In this paper, we develop a fully implicit scheme on staggered grids to solve the Maxwell's equations when Drude metamaterial is involved. Unconditional stability and optimal error estimate of the scheme are prove...
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In this paper, we develop a fully implicit scheme on staggered grids to solve the Maxwell's equations when Drude metamaterial is involved. Unconditional stability and optimal error estimate of the scheme are proved. Numerical results are provided to support the theoretical analysis, and used to demonstrate the applicability of the scheme to simulate the complicated backward wave propagation phenomenon occurring in metamaterials.
Purpose - Random media uncertainties exhibit a significant impact on the properties of electromagnetic fields that usually deterministic models tend to neglect. As a result, these models fail to quantify the variation...
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Purpose - Random media uncertainties exhibit a significant impact on the properties of electromagnetic fields that usually deterministic models tend to neglect. As a result, these models fail to quantify the variation in the calculated electromagnetic fields, leading to inaccurate outcomes. This paper aims to introduce an unconditionally stable finite-differencetime-domain (FDTD) method for assessing two-dimensional random media uncertainties in one simulation. Design/methodology/approach - The proposed technique is an extension of the stochastic FDTD (S-FDTD) scheme, which approximates the variance of a given field component using the Delta method. Specifically in this paper, the Delta method is applied to the locally one-dimensional (LOD) FDTD scheme (hence named S-LOD-FDTD), to achieve unconditional stability. The validity of this algorithm is tested by solving two-dimensional random media problems and comparing the results with other methods, such as the Monte-Carlo (MC) and the S-FDTD techniques. Findings - This paper provides numerical results that prove the unconditional stability of the S-LOD-FDTD technique. Also, the comparison with the MC and the S-FDTD methods shows that reliable outcomes can be extracted even with larger time steps, thus making this technique more efficient than the other two aforementioned schemes. Research limitations/implications - The S-LOD-FDTD method requires the proper quantification of various correlation coefficients between the calculated fields and the electrical parameters, to achieve reliable results. This cannot be known beforehand and the only known way to calculate them is to run a fraction of MC simulations. Originality/value - This paper introduces a new unconditional stable technique for measuring material uncertainties in one realization.
The reason for the significant photocatalytic activity improvement exhibited by TiO2/C is currently a topic of great research interest, and many different explanations of this phenomenon have been proposed. In this pa...
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The reason for the significant photocatalytic activity improvement exhibited by TiO2/C is currently a topic of great research interest, and many different explanations of this phenomenon have been proposed. In this paper, we provide a new explanation of this enhancement mechanism that takes into consideration the energy absorption characteristics of TiO2/C. First, we determined the relationship among the wavelength of the incident light, the TiO2 particle radius, and the energy of the scattered light based on the results of Mie analysis. Then the energy absorption characteristics inside TiO2/C were observed using the finite-difference time-domain method. The calculated results revealed that light can be scattered by TiO2 particles during the light transfer process, causing the amorphous C near the TiO2 particles to absorb more energy than the C in other regions. This phenomenon can enable the amorphous C near the TiO2 particles to produce photoelectrons, which can subsequently migrate to the conduction band of TiO2, resulting in enhanced photocatalytic activity. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Electrically pumped heterogeneously integrated III-V/SiO2 semiconductor on-chip lasers with different types of etched facet reflectors are designed and fabricated and their lasing performances are characterized and co...
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Electrically pumped heterogeneously integrated III-V/SiO2 semiconductor on-chip lasers with different types of etched facet reflectors are designed and fabricated and their lasing performances are characterized and compared. The III-V quantum-well-based epitaxial layers are bonded on silica-on-silicon substrates and fabricated to form Fabry-Perot lasers with dry-etched rear facets. Three types of reflectors are demonstrated, which are etched facets terminated by air, benzocyclobutene, and metal with a thin layer of SiO2 insulator in-between. The laser devices are characterized and compared, including lasing threshold, external quantum efficiency, and output power, and show the impact of different types of etched facet reflectors on lasing performance. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
A nanosensor, based on a metalinsulatormetal (MIM) plasmonic ring resonator, is proposed for potential on-chip temperature sensing and its performance is evaluated numerically. The sensor components can be fabricated ...
