LiKSO4单晶体内体位相光栅引起的光衍射现象

本文报道光通过LiKSO₄单晶体产生的有规律性的衍射现象,衍射环和衍射带。观察了不同实验条件对衍射现象的影响,可以肯定这些现象是波矢k垂直于c轴的体位相光栅所产生。伴随衍射环内外各出现副环的来源尚未能理解。 关键词：     

Direct observation of signal evolution of slow and fast light in media with saturated and reverse saturated absorption

Recently, many researchers had reported their work about sub- and superluminal propagation. And several experiments had demonstrated the signal evolution of slow and fast light. In this letter, the authors described a simple experiment for the tracing of the light signal in saturated absorption (SA) and reverse saturated absorption (RSA) media, firstly. We had, directly, observed the evolution of slow and fast signals with different waveforms that traveled in a ruby crystal and C₆₀. Through tracking the signal when slow light (v _g ≪ c) and fast light (v _g<0) was observed in a ruby crystal and C₆₀, we concluded that asymmetrical absorption on the periodical signal could account for the generation of slow and fast light in SA and RSA media.     

A neat semi-Gaussian laser beam with no diffraction fringes: Theoretical analysis

We propose a simple optical device to convert a Gaussian laser beam into a neat semi-Gaussian laser beam without any diffraction fringe by using a spatial light modulator and a thin, sharp blade, and numerically calculate the diffracted, relative intensity distributions of both the semi-Gaussian laser field and the semi-Gaussian, pseudo-thermal light. We also study the dependence of the border width of the semi-Gaussian beam on the waist of the Gaussian beam. Our study shows that the proposed scheme can be used to cancel all diffraction fringes from both the straight edge of the blade and a finite lens aperture in all the planes vertical to the z axis and obtain a neat semi-Gaussian beam without any diffraction fringe, and find that the border width w_B of the generated semi-Gaussian beam is not dependent on the waist of the incident Gaussian beam.     

向列相液晶中弱光引致各向异性衍射图样的研究

研究了弱线偏振光(≈0.16 W/cm²)通过垂直排列C₆₀掺杂的向列相液晶(5CB)薄膜的远场衍射图样.基于取向光折变机理,二波耦合使液晶分子进行二次取向之后,强度为高斯分布的光束通过样品时将形成高斯分布的空间电荷场,偏振光束通过样品时将产生偏振衍射图样.衍射图样的轮廓是同心圆环,在垂直于光的偏振方向有对称缺口.改变入射光的偏振方向可以看到衍射图样也随之改变, 有效非线性折射率系数n₂≈0.3cm²/W 关键词： 向列相液晶 取向光折变效应 自相位调制 衍射图样     

利用共振辐射压力获得准单一速度原子束

报道了利用行波场的共振辐射压力获得准单一速度原子束的实验研究结果，并进行了理论分析。实验上利用斜入射失谐为－１００ＭＨｚ行波光场共振作用原子束可使准单一速度原子束偏转１．７ｍｍ，速度宽度小于５８ｍ／ｓ。     

碱性品红光致聚合物薄膜的光致光衍射

本文研究了全息存储实验中以波长532 nm的半导体激光器作为记录和读出光源,碱性品红作为光敏剂的丙烯酰胺基光致聚合物薄膜的光致光衍射现 象.它可以考虑为透过全息干涉条纹的原始入射光和反射光,与来自光聚物中未曝光的不均匀表面和内部的散射光四波混频的结果.根据简并四波混频理论中的位相匹配条件对双光束全息写入时产生的衍射光锥,以及单光束辐照复现时产生的衍射光锥现象分别做出了理论解释;并且利用全息散射理论结合三角学知识对入射光的入射角与衍射光锥的锥角的依赖关系进行了深入讨论. 关键词： 全息 光致聚合物 衍射光锥 碱性品红     

反射式液晶空间光调制器电控光束偏转

为获得较大的光束电控偏转范围,使用空间分辨力高达8 m的反射式液晶空间光调制器实现了对入射632 nm激光的电控偏转。利用双光束共焦干涉方法测量了液晶空间光调制器的电控相位延迟特性,最大相移量可达3。根据二元光学理论和器件的电控相位延迟特性,设计了周期台阶相位模式和相应的加载灰度图,以最大衍射效率实现对入射光束的闪耀电控偏转。结果表明:相位模式台阶数为8时,可以实现10 mrad的光束偏转,闪耀级次衍射效率可达46%。利用二元光学的衍射模型对影响衍射效率的关键因素进行了分析,认为器件较低的填充因子和周期台阶模式相位重置点诱导的指向矢回程区是限制光束衍射效率的主要因素。     

光束通过碘酸钾单晶产生的衍射花样及其与相变的依存关系

实验观察到了激光束通过KIO₃单晶时产生的偏振态改变90°的衍射带和衍射斑。研究了从室温到240℃温度范围内衍射光强随晶体温度的变化,当T=72℃时衍射光强突然急剧增加,T=212℃时衍射光强几乎减小到零,T>212℃时观察不到衍射光,72℃和212℃分别与有关文献报道的KIO₃的两个相变温度相同。 关键词：     

