In this paper,a solution for speckle reduction using phase plate array(PPA)and lens array(LA)in a motionless way is proposed.The specially designed PPA is composed of sub-phase plates,which are constituted by phase pa...In this paper,a solution for speckle reduction using phase plate array(PPA)and lens array(LA)in a motionless way is proposed.The specially designed PPA is composed of sub-phase plates,which are constituted by phase patterns formed by Hadamard sub-matrices.Each component of the proposed optical system should satisfy the stated relationships.The incident laser beam will be incoherent after passing through PPA,and superpose on the screen under the action of LA and main lens.Speckle reduction can be achieved by the averaging of the incoherent speckle patterns.Because of abandoning the mechanical movement,it will be suitable for laser displays and images.展开更多
At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficult...At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficulty.Based on the principle of naked-eye 3D display and the Fresnel optical theory,this paper designs a Fresnel lens array and the star-shaped liquid crystal display(LCD)switch of unit LCD screen to achieve low-crosstalk and high brightness uniformity for the autostereoscopic 3D display.The unit parameters of a 139.7 cm 4K model autostereoscopic 3D displayer are provided and they are optimized by the TracePro software.The results show that when the pitch of the Fresnel lens on the exit surface is 0.304 mm,the width of each serration of Fresnel lens is 0.0234 mm,the length of the Fresnel lens is 2.87 mm,and the center height of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.030 mm,the center length is 0.040 mm,the width of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.050 mm,and the image crosstalk is less than 2%when the viewing distance is 2.50 m.The problem on the brightness of the image in different positions is improved.展开更多
Light field 3D display technology is considered a revolutionary technology to address the critical visual fatigue issues in the existing 3D displays.Tabletop light field 3D display provides a brand-new display form th...Light field 3D display technology is considered a revolutionary technology to address the critical visual fatigue issues in the existing 3D displays.Tabletop light field 3D display provides a brand-new display form that satisfies multi-user shared viewing and collaborative works,and it is poised to become a potential alternative to the traditional wall and portable display forms.However,a large radial viewing angle and correct radial perspective and parallax are still out of reach for most current tabletop light field 3D displays due to the limited amount of spatial information.To address the viewing angle and perspective issues,a novel integral imaging-based tabletop light field 3D display with a simple flat-panel structure is proposed and developed by applying a compound lens array,two spliced 8K liquid crystal display panels,and a light shaping diffuser screen.The compound lens array is designed to be composed of multiple three-piece compound lens units by employing a reverse design scheme,which greatly extends the radial viewing angle in the case of a limited amount of spatial information and balances other important 3D display parameters.The proposed display has a radial viewing angle of 68.7°in a large display size of 43.5 inches,which is larger than the conventional tabletop light field 3D displays.The radial perspective and parallax are correct,and high-resolution 3D images can be reproduced in large radial viewing positions.We envision that this proposed display opens up possibility for redefining the display forms of consumer electronics.展开更多
A 360° light field 3D display system is presented, which consists of a liquid crystal display, a novel triplet lenses array, and a holographic functional screen （HFS）. The mapping relationship among pixels, 3D ...A 360° light field 3D display system is presented, which consists of a liquid crystal display, a novel triplet lenses array, and a holographic functional screen （HFS）. The mapping relationship among pixels, 3D objects, and view- ing positions are investigated. The aberration analysis of the single lens is carried out both in the simulation and the experiment, which shows that it cannot provide an excellent 3D image to the viewers. In order to suppress the aberrations, ＂the primary aberration theory＂ and ＂the damped least-squares method＂ are used for optical analysis and lens design. A 3D image with aberration correction can be viewed around the proposed display system.展开更多
A reflective faceted structure is proposed to reshaping an incoherent light beam into two focalized spots-To obtain the desired irradiance distribution on a detector,custom optimization function is written,and the two...A reflective faceted structure is proposed to reshaping an incoherent light beam into two focalized spots-To obtain the desired irradiance distribution on a detector,custom optimization function is written,and the two dimensional tilt angles of each facet are optimized automatically in a pure non-sequential mode in Zemax OpticStudio 16.The result is also confirmed inside LightTools&2 from Synopsys.For measuring the quality of the optimization result in the case of two spots focalization,four factors including efficiency on the detector,uniformity,the root mean square error and the correlation coefficient are calculated.These four factors are used to evaluate the influence of several parameters on the irradiance distribution.These parameters include the incidence angle,the divergence angle,the facet size,the source type and the resolution of the facet angular positions.Finally,an analysis of those parameters is made and the performance of this type of component is demonstrated.展开更多
