Angle Compensation and Asymmetry Effect of Light Diffracted by Millimeter Liquid Surface Slosh Wave

The angle compensation method is adopted to detect sloshing waves by laser diffraction,in the case that the wavelength of the sloshing waves is much greater than that of the incident light.The clear diffraction pattern is observed to be of asymmetry,involving orders,position and interval of the diffraction spots that are discovered during the light grazing incidence.It is found that the larger the angle of incidence is,the more obvious the asymmetry is.The higher the negative diffraction orders are,the smaller the intervals between spots are.On the contrary,in the positive region,the higher the diffraction orders are,the larger the spot intervals are.The positive interval is larger than that of the same negative diffraction order.If the incident angle reaches 1.558 rad in the experiment,all positive diffraction orders completely vanish.Based on the mechanism of phase modulation and with the Fourier transform method,the relations between the incident angle and position,interval spaces,and orders of diffraction spots are derived theoretically.The theoretical calculations are compared with the experimental data,and the comparison shows that the theoretical calculations are in good agreement with the experimental measurement.     

偏振敏感材料中具有圆各向异性的偏振全息光栅

在向列相液晶中掺杂质量分数约0.2%的偶氮侧链型聚合物制成偏振敏感材料,使用正交圆偏振光记录了具有圆各向异性的一维偏振全息光栅,用线偏振光探测偏振全息光栅,得到正,负一级衍射光也为线偏振光,且偏振态与探测光和零级偏振态相互正交,可以运用琼斯矩阵理论加以解释.偏振全息光栅可由外加电场控制衍射级的变化,即在外加电场作用下,正、负一级衍射产生了90°的相位差.在频率6.05 Hz、电压2.2 V的外场作用下,衍射级的极值振荡变化.     

亚波长光栅的偏振闪耀特性

 使用琼斯矩阵的方法推导了连续结构亚波长光栅的衍射方程,给出了光栅衍射效率表达式,对偏振特性与衍射特性进行了研究。发现连续结构亚波长光栅仅存在３个衍射级,总衍射效率为100%,且衍射效率可在衍射级间任意分配,0级的偏振态与入射光的偏振态相同,±1级衍射光偏振态与入射光无关,－1级为左旋圆偏振光,＋1级为右旋圆偏振光。通过设置入射光偏振态与光栅相位延迟等参数,可使光栅具有闪耀特性,据此可用于设计高效偏振光分束器和偏振光开关。     

Highly sensitive interferometric testing of deviation of the wedge angle of transparent plates

To improve the accuracy of the interferometric method of testing the wedge angle of a transparent plate, we propose using nonlinear recording of holograms of the reference and tested plates on different carriers and creating interference patterns that map the deviation of the angle, using higher orders of light diffraction on the holograms, with improved sensitivity. The increasing accuracy of the interferometric method of testing is provided by waves diffracted on holograms of the reference and tested plates in higher diffraction orders. Results of experimental testing of the method are presented.     

Paraxial-domain diffractive elements with 100% efficiency based on polarization gratings

The concept of polarization freedom is employed to design diffraction gratings that are capable of transforming an electromagnetic plane wave into two or three diffraction orders with an arbitrary efficiency distribution among them, such that the combined efficiency of the signal orders is always equal to 100%. As a special case we consider paraxial-domain duplicators and triplicators with 100% efficiency, which is not possible for illumination by scalar waves: Diffractive elements that are capable of performing the required wave transformation must modulate the state of polarization of the incident field.     

位相调制的实时联合变换相关器

提出一种位相调制的实时联合变换相关器。它采用液晶显示屏作为输入器件，用液晶光阀记录和显示联合功率谱。利用液晶显示屏上的光栅状结构的衍射级，提高光能的利用率，并充分利用液晶光阀的有效使用面积。采用成像透镜放大各衍射级的联合频谱，适应液晶光阀较低的分辨率要求。在相关器的光路中插入两块倾斜的平行平面玻璃板，以改变各衍射级的参考图像和目标图像之间的位相差。这种方法可产生比传统的实时联合变换相关器更好的输出相关性能。实验结果证实了该系统设计及性能分析的正确性     

EFFECTS OF MICROSTRUCTURES WITH DIMENSIONS SMALLER THAN OPTICAL WAVELENGTH ON SINGLE GROOVE DIFFRACTION

The experimental results showed that the microstructures of defects on the edges and walls of the single groove with their dimensions smaller than the wavelength of the incident light can produce effects not only on the diffraction of different polarization light but also on the symmetry of both positive and negative diffraction orders. It is possible to cause the narrow peaks with opposite directions appearing at corresponding positions on the two diffraction intensity curves when the polarization directions of the incident light are perpendicular to each other, and to cause the diffraction peaks to be asymmetric when the incident light for the two curves is of the same polarization direction.     

