保偏光纤和偏振器对传输光光谱的影响

保偏光纤和偏振器的参数以及它们之间的连接角度对传输光的光谱特性有重要的影响。利用琼斯矩阵建立了光波的传输模型,首次讨论了光波偏振度、光纤长度、光纤之间以及光纤与器件之间的对轴角度等对输出光谱的影响。研究表明,当光纤之间或光纤与器件之间的对轴角度不为零时,完全非偏振光的输出光谱形状不会发生改变,而偏振或部分偏振光波的输出光谱中叠加了周期函数。对轴角度一定时,光纤越长,周期函数的周期越小;光纤长度一定时,在一定的范围内,对轴角度越大,周期函数的幅值越大。通过实验对结论进行了验证。结论对采用保偏光纤和偏振器的系统具有理论指导意义。     

烟雾浓度对偏振光传输特性的影响

针对烟雾环境中烟雾浓度对偏振光传输特性的影响问题,采用烟煤粒子作为研究对象,分别研究了水平、垂直、+45°方向线偏振光及左旋、右旋圆偏振光经不同浓度介质传输后偏振度(DOP)的变化情况。采用蒙特卡罗方法建立仿真模型并对偏振传输理论进行分析。根据实测中浓度条件的不可控因素,采用光学厚度表征浓度,从仿真与室内实验两方面验证浓度对偏振光传输特性的影响。结果表明,偏振光入射时,偏振度随介质浓度的增加不断下降;水平、垂直、+45°线偏振光入射时,不同线偏振光偏振度随浓度的变化趋势大致相同;圆偏振光入射时,左旋、右旋圆偏振光的变化趋势基本一致;介质浓度较低时,圆偏振光偏振度随浓度的变化与线偏振光大致相同,而介质浓度较高时,圆偏振光的偏振度始终大于线偏振光,表明圆偏振光在高介质浓度、低能见度条件下具有更好的保偏能力。     

与入射线偏振光振动方向无关的低偏振度消偏器

消偏器是光纤传感器、光放大器等偏振敏感性光学系统中的关键器件,用于减小输入光的偏振度(DOP).设计了一种与入射线偏振光振动方向无关的低偏振度消偏器,该器件中利用人为的偏振相关延迟代替了保偏光纤的双折射,并在偏振相关型消偏器前增加了一个1/4波片,从而对任意方向振动的线偏振光具有相同的消偏能力,结构紧凑.对消偏性能随波片阶数、入射光中心波长和振动方向的变化作了数值计算.实验中采用半峰全宽为0.13 nm的光源,入射线偏振光在任意方向振动时,输出光偏振度小于2.6%,消偏器的插入损耗为0.6 dB,损耗起伏小于0.11 dB.实验和数值计算结果表明,该消偏器具有低偏振度、低插入损耗和适合于宽光谱应用的优点.     

与人射线偏振光振动方向无关的低偏振度消偏器

消偏器是光纤传感器、光放大器等偏振敏感性光学系统中的关键器件,用于减小输入光的偏振度(DOP)。设计了一种与入射线偏振光振动方向无关的低偏振度消偏器,该器件中利用人为的偏振相关延迟代替了保偏光纤的双折射,并在偏振相关型消偏器前增加了一个1/4波片,从而对任意方向振动的线偏振光具有相同的消偏能力,结构紧凑。对消偏性能随波片阶数、入射光中心波长和振动方向的变化作了数值计算。实验中采用半峰全宽为0．13 nm的光源,入射线偏振光在任意方向振动时,输出光偏振度小于2．6%,消偏器的插入损耗为0．6 dB,损耗起伏小于0．11 dB。实验和数值计算结果表明,该消偏器具有低偏振度、低插入损耗和适合于宽光谱应用的优点。     

基于Mueller矩阵的目标偏振特性分析

目标Mueller矩阵反映了光波在传播过程中偏振态的变化,其包含与目标自身有关的起偏、退偏等偏振特性。为进一步研究目标Mueller矩阵特性,通过将光波传播过程转化为相关半正定二次型函数实现偏振态变化线性运算的方法,定义目标净退偏特性和可以综合评价目标起偏特性和退偏特性的偏振度PΔ,并证明了其在偏振探测目标识别和偏振特性分析中的有效性。最后利用实验测量了不同入射角、粗糙度铝板的Mueller矩阵,通过定义粗糙度对目标偏振特性的影响因子Q和目标偏振特性随入射角变化的稳定性S,分析了入射角和粗糙度对目标Mueller矩阵特性的影响。     

