自聚焦透镜列阵的设计原理与制造

讨论了自聚焦透镜及其列阵成像的规律.根据所需列阵的共轭距离,分辨率等确定单根自聚焦透镜的几何尺寸和光学参数,设计出复印机用的自聚焦透镜列阵.最后,对列阵的制造作了初步介绍.     

Development of three-dimensional microstructure processing using macroporousn-type silicon

The development of a micromachining technique for processing arbitrary structures with high aspect ratios in bulk silicon is presented. It is based on utilizing standard microelectronic processes and electrochemical macropore formation onn-type silicon in electrolytes containing hydrofluoric acid. This pore-etching technique allows us to produce very regular pore arrays with pore diameters and distances in the micrometer range and pore lengths up to wafer thickness. Samples with prefabricated pore arrays which differ in pore spacing, pore diameter and geometry are used as substrates for a micromachining process. The pores will facilitate the anisotropic etch profile which is required for the desired high aspect ratios although an isotropic etch process is used. Very deep microstructures with steep pore walls and aspect ratios of 10–15 are produced with this technique. It is shown that smaller pore array dimensions improve microstructure resolution.     

Arrays of Uniform Latex Spheres as Test Objects in Optical Microscopy

It is the purpose of this communication to illustrate the utility of regular arrays of uniform high polymer latex spheres (2-D crystals) as resolution test objects for the optical microscope. Such test specimen slides are easily prepared, inexpensive, and can be quite accurately characterized as to size of the spheres which make up the arrays. Through their use it was possible to experimentally verify the validity of the generalized form of Abbe' s rule (see Eq. (2)) for bright field microscopy. Similarly, it was possible to demonstrate that resolution in dark field microscopy is equal to and can sometimes surpass performance in bright field. Array test objects also hold great promise in the teaching of microscopy. The importance of proper micros topic technique and the difference between resolution and non-resolution, resolution and detection, and the effect of the wavelength of light on resolution are all easily demonstrated through the use of latex arrays.     

Bi2Te3/Sb超晶格纳米线的外延生长和热电测量

通过脉冲电沉积,外延生长出小单元长度的Bi₂Te₃/Sb超晶格纳米线.借助哈曼方法,测量了超晶格纳米线阵列的热电性能,330 K时的ZT值可达0.15.研究了Bi₂Te₃/Sb超晶格纳米线阵列器件的制冷或者加热能力,发现器件的上下表面的最大温差可以达到6.6 K.     

High-resolution beam steering using microlens arrays

Imaging or beam-steering systems employing a periodic array of microlenses or micromirrors suffer from diffraction problems resulting from the destructive interference of the beam segments produced by the array. Simple formulas are derived for beam steering with segmented apertures that do not suffer from diffraction problems because of the introduction of a moving linear phase shifter such as a prescan lens before the periodic structure. The technique substantially increases the resolution of imaging systems that employ microlens arrays or micromirror arrays. Theoretical, numerical, and experimental results demonstrating the high-resolution imaging concept using microlens arrays are presented.     

Microlens arrays for confocal microscopy

A new; high resolution measuring system based on confocal microscopy has been developed for the evaluation of microlens arrays; in particular for applications in confocal microscopy itself. Lenslet arrays for parallel scanning and processing in confocal microscopy were designed as phase-matched Fresnel lenslets and fabricated by direct laser writing. Replica arrays were produced by ultraviolet embossing and hot embossing techniques. Fabricated arrays with a numerical aperture of 0.28 exhibited near diffraction limited performance and a focal length standard deviation of 120 nm in a nominal value of 250 μm. The technique developed represents a convenient and powerful technique for the characterization of lenslet arrays in general.     

Nanolithography with an atomic force microscope

A lithographic technique, employing the vibrating tip of an atomic force microscope to mechanically pattern various materials such as photoresist, metals or semiconductors in the nanometre regime has been developed. We use this technique for the fabrication of etch masks as well as for the patterning of evaporation shadow masks.The tip quality has been found to be a crucial factor in the lithographic resolution. We therefore use ultra hard, amorphous carbon tips, which are prepared by electron beam deposition in an electron microscope. With these tips, additionally sharpened in an oxygen plasma, we now succeed in fabricating hole arrays with periods in the 10 nm regime. These hole arrays are transferred to the electron system of a GaAs–AlGaAs heterostructure, and the magneto resistance of such fabricated antidot arrays is discussed.     

