海面太阳耀光背景下的偏振探测技术

为了实时抑制太阳耀光对海面目标探测的影响,基于偏振光学理论,设计并构建了一套偏振自适应滤波探测系统。本文介绍了偏振探测系统的功能和组成、偏振探测及背景抑制原理,并给出了该系统的光学设计结果;利用自适应偏振滤波探测系统,通过搭载望远镜跟踪试验平台,针对海上典型目标,开展了相关的偏振验证实验。实验结果表明:海面太阳耀光存在比较明显的偏振特性,采用常规探测手段,探测器极易出现饱和,而利用偏振探测技术则能够有效抑制太阳耀光的影响,进而实现目标的有效探测。     

Polarization ellipse and Stokes parameters of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam propagating through a polarization grating

An analytical propagation formula for the cross-spectral density matrix of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beam after propagating through a polarization grating is derived with the help of a tensor method. The statistics properties, particularly the degree of polarization, polarization ellipse and Stokes parameters, of the EGSM beam on propagation after passing through a polarization grating are studied numerically. Our results clearly show that the statistics properties of the EGSM beam on propagation are closely determined by the initial parameters of the EGSM beam and the parameter of the polarization grating. The polarization grating provides one way for modulating the polarization properties of an EGSM beam.     

反射式旋转对称光学系统中的偏振像差分析

为了控制反射式旋转对称光学系统中的偏振效应,对该类系统中的偏振像差进行了分析。在偏振像差理论的基础上,通过偏振光线追迹的方法,导出反射式旋转对称光学系统的偏振像差的计算公式,提出了反射界面产生的偏振像差的影响因子,对影响其偏振像差的因素进行了分析。实例分析结果表明,对于具有宽光谱、大入射角、大视场等特点的反射式旋转对称光学系统,要想提高其光学系统的性能,必须控制光学系统的偏振像差。提出尽可能减小入射角的大小,并通过薄膜设计减小偏振分离来降低系统中的偏振效应,是控制反射式旋转对称光学系统中的偏振像差的有效措施。     

Analysis of the Polarization Influence on the Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Transient Behavior

Abstract

We studied the erbium-doped fiber laser transient behavior dependence on the pump polarization state or on the cavity polarization eigenvalues. Several series of measurements are shown in which the changes in the transient laser response can be appreciated as the pump polarization state, or the cavity polarization eigenvalues are modified by means of polarization controllers. Results are fitted to a model considering polarization hole burning. It is shown that including this effect is fundamental for a correct erbium-doped fiber laser transient model. On the other hand, the validity of the model's fitting parameters under pump or cavity polarization changes is analyzed.     

SU(2)非自治系统中的互补混沌——加速器中离子极化的稳定性

利用SU(2)代数动力学方程研究了加速器中带自旋离子的极化对磁场的含时无规扰动的稳定性问题,发现低度极化的系统对磁场无规扰动十分敏感,而高度极化的系统对磁场无规扰动比较稳定;自旋守恒导致自旋纵向分量的无规涨落和横向分量的无规涨落存在着互补性.这一结果表明,在产生离子束极化的实验中,在离子束低度极化的前期阶段,磁场应具有较高的稳定性,而在离子束极化度较高的后期阶段,磁场的稳定性要求可以放松;自旋纵向分量的无规涨落和横向分量的无规涨落的互补性有可能用来做成稳定离子极化的负反馈.     

亚波长光栅的偏振闪耀特性

 使用琼斯矩阵的方法推导了连续结构亚波长光栅的衍射方程,给出了光栅衍射效率表达式,对偏振特性与衍射特性进行了研究。发现连续结构亚波长光栅仅存在３个衍射级,总衍射效率为100%,且衍射效率可在衍射级间任意分配,0级的偏振态与入射光的偏振态相同,±1级衍射光偏振态与入射光无关,－1级为左旋圆偏振光,＋1级为右旋圆偏振光。通过设置入射光偏振态与光栅相位延迟等参数,可使光栅具有闪耀特性,据此可用于设计高效偏振光分束器和偏振光开关。     

