37单元双压电片变形镜板条激光光束净化

为了校正板条激光器输出光束波前像差,改善输出光束质量,提出了基于37单元双压电片变形镜的板条激光光束净化系统。采用柱面反射式单向扩束器使主振荡功率放大结构板条激光器输出光束尺寸与37单元双压电片变形镜有效口径相匹配,利用随机并行梯度下降算法控制双压电片变形镜面形,进行波前像差闭环校正,校正后光束远场归一化桶中功率提高到净化前的2~3倍。     

具有迟滞补偿的单压电变形镜的闭环校正性能

对具有迟滞补偿的单压电变形镜的闭环校正性能进行了研究。提出了基于Prandtl-Ishlinskii(PI)迟滞模型的变形镜闭环控制算法,搭建了基于哈特曼波前传感器的自适应光学测试平台,分别进行了静态像差和动态像差的闭环校正实验。实验结果表明:在静态像差的闭环校正中,迟滞消除算法比未消除算法具有更快的校正速度;对于波前像差均方根的平均值为168nm的动态像差,校正后的残差从消除前的33nm降低到校正后的25nm,证明了所提算法可有效应用于压电变形镜自适应光学系统。     

97单元MEMS变形镜波前像差拟合能力分析

变形镜是自适应光学系统的关键元件,它对波前像差的拟合能力决定了自适应光学系统的校正性能。文中从变形镜对Zernike单阶像差、组合像差以及闭环校正三个方面分析97单元变形镜的拟合能力。仿真结果表明,当原始波前均方根的值为一个波长时,Zernike多项式前3～42阶残余波前像差的RMS小于0.4λ,说明变形镜对Zernike的前3～42阶像差具有较好的拟合能力。变形镜对Zernike多项式组合相差拟合以及基于随机并行梯度下降算法的闭环校正结果表明,当波前像差较小时,像差基本得到完全拟合及校正,当波前像差较大时,如D/r_0=20时,残余波前像差的RMS值均小于0.14λ(初始RMS为0.63λ)。分析结果对97单元变形镜的实际应用提供了理论依据和使用参考。     

微机械薄膜变形镜在人眼像差校正中的波前控制算法研究

借助影响函数矩阵,分析了变形镜拟合波前像差的性能。提出了一种滤除高阶像差模式影响的波前控制算法,弥补了最速下降法无法通过模式选择优化校正过程的缺点,提高了变形镜的校正能力。对人眼出射的畸变波前进行实验,结果表明,经过6次迭代以后,波前的均方根值(RMS)达到衍射极限,系统闭环校正频率为15 Hz。说明基于该控制算法的微机械薄膜变形镜自适应光学系统能够实时校正动态人眼像差,为搭建小型化、低成本的人眼波前像差校正系统提供了算法支持。     

一种基于全息术的光学系统闭环像差补偿方法

提出了一种基于21单元变形镜与全息波前传感器的全息自适应光学系统, 并对其像差校正能力进行了分析. 首先描述了全息波前传感器基本原理, 并在薄全息图近似下给出基于快速傅里叶变换算法的全息波前传感器数值模型; 然后基于21单元变形镜的数值模型, 分析了该变形镜的波前校正能力; 在此基础上, 数值模拟并实验验证了全息自适应光学系统对静态像差的闭环校正能力.     

相位光栅型曲率传感器的波前校正算法

 针对相位光栅曲率传感器能够测量波前曲率在光瞳面上分布的特点,提出了一种采用整个空间分布的曲率信号来实现波前校正的算法。用曲率型变形镜影响函数的曲率信号在光瞳面上的分布来拟合待校正波前的曲率信号,采用最小二乘方法得到变形镜的控制电压,实现波前校正过程。数值模拟了一种41单元曲率型自适应光学系统采用该算法的波前校正过程。结果表明,对4至28阶Zernike像差体现了校正效果,对曲率为0的Zernike像差校正效果略好于曲率不为0的Zernike像差。与传统分区法的校正效果相比,整体法对Zernike像差的校正效果基本相当。整体法无需对光瞳面上的曲率信号进行与电极分布相同的分区,降低了对系统校准的要求。     

一种提高波前空间校正能力的组合变形镜自适应光学系统

提出了一种利用光学共轭关系,实现多变形镜空间匹配从而提高波前空间校正能力的自适应光学系统方案.通过理论分析给出了组合变形镜的面形描述方法,在此基础上建立了一套基于由两块相同方形排列变形镜构成的组合波前校正器的完整自适应光学实验系统.通过数值仿真研究了该系统对前35阶Zernike像差的校正效果,并且通过实验对比了组合变形镜和单一变形镜对实际静态像差的闭环校正效果.结果表明组合变彤镜可以等效为一多单元变形镜,在直接斜率控制算法下正常稳定闭环工作,校正效果明显优于单一变形镜.组合变形镜技术通过空间匹配实现了增加波前校正器驱动单元数和等效交连值,有效地提高了对波前的空间校正能力,因此可以代替高成本的单一多驱动器变形镜用于自适应光学系统中高阶像差的校正.     

