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Zhuangqi Cao

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PubMed2007

Effect of nonparallelism of guiding air-liquid layers on the reflection dip in attenuated total reflection.

The effect attributable to the nonparallelism of the guiding layer of a planar waveguide on the reflection dip of the attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectrum is investigated. It is considered that the reflected light from a nonparallel waveguide is, indeed, the superposition of a series of beams propagating in different directions. The ATR spectra are numerically calculated with various inclination values. Compared with those of the corresponding parallel ones, with the inclination of waveguides exceeding 1 microrad, the characteristics of the ATR spectra begin to differ considerably, and when the inclination reaches 10 microrad, the sensitivity of sensors based on the waveguide is reduced by 62.7% and 67.3% for the free space coupling structure and the prism coupling structure, respectively. When the inclination becomes larger than 100 microrad, the ATR phenomenon cannot be observed any longer.

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PubMed2006

Large positive and negative lateral optical beam shift in prism-waveguide coupling system.

In this paper, the lateral beam shift in a prism-waveguide coupling system at wavelengths ranging from visible to near infrared is theoretically examined. A simple theoretical formula is derived to analyze the behavior of the beam shift. We demonstrate that large positive and negative lateral optical beam shifts can be obtained when guided modes are excited. It is also found that the magnitude of the beam shift is closely related to the intrinsic and radiative damping. When the intrinsic damping is larger than the radiative damping, negative lateral beam shift occurs. Numerical calculations confirm the theoretical analysis and show that a beam shift of the order of millimeters is possible.

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PubMed2006

Solution to causality paradox upon total reflection in optical planar waveguide.

A dispute about the existence of an additional time associated with the Goos-Hänchen shift has recently arisen. By analyzing light propagation in an optical planar waveguide with both the zigzag-ray model and the electromagnetic theory, we show in this paper that the Goos-Hänchen time really exists, and the total time delay upon total reflection is the sum of the group delay time and the Goos-Hänchen time. The causality paradox of total reflection of a TM wave upon an ideal nonabsorbing plasma mirror is also solved with the consideration of a negative Goos-Hänchen shift.

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PubMed2005

Optical approach to angular displacement measurement based on attenuated total reflection.

An optical approach for angular displacement measurement (ADM) based on the attenuated total reflection technique is presented. As a laser beam is incident upon a planar optical waveguide, an m line is obtained by scanning the incident angle. Theoretical analysis shows that the m line sharply shifts with a tiny variation of the thickness of the waveguided layer. And the specific schemes for ADM, which are based on the angular interrogation and the intensity measurement, are analyzed. The calculated result of sensitivity demonstrates that the intensity measurement is more efficient than the angular interrogation. Furthermore, small incident angles indicate higher sensitivity to the angular displacement than relatively large incident angles for the intensity measurement.

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PubMed2005

Construction of refractive-index profiles of planar waveguides with additional information obtained from surface plasmon resonance.

A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is excited between a metal film and a graded-index planar waveguide. After the propagation constant of the SPR is measured, the refractive index near the surface of the waveguides, which is difficult to obtain by conventional techniques, is determined experimentally. With this nondestructive technique, combined with the inverse analytical transfer matrix method, the planar waveguide can be profiled to a high degree of accuracy.

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PubMed2005

Reflective-type configuration for nearly phase-matching cerenkov second-harmonic generation in a nonlinear-optical polymer waveguide.

A new technique for achieving efficient Cerenkov-type second-harmonic generation (SHG) in a nonlinear-optical (NLO) polymer waveguide is presented. The configuration, which can prevent the losses of light caused by relatively long-distance propagation and the multiple reflections that appear in the conventional Cerenkov technique, exhibits ease of fabrication and compactness. We experimentally observed a conversion efficiency of 1.6% W(-1) cm(-1), which to our knowledge is the highest value reported for Cerenkov SHG in polymer, by tuning both the thickness and the refractive index of the polymer film close to phase matching between a guided fundamental wave and a guided harmonic wave. The experimental results agreed well with the theoretical prediction.

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PubMed2004

Formally exact quantization condition for nonrelativistic quantum systems.

Based on the standard transfer matrix, a formally exact quantization condition for arbitrary potentials, which outflanks and unifies the historical approaches, is derived. It can be used to find the exact bound-state energy eigenvalues of the quantum system without solving an equation of motion for the system wave functions.

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PubMed2003

Optical sensor based on Fabry-Perot resonance modes.

An oscillating wave sensor based on Fabry-Perot resonance modes has been developed. Different from the surface plasmon resonance sensors and the waveguide mode sensors in which the sample is located in the evanescent field region, the proposed device contains the sample in the core region that supports the oscillating field. Owing to the strong concentration of the electromagnetic field in the sensing medium, the proposed device exhibits unusual sensitivity enhancement, which has never been exploited in any other devices.

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