DMD光栅的衍射特性及其在可调谐激光中的应用

相比较于液晶空间光调制器,数字微镜晶片(DMD)具有开关速度快、显示精度高、偏振不相关、衍射效率高和宽带调制等优势。研究利用DMD的衍射效应作为波长选择器,将其应用于可调谐光纤激光器中,理论推导这种二维DMD光栅的衍射效率与入射光角度,像素间距等物理量之间的定量关系,重点讨论了两种不同像素间距的0.7″和0.55″DMD在单像素因子和多像素干涉共同作用下的衍射级数和强度分布。研究结果表明:0.7″DMD在光强不显著为零且满足实验约束条件下,允许出现4个干涉极大值,但由于极大值位置均远离闪耀条件,因此光强相对较弱。0.55″DMD仅出现1个干涉极大值,且接近闪耀条件,因此光强和效率均明显高于0.7″DMD的情况。由此可见,在可调谐光纤激光器中,利用0.55″DMD光栅作为波长选择器更有利于减小衍射损耗,提高系统稳定性。     

Debye-Scherrer diffraction in the backscattering geometry at the Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation source. Part 1. Characterization of the method

A technique for Debye-Scherrer diffraction in the backscattering geometry is developed at the Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation source. It is shown that the sensitivity of the method to a relative change in the lattice constant is higher by two orders of magnitude than that in the forward-scattering geometry. The requirements for experimental apparatus are discussed.     

非晶中结构遗传性及描述

非晶态物质广泛存在于人们的日常生活和工业生产活动中,但人们对其原子结构及其结构与性能关系的认识还远不如对晶体材料那样充分.非晶态物质的原子结构不具备空间平移对称性,这使得传统针对晶体材料的实验技术和手段无法直接有效地应用到非晶态物质的结构分析中.用常规的衍射实验数据分析方法并不能直接地观察到非晶态物质的本征结构特征,但这些实验衍射数据往往隐含有极其重要的微观结构信息.本文简要综述了这些衍射数据背后所隐含的与金属玻璃中程序相关的结构信息.研究发现,非晶态物质中的一类隐含序与晶体结构中的球周期序紧密相关,意味着非晶态物质与晶体材料之间在原子结构上存在着非凡的同源性.进一步的研究结果还表明,不同隐含拓扑序之间纠缠的强弱与体系本身的玻璃形成能力存在明显的对应关系,这为衡量金属合金玻璃形成能力强弱的经验规律——混乱原理提供了微观结构上的理解,同时为进一步深入认识和理解非晶态材料衍射数据所隐含的微观结构信息提供了新的分析思路和方法.     

透射衍射光栅内全反射级次

当前高功率激光装置系统中, 国内使用透射式衍射光栅进行光束采样, 国外甚至使用光栅聚焦并同时结合谐波分离和采样功能. 高功率激光辐照下, 除了0级透射打靶光以及目标取样光外, 其他级次衍射光的影响也不可忽视, 可能造成诸如鬼像聚焦破坏、时间脉宽测量不稳定、近远场测量噪声等问题. 尤其是透射衍射光栅内部全反射级次会导致光栅出射一系列规律的衍射花样, 造成上述干扰和危害. 首先理论上针对透射式光栅(包括取样光栅和聚焦光栅)进行了相应的计算和分析, 然后从实验上观察并测量了取样光栅内部全反射级次的现象, 并且结合镀减反膜前后的衍射现象进行了讨论, 最后分析并给出了如何消除或规避全反射级次和其他冗余级次影响的方法.     

Experimental study of light diffraction by standing ultrasonic wave with cylindrical symmetry

We report a new acousto-optic arrangement based on ultrasonic wave with cylindrical symmetry. The theory of light interaction with standing cylindrical ultrasonic wave is experimentally verified in the Fraunhofer region. A very good agreement of experimental results with numerical calculations based on the proposed theory is found. The diffraction pattern consists of ring-shaped diffraction orders which posses a fine structure. The time average light intensity of the whole zeroth diffraction order as a function of the Raman-Nath parameter is investigated. The modulation properties of presented system are examined by means of single photon counting technique. Finally, some potentially useful applications in the laser and fibre technology are suggested.     