A novel see-through display with a liquid crystal lens array was proposed.A liquid crystal Fresnel lens display（LCFLD） with a holographic screen was demonstrated.The proposed display system has high efficiency,simpl...A novel see-through display with a liquid crystal lens array was proposed.A liquid crystal Fresnel lens display（LCFLD） with a holographic screen was demonstrated.The proposed display system has high efficiency,simple fabrication,and low manufacturing cost due to the absence of a polarizer and color filter.展开更多
An optical glass array lens is an optical element arranged periodically to achieve imaging,light equalization,focusing,diffusion,collimation,sensing,and other functions.Precision glass molding offers high production e...An optical glass array lens is an optical element arranged periodically to achieve imaging,light equalization,focusing,diffusion,collimation,sensing,and other functions.Precision glass molding offers high production efficiency,simple operation,high replication resolution,and low batch cost,which make it an effective method for the fabrication of glass array lenses.This study used D-K9 optical glass to research the precision molding of ring array lenses.The effects of varying molding temperatures,pressures,and times on the evolution of filling ratio and surface roughness(S_(a))were investigated.Stress evolution and residual stress distribution in the lens during the glass molding process were studied via numerical simulation.The results indicate that molding temperature and molding pressure played crucial roles in determining the filling ratio and surface quality of the molded glass lens.At molding conditions of 590°C/1 kN/30 s,the filling ratios and S_(a)of the molded glass ring array were approximately 99.5%and 11 nm,respectively.The maximum residual stress was observed near the surface edge of the molded glass array lens.This work provides effective guidance for the fabrication of glass array lenses.展开更多
A lens array is often used for optical components of sensing devices,requiring high surface quality and form accuracy.Fast tool servo(FTS)-based diamond turning is one of the technologies for manufacturing complicated...A lens array is often used for optical components of sensing devices,requiring high surface quality and form accuracy.Fast tool servo(FTS)-based diamond turning is one of the technologies for manufacturing complicated shapes,such as freeform optics,structured surfaces,and microlens arrays,with high machining efficiency.In this study,lens array machining was performed on copper using an FTS on a diamond turning machine.For evaluating the lens array surface topography,the focus was on surface waviness formation.As a dominating factor of surface waviness,the system dynamics behavior was investigated by capturing and analyzing the position signal.It was found that a specific waviness pattern could be formed on the surface due to the servo response.By considering the dynamics of the FTS system from the captured signals,the FTS system behavior was identified,and optimal machining parameters for the lens array were proposed.A machining test under the optimized cutting conditions reduced the average Sdq used to quantify the waviness amount from 93 to 50μrad and the standard deviation from 33 to 3μrad,which greatly improved the consistency in accuracy for all lens arrays.This study will contribute to the appropriate utilization of FTS systems in the ultraprecision machining of various advanced optics,such as microlens arrays.展开更多
As a 3-D display technology,stereoscopic imaging with lenticular lens sheet can only offer viewers the horizontal parallax.To reconstruct the 3-D image with parallax in both horizontal and vertical directions,the full...As a 3-D display technology,stereoscopic imaging with lenticular lens sheet can only offer viewers the horizontal parallax.To reconstruct the 3-D image with parallax in both horizontal and vertical directions,the full parallax technique with micro-lens array was proposed.But due to the fabrication constraints and cost concerns of the micro-lens array,application of the full parallax technique is restricted in practice.In this paper we revisited the lenticular sheet method and cross-lenticular lens array formed by two lenticular sheets overlapped orthogonally.By analyzing the optical properties of this cross-lenticular lens array,we found that it has reasonable imaging qualities as a conventional micro-lens array.Besides,due to the poor optical property of the outskirt area of the cross-lenticular lens,the cross-lenticular lens array has better crosstalk suppression capability than the conventional one.Based on the analysis,in this paper,we used the proposed lens array to reconstruct a 3-D image and verified its practicability.The cross-lenticular lens array was found feasible to take the full parallax technique into commercial applications,with comparable advantages in terms of low-cost and easy fabrication over a large area.展开更多
One of the challenges in the field of multi-photon 3D laser printing lies in further increasing the print speed in terms of voxels/s.Here,we present a setup based on a 7×7 focus array(rather than 3×3 in our ...One of the challenges in the field of multi-photon 3D laser printing lies in further increasing the print speed in terms of voxels/s.Here,we present a setup based on a 7×7 focus array(rather than 3×3 in our previous work)and using a focus velocity of about 1 m/s(rather than 0.5 m/s in our previous work)at the diffraction limit(40×/NA1.4 microscope objective lens).Combined,this advance leads to a ten times increased print speed of about 108 voxels/s.We demonstrate polymer printing of a chiral metamaterial containing more than 1.7×10^(12) voxels as well as millions of printed microparticles for potential pharmaceutical applications.The critical high-quality micro-optical components of the setup,namely a diffractive optical element generating the 7×7 beamlets and a 7×7 lens array,are manufactured by using a commercial two-photon grayscale 3D laser printer.展开更多
