Patent Grant
10094979
The present invention relates to a broadband absolute photonic bandgap (PBG) photonic crystal (PhC), and more particularly, generally to a two-dimensional (2D) square-lattice PhC with rotated hollow square rod and rotated triangle rods.
In 1987, the concept of a PhC was respectively proposed by E. Yablonovitch in American Bell Labs when studying how to suppress spontaneous radiation and S. John in Princeton University when studying photon localization. The PhC has a material structure of a dielectric material arranged periodically in space, and is often an artificial crystal formed by two or more than two materials having different dielectric constants.
Control on light is one of main challenges in modern optics. With increasing development of optical communication and computer technology, it becomes more important to control and operate light signals. Since the PhC has the property of allowing light at a specific frequency and a specific direction to pass or forbidding in the PhC, the researches on the PhC have received people's attention.
Because the electromagnetic field mode in an absolute PBG is completely nonexistent, when an electron energy band is superposed with the absolute PBGs of the PhC, the spontaneous radiation is suppressed. The absolute PBGs can change the interaction between a field and a material by controlling the spontaneous radiation and improve the performance of an optical device. The PhC can be applied to semiconductor lasers, solar cells, high-quality resonant cavities and filters.
The distribution of a dielectric material in unit cells of the PhC has a strong impact on the PBGs, the selection of a PBGs has a great impact on the application of the PhC, and particularly, a large absolute PBGs is very effective on the control of broadband signals.
For the light having the frequency in an absolute PBG, it cannot pass any matter for different polarizations and wave vectors. The large PBGs can be used for manufacturing optical waveguides, liquid crystal PhC fibers, negative refractive index imagers, PhC lasers of a defect mode in defect cavities. Large absolute PBGs can suppress spontaneous radiation in PhC lasers of a defect mode, particularly under the condition that the spectral range of spontaneous radiation is very wide. If we desire to obtain PhC resonant cavities with narrow resonant peaks, large absolute PBGs are necessary. In various optical devices, polarization-independent absolute PBGs are very important. Just because many devices of PhCs utilize PBGs, worldwide scientists are striving to design PhC structures with larger absolute PBGs.
The present invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a 2D square-lattice PhC structure facilitating optical circuit integration and having a large absolute PBG relative value.
The technical solution adopted by the invention to solve the technical problem is as follows:
A 2D square-lattice PhC with rotated hollow square rods and rotated triangle rods in the present invention comprises a high-refractive-index dielectric rod and a low-refractive-index background dielectric rod; the PhC structure is formed by unit cells arranged according to square-lattices; the unit cell of the square-lattice PhC includes a high-refractive-index rotated hollow square rod, a high-refractive-index triangle rod and a low-refractive-index background dielectric, the outer contour line of the hollow square rod is a first rotated square rod; a cross section of the hollow part of the hollow square rod is a second rotated square rod; the cross section of a high-refractive-index triangular rod is a right-angle triangle, the triangular rod is located at the hollow part of the square rod, the triangular rods are four right-angled triangular rods, and the vertex connecting lines of the four triangular rods form a third rotated square rod; the hypotenuse connecting lines of the four triangular rods form a fourth rotated square rod; the lattice constant of the square-lattice PhC is a; the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 45° to 60° and a side length b of 0.56a to 0.7a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30° to 55° and the side length c of 0.276a to 0.49a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 40° to 55° and the side length d of 0.188a to 0.3472a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26° to 50° and the side length e of 0.173a to 0.382a.
The high-refractive-index dielectric is the one with the refractive index of greater than 2.
The high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, gallium arsenide or titanium dioxide.
The high-refractive-index dielectric has a refractive index of 3.4.
The low-refractive-index background dielectric is a dielectric with the refractive index of less than 1.6.
The low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, vacuum, magnesium fluoride or silicon dioxide.
The high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 45° to 60° and the side length b of 0.56a to 0.7a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30° to 55° and the side length c of 0.276a to 0.49a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 40° to 55° and the side length d of 0.188a to 0.3472a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26° to 50° and the side length e of 0.173a to 0.382a; a large absolute PBG relative value is 10%; and the high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 55.9° and the side length b of 0.69a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30.2° and the side length c of 0.4692a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 54.2° and the side length d of 0.34627a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26.7° and the side length e of 0.36358a; the large absolute PBG structure relative value is 18.936%.
The high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 45° to 60° and the side length b of 0.56a to 0.7a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30° to 55° and the side length c of 0.276a to 0.49a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 40° to 55° and the side length d of 0.188a to 0.3472a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26° to 50° and the side length e of 0.173a to 0.382a; the large absolute PBG relative value is 10%; and the high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 55.9° and the side length b of 0.69a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30.2° and the side length c of 0.4692a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 54.2° and the side length d of 0.34627a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26.7° and the side length e of 0.36358a; the large absolute PBG structure relative value is 18.936%.
The high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 45° to 60° and the side length b of 0.56a to 0.7a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30° to 55° and the side length c of 0.276a to 0.49a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 40° to 55° and the side length d of 0.188a to 0.3472a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26° to 50° and the side length e of 0.173a to 0.382a; the large absolute PBG relative value is 10%; and the high-refractive-index dielectric is silicon, the low-refractive-index background dielectric is air, the first rotated square rod with the rotated angle α of 55.9° and the side length b of 0.69a; the second rotated square rod with the rotated angle β of 30.2° and the side length c of 0.4692a; the third rotated square rod with the rotated angle γ of 54.2° and the side length d of 0.34627a; the fourth rotated square rod with the rotated angle ω of 26.7° and the side length e of 0.36358a; the large absolute PBG structure relative value is 18.936%.
The 2D square-lattice PhC with rotated hollow square rod and rotated triangle rods in the present invention can be widely applied to design of large-scale integrated optical circuits. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
(1) The PhC structure of the present invention has a very large absolute PBG and can thus bring greater convenience and flexibility to design and manufacture of PhC devices.
(2) In a PhC integrated optical paths, different optical devices in the optical circuit and different optical circuits are respectively easily connected and coupled, and the square-lattice structure can simplify the optical circuit and easily improve the integration degree of the optical circuits.
(3) The designed circuit is compact, the manufacture is easy, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description and claims and by referring to the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is more specifically described in the following paragraphs by reference to the drawings attached only by way of example.
The terms a or an, as used herein, are defined as one or more than one, The term plurality, as used herein, is defined as two or more than two. The term another, as used herein, is defined as at least a second or more.
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The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=45°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=50°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=60°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.56a, c=0.3808a, d=0.2810a, e=0.295a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.62a, c=0.4216a, d=0.31114a, e=0.3267a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.7a, c=0.476a, d=0.3513a, e=0.3689a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=40°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=55°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.276a, d=0.2037a, e=0.2139a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.3795a, d=0.2801a, e=0.2941a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.483a, d=0.3565a, e=0.3743a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=40°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=46°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=55°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.18768a, e=0.1971. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.2581a, e=0.271a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.3519a, e=0.3695a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=40°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=50°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.36358a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.1731a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.2597a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
The high-refractive-index material is silicon, the low-refractive-index is air, α=55.9°, β=30.2°, γ=54.2°, ω=26.7°, b=0.69a, c=0.4692a, d=0.34627a, e=0.3809a. It can be known from the numerical simulation result of this embodiment in
While the invention has been described in terms of various specific embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the claims.
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This application is a Continuation Application of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2016/083063, filed on May 23, 2016, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510280525.X filed on May 27, 2015, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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