Holographic grating recorded by He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in polymer film containing push–pull azo dye

Holographic gratings were optically recorded by two beams from a He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film containing push–pull azo dye. The holographic characteristics of the recorded gratings were dependent on the polarization direction of the recording beams and the relationship between the diffractive signals and the power density of recording beams was investigated. The formation of holographic gratings accompanied by 532 nm (double-frequency of Nd:YAG laser) irradiation was studied in detail. It was found that the effect of 532 nm laser to the holographic grating lay in two aspects. The acceleration effect of 532 nm laser to the formation of holographic grating is predominant when the power density of 532 nm laser is low. While at relatively high power density of 532 nm laser, the erasure is the main factor to the holographic grating. Moreover, the holographic grating was probed by 532 nm laser at low power density and the dependence of the first order diffractive signal on the recording beam power density was also presented.     

Fast dynamic holographic recording based on conductive ionic metal-alkanoate liquid crystals and smectic glasses

Recordings of dynamic holograms with microsecond relaxation times under the action of nanosecond laser pulses are obtained in composites on the base of a novel class of liquid crystals (LCs) in ionic metal-alkanoates. Holographic parameters and relaxation characteristics are measured for doped lyotropic ionic LC, for sandwichlike cells (consisting of a dye layer and a layer of the lyotropic ionic LC), and for colored ionic smectic glasses. The structure of the materials is investigated by use of the small-angle x-ray technique. The mechanism of resonance nonlinearity in photosensitive centers and mechanisms of the grating erasure connected with a charge transport in the ionic conductive LC matrix are discussed.     

光栅制备工艺的新进展

从全息光栅法出发 ,详细阐述了应用偶氮苯聚合物光致表面调制效应制备光栅的新工艺 ,说明使用偶氮苯聚合物薄膜制备光栅方法的特点 ,介绍了采用新工艺制备的光栅的独特性质———光栅可热擦除或光学擦除 ,同时提出应用新材料光栅制造方法所面临的问题。采用新工艺实验制备了薄膜光栅     

Investigations of As-S-Se thin films for use as inorganic photoresist for digital image-matrix holography

As-S-Se chalcogenide thin films are successfully employed in classical and dot-matrix holography as inorganic photoresists for obtaining a relief-phase hologram. However using these films for image-matrix hologram recording has not been studied due to some features of image-matrix technology. For the applied research of the optical properties of As-S-Se films an experimental device of digital image-matrix holographic recording based on 100 mW 405 nm semi-conductor laser and Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) has been created. The device has the following main parameters: 140 × 105 μm frame size; laser intensity during exposure 10 W/cm². With the help of this device diffraction grating and security holograms were recorded on As-S-Se thin films. The work reported herein presents results of an experimental study of how diffraction efficiency (DE) of the received relief-phase holographic gratings depends on an exposure and period. Diffraction grating profiles and speed of etching corresponding to different exposure doses are shown. Hologram samples with DE = 65% have been received which allows for using chalcogenide film as alternative to organic photoresists in applied dot-matrix and image-matrix holography.     

多层介质膜脉宽压缩光栅的严格矢量分析

用于展宽和压缩激光脉冲的多层膜脉宽压缩光栅是由多层介质高反膜和位于其顶层的浮雕光栅构成。以设计的高反射多层膜为基础,利用傅里叶模式理论分析了其衍射场分布,给出了TE波自准直角入射的使用条件下,多层介质膜脉宽压缩光栅衍射效率的表达式。以-1级衍射效率为评价函数,分别讨论了HfO2和SiO2为顶层材料时,多层膜脉宽压缩光栅-1级衍射效率高于0.95的光栅结构参量范围。结果表明,在该条件下,选择HfO2为顶层材料时,光栅结构参量有较大的取值范围。给出了优化的光栅结构参量,并分析了光栅制作误差及其使用条件的宽容度,对光栅制作工艺和使用具有一定的指导意义。     

多层介质膜脉冲压缩光栅近场光学特性分析

利用傅里叶模式理论分析了TE波自准直角入射的使用条件下，多层介质膜光栅的光栅区和多层膜区电场分布的特点.分别讨论了HfO₂和SiO₂为顶层光栅材料时，光栅结构参数对光栅脊峰值电场的影响，结果表明，对于不同膜厚的顶层材料，存在一个最佳膜厚度，使光栅脊峰值电场最小，并且当膜厚增大时，设计大高宽比的光栅可以降低该电场峰值.最后，在大角度条件下使用多层膜光栅也可以降低光栅脊处的峰值电场. 关键词： 衍射光学 多层介质膜光栅 模式理论 损伤阈值     

Laser emission based on first order reflection by novel composite polymeric gratings

We have recently developed a novel composite photosensitive material allowing the holographic recording of diffraction gratings with high diffraction efficiency, transparency and spatial resolution. In the present work such material was used to produce a low cost and easy to make optically pumped, organic distributed feedback laser, working on the first diffraction order of a high quality grating doped with a photoluminescent dye. The experimental geometry incorporates two optical fibers which can be used to characterize the laser device in any development stage, collect emitted laser radiation, and offer an alternative way to pump the grating structure. The material properties and the used geometry allow the achievement of good performances in terms of energy threshold and linewidth. A comparison with holographic gratings made with holographic-polymer dispersed liquid crystals is reported to highlight the key role of the developed material.     

