We demonstrate large-contrast, low-crosstalk, low-power, and broadband spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) for operation at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The electro-thermally activated SLMs rely on the insulator-metal-pha...
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We demonstrate large-contrast, low-crosstalk, low-power, and broadband spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) for operation at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The electro-thermally activated SLMs rely on the insulator-metal-phase transition of two VO2 thin films deposited on opposite sides of a sapphire substrate. We validated the effectiveness of our approach by fabricating and testing 2 x 2 pixel SLM prototypes. Record high amplitude modulation depth of 96%, -30 dB pixel-to-pixel crosstalk and precise THz transmission control was determined for the fabricated SLMs over a broad range of THz frequencies. Raster scanning THz transmission revealed excellent pixel uniformity with very large on/off contrast. These attributes are fundamental for high-contrast THz imaging and spectroscopy applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) are devices that are capable of manipulating incident light by passing it through an array of phase/intensity altering pixels. A recent alternative design involves creating a phase mask...
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spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) are devices that are capable of manipulating incident light by passing it through an array of phase/intensity altering pixels. A recent alternative design involves creating a phase mask by directing a thin film of fluid with thermocapillary forces generated by a controlled temperature map. However, it is difficult to determine the input temperature signal necessary to induce a given height profile. The relationship between temperature and height is given by the thin film equation, a fourth-order nonlinear PDE, which is difficult to solve numerically. To address this problem, we train deep neural networks to directly solve the inverse problem, mapping from the desired height profiles to the needed temperature patterns. We design novel equivariant networks incorporating scale and rotation symmetry of the underlying thin film equation. We demonstrate the effectiveness of equivariant models for learning the complex relationship between input temperature signals and the resulting light patterns, showing they are more accurate than non-equivariant baselines and very computationally efficient. This work has implications for a range of applications, including high-power laser systems, and could lead to more efficient and effective ways to deploy the process of modulation of light in SLMs in a variety of applications.
Holographic light potentials generated by phase-modulating liquid-crystal spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) are widely used in quantum technology applications. Accurate calibration of the wavefront and intensity profile...
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Holographic light potentials generated by phase-modulating liquid-crystal spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) are widely used in quantum technology applications. Accurate calibration of the wavefront and intensity profile of the laser beam at the SLM display is key to the high fidelity of holographic potentials. Here, we present a new calibration technique that is faster than previous methods while maintaining the same level of accuracy. By employing stochastic optimization and random speckle intensity patterns, we calibrate a digital twin that accurately models the experimental setup. This approach allows us to measure the wavefront at the SLM to within lambda /170 in 5 minutes using only 10 SLM phase patterns, a significant speedup over state-of-the-art techniques. Additionally, our digital twin models pixel crosstalk on the liquid-crystal SLM, enabling rapid calibration of model parameters and reducing the error in light potentials by a factor of 5 without losing efficiency. Our fast calibration technique will simplify the implementation of high-fidelity light potentials in, for example, quantum-gas microscopes and neutral-atom tweezer arrays where high-NA objectives and thermal lensing can deform the wavefront significantly. applications in the field of holographic displays that require high image fidelity will benefit from the novel pixel crosstalk calibration, especially for displays with a large field of view and increased SLM diffraction angles.
spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) have become an indispensable element in modern optics for their versatile performance in many applications. Among various types of SLMs, such as digital micromirror devices (DMD), liqui...
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spatiallightmodulators (SLMs) have become an indispensable element in modern optics for their versatile performance in many applications. Among various types of SLMs, such as digital micromirror devices (DMD), liquid crystalbased phase-only spatiallightmodulators (LC-SLMs), and deformable mirrors (DM), LC-SLMs are often the method of choice due to their high efficiency, precise phase modulation, and abundant number of effective pixels. In general, for research grade applications, an additional SLM calibration step is required due to fabrication imperfection resulting in non-flat liquid crystal panels and varying phase responses over the SLM area. Here, we demonstrate a straightforward approach for reference-free orthogonal calibration of an arbitrary number of SLM subregions which only requires the same measurement time as global calibration. The proposed method requires minimal optical elements and can be applied to any optical setup as is. As a benchmark performance test, we achieved a 2.2-fold enhancement in correction efficiency for wavefront shaping through scattering media utilizing the calibrated 2160 subregions of the SLM, in comparison with a single global look-up table (LUT). (c) 2024 Optica Publishing Group
spatiallightmodulators enabling complex light field manipulation has opened up many opportunities in biomedical imaging, holographic display, and adaptive optics. However, traditional spatiallightmodulators do not...
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spatiallightmodulators enabling complex light field manipulation has opened up many opportunities in biomedical imaging, holographic display, and adaptive optics. However, traditional spatiallightmodulators do not allow multi-color operations simultaneously due to their physical constraints, while multi-color modulations are highly desirable in many applications. To overcome this limitation, we demonstrate a multi-color spatial complex light field modulation with a single binary hologram on digital micromirror devices (DMD). This method combines several neighboring micro-mirror pixels into a giant single superpixel, in which the light field's amplitude and phase can be individually determined by internal pixel combinations, and the dynamic range of phase modulation can exceed 2 & pi;for the single wavelength. As a result, this extra phase modulation range offers an additional degree of freedom for independent multi-wavelength light modulation. Based on this scheme, multi-color light modulations have been demonstrated in a 2D plane as well as in multiple 3D holographic planes. Moreover, a dual-colored Airy beam has been realized using the same technique. These results bring complex light modulation into a multi-color regime, paving the way for practical applications in information display, imaging, and optical trapping.
