Direct multiplexing of low order aberration modes in a photopolymer-based holographic element for analog holographic wavefront sensing

Emma Branigan; Suzanne Martin; Matthew Sheehan; Kevin Murphy

doi:10.1117/12.2599912

12 September 2021 Direct multiplexing of low order aberration modes in a photopolymer-based holographic element for analog holographic wavefront sensing

Emma Branigan, Suzanne Martin, Matthew Sheehan, Kevin Murphy

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Proceedings Volume 11860, Environmental Effects on Light Propagation and Adaptive Systems IV; 118600H (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599912
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

The fabrication of an analog holographic wavefront sensor, capable of detecting the low order defocus aberration, was achieved in an acrylamide-based photopolymer. While other implementations of holographic wavefront sensors have been carried out digitally, this process utilises a recording setup consisting only of conventional refractive elements so the cost and complexity of holographic optical element (HOE) production could be much reduced. A pair of diffraction spots, corresponding to a maximum and minimum amount of defocus, were spatially separated in the detector plane by multiplexing two HOEs with different carrier spatial frequencies. For each wavefront with a known aberration that was introduced during playback of the hologram, the resulting intensity ratio was measured in the expected pair of diffracted spots. A number of HOEs were produced with the diffraction efficiency of the multiplexed elements equalized, for a range of diffraction efficiency strengths, some as low as <5%. These HOEs were used to successfully classify four amounts of the defocus aberration through the observed intensity ratio.

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Emma Branigan, Suzanne Martin, Matthew Sheehan, and Kevin Murphy "Direct multiplexing of low order aberration modes in a photopolymer-based holographic element for analog holographic wavefront sensing", Proc. SPIE 11860, Environmental Effects on Light Propagation and Adaptive Systems IV, 118600H (12 September 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599912

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