Adaptive aberration correction based on ant colony algorithm for solid-state lasers: numerical simulations

We describe an adaptive aberration correction technique based on an ant colony algorithm for solid-state lasers and a general class of other adaptive optics systems. We show that it is possible to compensate phase aberrations without wavefront sensing in this approach, which iteratively adjusts the control voltages of a deformable mirror to maximize certain system performance metrics of the far-field intensity distribution of the laser beam. The effectiveness of this approach is analyzed numerically by use of a 37-element piezoelectric deformable mirror and a variation of the Strehl ratio as the metric. Results demonstrate that this approach can effectively compensate the phase distortions of laser beams and significantly improve beam quality. A comparison indicates that this approach is much faster than a genetic algorithm while achieving almost the same beam quality.     

Multivariate analysis of spatially heterogeneous phase synchronisation in complex systems: application to self-organised control of material flows in networks

Networks of interacting components are a class of complex systems that has attracted considerable interest over the last decades. In particular, if the dynamics of the autonomous components is characterised by an oscillatory behaviour, different types of synchronisation can be observed in dependence on the type and strength of interactions. In this contribution, we study the transition from non-synchronised to synchronised phase dynamics in complex networks. The most common approach to quantify the degree of phase synchronisation in such systems is the consideration of measures of phase coherence which are averaged over all pairs of interacting components. However, this approach implicitly assumes a spatially homogeneous synchronisation process, which is typically not present in complex networks. As a potential alternative, two novel methods of multivariate phase synchronisation analysis are considered: synchronisation cluster analysis (SCA) and the linear variance decay (LVD) dimension method. The strengths and weaknesses of the traditional as well as both new approaches are briefly illustrated for a Kuramoto model with long-range coupling. As a practical application, we study how spatial heterogeneity influences the transition to phase synchronisation in traffic networks where intersecting material flows are subjected to a self-organised decentralised control. We find that the network performance and the degree of phase synchronisation are closely related to each other and decrease significantly in the case of structural heterogeneities. The influences of the different parameters of our control approach on the synchronisation process are systematically studied, yielding a sequence of Arnold tongues which correspond to different locking modes.     

Optical phase shifting with acousto-optic devices

A novel optical phase-shifting method based on a well-known acousto-optic interaction is proposed. By using a pair of acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) and properly aligning them, we construct an optical phase shifter that can directly control the phase of a collimated beam. The proposed phase shifter is insensitive to the polarization of the incident beam when polarization-insensitive AOMs are used, and no calibration is necessary. The proposed approach is confirmed with experimental results.     

基于LabVIEW的连续变量相位检测系统

构造了一种连续变量相位检测平台.发射端采用相位调制器产生连续的相移,接收端使用零差探测器测量光场的正则相位,选用NI的高性能数据采集卡PCI6111E控制整个系统.使用LabVIEW虚拟仪器模块化编程技术,包括PID控制、DAQmx数据采集和三角拟合,缩短系统开发时间,提高编程效率.通过琼斯矩阵理论推导和实验验证了连续变量相位检测系统的可行性,结果表明零差探测器输出电压与相位调制器输入电压成余弦关系,为连续变量量子密钥分配研究提供了一种新方法.     

Optimal control of open quantum systems applied to the photochemistry of surfaces

A quantum system in a condensed phase undergoes strong dissipative processes. The last decades have seen the rise of experimental and theoretical approaches for gaining control over dissipative phenomena. From a theoretical viewpoint it is important to model such processes in a rigorous way. An efficient and accurate method to find control fields is optimal control theory (OCT). In this Letter, a control scheme relying on OCT with time-dependent targets is employed to minimize dissipation, modeled within the surrogate Hamiltonian approach, on adsorbate-surface systems.     

