部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束的传输特性研究

本文针对部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束的传输特性开展研究,首先建立了部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束的传输理论模型;然后,仿真研究了部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束在自由空间和ABCD光学系统中的传输特性,研究结果表明部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束在自由空间传输时,拓扑荷数、幂指数和相干长度都对光强的分布有着一定的影响,而随着传播距离的增大光斑的面积逐渐增大;当光束在聚焦系统中传输时,只有拓扑荷数和幂指数的变化会影响光强的分布,而相干长度对光束整体强度的分布没有太大的影响,只影响了光斑的质量.本文研究成果揭示了部分相干幂指数相位涡旋光束的传输特性,为其在光学捕获等领域的应用打下了理论基础,对促进新型光场调控理论及应用研究具有重要的意义.     

超高斯涡旋光束在空间中的传输特性

研究了超高斯涡旋光束光强最大值、光斑半径以及环围能量半径等参数随传输距离和拓扑荷数的变化规律,并与高斯涡旋光束做了比较,结果表明:超高斯涡旋光束的光斑半径和环围能量半径随拓扑荷数及传输距离呈近似线性关系;对同一拓扑荷数和传输距离,高斯涡旋光束的能量较超高斯涡旋光束要发散;当拓扑荷数较大时,超高斯涡旋光束的光斑半径比高斯涡旋光束更大。针对光束质量研究了广义光束质量因子随传输距离和拓扑荷数的变化,结果表明传输距离足够远时,拓扑荷数较小的超高斯涡旋光束具有更好的光束质量。     

完美涡旋光束在大气湍流中的斜程传输特性

完美涡旋（POV）光束具有光束半径与拓扑荷数无关的特点,与其他涡旋光束相比具有更加稳定的空间强度分布特性。利用多相位屏法和傅里叶变换法,分析了POV光束在大气湍流中的斜程传输特性。采用光束漂移和孔径平均闪烁指数作为大气湍流影响光束质量的评价参数,对比了POV光束与高斯涡旋光束在相同传输条件下的光束质量。结果表明：相比于高斯涡旋光束,POV光束的光束稳定性更好。当拓扑荷数增大或天顶角减小时,POV光束抵抗大气湍流的能力增强。在不改变POV光束拓扑荷数的前提下增大其光束半径,也能提高POV光束对大气湍流的抵抗能力。     

贝塞尔高斯涡旋光束在大气湍流中的传输特性

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,推导了贝塞尔高斯涡旋光束在湍流大气中传输时系统平均光强的解析表达式,研究了贝塞尔高斯空心涡旋光束在湍流大气中的光强传输特性,同时分析了大气湍流的强弱、涡旋光束的拓扑荷等对光束质量的影响.结果表明:贝塞尔高斯涡旋光束在大气湍流中传输时,光强分布经历几个连续的变化,相位奇异性也会在传输过程中消失,该过程与涡旋光束拓扑荷的数目、光束的束腰宽度以及大气湍流的强弱等因素密切相关.拓扑荷数目高的涡旋光束在湍流大气中传输时,其奇异性的保持较拓扑荷数目低的涡旋光束要好.另外,基于桶中功率理论,分析研究了涡旋光束的拓扑荷数目、大气湍流强弱和束腰宽度对贝塞尔高斯涡旋光束在大气湍流中传输时的光束质量的影响.     

湍流大气中无衍射涡旋光束的展宽及相位奇点的演化

以经过圆形孔径截断的Bessel涡旋光束和Bessel-Gauss涡旋光束为例,数值模拟了近似无衍射涡旋光束在湍流大气中传输时引起的光束扩展和畸变光场中相位奇点的变化。仿真结果表明,与Bessel涡旋光束相比,Bessel-Gauss涡旋光束由大气湍流引起的束宽扩展较小,且在一定条件下其相位奇点代数和与入射涡旋光束的拓扑荷数保持一致;在远距离传输时,Bessel-Gauss涡旋光束相位奇点代数和的起伏偏差远小于Bessel涡旋光束。Bessel-Gauss涡旋光束在自由空间光通信中作为信息载体具有较大的优势。     