基于偏振模干涉的可变系数微波光子滤波器

基于偏振调制和光的干涉原理,设计了同时具有正系数和负系数特性的微波光子滤波器,并通过搭建实验模型证实了方案的可行性。利用偏振调制及光的偏振特性实现载波和一阶边带的正交偏振,并通过改变偏振调制器的偏置电压分别对载波和一阶边带引入相移。当载波和一阶边带的相位差为0或90时,利用保偏光纤快慢轴上两正交偏振光在同一偏振态上的干涉效应,分别对应实现具有负系数或正系数特性的微波光子滤波器。最后,测量并验证了0~15 GHz频率范围内滤波器的频率响应。     

基于谐振环的太赫兹宽带偏振转换器件研究

提出了一个基于谐振环结构的宽带且高效的太赫兹线偏振转换器.该结构由金属-电介质-金属三层构成,位于顶层的是基于开口谐振环的超表面,中间为介质层,底部为金属板.实验结果表明,该结构可以在0.59-1.24 THz频率范围内将线偏振的太赫兹波偏振方向旋转90°,转换率超过80%.通过计算该结构在所研究的频率范围内反射光的偏振角和椭圆角,证实了该结构可以在较宽的频率范围内实现高效的线偏振转换.对该结构在偏振转换率高的频率下表面电流和电场进行仿真,分析了高偏振转换率和宽带的机理.同时,研究了该结构的偏振转换率对入射角以及偏振角的依赖性,结果表明该结构在0°-30°入射角范围内、-10°-10°偏振角范围内均有很好的偏振转换性能.     

径向偏振调制对聚焦光斑匀滑及偏振特性的影响

基于标量衍射理论建立了光谱色散平滑（SSD)、随机相位板（RPP）和偏振匀滑（PS）联用的光束匀滑方案数值仿真模型。以斑纹对比度和偏振度为主要评价参量,利用该模型研究了径向偏振调制的匀滑及消偏振特性。研究表明,径向偏振调制可以有效降低聚焦光斑斑纹对比度和偏振度。使用半波片拼接方式产生近似径向偏振光时,拼接单元数对匀滑及偏振特性影响较小,8片拼接的匀滑效果已与理想径向偏振光几乎一致。对比分析了径向偏振调制、正交偏振调制和双折射楔三种PS方式,结果表明,由于三种PS方式本质上的一致性,光束的匀滑及偏振特性差别较小。     

Manifestation of anisotropic collisional generation of higher polarization moments in polarization of quadrupole emission

Direct observability of polarization moments of a higher order—octupole orientation of atomic angular momenta (κ=3) and their hexadecapole alignment (κ=4)—from polarization of quadrupole radiation is discussed. The case when atoms are excited through dipole absorption of light producing orientation or alignment of angular momenta with κ=1 or 2 and higher polarization moments are induced by collisions with a beam of particles is considered. It is shown that differences in the laws of transformation of polarization moments of various ranks κ in rotations of coordinate axes allow us to select the pure contribution of the higher polarization moment under study from the signal of polarization of quadrupole emission by excluding the contribution of orientation or alignment with κ=1 or 2. Optimum systems of coordinate axes for the observation of octupole orientation from circular polarization of light and for the observation of hexadecapole alignment from linear polarization of light, in which the pure contribution of the higher polarization moment under study to polarization of quadrupole emission reaches its maximum, are calculated.     

基于互补型偏振控制板的多光束叠加特性研究

为满足惯性约束聚变对靶面光场辐照特性的要求,提出利用互补型偏振控制板改变光束内部偏振态,实现多光束消偏振叠加,进而改善聚焦光场均匀性的方案.建立了光束通过互补型偏振控制板进行变换的物理模型,理论分析了互补型偏振控制板影响聚焦光斑偏振特性的原因,比较了互补型偏振控制板与非互补型偏振控制板对聚焦光斑偏振特性及均匀性的影响,并进一步讨论了偏振控制板单元数的选取问题.结果表明:多光束通过互补型偏振控制板后,聚焦光场不再是单一偏振光,而是各类部分偏振光的随机混合;与其他类型双块偏振控制板相比,互补型偏振控制板能实现聚焦光斑的消偏振叠加且效果最佳,使光斑偏振度下降至0.2以下,并能有效地改善光斑的强度均匀性.采用互补型偏振控制板时,单元数对聚焦光斑偏振特性影响不大,但对强度均匀性则存在一定程度的影响,因而在实际工作中应根据应用需求合理选取单元数.     

