Simulation of micro/nanometer-scale self-organized lightwave network (SOLNET) using the finite difference time domain method

A simulator for self-organized lightwave network (SOLNET) is developed. The simulator is based on the finite difference time domain method. SOLNET enables us to construct self-aligned coupling waveguides between misaligned micro/nanometer-scale optical devices by self-focusing, which arises from an increase in refractive index induced by write beams in photo-refractive materials. The SOLNET simulator reveals that an L-shaped nanometer-scale optical waveguide of SOLNET is grown from a 0.5-μm-wide optical waveguide when write beams are introduced from the optical waveguide into photo-refractive materials, where a wavelength filter is embedded. The SOLNET simulator also reproduces coupling path construction between a 2-μm-wide optical waveguide and a 0.5-μm-wide optical waveguide having a wavelength filter on the core edge. The optical waveguides are placed with misalignment of 0.5-μm offset. By introducing write beams from the 2-μm-wide optical waveguide, the incident write beams and reflected write beams from the wavelength filter merge into one optical waveguide in the photo-refractive materials, constructing a self-aligned coupling waveguide.     

红外耦合光学系统设计

红外目标模拟器由红外目标图像发生器和投影光学系统组成。该红外光学系统是一个要求与2个导引光学系统的光学技术参数相匹配的长焦距、大视场和具有像方远心光路的中红外光学系统。叙述用于红外目标模拟器的红外耦合光学系统的设计原理，提出它与导引光学系统一起可组成放大倍率M=4.5×的红外投影光学系统，并指出IR CRT产生的图像通过红外投影光学系统可成像在导引接收器上。针对给出的红外耦合光学系统的设计特点和技术要求，光学材料选取硅（Si） 锗（Ge） 硅（Si），采用简单的柯克三片式结构完成光学系统设计。设计评价结果表明，该系统的光学性能和成像质量均满足设计指标要求。     

A Novel Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Simulator for Gain Excursion Estimation in Multi-Channel Dynamic Optical Network

Abstract

A novel erbium-doped fiber amplifier simulator designed using the SIMULINK toolbox of MATLAB 7.0 (The MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA) is reported in this article. The present simulator has an ability to incorporate multi-channel amplification simultaneously in both the C- and L-bands. It is realized by defining new FUNCTION block sets and replacing the MATLAB FUNCTION block set reported earlier for multi-channel amplification. Spectral variation of gain for an erbium-doped fiber amplifier simulator is first verified in both the C- and L-bands. Next, the simulator is employed to study gain excursion in a multi-channel dynamic optical network, where the change in the gain excursion by varying the pump power has also been estimated. The present approach to estimate the gain excursion will find applications in quantifying inter-channel cross-talk due to cross-gain saturation among co-propagating multi-channels in a dynamic optical network.     

一种胶片式的静态光学目标模拟器

光学成像敏感器是卫星姿态控制分系统的重要组成部分,用于月面景象的获取,可为月面着陆器完成障碍识别、路径规划和安全区域选取等功能提供图像信息来源。为实现光学成像敏感器装星后设备功能和性能的检测,需要一种可在室内为光学成像敏感器提供月面场景信息的光学仪器。设计和研制了一种胶片式的静态光学目标模拟器,该目标模拟器以胶片作为图像源,通过积分球均匀照明系统将胶片照亮,并经由光学镜头将胶片图像投射至无穷远处,从而供光学成像敏感器接收。设计完成的静态光学目标模拟器视场≥30°×30°,入瞳直径Φ5 mm,入瞳距离为41 mm,镜头焦距44.78 mm,图像像素分辨率≤1 024×1 024,各项指标均达到了光学成像敏感器装星后光闭路试验的要求。     

Simulation of mid-air images using combination of physically based rendering and image processing

Optical Review - Although it is beneficial to use an optical simulator to design a mid-air imaging system, the use of a simulator requires optical knowledge, and it cannot be handled by...     

太阳模拟器用光学积分器设计

针对传统太阳模拟器普遍存在辐照均匀度较低的缺陷,改进设计了一种可以有效提高太阳模拟器辐照均匀度的光学积分器.介绍了该光学积分器的组成和工作原理;阐述了光学系统的优化设计技术;对其光机结构进行合理化设计,并使用ansys软件对光机结构进行热分析.最后,利用lightTools软件对太阳模拟器系统进行模拟仿真.结果表明:使用所设计的光学积分器后,太阳模拟器辐照不均匀度明显降低,在Φ60 mm范围内小于±1%,在Φ(60~200)mm范围内小于±2%.该结果与实际检测结果一致,能够满足高准确度的使用要求.     

