A method based on diffraction theory for predicting 3D focusing performance of compound refractive X-ray lenses

A method based on the diffraction theory for estimating the three-dimensional (3D) focusing performance of the compound refractive X-ray lenses is presented in this paper. As a special application, the 3D X-ray intensity distribution near the focus is derived for a plano-concave compound refractive X-ray lens.Moreover, the computer codes are developed and some results of 3D focusing performance for a compound refractive X-ray lens with Si material are shown and discussed.     

Lensless imaging of an arbitrary object

A new class of imaging systems that do not require the use of lenses or similar optical devices is introduced and theoretically investigated. In particular, it is demonstrated that, if an arbitrary plane object is illuminated by an appropriate spherical wave front (generated from a monochromatic point source), then a magnified image of the object intensity distribution can be observed in any transversal plane along the light-propagation direction within the far-field (Fraunhofer) diffraction region. The phenomenon is based on the fact that, under certain conditions, the spherical wave front can modify the energy's angular spectrum of the field distribution in the object plane such that this spectrum replicates the spatial intensity distribution of the object.     

高能X射线聚焦组合透镜的理论研究

X射线聚焦组合透镜是一种利用折射效应对X射线辐射聚焦的新型元件。针对X射线波段的特性,综合考虑折射和吸收效应得出组合透镜的衍射屏函数,并利用衍射理论推导出X射线组合透镜的设计理论。利用统计学理论中一阶、二阶原点矩表征像面处的光学性能,使设计更简洁。该理论方法可方便地推广到双凹折射单元情况。通过数值计算分析了像向处强度分布的二阶中心矩以及焦点处辐射强度随组合透镜结构参最的变化关系,给出了一种铝基X射线组合透镜的结构参量设计结果。对于设计的组合透镜结构参量,计算了当X射线辐射能量分别为0．93 keV．9．89 keV和29．78 keV时,X射线辐射经过组合透镜后的焦点强度分布。     

Modeling Fraunhofer diffractive characteristics for modulation transfer function analysis of tilted ring metallic mesh

In order to analyze the Fraunhofer diffractive characteristics and modulation transfer function (MTF) of a tilted ring metallic mesh, an optical intensity distribution model of Fraunhofer diffraction is built using Huygens–Fresnel diffraction theory and the diffraction integral is carried out directly in the tilted mesh plane. The diffraction characteristics of the tilted ring metallic mesh are in good agreement with experimental results, which proves the correctness of the model established. MTF of an optical system with metallic mesh is calculated based on the model established and Fourier transform. Analysis shows that the degradation of MTF caused by diffraction of a ring mesh is much less than that of a square mesh whether they are vertical or tilted to the optical axis. Therefore, ring mesh can provide higher imaging quality than square mesh when they are used as high-pass filters in optical windows. A tilted array diffraction modulating factor is abstracted and believed useful in the analysis of diffractive characteristics of tilted square mesh and ring mesh, and it can be extended to Fraunhofer diffractive characteristics analysis of other tilted diffraction arrays.     

制作工艺误差对X射线组合折射透镜聚焦性能影响研究

本文主要介绍对X射线组合折射透镜的制作工艺误差对其聚焦性能影响的研究结果. 首先给出采用深度X射线光刻技术制作的PMMA材料圆柱面型X组合折射透镜的工艺测试结果,得出制作工艺误差值,定性分析制作工艺误差对X射线组合折射透镜聚焦性能的影响. 然后根据实际的制作工艺误差建模,给出详尽的理论分析和定量的理论模拟结果. 最后在北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)上,构建基于PMMA材料的圆柱面型X射线组合折射透镜的微束聚焦实验系统,实际测试了有明显工艺误差和尽量消除工艺误差的两种X射线组合折射透镜的聚焦性能,给出实测结果 关键词： X射线组合折射透镜 制作工艺误差 X射线聚焦性能 同步辐射     

Application of the probability theory in predicting 3D focusing behaviors of compound X-ray refractive lenses

A theoretical method based on the diffractive theory is used for predicting three-dimensional (3D) focusing performances of the compound X-rays refractive lenses (CRLs). However, the derivation of the 3D intensity distribution near focus for the X-ray refractive lenses is quite complicated. In this paper, we introduce a simple theoretical method that is based on the first and second moments in the theory of probability. As an example, the 3D focusing performance of a CRL with Si material is predicted. Moreover, the results are compared with those obtained by the diffractive theory. It is shown that the method introduced in this paper is accurate enough.     

On 2D Focusing of X rays Bragg-diffracted by a biaxially bent crystal

2D focusing of an X-ray wave Bragg-diffracted by a biaxially bent crystal is considered in terms of quasi-back diffraction scattering in the meridional plane. Analytical expressions for the focusing geometrical condition in the meridional plane and for the spatial distribution of the wave intensity in the same plane in the neighborhood of the point source image are derived. They differ from those currently available from the theory.     

