Design and results for a 345 GHz sis focal plane array using planar technology

We describe a focal plane array using antenna elements and SIS junctions photo-etched on a quartz substrate. The etched antenna is of a new strip-line type in which a two-dimensional corrugated horn is phase-corrected with a strip-line lens. Good beam efficiency is indicated by the measured antenna patterns. A DSB receiver temperature of 225 K was obtained with a number of imperfections still present.     

Measurement of properties of a smooth-walled spline-profile feed horn around 840 GHz

For astrophysical applications at submillimeter wavelengths, efficient coupling of the feed horn pattern in the focal plane to the radiation pattern of the telescope is paramount. To date, at 840 GHz with high band width, corrugated feed horns have been used with very good results. The goal of developing instruments for KOSMA above 1 THz where state-of-the-art heterodyne systems are still governed by receiver noise rather than by radiative background, requires fabrication of corrugated structures of the order of λ/3 or less. This is non-trivial, and here we present the performance of a smooth-walled spline-profile feed horn, which is considerably easier to manufacture compared to a corrugated feed horn. The performance is assessed via radiation patterns in H, E and 45° D-Plane in co- and cross-polarization.     

Measurement of properties of a smooth-walled spline-profile feed horn around 840 GHz

For astrophysical applications at submillimeter wavelengths, efficient coupling of the feed horn pattern in the focal plane to the radiation pattern of the telescope is paramount. To date, at 840 GHz with high band width, corrugated feed horns have been used with very good results. The goal of developing instruments for KOSMA above 1 THz where state-of-the-art heterodyne systems are still governed by receiver noise rather than by radiative background, requires fabrication of corrugated structures of the order of λ/3 or less. This is non-trivial, and here we present the performance of a smooth-walled spline-profile feed horn, which is considerably easier to manufacture compared to a corrugated feed horn. The performance is assessed via radiation patterns in H, E and 45° D-Plane in co- and cross-polarization.     

利用多扇区介质透镜得到TM01模激励的圆锥喇叭笔形波束辐射

 给出了一种改善TM₀₁模辐射特性的方法,由不同厚度的扇区组成的介质透镜放置于圆锥喇叭口径处,适当地选择各个扇区的厚度,从而产生圆极化的轴向为极大值的远场方向图。推导出了该天线辐射场的解析公式,解析结果与数值模拟有较好的吻合。当工作频率为5 GHz时,天线的增益达19.6 dB,口径效率31.3%,具有15.8%的带宽(反射系数S11<0.2), 且适合于高功率辐射。     

3 mm圆锥喇叭聚焦天线的理论与仿真

介绍了基于传统光路法的聚焦透镜的设计方法。利用电磁仿真软件计算了透镜置于圆锥喇叭口的3 mm聚焦透镜天线的性能。根据圆锥喇叭最大方向系数及现有文献公式确定喇叭张角,仿真得到天线聚焦性能不够理想。然后仿真了张角12,20,30三种天线聚焦性能,其焦距随张角增大而增大,逐渐接近所设计焦距。从而验证了光路法需电磁波长相对喇叭口径足够小的结论。给出了喇叭张角12,20,30三种天线焦平面上电场分布。喇叭张角30天线焦斑小于2倍波长。     

Far-Field Pattern of a Focal-Plane Array-Lens Antenna at Millimeter Wavelengths

In this paper an analysis of the far-field pattern of a focal-plane array in the case of two different lenses, a coma-free lens and a hyperbolic lens, and their comparison, are presented. Ray tracing and aperture integration are used. The calculated field pattern at W band is presented. The focal-plane elements are assumed to be corrugated horn. The f / D of the lens is 1.3. The coma-free lens is designed by step integration. The calculation results show that the coma-free lens is superior to the hyperbolic lens in the imaging performance. The coma-free lens can contain more pixels under the condition that the beam size and beam quality are almost constant over the range of angles scanned and the differences among beams gain less 1.8 dB. The aperture efficiency and directivity are also presented.     

Antenna Performance of a Directly Dug Corrugated Feedhorn for the 150-GHz Band

We have developed a 150 GHz band corrugated feed horn. These corrugated feed horns have been established by a new machining method, which involves digging corrugations through a metal material. We were able to realize E plane and H plane symmetry, low side lobe level, and low cross-polarization level. Measured co-polarization beam patterns above − 35 dB were consistent with the simulated patterns within a designed frequency range. The peak levels of cross-polarization beam patterns were less than − 30 dB. And, the performances were uniform in several horns. In the present paper, we describe the corrugated horn produced by this methods.     

