新型内反射旋光光学滤波器研究

基于氯酸钠晶体的各向同性和旋光色散特性,利用线偏振光以Brewster角内反射时P分量反射率为零的特性,研制出一种新型内反射旋光光学滤波器,该光学滤波器仅需采用单个偏振片,即可达到良好的滤波效果.利用Mueller矩阵对该滤波器的滤波特性进行理论分析以及实验测试,结果表明对含有532 nm和632.8 nm谱线的线偏振光,改变起偏器角度即可连续调制出射红、绿光的光强,当起偏器较初始位置旋转过133.36°和173.06°时,绿光和红光分别消光,绿光和红光的隔离度可达10 dB. 关键词： 光学滤波器 各向同性 旋光色散 偏振     

一种高精度偏振遥感探测方式的精度分析

检偏器的角度误差是影响偏振遥感探测精度的重要因素之一,是许多高精度定量化偏振遥感需要考虑的一个问题。在检偏器(0°,60°,120°)放置的测量系统中,当入射光偏振角接近于0°或180°时偏振测量易产生最大误差值,而偏振角接近30°,90°和150°时,偏振度的测量具有很高的精度;在检偏器(0°,45°,90°)放置方式中,偏振角接近45°的光束测量易具有最大误差值,而偏振角接近于0°,90°和135°时,角度误差对偏振度测量精度的影响很小。除了个别偏振角外,对高偏振度入射光束的偏振测量通常具有较大的偏振测量误差。因此,引进线偏振光的平均偏振度测量精度描述偏振测量装置的优劣,结果表明检偏器(0°,60°,120°)放置方式优于检偏器(0°,45°,90°)放置方式。     

Study of in-line single-mode optical fiber polarizer

The theoretical calculation method of multilayer metal-clad planar optical waveguide presented by Y. YAMAMOTO is greatly improved and transplant into the optical fiber and a suitable waveguide model of in-line single-mode optical fiber polarizer is set up to study its characteristics, the theorical analyses are in accordance with the experimental re suits. The polarizer whose extinction ratio is more than 30 dB at 0.633μm wavelength with an insertion loss of 0.5 dB is formed by grinding off the cladding on one side of a single-mode fibre and evaporating metal onto the polished durface in our Lab.     

Modification of the structure of bandpass reflection interference filters

Spectral properties of bandpass reflection interference filters, whose components represent interference transmission cutoff short-and long-wavelength filters, are studied. It is shown that the use of transmission cutoff filters provides a uniform suppression of background outside the transmission band of a bandpass reflection filter. A reflection filter becomes a virtually ideal polarizer for radiation incident on the surfaces inside a filter at angles of 35° and greater.     

White light interferometry test and analysis of LiNbO3 polarizer

White light interferometer can be used to measure the amplitude extinction ratio (ER) of polarizer and coupling distribution in fiber. A LiNbO₃ polarizer coupled with a polarization maintaining fiber and a silica planar waveguide at the two ends was measured using white light interferometer. According to the principles of optical coherence domain polarimeter (OCDP) technique, the test scheme is analyzed and presented to measure the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer with its apparatus proposed correspondingly. By analyzing the interference intensity, both the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer and its coupling crosstalk with optical fiber and waveguide are obtained. The results illustrate that the ER of a 5 mm-long LiNbO₃ polarizer is 71 dB and the crosstalk of the coupling points are around 40 dB. The results have good agreement with analysis.     

Ultrahigh 47-dB optical drop rejection multiwavelength add--drop filter using spatial filtering and dual bulk acousto-optic tunable filters

A new high-speed, ultrahigh cross-talk-suppression multiwavelength add-drop optical filter structure is demonstrated with two bulk acousto-optic tunable filters. With simple spatial blocks, an average -47-dB optical suppression is measured for the unwanted wavelengths at the filter output ports. The filter is tested for the three standard visible wavelengths, red, green, and blue, and demonstrates a switching time of 0.65micros and an average optical loss of 5 dB. Applications for this filter include multiwavelength switching applications such as wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communications.     

