A hybrid doubled achromat based on a photon sieve

Photon sieves are diffractive optical elements with large chromatic aberration. To correct the dispersion of a photon sieve, a novel hybrid doubled achromat combined a photon sieve and a refractive lens is proposed. The design of this achromat applies the opposite dispersive characteristics of diffractive and refractive elements. Two design examples for different bandwidths of 300 nm and 80 nm in visible spectrum are given. For analyzing their focusing properties, the intensity distributions both along the axis and at the focal plane are studied. The results illustrate that the achromatic design is achieved and the secondary spectrum can be corrected for a narrow bandwidth. And compared to traditional hybrid achromat, it can focus to a sharper spot.     

Phase zone photon sieve

A novel diffractive optical element, named phase zone photon sieve (PZPS), is presented. There are three kinds of phase plates in PZPSs: PZPS1, PZPS2, and PZPS3. Each of the PZPSs has its own structure and is made on quartz substrate by etching. The three PZPSs have stronger diffraction peak intensity than a photon sieve (PS) when the margin pinhole and zone line width are kept the same. The PZPS3 can produce a smaller central diffractive spot than the ordinary PS with the same number of zones on the Fresnel zone plate. We have given the design method for and the simulation of PZPS and PS. PZPS has potential applications in optical maskless lithography.     

Photon sieve for reduction of the far-field diffraction spot size in the laser free-space communication system

In the free-space laser communication, there is sometimes a strong need for reduction of the diffraction spot size in the far field. In this paper, instead of the usage of the larger size aperture lens and super-resolution technology in the free-space laser communication system, we introduce photon sieve to compress the center spot in the diffractive far field, which can decrease the weight of the emitting lens. We have designed the photon sieve and calculated its far-field diffractive intensity. We have also calculated the far field Airy diffractive field intensity. Simulation proves that the photon sieve diffractive spot is smaller than the Airy spot with the same transmit aperture. We have set up an experimental system to simulate the far-field diffraction free-space laser communication. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical results. Detailed experiments are presented.     

Lacunar fractal photon sieves

We present a new family of diffractive lenses whose structure is based on the combination of two concepts: photon sieve and fractal zone plates with variable lacunarity. The focusing properties of different members of this family are examined. It is shown that the sieves provide a smoothing effect on the higher order foci of a conventional lacunar fractal zone plate. However, the characteristic self-similar axial response of the fractal zone plates is always preserved.     

Scanning two photon fluorescence microscopy with extended depth of field

We describe the design and implementation of a light efficient binary phase-only diffraction optical element which converts a laser beam into an annular ring with the loss of less than 25% of the overall power. The use of annular illumination permits us to obtain an increase in the axial extent of the point spread function of a microscope objective without compromising the lateral resolution. The light efficiency of the system permitted two photon fluorescence images with extended depth of field to be obtained. The combination of two such extended depth of field images obtained at different parallaxes allowed the generation of high resolution two photon stereo pairs.     

Design and application of phase photon sieve

The imaging principle of Fresnel zone plate and photon sieve were analyzed in this paper. The design and fabrication of phase photon sieve were discussed. The feasibility of using phase photon sieve to realize nano-lithography was analyzed, a novel lithography experiment system based on phase photon sieve was presented, which not only has higher resolution and image contrast than the Fresnel zone plate lithography but also have higher diffractive efficiency than the amplitude photon sieve lithography.     

多层衍射光学元件成像特性的研究

讨论了多层衍射光学元件的光学成像性质.给出了优化设计多层衍射光学元件最大光栅厚度的方法,分析了构成多层结构的每块单层衍射元件的衍射效率对整体衍射效率的贡献作用.在0.436～0.656 μm的可见光波段,多层衍射光学元件最低衍射效率可达到98%以上,克服了单层衍射元件偏离设计波长后衍射效率显著下降的缺点,改善了宽波段衍射效率.将多层衍射光学元件应用在折、衍射混合光学系统中能够明显提高系统的成像质量,同时使得光学系统体积减小,重量减轻,并且在某些系统中可以避免使用昂贵的特殊材料,从而可以降低光学系统的成本价格.     

