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NASA/ESACV-990 spacelab simulation. Appendix B: Experiment development and performance
Eight experiments flown on the CV-990 airborne laboratory during the NASA/ESA joint Spacelab simulation mission are described in terms of their physical arrangement in the aircraft, their scientific objectives, developmental considerations dictated by mission requirements, checkout, integration into the aircraft, and the inflight operation and performance of the experiments
Focus 3D: Compressive Accommodation Display
We present a glasses-free 3D display design with the potential to provide viewers with nearly correct accommodative depth cues, as well as motion parallax and binocular cues. Building on multilayer attenuator and directional backlight architectures, the proposed design achieves the high angular resolution needed for accommodation by placing spatial light modulators about a large lens: one conjugate to the viewer's eye, and one or more near the plane of the lens. Nonnegative tensor factorization is used to compress a high angular resolution light field into a set of masks that can be displayed on a pair of commodity LCD panels. By constraining the tensor factorization to preserve only those light rays seen by the viewer, we effectively steer narrow high-resolution viewing cones into the user's eyes, allowing binocular disparity, motion parallax, and the potential for nearly correct accommodation over a wide field of view. We verify the design experimentally by focusing a camera at different depths about a prototype display, establish formal upper bounds on the design's accommodation range and diffraction-limited performance, and discuss practical limitations that must be overcome to allow the device to be used with human observers
Physical properties of ESA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia: Shape and flyby geometry
Aims. We determine the physical properties (spin state and shape) of asteroid
(21) Lutetia, target of the ESA Rosetta mission, to help in preparing for
observations during the flyby on 2010 July 10 by predicting the orientation of
Lutetia as seen from Rosetta.
Methods. We use our novel KOALA inversion algorithm to determine the physical
properties of asteroids from a combination of optical lightcurves,
disk-resolved images, and stellar occultations, although the latter are not
available for (21) Lutetia.
Results. We find the spin axis of (21) Lutetia to lie within 5 degrees of
({\lambda} = 52 deg., {\beta} = -6 deg.) in Ecliptic J2000 reference frame
(equatorial {\alpha} = 52 deg., {\delta} = +12 deg.), and determine an improved
sidereal period of 8.168 270 \pm 0.000 001 h. This pole solution implies the
southern hemisphere of Lutetia will be in "seasonal" shadow at the time of the
flyby. The apparent cross-section of Lutetia is triangular as seen "pole-on"
and more rectangular as seen "equator-on". The best-fit model suggests the
presence of several concavities. The largest of these is close to the north
pole and may be associated with large impacts.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, submitted to Astronomy and
Astrophysic
Optical and Terahertz Energy Concentration on the Nanoscale in Plasmonics
We introduce an approach to implement full coherent control on nanometer length scales. It is based on spatiotemporal modulation of the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) fields at the thick edge of a nanowedge. The SPP wavepackets propagating toward the sharp edge of this nanowedge are compressed and adiabatically concentrated at a nanofocus, forming an ultrashort pulse of local fields. The profile of the focused waveform as a function of time and one spatial dimension is completely coherently controlled. We establish the principal limits for the nanoconcentration of the terahertz (THz) radiation in metal/dielectric waveguides and determine their optimum shapes required for this nanoconcentration. We predict that the adiabatic compression of THz radiation from the initial spot size of vacuum wavelength ~300 ΞΌm to the unprecedented final size of 100-250 nm can be achieved, while the THz radiation intensity is increased by a factor of 10 to 250. This THz energy nanoconcentration will not only improve the spatial resolution and increase the signal/noise ratio for THz imaging and spectroscopy, but in combination with the recently developed sources of powerful THz pulses, will allow the observation of nonlinear THz effects and a variety of nonlinear spectroscopies (such as two-dimensional spectroscopy), which are highly informative. This should find a wide spectrum of applications in science, engineering, biomedical research and environmental monitoring. We also develop a theory of the spoof plasmons propagating at the interface between a dielectric and a real conductor. The deviation from a perfect conductor is introduced through a finite skin depth. The possibilities of guiding and focusing of spoof plasmons are considered. Geometrical parameters of the structure are found which provide a good guiding of such modes. Moreover, the limit on the concentration by means of planar spoof plasmons in case of non-ideal metal is established. These properties of spoof plasmons are of great interest for THz technology
A Low Temperature Nonlinear Optical Rotational Anisotropy Spectrometer for the Determination of Crystallographic and Electronic Symmetries
Nonlinear optical generation from a crystalline material can reveal the
symmetries of both its lattice structure and underlying ordered electronic
phases and can therefore be exploited as a complementary technique to
diffraction based scattering probes. Although this technique has been
successfully used to study the lattice and magnetic structures of systems such
as semiconductor surfaces, multiferroic crystals, magnetic thin films and
multilayers, challenging technical requirements have prevented its application
to the plethora of complex electronic phases found in strongly correlated
electron systems. These requirements include an ability to probe small bulk
single crystals at the micron length scale, a need for sensitivity to the
entire nonlinear optical susceptibility tensor, oblique light incidence
reflection geometry and incident light frequency tunability among others. These
measurements are further complicated by the need for extreme sample
environments such as ultra low temperatures, high magnetic fields or high
pressures. In this review we present a novel experimental construction using a
rotating light scattering plane that meets all the aforementioned requirements.
