Examining micro-cavity parameters of top emission organic light-emitting diode with low-order resonant modes

Emission characteristics of top emitting organic light-emitting devices （TOLEDs） with Ag as reflective anode, Al/Ag as semitransparent cathode and 90 160 nm [N-（1-naphthyl）-N-phenyl-amino] biphenyl/tris-（8-hydroxy quinoline） aluminum （NPB/Alq3） sandwiched in the electrodes are examined. The electroluminescence （EL） spectra of the TOLEDs are simulated based on the Fabry-Perot cavity theory. And the resonant modes in cavity structure of TOLEDs is discussed and clarified which can accurately describe the work principle of the devices. A fairly good match between calculated values and experimental data is achieved at different emission colors from bluish green to orange.

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and micro-cavity components for probing samples: a review

We give a brief review of the developments in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy(THz-TDS) systems and microcavity components for probing samples in the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. The broadband terahertz(THz) radiation sources based on GaAs m-i-n diodes have been investigated by applying high electric fields. Then, the free space THz-TDS and fiber-coupled THz-TDS systems produced in our lab and their applications in drug/cancer detection are introduced in detail. To further improve the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) and enhance sensitivity, we introduce three general micro-cavity approaches to achieve tiny-volume sample detection, summarizing our previous results about their characteristics, performance, and potential applications.

Optically induced transparency in a micro-cavity

Electromagnetically induced transparency has the unique ability to optically control transparency windows with low light in atomic systems.However,its practical applications in quantum physics and information science are limited due to rigid experimental requirements.Here we demonstrate a new mechanism of optically induced transparency in a micro-cavity by introducing a four-wave mixing gain to nonlinearly couple two separated resonances of the micro-cavity in an ambient environment.A signature Fano-like resonance was observed owing to the nonlinear interference of the two coupled resonances.Moreover,we show that the unidirectional gain of the four-wave mixing can lead to the remarkable effect of non-reciprocal transmission at the transparency windows.Optically induced transparency may offer a unique platform for a compact,integrated solution to all-optical and quantum information.

Transient Optical Characteristics of Broad Absorption Band Excitons Modulated by Micro-cavity

The understanding of light-matter interaction within micro-cavity lays the basic groundwork for many future photon-related technologies and applications. We prepared low quality metal-insulator-metal（MIM） micro-cavity consisting massive two-level broad absorption band dye（Nile Red） excitons, which randomly dispersed in SU-8 polymer negative resist matrix and measured their optical characteristics. New binate transmission peaks with large energy separation（so-called Rabi-splitting phenomenon） and their angular anti-crossing behavior in con- sequence of the interaction between dye excitons and confined photons were observed. It was also confirmed that the separated energy can be tuned by changing the doped exciton concentrations. Time-resolved transient absorption measurements showed that such an interaction is indeed a coherent one but rather a strong coupling one and one can modulate such a coherent mechanism by easily adjusting the detuinng between dye excitons and confined cavity photons. This work may provide a comprehensive and deep understanding for such massive broad absoprtion band excitons-doped MIM micro-cavities and represent a further step to realize optical cavity-modulated devices in future.

Light propagation properties of two-dimensional photonic crystal channel filters with elliptical micro-cavities

Light propagation through a channel filter based on two-dimensional photonic crystals with elliptical-rod defects is studied by the finite-difference time-domain method. Shape alteration of the defects from the usual circle to an ellipse offers a powerful approach to engineer the resonant frequency of channel filters. It is found that the resonant frequency can be flexibly adjusted by just changing the orientation angle of the elliptical defects. The sensitivity of the resonant wavelength to the alteration of the oval rods＇ shape is also studied. This kind of multi-channel filter is very suitable for systems requiring a large number of output channel filters.

Optical properties of the direct-coupled Y-branch filters by using photonic crystal slabs

We fabricated a new type of two-dimensional photonic crystal slab filter. The resonant cavities were directly put into the waveguide arms. The optical transmissions of the filters were measured and the results show that the optimized two-channel filters give good intensity distribution at the output ports of the waveguide. A minimum wavelength spacing of 5 nm of the filter outputs is realized by accurately controlling the size of the resonant cavities.