偏振光在非球形气溶胶中传输特性的Monte Carlo仿真

非球形气溶胶是影响辐射传输的重要因素. 系统给出了矢量辐射传输Monte Carlo模型, 并验证了其准确度; 考虑入射光偏振态, 讨论了不同方向漫射光Stokes矢量对气溶胶形状的敏感性; 分析了气溶胶形状、入射光偏振状态对光波退偏振度、透过率及反射率的影响. 模拟仿真结果表明, 对于不同偏振态的入射光, 不同方向的Stokes矢量对气溶胶形状变化的灵敏程度并不一致, 而在天顶角0°方向区域,Q, U及V分量对形状的灵敏程度普遍不高; 气溶胶形状对反射漫射光退偏程度的影响强于透射漫射光, 入射光偏振态不同, 漫射光退偏程度也存在较大差异. 气溶胶形状对光波整体透过率与反射率影响显著, 且该影响随传播距离增大而增大; 入射光偏振态对透过率与反射率影响相对较小, 与自然光相比, 水平偏振光透过率略偏小, 反射率略偏大, 垂直偏振光反之, 圆偏振光与自然光的模拟结果相当.     

准均匀光束交叉偏振度传输特征分析

基于相干偏振统一理论和广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,研究了准均匀(QH)光束交叉偏振度(SDCP)在广义大气湍流中传输变化规律,得到光场内不同空间点之间SDCP随距离演化特征。结果显示各点偏振度(DOP)在传输中变化一致的准均匀光源,在受湍流干扰后,不同距离点对之间SDCP变化随间隔大小呈现增大和减小两个趋势,使得在某一距离处,各点对之间交叉偏振度趋于统一值,而当传输距离继续增大时,不同空间点之间交叉偏振度又显示出明显区别。光场相干度以及光强相关性也有明显不同的变化特征。所得结果揭示了光场高阶统计特性变化之间的密切联系。SDCP反映的光强波动相关的物理内涵为自由或大气空间中关联成像或偏振光通信等应用提供了理论基础。     

光源偏振度对光纤陀螺零漂影响的研究

以Y波导集成光学调制器保偏型干涉式光纤陀螺作为研究对象,根据各光学元器件的参数建立了各器件的琼斯矩阵以及光路传输模型,在此基础上进行了光路偏振误差的理论分析。通过推导,得到了保偏型干涉式光纤陀螺的偏振误差表达式,并首次分析了光源偏振度对光纤陀螺零漂的影响。借助光源尾纤输出的光谱,对由0%~3%之间呈线性变化的偏振度以及对经实验测试的光源偏振度的实际值引起的偏振模式耦合误差的零漂值进行了仿真计算。结果表明,当光路中其它参数不变时,由光源偏振度变化引起的零漂值为0.001°/h,满足了高精度光纤陀螺的精度要求。     

椭球粒子烟雾浓度对激光偏振度影响的实验研究

以斯托克斯矢量理论为基础,通过搭建偏振传输半实物模拟装置进行模拟实验,观测激光在模拟环境(不同浓度的椭球粒子在非均匀分布状态)下偏振度(degree of polarization, DOP)的变化。实验选取灵芝孢子碳化粉末作为椭球粒子的实验对象,通过烟雾机将椭球粒子形成不同浓度的烟雾,研究入射波长为532 nm、671 nm的激光在0°、+45°、90°的线偏振光以及左旋圆偏振光经过模拟环境后偏振度(DOP)的变化情况。实验结果表明:入射偏振光随着烟雾浓度的增大,偏振度呈下降趋势;3种入射线偏振光随浓度增大降幅不尽相同,没有明显的规律可循;不同波长低浓度烟雾时,线偏振光与圆偏振光的偏振度下降幅度大抵相同,大约为3%左右;随着烟雾浓度的增大,线偏振光的偏振度表现出不同程度的下降,可达20%,圆偏振光的偏振度仅下降5%,表现出了较好的保偏能力。     

不同波长的散射介质后向散射光偏振度特性

基于Stockes矢量,通过测量以线偏振光和圆偏振光入射时脂肪乳剂后向散射光的偏振度,研究了532 nm、650 nm和780 nm三个波长的光与散射粒子粒径为325 nm的脂肪乳剂溶液作用后,其后向散射光的偏振度特性.研究结果表明,对于入射线偏振光,780 nm波长后向散射光中的线偏振光成分多于圆偏振光成分,而532 nm波长则相反;对于入射圆偏振光,三个波长后向散射光中的圆偏振光成分均多于线偏振光成分;532 nm波长的总偏振度高于650 nm和780 nm两个波长各自的总偏振度;线偏振光的保偏性优于圆偏振光的保偏性,但偏振光在散射介质中的穿透深度较小.因此,后向散射成像技术适用于物体表层成像,而且选择波长略大于粒径的线偏振光可以提高成像质量.     