Coherent beam combination of two thulium-doped fiber laser beams with the multi-ditheringtechnique

Coherent beam combination of two thulium-doped fiber laser beams using a multi-dithering technique is presented for the first time. In the experiment, two fiber lasers centered at 1948.6 nm are coherently combined, and a phase modulator based on piezoelectric ceramics transducer is connected in one beam path to compensate for the phase errors between the two beams. When the phase control system is closed loop, the fringe contrast of the far-field intensity pattern is improved to be more than 75%, from 15% in open-loop, and the residual phase error is less than λ/20. The experimental results show that the performance of the phase control system is robust and the control bandwidth is more than 1 kHz, which indicates that the above approach can be scaled to facilitate the coherent beam combination of kilo-watt level thulium-doped fiberlaser.     

Image encryption algorithm based on the random local phase encoding in gyrator transform domains

A random local phase encoding method is presented for encrypting a secret image. Some random polygons are introduced to control the local regions of random phase encoding. The data located in the random polygon is encoded by random phase encoding. The random phase data is the main key in this encryption method. The different random phases calculated by using a monotonous function are employed. The random data defining random polygon serves as an additional key for enhancing the security of the image encryption scheme. Numerical simulations are given for demonstrating the performance of the proposed encryption approach.     

一种新型同步摄影控制系统

本文介绍了一种新型同步摄影控制系统,它应用具有良好瞬态响应的速度控制和具有较为理想特性的鉴频鉴相技术,大大地缩短了频率牵引过程,使系统快速地进入相位锁定区域,实现了高的同步摄影精度、宽的同步摄影频率范围、短的同步时间,使同步摄影控制系统性能有较大的提高。 本文介绍了该系统的设计思想、控制系统电路、系统性能。该系统已成功地应用于靶场中。系统结构简单,工作稳定可靠,有一定的实用价值。     

Coarse-graining approach to first-order phase transitions

On an example of a simple spin system with two ground states and no symmetry, we show how to control low-temperature systems near first-order phase transitions by a straightforward renormalization group argument. The method, as opposed to the Pirogov-Sinai approach, also works for complex Hamiltonians.     

Adaptive phase-distortion correction based on parallel gradient-descent optimization

We describe an adaptive wave-front control technique based on a parallel stochastic perturbation method that can be applied to a general class of adaptive-optical system. The efficiency of this approach is analyzed numerically and experimentally by use of a white-light adaptive-imaging system with an extended source. To create and compensate for static phase distortions, we use 127-element liquid-crystal phase modulators. Results demonstrate that adaptive wave-front correction by a parallel-perturbation technique can significantly improve image quality.     

Phase relations, quasicontinuous spectra and subfemtosecond pulses in high-order stimulated raman scattering with short-pulse excitation

High-order stimulated Raman scattering for pumping by ps and sub-ps pulses is studied in the frame of a time-domain approach without the slowly varying envelope approximation. Formation of pulse trains with sub-fs durations in the ps-pump regime is demonstrated using external phase compensation. For sub-ps excitation a novel broadening mechanism of Raman lines is predicted that leads to a quasicontinuous spectrum and permits one to generate single sub-fs pulses. We predict also essential shortening of a delayed fs-probe pulse by the Raman oscillations without phase control.     

Enhancing light slow-down in semiconductor optical amplifiers by optical filtering

We show that the degree of light-speed control in a semiconductor optical amplifier can be significantly extended by the introduction of optical filtering. We achieve a phase shift of approximately 150 degrees at 19 GHz modulation frequency, corresponding to a several-fold increase of the absolute phase shift as well as the achievable bandwidth. We show good quantitative agreement with numerical simulations, including the effects of population oscillations and four-wave mixing, and provide a simple physical explanation based on an analytical perturbation approach.     

Automated spatiotemporal diffraction of ultrashort laser pulses

We exploit the close similarities between time-frequency and position-wave-vector correspondences to control the spatiotemporal diffraction pattern of ultrashort laser pulses. This approach permits novel, automated generation of sophisticated two-dimensional femtosecond waveforms. A two-dimensional space-time version of a Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm is used to iteratively determine the phase pattern in position-frequency space that produces a user-defined intensity profile in wave-vector-time space.     

