• 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
    Angular selectivities of the VBGs with different (a) grating periods and (b) thicknesses.
    Fig. 1. Angular selectivities of the VBGs with different (a) grating periods and (b) thicknesses.
    Angular selectivities of the single VBG and combined VBGs with different (a) periods and (b) thicknesses.
    Fig. 2. Angular selectivities of the single VBG and combined VBGs with different (a) periods and (b) thicknesses.
    Schematic diagram of the angular selectivity with two combined VBGs.
    Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the angular selectivity with two combined VBGs.
    Near-field beam profile of the diffracted beams through (a) a single VBG-I and (b) the combined VBGs.
    Fig. 4. Near-field beam profile of the diffracted beams through (a) a single VBG-I and (b) the combined VBGs.
    Schematic diagram of the non-sidelobe angular filter with the combined VBGs.
    Fig. 5. Schematic diagram of the non-sidelobe angular filter with the combined VBGs.
    Near-field distribution of the (a) modulated beam, (b) diffracted beams through single VBG-I, and (c) through combined VBGs.
    Fig. 6. Near-field distribution of the (a) modulated beam, (b) diffracted beams through single VBG-I, and (c) through combined VBGs.
    Far-field distribution of (a) modulated beam, (b) diffracted beams through the single VBG-I, and (c) through the combined VBGs.
    Fig. 7. Far-field distribution of (a) modulated beam, (b) diffracted beams through the single VBG-I, and (c) through the combined VBGs.
    Dependence of the PSD with spatial frequency for (a) original beam, (b) modulated beam, (c) filtered beam through the angular filter based on the single VBG-I, and (d) filtered beam through the non-sidelobe angular filter.
    Fig. 8. Dependence of the PSD with spatial frequency for (a) original beam, (b) modulated beam, (c) filtered beam through the angular filter based on the single VBG-I, and (d) filtered beam through the non-sidelobe angular filter.
     PeriodThicknessRefractive Index ModulationDiffraction Efficiency
    VBG-I0.96 μm2.9 mm70–100 ppm85%
    VBG-II2.5 mm
    Table 1. Parameters of the VBGs Used in the Experiment
     Shaped BeamModulated BeamSingle VBGCombined VBGs
    M1.042.541.251.07
    C2.8%83.7%7.3%4.4%
    Table 2. Results of M and C
    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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