WO2023181575A1 - 光源装置および光測定装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a light source device and a light measurement device.
- Spectroscopic analysis is widely used for component analysis and inspection of objects.
- an object is irradiated with irradiation light, and the spectrum of the object light obtained as a result of the irradiation is measured.
- optical properties such as reflection properties (wavelength dependence) or transmission properties can be obtained.
- Wavelength sweep spectroscopy is known as one of the methods for measuring optical properties.
- a wavelength-sweeping spectrometer generates wavelength-swept light whose wavelength changes over time, and irradiates the object to be inspected.
- the wavelength swept light is a pulse or pulse train in which time and wavelength have a one-to-one relationship. Then, the wavelength-swept light is irradiated onto the inspection target, and the temporal waveform of the light obtained is detected by the light receiver.
- the output waveform of the optical receiver represents a spectrum whose time axis corresponds to wavelength.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a light source device for a spectroscopic measurement device using wavelength sweep type spectroscopy.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional light source device 200R.
- This light source device 200R includes a pulsed light source 210, a splitter 220, a plurality of n fibers 230_1 to 230_n (n ⁇ 2), and a coupler 240.
- the splitter 220 includes an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) 222, and splits the pulsed light from the pulsed light source 210 into a plurality of n pieces according to the wavelength.
- the plurality of n fibers 230_1 to 230_n give different delays to the n lights split by the splitter 220.
- the coupler 240 spatially overlaps the lights emitted from the plurality of n fibers 230_1 to 230_n so that they are irradiated onto the same irradiation area.
- the divider 220 is configured to include an AWG 222.
- one including an AWG 242, like the divider 220, is disclosed.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the transmittance ⁇ of the AWGs 222 and 242.
- FIG. 2 shows the transmittance ⁇ of one waveguide corresponding to a divided wavelength band whose center wavelength is 1092 nm among the plurality of waveguides formed on the AWGs 222 and 242.
- the transmittance ⁇ of the AWG corresponding to one waveguide is maximum at the center wavelength (normalized to 1 here), and decreases as it moves away from the center wavelength.
- the transmittance ⁇ follows a Gaussian distribution.
- the total passage rate of the two AWGs is expressed as ⁇ 2 . Therefore, the energy, or area, of the light ( ⁇ 2 ) after multiplexing by the coupler is reduced to 72% of the energy (area) of the light ( ⁇ ) before multiplexing.
- the wavelength width becomes narrower.
- the light emitted from the pulsed light source 210 has a continuous broadband spectrum, but when the wavelength width of each divided wavelength band of the AWG becomes narrow, the light emitted from the light source device 200R has a discrete spectrum. If the light emitted from the light source device 200R becomes a discrete spectrum, there will be wavelengths that do not irradiate the object, in other words, there will be wavelengths that cannot be measured, and the performance as a spectrometer will deteriorate.
- the maximum transmittance ⁇ of one divided wavelength band actually becomes smaller than 1 due to the connection loss of the AWG from the fiber to the coupler side and the waveguide loss of the bent waveguide on the AWG. This becomes a factor that reduces the efficiency of the light source device 200R.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and one exemplary objective of a certain aspect thereof is to provide a light source device that can solve at least one of the problems that occur in light source devices that use AWG as a coupler, and to provide a light source device using the same.
- the aim is to provide optical measurement equipment that has
- the light source device includes a pulsed light source that generates pulsed light, a splitter that spatially splits the pulsed light according to the wavelength and emits multiple split lights, and multiple fibers that give different delays to the multiple split lights. and a coupler that includes a dispersion element and that combines and outputs light output from a plurality of fibers.
- At least one of the problems that occur in a light source device using an AWG as a coupler can be solved.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional light source device.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the transmittance ⁇ of an AWG.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an optical measurement device according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing wavelength swept light.
- FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the efficiency of a coupler using a diffraction grating (dispersive element).
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the efficiency of a conventional coupler using an AWG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of a coupler.
