基于自适应遗传算法部分相干光整形位相板的优化设计

基于自适应遗传算法,对部分相干光整形的相位板做了优化设计.以高斯-谢尔模型(GSM)光束为例,推导出远场光强的解析表达式.最优化设计的位相板能将GSM光束变为平顶光束.数值计算例表明空间相干性对光束整形效果的影响.与已有工作相比较说明自适应遗传算法用于部分相干光整形的优点. 关键词： 自适应遗传算法 光束整形 部分相干光 位相板     

Design and optimization of phase plates for shaping partially coherent beams by adaptive genetic algorithms

The adaptive genetic algorithms (AGAs) are applied to the design and optimization of phase plates for shaping partially coherent beams. The simulation procedure based on the AGAs is described. Numerical examples for shaping partially coherent Cosh-Gaussian (ChG) and Hermite-Gaussian (HG) beams demonstrate the advantage of the AGAs in applications to the partially coherent beam transformation and shaping.     

部分相干双曲余弦-高斯光束的传输特性和空间整形

 通过加入高斯项的空间相干度，引入部分相干双曲余弦-高斯（ChG）光束，推导出部分相干ChG光束通过近轴ABCD光学系统传输的解析表达式，并用以研究其传输特性和空间整形。结果表明，部分相干ChG光束的光强分布不能保持传输不变性，其光强分布不仅与传输距离和离心参数有关，而且还与空间相干参数有关。在传输距离固定时，适当改变部分相干ChG 光束的离心参数和空间相干参数，可实现光束的空间整形。光束质量因子随空间相干性的增大和离心参数的减小而减小。高斯-谢尔模型光束和完全相干ChG光束可作为部分相干ChG光束的特例处理。     

Transformation and spatial shaping of partially coherent cosh-Gaussian beams through an astigmatic lens

Based on the propagation law of partially coherent beams, the closed-form propagation expression for partially coherent cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams through an astigmatic lens is derived. The transformation and spatial shaping of partially coherent ChG beams through the astigmatic lens are studied and illustrated by numerical examples. It is shown that a suitable choice of the spatial coherence parameter and/or astigmatic coefficient, different beam profiles, such as Gaussian-like, flat-topped and bottle beam profiles, and beam profile with a central dip, at the geometric focal plane and at a certain plane are realizable.     

部分相干余弦-高斯光束

引入部分相干余弦-高斯光束,推导出部分相干余弦-高斯光束通过近轴ABCD光学系统的传输公式和M2因子,研究了部分相干余弦-高斯光束通过像散透镜的传输特性.结果表明,部分相干余弦-高斯光束的M2因子与部分相干余弦-高斯光束的空间相干参量和离心参量有关,但与透镜的像散系数无关.适当选取空间相干参量,离心参量或像散系数,在几何焦面处可得到类高斯、平顶和空心等不同的光强剖面,实现部分相干余弦-高斯光束的空间整形.     

非均匀关联径向偏振部分相干光的产生

从理论和实验两方面对非均匀关联径向偏振部分相干光的产生进行了研究.理论上,基于相位关联与相干度的联系,推导出了非均匀关联径向偏振部分相干光的2×2阶交叉谱密度矩阵及相干度分布.实验上,利用一个相位型液晶空间光调制器的不同区域,对入射的完全相干的径向偏振光的两个正交偏振分量分别加载随机相位调制,并实验测量了这种光束的相干度分布及其对光强分布的影响.实验结果验证了光束相干度的非均匀关联结构,并且通过改变随机相位的高斯调制半宽可以改变光束的相干性分布.研究表明,随着随机相位的高斯调制半宽的增加,光束中两点间的相干度逐渐减小,其光强分布由圆环状逐渐变化为类平顶的光强分布.这种非均匀关联的径向偏振部分相干光在激光微操纵和材料加工等领域具有一定的潜在应用价值.     

基于调制光束的空间相干性获得局域空心光束

 通过调制部分相干光的空间相干性,实现了局域空心光束的产生。理论上根据范西泰特-策尼克定理及标量衍射积分,构造出具有一定空间相干性的部分相干光,并研究其聚焦特性。实验上采用理论上要求的光学系统来构造具有特定空间相干性的部分相干光,并采用薄透镜聚焦部分相干光。研究表明,当构造出的部分相干光经透镜聚焦,可得到局域空心光束。研究了光学系统的参数及透镜焦距对产生局域空心光束的影响,结果显示：光阑的拦截比及透镜的焦距越大,获得的空心光束的尺寸就越大。     