Tunable protein microlens array

Based on natural protein materials, a series of lenses with different heights and focal lengths were assembled on glass substrates by femtosecond laser non-contact, masking, and cold processing. This lens array itself possesses unique and characteristic optical performance in three-dimensional parallel imaging and bending imaging. What is more profound is that by using equilibrium swelling of protein-hydrogel, once the lens array was placed in a liquid environment, with the change of ion concentration(e.g., pH), the refractive index and curvature of the protein-hydrogel would change, which leads to the flex of the focal plane of the lens, finally realizing the dynamical tunability of a protein microlens. These smart stress devices may have great potential in optical biosensing and microfluidic chip integration fields.     

光场的空间横向效应对无粒子数反转光放大增益的影响

针对喇曼场驱动下的四能级理论模型，讨论了光场的空间横向效应对无粒子数反转光放大增益的影响．计算结果表明：光场的空间横向效应使探测场的探测谱形状发生了变化；为了在样品池的出口处获得较高增益，汇聚透镜的最佳聚焦位置不应在样品池的中心，而应在样品池的出口附近． 关键词：     

固体浸没透镜出射光场偏振特性研究

在固体浸没透镜近场光存储中, 光的偏振对近场光场分布具有很大的影响. 采用三维时域有限差分法, 对聚焦线偏振高斯光束通过固体浸没透镜后焦平面上各分量场分布及距离焦平面不同位置光斑图样进行了模拟. 结果表明在焦平面上及距离焦平面较近的近场区域, 出射光场在与入射光偏振垂直方向出现显著的场增强现象, 从而使光斑图样呈近似椭圆分布; 而在距焦平面较远的远场区域光斑图样趋向圆形对称分布.     

Diffraction of terahertz waves after passing through a Fresnel lens

The spatiotemporal and spectral characteristics of ultrawide-band terahertz pulses after passing through a Fresnel lens are studied by using the scalar diffraction theory. The simulation shows that the transmitted terahertz waveforms compress with increasing propagation distance, and the multi-frequency focusing phenomenon at different focal points is observed. Additionally, the distribution of terahertz fields in a plane perpendicular to the axis is also discussed, and it is found that the diffraction not only induces focusing on-axis but also inhibits focusing at off-axis positions. Therefore, the Fresnel lens may be a useful alternative approach to being a terahertz filter. Moreover, the terahertz pulses travelling as a basic mode of a Gaussian beam are discussed in detail.     

The Effect of the Spin Angular Momentum on the Tight-Focusing Vortex Hollow Gaussian Beams

The propagation properties of a hollow Gaussian beam (HGB) carrying on-axis and off-axis vortices through a high numerical aperture lens are investigated. The intensity of the focused beam in the focal plane can be controlled by choosing the different topological charges, the beam order, and the semi-aperture angle. As intrinsic properties, vortex beams possess both spin and orbital angular momenta. The spin angular momenta (SAM) density can be treated as a vector in 3D since it exists in arbitrary orientation during the beam propagation. The vectors of SAM density orientation of the focused beam in 3D rotate around the central axis whose locations mainly rely on the vortices. The magnitude of the SAM density near the focus plane abruptly varies by altering the focal length of the lens. Under tightly focusing condition, two new pairs of vortices generate alternately on x and y axes in the vectorial electric fields, while the topological charges increase by one.     

Scalable Talbot effect of periodic array objects

A type of scalable self-imaging capable of variable magnification or minification of periodic objects is demonstrated in the focal plane of a lens illuminated by a point source.The theory and the experimental results show that the self-imaging phenomenon can also be realized in the focal plane of a lens regardless of whether the distances satisfy the lens formula or not.The particular property of this scalable self-imaging effect is that the images in the focal plane can be controlled with different scaling factors only when the distances between the point source and the periodic object satisfy a certain condition.This discovery should open a new field of diffraction imaging and new application opportunities in precision measurement.     

液滴透镜在电场中的变形研究

利用电场作用操控液滴面形获得非球面液滴透镜,并实时检测其光学性能,利用紫外光固化技术使液滴透镜固化得到固体非球面透镜.实验测量了液滴透镜的面形并经过图像处理提取面形轮廓,经多项式拟合得出液滴透镜的面形表达式.比较了不同强度电场作用下的液滴透镜面形,计算了主曲率随电场的变化规律,讨论了液滴透镜在电场中的变形机制|根据透镜面形表达式,采用光线追迹法得出了液滴透镜的焦距随电场的变化规律,结合ZEMAX软件计算了3 550 V时液滴透镜的最大波像差为0.32个波长,Strehl Ratio为0.74,及光学传递函数等参数,计算了所制作的非球面透镜的像差,为低像差非球面透镜的研制提供了依据.     

