一种提高波前空间校正能力的组合变形镜自适应光学系统

提出了一种利用光学共轭关系,实现多变形镜空间匹配从而提高波前空间校正能力的自适应光学系统方案.通过理论分析给出了组合变形镜的面形描述方法,在此基础上建立了一套基于由两块相同方形排列变形镜构成的组合波前校正器的完整自适应光学实验系统.通过数值仿真研究了该系统对前35阶Zernike像差的校正效果,并且通过实验对比了组合变形镜和单一变形镜对实际静态像差的闭环校正效果.结果表明组合变彤镜可以等效为一多单元变形镜,在直接斜率控制算法下正常稳定闭环工作,校正效果明显优于单一变形镜.组合变形镜技术通过空间匹配实现了增加波前校正器驱动单元数和等效交连值,有效地提高了对波前的空间校正能力,因此可以代替高成本的单一多驱动器变形镜用于自适应光学系统中高阶像差的校正.     

遗传算法在自适应光学系统中的应用

为了校正激光光束的波前像差,建立了一套无需直接探测波前信息的自适应光学(AO)系统模型,提出了一种基于实数编码的高斯变异的遗传算法(GA)用来控制61单元压电变形镜补偿波前像差,并仿真利用此算法控制61单元变形镜校正由变形镜本身产生的像差。结果表明,这种算法能够找到补偿各种像差所需的变形镜的最优面型。像差校正后,焦平面的峰值光强最多能够提高30倍。环围斯特尔比值(Strehl ratio)最多能够从校正前的0.032提高到0.96,变形镜61个驱动器后的电压值收敛性能良好。     

600mm自适应望远镜最佳子孔径数仿真研究

基于自适应光学望远镜的成像特性,分析像斑中心亮度最大以及剩余波前误差最小两种情况下望远镜变形镜的最佳子孔径数范围,利用ZEMAX软件对驱动单元正三角形和矩形布局的变形镜波前校正进行仿真模拟,通过对含高速倾斜镜和不含高速倾斜镜两种情况下望远镜的分析,得到600mm自适应望远镜的最佳子孔径数。     

1.8m望远镜变形次镜波前拟合能力分析

波前拟合能力分析是变形次镜研制工作的重要组成部分,是基于变形次镜的新型自适应光学系统研制的重要基础.以拟合误差为评价标准,采用有限元计算所得驱动器影响函数对1.8 m望远镜变形次镜四个备选方案进行了泽尼克(Zernike)多项式、Kolmogorov湍流大气畸变相位屏拟合能力分析.结果表明73单元变形次镜波前拟合能力较...     

光束旋转90°多程放大系统的波前误差校正

 光束通过神光-Ⅲ原型装置四程放大系统发生了90°旋转和扩束。在四程放大系统腔镜处放置变形镜校正系统像差是一种新的自适应光学方案，推导出被校正像差与变形镜面形之间的数学关系。理论推导表明，在扩束比大于1的前提下，腔镜处变形镜可以校正系统输出的任意类型的像差，且变形镜对应的面形唯一。理论分析和计算仿真说明该方案的校正能力与像差类型和扩束比有关，扩束比增大将增强变形镜校正像散的能力，但系统旋光消像散的能力也将减弱。     

压电薄膜变形镜响应函数计算及参数优化

 针对方口径压电薄膜变形镜,采用傅里叶级数法推导了其机电行为的数学解析式。并利用该表达式对该类变形镜的交联值、使用口径等性能指标进行了研究。结果表明：交联值随电极尺寸呈线性变化关系,在可用范围内保持在0.6以上,压电薄膜变形镜大的交联值保证了其对低阶像差强的校正能力;变形镜的校正能力与通光口径密切相关,其最佳使用口径比约为0.8。     

光束旋转90°多程放大系统的波前误差校正

光束通过神光-Ⅲ原型装置四程放大系统发生了90°旋转和扩束。在四程放大系统腔镜处放置变形镜校正系统像差是一种新的自适应光学方案，推导出被校正像差与变形镜面形之间的数学关系。理论推导表明，在扩束比大于1的前提下，腔镜处变形镜可以校正系统输出的任意类型的像差，且变形镜对应的面形唯一。理论分析和计算仿真说明该方案的校正能力与像差类型和扩束比有关，扩束比增大将增强变形镜校正像散的能力，但系统旋光消像散的能力也将减弱。     

