表明,当介质的分层厚度固定时,在透射渡中出现了多级禁带,禁带的频率中心随入射角的增加而向高频方向移动.当入射角固定时,禁带的频率宽度随介质的分层厚度近似呈反比变化,禁带的频率中心也随介质的分层厚度近似呈反比变化.     

Critical Currents and Melting Temperature of a Two-Dimensional Vortex Lattice with Periodic Pinning

The critical current and melting temperature of a vortex system are analyzed. Calculations are made for a two-dimensional film at finite temperature with two kinds of periodic pinning: hexagonal and Kagomé. A transport current parallel and perpendicular to the main axis of the pinning arrays is applied and molecular dynamics simulations are used to calculate the vortex velocities to obtain the critical currents. The structure factor and displacements of vortices at zero transport current are used to obtain the melting temperature for both pinning arrays. The critical currents are higher for the hexagonal pinning lattice and anisotropic for both pinning arrays. This anisotropy is stronger with temperature for the hexagonal array. For the Kagomé pinning lattice, our analysis shows a multi stage phase melting; that is, as we increase the temperature, each different dynamic phase melts before reaching the melting temperature. Both the melting temperature and critical currents are larger for the hexagonal lattice, indicating the role for the interstitial vortices in decreasing the pinning strength.