Scaling pseudo-Zernike expansion coefficients to different pupil sizes

Orthogonal polynomials are routinely used to represent complex surfaces over a specified domain. In optics, Zernike polynomials have found wide application in optical testing, wavefront sensing, and aberration theory. This set is orthogonal over the continuous unit circle matching the typical shape of optical components and pupils. A variety of techniques has been developed to scale Zernike expansion coefficients to concentric circular subregions to mimic, for example, stopping down the aperture size of an optical system. Here, similar techniques are used to rescale the expansion coefficients to new pupil sizes for a related orthogonal set: the pseudo-Zernike polynomials.     

利用泽尼克系数求取衍射光栅的分辨本领

光栅分辨本领检测设备的焦距通常达几米甚至十几米,采用直接测量法难度大、成本高,利用衍射波前间接求取光栅分辨本领是解决该问题的有效途径之一。在光栅光谱成像傅里叶变换理论基础上,建立了利用泽尼克多项式拟合系数求解衍射光栅分辨本领的归一化模型,揭示了光栅衍射波前与分辨本领的求取关系,提出了依据泽尼克多项式拟合系数求取衍射光栅分辨本领的新方法。根据该方法实测了一块衍射光栅的分辨本领,并与直接测量法进行对比测试。结果表明该方法误差小于4.42%,降低了分辨本领的测试难度,是衍射光栅分辨本领求取的有效手段,应用于ZYGO干涉仪等仪器中,通过简单的波前测试即可得到定量的衍射光栅分辨本领指标。     

自适应光学系统的模式法数值模拟

建立了利用模式法笃自适应光学系统进行数值模拟的理论模型，编制了计算程序，并与激光大气传输计算程序衔接起来，进行了大量数值模拟计算。首次发现：存在泽尼特多项式展开的最佳项数。大于一定项数的展开式的效果迅速变坏，竖排和斜排经特面式展开有类似的结果。文献中认为可以采用的１５项经特多项式展开的效果不好，最佳项数随着横向风速的增加而减小，在风速较大时最佳项数下的模范地结果稍好于直接斜率控制法的结果。     

Modal Description of Wavefront Aberration in Non-circle Apertures

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Orthonormal polynomials for hexagonal pupils

The problem of determining the orthonormal polynomials for hexagonal pupils by the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization of Zernike circle polynomials is revisited, and closed-form expressions for the hexagonal polynomials are given. We show how the orthonormal coefficients are related to the corresponding Zernike coefficients for a hexagonal pupil and emphasize that it is the former that should be used for any quantitative wavefront analysis for such a pupil.     

Eigenfunctions of Laplacian for phase estimation from wavefront gradient or curvature sensing

Modal cross coupling usually exists in wavefront estimation through Zernike polynomials. In order to cope with the problem, the eigenfunctions of Laplacian with Neumann boundary condition are proposed instead of Zernike polynomials to reconstruct phase from wavefront gradient or curvature sensing. It is proved theoretically that these modals can avoid modal cross coupling in both wavefront gradient sensing and curvature sensing. In wavefront gradient sensing, the coefficients of eigenfunctions of Laplacian can be obtained from the integral of the scalar product between the gradient of Laplacian's eigenfunctions and wavefront gradient signal. In wavefront curvature sensing, the coefficients of eigenfunctions of Laplacian can be calculated from the integral of the product of Laplacian's eigenfunctions and wavefront curvature signal. This approach is applicable on arbitrary apertures as long as eigenfunctions of Laplacian on apertures of arbitrary shape can be obtained.     

Method of reconstructing wavefront aberrations by use of Zernike polynomials in radial shearing interferometers

A novel method of reconstructing wavefront aberrations by use of Zernike polynomials for radial shearing interferometers is discussed. This method uses matrix formalism to calculate the Zernike coefficients of a wavefront under test and shows the validity of reconstructing an arbitrary wavefront aberration from an interferogram taken by a radial shearing interferometer. We also propose a new interferometer setup to determine the shape and the direction (concave or convex) of wavefront aberration in a single measurement.     

