Дифракционная оптика, оптические технологии. Рубрика в журнале - Компьютерная оптика
"Бездифракционные пучки" и их каустики
Статья научная
В настоящей работе обсуждается возможность формирования фокальных областей в различных зонах дифракции и доказывается, что термин "бездифракционные пучки" применяется для обозначения ограниченной в пространстве части тороидальной световой волны. Световая линия, или осевая каустика, является результатом интерференции пересекающихся областей этой волны. Показано, что "бездифракционные пучки" формируются такими оптическими элементами, фазовая функция пропускания которых содержит линейные по радиальной координате слагаемые. Выполнено сравнение оптических характеристик каустик в ближней и в дальней зонах дифракции. Сообщается о синтезе нового дифракционного модулированного аксикона, который формирует две фокальных области различного типа. Приводятся результаты экспериментального исследования его оптических характеристик.
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3D measurement using fringe projection profilometry
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This work is devoted to measuring the depth of the 3D object using the structured light method, in particular, phase shift profilometry. Theoretical studies on the methods of three-dimensional measurement systems and fringe projection profilometry are presented. The phase shift profilometry method with an improved calculation of the frequency of sinusoidal patterns is applied. In practical implementation in the environment (20 cm × 30 cm), the algorithm is tested on a stepped object consisting of eight steps with a difference of 150 mm between two successive steps. In this case, the achievable error for measuring such an object is 20 mm. Our method has great potential in industrial applications where the measurement of the smoothing of the surface of the object is needed to find the defect in the surface with high accuracy without contacting the object.
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3D-визуализация многократно рассеивающих сред
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Настоящая работа посвящена теоретическим исследованиям распространения низкоинтенсивного лазерного излучения оптического диапазона в многократно рассеивающих средах и направлена на создание универсальной оптической схемы их визуализации. При анализе внутренней структуры объекта и протекающих в нем процессов в большинстве случае необходимо учитывать не абсолютные значения оптических параметров, а их пространственно-временные флуктуации. В связи с этим в качестве базового метода исследования выбран дифференциальный алгоритм метода обратного рассеяния. Построена 3D-модель многократного рассеяния в программной среде TracePro с применением статистического метода Монте-Карло. Проведены численные эксперименты по математическому моделированию взаимодействия лазерного излучения с объектом и визуализации его строения. Определены зависимости дифференциальных характеристик рассеянного излучения от топологии и оптических параметров среды. На основании полученных данных сделан вывод о возможности применения созданной объемной модели для решения задач диагностики многократно рассеивающих объектов, в частности, биообъектов.
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In this paper, a compact design of a balanced 1×4 optical power splitter based on coupled mode theory (CMT) is presented. The design consists of seven vertically slotted waveguides based on the silicon-on-insulator platform. The 1×4 OPS is modelled using commercial finite element method (FEM) simulation tool COMSOL Multiphysics 5.1. The optimized OPS is capable of working across the whole C-band with maximum ~39 % of power decay in the wavelength range 1530 - 1565 nm.
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Ab initio modeling of Raman and infrared spectra of calcite
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Calcite is the most thermodynamically stable polymorphic phase of the CaCO3 crystal. It is widely used in modern optical instruments operating in the infrared and visible wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. In particular, due to its anisotropic properties, calcite is used in polarization optics devices. Ab initio quantum mechanical modeling of the Raman and infrared spectra of calcite makes it possible to better understand the structure and nature of the chemical bonds of the compound, and find the optimal conditions for the effective use of unique properties of calcite in photonics tools. The calculations are performed within the framework of the density functional theory in the CRYSTAL program, using the “hybrid” B3LYP functional and the all-electronic bases of the STO-6G, PO-TZVP and BSD atomic orbitals of the Gaussian type. The obtained results for the elastic constants, Raman and infrared spectra of calcite agree satisfactorily with the available experimental data for the basic sets of POB-TZVP and BSD.
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Automatic 4-mirrors system for alignment of high-power laser radiation
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This paper presents the automated system for minimizing the deviation of the path of passage and the divergence of a secondary radiation source with parameters similar to ones of the main beam of a high-power Ti:Sa laser using mirrors in kinematic mounts on the motorized stages. As an alignment laser, the diode laser with a fiber output was used with radiation characteristics coinciding with the parameters of the main beam (wavelength, beam diameter). The successive approximation algorithm was used to minimize the beam deflection. The positioning accuracy and beam size matching were analyzed on the near-field camera and were equaled to 28.6 µm along the X-axis and 26.4 µm along the Y-axis. Beam size mismatch was equaled to 0.151 mm. The pointing accuracy was analyzed on the far-field sensor and equaled 15.34 µrad along the X axis and 12.03 µrad along the Y axis. The curvature of the wavefront was 0.06 µm.
