600mm望远镜液晶自适应系统成像光路设计

为了与600 mm望远镜匹配以验证液晶自适应光学的有效性,利用Zemax光学设计软件进行了液晶自适应光学系统的设计和优化.根据望远镜的参量、大气湍流的特性和液晶的特点提出设计要求,然后进行光学系统设计和Zemax软件模拟优化,设计出了满足要求的系统.对该光学系统进行性能评价.设计出的系统与望远镜的组合焦距为35 m, F数为58.求得光学系统在像面处的极限线分辨力为44.8 μm,成像CCD的像元尺寸为16 μm,满足采样定理.液晶自适应光学系统的调制传递函数与衍射极限传递函数非常接近,而且系统的光程差像差在0.1λ左右,说明系统具备优良的光学性能.     

快速响应的硅基纯相位液晶器件对动态大气湍流波前的校正能力研究

液晶相位调制器的响应时间延迟是影响液晶自适应光学系统性能的一个主要因素, 为了提高系统的响应速度, 开发了一种快速响应的向列相液晶材料, 并制成了反射式硅基液晶器件(LCOS). 分析了该LCOS的相位调制特性及其对静态畸变波前和扰动波前的校正能力. 首先, 测量了LCOS的电光响应特性, 得出其780 nm相位调制量的响应时间为2 ms. 其次, 测量了LCOS的相位调制特性, 并对相位调制进行了线性化处理. 再次, 测量了用该LCOS搭建的液晶自适应光学系统的闭环和开环3 dB带宽, 它们分别为16和18 Hz. 最后, 给出了开环液晶自适应光学系统校正大气湍流的数值模拟结果, 结果表明. 系统的Strehl比由校正前的0.025上升到了校正后的0.225. 因此, 该液晶自适应光学系统可以对Greenwood频率为30 Hz以下的大气湍流进行较良好的校正.     

随机并行梯度下降湍流场光束净化的实时校正实验研究

自适应光学技术可用于补偿高能激光系统出射光束的波前畸变以改善光束质量.为研究随机并行梯度下降(SPGD)自适成光学方法用于光束净化的可行性,分别采用高速光电探测器和高速变形镜作为系统性能评价函数的测量器件和波前校正器件,搭建了迭代速率为100 Hz的SPGD自适应光学系统,并且对通电电阻丝产生的湍流所造成的动态波前畸变进行了实时校正.实验结果显示,此套自适应光学系统能够对在4 Hz以下频率范围内缓慢变化的动态波前畸变进行实时校正,针孔中远场光斑的能量提高2.2倍,稳定性提高1.4倍.这表明SPGD自适应光学系统用于光束净化是町行的.     

基于双波前传感器自适应光学技术的太阳光栅光谱仪

为了研究不同太阳大气高度的热力学特性,具有良好成像质量的成像型光栅光谱仪是实现这个目标的重要仪器。然而作为地基式太阳望远镜重要的终端仪器之一,光栅光谱仪的光谱成像性能不可避免的会受到动态波前像差和系统静态像差的影响。动态波前像差常通过在太阳望远镜系统中集成自适应光学系统进行补偿。针对光学系统中的由装调和光学元件加工等引起的静态波前像差,提出了一种基于自适应光学技术校正光栅光谱仪中静态波前像差的方法,并进行了数值模拟仿真和实验验证。实验结果表明,校正后系统的残余波前像差RMS≈0.025λ,此时波前像差对光谱分辨率和能量利用率的影响可忽略,提高了光栅光谱仪的光谱成像质量,证明了所提出的方法的有效性。此外它具有降低光学系统装调精度和光学元件加工精度要求的优点。     

用于开环液晶自适应光学系统的模式预测技术研究

时间延迟误差是液晶自适应光学系统的一个最主要的误差源. 本文提出了一种利用智能模式预测-----迭代最小二乘(RLS)模式预测算法来克服其对成像分辨率的影响. 首先, 介绍了具有RLS模式预测能力的开环液晶自适应光学系统的结构和工作原理. 其次, 详细讨论了RLS模式预测算法的实现过程. 再次, 设计和搭建了一套带有液晶湍流模拟器的开环液晶自适应光学系统, 对RLS模式预测算法的预测效果进行了分析, 并和直接开环校正做了比较. 分析结果表明: 当系统处于中等强度湍流条件(大气相干长度r₀=6 cm, Greenwood频率f_G=35 Hz)和只有时间延迟误差情况下, 经过RLS预测后, 残差波面的RMS值由直接校正的0.26波长(1波长=785 nm)降低到了0.15波长, 校正效果提高了42%. 最后, 对预测前后自适应光学系统的成像效果进行了对比试验. 实验结果显示, 经过预测以后, 系统的成像分辨率由直接开环校正的25.4 cycles/mm提高到了32.0 cycles/mm, 成像分辨率提高了26%, 达到了0.9倍的衍射极限分辨率. 因此, RLS模式预测技术可以有效的提高开环液晶自适应系统的成像分辨率.     

