杨氏双缝干涉实验的光谱变化

从理论和实验上研究了当部分相干光照射在双缝上时,杨氏双缝干涉实验干涉场中的光谱变化.指出干涉场中的归一化光谱在某些空间点处出现了蓝移,在另外一些空间点处出现了红移,而在这些空间点的中间,光谱分裂为等值的两条,出现了光谱开关现象.发现当观察点从轴上向轴外移动的过程中,在很多空间观察点处都出现了光谱开关现象.此外,研究结果还表明光谱相干度将对光谱的移动和光谱开关现象产生重要的影响.     

部分相干光被色差透镜聚焦的光谱异常现象

研究了色差透镜聚焦宽频带部分相干光,观察到在聚焦光场轴上点出现的光谱奇异现象.结果表明:与入射光的光谱比较,聚焦光场某些轴上点的光谱发生很大的变化.这种光谱变化不仅与透镜的色差有关,而且还与入射的部分相干光的相干度有关.当色差一定时,部分相干光空间相干度越大,色差对轴上点光谱的影响就越大.而当部分相干光空间相干度一定时,色差越大,轴上点光谱的变化也就越大.研究结果还表明,在一定的条件下,光谱位移会发生快速变化,即发生了光谱开关现象.     

Experimental observations of the spectrum of light diffracted at a slit as a secondary source

In this paper, we investigated both theoretically and experimentally the normalized spectrum of partially coherent light radiated from a secondary source which is produced by an imaging system. The experimental results show that, if the imaging lens is achromatic, the normalized spectrum of the light radiated from a secondary source shifts either towards the red side or towards the blue side, compared to the spectrum of the source, and the spectral shifts change for different position of the observation points. It is found that the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical ones. A chromatic lens, acting as the imaging lens, is used to investigate the effect of the chromatic aberration on the normalized spectrum of the light field. The results show that the influence of the chromatic aberration on the normalized spectrum is considerable and cannot be neglected in high-precision spectral measurement experiments.     

部分相干光通过光阑-透镜分离系统的光谱特性

通过部分相干光的传输理论,研究了部分相干光通过光阑-透镜分离系统的光谱位移和光谱开关.理论分析和数值计算结果表明,部分相干光的光谱相移和光谱开关主要决定于光束的相干性、光阑的菲涅耳数以及光阑和透镜之间的距离.所取系统参量不同,光谱开关的数量和位置会随之发生变化.     

部分相干修正贝塞尔高斯光束通过光阑透镜的光谱特性

基于部分相干光的传输理论,研究了部分相干修正贝塞尔高斯光束（MBGB）通过光阑透镜系统后,轴上光谱位移及光谱开关.数值计算结果表明,光谱开关主要与截断参量、光束菲涅耳数以及光谱相干度有关.光谱开关的个数随着光束菲涅耳数以及截断参量的增大将增多,而随光谱相干度的增大而减少.但当截断参量增大到一定值时,光谱开关将消失.例如,当光谱相干度取0.5时,截断参量大于2.2,光谱开关将消失,仅表现出蓝移.     

Information encoding by spectral anomalies of spatially coherent light diffracted by an annular aperture

Extensive experimental study is carried out to investigate spectral behavior of spatially polychromatic coherent light diffracted by an annular aperture. It is found that the spectrum at the observation plane exhibits anomalous behavior after passing through the annular aperture. Experimental observations show that at a particular diffraction angle, the diffracted spectrum splits into two halves, while at other diffraction angles the spectrum either shifts towards lower wavelengths (blue-shift) or shifts towards higher wavelengths (red-shift). These spectral changes take place in the vicinity of the dark ring of the Airy pattern. Moreover, the behavior of the spectrum in the Fraunhofer region around a small circular loop centered at a critical direction is also studied and it is found that these spectral changes are qualitatively different from the spectral changes of the spectrum of the focused waves on a circle centered at the singular point. It is discussed in detail that such spectral anomalies of spatially coherent light may be exploited for information encoding and information hiding for free-space communications. The possibility to entangle bits in the spectral anomalies is also proposed. Such technique might be very useful to improve the throughput of information transmission in free space.     

被光阑像散透镜聚焦高斯-谢尔模型光束轴上的光谱开关

从部分相干光的传输理论出发,研究了高斯-谢尔模型光束通过光阑像散透镜聚焦的光谱异变和光谱开关。研究表明,在考虑像散的情况下,聚焦场轴上也会出现光谱异变和光谱开关。光谱异变和光谱开关不仅与空间相关性、截断参量、菲涅耳数和源光谱谱宽有关,透镜像散对光谱异变和光谱开关也会产生影响。通过数值计算结果,重点对透镜像散对光谱移动和光谱开关的影响进行了分析。与无像散情况相比,像散会使出现光谱开关的临界位置发生变化,当像散较大时出现光谱开关的临界位置明显向几何焦面移动,特别是当像散增加到一定数值时,光谱开关会消失。     

Spectral properties of spatially and spectrally partially coherent cosh-Gaussian pulsed beams focused by an aperture lens

The analytical expression for the spectrum of spatially and spectrally partially coherent cosh-Gaussian pulsed (ChGP) beams focused by an aperture lens is derived and used to study their spectral properties at the focal plane and on the axis. The effect of the truncation parameter, spatial correlation parameter, decentered parameter and temporal coherence length on the spectral shifts and spectral switches of spatially and spectrally partially coherent ChGP beams is stressed. The results are illustrated numerically and interpreted physically.     

