On the use of NR-PC flat lens for square target detection and imaging by lens-combined scanning scheme

In the paper, target detection and imaging from refraction photonic crystal (NR-PC) slab lens is studied by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerical simulation shows that, there is a transmission peak with a value far greater than unit, resulting from the mini-forbidden bands and resonance excitation at the resonance frequency of 0.3068 (a/λ). When a target is placed at the focus point (F₂) of the NR-PC lens, its image and great amplitude could be formed in the vicinity of the point source through the focusing of backscattered optical wave from the target. Further investigation demonstrates that the lens-combined scanning scheme provides higher refocusing resolution than lens-fixed and non-dynamic scanning scheme for square target detection and imaging.     

基于同心球透镜的四镜头探测器阵列拼接成像系统

为了同时实现成像系统的大视场、长焦距和高分辨率,设计了基于同心球透镜的四镜头探测器阵列拼接成像系统.首先,阐述了四镜头探测器阵列拼接方案的原理;介绍了同心球透镜的结构特点,阐述了其成像优点.然后,完成了满足实际拼接应用的同心球广角、长焦成像系统(拼接子系统)的光学设计.最后,给出了拼接子系统的像质评价并对其进行公差分析.结果表明:拼接后的系统可实现100 mm焦距和120°视场成像.该系统解决了大视场和长焦距之间的矛盾,可实现超高像素成像,相对于传统光电成像系统具有巨大的优势.     

一种组件透射式成像光谱仪设计

针对反射式成像光谱系统普遍存在多次反射(和衍射)产生杂散光和装调难度大等问题,设计了一种高性能透射式系统,全部使用通用光学组件,简化了系统结构,降低了成本和装调难度,较传统成像光谱仪有更广的适用范围。该设计中全部部件都非定制,可以根据应用场合更换,具有较好的灵活性,采用透射的方式,减少了杂散光的影响。利用ZEMAX软件仿真、优化了搭配两组不同物镜的系统光路,对畸变、MTF、色差等性能进行测试。对比25和50 mm物镜的系统性能,发现望远镜头的更换对整个系统成像质量的影响不大。参照设计参数成功搭建出一台成像光谱仪,其中望远物镜采用准对称双高斯结构,有利于控制场曲和畸变;采用透射式平面衍射光栅作为分光器件,制作工艺成熟,无需定制,装调简单。光谱分辨率和畸变测试结果显示该系统拥有良好的畸变控制能力,光谱分辨率达到2 nm,满足设计要求,利用标定后的系统测得的氘灯光谱取得了较为理想的结果。     

Experiments and analyses of a new type optical system for computed radiography

A new high-performance laser scanning system is designed. In this system, a scanning arm consisting of a pentagonal prism and a scanning object lens is used to replace the traditional Fθ lens, and a circular imaging plate transmission mechanism is specially designed in order to meet the requirement of the scanning arm. At the same time, the stimulation fluorescence can be obtained by the scanning arm. Some main factors that influence the spatial resolution and the performance of the laser scanner system are analyzed, and the analysis results are presented, which is helpful for further optimization design of the system. Experimental results indicate that the images obtained by the system have good visual effects and can meet the requirements of industrial inspection.     

Subwavelength imaging enhancement through a three-dimensional plasmon superlens with rough surface

In this Letter we investigate the subwavelength imaging of a three-dimensional plasmon superlens based on the full vector wave simulations of optical wave propagation and transmission. The optical transfer functions are computed. Comparisons are made between the results of lenses with flat and periodic/random rough surfaces. We also study the problem of practical imaging system geometry using laser as an illumination source. Results show that the lens with periodic or random roughness can reduce the field interference effects, and provide improved focus on the transmission field and the Poynting flux. We illustrate that the subwavelength roughness in a plasmon lens can enhance the image resolution over a flat lens for both matched and unmatched permittivity conditions. The enhancement of resolution occurs because the introduced subwavelength roughness can amplify the evanescent wave components and suppress the surface plasmon resonance peaks.     