液滴透镜在电场中的变形研究

利用电场作用操控液滴面形获得非球面液滴透镜,并实时检测其光学性能,利用紫外光固化技术使液滴透镜固化得到固体非球面透镜.实验测量了液滴透镜的面形并经过图像处理提取面形轮廓,经多项式拟合得出液滴透镜的面形表达式.比较了不同强度电场作用下的液滴透镜面形,计算了主曲率随电场的变化规律,讨论了液滴透镜在电场中的变形机制;根据透镜面形表达式,采用光线追迹法得出了液滴透镜的焦距随电场的变化规律,结合ZEMAX软件计算了3 550 V时液滴透镜的最大波像差为0.32个波长,Strehl Ratio为0.74,及光学传递函数等参数,计算了所制作的非球面透镜的像差,为低像差非球面透镜的研制提供了依据.     

高倍聚光光伏模组中三结太阳电池沿光轴方向光电性能与优化

目前,在高倍聚光光伏模组设计中,由于对菲涅耳透镜聚光后各波段的光强分布及其非均匀特性缺乏研究和认识,通常认为在菲涅耳透镜的聚光焦平面处多结太阳电池输出功率最大.本文通过光线跟踪模拟的方法,计算并分析菲涅耳透镜聚光下不同波段的光照能量分布和非均匀特性.同时,结合三结太阳电池电路网络模型,研究在高倍聚光光伏模组中,沿光轴方向不同位置处三结太阳电池的发电性能.结果表明:模组输出功率最高位置在焦平面沿光轴方向上下两侧的位置,优化后模组输出功率比常规设计提高20%以上.该模拟结果得到了实验结果的验证.     

Starch-based second-harmonic-generated collinear frequency-resolved optical gating pulse characterization at the focal plane of a high-numerical-aperture lens

We report the use of starch as an ideal nonlinear medium with which to perform collinear frequency-resolved optical gating measurements of ultrashort pulses at the focal plane of a high-numerical-aperture (NA) lens. We achieved these measurements by simply sandwiching starch granules (suspended in water) between two coverslips and placing them within the focal plane of a high-NA lens. The natural nonlinear characteristics of starch allow the correct phase matching of pulses at the focal plane of a high-NA lens at different wavelengths. This elegant arrangement overcomes all the complexity and problems that were previously associated with pulse characterization within a multiphoton microscope.     

Focal length measurement based on Hartmann–Shack principle

A novel means of focal length measurement is proposed based upon Hartmann–Shack principle of wavefront detection. Mathematical approaches of focal length measurement are deduced without the necessity of knowing the position of lens principle plane. In experiment, laser sources with wavelength of 633 nm and 780 nm are separately used and focal length of three pieces of doublets is measured under two wavelengths mentioned above. As were shown by the results, this method of focal length measurement could not only accurately measure lens focal length, but also evaluate chromatic aberration of them. Since the intensity of light is detected by CCD, optical characteristics of lens beyond the range of visible light are also measurable when response range of CCD allows. This new means of focal length measurement is characterized by high accuracy, fast measuring and easy to setup, thereby, it is applicable in wide fields of area.     

Quasioptical Approach for Meniscus Lens Corrected Horn: Application to Cassegrain Systems

The Beam Mode Expansion (BME) approach for corrugated conical feed horn plus meniscus lens is presented. This approach is useful for providing the radiation pattern as it propagates through an optical system. A developed theoretical model has been verified measuring near and far field of a built horn and lens. These results have been used for designing the optical system of a Cassegrain antenna at 100GHz using the fundamental Gaussian beam mode (GBM) of the new approach. Multimode analysis has been performed with the pre-designed system in order to test the fundamental GBM results.     

飞行模拟器用投射系统设计

研究了一种瞄准镜用飞行模拟器投射镜头的设计,并给出了模拟器投射镜头的设计实例。模拟器由显示系统、屏幕、投射系统、反射镜组成,模拟图像信号送入模拟器的显示系统,显示系统将视景仿真模拟图像信号投射到屏幕上,屏幕位于投射系统的焦平面上,瞄准镜对由模拟器进入的光线成像实现成像模拟。投射系统由周边系统、中心系统共9路光学镜头组成,投射系统周边系统、中心系统对应于瞄准镜的中心系统与周边系统,中心系统与周边系统的物面位置重合即共物面;中心系统采用摄远物镜镜形式缩短了镜头长度结构更加紧凑。周边系统焦距为f=263．02mm,视场角为2ω=17°,全视场畸边〈0．4％,在屏幕的Nyquist频率处全视场的MTF〉0．9,系统长度330mm;中心系统焦距为f=295．00mm,视场角为2ω=17°,全视场畸变〈0．37％,在屏幕的Nyquist频率处全视场的MTF〉0．9,系统长度283．2mm。投射系统采用全口径出光,同时系统通光口径略大于敏感器的通光口径,降低了系统装配的精度。