基于相控阵雷达模型的液晶光束偏转波控方法研究

针对闪耀光栅模型光束偏转角度数量分布有限的缺点,提出一种基于相控阵雷达模型的液晶光束偏转波控方法。该方法控制液晶电极间相位差,通过改变液晶电极间相位差控制出射光波束方向。使用傅里叶光学方法推导该模型最大偏转角度、光束偏转角度与电极间调制相位关系以及衍射效率和偏转角度的关系。实验证明该方法可实现任意分辨角的光波束扫描, 在0.15°光束扫描范围内实现优于20 μrad的连续光束偏转。     

新型液晶光学相控阵的特性研究

将液晶作为平板光波导的上包层,构建了液晶光学相控阵器件.根据Frank-Oseen液晶连续体弹性形变理论与光栅衍射理论,研究分析了基于这种新型结构下液晶光学相控阵的传输特性,输出衍射特性和其它性能特性.研究结果表明,器件的传输电控相位延迟可以实现更大的光程差;阵列电极周期数目、电极宽度、电极间隔宽度等结构参量对器件的输出衍射光束的光强分布和半峰值全宽度影响很大,同时光束扫描的可行性得到论证;器件的响应时间提高了一个数量级,且其色散性能获得改善.为以后研制新型液晶光学相控阵提供了理论基础与技术设计依据.     

反射式液晶空间光调制器电控光束偏转

为获得较大的光束电控偏转范围,使用空间分辨力高达8 m的反射式液晶空间光调制器实现了对入射632 nm激光的电控偏转。利用双光束共焦干涉方法测量了液晶空间光调制器的电控相位延迟特性,最大相移量可达3。根据二元光学理论和器件的电控相位延迟特性,设计了周期台阶相位模式和相应的加载灰度图,以最大衍射效率实现对入射光束的闪耀电控偏转。结果表明:相位模式台阶数为8时,可以实现10 mrad的光束偏转,闪耀级次衍射效率可达46%。利用二元光学的衍射模型对影响衍射效率的关键因素进行了分析,认为器件较低的填充因子和周期台阶模式相位重置点诱导的指向矢回程区是限制光束衍射效率的主要因素。     

一种液晶相位调制特性的测量方法

提出一种基于衍射光栅的液晶相位调制特性测量方法.该方法利用液晶构建相位分别为0和φ的二值光栅,通过傅里叶光学的方法推导衍射光栅第0级衍射光斑光强和调制相位φ之间的关系,然后实测光强和液晶驱动电压之间的对应关系来得到相位和液晶驱动电压之间的对应关系,即液晶相位光栅的相位调制特性.最后利用测量相位调制特性结果构建液晶相控阵,用光束偏转误差验证调制特性测量结果,相位测量误差小于1×10~(-3)rad.     

二元光学液晶闪耀光栅的特性分析

在二元光学理论的基础上,结合波动光学理论和液晶指向矢的计算提出一种新的二元光学液晶闪耀光栅设计.对液晶光栅电极施加阶梯分布的电压使之形成相位阶梯形分布,推导出液晶闪耀光栅的衍射效率.结果表明,通过改变周期单元光栅电极数日而改变光栅常数,可以改变光衍射角度,一级衍射角度调节范围0°～10°;调节电极电压可以使特定级次衍射光效率达到90%以上,使该级次得到闪耀.     

基于相位硅基液晶的光衍射演示实验

计算虚拟物体的衍射光场相位分布,然后加载到相位硅基液晶器件,利用平行光照射硅基液晶器件,可在光屏上看到虚拟物体的实像.根据相位硅基液晶的采样间隔,计算出虚拟物体的采样间隔,可预计虚拟物体大小.演示结果表明:处于菲涅尔衍射区域,衍射图像清晰,亮度高;而夫琅禾费衍射区的衍射图像虽然清晰,但比较暗淡.     

