WO2017006307A1 - Swir to visible up-conversion optical system - Google Patents

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WO2017006307A1
WO2017006307A1 PCT/IL2016/050617 IL2016050617W WO2017006307A1 WO 2017006307 A1 WO2017006307 A1 WO 2017006307A1 IL 2016050617 W IL2016050617 W IL 2016050617W WO 2017006307 A1 WO2017006307 A1 WO 2017006307A1
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Ibrahim Abdulhalim
Viki MAGEN
Gabby Sarusi
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  • the invention is from the field of photon up-conversion devices. Specifically the invention is from the field of up-conversion devices for converting images detected in short wavelength infrared light into images in the visible wavelength range.
  • SWIR short wavelength infrared
  • SWIR range of wavelengths The importance of the SWIR range of wavelengths is that the spectral irradiance of natural light sources such as nightglow known also as airglow is several times stronger in the SWIR range than in the near infrared (NIR) range. Also the transparency through fog and dust is much higher in the SWIR range than in the visible or NIR. Thus scenes and objects that cannot be seen in visible light even in daylight can be viewed using SWIR natural light. In addition in this wavelength range the device doesn't need cooling.
  • NIR near infrared
  • the second type is the so called optically addressed SLM (OASLM), wherein an optical signal with wavelength ⁇ drives the LC molecules orientation which in turn causes a phase and/or amplitude modulation of a second beam with wavelength ⁇ 2.
  • the driving signal is usually called the writing beam
  • the transmitted/reflected beam is usually called the reading beam; this writing beam usually absorbed by a photo conductive layer and the liquid crystals act as a modulator [2] on the reading beam.
  • the invention is a short wavelength infrared (SWIR) to visible wavelength (VIS) up conversion optical system.
  • SWIR short wavelength infrared
  • VIS visible wavelength
  • a second GRADIUM lens 50 which focus VIS light from the VIS source 54 onto the LC ASLM unit 10 and projects VIS images from the LC ASLM unit 10 towards infinity;
  • a short pass filter 46 which reflects SWIR light onto the LC ASLM unit 10 and transmit VIS light from the VIS source to LC ASLM unit 10 and back from LC ASLM unit 10 to the second GRADIUM lens 50;
  • PBS polarization beam splitter
  • LC ASLM Unit 10 comprises :
  • A. a first optical substrate 12 comprising:
  • a second optical substrate 26 comprising:
  • the short pass filter 46 can have a concave shape.
  • the short pass filter 46 can have a convex shape.
  • the photosensitive layer 20 is replaced with a photodiode or array of photodiodes so that the first optical substrate 12 is comprised of:
  • the LC layer 24 is replaced with an array (film) of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) which emit light at the VIS by collecting SWIR light.
  • OLED organic light emitting diodes
  • the reading unit comprising green LED 54 and polarized beam splitter 52 and the alignment layers 22, 28 on the optical substrates 12, 26 are removed from the system.
  • the LC layer 24 is replaced with a fluorescence layer with sensitivity in the SWIR range.
  • the reading unit comprising green LED 54 and polarized beam splitter 52 and the alignment layers 22, 28 on the optical substrates 12, 26 are removed from the system.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a liquid crystal optically addressed spatial light modulator
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows the SWIR to visible u -conversion system of the invention.
  • the invention is an optical system for up -conversion of SWIR images into visible images.
  • the optical system of the invention comprises a liquid crystal optically addressed spatial light modulator (LC ASLM), which acts as an optical valve, and two optionally GRADIUM lenses to reduce the size and complexity of the optical setup.
  • the liquid crystal layer is replaced by an array (film) of organic light emitting diodes which emit light at the VIS by collecting SWIR light or by a fluorescence layer with sensitivity in the SWIR range.
  • LC ⁇ OASLM liquid crystal optically addressed spatial light modulator
  • This LC ASLM 10 acts as an optical valve, which is comprised of a first optical substrate 12, a second optical substrate 26, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer 24.
