Phase-stepping interferometry: Five-frame algorithm with an arbitrary step

The present paper offers a new formula for calculating the phase in interferometric measurements by the phase-stepping method. The proposed five-frame algorithm utilizes equal phase steps with an arbitrary value. Results are presented on computer simulation of the errors occurring at a phase-step different from 90 ° and due to vibrations in the system ‘interferometer-object’.     

An efficient algorithm used for full-field optical coherence tomography

An efficient algorithm for computing optical coherence tomography is presented, which is based on the discrete differences of a time/depth sequence of interferograms. The existing multiple-step phase-shift algorithms, including those solved from Carré and Hariharan equations as well as circular-step algorithm proposed by Dubois et al., are analyzed and compared with the proposed algorithm. The analytical and experimental results show the computational efficiency of the new algorithm outperforms others. The simulations also demonstrate that the algorithm based on derivatives of four phase-shifted images is less sensitive to the phase-shift noise comparing to traditional 4-step phase-shift-based algorithm.     

相移技术中五步等步长Stoilov算法的性能分析

Stoilov算法是近几年提出的一种五步等步长相移算法。有关文献中的误差分析表明 ,该算法的性能优于四步等步长Carr啨算法闹懈隽耍樱簦铮椋欤铮鏊惴ǖ恼繁泶锸?,采用线性误差理论详细分析了算法的性能 ,尤其是算法性能对相移步长的依赖关系。分析表明 ,可以选择一个最佳的相移步长以有效减少位相测量误差 :相移步长为 5 2°时可有效抑制二次相移量误差的影响 ;相移步长为 90°时可极大地减少光强误差的影响。最后给出了Stoilov算法与Carr啨算法和Hariharan算法的比较。     

Fringe pattern denoising using averaging based on nonlocal self-similarity

Digital image processing for fringe patterns is an important procedure in optical interferometry. Filtering off noise from fringe patterns is one of the key tasks for extraction of the phase field. Spin filters proposed by Yu et al. [Appl. Opt. 33(1994), 41(2002), et al.] have been proven to be effective denoising methods. In this paper, we develop a nonlocal self-similarity filter, which averages similar pixels searched for in whole image instead of in a local fringe direction as the spin filters do. Although simple and free of the fringe orientation estimation, involving more pixels with higher similarity levels, our algorithm has stronger robustness against noise and thus denoises fringe patterns more effectively. Simulation and experimental results show that our algorithm outperforms related filters both in preserving smooth fringes and in reducing blurring effects and quantitative errors.     

The fluctuating phase error analysis in the digital grating phase-shifting profilometry

The nonlinear response of the experimental system and the saturation of fringe patterns can induce the fluctuating phase error in the projection grating phase-shifting profilometry. Two major factors of the fluctuating phase error are discussed by simulation. The fluctuating phase error caused by the nonlinear response of the system is four times the frequency of the fringe pattern when the conventional four-frame phase extracting algorithm is used. However, such error can be decreased by five-frame algorithm. On the other hand, the fluctuating phase error caused by the fringe saturation is five times the frequency of the fringe pattern by using conventional five-frame phase extracting algorithm. A novel phase recovering algorithm is used to decrease the phase error caused by the saturation. Furthermore, the applicability range of the proposed phase recovering algorithm is analyzed by simulation and experiments with different saturation degree of the fringe pattern and nonlinearity of the measurement system.     

A millimeter-wave geometric phase interferometer

A millimeter-wave interferometer operating purely on the geometric phase is presented. Like its optical counterpart described by Hariharan and Roy, this system uses two circular polarizers with a half-wave section in between. The geometric phase of each signal is determined by the orientation of the half-wave section.     

基于光学涡旋相移技术的离面位移测量

设计了基于光学涡旋相移技术的离面位移测量实验方案,实现了电子散斑干涉中相移的数字控制.该方法利用输入液晶空间光调制器中的叉形光栅产生涡旋光束,通过涡旋光束绕轴的旋转产生相移;同时,产生的涡旋光束又作为参考光与物光干涉.实验中,在物体发生离面位移前后依次输入四幅叉形光栅,产生相移步长为π/2的涡旋光束,利用CCD获得涡旋光与物光的干涉光场,从而获得离面位移场的包裹相位;再通过解包裹,获得物体离面变形的相位变化.光学涡旋相移法可应用于离面位移测量.     

Comparative analysis of interferogram noise filtration using wavelet transform and spin filtering algorithms

The aim of this paper is to analyze 2D fringe pattern denoising performed by two chosen methods based on quasi-1D two-arm spin filter and 2D discrete wavelet transform (DWT) signal decomposition and thresholding. The ultimate aim of this comparison is to estimate which algorithm is better suited for high-accuracy measurements by phase shifting interferometry (PSI) with the phase step evaluation using the lattice site approach. The spin filtering method proposed by Yu et al. (1994) was designed to minimize possible fringe blur and distortion. The 2D DWT also presents such features due to a lossless nature of the signal wavelet decomposition. To compare both methods, a special 2D histogram introduced by Gutman and Weber (1998) is used to evaluate intensity errors introduced by each of the presented algorithms.     

