Three-dimensional weight-accumulation algorithm for generating multiple excitation spots in fast optical stimulation

We report here an algorithm for calculating a hologram to be employed in a high-access speed microscope for observing sensory-driven synaptic activity across all inputs to single living neurons in an intact cerebral cortex. The system is based on holographic multi-beam generation using a two-dimensional phase-only spatial light modulator to excite multiple locations in three dimensions with a single hologram. The hologram was calculated with a three-dimensional weighted iterative Fourier transform method using the Ewald sphere restriction to increase the calculation speed. Our algorithm achieved good uniformity of three dimensionally generated excitation spots; the standard deviation of the spot intensities was reduced by a factor of two compared with a conventional algorithm.     

惯性约束聚变装置中靶面光场特性的统计表征方法

在激光驱动的惯性约束聚变装置中,常采用多种束匀滑手段对焦斑的时空特性进行调控.光传输链路中涉及的光学元件众多、传输变换复杂,往往导致光传输模型复杂,且在运用衍射光学方法分析焦斑形态和特征时面临大量的数据处理和计算,致使出现计算量大、计算效率低等问题,亟需寻求快速而简便的新方法来描述焦斑的统计特征.本文利用光场特性的统计表征方法对靶面光场进行表征,采用圆型复数高斯随机变量直接描述靶面光场的统计特征,并基于典型焦斑评价参数对衍射光学方法和统计表征方法得到的远场焦斑进行了对比和分析.结果表明,采用衍射光学方法和统计表征方法获得的焦斑的瞬时特征基本一致,其时间积分的远场焦斑有所不同,但仍可进一步采用相关系数来表征其远场焦斑的时间变化特征.     

基于液晶空间光调制器的全息显示

在传统的纯相位全息显示系统中, 一般基于快速傅里叶变换(FFT)算法来计算相位全息图, 在FFT的计算中需要遵循Nyquist采样定理, 因此, 重建图像的尺寸往往受限于空间光调制器的固定采样率. 这个限制可以通过卷积算法或者两步菲涅耳衍射算法来解决, 但是需要使用多个FFT的计算, 导致计算量增大. 鉴于此, 提出了一种基于透镜的纯相位全息图计算方法. 在全息图的计算中, 通过透镜的成像原理建立一个采样率可变的虚拟全息面, 通过调节相应的距离参数使得在全息图的计算中可以任意调节原始图像的采样率, 摆脱了传统方法中液晶空间光调制器带宽积对重建图像尺寸的限制, 并且这种算法只需使用一次FFT就能达到变采样率的衍射计算, 大幅提高了全息图的计算速度. 数值模拟及光学实验结果证明了此方法可以在全息显示光学系统中清晰地重建不同尺寸的图像. 同时该系统可以有效地消除由空间光调制器的像素化结构带来的零级衍射.     

多平面全息三维显示及其噪声消除研究

基于层析法和Gerchberg-Saxton迭代算法,计算得到了多个平面构成的三维物体的计算全息图,并将该计算全息图加载于空间光调制器上,获得了具备全视差的三维立体显示。基于以上方法,对灰度图像进行显示,获得了较高的像质。构建了由100个平面组成的立方体,获得了立方体的三维图像。另外,在计算全息图时附加了相位平移函数,消除了由空间光调制器的栅格结构引起的多重衍射像噪声,将能量利用效率提高到原来的379%。这样,可获得高衍射效率、高像质且具备全视差的三维全息显示。     

Fast writing of soliton waveguides in lithium niobate using low-intensity blue light

We experimentally demonstrate the writing of soliton waveguides in lithium niobate with blue violet light, at λ?=?405?nm. This wavelength, obtained from a low-cost laser diode, allows very fast writing of soliton waveguides when comparing with the writing process using green light (532?nm). For the same writing time, there is a decrease of?~4 orders of magnitude of the light intensity necessary for writing soliton waveguides in blue. The writing process is investigated and characterized by tuning parameters, such as beam intensity, external field and beam polarization. The IR guiding capability of these soliton waveguides is tested by guiding femtosecond laser pulses at λ?=?1,550?nm.     

浅谈全息图的复制

简要介绍了将原全息图再现和接触复制法两种全息图复制的原理与方法.进一步采用接触复制法的方法,利用激光作为光源进行了全息图的复制实验研究.实验结果表明复制的全息图再现像图像比较清晰,层次分明.     