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A nanosensor, based on a metalinsulatormetal (MIM) plasmonic ring resonator, is proposed for potential on-chip temperature sensing and its performance is evaluated numerically. The sensor components can be fabricated by using planar processes on a silicon substrate, making its manufacturing compatible to planar electronic fabrication technology. The sensor, constructed using silver as the metal rings and a thermo-optic liquid ethanol film between the metal layers, is capable of sensing temperature with outstanding optical sensitivity, as high as -0.53 nm/degrees C. The resonance wavelength is found to be highly sensitive to the refractive index of the liquid dielectric film. The resonance peak can be tuned according to the requirement of intended application by changing the radii of the ring resonator geometries in the design phase. The compact size, planar and siliconbased design, and very high resolutions- these characteristics are expected to make this sensor technology a preferred choice for labonachip applications, as compared to other contemporary sensors. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
All-optical control of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is theoretically demonstrated in arrays of metallic slits. It is shown how the mixing of electromagnetic fields scattered by the slits from a weak beam at λ wa...
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All-optical control of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is theoretically demonstrated in arrays of metallic slits. It is shown how the mixing of electromagnetic fields scattered by the slits from a weak beam at λ wavelength, with second-harmonic fields generated by a high-intensity 2λ beam, creates a destructive interference of surface plasmons in one of the two possible directions of emission from the slits, while these are enhanced along the opposite direction. Our method enables spectrally broadband excitation and thus unidirectional launching of SPP pulses as short as ∼20 fs, all-optically controlled. Based on these findings, an ultranarrow bandwidth surface plasmon frequency comb is designed.
A compact and broadband polarization rotator (PR) for silicon- based cross-slot waveguides using subwavelength gratings (SWGs) is proposed and analyzed. To significantly break the symmetry of the waveguide structure, ...
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A compact and broadband polarization rotator (PR) for silicon- based cross-slot waveguides using subwavelength gratings (SWGs) is proposed and analyzed. To significantly break the symmetry of the waveguide structure, the diagonal regular Si wires of the cross-slot waveguides are replaced with the full etching SWGs. Moreover, the special properties of the SWGs- whose effective index is adjustable-can effectively enhance the modal birefringence between the two lowest-order hybrid modes, resulting in a more compact device. By utilizing interference effect of the hybrid modes, both transverse electric to transverse magnetic (TE-to-TM) and TM-to-TE conversion can be efficiently realized. Numerical results show that a PR of 12.6 mu m in length at a wavelength of 1.55 mu m is achieved, where the polarization conversion efficiency (PCE) and insertion loss (IL) are, respectively, 97.2% and 0.71 dB, and the reflection loss is below - 20.5 dB for both cases. Moreover, a wide bandwidth of similar to 260 nm for both polarizations is obtained for keeping the PCE over 90% and IL below 1 dB. In addition, fabrication tolerances to the structural parameters are analyzed in detail, and field evolution along the propagation distance is also presented. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
This paper discusses the growing subgridding errors in finite-differencetime-domain (FDTD) analysis when applied on electrically large subgrids. FDTD simulations in 1D and 2D spaces are used with a 1:3 contrast ratio...
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(纸本)9781728115184;9780996007887
This paper discusses the growing subgridding errors in finite-differencetime-domain (FDTD) analysis when applied on electrically large subgrids. FDTD simulations in 1D and 2D spaces are used with a 1:3 contrast ratio. Error levels are found to be linearly proportional to the subgrid's electrical dimension along the wave's propagation path. This linear growth suggests numerical phase error mismatch between coarse and fine grids as the subgridding error source.
A novel nonreciprocal MIM waveguide with Kerr nonlinear material in near-infrared region is proposed and the corresponding transmission characteristics are investigated. In the proposed MIM waveguide, a transmission c...
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A novel nonreciprocal MIM waveguide with Kerr nonlinear material in near-infrared region is proposed and the corresponding transmission characteristics are investigated. In the proposed MIM waveguide, a transmission contrast ratio up to 49.2 dB can be achieved between forward and backward transmission by using the finite-differencetime-domain (FDTD) method, revealing an excellent nonreciprocal effect. Moreover, the proposed nonreciprocal MIM waveguide can also be flexibly controlled as forward transmission or backward transmission at different wavelengths. Therefore, our results can offer a new possibility and important application in highly integrated optical circuits. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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