Numerical and experimental study on coherent beam combining of fibre amplifiers using simulated annealing algorithm

We present the numerical and experimental study on the coherent beam combining of fibre amplifiers by means of simulated annealing (SA) algorithm. The feasibility is validated by the Monte Carlo simulation of correcting static phase distortion using SA algorithm. The performance of SA algorithm under time-varying phase noise is numerically studied by dynamic simulation. It is revealed that the influence of phase noise on the performance of SA algorithm gets stronger with an increase in amplitude or frequency of phase noise; and the laser array that contains more lasers will be more affected from phase noise. The performance of SA algorithm for coherent beam combining is also compared with a widely used stochastic optimization algorithm, i.e., the stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm. In a proof-of-concept experiment we demonstrate the coherent beam combining of two 1083~nm fibre amplifiers with a total output power of 12~W and 93% combining efficiency. The contrast of the far-field coherently combined beam profiles is calculated to be as high as 95%.     

非Kolmogorov大气湍流对部分相干厄米高斯光束传输因子的影响

基于非Kolmogorov谱模型,利用广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理和维格纳分布函数的二阶矩定义,推导出部分相干厄米高斯(H-G)光束在非Kolmogonov大气湍流中传输因子的解析表达式,并用以研究了非Kolmogorov大气湍流对部分相干H-G光束传输因子的影响。结果表明,部分相干H-G光束在非Kolmogorov大气湍流中传输时,传输距离、湍流外尺度、广义结构常量和空间相关长度越小,湍流内尺度和光束阶数越大,光束传输受非Kolmogorov大气湍流影响越小,光束质量越好。当广义指数取3.11时,部分相干H-G光束在传输过程中表现的光束质量最差。     

Consistency of the directionality of partially coherent beams inturbulence expressed in terms of the angular spread and the far-field average intensity

Under the quadratic approximation of the Rytov's phase structure function, this paper derives the general closed-form expressions for the mean-squared width and the angular spread of partially coherent beams in turbulence. It finds that under a certain condition different types of partially coherent beams may have the same directionality as a fully coherent Gaussian beam in free space and also in atmospheric turbulence if the angular spread is chosen as the characteristic parameter of beam directionality. On the other hand, it shows that generally, the directionality of partially coherent beams expressed in terms of the angular spread is not consistent with that in terms of the normalized far-field average intensity distribution in free space, but the consistency can be achieved due to turbulence.     

The directionality of partially coherent beams expressed in terms of the far-field divergence angle and of the far-field radiant intensity distribution

Taking the partially coherent cosh-Gaussian beam (ChG) as an illustrative example, the far-field divergence angle and directionality of partially coherent beams are studied. There are three competing physical mechanisms, i.e., the spatial coherence, diffraction and decentration, which affect the far-field divergence angle of partially coherent ChG beams. Two partially coherent ChG beams may generate the same far-field divergence angle, and partially coherent ChG beams may also have the same far-field divergence angle as a fully coherent ChG beam or as a fully coherent Gaussian laser beam if the three physical mechanisms are appropriately balanced. The consistency of the directionality of partially coherent beams expressed in terms of the far-field divergence angle and in terms of the far-field radiant intensity distribution is examined. Generally, two partially coherent beams with the same far-field divergence angle have not certainly the same far-field radiant intensity distribution. However, under certain conditions, it is possible to achieve the consistency of the directionality expressed in terms of the far-field divergence angle and of the normalized far-field radiant intensity distribution.     

大气湍流对部分相干电磁平顶光束传输的影响

基于相干性和偏振性统一理论,采用Rytov相位结构函数平方近似推导出了部分相干电磁平顶光束在湍流大气中传输的偏振度、相干度和光谱强度公式,并研究了湍流对其传输特性的影响.研究表明,偏振度和相干度与源光谱的带宽无关.大气湍流使得不同阶数的部分相干电磁平顶光束的偏振度经长程传输后均趋于其初始值.大气湍流使得部分相干电磁平顶光束与电磁高斯一谢尔模型光束相干度的差别减小,并导致相干度的振荡和相位奇异现象消失.大气湍流使得相干性较好的部分相干电磁平顸光束的光谱跃变现象消失.     

大气湍流对部分相干电磁平顶光束传输的影响

基于相干性和偏振性统一理论,采用Rytov相位结构函数平方近似推导出了部分相干电磁平顶光束在湍流大气中传输的偏振度、相干度和光谱强度公式,并研究了湍流对其传输特性的影响.研究表明,偏振度和相干度与源光谱的带宽无关.大气湍流使得不同阶数的部分相干电磁平顶光束的偏振度经长程传输后均趋于其初始值.大气湍流使得部分相干电磁平顶光束与电磁高斯-谢尔模型光束相干度的差别减小,并导致相干度的振荡和相位奇异现象消失.大气湍流使得相干性较好的部分相干电磁平顶光束的光谱跃变现象消失.     