基于相位展开及拼接算法的一种高精度大量程宽光谱干涉显微术

宽光谱干涉显微术广泛应用于高精密检测领域,它测量样品形貌通常采用垂直扫描干涉术对亚微米至毫米级特征进行测量,以及相移干涉术对纳米级特征进行测量。其中,相移干涉术精度可达纳米级,但量程有限,高度变化对应的相位需限制在区间内。采用包裹相位展开算法可以扩展相移干涉术的量程,也仅适用于平滑表面,当高度起伏超出焦深或者光源相干长度的限定范围时,干涉条纹模糊或对比度丧失,所解算的结果将产生较大误差甚至错误。提出一种基于相位展开及拼接算法的高精度、大量程宽光谱干涉显微测量方法,以干涉条纹调制度量化条纹质量,条纹对比度高、成像清晰的区域对应调制度较高,定义当前焦面条纹调制度高于阈值的区域为理想区域,定义焦面条纹调制度低于阈值的区域为问题区域。以相位展开算法获得理想区域中的样品相位分布,问题区域的包裹相位不进行展开。使用微位移结构纵向移动物镜焦平面,选择合理的步长,使相邻焦面位置理想区域展开后的真实相位保持部分区域重合,根据重合区域的相位值均差可以实现不同焦面位置的高精度相位拼接,最终获得扩展量程的高精度真实相位结果,进而可以恢复样品完整的表面形貌分布。该算法通过对理想区域的筛选,避免了相位在问题区域展...     

光波场中多边位错向螺旋位错的转化

实验研究及理论分析了光波场中边位错向螺旋位错的转化行为. 设计了围绕中心沿角向周期排列的多边位错相位结构,实验上通过计算全息图法研究了其对高斯光束的调制作用以及调制光束的传播特性. 结果表明,随着调制光束逐渐演化为类涡旋光束,多边位错结构可以转化为螺旋位错,且位错结构的总相位变化守恒. 结合光场的线动量密度图详细分析了该演化过程,并进一步讨论了多边位错结构中的相位突变值对螺旋位错转化的影响,给出了决定螺旋位错拓扑荷值的定量关系式. 关键词： 边位错 螺旋位错 涡旋光束 拓扑荷     

双点干涉法位相缺陷检测中的解相算法比较

双点光源移相干涉测量是大口径光学元件位相缺陷检测的一种重要方法。为了分析双点干涉中误差对解相算法的影响,首先给出相位缺陷检测的系统结构和理论模型,在此基础上,针对测量过程中主要存在的一次移相误差、二次移相误差、光强误差和随机振动误差,研究了Hariharan 5帧移相算法、13帧移相算法和迭代随机移相算法的解相误差,并进行了仿真分析。结果表明,针对这几种误差源,13帧算法解相精度整体优于5帧法,迭代随机移相算法解相效果优于13帧法和5帧法,当这几种误差按实际指标同时作用时,迭代随机移相算法解相误差RMS小于5帧法和13帧法,PV值稳定在0.5 nm以内。由于随机振动占主要作用,说明迭代随机移相算法受误差影响很小。     

Pilot-based cross-phase modulation compensation for coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing long-haul optical communications systems

A pilot-based nonlinearity compensator (PB-NLC) is shown in this Letter to be an effective method for compensating cross-phase modulation (XPM) in coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CO-OFDM) systems. An unmodulated pilot tone is transmitted at the center of each OFDM channel to detect phase errors caused by the Kerr effect, which converts intensity fluctuations from all channels to phase errors. The pilots are then used to cancel the XPM phase errors for each OFDM channel at the receiver after each channel's self-phase modulation (SPM) has been compensated, using its intensity waveform to determine its SPM. Numerical simulations of a 58 Gb/s single polarization 2375 km system with inline dispersion compensation show that the signal quality, Q, at the optimal launch power is increased by 2.4 dB if SPM compensation is used before the PB-NLC. This contrasts with only a 0.9 dB improvement if the PB-NLC is used without an SPM compensator for the same link. This shows the PB-NLC can effectively mitigate XPM but not SPM.     

Comment on "Optical-fiber-based Mueller optical coherence tomography"

We comment on the recent Letter by Jiao et al. [Opt. Lett. 28, 1206 (2003)] in which a polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography system was presented. Interrogating a sample with two orthogonal incident polarization states cannot always recover birefringence correctly. A previously presented fiber-based polarization-sensitive system was inaccurately characterized, and its method of eliminating the polarization distortion caused by single-mode optical fiber was presented earlier by Saxer et al. [Opt. Lett. 25, 1355 (2000)].     

