Experimental study of the formation of nonlinear acoustic waves in focused beams

The shock wave formation in focused beams produced by spherical hydroacoustic transducers with different apertures and an operating frequency of 3 MHz, as well as in weakly divergent high-intensity beams of the same frequency, is studied experimentally. The profiles of the received signals are analyzed for different receiving points in the acoustic beam and for different combinations of nonlinear and diffraction effects. It is found that the distortion of the initial waveform (i.e., of the compression and rarefaction phases) is asymmetric. The asymmetry of the wave profile in a focused beam is more pronounced than that in a quasi-plane wave while the asymmetric distortion of the high-frequency carrier causes an asymmetric distortion of the pulse envelope. The angular characteristics of the difference-frequency waves produced by parametric sound radiators are compared using both focused and weakly divergent beams of pump waves. The experiments also show that the appearance of a bubbly phase screen in the region before the point of the shock formation either shifts this point to greater distances or makes the discontinuity formation impossible. Results illustrating the changes that occur in the shock wave characteristics when the bubbly phase screen is placed in the region of the fully developed shock are presented.     

Focal shift in focused truncated gaussian beams

It is known that under certain circumstances the point of maximum intensity in a focused aberration-free wave is not at the geometrical focus, but is closer to the focusing lens. In the present note such a focal shift is analyzed for the case of a gaussian beam, focused by a thin lens, which fills a circular aperture of any prescribed radius, the waist of the beam being assumed to be located in the aperture plane. Many previously known results follow as limiting cases of our analysis.     

Focal shifts in focused Hermite-cosh-Gaussian laser beams

A closed-form propagation equation of Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams passing through an unapertured thin lens is derived. Focal shifts are analyzed by means of two different methods according to the facts that the axial intensity of some focused Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams are null and that of some others are not null but the principal maximum intensity may be located on the axis or off the axis. Optimal focusing for the beams is studied, and the condition of optimal focusing ensuring the smallest beam width is also given.     

Focal shift in focused off-axial Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams

Based on the encircled-power criterion, the focal shift of off-axial Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams passing through an apertured lens is studied and illustrated with detailed numerical examples. The dependence of focal shift on the beam and optical system parameters is discussed.     

Spectral anomalies in supercontinuum focused waves

The diffraction-induced spectral anomalies in the focal plane of an apertured spherical wave with supercontinuum flat-top power spectrum are investigated. Coherent broadband radiation (also incoherent white light) demonstrates a strong blue shift in the vicinity of the optical axis, and discrete spectral gaps with overall red shift arise out of this central region. Unlike narrow-band light, the spectral switch effect fades away with ultra-broad spectra.     

聚焦激光束在微纳材料中的应用

低维微纳材料因其特有的小尺寸效应以及由此而来丰富的物理性质,预示着其在后摩尔时代的电子、光电器件中将发挥重要作用。由于微纳材料的小尺寸特性,通过运用传统技术,很难实现对微纳材料的精准操控,制约了微纳材料在微型化、集成化、多元化器件中的应用。文章回顾了聚集激光技术的发展历程,重点介绍如何通过聚焦激光束实现对微纳材料的精准操控、加工与改性,并对聚焦激光技术的研究前景进行展望。     

聚焦贝塞尔-高斯光束的焦开关效应

详细研究了贝塞尔-高斯光束被无光阑透镜聚焦后的焦开关效应。推导出了轴上最大光强位置满足的一元三次方程和相对跃迁量公式,并用数值计算对理论结果作了说明。研究表明,当光束参数大于2时,聚焦贝塞尔-高斯光束会有焦开关现象出现。相对跃迁量随着光束参数的增大而增大,轴上归一化光强最小值随着光束参数的增大而减小,并且当光束参数大于3.9时,轴上归一化光强最小值为零。     

聚焦贝塞尔-高斯光束的焦开关效应

 详细研究了贝塞尔-高斯光束被无光阑透镜聚焦后的焦开关效应。推导出了轴上最大光强位置满足的一元三次方程和相对跃迁量公式,并用数值计算对理论结果作了说明。研究表明,当光束参数大于2时,聚焦贝塞尔-高斯光束会有焦开关现象出现。相对跃迁量随着光束参数的增大而增大,轴上归一化光强最小值随着光束参数的增大而减小,并且当光束参数大于3.9时,轴上归一化光强最小值为零。     

