简介：WedesignaD-shapedfiberopticbiosensorbasedonthesurfaceplasmonresonance(SPR)ofametal-graphenelayerandsimulatethisSPRusingthefiniteelementmethod.Usingametal-graphenelayerasthesensingmaterial,surfaceplasmaresonanceissimulatedastherefractiveindexoftheexternalenvironmentrangesfrom1.33to1.36.Simulationresultsshowthatametal-graphenelayerattachedtotheD-shapedopticalfibercorecancouplewithlightunderaspecificpolarizationstateandexcitestrongplasmaoscillationsonthelayersurface.Calculatedtransmissioncoefficientsshowthattheresonancewavelengthobviouslymovestowardlongerwavelengthsastherefractiveindexofthetestmediumincreases,andasensitivityof5400nm/RIUisobtained.Becauseofitslargesurfacevolumeratioandgoodbiocompatibility,graphenemaybeutilizedinmanyapplicationsinthefieldofbiosensing.

简介：Higher-bandself-trappingandoscillation(rotation)ofnonlinearquadruplebeamsintwo-dimensional(2D)squarephotoniclatticesarenumericallydemonstrated.Underappropriateconditionsofnonlinearity,aquadruple-likebeamcanself-trapintolocalizedmodesthatresideinthesecondBraggreflectiongapthroughsingle-siteexcitation.Bychangingtheinitialorientationoftheincidentquadruplebeamrelatedtothelattices,periodicoscillationsofthelocalizedquadruplemodemaybeobtained.Thelocalizedquadruplestatebecomesarotatingdoublychargedopticalvortex(DCV)duringrotationandshouldundergocharge-flippingwhentherotatingdirectionisreversed.