微透镜阵列光学相控阵扫描技术研究进展

光学相控阵光束扫描技术在激光雷达、空间光通信和光开关等领域拥有巨大的应用潜力。微透镜阵列光学相控阵可以通过微透镜阵列间μm量级的相对位移同时对多个出射光束的二维倾斜相位进行调制,从而实现大角度二维光束扫描,具有出射口径大、结构简单、体积小、微惯性、多功能等优点。首先介绍了微透镜阵列光学相控阵的扫描原理,之后对微透镜阵列光学相控阵国内外的发展现状、应用和现阶段存在的问题进行了阐述,最后对微透镜阵列光学相控阵的发展趋势进行了展望。     

光学相控阵光束电扫描技术及仿真

光学相控阵技术是一种新型光束偏转及扫描技术,介绍了光学相控阵技术光束电扫描的原理,分析了光学相控阵主要参数及高斯光束替代平行光束入射对偏转效果的影响,研究了三种利用光学相控阵实现多光束扫描的方法。研究结果表明,为了提高光束质量应尽量减小单元周期,增大光学相控阵尺寸和填充率,但减小周期并不能完全抑制栅瓣,而高斯光束取代平行光束入射仅影响偏转光束的角宽度,所研究的三种多光束扫描方法均有效,三种方法各有优缺点。     

光纤激光相控阵相干合成技术研究进展

主要介绍了近年来光纤激光相控阵相干合成技术的发展现状,总结了中国科学院光电技术研究所在这方面的最新研究成果,包括基于振幅调制的光纤激光相控阵相干合成能力优化、光纤激光相控阵实现收发一体相干合成、光纤激光相控阵的目标在回路相干合成、光纤激光相控阵在大气湍流下实现耦合接收光束的共相合束、基于多孔径波前探测的相干合成方法、基于自适应光纤准直器和微透镜阵列的光束大角度高精度连续寻址扫描等。以上研究工作将促进光纤激光相控阵技术朝向更多单元、更高功率、更远距离等方向演进,并推动其与激光大气传输、空间激光通信、自适应光学等理论和应用的结合与发展。     

无衍射光束的产生及其应用

近年来,随着激光技术的快速发展,相继产生了多种在远距离传输后中心光斑保持不变的无衍射光束,包括贝塞尔光束、高阶贝塞尔光束、马丢光束、高阶马丢光束、余弦光束、抛物线光束以及艾里光束.无衍射光束在激光打孔、激光精密准直、光学精密控制、光学微操控、光通信、等离子体导向、光子弹产生、光通信、自聚焦光束的合成以及非线性光学等领域中有着广泛的应用.本文介绍了各类无衍射光束的数学表达式、产生方法及对应的实验结果;就无衍射光束的特性和应用进行了归纳和讨论;并对其在未来的研究与应用前景中发挥的重要作用进行了简要总结与展望.     

基于Gires-Tournois谐振腔的二维光学相控阵反射镜

光学相控阵是激光雷达中实现非机械光束偏转的一种技术方案,针对现有光学相控阵存在的尺寸大、二维集成困难等问题,提出了一种可实现二维光束偏转的新型二维光学相控阵反射镜。该反射镜采用易于集成的面阵结构,同时利用Gires-Tournois谐振腔在谐振波长附近的色散特性放大相移。仿真结果表明,该结构在谐振波长附近具有较高的相移效率,为实现二维光束偏转提供了一种新的解决方案。     

被动方式产生近似无衍射贝塞尔光技术

无衍射光束具有中心光斑小且不随传播距离变化、自再现、产生局域空心光等特点,由于这些特殊的光束特性而在许多领域,如计量学,经典光学,非线性光学和生命科学等领域中得到广泛的应用。无衍射光束的产生与变换是目前的一个研究热点。通过衍射理论、干涉理论和几何光学方法可对无衍射光进行描述。实现无衍射贝塞尔光束的方法可分为主动式和被动式。本文主要综述地介绍了几种被动式产生近似无衍射贝塞尔光束的最新技术,通过分析其优缺点,给出了这些技术的适用范围。     

新型液晶光学相控阵的特性研究

将液晶作为平板光波导的上包层,构建了液晶光学相控阵器件.根据Frank-Oseen液晶连续体弹性形变理论与光栅衍射理论,研究分析了基于这种新型结构下液晶光学相控阵的传输特性,输出衍射特性和其它性能特性.研究结果表明,器件的传输电控相位延迟可以实现更大的光程差;阵列电极周期数目、电极宽度、电极间隔宽度等结构参量对器件的输出衍射光束的光强分布和半峰值全宽度影响很大,同时光束扫描的可行性得到论证;器件的响应时间提高了一个数量级,且其色散性能获得改善.为以后研制新型液晶光学相控阵提供了理论基础与技术设计依据.     