The origin of the super-resolution via a nonlinear thin film

In laser applications, resolutions beyond the diffraction limit can be obtained with a thin film of strong optical nonlinear effect. The optical index of the silicon thin film is modified with the incident laser beam as a function of the local field intensity n(r)∼E²(r). For ultrathin films of thickness d?λ, the transmitted light through the film forms a profile of annular rings. Therefore, the device can be related to the realization of super-resolution with annular pupils. Theoretical analysis shows that the focused light spot appears significantly reduced in comparison with the diffraction limit that is determined by the laser wavelength and the numerical aperture of the converging lens. Analysis on the additional optical transfer function due to the thin film confirms that the resolving power is improved in the high spatial frequency region.     

二维机械准直器准直光束的衍射

把入射光作为从不同方向入射的空间光,应用傅里叶光学的方法分析了通过机械准直器中一组不同间距的栅格挡光片的物理过程。建立了准直光束的理论计算公式,给出了采用数值方法精确计算准直光束的主要步骤和计算中应注意的问题,计算了空间频率分布。对于从各方向入射的光辐射,证明了机械准直器的准直性能,对于平行光入射,计算了通过机械准直器的光辐射衍射,衍射超出了准直器的几何阴影区,得到了准直光束空间频率的二维分布图形。与国外一维的方法相比,该方法更准确、快捷,计算结果与实验数据比较,更接近实验结果。     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DIFFRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF WAVELENGTH-SIZED SINGLE GROOVE IN Si-Si3N4 SUBSTRATE

Experimental results are presented for the diffractive properties of wavelength-sized single groove in Si-Si₃N₄ substrate. The experimental results show that the diffraction of wavelength-sized single grooves in a non-perfectly conducting material is more complex than that of perfectly conducting material. The diffraction intensities change with the change of polarization angle of the incident light. The diffraction intensities for TM polarization light are larger as the groove width is larger. The diffraction intensities of TM polarization light decrease gradually and that of TE polarization light increase gradually when the groove width is close to the wavelength of the incident light. The variations of diffraction intensities are quite different not only for various grooves with different widths but also for different diffraction angles for the same groove. Although the intensity variation of each diffraction order has a very regular sinusoidal dependence on the polarization angles of the incident light, the variation phase of each diffraction order is not all the same.     

Two-dimensional light diffraction from thin opal films

This paper reports on experimental and theoretical investigations of light diffraction from thin films of synthetic opal. The diffraction patterns have been studied visually and recorded in different scattering geometries with the films illuminated with white unpolarized light. The diffraction pattern obtained with the film illuminated with a light beam along the [111] axis, which is normal to the film surface, has C ₆ symmetry and consists of six strong reflections arranged symmetrically with respect to the incident beam. This pattern becomes substantially more complicated when the film is illuminated by white light at an arbitrary angle to the [111] axis. An experimental study of the spectral response and angular relations of the diffraction patterns has established a fairly full pattern of transformation of diffraction reflections obtained under variation of the angle of light incidence on an opal film. The remarkably good matching of experimental and calculated data provides compelling evidence for light diffraction from thin opal films being two-dimensional.     

Shaping of focal field with controllable amplitude,phase, and polarization

We propose a method for configuring the distribution of amplitude, phase, and polarization in the focal region of vector beams. The polarization and phase of incident beam is spatially tailored so that it can produce a focal field that has elaborately prescribed shapes. Our work focuses on the design of a special focus structure with two oval rings, wherein a phase gradient and polarization gradient exist in the inner and outer rings, respectively. The incident light yielding the desired focal field is determined based on an iterative scheme involving vectorial diffraction calculations and fast Fourier transforms. Simulations and experiments demonstrate the generation of a focal field with phase and polarization gradients, which may find applications in optical manipulation.     

Mutually pumped phase conjugate mirror using cross polarized photorefractive coupling

This paper presents a new proposal for a mutually pumped phase conjugate mirror (MPPCM) using cross polarization. In the cross polarized MPPCM, two light beams, whose polarizations are orthogonal to each other, incident on a photorefractive crystal, causing photorefractive interaction to generate phase conjugate waves with an orthogonal polarization to an incident beam. The use of Ar⁺ laser and BaTiO₃ crystal in an experiment for the cross polarized MPPCM found that diffraction efficiency for an extraordinary beam is about 20%. As opposed to a conventional parallel polarized MPPCM in which the use of a beam splitter is required to separate a diffraction beam, the cross polarized MPPCM can efficiently extract phase conjugate waves by means of a polarized beam splitter, demonstrating the advantage of substantially improved efficiency.     

