正弦变化的振幅型光瞳滤波器

光瞳滤波器作为实现超分辨的基本元件之一,它的设计以及制作都非常重要。设计了一种正弦变化的振幅型光瞳滤波器,可以通过调节少量的参量实现各种不同的超分辨模式。选择正弦函数的周期以及光瞳中心点透过率变化两个参量来实现对最终超分辨效果的调节。数值计算结果表明：在整个人射光瞳上的透过率瞳函数分布具有0．5～2个正弦振幅周期时,较为合适。小于0．5个周期将不会有任何超分辨效果,大于2个周期超分辨效果反而变差。数值计算中还注意到,当周期数为整数时,斯特雷尔比将保持0．25不变。对正弦变化振幅型光瞳滤波器的计算结果,显示了其特殊的性质,对实际中制作正弦变化振幅型光瞳滤波器有一定的指导作用。     

两区复振幅光瞳滤波器的优化设计研究

现在设计的超分辨光瞳滤波器大多是对光瞳函数进行设计和优化,本文在此基础上,设计了一种新的光瞳函数,具有此函数的超分辨光瞳滤波器,给设计参量b一确定的值,调节参量a或者固定参量a,调节参量b,均可以在一定程度上实现较好的横向超分辨,且具有比较高的斯特尔比,当a=2.1,b=-0.7时,轴向光强值在一段范围内变化缓慢,扩展...     

改进型基于径向双折射晶体的超分辨滤波器

改进了现有的基于径向双折射晶体的横向超分辨滤波器.通过调整偏振器的偏振方向和晶体光轴之间的夹角,改进的滤波器可以实现更广的超分辨可调范围,并且在相同的条件下,相对于现有的连续振幅型超分辨光瞳滤波器,超分辨性能和焦深都有较大提高.改进的超分辨滤波器,为实际应用提供了更多方便.     

可调谐位相型光瞳滤波器的横向光学超分辨和轴向扩展焦深

为克服传统光瞳滤波器的缺点,实现系统光学超分辨性能的可调谐性,设计了一种新型可调谐的位相型光瞳滤波器.该光瞳滤波器包括两个λ/4波片和置于其间的λ/2波片,其中λ/2波片分为两个可作相对旋转的区域.研究结果表明,通过旋转λ/2波片的任意一区域不仅可以实现系统横向光学超分辨能力的可调性,而且可以在横向分辨能力提高的同时实现光学系统轴向焦深的扩展以及轴向焦移. 关键词： 光学超分辨 位相型光瞳滤波器 可调谐     

复振幅光瞳滤波器的三维超分辨性能研究

超分辨技术中现有的纯振幅型或纯相位型光瞳滤波器,大部分只能实现轴向或横向超分辨而不能实现三维超分辨,三维超分辨在三维成像系统中有着重要的作用。因此为提高成像系统中的三维分辨能力,设计了一种复振幅光瞳滤波器,并对其三维超分辨性能进行了研究。详细分析了该光瞳滤波器的第一区半径和透射率对施特雷尔比、轴向和横向超分辨因子以及旁瓣能量的影响。通过一系列的模拟证明,借助于复振幅光瞳滤波器可以实现三维超分辨。该滤波器的优点是容易实现三维超分辨,且有比较高的施特雷尔比,缺点是三维超分辨的实现总是伴随着旁瓣能量的增加,但可以采用共焦扫描成像系统来加以抑制。     

可调谐位相型光瞳滤波器的横向光学超分辨和轴向扩展焦深

为克服传统光瞳滤波器的缺点，实现系统光学超分辨性能的可调谐性，设计了一种新型可调谐的位相型光瞳滤波器.该光瞳滤波器包括两个λ/4波片和置于其间的λ/2波片，其中λ/2波片分为两个可作相对旋转的区域.研究结果表明，通过旋转λ/2波片的任意一区域不仅可以实现系统横向光学超分辨能力的可调性，而且可以在横向分辨能力提高的同时实现光学系统轴向焦深的扩展以及轴向焦移.     

多项式型相位光瞳滤波器实现三维超分辨

为研究连续型相位光瞳滤波器对光学成像系统成像效果的影响,并实现对远场光学成像系统分辨率的提升,设计了一种多项式函数形式的相位型光瞳滤波器,证明其可以实现三维超分辨.给出了其与一种典型三区型相位光瞳滤波器的超分辨效果的对比.通过对比可以发现,在分辨效果的改善上,横向分辨率有明显提升,但施特雷尔比会有所下降.此外,由于此种...     

基于矢量衍射理论的相位型光瞳滤波器设计

根据矢量衍射理论,提出了一种设计纯相位型光瞳滤波器的新方法根据该方法所设计的滤波器主要应用于采用高数值孔径显微物镜的成像系统对点扩散函数中的指数因子进行二次近似处理后,可以得到超分辨参量与滤波器参量的近似关系式以三区相位型滤波器为例,讨论了该近似关系式的有效性给出一个设计实例,根据所要求的超分辨性能要求设计滤波器.模拟结果表明,该滤波器达到了设计要求,最后利用共焦系统点扩散函数的乘积特性,大大减弱了旁瓣的影响.     

