Analysis of Mechanically Tunable Frequency Selective Surfaces

The frequency selective surface (FSS) has been widely applied by means of its spatial frequency-filter characteristic, but it is always designed and used as a device with fixed frequency response. In order to tune the resonant frequency and switch the frequency channel, a scheme of mechanically tunable FSS is theoretically analyzed by using the method of Floquet's vector modes expansion and fields matching. A double-layer tunable FSS with dipole element can perform a dynamic range of resonant frequency covering whole X-band.

Evanescent wave of extraordinary beam at uniaxial crystal surfaces

Under the circumstance of optical axis being in the incident plane,the evanescent wave of total reflection is studied when an extraordinary beam is incident from an isotropic medium upon a uniaxial crystal by using the general characteristics of uniaxial crystal and electromagnetic field.This paper presents the propagation directions of equiphase plane and the images of evanescent wave,and reveals that the equiamplitude plane and the equiphase plane are not in quadrature any more,and the phase difference between longitudinal wave and transversal wave does not equal π/2,either.But the reflectivity is still kept at 100.

A hyperlens-based device for nanoscale focusing of light

To resolve the problem of missed evanescent waves in a beam focusing system,a hyperlens-based beam focusing device is proposed in this letter.This device can convert the evanescent waves into propagating waves,and then a super-resolution spot is formed at the center of the hyperlens.The working principle of the device is presented,and the way in which the material and structural parameters of the hyperlens affect the resolution and transmission is analyzed in detail.A multibeam focusing device is optimally designed,and the simulated results verify that a nanoscale spot with a diameter of 15.6 nm（corresponding toλ0/24,whereλ0 is the working wavelength in vacuum）is achieved,which is far less than the diffraction limited resolution with a value of 625 nm（1.7λ0）.The device is expected to find numerous applications in optical data storage and nano-photolithography,among others.

Propagation of a filamentary femtosecond laser beam with high intensities at an air-solid interface

The propagation of a filamentary laser beam at an air-glass surface is studied by setting the incident angle sat- isfying the total reflection condition. The images of the trajectory of the filamentary laser beam inside the sample and the output far-field spatial profiles are measured with varying incident laser pulse energies. Different from the general total reflection, a transmitted laser beam is detected along the propagation direction of the incident laser beam. The energy ratio of the transmitted laser beam depends on the pulse energies of the incident laser beam. The background energy reservoir surrounding the filament core can break the law of total reflection at the air-glass surface, resulting in the regeneration of the transmitted laser beam.