Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of apodized semicircular apertures

The far-field diffraction pattern of apodized semicircular apertures is described. The exact amplitude is given using incomplete cylinder functions. The paper also presents a simple approximation for the intensity that is suitable for further computations when the aperture is part of an optical system.     

Pulsed Doppler flow-line spectrum for focused transducers with apodized apertures.

The properties of the single flow-line Doppler spectrum using pulsed wave (PW) ultrasound is studied on the basis of previously developed spectral theory for transducers with apodized apertures. It has been shown previously that the spectral width of Doppler signals from a sample volume in low velocity-shear flow is independent of the sample volume depth but that is not true for the spectra from the individual streamlines. The work presented here on the Doppler flow-line spectrum shows that its width should be invariant with flow-line location, if the sample volume depth is fixed. At the same time, for a transducer operating in PW mode not only the Doppler spectral width depends on the sample volume depth, but also the modal Doppler frequency shift changes with flow-line displacement in the illuminating field except if the sample volume centre and the beam focus coincide. The variation of modal Doppler frequency shift is the more explicit manifestation of the effect of wavefront curvature increasing for lines and sounding depths distant from the focal point. The values of the Doppler shift and spectral bandwidth are reported taking account of beam diffraction and variations in its geometry due to focusing.     

Focal shift of apodized truncated hyperbolic-cosine-Gaussian beam

Focal shift of hyperbolic-cosine-Gaussian beams induced by pure phase apodizer was investigated theoretically. The pure phase apodizer consists of three concentric zones: center circle zone, inner annular zone and outer annular zone. And the phase variance of the inner annular zone is adjustable. Results show that intensity peak moves far from optical aperture and then shrinks sharply for certain radii of zones with increasing phase variance of the inner annular zone. Simultaneously, one new intensity peak occurs near optical aperture, moves far from the optical aperture, and then becomes intensity maximum peak, and repeats the evolution process of the former intensity peak. Tunable focal shift occurs with focal switch. Decreasing the phase variance can change the move direction of the intensity peaks. In addition, the maximum distance between the two intensity peaks can be altered by beam parameters of cosh parts, and the distance value increases and then decreases with increasing beam parameters of cosh parts for certain radii of zones. Tunable focal shift is also discussed to construct optical tweezers.     

高能激光束在线测量系统的光强衰减设计

针对环形光刀取样式高能激光束在线测量系统应用中光电探测器线性饱和功率密度低而被测高能激光功率密度高的特点,采用对取样激光扩束和介质膜衰减片级联衰减的方式,实现了数千倍的线性光强衰减。介绍了环形光刀扫描取样及其扩束衰减原理,并对介质膜衰减片在激光入射角 0°~15° 和功率密度1~1 000 W/cm2条件下的透过率特性进行了分析,用实验验证了该光强衰减设计的有效性。     

13.9nm软X射线激光用大面积多层膜分束镜研制

 基于分束镜反射率和透射率的乘积为衡量标准的原则,设计了13.9nm软X射线激光干涉测量所需的多层膜分束镜，用磁控溅射法在有效面积达10mm×10mm，厚100nm的氮化硅窗口上镀制Mo/Si多层膜,实现了分束镜制作。用表面轮廓仪实测分束镜面形精度达到nm量级，同步辐射反射率计测试表明,分束镜的反射率和透射率乘积约4%。     

Transformation of laser radiation by Gaussian apertures

The transformation of simple Gaussian light beams by lenses with a complex focal length is investigated in an approximation of paraxial optics. The results obtained are compared with the corresponding results of geometric optics into which they go over in limiting cases. A. N. Sevchenko Scientific-Research Institute of Physical Problems, 7, Kurchatov St., Minsk, 220064, Belarus. Translated, from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 471–478, July–August, 1997.     

13.9nm软X射线激光用大面积多层膜分束镜研制

基于分束镜反射率和透射率的乘积为衡量标准的原则,设计了13.9nm软X射线激光干涉测量所需的多层膜分束镜,用磁控溅射法在有效面积达10mm×10mm,厚100nm的氮化硅窗口上镀制Mo/Si多层膜,实现了分束镜制作。用表面轮廓仪实测分束镜面形精度达到nm量级,同步辐射反射率计测试表明,分束镜的反射率和透射率乘积约4%。     

Fresnel zone plate with apodized aperture for hard X‐ray Gaussian beam optics

Fresnel zone plates with apodized apertures [apodization FZPs (A‐FZPs)] have been developed to realise Gaussian beam optics in the hard X‐ray region. The designed zone depth of A‐FZPs gradually decreases from the center to peripheral regions. Such a zone structure forms a Gaussian‐like smooth‐shouldered aperture function which optically behaves as an apodization filter and produces a Gaussian‐like focusing spot profile. Optical properties of two types of A‐FZP, i.e. a circular type and a one‐dimensional type, have been evaluated by using a microbeam knife‐edge scan test, and have been carefully compared with those of normal FZP optics. Advantages of using A‐FZPs are introduced.     

A laser system for high accuracy measurement of small apertures in mechanical parts

A simple, high accuracy small gap measurement system for rough industrial environments was designed and constructed. The system could detect apertures as small as 60 μm with less than 6 μm error in metallic parts with finite (cm range) depth. The principle is based in the transient analysis of transmitted laser intensity which is focused and swept along the region of the gap. The system is composed of a low power visible laser (semiconductor or He–Ne), focusing system, rotating mirror scanner, detection optics and amplifier, control unit for signal processing, speed control and data delivery to the process control unit.     