三区振幅型三维超分辨光瞳滤波器的优化设计

光瞳滤波器是光学成像系统实现超分辨的基本元件之一，多数三维超分辨滤波器因结构复杂而难于实现。用MATLAB优化工具箱，采用非线性规划，对三区振幅型（1-0—1型）光瞳滤波器进行了三维超分辨优化设计。建立了优化模型，并给出了优化实例。结果表明所设计的滤波器较好地实现了横向和轴向三维超分辨，且轴向超分辨能力优于横向。该滤波器结构简单，容易实现。     

电控径向滤波器的横向超分辨与轴向焦移

提出一种光瞳滤波器来同时实现横向超分辨和轴向焦移效应的电控制.该光瞳滤波器由两偏光镜及包含有径向双折射元件的任意偏振态的电控旋光器组成.利用径向双折射元件对光偏振态的空间调制作用,结合旋光器对任意偏振态光的旋光作用,与两个偏光镜结合,实现了空间偏振态的重新分布.利用庞加莱球及琼斯理论进行了分析,结果表明,借助这种电致位相延迟来实现的偏振态调制效应,可同时实现横向超分辨与轴向焦移效应.对能够同时获得横向超分辨与轴向焦移的情况进行了分析,得到了系统各组成参量及电光调制范围.     

消色差相位型超分辨光瞳滤波器的设计研究

提出并设计了一种消色差的相位型超分辨光瞳滤波器。详细分析了滤波器的设计参数对成像系统的光斑压缩比和斯特雷尔比影响。分别以方解石晶体和石英玻璃材料为例进行了设计,当光斑压缩比为0.83时,得到两种材料的消色差超分辨光瞳滤波器,可以分别在380～555nm和300～600nm的波长范围内实现消色差,同时可以有较高的斯特雷尔比。     

Discrete continuous-phase superresolving filters

A new type of phase-only superresolving pupil filter with a discrete continuous-phase profile is presented that is a combination of discrete multilevel-phase modulation and continuous-phase modulation. This type of filter can achieve better superresolution performance than the continuous-phase filters reported in Opt. Lett. 28, 607 (2003). Therefore, with regard to the superresolution effect, this type of filter deserves study for practical applications. More importantly, the diffraction performance of this type of filter can explain the effect of a discrete-phase filter illuminated with a continuous wave front, whose superresolving performance cannot be analyzed with previous superresolution methods.     

Quasi-achromatic superresolving phase only pupil filters

Reported in this paper is a new design of the quasi-achromatic phase-only superresolving pupil filters (QAPSFs) relatively independent of wavelength based on the zero order Bessel function of the first kind. The effect of design parameters of the new filters on the superresolving performance parameters such as the normalized spot size (G) and the Strehl ratio (S) is discussed and analyzed in detail. As an example, the performance parameters of QAPSFs made of optical quartz glass are simulated and compared with phase only pupil filters, which indicate that this kind of filters is less independent of wavelength in the range from 300 nm to 589 nm for superresolution, and a high Strehl ratio is also obtained. The equivalent performance parameters are derived to characterize the superresolution performance of the quasi-achromatic filter.     

Pupil apodization for increasing data storage density

We introduce a technique for increasing density in optical data storage systems. This technique is based on the use of a superresolving filter at the pupil of a confocal readout system. The main characteristic of this confocal readout system is that the light beam traverses twice through the pupil filter. We describe how to analyze the system performance for general filters, but we focus the study on filters with no focus displacement. Although the storage density attainable depends on the filter characteristics, we show that the storage density can be easily duplicated.     

High depth of focus by combining annular lenses

In some technological applications, optical systems that produce a high depth of focus and superresolving transversal responses are required. In this paper we present a pupil design consisting in a phase pupil with binary amplitude, that added to a conventional optical system, can accomplish these goals. The pupil function is characterized by a complex amplitude that consists basically in combining two annular lenses with different focal length. Meanwhile the central portion of the pupil has an amplitude equal to 0, the external portion is modulated with two quadratic phases each one covering an annular zone. One of the phases corresponds to a convergent lens and the other to a divergent lens. The effect on the incident wavefront is to redirect the light in front of and behind the best image plane (BIP) producing a widened focus. The evolution of the transverse gain for the extended focus is also studied. Experimental results are given, and they confirm the extended focus and the superresolving behavior of the proposed pupil function.     

Optical sectioning by two-pinhole confocal fluorescence microscopy

A two-pinhole axially superresolving confocal fluorescence imaging system is presented. Based on the concept of subtractive incoherent imaging, the system described here is equipped with a zero-focus complex-transmittance pupil filter in one of the collector paths. The optical sectioning capacity of the system is 25% superior to that of a free-pupil one-pinhole instrument.     

Filter performance parameters for high-aperture focusing

Performance parameters for focusing, widely used to investigate the properties of pupil filters, are extended to the scalar nonparaxial regime. These measures can be used to investigate focusing properties of different types of focusing systems, including those with apodizers and superresolving masks.     

改善轴向分辨率的光瞳滤波器

给出了一种新型滤波器,它即能提高系统的轴向分辨率又不影响其横向分辨率。利用这种滤波器不可以控制远场旁瓣强度的最大值与主瓣强度最大值之比（Ｍ）,从而获得较好的超分辨效果,还根据扩展结果分析了光瞳滤波器的中间区对轴向分辨率的影响。     

Limitations of superoscillation filters in microscopy applications

The idea of superresolving pupil filters comes from the concept of superoscillations that may occur in regions of a band-limited signal with small amplitude having oscillations faster than the fastest Fourier component of the signal. In optical microscopy, superresolution can be achieved by appropriate design of pupil functions where the angular aperture determines the ultimate focal spot smaller than the Abbe diffraction limit outside the evanescent field region. The angular aperture cannot be increased indefinitely and the huge sidelobes cannot be avoided that are present in superresolving filters. The limitations of using such kind of filters in microscopy applications are discussed through computational examples.