Effect of astigmatism on spectral switches of partially coherent beams

A detailed study of the spectrum of partially coherent beams diffracted at an astigmatic aperture lens is performed. Considerable attention is paid to the effect of astigmatism on spectral switches of polychromatic Gaussian Schell-model beams. It is shown that the spectral switch can also take place in the vicinity of intensity minimum in a geometrical focal plane for the astigmatic case, but the astigmatism of the lens and the spatial correlation of the beam affect the critical position u_c, spectral minimum S_{min}, and transition height Δ of spectral switches.     

Spectral changes of diffracted polychromatic Gaussian beams in the far field

The spectral behavior of polychromatic spatially fully coherent Gaussian beams diffracted at an aperture in the far field is studied based on the propagation law of the cross-spectral density function. Detailed numerical calculation results are presented, and illustrated. It is shown that the spectral changes take place in the vicinity of zeros of the Airy pattern, and the spectral modifier depends on the truncation parameter δ and diffraction angle α. The critical diffraction angle α_c, at which the spectrum is split into two lines with equal height i.e., the spectral switch appears, varies with truncation parameter δ. The spectral switch vanishes if δ becomes large enough. A detailed comparison with the previous publications is given, showing somewhat extension made in our work.     

杨氏双缝干涉实验中光谱奇异现象的特性分析

研究了完全相干光和部分相干光分别照射双缝时,杨氏双缝干涉实验中干涉场区的光谱变化现象.根据干涉场中光谱标准矩定义了光谱的相对光谱移动和相对光谱增宽,并利用相对光谱位移和相对光谱增宽分析了光谱奇异现象的特性.研究结果表明,入射光的某些光谱参量（如源光谱宽度Γ0,中心拦截比ε,相对空间相干度Δ0）对相对光谱增宽的影响相当大.结果还表明了光谱标准矩方法是定量研究光在传输中的光谱变化以及光谱奇异现象的有效工具.     

Spectral shifts of partially coherent radial array beams passing through ABCD optical systems

The expressions for the spectral intensity of partially coherent Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) radial array beams for both the correlated and uncorrelated superpositions passing through ABCD optical systems have been derived by using the extended Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral. The effects of the normalized radius R, the number of beamlets N, the spatial coherent parameter of array beamlets β and the optical system parameters on the on-axis and off-axis relative spectral shifts for the two types of superposition have been discussed in detail. The results show that for the correlated superposition, the on-axis spectral intensity in free space and the off-axis spectral intensity on the geometrical focal plane depends on the source spectral density S⁰(ω), the spatial coherent parameter of array beamlets β, the generalized Fresnel number of the system F, the normalized radius R and the number of beamlets N, whereas the spectral intensity for the uncorrelated superposition is independent of the number of beamlets N. Furthermore, as for on the actual focal plane, the off-axis spectral intensity for the two types of superposition is closely related to N.     

Changes in the spectrum and polarization of polychromatic partially coherent electromagnetic beams in the turbulent atmosphere

The polychromatic partially coherent electromagnetic Cosh-Gaussian (EChG) beam is introduced and taken as a typical example of polychromatic partially coherent electromagnetic beams. Based on the unified theory of coherence and polarization, the expressions for the spectrum and the degree of polarization of polychromatic partially coherent EChG beams in the turbulent atmosphere are derived, and the conditions for keeping polarization invariance and for determining the position where the degree of polarization becomes zero along the propagation path are also given. It is shown that the normalized spectrum is close to the normalized source spectrum due to turbulence. The reasonable physical explanation of spectral shift is given. On the other hand, the bandwidth does not affect the degree of polarization, and the degree of polarization tends to the value at the source plane due to turbulence in the long-propagation distance limit. The spectrum and polarization of polychromatic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beams and electromagnetic Gaussian (EG) beams in turbulence are treated as special cases of polychromatic partially coherent EChG beams.     