An ellipsometric method for the characterization of macroscopically heterogeneous films

In conventional compensating ellipsometry one usually measures a polarizer and an analyzer angle and computes from them two optical parameters of a layered structure, provided the individual layers are laterally homogeneous. In order to study a macroscopically heterogeneous thin layer with domains larger in lateral dimension than the wavelength of light, we suggest that furthermore the light intensity be measured at compensation. The additional light intensity, δI, exceeding the value for a homogeneous layer, results from the incoherent superposition of the light reflected from the different domains. From the polarizer and analyzer angles at compensation one obtains the arithmetical average of the optical single domain properties, whereas δI quantifies the heterogeneity, i.e. the relative areas of the domains and the differences in their optical thickness. In special cases this allows for the determination of the optical properties of the domains separately. The model is tested with films composed of two phases, the difference being a fatty acid bilayer of 5.6 nm in thickness. Applications of the model include the study of phase transitions in lipid monolayers.     

基于琼斯矩阵的FIR晶体光滤波器设计方法

FIR晶体光滤波器由夹在两个偏振片之间的N个厚度相同的晶片构成,设计过程中需要根据要求的频率响应求出各个晶体波片的光轴方向和输出端偏振片的通光方向.提出了一种基于琼斯矩阵的反向递推设计方法.FIR晶体光滤波器的琼斯矩阵是各个晶片以及偏振片琼斯矩阵的乘积,利用这一关系可以建立简单的反向递推关系,并计算出与输出偏振分量对应的正交偏振分量,通过迭代运算确定所有元件的角度参数.实例设计的结果与使用其它方法得到的结果一致,设计过程简单.     

法拉第效应实验中不同光强点对磁光调制器灵敏度的影响

通过实验验证马吕斯定律,并分别在消光位置与检偏器和起偏器偏振化方向夹角为45°的位置为检测点测量费尔德常数。通过分析实验数据及理论推导得出在检偏器和起偏器偏振化方向夹角为45°的位置时仪器的灵敏度最好。     

声光可调谐滤波器(AOTF)消色散设计

介绍了非共线声光可调谐滤波器的构成及基本原理,计算了非共线声光可调谐滤波器衍射出的±1级衍射偏振光的偏转角,采用在光路中添加光楔的方法补偿非共线声光可调谐滤波器晶体色散引起的图像漂移.分析结果表明使用TeO_2材料设计的光楔在楔角为7.6°的时候可以控制图像漂移在一个像元以内,并在400～900 nm的工作波段范围内满足稳定成像的要求.     

Unidirectional transmission realized by two nonparallel gratings made of isotropic media

We realize a unidirectional transmission by cascading two nonparallel gratings (NPGs) made of isotropic, lossless, and linear media. For a pair of orthogonal linear polarizations, one of the gratings is designed as a polarizer, which is a reflector for one polarization and a transmitter for the other; another grating is designed as a polarization converter, which converts most of one polarized incident wave into another polarized transmitted wave. It is demonstrated by numerical calculation that more than 85% of the incident light energy can be transmitted with less than 1% transmission in the opposite direction for linearly polarized light at normal incidence, and the relative bandwidth of the unidirectional transmission is nearly 9%. The maximum transmission contrast ratio between the two directions is 62 dB. Unlike one-way diffraction grating, the transmitted light of the NPGs is collinear with the incident light, but their polarizations are orthogonal.     

Retroreflection of light from nanoporous InP: correlation with high absorption

Pronounced retroreflection behavior is reported for a fishnet nanoporous strongly absorbing semiconductor material. Retroreflection appears along with diffusive specular reflection for all angles of incidence for light wavelength corresponding to interband optical transitions, where absorption coefficient is of the order of 10⁵ cm^?1 (green and red light). Retroreflection is apparent by the naked eye with daylight illumination and exhibits no selectivity with respect to wavelength and polarization of incident light featuring minor depolarization of retroreflected light. Retroreflection vanishes for wavelength corresponding to optical transparency range where photon energy is lower than the InP bandgap (1.064 μm). The phenomenon can be classified neither as coherent backscattering nor as Anderson localization of light. The primary model includes light scattering from strongly absorptive and refractive super-wavelength clusters existing within the porous fishnet structure. We found that retroreflection vanishes for wavelength where absorption becomes negligible.     

