涡旋光束轨道角动量检测及其性能改善

利用光栅检测涡旋光束轨道角动量(OAM)并进行性能改善的方法容易实现且能降低通信系统成本。将涡旋光束照射到周期渐变光栅和环形光栅的合适位置,观察衍射图中光斑的分布规律,并对入射涡旋光束进行检测。实验结果表明,通过判断光斑中暗条纹的数量和朝向便可确定入射涡旋光束的拓扑荷的大小和正负,利用相位校正技术或光束复制技术可以使衍射结果中的条纹更加清晰,使用这两种技术后可将检测到的拓扑荷数提高至30。该研究为OAM复用通信中的解复用和涡旋光的产生提供了依据。     

近场拉盖尔-高斯光束传输参数的双缝干涉测量实验

拉盖尔-高斯(Laguerre-Gaussian,LG)光束具有轨道角动量,分析近场条件下LG光束通过含光阑光学系统传输的解析公式,对不同阶LG光束通过双缝时双缝间的相位差变化进行了计算。利用计算机生成叉形衍射光栅显示在空间光调制器上,基模高斯光束产生衍射,得到不同阶次LG涡旋光束,通过CCD采集LG空心光束的光斑及双缝干涉后的图样,实现对LG光束传输轨道角动量特性的实验测量。在确定光束束径下,分析了叉形衍射光栅密度、空心光束宽度半径比、双缝宽度等参数对双缝干涉条纹的影响,在距离激光器1m处的SLM上显示4mm×5mm叉形衍射光栅,光栅密度约为16lines/mm,可产生暗斑尺寸在0.5mm~0.9mm之间、宽度半径比为0.2的LG空心光束。LG光束通过双缝宽度0.2mm,双缝间距0.5mm的光栅,可以得到清晰的干涉条纹。研究结果为近场光通信中利用光学涡旋轨道角动量编码信息提供了理论依据。     

螺旋相位光束轨道角动量态测量的实验研究

对螺旋光束的轨道角动量态的测量技术进行了实验研究.建立了一套利用Mach-Zehnder干涉仪测量光束轨道角动量态的系统,对利用空间光调制器生成的携带不同轨道角动量的光束进行了测量,通过Mach-Zehnder干涉仪分离出了具有不同角量子数的螺旋光束. 关键词： 轨道角动量 空间光调制器 Mach-Zehnder干涉仪     

基于激光光束轨道角动量的8位数据信号产生与检测的实验研究

本文研究了利用激光光束的轨道角动量进行8位数据信息传输的技术. 建立了一套利用光束轨道角动量进行8位数据信息传输的系统, 在信息调制部分采用可选通控制的光源阵列和相位调制屏实现光束轨道角动量态的编码复用, 在信息解调部分采用二元振幅光栅进行轨道角动量态检测,实现了无误码的数据信息传输.     

矢量涡旋光束的生成与模式识别方法

与宏观物体类似，光子等微观粒子也可携带角动量。光子的角动量包括自旋角动量和轨道角动量，两种角动量的共同作用产生了一种新型结构光束，即矢量涡旋光束。矢量涡旋光束具有各向异性的波面和偏振分布，提供了多种光场自由度，在量子技术、光通信、激光探测、激光加工、高分辨成像、光镊等前沿领域展现了巨大的应用潜力，吸引了国内外学者的广泛关注。高效地生成矢量涡旋光束，以及高精度地识别矢量涡旋光束的模式分布，是其应用的关键。本文简要回顾了国内外学者在矢量涡旋光束的生成与模式识别方面的研究工作，同时系统梳理了本文作者过去十年在该方面的研究进展，重点介绍了其相关代表性成果。     

汉克-贝塞尔光束在海洋湍流信道中的螺旋相位谱分析

携带轨道角动量的汉克-贝塞尔(Hankel-Bessel,HB)光束具有无衍射和自聚焦特性,用来作为信息传输的载体有望增大信息传输容量.基于Rytov近似理论,推导得到了HB涡旋光束经过海洋水平弱湍流信道后的螺旋相位谱的解析表达式,并利用数值仿真方法研究了海洋湍流参数对轨道角动量模式探测概率的影响.结果表明,海洋湍流导致发射轨道角动量模式的探测概率下降,出现模式串扰和螺旋相位谱扩展.海洋湍流对HB涡旋光束的负面影响随着轨道角动量模式数、传输距离、温度方差耗散率的增加而增强,随湍流动能耗散率的增加而减弱.HB涡旋光束受以盐度波动驱动的海洋湍流的负面影响更大.另外,在弱湍流及几十米传输距离条件下,HB涡旋光束的传输性能要差于最佳束腰大小设置的拉盖尔-高斯涡旋光束.这些结果有望为海洋环境水下光通信链路的实现提供一定的参考价值.     