- FIG. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing beam profiles of wavelength swept light when there is no cylindrical lens and when there is a cylindrical lens.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of an optical fiber array.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an optical fiber array.
- 7 is a diagram showing a light source device according to a second embodiment.
- a light source device generates wavelength swept light.
- the light source device includes a pulsed light source that generates pulsed light, a splitter that spatially splits the pulsed light according to the wavelength and emits multiple split lights, and multiple fibers that give different delays to the multiple split lights. and a coupler that includes a dispersion element and that combines and outputs light output from a plurality of fibers.
- a dispersive element is an optical element that spatially causes wavelength dispersion.
- Dispersive elements include diffraction gratings that cause chromatic dispersion due to the coherence of light and prisms that utilize chromatic dispersion due to the wavelength dependence of refractive index, but do not include AWGs.
- the coupler may further include an optical system that collimates the plurality of lights emitted from the plurality of fibers and makes them enter the dispersion element at different incident angles depending on the wavelength.
- the chief rays of the plurality of light beams emitted from the output ends of the plurality of fibers may be parallel.
- the dispersive element may be a diffraction grating.
- the diffraction grating may be of a transmission type or a reflection type.
- the dispersive element may be a prism.
- the optical system may be a Kohler lens system.
- the coupler may further include a cylindrical lens that receives the light emitted from the dispersive element and has power in the wavelength dispersion direction of the dispersive element. This makes it possible to suppress the beam spread of the wavelength swept light emitted from the coupler.
- the optical measuring device may include a light source device that generates wavelength swept light on a target object, and a light receiving device that measures object light obtained by irradiating the target object with the wavelength swept light.
- each member described in the drawings may be scaled up or down as appropriate for ease of understanding. Furthermore, the dimensions of multiple members do not necessarily represent their size relationship, and even if a member A is drawn thicker than another member B on a drawing, member A may be drawn thicker than member B. It may be thinner than that.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the optical measurement device 100 according to the embodiment.
- the optical measuring device 100 is a wavelength sweeping spectrometer that measures the spectrum of the object OBJ, and mainly includes a light source device 200, a light receiving device 300, and an arithmetic processing device 400.
- the light source device 200, the light receiving device 300, etc. may be simplified and shown as a box, but this is because the components constituting each are intended to be housed in a single housing. isn't it.
- the light source device 200 irradiates the object OBJ with wavelength swept light L1 whose wavelength changes over time.
- wavelength swept light L1 time and wavelength are associated in a one-to-one relationship. This means that the wavelength swept light L1 "has wavelength uniqueness.”
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the wavelength swept light L1.
- the upper part of FIG. 4 shows the intensity (time waveform) I WS (t) of the wavelength swept light L1, and the lower part shows the temporal change in the wavelength ⁇ of the wavelength swept light L1.
- the wavelength swept light L1 is one pulsed light, and the dominant wavelength is ⁇ 1 at the leading edge, and the dominant wavelength is ⁇ n at the trailing edge, and the wavelength changes from ⁇ 1 to ⁇ within one pulse. n changes over time.
- the wavelength swept light L1 is a positive chirped pulse ( ⁇ 1 > ⁇ n ) whose frequency increases with time, in other words, whose wavelength decreases with time.
- the wavelength swept light L1 may be a negative chirped pulse whose wavelength becomes longer with time ( ⁇ 1 ⁇ n ).
- the wavelength swept light L1 may be a pulse train.
- the light receiving device 300 receives light (object light) L2 obtained as a result of irradiating the object OBJ with the wavelength swept light L1.
- the object light L2 may be reflected light or transmitted light.
- the light receiving device 300 includes optical sensors 302 and 304 such as photodiodes, an A/D converter 310, an optical system (not shown), and the like.
- Object light L2 is detected by optical sensor 302.
- a portion of the wavelength swept light L1 generated by the light source device 200 is extracted as a reference light L3 to a separate path using an optical element such as a beam splitter, and is detected by the optical sensor 304.
