A three-spectrum method for accurate calibration of bi-plate zero-order retarder

A new spectroscopic method is proposed for the characterization of optical zero-order retarders. It is demonstrated that the retardance as well as the variation of the effective fast axis of a bi-plate zero-order quarter retarder （633 nm） can be obtained with high accuracy in a broadband wavelength range by taking spectra at only three independent angular orientations of the retarder. The calibration results excellently agree with theoretical models, indicating the new method could be used as a simple and reliable way for efficient self-spectral-calibration of optical zero-order retarders.     

Broadband achromatic phase retarder based on metal-multilayer dielectric grating

A new achromatic phase retarder based on a metal-multilayer dielectric grating structure is designed using the rigorous coupled wave analysis method and the genetic algorithm. The optimized phase retarder can maintain phase retardation around 90°from 900 nm to 1200 nm, and the maximum deviation is less than 4.5% while the diffraction efficiencies of TE and TM waves are both higher than 95%. Numerical analysis shows the designed phase retarder has a high fabrication tolerance of groove depth, duty cycle and incident angle. This achromatic phase retarder is simple in design and stable in performance, and can be widely used in optical systems.     

高精度消色差相位延迟器性能测试研究

基于偏振调制原理，搭建了一套测量菱体型消色差相位延迟器延迟量的实验系统.利用本系统对高精度消色差相位延迟器进行了性能测试，实验结果表明特殊角入射的高精度消色差相位延迟器的设计原理正确，具有良好的消色差性能.对该系统进行误差分析表明系统测量误差小于1%，具有较高的精度，能够满足菱体型相位延迟器性能测试的使用要求，具有实际使用价值. 关键词： 偏振 消色差 延迟器 高精度     

一种新的消色像全息术

本文从全息再现像的物像关系出发,对准像面情况下,像点随波长及参考光源扩展的变化进行了研究.阐明了利用散射线光源作参考光使全可见光范围内的像叠加在一起,产生消色像全息图的基本思想,并引入了消色像域的概念.考虑到点基元全息图尺寸及人眼瞳孔对成像光束的限制,白光再现时,可以获得清晰、明亮、具有一定景深和相当视场范围的消色再现像.     

A spatially coherent achromatic fourier transformer

A specific configuration is proposed wherein two zone plates combined with an achromatic objective permits to cancel the chromatic scale factor as broad-band illumination is used in the Fraunhofer diffraction process. The set-up acts as a wavelength-independent Fourier transformer yielding an achromatic diffraction pattern of any complex pupil. Experimental results are also presented and demonstrate the ability of the system to work over the visible spectrum.     

Methods of zero-order non-coherent filtering

Zero-order non-coherent optical filtering can be performed by subtraction of images recorded with two different filters. In this paper filters are studied which differ by the average phase of certain parts in the frequency plane. Band-pass and differentiation filters can be realized in that way.     

Terahertz achromatic quarter-wave plate

Phase retarders usually present a strong frequency dependence. We discuss the design and characterization of a terahertz achromatic quarter-wave plate. This wave plate is made from six birefringent quartz plates precisely designed and stacked together. Phase retardation has been measured over the whole terahertz range by terahertz polarimetry. This achromatic wave plate demonstrates a huge frequency bandwidth (upsilonmax/upsilonmin approximately 7), and therefore can be applied to terahertz time domain spectroscopy and polarimetry.     

Common-path achromatic rotational-shearing coronagraph

To suppress starlight for direct exoplanet observation, we propose a common-path achromatic rotational-shearing coronagraph (CP-ARC), which is an interferocoronagraph with an angular-adjustable field rotator. The CP-ARC aims to maintain unwanted detection of stellar light, which can be suppressed incompletely by interference because of the finite diameter of the star. Compared to the previous interferocoronagraph, which had a nonadjustable 180° field rotation, the proposed CP-ARC can improve the coronagraphic contrast by several orders if the CP-ARC is combined with medium or large telescopes where the companion-star separation is optically resolved by more than a few Airy radii. The CP-ARC is made robust against mechanical disturbances due to the common-path interferometer principle.     

An ideal achromatic fourier processor

Paraxial solutions for the dispersive lens powers that are needed to achromatize the image in a spatially-coherent achromatic Fourier processor are derived using diffraction theory. The operational features of a specific processor layout are illustrated with a paraxial ray trace.     

