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Physical-Optics Simulation of Optical Interferometry
Systems
Laser World of Photonics
Site Zhang1, Huiying Zhong2, Rui Shi2, Christian Hellmann3, and Frank Wyrowski2
1 LightTrans International UG, Jena, Germany
2 Applied Computational Optics Group, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
3 Wyrowski Photonics GmbH, Jena, Germany
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Jena, Germany
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Jena
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Physical-Optics System Modeling by Connecting Field Solvers
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Field Solver
Lenses, …
Field Solver
Prisms, …
Field Solver
Gratings, …
Field Solver Micro-
and Nano-
structuresField Solver Fibers,
…
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Physical-Optics System Modeling: Regional Field Solvers
free space
prisms, plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta lenses
HOE, CGH, DOEmicro lens & freeform
arrays
SLM & adaptive components
diffractive beam splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic components
nonlinear components
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Field Solvers
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Physical-Optics System Modeling by Connecting Field Solvers
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Connection of solvers via I/O
channel concept which enables
non-sequential physical-optics
system modeling
free space prisms,
plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
Field
Solvers
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Surface Channels: Example of Plate/Etalon
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+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st ×
2nd ×
Setting A
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Surface Channels: Example of Plate/Etalon
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+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st ×
2nd ×
Setting Afree
space prisms, plates,
cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
Field
Solvers
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Surface Channels: Example of Plate/Etalon
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+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st ×
2nd ×
Setting A
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Surface Channels: Example of Plate/Etalon
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+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st ×
2nd ×
+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st × ×
2nd ×
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st × ×
2nd ×
Setting A Setting CSetting B
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Surface Channels: Example of Plate/Etalon
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Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st × × ×
2nd ×
+/+
Surface +/+ +/- -/- -/+
1st × × × ×
2nd × × × ×
+/+
+/+
Setting D Setting E
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Parallel Planar-Planar Surfaces
etalon configuration
a) planar-planar (parallel)- varying thickness
from100 to 99 µm
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Parallel Planar-Planar Surfaces
Constructive and
destructive interference
alternatively shows up
when the thickness of
etalon varies.
etalon configuration
a) planar-planar (parallel)- varying thickness
from100 to 99 µm
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Tilted Planar-Planar Surfaces
etalon configuration
b) planar-planar (tilted)- center thickness 100 µm
- tilt of first surface 0.1°
Linear interference fringes
appear due to linear change
of etalon thickness.
parallel surfaces
first surface tilt by 0.1°
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input polarization along y
Cylindrical-Planar Surfaces
etalon configuration
c) cylindrical-planar- center thickness 100 µm
- cylindrical (x) surface
radius 1 minput polarization along x
Polarization-dependent
effect on the interference is
considered in the simulation.
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Spherical-Planar Surfaces
etalon configuration
d) spherical-planar- center thickness 100 µm
- spherical (x&y) surface
radius 1 m
Non-sequential field
tracing simulation of
etalons allows the
consideration of arbitrary
surface types.
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Why Physical Optics?
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Why Physical Optics?
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He-Ne laser
3x beam expander
beam splitter
beam splitter
2 mm
2 mm
BK
7B
K7
?
interference
polarizer
(fixed)
polarizer
(rotatable)
Maximum flexibility
in source modeling:
profile, multimode,
polarization,
coherence
Maximum flexibility to
select detector, e.g.
e.m. field components,
irradiance, intensity,
polarization Flexible inclusion of
different types of
components
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Why Physical Optics?
• Modern interferometers may use …
− … advanced light sources
− … innovative optical components
− … different types of detectors
− … complex light paths
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Field Tracing Enables Fast Physical Optics
Field Tracing comprises:
• Application of different
electromagnetic field solvers in
different regions of one system.
• Interconnection of any type of
general and specialized field solver.
• Source mode concept to represent
coherent, partially coherent, and
incoherent sources.
• … and many more techniques
free space prisms,
plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
Field
Solvers
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Fizeau Interferometer for Optical Testing
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Modeling Task
spherical wave- wavelength 532nm
- half-opening angle
26.6°
collimation
lens
beam
splitter
imaging
lens
reference
flattest
flat
detector
?How does the interference
fringe change for different
test flats?
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Different surface
profiles are under
investigation
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Tilted Planar Surface under Observation
reference
flat
detector
tilted planar
surface
Reflection from the test planar surface remain
as plane waves, but only with slightly different
direction, and therefore leading to parallel
striped fringes.
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Cylindrical Surface under Observation
reference
flat
detector
cylindrical
surface
Reflected wavefront from the test cylindrical
surface gets curved in one direction, therefore
leading to parallel striped fringes but with
varying pitch.
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Spherical Surface under Observation
reference
flat
detector
spherical
surface
Spherical surface changes the reflected
wavefront in radial direction, thus the
interference fringes appears as concentric rings.
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free space prisms,
plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
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Field
Solver
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3
2
2
1
3
# idealized component
2
1 1
1
2
2
3 3
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Coherence Measurement Using Michelson
Interferometer and Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
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Modeling Task
fundamental Gaussian(central wavelength 635 nm)
a) bandwidth 50 nm
b) bandwidth 100 nm
detector
change of the lateral interference
fringes for different d values
movable
mirror
fixed mirror
shift
distance d
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point-wise measurement
with respect to d values
…
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Coherence property
of source is under
investigation!