Coherent and incoherent combinations of partially coherent beams beyond the paraxial approximation

The concept of coherent and incoherent combinations of partially coherent beams is described and interpreted physically. Taking the Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beam as a typical example of a partially coherent beam, the analytical propagation expressions for the coherent and incoherent combinations of GSM beams beyond the paraxial approximation are derived and illustrated numerically. Some special cases of the general results are analyzed.     

Numerical propagation of partially coherent laser beams through optical systems

The propagation of partially coherent beams through optical systems is computed numerically in one transverse dimension. The optical system is divided into different elementary segments, through which the propagation of light can be calculated by appropriate operators, working on the coherence function or the Wigner distribution function respectively. For the necessary changes between these two functions describing the partially coherent beams, the use of the remarkable z-transform seems to be an advantage. With this algorithm the grid and the resolution in the spatial frequency domain can be arbitrarily chosen in contrast to the usual Fourier transform, the influence of phase aberrations on the focusability of Gauss-Schell model beams is discussed as an application example of the numerical model. With the help of this tool, practical beam guiding systems can be simulated for use with multimode laser radiation.     

Spatial coherence properties and directionality of partially coherent cosh-Gaussian beams

Based on the theory of optical coherence, the spatial coherence properties and directionality of partially coherent cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams are studied. It is shown that unlike Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beams, in the strict sense there do not exist partially coherent ChG beams which may produce the same far-field radiant intensity distribution as a fully coherent laser beam. However, under certain conditions it is possible to find partially coherent ChG beams with the same far-field radiant intensity distribution as a fully coherent laser beam.     

有振幅调制和相位畸变光束通过硬边光阑的M2因子

光束传输M^2因子是表征激光束的有用参量。利用矩形函数的复高斯函数的近似展开方法,给出部分相干光通过硬边光阑后强度二阶矩的近似计算公式,由此可得到部分相干光通过硬边光阑后的推广M^2因子。以有振幅调制和相位畸变光束为例,推导出相应的推广M^2因子的解析表达式,通过数值计算对提出的近似算法的计算精度进行了分析。研究结果表明,使用该近似方法计算得到的推广M^2因子的计算误差小于1％,且通过该方法可直接得到相应的近似解析计算公式,从而使计算得以简化,并有效地提高了计算效率。     

相干模表示的部分相干高斯-谢尔光束的相位-空间积

与传统的相干激光光束的评价不同,对部分相干光束质量进行评价时,不仅要反映其远场发散特性,而且还要能体现光源本身的部分相干性。根据部分相干光的相干模表示法,推导了由部分相干光源所产生光束的相位一空间积Q。与前人在相干光源情形下得到的结论相比,得出的相位一空简积Q不仅包含各个全相干模基元线性组合的贡献,而且还有来自不同的全相干模基元之间相互作用的贡献。     

基于液晶空间光调制器的激光束整形

采用相位混合算法(PMA)与平滑修正法相结合的混合算法,对激光发出的高斯光束进行整形,得到了均方误差和顶部不均匀度均明显降低的等光强分布。利用液晶空间光调制器(LCSLM)的相位调制特性,实现了对高斯光束的光束整形,获得了光强均匀分布的圆光束和矩形光束输出。得到的输出光束顶部不均匀度和均方误差都低于5%,能量集中度在90%以上。表明此方法是一种实时、可控和高效的激光束整形方法。     

扰动大气中部分相干光束的光谱特性

对扰动大气中传输的部分相干光束的光谱演化特性进行了研究。利用推广的惠更斯一菲涅耳原理．得到了扰动大气中部分相干光束的交叉光谱密度,据此分析了在大气扰动影响下部分相干光束的频移效应以及空间相干度的变化规律。结果表明：由于大气扰动的影响,在光束传输过程中,轴上光谱先是出现蓝移,蓝移量先增大后减小,传输足够远距离之后将出现红移,并且光束的相干性越差,就需要传播越远的距离才会发生红移;而光束的空间相干度随传输距离增大到一定程度之后开始减小,最终将趋于零。通过与自由空间中部分相干光的传输特性比较,发现当光束的传输距离比较小时．大气扰动效应对光谱特性的影响很小,只有在传输距离足够远时,大气扰动对光谱特性的影响才会明显地表现出来。