马赫-曾德尔型相移矢量剪切干涉仪

为了实现对激光波面的等光程测试,设计了一个新颖的相移矢量剪切干涉仪。该干涉仪以马赫曾德尔结构为基础,为等光程干涉仪。通过在相干的两路光束中分别插入楔角方向正交放置的楔板实现矢量剪切;其中一块楔板分成两块(平板部分和楔板部分),楔板部分沿平板部分的表面移动,通过改变光程差来实现相移,2π相移所需的移动距离为几毫米的量级,该相移方法在相移精度控制上比较简单。文中还对楔板引入的横向剪切误差和相移误差进行了分析,最后给出了实验所得的一组相移干涉图。     

Circular phase mask for control and stabilization of single optical filaments

We experimentally demonstrate an efficient way to control and stabilize single optical filaments initiated by ultrashort laser pulses in a rare gas medium. This is done by the application of a stationary two-dimensional phase mask to the laser beam prior to focusing. Simple circular phase-step patterns of a given radius and relative phase are sufficient to stabilize the pointing of the filament output and to optimize the spectral bandwidth of the light without any resulting loss of input laser power.     

Solids and supersolids of three-body interacting polar molecules on an optical lattice

We study the physics of cold polar molecules loaded into an optical lattice in the regime of strong three-body interactions, as put forward recently by Büchler et al. [Nature Phys. 3, 726 (2007)]. To this end, quantum Monte Carlo simulations, exact diagonalization, and a semiclassical approach are used to explore hard-core bosons on the 2D square lattice which interact solely by long-ranged three-body terms. The resulting phase diagram shows a sequence of solid and supersolid phases. Our findings are directly relevant for future experimental implementations and open a new route towards the discovery of a lattice supersolid phase in experiment.     

相位差法波前传感系统自身误差的分析及消除方法

 针对附加像差为离焦的情况,对焦面位置误差、离焦量误差、图像对准误差以及图像噪声等因素带来的波前传感误差进行了数值模拟,并给出了确定焦面位置、对准焦面图像和离焦面图像、精确计算分光比、确定离焦量以及处理图像噪声的方法。使得传感结果的均方根误差分别由0.088 8λ,0.059 0λ,0.128 4λ,4.170 6λ,0.152 6λ降为0.002 1λ,0.002 1λ,0.002 1λ,0.002 1λ,0.029 2λ。结果表明:这些方法可以有效地减小传感误差,大大提高了传感精度,为相位差法的实际应用提供了重要的技术支持。     

A single-mode-fiber-based point diffraction interferometer

Based on the modification of a point diffraction interferometer, a method for measuring the optical fields from remote objects and external sources is developed. In this method, the reference beam is obtained from the studied beam by filtration of its spatial spectrum with a single-mode optical fiber. To eliminate the effect of phase errors caused by the nonideality of elements of the optical scheme on the measurement results, we developed a procedure of interferometer calibration that permits one to determine these errors with the aim of subtracting them from the measured field phase distributions.     

Measurement of wedge angle of a transparent parallel plate using quasi-monochromatic light source and phase shifting interferometry

A new technique (to our knowledge), for the measurement of residual wedge angle (RWA) of high optical quality transparent nearly parallel plate (PP), using a quasi-monochromatic light source, is presented. Advantages and drawbacks of the technique and the results obtained for a PP, using a filtered white light source, is discussed. A slightly modified optical setup for accurate determination of RWA, using phase shifting interferometry (PSI), has been described. Results obtained, applying PSI, for a validation experiment and for the determination of RWA of a quasi-PP is presented. The PSI based technique does not suffer from any measurement ambiguities due to limitation in effective beam aperture. Hence the technique is suitable for high accuracy measurement of RWA of PP. In both the optical setups, presented in this paper, the respective interfering beams travel the same optical circuit and are thus subject to same perturbation in optical path, due to external mechanical vibration, which finally cancels out. Thus the measurements are much less affected by external vibrations. Since the respective interfering beams undergo identical reflections and transmissions, the visibility or contrast of the interference fringes is very good.     

深水域近水面水下爆炸水柱形态及演变实验研究

 为研究不同起爆深度的水下爆炸水柱形态及演变特征,进行了1 kg球形RDX装药在不同起爆深度下的海上爆炸实验,通过高速摄像机记录装药起爆后水柱的形成和成长过程,获得了喷射水柱形态的演变特征以及水柱高度、直径、水柱突出水面时间等参数的变化规律,并与Cole、Hole和Swisdak等人的研究结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明：对于深水域近水面水下爆炸,水柱以垂直喷射形态为主,当气泡在膨胀阶段到达水面时水柱存在微弱的径向飞散现象;水柱最大高度随起爆深度呈脉动变化,水柱直径随起爆深度线性减小;Swisdak关于水柱最大高度的计算公式不适用深水域近水面水下爆炸情况。