双变形镜自适应光学系统像差解耦研究

对由大行程变形镜和高空间频率变形镜组成的双变形镜自适应光学系统中的像差解耦原理和限定像差校正算法做了理论分析。认为在高空间频率变形镜的斜率响应矩阵中加入限定像差向量,根据直接斜率法分别计算出两个变形镜的控制电压,可以实现两个变形镜分别对低阶像差和高阶像差的闭环校正。仿真研究了19单元变形镜和61单元变形镜组成的双变形镜自适应光学系统对低阶像差和高阶像差分别校正的情况,结果说明双变形镜自适应光学系统的校正效果与理想行程的单变形镜自适应光学系统的校正效果相当,避免了制作同时具有大行程和高空间频率两个特征的变形镜。     

基于近红外光谱的人眼像差校正系统中变形镜性能对比研究

对比分析了基于近红外光谱的人眼像差校正系统中两种微机械薄膜变形镜(OKO37单元和BMC140单元)的结构特征和空间特性,着重对变形镜的影响函数进行了主成分研究,建立了变形镜电压控制模型,并通过调整参数d确定变形镜最优控制模式。最后对Zernike单位模式波前像差和Thibos模式人眼波前像差进行拟合仿真实验,结果表明BMC140单元变形镜对Zernike各阶模式的拟合能力均为OKO37单元变形镜的2倍以上。对RMS均值为0.683λ(λ=0.785 μm)的Thibos模式人眼像差,BMC变形镜校正后残余像差RMS值为0.063λ,达到了光学系统的衍射极限(λ/14)。而OKO变形镜由于受相邻电极交连值大、电极分布密度小等因素的影响,其校正能力不及BMC变形镜,残余像差RMS值为0.168λ。本方法也可用于其他种类变形镜的性能评估。     

基于模型的无波前探测自适应光学系统

基于波前梯度的二阶矩和修正后的远场强度分布近似呈线性关系,设计了一种基于模型的无波前探测自适应光学系统快速闭环控制算法。使用61单元变形镜、CCD成像器件等建立了自适应光学系统仿真平台,并以不同湍流强度下的波前像差作为校正对象,分析了这种基于模型的无波前探测自适应光学系统的收敛速度、校正能力及对不同像差的适应性。结果表明,基于模型的无波前探测自适应光学系统在快速收敛的同时,能够获得接近波前校正器件的理想校正能力。N阶模式像差校正时,系统只需要进行N+1次远场光斑的测量。和现有的各种无波前探测自适应光学系统控制算法相比较,基于模型的无波前探测自适应光学系统所需的测量次数大大减少。     

基于位相变更的非相干数字全息自适应成像

菲涅耳非相干数字全息作为一种非扫描的三维成像技术具有其独特的优势,但其成像过程中会受到各种像差的影响,导致成像分辨率、再现像的质量降低.为了解决这一问题,可以结合适当的自适应光学技术对波前像差进行探测和校正.位相变更是一种基于两幅具有已知位相差的强度图像实现波前探测和像差校正的技术.本文发展了基于位相变更的非相干数字全息自适应成像技术,不需要引入引导星,利用全息记录过程中的两幅相移全息图,实现波前像差的探测.本文给出了所发展技术的数值仿真和实验结果,结合位相变更算法求解出系统像差的位相分布,将像差的共轭位相加载到光瞳面上,在全息图记录的同时校正像差,从而提高重建像的质量.     

