Analysis of a combined tip-tilt and deformable mirror

A deformable mirror mounted on a two-axis tilt platform can provide wavefront compensation at a single location in an adaptive optics system, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of optical components in the system and in a simplification of the alignment. However, the moment of inertia of a deformable mirror is significantly different from that of the monolithic mirror commonly mounted on a tilt platform. We report on what are to our knowledge the first experimental results of mounting a microelectromechanical deformable mirror onto a fast steering platform and the first observation that at low operating frequencies high-order deformation of the deformable mirror membrane was not recorded.     

Fourier optics analysis of grating sensors with tilt errors

Dynamic diffraction gratings can be microfabricated with precision and offer extremely sensitive displacement measurements and light intensity modulation. The effect of pure translation of the moving part of the grating on diffracted order intensities is well known. This study focuses on the parameters that limit the intensity and the contrast of the interference. The effects of grating duty cycle, mirror reflectivities, sensor tilt and detector size are investigated using Fourier optics theory and Gaussian beam optics. Analytical findings reveal that fringe visibility becomes <0.3 when the optical path variation exceeds half the wavelength within the grating interferometer. The fringe visibility can be compensated by monitoring the interfering portion of the diffracted order light only through detector size reduction in the expense of optical power. Experiments were conducted with a grating interferometer that resulted in an eightfold increase in fringe visibility with reduced detector size, which is in agreement with theory. Findings show that diffraction grating readout principle is not limited to translating sensors but also can be used for sensors with tilt or other deflection modes.     

基于神光Ⅲ原型的双轴速度干涉仪

在激光惯性约束聚变研究中不对黑腔和靶丸做额外处理的条件下,靶丸的早期驱动对称性一直缺少直观的观测手段.介绍了基于神光III原型装置发展的双轴任意反射面速度干涉仪技术及相应的实验结果.通过在靶丸内部安装小反射镜的方式,获得靶丸赤道及极区的冲击波速度历程.根据材料的反射率及其受X射线的影响程度,确定Al为现阶段反射镜的合适材料.对汇聚几何效应下的数据判读问题进行了分析,发现靶装配精度对该技术的影响很大.通过实验完成了双轴VISAR诊断技术的探索,可为进一步发展双轴速度干涉仪和多轴速度干涉仪的工作提供参考.     

Multiplexed fiber Fabry-Perot temperature sensor system using white-light interferometry

A novel monitoring system for a fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) temperature sensor has yielded a resolution of 0.013 degrees C (0.0025 fringe). Light from a broadband source passes through a scanned Michelson interferometer and is reflected from a FFPI to produce a fringe pattern, the temporal position of which is proportional to a change in the optical length of the fiber interferometer. A second Michelson interferometer with a distributed-feedback laser source is used to correct for variations in the translation rate of the motor-driven scanning mirror. Coherence multiplexing of three such sensors has also been demonstrated.     

地平式离轴扩束光学系统装调技术

为实现地平式离轴扩束光学系统的高精度装调,利用4D干涉仪加装平面镜头配合标准平面镜实现自准直检测,并针对实际使用过程中镜筒需要绕俯仰轴旋转的问题,提出一种动态检测方法。根据实际装调结果,建立空间直角坐标系,利用旋转过程中光斑最大偏离量计算二轴正交误差。装调结果表明,采用自准直检测及动态检测方法,主镜面形精度为0.028 8λ@632.8 nm,系统波像差RMS为0.131λ@632.8 nm,二轴正交误差为2.06″。     

Shack-Hartmann波前传感器非零位在轴检测离轴非球面反射镜

在离轴非球面反射镜研磨后期和粗抛光阶段,被测反射镜面形与理想面形存在着较大的偏差,表面反射率较低,采用干涉测量会因局部区域干涉条纹过密或条纹对比度过低,造成普通干涉仪无法进行全口径测量,而普通接触式轮廓仪测量精度此时已经不能满足加工要求。鉴于Shack-Hartmann波前传感器较大的动态范围和较高的测量精度,提出了采用Shack-Hartmann波前传感器非零位在轴检测离轴非球面面形,研究了该方法的检测原理并搭建了检测系统,分析了系统误差来源,并制作了用于在轴检测离轴非球面的参考波前,对两个不同加工精度的离轴非球面反射镜进行了测量,并与干涉仪的测量结果进行了对比。对比结果表明,Shack-Hartmann波前传感器的测量结果是正确可靠的,并且可以弥补轮廓仪测量和干涉仪测量的不足,从而证明了采用Shack-Hartmann波前传感器在轴检测离轴非球面的可行性和正确性。     