X‐ray focusing by the system of refractive lens(es) placed inside asymmetric channel‐cut crystals

An X‐ray one‐dimensionally focusing system, a refracting–diffracting lens (RDL), composed of Bragg double‐asymmetric‐reflecting two‐crystal plane parallel plates and a double‐concave cylindrical parabolic lens placed in the gap between the plates is described. It is shown that the focal length of the RDL is equal to the focal distance of the separate lens multiplied by the square of the asymmetry factor. One can obtain RDLs with different focal lengths for certain applications. Using the point‐source function of dynamic diffraction, as well as the Green function in a vacuum with parabolic approximation, an expression for the double‐diffracted beam amplitude for an arbitrary incident wave is presented. Focusing of the plane incident wave and imaging of a point source are studied. The cases of non‐absorptive and absorptive lenses are discussed. The intensity distribution in the focusing plane and on the focusing line, and its dependence on wavelength, deviation from the Bragg angle and magnification is studied. Geometrical optical considerations are also given. RDLs can be applied to focus radiation from both laboratory and synchrotron X‐ray sources, for X‐ray imaging of objects, and for obtaining high‐intensity beams. RDLs can also be applied in X‐ray astronomy.     

Diffractive Multifocal Focusing of Gaussian Beams

The problem of diffraction of a spherical wave with Gaussian amplitude distribution on two infinitesimally thin and ideally reflecting screens with apertures on an optical axis is solved within the quasi-optical approximation. It is shown that when a Gaussian beam illuminates a bicomponent diffraction system with small Fresnel numbers in a near zone of the second screen, the effect of diffractive multifocal focusing of radiation is observed. In this case, the diffraction picture from the second screen in the focal planes represents the circular nonlocal bands of the Fresnel zones with a bright narrow peak at the center, whose intensity can exceed by six times the value of the incident wave intensity. The energy efficiency of diffractive focusing of Gaussian beams by the bicomponent diffraction system can be as high as 70%. The proposed diffractive method allows the focusing of the wide-aperture beams without using classical refraction elements such as lenses and prisms, and it is applicable to both low-intensive and high-power radiation.     

Diffractive Multifocal Focusing of Gaussian Beams

The problem of diffraction of a spherical wave with Gaussian amplitude distribution on two infinitesimally thin and ideally reflecting screens with apertures on an optical axis is solved within the quasi-optical approximation. It is shown that when a Gaussian beam illuminates a bicomponent diffraction system with small Fresnel numbers in a near zone of the second screen, the effect of diffractive multifocal focusing of radiation is observed. In this case, the diffraction picture from the second screen in the focal planes represents the circular nonlocal bands of the Fresnel zones with a bright narrow peak at the center, whose intensity can exceed by six times the value of the incident wave intensity. The energy efficiency of diffractive focusing of Gaussian beams by the bicomponent diffraction system can be as high as 70%. The proposed diffractive method allows the focusing of the wide-aperture beams without using classical refraction elements such as lenses and prisms, and it is applicable to both low-intensive and high-power radiation.     

Diffractive Focusing of a Gaussian Beam

The problem of diffraction of a spherical wave with Gaussian amplitude distribution on two infinitesimally thin and ideally reflecting screens with apertures on an optical axis is solved within the framework of the quasi-optical approximation. It is shown theoretically and experimentally that when a Gaussian beam illuminates such a type of bicomponent diffraction system with small Fresnel numbers in a near zone of the second screen, the effect of diffractive multifocal focusing of radiation is observed. In this case, the diffraction picture from the second screen in the focal planes represents the circular nonlocal bands of the Fresnel zones with a bright narrow peak at the center, whose intensity can exceed by six times the value of the incident wave intensity. The energy efficiency of diffractive focusing of Gaussian beams by the bicomponent diffraction system can be as high as 70%. The diffractive method proposed allows the focusing of wide-aperture beams without using classical refraction elements such as lenses and prisms, and it is applicable to both low-intensity and high-power radiation.     

体全息光栅透镜的设计和应用

设计了一种新型的体全息光栅透镜, 在一块光学平板（体全息记录材料）内可以将输入光束产生横向传输并聚焦, 或对输入光点产生横传的准直. 它由一束平面波和一束球面波正交入射到光学平板上干涉形成的. 研究了该体全息透镜的光栅间距变化情况, 为设计和制备体全息光栅透镜及相关器件提供了理论依据. 基于两光束耦合波理论, 得到了该光栅透镜的耦合波方程, 近似计算了该透镜的衍射效率及其达到高衍射效率时透镜的最佳尺寸. 最后, 讨论了该透镜在集成光学等领域中的应用.     