The ability to control light structures in all dimensions is crucial for a wide range of fundamental and advanced photonics applications, including microscopy, imaging, sensing, communications, and quantum information...
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The ability to control light structures in all dimensions is crucial for a wide range of fundamental and advanced photonics applications, including microscopy, imaging, sensing, communications, and quantum information processing. However, existing chip-based solutions cannot achieve simultaneous manipulation of spatial and polarization distributions, and often exhibit limited emission efficiency and beam quality. In this study, we demonstrate a programmable silicon photonic chip that can locally, efficiently, and fully generate and control structured light over both spatial and polarization distributions. High emission efficiency and intensity overlap integrals can be obtained in our experiment. Furthermore, our photonic processor can be actively programmed to invert the unknown random transmission matrix of a few-mode optical fiber and arbitrarily project the input vector into the desired spatial and polarization distributions in real time. Our findings offer a scalable pathway towards achieving a portable and reliable system for full control, efficient emission, and adaptive reconfiguration of light structures across various applications. (c) 2025 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
Generation of orthonormal optical fields using phase-only spatiallightmodulators (SLM) or amplitude-only digital micromirror devices (DMD) is an active and diverse research field, with a wide variety of applications...
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Generation of orthonormal optical fields using phase-only spatiallightmodulators (SLM) or amplitude-only digital micromirror devices (DMD) is an active and diverse research field, with a wide variety of applications. However, these approaches typically come with limited accuracy, and a significant loss in resolution and intensity. We present a different approach: we construct orthonormal fields that can be generated exactly on phase-only hardware without loss of resolution or intensity. Our method can use any set of fields as a starting point and orthonormalize them. Our approach allows control over application-specific requirements such as smoothness, symmetry and overall shape. In many use cases, sets of orthonormal fields can be used as a 'drop-in replacement' for other sets of fields. We demonstrate the practical benefit of our approach in a wavefront shaping experiment, achieving a factor 1.5 increase in performance over a non-orthonormal phase-only basis. (c) 2025 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement
Single-shot spatiallight interference microscopy (SS-SLIM) with a pair of non-polarizing beam splitters is proposed for substantially enhancing the speed and efficiency of conventional SLIM systems. Traditional metho...
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Single-shot spatiallight interference microscopy (SS-SLIM) with a pair of non-polarizing beam splitters is proposed for substantially enhancing the speed and efficiency of conventional SLIM systems. Traditional methods are limited by the need for multiple-frame serial modulation and acquisition by spatiallightmodulators and detectors. Our approach integrates non-polarizing beam splitters to simultaneously capture four phase-shifted intensity images, increasing the imaging speed by at least fourfold while maintaining high quality. This capability is crucial for effectively monitoring the dynamic fluctuations of red blood cell membranes. Furthermore, the potential applications of the SS-SLIM system in biomedical research are demonstrated, particularly in scenarios requiring high temporal resolution and label-free imaging. (c) 2024 Optica Publishing Group. All rights, including for text and data mining (TDM), Artificial Intelligence (AI) training, and similar technologies, are reserved.
Diffractive optical neural networks (DONNs) have emerged as a promising optical hardware platform for ultra -fast and energy -efficient signal processing for machine learning tasks, particularly in computer vision. Pr...
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Diffractive optical neural networks (DONNs) have emerged as a promising optical hardware platform for ultra -fast and energy -efficient signal processing for machine learning tasks, particularly in computer vision. Previous experimental demonstrations of DONNs have only been performed using coherent light. However, many real -world DONN applications require consideration of the spatial coherence properties of the optical signals. Here, we study the role of spatial coherence in DONN operation and performance. We propose a numerical approach to efficiently simulate DONNs under incoherent and partially coherent input illumination and discuss the corresponding computational complexity. As a demonstration, we train and evaluate simulated DONNs on the MNIST dataset of handwritten digits to process light with varying spatial coherence.
The applications of single-pixel imaging (SPI) and optical multiplexing techniques in optical encryption are gradually increasing. However, little attention has been given to integrating these two for applications. He...
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The applications of single-pixel imaging (SPI) and optical multiplexing techniques in optical encryption are gradually increasing. However, little attention has been given to integrating these two for applications. Here, we propose a dual-layer optical encryption scheme that combines sample region-dependent SPI and structured light multiplexing holography. In the encryption process, the bucket signal obtained by SPI and the position coordinates used to generate the structured illumination patterns for SPI will be encrypted into a holographic ciphertext through spatial-structured light multiplexing holography. During decryption, the bucket signal can be retrieved from the ciphertext using a binary matrix key, and the sampling region can be determined by illuminating the ciphertext with multi-ramp helical-conical beams. Thus, the original secret image can be successfully decrypted. This work takes advantage of the spatial mode multiplexing characteristics of the structured beams and the dependence of Fourier SPI encryption on the sampling region, thereby promoting the collaborative application of the two in the field of optical security. (c) 2025 Optica Publishing Group. All rights, including for text and data mining (TDM), Artificial Intelligence (AI) training, and similar technologies, are reserved.
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