基于磁液变形镜生成弯曲轨迹自加速类贝塞尔光束

随着激光技术的发展,无衍射光束的应用领域不断拓展.具有自加速特性的类贝塞尔光束,能够在保持贝塞尔光束的无衍射性下实现主瓣沿着弯曲轨迹传播.本文研究基于磁液变形镜来生成弯曲轨迹可控的自加速类贝塞尔光束.磁液变形镜具有镜面变形幅值大、制造成本低、镜面连续光滑、驱动器易于拓展等优点,并且克服了传统变形镜驱动器间相对行程较小的缺点,从而有利于生成理想的锥形面.首先,本文通过数学几何分析来预测类贝塞尔光束的弯曲轨迹;然后再利用磁液变形镜拟合相应面形;最后,搭建基于磁液变形镜的自适应光学实验平台来生成沿抛物线轨迹的自加速类贝塞尔光束,实验结果验证了所建模型以及类贝塞尔光束沿预定抛物线轨迹传播的准确性,并且通过快速修改参数实现对光束轨迹的微调.     

磁液变形镜的镜面动力学建模和实验验证

磁性液体是磁性纳米微粒分散在基液中形成的具有磁性又具有流动性的稳定胶体.磁性液体的流动性会随着周围磁场的变化而改变,基于磁性液体的变形镜的反射镜面通过液面下方驱动器阵列所产生的局部扰动磁场而变形.磁性液体变形镜与传统的变形镜相比,具有镜面连续平滑、变形行程大、制造成本低、易扩展等优点.本文以基于方形驱动器阵列的磁液变形镜为例,考虑磁性液体受重力场、电场、磁场多物理场耦合的作用,在笛卡尔坐标系中建立了磁液变形镜的动力学模型;然后基于推导出的理论模型,设计了磁液变形镜的结构和参数,并用MATLAB,COMSOL Multiphysics和Tracepro软件联合仿真了磁液变形镜镜面响应性能;最后搭建基于磁液变形镜原型样机的自适应光学系统,测试了磁液变形镜的镜面响应线性度和动力学特性,实验结果验证了所建模型的准确性和磁液变形镜面形控制性能.     

Laser beam shaping with magnetic fluid-based liquid deformable mirrors

A new controllable laser beam shaping technique is demonstrated, where a magnetic fluid-based liquid deformable mirror is proposed to redistribute the laser phase profile and thus change the propagation property of the beam. The mirror is driven by an inner miniature actuator array along with a large outer actuator. The inner actuator array is used for deforming the magnetic fluid surface, while the outer actuator is used to linearize the fluid surface response and amplify the magnitude of the deflection. In comparison to other laser beam shaping techniques, this technique offers the advantages such as simplicity, low cost, large shape deformation, and high adaptability. Based on a fabricated prototype of the liquid deformable mirror, an experimental AO system was set up to produce a desired conical surface shape that shaped the incident beam into a Bessel beam. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed technique for laser beam shaping.