A novel method to design sparse linear arrays for ultrasonic phased array

In ultrasonic phased array testing, a sparse array can increase the resolution by enlarging the aperture without adding system complexity. Designing a sparse array involves choosing the best or a better configuration from a large number of candidate arrays. We firstly designed sparse arrays by using a genetic algorithm, but found that the arrays have poor performance and poor consistency. So, a method based on the Minimum Redundancy Linear Array was then adopted. Some elements are determined by the minimum-redundancy array firstly in order to ensure spatial resolution and then a genetic algorithm is used to optimize the remaining elements. Sparse arrays designed by this method have much better performance and consistency compared to the arrays designed only by a genetic algorithm. Both simulation and experiment confirm the effectiveness.     

利用ICCD定位宇宙线来测量探测器时间分辨的方法研究

本研究采用双层150 mm×150 mm闪烁条阵列定位宇宙线的入射和出射位置. 阵列信号光使用波移光纤吸收传输,在ICCD相机前插入前置像增强器,使信号光延迟大于200 ns, 使ICCD可以由外部高速触发信号控制,有效记录随机触发事例.该宇宙线定位系统可以同时多点密集测量 通用探测器测试平台的时间分辨和闪烁光的渡越时间.该新方法与传统时间分辨测量方法相比提高了30倍以上 的效率.实验结果显示:时间探测器的时间分辨好于200 ps,满足通用探测器测试平台的设计要求.     

Three-dimensional imaging of direct-written photonic structures

Third-harmonic generation microscopy has been used to analyze the morphology of photonic structures created using the femtosecond laser direct-write technique. Three-dimensional waveguide arrays and waveguide-Bragg gratings written in fused-silica and doped phosphate glass were investigated. A sensorless adaptive-optical system was used to correct the optical aberrations occurring in the sample and microscope system, which had a lateral resolution of less than 500?nm. This nondestructive testing method creates volume reconstructions of photonic devices and reveals details invisible to other linear microscopy and index profilometry techniques.     

数字多波束声呐的一种内插算法

数字多波束声响的每一波束具有固定指向．为了在空间域得到较高的分辨力，减少声呐设计中的硬件开销，波束成形后的内插是十分必要的．本文基于抛物线三点与五点内插的原理，提出一种简单易行，精度较高的波束内插算法，并以直线阵和圆弧阵为例，说明这种算法的实现方法。实际计算机模拟结果表明，本文提出的算法可以改善多波束系统的指向特性，提高对目标的分辨精度．     

Improved viewing resolution of three-dimensional integral imaging by use of nonstationary micro-optics

We propose the use of synchronously moving micro-optics (lenslet arrays) for image pickup and display in three-dimensional integral imaging to overcome the upper resolution limit imposed by the Nyquist sampling theorem. With the proposed technique, we show experimentally that the viewing resolution can be improved without reducing the three-dimensional viewing aspect of the reconstructed image.     

Large depth-of-focus time-multiplexed three-dimensional integral imaging by use of lenslets with nonuniform focal lengths and aperture sizes

Conventional integral-imaging systems utilize lenslet arrays with fixed focal lengths and aperture sizes. We propose a time-multiplexed integral-imaging method that enhances both the depth of focus and the resolution of a three-dimensional image by displaying it with an array of lenslets with different focal lengths and aperture sizes. The nonuniform lenslet parameters (focal lengths and aperture sizes) for our method are calculated. Our theoretical analysis indicates that significant improvements in both depth of focus and resolution can be obtained with the proposed technique.     

Improvement of Image Spatial Resolution in Optoacoustic Tomography with the Use of a Confocal Array

The spatial resolution and size of the sensitivity area of tomographic systems are estimated by calculating sensitivity maps and spatial resolution maps in the image plane of complex arrays. The relation between the size of areas of high sensitivity and high spatial resolution for real-time oriented tomographic systems with confocal arrays is studied. It is shown that arrays with toroidal geometry significantly improve the diagnostic capabilities of optoacoustic and laser-ultrasound structural analysis of biological objects, rocks, and composite materials.     

High-efficiency arrays of any desired optical beams using modified grating-based elements

High efficiency grating-based diffractive elements were previously proposed in order to generate desired arrays of various optical beams. The elements enable us to generate a diversity of arrays of optical beams in desired shapes, so that the arrays produced by the method are homogeneous, uniform and lacking of unwanted higher diffraction orders. In this technique a modulated grating is used to restructure Fresnel zone plate or zone plate-based elements to get modified grating-based elements. To examine the method, a variety of rectangular arrays of optical spots and annular beams are created by the ordinary and modified elements. It is shown that the arrays generated by the modified elements are much more uniform than the same arrays produced by the ordinary ones. In addition to the uniformity of the arrays, the unwanted higher diffraction orders are also totally eliminated. This article exploits simulation and experimental studies in order to demonstrate the functionality of the proposed technique as a multi functional high-efficiency beam shaping.     