- A/D converter 310 converts output signals S2 and S3 from optical sensors 302 and 304, respectively, into digital signals D2 and D3.
- the time waveform I OBJ (t) of the object light L2 indicated by the digital signal D2 and the time waveform I REF (t) of the reference light L3 indicated by the digital signal D3 are taken into the arithmetic processing device 400.
- the processing unit 400 converts the time waveform I OBJ (t) of the object light L2 into a frequency domain spectrum I OBJ ( ⁇ ).
- the arithmetic processing unit 400 also calculates the reference spectrum I REF ( ⁇ ) by converting the temporal waveform I REF (t) of the reference light L3 into a spectrum and appropriately scaling the spectrum.
- the spectrum of the wavelength swept light L1 may be measured in advance and used as the reference spectrum I REF ( ⁇ ).
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating spectroscopy by the optical measuring device 100 of FIG. 3.
- the time t and the wavelength ⁇ correspond one to one, so the time waveform I REF (t) can be converted into the frequency domain spectrum I REF ( ⁇ ). I can do it.
- the time waveform I OBJ (t) of the object light L2 also has a one-to-one correspondence between the time t and the wavelength ⁇ . Therefore, the processing unit 400 can convert the waveform I OBJ (t) of the object light L2 indicated by the output of the light receiving device 300 into the spectrum I OBJ ( ⁇ ) of the object light L2.
- the arithmetic processing unit 400 calculates the transmission spectrum T( ⁇ ) of the object OBJ based on the ratio I OBJ ( ⁇ )/I REF ( ⁇ ) of the two spectra I OBJ ( ⁇ ) and I REF ( ⁇ ). be able to.
- the wavelength ⁇ varies linearly with time t according to a linear function.
- the processing in the arithmetic processing device 400 is not limited to this.
- the variable t of this time waveform T(t) The transmission spectrum T( ⁇ ) may be calculated by converting ⁇ to ⁇ .
- the above is the basic configuration and operation of the optical measurement device 100. Next, the configuration of the light source device 200 will be explained.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a light source device 200A according to the first embodiment.
- the light source device 200A includes a pulse light source 210, a splitter 220, a plurality of n fibers (n ⁇ 2) 230_1 to 230_n (collectively referred to as fiber group 230), and a coupler 250A.
- the pulsed light source 210 emits broadband pulsed light L1a having a broadband continuous spectrum.
- the spectrum of the broadband pulsed light L1a is continuous over a wavelength range of at least 10 nm, preferably 50 nm, and more preferably 100 nm, for example in the range of 900 nm to 1300 nm.
- the width of the wavelength range of the broadband pulsed light L1a should just cover the wavelength range necessary for spectroscopy.
- the pulsed light source 210 may include an ultrashort pulse laser and a nonlinear element.
- ultrashort pulse lasers include gain switch lasers, microchip lasers, fiber lasers, and the like.
- the nonlinear element further widens the spectral width of the ultrashort pulses generated by the ultrashort pulse laser through nonlinear phenomena.
- a fiber is suitable as the nonlinear element, and for example, a photonic crystal fiber or other nonlinear fiber can be used. Although it is preferable to use a single mode as the fiber mode, a multimode fiber can also be used as long as it exhibits sufficient nonlinearity.
- pulsed light source 210 Other broadband pulsed light sources such as an SLD (Superluminescent Diode) light source may be used as the pulsed light source 210.
- SLD Superluminescent Diode
- the broadband pulsed light L1a output from the nonlinear element has a pulse width on the order of femtoseconds to nanoseconds.
- the splitter 220, the fiber group 230, and the coupler 250A receive the broadband pulsed light L1a and convert it into wavelength swept light L1.
- the splitter 220 includes an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) 222 and a lens 224.
- the lens 224 focuses the broadband pulsed light L1a emitted by the pulsed light source 210 onto the incident end of the AWG 222.