  • the first optical substrate is comprised of a first optical glass substrate 16 which is coated with a SWIR high reflection (HR) coating film 14 deposited on its left facet and with an indium tin oxide (ITO) layer 18 and a thin film photo sensing material 20 (photosensor) deposited on its right facet.
  • HR SWIR high reflection
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • photosensor thin film photo sensing material
  • This composite glass is used as one of the substrates for the construction of the LC-OASLM;
  • the LC material is stacked between a first alignment layer 22 on the first optical substrate 12 and a second alignment layer 28 on the second optical substrate 26.
  • the second optical substrate 26 is comprised of a second glass substrate 32 coated on its left facet with an ITO film 30, which is used as a transparent electrode that, together with the photo sensing film 20, provides an electrical field distribution, across the LC cell 10.
  • an anti-reflection coating layer 34 is deposited in order to improve the transitivity of the SWIR light from the LC- OASLM.
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows the SWIR to visible up -conversion system 40 of the invention.
  • the optical setup is comprised of a first GRADIUM lens 44 that functions in a similar manner to a Mirau objective lens.
  • the LC- OASLM detailed in Fig. 1 is centered at the middle of the objective lens 44 and also serves as an annular aperture for the first GRADIUM lens 44.
  • Short-pass filter 46 is located at a position from which it will reflect the writing beam to the LC-OASLM 10 at the focal plane of the first GRADIUM lens 44 and transmit a reading beam to the back focal plane of a second GRADIUM lens 50.
  • the short pass filter 46 can be flat as drawn in figure 2 or it can be curved (concave or convex) so that an erect image is obtained on the photosensor with the minimum number of components.
  • the second GRADIUM lens b and a polarized beam splitter (PBS) 52 are placed after short-pass filter b. On top of PBS 52 there is a green LED 54 that functions as a reading beam.
  • the first GRADIUM lens 44 has a SWIR antireflection coating 58 deposited on all its surfaces to maximize transmission of SWIR light.
  • the second GRADIUM lens 50 has a visible antireflection coating 60 deposited on all its surfaces to maximize transmission of visible light.
  • the overall optical conversion system shown in Fig. 2 projects a visible image onto a human eye 56 that is identical to the SWIR image gathered by the first GRADIUM lens 44.
  • the incoming SWIR light 42 from the left is diffracted by the first GRADIUM lens 44 onto the short-pass filter 46, which reflects the SWIR light to the LC ASLM layer 10 generating a writing process.
  • the visible reading light is projected from the green LED 54 onto the PBS 52 which separates the S and P polarization components by reflecting the S component at the dielectric beam splitter coating to the second GRADIUM lens, while allowing the P component to pass.
  • the polarized reading light beam is focused on the LC ASLM 10, which acts as an optical LC valve working in reflection.
  • the visible light reads the SWIR image and changes polarization due to birefringence modulation caused by the liquid crystals.
  • the visible P polarized light is reflected from LC-OASLM 10 back to the PBS 52 through the second GRADIUM lens 50 and continues to the human eye 56.
  • the visible image seen by the observer is up -side-down relative to the SWIR image, but there are several different options that are well known in the art for inverting the final image.
  • the LC layer is replaced with an array (film) of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) which emit visible light upon receiving photocurrent from the photosensor generated by the SWIR light.
  • OLED organic light emitting diodes
  • the reading unit comprising green LED 54 and polarized beam splitter 52 can be removed. Also when an OLED array is used there is no need for the alignment layers 22, 28 on the optical substrates 12, 26.
  • the LC layer is replaced with a fluorescence layer with sensitivity in the SWIR range.
  • the reading unit comprising green LED 54 and polarized beam splitter 52 and the ahgnment layers 22, 28 on the optical substrates 12, 26 can be removed from the system.
  • the photosensor maybe made of a photodiode structure or an array of photodiodes sensitive to the SWIR light.

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