A novel fabrication method for lensed fiber array has been proposed utilizing UV-curable fluorinated polymer, whose refractive index is matched to fused silica. The structure is composed of three segments; single mode...A novel fabrication method for lensed fiber array has been proposed utilizing UV-curable fluorinated polymer, whose refractive index is matched to fused silica. The structure is composed of three segments; single mode fiber, coreless silica fiber and UV-curable polymer lens-tip. Flexible control of the curvature of lens-tip was realized by control of deposited volume of the liquid polymer and free-space interconnection performances are characterized.展开更多
The excimer laser has important applications in many fields. Because of its non-uniform intensity distribution there are some limits in applications. This paper introduces rotational lens array to improve intensity di...The excimer laser has important applications in many fields. Because of its non-uniform intensity distribution there are some limits in applications. This paper introduces rotational lens array to improve intensity distributions. The intensity variation is reduced to 1 percent by computer simulation.展开更多
A novel facile technique is proposed for fabricating three-dimensional(3D)concave nanolens arrays on a silicon substrate.The technique leverages an inherent characteristic of the polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)resist du...A novel facile technique is proposed for fabricating three-dimensional(3D)concave nanolens arrays on a silicon substrate.The technique leverages an inherent characteristic of the polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)resist during inductively coupled plasma(ICP)etching.The tendency for plasma ions to accumulate at the edge of the PMMA resist helps create a local electric field that causes the ions to etch the sidewall of the PMMA resist.This process progressively increases the uncovered area,resulting in a graded etched depth or a concave structure in the substrate.In addition,using a given ICP etching recipe,the time required for a PMMA resist to be removed by sidewall etching is determined by its width.The use of PMMA resist of different widths enables one to achieve structures of varying etched depths and thus a 3D lens array.Optical characteristics of the fabricated nanolens were simulated using the FDTD(Finite-difference time-domain)method,and focal lengths ranging from 150 nm to 420 nm were obtained.This type of nanolens is very useful in ultraviolet optical devices and CMOS image sensors.展开更多
A rapid and cost-effective method for fabricating mini lens arrays is proposed. The lenses are made of silicone oil droplets and filled inside a polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) elastomer. The lens arrays of different initi...A rapid and cost-effective method for fabricating mini lens arrays is proposed. The lenses are made of silicone oil droplets and filled inside a polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) elastomer. The lens arrays of different initial focal lengths and apertures can be fabricated by using the droplets of different volumes. Due to good elastic behavior of PDMS, the droplet lenses can be flexibly deformed, and the focal length and numerical aperture can be tuned by applying an external force on the PDMS elastomer. Furthermore, an apparatus for focal length tuning is designed and employed in the imaging system.展开更多
We propose and demonstrate a scheme to smooth and shape the on-target patterns in multimode fiber lasers, which includes expanding-collimating system and lens array （LA）. A smooth pattern with flat-top and sharp-edg...We propose and demonstrate a scheme to smooth and shape the on-target patterns in multimode fiber lasers, which includes expanding-collimating system and lens array （LA）. A smooth pattern with flat-top and sharp-edge profiles can be obtained with the irradiation nonuniformity decreasing significantly. We analyze the effects of the parameters such as defocus distance, the tilt angles, the number of the incident fiber lasers, and the diffraction-weakened LA on the uniformity irradiation of target by numerical simulations.展开更多
Gold disk targets were irradiated using focusing and beam smoothing methods on Xingguang (XG-Ⅱ) laser facilities with 350 nm wavelength,0.6 ns pulse width and 20-80 Joules energies. Laser absorption,light scattering ...Gold disk targets were irradiated using focusing and beam smoothing methods on Xingguang (XG-Ⅱ) laser facilities with 350 nm wavelength,0.6 ns pulse width and 20-80 Joules energies. Laser absorption,light scattering and X-ray conversion were experimentally investigated. The experimental results showed that laser ab-sorption and scattered light were about 90% and 10%,respectively,under focusing irradiation,but the laser absorption increased 5%-10% and the scattered light about 1% under the condition of beam smoothing. Compared with the case of fo-cusing irradiation,the laser absorption was effectively improved and the scattered light remarkably dropped under uniform irradiation; then due to the decrease in laser intensity,X-ray conversion increased. This is highly advantageous to the in-ertial confinement fusion. However,X-ray conversion mechanism basically did not change and X-ray conversion efficiency under beam smoothing and focusing irra-diation was basically the same.展开更多
文摘In this paper,a solution for speckle reduction using phase plate array(PPA)and lens array(LA)in a motionless way is proposed.The specially designed PPA is composed of sub-phase plates,which are constituted by phase patterns formed by Hadamard sub-matrices.Each component of the proposed optical system should satisfy the stated relationships.The incident laser beam will be incoherent after passing through PPA,and superpose on the screen under the action of LA and main lens.Speckle reduction can be achieved by the averaging of the incoherent speckle patterns.Because of abandoning the mechanical movement,it will be suitable for laser displays and images.