基于双开口谐振环超表面的宽带太赫兹涡旋光束产生

提出了一种基于双开口谐振环单元结构超表面的太赫兹宽带涡旋光束产生器.该结构由金属-电介质两层构成,位于顶层的是基于双开口谐振环单元结构的超表面,底层为介质层.对单元结构阵列进行数值仿真,圆偏振的入射光可以被转换成相应的交叉偏振透射光,通过旋转表层金属谐振环,可以控制交叉偏振透射光具有相同的振幅和不同的相位.这些单元结构按照特定的规律排列,可以形成用以产生不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束的涡旋相位板.以拓扑荷数1和2为例,设计了两种涡旋相位板,数值分析了圆偏振波垂直入射到该涡旋相位板生成交叉圆偏振涡旋光束的特性.结果表明,在1.39—1.91 THz的频率范围内产生了比较理想的不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束,且透过率高于20%,最高可达到24%,接近单层透射式超表面的理论极限值.     

用四台阶相位板产生涡旋光束

涡旋光束的产生与应用是当前光学领域的研究热点. 利用傅里叶级数展开法分析了四台阶相位板的相位结构, 发现四台阶相位板可看作是由一系列不同拓扑荷数的螺旋相位板所组成, 用线偏振光直接照射相位板时, 将产生多级衍射光波, 各级衍射光均为不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光波, 由于多级衍射光波间的干涉导致光强分布偏离轴对称分布, 因而与涡旋光波有一定差距. 在此基础上, 提出了用四台阶相位板产生涡旋光束的新方案, 借助于Mach-Zehnder 干涉仪光路, 两块四台阶相位板产生的衍射光干涉叠加, 通过调节干涉仪光路的相位差, 使一部分衍射级干涉相消, 另一部分衍射级干涉相长, 相互加强, 从而把线偏振光转换为涡旋光束. 数值模拟计算了几种周期数不同的四台阶相位板衍射光强和角动量分布, 并与螺旋相位板进行比较, 证明用简单的四台阶相位板不仅能够获得与用螺旋相位板相同的涡旋光束, 而且可以用周期数较小的四台阶相位板产生具有大拓扑荷数的涡旋光束, 降低了制作相位板的难度.     

高次方涡旋光束经大数值孔径透镜的聚焦特性

为了获得多种类型的波长量级聚焦光斑,研究了一种新型涡旋光束,高次方涡旋光束经过大数值孔径透镜的聚焦。基于矢量德拜积分公式,理论上研究了线偏振的高次方涡旋光束经过大数值孔径透镜的聚焦特性。研究了涡旋光束的拓扑荷数和幂次方数对聚焦平面光强和电场x分量的相位分布的影响。研究结果表明,通过控制涡旋光束的拓扑荷数和幂次方数可以产生不同类型的聚焦光强分布,例如尺寸约为2个波长大小的实心和空心型聚焦光斑。此外,与普通的涡旋光束聚焦不同,高次方涡旋光束聚焦后的奇点并不在焦点处。这些特殊的聚焦光斑有望在微粒的操控等领域中得到应用。     

水下拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束及其叠加态传输特性

通过实验研究了拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束及其叠加态在水下湍流中的传输特性,充分考虑了不同温度差和盐度差的水流扩散产生的湍流对4种光束（高斯光束,阶数为0、拓扑荷数为6的拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束,阶数为1、拓扑荷数为2与阶数为0、拓扑荷数为6的拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光叠加,阶数为1、拓扑荷数为2与阶数为0、拓扑荷数为10的拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光叠加）传输的影响,并对4种光束的漂移方差和闪烁指数进行深入讨论与分析。实验结果表明：随着湍流强度的增大,4种光束的漂移方差和闪烁指数都增大,相比其他3种光束,拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束的漂移方差和闪烁指数较小;在较弱的湍流强度下,两种涡旋光叠加态的漂移方差和闪烁指数与拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束相近。     