- the AWG 222 spatially divides the broadband pulsed light L1a into a plurality of n lights (referred to as split lights) L1b 1 to L1b n according to the wavelength and outputs the divided lights.
- the number of divisions (number of channels) n is equal to the number of fibers 230.
- the number of channels n can be, for example, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc.
- the wavelength of the i-th (1 ⁇ i ⁇ n) divided light is expressed as ⁇ i . Note that each of the divided lights L1b 1 to L1b n is not a single spectrum but has a certain wavelength width, so ⁇ i conveniently represents not a single wavelength but a wavelength band that L1b i has. In some cases, it is used to represent the center wavelength of a wavelength band.
- the divided lights L1b 1 to L1b n output from the AWG 222 are guided to fiber groups 230_1 to 230_n. Specifically, the i-th split light L1b i is coupled to the input end of the corresponding fiber 230_i.
- the broadband pulsed light L1a before division is a positive chirp pulse (up-chirp pulse) whose frequency increases (wavelength decreases) with time. That is, the leading edge of the pulse contains a component with the longest wavelength ⁇ 1 and the trailing edge of the pulse contains a component with the shortest wavelength ⁇ n .
- the fibers 230_1 to 230_n do not need to have different group delay characteristics for each wavelength, and the same fiber (fiber with the same core/cladding material) can be used.
- the fiber 230 can be a multimode fiber, which is advantageous in that unintended nonlinear optical effects can be prevented.
- the coupler 250A spatially overlaps a plurality of split beams L1c 1 to L1c n to which different delays are applied by the fiber group 230, and emits them.
- the light source device 200R in FIG. 1 uses an AWG for the coupler 240, in this embodiment, a dispersion element 252 is used instead of the AWG.
- the coupler 250A includes a diffraction grating 254, which is a dispersion element 252, and an optical system 256A.
- a transmission type diffraction grating 254 is shown, but a reflection type diffraction grating may also be used.
- the output ends of the fibers 230_1 to 230_n can be regarded as point light sources, and the divided lights L1c 1 to L1c n emitted from each output end are diffused lights (spherical waves).
- the optical system 256A collimates each of the split beams L1c 1 to L1c n and guides them to the diffraction grating 254, which is the dispersion element 252, at incident angles ⁇ 1 to ⁇ n that satisfy equation (3).
- the diffraction grating 254 emits the plurality of divided beams L1c 1 to L1c n in the same direction.
- the plurality of divided lights L1c 1 to L1c n emitted from the diffraction grating 254 spatially overlap, and are irradiated onto the object as wavelength swept light L1.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the efficiency of the coupler 250A using the diffraction grating 254 (dispersive element 252).
- the lower part of FIG. 7 is a partial enlargement of the wavelength range from 1090 nm to 1110 nm in the upper part, and the efficiency is flat over 20 nm.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the efficiency of a conventional coupler 240 using an AWG.
- the transmittance of the AWG has a Gaussian distribution as shown in FIG. 2, the transmittance of the entire coupler 240 is comb-shaped (discrete).
- the coupler 250A using the diffraction grating 254 is continuous over a wide wavelength band, as shown in FIG.
- the coupler 250A since the coupler 250A according to the present embodiment has flat efficiency, there are no restrictions on the AWG 222 used in the divider 220. Therefore, the options for selecting parts are expanded and costs can be reduced.
- Conventional coupler 240 passes through the AWG twice. As shown in FIG. 2, the spectrum ⁇ before multiplexing that has passed through the AWG of the divider 220 has a Gaussian distribution. The efficiency ⁇ of the Gaussian distribution is further multiplied by the AWG of the coupler 240 in the subsequent stage, and the spectrum ⁇ 2 after multiplexing becomes narrower than the Gaussian distribution ⁇ before multiplexing.
- the coupler 250A according to this embodiment has flat efficiency without wavelength dependence.
- the spectrum does not narrow due to passing through the coupler 250A, and the Gaussian distribution ⁇ is maintained. Therefore, the intensity between the peaks is greater than that of the comparative technique, and the light intensity necessary for spectroscopy can be maintained. Thereby, measurement accuracy can be improved compared to conventional techniques.
