Double-groove rectangular gratings for high-efficiency wideband vertical coupling in planar-integrated optical systems

A planar-integrated optical system(PIOS) represents powerful optical imaging and information processing techniques and is a potential candidate for the realization of a three-dimensional(3D) integrated optoelectronic intelligent system. Coupling the optical wave carrying information into a planar transparent substrate(typically fused silica) is an essential prerequisite for the realization of such a PIOS. Unlike conventional grating couplers for nano-waveguides on the silicon-on-insulator platfo...     

激光位移传感器传感探头微小型光学系统设计

光斑质量直接影响激光位移传感器测量的精度。为了提高激光位移传感器传感探头光学系统的成像质量,设计了传感探头四片式微小型光学系统。本文在理想成像基础上,分析光束在光学系统中能量传递的变化规律,对比光电探测器的感光能力,利用光学设计软件(ZEMAX)实现了激光位移传感器传感探头微小型光学系统的设计。通过理论计算分析,严格控制传感探头孔径光阑的大小,对光学系统进行优化处理,成像最大弥散斑半径低于3. 3μm,空间分辨率120lp/mm以下的传递函数MTF(Modulation Transfer Function)值大于0. 5,光线扇形图的最大像差小于5μm,畸变量低于0. 1859%。该光学系统具有良好的成像效果,可以满足激光位移传感器探测系统对成像系统成像光斑质量的要求,以保证传感器的测量精确度优于5μm。     

Diffractive micro-optical elements for implementing hollow beam and bi-focus simultaneously

We design diffractive micro-optical elements (DMOEs) with sub-wavelength characteristic size based on a half-π-phase shifting scheme, with the aim of realizing a hollow beam and bi-focus simultaneously. The optical properties of DMOEs, such as the positions of the real focal planes, the aspect ratio of the hollow beam and the diffraction efficiency, are investigated by using the rigorous electromagnetic theory and the boundary element method. The numerical results show that a well-defined hollow beam and bi-focus are achieved simultaneously. Further analysis of the interference between dual-DMOE shows that the interference is much less than that of a conventional dual-microlens. It is indicated that the designed micro-optical element array can not only implement hollow beam and dual focus, but also suppress the interference effect significantly.     

A quick algorithm of exposure distribution for fabrication of micro-optical structures

An approximate algorithm of exposure distribution on photoresist for the case of large exposure dose is obtained on the basis of the algorithm reported in [X. Dong, C. Du, S. Li, C. Wang, Y. Fu, Control approach for form accuracy of microlenses with continuous relief, Opt. Express 13 (2005) 1353-1360] via analyzing a PAC concentration distribution inside the photoresist. We analyzed the fabrication errors of the micro-optical structures which are caused by the approximate algorithm. The relief form error originating from the measurement errors of characteristics parameters of the photoresist is analyzed as well. A valid approach for a quick and accurate design of the exposure distribution is provided accordingly. As an example, a saw-tooth grating with 75 μm relief depth was designed and fabricated so as to verify the new algorithm. Our measurement results show that root mean square (rms) value is less than 0.81 μm. The quick algorithm can satisfy the requirements of micro-optical systems for practical applications.     

Precise etching of fused silica for refractive and diffractive micro-optical applications

One of the challenges of current laser material processing is the high-quality etching of transparent materials for micro-optical applications. The ablation of transparent materials with UV-, ultrashort pulse and even of VUV-lasers is characterized by a high etch rate and a high laser fluence and causes considerable surface roughness evolution. The combination of specific laser processing techniques, e.g., scanning contour mask technique and direct writing with a small laser spot, with laser-induced backside wet etching (LIBWE) allows the direct machining of dielectric materials with an almost optical quality for the fabrication of diffractive as well as refractive topographic features. The etching of multi-level elements, gratings with variable depth, micro-lenses as well as free-form surface topographies with PV-values from some 100 nm to a few micrometers, a nanometer depth accuracy and a low roughness of less than 10 nm rms is presented and demonstrates the capabilities of this approach for precision engineering.     

Vacuum-ultraviolet beam array generation by flat micro-optical structures

Micro-optical structures for VUV laser beam shaping and wave-front sensing were manufactured by thin-film deposition onto CaF2 and transfer by etching. Arrays of Bessel-like F2 laser beams at a wavelength of 157 nm with extremely small conical angles were generated by microaxicon lenses. Beam propagation was studied in simulations and experiments. Apodization by absorbing layers is proposed for beam cleaning.     

