基于条纹反射的光学表面疵病检测法

提出一种基于条纹反射的光学表面疵病检测方法,检测系统由液晶显示屏、CCD相机和计算机组成.检测时在显示屏上分别显示水平和垂直两个方向正交的正弦性条纹,用CCD相机记录经被测表面反射的正弦条纹像,通过相移技术得到两个方向正交的相位分布和对比度分布,通过对比度分布确定被测表面的疵病位置.被测面表面面形相关信息包含在相位分布中,其表面疵病细节信息包含在局部微观相位分布之中.对相位分布进行多项式拟合后相减得到疵病引起的微观相位分布,计算得到表面疵病的梯度分布,积分得其高度分布.实验验证了该方法的可行性.     

全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪消偏振衰落技术研究

针对全光纤傅里叶变换光谱仪中光束偏振态在双折射影响下带来的干涉信号“偏振诱导衰落”现象导致测量光谱畸变的问题,根据偏振光学原理,分析了光纤应力、弯曲和扭曲导致的双折射对传输光束偏振态的影响,找到了FFTS在测量宽谱光源发射谱时出现谱线畸变的原因,提出了建立偏振态反馈控制系统来稳定干涉信号可见度的方法.实验结果表明,该方法消除了偏振态变化对测量光谱的影响.     

Modeling for optical ray tracing and error analysis

One of the most popular mathematical tools in fields of robotics, mechanisms, and computer graphics is the 4×4 homogeneous transformation matrix. We extend the use of that matrix to the optical domain of:

(1) skew ray tracing to determine the paths of skew rays; and

(2) error analysis to investigate the various deviations of imagines due to imperfect placement of optical elements.

In order to trace a skew ray, the reflection and refraction laws of optics are formulated in the language of homogeneous transformation matrices. Then an error matrix to describe the position errors and orientation errors of optical elements is introduced in order to analyze their effects on rays' path. This ray tracing procedure can result in very powerful and fast optical design programs. The error analysis can provide the sensitivity of each error component of elements to a system's accuracy and is crucial to upgrade the precision of optical systems in design stage.     

Strip-Loaded Sol-Gel Waveguides: Design and Fabrication

Sol-gel is one of the most attractive techniques for production of silica-on-silicon integrated optical devices. In fact, it combines low cost with flexibility and ease of doping; thus, nonlinear and active compounds can be effectively included in the silica matrix. Here, the feasibility of applying the sol-gel technique to the realization of an erbium-doped optical amplifier is reported on, operating in the third telecommunication window. In particular, the development of an optimum strategy for the design and fabrication of a guiding structure in the strip-loaded configuration is described. Design optimization results, as well as fabrication results and measured characteristics, are described and discussed.     

Metal–dielectric photonic crystal superlattice: 1D and 2D models and empty lattice approximation

Periodic nanostructures are one of the main building blocks in modern nanooptics. They are used for constructing photonic crystals and metamaterials and provide optical properties that can be changed by adjusting the geometrical parameters of the structures. In this paper the optical properties of a photonic crystal slab with a 2D superlattice are discussed. The structure consists of a gold layer with a finite periodic pattern of air holes that is itself repeated periodically with a larger superperiod. We propose simplified 1D and 2D models to understand the physical nature of Wood's anomalies in the optical spectra of the investigated structure. The latter are attributed to the Rayleigh anomalies, surface plasmon Bragg resonances and the hole-localized plasmons.     

Highly sensitive oxygen gas sensor using surface plasmon with a common path homodyne interferometer

We constructed an oxygen gas sensing system in which the concentration of the oxygen gas was determined by measuring the phase change related to the surface plasmon with a common path homodyne interferometer. Hemoglobin was used as a sensing material for the oxygen sensor system. It was experimentally found that the detection limit of oxygen gas was as low as 10 ppm in oxygen concentration and the average time for the reaction between oxygen gas and hemoglobin was less than 0.42 s at room temperature.     

Recent advances in spherical photonic crystals: Generation and applications in optics

Spherical photonic crystals (PCs), generated by assembly of monodisperse colloidal nanospheres in a spherical confined geometry, attract great attention recently owing to their potential applications in the fields of displays, sensors, optoelectronic devices, and others. Compared to their conventional film or bulk counterparts, the optical stop band of the spherical PCs is independent of the rotation under illumination of the surface of a fixed incident angle of the light, broadening their applications. In this paper, we will review recent advances in the field of spherical PCs including design, preparation and potential applications. Various preparation strategies for spherical PCs, including solvent-evaporation induced crystallization method, microfluidic-assisted approach, and others are outlined. Their applications based on the unique optical properties (such as photonic band gaps and structural colors) for sensing and displaying are then presented, followed by the perspective of this emerging field.     

Cs3In(In4Se7)(P2Se6): A Multi-Chromophore Chalcogenide with Excellent Nonlinear Optical Property Designed by Group Grafting

Non-centrosymmetric (NCS) and polar materials capable of exhibiting many important functional properties are indispensable for electro-optical technologies, yet their rational structural design remains a significant challenge. Here, we report a “group grafting” strategy for designing the first multi-chromophore selenophosphate, Cs₃In(In₄Se₇)(P₂Se₆), that crystallizes in a NCS and polar space group of Cm. The structure features a unique basic building unit (BBU) [In(In₄Se₁₀)(P₂Se₆)], formed through “grafting [In₄Se₁₀] supertetrahedra on the root of [In(P₂Se₆)₂] groups”. Theoretical calculations confirm that this [In(In₄Se₁₀)(P₂Se₆)] BBU can achieve a “1+1>2” combination of properties from two chromophores, [In₄Se₁₀] supertetrahedron and ethane-like [P₂Se₆] dimer. That makes Cs₃In(In₄Se₇)(P₂Se₆) exhibit excellent linear and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties, including a strong second harmonic generation (SHG) response (~6×AgGaS₂), a large band gap (2.45 eV), broad infrared (IR) transmission (up to 19.5 μm), a significant birefringence (0.26 @1064 nm) as well as the congruently-melting property at ~700 °C. Therefore, Cs₃In(In₄Se₇)(P₂Se₆) will be a promising NLO crystal, especially in the IR region, and this research also demonstrates that “group grafting” will be an effective strategy for constructing novel polar BBUs with multi-chromophore to design NCS structures and high-performance IR NLO materials.     

Recent Mathematical Studies in the Modeling of Optics and Electromagnetics

This work is concerned with mathematical modeling, analysis, and computation of optics and electromagnetics, motivated particularly by optical and microwave applications.The main technical focus is on Maxwell‘s equations in complex linear and nonlinear media.