复振幅光瞳滤波器的三维超分辨性能研究

超分辨技术中现有的纯振幅型或纯相位型光瞳滤波器,大部分只能实现轴向或横向超分辨而不能实现三维超分辨,三维超分辨在三维成像系统中有着重要的作用。因此为提高成像系统中的三维分辨能力,设计了一种复振幅光瞳滤波器,并对其三维超分辨性能进行了研究。详细分析了该光瞳滤波器的第一区半径和透射率对施特雷尔比、轴向和横向超分辨因子以及旁瓣能量的影响。通过一系列的模拟证明,借助于复振幅光瞳滤波器可以实现三维超分辨。该滤波器的优点是容易实现三维超分辨,且有比较高的施特雷尔比,缺点是三维超分辨的实现总是伴随着旁瓣能量的增加,但可以采用共焦扫描成像系统来加以抑制。     

三区振幅型超分辨光瞳滤波器的设计

提出运用非线性规划及目标规划法,在给定斯特雷耳比S(超分辨模型和艾里模型主瓣最大亮度比)的条件下,设计出使成像系统的横向、轴向及三维分辨率分别达到最大值的环形振幅型超分辨光瞳滤波器。给出超分辨优化设计模型和实例,并作图验证其结果。对超分辨率伴随的旁瓣效应,把滤波器应用于共焦扫描系统,可有效地抑制旁瓣,提高成像信噪比和对比度。此方案用于三区以上振幅型超分辨滤波器及环形纯相位超分辨光瞳滤波器的设计,为超分辨滤波器的设计提供了参考。     

多项式型相位光瞳滤波器实现三维超分辨

为研究连续型相位光瞳滤波器对光学成像系统成像效果的影响,并实现对远场光学成像系统分辨率的提升,设计了一种多项式函数形式的相位型光瞳滤波器,证明其可以实现三维超分辨.给出了其与一种典型三区型相位光瞳滤波器的超分辨效果的对比.通过对比可以发现,在分辨效果的改善上,横向分辨率有明显提升,但施特雷尔比会有所下降.此外,由于此种...     

超分辨重建技术及其研究进展

超高分辨成像技术一直是航天、遥感、目标识别等领域的研究热点。随着光学成像到光电数字成像的转变,如何提高CCD的几何分辨率,已成为研制高分辨光电成像系统亟待解决的问题。本文从理论和工程实现的角度介绍了超分辨成像的技术原理,分析了实现超分辨重建技术的几种方法,主要描述了微扫描和亚像元两种重建技术的实现方式,指出了目前超分辨技术存在的缺陷。最后,针对超分辨技术中无混淆重建带宽较窄的问题,提出了一种新的技术方案。该方案将光学编码技术与目前的亚像元技术相结合,可将重建带宽拓展3倍。研究结论指出：融合了光学,光电子学和信号处理的成像系统的综合设计,将是未来成像领域的一个重要研究方向。     

基于PIV评价的光瞳超分辨理论与技术

随着成像探测技术的发展，对光学系统的分辨能力提出了更高的要求，用传统的光学理论需增大光学系统口径才能满足要求，在对尺寸，重量和价格有限制的实际系统中往往很难实现。基于瑞利判据作为ＰＩＶ指标的光瞳超分辨技术，可以在不增加光学系统口径的条件下提高系统分辨率，由于本技术可以用光瞳滤波器的形式以硬件实现，成像探测过程不必增加额外的工作时间，在理论分析的基础上，设计了实际的超分辨光瞳，并给出了计算机模拟和实     

超分辨望远光学系统像差影响及优化设计

针对大口径光学系统中像差影响超分辨效果的问题,开展泽尼克波前像差对望远超分辨成像系统性能和超分辨局部视场影响的研究。设计四区型位相光瞳滤波器,在理想光学系统出瞳处分别加入离焦、像散、彗差和球差像差,逐渐增加幅值,通过分析不同类别和幅度的波前像差下焦面光强分布变化,研究超分辨成像性能和局部视场对不同种类像差的容忍程度。结果表明,离焦可以抑制超分辨旁瓣能量,提高超分辨倍率,但对局部视场影响较大;球差可以抑制超分辨旁瓣能量,增大局部视场;像散和彗差使光斑圆对称性明显下降,其中像散对局部视场的影响较为明显;同时加入适量离焦和球差时,超分辨旁瓣能量下降,超分辨倍率提高,且不影响系统局部视场。据此设计了一个F数为10,焦距为12 m的大口径光学系统,通过合理优化球差和离焦剩余量,实现了超分辨倍率由1.21倍到1.31倍的提升,最大旁瓣峰值由0.33下降到0.30,局部视场为38.28μm。     