航天器中远距仅测角导航硬件在环测试的光学模拟器设计

设计了一种航天器中远距仅测角导航硬件在环测试的光学模拟器,可对仅测角导航视觉传感器的硬件、软件和算法的性能及可靠性进行验证。首先对该光学模拟器进行了系统描述,包括硬件组成和星图模拟软件设计。硬件选用的都是商用、现成的部组件,可大幅节约研发成本,缩短开发周期。其次,重点阐述屏幕亮度与恒星星等之间的关系,以及该光学模拟器的光学原理。最后对该光学模拟器的星图模拟进行实验测试,并介绍了一种基于Clohessy-Wiltshire (CW)方程的仅测角导航模型,用于硬件在环测试。验证了几何校正后的光学模拟器完全满足航天器中远距仅测角导航硬件在环测试要求,并得出相对于几何校正前,终端时刻的相对位置精度提高了25.5%,相对速度精度提高了31.3%。     

Optical head with metal cladding in asymmetrical butted-grating structure for small thermal spot in laser-assisted magnetic recording

A planar near-field optical head with a high optical efficiency of 12.9% (3.2 times higher than that of our previous design) for laser-assisted magnetic recording is described. In this head, a slab-type waveguide with a narrow core is butt-coupled into a one-sided multilayer thin-film stack. Metal cladding is used in the core because of its high optical efficiency due to surface plasmon excitation. To keep production costs low, we use only two layers for the side part, which act as a two-index-step lens that couples light in the side part into a core of the central part. We optimized the parameters of this optical head and recording medium by means of an optical simulator using the finite-difference time-domain method and a thermal simulator. The calculated full width half maximum (FWHM) optical spot size on the recording medium is 24 × 47 nm² and the thermal spot size is 80 × 88 nm² (FWHM).     

Quantum simulation of the t–J model

Computer simulation of a many-particle quantum system is bound to reach the inevitable limits of its ability as the system size increases. The primary reason for this is that the memory size used in a classical simulator grows polynomially whereas the Hilbert space of the quantum system does so exponentially. Replacing the classical simulator by a quantum simulator would be an effective method of surmounting this obstacle. The prevailing techniques for simulating quantum systems on a quantum computer have been developed for purposes of computing numerical algorithms designed to obtain approximate physical quantities of interest. The method suggested here requires no numerical algorithms; it is a direct isomorphic translation between a quantum simulator and the quantum system to be simulated. In the quantum simulator, physical parameters of the system, which are the fixed parameters of the simulated quantum system, are under the control of the experimenter. A method of simulating a model for high-temperature superconducting oxides, the t–J model, by optical control, as an example of such a quantum simulation, is presented.     

大口径离轴反射式星模拟器光学系统设计

星模拟器作为星敏感器的地面标定系统,用来模拟星点像的大小、星等、光谱、色温、星的位置及星之间的角距等。随着航天技术的不断发展,对星模拟器本身的要求也越来越高,进而使星模拟器重要部件准直光学系统的设计成为关键因素。利用离轴反射式光学系统无色差、体积小、光利用率高、中心无遮拦等特点,提出一种离轴抛物面式准直光学系统。该系统由离轴主抛物面反射镜和次平面反射镜组成,实现了通光口径为300 mm,焦距为3 000 mm,视场角为30的准直光学系统设计,经像质分析表明,在视场角内畸变为0.006 2%（小于0.01%）,MTF达到衍射极限,波相差为0.071 6 ,所设计的光学系统能满足要求,并论述了准直光学系统的装校过程。     

球面阵列LED太阳模拟器光学系统设计

针对氙灯太阳模拟器光电转换效率低、寿命短、辐照强度低,均匀性差等不足,基于LED太阳模拟器光学系统,提出了一种球面阵列LED太阳模拟器光学系统,包括准直光学系统、匀光系统以及光源系统的设计方法。利用同轴透射式光学系统技术设计了双分离结构的准直光学系统, 在分析比较常用匀光系统的性能与组成形式的基础上,阐述积分器与视场光阑的设计过程, 然后基于球面光源的设计思想完成光源系统的设计, 利用LightTools光学设计软件对LED太阳模拟器光学系统进行仿真分析与验证。实验结果表明:球面阵列LED太阳模拟器在工作距离100 mm,输出辐照面积为100 mm×100 mm范围内,其辐照强度大于1 100 W/m2,辐照不均匀度优于3.86%。     

Simulation of a Single-Mode Tunnel-Junction-Based Long-Wavelength VCSEL

We investigate the physics of an internal device for a high-performance, vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser operating at 1.305 μm. Experimental results are analyzed using as the simulation software a photonic-integrated-circuit simulator in 3D (PICS3D), which is a state-of-the-art 3D simulator for surface- and edge-emitting laser diodes, semiconductor optical amplifiers, and other similar active waveguide devices. The 2D/3D semiconductor equations are coupled to the optical modes in both lateral and longitudinal directions. Optical properties such as the quantum well/wire/dot optical gain and spontaneous emission rates are computed self-consistently. Careful adjustments of material parameters led to an excellent agreement between simulation and measurements. Simulation results show that the maximum output power is limited by electron leakage from quantum wells.     

