Singularities and spectral changes of Gaussian beams focused by a lens with spherical aberration

We address the effect of the truncation parameter and spherical aberration (SA) on the singularity transformation and spectral behavior of the polychromatic Gaussian beams focused by an aperture lens with SA in detail. The numerical simulation results, based on the derived equations of the intensity and the spectral density, are given. It is found that the axial singularities vanished with the change of the truncated parameter. The intensity and drastic spectral change fade away with an annihilation process of the phase singularities, and the drastic spectral change does not disappear immediately at the moment the phase singularity annihilates. The singularities in the focal region will redistribute with the increment of SA coefficient, some singularities will vanish, some will spilt into two new singularities, and other off-axial singularities will appear and split into two new singularities as well. When SA coefficient changed, we can find that the axial singularities disappear as well with the decreasing value of truncation parameter. These new splitted singularities due to the change of SA coefficient will converge into one singularity again and disappear gradually.     

Spot size and radial intensity distribution of focused Gaussian beams in spherical and non-spherical aberration lenses

We discussed the radial intensity distribution in the presence of spherical aberrations (SA) for cases in which the incident field is a focused Gaussian spot. A numerical solution of a two dimensional integral diffraction (paraxial ray) equation for a relatively large SA is developed by using the well-known trapezoidal rule for integration. The mesh size was chosen so that convergence of the integration is insured to one part in 10⁻⁸ at successive steps. The spot size and the radial intensity distribution in both SA free lens and lens exhibiting SA are calculated. A relation that determines the spot size at the geometrical focus in aberrated case is developed.     

The effect of spherical aberration on the phase singularities of focused dark-hollow Gaussian beams

The phase singularities of focused dark-hollow Gaussian beams in the presence of spherical aberration are studied. It is shown that the evolution behavior of phase singularities of focused dark-hollow Gaussian beams in the focal region depends not only on the truncation parameter and beam order, but also on the spherical aberration. The spherical aberration leads to an asymmetric spatial distribution of singularities outside the focal plane and to a shift of singularities near the focal plane. The reorganization process of singularities and spatial distribution of singularities are additionally dependent on the sign of the spherical aberration. The results are illustrated by numerical examples.     

高斯光束经过负球差透镜的聚焦

本文讨论高斯光束经过负球差透镜的聚焦，得到了聚焦光场轴上点的光强分布的表示式，并对其进行数值计算。数值计算结果表明，在负球差的情况下，得到光强的最大点位置（最佳聚焦点）相对于无球差情况，往透镜方向移动，并且，最佳聚焦点的光强较无球差时大，当Ｎｗ＝１，Ｎａ＝５，ｋＳ１＝－０．２时，得到的最佳聚焦点的光强是无球差时的１．３４倍。本文还讨论了透镜的菲涅尔数对聚焦光场分布的影响。结果表明，当透镜的菲涅尔数小于１时，球差对高斯光束的聚焦的影响可以忽略。     

Influence of the comatic aberration of an apertured lens on the focused polychromatic Gaussian beams

The focusing of polychromatic Gaussian beams by an apertured lens with comatic aberration is investigated in this paper. We study the influence of the comatic aberration and truncation parameter on the intensity distribution at the focal plane, and singularities and spectral behavior near the focal plane in detail. The simulation results show that the maximum intensity at the focal plane will shift and split with the gradual increment of comatic aberration. We also find that the decrease of truncation parameter will counteract the influence of comatic aberration, which leads to the intensity variation. Furthermore, the singularity transformation and spectral anomalies are discussed. It is found that with the increment of comatic aberration, some singularities are split into several new singularities, and by combining some of these new singularities with other singularities near the focal plane, they vanish or form new singularities with the continuing increase of comatic aberration. The decreasing value of truncation parameter will cause similar phenomena.     

部分相干平顶高斯光束通过球差透镜的聚焦特性

 基于部分相干光的传输理论,研究了部分相干平顶高斯光束通过球差透镜聚焦后轴上点的光强分布。数值计算表明:轴上最佳聚焦点随着球差从负到正的变化而向几何焦点方向移动;光束阶数越大,实现最佳聚焦点越过几何焦点所需的正球差值越小;正负球差对应的最佳聚焦点始终分居于无球差时最佳聚焦点的两侧;轴上最佳聚焦点的光强随着球差从负到正的变化而变小;当正负球差绝对值较大时,光强随球差的变化较为缓慢,而在球差值为0附近,光强随球差的变化比较剧烈。     

部分相干平顶高斯光束通过球差透镜的聚焦特性

基于部分相干光的传输理论,研究了部分相干平顶高斯光束通过球差透镜聚焦后轴上点的光强分布。数值计算表明:轴上最佳聚焦点随着球差从负到正的变化而向几何焦点方向移动;光束阶数越大,实现最佳聚焦点越过几何焦点所需的正球差值越小;正负球差对应的最佳聚焦点始终分居于无球差时最佳聚焦点的两侧;轴上最佳聚焦点的光强随着球差从负到正的变化而变小;当正负球差绝对值较大时,光强随球差的变化较为缓慢,而在球差值为0附近,光强随球差的变化比较剧烈。     

Focal shift of hollow Gaussian beams through a thin lens

In this paper, the focal shift of hollow Gaussian beams (HGBs) passing through a thin lens is investigated in detail. An analytic expression of the location of the axial maximum intensity for the HGBs is derived. It is found that, both the relative focal shift and the relative location of the axial maximal intensity of the HGBs is strongly affected by the ratio α (where α=s/f, here s is the axial distance from the input plane to the lens plane and f is the focus length of the lens), and it is also greatly affected by the changes of both the effective Fresnel number N_w and the order n of HGBs.     

