A combination of laser-induced grating and transient-absorption experiments for investigation of laser pulse properties and fast molecular relaxation processes

A repetitive low-power laser-pulse apparatus has been developped which allows both absorption relaxation and light-induced grating experiments without changing geometry or components. The influence of pulse width and coherence time on the diffracted intensity correlation function is discussed for a weak amplitude grating in terms of a simplified theory. From the corresponding absorption relaxation signals including the coherent coupling contribution some easy ways for detecting vibronic-relaxation, intersystem-crossing and orientational-relaxation times are deduced. The advantage of the in-situ measurement of the amplitude grating autocorrelation function leads to a precise zero-delay calibration of the transient absorption equipment. Furthermore one gets the response function for the absorption experiments from the grating experiments, if stable mode-locking operation of the argon laser is reached. This condition can be controlled either by the time course of the absorption or grating signals. A surprisingly short coherence length is detected for the cavity-dumped laser beam. A reliable check of the coherent-coupling theory confirms the theoretical assumptions incorporated into the fast-relaxation signal analysis. Experiments on dye molecules show high triplet yield of heavy-atom substituted dyes and fast rotational diffusion of oblong molecular rotors.     

Stokes参量数字全息法实现相位物体成像

为实现对相位物体的无损检测和成像,克服数字同轴全息相位物体成像技术在消除零级像和孪生像的干扰时存在的系列问题,提出一种基于Stokes参量的新的数字同轴全息技术。该方法区别于传统的利用干涉光场来记录原始像项的数字全息方法,通过测量物参光合成光束的Stokes参量来分别得到这两束光的振幅和相位差,从而准确、唯一地获得原始像项;再利用数字再现即可重构物光的振幅和相位信息。实验中对弱吸收的相位样品进行了测量,得到样品清晰的振幅和相位分布。结果表明,采用该方法对相位物体进行数字全息再现,可以克服传统同轴全息图中零级像和共轭像对相位物体信息的严重干扰,对于提取相位物体的振幅和相位信息是可行和有效的。     

Polarization-independent photochromic diffraction in a dye-doped liquid crystal

We report the observation of polarization-independent photochromic diffraction in an azo-dye-doped liquid crystal. The generation of the phase grating is more than 90% independent of the polarization of the writing beams, and the diffraction by the phase grating is more than 90% independent of the polarization of the probe beam. Unpolarized lamp light was also used to generate real-time phase gratings and self-diffraction. For the first time to our knowledge, photochromic phase modulation and light diffraction that exhibit more than 90% polarization independence for both writing and probe beams were produced in an anisotropic liquid-crystalline material.     

Airy beam laser

A method to design lasers that emit an arbitrary beam profile is studied. In these lasers, output-coupling is performed by a diffraction grating that imposes a phase and amplitude distribution onto the diffracted light. A solid-state laser emitting beams with a two-dimensional Airy intensity profile is demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. In this case, the diffraction grating adds a transverse cubic phase to the diffracted light. An Airy beam is obtained by performing optical Fourier transform of the out-coupled light. The laser beam profile and power characteristics are shown to agree with theory.     

Design of an augmented reality display based on polarization grating

A new optical system for an augmented reality(AR) display is proposed in this paper.The optical system mainly includes a ray deflector, coupling input grating, optical waveguide, and coupling output grating.Both the ray deflector and the coupling input grating are designed based on the diffraction characteristics of the polarization grating, and the coupling output grating is the Bragg reflection grating.Compared with other AR schemes, this AR optical system not only reduces the number of projections from two to one, but also improves the efficiency of light coupling into the optical waveguides.The energy loss is reduced by utilizing the single-order diffraction characteristics of the polarization grating in its coupling input structure.The light deflector uses the polarization selectivity of the polarization grating and the characteristics of the rotating light of the twisted nematic liquid crystal layer to realize beam deflection.The working principle of the optical system is experimentally and theoretically demonstrated.     