模拟双星的液晶自适应校正分辨

研究了液晶自适应光学系统对模拟双星的校正.首先测定了LCOS液晶波前校正器的位相调制特性.结果表明其可以实现一个波长的调制量.同时,利用Gamma校正实现了位相和灰度级的线性调制关系.然后把液晶波前校正器和哈特曼波前传感器组成自适应光学系统,并和口径220 mm的望远镜对接,实现了对模拟双星的探测和校正分辨.     

西安理工大学无线光通信系统自适应光学技术研究进展

总结了国内外自适应光学技术在无线光通信系统应用中的研究进展和技术分类,同时介绍了西安理工大学在该领域的工作,包括有波前测量的自适应光学系统、无波前测量的自适应光学系统、液晶空间光调制器波前校正、偏摆镜和变形镜组合的波前校正、空间光光纤耦合自适应光学波前校正等。自适应光学技术可有效修正无线光通信系统中由大气湍流引起的畸变波前,提高耦合效率和通信性能。虽然这些方法在理论分析和工程实际中尚不完善,但不失为人们在该领域进行的有益探索。     

液晶自适应光学视网膜校正成像技术研究

为了实现对人眼视网膜的高分辨率成像,解决偏振能量损失、成像视场小和普适性差等问题,对液晶自适应光学技术及其在人眼视网膜成像中的应用进行了研究。通过开环光路的设计方案,避免了闭环液晶自适应系统的偏振光能量损失;在光路中加入可变视场光阑,利用小视场照明进行波前探测、大视场照明进行像差校正和成像的方法扩大了成像视场;使用脉冲光照明的方案减小曝光量;通过偏振光照明提高能量利用率、等效无穷远视标配合补偿镜以及改进后的视标提高盯视稳定性等一系列方法,提高系统普适性。校正后成像的清晰度和对比度获得了明显提高;高分辨率眼底成像视场直径从200μm扩大到500μm;曝光量减小到原来的1/2~1/3;对前期难以获得清晰成像的样本,取得了效果良好的视网膜视觉细胞自适应图像。     

自适应光学系统校正后实际分辨率评价指标

为了评价地基大口径望远镜对空间目标自适应光学系统校正后的实际分辨率,提出了可分辨单元数比指标。结合1.23 m自适应光学望远镜的观测数据,对可分辨单元数比的物理意义、适用范围、误差影响因素以及大气弥散的影响进行了分析。结果表明：可分辨单元数比能全面反映望远镜系统对空间目标自适应校正后的实际分辨率,且物理意义更直观;适用于所有可获取波前特征的望远镜自适应校正后实际分辨率的评估;其误差主要依赖于波前探测器的测量误差;大气弥散对其影响可忽略。     

基于多视场星点椭圆率的望远镜主动准直方法

光学元件的准直失调会引起天文望远镜在观测过程中的像质退化,该问题在大口径快焦比的天文光学系统中更为突出。针对此问题,本文提出一种用于望远镜日常观测过程中的主动准直方法,通过星像解算实时校正副镜位置及姿态达到维持望远镜像质的目的。该方法基于多视场星点椭圆率,利用粒子群优化算法迭代求解望远镜光学元件失调量,从而校正由光学元件失调引起的低阶像差。利用1.6 m多通道测光巡天望远镜光学系统进行模拟仿真,求解副镜失调量残余误差小于1%,在系统设计公差范围以内。利用南极巡天望远镜AST3-3模拟及实验验证,表明该方法可高精度求解望远镜光学元件的失调误差。     

Improve the loop frequency of liquid crystal adaptive optics by concurrent control technique

A method to improve the loop frequency of liquid crystal adaptive optics systems (LC AOSs) was investigated. Based on open-loop control, a concurrent control scheme was proposed and the correction frequency of the LC AOS was increased from 85 Hz to 212 Hz. A simulated correction analysis illustrates that the distortion rejection ability of our LC AOS was improved with −1.1 dB by using the concurrent control technique. A 500 m horizontal turbulence correction experiment was done to validate our considerations. Firstly, 500 m horizontal turbulence was measured and its Greenwood frequency and atmospheric coherence length is 31.5 Hz and 4-5 cm, respectively. Then, 500 m horizontal turbulence was corrected in real time by using consecutive and concurrent control methods. The corrected results indicate that the resolution and contrast of the image was significantly improved by the concurrent control method. These results show that the concurrent control method can be used for LC AOSs to improve the correction frequency.     

低功耗非线性光纤光栅全光开关

全光开关是未来全光通信和光计算机的关键器件.已经研究过的全光开关的种类很多,其中光纤光栅全光开关最容易与光纤系统匹配.文章首先陈述两种基于普通石英光纤的单光栅全光开关,即光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)全光开关和长周期光纤光栅(LPFG)全光开关,这两种低非线性的光开关要求千瓦量级的高开关功率,故不宜应用;然后重点介绍两种高非线性的光纤光栅全光开关,它们分别由单个高非线性FBG和用高非线性光纤连接的LPFG对构成.文章所介绍的非线性光纤材料是以掺稀土石英光纤为例.这两种高非线性的光纤光栅全光开关具有毫瓦量级的低开关功率,有可能获得实际应用.     