椭圆涡旋光束在海洋湍流中的传输特性

本文采用分步相位屏方法来仿真椭圆涡旋光束在海洋中的实际传输情况,并对椭圆涡旋光束在海洋湍流中的传输光强和闪烁因子进行了仿真。研究发现,椭圆涡旋光束在海洋传输过程中,光斑会发生明显的旋转,同时光斑会产生暗核且暗核个数与光束的拓扑荷数相等。一个拓扑荷数为m的相位奇点会分裂成m个拓扑荷数为1的相位奇点,并且海洋湍流越强,光斑受到的干扰越严重。研究还发现,在较弱的海洋湍流中,随着传输距离的增加,椭圆涡旋光束的闪烁因子会低于高斯光束和涡旋光束的闪烁因子,而且在远距离处拓扑荷数越大闪烁因子降低越明显,同时也发现,传播一段距离后涡旋光束的闪烁因子会低于高斯光束的闪烁因子。在较强湍流中,椭圆涡旋光束的闪烁因子会交叠在一起。对于不同强度的海洋湍流,随着均方温度耗散率的增大,椭圆涡旋光束的轴上点闪烁因子也增大。在同一传输距离处,束腰宽度越小的椭圆涡旋光束闪烁因子越小。     

大气湍流像差散焦和像散与高斯涡旋光束焦面光强

分别研究了构成大气湍流波像差中的散焦和像散两个低阶像差对高斯涡旋激光束传输和成像的影响.采用菲涅耳-基尔霍夫衍射积分理论和大气湍流波相位结构函数的平方近似研究了聚焦高斯涡旋光束在大气湍流中散焦和像散影响下焦面光强的分布特性.导出了斜程传输条件下接收面上平均光强分布的积分表达式,并采用数值模拟方法研究湍流强度、传输距离和拓扑电荷对焦面光强的调制规律.结果表明:在弱湍流起伏区域,散焦和像散两类像差对高斯涡旋光束的光强分布影响都很小,可以忽略;在中等湍流区域,随着光束传输距离和湍流强度的增加,两类像差都导致高斯涡旋光束的光强峰值降低、束径扩展、中心暗斑扩大.当单拓扑电荷高斯涡旋光束传输时,在同等传输条件下,像散导致的光强峰值降低比散焦更严重,主亮斑区域外的次级亮环强度更大,光斑和中心暗斑扩展更明显.与单拓扑电荷光束相比较,散焦和像散导致双拓扑电荷光束的扩展更加明显,中心光斑更大,亮环区域外的次级亮环更明显;但是,由于光的相干性的降低和光束的偏折效应,像散导致光束中心的暗斑变为次级亮斑.     

Experimental verification on tightly focused radially polarized vortex beams

The theoretical and experimental results of tightly focused radially polarized vortex beams are demonstrated. An auto-focus technology is introduced into the measurement system in order to enhance the measurement precision, and the radially polarized vortex beams are generated by a liquid-crystal polarization converter and a vortex phase plate. The focused fields of radially polarized vortex beams with different topological charges at numerical apertures （NAs） of 0.65 and 0.85 are measured respectively, and the results indicate that the total intensity distribution at focus is dependent not only on the NA of the focusing objective lens and polarization pattern of the beam but also on the topological charge l of the beam. Some unique focusing properties of radially polarized vortex beams with fractional topological charges are presented based on numerical calculations. The experimental verification paves the way for some practical applications of radially polarized vortex beams, such as in optical trapping, near-field microscopy, and material processing.     

Angular momentum density of a Gaussian vortex beam

The Gaussian vortex beam is assumed to be linearly polarized.The analytical expression of the electric field of a linearly polarized Gaussian vortex beam propagating in free space is derived by using the vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integral formulae.The propagating magnetic field of the linearly polarized Gaussian vortex beam is presented by taking the curl of the electric field.By employing the electromagnetic field of the linearly polarized Gaussian vortex beam beyond the paraxial approximation,the analytical expression of the angular momentum density of the linearly polarized Gaussian vortex beam is derived.The three components of the angular momentum density of a linearly polarized Gaussian vortex beam are demonstrated in the reference plane.The effects of the linearly polarized angle and the topological charge on the three components of the angular momentum density are investigated.To acquire the more longitudinal angular momentum density requires such an optimal choice that the linearly polarized angle is set to be zero and the topological charge increases.This research is useful to the optical trapping,the optical guiding,and the optical manipulation.     