基于机器学习检测相位畸变后的涡旋光束轨道角动量

针对涡旋光受大气湍流而产生的相位畸变问题,设计了卷积神经网络检测涡旋光束轨道角动量态.将相位畸变的拉盖尔高斯涡旋光光强图像作为样本数据输入,网络利用输入的数据集进行自主学习,经过多次迭代能够精确检测出光束高阶轨道角动量信息.仿真结果表明:在大气湍流强度不确定的情况下,模型对轨道角动量态范围为1～40、1～100、1～1...     

利用相位型衍射光栅生成能量按比例分布的多个螺旋光束的研究

研究了基于计算全息光栅的方法产生能量按比例分布的多个螺旋光束的技术.在计算全息光栅的过程中引入了Gerchberg-Saxton迭代算法,并在此基础上利用位相型空间光调制器产生了具有轨道角动量态的多种光束,实现了多个指定轨道角量子数的螺旋光光场分布.给出了计算机仿真结果和实验结果,表明利用Gerchberg-Saxton迭代算法生成的位相型光栅可以生成多个指定轨道角动量量子数的光束,研究结果对于利用轨道角动量进行信息传输有益.     

基于Metasurface的轨道角动量光束的产生与调控

提出了一种基于metasurface产生与调控轨道角动量光束的新方法。光场在偏振态的演变过程中可以获得附加的Pancharatnam-Berry(PB)几何相位。因此,可以通过调控光场的偏振态获得所需相位。所构造的metasurface具有空间变化的光轴分布,能够精确地操控光束的偏振态。当metasurface的光轴方向在方位角方向连续变化时,就能产生与方位角坐标相关的PB相,也就是涡旋相。该相位可以用来产生轨道角动量光束,也可以用来操控涡旋光束的轨道角动量。实验结果验证了这种方案的可行性。所得到的结果为轨道角动量光束的产生及光束的轨道角动量调控提供了一种新方法,对基于轨道角动量光束的量子通信和光学微操控等也有应用价值。     

轨道角动量模式识别方法综述

光子轨道角动量具有涡旋和高维特性,在经典和量子领域有巨大应用潜力,目前在光学系统中有多种轨道角动量识别方法,常见的方法有以下8种:干涉仪法、镜像干涉法、平面波干涉法、角双缝干涉法、三角孔衍射法、计算全息光栅法、光学几何变换法和旋转多普勒效应法.本文详细介绍了8种方法的实验原理、实验装置、实验结果及现阶段的研究成果.     

Extending the detection range of optical vortices by Dammann vortex gratings

We report a 2D static binary phase Dammann vortex grating that combines the features of a conventional vortex grating and a Dammann grating. This grating uniformly distributes energies among the diffraction orders, so the low-efficiency problem at higher diffraction orders of conventional vortex gratings is resolved and the detection range of the optical vortices (OVs) is greatly increased. Experimental results of OV detection using a fabricated 5×5 Dammann vortex grating are given, and the topological charge detection range from -12 to +12 is achieved. The potential applications of such gratings include transmitting, receiving, and multiplexing OV beams in optical communication systems.     

Sorting and detecting orbital angular momentum states by using a Dove prism embedded Mach-Zehnder interferometer and amplitude gratings

An experimental system consisting of a Dove prism embedded Mach-Zehnder (M-Z) interferometer and two gratings was built to sort and detect orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of light beams. The helical beams with different OAM states were generated by propagating the fundamental-mode Gaussian beam through a spatial light modulator. The Dove prism embedded M-Z interferometer was used to sort helical beams with odd or even OAM number and two binary amplitude gratings were used to measure the OAM states. Sorting of coaxially-superposed coherent and incoherent helical beams with odd and even OAM states was realized in the experiment.     

Circular Dammann grating

A circular Dammann grating that can produce circular equal intensities at various orders in the far field is described. A set of parameters such as order, circular number, uniformity, and diffraction efficiency has been defined to describe the novel diffractive phase elements. Numerical solutions of binary-phase (0, pi) circular Dammann gratings are given. The results of experiments with a four-order circular Dammann grating made by a lithographic technique are presented. This novel diffractive optical element should be highly interesting in a wide variety of practical applications.     

