Abstract:
An optical property measurement apparatus includes a pulse formation unit, a waveform measurement unit, and an optical system. The pulse formation unit is capable of changing a temporal waveform of pulsed light in accordance with a type of optical property to be measured. The waveform measurement unit measures a temporal waveform of the pulsed light output from a measurement object after being incident on the measurement object. The optical system has an attenuation unit with an attenuation rate with respect to one wavelength component constituting the pulsed light larger than an attenuation rate with respect to another wavelength component constituting the pulsed light. The optical system is capable of switching between a first state in which the attenuation unit is arranged on an optical path of the pulsed light output from the measurement object and a second state in which the attenuation unit is not arranged on the optical path.
Abstract:
In an apparatus for modulating light, a spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
Abstract:
An adaptive optics system includes a spatial light modulator configured to spatially modulate a phase of an optical image incident on a modulation surface and a wavefront sensor including a lens array having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged lenses and an optical detection element for detecting a light intensity distribution including converging spots formed by the lens array and configured to receive the optical image after the modulation from the spatial light modulator, and compensates for wavefront distribution by controlling a phase pattern displayed in the spatial light modulator based on a wavefront shape of the optical image obtained from the light intensity distribution, wherein a correspondence relation between the modulation surface and the wavefront sensor is adjusted.
Abstract:
An adaptive optics system includes a spatial light modulator configured to spatially modulate a phase of an optical image incident on a modulation surface and a wavefront sensor including a lens array having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged lenses and an optical detection element for detecting a light intensity distribution including converging spots formed by the lens array and configured to receive the optical image after the modulation from the spatial light modulator, and compensates for wavefront distribution by controlling a phase pattern displayed in the spatial light modulator based on a wavefront shape of the optical image obtained from the light intensity distribution, wherein an amount of angular displacement between the modulation surface and the wavefront sensor is calculated.
Abstract:
An optical module (1A) includes a polarization beam splitter (10) that receives input light (L1) including a p-polarization component using a light splitting surface (11), a first polarization element (20) that rotates a polarization plane of the input light (L1) transmitted through the light splitting surface (11), a first reflective SLM (30) that modulates the input light (L1) to generate first modulation light (L2), a second polarization element (40) that rotates a polarization plane of the first modulation light (L2) passing through the first polarization element (20) again and reflected by the light splitting surface (11), and a second reflective SLM (50) that modulates the first modulation light (L2) to generate second modulation light (L3). The second modulation light (L3) passes through the second polarization element (40) again, is transmitted through the light splitting surface (11), and then is output.
Abstract:
A patterned light interference generating device 1 is provided with a laser light source 10; a wavefront controller 20 for receiving laser light, presenting a hologram pattern to control the wavefront of the laser light, and outputting wavefront-controlled light; an imaging optical system 40 for imaging the wavefront-controlled light at a target position 2; a filter 50 arranged at a portion of concentration by the imaging optical system 40; and a control unit 30 for controlling the hologram pattern; the filter 50 has a plurality of slits in one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of bright spots of a desired order; each of the plurality of slits has an elongated shape extending radially from a center of the plurality of bright spots of the desired order; one end on the center side of each of the plurality of slits is separated from the center.
Abstract:
In an apparatus for modulating light, an spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is “N”, and “N” is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is “M”, and “M” is a natural number greater than “N”. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.
Abstract:
A light control device 1 includes a light source 10, a prism 20, a spatial light modulator 30, a drive unit 31, a control unit 32, a lens 41, an aperture 42, and a lens 43. The spatial light modulator 30 is a phase modulating spatial light modulator, includes a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, is capable of phase modulation in each of these pixels in a range of 4π or more, and presents a phase pattern to modulate the phase of light in each of the pixels. This phase pattern is produced by superimposing a blazed grating pattern for light diffraction and a phase pattern having a predetermined phase modulation distribution, and with a phase modulation range of 2π or more.
Abstract:
Provided is a light shaping device including: an intensity modulation unit that modulates a spectrum intensity of an optical pulse that is input light, and outputs the optical pulse of which a temporal width is narrowed as output light. The intensity modulation unit modulates the spectrum intensity of the optical pulse with a mask expressed by a starting end wavelength from a central wavelength of the input light and a wavelength width.
Abstract:
An iterative Fourier transform unit of a modulation pattern calculation apparatus performs a Fourier transform on a waveform function including an intensity spectrum function and a phase spectrum function, performs a replacement of a temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform after the Fourier transform, and then performs an inverse Fourier transform. The iterative Fourier transform unit performs the replacement using a result of multiplying a function representing the desired waveform by a coefficient. The coefficient has a value with which a difference between the function after the multiplication of the coefficient and the temporal intensity waveform function after the Fourier transform is smaller than a difference before the multiplication, and a ratio of the difference is smaller when an intensity is higher at each time of the function before the multiplication.