Photon emission from adsorbed C60 molecules with sub-nanometer lateral resolution

We present the first experimental demonstration of spatially resolved photon emission of individual molecules on a surface. A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) was used as a local electron source to excite photon emission from hexagonal arrays of C₆₀ molecules on Au(110) surfaces. Specifically, we show that in maps of photon emission intensities, C₆₀ fullerenes appear as arrays of individual light emitters 4 Å in diameter and separated by 10 Å. Comparison with simultaneously recorded STM images reveals, that most intense emission is detected when the STM tip is centered above a molecule. The results demonstrate the highest spatial resolution of light emission to date using a scanning probe technique.     

Fast calibration methods using cosmic rays for a neutron detection array

An overall irradiation and calibration technique was introduced and applied to a test scintillation detector array. An integral conversion method was used to reduce the nonlinearity of the time difference spectrum, and to improve the position determination especially for positions close to the two ends of a long scintillation bar. An overall position resolution of about 3.0 cm (FWHM) was extracted from the residual analysis method and verified by a direct measurement. Energy calibration was also realized by selecting cosmic rays at different incident angles. The bulk light attenuation lengths for the four test bars were also determined. It is demonstrated that these methods are especially efficient for calibrating large and complex detector arrays.     

Short-scan interferometric interrogation and multiplexing of fibre Bragg grating sensors

We describe an interferometric technique for the demodulation of serial fibre Bragg grating sensor arrays, yielding absolute measurement of the individual grating mean wavelengths. The composite beam reflected from the array illuminates a scanning Michelson interferometer but, in contrast to spectral measurement by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, our technique requires an OPD scan far shorter than the coherence length of the grating reflections. The technique is based on the high-resolution measurement of the phases of the complex analytic signals and of the relationship of these phases to interferometric delay. The analytic signals are derived via the Hilbert transform, allowing frequency domain filtering of individual signals within the signal processing. The technique has yielded a resolution of 0.007 nm for an OPD scan of 1.2 mm.     

Spatial smoothing for localized correlated sources – Its effect on different localization methods in the nearfield

The spatial smoothing (SS) technique has been proved to be effective in decorrelating coherent signals by restoring the rank of the signal covariance matrix R. Averaging the covariance matrices of subarrays of the original array, is a technique which increases the rank of the smoothed matrix R_SS. Algorithms like MUSIC or Capon, which rely on the use of the signal covariance matrix R and fail in the case of correlated sources, can be applied to scenarios with correlated sources after spatial smoothing.However, SS is most practically applied to uniformly spaced arrays or to arrays which have a translational symmetry.In addition the formulation is strictly applicable only to such farfield conditions, where the incoming waves are plane waves and the steering vectors to the sources of the different subarrays are identical. These conditions are not fulfilled in the nearfield.Spatial smoothing is now applied with an acoustic camera in the nearfield and it is shown that up to some limits this technique is applicable. Effects/limitations are studied using simulation and measurements with several Beamforming algorithms (MUSIC, Capon and Orthogonal Beamforming) are carried out.The results demonstrate the benefits of SS even in the nearfield up to some limits, which are given through the distance of the different subarrays in comparison to the spatial resolution of the Beamforming algorithm. Especially at lower frequencies SS in connection with MUSIC- or Capon-Beamforming give better resolution in comparison to D + S Beamforming.     

提高成像分辨率的远场多孔声全息方法

针对远场声全息成像分辨率较差的问题,提出多孔声全息方法。利用多个小型传声器阵列进行优化布置,可以有效地提高分辨率,达到等效大阵列的声场可视化效果。首先推导了空间多孔加窗对远场Kirchhoff衍射积分声全息带来的干涉叠加效应;然后对主瓣宽度和旁瓣高度进行了定量计算,阐述了多孔优化布置方法,实现了旁瓣抑制条件下的分辨率最优;最后利用双音箱实验,验证了多孔声全息的可行性和理论分辨率,证明了多孔声全息方法的有效性。研究表明,多孔声全息的干涉叠加方法可以有效提高远场测量的重建分辨率,多孔声全息的优化设计方法可以实现旁瓣抑制条件下的分辨率最优。