Polarization control in spun and telecommunication optical fibers

We consider the counterpropagating interaction of a signal and a pump beam in a spun fiber and in a randomly birefringent fiber, the latter being relevant to optical telecommunication systems. On the basis of a geometrical analysis of the Hamiltonian singularities of the system, we provide a complete understanding of the phenomenon of polarization attraction in these two systems, which allows to achieve a control of the polarization state of the signal beam by adjusting the polarization of the pump. In spun fibers, all polarization states of the signal beam are attracted toward a specific line of polarization states on the Poincaré sphere, whose characteristics are determined by the polarization state of the injected backward pump. In randomly birefringent telecommunication fibers, we show that an unpolarized signal beam can be repolarized into any particular polarization state, without loss of energy.     

基于偏振菲涅尔反射比分布的主动偏振成像目标辨别方法

由于偏振特性是材料自身所决定的物理特性,其偏振图像含有丰富的目标信息,利用偏振信息对目标进行识别一直是国内外目标探测领域的研究热点,而主动偏振成像较之被动偏振成像更具有信噪比高以及可控性好等优势。在详细分析了偏振菲涅尔反射比分布的理论基础上,提出了一种利用探测物体表面的偏振菲涅尔反射比的主动偏振成像方法。该方法在发射端将偏振方向正交的两种偏振态的光源交替照射到目标场景中,在探测端用分别装有两个偏振方向垂直的偏振片的CCD采集偏振图像。同时,将探测端架构在不同的探测方向采集目标经主动光源照射后的偏振数据,最后将这些数据传输到计算中心,通过最优化拟合技术反演出不同目标的光学常数,由于不同目标的表面材质不同,其反映出的光学常数就不同,从而达到辨识不同材质目标的目的。实验分别采用了仿真数据和实测数据来验证该方法的有效性。仿真实验显示,所提出的方法利用材料的光学常数对不同材料进行区分不仅是科学的而且更方便有效。实测数据进一步验证了该方法能够较好的恢复出目标的相关光学常数,尤其在区分金属和非金属材料方面表现突出,并且探测方法结构简单实用,在目标探测、伪装识别等领域中有较大应用前景。     

光源偏振度对光纤陀螺零漂影响的研究

以Y波导集成光学调制器保偏型干涉式光纤陀螺作为研究对象,根据各光学元器件的参数建立了各器件的琼斯矩阵以及光路传输模型,在此基础上进行了光路偏振误差的理论分析。通过推导,得到了保偏型干涉式光纤陀螺的偏振误差表达式,并首次分析了光源偏振度对光纤陀螺零漂的影响。借助光源尾纤输出的光谱,对由0%~3%之间呈线性变化的偏振度以及对经实验测试的光源偏振度的实际值引起的偏振模式耦合误差的零漂值进行了仿真计算。结果表明,当光路中其它参数不变时,由光源偏振度变化引起的零漂值为0.001°/h,满足了高精度光纤陀螺的精度要求。     

Mathematical principle and characteristics of polarization transform

The precise definition of polarization transform is proposed from the viewpoint of polarization domain transform for the first time. The mathematical principle, characteristics and physical meanings of polarization transform are analyzed. Two typical kinds of polarization transforms which are called unitary matrix polarization transform (UMPT) and diagonal matrix polarization transform (DMPT) are put forward. The gain property and the change property of polarization state distance are presented in detail. Thereby, the concept of serial polarization transform is proposed. A general polarization transform can be realized by two steps: changing the location of polarization states in polarization domain by UMPT; and expanding or compressing the density of polarization states by DMPT. The result is meaningful to many applications including polarization filtering, detection, enhancement, anti-jamming, discrimination and so on. Supported in part by the National Excellent PhD Dissertations Fund of China (Grant No. 08100101), the New Century Excellent Talents Fund of China (Grant No. NCET-04-0997), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60672033) and the Excellent PhD Fund of National University of Defense Technology (Grant No. B070401)     

