基于多层结构的偏振不敏感超材料太赫兹宽带吸收器

为了解决宽带吸收器结构设计复杂的问题,提出了 一种结构简单、偏振不敏感、吸收性能优良的超材料太赫兹宽带吸收器.该吸收器采用对称结构设计,以金属层-介质层-金属层的三层架构为基础.其中,介质层中嵌入了两个不同尺寸的圆形金属片,从而形成多层结构.采用频域有限元法(Frequency Domain Finite Elemen...     

AlGaInAs-InP材料系1550nm偏振无关半导体光放大器

采用低压金属有机气相外延设备生长并制作了1550nm AlGaInAs-InP偏振无关半导体光放大器,有源区为3周期的张应变量子阱结构,应变量为-0.40%.器件制作成脊型波导结构,并采用7°斜腔结构以有效抑制腔面反射.经蒸镀减反膜后,半导体光放大器的自发辐射功率的波动小于0.3dB,3dB带宽为56nm.半导体光放大器小信号增益近20dB,带宽大于55nm.在1500～1590nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于0.8dB,峰值增益波长的饱和输出功率达7.2dBm.     

免偏振敏感消色差超构镜设计研究

超构透镜作为一种灵活调控空间光场相位、振幅及偏振的有效选择,在超分显微成像中受到了广泛的关注。为了提高多波长显微成像的分辨率,解决传统光学系统结构厚重、设计复杂等问题,基于相位补偿理论,运用传输相位法以及粒子群优化算法,设计了一种基于二氧化钛纳米单元柱的反射式消色差超构透镜,在500~550 nm之间实现了恒定聚焦,且该透镜具有偏振不敏感的特性。与数值孔径相同但有色散的超构透镜的对比结果有效证实了该超构透镜的消色差功能。所设计的透镜可应用于多波长显微成像系统中并提高成像的分辨率。此外,该消色差透镜在数码相机和光学仪器等领域中也有较好的应用价值。     

Disordered animal multilayer reflectors and the localization of light

Multilayer optical reflectors constructed from ‘stacks’ of alternating layers of high and low refractive index dielectric materials are present in many animals. For example, stacks of guanine crystals with cytoplasm gaps occur within the skin and scales of fish, and stacks of protein platelets with cytoplasm gaps occur within the iridophores of cephalopods. Common to all these animal multilayer reflectors are different degrees of random variation in the thicknesses of the individual layers in the stack, ranging from highly periodic structures to strongly disordered systems. However, previous discussions of the optical effects of such thickness disorder have been made without quantitative reference to the propagation of light within the reflector. Here, we demonstrate that Anderson localization provides a general theoretical framework to explain the common coherent interference and optical properties of these biological reflectors. Firstly, we illustrate how the localization length enables the spectral properties of the reflections from more weakly disordered ‘coloured’ and more strongly disordered ‘silvery’ reflectors to be explained by the same physical process. Secondly, we show how the polarization properties of reflection can be controlled within guanine–cytoplasm reflectors, with an interplay of birefringence and thickness disorder explaining the origin of broadband polarization-insensitive reflectivity.     

A Dual Band Polarization-insensitive Tunable Absorber Based on Terahertz MEMS Metamaterial

We present the design, numerical simulations and characterization of a dynamically tunable dual band metamaterial absorber that shows two distinct absorption peaks in terahertz (THz) regime. The designed absorber consists of a metal ground plane fixed on substrate and a movable metamaterial suspended above the ground plane. Through applying a bias voltage to adjust the height between the suspended elements and metal ground plane, we can switch absorber's state between absorption and reflection. Moreover, the designed absorber is polarization-insensitive and can be operated over a wide range of incidence angles owing to the high degree symmetry of designed structure.