有限宽双光栅成像效应的分析与应用

用稳相积分法分析了点光源经过2个平行放置的有限宽平面透射光栅组成的系统衍射后的复振幅分布。当两光栅满足双光栅成像条件时,将其衍射成像与无限宽双光栅衍射成像进行对比,得到有限宽光栅对双光栅衍射像的位置没有影响,而衍射像随两光栅之间的相对距离及衍射级数而变化。文中计算了满足双光栅成像条件时,某实验参数下衍射像的大小的情形,结果有限宽双光栅成像被放大了1.22倍。并根据其原理进行白光再现普通透射全息图色彩研究。     

Acousto-optic Bragg diffraction in paratellurite by the sidelobes of the spatial radiation spectrum of an acoustic transducer

Acousto-optic Bragg diffraction in paratellurite is investigated within the two first diffraction orders for the case of diffraction by the sidelobes of the spatial radiation spectrum of an acoustic transducer. One of the diffraction orders is due to anisotropic diffraction, and the other, to isotropic diffraction. Such a diffraction regime is achieved when the diffraction plane is inclined toward the optical axis of the crystal. For light with a wavelength of 0.63 × 10^–4 cm diffracted by a “slow” sound wave with a frequency of 26 MHz, the effect manifests itself when the angle between the acousto-optic diffraction plane and the optical axis of paratellurite is ~3°. The effect is experimentally verified. The diffraction efficiency is 20% for each of the diffraction orders for a microwave signal of 8 V at the transducer.     

Nanostructured gradient-index antireflection diffractive optics

We describe the fabrication and characterization of a nanostructured diffractive element with near-zero reflection losses. In this element, subwavelength nanostructures emulating adiabatic index matching are integrated on the surface of a diffractive microstructure to suppress reflected diffraction orders. The fabricated silicon grating exhibits reflected efficiencies that are suppressed by 2 orders of magnitude over broad wavelength bands and wide incident angles. Theoretical models of the fabricated structure based on rigorous coupled-wave analysis and effective medium theory are in agreement with the experimental data. The proposed principles can be applied to improve the performance of any diffractive structures, potentially leading to more efficient Fresnel lenses, holographic elements, and integrated optical systems.     

Binary phase gratings for star couplers with high splitting ratio

Binary phase transmission gratings exhibiting a certain number N of central diffraction orders of equal intensity can be used to construct star couplers of the 1-to-N and N-to-N type. The calculation of the grating's groove structure is described, and first experimental results are presented.     

Analytical study of disturbing diffraction orders in in-line computer generated holograms for aspheric testing

The effect of spurious diffraction orders due to an in-line diffractive compensator for the measurement of aspheric surfaces is analytically studied. The use of a filtering aperture to isolate the measurement diffraction order from the stray orders introduces additional spurious fields that must be analyzed for a correct evaluation of surface defects. In this work the influence of the additional diffraction orders is studied and an analytical expression for the disturbing field on the detector is obtained.     

Binary phase gratings for star couplers with high splitting ratio

Binary phase transmission gratings exhibiting a certain number N of central diffraction orders of equal intensity can be used to construct star couplers of the 1-to-N and N-to-N type. The calculation of the grating's groove structure is described, and first experimental results are presented.     

Quantum scattering of fast atoms and molecules on surfaces

We present evidence for the diffraction of light keV atoms and molecules grazingly scattered on LiF(001) and NaCl(001) surfaces. At such energies, the de Broglie wavelength is 2 orders of magnitude smaller that the mean thermal atomic displacement in the crystal. Thus, no coherent scattering was expected and interaction of keV atoms with surfaces is routinely treated with classical mechanics. We show here that well-defined diffraction patterns can be observed indicating that, for grazing scattering, the pertinent wavelength is that associated with the slow motion perpendicular to the surface. The experimental data are well reproduced by an ab initio calculation.     

High-efficiency arrays of any desired optical beams using modified grating-based elements

High efficiency grating-based diffractive elements were previously proposed in order to generate desired arrays of various optical beams. The elements enable us to generate a diversity of arrays of optical beams in desired shapes, so that the arrays produced by the method are homogeneous, uniform and lacking of unwanted higher diffraction orders. In this technique a modulated grating is used to restructure Fresnel zone plate or zone plate-based elements to get modified grating-based elements. To examine the method, a variety of rectangular arrays of optical spots and annular beams are created by the ordinary and modified elements. It is shown that the arrays generated by the modified elements are much more uniform than the same arrays produced by the ordinary ones. In addition to the uniformity of the arrays, the unwanted higher diffraction orders are also totally eliminated. This article exploits simulation and experimental studies in order to demonstrate the functionality of the proposed technique as a multi functional high-efficiency beam shaping.