A Multi-Parameter Sensor Based on Cascaded Photonic Crystal Cavities Filled with Magnetic Fluid

A kind of photonic crystal (PC) micro-cavity sensor based on magnetic fluid (MF) filling is designed with simulation model. Generally, many sensors’ designs are based on a universal temperature in the whole structure. However, strong photothermal effect in high Q micro-cavities will lead to different temperatures between cavities and environment inevitably. In many theoretical PC sensor designs, researchers neglected the different temperature between environment and cavities. This simple hypothesis will probably lead to failure of sensor design and get wrong temperature. Moreover, few theoretical or experimental works have been done to study optical cavity’s heating process and temperature. We propose that researchers should take seriously about this point. Here, the designed cascaded micro-cavity structure has three spectral lines and a reversible sensitivity matrix, which can simultaneously detect magnetic field, ambient temperature and MF micro-cavity temperature. It can solve the magnetic field and temperature cross-sensitivity problem, and further, distinguish the different temperatures of environment and magnetic fluid cavities. The influence of hole radius and slab thickness on the depth and Q value of the resonant spectral line are also studied. Responses of three dips to magnetic field, ambient temperature and MF micro-cavity temperature are simulated, respectively, where dip 1 belongs to MF cavity 1, dip 2 and dip 3 belong to MF cavity 2. The obtained magnetic field sensitivities are 2.89 pm/Oe, 4.57 pm/Oe, and 5.14 pm/Oe, respectively;the ambient temperature sensitivities are 65.51 pm/K, 50.94 pm/K, and 58.98 pm/K, respectively;and the MF micro-cavity temperature sensitivities are −14.41 pm/K, −17.06 pm/K, and −18.81 pm/K, respectively.

High-brightness organic light-emitting diodes

The research of high-brightness organic light-emitting diodes, as an important branch of organic light-emitting diodes （OLEDs）, makes it possible for achieving high-brightness lighting source and lasing. Heat dissipation and efficiency roll off, as two main factors, affect the brightness of the OLEDs heavily. In this paper, high-brightness OLEDs are obtained by utilizing pulse voltage, small areas and micro-cavity structure to minimize the effect of the two factors. The major advances, ongoing challenges and future perspectives of this research frontier are also critically discussed.

Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Cavity with a Resonantly Oscillating Boundary

We present analytical solutions describing quantized vacuum field in a one-dimensional cavity with one of its two mirrors fixed and another vibrating in simple harmonic form. These solutions are accurate up to the second order of the oscillating magnitude and they are uniformly valid for all time. We obtain the simple analytical expression for the energy density of the field which explicitly manifests that for a cavity vibrating at its -th eigenfrequency, traveling wave packets emerge in the finite part of the field energy density, and their amplitudes grow while their widths shrink in time, representing a large concentration of energy. The finite part of the field energy density originating from the oscillations is shown to be proportional to the factor .

All-optical logic gates and a half-adder based on lithium niobate photonic crystal micro-cavities

All-optical logic gates including AND, XOR, and NOT gates, as well as a half-adder, are realized based on twodimensional lithium niobate photonic crystal(PhC) circuits with Ph C micro-cavities.The proposed all-optical devices have an extinction ratio as high as 23 dB due to the effective all-optical switch function induced by twomissing-hole micro-cavities.These proposed devices can have potential implementation of complex integrated optical functionalities including all-optical computing in a lithium niobate slab or thin film.

Large area crystalline Weyl semimetal with nano Au film based micro-fold line array for THz detector

The advancement of 6G technology relies on the development of high-performance terahertz detectors that can operate at room temperature.These detectors are crucial for Internet of Things(Io T)applications,which require sensitive environmental sensing and efficient reception of 6G signals.One significant research focus is on detection technology with high responsiveness and low equivalent noise power for 6G signals,which experience high losses in the air.To meet the demand for ultra-sensitive detectors in 6G technology,we have employed several techniques.Firstly,we prepared a large area of Weyl-semimetal layer through magnetron sputtering.Secondly,we obtained a high-quality Weyl-semimetal active layer by carefully controlling the annealing conditions.Next,a thin nano-Au layer was introduced as a micro-cavity reflection layer to enhance the device's detection rate.Additionally,we incorporated an electromagnetic induction well to improve carrier confinement and enhance the detection sensitivity.This proposed high-performance terahertz detector,with its potential for industrial production,offers a valuable technical solution for the advancement of 6G technology.