Bragg diffraction of light in synthetic opals

Three-dimensional light diffraction from the crystal structure, formed by closely packed a-SiO₂ spheres of submicron size, of samples of synthetic opals was visualized. The diffraction pattern of a monochromatic light beam was established to consist of a series of strong maxima whose number and angular position depend on the wavelength and mutual orientation of the incident beam and the crystallographic planes of the sample. The diffraction patterns were studied under oblique incidence on the (111) growth surface of the sample and with light propagated in the (111) plane in various directions perpendicular to the sample growth axis. The spectral and angular relations of diffracted intensity were studied in considerable detail in both scattering geometries. The experimental data are interpreted in terms of a model according to which the major contribution to the observed patterns is due to Bragg diffraction of light from (111)-type closely packed layers of the face-centered cubic opal lattice. The model takes into account the disorder in the alternation of the (111) layers along the sample growth axis; this disorder gives rise, in particular, to twinning of the fcc opal lattice.     

基于亚波长偏振光栅的偏振光分束器设计

利用琼斯矩阵和矢量傅里叶系数方法分析了二元亚波长偏振光栅的偏振特性和衍射效率,并给出了相应的数学解析式.研究发现,通过入射光的偏振可以控制不同衍射输出级的偏振态,且0级输入偏振态与输出偏振态始终相同,而其它级次除线偏光外都与入射偏振态相反.当二元亚波长偏振光栅的位相延迟分别设置为0.62π和π时,可以将二元亚波长偏振光栅设计为1→3或1→2的偏振光分束器,且分束器具有衍射效率高、宽带宽、对入射角的变化不甚敏感的特点.     

圆柱体的空间圆锥光反射、折射与衍射

用准直或会聚激光束倾斜照射圆柱体时,其反射光、透射光(柱体透明时)、衍射光(柱体较细时)的叠加将形成以光束入射点为顶点的空间圆锥形光面(空间光锥),并且在垂直于柱体轴线方向的观察平面上投影成一圆形光环.空间光锥的形成与所选圆柱体材料及其粗细无关,只要其表面具有一定反射能力即可.空间光锥的锥角等于入射光束主光轴与圆柱体轴线夹角的2倍,与圆柱体和照射光束的直径大小及光波长无关.给出了对光纤及不同直径大小的玻璃和金属圆柱体的实验观察结果,并利用矢量图解法对其进行了详细地理论分析.进而得出,通常所谓单丝衍射图样,实际上是细丝的衍射和其表面的反射光场的叠加图样,对于透明细丝,还包括其透射光场的贡献.圆柱体的这种空间圆锥光反射和衍射原理有可能用于光束定位、成形、表面检测以及三维面形测量等 关键词： 圆柱体 空间光锥 投影光环     

Effect of the spatial structure of an acoustic field on Bragg’s acoustooptic diffraction under strong acoustic anisotropy conditions

Bragg’s acoustooptic diffraction in an acoustically anisotropic medium is considered taking into account the two-dimensional spatial diffraction structure of the acoustic beam. The conditions are determined under which reverse transfer of optical power from the diffracted to the transmitted beam in the regime of 100% efficiency of diffraction is considerably suppressed. It is shown that this effect is due to diffraction bending of wave fronts of the acoustic beam in the acoustooptic diffraction plane. The problem of optimization of the piezoelectric transducer size and the spatial position of the input light beam is solved using the criterion of the minimal required power of the acoustic field. The results of simulation in a wide range of the acoustooptic interaction parameters for a Gaussian light beam are reported. The correctness of the model is confirmed experimentally. Recommendations for designers of acoustooptic devices are formulated.     

Structure modification of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite by Ar plasma beam scanning at different incident angles

The surface of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) was modified by Ar plasma beam scanning at a controllable angle of incidence. The characteristics of plasma modified HOPG were investigated by atomic force microscope (AFM), micro-Raman, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), and grazing incident angle of X-ray diffraction (GIAXRD). A smooth surface of HOPG can be obtained by adjusting the incident angles of Ar plasma beam scanning. The surfaces of HOPG become smoother with increasing angle of incidence after Ar plasma beam scanning. Raman spectra indicate that the plasma beam scanning breaks the hexagonal structures of sp² C=C bonds near the surface of HOPG. The broken hexagonal network structures can form C–O bonds that increase the amount of oxygen on the surface of HOPG, supported by C_1s and O_1s XPS spectra. GIAXRD data support that the co-existence of both crystalline structures of 2H and 3R in HOPG. The carbon bond breaking in 2H and 3R is different and depends on the angle of incidence. Most broken carbon bonds form damaged aromatic rings near the surface of HOPG.     

Pb2CrO5 photovoltaic device for the detecting light-beam position

A light position detector operating through a photovoltaic effect of a Pb₂CrO₅ ceramic disk with a pair of Au planar electrodes is investigated. A fabrication technique and the basic characteristics of the photovoltaic device for position detection are described. A peak photovoltage is obtained around the edge of the electrode for an incident light beam. The incident light beam shape and the electrode pattern are important factors for obtaining a linear relation between the light-beam position and the output signal from the device. A device fabricated for detecting one-dimensional light position has a high position resolution of 0.5 m and a good linearity of ±2 m or less. A two-dimensional device can be fabricated in the same way as the one-dimensional device, except for the electrode pattern. A method for two-dimensional light position detection using a Pb₂CrO₅ photovoltaic cell is demonstrated for a green LED as a light source.