闪耀光栅光强分布的一种求解方法

以反射式闪耀光栅为例,提出了一种根据多孔夫琅禾费衍射性质来计算闪耀光栅夫琅禾费衍射光强分布的方法,得到的结果和教材完全一致.     

Diffraction equations for weak scattering reflective surface

In order to investigate the surface roughness dependence of speckle patterns, the complex-amplitude distribution of the speckle field should be obtained first. In previous studies, most investigators have treated this problem using the Fresnel or Fraunhofer diffraction equation. But for a weakly scattering reflective surface, when the observation plane is not parallel to the object plane, the Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction equations become inapplicable. Therefore, a reflective surface diffraction model (RSDM) is formed. When the difference between the RSDM and the transmission aperture diffraction model (TADM) is considered, then a general diffraction equation is presented. Considering the variations of the near-field approximation caused by coordinate system rotation, the near-field diffraction equation is derived. By introducing the far-field approximation, the far-field diffraction equation is obtained. The physical meanings of factors in the new equations are interpreted. Comparisons between the Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction equations and the newly derived ones show that the former are just the special cases of the latter. Finally, an application of these new diffraction equations is proposed.     

Diffraction of a plane, finite-radius wave by a spiral phase plate

We derive analytical expressions containing a hypergeometric function to describe the Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction of a plane wave of circular and ringlike cross section by a spiral phase plate (SPP) of an arbitrary integer order. Experimental diffraction patterns generated by an SPP fabricated in resist through direct e-beam writing are in good agreement with the theoretical intensity distribution.     

不同2×2集束聚焦方式下高功率激光靶面光强分布特性

大口径高功率激光装置为提高激光靶面的光强强度, 通常采用2×2集束聚焦的模式进行打靶. 大口径楔形透镜是组成2×2集束聚焦系统的核心元件, 可分为二维离轴楔形透镜、一维离轴楔形透镜和非离轴楔形透镜3类. 为了获得理想靶面光强分布, 基于这3 类楔形透镜, 对比研究相应2×2集束聚焦系统下的靶面光强分布特性. 研究结果表明: 相比离轴楔形透镜, 采用基于非离轴楔形透镜的2×2集束聚焦系统时, 容易在激光靶面获得更窄的主瓣宽度、更强的峰值强度、更高的能量集中度. 研究结果对高功率激光靶场聚焦系统的配置选择有重要参考价值.     

红外系统后向反射光的光强研究

 根据衍射光学理论分析了红外系统后向反射光强的分布,反射区域可以分成近场传输区域、菲涅耳衍射区域和夫琅和费衍射区域。在菲涅耳衍射区域内,反射光斑中心光强是呈明暗变化的,反射光斑中心光强在0～1km内剧烈振荡,1～3km之间达到峰值,然后随传输距离的继续增加,反射光斑中心光强逐渐减小。在夫琅和费衍射区域内,光斑图像中央是亮光斑,周围环绕着明暗交替的圆环。     

Die paraxiale elektronenoptische Abbildung in Quadrupolsystemen auf wellenmechanischer Grundlage

The paraxial electron optical imaging in a system of quadrupoles on the wave mechanical basis. For a system of electrostatic round lenses and electrostatic and magnetic quadrupoles it was investigated, how the intensity distribution in any arbitrary plane may be found from the wave function in the object plane on the basis of paraxial and wave mechanical approximation. The paraxial wave mechanical imaging in electrostatic cylindrical lenses and in exact quadrupole lenses is contained as a special case.     

抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜聚焦性能的理论与实验研究

结合衍射理论和矩阵光学方法得出抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜的光学性能指标(包括其焦距的严格表达式、薄透镜近似的判定准则、透过率和有效孔径,以及极限聚焦光斑尺寸等).采用X射线深度光刻技术实际制作了PMMA材料抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜并给出了工艺测试结果.最后在北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)上,实际构建了基于3种不同结构参数的PMMA材料抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜的微束聚焦实验系统.并实际测试了其聚焦性能,均获得了良好的聚焦效果,给出实测结果并对实测结果进行了分析和讨论.     

Measuring the topological charge of vortex beams by using an annular ellipse aperture

We theoretically and experimentally investigate the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a vortex beam passing through an annular ellipse aperture. It is found that the pattern of the far-field diffraction intensity distribution exhibits some dark spots, which become clearer with increasing the value of the ellipticity factor of the annular ellipse aperture. The diffraction phenomenon is more obvious with increasing the value of the ratio of the inner long axis (or short axis) to the outer side of the annular ellipse aperture. The number of the dark spots in the Fraunhofer diffraction intensity distribution is just equal to the topological charge value of the measured optical vortex, and the centre of each dark spot is just a phase-singularity point. Based on this property, we can measure the topological charge of an optical vortex beam.