卡塞格林系统装调过程中高精度测角方法

为了能够准确测量同轴三反相机中次镜的倾斜量变化,提出一种新的角度测量方法,即用大口径干涉仪与经纬仪相结合进行测量。以主镜为测量基准,两镜相对倾角较小时,使用大口径干涉仪同时测量两镜的干涉条纹,相对倾斜角度过大时次镜无干涉条纹,加入一台经纬仪分别自准直于干涉仪和次镜,间接测量两镜相对夹角。通过模拟计算与实验验证表明,对于次镜组件倾角测量误差可以控制在0.5″以内。结果表明,该检测方法具有通用性强,测量精度高等特点,克服了传统检测方法测量精度不足的问题。     

Ring fibre laser with interferometer based in long period grating for sensing applications

This work presents two distinct configurations based on phase-wavelength conversion using a ring fibre laser with two different long period gratings interferometer topologies. The sensors are interrogated by analysing the wavelength change of the emission laser, which is directly dependent on the interferometer phase change. The first configuration integrates a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, which is based on a pair of long period gratings and is used as sensing head for bending radius and longitudinal strain measurement. The second configuration, comprehends a Michelson interferometer, which is based on a single LPG and a fibre end mirror and is used as a liquid level sensor or as an optical refractometer.     

Programmable imaging with two-axis micromirrors

We demonstrate a means of creating a digital image by using a two-axis tilt micromirror to scan a scene. For each different orientation we extract a single gray scale value from the mirror and combine them to form a single composite image. This allows one to choose the distribution of the samples, and so in principle a variable resolution image could be created. We demonstrate this ability to control resolution and projection by constructing a voltage table that compensates for the nonlinear response of the mirrors to the applied voltage.     

Resonant speed meter for gravitational-wave detection

Gravitational-wave detectors have been well developed and operated with a high sensitivity. However, they still suffer from mirror displacement noise. In this Letter, we propose a resonant speed meter as a displacement noise-canceled configuration based on a ring-shaped synchronous recycling interferometer. The remarkable feature of this interferometer is that, at certain frequencies, gravitational-wave signals are amplified, while displacement noises are not.     

Waveform Measurement of Ultra-Short Optical Pulses Based on Two-Photon Absorption in Si-Image Sensor

We demonstrate a novel waveform mesurement system of ultra-short optical pulses based on the two-photon absorption process in a Si-image sensor. Using an interferometer with a tilt mirror in the reference path, the relative time difference between the signal and reference pulses is spatially distributed on the Si-image sensor, so the intensity auto-correlation is monitored as an image at a time without using moving parts. This system can create or remove an interference fringe pattern overlapped on the auto-correlation image by controlling the polarization states of the laser pulse, which is useful for measuring the crossing angle between the signal and reference beams as well as avoiding contamination of the interference fringe into the auto-correlation image. We successfully measured optical pulses less than 100 fs from a fiber ring laser with a temporal resolution of 0.4 fs. The obtained waveform agreed well with that observed with a conventional second harmonic generation (SHG) based auto-correlator.     

Principle and analysis of a moving double-sided mirror interferometer

A moving double-sided mirror interferometer (MDSMI) is presented. It comprises one moving double-sided mirror (MDSM), one fixed corner-cube mirror, one fixed plane mirror, and one beam-splitter. The MDSM is a plane-parallel glass plate with both faces coated with high-reflectivity films. The optical path difference (OPD) is created by the straight reciprocating motion of the MDSM driven by a linear actuator, and the OPD value is four times the displacement of the MDSM without tilt. The effect of tilt of the MDSM is analyzed, and the tilt tolerance of the MDSM is systematically analyzed by means of modulation depth and phase error. The MDSMI is very suitable for high-resolution rapid-scan infrared spectrometers.     

具有有源闭合腔的光纤光栅传感系统地址查询技术

基于熔融拉锥技术研制的3 dB宽带耦合器的光纤环形镜的工作原理,提出了一种新型的具有有源闭合腔装置的光纤光栅传感系统。在用作闭合共振腔端镜的环形镜中写入十个波分复用光纤光栅传感元,利用共振腔中接入的法布里-珀罗滤波器,通过控制电压对传感光栅的波长扫描,实现对传感地址的查询。用非平衡的迈克耳孙扫描干涉仪将传感光栅的波长漂移信息变为相移信息,实现传感信号的解调。系统传感灵敏度的实验值为1.5835°/10-6ε,与理论值(1.6662°/10-6ε)基本吻合。     

