A modified phase diversity diffraction wavefront sensor with a grating

The phase diversity wavefront sensor is one of the tools used to estimate wavefront aberration, and it is often used as a wavefront sensor in adaptive optics systems. However, the performance of the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is limited by the accuracy and dynamic ranges of the intensity distribution at the focus and defocus positions of the CCD camera. In this paper, a modified phase diversity wavefront sensor based on a diffraction grating is proposed to improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency. The basic principle and the optics construction of the proposed method are also described in detail. The noise propagation property of the proposed method is also analysed by using the numerical simulation method, and comparison between the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor and the traditional phase diversity wavefront sensor is also made. The simulation results show that the diffraction grating phase diversity wavefront sensor can obviously improve the ability to measure the wavefront aberration, especially the wavefront aberration with larger amplitude and higher spatial frequency.     

Phase diversity for calibrating noncommon path aberrations of adaptive optics system under nonideal measurement environment

When the defocus cannot be measured and the wavefront solution set is restricted by a multi-channel, some practical problems exist in the calibration of the noncommon path aberrations of the adaptive optics system. To solve these problems, an evaluation function of phase diversity algorithm is constructed in this paper. We use the method that the estimated aberration and the modulated deformable mirror iterate each other to make up the nonideal measurement environment. Then the ill-pose problem of the solution by phase diversity, produced as relaxing constraints of the diversity defocus on the wavefront solution set, is solved. We have adopted the proposed method to measure the noncommon path aberrations of the adaptive optics system on a 1.23 m telescope. Experimental results demonstrate that wavefront solution is more accurate and the whole imaging quality is improved effectively by using the deformable mirror to compensate the aberration measured.     

无调制两面锥波前传感器的衍射理论分析和数值仿真

两面锥波前传感器(two-sided pyramid wavefront Sensor,TSPWFS)是一种高空间采样率和高光能利用率的波前传感器.为了深入研究它的波前复原原理,采用波动光学理论详细推导了无调制TSPWFS的衍射理论,给出了无调制TSPWFS波前复原时线性重构矩阵的解析解,并且通过数值仿真确定出最佳的光瞳像中心间距,并对静态像差的波前复原及闭环校正进行数值仿真.分析结果表明,无调制TSPWFS具有波前复原时不需要现场测量响应矩阵,可以校正系统像差,闭环校正结果稳定等优点,可以在实际自适应光学系统中进行波前探测. 关键词： 自适应光学 两面锥波前传感器 波前复原     

利用双光栅衍射测量微谐振动的研究

本文以余弦光栅为模型,运用波前相因子分析方法,得到了有一定距离的双余弦光栅衍射斑的强度公式.推导出了双光栅之一作纵向或横向微谐振动时,远场衍射光斑强度的变化公式.这些公式呈现出复合余弦函数的变化规律,并且分析出了光强随时间的变化与光栅振幅之间的关系.为微小振动的测量提供了一种新的方法.最后,文章给出了衍射斑强度变化信号...     

Wavefront response matrix for closed-loop adaptive optics system based on non-modulation pyramid wavefront sensor

Pyramid wavefront sensor (PWFS) is a kind of wavefront sensor with high spatial resolution and high energy utilization. In this paper an adaptive optics system with PWFS as wavefront sensor and liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (LC-SLM) as wavefront corrector is built in the laboratory. The wavefront response matrix is a key element in the close-loop operation. It can be obtained by measuring the real response to given aberrations, which is easily contaminated by noise and influenced by the inherent aberration in the optical system. A kind of analytic solution of response matrix is proposed, with which numerical simulation and experiment are also implemented to verify the performance of closed-loop correction of static aberration based on linear reconstruction theory. Results show that this AO system with the proposed matrix can work steadily in closed-loop operation.     