Focal shift of the partially coherent vortex beams focused by an aperture lens

Based on the propagation law of partially coherent beams, the propagation equations of the partially coherent vortex beams focused by an aperture lens are derived. Based on these equations, the focal shift of partially coherent vortex beams is studied, and illustrative numerical results are given. It is found that the focal shift of the partially coherent vortex is dependent not only on the Fresnel number but also on the relative coherent length and the topological charge of the vortex.     

Focusing properties of a modified Fibonacci photon sieve

We propose a type of diffractive optical element, a modified Fibonacci photon sieve(MFiPS), designed by using the Fibonacci sequence with two different initial seed elements. Focusing properties of MFi PS show that it not only has less secondary foci, but also presents two equal intensity foci by optimizing the diameters of pinholes of MFi PS whose ratio of the two focal distances approaches the golden mean. Higher transverse resolution on the two focal spots is improved by using a super-Gaussian amplitude modulation technology.     

ESPI with structured illumination

In practical ESPI applications in industry, the object under investigation often has low reflectance. From theoretical analysis, it is shown here that the implementation of phase shifting techniques will result in a smaller fraction of acceptable measurements for a given level of tolerable phase error. The use of higher power lasers may solve this problem; but it is an expensive solution. In this work, structured lighting using diffractive optical elements is proposed as a cost-effective solution. The approach is particularly useful when the deformation phase has to be obtained from only selected areas on the object. A simple experiment conducted verifies the workability of this approach.     

大尺度光学列阵的成像特性

本文由光线光学理论出发,分析了无单元像差的光学元件大尺度列阵的成像特性,得到了较傍轴近似更普适的成像特性变换矩阵,其结果包含了列阵的傍轴近似成像理论.并进一步证明了大尺度平面列阵的成像特性只具有近似的准相位共轭特性,且只有在傍轴近似下才是较完善的准相位共轭成像.该结论与以往理论相比更接近实际,且能更好地解释迄今为止所观察到的实验结果及本文的实验结果.     

大口径望远镜的高分辨成像技术

大口径望远镜的高分辨率成像观测技术是一项对天文学研究和空间目标探测都非常重要的技术,其中最核心的就是自适应光学。文章简要回顾了天文望远镜以及自适应光学技术的发展历程,围绕未来大口径望远镜发展需求,详细介绍了具有高空间分辨率特色的液晶自适应光学技术的发展历史及其现状。     

凝视型长波红外折衍混合光学成像系统设计

设计了一套折衍混合凝视红外热成像光学系统.该系统工作波段为8~12 μm, F数为1,全视场达12°, 总长140 mm,两个透镜均采用锗材料。衍射器件制作在第二片透镜的凸面上，可以采用金刚石车削技术进行加工．该系统成像质量接近衍射限并且相对折射系统更好地校正了色差.     

负折射率材料透镜的消色差

以工作在近红外波段0.848 μm～1.114μm,焦距100 mm,入瞳直径20 mm,具有负阿贝数的负折射率平凹透镜为例,介绍了两种对该类负折射率透镜的消色差设计方法,即利用正折射率材料透镜与负折射率材料透镜组合消色差和负折射率透镜中引入衍射光学元件实现折衍射混合透镜消色差方法.结果表明,正负折射率材料透镜组合消色差方法中正折射率材料透镜承担几乎全部光焦度,进而引入大量额外单色像差,但利用衍射光学元件可以在不引入额外像差的同时实现负折射率透镜的消色差.根据负折射率材料在介质与空气分界面的特殊折射特性,推导了以负折射率为基底的衍射光学元件的衍射效率公式,得到衍射微结构高度公式,求出不同波长处的衍射效率值.负折射率二元衍射光学元件在设计波长0.912 μm处衍射效率为40.53％,在波长0.848 μm处的衍射效率为35.06％,在波长1.114 μm处的衍射效率值为39.83％.     