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Bragg-fresnel optics and supermirrors
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The main principles and some applications of Bragg-Fresnel multilayer optics and X-ray supermirrors are described. An elliptical Bragg-Fresnel multilayer lens (BFML), designed and fabricated in the IMT RAS has been used for 2-dimensional focusing of the white X-ray synchrotron beam. For the beam energy of about 12 KeV the spot size checked with the knife edge method was about 1 mm. Applications of BFML and supermirrors in x-ray imaging are discussed.
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Photonic crystal fiber as a new type of optical fiber has been extensively applied because of its unique properties. The effective mode area of optical fiber is an important parameter, which has a great influence on the performance of optical fiber. In this study, digital image processing algo-rithm was used for preprocessing to improve the accuracy of calculation of mode field area. Then the effective mode field area of optical fiber was calculated using Matlab based Gauss fitting method. Take single-mode fiber G.652 as an example, the effective mode field area was calculated using the traditional algorithm and digital image processing algorithm respectively. It was found that the results obtained using digital image processing algorithm were within the allowed error range, suggesting the effectiveness of the algorithm. Then the calculation of the effective mode area of the triangular lattice photonic crystal fiber further verified the reliability of the algorithm.
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Computational and experimental studies on SnO2 thin films at various temperatures
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Tin oxide (SnO2) thin films was prepared by dip-coating technique at various bath temperatures (313, 333, 353 and 373 K) and annealed at 673 K in this study. And the obtained results were studied and correlated with the computational method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigation demonstrated that the prepared samples are spherical with agglomeration. The elemental analysis (EDAX) confirms the presence of Sn and O. Further, the SnO2 thin films microstructures are simulated, their thermodynamic and surface properties have been calculated. Micro-Raman spectra were recorded for the prepared samples. Micro-Raman results exhibit the first-order Raman mode E1g (475 cm-1) indicating that the grown SnO2 belongs to the rutile structure. In addition, the envelope method used for studying optical characteristics of the thin films from the transmittance spectra. The semiconducting nature of the films has been noticed from linear I-V characteristics. Furthermore, the electrical conductivity studies suggest that the highest conductivity samples acquire the lowest activation energy and their values are also in the semiconducting range.
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The work is devoted to an overview of the current state of optoacoustic fiber-optic ultrasonic transducers based on thermoelastic effect and fiber-optic interference receivers, its scope, technologies and materials used, the advantages and disadvantages of different methods and the prospects for the development of the industry.
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Cравнение разных подходов к формированию «идеального» оптического вихря
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Получены точные аналитические выражения, описывающие комплексную амплитуду идеального оптического вихря, сформированного тремя разными оптическими элементами: амплитудно-фазовым с пропусканием, пропорциональным функции Бесселя, оптимальным фазовым с пропусканием, равным знаковой функции от функции Бесселя, и вихревым аксиконом. Показано, что интенсивность света на кольце больше для оптимального фазового элемента. Ширина светового кольца, сформированного вихревым аксиконом, примерно в два раза больше, чем ширина двух других колец. Таким образом, оптимальный элемент является наилучшим кандидатом для формирования идеального оптического вихря. Результаты моделирования подтверждают теоретические выводы, а результаты эксперимента согласуются с теорией и результатами моделирования.
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We propose and numerically verify a design of the photonic integrated circuit for in-plane generation of a 1st azimuthal order vortex mode in dielectric rectangular waveguides. Radiation is introduced into the proposed structure in a standard way through two grating couplers. Applying a mode coupling and specific phase shift, a field with the required amplitude-phase distribution is formed directly in the output waveguide. The geometric dimensions of the device are simulated and optimized to fit the technological parameters of the silicon-on-insulator platform.
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Design and optimization of high-contrast gratings for multispectral VCSEL-SOI laser sources
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In the scope of a computational experiment, high-contrast gratings (HCG) formed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform within vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) were studied for multispectral laser sources. A simulation model for spectral characteristics calculation is proposed, which includes two heterogeneously integrated parts of the VCSEL: 1) the lower output mirror based on a HCG grating in the silicon layer of the SOI surrounded by air cavities to enhance the contrast of the HCG; 2) the semiconductor VCSEL structure with an air aperture for current and optical confinement. Comparative analysis results of the spectral characteristics of VCSEL-SOI structures for zeroth, first, and second-order modes, which can be excited in the air aperture of the VCSEL, are presented. It is demonstrated that the HCG, acting as one of the cavity mirrors, effectively discriminates the VCSEL higher-order modes. An algorithm for calculating HCG parameters that ensure the maximum reflectivity at a fixed thickness of the silicon layer of the SOI is developed.