Optical arbitrary waveform characterization using linear spectrograms

We demonstrate the first application of linear spectrogram methods based on electro-optic phase modulation to characterize optical arbitrary waveforms generated under spectral line-by-line control. This approach offers both superior sensitivity and self-referencing capability for retrieval of periodic high repetition rate optical arbitrary waveforms.     

Phase‐locking of two independent degenerate coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering processes: concept,proposed all‐optical implementation,and potential applications

A novel approach toward phase‐locking of two independently produced yet energetically degenerate coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) processes is put forward. The proposed all‐optical implementation involves a modified Mach–Zehnder interferometer, which is utilized to transfer phase coherence from three totally uncorrelated laser beams into two degenerate CARS beams that are produced in two distinct Raman active samples. Such a CARS interferometer based on coherent phase transport allows explicit measurement and control of phase differences between the two phase‐locked degenerate CARS processes, and hence may find applications in pertinent research fields such as CARS spectroscopy (tomography) as well as quantum information processing and transfer. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

间隙线性反馈控制混沌

提出了两种控制混沌的线性间隙反馈方法.该方法由控制相和非控制相组成,通过选取合适的反馈系数和控制相时间,可以获得各种不同的所需稳定的周期轨道.分别对一维的声光双稳系统和二维的类Henon吸引子进行计算机模拟,表明该方法可以使既定的系统按照给定的周期轨道演化,并且是大范围可控的. 关键词： 间隙线性反馈 混沌 类Henon映射 Lyapunov指数     

Generation of single dispersion precompensated 1-fs pulses by shaped-pulse optimized high-order stimulated Raman scattering

We propose and theoretically analyze a new approach for generating and shaping 1-fs pulses. It combines the ideas of strong-field molecular optics and optimal control to manipulate light generation in a pump-probe Raman regime. Flexible phase control over the generated spectrum of about 3 eV width is achieved by controlling the input pulses and maximizing the coherence of medium excitation by adiabatically aligning molecules in the medium with a specially shaped pump pulse. The generated pulse is optimized for an output window, precompensating for its dispersion to all orders.     

FEEDFORWARD ALGORITHMS WITH SIMPLIFIED PLANT MODEL FOR ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL

Most feedforward active noise control (ANC) algorithms require models of electro-acoustic paths. To obtain satisfactory attenuation and keep the system stable these models have to represent the plant well. This, according to the literature, requires estimation of many, often hundreds of coefficients. Then, control filters also have very large, comparable structures. Such an approach reveals significant drawbacks if paths of the plant are subject to change. Estimation of so many plant models and control filter coefficients is very slow and time consuming. Therefore, the speed of adaptation is substantially reduced. This can be accepted in some unmoveable plants like acoustic ducts. However, there are many other plants, e.g., active personal hearing protection devices, in which rapid reaction is also of utmost interest not to annoy the user. In this paper, an alternative approach is proposed that does not need precise models except an estimate of the discrete time delay of the plant. However, according to the literature this leads to a relatively narrow attenuation band, which is confirmed for classical control structures like finite and infinite impulse response filters. This becomes a premise to design a new control algorithm. First, the so-called phase shifters (in two versions) are designed. They enable to control narrowband noise on comparable levels with at least an order less parameters than the filters mentioned above. To control broadband noise, the idea of phase shifter banks is then put forward. In turn, to extend the attenuation band conversion of sampling frequency is adopted to noise control problems. Finally, the algorithm combining advantages of phase shifter banks and conversion of sampling frequency allows controlling of any noise over any frequency band, with limits imposed only by the signal processor available and pass-band of the secondary source. Although this algorithm is designed generally and can be applied to any ANC plant, for laboratory experiments an active personal hearing protection device is used.     

Controllable gain, absorption and dispersion properties of an asymmetric double quantum dot nanostructure

We propose a method to control the gain, absorption and dispersion properties in an asymmetric double quantum dot nanostructure interacting with four optical fields. From numerical results, it is found that the gain, zero-absorption (transparency), normal dispersion and the anomalous dispersion can be achieved separately by modulating the intensities of two control fields or the relative phase of the applied fields. This approach allows substantial flexibility in the manipulation of light propagation between subluminal and superluminal.