Fast control of the transverse structure of a light beam using acousto-optic modulators
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| author | Jabbari, Mahdieh Chartab Li, Cheng Liu, Xialin Córdova-Castro, R. Margoth Braverman, Boris Upham, Jeremy Boyd, Robert W. |
| author_facet | Jabbari, Mahdieh Chartab Li, Cheng Liu, Xialin Córdova-Castro, R. Margoth Braverman, Boris Upham, Jeremy Boyd, Robert W. |
| contents | Fast, reprogrammable control over the transverse structure of light beams plays an essential role in applications such as structured illumination microscopy, optical trapping, and quantum information processing. Existing technologies, such as liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulators (LCoS-SLMs) and digital micromirror devices (DMDs), suffer from limited refresh rates, low damage thresholds, and high insertion loss. Acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) can resolve the above issues, as they typically handle higher laser power and offer lower insertion loss. By effectively mapping the temporal radio-frequency (RF) waveforms onto the spatial diffraction patterns of the optical field, individual AOMs have been shown to generate one-dimensional (1D) spatial modes at a pixel refresh rate of nearly 20 MHz. We extend this concept to enable fast modulation in a two-dimensional (2D) space using a double-AOM scheme. We demonstrate the generation of 2D Hermite-Gaussian (HG_nm) modes with an average fidelity of 81%, while the highest-order mode generated, HG_53, retains a fidelity of 56%. |
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| spellingShingle | Fast control of the transverse structure of a light beam using acousto-optic modulators Jabbari, Mahdieh Chartab Li, Cheng Liu, Xialin Córdova-Castro, R. Margoth Braverman, Boris Upham, Jeremy Boyd, Robert W. Optics Fast, reprogrammable control over the transverse structure of light beams plays an essential role in applications such as structured illumination microscopy, optical trapping, and quantum information processing. Existing technologies, such as liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulators (LCoS-SLMs) and digital micromirror devices (DMDs), suffer from limited refresh rates, low damage thresholds, and high insertion loss. Acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) can resolve the above issues, as they typically handle higher laser power and offer lower insertion loss. By effectively mapping the temporal radio-frequency (RF) waveforms onto the spatial diffraction patterns of the optical field, individual AOMs have been shown to generate one-dimensional (1D) spatial modes at a pixel refresh rate of nearly 20 MHz. We extend this concept to enable fast modulation in a two-dimensional (2D) space using a double-AOM scheme. We demonstrate the generation of 2D Hermite-Gaussian (HG_nm) modes with an average fidelity of 81%, while the highest-order mode generated, HG_53, retains a fidelity of 56%. |
| title | Fast control of the transverse structure of a light beam using acousto-optic modulators |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09675 |