- the energy of the light after multiplexing is reduced to about 72% compared to the energy of the light before multiplexing. This is due to factors such as connection loss from the fiber to the AWG, propagation loss and bending loss within the waveguide, in addition to the above-mentioned AWG efficiency factor.
- the coupler 250A has an efficiency of over 90% in the vicinity of the wavelength of 1100 nm, so it can perform multiplexing with higher efficiency than the coupler 240. It becomes possible.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of the configuration of the coupler 250A.
- each of the divided lights L1c 1 to L1c n emitted from the fiber group 230 is diffused light. It is assumed that the fibers 230_1 to 230_n are parallel at their output ends, and therefore the principal rays of the light beams of the divided lights L1c 1 to L1c n are parallel.
- the optical system 256A can be configured with a Koehler lens system (Kohler illumination system).
- optical system 256A includes four lenses.
- the relative position of the output end of each fiber 230_1 to 230_n with respect to the optical system 256A is designed such that the incident angles ⁇ 1 to ⁇ n with respect to the diffraction grating 254 satisfy equation (3). Note that the configuration of the optical system 256A is not limited to that shown in FIG.
- the wavelength width of the spectrum of the split lights L1c 1 to L1c n is typically about 3 to 5 nm, or may be wider.
- the diffracted light extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the grating lines (wavelength dispersion direction). That is, the wavelength swept light L1 multiplexed by the diffraction grating 254 expands in diameter in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the grating lines. This beam broadening may be undesirable depending on the application.
- the coupler 250A in FIG. 9 includes a cylindrical lens 258 that receives the light emitted from the diffraction grating 254. Cylindrical lens 258 is inserted between diffraction grating 254 and the object. The cylindrical lens 258 has power in the wavelength dispersion direction of the diffraction grating 254.
- FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b) are diagrams showing beam profiles of the wavelength swept light L1 when there is no cylindrical lens and when there is a cylindrical lens.
- the cylindrical lens 258 By inserting the cylindrical lens 258, it is possible to suppress the spread of the wavelength swept light L1 in the wavelength dispersion direction (Y coordinate direction in FIG. 10).
- FIG. 11 is a plan view of the optical fiber array 232.
- FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the optical fiber array 232.
- the optical fiber array 232 has a plurality of V-grooves 236 into which the fibers 230 are inserted, formed in a substrate 234 by precision processing technology.
- the plurality of fibers 230 are arranged and fixed in a horizontal row.
- the interval between the V-grooves 236 can be formed in ⁇ m units, and the position of each V-groove 236 is designed according to the wavelength ⁇ i of the split light L1c i propagating through the corresponding fiber 230_i.
- a cover 238 is attached from above to fix the fiber 230.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a light source device 200B according to the second embodiment.
- the configuration of coupler 250B is different from coupler 250A in FIG. 6.
- Coupler 250B includes a prism 260 as dispersion element 252.
- the optical system 256B collimates each of the divided beams L1c 1 to L1c n emitted from the fibers 230_1 to 230_n, and guides them to an appropriate angle and position with respect to the prism 260.
- the prism 260 outputs the wavelength swept light L1 in which the plurality of divided lights L1c 1 to L1c n are spatially multiplexed.