Gaussian representation of high-intensity focused ultrasound beams

A method for fast numerical simulation of high-intensity focused ultrasound beams is derived. The method is based on the frequency-domain representation of the Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov (KZK) equation, and assumes for each harmonic a Gaussian transverse pressure distribution at all distances from the transducer face. The beamwidths of the harmonics are constrained to vary inversely with the square root of the harmonic number, and as such this method may be viewed as an extension of a quasilinear approximation. The technique is capable of determining pressure or intensity fields of moderately nonlinear high-intensity focused ultrasound beams in water or biological tissue, usually requiring less than a minute of computer time on a modern workstation. Moreover, this method is particularly well suited to high-gain simulations since, unlike traditional finite-difference methods, it is not subject to resolution limitations in the transverse direction. Results are shown to be in reasonable agreement with numerical solutions of the full KZK equation in both tissue and water for moderately nonlinear beams.     

Space-variant geometrical phases in focused cylindrical light beams

We show that the depolarization caused when light is focused with a high-numerical-perture lens is accompanied by a space-variant geometrical phase. This phase results in the formation of modes with helicities and phase singularities that differ from those of the original beam. We show that this effect can be explained as a transverse shift of the rays, which is reminiscent of the recently discovered optical Hall-Magnus effect. Our results show that the asymmetric focal spot associated with the focus of linearly polarized light can be explained through geometrical effects.     

Spreading of focused light beams in a turbulent atmosphere

An experimental investigation has been made of the random parameters of a focused light beam propagating in a turbulent atmosphere.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii Fizika, No. 3, pp. 91–96, March, 1972.In conclusion the authors thank N. N. D'yachenko for his great help in conducting the measurements.     

Torsional-flexural waves in thin-walled open beams

A one-dimensional theory is developed for coupled torsional-flexural waves in thin-walled elastic beams of arbitrary open cross-section. Complex kinematical effects are fully taken into account with an emphasis on consistency. Exact equations of motion are obtained in terms of generalized stresses and generalized displacements defined by an averaging procedure. Constitutive relations accounting for flexural-torsional couplings are proposed. They include and generalize the static laws of strength of materials. General features of the dispersion are analyzed. This theory is applied to the case of a standard angle-section of which the dispersion curves are given.     

Imaging with unfocused regions of focused ultrasound beams

This article gives an analytical, computational, and experimental treatment of the spatial resolution encoded in unfocused regions of focused ultrasound beams. This topic is important in diagnostic ultrasound since ultrasound array systems are limited to a single transmit focal point per acoustic transmission, hence there is a loss of spatial resolution away from the transmit focus, even with the use of dynamic receive focusing. It is demonstrated that the spatial bandwidth of a Gaussian-apodized beam is approximately constant with depth, which means that there is just as much encoded spatial resolution away from the transmit focus as there is in the focal region. The practical application of this principle is discussed, an algorithm for retrospectively focusing signals from unfocused regions of fixed-focus beams is presented, and a quantitative comparison between the authors' methods and dynamic-receive beamforming is provided.     

Focal shift of focused truncated random electromagnetic beams

The focal shifts of focused truncated random electromagnetic beams are investigated. Based on the complex Gaussian expansion method for a hard-edged aperture function, the analytical propagation formula of cross-spectral density matrix for a random electromagnetic beam focused by an optical system with a thin lens and a circular aperture is derived. The Fresnel numbers related with the beam and system parameters are defined and used to examine focal shifts. The dependence of the focal shifts on the different Fresnel numbers and polarization distribution are discussed in detail with numerical examples.     

聚焦部分相干涡旋光束的焦移

基于部分相干光的传输理论获得了部分相干涡旋光束被光阑透镜聚焦后的传输方程。基于这些方程研究了部分相干涡旋光束的焦移现象。研究结果表明,部分相干涡旋光束的焦移不仅依赖于菲涅耳数,而且依赖于光束的相干长度和涡旋光束的拓扑荷数。菲涅耳数越小,焦移量越大;部分相干涡旋光束的相干长度越小,焦移量越大;涡旋光束的拓扑荷数越大,焦移量越大。