Analysis of the amplitude and phase structure of transmitting media with probing field registration in the image plane

The problem of obtaining information on the amplitude and phase internal structure of a medium in which radiation propagates is considered. The information is extracted by probing the medium; the information on the amplitude and phase distribution of the probing field behind the transmitting medium in the plane of image formation is analyzed. A modified version of the modulation-spectral method proposed earlier by the authors is applied. In this version, there is no need to act on the probing field in the plane under investigation. The interpretation of results is simplified since the image is registered. Two versions of the schematic solution are analyzed. The first version corresponds to the experimental scheme intended for media that produce a modulating action on radiation and is described by multiplication by a complex function characterizing the action. The second version corresponds to the case when the action of the medium leads to a redistribution of radiation and can be presented by the convolution of the probing signal and the function describing the action.     

幅值和相位配准技术及其在光学相干层析血流成像中的应用

频域光学相干层析系统中扫描机构定位精度、 机械抖动及样品移动会造成A扫描信号幅值和相位发生波动, 影响生物组织成像质量. 利用最小灰度差匹配、Lorentzian曲线极值拟合和谱域光程差补偿等方法对A 扫描信号进行幅值配准. 通过对A扫描信号相位分布特征的匹配实现相位差检测与配准. 通过求已配准的A 扫描复信号之差, 消除静态组织对血流成像的影响. 进行了人眼扫描实验, 有效提取了视网膜三维血流图像. 实验结果表明, 提出的幅值及相位配准方法大大减小了系统扫描精度、人眼跳动等因素对生物组织在体成像质量的影响. 快速、精确的相位配准方法也可广泛应用在多普勒OCT、相位显微等与相位分辨有关的光学成像领域. 关键词： 频域光学相干层析 配准 血流成像 相位分布特征     

The measurement of amplitude and phase characteristics of time-varying optical inhomogeneities in transparent media

The solution of the phase problem in optics is considered as applied to the problems of studying time-varying amplitude and phase characteristics of a medium with the use of the spectral modulation method, in particular, for ultrashort times. The analysis is carried out by way of transilluminating the medium or the object under study with a probing optical signal with a known structure. The information required is extracted by directly recording intensity distributions for the spectrum of the probing signal transmitted through the medium and for the spectrum of the signal transmitted through the medium and subjected to additional modulation formed in a special way. The modulation should provide, to some extent, a visualization of the phase information. Two varyings of the analysis are considered. The first varying is related to the action of the medium under study on probing radiation in the form of its temporal modulation. The second varying is associated with the study of media whose action on radiation leads to redistribution of radiation in time and is described by convolution.     

Semiconductor laser amplitude and phase noises effects in coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry C-OFDR

We study the effects of the semiconductor laser noise on the generated beat signal, in Coherent Optical Domain Reflectometry device. By using a general laser noise analytical model, based on Volterra non-linear treatment of laser rate equations, we find a novel general expression of the beat photocurrent. We show that the coherence and the incoherence cases are observed for a different delay time intervals than the ones known in literature. We show that the coherence domain corresponds to a delay time lower than the half of the laser coherence time τ₀<1/2τ_c, and the incoherence domain corresponds for τ₀>2τ_c. An original shape of the beat signal autocorrelation function affected by the laser noises is obtained.     

Spectral distortions of optical pulses in resonant media of complex spatial structure

An analysis is made of spectral distortions of small-area short optical pulses as they propagate in inhomogeneous resonant media. The spectral distortion mechanism considered results from nonsteady-state refraction and depends on the geometric structure of the medium. Fractal and multifractal objects are considered as propagation media. The analysis is compared with the well studied dispersion mechanism of spectral distortion. State University, Tomsk. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 47–54, May, 1996.     

空间相位调制对强非局域空间光孤子的影响

利用空间相位调制技术和数值分析的方法，讨论了高斯光束在强非局域非线性平板波导中的传输问题，发现只要介质的响应具有对称性,光束就会有相同的演化规律，可控的空间相位调制参数不仅能让光束自偏转还能实现分束，其全新特性在全光开关及分光器上有潜在的应用价值. 关键词： 强非局域空间光孤子 空间相位调制 光偏转 光开关     

Periodic frequency conversion with time dependent pump amplitude and phase

We prove a theorem on the sufficient condition for continuous periodic energy exchange in a quantum frequency converter with time dependent pump amplitude and phase and give the exact solution if the stated condition is fulfilled.     

Optimization of compensation for high spatial frequency in distorted wavefront using optical phase conjugation

A method is proposed to optimize the recording structure of the photorefractive volume grating to compensate high spatial frequency in the distorted wavefront by optical phase conjugation. Based on the coupled-wave equation, the diffraction efficiency of the recorded grating formed by the scattered beams in different recording structures is simulated. The theoretical results show that the recorded modulations with high spatial frequency can be significantly improved in the small recording angle. In the experiment, three recording structures with the recording angles of 7.5°, 30°, and 45° are chosen to verify the compensation effect. Compared with the reconstructed image in the large recording angle of 45°, the signal to noise ratio of the image recorded at 7.5° increases to 3.2 times of that at 45°.     

