Influence of addition of B_2O_3 on properties of Yb^(3+)-doped phosphate laser glass

The three host glasses doped with Yb 3+ were prepared by means of conventional melt quenching technology, and the influence on physical and spectral properties of phosphate glass due to addition of B2O3 was investigated and compared with silicate glass. The results show that due to the existence of OH- impurities which induce the non-radiative route, the fluorescence lifetime of phosphate glass is shorter, so silicate glass has better spectral properties than phosphate glass. Silicate glass has more excellent thermal-mechanical properties than phosphate glass, but with the addition of B2O3, thermal-mechanical properties of phosphate glass are improved greatly without fluorescence quenching effect, and this kind of borophosphate glass will be the candidate to be used in high average power solid state laser.

Investigation on Structures and Properties of Yb^(3+)-Doped Laser Glasses

The Yb3^＋ -doped silicate, phosphate and borophosphate laser glasses were prepared by means of conventional melt quenching technology. The physical and spectral properties of the glasses were investigated. The results show that, due to the existence of OH^-, the fluorescence lifetime of phosphate glass is shorter than that of silicate glass, so silicate glass has better spectral properties than phosphate glass. Silicate glass has better mechanical and thermal properties than phosphate glass, but with the addition of B2O3, mechanical and thermal properties of phosphate glass are improved greatly without fluorescence quenching effect. This kind of borophosphate glass can be used in high average power solid state lasers.

Simultaneous measurement of phase retardation and optic axis of wave plates

A simple method used for simultaneous measurement of phase retardation and optic axis of wave plate by employing 1/4 wave plate is demonstrated. The theoretical analysis of the measuring principle is presented in detail. In the measurement, after adjusting a standard 1/4 wave plate and the fast (slow) axis of the plate to be measured parallel to the pass axis of the polarizer, the plate to be measured is rotated by 450 counterclockwisly. A stepping motor is used to rotate the analyzer. The experimental data are collected by a photodetector and then sent to a computer. According to the output data curve, the phase retardation and optic axis of the plate to be measured can be obtained simultaneously. To test the feasibility of the method, a λ /2 and a λ /8 wave plates are used as examples to demonstrate the measurement procedures. The phase retardation measurement accuracy is better than 0.5×10-2. This method can be used to measure the arbitrary phase retardation conveniently.

Temperature Influence on Divergence Angles of Quartz Crystal Wollaston Prism

We propose a structural angle and main refractive indices as two key factors to understand the temperature influence on the divergence angles of the Wollaston prism. The temperature influence on the divergence angles of quartz crystal Wollaston prism is studied theoretically. The results show that divergence angles decrease with increasing temperature, while the divergence angle of e-light decrease more quickly than that of o-light. The testing system is established to verify the above results, and the experimental results are in agreement well with the theoretical analysis.

Computational ghost imaging with deep compressed sensing

Computational ghost imaging(CGI)provides an elegant framework for indirect imaging,but its application has been restricted by low imaging performance.Herein,we propose a novel approach that significantly improves the imaging performance of CGI.In this scheme,we optimize the conventional CGI data processing algorithm by using a novel compressed sensing(CS)algorithm based on a deep convolution generative adversarial network(DCGAN).CS is used to process the data output by a conventional CGI device.The processed data are trained by a DCGAN to reconstruct the image.Qualitative and quantitative results show that this method significantly improves the quality of reconstructed images by jointly training a generator and the optimization process for reconstruction via meta-learning.Moreover,the background noise can be eliminated well by this method.

Ghost imaging with broad distance

We present a scheme that is able to achieve the ghost imaging with broad distance. The physical nature of our scheme is that the different wavelength beams are separated in free space by an optical media according to the slow light or dispersion principle. Meanwhile, the equality of the optical distance of the two light arms is not violated. The photon correlation is achieved by the rotating ground glass plate（RGGP） and spatial light modulator（SLM）, respectively. Our work shows that a monochromic ghost image can be obtained in the case of RGGP. More importantly, the position（or distance） of the object can be ascertained by the color of the image. Thus, the imaging and ranging processes are combined as one process for the first time to the best of our knowledge. In the case of SLM, we can obtain a colored image regardless of where the object is.

Phase modulation pseudocolor encoding ghost imaging

We present a ghost imaging scheme that can obtain a good pseudocolor image of black-and-white objects.The essential idea is to use a multi-wavelength thermal light source and the phase modulation pseudocolor encoding technique,which overcomes the disadvantages of other methods involved spatial filtering.Therefore,the pseudocolor ghost image achieved by this imaging scheme is better than that obtained by other methods in terms of brightness,color,and signal-tonoise ratio.

Effects of light intensity on reflective ghost imaging

In this letter, we analyze the effects of light intensity find that the brightness of reflective ghost image can on reflective ghost imaging with thermal source. We be changed by modulating the light intensity of the source and the splitting ratio of the beam splitter. The signal-to-noise ratio will be improved by increa.sing the light intensity of the source. More important, we can obtain the reflective ghost image with high image quality by adopting a low light intensity signal beam and a high light intensity reference beam, which is better than the classical optical imaging, because it can reduce the effects of light on the object.

Computational ghost imaging with compressed sensing based on a convolutional neural network

Computational ghost imaging(CGI)has recently been intensively studied as an indirect imaging technique.However,the image quality of CGI cannot meet the requirements of practical applications.Here,we propose a novel CGI scheme to significantly improve the imaging quality.In our scenario,the conventional CGI data processing algorithm is optimized to a new compressed sensing(CS)algorithm based on a convolutional neural network(CNN).CS is used to process the data collected by a conventional CGI device.Then,the processed data are trained by a CNN to reconstruct the image.The experimental results show that our scheme can produce higher quality images with the same sampling than conventional CGI.Moreover,detailed comparisons between the images reconstructed using the deep learning approach and with conventional CS show that our method outperforms the conventional approach and achieves a ghost image with higher image quality.

Reflective ghost imaging with classical Gaussian-state light

In this letter,we use quantum description and the Gaussian state to study reflective ghost imaging with two classical sources,and to provide their expressions.We find that the reflective ghost imaging of a roughsurfaced object,using Gaussian-state phase-insensitive or classically correlated phase-sensitive light,can be expressed in terms of the phase-insensitive or phase-sensitive cross-correlations between the two detected fields,including a background term.Moreover,reflective ghost imaging with two classical Gaussian-state lights is shown to have similar features as spatial resolution and field of view.