单压电执行器阵列驱动的变形镜的制备与表征

为降低压电执行器阵列式变形镜的成本,提出了一种由单压电执行器阵列驱动的低成本变形镜.制备了 19单元50 mm 口径的变形镜样机,建立了基于Shack-Hartmann传感器的 自适应光学测试系统,并对单个执行器性能、校正性能、镜面校平性能、变形镜频率响应特性进行了表征.测试结果显示,制备的变形镜单个执行器在50 V电...     

组合变形镜对板条固体MOPA激光波前畸变校正（英）

提出了一种利用组合变形镜校正板条MOPA固体激光器像差的方法,并通过实验验证其有效性。通过将一个11单元的一维变形镜和一个67单元的二维变形镜组合,有效降低了单个二维变形镜波前校正过程中驱动器间的电压差,从而提高了二维变形镜的使用安全性,并在一定程度上改善了校正后波前畸变的空间分布,降低了波前畸变残差。实验结果表明,一维变形镜与二维变形镜的组合能高效地校正板条MOPA固体激光器的波前畸变,波前残差均方根值小于0.08 m,远场光束质量因子可达1.67。     

基于微变形反射镜的TEM00模式控制

分析了连续面形薄膜微变形反射镜的结构,提出了一种简化的变形镜球面分析模型,用该模型分析含有变形镜的谐振腔,导出了TEM00模式强度与曲率半径的严格表达式,并使用Matlab软件对其进行了仿真分析.结果表明增大变形镜的曲率半径能够增大TEM00模式的输出强度.搭建含有变形镜谐振腔的实验光路系统来控制TEM00模式输出,观测到类似的输出变化.     

子孔径合成光学成像系统像质评价研究

由于子孔径合成光学成像系统出瞳波前离散,成像特征有异于常规光学系统.对比了两种子孔径合成光学成像系统的像质评价方法,其一是直接利用干涉仪实测获得的整体出瞳波面参量,拟合成泽尼克多项式,通过快速傅里叶变换获得光学系统的调制传递函数;其二是对子出瞳波面在像面复振幅分布的衍射直接积分叠加计算系统调制传递函数.对于离散出瞳波前,拟合的泽尼克多项式不可避免有较大误差,由此计算获得的调制传递函数与实际测量值有较大区别.设计并制造了一个三子镜合成的成像光学系统,在此基础上用ZYGO GPI干涉仪验证并对比了使用两种方法对像质计算的特点.结果表明,子出瞳波面直接衍射积分叠加法的精度更高,但计算量大,且要获得更高的像质评价精度,应使用更适于表达离散不规则形状子出瞳波前的波函数.     

环扇形分块主镜的波面拟合及重构方法研究

用有限元分析获得了环扇形分块主镜的镜面热变形数据,分别用圆域Zernike多项式和环扇域Zernike多项式对其进行了波面拟合,比较了用两种多项式的拟合精度。基于哈特曼-夏克波前传感器对由环扇形镜面热变形引起的畸变波前进行了模式法重构,分析了用上述两种多项式重构时矩阵条件数和测量误差对重构精度的影响。     

Pyramid sensor for segmented mirror alignment

We report what is to our knowledge the first laboratory experiment that shows the use of a pyramid wavefront sensor to cophase and align segmented mirrors having three degrees of freedom per segment, i.e., piston, tip, and tilt. In the laboratory the iterative alignment procedure reached a wavefront residual error of about 10 nm. The residual error was equally distributed between piston, tip, and tilt. These results demonstrate that the pyramid can successfully simultaneously sense the piston, tip, and tilt of a segmented mirror. This last feature makes this technique very attractive in phasing and aligning astronomical segmented telescopes such as extremely large telescopes currently under extensive studies.     