利用全息法在偶氮聚合物薄膜中记录涡旋光场

利用全息技术在偶氮聚合物薄膜中记录了拓扑荷数q=–1,1,2,4的涡旋光场,并将记录的原始叉形光栅与计算全息光栅进行对比,对不同拓扑荷数涡旋光的记录速率和偶氮材料的可重复擦写性能进行了测试;记录完成后,将复现涡旋光与高斯光束干涉,并与原始涡旋光和原始叉形光栅对比,分析了记录质量.实验结果表明:高阶涡旋光场的全息叉形光栅会在记录过程中发生劈裂,轻微劈裂的涡旋光束仍维持一个稳定的环状结构;全息记录过程中不同拓扑荷数的涡旋光束记录速率较为统一,偶氮材料可经过上百次的擦写而不出现疲劳;再现涡旋光与原始涡旋光在光强分布结构上保持高度一致,再现涡旋光的干涉条纹与原始涡旋全息光栅保持高度一致,涡旋光及其携带的拓扑荷信息可被有效记录和读取.     

高衍射效率亚波长结构Dammann光栅的设计

传统的Dammann光栅是基于标量衍射理论设计的二值相位等光强分束器件，其衍射效率的典型值为80%左右.基于严格耦合波分析理论和遗传算法，提出了一种设计亚波长结构Dammann光栅的新方法，且该新型二值相位光栅具有较高的衍射效率.同时利用自编的仿真程序包设计了多个光栅，并分析了制作误差对其衍射效率和光强均匀性的影响.仿真结果表明，用该方法所设计的Dammann光栅的衍射效率超过92%.     

Characteristics of filament induced Dammann gratings fabricated using femtosecond laser

To establish optimal processing conditions for direct write fabrication of diffractive optical elements such as gratings, waveguides, lenses, we have investigated the effect of process parameters such as scan speed, numerical aperture (NA) of objective lens, pulse energy on the characteristics of the filament induced inside fused silica with a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. The optimum process parameters were used to fabricate a number of Dammann gratings, 6×6 array, having different thicknesses and number of layers. The performance of these optical elements was evaluated by measuring their diffraction efficiencies. All gratings fabricated were strongly birefringent, the zero order spot with high intensity was not separated from the spot array, and the intensity distribution of 6×6 spot array exhibited some degree of nonuniformity. The single layer Dammann grating fabricated with a thickness of 80 μm attained a maximum diffraction efficiency of 38.8%.     

Transverse mode multiplexing using the helical eigen-beams of orbital angular momentum

The eigen-beams of orbital angular momentum (OAM) have helical wavefront and can be used to construct the channels for free space optical communication, i.e. orbital angular momentum multiplexing (OAMM). It is similar to time-division multiplexing (TDM) and wave-division multiplexing (WDM). We generate four helical beams with different OAM numbers by fork-like grating and modulates them mechanically. The modulated helical beams are then superposed coaxially into one single complex beam. In the receiver, the complex beam is separated into four helical beams with little mutual interference. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of OAMM by using the eigen-beams of orbital angular momentum.     

Measuring the orbital angular momentum of elliptical vortex beams by using a slit hexagon aperture

The far-field diffraction pattern of an elliptical vortex beam by a slit hexagon aperture is investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is found that the number of the dark spots or stripes in the Fraunhofer diffraction intensity distribution is just equal to the topological charge value of the measured optical vortex, and that the centre of each dark spot or stripe is just a phase singularity point. Based on this property, it provides us a simple way to detect the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of an optical vortex beam.     

Design of a circular Dammann grating

A novel circular Dammann grating is proposed to generate uniform-intensity impulse rings corresponding to different diffraction orders in the far field. The intensities of the rings are determined by the coefficients of the circular sine series decomposition of the grating function. The definition of diffraction efficiency and uniformity for this novel device are described. Numerical solutions of binary phase circular Dammann gratings are presented. A binary phase three-order circular Dammann grating of pi phase depth is fabricated by an e-beam direct writing technique and is experimentally demonstrated.     

Quasi-Fourier transform hologram format for data storage

For a recording medium such as dichromated gelatin, a quasi-Fourier transform holographic memory is preferred over the exact Fourier transform. We proceed here with angular multiplexing and consider undesired reconstructed waves such as cross-talk noise, and show that the signal-to-noise ratio is 33 dB for 20 angular multiplexed elements in 25 μm thickness of the recording medium. We also study the energy coupling between gratings to standardize the diffraction efficiency of each multiplexed grating.