利用偏振干涉成像光谱仪进行偏振探测的新方法

以往对干涉成像光谱仪的研究通常仅限于对光的干涉特性的利用,即由目标干涉图得到其光谱图,而忽略了其丰富的偏振信息.为了在利用光的干涉特性的同时还充分利用光的偏振特性,在原有偏振干涉成像光谱仪的基础上,结合现有的干涉成像光谱技术与偏振探测原理,提出了一种利用现有偏振干涉成像光谱仪获取探测目标的偏振参数(偏振度、偏振方位角等)的新方法,并对其精度误差进行了理论分析,证明了其不但具有较高的稳定性而且具有极高的测量精度.因此,若把以往的偏振干涉成像光谱仪看作是照相机与光谱仪功能的结合,则现在可以将之理解为成像仪、光 关键词： 偏振探测 偏振干涉成像光谱仪 Stokes参量 Savart偏光镜     

Modeling and simulation of polarization errors in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor

Sagnac fiber optic current sensor (S-FOCS) is a kind of optical interferometer based on Sagnac structure, optical polarization states of sensing light wave in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor are limited. However, several factors induce optical polarization error, and non-ideal polarized light waves cause the interference signal crosstalk in sensor, including polarizer, quarter-wave retarder, splice angular, birefringence and so on. With these errors, linearly polarized light wave in PM fiber and circularly polarized light wave in sensing fiber become elliptically polarized light wave, then, nonreciprocal phase shift induced by magnetic field of the current is interrupted by wrong polarization state. To clarify characteristics of optical polarization error in fiber optic current sensor, we analyze the evolution process of random optical polarization state, linear optical polarization state and circular optical polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor by using Poincare sphere, then, build optical polarization error models by using Jones matrix. Based on models of polarization state in Sagnac fiber optic current sensor, we investigate the influence of several main error factors on optical polarization error characteristics theoretically, including extinction ratio in polarizer, phase delay in quarter-wave retarder, splice angular between quarter-wave retarder and polarization maintaining fiber. Finally, we simulate and quantify nonreciprocal phase shift to be detected in fiber optic current sensor related with optical polarization errors. In the end, we demonstrate S-FOCS in test. The results show that transfer matrix errors are induced by inaccurate polarization properties during polarization state conversion, then, the stability and accuracy of the S-FOCS are affected, and it is important to control the polarization properties at each step of the polarization state conversion precisely.     

Investigation of the near field distribution in circular nanostructures using Stokes polarization states

In this paper, the near field distribution patterns formed from nanostripe corral and half spiral are investigated. Various near field distribution patterns are generated owning to the interference of propagating surface plasmon waves that emerged from the nanoslits or nanostripe. The half spiral nanoslits are illuminated with Stokes polarizations. Each polarization state shows a different field pattern at different locations on the surface of metal film. This is due to the excitation of surface plasmon waves at different parts of the nanostructures when illuminated with different types of polarization states. The same Stokes polarization states are also illuminated on a nanostripe corral structure. In this case, dipolar field distributions are observed when illuminated with different linear polarization states, while optical vortices are observed for circular polarization. It is believed that these interesting field patterns due to different arrangements of nanostructures could be used for near field imaging and polarization sensing.     

Polarization properties of thick anisotropic diffraction holograms recorded with infrared-polymerizable media

The polarization properties of thick anisotropic holographic gratings are studied theoretically and experimentally. The dependences of the diffraction efficiency, ellipticity, and polarization orientation of the diffraction beam on the azimuth angle of polarization of an incident Bragg beam are derived. The experimental data are shown to agree well with the analytical calculations. It is found that the diffraction characteristics can be controlled in a wide range of incident polarization.     

Degree of polarization for single-photon beam in a turbulent atmosphere

The polarization fluctuations of single-photon beam propagation through the slant path turbulent atmosphere are studied. The Stokes operators and the degree of polarization of single-photon beam in a turbulent atmosphere are obtained. It is shown by analytical calculations, that the quantum degree of polarization of linearly polarization light is a decrease function of the atmospheric turbulence strength and the propagation distance for lower detection photon number.