Multiphoton‐Pumped Highly Polarized Polariton Microlasers from Single Crystals of a Dye‐Coordinated Metal–Organic Framework

Room‐temperature, low‐threshold, photostable, cost‐effective, efficient, miniaturized, and all‐solid‐state lasers are highly desirable in many technological and medicinal applications. Here, an archetypical dye laser is introduced, with the above attributes, based on single‐crystalline microplates of a dye‐coordinated metal–organic framework (MOF) without an external cavity, holding a potential to be the next‐generation laser. With an exciton–polariton lasing mechanism combined with large multiphoton absorption cross sections, the lasing thresholds of the three microplates are in the range from 0.34 to 0.12 µJ cm^?2 under various optical pumping schemes. The lasing threshold is observed to be reduced with an increment in the order of optical nonlinearity involved in the pumping scheme. Lasing at an extreme‐red region is demonstrated, with a high photostability (with a drop in lasing output as low as 25% after 1.8 × 10⁶ cycles), a large degree of polarization (up to 92%), and an excellent conversion efficiency (up to 12%), thereby realizing a crucial milestone in the field of laser technology.     

Controlling Hot Charge Carrier Transfer in Monolithic Al?Si?Al Heterostructures for Plasmonic On-Chip Energy Harvesting

The generation of hot carriers by Landau damping or chemical interface damping of plasmons is of particular interest to the fundamental aspects of extreme light-matter interactions. Hot charge carriers can be transferred to an attached acceptor for photochemical or photovoltaic energy conversion. However, these lose their excess energy and relax to thermal equilibrium within picoseconds and it is difficult to extract useful work thereof with thermodynamic efficiencies that are of interest for practical devices. Without a detailed understanding of the underlying plasmon decay processes and transfer mechanisms, proper material matching and design considerations for novel plasmonic devices are extremely challenging. Here, a multifunctional Al Si Al heterostructure device with tunable Schottky barriers is presented to control plasmon-induced hot carrier injection at an abrupt metal-semiconductor interface. Light absorption, surface plasmon generation, and separation of hot carriers arising from the non-radiative decay of surface plasmons are realized in a monolithic Schottky barrier field effect transistor. Aside from barrier modulation, a virtual p–n junction can be emulated in the semiconductor channel with the distinct merit that carrier concentration and polarity are tunable by electrostatic gating. The investigations are carried out with a view to possible use for CMOS-compatible plasmonic photovoltaics, with versatile implementations for autonomous nanosystems.     

基于光学方法的太赫兹辐射源

太赫兹波技术在物理、化学、生命科学等基础研究学科,以及医学成像、安全检查、产品检测、空间通信、武器制导等应用学科都具有重要的研究价值和应用前景,而太赫兹辐射源正是太赫兹技术发展的关键部分。概述了基于光学方法产生太赫兹辐射的几种常用方法,着重叙述了利用非线性光学差频技术和基于横向晶格振动光学模受激电磁耦子散射过程的太赫兹参量振荡技术工作原理,以及目前的研究状况,并对这两种方法产生太赫兹波辐射源未来的发展方向进行了展望。     

基于非线性光学差频及参量效应的太赫兹源

基于非线性光学技术的THz源具有其独特的性能和优点,将基于非线性光学差频原理和光学参量效应,从理论上研究并分析THz波与抽运光、闲频光及相位匹配角之间的关系,得到THz波输出的条件和范围,并设计出宽波段连续可调的THz源。以调QNd∶YAG激光器和光学参量振荡器(OPO)作为抽运源,以GaSe和MgO∶LiNbO3晶体作为差频非线性晶体,根据相位匹配理论及光学参量效应,搭建两套THz波产生系统。其中,基于光学参量效应的THz辐射源有效地产生出THz信号。     

一种人工表面等离激元的小型化毫米波天线

设计了一款基于人工表面等离子体激元(Spoof Surface Plasma Polariton,SSPP)的小型化高效率定向辐射天线.在介质基板表面印刷了共面波导(CPW)、波矢匹配结构和SSPP传输线三种结构,其中波矢匹配结构与共面波导部分相结合,更好地完成阻抗匹配.此外,因人工表面等离子体激元可以将电场约束在天线...     

MDM光波导激发高阶SPP模的传输特性

研究了金属-介质-金属(MDM)型表面等离子体激元(SPP)光波导的电磁特性。理论计算结果表明,对于633nm的TM偏振入射光,当介质膜层厚度小于85nm时,波导中只能激发产生一阶SPP模(基模),其余高阶模全部截止。随着介质膜厚度增加,高阶SPP模逐渐被激发产生。当介质膜层厚度较小时,SPP模的有效折射率的实部随阶数的增加而减小,而虚部则随阶数的增加而增加,SPP基模具有最大传输距离。然而,当MDM波导中的介质层厚度超过0.555μm时,由于三阶SPP模的电磁场主要集中在离金属层相对较远的介质层中,其有效折射率的虚部具有最小值,具有最大的传输距离,而非基模。当入射光波长为633nm介质层厚度为0.9μm时,Ag/SiO2/Ag光波导中三阶SPP模的传输距离达到约150μm。     

（英）基于中红外波段的等离子体金属孔天线

研究了周期性金属孔阵列的光学和远场辐射特性,实验发现所有样品在中红外波段都有两个透射峰,当金属孔径或者孔阵的晶格常数变大时,透过峰的中心频率发生红移.在透过率的中心频率附近,周期性的金属孔阵列表现出偶极子阵列的特性,其远场辐射特性随着孔径的减小或者孔阵列晶格常数的增大而增强.     

一个适用于数值计算的金属色散模型分析研究

金属色散模型对数值模拟金属光学特性起至关重 要的作用。本文简单分析常见色散模 型与复杂色散 模型之间的关系,并利用MATLAB非线性拟合方法对Au、Ag常见的色散模型进行了分析,给出 在 180～2000nm波段内拟合结果。结果表明,Deb ye模型不适用于金属材料,Lorentz模型适合描述长波段金 属介电特性,Drude模型在600～2000nm可以描 述金属介电特性,而简单明确的Drude-Lor entz模型在180～2000nm波段能很好的拟合金 属介电特性。所得结果利用Mie散射理论得到验证。     

Simulation of an aperture in the thick metallic screen that gives high intensity and small spot size using surface plasmon polariton

The optical wave behaviour around a subwavelength aperture in a thick metallic screen is examined through three‐dimensional computer simulation. Treating the metallic screen as a dielectric slab with complex‐valued permittivity, it is possible to design an aperture that simultaneously provides high intensity and small spot size through the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on the side walls of the aperture.     

超薄金属膜V-型槽等离子波导的定向耦合研究

分析了在 1 550 nm 波长下超薄金属膜(金膜厚t=10 nm)V-型槽等离子波导间长程沟道等离激元导模的定向耦合。通过计算不同波导间距下的模式分布,得出了定向耦合器中奇、偶模有效折射率实部和传播长度随波导间距的变化情况,并进一步计算了相邻波导间的耦合长度、最大串扰与波导间距的关系曲线。计算结果表明:在波导间距较小时,耦合长度小于各模式的传播长度,随着波导间距的增加,耦合长度随之增加,最大串扰随之减小。对超薄金属膜V-型槽等离子波导的定向耦研究在集成光路的实际应用中具有重要的价值。