Performance simulation of an adaptive optics system with liquid crystal corrector under closed-loop and open-loop control

The adaptive optics system (AOS) often operates in a discrete sampling process with finite closed-loop frequency. Reconstruction, detection, and time lag induced errors are the main correction errors of the system. An AOS that is based on a liquid crystal (LC) benefits from the LC’s high correction precision, thus the reconstruction error can be ignored. The primary error will be induced by the time lag from the time of detection to the time of compensation. In this paper, some theoretical simulations are introduced in order to evaluate the correction precision of AOS with an LC corrector. The main purpose is to compare the correction precision between the open-loop and closed-loop control. We attempt to find a method to ascertain the exact precision of the open-loop control and show whether it improves the correction precision. The conclusion is thus reached that the actual error rejection bandwidth for the closed-loop was lower than the −3 dB error rejection bandwidth measured in practice. The increased refresh frequency of the open-loop control can improve the imaging performance to nearly −3 dB bandwidth of the detector measured, which is the maximum possible bandwidth due to the time lag.     

Second harmonic generations in aperiodic optical superlattices with finite width and in one-dimensional defective photonic crystals made of nonlinear optical materials

The characteristics of the second harmonic generations (SHGs) in homogeneous and inhomogeneous systems are investigated. We consider two kinds of structures: one is aperiodic optical superlattices (AOSs) with homogeneous linear susceptibility and the modulated second-order nonlinear susceptibility; the second is linear and nonlinear susceptibilities both the system with inhomogeneous. We derive a general solution of SHG for the AOS with finite lateral width and of SHG in considering the depletion of the pump light power. We carry out the design of AOSs by using simulation annealing (SA) algorithm and show that the constructed AOSs can implement multiple wavelength SHGs with identical effective nonlinear coefficient at the preassigned wavelengths of incident light. We observe great enhancement of SHGs in the one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) with defects consisting of multiple photonic quantum wells made of nonlinear material when the frequency of fundamental wave aims at one of the defect states. We also propose an effective design approach of aperiodically stacked layers of nonlinear material and air in terms of the SA method. The constructed structure can achieve multiple-wavelength SHGs at the preas-signed wavelengths.      

长春光机所航天光学遥感器研制基地建设进展

通过20多年的努力, 中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所(以下简称长春光机所)现已成为我国航天光学遥感器研制领域的重要基地。本文在回顾其发展历史的基础上, 详实地介绍了近10年来长春光机所在这一领域取得的技术进步, 涵盖了航天光学遥感器研究、设计、制造、装调、检测、试验等各个方面。     

Subpicometer length measurement using heterodyne laser interferometry and all-digital rf phase meters

We present an all-digital phase meter for precision length measurements using heterodyne laser interferometry. Our phase meter has a phase sensitivity of 3 μrad/√Hz at signal frequencies of 1 Hz and above. We test the performance of our phase meter in an optical heterodyne interferometric configuration, using an active Sagnac interferometer test bed that is flexible and low noise. We demonstrate more than 70 dB of laser frequency noise suppression to achieve an optical phase sensitivity of 5 μrad/√Hz and a corresponding displacement sensitivity of 0.5 pm/√Hz at signal frequencies above 10 Hz. In addition, we demonstrate the ability of our phase meter to follow full fringe signals accurately at 100 Hz and to track large signal excursions in excess of 10(5) fringes without cycle slipping. Finally, we demonstrate a cyclic error of ≤1 pm/√Hz, above 10 Hz.     

平行排列液晶器件的波前调制特性

设计了一种新型的平行排列液晶相位调制器(LC PM),可在纯相位的模式下进行相位调制,研究了液晶相位调制器的光学特性,理论上给予了分析．对畸变波前进行了调制,在1 cm2的校正面积上,调制后的准确度PV(peak to valley)值接近λ／15(λ=0.6328 μm),RMS(Root Means Square)可达到λ／100,斯特列尔比SR (Strehl Ratio)达到0.989．改变了传统的扭曲向列液晶器件难于进行纯相位调制和得到高准确度调制的缺点,达到了理想的效果.     

Active optical compensation of low-quality optical system aberrations

We describe a method for the correction of slowly varying wavefront aberrations of low-quality telescope mirrors by using a DM in an active optical compensation system. Our goal is to reduce the surface wavefront error of low-cost multimeter-diameter mirrors from approximately 10 waves peak-to-valley (P-V), at a 1 microm wavelength, to approximately 1 wave or less. In a proof-of-concept demonstration using a 0.3m telescope at a wavelength of 633 nm, the rms wavefront error improved to 0.05 waves (0.26 waves P-V) from the original value of 1.4 waves rms (6.5 waves P-V). The Strehl ratio improved to 89% from the original value of 0.08%. The types of aberrations corrected include astigmatism, coma, defocus, trefoil, and higher-order aberrations.