菌紫质同线偏振全息记录时再现光偏振方向对衍射效率的调制

当用相同偏振方向的物光和参考光在菌紫质薄膜上记录光栅时,再现光的偏振方向会影响其衍射效率.采用琼斯矩阵方法对此进行了理论分析,结果显示,再现光的偏振方向对衍射光的光强产生余弦调制;当再现光的偏振方向平行或垂直于记录光的偏振方向时,衍射光仍为线偏振光,其他情况下衍射光均变成椭圆偏振光.再现光偏振方向对衍射效率峰值的调制为正向余弦调制,对衍射效率稳定值的调制为反向余弦调制(与前者在相位上相差π).加入辅助紫光可抑制光栅的饱和,从而使得再现光偏振对衍射效率稳定值的调制由反向余弦调制变为正向余弦调制,并且提高了衍 关键词： 菌紫质 光致各向异性 衍射效率 琼斯矩阵     

方形光阑限制高斯光束的传输变换

对基模高斯光束经方形光阑限制光学系统的光斑传输变换规律进行了论述．对于任一共轴光学系统,在不考虑有效光阑前面元件的衍射和变换时,考察入射光经有效光阑和其后面的元件发生衍射,根据柯林斯公式,对于非成像光学系统,采用稳相法得到出射光场的振幅分布;对于成像光学系统,根据像传递原理得到出射光场的振幅分布,最后得出出射光斑大小由有效光阑边长与光阑处高斯光束腰斑大小比较决定的结论．     

Shaping of focal field with controllable amplitude,phase, and polarization

We propose a method for configuring the distribution of amplitude, phase, and polarization in the focal region of vector beams. The polarization and phase of incident beam is spatially tailored so that it can produce a focal field that has elaborately prescribed shapes. Our work focuses on the design of a special focus structure with two oval rings, wherein a phase gradient and polarization gradient exist in the inner and outer rings, respectively. The incident light yielding the desired focal field is determined based on an iterative scheme involving vectorial diffraction calculations and fast Fourier transforms. Simulations and experiments demonstrate the generation of a focal field with phase and polarization gradients, which may find applications in optical manipulation.     

c向静电场作用下α-碘酸锂单晶离子输运过程的光学观测

我们用偏光显微镜观察到c向电场作用下α-碘酸锂晶体中产生的离子输运经过的纤维状细直通道及其发展过程,为离子管道电导模型提供了有力的证据。同时,我们观察到碘酸锂透射光偏振态的90°变化仅发生于该通道附近的现象,可以肯定这些大量的管道构成了产生90°变偏振的广角衍射带的光栅。 关键词：     

An Iteratively-Designed Binary Phase Grating for Flattop Beam Generation

A binary phase grating capable of shaping an incident Gaussian beam to a flattop beam in a Fourier domain is designed iteratively. It is essential in grating design to consider the phases of diffracted waves by the grating, in addition to their amplitude uniformity and diffraction efficiency. The optimized grating phase produces the in-phase diffracted waves that interfere constructively to form a uniform amplitude and phase profile. The dependence of the shaped profile on the illuminating amplitude distribution, the grating misalignment, and the lens focusing error is investigated by computer simulation and optical experiment.     

Influence of light polarization on the diffraction efficiency of TIR holograms

Normally when forming a TIR hologram two interference gratings are stored in the recording medium. The object beam interferes with the incoming and with the reflected reference beam. An appropriate selection of the polarization orientations of the interfering light beams leads to the suppression of one of the grating systems. Even to reconstruct TIR hologram it is not all the same in which orientation the reconstructing laser beam is polarized. With the proper selection of the polarization orientations of the forming and reconstructing laser light the diffraction efficiency for TIR holograms can be optimized.     

基于InP的全光高速相机的理论和实验研究

为了评估基于瞬态光栅的全光高速相机系统中激发光强与图像信号之间的对应关系,验证基于磷化铟（InP）建立该相机的可行性。针对InP材料从理论上分析了从光子入射激发载流子,到载流子影响折射率,再到折射率影响衍射效率过程中各物理量值之间的关系;并建立了基于衍射光收集的图像探测系统获取InP内部的瞬态光栅分布图像。理论结果给出了针对InP材料的激发光强与载流子浓度的关系,探针激光为 1064 nm时载流子浓度与折射率之间的关系,以及瞬态光栅为矩形光栅时折射率与衍射效率之间的关系,特别指出在基于InP和1064 nm探针激光的高速相机系统中,若时间分辨为1 ps量级,对于532 nm激发光,系统的灵敏度为1.3105 Wcm-2量级。实验结果证明了基于InP和1064 nm探针光可以建立全光高速相机系统,并根据所获得图像得出系统的空间分辨好于5.04 lp/mm。     

Coherence-polarization mixing in resonance gratings

We show, using rigorous diffraction theory, that resonance gratings can be used to transfer partial spatial correlation to partial polarization even if the incident light beam is fully polarized. The phenomenon is based on the fact that either of the two orthogonal polarization components can be coupled into the leaky waveguide mode, leading to a strong phase delay, while the other one is reflected without being coupled into the grating. Numerical demonstrations are based on a Gaussian Schell-model beam and a grating analysis performed by rigorous Fourier modal method.     