三区振幅型三维超分辨光瞳滤波器的优化设计

光瞳滤波器是光学成像系统实现超分辨的基本元件之一，多数三维超分辨滤波器因结构复杂而难于实现。用MATLAB优化工具箱，采用非线性规划，对三区振幅型（1-0—1型）光瞳滤波器进行了三维超分辨优化设计。建立了优化模型，并给出了优化实例。结果表明所设计的滤波器较好地实现了横向和轴向三维超分辨，且轴向超分辨能力优于横向。该滤波器结构简单，容易实现。     

基于一体化微球物镜的超分辨成像系统

利用直径微米量级的透明微球与传统光学显微镜相结合,可以在白光下实现超分辨成像.目前大部分研究是将微球直接播撒到样品表面,由于微球位置的随机性和不连续性导致无法实现特定区域的完整成像,极大限制了该技术的使用范围.使用微探针或微悬臂黏附微球,通过三维位移台精确控制微球位置,一定程度上解决了上述问题,但是需要对微球位置进行精准操控.本文提出了一种结构稳定、参数可控、简单易用的基于一体化微球物镜的超分辨成像系统,对微球与物镜进行了一体化安装设计,通过设计侧视成像及位置反馈系统实现了对微球、物镜和样品三者之间距离的精准控制,结合通用的显微成像系统,实现了对可控特定区域的超分辨成像.该系统将普通显微物镜(40×, NA 0.6)的分辨能力提高了4.78倍,最高可以看到100 nm的样品特征.该一体化物镜可以搭配普通光学显微系统使用,实现超分辨成像,提高了微球超分辨技术的通用性,在亚衍射极限样品的超分辨成像方面具有广泛的应用价值.     

结构光照明超分辨光学显微成像技术与展望

结构光照明显微镜(Structured Illumination Microscopy,SIM)通过结构化照明在频率域以空间混频的方式将物体高频信息载入光学系统的探测通带内实现突破衍射极限的超分辨光学显微成像。SIM凭借其较低的激发光强、对荧光染料的非特异性需求以及快速的宽场成像优势已成为活细胞超分辨光学显微成像方面应用最多的技术。本文系统回顾了SIM的技术进展,对SIM的基本原理与实现方法进了详细的分析,重点介绍了本课题组研发的基于光谱分辨的单光子激发超分辨显微镜和结合自适应光学的双光子激发超分辨显微镜这两种最新的SIM技术,最后简要讨论了SIM技术在生物成像中的应用及未来发展方向。     

径向双折射滤波器的超分辨性能研究

超分辨技术因其可以超越经典的衍射极限而为人们所熟知．并且．在光存储和共焦扫描成像系统中有着广泛的应用。把由两个偏振器和一个圆对称的双折射元件组成的径向双折射滤波器引入超分辨技术,借助琼斯算法推导出其光瞳函数的表达式。由分析得出通过改变径向双折射滤波器中偏振器的偏振方向和双折射元件的主轴之间的夹角,即可实现光学系统的横向超分辨或轴向超分辨。同时对评价该器件超分辨性能的参量第一零点比、斯特尔比和旁瓣强度抑制比做了详细的讨论。该滤波器用于超分辨技术的优点在于其制作不涉及相位的变化而比较简单,且费用比较低。缺点是旁瓣能量过高,但可以通过采用共焦系统来抑制。     

Toward a spherical spot distribution with 4pi focusing of radially polarized light

The properties of the focal spot for 4pi focusing with radially polarized light are presented for various apodization factors. With a focusing system satisfying the Herschel condition, sharp focal spots with almost-perfect spherical symmetry (leading to equal axial and transverse resolution) and extremely low sidelobes are achieved.     

采用电光效应实现双折射切趾的集成光学声光可调谐滤波器

声光可调谐滤波器（AOTF）是密集波分复用系统（DWDM）中的关键器件之一。影响该器件性能的一个主要因素是透过率曲线中旁瓣的存在。基于双折射切趾的原理，提出了利用LiNbO3 电光效应来实现切趾的新方案。对该方法进行了理论和实验两方面的研究，实验结果与理论基本相符。     

Evaluation of polychromatic image quality of a birefringent lens by means of optical transfer function

Polychromatic or white-light optical transfer function (OTF) is put forward as a criterion to evaluate the performance of a uniaxial birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear polarizers. The optic axis of the birefringent crystal is perpendicular to the lens axis. The results show that the same system may be adapted for both enhanced resolution and apodization just by rotating any of the polarizers included in the system even under broadband illumination. The proposed system may also be exploited for image processing applications under polychromatic input illumination.     