Analysis of an encapsulated whispering gallery mode micro-optical sensor

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) based micro-optical sensors are known to have higher sensitivity than fiber Bragg grating, Fabry–Perot, and microbend sensors. WGM sensors are created by optical coupling of a dielectric microparticle with an optical fiber. The combination of a microparticle and an optical-fiber to create the sensor requires encapsulating them in a suitable material so that the sensor can be used in practical applications. The sensitivity of the encapsulated sensors needs to be calibrated before they can be used. The present study conducts a parametric study to understand the effect of variables such as particle size and particle–fiber distance on the sensitivity of the encapsulated WGM sensors. Solid and hollow microparticle based sensors are studied. In the case of hollow particles, their wall thickness effects are also characterized. Results show that despite small strain, change in the index of refraction of the particle material due to the applied force contributes significantly in determining the sensitivity of these sensors.     

采用Damman光栅实现冷原子或冷分子囚禁的光阱阵列

提出了一种采用Damman光栅和球面透镜组合光学系统产生二维光阱阵列的新方案. 在使用红失谐高斯激光束照射的条件下，推导了计算光阱阵列的周期、光强分布、光强梯度和光阱几何参数的经验公式，讨论了此光阱阵列的特点以及在原子光学和分子光学中的应用. 研究结果表明，这种光阱阵列方案比已有的光阱阵列方案更为简单可行、操作方便，非常适用于冷原子或冷分子的阵列囚禁，以及制备新颖的光学晶格. 关键词： 冷原子或冷分子 光阱阵列 Damman光栅 光偶极势     

基于KPCA的氧碘激光器出光过程监控方法

根据氧碘化学激光器运行过程基本稳定的特点,利用核主元分析(KPCA)方法监控非线性过程的优势,提出了基于KPCA的激光器出光过程监控方法。该方法通过沿时间轴方向展开激光器正常出光的历史数据,建立了激光器出光过程中各时刻的KPCA模型,并在特征空间构建T2统计量和平方预测误差统计量对激光器出光过程进行监控。仿真计算和试验表明,该方法具有可靠的监控性能,能及时、准确地发现激光器出光过程中的异常状态。     

Generation of sub-half-wavelength micro-optical traps by dichroic evanescent standing waves

The bi-dimensional optical lattices formed by several sets of laser evanescent standing waves propagating at the surface of a dielectric prism are investigated. The characteristics of the optical traps including their depths and the sizes are analysed. It is shown that the micro-optical lattice with a sub-half-wavelength size can be achieved by the interference of the selected evanescent waves. The scheme together with the recently developed atomic chip may be used for atomic quantum manipulation.     

Fabrication of a micro-optical lens using femtosecond laser 3D micromachining for two-photon imaging of bio-tissues

We report, for the first time to our knowledge, on the application of a micro-optical lens fabricated by three-dimensional (3D) femtosecond laser direct writing for two-photon fluorescence imaging of biological tissues. We show that the two-photon fluorescence images of a plant leaf tissue acquired with the micro-optical lens are comparable to that of a 5× objective lens. Our result represents an important step towards the application of micro-optical components fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining in miniaturized nonlinear fluorescence microscopy applications, such as two-photon endoscopy.     

共焦元件测量系统数据处理中的高斯滤波算法

为进一步提高共焦元件参数测量系统的定焦精度,提出了运用高斯滤波算法对由共焦系统采集的光斑图像和共焦轴向强度响应信号进行滤波处理,以降低系统光学噪声对测量光斑图像的影响,削弱外界环境扰动等因素对共焦轴向强度响应信号的干扰。经理论分析和实验验证,在对测量光斑图像和共焦轴向强度响应信号进行高斯滤波算法处理后,可有效地抑制图像噪声,降低高次谐波干扰,进而提高系统的定焦精度。     

反射光中Stokes成分对受激布里渊散射过程的影响

区别于传统的受激布里渊散射(SBS)发生器和放大器，提出了一种新型的SBS模型：自供种子光模型(self stokes seeding,SSS). 通过对抽运光波形函数的傅里叶变换得到了Stokes成分在抽运光中所占的比例，即Stokes能量比. 考虑SSS效应，数值求解了SSS耦合波方程组，得到了SBS反射率的时间演变形式，理论研究发现，当抽运光正入射到平板样品上时，反射光中的Stokes成分极大地促进了SBS起振过程，其结果相当于反向注入一定强度的种子光，而Stokes能量比的大小决定了SBS过程起振 关键词： 光学材料 受激布里渊散射 傅里叶分析 斯托克斯种子光     