- Light measurement device 300
- Light receiving device 400
- Arithmetic processing device 200
- Light source device 210
- Pulse light source 220 Splitter 222
- AWG 224 Lens 230
- Fiber 232
- Optical fiber array 240
- Coupler 242
- AWG 250
- Coupler 252
- Dispersive element 254
- Diffraction grating 256
- Cylindrical lens 260
- Prism L1 Wavelength swept light
- L2 Object light L3 Reference light L1a Broadband pulsed light
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本開示のいくつかの例示的な実施形態の概要を説明する。この概要は、後述する詳細な説明の前置きとして、実施形態の基本的な理解を目的として、1つまたは複数の実施形態のいくつかの概念を簡略化して説明するものであり、発明あるいは開示の広さを限定するものではない。またこの概要は、考えられるすべての実施形態の包括的な概要ではなく、実施形態の欠くべからざる構成要素を限定するものではない。便宜上、「一実施形態」は、本明細書に開示するひとつの実施形態(実施例や変形例)または複数の実施形態(実施例や変形例)を指すものとして用いる場合がある。
・カプラにAWGを使用しないため、分割器のAWGとカプラのAWGで必要であった入念な部品選定が不要となる。
・カプラにAWGを使用しないため、波長幅の狭小化を防止できる。波長掃引光を分光に利用する場合、測定できない波長域を減らすことができるため、測定精度を改善できる。
・カプラにAWGを用いる場合、ファイバとAWGの結合損失や、AWGにおける導波損失が無視できないが、分散素子ではこのような損失が原理的に生じないため、効率を改善できる。
以下、本開示を好適な実施の形態をもとに図面を参照しながら説明する。各図面に示される同一または同等の構成要素、部材、処理には、同一の符号を付するものとし、適宜重複した説明は省略する。また、実施の形態は、開示を限定するものではなく例示であって、実施の形態に記述されるすべての特徴やその組み合わせは、必ずしも開示の本質的なものであるとは限らない。
T(λ)=IOBJ(λ)/IREF(λ)
R(λ)=IOBJ(λ)/IREF(λ)
図6は、実施形態1に係る光源装置200Aを示す図である。光源装置200Aは、パルス光源210、分割器220、複数n本(n≧2)のファイバ230_1~230_n(ファイバ群230と総称する)、カプラ250Aを備える。
d(sinα-sinβ)=mλ …(1)
d(sinαi-sinβi)=mλi …(2)
αi=arcsin(sinβ0+mλi/d) …(3)
図13は、実施形態2に係る光源装置200Bを示す図である。光源装置200Bにおいて、カプラ250Bの構成が、図6のカプラ250Aと異なっている。カプラ250Bは、分散素子252として、プリズム260を備える。
実施形態では、ファイバ230_1~230_nの出射端が平行である場合を説明したがその限りでない。ファイバ230_1~230_nの出射端を、α1~αnに適合する角度で非平行に配置してもよい。この場合、光学系256は、コリメートする機能だけを有する。
300 受光装置
400 演算処理装置
200 光源装置
210 パルス光源
220 分割器
222 AWG
224 レンズ
230 ファイバ
232 光ファイバアレイ
240 カプラ
242 AWG
250 カプラ
252 分散素子
254 回折格子
256 光学系
258 シリンドリカルレンズ
260 プリズム
L1 波長掃引光
L2 物体光
L3 参照光
L1a 広帯域パルス光
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- 波長掃引光を発生する光源装置であって、
パルス光を生成するパルス光源と、
前記パルス光を、波長に応じて空間的に分割し、複数の分割光を出射する分割器と、
前記複数の分割光に異なる遅延を与える複数のファイバと、
分散素子を含み、前記複数のファイバから出力される光を合波して出射するカプラと、
を備えることを特徴とする光源装置。 - 前記カプラは、
前記分散素子に加えて、前記複数のファイバから出射される複数の光をコリメートし、前記分散素子に、波長に応じた異なる入射角で入射させる光学系をさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の光源装置。 - 前記分散素子は、回折格子であることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の光源装置。
- 前記分散素子は、プリズムであることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の光源装置。
- 前記光学系は、ケーラーレンズ系であることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の光源装置。
- 前記カプラは、前記分散素子の出射光を受け、前記分散素子の波長分散方向にパワーを有するシリンドリカルレンズをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれかに記載の光源装置。
- 波長掃引光を発生する請求項1から6のいずれかに記載の光源装置と、
前記波長掃引光を対象物に照射して得られる物体光を測定する受光装置と、
を備えることを特徴とする光測定装置。
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