• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 6, 060502 (2016)
Fan Gao1、2、3, Xiao Yuan1、2、3, and Xiang Zhang1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 2Key Lab of Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies of Jiangsu Province and Key Lab of Modern Optical Technologies of Education Ministry of China, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.060502 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Gao, Xiao Yuan, Xiang Zhang. Sidelobes suppression in angular filtering with volume Bragg gratings combination[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 060502 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A method for beam diffraction sidelobe suppression based on the combination of volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) with different thicknesses or periods for angular filtering is proposed and performed. Simulated and experimental results show that the beam diffraction sidelobe is reduced from 12% to less than 1% with the non-sidelobe angular filter. The non-sidelobe angular filtering based on VBGs with thicknesses of 2.5 and 2.9 mm is simulated and demonstrated. The near-field distribution of filtered beams through the non-sidelobe angular filter is obviously smoother than that of the single VBG. The near-field modulation and contrast ratio (C) of filtered beams are found to be improved 1.17 and 1.66 times that of the single VBG. The far-field C of the filtered beam is improved to about 1001 and the power spectral density analysis shows that the cutoff frequency of the angular filter is greatly optimized with the VBG combination.
    η=sin2ν2+ξ21+ξ2/ν2,(1)

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    ν=πΔnd/λ(cosθrcosθs)1/2,(2)

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    ξ=πΔθsin(ϕθ0)d/Λcosθs,(3)

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    M=Imax/Iavg,(4)

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    C=1Iavgi=1N(IiIavg)2/N,(5)

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    Fan Gao, Xiao Yuan, Xiang Zhang. Sidelobes suppression in angular filtering with volume Bragg gratings combination[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 060502
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