阵列波导激光相控阵光束偏转特性研究

研究了阵列波导激光相控阵的光束偏转特性,计算出光学相控阵的偏转角度与阵列波导相关参量之间的关系,绘制出光束偏转角与相关参量间的关系曲线。分析了阵列波导激光相控阵的三个性能指标:扫描范围、分辨率及能量效率,研究各阵列波导参数对于此三项指标的影响,据此分析出最优化的参数设计。根据阵列波导激光相控阵原理设计了仿真实验界面,自定义参数模拟光束的偏转效果。     

部分相干涡旋光束研究进展

涡旋光束具有螺旋波前、携带相位奇点和轨道角动量等物理特性,在粒子操控、量子信息、超分辨成像、光通信等领域具有重要的应用,并已成为学术界的研究热点。得益于相干光学理论的快速发展,将相干性作为新的自由度引入涡旋光束中,提出新型涡旋光束即部分相干涡旋光束。相较于完全相干涡旋光束,部分相干涡旋光束具有独特的物理内涵和光学特性,尤其是对其相干性和拓扑荷的联合调控会引发一系列奇特的新物理效应(如相干奇点、光束整形、偏振态转换、自修复等)。回顾了部分相干涡旋光束的基本理论及发展历程,着重对部分相干涡旋光束的理论模型、传输特性、实验产生、实验测量和应用基础研究进行了阐述。     

空心光束的产生及其在现代光学中的应用

近年来,随着激光应用技术的发展,各种中心强度为零的激光束被相继产生,并正在形成一个新颖的所谓空心光束(也称暗中空光束)的大家族。作为激光导管、光学镊子(光钳)和光学扳手,空心光束在微观粒子(如微米粒子、纳米粒子、自由电子、生物细胞和原子或分子等)的精确、无接触操纵和控制中有着广泛的应用。本文将首先给出空心光束的定义及其参数,并详细介绍各种空心光束产生的基本原理、方法及其实验结果。其次,就空心光束的分类及其应用场合进行了简单归纳与讨论。最后就空心光束在微观粒子(包括微米粒子、纳米粒子、生物细胞和自由电子等)的光学囚禁与操控中的应用进行简要综述,并就空心光束的产生与应用及其未来研究与应用前景进行了简短总结与展望。     

稀疏光学相控阵设计方法研究

为克服光学相控阵单元间隔必须小于工作波长二分之一的限制,构建了一种稀疏光学相控阵模型。分析了一维稀疏光学相控阵在近场和远场条件下的扫描原理,并提出了一种设计方法。对其相关参数进行仿真的结果表明：稀疏光学相控阵所用的单元数目较少,单元间隔远大于工作波长,扫描范围较大,波束宽度较窄,且在整个扫描空间内没有栅瓣。因此,稀疏光学相控阵单元间隔不受工作波长的限制,同时具有较好的扫描性能。     

高功率光纤激光阵列被动相干组束技术研究

对高功率光纤激光的被动相干组束技术进行了理论和实验研究.介绍了几种典型的被动相干组束技术,并对其功率可提升性进行了分析.详细报道了课题组在光反馈环形腔结构光纤激光相干组束方面的研究进展,研究分析了该相干组束技术的输出光谱特性和路数可提升性,建立了4路和8路高功率光纤放大器的相干组束系统,并分别实现了1062和1090W...     

硅基光学相控阵性能评估方法

针对典型光学相控阵,建立了一套硅基光学相控阵芯片性能评估方法,为光学相控阵优化设计提供可靠的数据支撑.通过设计傅里叶成像系统对光学相控阵进行动态成像,能够实现对近场远场成像的同步观察.在该基础上设计校准方案对相控阵初始相位进行校准优化,同时对扫描速度、角度和精度等特性参数进行了从理论推导和仿真到测试系统结构设计的整体分...     

Design and simulation of single-electrode liquid crystal phased arrays

Liquid crystal (LC) phased arrays and gratings have been employed in optical switching and routing [1]. These diffractive optic elements are of great interest because they can be scaled up to a large number of elements and their optical properties can be electrically addressed with a low driving voltage. LC phase gratings have been achieved either by periodic addressing of pixels or by using periodically-modified structures. The latter approach leads to less reconfigurable devices but the addressing is simpler. In this paper we focus on optical phased arrays where the phase is varied either continuously or discretely and where the periodicity is induced by electrode configuration. We first describe a possible structure based on a conductive silicon wafer. We argue that this structure can induce either continuously or discretely varying arrays while applying single voltage to the array. In the second part we simulate the behaviour of such arrays. We base the simulation on a LC synthesized at the Military University of Technology, this high-birefringence nematic LC shows in a 4-μm thick cell a linear phase shift range of more than 360° between 1.2 V and 1.8 V. We calculate the distribution of the LC molecule director and assess the performance of the array with respect to the applied voltage. Finally, the relevance of such technology for switchable phased arrays is discussed.     

Cascade arrangement of irregular optical phased arrays

We present the principle of cascade arrangement of irregular optical phased arrays. The optical phased-array beam deflector comprises arrayed optical waveguides that are spaced irregularly and arranged in a two-stage cascade. Relations between optical path differences and corresponding center-to-center spacings among elements in each stage are found, and phase matches between the two stages are achieved. Simulation shows a wide scanning angle with dramatically suppressed sidelobes.     