Atomic resolution imaging of oxygen atoms close to heavy atoms by HRTEM and ED,using the superconductor SmFeAsO0.85F0.15 as an example

Imaging of light atoms has always been a challenge in high-resolution electron microscopy. Image resolution is mainly limited by lens aberrations, especially the spherical aberration of the objective lens. Image deconvolution could correct for the image distortion by lens aberrations and restore the structure projection, the resolution of which is limited by the information limit of the microscope. Electron diffraction unrestricted by lens aberrations could overcome this resolution limit. Here we show a combination of electron diffraction and image deconvolution to reveal simultaneously the atomic columns of O and considerably heavier Sm at a very close distance (1.17 Å) in iron-based superconductor SmFeAsO_0.85F_0.15 using a conventional 200 kV electron microscope. The approach used here, starting from an image and an electron diffraction pattern, has an advantage for those radiation-sensitive samples. Besides, it can be applied to simultaneously imaging light and heavy atoms, even though they have a big difference in atomic number and a much smaller atomic distance than the microscope resolution.     

Image resolution and the properties of optical-wave target detection and imaging by using the NR-PC flat lens

We used the method of two-dimensional (2D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) to study the characteristics of optical-wave target detection and imaging from negative-refraction photonic crystal (NR-PC) flat lens in the paper. The theory of image resolution was introduced. The results show that there exists a transmission peak, with a value far greater than unit, resulting from the influence of the mini-forbidden bands and resonance excitation effect at resonance frequency. And, the refocusing of backscattered optical wave from the target leads to its image with a sub-wavelength lateral resolution and great amplitude as long as the target is placed at the focus of the NR-PC flat lens. And the application of NR-PC flat lens can be extended in optical area, especially in the detection and imaging of small target.     

FDTD study of subwavelength imaging by a photonic crystal slab

The problem of subwavelength imaging via a photonic crystal slab lens made of two-dimensional (2D) square arrays of parallel dielectric cylinders in air is studied and discussed theoretically. The finite-difference time-domain method is employed to investigate the unique features of imaging by such lens. We confirm earlier findings that a photonic crystal slab lens can provide the imaging of a point source. By analysing the transmission properties of the proposed structure, we demonstrate that inside the all-angle negative refraction, there are some favourable directions for waves to travel. We show that the surface termination of the photonic crystal is a key parameter to obtain a good quality image. The super-resolution of two sources separated by a distance less than the wavelength is also considered. It is shown that the achievable resolution is limited by the slab length.     

紫外像增强器分辨力校准装置与方法研究

紫外像增强器作为导弹紫外告警系统、紫外预警系统以及各类紫外辐射监测系统的核心部件,其参数准确与否,直接影响到系统的图像质量。为保证测试数据的准确性,研制紫外像增强器分辨力校准装置,校准装置所用紫外光源是波长范围为200 nm～400 nm的紫外光,相对应的分辨力靶、滤光处、光学成像系统均要求能够透射紫外光,由于紫外波长较短,容易引起散射效应而产生大量的杂散光,设计的分辨力靶采用紫外级石英,紫外光学成像系统采用透射式结构,选用同轴共轭透镜作为紫外光学成像系统。实验和测量不确定度分析验证校准装置的测量不确定度为5%。     

基于二次成像的像面干涉高光谱成像方法

像面干涉高光谱成像技术主要应用于遥感成像领域,为了实现不同距离目标的光谱成像探测,提出了一种基于二次成像的像面干涉高光谱成像方法。通过在无限远成像系统中加入前端成像物镜、中继准直物镜和横向剪切分束器,构建一个二次成像的干涉系统。通过采用分离式的前端成像物镜方案,选用变焦镜头或不同焦距的定焦镜头,有效地兼顾远、近距离目标的成像光谱探测。对该方法的成像系统、光谱分辨率和推扫方式等方面进行了分析,进一步搭建了实验装置,对室内近场目标和室外远场目标进行了成像实验,并对生物组织进行了显微光谱干涉成像实验。实验结果表明,该成像方法能够有效用于不同距离目标的高光谱成像探测。     

