电寻址空间光调制器“黑栅”效应的消除方法

提出了两种消除电寻址空间光调制器由于低开口率所引起的"黑栅"效应的方法:利用衍射微透镜阵列的方法和利用纯相位型光束整形器件阵列的方法.分析了这两种方法的基本原理,给出了微透镜阵列和光束整形器件阵列的设计思想,并比较了这两种方法的异同点.采用杨一顾相位恢复算法得到了光束整形结果.理论分析及仿真计算表明:这种方法均能有效地消除电寻址空间光调制器相邻象素之间的黑带.     

Iterative algorithm for the design of diffractive phase elements for laser beam shaping

An improved iterative algorithm for designing diffractive phase elements for laser beam shaping in free space is presented. The algorithm begins with the Gerchberg-Saxton approach to obtain a stable solution. This is followed by several new iterations, in which modified constraining functions are imposed in the Fourier domain while the phase distribution of each iteration remains unchanged. For super-Gaussian beam shaping suitable for inertial confinement fusion applications the mean-square errors of the amplitude and the intensity profile of the entire beam fitted to the corresponding parameters of the 12th-power super-Gaussian beam are approximately 0.035 and 9.75x10(-3), respectively. Approximately 97.4% of the incident energy is converged into the desired region.     

二元振幅型面板用于光束空间整形

为了提高高功率激光系统的整体效率和充分利用光能,需要对前端注入的高斯光束进行空间整形,实现驱动器终端激光的均匀化输出.采用振幅型二元面板对激光光束进行空间强度整形,利用误差扩散法进行了理论设计,数值摸拟了整形效果,同时讨论了面板加工误差以及空间滤波器的小孔大小等因素带来的影响.根据理论设计,分别加工了反高斯透射率分布和抛物线透射率分布的二元面板,并进行了整形实验,实现了各自的整形功能,并做了误差分析.实验让明二元面板能对激光光束的空间强度分布实现了精确的整形.     

Array designs for amplitude and phase control of millimeter-wave beams

New array design concepts are described for the phase and amplitude control of millimeter and submillimeter-wave beams. Phase shifter array designs providing increased phase range and wider bandwidth are described. Techniques involving the integration of gain-producing elements as well as tuning elements on a single array are proposed for application to high-performance beam control and beam shaping. These concepts should facilitate the further development of quasi-optical solid state device-based arrays for application to millimeter-wave electronic systems.     

三种半导体阵列光谱组束结构的输出特性

基于光谱光束组合技术,利用光栅的衍射和外腔的反馈,并通过加入光束整形系统,将标准的半导体激光阵列的发光单元锁定在窄线宽的不同波长上,以近似平行光束沿组合方向输出,以实现半导体激光阵列输出光束质量的改善和线宽的压窄。实验中采用发光单元宽度100μm,周期500μm,由19个单元构成的标准阵列,分别对快、慢轴准直后光谱组束、光束整形后光谱组束和线宽压窄外腔组束进行了实验验证,实现了组合光束与单个发光单元近似的光束质量,同时得到了较窄的线宽输出,并对实验结果进行了分析。     

利用光束整形器件阵列消除电寻址空间光调制器的"黑栅"效应

研究了电寻址空间光调制器中由于低开口率所引起的"黑栅"效应对图像质量的影响。提出了一种基于纯相位型光束整形器件阵列的"黑栅"消除方法,并分析了该方法的基本原理。介绍了用Gerchberg Saxton相位恢复算法来设计光束整形器件的基本思路,给出了光束整形的结果。理论分析及仿真计算表明,该方法能有效地消除电寻址空间光调制器相邻像素之间的黑带。     

On the Development of Controllable Sources of Single-Photon States with an Orbital Angular Momentum on the Basis of Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion of Light

Methods for beam shaping with nonzero orbital angular momentum are studied using diffraction optical elements with the purpose of developing a source of single-photon states based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion of light in the LiNbO₃ crystal in the cavity resonator. The probability of the coincidence of the number of photocounts in detecting signal and idle fields under pumping by a beam with the orbital angular momentum is simulated.     