Skew-grid dichroic plate with rectangular apertures for use on a Ka-Band beam waveguide antenna

The first Ka-Band Deep Space Network downlink demonstration was recently carried out by the Ka-Band Link Experiment (KABLE) in association with the Mars Observer spacecraft. In order to support the mission, a dichroic plate was required in the DSS-13 beam waveguide antenna to allow simultaneous X- and Ka-Band dual-frequency operation. AnX/Ka/KABLE dichroic plate was designed to transmit a future Ka-Band downlink (31.8–32.3 GHz), future Ka-Band uplink (34.2–34.7 GHz), and KABLE downlink frequency (33.6–33.8 GHz), while reflecting X-band (7.1–8.6 GHz). A computer program was developed for the analysis of a dichroic plate with rectangular apertures using the mode-matching method. The plate was then fabricated and tested. The reflection, group delay, and noise temperature in the antenna system due to the dichroic plate were measured. The experimental results show good agreement with theoretical predictions.     

High power laser beam delivery monitoring for laser safety

The output of high power lasers used for material processing presents extreme radiation hazards. In normal operation this hazard is removed by the use of local shielding to prevent accidental exposure and system design to ensure efficient coupling of radiation into the workpiece. Faults in laser beam delivery or utilization can give rise to hazardous levels of laser radiation. A passive hazard control strategy requires that the laser system be enclosed such that the full laser power cannot burn through the housing under fault conditions. Usually this approach is too restrictive. Instead, active control strategies can be used in which a fault condition is detected and the laser cut off. This reduces the requirements for protective housing. In this work a distinction is drawn between reactive and proactive strategies. Reactive strategies rely on detecting the effects of an errant laser beam, whereas proactive strategies can anticipate as well as detect fault conditions. This can avoid the need for a hazardous situation to exist. A proactive strategy in which the laser beam is sampled at the final turning mirror is described in this work. Two control systems have been demonstrated; the first checks that beam power is within preset limits, the second monitors incoming beam power and position, and the radiation reflected back from the cutting head. In addition to their safety functions the accurate monitoring of power provides an additional benefit to the laser user.     

超短脉冲经线性小孔阵列衍射时的光谱开关特性

研究了超短高斯脉冲光束经线性排列的矩形光阑阵列衍射后的远场光谱奇变现象。基于菲涅耳积分公式,通过将光阑函数展开为有限项复高斯函数的叠加,得到了超短脉冲光束经线性排列的小孔光阑阵列衍射后的谱强度解析表达式,并对衍射场的光谱红移和蓝移现象进行了数值计算和分析,分析了小孔间距和光阑半径对光谱强度的影响。研究表明：在衍射场的某些观测点,即在调制函数为零的位置附近,存在光谱开关现象。     

Phase plates for laser beam compensation

A phase plate inserted in the output beam of a multimode laser oscillator can yield a substantial improvement in the beam characteristics. Experiments with helium-neon and carbon-dioxide lasers are in agreement with the theoretical considerations.     

Fabrication of pellicle beam splitters for optical bus application

The optical bus architecture for on-board applications requires a number of optical splitters with precise split ratios to route part of the input signal. Since hollow metal waveguide provides well collimated beams with very small gap loss, it opens the possibility of inserting discrete optical beam splitters (taps). The optical tap requires low excess loss, polarization insensitivity, temperature stability, minimized walk-off of the propagating beam, and cost effective manufacturing. By benefiting from the mature interference coating technology for polarization insensitivity and temperature stability, we design a pellicle beam splitter based on a static microelec tro-mechanical system (MEMS) and develop processes to fabricate pellicle splitters using wafer level bonding of silicon and glass substrates, with subsequent thinning to 20 μm. With the approaches described in this paper, we have demonstrated optical beam splitters with excess loss of less than 0.17 dB that operate at a data rate of 10 Gb/s showing a clean eye diagram while providing controlled split ratio and polarization insensitivity. We have demonstrated a high yielding MEMS based silicon processing platform which has the potential to provide a cost effective manufacturing solution for optical beam splitters.     

冷却储存环主环磁铁的准直测量

采用激光跟踪仪及配套带软件Insight对兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环主环磁铁进行了安装和准直。首先建立全局坐标系，用来确定从源体到实验环各子系统的理论原点的位置；而各个子系统又分别以各自的理论原点为基础建立局部坐标系，用来安装定位本系统内的各个元件；对各个子系统中的每一个元件还采用了元件坐标系。准直测量时，先在每块磁铁上焊接8个测量基准；然后对磁铁上的基准进行测量，以确定其在元件坐标系中的位置；再架设激光跟踪仪，测量主环控制网点，恢复主环局部坐标系，根据元件在主环局部坐标系中的位置及理论坐标，计算出相关的变换参数；转入元件坐标系，采用激光跟踪仪及Insight 软件显示实时测量坐标及其与理论值之差，其精度达到0.15 mm。     

超短脉冲经线性小孔阵列衍射时的光谱开关特性

研究了超短高斯脉冲光束经线性排列的矩形光阑阵列衍射后的远场光谱奇变现象。基于菲涅耳积分公式,通过将光阑函数展开为有限项复高斯函数的叠加,得到了超短脉冲光束经线性排列的小孔光阑阵列衍射后的谱强度解析表达式,并对衍射场的光谱红移和蓝移现象进行了数值计算和分析,分析了小孔间距和光阑半径对光谱强度的影响。研究表明:在衍射场的某些观测点,即在调制函数为零的位置附近,存在光谱开关现象。