Fundamental limits on the losses of phase and amplitude optical actuators

Amplitude and phase are the basic properties of all wave phenomena; as far as optical waves are concerned, the ability to act on these variables is at the root of a wealth of switching devices. To quantify the performance of an optical switching device, an essential aspect is to determine the tradeoff between the insertion loss and the amplitude or phase modulation depth. Here it is shown that every optical switching device is subject to such a tradeoff, intrinsically connected to the dielectric response of the materials employed inside the switching element itself. This limit finds its roots in fundamental physics, as it directly derives from Maxwell's equations for linear dielectrics, and is hence applicable to a wide class of optical components. Furthermore, a result is that concepts such as filtering, resonance, and critical coupling could be of advantage in approaching the limit.

     

Spatially resolved amplitude and phase characterization of femtosecond optical pulses

Ultrabroadband pulses exhibit a frequency-dependent mode size owing to the wavelength dependence of free-space diffraction. Additionally, rather complex lateral dependence of the temporal pulse shape has been reported for Kerr-lens mode-locked lasers and broadband amplifier chains and in frequency-domain pulse shapers, for example. We demonstrate an ultrashort-pulse characterization technique that reveals lateral pulse-shape variations by spatially resolved amplitude and phase measurements by use of spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER). Unlike with autocorrelation techniques, with SPIDER we can obtain spatially resolved pulse characterization even after the nonlinear process. Thus, with this method the spectral phase of the pulse can be resolved very rapidly along one lateral beam axis in a single measurement.     

Analysis of a partially coherent optical correlator in the presence of phase defects at the input plane

The effects of phase defects at the input plane of an optical correlator on the performance of the system under partially coherent illumination is investigated. The correlation signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is evaluated as the criterion for the performance of the optical system. We study the effects of both spatially and temporally partially coherent illumination on the distorted correlation signal. It is shown that the output SNR can be increased by relaxing the coherence requirements of the system. The SNR dependence on noise variation is also investigated. It is found that the correlator becomes less sensitive to noise variations under partially coherent illumination.     

Phase separation and manifestation of nanoscopic nonuniformities in the optical spectra of manganites

The features observed in the frequency and temperature dependences of the optical spectra of doped manganites can be accounted for by assuming the latter to have inhomogeneous phase composition. The spectral response of the optical conductivity of the La_1?xSr_xMnO₃ system was calculated in the effective-medium approximation over a broad range of x variation.     

Bound states of spatial optical dark solitons in nonlocal media

It is shown that multiple dark solitons can form bound states in a series of balance distances in nonlocal bulk media. Dark solitons can either attract or repel each other depending on their separated distance. The stability of such bound states are studied numerically. There exist unstable degenerate bound states decaying in different ways and having different lifetimes.     

光锥导光装置耦合效率分析与测试

介绍了光锥导光装置的优势,分析了影响光锥导光装置耦合效率的主要因素,得出了影响光锥导光装置耦合效率的理论模型误差曲线。以光锥端面反射损耗及光纤辐射损耗为主要误差源,测试了光锥导光装置的耦合效率及误差对耦合效率的影响;采用分光比标定的方法测量导光装置的耦合效率,消除了由于激光器输出能量变化给试验中脉冲能量测量环节带来的影响;根据试验测量数据,拟合出误差对耦合效率的影响曲线,通过与理论误差曲线进行对比,验证了理论模型的正确性,同时测得该耦合装置的耦合效率为70．26％。在激光束的入射角度误差〈5°,且在光纤耐受弯折允许范围内甩动光纤的情况下,总误差对耦合效率的影响〈10％,满足实际工程误差的允许范围。该耦合装置已经应用到实际工程中。     

Analysis of ultra-short pulse shaping with programmable amplitude and phase masks

Specified ultra-short pulse waveforms could be synthesized with high-resolution zero-dispersion pulse shaping system.The system and parameters are analyzed and discussed.The pulse shaping system with optimized parameters could resolve the frequency components of ultra-broad bandwidth pulse and prevent the spatial shaping of individual frequency components.The specified waveforms,Meyer wavelet and square root raised cosine pulses,are generated with programmable amplitude and phase masks.     

Nonparaxial spatial solitons and propagation-invariant pattern solutions in optical Kerr media

We investigate nonlinear propagation in the presence of the optical Kerr effect by relying on a rigorous generalization of the standard parabolic equation that includes nonparaxial and vectorial terms. We show that, in the (1 + 1)-D case, both soliton and propagation-invariant pattern solutions exist (while the standard hyperbolic-secant function is not a solution).