Status of single-model optical fiber standardization in the electronic industries association (EIA)

This paper introduces and analyzes revolutionary laser system architecture capable of dramatically reducing the complexity of laser systems while simultaneously increasing capability. The architecture includes three major subsystems. The first is a phased array of laser sources. In this article, we discuss diode-pumped fiber lasers as the elements of the phased array, although other waveguide lasers can also be considered. The second provides wavefront control and electronics beam steering, as described in an IEEE Proceedings article on “Optical Phased Array Technology” [1]. The third is subaperture receiver technology. Combining these three technologies into a new laser systems architecture results in a system that has graceful degradation, can steer to as wide an angle as individual optical phased array subapertures, and can be scaled to high power and large apertures through phasing of a number of subapertures. Diode-pumped fiber lasers are appealing as laser sources because they are electrically pumped, efficient, relatively simple, and scalable to significant power levels (over 100 Watts has been demonstrated from a single diode-pumped fiber laser) [2]. The fiber laser design also lends itself to integration into a phased array. Fiber lasers have been phased. Initial phasing demonstrations have been at low power and were conducted by taking a single source, dividing it into multiple fibers, then phasing them together. To develop this technology further we need to use independent fiber lasers or fiber amplifiers, seeded by a common source, and to increase laser power. As we increase laser power, we will have to learn to cope with nonlinearities in the laser amplifiers. Optical Phased Array technology has demonstrated steering over a 90-degree field of regard [4], although this approach used additional optical components. If we use straightforward optical phased array beam steering without additional optics we can steer with high efficiency to about one-third λ/d, where d is the smallest individually addressable element. The one-third factor depends on the efficiency threshold. For example, if we use 1.5 μm light, and 5 μm center-to-center spacing, we can steer with high efficiency to about ±6 degrees, or a field of regard of 12 degrees. Last, we need to develop a subaperture receive technology. This can be a pupil plane receiver, an image plane receiver, or some combination of the approaches. When we have matured each individual technology and combined them into new laser systems architectures, we will have the ability to build simpler and more capable laser systems. The vision for an integrated, phased array laser concept is to enable a new class of laser systems with significant advantages, including high-efficiency, all-electric laser source; all waveguide beam transport; wavefront control at the sub-aperture level (enabling wavefront compensation, conformal apertures, and wide-angle electronic beam steering); random access beam pointing over wide angles; multiple simultaneous beam generation and control; and graceful degradation.     

Optimum beam steering of optical phased arrays using mixed weighting technique

In this paper, we present a novel technique for high precision optical beam steering of optical phased arrays (OPA) using mixed weighting method. Optimal OPA parameters are determined to obtain the best beam directivity by minimizing the main lobe width and eliminating grating lobes of the far field diffraction pattern. The quantitative analysis for a fibre-type optical phased array is given. The calculation results demonstrate that the grating lobe level can be distinctly reduced from 80% to 20% of the main lobe level. Thus, the mixed weighting technique proposed in this paper can substantially improve the beam steering efficiency and the beam quality.     

Non-integral dimensions ultrasonic phased arrays in a borehole

The non-integral dimensions ultrasonic phased arrays and their scanning and testing methods in a borehole are studied. First, the focusing acoustic fields excited by the 1.25D, 1.5D, and 1.75D phased arrays are analyzed, and then the imaging resolution in the elevation direction and the influence of the dynamic elements are investigated. Second, the focusing and deflexion characteristics of the acoustic fields excited by the annular and segmented annular phased arrays are studied, and they are compared with those excited by the 2D surface array. The application method of the 1.25D, 1.5D, and 1.75D, annular and segmented annular phased arrays in acoustic logging are analyzed and discussed. It provides a theoretical foundation for the application of the ultrasonic phased arrays in acoustic logging.     

光纤相控阵稀疏排布优化算法对比

光纤相控阵在激光合束、激光雷达等领域具有应用前景.光纤阵列配置方式不同于微波相控阵,光纤天线间距大于波长时存在周期旁瓣问题,影响主瓣能量分布.本文从物理模型出发,建立了基于同心圆环形点阵集合的光学相控阵天线布阵理论模型,提出了利用解析延拓的傅里叶变换方法实现干涉场强度的快速合成理论,讨论了在离散采样时数值仿真需关注的采样带宽和采样数目问题,解决了快速实现多光束干涉场数值仿真的问题.对比研究了两种优化光学相控阵天线配置的优化算法:遗传算法和粒子群算法,分别实现了不同种群数量遗传算法和粒子群算法迭代优化,分析了二者在优化过程中的收敛速度和优化效果,得到了峰值旁瓣比PSR=0.270的配置阵列.所提出的方法有望用于实际的光学相控阵天线配置中,指导天线主瓣能量最大化的优化设计;研究模型对不可微分目标函数优化问题的研究有一定参考价值.