Formation of the Intensity Distribution in Laser Beams due to Difraction on Structures of Small-Size Optical Inhomogeneities

The possibilities of formation of the intensity distribution in laser beams due to diffraction of radiation on spatial structures of small-size optical inhomogeneities are considered. Computer modeling of beam profile formation by plates-apodizers containing two-dimensional structures of discrete amplitude or phase scatterers is performed. The results presented testify to the prospects of optical elements with scattering centers for laser beam shaping in UV, visible, and IR spectral ranges.     

Design of refractive/diffractive hybrid optical elements for beam shaping with large diffraction pattern

Diffractive optics is an important technique for beam shaping with high light efficiency and strong diffraction pattern flexibility. Since the diffraction angle is limited by the unit size of the diffractive optical element(DOE),the size of the required diffraction pattern is always rather small. In this Letter, refractive/diffractive hybrid optical elements(RDHOEs) consisting of a DOE and a lens are used to realize beam shaping for a large diffraction pattern. The lens, as the component of the RDHOEs, can not only be concave but also convex,and the double sampling Fresnel diffraction algorithm is developed for the design of these two types of RDHOEs.The simulation and experimental results provide solid evidence to demonstrate the proposed method with the pure phase spatial light modulator.     

Efficient method for evaluation of the diffraction efficiency upper bound of diffractive phase elements

The theoretical diffraction efficiency upper limit of diffractive phase elements (DPE's) with finite apertures is investigated. A successful numerical method of evaluating the efficiency upper bound of DPE's is proposed. The method includes a hybrid optimization procedure that combines a genetic algorithm with the conjugate gradient method. This efficient global optimization technique can also be used to design DPE's. Simulation computations are detailed for rotationally symmetric beam shaping in which a Gaussian profile laser beam is converted into a uniform beam. Numerical results demonstrate that the estimated diffraction efficiency upper bound is consistent with the design results.     

A New Fourier Iterative Algorithm for the Design of Phase－only Diffractive Optical Element Used in Laser Beam Shaping

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用于光束整形的衍射光学元件设计的混合算法

提出了一种用于衍射光学元件优化设计的混合遗传迭代爬山算法,该算法将迭代量化傅里叶变换算法融入到遗传算法中,然后在整体遗传算法结束后,对找到的当前最优解再用爬山法进行局部寻优,从而得到最优的衍射光学元件表面相位分布.用该混合方法设计了衍射光学元件,可以将入射的高斯光束整形成方形的均匀光斑.模拟结果表明:该混合算法具有收敛速度快、设计准确度高等优点.相比于其它设计方法,本文提出的方法能较好地改善整形效果,特别适用于光束整形的衍射元件设计.     

Ring beam shaping optics fabricated with ultra-precision cutting for YAG laser processing

In this study, a method for generating ring intensity distribution at a refraction-type lens with an aspheric element was proposed, and the beam shaping optical element was finished using only ultra-precision cutting. The shape of the optical element and its irradiance pattern were determined from numerical calculation based on its geometrical and physical optics. An ultra-precision lathe was employed to fabricate beam shaping optical elements, and acrylic resin was used as the material. The transmittance of an optical element (a rotationally symmetrical body) with an aspheric surface fabricated using a single-crystal diamond tool was over 98%, and its surface roughness was 9.6 nm Ra. The method enabled the formation of a circular melting zone on a piece of stainless steel with a thickness of 300 μm through pulse YAG laser (λ 1:06 μm) processing such that the average radius was 610 μm and the width was 100–200 μm. Circular processing using a ring beam shaping optical element can be realized by single-pulse beam irradiation without beam scanning.     

一种用于光束整形的衍射光学元件设计算法

在光束整形衍射光学元件的设计中,为同时减小输出光束的均方根误差和顶部不均匀度值,提出了模糊控制迭代算法(IAFC)。在盖师贝格-撒克斯通(Gerchberg-Saxton,G-S)算法的基础上,提出了平滑修正法,可有效改善输出光束的顶部均匀度,但却增大了均方根误差值。模糊控制迭代算法依据模糊控制理论,通过有效结合盖师贝格-撒克斯通算法和平滑修正法来同时降低均方根误差和顶部不均匀度值。计算机设计的结果表明,利用模糊控制迭代算法可以得到非常理想的输出光束,其均方根误差和顶部不均匀度值分别为0.75%和0.46%,能量转换效率可达94.91%。为光束整形衍射光学元件的设计提供了一种有效的新算法。     