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Lateral Interference Fringes – 50 nm Bandwidth
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fundamental Gaussian(central wavelength 635 nm)
a) bandwidth 50 nm shift
distance d
d=0 d=1µm d= 2µm
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Fringe contrast
changes along
lateral position.
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Lateral Interference Fringes – 100 nm Bandwidth
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shift
distance d
d=0 d=1µm d= 2µm
fundamental Gaussian(central wavelength 635 nm)
b) bandwidth: 100 nm
Broader spectral bandwidth leads to
shorter coherent length; and therefore
the interference fringe starts to vanish
sooner in comparison to the case with
narrower bandwidth.
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Almost NO
interference
fringe visible!
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Pointwise Measurement
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detector
movable
mirror
fixed mirror
shift
distance d
50nm bandwidth
100nm bandwidthfundamental Gaussian
(central wavelength 635 nm)
a) bandwidth 50 nm
b) bandwidth 100 nm
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VirtualLab Fusion Technologies
free space prisms,
plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
Field
Solver
1
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2
1 1
1
1
2
2
2
2
# idealized component
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Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
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Modeling Task
He-Ne laser- fundamental Gaussian
- wavelength 632.8 nm
3x beam expander
beam splitter
beam splitter
2 mm
2 mm
BK
7B
K7
reference path
test path(test object may tilt and/or shift)
?
How to calculate
interference fringe with the
possible shift and tilt of
components considered?
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Misalignment of
components is
considered.
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Interference Fringe Due to Component Tilt
tilt
angle
Calculation of interference
pattern including element tilt
takes less than 2 seconds!
0° tilt
x [mm]
y[m
m]
3° tilt
x [mm]
y[m
m]
5° tilt
x [mm]
y[m
m]
10° tilt
x [mm]
y[m
m]
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0 shift
x [mm]
y[m
m]
300µm shift
x [mm]
y[m
m]
500µm shift
x [mm]
y[m
m]
1000µm shift
x [mm]
y[m
m]
Interference Fringe Due to Component Shift
shift
Calculation of interference
pattern including element shift
takes less than 2 seconds!
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Polarization Interference
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Modeling Task
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He-Ne laser- fundamental Gaussian
- wavelength 632.8 nm
3x beam expander
beam splitter
beam splitter
2 mm
2 mm
BK
7B
K7
?
interference
polarizer
(fixed)
polarizer
(rotatable)
How does the
interference pattern
change with respect
to the polarization
states of two arms?
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Polarization
effects are of
importance here!
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Interference Pattern Changes with Polarizer Rotation
polarizer
(rotatable)
polarizer
(fixed)
polarizer rotation by 0° polarizer rotation by 45°
polarizer rotation by 75° polarizer rotation by 90°
Interference fringes start to
disappear, when polarizer
rotates from parallel to
orthogonal orientation.
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Interference
disappears
completely!
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Interference Pattern Changes with Polarizer Rotation
polarizer
(rotatable)
polarizer
(fixed)
polarizer rotation by 0°
polarizer rotation by 75°
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Fringe contrast
changes with
polarizer rotation.
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Interference Pattern
polarizer
(x-direction)
polarizer
(x-direction)
polarizer
(y-direction)
parallel polarizers
crossed polarizers
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Interference
information is encoded
in polarization state!
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Examination of Sodium D Lines with Etalon
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Modeling Task
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input spherical wave- sodium D lines
@ 588.995 nm & 589.592 nm
- linearly polaried
along x direction
- half divergent angle is 2.3°
d1 = 70mm
d2 = 1.686mm
d3 = 10mm d5 = f = 100mm
d4 = 4.3mm
fused silica
silica-spaced etalonHR - coating- reflectance ≈ 90 %
- thickness ≈ 700 nm
- material: Silicon Dioxide
& Titanium Dioxide
spherical lens- type: plano – convex
- radius = 51.94mm
- material: N-BK7 ?
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Visualization of Both Spectrum Lines
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input spherical wave- sodium D lines
@ 588.995 nm & 589.592 nm
588.995nm
589.592nm
field in front of
the etalon
field on the
focal plane
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Finesse vs. Coating Reflectance
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input spherical wave- single spectrum line
@ 589.592 nm
HR - coating- reflectance ≈90%,
80%, 60%
R ≈ 90% R ≈ 80% R ≈ 60%
Sharpness of the interference
fringes depends on the reflectance
of the coatings on the etalon.
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R ≈ 60%
Finesse vs. Coating Reflectance
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extracting 1D data along the diagonal direction
R ≈ 90%
R ≈ 80%
the higher reflectance, the higher finesse
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free space prisms,
plates, cubes, ...
lenses & freeforms
apertures & boundaries
gratings
diffractive, Fresnel, meta
lensesHOE, CGH,
DOEmicro lens &
freeform arrays
SLM & adaptive
components
diffractive beam
splitters
diffusers
scatterer
waveguides & fibers
crystals & anisotropic
components
nonlinear components
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Solver
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