Feasibility study of hard-x-ray nanofocusing above 20 keV using compound photon sieves

Combining the advantages of photon sieves (PSs) and compound Fresnel zone plates (CZPs), we designed compound photon sieves (CPSs) for hard-x-ray nanofocusing. A CPS consists of an inner PS using the first-order diffraction surrounded by an outer zone plate using the third-order diffraction. A robust digital prolate spheroidal window was used as an apodization window for the inner PS, making CPSs more flexible than CZPs. CPSs can provide not only slightly better resolution compared to CZPs, but also it can significantly suppress the sidelobes, leading to a high signal-to-noise ratio. Further improvement of the high-aspect-ratio metal nanostructure process will allow CPSs to be a promising candidate for hard-x-ray nanofocusing in the high-energy region above 20 keV.     

Polychromatic intensity point spread function of a birefringent lens

We study the intensity point spread function (IPSF) of a uniaxial birefringent lens sandwiched between two linear polarizers under broadband illumination having flat-top spectral profile. The optic axis of the birefringent crystal is perpendicular to the lens axis. For monochromatic input illumination, a low-power birefringent lens offers enhanced resolution under parallel-polarizers configuration and apodization under crossed-polarizers configuration with a single focus as well. At a relatively high value of birefringence parameter, the proposed system behaves as a double-focus lens. The present communication uses a novel technique to study the effect of polychromatic illumination on the imaging characteristics of birefringent lenses. The studies reveal that the imaging characteristics of the low-power birefrigent lens does not deteriorate considerably under polychromatic illumination. However, for a polychromatic beam with large bandwidth, the imaging behavior of the system having high birefringence parameter deviates appreciably from that under strictly monochromatic illumination. The said system even loses its inherent bi-focal nature due to depolarization of polarized polychromatic light upon passage through the birefringent crystal.     

Tunable radio-frequency photonic filter based on an actively mode-locked fiber laser

We propose the use of an actively mode-locked fiber laser as a multitap optical source for a microwave photonic filter. The fiber laser provides multiple optical taps with an optical frequency separation equal to the external driving radio-frequency signal of the laser that governs its repetition rate. All the optical taps show equal polarization and an overall Gaussian apodization, which reduces the sidelobes. We demonstrate continuous tunability of the filter by changing the external driving radio-frequency signal of the laser, which shows good fine tunability in the operating range of the laser from 5 to 10 GHz.     

Spring constant modulation in a zone plate tweezer using linear polarization

At large NAs a micro-Fresnel zone plate produces a focal spot that is more elliptical than that produced by an objective lens with the same NA. Using this anisotropy we demonstrate a method for modulating the spring constant of an optical trap by rotating the linear input polarization. The focal spot ellipticity is enhanced by the apodization factor of the zone plate and its extremely high NA. By measuring the positions of trapped particles we obtain two-dimensional histograms of particle position. These indicate that the trap spring constant is 2.75 times larger perpendicular to the incident polarization than along it. The elliptical focal spot distribution can be rotated by rotating the incident polarization, allowing the spring constant along a given direction to be modulated.     

Lens axicon illuminated by polychromatic Gaussian beams for generating uniform focal segments

In this paper, we investigate a lens axicon, which actually is a lens with spherical aberration, illuminated by a polychromatic Gaussian beam for producing an extended axial line image of a desired length and nearly uniform intensity. A numerical calculation is performed to investigate the dependence of the axial intensity distribution of the focal segment on the parameters of the incident polychromatic Gaussian beam. It is shown that, compared with monochromatic Gaussian beam illumination, the illumination of the polychromatic Gaussian beam may improve the uniformity of the distribution of the axial intensity, and this improvement in the uniformity of the axis intensity is strongly dependent on the spectral width of the incident Gaussian beam. Moreover, apodization with annular super-Gaussian amplitude distribution is employed to reduce the undesired oscillation of the axial intensity.     

Using Pure-Phase Element Array to Generate Uniform Laser Focal Profiles

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Intensity‐Enhanced Apodization Effect on an Axially Illuminated Circular‐Column Particle‐Lens

A particle can function as a refractive lens to focus a plane wave, generating a narrow, high intensive, weak‐diverging beam within a sub‐wavelength volume, known as the ‘photonic nanojet’. It is known that apodization method, in the form of an amplitude pupil‐mask centrally situated on a particle‐lens, can further reduce the waist of a photonic nanojet, however, it usually lowers the intensity at the focus due to blocking the incident light. In this paper, the anomalously intensity‐enhanced apodization effect was discovered for the first time via numerical simulation of focusing of the axially illuminated circular‐column particle‐lenses, and a greater than 100% peak intensity increase was realised for the produced photonic nanojets.