基于相干波面光强分布的静态干涉图的数字分析

提出了基于相干波面光强分布的静态干涉图数字处理的新方法 ,即在CQG Ⅱ型激光数字波面干涉仪上通过分别微调参考镜和被测镜的倾斜量 ,在CCD探测器上获得形成静态干涉图的两幅相干波面光强分布图 ,利用这两幅光强分布图与它们所形成的干涉图 ,可高精度地完成静态干涉图的数字分析。利用相干原理 ,给出了实现该方法的基本过程 ,并编程实现了该数字分析 ,获得了实验测量结果。通过与相移测量结果相比较 ,验证该方法对口径为 60mm的平面有望达到的测量精度。     

低温对迈克尔逊干涉仪干涉调制度的影响

为使干涉仪能在低温下正常可靠的工作,从低温下波面畸变、动镜倾斜及分束器的性能变化几个方面讨论了低温对干涉调制度的影响.介绍了减小低温对干涉调制度影响的措施,为确定傅里叶光谱仪干涉系统光学机械零件的材料、加工准确度、装夹方式、装调要求以及干涉仪的动态控制准确度等提供了参考依据.     

晶格旋转光子晶体Mach-Zehnder干涉结构传感特性

基于光子晶体的自准直效应,利用在同一背景折射率下不同介质柱的等效折射率的不同,提出了一种基于晶格旋转的二维光子晶体Mach-Zehnder干涉仪折射率传感器。分别应用线缺陷和空气平板波导构成其分束镜和全反镜,并在其中一个干涉臂上设置传感区域。通过改变填充到传感区域溶液的浓度,改变介质柱的折射率,进而影响透射谱的中心波长,从而建立起溶液浓度和透射波长之间的数学关系;并进行了酒精溶液浓度测量的数值模拟,结果表明,该传感器在1.33~1.37折射率变化范围内灵敏度为250nm/RIU。     

晶格旋转光子晶体Mach-Zehnder干涉结构传感特性

基于光子晶体的自准直效应,利用在同一背景折射率下不同介质柱的等效折射率的不同,提出了一种基于晶格旋转的二维光子晶体Mach-Zehnder干涉仪折射率传感器。分别应用线缺陷和空气平板波导构成其分束镜和全反镜,并在其中一个干涉臂上设置传感区域。通过改变填充到传感区域溶液的浓度,改变介质柱的折射率,进而影响透射谱的中心波长,从而建立起溶液浓度和透射波长之间的数学关系;并进行了酒精溶液浓度测量的数值模拟,结果表明,该传感器在1.33~1.37折射率变化范围内灵敏度为250 nm/RIU。     

Simulating the Performance of Michelson- and Sagnac-based Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors in the Presence of Mirror Tilt and Curvature Errors

We model the behaviour of single-bounce delay-line dual recycled Sagnac-based interferometer and compare its performance with that of single-bounce Michelson-based system. Geometric imperfections such as mirror tilt and curvature mismatch can strongly influence the performance of the Sagnac device due to the inherently smaller free spectral range (FSR) and higher order mode spacing. This leads to a greater number of higher order modes near, or within the signal band in the signal recycling cavity of the instrument. The important consequence of that is, in general, a greater sensitivity of a Sagnac system to nonideal parameters and imperfections of various kind affecting the performance of a real interferometer. A number of optical configurations have also been examined numerically to determine the best possible optical arrangement, in the presence of such geometric imperfections. We show that there is an optimum choice for the nominal radius of curvature of the end mirrors which results from balancing the loss due to mirror tilt against that due to curvature mismatch.     

Real-time surface shape measurement by an active interferometer

We have succeeded in video rate analysis of fringes stabilized by an active interferometer placed outside optical benches. The interferometer uses the closed loop control of injection current of a laser diode to compensate for fringe movement that is detected by a spatial filtering detector. A video image of the locked fringes with tilt is supplied to the real-time fringe analyzer that delivers unwrapped phase distribution from the three phase shifted fringes generated by the electronic moiré method. For a concave mirror of 130 mm diameter placed on a wooden desk we observed the repeatability of λ/60 for P-V surface error of λ/5.     

A simple high-sensitivity interferometric position sensor for test mass control on an advanced LIGO interferometer

A small Michelson interferometer has been configured as a tracking mirror displacement sensor in order to achieve both large dynamic range (2.1 mm) and excellent sensitivity across a broad frequency range (6Hz–3 kHz). The interferometer is illuminated by a simple LED, uses broadband, non-polarising beamsplitters and contains no lensing optics. A DC-coupled balanced detector provides an error signal that is used to position the tracking mirror of the Michelson interferometer so as to maintain an interferometer operating position close to the centre of a particular fringe. The total interferometric sensor provides a small, simple and cost-effective means of achieving high-resolution displacement measurements.