Simplified mesh techniques for design of beam-shaping diffractive optical elements

This paper describes a simplified mesh generation technique that is based on the finite element method of calculation of beam-shaping diffractive optical elements (DOEs). The mesh generation technique uses the inherent symmetry of the incident beam to generate a mesh. Using the meshes so generated, DOEs that convert a Gaussian intensity beam to one of a specified shape, are calculated. Simulations of the results of such beam-shaping elements will be presented. Such elements have uses in industrial and medical applications where both the shape as well as the intensity distribution on the material that is to be processed is very important. For example, in industrial applications the beam may be used to uniformly heat up a specific area in which case the intensity has to be uniform across the beam. The Gaussian intensity variation of a laser has to be converted to a flat-top beam in order to achieve this. To reiterate, beam shaping refers to changing both the intensity distribution and the shape of the beam. Experimental results of the fabricated gratings will also be presented. These results will include experimental data on the method of additive lithography which can be used to improve the efficiency of DOEs.     

Vector iterative algorithm for the design of diffractive optical elements applied to uniform illumination

A vector angular-spectrum iterative algorithm for the design of diffractive optical elements to produce uniform illumination is described. In the algorithm, the variation of beam polarization is related to a unit wave vector and a random mixture of intensity is used for super-Gaussian beam shaping [corrected]. The simulated results show that approximately 95.3% of the incident energy has converged into the desired region. The greatest profile error and the mean-square error of intensity fitted to the corresponding parameters of the 100th-power super-Gaussian function are approximately 8 x 10(-4) and 3.5 x 10(-3), respectively.     

Diffractive optics: Design, realization, and applications

This paper presents methods for designing and recording optimal computer-generated diffractive optical elements. The design method is based on an analytic ray-tracing procedure for minimizing aberrations. The recording involves computer-generated masks and multiple lithographic processes in order to form reflective and transmissive multilevel, surface relief-phase, diffractive elements. As a result, the elements can have high diffraction efficiencies over a broad range of incidence angles. Even generalized diffractive elements that operate with highly uniform diffraction efficiency and polychromatic radiation can be designed and recorded by optimizing the shape and height of the relief gratings. To illustrate the effectiveness of the diffractive optical elements, they have been incorporated into a number of applications, involving visible as well as infra-red radiation. Some that deal with coordinate transformation, beam shaping, and polarization control are briefly reviewed.     

A beam shaping design for coupling high power diode laser stack to fiber with capability of spectral narrowing and stabilizing

We applied a VHG-FAC lens in our design in this work to collimate the fast axis and lock the output spectrally. We used a beam shaping technique to improve the beam symmetry and power density of a high power diode laser stack with a stripe mirror plate, a V-Stack mirror and polarization beam combining elements. By this technique, the beam of a high power diode laser stack is effectively coupled into a standard 365 μmcore diameter and a NA = 0.22 fiber. By this technique, compactness, higher efficiency, narrower spectral line width and lower production cost of the diodes are possible.     

光束整形在激光照明中的应用

提出利用光束整形技术提高激光照明均匀性、调节照明远场光斑尺寸的方法,用Easylaser激光仿真软件分析光束截断比对照明均匀性的影响,分析大气湍流条件下光束整形对照明均匀性的影响,并比较调节光束质量与光束整形对照明均匀性的影响。结果表明:光束整形具有调节照明激光远场光斑尺度及均匀性的能力,相位调节因子越大,整形后远场光斑半径越大、均匀性越好;光束截断比越大照明均匀性越好;弱湍流条件下,光束整形比调节光束质量的照明激光远场光斑均匀性更好。     

高阶模高斯光束整形方法研究

研究了高阶模高斯光束的整形方法.在高阶模高斯光束和平顶光束理论模型的基础上,分别选择了平项洛仑兹函数和费米狄拉克函数作为平顶光分布函数,利用能量守恒定律,分别推导针对拉盖尔-高斯光束和厄米特-高斯光束整形系统中入射光与出射光的映射函数.最后利用ZEMAX软件设计了针对TEM01模高斯光束进行整形的非球面透镜元件.结果表...