Optical edge detection, a part of image processing, plays an important role in extracting image information used in optical analog computation. In this Letter, we raise a new way to realize optical edge detection. Thi...Optical edge detection, a part of image processing, plays an important role in extracting image information used in optical analog computation. In this Letter, we raise a new way to realize optical edge detection. This design is based on two liquid crystal polarization gratings with a period of 2.2 mm, which function as a spatial differentiator. We experimentally demonstrate broadband optical detection and real-time adjustable resolution.The proposed method takes advantage of the convenience to use, simple fabrication process, and real-time tunable resolution. It may guide more significant applications in the optical field and other practical scenarios like machine vision in computers.展开更多
Polarimetric imaging enhances the ability to distinguish objects from a bright background by detecting their particular polarization status,which offers another degree of freedom in infrared remote sensing.However,to ...Polarimetric imaging enhances the ability to distinguish objects from a bright background by detecting their particular polarization status,which offers another degree of freedom in infrared remote sensing.However,to scale up by monolithically integrating grating-based polarizers onto a focal plane array(FPA)of infrared detectors,fundamental technical obstacles must be overcome,including reductions of the extinction ratio by the misalignment between the polarizer and the detector,grating line width fluctuations,the line edge roughness,etc.This paper reports the authors’latest achievements in overcoming those problems by solving key technical issues regarding the integration of large-scale polarizers onto the chips of FPAs with individual indium gallium arsenide/indium phosphide(In Ga As/In P)sensors as the basic building blocks.Polarimetric and photovoltaic chips with divisions of the focal plane of 540×4 pixels and 320×256 superpixels have been successfully manufactured.Polarimetric imaging with enhanced contrast has been demonstrated.The progress made in this work has opened up a broad avenue toward industrialization of high quality polarimetric imaging in infrared wavelengths.展开更多
The simple surface current model is extended to study the generation of high-order harmonics for a relativistic circularly polarized laser pulse interacting with a plasma grating surface. Both exact relativistic elect...The simple surface current model is extended to study the generation of high-order harmonics for a relativistic circularly polarized laser pulse interacting with a plasma grating surface. Both exact relativistic electron dynamics and optical interference of surface periodic structure are considered. It is found that high order harmonics in the specular direction are obviously suppressed whereas the harmonics of the grating periodicity are strongly enhanced and folded into small solid angles with respect to the surface direction. The conversion efficiency of certain harmonics is five orders of magnitude higher than that of the planar target cases. It provides an effective approach to generate a coherent radiation within the so-called 'water window' while maintaining high conversion efficiency and narrow angle spread.展开更多
A high-contrast grating(HCG) focusing reflector providing phase front control of reflected light and high reflectivity is proposed and fabricated.Basic design rules to engineer this category of structures are given ...A high-contrast grating(HCG) focusing reflector providing phase front control of reflected light and high reflectivity is proposed and fabricated.Basic design rules to engineer this category of structures are given in detail.A 1550 nm TM polarized incident light of 11.86 mm in focal length and 0.8320 in reflectivity is obtained in experiment.The wavelength dependence of the fabricated HCGs from 1530 nm to 1580 nm is also tested.The test results show that the focal length is in the range of 11.81-12 mm,which is close to the designed focal length of 15 mm.The reflectivity is almost above 0.56 within a bandwidth of 50 nm.At a distance of 11.86 mm,the light is focused to a round spot with the highest concentration,which is much smaller than the size of the incident beam.The FWHM of the reflected light beam decreases to 120 nm,and the intensity increases to 1.18.展开更多
Imaging spectrometers are most commonly used on satel- lites and aircrafts, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where the spare volume and weight are limited.
We present a theoretical analysis of corrugated long-period gratings in planar waveguides. In particular, we calculate the transmission spectra for both the TE and TM polarizations and highlight the polarization-indep...We present a theoretical analysis of corrugated long-period gratings in planar waveguides. In particular, we calculate the transmission spectra for both the TE and TM polarizations and highlight the polarization-independence conditions.展开更多
A position sensor based on grating projection with spatial filtering and polarization modulation is presented. A grating is projected onto the object to be measured through a 4f optical system with a spatial filter. A...A position sensor based on grating projection with spatial filtering and polarization modulation is presented. A grating is projected onto the object to be measured through a 4f optical system with a spatial filter. After reflected by the object, the grating projection is imaged on a detection grating through another 4f optical system to form moiré fringes, The polarization modulated moiré signal is detected to obtain the position information of the object. In the position sensor, the moiré signal varies sinusoidally with the position of object. The measurement is independent of the incident intensity on the projection grating and the reflectivity of the object to be measured, In experiments, the effectiveness of the position sensor is proved, and the root mean square (RMS) error at each measurement position is less than 13 nm.展开更多
A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped...A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped phase mask, fast tuning response time, continuously adjustable, all-fiber based, compact, and cheap.展开更多
The self-formation of periodic subwavelength ripples by linear polarized femtosecond laser scanning planar and non-planar tungsten targets on the employed laser wavelength, scanning speed, and energy fluence are exami...The self-formation of periodic subwavelength ripples by linear polarized femtosecond laser scanning planar and non-planar tungsten targets on the employed laser wavelength, scanning speed, and energy fluence are examined systematically. The results show that, for a certain laser wavelength, the scanning conditions have no obvious effect to the morphological features of grating structures in the threshold range of laser fluence. The spatial structured period of gratings can be self-consistently interpreted by recently presented physical model of surface two-plasmon resonance. The subwavelength structures on cylindrical surface would be a good method to realize unique surface functions on complex surface of micro-devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61704053)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (No. 2017JJ3032)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China。
文摘Optical edge detection, a part of image processing, plays an important role in extracting image information used in optical analog computation. In this Letter, we raise a new way to realize optical edge detection. This design is based on two liquid crystal polarization gratings with a period of 2.2 mm, which function as a spatial differentiator. We experimentally demonstrate broadband optical detection and real-time adjustable resolution.The proposed method takes advantage of the convenience to use, simple fabrication process, and real-time tunable resolution. It may guide more significant applications in the optical field and other practical scenarios like machine vision in computers.