Analysis and demonstration of multiplexed phase computer-generated hologram for modal wavefront sensing

We propose to implement a modal wavefront sensor (MWS) using a multiplexed phase computer-generated hologram (MPCGH). Based on general orthogonal aberration modes, the theoretical treatments of the MWS employing a MPCGH are presented with scalar diffraction approximations and Fourier analysis. Under the small aberration approximations, we give the analytical formula for characterizing the relationship between the sensor signal and the amplitude of the aberration mode. We design several MPCGHs with an effective method of modified off-axis reference beam holograms superposition, and code some common orthogonal Zernike aberration modes into the MPCGH. The numerical simulation is carried out to investigate the performance of MWS to detect particular aberration mode(s). The results exhibit the expected responses of the corresponding symmetric spot pair, and indicate that the wavefront distorted by a special Zernike aberration mode, after modulated by the MPCGH, can be transformed into beams with an intensity-normalized differential signal, which can reflect the change trend of the aberration coefficients in the test wavefront. The experimental demonstration with designed MPCGHs in conjunction with two phase-only spatial light modulators was carried out to test the performance of the MWS.     

Measurement of Wavefront Aberration of Human Eye Using Talbot Image of Two-Dimensional Grating

The measurement of human ocular aberration is now frequently performed because of the increase in refractive surgery on the human cornea. The Hartmann-Shack (H-S) wavefront sensor is considered to be the most useful wavefront sensor, and a calculation method for wavefront aberration has been established. New methods of measuring wavefront aberrations of human eyes, using the Talbot image of a two-dimensional grating as a wavefront sensor and local shift of the Talbot image to calculate tilt of the wavefront are shown. The shift of the Talbot image was determined by comparing the phases of fundamental spatial frequency between the grating and the local patch of the Talbot image by Fourier transformation. The actual experiment was performed using a modified commercially available wavefront analyzer. Using these methods, Talbot images were obtained from model eyes and a human eye, and wavefront shapes were successfully reconstructed. Wavefront aberrations can be measured even when the obtained image is degraded by defocusing or scattering.     

脉冲压缩光栅光路调节新方法研究

介绍了一种简单而实用的大口径脉冲压缩光栅光路调节方法,有效解决了普通光路调节方法中轴向调节精度不高的问题。首先由全息透镜(光栅)成像公式出发,推导出了该光路调节的基本原理。并从光栅记录系统与光栅衍射波像差的关系,结合初级像差理论推导得出叠栅条纹像差为0.4786λ,大约是光栅衍射波像差(0.25λ)的两倍,利用此关系也可对光栅衍射波像差进行实时监测。从数值模拟结果可知,利用叠栅条纹法调节光路可将光栅波像差减至0.06λ,相应的轴向误差量为0.007 mm,可有效提高了轴向调节精度。     

基于位相变更的非相干数字全息自适应成像

菲涅耳非相干数字全息作为一种非扫描的三维成像技术具有其独特的优势,但其成像过程中会受到各种像差的影响,导致成像分辨率、再现像的质量降低.为了解决这一问题,可以结合适当的自适应光学技术对波前像差进行探测和校正.位相变更是一种基于两幅具有已知位相差的强度图像实现波前探测和像差校正的技术.本文发展了基于位相变更的非相干数字全息自适应成像技术,不需要引入引导星,利用全息记录过程中的两幅相移全息图,实现波前像差的探测.本文给出了所发展技术的数值仿真和实验结果,结合位相变更算法求解出系统像差的位相分布,将像差的共轭位相加载到光瞳面上,在全息图记录的同时校正像差,从而提高重建像的质量.     

双光栅衍射场的干涉效应

双光栅衍射场的干涉效应既具有理论研究价值又具有很实际的应用价值.本文利用波前相因子分析法,推导出了双余弦光栅夫琅禾费衍射场的理论结果;分析了当两个光栅在横向有相对运动时,各级衍射斑光强的变化规律.通过实验观测映证了光强变化与数值计算结果是一致的.这一理论结果是双光栅衍射类实验设计的基础,而这类实验可以用于测量微小振动的振幅和频率.     