一种架束式激光制导仪的基本组成和制导过程

基于驾束式激光制导的原理和方法,较详细地分析了一种激光驾束制导仪的目标瞄准具、激光器、引导光束形成装置等基本组成部件和功能,并作了简单的计算。分析了一种驾瞄准制导仪对导弹的制导过程。     

Parallel direct laser writing of micro-optical and photonic structures using spatial light modulator

Two-photon polymerization (2PP) is a powerful tool for direct laser writing of micro-optical and photonic structures due to its flexibility in 3D structuring and sub-micrometer resolution. However, it can be time consuming to fabricate arrays of micro-optical devices and complex photonic structures. In this study, we propose to use predefined patterns (PPs) for parallel 2PP processing. A PP contains a multiple focal spot pattern optimized for the fabrication of certain microstructures. PP can be created by holographic laser beam modulation with a spatial light modulator (SLM). The quantity and position of the multiple foci can be flexibly and precisely controlled by predesigned computer generated holograms (CGHs). With these specially designed PPs, parallel fabrication of arbitrary distributed microlens arrays and 3D photonic structures is demonstrated. This method significantly improves throughput and flexibility of the 2PP technique and can be used for mass production of functional devices in micro-optics and photonics.     

Theoretical study of micro-optical structure fabrication based on sample rotation and two-laser-beam interference

A method for fabricating a micro-optical structure based on sample rotation and two-laser-beam interference is proposed. The rotation process is analyzed using the coordinate transformation in matrix presentation and the theoretical expressions of the optical field distributions corresponding to different sample rotations. By rotating the samples and changing the laser wavelength, various special micro-optical structures can be obtained, such as equally spaced concentric rings and irregular trapezoidal lattices; these structures are demonstrated by simulating the corresponding optical field distributions. The proposed approach may be developed into a low-cost laser interference lithography technology for the fabrication of various micro-optical structures.     

The component gauges in supergravity

We present N = 1 supergravity in superspace gauges where the relation to component supergravity is immediate. Among the new results are the inverse vielbein to all orders in φ, some important components of the connection, a Lorentz transformation between our two “component gauges”, the component transformations for a spinor multiplet and some results concerning the axial current for various matter systems coupled to supergravity.     

Detection of the nonballistic component of scattered light in the process of acousto-optic visualization

For determining the optimum conditions of detecting the signal during acousto-optic visualization, the modulation characteristics of radiation of a laser beam crossed by a focused acoustic beam in a medium and scattered by this medium were studied. The characteristics were obtained by measuring the amplitude of the alternating-photocurrent component at the ultrasonic frequency as a function of the geometry of the experiment, the parameters of the scattering medium, and the laser radiation power. Special attention was given to the magnitude of the signal-to-noise ratio. A photodetector recording the field of the nonballistic component of the scattered radiation was positioned outside the geometrical sizes of the laser beam. The photocurrent component corresponding to this radiation at the ultrasonic frequency was used as a parameter of the acousto-optic visualization. Images of optically opaque objects immersed into a medium whose scattering parameters corresponded to the transition from the regime without scattering to the multiple-scattering regime were obtained.     

面向谐振式微光学陀螺应用的球形谐振腔DQ乘积优化

基于谐振式光学陀螺高灵敏度、低成本与微型化的发展需求, 为了实现高灵敏度的谐振式微光机电陀螺, 提出了以集成光学微谐振腔领域里高Q值、大直径谐振腔的制作为目标, 应用方向为谐振式光学陀螺的球形光学微谐振腔核心敏感单元. 在实验中以氢火焰作为热源采用熔融法制备球形光学微谐振腔. 通过调节氢气的流量控制氢火焰热源面积, 制备了不同直径(300-2200 μm)的球形谐振腔, 分析了球形谐振腔Q 值、DQ乘积、陀螺灵敏度与谐振腔直径D的对应关系及其原因, 获得了最优参数的面向谐振式光学陀螺的球形谐振腔敏感单元. D=1260 μm时, 球腔品质因数 Q=7.18×10⁷, 得到的最优陀螺灵敏度约为10°/h, 满足商业级应用的需求, 为芯片级、高精度、低成本的新型谐振式光学微腔陀螺的研究奠定了实验基础.