Compact magneto-optical traps using planar optics

Magneto-optical traps (MOTs) composed of magnetic fields and light fields have been widely utilized to cool andconfine microscopic particles. Practical technology applications require miniaturized MOTs. The advancement of planaroptics has promoted the development of compact MOTs. In this article, we review the development of compact MOTs basedon planar optics. First, we introduce the standardMOTs. We then introduce the gratingMOTs with micron structures, whichhave been used to build cold atomic clocks, cold atomic interferometers, and ultra-cold sources. Further, we introducethe integrated MOTs based on nano-scale metasurfaces. These new compact MOTs greatly reduce volume and powerconsumption, and provide new opportunities for fundamental research and practical applications.

Low power consumption 4-channel variable optical attenuator array based on planar lightwave circuit technique

The power consumption of a variable optical attenuator（VOA） array based on a silica planar lightwave circuit was investigated. The thermal field profile of the device was optimized using the finite-element analysis. The simulation results showed that the power consumption reduces as the depth of the heat-insulating grooves is deeper, the up-cladding is thinner,the down-cladding is thicker, and the width of the cladding ridge is narrower. The materials component and thickness of the electrodes were also optimized to guarantee the driving voltage under 5 V. The power consumption was successfully reduced to as low as 155 mW at an attenuation of 30 dB in the experiment.

A MATRIX METHOD FOR SOLVING PLANAR DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES

A matrix method used in multilayer stack of dielectric films is applied-to planar dielectric optical waveguides. A simple and applicable method for obtaining characteristic equation is presented.

Optical Properties of the Coupling Interface for Planar Optical Waveguides

Planar optical waveguides are the key elements in a modern, high-speed optical network. An important problem facing the optical fiber communication system, specifically planar optical waveguides, is coupling. The current study presents a coupling model for planar optical waveguides and optical fibers. The various effects of the optical properties of the coupling interface were analyzed by the scalar finite difference beam propagation method, including the thickness, with or without the matching refractive index of the interface adhesive. The findings can serve as a guide for planar optical waveguide packaging.

Temperature sensor based on polymer thin film optical waveguide

Based on attenuated total reflection （ATR） and thermo-optic effect, the polymeric thin film planar optical waveguide is used as the temperature sensor, and the factors influencing the sensitivity of the temperature sensor are comprehensively analyzed. Combined with theoretical analysis and experimental investigation, the sensitivity of the temperature sensor is related to the thicknesses of the upper cladding layer, the waveguide layer, the optical loss of the polymer material and the guided wave modes. The results show that the slope value about reflectivity and temperature, which stands for the sensitivity of the polymer thin film temperature sensor, is associated with the waveguide film thickness and the guided wave modes, and the slope value is the highest in the zero reflectance of a certain transverse electric （TE） mode. To improve the sensitivity of the temperature sensor, the sensor＇s working incident light exterior angle α should be chosen under a certain TE mode with the reflectivity to be zero. This temperature sensor is characterized by high sensitivity and simple structure and it is easily fabricated.

AN OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR TECHNIQUE BASED ON SLIGHT DISTURBANCE RADIATION LOSS OF STOCHASTIC WALL

This paper presents an optical sensor technique used in the damage evaluation which is formed by structurally integrated fiber optic reticulate sensors embedded in the composite materials. The fibers are processed by chemical method and their outsides are peeled to form particles of irregular distribution and they differ in size, so the slight disturbance range of stochastic wall are formed in fibers. According to the characteristics of power loss of waveguide mode caused by slight disturbance of stochastic wall and radiative mode transmission, the range of slight disturbance of stochastic wall may be served as the sensitive range of the sensor. On the basis of theory of slight disturbance of stochastic wall of planar optical waveguide, the relation between the corrosion time and the opposite power loss by experiments is investigated. In this paper, the measurement results of object of SIFORS are also presented. The results show that the optical sensor technique may be used in the damage evaluation of an aircraft.

Automated visual position detection and adjustment for optical waveguide chips and optical fiber arrays

The alignment coupling between optical waveguide chips and optical fiber arrays is the basis of the alignment coupling of planar optical waveguide devices, and the precise position detection with angle and spacing adjustments is one of the key steps of alignment coupling. A methodology for position detection, and angle and spacing adjustment was proposed for optical waveguide chips and optical fiber arrays based on machine vision. The experimental results show angle detection precision levels higher than 0.05°, line detection precision levels higher than 0.1 μm, and detection time less than 2 s. Therefore, the system developed herein meets the precise requirements necessary for position detection, and angle and spacing adjustments for optical waveguide chips and optical fiber arrays.