基金supported by the 2022 Fujian Provincial Young and Middle-aged Teacher Education and Research Project(Science and Technology)(No.JAT220468)the Xiamen Natural Science Foundation(No.3502Z20227334).
文摘At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficulty.Based on the principle of naked-eye 3D display and the Fresnel optical theory,this paper designs a Fresnel lens array and the star-shaped liquid crystal display(LCD)switch of unit LCD screen to achieve low-crosstalk and high brightness uniformity for the autostereoscopic 3D display.The unit parameters of a 139.7 cm 4K model autostereoscopic 3D displayer are provided and they are optimized by the TracePro software.The results show that when the pitch of the Fresnel lens on the exit surface is 0.304 mm,the width of each serration of Fresnel lens is 0.0234 mm,the length of the Fresnel lens is 2.87 mm,and the center height of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.030 mm,the center length is 0.040 mm,the width of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.050 mm,and the image crosstalk is less than 2%when the viewing distance is 2.50 m.The problem on the brightness of the image in different positions is improved.
基金We are grateful for financial supports from National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2021YFB2802300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62105014,62105016,and 62020106010)。
文摘Light field 3D display technology is considered a revolutionary technology to address the critical visual fatigue issues in the existing 3D displays.Tabletop light field 3D display provides a brand-new display form that satisfies multi-user shared viewing and collaborative works,and it is poised to become a potential alternative to the traditional wall and portable display forms.However,a large radial viewing angle and correct radial perspective and parallax are still out of reach for most current tabletop light field 3D displays due to the limited amount of spatial information.To address the viewing angle and perspective issues,a novel integral imaging-based tabletop light field 3D display with a simple flat-panel structure is proposed and developed by applying a compound lens array,two spliced 8K liquid crystal display panels,and a light shaping diffuser screen.The compound lens array is designed to be composed of multiple three-piece compound lens units by employing a reverse design scheme,which greatly extends the radial viewing angle in the case of a limited amount of spatial information and balances other important 3D display parameters.The proposed display has a radial viewing angle of 68.7°in a large display size of 43.5 inches,which is larger than the conventional tabletop light field 3D displays.The radial perspective and parallax are correct,and high-resolution 3D images can be reproduced in large radial viewing positions.We envision that this proposed display opens up possibility for redefining the display forms of consumer electronics.
基金supported by the BUPT Excellent Ph.D.Students Foundation(No.CX2016306)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61575025)+1 种基金the National“863”Program of China(No.2015AA015902)the fund of the State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
文摘A 360° light field 3D display system is presented, which consists of a liquid crystal display, a novel triplet lenses array, and a holographic functional screen （HFS）. The mapping relationship among pixels, 3D objects, and view- ing positions are investigated. The aberration analysis of the single lens is carried out both in the simulation and the experiment, which shows that it cannot provide an excellent 3D image to the viewers. In order to suppress the aberrations, ＂the primary aberration theory＂ and ＂the damped least-squares method＂ are used for optical analysis and lens design. A 3D image with aberration correction can be viewed around the proposed display system.
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(No.ZR2019BF033).