Measuring Stokes parameters by means of a polarization grating

Ordinary gratings act on the amplitude and (or) the phase of a wave front. Polarization gratings produce instead a periodic modulation of the state of polarization. A simple grating of the latter type is constituted by a linear polarizer whose orientation varies periodically along a line. It is shown that, for a generic polarization state of the incident field, such a grating gives rise to first-order diffracted beams with counterrotating circular polarizations. It is also shown that such a grating can be used for measuring the Stokes parameters of a light beam in an achromatic manner. Several extensions are briefly discussed.     

Multistate polarization addressing using a single beam in an azo polymer film

Peculiar light-matter interactions can break the rule that a single beam polarization can address only two states in an optical memory device. Multistate storage of a single beam polarization is achieved using self-induced surface diffraction gratings in a photoactive polymer material. The grating orientation follows the incident light beam's polarization direction. The permanent self-induced surface relief grating can be read out in real time using the same laser beam.     

Transient gratings in a nonlinear medium

The excitation of a phase transient grating induced by two equal pulses from the same laser, which intersect in a nonlinear (cubic) medium, is considered theoretically. The grating parameters are calculated. The grating amplitude is shown to be spatially non-uniform and to be described by the pulse autocorrelation function, a display of the pulse coherence and of the two-pulse interference pattern. The diffraction problem of the induced grating is then solved using the electrodynamic perturbation theory. The diffraction efficiency of the grating is calculated. It is shown that the measurement of the spectral intensity of the probe light diffracted from the induced grating enables the complete computation of the grating amplitude. Such a measurement may be carried out for the whole of the time of grating decay after the excitation of the grating. Some possible applications of the induced grating are considered. The medium parameters and the autocorrelation trace of the single pulse may be determined. The shape and duration of a bandwidth-limited pulse or the spectrum of an arbitrary one are shown to be measurable.     

共振域矩形介质光栅的逆向设计

采用模态法研究了共振域光栅分束器及闪耀光栅等光学器件的设计原理及逆向设计方法,给出了-1级非偏振闪耀光栅的典型设计示例。研究表明,自准直角入射时,光束在光栅内传输将激发产生离散模,通过调节离散模透过光栅传输时的累积相位差,可对衍射光进行调控,实现偏振(非偏振)分束、偏振(非偏振)闪耀等功能。采用严格耦合波法对基于模态法逆向设计的-1级非偏振石英闪耀光栅的几何参数进行验证,计算结果显示两者非常吻合,证明了该方法的正确性。     

透射型光折变体全息光栅对超短脉冲激光光束衍射的特性

在Kogelnik耦合波理论的基础上,考虑光栅记录介质的色散效应的影响,研究了光折变体全息光栅对不同偏振状态的超短脉冲激光光束衍射的性质,讨论了高斯型入射脉冲激光光束的谱宽与光栅的有效衍射谱宽之比不同时,衍射和透射光束的光谱宽度、时间宽度、波形和衍射效率的变化。结果表明,光栅的有效衍射谱宽受光栅参量及入射条件的影响,对衍射性质的影响很大,且在考虑光栅记录介质的色散效应时减小。当入射脉冲的偏振方向垂直于入射面时,光栅的有效衍射谱宽大于偏振方向平行于入射面的情形,衍射效率在入射脉冲宽度较大时小于偏振方向平行于入射面的情形;谱宽比较大时,衍射光束的时间分布曲线产生展宽和变形,且比偏振方向平行于入射面的情形展宽和变形得更加明显。     

Generation of nondiffracting Bessel beams by use of a spatial light modulator

A laser beam with phase singularities is an interesting object to study in optics and may have important applications in guiding atoms and molecules. We explore the characteristics of a singularity in a nondiffracting Bessel beam experimentally by use of a programmable spatial light modulator with 64-level phase holograms. The diffraction efficiency with 64-level phase holograms is greatly improved in comparison with that obtained with a binary grating. The experiments show that the size and deflection angle of the beam can be controlled in real time. The observations are in agreement with scalar diffraction theory.     

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.