Thermal Diffusivity of Film/Substrate Structures Characterized by Transient Thermal Grating Method

Transient thermal grating method is used to measure the thermal diffusivity of absorbing films deposited on transparent substrates. According to periodically modulated dielectric constant variations and thermoelastic deformations of the thin films caused by the transient thermal gratings, an improved optical diffraction theory is presented. In the experiment, the probing laser beam reflectively diffracted by the thermal grating is measured by a photomultiplier at different grating fringe spaces. The thermal diffusivity of the film can be evaluated by fitting the theoretical calculations of diffraction signals to the experimental measured data. The validity of the method is tested by measuring the thermal diffusivities of absorbing ZnO films deposited on glass substrates.     

Holographic DFB laser with fan-shaped grating for a spectrofluorimeter

A method for recording fan-shaped transmitting phase holographic gratings that ensure tuning of the wavelength of emission for a DFB (distributed-feedback) dye laser is presented. Traditional optical elements are used in the scheme of grating recording. A change in the degree of grating fanning is reached here without replacement of gratings. The possibility of obtaining frequency-tuned emission by means of the fan-shaped gratings created is demonstrated experimentally. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 48–51, January–February, 2000.     

A study of preparation techniques and properties of bulk nanocomposites based on aqueous albumin dispersion

It is established that DNA films sensitized by organic dyes (for example, acridine orange), subjected to pulsed excitation in the dye absorption band, allow for several types of time-dependent holographic recording. Dynamic holographic gratings on the dye triplet states and thermal and relief-phase holographic gratings of nondestructive type have been recorded. The efficiency and lifetime of these gratings depend strongly on the concentration of dye, the type of its bonding with the biopolymer, and the recording-pulse energy. High-efficiency relief holographic gratings formed due to the structural transformations occurring in the biopolymer matrix when the energy of recording laser pulses dissipates into heat spontaneously and completely (or almost completely) disappear with time at room temperature. Some data on the distribution of acridine orange molecules over binding sites in the DNA matrix are obtained.     

Solid-state dye laser with moiré gratings

We fabricated distributed-feedback (DFB) solid-state dye lasers with moiré gratings. We formed a moiré grating pattern by superimposing two grating patterns with a rotation angle. The moiré gratings were fabricated by an “etchless” process utilizing a two-beam interference method. The gratings were coated with solidified rhodamine-B. The five laser devices were pumped with the second harmonic generation of a Nd:YAG laser and we obtained narrow-banded laser oscillations at 590, 600, 610, 620, and 630 nm wavelength. Full widths at half maximum of laser spectra were less than 0.5 nm. The results indicated that a moiré fringe can function as a resonator of DFB solid-state dye lasers.     

A highly stable holographic medium based on CaF<Subscript>2</Subscript>:Na crystals with colloidal color centers: II. Mechanisms of hologram recording and erasure

The mechanisms of formation and erasure of holographic gratings recorded in calcium fluoride crystals with a low sodium content have been considered. It is found that in the case of recording by UV radiation, an effective holographic grating is formed due to the spatial modulation of the colloidal centers arising under the action of the radiation at temperatures about 200°C. The decisive role of photoinduced diffusion of anion vacancies in this modulation is demonstrated.     

辅助紫光提高菌紫质全息衍射效率的实验和理论研究

由于菌紫质样品的饱和吸收特性，在全息记录中，当记录光强大于样品的饱和光强时，全息光栅透过率随记录光相位差的分布远离余弦型，因此衍射效率的稳定值很低.菌紫质样品在红光和紫光共同作用下存在着双光束互补抑制效应，紫光可以抑制红光的透过率，提高红光的饱和光强，使记录区域由非线性区移至线性区，从而使全息光栅透过率随记录光相位差的分布变为余弦型，可以有效地提高全息衍射效率.实验证明，辅助紫光大大提高了菌紫质样品全息衍射效率的稳定值.根据此原理，建立了三光束全息光存储系统，在红光记录全息图的同时加入辅助紫光，可以使全息图衍射效率及衍射像的像质得到提高. 关键词： 菌紫质 全息存储 衍射效率 饱和吸收     

Transmission and directionality control of light emission from a nanoslit in metallic film flanked by periodic gratings

We investigate the transmission and directional properties of light emission from a nanoslit film flanked by periodic gratings, formed on a silver film, embedded in a high index dielectric medium. Using FDTD calculations it is demonstrated that the transmission has strong dependence on dimension of the dielectric film. The directional property of the emitted beam is controlled by tapering height of output grating elements and this effect is explained by standard theory of antenna array. We propose and examine the potential of such slit grating structure as a Plasmonic antenna in axial injection of light from single mode fiber to photonic crystal waveguide.     

