scholarly journals Design method for freeform optical systems containing diffraction gratings

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (16) ◽  
pp. 20792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benqi Zhang ◽  
Guofan Jin ◽  
Jun Zhu
Author(s):  
Julian Wüster ◽  
Yannick Bourgin ◽  
Patrick Feßer ◽  
Arne Behrens ◽  
Stefan Sinzinger

AbstractPolarizing beamsplitters have numerous applications in optical systems, such as systems for freeform surface metrology. They are classically manufactured from birefringent materials or with stacks of dielectric coatings. We present a binary subwavelength-structured form-birefringent diffraction grating, which acts as a polarizing beamsplitter for a wide range of incidence angles −30∘…+30∘. We refine the general design method for such hybrid gratings. We furthermore demonstrate the manufacturing steps with Soft-UV-Nanoimprint-Lithography, as well as the experimental verification, that the structure reliably acts as a polarizing beamsplitter. The experimental results show a contrast in efficiency for TE- and TM-polarization of up to 1:18 in the first order, and 34:1 in the zeroth order. The grating potentially enables us to realize integrated compact optical measurement systems, such as common-path interferometers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-516
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Okamoto ◽  
Kohei Noda ◽  
Moritsugu Sakamoto ◽  
Tomoyuki Sasaki ◽  
Yasuhiro Wada ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhisa Tamagawa ◽  
Satoshi Wakabayashi ◽  
Toru Tajime

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Li ◽  
P Ge ◽  
H Wang

An efficient method is proposed for the design of prescribed rotational illumination on the far or near field using the edge-ray principle. By this method, the prescribed illuminance on the prescribed location can be determined by projected angle difference in a two-dimensional design process for LED extended sources. Profiles of the lens with two initial curves on the centre can be calculated based on the relationship between the illuminance and the projected angle difference. The initial optical systems we calculated are close to the prescribed illumination despite the influence of skew rays. More importantly, a prescribed illumination on the near field can be achieved accurately and quickly by using this method, which is better than the usual luminous intensity distribution design methods for LED extended sources.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5387
Author(s):  
Ruoxin Liu ◽  
Zexiao Li ◽  
Yiting Duan ◽  
Fengzhou Fang

Off-axis reflective optical systems find wide applications in various industries, but the related manufacturing issues have not been well considered in the design process. This paper proposed a design method for cylindrical reflective systems considering manufacturing constraints to facilitate ultra-precision raster milling. An appropriate index to evaluate manufacturing constraints is established. The optimization solution is implemented for the objective function composed of primary aberration coefficients with weights and constraint conditions of the structural configuration by introducing the genetic algorithm. The four-mirror initial structure with a good imaging quality and a special structural configuration is then obtained. The method’s feasibility is validated by designing an off-axis four-mirror afocal system with an entrance pupil diameter of 170 mm, a field of view of 3° × 3° and a compression ratio of five times. All mirrors in the system are designed to be distributed along a cylinder.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (21) ◽  
pp. 27798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyu Liu ◽  
Tongtong Gong ◽  
Guofan Jin ◽  
Jun Zhu

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