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Plane kinoform lenses for axial stigmatism in finite conjugate imaging L.N. Hazra, Y. Han and C. Delisle Centre d'Opttque, Photontque et Laser, DOpartement de Phystque, Pawllon Vachon, Unlverstte Laval. Ste-Foy, Qubbec. G1K 7P4. Canada
Received 28 January 1992, revised manuscript received 20 March 1992
We report a generalized and convenient formulation for the determination of zone spacing and blaze profile for a plane klnoform lens The method enables one to design the klnoform lens for stigmatic imaging of axml objects at any conjugate posmon Some numerical results are presented
The prospect o f the availability o f high efficiency diffractive lenses in visible and infrared wavelengths has opened up new vistas in optical system design, particularly for systems operating in m o n o c h r o m a t i c or q u a s l m o n o c h r o m a t l c light [ 1,2 ]. O v e r the years, the techniques for fabrication o f these elements have undergone steady i m p r o v e m e n t leading to significant increase in their diffraction efficiency so much so that these elements, which are also known as klnoforms [3], b i n a r y lenses [4] or phase Fresnel lenses [ 5,6 ] are gradually emerging as optical elements that can substantially ~mprove the performance o f conventional lenses when used in conjunction with the latter [7,8], and, in some apphcations, they hold the promise o f turning out Into viable and better alternatives to conventional lens systems [9-11 ]. K m o f o r m lenses have so far been used mainly for m f i m t e conjugate imaging applications and a detailed description o f the m e t h o d s for design o f such kinoforms has recently been presented [ 12 ]. The use o f klnoform lenses in optical systems, in general, calls for their operation in finite conjugate imagery. It is obvious that a plane k i n o f o r m lens designed for the imaging o f an axial object at infinity will Introduce severe spherical aberration if used for finite conjugate imaging, even at m o d e r a t e apertures [12]. Elimination o f this spherical a b e r r a t i o n calls for a specific relocation o f the full p e r i o d zones as well as
a specific change in blaze profile o f the klnoform lens for each conjugate position To the best o f our knowledge, no study on this aspect o f k l n o f o r m imaging is available in published literature. The i m p o r t a n c e o f this study can also be a p p r e c i a t e d If one recalls the need for special recording geometry in the case o f optically generated aplanatlc holographic lenses [ 13,14 ]. In this communication, we report a generalized and convenient formulation for the d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f zone spacing and blaze profile for a plane klnoform lens. The m e t h o d enables one to design the klnoform lens for stigmatic Imaging of axial objects at any conjugate position. W i t h reference to fig. l, let the klnoform A P form a stigmatic image o f the axial object point O at the point O ' . In what follows, we a d o p t the sign convention o f Born and W o l f [15 ]. The zone radii on the kinoform are defined such that the optxcal path length from O to O ' through the point P,, on the edge o f the ruth zone is [OPmO'] = [OAO']Wm2,
(1)
where the operating wavelength is 2 a n d the object distance A O = Z and the ~mage distance A O ' = Z ' . The inner a n d outer radii o f the m t h zone are A P m - 1= rm_ 1 and APm = rm respectively. F r o m eq. ( 1 ) we o b t a i n the defining expression for rm as
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It may be noted that the expressmns ( 5 ) or (6) for the zone radii are more convenient than the ones reported earlier m zone plate t h e o ~ [ 16,17 ] The width o f the rnth zone, e,,,, IS given as e,,,=
P
P m ~ . mth Zone
rm
-
-
rm
- I
F r o m eqs. (5) or (6), the total n u m b e r o f zones m .... for given values o f T, )~, f a n d aperture radius r. . . . m a y be d e t e r m i n e d f r o m the smallest p o s m v e
A F-t
Z'
Z
O' )1 I,
T~
0
real root c~ o f the following quartlc equation
)1
m4 + 4 / ' m ~ + 4 ( T 2 + f T - r ~ , , , ) ,t )°2
Fig 1 ruth zone o f the finne conjugate kmoform
2
+,,/r,,+(Z'
=(Z'-Z)+m2.
+ 8T(/T-r~,a,) m (~)
/'H,nax IS g i v e n
Assigning a focal length f t o this k i n o f o r m as
l/f=l/Z'-l/Z.
/=
4T2rmax = 0 ,
(9)
b~
m ..... = I N T ( c ~ ) (3)
(10)
where I N T (c~) is the integer part o f the real n u m b e r O/.