自适应光学波前校正器技术发展现状

波前校正器是自适应光学系统中的关键部件,相关技术已得到了多年的积累与发展。本文介绍了多种目前常用的波前校正器件,包括分离促动器连续表面变形镜、拼接子镜变形镜、薄膜变形镜、双压电片变形镜、微电子机械系统变形镜以及基于液晶技术的空间光调制器和自适应次镜等,给出了它们的实现方式及其基本工作原理,并从空间校正频率和校正速度等方面对各校正器的性能进行了比较。最后,总结了在新应用的需求下,波前校正器件的技术创新及发展趋势。     

Experimental investigation of segmented adaptive optics for spatial laser array in an atmospheric turbulence condition

We describe a concept of using segmented adaptive optics (AO) to correct the higher-order wavefront aberrations (HOWAs) in an atmospheric turbulence condition. The effects of piston and tip-tilt corrections are analyzed by numerical simulation. An experiment test-bed is built for verification. Seven spatial beamlets are combined into a hexagonal array by use of a pyramid, and an active segmented mirror is used for phase modulation. The AO control is implemented by stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm. Experimentally, after segmented AO is enabled, the HOWA in warmed air environment has been effectively corrected and the peak intensity of far-field has been enhanced by 5 times.     

Fast wavefront sensing using a hardware parallel classifier chip

In most applications of laser technology and optics the beam quality, the ability to focus a laser beam and the achievement of a good optical resolution play an important role. The compensation of distortions using adaptive optics requires fast wavefront measurement. Classical wavefront analysis schemes use matrix operations, which show a nonlinear computation time dependence with matrix size, making it difficult to achieve high-speed control loops at a high resolution. A novel wavefront sensor system is presented using a massively parallel k-nearest neighbor classifier chip in an embedded hardware setup. Our miniaturized sensor is able to detect one optical distortion within about 80 μs allowing its use for high-speed adaptive optics applications.     

Study on the design and Zernike aberrations of a segmented mirror telescope

The segmented mirror telescope is widely used. The aberrations of segmented mirror systems are different from single mirror systems. This paper uses the Fourier optics theory to analyse the Zernike aberrations of segmented mirror systems. It concludes that the Zernike aberrations of segmented mirror systems obey the linearity theorem. The design of a segmented space telescope and segmented schemes are discussed, and its optical model is constructed. The computer simulation experiment is performed with this optical model to verify the suppositions. The experimental results confirm the correctness of the model.     

相位变更方法发展简述

相位变更(Phase diversity,PD)波前传感是一种较新的波前传感方法,它使用相对简单的光学系统,运用最优化计算方法,借鉴图像处理中的一些技术手段,在得到波前信息的同时,还可以得到目标的清晰像。PD方法经过20多年的发展,在理论上和技术上日臻完善,已经在空间望远镜共相位调整,目标成像清晰化处理等多个领域得到了应用。但PD方法也存在计算量大,探测动态范围小等缺点,其在实际光学系统中的应用仍有待于进一步的研究和探讨。     

Adaptive aberration correction of GRIN lenses for confocal endomicroscopy

Graded-index (GRIN) lenses serve as a key component for miniature endoscopes because of their small diameters and ease of assembly. However, the nonaplanatic nature of GRIN lenses causes inherent spatial aberrations that lower image resolution and sharpness. Here we present the diagnosis of the aberrations in GRIN probes and the use of adaptive optics to compensate for the wavefront errors in the endoscope. Two different operation schemes based on preset and in situ measurements are demonstrated, both resulting in a substantial reduction of the wavefront error from 0.42 to <0.1 μm.     

Wavefront sensorless adaptive optics for large aberrations

In some adaptive optics systems the aberration is determined not by using a wavefront sensor but by sequential optimization of the adaptive correction element. Efficient schemes for the control of such systems are essential if they are to be effective. A scheme is introduced that permits the efficient measurement of large amplitude wavefront aberrations that are represented by an appropriate series of modes. This scheme uses an optimization metric based on the root-mean-square spot radius (or focal spot second moment) and an aberration expansion using polynomials suited to the representation of lateral aberrations. Experimental correction of N aberration modes is demonstrated with a minimum of N+1 photodetector measurements. The geometrical optics basis means that the scheme can be extended to arbitrarily large aberrations.