On-chip short-wave infrared multispectral detector based on integrated Fabry–Perot microcavities array

We demonstrate an ultra-compact short-wave infrared[SWIR]multispectral detector chip by monolithically integrating the narrowband Fabry–Perot microcavities array with the In Ga As detector focal plane array.A 16-channel SWIR multispectral detector has been fabricated for demonstration.Sixteen different narrowband response spectra are acquired on a 64×64 pixels detector chip by four times combinatorial etching processes.The peak of the response spectra varies from1450 to 1666 nm with full width at half-maximum of 24 nm on average.The size of the SWIR multispectral detection system is remarkably reduced to a 2 mm^(2) detector chip.

Single crystal erbium compound nanowires as high gain material for on-chip light source applications

Integrated photonics requires high gain optical materials in the telecom wavelength range for optical amplifiers and coherent light sources. Erbium （Er） containing materials are ideal candidates due to the 1.5 μm emission from Era＋ ions. However, the Er density in typical Er-doped materials is less than 10^20 cm-3, thus limiting the maximum optical gain to a few dB/cm, too small to be useful for integrated photonic applications. Er compounds could potentially solve this problem since they contain much higher Era＋ density. So far the existing Er compounds suffer from short lifetime and strong upconversion effects, mainly due to poor crystal qualities. Recently, we explore a new Er compound： erbium chloride silicate （ECS, Er3（SiO4）2C1） in the form of nanowire, which facilitates the growth of high quality single crystal with relatively large Era＋ density 0.62 ×10^22 cm^-3）. Previous optical results show that the high crystal quality of ECS material leads to a long lifetime up to 1 ms. The Er lifetime-density product was found to be the largest among all the Er containing materials. Pump-probe experiments demonstrated a 644 dB/cm signal enhancement and 30 dB/cm net gain per unit length from a single ECS wire. As a result, such high-gain ECS nanowires can be potentially fabricated into ultra-compact lasers. Even though a single ECS nanowire naturally serves as good wavegnide, additional feedback mechanism is needed to form an ultra-compact laser. In this work, we demonstrate the direct fabrication of 1D photonic crystal （PhC） air hole array structure on a single ECS nanowire using focused ion beam （FIB）. Transmission measurement shows polarization-dependent stop-band behavior. For transverse electric （TE） polarization, we observed stop-band suppression as much as 12 dB with a 9 μm long airholed structure. Through numerical simulation, we showed that Ω-factor as high as 11000 can be achieved at 1.53 μm for a 1D PhC micro-cavity on an ECS nanowire. Such a high Q cavity combined with the high material gain of ECS nanowires provides an attractive solution for ultra-compact lasers, an important goal of this research.

Popcorning-type cracking failure in thermohyperelastic packaging materials in the presence of “wet” and “dry” cavities

Thermal cracking occurs in the plastic packaging materials due to the presence of moisturized micro-cavities in the material.The moisture resident in the micro-cavities gives rise to the internal vapor pressure that drives the thermal expansion of micro-cavities as temperature rises.The plastic packaging materials are considered a class of thermo-hyperelastic materials,thus allowing the micro-cavities to thermally expand to the substantial extent before the cracking failure.The micro-cavities can be moisture-abundant(i.e.,wet) or substantially dry when cracking occurs.Cracking appears to be almost certain in the presence of wet cavities.The possibility of cracking in dry cavities turns to be two-sided:when the initial volume fraction of the micro-cavities is relatively small,cracking cannot occur in the dry cavities regardless of the phase transition temperature;when the initial cavity volume fraction is relatively large,cracking tends to occur in the dry cavities especially when the phase transition temperature is large.Because of the two-sided cracking possibility,the dry-cavity cracking mode presents a scenario that might reveal the mechanism of popcorning-type cracking failure in plastic packaging materials.