A quantitative measurement of binocular fusion for achromatic and chromatic colors

Optical Review - The stereo image consisting of an achromatic image and a chromatic image (mixed stereo pair) can be fused as a three-dimensional (3D) color scene by human observers. It is said...     

Design of liquid-glass achromatic zoom lens

Optical liquids are ideal materials for designing apochromatic lens due to their lower refractive index and higher Abbe numbers than those of the ordinary optical glasses. Based on the Buchdahl dispersion formula, the dispersion coefficient diagram of liquids and glasses is established. The liquid-glass combination lens(LGCL) with small secondary spectrum is obtained by calculating the combination structure with low dispersion liquid and glasses. The initial optical structure of the liquid-glass apochromatic lens(LGAL) can be obtained by replacing two glass lenses in an initial optical system with the LGCL. Using the multi-configuration optimization of ZEMAX, the liquid-glass achromatic zoom lens (LGAZL) can be designed by optimizing the LGAL. The LGAZL has an objective field of view ?63 mm–?57 mm, an image field of view 8 mm, a working distance 240 mm and the zoom range of focal length 75–85 mm. The chromatic aberration and the secondary spectrum of the LGAZL are all less than 3 μm in the whole zoom range.     

Nonuniform self-imaging of achromatic Talbot lithography

Achromatic Talbot lithography(ATL) with high resolution has been demonstrated to be an excellent technique for large area periodic nano-fabrication. In this work, the uniformity of pattern distribution in ATL was studied in detail. Two ATL transmission masks with ~50% duty cycle in a square lattice were illuminated by a spatial coherent broadband extreme ultraviolet beam with a relative bandwidth of 2.38%. Nonuniform dot size distribution was observed by experiments and finite-difference time-domain simulations. The sum of the two kinds of diffraction patterns, with different lattice directions(45° rotated) and different intensity distributions,results in the final nonuniform pattern distribution.     

Image formation with an achromatic interferometer

The imaging characteristics of an achromatic interferometer employing diffraction gratings are described.     

合成狭缝彩虹消色象全息术的研究

本文介绍一种二次曝光合成狭缝彩虹消色象全息术,详细地分析了点源全息图的结构、消色象的分辨率和景深.     

Numerical simulation of achromatic deflecting systems

A deflecting system formed by two parallel-plate capacitors on opposite sides of an optoelectronic element that alters the energy of a beam of charged particles, is calculated numerically. The conditions for correcting the chromatic beam spreading in the plane of the target are found. Good agreement with the results of an approximate analytical calculation is demonstrated. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 86–88 (December 1997)     

Fast switchable electro-optic radial polarization retarder

A fast and switchable electro-optic radial polarization retarder (EO-RPR) fabricated using the electro-optic ceramic Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3))O(3)-PbTiO(3) is presented. This EO-RPR is useful for fast and switchable generation of a pure cylindrical vector beam. When used together with a pair of half-wave plates, the EO-RPR can change circularly polarized light into any cylindrical vector beam of interest, such as radially or azimuthally polarized light. Radially and azimuthally polarized light with purities greater than 95% are generated experimentally. The advantages of using EO-RPR include fast response time, low driving voltage, and transparency in a wide spectral range (500 to 7,000 nm).     

宽角度反射式相位延迟器的设计

金属增强型反射镜在入射光非正入射的时候,两个不同的偏振态之间会产生不同的相移。利用最优技术设计了一种相位延迟器,其工作波长在640-670nm之间,入射角在40-50°范围内时,反射率>99%且相移为90°±20°。波长在670nm附近时相移对入射角不敏感。膜层厚度误差对相移影响最大。     

Elimination of zero-order diffraction in digital off-axis holography

A simple experimental method of eliminating zero-order diffraction in the reconstructed image of off-axis digital holography is presented. Holographic diffraction grating acting as a beam splitter, an off-axis holography system is formed. The holograms of object with different recording parameters are obtained by adjusting the reflecting mirror in the recording optical system to vary the incidence orientation of the object beam in CCD to introduce a phase shift. The zero-order image can be eliminated by numerically processing the holograms of object with different recording parameters. The theoretical analyses have been done in detail and the experimental results are also given. The zero-order image eliminated, the area of reconstructed image increases remarkably, the image quality can then be significantly improved and the better resolution obtained. The experimental results show that the method presented in this paper is feasible, simple in optical system and easy in operation and data processing.