低压驱动高阻值层液晶透镜

针对传统电极驱动液晶透镜的电场分布在驱动电极边缘的问题,设计了一种高阻值层驱动电极来控制液晶分子偏转的低压驱动和焦距可调的液晶透镜.利用磁控溅射工艺在含镂空孔阵列的面状铝电极基板表面沉积一层掺铝氧化锌透明薄膜,形成高阻值层驱动电极;利用液晶盒成盒工艺将制备好的驱动电极基板和公共电极基板(氧化铟锡玻璃基板)组装成液晶透镜,研究掺铝氧化锌高阻值层、驱动电压、工作频率对液晶透镜光学性能的影响.实验结果表明,对比传统电极驱动液晶透镜,高阻值层电极驱动液晶透镜在驱动电压2.2Vrms和工作频率130kHz下获得的干涉圆环均匀,聚焦光斑小.同时,在驱动电压1.8～2.8Vrms和工作频率130kHz下所制备的液晶透镜焦距可调范围为4.27～2.88mm.     

紫外光诱导液晶相位光栅

使用紫外光诱导取向技术制作了可转换的液晶相位光栅,通过光掩模两次曝光的方法形成光栅条纹.这种光栅制作工艺较为简单,不需要上下基板精确的对准,驱动电压较低.采用He-Ne激光器和光探测器进行测试,结果表明,衍射效率具有电场调制性并出现同预测一致的衍射条纹.对液晶光栅的偏振特性进行了研究,利用琼斯矩阵和衍射理论对液晶相位光栅衍射强度进行了分析和模拟计算.     

视点可控液晶光栅的研究

提出一种双层交错结构的驱动电极控制液晶分子偏转的可控液晶光栅.利用光刻和镀膜工艺在玻璃基板上制作掺铝氧化锌-二氧化硅-掺铝氧化锌双层交错结构的驱动电极,采用液晶成盒工艺将制备好的驱动电极基板和公共电极基板组装成液晶盒.与传统单层控制电极相比,双层交错电极实现了基板的无缝覆盖,避免了各电极存在的空白区,使得器件的控制区域变得完整与灵活.光学显微镜测试表明,掺铝氧化锌第一电极和第二电极的宽度为275.8,两者之间通过SiO2介质层隔离并相互交错覆盖在玻璃基板上.结合液晶光栅驱动电路,可控液晶光栅能有效地控制遮光区与透光区的比值,实现不同3D视差图片在同一套系统中的实时切换播放,在多视点3D实时切换显示领域有一定的应用前景.     

不同结构的电控双折射无刻痕光栅研究

用MLC-7700-100向列相液晶制备了不同结构的电控双折射无刻痕液晶光栅.用波长为632.8 nm的He-Ne激光为光源,测量两种液晶光栅的光学衍射特性,用偏光显微镜观察不同电压下两种液晶光栅的液晶分子偏转状态和织构态改变的情况,并进行分析对比.发现双面电极条纹液晶光栅的电控衍射特性比单面电极条纹液晶光栅好.此结果...     

Programmable agile beam steering based on a liquid crystal prism

To meet the application need for agile precision beam steering, a novel liquid crystal prism device with a simple structure, convenient control, low cost and applicable performance is presented, and analysed theoretically and experimentally. The relationships between the optical path and the thickness of the liquid crystal cell under different voltages are investigated quantitatively by using a theoretical model. Analysis results show that the optical path profile of the liquid crystal prism has a quasi-linear slope and the standard deviation of the linear slope is less than 16 nm. The slope ratio can be changed by a voltage, which achieves the programmable beam steering and control. Practical liquid crystal prism devices are fabricated. Their deflection angles and wavefront profiles with different voltages are experimentally tested. The results are in good agreement with the simulated results. The results imply that the agile beam steering in a scope of 100 μrad with a micro-rad resolution is substantiated in the device. The two-dimensional beam steering is also achieved by cascading two liquid crystal prism devices.     

Nearly-analogue blazed phase grating using high birefringence liquid crystal

Diffraction of liquid crystal gratings has been thoroughly studied for many applications such as diffraction optics, optical processing, and spectral analysis. In pure optical processing one varies the direction of propagation of light beam without any mechanical adjustment. In this work we propose a beam steering device using highly birefringent liquid crystal material. Using a highly birefringent material one can reduce the LC layer thickness needed to achieve 2π of phase modulation and thus reduce the fringing effect caused by deformation of the electric field at the edge of the pixel. Here, we present 1.5-μm thick, high-resolution diffraction grating with non-detectable fringing.     