we have
Z'Z Z'-Z
m2
-
Z'Z T "
Figs 2 - 4 d e m o n s t r a t e the variation of zone radn, rm, and zone width, ~,,,, for &fferent values o f T For each T, the k m o f o r m parameters are evaluated for a paraxlal focal length f = 100 mm. The operating wavelength is 10 lam. In order to emphasize the difference xn zone radI1 between a k m o f o r m designed
(4)
where T = Z ' - Z ~s the throw, the object to image distance. After a lengthy but strmghtforward algebraic m a m p u l a t i o n we obtain the following expression for rm from ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ,
2 2rn2f(l+m2/2T)[l+(m2/2f)(l+mZ/2T)] rm = ( 1+ m2/ T) 2
'
(5) (l+m;t/2T)~ ,~ [ - ( l + m 2 / 2 T ) ] 2 r ' 2 = (1 + m 2 / T ) 2 zm4l+L-(1-+rn~-T-) J m222
v
(6) F o r T - , o e , the exact representaUon for the zone radii of an lnfimte conjugate k m o f o r m m a y be obtained from ( 6 ) as
T=-2
0/JS
% 8O
r2.,=2m2f+m222
(7)
This is the case o f a nonparaxml k m o f o r m ( N P K ) [12] for infinite conjugate imagery, whereas the wellknown formula for zone radii o f a paraxial kinoform ( P K ) m a y be o b t a i n e d from ( 5 ) by imposing the c o n d m o n f>> m2 and T>> m2 as
r2,~= 2 m 2 f
(8)
600
0
200
400
600
800
m
Fig 2 V a n a u o n m the difference m zone radii [ (r,,,)l ( r m ) p K ] w n h n u m b e r of zones m for different values of obJect to image throw T NPK, P K nonparaxlal and paraxlal k m o f o r m s respecUvely for T = oo -
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60
T =E
-25
E
40 PK
E
2O
00
I
I
|
200
400
600
800
m
Fig. 3. Zone radn r,,, w~th number of zones rn for different values of obJect to image throw T NPK, PK nonparaxml and paraxml kmoforms respectivelyfor T= oo
0.12
0 10
that the width of the zones o f a kmoform or zone plate decreases quadratically wxth mcreasmg radius. But this is not necessarily true when they are designed specifically for axial stlgmatism at finite values of T. It ~s interesting to note in fig. 4 that, for smaller magmtudes of T, the zone width increases with a rise m radtus after a t t a m m g a m i n i m u m value at an lntermedmte aperture radms The practical ~mphcaUon of this effect needs further investigation. For plane kmoforms, an analytical soluUon for the blaze profile is possible for the mfinlte conjugate case [ 12 ]. In the case of finite conjugates, this seems no longer possible. This is because of the a d d m o n a l req u i r e m e n t of a n n u h n g the spherical aberration artsmg out of obhque l n o d e n c e on the plane interface. A modificaUon of a semi-numerical procedure for the design of a s p h e n c surfaces [ 15 ] is used for the purpose. With reference to fig. 5, let Q R S O ' be an arbitrary ray path through the ruth blazed zone of the kmoform producing stigmaUc image O' of an object point O at a distance Z from the vertex A which is consldered as origin of the coordinate system. The image distance AO' = Z ' and the refractive index of the optical material of the kmoform is/t. Let the angle of i n o d e n c e and refraction at the point R of the ray QRS be I and I' respectively. We have
E
v
slnl'-
sm I --fl
cos/'=
[f1222+(f12--1)r2] 1/2
E ~o
0.0E
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(11)
,
2
(12)
0.04
Q 0.02 0
i 200
-400 l 400
NPK
i 600
p
PK, 400 800
m
Fig 4 Zone width ~,, with number of zones m for different values of object to image throw T NPK, PK nonparaxml and paraxlal klnoforms respectivelyfor T= specially for a given T a n d those of the paraxlal kmoform for the same value o f f fig. 2 shows the difference m zone radu [ (rm)r-- (rm)pK] wtth m. For smaller magnitudes of T, a direct plot of (rm) T versus m, for different values of T, xs sufficient to demonstrate the difference (fig. 3). It is usually thought
I'm_ 1
I
~
- "- \
A ~ I - I
O' Z'
O
,I Z
,I
Fig. 5 Geometry and notaUon for the design of the blaze profile for a kmoform for fimte conjugates
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w h e r e r = A R . T h e c o n d i t i o n for axial s t l g m a t l s m o f the k l n o f o r m i m p l i e s that, for any r c o r r e s p o n d m g to the m t h zone, 1.e., for r,, i<-%r<,Nrm,the optical path length [ O R S O ' ] is g t v e n by [ O R S O ' ] = [OABO'
] + (m-
1 )/t
=(Z'-Z)+m2.
(13)
Let RS = t,,. N o t e that the m a x t m u m thickness o f the k m o f o r m ts A B = d = 2 / ( ~ t - 1 ). E x p r e s s i o n ( 13 ) can be used to o b t a i n a q u a d r a t i c relatton d e f i n i n g tm as
At2n + Bt,,, + C = 0 ,
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(15)
B=Z{u[(Z'-Z)+m2+x/~+r
-(Z'
Finally, it should be m e n t i o n e d that all kanoforms in p r a c t i c e are m a d e on a substrate o f finite thickness. A m o d i f i c a t i o n o f the a b o v e t r e a t m e n t enables one to a c c o u n t for this thickness in o b t a i n i n g exact p a r a m e t e r s o f the k l n o f o r m .
(14)
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cosl'+rslnI')},
C=2(Z'-Z)(Z-m2-~r - 2 m 2 ~
-m2~. 2 .
(16)
2) (17)
T h e c o o r d i n a t e s o f the p o i n t S, on the blaze profile, are [ t,,, cos I', ( r - tm sin I' ) ]. F o r a set o f v a l u e s o f r m (r,, i, r,,,) eqs. ( 1 1 ) - ( 1 7 ) are used to determ i n e the c o r r e s p o n d m g v a l u e s o f tm w h i c h are t h e n a p p l t e d to e v a l u a t e the c o o r d i n a t e s o f the p o i n t s on the blaze profile. T h e blaze profile can be determ i n e d to the d e s i r e d level o f a c c u r a c y w i t h suitable chotce o f the n u m b e r o f samples r in (r,n_ 1, rm ). N o t e that the l o w e r edge o f the blaze profile, for the m t h zone, P,,,_ 1 B . . . . 1, IS not parallel to the ax~s and tt lS u n i q u e l y k n o w n after the c o o r d i n a t e s o f the p o i n t Bin_ 1, are d e t e r m i n e d
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