Multi-functional optical fiber sensor system based on a dense wavelength division multiplexer

We propose a novel and efficient multi-functional optical fiber sensor system based on a dense wavelength division multiplexer(DWDM).This system consists of an optical fiber temperature sensor, an optical fiber strain sensor, and a 48-channel DWDM.This system can monitor temperature and strain changes at the same time.The ranges of these two sensors are from-20℃ to 100℃ and from-1000 με to 2000 με, respectively.The sensitivities of the temperature sensor and strain sensor are 0.03572 nm/℃ and 0.03808 nm/N, respectively.With the aid of a broadband source and spectrometer,different kinds and ranges of parameters in the environment can be monitored by using suitable sensors.

A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR MULTILAYER METALLIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES

A simple solution for a multilayer metallic optical waveguide by transforming it intoan equivalent three-layer slab waveguide is presented. The dispersion relation of the equivalentthree-layer slab waveguide is solved by using a simple iterative formula. This method itself isexact and can approach any accuracy desired. Moreover, the numerical results for four-layer andfive-layer structures show that the second-order solution is also accurate enough. It is simple andhas the same form of expressions for TE and TM modes and for different layer structures.

Asymptotic analysis on bright solitons and breather solutions of a generalized higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation in an optical fiber or a planar waveguide

We study a generalized higher-order nonlinear Schr¨odinger equation in an optical fiber or a planar waveguide.We obtain the Lax pair and N-fold Darboux transformation(DT)with N being a positive integer.Based on Lax pair obtained by us,we derive the infinitely-many conservation laws.We give the bright one-,two-,and N-soliton solutions,and the first-,second-,and Nth-order breather solutions based on the N-fold DT.We conclude that the velocities of the bright solitons are influenced by the distributed gain function,g(z),and variable coefficients in equation,h1(z),p1(z),r1(z),and s1(z)via the asymptotic analysis,where z represents the propagation variable or spatial coordinate.We also graphically observe that:the velocities of the first-and second-order breathers will be affected by h1(z),p1(z),r1(z),and s1(z),and the background wave depends on g(z).

注塑件机器视觉缺陷检测的几何矫正方法研究

针对多面体注塑零件在机器视觉缺陷检测中的零件图像几何形变问题,提出了基于几何光学原理的矫正算法。在拍摄定位误差不大于1 mm的条件下,所述方法矫正误差理论上<0.1 mm,可满足注塑零件机器视觉缺陷检测的需要。首先对采集的图像进行预处理获取图像边缘;接着将轮廓线交点确定为零件顶点;根据顶点位置分割零件的不同表面并将其映射在二维平面;然后根据几何光学计算图像中每一个像素点的偏移量;最后使用基于几何光学的方法对图像中的像素点进行逐点矫正。利用一组六面体零件模拟实际工况,在不同的拍摄定位误差状态下进行实验,使用Matlab对矫正算法进行验证。实验结果表明,所述方法误差在0.1 mm以内,与理论分析相吻合,满足注塑零件在机器视觉缺陷检测中零件图像几何矫正精度的需要。

平面曲变视错觉对A型连衣裙修身美观效果的影响

为探究平面曲变视错觉图案的设计参数对人们视觉感知的影响,基于平面曲变原理与设计灵感,以基础A型连衣裙为载体,选用波点大小与腰部曲率弧度2个视错觉影响因素作为设计参数,并将12个曲变设计图案通过服装虚拟软件呈现于A型连衣裙上,分别对其进行主观感性评价实验与相关性分析。结果表明:波点大小为2 cm时的服装更易形成视错效果,曲率弧度越大的服装越有视觉修身效果,2个设计参数的组合变化与服装呈现的修身美观效果有相关性。此研究结果为曲变视错觉服装图案的设计与制作提供了一定的数据参考。

Waveguide Bragg Grating for Fault Localization in PON

Femtosecond laser direct inscription is a technique especially useful for prototyping purposes due to its distinctive advantages such as high fabrication accuracy,true 3D processing flexibility,and no need for mold or photomask.In this paper,we demonstrate the design and fabrication of a planar lightwave circuit(PLC)power splitter encoded with waveguide Bragg gratings(WBG)using a femtosecond laser inscription technique for passive optical network(PON)fault localization application.Both the reflected wavelengths and intervals of WBGs can be conveniently tuned.In the experiment,we succeeded in directly inscribing WBGs in 1×4 PLC splitter chips with a wavelength interval of about 4 nm and an adjustable reflectivity of up to 70% in the C-band.The proposed method is suitable for the prototyping of a PLC splitter encoded with WBG for PON fault localization applications.