色分离光栅对输入波前畸变宽容度的研究

 采用频域分段的方法，对强激光系统的波前畸变进行了理论分析；使用随机相位屏构建低频畸变波前模型，并提出采用迭代算法构建中高频畸变波前模型。使用构建的畸变波前模型作为输入，通过模拟计算，给出了色分离光栅对输入波前畸变宽容度的初步规律。     

微机械薄膜变形镜自适应光学系统实验研究

为求出自适应光学系统的最优校正电压, 提出了一种基于改进奇异值分解的闭环迭代控制算法。该算法可通过调节控制参量g1,g2和w,优化模式的收敛速度, 使控制信号快速收敛到一个可靠的局部最优解。搭建基于微机械薄膜变形镜(MMDM)的自适应光学系统, 测量光学影响函数并验证单个电极电压和镜面变形之间的准平方线性关系, 以及各个驱动器电极响应之间的线性叠加性。分别采用模拟眼和人眼出射波前作为原始波前进行实验。实验结果表明, 改进算法能快速有效地对静态或动态畸变波前进行校正, 为基于MMDM的自适应光学系统提供了算法支持。     

A modified phase diversity diffraction wavefront sensor with a grating

The phase diversity wavefront sensor is one of the tools used to estimate wavefront aberration, and it is often used as a wavefront sensor in adaptive optics systems. However, the performance of the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is limited by the accuracy and dynamic ranges of the intensity distribution at the focus and defocus positions of the CCD camera. In this paper, a modified phase diversity wavefront sensor based on a diffraction grating is proposed to improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency. The basic principle and the optics construction of the proposed method are also described in detail. The noise propagation property of the proposed method is also analysed by using the numerical simulation method, and comparison between the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor and the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is also made. The simulation results show that the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor can obviously improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration, especially the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency.     

Model-based adaptive non-null interferometry for freeform surface metrology

A model-based adaptive non-null interferometry(MANI) is proposed for steep optical freeform surfaces in situ testing. The deformable mirror(DM) affording the flexible compensation is monitored with the beam in the interferometer by a wavefront sensor. The residual wavefront aberration in the non-null interferogram is eliminated by the multi-configuration ray tracing algorithm based on the system model, especially the DM surface model. The final figure error can be extracted together with the surface misalignment aberration correction.Experiments proving the feasibility of the MANI are shown.     

A modified phase diversity wavefront sensor with a diffraction grating

Phase diversity wavefront sensor is one of the useful tools to estimate the wavefront aberration, and it is often used as a wavefront sensor in adaptive optics system. However, the performance of the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is limited by the accuracy and dynamic ranges of the intensity distribution at focus and defocus positions of the CCD camera. In this paper, a modified phase diversity wavefront sensor based on a diffraction grating is proposed to improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency. The basic principle and the optics construction of the proposed method are also described in detail. The noise propagation property of the proposed method is also analysed by using the numerical simulation method, and comparison between the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor and the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is also made. The simulation results show that the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor can obviously improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration, especially the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency.     

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.     

光栅波像差对脉冲压缩的影响

 采用光线追迹的方法，对脉冲压缩光栅系统波像差进行理论研究，构建了有像差脉冲压缩光栅对分析模型，使用该模型通过模拟计算得出了波像差对脉冲压缩效果的影响。理论分析结果表明：脉冲压缩光栅系统最大波像差不大于λ/4时，脉冲压缩比的最大变化率约为2%。脉冲压缩光栅对系统达到衍射极限时，在选择适当的入射角度时,光栅波像差所引起的脉冲压缩比变化并不大。     

A parallel system for adaptive optics based on parallel mutation PSO algorithm

Wavefront sensor-less adaptive optics technology has a much higher requirement for the processing speed than ever before. To improve the efficiency of particle swarm optimization (PSO), this paper proposes a novel parallel mutation particle swarm optimization (PMPSO) algorithm based on a master-slave model. The parallel system based on PMPSO algorithm is applied in a 61-element adaptive optics system to control the deformable mirror. The experimental results show that the parallel system based on PMPSO algorithm has a rapid convergence speed, which can effectively correct the wavefront aberration.     

Dependence of wavDependence of wavefront errors on nonuniformity of thin films

In contrast to uncoated substrate, a nonlinear relationship of phase shift with the thicknesses of the thin film makes the calculation of wavefront aberration complicated. A program is compiled to calculate the wavefront aberration of multilayer thin film produced by thickness nonuniformity. The physical thickness and the optical phase change on reflection are considered. As an example, the wavefront aberration of the all-dielectric mirror is presented in ArF excimer lithography system with a typical thickness distribution. In addition, the wavefront errors of the thin film at wavelengths of 193 and 633 nm are compared in the one-piece and two-piece arrangements. Results show that the phase shift upon reflection of the thin film produced by thickness nonuniformity is very sensitive to the incident angle, wavelength, and polarization.