Light diffraction and nonlinear image processing in electrooptic Bi12SiO20 crystals

Some characteristic peculiarities of the volume phase holograms in a high-sensitive electrooptic Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals such as polarization properties of the diffracted light beam and nonlinear phenomena in the stationary stage of the hologram formation are investigated. Spatial frequency mixing or combinational hologram writing by means of non-linearity of the holographic process is discussed as a new promising technique of the volume holography. In particular two important problems of Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals: nondestructive readout at the wavelength different from that of the writing beams and correlation analysis of complex two-dimensional pictures can be solved by this method.     

白光再现激光全息照相的实验研究

以光的干涉和衍射为基础,讨论白光再现激光全息照相的原理,设计拍摄不同物体白光再现全息图的光路,探索能成功拍出白光再现反射全息图的条件和方法,并通过实验证明其可行性。     

二维彩色彩虹像面全息图记录的一种新方法

本文提出了利用液晶光阀和单色激光进行彩色全息图记录的方法.借助于液晶光阀非相干-相干转换的功能,采用新的彩虹全息术,获得了记录于同一块干版上的原彩色目标由红、绿、篮三色所成的三个基色彩虹全息像.用白光透射再现,得到原彩色图的真彩色全息像.这种方法是液晶光阀、条形散斑屏在图像处理中的一种特殊应用.     

提高多光源汇聚光斑中心定位精度的形态学滤波方法

在激光指令传输中,为形成较大的光覆盖区域并增大光源的作用距离,将多个特性相同的激光器矩阵排列,构成组合光源。针对点阵多激光管光源在开放环境下成像光斑具有多个光能中心的特点,采用形态学滤波中的开启、闭合运算,去除背景噪声斑点,平滑光斑内部的小光斑叠加和干涉造成的不规则条、孔,使得能以简化的分割和定位算法,快速获得接近实际的完整光斑边界,光斑中心定位精度的均方差不大于1.2%。该方法能快速、高精度定位这种叠加光斑的中心,为远距离激光对准和测控提供了可靠的精度和时效保证。     

MO／PVA薄膜材料在Ar^＋激光488.0nm线预辐照下的红光多重全息存贮

报道了甲基橙偶氮染料掺杂的聚乙烯醇薄膜材料在Ａｒ＾＋激光４８８．０ｎｍ线辐照下，用正交线偏振的６３２．８ｎｍ光作为写入光，通过旋转样品，在同一光斑内形成多个取向不同的相位光栅，实现了多重全息存贮的实验结果。在三重图象的存贮中，通过控制每次的写入时间、得到了三个均匀明亮的衍射图像，其平均衍射效率为０．１％。     

计算全息检测离轴非球面的离散相位计算

为了设计检测离轴非球面的计算全息图（CGH）,需要对采样点的相位进行计算。通过平移和旋转,将离轴非球面几何中心的法线作为检测光路光轴。在此基础上,采用光线追迹法,对离轴非球面上采样点的相位分布进行了研究,详细推导了离散相位的计算方法,给出了在3维空间坐标系中,离轴非球面上任意一采样点的相位计算公式,并通过计算、对比同一旋转对称非球面的相位分布对该算法进行了验证。结果表明该计算方法正确,且计算精度能够满足CGH的要求。     

An azobenzene functionalized polymer for laser direct writing waveguide fabrication

We report on non-lithographic laser direct writing fabrication of optical waveguides by using a 4′-hydroxy-4-nitroazobene dye-functionalized polymer film. The polymer film reveals permanent change of refractive index at high laser illumination intensity. A focused continuous wave low power green laser beam at 532 nm wavelength is used to directly write waveguide structures on the polymer film. The magnitude of refractive index increase at film surface is about 0.006. One-step laser writing results in graded index waveguides in film depth direction under ambient conditions without pre- and post-processing. As a by-product, the laser writing also results in a very small air valley at the boundary between the laser written and non-written regions which may contribute in part although minimal to the waveguide lateral confinement and can be used for visual observation of waveguide patterns. The fabricated waveguide is found to be stable and easily reproducible.     

Adaptive slit beam shaping for direct laser written waveguides

We demonstrate an improved method for fabricating optical waveguides in bulk materials by means of femtosecond laser writing. We use an LC spatial light modulator (SLM) to shape the beam focus by generating adaptive slit illumination in the pupil of the objective lens. A diffraction grating is applied in a strip across the SLM to simulate a slit, with the first diffracted order mapped onto the pupil plane of the objective lens while the zeroth order is blocked. This technique enables real-time control of the beam-shaping parameters during writing, facilitating the fabrication of more complicated structures than is possible using nonadaptive methods. Waveguides are demonstrated in fused silica with a coupling loss to single-mode fibers in the range of 0.2 to 0.5 dB and propagation loss <0.4 dB/cm.     