采用大口径投影光学系统监测远场散斑特征参数

大口径投影光学系统采用低成本、大口径菲涅耳透镜制作,可将远场散斑强度分布投影到CCD成像探测器上。通过CCD图像处理,能够对给定孔径上的接收功率、闪烁指数进行量化评估;在接收孔径足够大、保障散斑不会因为光束漂移效应而脱离菲涅耳透镜的条件下,该系统还可以对光束漂移和特征半径进行量化评估。同时讨论了CCD像元响应非均匀性误差及其影响、CCD辐照响应函数和图像几何投影系数的定标方法。实验表明,系统能够对激光大气传输过程中的远场散斑特征参数进行监测。特别对自由空间激光通信系统而言,可以为大气衰减和多种大气湍流效应综合作用下的中值电平慢衰落研究和检测阈值优化设计提供实验数据支撑。     

Focusing light with a reflection photon sieve

An advanced type of diffractive optical element is presented that combines the concept of the photon sieve with an off-axis, off-normal incidence reflection geometry. Compared to transmission optical elements, the signal-to-background ratio is significantly increased by separating the first from other diffraction orders without drastically reducing the size of the smallest diffractive element. The reflection photon sieve produces sharp foci at maximum contrast and offers the advantages of effective heat dissipation and a large working space above the focal plane. Experimental results for a device working at a photon energy of 100 eV are presented and compared to theory.     

采用大口径投影光学系统监测远场散斑特征参数

大口径投影光学系统采用低成本、大口径菲涅耳透镜制作,可将远场散斑强度分布投影到CCD成像探测器上。通过CCD图像处理,能够对给定孔径上的接收功率、闪烁指数进行量化评估;在接收孔径足够大、保障散斑不会因为光束漂移效应而脱离菲涅耳透镜的条件下,该系统还可以对光束漂移和特征半径进行量化评估。同时讨论了CCD像元响应非均匀性误差及其影响、CCD辐照响应函数和图像几何投影系数的定标方法。实验表明,系统能够对激光大气传输过程中的远场散斑特征参数进行监测。特别对自由空间激光通信系统而言,可以为大气衰减和多种大气湍流效应综合作用下的中值电平慢衰落研究和检测阈值优化设计提供实验数据支撑。     

Higher-order squeezing and photon statistics in fourth harmonic generation

Squeezing of the electromagnetic field is investigated in fundamental mode in fourth harmonic generation under a short time approximation based on quantum mechanical approach. The occurrence of squeezing in field amplitude and in higher power amplitude (up to fourth-order) in fundamental mode has been studied. It is found to be dependent on phase of field amplitude of the fundamental mode. The dependence of squeezing on the photon number has also been investigated. It is found that squeezing increases non-linearly. It has also been found that the photon statistics of the field in fundamental mode is sub-Poissonian. The signal to noise ratio has been studied in different order. It is found that signal to noise ratio is higher in lower order.     

大口径精密光学调整架的优化设计

针对大功率激光检测技术发展中精密光学调整架存在的刚度不足的问题,设计了一种适合装调大口径光学镜片的精密光学调整架结构,并建立其力学模型,分析其动力学性能,通过420 mm大口径球关节调整架结构俯仰模态理论的分析和实验测试数据之间对比,找出导致调整架结构谐振频率变差的原因。采用优化设计后的大口径调整架第一阶俯仰模态的频率为157.788 Hz,能够很好满足在强振源下的工作需要。     

大口径精密光学调整架的优化设计

针对大功率激光检测技术发展中精密光学调整架存在的刚度不足的问题,设计了一种适合装调大口径光学镜片的精密光学调整架结构,并建立其力学模型,分析其动力学性能,通过420 mm大口径球关节调整架结构俯仰模态理论的分析和实验测试数据之间对比,找出导致调整架结构谐振频率变差的原因。采用优化设计后的大口径调整架第一阶俯仰模态的频率为157.788 Hz,能够很好满足在强振源下的工作需要。