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The paper proposes a new architecture for the photonic laboratory-on-a-chip sensing systems, where multiple sensors based on microring resonators (MRR) are fed by a MRR with low quality factor, working as a spectrum shaper. This architecture enables simultaneous intensity scanning of at least four MRR-based sensors on the silicon-on-insulator platform. We evaluated numerically the system’s sensitivity for various schemes of connecting the sensors and the spectrum shaper. The sensor’s sensitivity was 110 nm/RIU. The sensing system configuration largely determines its sensitivity, which reaches 1980 dB/RIU. The considered architecture may be useful for implementing fully integrated optical lab-on-a-chip structures, as well as distributed multichannel sensing systems.
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Designing multilayer dielectric filter based on TiO2/SiO2 for fluorescence microscopy applications
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This study presents a new construction design of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) filter and a Fabry-Pérot (FP) filter by using needle technique as a synthesis method. The optimized DBR and FP filters having a proper number of layers with controlling thickness TiO2/SiO2 are utilized to transmit only a certain narrow band of wavelengths while blocking the others. As a proof of concept, the filters are designed to selectively transmit only a very narrow band of wavelength at 780 nm which is the near infrared (NIR) fluorescent emission from Alexa Fluor 750 dye. The obtained results show that the optimized filters represent advanced spectral performance which can be used to improve the sensitivity and the imaging contrast in fluorescence microscopy.
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Determination of microrelief of the sample by singular beams superposition
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In present paper we propose easy way to implement method of interfering vortices with opposite topological charge for the real time determination of the thickness and information about the surface of studied samples with the resolution up to 7 nanometers. The determination of the characteristics of the medial cross-section of submicron-objects becomes possible due to phase sensitivity of interfering singular beams to the slightest changes in the optical path difference between them. The dependence of rotational angle of resulting interference pattern in case of different sample thickness for two singular beams superposition is considered in detail.
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Determination of the beam waist position for the spin-orbit interaction effect observation
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The spin angular momentum and the extrinsic orbital angular momentum of light are associated with the polarization of light and the light propagation trajectory, respectively. Those momenta are interdependent not only in an inhomogeneous or anisotropic medium but even in free space. This interaction is called the spin-orbit interaction of light. The effects of the spin-orbit interaction of light manifest themselves in a small transverse shift of the beam field longitudinal component from the beam propagation axis in the waist region under the circular polarization sign change. They can be observed both for Gaussian beams and for structured beams. The effects of the spin-orbit interaction of light should be taken into account when nanophotonics devices are created, but the detailed investigation of the effect had not been performed yet due to the low intensity noise image of the beam waist. Precise measurements of the focal waist centerline are needed to determine the transverse shift of the beam field longitudinal component of the asymmetric converging beam’s waist under the circular polarization sign change. We propose methods for determining the transverse and longitudinal positions of the beam waist. Computer image processing methods made it possible to obtain the value of the beam waist's transverse position with an accuracy of 0.1 mm. These methods will allow further testing of the shifts' theoretical predictions, the values of which are the order of 1 mm. The results obtained can also be used for laser processing of materials by polarized light and precise positioning of the beam's focal spot at a surface.
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Diffractive optical power of a square diaphragm
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The concept of diffractive optical power is extended over the case of a square diaphragm and of the negative Fresnel numbers for the incident wave. The accurate interpolation formula for the image location is represented. It contains the additional factor describing the dependence of the optical power on the incident wave front curvature. The high precision of the approximation is the conclusive evidence for the correctness of the physical model for the focusing action of the diaphragms.
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In this paper, attempts have been made to study the joint effects of apodization and aperture masking on the diffraction images of coherently illuminated straight edge. The Edge-Ringing, Edge-Shift and Edge-Eradient of the edge images have been evaluated for different values of apodization using edge masking of circular apertures. We have considered rotationally symmetric, aberrated coherent optical system. These investigations have lead to the use of certain pupil functions in conjunction with optimal apodizers to assess the quality of edge images. Any obstruction placed in the light path of an optical system prevents waves from a portion of the wavefront in reaching the focal zone. This results in the change in the light flux at every point of the diffraction pattern. This is in turn, depends on the shape and size of the obstruction.
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Статья
В настоящем дополнении к оригинальной статье [1] исправляется ошибка, допущенная при расчетах спектров отражения и пропускания изогнутого волноводного резонатора Фабри–Перо. Ошибка возникла вследствие пренебрежения оболочечными модами в прямых волноводных участках перед и после исследуемого резонатора (рис. 2а в оригинальной статье). Хотя данные моды не вносят непосредственного вклада в вычисляемую прошедшую и отраженную мощность, их учет необходим для корректного расчета спектров отражения и пропускания резонатора, что было обнаружено после опубликования статьи. В данном дополнении приводятся исправленные результаты, а также некоторые корректировки выводов оригинальной статьи.
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