一种基于全息术的光学系统闭环像差补偿方法

提出了一种基于21单元变形镜与全息波前传感器的全息自适应光学系统, 并对其像差校正能力进行了分析. 首先描述了全息波前传感器基本原理, 并在薄全息图近似下给出基于快速傅里叶变换算法的全息波前传感器数值模型; 然后基于21单元变形镜的数值模型, 分析了该变形镜的波前校正能力; 在此基础上, 数值模拟并实验验证了全息自适应光学系统对静态像差的闭环校正能力.     

利用泽尼克系数求取衍射光栅的分辨本领

光栅分辨本领检测设备的焦距通常达几米甚至十几米,采用直接测量法难度大、成本高,利用衍射波前间接求取光栅分辨本领是解决该问题的有效途径之一。在光栅光谱成像傅里叶变换理论基础上,建立了利用泽尼克多项式拟合系数求解衍射光栅分辨本领的归一化模型,揭示了光栅衍射波前与分辨本领的求取关系,提出了依据泽尼克多项式拟合系数求取衍射光栅分辨本领的新方法。根据该方法实测了一块衍射光栅的分辨本领,并与直接测量法进行对比测试。结果表明该方法误差小于4.42%,降低了分辨本领的测试难度,是衍射光栅分辨本领求取的有效手段,应用于ZYGO干涉仪等仪器中,通过简单的波前测试即可得到定量的衍射光栅分辨本领指标。     

干涉成像系统传递函数的数值分析

干涉仪系统传递函数能有效地表征系统相位成像的性能。通过假设干涉成像系统是复振幅的线性平移不变系统,模拟计算正弦相位光栅和相位台阶这两类标准相位物体的成像,确定干涉仪系统传递函数。数值分析结果表明:系统传递函数随着波像差的增加而减小;干涉成像系统对小幅度相位（远小于1 rad）成像是近似线性的,而对大幅度相位(大于0.5 rad）成像则是明显非线性的。当正弦相位的幅度为1时,系统传递函数在1/2和1/3截止频率处出现明显的急剧下降。高度为/2的相位台阶成像时,系统传递函数随着空间频率的增加而缓慢地降低。 The performance of phase imaging in interferometric imaging system is well characterized by the system transfer function (STF). The STF of the interferometric imaging system is analyzed numerically by assuming that the system is linear and shift-invariant for the complex field. Two standard phase objects, sinusoidal phase grating and phase step, are employed and simulated to determine the STF. Numerical simulation results show that the STF decreases as the wavefront aberration of interferometric imaging system increases. It also shows that the interferometric imaging system is approximately linear for small phase (far less than 1 rad) but explicitly nonlinear for large phase (larger than 0.5 rad). The STF has a visible drop at one half or one third of the cut-off frequency of the imaging system when the amplitude of sinusoidal phase is 1 rad. For a phase step with a height of /2 rad, the STF has no visible drop but decreases slowly with the increasing of spatial frequency. The results provide a useful guidance to the design of interferometer and the measurement of STF and power spectrum density in experiment.     

Experimental validation of closed-loop adaptive optics based on a self-referencing interferometer wavefront sensor and a liquid-crystal spatial light modulator

A closed-loop adaptive optics system based on a self-referencing interferometer wavefront sensor (SRI WFS) using phase-shifting point-diffraction technique and an electrically addressed phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (LC SLM) is built and validated experimentally. The wavefront aberration of incoming beam is directly measured by analyzing four frames phase-shifted interferograms captured by a single CCD camera in two camera shots, and then by loading the conjugate function onto the SLM the wavefront aberration is corrected. The proposed scheme does not rely on any complicated control algorithm or wavefront-reconstruction algorithm and can achieve high-resolution and high-accuracy correction. Closed-loop correction results of single order Zernike aberrations and a Kolmogorov turbulence phase screen show that considerable improvements in the Strehl ratio (of greater than 0.94) is achieved.     