文摘A reflective faceted structure is proposed to reshaping an incoherent light beam into two focalized spots-To obtain the desired irradiance distribution on a detector,custom optimization function is written,and the two dimensional tilt angles of each facet are optimized automatically in a pure non-sequential mode in Zemax OpticStudio 16.The result is also confirmed inside LightTools&2 from Synopsys.For measuring the quality of the optimization result in the case of two spots focalization,four factors including efficiency on the detector,uniformity,the root mean square error and the correlation coefficient are calculated.These four factors are used to evaluate the influence of several parameters on the irradiance distribution.These parameters include the incidence angle,the divergence angle,the facet size,the source type and the resolution of the facet angular positions.Finally,an analysis of those parameters is made and the performance of this type of component is demonstrated.
基金Project supported by Partner State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies HKUST,Chinathe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61435008 and 61575063)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.WM1514036)
文摘A novel see-through display with a liquid crystal lens array was proposed.A liquid crystal Fresnel lens display（LCFLD） with a holographic screen was demonstrated.The proposed display system has high efficiency,simple fabrication,and low manufacturing cost due to the absence of a polarizer and color filter.
基金supported by a Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Technology Research Programme from Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee(Project No.SGDX20220530110804030)the Research and Innovation Office of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University(Project code.BBR8 and BBX5)Postdoctoral Matching Fund Scheme(1-W340).
文摘An optical glass array lens is an optical element arranged periodically to achieve imaging,light equalization,focusing,diffusion,collimation,sensing,and other functions.Precision glass molding offers high production efficiency,simple operation,high replication resolution,and low batch cost,which make it an effective method for the fabrication of glass array lenses.This study used D-K9 optical glass to research the precision molding of ring array lenses.The effects of varying molding temperatures,pressures,and times on the evolution of filling ratio and surface roughness(S_(a))were investigated.Stress evolution and residual stress distribution in the lens during the glass molding process were studied via numerical simulation.The results indicate that molding temperature and molding pressure played crucial roles in determining the filling ratio and surface quality of the molded glass lens.At molding conditions of 590°C/1 kN/30 s,the filling ratios and S_(a)of the molded glass ring array were approximately 99.5%and 11 nm,respectively.The maximum residual stress was observed near the surface edge of the molded glass array lens.This work provides effective guidance for the fabrication of glass array lenses.
文摘A lens array is often used for optical components of sensing devices,requiring high surface quality and form accuracy.Fast tool servo(FTS)-based diamond turning is one of the technologies for manufacturing complicated shapes,such as freeform optics,structured surfaces,and microlens arrays,with high machining efficiency.In this study,lens array machining was performed on copper using an FTS on a diamond turning machine.For evaluating the lens array surface topography,the focus was on surface waviness formation.As a dominating factor of surface waviness,the system dynamics behavior was investigated by capturing and analyzing the position signal.It was found that a specific waviness pattern could be formed on the surface due to the servo response.By considering the dynamics of the FTS system from the captured signals,the FTS system behavior was identified,and optimal machining parameters for the lens array were proposed.A machining test under the optimized cutting conditions reduced the average Sdq used to quantify the waviness amount from 93 to 50μrad and the standard deviation from 33 to 3μrad,which greatly improved the consistency in accuracy for all lens arrays.This study will contribute to the appropriate utilization of FTS systems in the ultraprecision machining of various advanced optics,such as microlens arrays.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2010CB327702)
文摘As a 3-D display technology,stereoscopic imaging with lenticular lens sheet can only offer viewers the horizontal parallax.To reconstruct the 3-D image with parallax in both horizontal and vertical directions,the full parallax technique with micro-lens array was proposed.But due to the fabrication constraints and cost concerns of the micro-lens array,application of the full parallax technique is restricted in practice.In this paper we revisited the lenticular sheet method and cross-lenticular lens array formed by two lenticular sheets overlapped orthogonally.By analyzing the optical properties of this cross-lenticular lens array,we found that it has reasonable imaging qualities as a conventional micro-lens array.Besides,due to the poor optical property of the outskirt area of the cross-lenticular lens,the cross-lenticular lens array has better crosstalk suppression capability than the conventional one.Based on the analysis,in this paper,we used the proposed lens array to reconstruct a 3-D image and verified its practicability.The cross-lenticular lens array was found feasible to take the full parallax technique into commercial applications,with comparable advantages in terms of low-cost and easy fabrication over a large area.
基金funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)under Germany’s Excellence Strategy for the Excellence Cluster“3D Matter Made to Order”(2082/1-390761711)by the Carl Zeiss Foundation,and by the Helmholtz program Materials Systems Engineering.
