Generation and propagation of airy beams and one inch diameter focusing optics using 3D printed optics

Frederick H. Long; Stephanie Maruca; Evan Jones; Austin Granmoe; Mitch Wlodawski; Tyler Fenske; Muhammed Kamal; David Dantsker; Damien Marianucci; George Fischer; Charles Dupuy; Hooman Akhavan; Samuel Peter Grimm

doi:10.1117/12.2621559

20 May 2022 Generation and propagation of airy beams and one inch diameter focusing optics using 3D printed optics

Frederick H. Long, Stephanie Maruca, Evan Jones, Austin Granmoe, Mitch Wlodawski, Tyler Fenske, Muhammed Kamal, David Dantsker, Damien Marianucci, George Fischer, Charles Dupuy, Hooman Akhavan, Samuel Peter Grimm

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Proceedings Volume 12135, 3D Printed Optics and Additive Photonic Manufacturing III; 1213507 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621559
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2022, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The additive manufacture of polymer optical elements has the promise of reducing component weight, providing new design capabilities, and enhanced performance for a wide variety of military and commercial optical systems. This paper reviews progress in the development of 3d printed Gradient Index (GRIN) lenses and optical phase masks. The 3d printing process uses a modified commercial inkjet printer and UV curable polymers that have specific nanoparticles added to them to modulate the index of refraction. Complex optical phase masks for the generation of Airy laser beams and polymer GRIN lenses to replace conventional glass lenses used in a telescope or riflescope are created. The generation and propagation of Airy beams using these polymers generated optical phase masks has been investigated and analyzed through experimentation, simulations, and comparison with recent theoretical predictions. Airy beams have been generated using the conventional approach using a spatial light modulator and compared to the 3d printed optical phase masks. The maximum non-diffracting propagation distance of an aperture truncated Airy beam was experimentally measured. The results show that the maximum non-diffracting propagation distance of a laboratory generated Airy beam is proportional to x₀² , the Airy beam waist size squared. The size of the Gaussian envelope beam has a weaker effect on the Airy beam propagation distance. The experimental results were compared with current theoretical models. A set of 1 inch diameter 100 mm focal length polymer GRIN lenses have been made using 3d printing. Transmission and modulation transfer function (MTF) results for the lenses are reported.

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Frederick H. Long, Stephanie Maruca, Evan Jones, Austin Granmoe, Mitch Wlodawski, Tyler Fenske, Muhammed Kamal, David Dantsker, Damien Marianucci, George Fischer, Charles Dupuy, Hooman Akhavan, and Samuel Peter Grimm "Generation and propagation of airy beams and one inch diameter focusing optics using 3D printed optics", Proc. SPIE 12135, 3D Printed Optics and Additive Photonic Manufacturing III, 1213507 (20 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621559

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