波面重构中非圆域Zernike正交基底构造方法

针对非圆域波面拟合中Zernike多项式失去正交特性、拟合系数交叉耦合的问题,提出非圆域Zernike正交基底函数构造方法。以圆Zernike为基底,采用Gram-Schimdt正交组构造方法,线性表出单位正交基底。通过构造不同遮光比环形光阑下的正交基底与环Zernike多项式进行比较,验证了此方法的正确性。然后采用圆Zernike多项式和构造的新基底对矩形光阑下的波面进行了拟合,从拟合残余误差、各项基底系数的稳定性、传递矩阵的条件数等分析,结果表明针对特定的非圆域构造的新基底可靠性和抗扰动能力优于圆Zernike多项式。此方法不需要具体求出基底的解析表达式,不同非圆域仅是正交化系数矩阵发生改变,为非圆域正交基底构造提供了一种新途径。     

基于主观式测量人眼波前像差的眼模型研究

通过主观式光线追踪波前像差测量方法得到用Zernike系数描述的人眼波前像差;在Gullstrand-Le Grand眼模型的基础上,引入用医用角膜地形图仪测量并用高次非球面函数拟合的实际人眼角膜形状数据,又引入角膜、前房及玻璃体厚度等个体化的眼结构参数;在光学建模软件Zemax中用所测Zernike系数建立评价函数,并对用Zernike矢高面描绘的晶状体表面进行优化.由此建立了个体化眼模型,并由此模型中可以计算得到与实际测量的波前像差值完全相同的各项Zernike系数值,从而可用于描述实际人眼的光学特性.     

曲率波前传感器探测高斯光束时的信号误差

曲率波前传感器已被用于天文自适应光学和光学度量等领域。在这些领域使用时都假设入射波前光强均匀,但这种假设与曲率传感技术的基本原理不一致。利用傅里叶光学理论,给出了光强不均匀情况下曲率波前传感器的曲率信号解析式,并利用光强均匀和不均匀情况下的信号表达式对探测高斯光束时的信号误差进行了数值分析。结果表明：曲率波前传感器探测高斯光束时存在一定误差,相位分布为4阶Zernike多项式时,误差最大,且阶数越高,误差越小;分区平均曲率信号误差较小,一般在10％以下。     

运用泽尼克多项式进行物面波前数据拟合

本文提出了一种运用泽尼克(Zernike)多项式的波前数据拟合方法.给出了离散点上正交多项式的构造并描述了具体计算步骤.可对待测物面低调制度点、散斑点、噪音及灰尘点区域进行波前数据拟合,通过一定阈值的设定,将误差点用掩模滤除并予以拟合.进一步提高了物体测量精度.     

由重构矩阵存储精度引起的波前重构误差的研究

 采用Southwell区域法波前重构模型对泽尼克多项式的前几项进行了波前重构的数值模拟, 研究了由重构矩阵存储精度原因而引起的波前重构误差。结果表明,对于前六项,以8Bit的数据精度来存储重构矩阵就能保证波前重构误差不超过1.0%,而对于具有更高阶的泽尼克多项式,比8Bit更高的数据精度不会使误差减小。对一个测量所得的波前进行了研究,所得结果和上述结论相符合。     

受大气湍流影响的光学波前模拟方法研究

介绍了模拟自适应光学系统中受大气湍流影响的光学波前的四种方法，即基于Zernike多项式的K—L函数展开法、小波法、Fourier法以及ARMA法。分析比较了四种方法模拟精度和速度。结果表明，前两种方法不论是精度还是速度上都比较好，更适合湍流波前的模拟。     

中心遮拦干涉图的圆泽尼克拟合对计算赛德尔像差的影响分析

从波像差的幂级数和圆泽尼克多项式展开理论入手,介绍了圆泽尼克多项式和赛德尔多项式之间的联系,理论上分析了圆泽尼克多项式在环域的相关性,着重讨论了以中心遮拦干涉图的圆泽尼克多项式拟合系数计算赛德尔像差系数的影响。对理论分析进行了实验验证,其结果与理论分析具有良好的一致性,并提出了一种简单直观的误差容限设定方法。研究表明,随着遮拦比的增加,赛德尔系数误差增加,其变化规律和被测元件的像差类型和大小有关。当遮拦比达到某一特定的阈值时,误差曲线将产生较大的变化,为了获得较准确的赛德尔系数,圆泽尼克拟合时应选择适当的阶数;当遮拦比继续增加时,为了计算出准确的赛德尔系数,拟合时应选择环泽尼克多项式。此外,遮拦比对赛德尔系数中畸变、像散的影响较弱,对彗差、场曲、球差的影响较强。     