色分离光栅对输入波前畸变宽容度的研究

 采用频域分段的方法，对强激光系统的波前畸变进行了理论分析；使用随机相位屏构建低频畸变波前模型，并提出采用迭代算法构建中高频畸变波前模型。使用构建的畸变波前模型作为输入，通过模拟计算，给出了色分离光栅对输入波前畸变宽容度的初步规律。     

全息曝光系统轴向调节误差对光栅衍射波像差的影响

光栅衍射波像差作为全息光栅重要的技术指标之一,直接影响光栅分辨率,其中曝光光学系统的调节误差是引起光栅衍射波像差的主要因素。采用q参数讨论了高斯光束在光栅曝光光学系统中的传播和变换,通过计算高斯光束经准直系统后的相位给出了叠栅条纹相位分布的解析表达式,由此系统分析了曝光系统调节误差与光栅衍射波像差的关系。理论分析结果表明:左右曝光光路准直系统的相对离焦对光栅衍射波像差的影响最为显著;相对离焦量相同时,光栅衍射波像差随曝光系统焦距的减小而逐渐增大;理论模拟的条纹分布与实验中获得的叠栅条纹能够很好吻合。     

基于衍射光栅曲率波前传感器的实时波前重构研究

自适应光学系统要求波前传感器能实现动态实时测量,曲率波前传感技术符合这一发展要求。一种新型的基于扭曲衍射光栅的曲率波前传感器在探测装置的实现方法方面具有较大优势,其波前重构已应用于光学度量。根据衍射光学理论,对其探测信号进行数值模拟,并利用Neumann边界条件的Green函数法对其波前重构进行数值模拟。结果表明：Green函数法归结为2矩阵相乘,计算速度快,达到实时重构要求; Green函数法对阶数不高的Zernike多项式重构效果较好;影响重构误差的主要因素是光强梯度的边界噪声。     

纯相位液晶空间光调制器拟合泽尼克像差性能分析

纯相位液晶空间光调制器作为波前校正器构成的高分辨率、低能耗、价格低廉、易于控制的自适应光学系统受到越来越多的关注.作为一种新型波前校正器件,它对波前像差的校正能力是反映其在自适应光学系统中应用的一个重要的指标,因此有必要仔细地研究它对各种像差的校正能力,以确定其可能的应用范围.波前校正器对各阶泽尼克像差的拟合效果有效地反映了该器件对不同像差的校正能力.利用256×256像素的纯相位液晶空间光调制器(LC-SLM)产生不同系数的前36项泽尼克像差分析LC-SLM对不同像差的校正能力.讨论了填充因子、离散像素 关键词： 液晶空间光调制器 相位调制 自适应光学 泽尼克多项式     

基于远场信息和卷积神经网络的波前重构方法

探测波前相位信息是实现自适应光学波前补偿的关键,使用卷积神经网络（CNN）代替波前传感器进行波前重构,系统简单易于实现,同时重构过程不依赖迭代运算,快速实时。为准确提取远场中的波前特征,CNN需要事先使用大量样本进行训练。研究中根据4～30阶大气湍流泽尼克像差系数与其远场强度的对应关系,仿真制作样本数据集,训练CNN从输入的一帧远场图像中预测出畸变波前的泽尼克像差系数,重构原始波前。验证结果表明,该方法能快速实时地还原出波前相位信息,重构波前较原始波前具有极高的波面吻合度和较小的残差剩余量,有望实现实际自适应光学系统中的闭环校正。     

基于线性相位反演技术的自适应光学闭环实验研究

利用成像光学系统、变形镜、装有图像采集卡和D/A卡的PC机等建立了一套基于线性相位反演技术的自适应光学闭环实验系统.在Windows操作系统下用VC完成图像处理和控制算法.利用一台高测量精度的哈特曼传感器测量波前信息并评价自适应光学系统的校正效果.在不同像差大小状态下研究了这种基于线性相位反演技术的自适应光学系统的像差校正能力.收敛速度,稳定性等.实验结果表明,基于线性相位反演技术的自适应光学系统对静态小像差有较好的校正效果.