466 mW green light generation using annealed proton-exchanged periodically poled MgO: LiNbO3 ridge waveguides

We report high-power efficient green light generation by frequency doubling from a periodically poled MgO doped LiNbO(3) ridge waveguide. The ridge waveguide is fabricated by the annealed proton-exchanging and precise diamond blade dicing techniques. The ridge structure exhibits a surface roughness of only 3.7 nm, and near-90° vertical sidewall. The total insertion loss of an 8.5 μm wide and 1.4 cm long uncoated waveguide is 3.0 dB under direct fiber coupling. 466 mW of continuous-wave green light with an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 69.7% is obtained. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest green light output power reached to date using a ridge-type LiNbO(3) waveguide device. Phase-matching temperature shift, tuning curve distortion, and waveguide loss increase are observed under high power operation. Our analysis shows that the photorefractive effect and the green induced infrared absorption are responsible for the observed phenomena, which becomes prominent under several megawatt per square centimeter power density.     

Demonstration of sharp switching from a power-symmetric NOLM and a polarizer

We demonstrate theoretically, experimentally and numerically that a steep all-optical transfer characteristic can be obtained from a power-symmetric NOLM, including a quarter wave retarder and highly twisted fibre, followed by a polarizer. We first develop a theoretical analysis to show that, if the input polarisation is chosen linear, then for a correct choice of the wave plate and input polarisation angles the transmission grows from zero with a 4 dB/dB slope as power is increased, two times faster than can be obtained with a NOLM alone. An experimental study is then realised, which supports the theoretical results. Steep switching is demonstrated for reasonably low peak power levels that do not exceed 8 W, less than one third of the NOLM critical power. In addition, using the same setup we demonstrate the possibility to obtain a sinusoidal transmission characteristic that cancels out for a particular nonzero value of input power, which can be easily adjusted simply through rotation of the wave plate and output polarizer. This setup would be very useful in the frame of optical pulse shaping and signal processing applications, among others.     

双折射调谐器设计的等色图原理

提出双折射调谐器设计的等色图方法，给出原理。分析表明当晶片光轴处在以折射光线为轴线、顶角为４５°的圆锥面上时，双折射调谐器具有最快的波长调谐速率；当光轴位于过折射光线并与入射面成４５°或１３５°的平面内时，调谐器抑制非所需波长的能力最强。由此给出光轴相对晶片表面的两个优化取向，对石英晶片它们分别为１８．７１２°和５９．９２２°。文中还给出了三块晶片组合的调谐器的设计例子，对其调谐特性进行了简要的讨论。     

1.5μm Ti:LiNbO_3光波导TE_0模偏振器

在1.523μm波长He-Ne激光,对于Z切Ti扩散LiNbO_3光波导及其带有金属包覆/介质缓冲层的偏振器结构,理论上计算了单模波导的工艺参数和基模的吸收损耗系数.文中用TM_0模的共振吸收效应,在1.5μm波长首次研制成Ti:LiNbO_3光波导TE_0模偏振器.当器件长度为2mm和9mm时,其消光比分别为20dB和25dB.     

Synchronization of optical polarization conversion and scattering in chiral fibers

We demonstrate that polarization transformation and scattering in adiabatically twisted single-mode birefringent optical fibers is synchronized so that light in one evolving elliptically polarized mode is freely transmitted while orthogonally polarized light is scattered out of the fiber. Thus, linearly polarized radiation initially oriented along the fast axis of the untwisted fiber is transformed to circularly polarized light with the same sense of rotation as the twisted fiber and is scattered out of the fiber. When the fiber twist is first accelerated and then decelerated, the fiber becomes a broadband, low-insertion-loss, linear polarizer.     

Polarimetric method for the determination of the optical axis tilt angle at boundaries of a liquid-crystal layer

A polarimetric method is proposed to determine the tilt angle of the local optical axis of a liquid crystal at layer boundaries. The method is based on the measurement of the azimuthal polarization angles of light waves passed through a liquid-crystal cell or reflected from it. This method requires neither the knowledge of the refractive indices of a liquid crystal nor the homogeneity of the layer. The method can be applied in the whole range of tilt angles. Experimental data on the measurement of the tilt angles in cells assembled by the scheme of a prism liquid-crystal polarizer are presented.     

Design of Metal-clad Ti: LiNbO_3 Polarizer

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