侧入式LED背光模组中光耦合模块的设计与实现

现有的液晶显示器(LCD)背光模组大多采用侧入式发光二极管(LED)作为背光源,其要求导光板厚度始终大于LED发光截面宽度。为解决这一问题,提出一种用于侧入式LED背光模组的自由曲面光耦合结构,包括浸入式准直透镜与自由曲面反射器,光源出射光先由浸入式准直透镜收集并准直,再经自由曲面反射器反射并聚集到导光板入光面。利用斯涅尔定律、微分几何法以及等光程原理对该模块进行设计,并通过光学仿真验证设计的可行性。实验结果表明,当采用有效发光面积为0.4 mm×0.4 mm的LED芯片作为光源时,导光板厚度减少0.6 mm,导光板入光面处光能利用率达到96.23%,相对于传统结构,光线利用率提高11.22%。该光耦合模块实现了背光模组中导光板的薄型化,同时改善了导光板入光面处光热点现象。

Quantum Anti-Zeno Effect in Artificial Quantum Systems

In this paper, we study a quantum anti-Zeno effect （QAZE） purely induced by repetitive measurements for an artificial atom interacting with a structured bath. This bath can be artificially realized with coupled resonators in one dimension and possesses photonic band structure like Bloeh electron in a periodic potential. In the presence of repetitive measurements, the pure QAZE is discovered as the observable decay is not negligible even for the atomic energy level spacing outside of the energy band of the artificial bath. If there were no measurements, the decay would not happen outside of the band. In this sense, the enhanced decay is completely induced by measurements through the relaxation channels provided by the bath. Besides, we also discuss the controversial golden rule decay rates originated from the van Hove＇s singularities and the effects of the counter-rotating terms.

Vertically coupled ZnO nanorods on MoS2 monolayers with enhanced Raman and photoluminescence emission

Hybrid structures composed of layered materials have received much attention due to their exceptional tunable optical, electronic and catalytic properties. Here, we describe a hydrothermal strategy for coupling vertical ZnO nanorods on MoS2 monolayers without a catalyst. These vapor-solid-grown MoS2 monolayers aid in growing vertical ZnO nanorods via epitaxy. Enhanced Raman and photoluminescence emissions were observed from the MoS2 monolayers under the ZnO nanorods in these coupled structures, which was attributed to the light antenna effect of the ZnO nanorods. These hybrid and incorporation protocols for layered materials will provide new perspectives and opportunities for promoting the construction of heterojunctions with adjustable layered structures leading to fascinating fundamental phenomena and advanced devices.

Improvement of slow light performance for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser using coupled cavity structure

We propose a vertical cavity semiconductor emitting laser(VCSEL)using a coupled-cavity(CC)design to broaden the bandwidths of gain and delay spectra.The structure is formed by constructing a passive cavity coupled with the active cavity.By rendering the strength of the two resonant cavities,the increased gain bandwidth by 340%and the increased delay bandwidth by 800%are achieved as compared with the signal-cavity(SC)VCSEL.The wideband spectra present more square-like passband which is expected for slow light system.By using it,a 20 Gbit/s super Gaussian signal is delayed by about 13 ps with high quality.

A novel strategy for improving upconversion luminescence of NaYF4：Yb, Er nanocrystals by coupling with hybrids of silver plasmon nanostructures and poly（methyl methacrylate） photonic crystals

The coupling of upconversion nanophosphors （UCNPs） with the surface plasmonic resonance （SPR） of noble metals is a promising way to improve luminescent efficiency of UCNPs; however, it is still a challenge to achieve stable, reproducible and effective upconversion luminescence （UCL） enhancement through such coupling. In this work, we present a novel strategy to improve UCL of NaYF4：ybB,Er3. UCNPs, by combining the near-field coupling of SPR of silver and the far-field coupling of poly（methyl methacrylate） （PMMA） opal photonic crystals （OPCs） with the UCNPs. In order to control the effective interaction distance between the UCNPs and the SPR, a porous silver film consisting of randomly distributed silver nanoparticles （NPs） （〉 100 nm） was prepared which demonstrated strong SPR over a broad wavelength range, and its coupling to the UCNPs was found to be much stronger than that of a dense film. In the far-field coupling of OPCs, the photonic stop band （PSB） of the PMMA OPCs was tuned to 980 nm, matching exactly the excitation light. By modulating the particle size of the UCNPs, and the direction and excitation power of the incident light, a maximum enhancement of 60-fold was observed, which is an important advance for metaMnduced UCL enhancement systems.

Optical notch filter design based on digital signal processing

Based on digital signal processing theory,a novel method of designing optical notch filter is proposed for Mach-Zehnder interferometer with cascaded optical fiber rings coupled structure.The method is simple and effective,and it can be used to implement the designing of the optical notch filter which has arbitrary number of notch points in one free spectrum range(FSR).A design example of notch filter based on cascaded single-fiber-rings is given.On this basis,an improved cascaded double-fiber-rings structure is presented to eliminate the effect of phase shift caused by the single-fiber-ring structure.This new structure can improve the stability and applicability of system.The change of output intensity spectrum is finally investigated for each design parameter and the tuning characteristics of the notch filter are also discussed.

Optical bistability based on surface plasmon coupled between a noble metal film and a metal grating involving Kerr materials

A phenomenon about optical bistability is successfully investigated in a layered structure consisting of a silver film with Kerr medium and a silver grating sandwiched between semi-infinite linear dielectrics.This type of structure can lead to the optical bistability phenomena occurring in reflection and transmission.There exists an optimal thickness of the metal grating that can cut off the effect of the near-field enhancement and may have the lowest effect on conversion from surface plasmon to light.This structure can realize the functions of the beam splitter and the polarization splitter and will be essential for future classical and quantum information processing.

A novel polarization splitter based on octagonal dualcore photonic crystal fiber

A novel polarization splitter based on octagonal dual-core photonic crystal fiber(O-D-PCF) is proposed. The impacts of several fiber parameters on the coupling characteristics of the polarization splitter are investigated by full-vectorial finite element method(FV-FEM) in detail. Through optimizing the fiber configuration, a 4.267-mm-long polarization splitter with a bandwidth of 37 nm is achieved, and its extinction ratio(ER) is as high as 81.2 d B at the wavelength of 1.55 μm. Compared with the hexagonal dual-core photonic crystal fiber(H-D-PCF) based polarization splitter, both ER and bandwidth of the O-D-PCF based one are effectively improved.