环扇形分块主镜的波面拟合及重构方法研究

用有限元分析获得了环扇形分块主镜的镜面热变形数据,分别用圆域Zernike多项式和环扇域Zernike多项式对其进行了波面拟合,比较了用两种多项式的拟合精度。基于哈特曼-夏克波前传感器对由环扇形镜面热变形引起的畸变波前进行了模式法重构,分析了用上述两种多项式重构时矩阵条件数和测量误差对重构精度的影响。     

基于相位恢复的光学元件面形检测技术研究

利用标量衍射的角谱理论,研究了基于两幅光强分布的相位恢复算法,并将此算法应用到光波的波前及光学元件面形的检测中。实验研究了球面光波波前的相位恢复及面形检测,给出了恢复波前与理想波前之间的偏差,采用求Zernike系数的广义逆矩阵的方法,用程序实现了光学元件面形的Zernike拟合。     

Comparing seven spectral methods for interpolation and for solving the Poisson equation in a disk: Zernike polynomials,Logan–Shepp ridge polynomials,Chebyshev–Fourier Series,cylindrical Robert functions,Bessel–Fourier expansions,square-to-disk conformal mapping and radial basis functions

We compare seven different strategies for computing spectrally-accurate approximations or differential equation solutions in a disk. Separation of variables for the Laplace operator yields an analytic solution as a Fourier–Bessel series, but this usually converges at an algebraic (sub-spectral) rate. The cylindrical Robert functions converge geometrically but are horribly ill-conditioned. The Zernike and Logan–Shepp polynomials span the same space, that of Cartesian polynomials of a given total degree, but the former allows partial factorization whereas the latter basis facilitates an efficient algorithm for solving the Poisson equation. The Zernike polynomials were independently rediscovered several times as the product of one-sided Jacobi polynomials in radius with a Fourier series in θ. Generically, the Zernike basis requires only half as many degrees of freedom to represent a complicated function on the disk as does a Chebyshev–Fourier basis, but the latter has the great advantage of being summed and interpolated entirely by the Fast Fourier Transform instead of the slower matrix multiplication transforms needed in radius by the Zernike basis. Conformally mapping a square to the disk and employing a bivariate Chebyshev expansion on the square is spectrally accurate, but clustering of grid points near the four singularities of the mapping makes this method less efficient than the rest, meritorious only as a quick-and-dirty way to adapt a solver-for-the-square to the disk. Radial basis functions can match the best other spectral methods in accuracy, but require slow non-tensor interpolation and summation methods. There is no single “best” basis for the disk, but we have laid out the merits and flaws of each spectral option.     

Zernike多项式展开系数的时间相关性

 分析了受大气湍流扰动的光波波前在系统接收孔径上的Zernike多项式展开系数的时间相关性,在此基础上进一步分析了从不同方向到达系统接收孔径的光波波前整体倾斜之间的相关性,并给出了光波在水平均匀大气中传播时的结果。     

Adaptive optics for airborne platforms—Part 1: modeling

Adaptive optics systems mitigate the atmospheric turbulence-induced distortion of a propagating light wavefront. The use of adaptive optics entails the design of a feedback controller, which requires the development of a model of the plant to be controlled. In adaptive optics, the plant consists of the atmosphere through which light is traveling. Moreover, a distinct feature of the adaptive optics control application is the presence of random signals in the plant. In optics, Zernike orthonormal polynomials are commonly used as a basis set for the expansion of wavefront phase distortions. Due to the atmospheric turbulence-induced random nature of the underlying physical process, the spatial-temporal correlation functions of the Zernike polynomial phase distortion expansion coefficients must be evaluated if a proper stochastic model of the plant is to be developed and adaptive optics is to be employed. In Part 1 of this paper, these correlation functions are developed using a layered atmospheric model and calculations for the first few low-order Zernike modes are performed. Using these correlation functions, an underlying stochastic linear dynamical system, which is adequate for control design, is synthesized. This system models the plant and, in turn, provides the basis for the employment of advanced model-based control and estimation concepts in an adaptive optics system for an airborne platform application.