We demonstrate the efficacy of our scheme by making symmetry measurements on a
micron scale facet of a small bulk single crystal of SrIrO using
optical second and third harmonic generation.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Dynamics of the solar chromosphere. V. High-frequency modulation in ultraviolet image sequences from TRACE
We search for signatures of high-frequency oscillations in the upper solar
photosphere and low chromosphere in the context of acoustic heating of outer
stellar atmospheres. We use ultraviolet image sequences of a quiet center-disk
area from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) mission which were
taken with strict cadence regularity. The latter permits more reliable
high-frequency diagnosis than in earlier work. Spatial Fourier power maps,
spatially averaged coherence and phase-difference spectra, and spatio-temporal
k-f decompositions all contain high-frequency features that at first sight seem
of considerable intrinsic interest but actually are more likely to represent
artifacts of different nature. Spatially averaged phase difference measurement
provides the most sensitive diagnostic and indicates the presence of acoustic
modulation up to f=20 mHz (periods down to 50 seconds) in internetwork areas.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
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To realize the function-selective eyepiece for AR applications, the proposed devices should operate as an optically transparent window for the real scene while performing specific optical functions for the virtual image. The proposed devices are manufactured in a combination structure in which polarization-dependent optical elements are stacked. The total thickness of the stacked structure is about 1 mm, and it can be attached to the waveguide surface without conspicuously increasing the form factor of the optical system.
Using the proposed polarization-dependent devices, the author proposes three types of novel WNED systems with enhanced performance. First, the author suggests a compact WNED with dual focal planes. Conventional WNEDs have an inherent limitation that the focal plane of the virtual image is at an infinite distance because they extract a stream of collimated light at the out-coupler. By using the polarization-dependent eyepiece lens, an additional focal plane can be generated with the polarization multiplexing in addition to infinity depth. The proposed configuration can provide comfortable AR environments by alleviating visual fatigue caused by vergence-accommodation conflict. Second, the novel WNED configuration with extended field-of-view (FOV) is presented. In the WNEDs, the maximum allowable FOV is determined by the material properties of the diffraction optics and the substrate. By using the polarization-dependent steering combiner, the FOV can be extended up to two times, which can provide more immersive AR experiences. In addition, this dissertation demonstrates that the distortion for the real scene caused by the stacked structure cannot severely disturb the image quality, considering the acuity of human vision. Lastly, the author presents a retinal projection-based WNED with switchable viewpoints by simultaneously adopting the polarization-dependent lens and grating. The proposed system can convert the viewpoint according to the position of the eye pupil without mechanical movement. The polarization-dependent viewpoint switching can resolve the inherent problem of a narrow eyebox in retinal projection displays without employing the bulky optics for mechanical movement.
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Contents iii
List of Tables vi
List of Figures vii
Chapter. 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Augmented reality near-eye display 1
1.2 Key performance parameters of near-eye displays 4
1.3 Basic scheme of waveguide-based near-eye displays 22
1.4 Motivation and purpose of this dissertation 33
1.5 Scope and organization 37
Chapter 2 Dual-focal waveguide-based near-eye display using polarization-dependent combiner lens 39
2.1 Introduction 39
2.2 Optical design for polarization-dependent combiner lens 42
2.2.1 Design and principle of polarization-dependent combiner lens 42
2.2.2 Prototype implementation 48
2.3 Waveguide-based augmented reality near-eye display with dual-focal plane using polarization-dependent combiner lens 51
2.3.1 Implementation of the prototype and experimental results 51
2.3.2 Performance analysis and discussion 57
2.4 Conclusion 69
Chapter 3 Extended-field-of-view waveguide-based near-eye display via polarization-dependent steering combiner 70
3.1 Introduction 70
3.2 Optical design for polarization-dependent steering combiner 73
3.2.1 Principle of polarization grating 73
3.2.2 Principle of polarization-dependent steering combiner 76
3.2.3 Analysis and verification experiment for real-scene distortion 77
3.3 Waveguide-based augmented reality near-eye display with extended-field-of-view 81
3.3.1 Field-of-view for volume grating based waveguide technique 81
3.3.2 Implementation of the prototype and experimental results 84
3.3.3 Performances analysis and discussion 87
3.4 Conclusion 92
Chapter 4 Viewpoint switchable retinal-projection-based near-eye display with waveguide configuration 93
4.1 Introduction 93
4.2 Polarization-dependent switchable eyebox 97
4.2.1 Optical devices for polarization-dependent switching of viewpoints 97
4.2.2 System configuration for proposed method 100
4.2.3 Design of waveguide and imaging combiner 105
4.3 Compact retinal projection-based near-eye display with switchable viewpoints via waveguide configuration 114
4.3.1 Implementation of the prototype and experimental results 114
4.3.2 Performance analysis and discussion 118
4.4 Conclusion 122
Chapter 5. Conclusion 123
Bibliography 127
Appendix 135Docto
Piezomorphic materials
The development of stress-induced morphing materials which are described as piezomorphic materials is reported. The development of a piezomorphic material is achieved by introducing spatial dependency into the compliance matrix describing the elastic response of a material capable of undergoing large strain deformation. In other words, it is necessary to produce an elastically gradient material. This is achieved through modification of the microstructure of the compliant material to display gradient topology. Examples of polymeric (polyurethane) foam and microporous polymer (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) piezomorphic materials are presented here. These materials open up new morphing applications where dramatic shape changes can be triggered by mechanical stress
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