可见光光学目标模拟器的研制

介绍一种能够建立逼真的可见光目标———背景环境的可见光光学目标模拟器。整个装置由计算机图像生成系统、胶片图像源系统、光学耦合系统、主控计算机、控制系统及二轴转台等部分组成。该装置实现了图像源系统与导引头光学系统的完善耦合 ,成像质量高 ,且结构紧凑 ,重量轻 ,是一种理想的可见光目标———背景图像仿真设备     

Numerical simulation of Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor to characterize the turbulence phase statistics

Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor (SHWS) is one of the important parts in an adaptive optics system and its detection accuracy has considerable influences on the performances of the whole system. In this paper, a simulator of such type of wavefront sensor is built and tested by measuring the slope structure function of Kolmogorov turbulence simulated by random phase screens. The numerical results show that it works well to characterize the turbulence phase statistics. In combination with the noise simulation, this simulator will be a very useful tool to further investigate and optimize the system parameters to improve the detection accuracy and the performance of the whole system.     

太阳模拟器中正方形光学积分器的设计与分析

为了解决太阳模拟器辐照均匀度问题,设计一种可以明显提高太阳模拟器辐照均匀度的正方形光学积分器。根据太阳模拟器以及光学积分器的组成与工作原理,对正方形光学积分器各光学参数进行理论设计,并且分析积分器像差对工作面均匀性的影响。利用Lighttools软件对太阳模拟器系统进行仿真,提出了投影镜离焦改善辐照面均匀性的优化方法。设计的积分器可使太阳模拟器在200 mm200 mm正方形辐照面内的辐照不均匀度达到1.72 %。     

Optical and Thermal Simulator for Laser-assisted Magnetic Recording

“Laser-assisted magnetic recording”, in which a recording media is heated by a laser beam while writing data, is attracting attention as a technology that enables a recording density of 1 Tb/in.². There exists another technology for media in which the recording layer is constructed with many small projections that enable high magnetic coercivity. This is called “patterned media”. For developing hard disk drives using these methods, we developed a simulator that analyzes the optical intensity distribution from the optical head for laser-assisted recording and the temperature profile on the patterned media. The simulator calculates the optical model using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The thermal analysis of the three-dimensional model allows fast calculations using the alternating direction implicit (ADI) method. The heat source distribution data for thermal analysis is calculated in order to use the results of optical analysis. The optical and thermal analyses of the laser-assisted recording model were investigated with the simulator.     

新型LED太阳模拟器光学系统设计及仿真

针对现有LED太阳模拟器同时解决准直性、辐照度均匀性、光谱匹配性三大技术指标的难度较高的问题,基于光电一体化二次光学设计,提出一种简便、高效且可实现大功率的LED太阳模拟器光学系统设计方法。采用小角度准直透镜和抛物面镜来整合光源,通过混光棒和微结构进行匀光,最后利用抛物面镜实现光线的准直输出,基于同轴准直的设计思想完成LED太阳模拟器的设计。利用光学软件LightTools对LED太阳模拟器光学系统进行模拟仿真与分析优化,实验结果表明:在直径为260 mm的有效辐照面上辐照不均匀度为2.5%、准直角为1.5°。     

新型LED太阳模拟器光学系统设计及仿真

针对现有LED太阳模拟器同时解决准直性、辐照度均匀性、光谱匹配性三大技术指标的难度较高的问题,基于光电一体化二次光学设计,提出一种简便、高效且可实现大功率的LED太阳模拟器光学系统设计方法。采用小角度准直透镜和抛物面镜来整合光源,通过混光棒和微结构进行匀光,最后利用抛物面镜实现光线的准直输出,基于同轴准直的设计思想完成LED太阳模拟器的设计。利用光学软件LightTools对LED太阳模拟器光学系统进行模拟仿真与分析优化,实验结果表明:在直径为260 mm的有效辐照面上辐照不均匀度为2.5%、准直角为1.5°。     

红外目标仿真光学机构

论述了目标仿真机构的用途、仿真的光学原理以及实现原理的光学系统。对其中的两个光学问题的研究作了详细地论述 ,即干扰光路 2倍于目标光路的视场角以及如何由摆镜的摆动实现。由于析光镜与光轴成 45°角 ,使像点在子午方向被拉长约为弧矢方向的 10倍。为了减少子午像差 ,将两块析光镜作成略带楔角的楔形镜。结果表明 ,由于该机构的尾焰、尾喷管用的是同一条光路 ,所以使结构大为简化 ,这对降低转动惯量非常有利 ;由于有干扰弹仿真 ,使机构的功能得到了扩大