光在Metasurface中的自旋-轨道相互作用

探讨了光在Metasurface中的自旋-轨道相互作用, 理论分析了Metasurface 对圆偏振和线偏振光的转换. 结果表明: 光与具有空间非均匀性和各向异性性的Metasurface的相互作用导致了自旋-轨道角动量的耦合. 采用Metasurface与螺旋相位片组合在一起进行了验证实验, 所得实验结果与理论分析完全一致. 这些结论有助于我们更加深入理解Metasurface 对光的操控.     

Focusing of linearly-, and circularly polarized Gaussian background vortex beams by a high numerical aperture system afflicted with third-order astigmatism

Effects of third-order astigmatism on the focused structure of linearly and circularly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beams have been investigated by using vectorial Debye-Wolf integral. The results have been presented for total intensity distribution and squares of the polarization components at the focal plane of a high numerical aperture system, for two values of the topological charge. Astigmatism results in the stretching of the intensity pattern as well as of the squares of the polarization components. A split is observed in the intensity pattern of a focused beam having double topological charge, and also in the pattern of the longitudinal polarization component of circularly polarized beam even with unit topological charge.     

The effect of tilt aberration and astigmatism of turbulent atmosphere on the intensity distribution of a vortex carrying Gaussian beam

The effect of tilt and astigmatism aberration of the turbulent atmosphere on the intensity distribution of a focused vortex carrying Gaussian beam was investigated based on the extended Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction integral and the quadratic approximation of phase structure function. Our results have shown that the intensity distribution on the focal plane in the effect of tilt aberration changes with the turbulent strength, the propagation distance and the topological charge of the initial beam. The propagation distance is larger, the focal spot size will be larger, and the central dip will be less deep. It is also noticed that the intensity distribution of a beam with single topological charge is affected more by tilt aberration in comparison to the beam with double topological charge. The effect of astigmatism on the intensity distribution is quite less than that of tilt aberration. For focused beam propagation in atmosphere, the effect of the tilt aberration on the intensity distribution of optical vortex beam is the main effect of total turbulent aberration.     

Radially polarized hollow Gaussian beam with on-axis spiral optical vortex

The focusing properties of radially polarized hollow Gaussian beam (HGB) with on-axis spiral optical vortex are investigated theoretically by vector diffraction theory. The phase wavefront of HGB is the function of radial coordinate. Calculation results show that the focusing properties can be altered considerably by beam order of HGB, topological charge of the on-axis optical vortex, and phase parameter that characterizes the radial phase wavefront distribution. Higher topological charge induces focal evolution from one focal spot to annular focal pattern in transverse direction, while phase parameter can lead to focal shift along optical axis remarkably. In addition, focal shift direction can also be adjusted by changing varying direction of phase parameter.     

Optical vortices generated by multi-level achromatic spiral phase plates for broadband beams

We analyze the characterizations of the optical vortices generated by a multi-level achromatic spiral phase plate. The effective topological charge of the multi-level fractional spiral phase plate is expanded into Fourier series and the analytical formula of the relative intensity of each component is obtained. It is shown that the fractional part of the topological charge sharply reduces the purity of vortices. Using the 36 levels achromatic spiral phase plate, we can obtain a vortex beam with purity larger than 95% across a bandwidth exceeding 140 nm in the visible region of the spectrum.     

Orbital angular momentum density and spiral spectra of Lorentz–Gauss vortex beams passing through a single slit

Based on the Hermite–Gaussian expansion of the Lorentz distribution and the complex Gaussian expansion of the aperture function, an analytical expression of the Lorentz–Gauss vortex beam with one topological charge passing through a single slit is derived. By using the obtained analytical expressions, the properties of the Lorentz–Gauss vortex beam passing through a single slit are numerically demonstrated. According to the intensity distribution or the phase distribution of the Lorentz–Gauss vortex beam, one can judge whether the topological charge is positive or negative. The effects of the topological charge and three beam parameters on the orbital angular momentum density as well as the spiral spectra are systematically investigated respectively. The optimal choice for measuring the topological charge of the diffracted Lorentz–Gauss vortex beam is to make the single slit width wider than the waist of the Gaussian part.