Numerical research on properties of optical-wave target detection and imaging from NR-PC flat lens

The characteristics of optical-wave target detection and imaging from a negative-refraction photonic crystal (NR-PC) flat lens are studied with a two-dimensional (2D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method in the paper. The results show that there exists a transmission peak, with a value far greater than unit, resulting from the influence of the mini-forbidden bands and resonance excitation effect at resonance frequency. Also, the refocusing of backscattered optical wave from the target leads to its image with a sub-wavelength lateral resolution and great amplitude as long as the target is placed at the focus of the NR-PC flat lens. Therefore, the NR-PC flat lens will find many implications in optical area, especially in the detection and imaging of small targets.     

强电磁干扰环境下光纤束传像系统的设计研究

为解决电磁辐射干扰环境中图像稳定传输的问题,设计并开发了具有抗强电磁干扰能力的光纤束传像系统。利用ZEMAX光学设计软件,对传像系统中前置物镜和后置目镜分别进行了设计,并根据物镜和目镜的初始像差分布情况,利用优化函数,结合各种操作数,对系统的像差进一步优化。优化结果表明,物镜各视场的光学调制传递函数（MTF）值在空间频率为38 lp/mm处大于0.85,目镜各视场的MTF值在空间频率为120 lp/mm处大于0.3,具有较高的成像质量。针对选用的物镜、目镜、光纤束及CCD的结构特点,设计并制备出系统连接的耦合器件,并搭建了一套传像系统,进行图像传输实验。对系统的成像质量以及影响因素进行分析,采用Gamma算法提高像面亮度,获得了高质量的传输图像。     

Left-handed metamaterial based superlens for subwavelength imaging of electromagnetic waves

Lenses made of negative index materials have the ability to focus the propagating and evanescent components of electromagnetic waves. Such a possibility enables super resolution, in turn resulting in sharper, subwavelength size images. In this present work, we present subwavelength imaging that was obtained from a one-dimensional left-handed metamaterial (LHM) composed of alternating layers of split-ring resonators and thin wires. We investigated the effect of the thickness of LHM lenses on image size. The left-handed pass band within the negative permittivity and permeability region is shown experimentally and theoretically for different thicknesses of LHM slabs. We also studied the transmission-phase of LHMs with a different number of unit cells along the propagation direction. The phase decreases with the increasing thicknesses of LHM slabs, proving that the phase velocity is negative in the left-handed transmission band. PACS 42.25.-p; 41.20.Jb; 81.05.-t     

高衍射效率衍射望远镜系统的设计/加工及成像性能测试

为提高衍射效率,设计并制作了口径为300mm的衍射成像系统.该系统的物镜是由一块四台阶位相型菲涅尔波带片通过激光直写套刻和Ar离子束物理刻蚀技术在石英玻璃基板上加工而成.测试了衍射物镜的衍射效率,实验结果表明:衍射物镜在波长632.8nm处的衍射效率为66.4%,达到理论值的82%.搭建了衍射成像系统光路,分别采用10μm星点孔与分辨率板,测试了系统的成像性能.实验测得星点像直径为44μm,分辨率板的极限分辨率达到84lp/mm,接近该系统的理论计算值,表明该衍射成像系统具有较好的成像性能.     

Optical design of a full-pupil field,non-contact and high resolution corneal curved objective lens

It has been a challenge to overcome the corneal curvature radius to design a full-pupil field, non-contact and high resolution corneal curved objective lens, which covers the cornea full-pupil field and has the ability to resolve corneal cells. In this paper, we report an optical design of a full-pupil field, non-contact corneal curved objective lens for high resolution cornea imaging. The advantages of this lens are that it has a wide field of view (FOV) with the corneal curved image surface, maintains the beam normal incidence, as well as non-contact lens imaging, and offers a cell-level lateral resolution of cornea structure. The analysis of optimization shows that the system achieves diffraction limit in a circular FOV of 4 mm diameter covering the full-pupil zone. The theoretical lateral resolution is about 2.5 μm with an image space NA of 0.16, which is sufficient to resolve corneal cells of 7 μm diameter, and the working distance is larger than 15 mm which is enough for a non-contact objective lens. So the optical design is effectively and efficiently meeting the demand of specifications.     