基金financially supported by the following projects:Open project of SITP(Project Number:IIMDKFJJ-18-09)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Number:61927820)+2 种基金The STCSM2019-11-20 funding(Project Number:19142202700)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Number:NSF No.U1732104)Zhejiang Lab’s International Talent Fund for Young Professionals。
文摘Polarimetric imaging enhances the ability to distinguish objects from a bright background by detecting their particular polarization status,which offers another degree of freedom in infrared remote sensing.However,to scale up by monolithically integrating grating-based polarizers onto a focal plane array(FPA)of infrared detectors,fundamental technical obstacles must be overcome,including reductions of the extinction ratio by the misalignment between the polarizer and the detector,grating line width fluctuations,the line edge roughness,etc.This paper reports the authors’latest achievements in overcoming those problems by solving key technical issues regarding the integration of large-scale polarizers onto the chips of FPAs with individual indium gallium arsenide/indium phosphide(In Ga As/In P)sensors as the basic building blocks.Polarimetric and photovoltaic chips with divisions of the focal plane of 540×4 pixels and 320×256 superpixels have been successfully manufactured.Polarimetric imaging with enhanced contrast has been demonstrated.The progress made in this work has opened up a broad avenue toward industrialization of high quality polarimetric imaging in infrared wavelengths.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11375265,11475259 and 11675264the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2013CBA01504the Science Challenge Project under Grant No JCKY2016212A505
文摘The simple surface current model is extended to study the generation of high-order harmonics for a relativistic circularly polarized laser pulse interacting with a plasma grating surface. Both exact relativistic electron dynamics and optical interference of surface periodic structure are considered. It is found that high order harmonics in the specular direction are obviously suppressed whereas the harmonics of the grating periodicity are strongly enhanced and folded into small solid angles with respect to the surface direction. The conversion efficiency of certain harmonics is five orders of magnitude higher than that of the planar target cases. It provides an effective approach to generate a coherent radiation within the so-called 'water window' while maintaining high conversion efficiency and narrow angle spread.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61274044,61574019 and 61020106007)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB327600)+4 种基金the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20130005130001)the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing,China(Grant No.4132069)the Key International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of China(Grant No.2011RR000100)the 111 Project of China(Grant No.B07005)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities of China(Grant No.IRT0609)
文摘A high-contrast grating(HCG) focusing reflector providing phase front control of reflected light and high reflectivity is proposed and fabricated.Basic design rules to engineer this category of structures are given in detail.A 1550 nm TM polarized incident light of 11.86 mm in focal length and 0.8320 in reflectivity is obtained in experiment.The wavelength dependence of the fabricated HCGs from 1530 nm to 1580 nm is also tested.The test results show that the focal length is in the range of 11.81-12 mm,which is close to the designed focal length of 15 mm.The reflectivity is almost above 0.56 within a bandwidth of 50 nm.At a distance of 11.86 mm,the light is focused to a round spot with the highest concentration,which is much smaller than the size of the incident beam.The FWHM of the reflected light beam decreases to 120 nm,and the intensity increases to 1.18.
基金supported by the Industrial Projects of Public Welfare Technology Research(No.2014C31088)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61535010)
文摘Imaging spectrometers are most commonly used on satel- lites and aircrafts, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where the spare volume and weight are limited.
文摘We present a theoretical analysis of corrugated long-period gratings in planar waveguides. In particular, we calculate the transmission spectra for both the TE and TM polarizations and highlight the polarization-independence conditions.
文摘A position sensor based on grating projection with spatial filtering and polarization modulation is presented. A grating is projected onto the object to be measured through a 4f optical system with a spatial filter. After reflected by the object, the grating projection is imaged on a detection grating through another 4f optical system to form moiré fringes, The polarization modulated moiré signal is detected to obtain the position information of the object. In the position sensor, the moiré signal varies sinusoidally with the position of object. The measurement is independent of the incident intensity on the projection grating and the reflectivity of the object to be measured, In experiments, the effectiveness of the position sensor is proved, and the root mean square (RMS) error at each measurement position is less than 13 nm.
基金This work was supported by the National 973 Basic Research and Development Program of China (No. 2003CB314901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60377026), the National "863" High Technology Project of China (No. 2003AA311070),
文摘A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped phase mask, fast tuning response time, continuously adjustable, all-fiber based, compact, and cheap.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.51275012
文摘The self-formation of periodic subwavelength ripples by linear polarized femtosecond laser scanning planar and non-planar tungsten targets on the employed laser wavelength, scanning speed, and energy fluence are examined systematically. The results show that, for a certain laser wavelength, the scanning conditions have no obvious effect to the morphological features of grating structures in the threshold range of laser fluence. The spatial structured period of gratings can be self-consistently interpreted by recently presented physical model of surface two-plasmon resonance. The subwavelength structures on cylindrical surface would be a good method to realize unique surface functions on complex surface of micro-devices.