文摘One of the challenges in the field of multi-photon 3D laser printing lies in further increasing the print speed in terms of voxels/s.Here,we present a setup based on a 7×7 focus array(rather than 3×3 in our previous work)and using a focus velocity of about 1 m/s(rather than 0.5 m/s in our previous work)at the diffraction limit(40×/NA1.4 microscope objective lens).Combined,this advance leads to a ten times increased print speed of about 108 voxels/s.We demonstrate polymer printing of a chiral metamaterial containing more than 1.7×10^(12) voxels as well as millions of printed microparticles for potential pharmaceutical applications.The critical high-quality micro-optical components of the setup,namely a diffractive optical element generating the 7×7 beamlets and a 7×7 lens array,are manufactured by using a commercial two-photon grayscale 3D laser printer.
文摘A novel fabrication method for lensed fiber array has been proposed utilizing UV-curable fluorinated polymer, whose refractive index is matched to fused silica. The structure is composed of three segments; single mode fiber, coreless silica fiber and UV-curable polymer lens-tip. Flexible control of the curvature of lens-tip was realized by control of deposited volume of the liquid polymer and free-space interconnection performances are characterized.
文摘The excimer laser has important applications in many fields. Because of its non-uniform intensity distribution there are some limits in applications. This paper introduces rotational lens array to improve intensity distributions. The intensity variation is reduced to 1 percent by computer simulation.
基金funded by Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(SZSTI)under research grant entitled“Research and application on high dense nanopillar by electron beam lithography”(Grant No.JCYJ20170817105420497).
文摘A novel facile technique is proposed for fabricating three-dimensional(3D)concave nanolens arrays on a silicon substrate.The technique leverages an inherent characteristic of the polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA)resist during inductively coupled plasma(ICP)etching.The tendency for plasma ions to accumulate at the edge of the PMMA resist helps create a local electric field that causes the ions to etch the sidewall of the PMMA resist.This process progressively increases the uncovered area,resulting in a graded etched depth or a concave structure in the substrate.In addition,using a given ICP etching recipe,the time required for a PMMA resist to be removed by sidewall etching is determined by its width.The use of PMMA resist of different widths enables one to achieve structures of varying etched depths and thus a 3D lens array.Optical characteristics of the fabricated nanolens were simulated using the FDTD(Finite-difference time-domain)method,and focal lengths ranging from 150 nm to 420 nm were obtained.This type of nanolens is very useful in ultraviolet optical devices and CMOS image sensors.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFD0500603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61601292 and 61775140)the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(Nos.17060502500 and 17JC1400601)
文摘A rapid and cost-effective method for fabricating mini lens arrays is proposed. The lenses are made of silicone oil droplets and filled inside a polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) elastomer. The lens arrays of different initial focal lengths and apertures can be fabricated by using the droplets of different volumes. Due to good elastic behavior of PDMS, the droplet lenses can be flexibly deformed, and the focal length and numerical aperture can be tuned by applying an external force on the PDMS elastomer. Furthermore, an apparatus for focal length tuning is designed and employed in the imaging system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11374285
文摘We propose and demonstrate a scheme to smooth and shape the on-target patterns in multimode fiber lasers, which includes expanding-collimating system and lens array （LA）. A smooth pattern with flat-top and sharp-edge profiles can be obtained with the irradiation nonuniformity decreasing significantly. We analyze the effects of the parameters such as defocus distance, the tilt angles, the number of the incident fiber lasers, and the diffraction-weakened LA on the uniformity irradiation of target by numerical simulations.
文摘Gold disk targets were irradiated using focusing and beam smoothing methods on Xingguang (XG-Ⅱ) laser facilities with 350 nm wavelength,0.6 ns pulse width and 20-80 Joules energies. Laser absorption,light scattering and X-ray conversion were experimentally investigated. The experimental results showed that laser ab-sorption and scattered light were about 90% and 10%,respectively,under focusing irradiation,but the laser absorption increased 5%-10% and the scattered light about 1% under the condition of beam smoothing. Compared with the case of fo-cusing irradiation,the laser absorption was effectively improved and the scattered light remarkably dropped under uniform irradiation; then due to the decrease in laser intensity,X-ray conversion increased. This is highly advantageous to the in-ertial confinement fusion. However,X-ray conversion mechanism basically did not change and X-ray conversion efficiency under beam smoothing and focusing irra-diation was basically the same.