反射式液晶光阀用于激光束空间整形可行性研究

 从理论和实验两方面对一种反射式液晶光阀（LCOS）的调制特性进行了研究。着重研究了在高功率激光系统中，反射式液晶光阀作为空间整形器件面临的一些应用问题，特别是它的各种调制特性、整形能力以及对于光束质量的影响。研究发现，与透射式液晶光阀相比，反射式液晶光阀有着明显的优势，效率达到42%，远远优于透射式液晶光阀10%的效率，从而能够实现系统的大幅度简化，是一种非常有潜力的空间光调制器件。     

Oblique incidence effect on steering efficiency of liquid crystal polarization gratings used for optical phased array beam steering amplification

A liquid crystal polarization grating (LCPG) is proposed that amplifies the steering angle of a liquid crystal optical phased array for non-mechanical beam steering, taking advantage of its high steering efficiency under normal incidence. However, oblique incidence may play an important role in the overall steering efficiency. The effect of oblique incidence on steering efficiency of a LCPG was analyzed by numerically solving the extended Jones matrix and considering propagation crosstalk. The results indicate that the outgoing laser beam is amplitude-modulated under the effect of oblique incidence and behaves as a sinusoidal-modulated amplitude grating, which diffracts certain energies to non-blazed orders. Over-oblique incidence may even eliminate the steering effect of the incident beam. The modulation depth of the induced amplitude grating was found to be proportional to the product of sinusoidal value of oblique incidence angle and the LC layer thickness, and inversely proportional to the periodic pitch length of the LCPG. Both in-plane incidence and out-of-plane incidence behave similarly to influence the steering efficiency. Finally, the overall steering efficiency for cascaded LCPGs was analyzed and a difference of up to 11 % steering efficiency can be induced between different LCPG configurations, even without considering the over-oblique incidence effect. Both the modulation depth and final steering efficiency can be optimized by varying the LC birefringence and layer thickness.     

向列相液晶中光致非线性效应的研究

分析了向列相液晶中的光致非线性效应.在此基础上,基于液晶显示器工作原理设计了光控光器件.提出简化模型并利用琼斯矩阵给出光在该模型中的传输理论;引入斜入射的控制光束代替外加电压来调控液晶盒中分子的排列,实现对出射信号光的位相和光强的光-光调控;利用5CB液晶的温度特性分析环境温度对光-光调控的影响.理论分析表明:出射光位...     

Variable shape or variable diameter flattop beam tailored by using an adaptive weight FFT-based iterative algorithm and a phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulator

The variable shape or variable diameter flattop beam shaping technique by using an adaptive weight FFT-based iterative algorithm (AWFFT-IA) and a phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulator (PO-LCSLM) is demonstrated. The algorithm is used to design the phase distribution for tailoring central symmetric laser beam into the desired shape or diameter flattop beam, the PO-LCSLM serves as dynamically programmable phase filters, which depend on the designed phase distributions, to retard the incident wavefront as we would expect. The experimental results show that the technique can realize variable shape or variable diameter flattop beam shaping.     

控制液晶器件产生的程控透镜和微透镜阵列

研究了计算机程控光学器件的性能。通过对液晶空间光调制器进行电寻址控制,得到了振幅模式、二进制相位模式和连续相位模式的计算机程控透镜和程控微透镜阵列。实验结果和计算分析都表明,连续相位模式的程控透镜具有较好的聚焦性能和光效率。程控微透镜阵列的优点是阵列中的每一个微透镜都可以单独控制,可以得到所需要的阵列形式。实验给出了一个由这样的微透镜阵列产生的去掉了中心4×4阵列的8×8光斑阵列样式。还给出了利用程控透镜来方便有效地演示和研究透镜的像差方法。由计算机控制空间光调制器得到的光学器件虽然具有极大的灵活性,但是由于空间光调制器的像素的尺寸影响了它的精细程度,限制了它的应用。