随机电磁涡旋光束的深聚焦特性

基于德拜矢量积分理论,研究了随机电磁涡旋光束经过大数值孔径透镜之后的聚焦特性及透镜的数值孔径、入射光束的偏振度、拓扑荷以及横向相干长度对焦平面附近聚焦光束的光强分布和相干度的影响.结果表明:适当地选择相关参量,可在焦平面上得到椭圆形光斑的光强分布以及平顶光强分布.随机电磁涡旋光束在焦平面上同一点处两个相互垂直分量之间的相干度,不同两点处两个相同分量之间的相干度以及不同两点处两个相互垂直分量之间的相干度研究表明,入射光束的拓扑荷和横向相干长度对聚焦光束的相干性有着十分明显的影响.     

Spectral anomalies and spectral switches of partially coherent and polychromatic light diffracted at an aperture

Inrecentyearsanewbranchofmodernphysicalopticscalledsingularoptics[1]hasbeendeveloped.In2002theworkinsingularopticswasextendedfrommonochromaticlighttospatiallyfullycoherentandpolychromaticlightbyGburetal.[2—4].Itwasfoundthat,whenaconverging,spatiallyfullycoherentandpolychromaticsphericalwaveisdiffractedatanaperture,anomalousspectralchangestakeplaceclosetozerosoftheintensityinthefarfield;i.e.thespectrumisredshiftedatsomepoints,blueshiftedatothers,andsplitintotwolineselsewhere.Thepredictionsofsp…     

Spectral shift of partially coherent flattened multi-Gaussian beams with a hole passing through ABCD optical systems

Based on flattened multi-Gaussian beam model and partially coherent theory, the expression for cross-spectral density of partially coherent flattened multi-Gaussian beam with a hole was given. The analytical expression for on-axis spectrum of partially coherent flattened multi-Gaussian beam with a hole passing through a paraxial ABCD optical system was derived. The spectral shifts of the partially coherent flattened multi-Gaussian beam with a hole propagating in free space and passing through the lens have been analyzed. The effects of the beam profile, spatial coherence parameter and the system parameters on the relative spectral shift have been discussed. Our results show that the inner radius of flattened multi-Gaussian beam with a hole determines its relative spectral shift in near field and its outer radius determines that in far field. For the flattened multi-Gaussian beam with a hole passing through a lens, the on-axis relative spectral shift changes sharply near the focal plane with the increase in Fresnel number and the spatial coherence parameter.     

高斯型非均匀部分相干光的大气湍流传输特性

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理和交叉谱密度函数,对高斯型非均匀关联的部分相干光束在大气湍流中的传输特性进行了研究.结果表明,部分相干光的相干度的变化和源平面的高斯调制半宽、传输距离等有着密切关系.在传输过程中,初始平面相干度分布存在突变,在传输过程中消失;光束中两点的相干度随着传输距离的增加先增大后减小,并且相干度的分布由非均匀分布变成均匀分布.这种非均匀关联的部分相干光束在激光通信领域具有广阔的应用前景.     

部分相干椭球光笼

 从理论上研究部分相干光束经透镜聚焦的三维光强分布。研究结果表明,在几何焦点附近的光强分布不仅依赖于入射部分相干光束的光强分布,而且还依赖于入射光束的空间相干度。基于这一点,提出了一种控制部分相干光束的空间相干度,在几何焦点附近获得了类似椭球光笼形状的光强分布的新方法。通过控制入射部分相干光的空间相干度,来改变聚焦在几何焦点附近的三维光强分布,从而获得希望得到的光强分布。     

The influence of nonparaxiality on the spectral behavior in Young's experiment illuminated by partially coherent light

Starting from the Rayleigh--Sommerfeld diffraction integral, this paper studies the spectral behavior in Young's experiment illuminated by nonparaxial partially coherent light and compares with the paraxial case, where the influence of nonparaxiality of partially coherent light on the spectral shifts and spectral switches is stressed. It is shown that there is a spectral shift in the nonparaxial case relative to the paraxial one and the critical position changes, at which the spectral switch occurs. The ratio of the waist width to the central wavelength w₀/λ₀ and relative spatial correlation length \De affect the spectral difference. The smaller w₀/λ₀ is, the larger the difference between the nonparaxial and paraxial results appears. The effect of relative spatial correlation length Δ is relatively small.     

Spectral shifts and spectral switches of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams in Young’s interference experiment

Taking the Gaussian Schell-model pulsed (GSMP) beam as a typical example of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams, an analytical expression for the far-field spectrum of diffracted GSMP beams in Young’s interference experiment is derived, and used to study the spectral shifts and spectral switches of GSMP beams in the far field. Numerical calculation results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral shifts and spectral switches on the obscuration ratio ε, temporal coherent length T_c, spatial correlation parameter β and diffraction angle α. It is shown that the critical angle α_c of the first- and second-order spectral switches moves away from the z axis with increasing T_c, but α_c of the third-order spectral switch moves towards the z axis with increasing T_c. The spectral transition height Δ decreases and spectral minimum S_min increases as T_c increases. α_c decreases, Δ increases and S_min decreases as β increases. The potential application of spectral switches of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams in information encoding and transmission is proposed.