染料LB膜吸收光谱和光学存储效应的研究

通过对新型的染料LB膜(花氰-花生酸复合LB膜)的吸收光谱的测试,说明了LB膜中染料分子H-聚体结构的存在,而在立体简并四波混频实验中观察到这种LB膜具有可逆的光学记录与擦除效应,实验表明,在其中建立一个稳定的光栅,所用的记录光脉冲强度为30MW/cm~2,需要的累积记录时间为80ns(10个脉冲).最后在简化的三能级系统中,以分子处于各态的布居光栅模型说明了光致H-聚体,单体之间的转化是这种光学记录效应的主要原因.     

体全息成像系统中非周期体光栅的深度选择性研究

由一束球面波和一束平面波或者两束球面波干涉所形成的体全息光栅,由于其光栅矢量在全息图体积内是随位置的变化而变化的,所以被称为非周期型的体光栅。主要研究了用于体全息三维成像系统的非周期体光栅的深度选择特性。根据叠加的原理,将非周期体光栅看作多个固定周期的基元体光栅的叠加,结合耦合波理论分析非周期体光栅的衍射特性。采用这一方法,利用Matlab软件模拟,研究了两束记录光夹角对所记录的非周期体光栅深度选择性的影响和在两束记录光夹角相同时,球面参考光体全息成像系统及平面参考光体全息成像系统深度选择性的差别,最后在光折变晶体材料中进行非周期型和周期型体光栅的记录和再现,对模拟结果进行了实验验证。     

Broadband Terahertz Polarization Converter and Asymmetric Transmission Based on Coupled Dielectric‐Metal Grating

Coupled dielectric‐metal gratings are investigated for broadband terahertz (THz) wave polarization conversion and asymmetric transmission by the experiments and numerical simulations, which are composed of the subwavelength Si grating and metallic wire grating layers. The dielectric grating layer with a large artificial birefringence and low dispersion is employed as a phase engineered waveplate, and the metal wire grating arranged with a 45° angle to the dielectric grating is utilized as a high‐efficiency polarizer. Due to the subwavelength integration, this coupled grating presents a local resonance coupling mechanism between dielectric and metal gratings, which greatly enhances the polarization rotation and expands the bandwidth, not a simple combination with dielectric and metallic gratings. The results demonstrate that a broadband asymmetric transmission with an extinction ratio of 30dB from 0.2 to 1.2 THz is achieved and the highest transmission of 90% can be obtained. It provides a simple way towards practical applications for THz artificial dispersion materials, polarization control and asymmetric transmission.     

A novel 3D deformation measurement method under optical microscope for micro-scale bulge-test

A micro-scale 3D deformation measurement method combined with optical microscope is proposed in this paper. The method is based on gratings and phase shifting algorithm. By recording the grating images before and after deformation from two symmetrical angles and calculating the phases of the grating patterns, the 3D deformation field of the specimen can be extracted from the phases of the grating patterns. The proposed method was applied to the micro-scale bulge test. A micro-scale thermal/mechanical coupling bulge-test apparatus matched with the super-depth microscope was exploited. With the gratings fabricated onto the film, the deformed morphology of the bulged film was measured reliably. The experimental results show that the proposed method and the exploited bulge-test apparatus can be used to characterize the thermal/mechanical properties of the films at micro-scale successfully.     

亚波长光栅偏振片的纳秒脉冲激光损伤特性

偏振片在诸多光学系统中有着重要的应用。亚波长介质光栅可用作正入射偏振片，在高能激光系统中有着广泛的应用前景。为了探究波长为1 064 nm的纳秒脉冲激光对于亚波长全介质光栅的诱导损伤特性，使用了粒子群优化算法结合严格耦合波分析设计了光栅的几何参数，计算表明亚波长光栅偏振片在入射光波长1 064 nm附近带宽0.5 nm内，平均消光比为1 500。使用了紫外曝光配合离子束刻蚀的工艺制备了HfO₂光栅，并对其纳秒脉冲激光损伤阈值进行了测试。测试结果表明S光损伤阈值约为P光损伤阈值的5倍，且都大于5 J/cm2。结果表明亚波长全介质光栅偏振片可广泛用于正入射激光系统中。     

利用非均匀镀铜技术实现光纤光栅的色散可调

提出了一种利用非均匀镀铜技术在光纤光栅的外包层镀上径向均匀轴向厚度渐变的铜膜,通过温度控制来调节光纤光栅的啁啾量,从而实现光纤光栅的色散可调,用于动态的色散补偿。在理论方面,建立了完整的热平衡方程,对轴向厚度渐变镀铜膜光纤光栅在温度控制下的受力情况进行分析;分析了光纤光栅在同时受到温度变化和非均匀应力时的反射、时延、色散等特性,并进行了数值仿真。在实验方面,在自制的均匀光纤光栅上利用先真空镀后电镀的方法镀上了轴向厚度渐变的铜膜,并对镀膜后的光纤光栅利用温度调节装置进行测试,不同温度变化下光纤光栅的特性和理论仿真结果基本一致,从而验证了理论分析的正确性。