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Estimating the chirpiness of a spatial chirp signal is important in many optical engineering applications. With the help of transformation optics, a new kind of fractional Fourier transform lens is designed by deforming the conventional graded index lens through conformal mapping, which can manipulate the chirpiness of the input chirp signal. The low-input chirpiness is magnified by the transformation material, and the error of the detection is kept approximately the same; thus, the designed lens has enhanced chirpiness detection precision and distinguishability for low chirpiness. The design is validated by numerical simulations.
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Opt Express
March 2022
Gradient refractive index (GRIN) lens-based chirp signal chirpiness detection usually relies on the fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) functionality of a quadratic GRIN lens and is limited by paraxial conditions. In this paper, a non-FRFT mechanism-based chirpiness detection GRIN lens is proposed that converts the Luneburg lens' focus capacity of input plane waves to the designed lens' focusing of input chirp waves using transformation optics, and the source chirpiness can be obtained by sweeping the illumination wavelength rather than locating the focusing pulse, consequently greatly increasing the upper limit of the chirpiness detection range. The feasibility and robustness of the method are verified through numerical simulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstimating the chirpiness of a spatial chirp signal is important in many optical engineering applications. With the help of transformation optics, a new kind of fractional Fourier transform lens is designed by deforming the conventional graded index lens through conformal mapping, which can manipulate the chirpiness of the input chirp signal. The low-input chirpiness is magnified by the transformation material, and the error of the detection is kept approximately the same; thus, the designed lens has enhanced chirpiness detection precision and distinguishability for low chirpiness.
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