棱镜分光光谱仪的光学系统设计与光谱特性计算

设计了离轴全球面成像光谱仪和离轴校正透镜棱镜分光成像光谱仪两种光学系统.在离轴全球面成像光谱仪的基础上,提出了改进型离轴校正透镜光谱仪,仅采用一个色散棱镜,避免了大口径同心透镜;有效校正了大视场像差,色散非线性修正效果显著.通过调节离轴角和光谱仪的焦距控制了畸变,补偿了与波长相关的狭缝弯曲,减小了残余像差,并降低了整个光谱仪工程实施的难度.从工程合理性、加工可实现性和光学性能等方面比较了两个系统的特点,推导和给出了光谱分辨率和狭缝弯曲的计算结果.从设计结果看,改进型离轴校正透镜光谱仪的传递函数最小值大于75％,而离轴全球面成像光谱仪的最小值只大于60％.从加工难易程度看,离轴全球面成像光谱仪采用一个接近Φ200 mm的石英透镜,其透射材料远不如改进型离轴校正透镜光谱仪透镜材料的均匀性和面形准确度高,而且大口径透镜大大增加了制备难度和成本.从工程布局看,改进型离轴校正透镜光谱仪充分考虑了与机械结构的匹配,狭缝与第一面反射镜的轴向距离较合理.从光谱特性看,两个光学系统的光谱分辨率结果基本接近,离轴全球面成像光谱仪光谱弯曲结果略好于离轴校正透镜结构.因此,综合比较得出离轴校正透镜光谱仪是最佳的选择方案,该系统可应用在短波红外波段的光谱成像的遥感探测.     

Development of laser deposited multilayer zone plate structures for soft X-ray radiation

As a novel approach, the combination of pulsed laser deposition and focused ion beam was applied to fabricate different types of multilayer zone plate structures for soft X-ray applications. For this purpose, high quality non-periodic ZrO₂/Ti multilayers were deposited by pulsed laser deposition on planar Si substrates and on rotating steel wires with layer thicknesses according to the Fresnel zone plate law. Linear focusing optics were fabricated by cutting slices out of the multilayers by focused ion beam and placing them directly over pinholes within Si₃N₄ substrates. Additionally, it was shown that laser deposition of depth-graded multilayers on a wire is also a promising way for building up multilayer zone plates with point focus. First experiments using a table-top X-ray source based on a laser-induced plasma show that the determined focal length and spatial resolution of the fabricated multilayer Laue lens corresponds to the designed optic.     

反射式光纤共焦扫描成像的研究

建立了反射式光纤共焦扫描成像系统,分析了光纤－集光透镜参数Ａ及物透镜有效数值孔径等对系统成像分辨率的影响。并在此基础上选择了合适参数的透镜,获得了优化的反射式光纤共焦扫描成像系统,测试结果表明,该系统具有亚微米级横向成像能力,微米级向层析能力,成像稳定性那,它将应用于材料及生物组织三维成像检测中。     

周期性和孤立的纳米结构的超透镜亚波长成像

超透镜光刻技术是一种很有前景的纳米结构成像技术,由于其具有可以克服衍射极限的能力,直到2005年,张翔和他的同事在365 nm紫外线波长下成功的对一排纳米线和刻在高分子膜上的四个字母NANO实现了超分辨成像,分辨率高达1/6入射波长。通过传递矩阵方法优化出超透镜结构,并通过选择适当的材料和设计在超透镜结构中的每个层的厚度以及合理的优化实验等方法制备一个新的超透镜结构,利用这种超透镜结构实现了周期性纳米结构及孤立纳米结构的亚波长成像。实验结果表明,对于周期性的纳米结构,其图像分辨率达到100 nm,而孤立结构的分辨率低于50 nm,小于入射波长的1/7。