Polychromatic reconstruction for volume holographic memory

We propose a method of reconstructing an image from a volume hologram at a wavelength different from the recording one. Spectrally broad but spatially coherent light was used as a probe beam. Each angular spectral component of the recorded hologram could be Bragg matched at one particular wavelength within the broadband spectrum. We experimentally demonstrated that a whole image could be reconstructed by using polychromatic light, whereas only a partial image was obtained by using single-mode laser light. We discuss the required bandwidth of the probe beam and the deformation of the reconstructed image.     

计算机产生全息图对补偿器检测的技术研究

用一种计算全息板代替补偿器零检验光路中理想的大型非球面,实现对补偿器的定量检验.用于检测补偿器旋转对称的二元反射式全息板根据非球面方程设计,并确定其光程差,再由激光直写(精度可达0.6μm)来制作完成,合成相当于理想非球面反射波前.其检测精度小于λ/10.补偿器的参量由抛物面和三级球差理论确定.     

Three-dimensional integration of microoptical components buried inside photosensitive glass by femtosecond laser direct writing

We report the three-dimensional (3D) integration of microoptical components such as microlenses, micromirrors and optical waveguides in a single glass chip by femtosecond (fs) laser direct writing. First, two types of microoptical lenses were fabricated inside photosensitive Foturan glass by forming hollow microstructures using fs laser direct writing followed by thermal treatment, successive wet etching and additional annealing. One type of lens is the cylindrical microlens with a curvature radius R of 1.0 mm, and the other is the plano-convex microlens with radius R of 0.75 mm. Subsequently, by the continuous procedure of hollow microstructure fabrication, a micromirror was integrated with the plano-convex microlens in the single glass chip. Further integration of waveguides was performed by internal refractive index modification using fs laser direct writing after the hollow structure fabrication of the microlens and the micromirror. A demonstration of the laser beam transmission in the integrated optical microdevice shows that the 3D integration of waveguides with a micromirror and a microoptical lens in a single glass chip is highly effective for light beam guiding and focusing. PACS 42.62.-b; 81.05.Kf; 42.82.Cr; 82.50.Pt; 42.79.Gn     

Optical properties of a waveguide written inside a LiTaO3 crystal by irradiation with focused femtosecond laser pulses

Optical waveguides were fabricated by modifying the optical properties inside a LiTaO₃ crystal by irradiation with femtosecond laser pulses, and the performance and optical properties of the waveguide were investigated. On the basis of near-field pattern of the light guided through the waveguides, the optimum writing conditions such as the pulse energy and the pulse duration were determined. The waveguide written inside a LiTaO₃ crystal had a strong polarization dependence of guided light. Observation by a polarized microscope suggested that the stress distribution around the photoexcited region should be responsible for the polarization dependence of guided light. In addition, the second harmonic generation from a laser beam passing through the waveguide was observed, which suggests that the ferroelectric properties of LiTaO₃ were preserved after the photoexcitation.     

An opto-electrical method for measuring the gap of LCD glass plates

We focus on the experimented system development for the measurement of the gap of LCD glass plates. The measurement system includes a laser light source, lens module, image capturing system and the algorithm for calculation of the position of light spots. We emphasize the structure of laser triangulation in an optical system. The software is focused on the algorithm for calculating the position of light point, including centroid calculation method (CCM) and Fourier phase shift (FPS).

Furthermore, to verify the feasibility of the algorithm, we use computer software to simulate experiments. We also discuss the contribution of the noise to the accuracy for the CCM and FPS. To complete the development of the opto-electrical measurement system and to verify the accuracy for the hardware architecture, we use a novel mechanism of multi-track and concentricity, laser light source, lens module, and image capturing system.     

X射线激光全息的可见光再现

Ｘ射线激光全息是Ｘ射线激光一个非常重要的应用。本文模拟了Ｇａｂｏｒ全息的记录和再现过程，分析了Ｇａｂｏｒ全息和无透镜傅立叶变换全息用可见光再现过程中再现象的放大率、象差等对再现象的影响，提出了减小象差和获得高分辨再现象的方法，认为无透镜傅立叶变换全息是当前Ｘ射线激光全息的重要记录方式。