模糊函数和任何光学系统中的Talbot-Lau效应

本文用模糊函数处理了光栅的Talbot和Lau效应,并推广到任何光学系统中。得到了十分简洁的通用表达式,它能够直接描述干涉条纹的空间分布,并只与系统的传递矩阵有关。同时也讨论了Talbot和Lau效应中的相位关系。     

Application of source encoding to incoherent Talbot imaging and the Lau effect

We demonstrate a technique to generate Talbot images by a spatially incoherent source using a source encoding technique. We further show that a Talbot image can be formed in the optical set-up for the Lau effect following source encoding theory.     

脉冲响应函数与平面周期物体构成任意光学系统的成象特性研究——理论与实验

本文首先用线性系统中脉冲响应函数的概念分析了光学系统中平面周期物体的广义Talbot效应,利用我们以前导得的Talbot和Lau成象条件,导出了广义Talbot成象条件,得到十分简洁的系统脉冲响应表示式,然后利用光学系统的线性叠加和相关原理研究了任意光学系统中Talbot效应、Lau效应和多重成象现象及其相互关系,最后讨论了任意光学系统中三者之间的关系,并进行了实验证明。所用方法简单明了。     

ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL EFFECTS IN DOUBLE-GRATING DIFFRACTION-INTERFERENCE SYSTEM

Based on the ambiguity function, the optical phenomena of the double-gearing diffraction-interference system are analysed with partially coherent illumination. Different patterns are observed on the observation plane when the optical elements are placed in their proper positions. Detailed discussions on the two extremes of coherence are given. Conclusions could be obtained about the Lau effect, the generalized Lau effect, the incoherent grating-lens imaging, the Talbot effect, the joint-Talbot effect and the generalized joint-Talbot effect. Some special cases are also verified by experiments.     

光栅衍射像的反差,位相和周期的分析

本文从理论上导出了相干光照明了菲涅耳衍射场中离开泰伯自成像平面时光栅像的反差、位相和周期的变化。得到了球面波和平面波照明下,光栅的傅里叶像生成的条件,从而定量地说明了泰伯效应与Lau效应的某种一致性。理论结果被实验验证。     

部分相干光栅衍射效应和干涉术

本文提出一种新的部分相干照明的光栅衍射干涉仪.先分析了光栅的介于Talbot和Lan效应之间的部分相干衍射效应.部分相干干涉图的特点是条纹由频率成倍的两种光栅状载波所表征.调整光源狭缝,系统在两相干性极端分别转成Talbot和Lau干涉仪.理论分析采用了模糊函数方法.最后给出了实验.     

Experimental study of the Talbot effect under femtosecond laser illumination

Experimental results of the Talbot effect of an amplitude grating under femtosecond laser illumination are reported. Compared with Talbot image under continuous wave (CW) illumination, Talbot images under femtosecond laser illumination are different due to the wide spectral bandwidth and the Talbot images are more distorted at longer Talbot distances. The spectrums and the pulsewidths of femtosecond laser pulses are measured with the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) apparatus. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.     

3-光栅系统的干涉效应

本文用部份相干的观点提出并研究了三个独立光栅串联排列系统的干涉效应。用模糊函数导出了干涉条纹光强分布为三个光栅等效函数的联合卷积-相关积分。给出了条纹存在的光栅间距离和周期比条件。随光源光栅狭缝宽度的变化相应产生相干的Talbot效应、部份相干效应和非相干的Lau效应。部份相干条纹的波形随光栅的平移而变化。最后给出了实验验证。 关键词：     

Spatially periodic wave fields: an experimental demonstration of the relationship between the lateral and the longitudinal spatial frequencies

The relationship between the lateral and the longitudinal periodicities of the coherence function of a propagating quasi-periodic field, which has such well known manifestations as the Talbot and the Lau effects, is verified experimentally in the more general case of partial coherence. The 3-D nature of spatial periodicity of such a field might find applications in some areas of image processing or in 3-D spatial encoding of optical information.     

Spectral Talbot phenomena in sampled arbitrarily chirped Bragg gratings

We derive the general conditions for which spectral Talbot phenomena, both integer and fractional self-imaging, can be observed in sampled arbitrarily chirped fiber Bragg gratings. These results are a generalization of those previously reported in [C. Wang, J. Azaña, L.R. Chen, Opt. Lett. 29(14) (2004) 1590] in which spectral Talbot phenomena were observed in sampled linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings. We confirm our theoretical derivations with numerical simulations.     

Theory of the partially coherent temporal Talbot effect

The behaviour of the temporal Talbot effect under carrier partial coherence is analysed. This effect finds application as a passive method for multiplying the repetition rate of the intensity of pulse trains in first-order dispersive media. The study is based on the representation of the average intensity of partially coherent modulated light after first order dispersion as a coherence-dependent low pass filter acting on the intensity distribution obtained with a monochromatic carrier. The resulting coherence limitations are more restrictive in Talbot devices with high indices, due to the necessity of highly coherent carriers to produce a faithful reconstruction of trains by multiple pulse-to-pulse interference. Coherence limitations for architectures composed of externally modulated cw sources are analysed. Generalizations of the theory to several spectral lines, and its relation with the Collett-Wolf theorem are also reported.     