Impact of polarization dependent loss on degree of polarization as feedback signal of polarization mode dispersion

Polarization dependent loss (PDL) has been recognized as a critical issue because various inline optical components may have nonnegligible PDL effect that interacts with polarization mode dispersion (PMD).We investigated the impact of PMD-PDL interaction on degree of polarization (DOP), which is the most commonly used feedback signal in PMD compensation. The simulation results of a 40-Gb/s NRZ code optical transmission system show that the maximum PMD increases from approximately 40 ps to more than 45 ps, while minimum DOP declines from approximately 0.6 to approximately 0.2. The interaction of PMD and PDL also induces residual PMD underestimation of 5-8 ps, which causes degradation of PMD compensation performance.     

Improved measurement of polarization state in terahertz polarization spectroscopy

A calibration scheme is presented for improved polarization state measurement of terahertz pulses. In this scheme the polarization response of a two-contact terahertz photoconductive detector is accurately measured, and is used to correct for the impact of the nonidealities of the detector. Experimental results show excellent subdegree angular accuracy and at least 60% error reduction with this scheme.     

通道调制型偏振成像系统的偏振参量重建

通道调制型偏振成像系统中,焦平面上获取的信息需要通过目标偏振参量的重建才能有效提取,因而重建是目标识别、材料分析、生物医疗等技术进一步应用的前提.为了实现在非理想情况下通道调制型偏振成像系统的偏振参量精确重建,需要解决成像系统中电荷耦合器件(CCD)采样频率与频谱位置偏移对重建的影响.本文首先详细分析了频谱不发生混叠的条件:CCD采样频率应至少为4倍基频;在偏振干涉频谱位置偏移时,使用最大频谱法确定各个偏振态的载波频率,通过频移、滤波和傅里叶变换获得目标的偏振重建二维图像;最后通过计算机模拟仿真与实验分析结合的方法验证该重建方案的可行性与有效性.模拟与实验结果表明:改进后的偏振重建法得到的偏振图像与原始输入图像的均方差在0.001以下,峰值信噪比有明显的提高,且结构相似度可达到0.9以上,表明该方法获得的二维偏振态重建图像精度高,与理论偏振解调法相比具有很大的优越性.该工作希望为后续偏振探测与分析进一步的研究提供参考.     

Some remarks on polarization measurement and polarization domain

We emphasize that any analysis of polarization measurement must be done in terms of the polarization domain which is much smaller than the domain of physical bounds. We propose a possible quantitative procedure to estimate the precision of a measurement and its compatibility with the positivity condition. We illustrate our discussion with the case of spin-$\text{3}\text{2}$particles and as an application we study some experimental results on Y¹ (1385).     

Cascaded dynamic eigenstates of polarization analysis for piezoelectric polarization control

We propose the cascaded dynamic eigenstates (DESs) of polarization to analyze multicomponent polarization control (PC) devices, and achieve the analytical expression of output state of polarization (SOP) as a function of voltage for piezoelectric polarization control (PPC). By measuring the DES at the output port of the device, the prestage DESs will rotate around subsequent ones. Experimental results in PPC confirm the validity of our analysis. The average error of our theoretical output SOP is 1.23 degrees, and the SOP response time is ~10 micros, which is promising to realize a quasi-open-loop high-speed PC.     

Tuneable polarization mode dispersion emulator: Fixed polarization maintaining fibre sections and rotatable polarization orientations

We design a polarization mode dispersion (PMD) emulator capable of adjusting first-order (FO-) and second-order (SO-) PMD statistics, making it capable to mimick differerent fibre links or fibre plants. The emulator can adjust PMD statistics by controlling mode coupling angles between polarization maintaining fibres (PMFs) of fixed length using its seven rotatable electro-optic polarization rotators which act as half waveplates (HWPs). The stability and repeatability of the emulator under a stable laboratory environment makes PMD statistics reproducible. The control mechanism of the emulator is in real-time.     

Production of nuclear polarization of unstable nuclei via polarization transfer reactions

To determine experimental conditions suitable for isotope analysis, we studied the plume dynamics of uranium. A uranium oxide sample was ablated by 2nd harmonic radiation from a Nd:YAG laser at a fluence of 0.5 J/cm². The temporal evolution of the ablation plume was investigated in 800 Pa helium environment. It was found that the observation at 3–5 μs after the ablation at the height of about 2.5 mm are most suited for obtaining higher sensitivity. Using the established conditions, we obtained the limit of detection of the isotope ratio (²³⁵U/²³⁸U) to be 0.01 %. In addition, the limit of detection of elemental abundance of uranium in uranium glass was also evaluated.     

Manifestation of the polarization incoherence of light in polarization self-action effects

On the basis of the beam tensor formalism proposed by F. I. Fedorov, the theory of polarization selfaction of radiation in isotropic resonant media is extended to the case of partial elliptic polarization of an electromagnetic wave. The influence of the degree of radiation polarization on the known polarization self-action effects is demonstrated and the self-polarization (depolarization) of light is predicted.