平板光波导高通滤波特性的模场分析

结合几何光学和波动光学两种方法分析了平板光波导中的导模分布和传输特性.采用二维时域有限差分法,用不同波长光波激励同一波导,精确计算了波导中的模场分布.结果表明,光场在波导中传输时,即使是基模,尽管满足全反射条件,光波能量也会不断外泄,从而导致能量逐渐减少,且波长愈长,能量泄漏愈快,体现了平板光波导的高通滤波特性.

二氧化硅平面波导集成光开关器件研究

基于二氧化硅平面光波导平台,设计并制作了一种多模干涉马赫曾德型的低功耗热光开关。该器件结合了多模干涉耦合器的稳定性及二氧化硅波导和热光开关的低损耗等优势。经仿真,对器件参数进行了优化,并讨论了金属层与波导的间距对传输光强及功耗的影响。测试结果表明,该器件的结构稳定,偏振依赖小,插入损耗低于2 dB,能实现开关的转换,功耗为450 mW左右,开关响应时间为103µs和113µs,在1564 nm工作波长下消光比超过16 dB,尺寸为2.30 cm×0.25 mm。该器件不仅与互补金属氧化物半导体工艺相兼容,同时与光纤之间也有较好的兼容性。二氧化硅波导光开关器件具有成本低,产量大,性能稳定的优势,能给光通信及光计算的未来发展提供可靠的基础。

Nested grazing incidence optics for x ray detection

Grazing incidence optics （GIO） is the most important compound in an x-ray detection system; it is used to concentrate the x-ray photons from outer space. A nested planar GIO for x-ray concentration is designed and developed by authors in this paper; planar segments are used as the reflection mirror instead of curved segments because of the simple process and low cost. After the complex assembling process with a special metal supporter, a final circle light spot of φ 12 mm was obtained in the visible light testing experiment of GIO; the effective area of 1710.51 mm^2@ 1 keV and 530 mm^2@8 keV is obtained in the x-ray testing experiment with the GIO-SDD combination, which is supposed to be a concentrating detector in xray detection systems.

Preparation and Characterization of TiO2/Ormosil Planar Waveguide with Low Attenuation

TiO2/ ormosil planar waveguide was prepared by sol-gel method at low thermal treatment temperature （ 〈 200 ℃）. Scanning electron microscope, FT-IR spectrometer, spectrophotometer, atomic force microscopy, thermal analyzer, and dark m-line spectroscopy were used with the method of scattering-detection to investigate optical and structural properties. High optical quality waveguide film was obtained. The propagation loss of film was 0.569 dB/cm at a wavelength of 632.8 nm.

Distributed genetic algorithm for optimal planar arrays of aperture synthesis telescope

Sparse arrays of telescopes have a limited (u, v)-plane coverage. In this paper, an optimization method for designing planar arrays of an aperture synthesis telescope is proposed that is based on distributed genetic algorithm. This distributed genetic algorithm is implemented on a network of workstations using community communication model. Such an aperture synthesis system performs with imperfection of (u, v) components caused by deviations and(or) some missing baselines. With the maximum (u, v)-plane coverage of this rotation-optimized array, the image of the source reconstructed by inverse Fourier transform is satisfactory.

Study of GaAlAs/GaAs Planar Lightwave Filters

Based on the theory of four-port resonator filters, the characteristics of four kinds of filters with single race-track, dual race-track, rectangular and MMI resonators respectively were numerically simulated by utilizing two-dimensional FDTD method. The relationship between the number of cascade resonators and the filtering features was also analyzed. A kind of narrow-band filters with four cascade resonators implemented on GaAlAs/GaAs planar lightwave circuits were designed and fabricated. The measurement result shows that the half-width of such filters is about 10nm, which coincides well with the numeric computation.

超精密平面光学元件检测技术

超精密光学元件是决定高端装备性能的核心元件,在大科学装置、精密仪器等领域中被广泛应用。对光学元件进行高精度检测是保证元件质量的重要途径。光学检测技术因具有非破坏性、高精度而成为光学元件检测的有效技术。首先,对超精密光学元件主要检测技术进行了综述,重点介绍技术原理、研究现状和应用瓶颈;其次,针对光学检测技术中的相位解调问题,以波长移相测量技术为例,结合超精密平面光学元件检测,概述了相位解调算法的原理与实现过程,并对其性能进行综合评估;最后,展望光学元件检测技术的未来发展趋势。