Coherent beam combination of broad-area laser diode array using off-axis external cavity with double feedback

In this letter, we demonstrate coherent beam combination of laser diode array using the external Talbot cavity with double feedback. The double feedback elements consist of grating and high-reflection plane mirror. Compared with single high-reflection plane mirror feedback, the external Talbot cavity with double feedback reduce the number of interference strips in the far-field pattern and narrow spectral line-width of the laser diode array. The results indicate that the application of the external Talbot cavity with double feedback produces a clear far-field interference pattern. In addition, line-width is reduced to 0.15 nm full-width at half-maximum (FWHM).     

Surface profiling using fringe projection technique based on Lau effect

In this paper, the surface profile of objects is determined by using a grating projection system. The method is based on the concept of self-imaging, namely, the Lau effect. Periodic fringe patterns are generated from the projection of a grating illuminated by multiple mutually incoherent quasi-plane wavefront. The fringe patterns are then projected on to the object surface and the deformed grating image is captured by a CCD camera for subsequent analysis. Phase shifting techniques have been employed to determine the phase value. With suitable calibration of the system and the phase value obtained, the surface profile of the objects can be determined. The phase variation is achieved by using a linear translation stage incorporated to the grating. In this study, two specimens are tested to demonstrate the validity of the method. One is a spherical cap with a height of 4 mm, and the other is a coin. The experimental results are compared with results obtained by mechanical stylus method. In the case of the spherical cap the results are also compared with fringe projection method based on Talbot effect.     

Two-Dimensional Talbot Effect with Atomic Density Gratings

We report the experimental observation of two-dimensional Talbot effect when a resonance plane wave interacts with a two-dimensional atomic density grating generated by standing wave manipulation of ultracold Bose gases.Clear self-images of the grating and sub-images with reversed phase or fractal patterns are observed. By calculating the autocorrelation functions of the images, the behavior of periodic Talbot images is studied. The Talbot effect with two-dimensional atomic density grating expands the applications of the Talbot effect in a wide variety of research fields.     

Influence of the size of the grating on Talbot effect

The Fresnel theory of the Talbot effect of the grating is reviewed in this paper, and the general formula of the Fresnel diffraction of the grating with finite aperture size is presented. The aperture effect of the grating on the Talbot image is discussed and a number of numerical calculations are performed. The variation rule of the diffraction intensity distribution at the Talbot distance with the aperture size of the grating and the case at different Talbot distances are obtained through the calculations, and the corresponding explanations of these phenomena are given in this paper. We think that these discussions provide the theoretic basis for the practical application of the Talbot effect of the actual grating.     

High-efficiency spatial color separation method based on fractional Talbot effect

Based on fractional Talbot effect, Talbot grating is adopted to realize spatial color separation with high light efficiency. For red and green colors, a two-step Talbot grating is optimized and the light efficiency reaches over 95%. The two-step Talbot grating is fabricated and tested. Experimental results show that the Talbot grating indeed has the good ability of spatial color separation.     

畴腐蚀掺镁铌酸锂可调阵列光分束器的研究

研究了不同畴腐蚀深度的掺镁铌酸锂二维六角可调阵列光分束器的分数Talbot效应.对不同Talbot分数β和不同畴腐蚀深度的阵列光分束器Talbot衍射像进行了数值模拟理论研究.模拟结果表明,Talbot分数β可以改变Talbot衍射像的周期及结构分布,而畴腐蚀深度可有效调制衍射像的光强分布.在理论研究的基础上,设计并制备了具有不同畴腐蚀深度的掺镁铌酸锂二维六角阵列光分束器,对其在不同Talbot分数β条件下的分数Talbot效应进行了通光实验研究,实现了畴腐蚀阵列光分束器对近场Talbot衍射光强分布的调制,实验结果与理论研究结果一致.     

二维阵列光场衍射自成像效应的倒格矢分析

基于衍射的角谱理论,分析了一般二维周期阵列光场的衍射特性.提出了一种用阵列光场的倒格矢来研究和描述衍射自成像（或泰伯效应）的方法.给出了用倒格矢表示的一般衍射自成像条件.在此基础上,对典型的非正交六方型二维周期阵列光场的泰伯效应和分数泰伯效应进行了定量分析和计算机模拟.     

方位调制相位光栅Lau效应理论及实验研究

本文根据部分相干理论研究了方波调制相应光栅的Lau效应,在实验中观察到了理论所预言的高对比度Lau条纹.     

利用保角变换实现环形光栅的Talbot效应

Talbot效应是一种近场自成像效应,通常只有周期光栅可以产生Talbot效应,而环形光栅无法产生.本文通过引入保角变换,发现可以在环形光栅外部设计适当的折射率渐变层介质,使得其中也能够产生严格的Talbot效应,并计算了对应的自成像半径表达式.本文利用FDTD软件分别将一个环形光栅放置在真空中以及人工设计的折射率渐变层中进行了模拟,并对二者的结果进行了比较分析,发现这种折射率渐变层介质确实对点光源入射的环形光栅的自成像情况有着很好的改善.希望这一工作能够推广Talbot效应的应用范围.