Full correction of spherical aberration for the lens with a spherical refractive index distribution

The potential to create a lens with a spherical gradient of refractive index, transforming a divergent entrance homocentric beam into a convergent output homocentric beam, is shown. The lens has the first and the second spherical surfaces. The second surface is isoindicial. The distribution law of the refraction index for the lens material, and the basic parameters of the lens are obtained in analytical form.     

Effect of spherical aberration on tightly focused cylindrically polarized vortex beams

In this paper attention is given to the effects of primary spherical aberration on the cylindrical polarized vortex beam based on the vector diffraction theory. It is observed that by properly choosing the polarization angle and topological charge one can obtain many novel focal patterns suitable for optical tweezers, laser printing and material process. However, it is observed that the focusing objective with spherical aberration generates structural modification and positional shift of the generated focal structure.     

Changes in the intensity distribution and polarization of non-uniformly polarized beams focused by a spherically aberrated lens with annular aperture

Based on the generalized Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral and beam coherence polarization (BCP) matrix formulation, the focusing properties of a type of non-uniformly polarized (NUP) beam through a spherical aberrated lens with annular aperture are studied. The dependence of focal shift, intensity distribution, power in the bucket (PIB) and degree of polarization on the spherical aberration coefficient, obscure ratio and polarization parameters is illustrated numerically. The focusing of NUP beams by a spherically aberrated lens with circular aperture is treated as a special case, where the inner radius of the aperture is equal to zero.     

Wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of a Gaussian beam scattered by a spherical particle

The wavelength-dependent intensity of a light beam scattered by an isotropic homogeneous particle illuminated with an on-axis monochromatic polarized Gaussian beam is calculated in this paper. The vector spherical harmonics expansion and T transformation matrix are used to form the theoretical basis. Numerical results show that the angular intensity distribution is symmetric for an on-axis polarized Gaussian beam illumination upon an aqueous spherical particle at 473, 532 and 660 nm. For the specified aqueous spherical particle, the scattered intensity distribution decreases with increase in wavelengths.     

Effect of spherical aberration on scintillations of Gaussian beams in atmospheric turbulence

The effect of spherical aberration on scintillations of Gaussian beams in weak, moderate and strong turbulence is studied using numerical simulation method. It is found that the effect of the negative spherical aberration on the on-axis scintillation index is quite different from that of the positive spherical aberration. In weak turbulence, the positive spherical aberration results in a decrease of the on-axis scintillation index on propagation, but the negative spherical aberration results in an increase of the on-axis scintillation index when the propagation distance is not large. In particular, in weak turbulence the negative spherical aberration may cause peaks of the on-axis scintillation index, and the peaks disappear in moderate and strong turbulence, which is explained in physics. The strong turbulence leads to less discrepancy among scintillations of Gaussian beams with and without spherical aberration.     

Focusing of a vortex carrying beam with Gaussian background by a lens in the presence of spherical aberration and defocusing

Diffraction pattern formed by a lens for a vortex containing truncated beam with Gaussian background, and in the presence of spherical aberration and defocusing has been studied by Fresnel–Kirchhoff diffraction integral. For the study, two different values of topological charge are selected. Compensation of aberration in the presence of appropriate value of defocusing is investigated. Presence of spherical aberration results in an increase in the size of the dark core of the diffraction pattern. Results are also presented for the encircled energy. Some results are also presented for the influence of truncation parameter of the beam, on the point spread function at different observation planes.     

Spectral anomalies of focused hollow Gaussian beams at the geometrical focal plane

On the basis of diffraction integral and the expansion of the hard-aperture function into a finite series of complex Gaussian functions, an approximate expression for spatially fully coherent polychromatic hollow Gaussian beams passing through aperture lens is obtained. Detailed numerical results indicate that remarkable spectral changes always occurs near the points where the field amplitude has zero value. The effects of truncation parameter, Fresnel number and the beam order on spectral shifts and spectral switches are investigated numerically.     

球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中的散射特性研究

研究了球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中的散射特性. 根据广义Mie理论, 推导出球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中散射系数的解析公式. 针对光束的电场分布及粒子散射强度进行了数值仿真, 讨论了散射强度随散射角、散射球粒子半径和拓扑荷的变化特性, 并通过散射系数解释了散射强度分布的振荡现象. 结果表明, 在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束照射下, 球形粒子的后向散射强度随着粒子半径的增大而逐渐增大; 后向散射强度开始增大时对应的粒子半径与拓扑荷有关. 通过与高斯光束的对比, 可以看出球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中散射特性的差异, 使其在粒径测量、光通信和大气后向散射探测等方面具有潜在应用价值.     

Generation of hollow Gaussian beams by spatial filtering

We demonstrate that hollow Gaussian beams can be obtained from Fourier transform of the differentials of a Gaussian beam, and thus they can be generated by spatial filtering in the Fourier domain with spatial filters that consist of binomial combinations of even-order Hermite polynomials. A typical 4f optical system and a Michelson interferometer type system are proposed to implement the proposed scheme. Numerical results have proved the validity and effectiveness of this method. Furthermore, other polynomial Gaussian beams can also be generated by using this scheme. This approach is simple and may find significant applications in generating the dark hollow beams for nanophotonic technology.     

On-axis spectral shifts and spectral switches of Gaussian Schell-model beams focused by an astigmatic aperture lens

Starting from the propagation law of partially coherent light, the on-axis spectral shifts and spectral switches of Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beams focused by an astigmatic aperture lens are studied. It is shown that, as compared with an aberration-free case whose spectral shifts and spectral switches are induced by spatial correlation and aperture diffraction, the spectral shifts and spectral switches of GSM beams also depend upon the astigmatism of the lens for an astigmatism case. Detailed numerical calculations are made to illustrate the behavior of spectral shifts and spectral switches of GSM beams focused by an astigmatic aperture lens.