Laser is an efficient and widely used heat source in metal processing suchas welding and additive manufacturing. It has some great advantages compared to the other conventional heat sources like electron beam and arc namely: ability of handling complicated joint geometries and producing large components. Laser beam welding encompasses many complex physical phenomena such asheat transfer, metal melting, flow and solidification, free surface deformation, evaporation and possibly vaporization. The aim of this research work istwo-fold: gain deeper process understanding and improve the model reliability. Deeper process understanding is sought on the effect of beam shaping on themelt pool. To achieve improved model reliability, a good support consists in using qualitative experimental data representing the process. Thus, 3D validation of the melt pool geometry is performed while it was usually 2D inprevious research works. Furthermore, a new calculation procedure for laser absorption is introduced. To conduct this research work, a Computational Fluid Dynamics approach is used. A solver, capable of tracking the deformation of the melt free surface, is developed in OpenFOAM. Concerning beam shaping, it is found that not only the melt pool size as previously known but also the melt flow pattern is modified through elongating the beam shape.This last result could not be revealed by former studies as the non-transparent media hinders optical observation. New in-process quantitative measurements performed by a project partner are used to test the model. Weaknesses of the former absorptivity models are highlighted, as well as the limitations of the proposed model. Finally, the results show that the proposed absorptivity model function of local surface conditions leads to much better agreement with experimental results compared to the former constant absorptivity model. The maximum discrepancy compared to the experimental measurement, which is observed for the melt pool depth, can indeed be reduced to about 10%. / Laser är en effektiv och allmänt använd värmekälla vid svetsning och additiv tillverkning. Den har några viktiga fördelar jämfört med andra konventionella värmekällor såsom elektronstråle och elektrisk ljusbåge, nämligen: den kan ofta användas till komplicerade svetsgeometrier, och den kan producera stora komponenter. Lasersvetsning involverar olika sammansatta fysikaliska fenomen såsom värmeöverföring, metallsmältning, flöde, stelning, ytdeformation, avdunstning och i vissa fall förångning. Syftet med mitt forskningsarbete är tvåfaldigt: att få en djupare processförståelse och att förbättra modellens tillförlitlighet. Fördjupad processförståelse eftersträvades för att förstå hur formen på laserstrålen påverkar svetssmältan. För att uppnå förbättrad modellsäkerhet behövs experimentella data av hög kvalitet som representerar processen. Således utfördes 3D-validering av smältgeometrin medan det vanligtvis var 2D i tidigare forskningsarbeten. Dessutom har en ny modell för laserabsorption föreslagits. I forskningen har numerisk strömningssimulering (Computational Fluid Dynamics) använts för att simulera processen och en numerisk lösare, som kan spåra deformationen av den rörliga smälta ytan, är utveckladi programvaran OpenFOAM. Beträffande laserstrålens utbredning visar resultaten att svetssmältans storlek och även svetssmältansflöde modifieras genom att laserstråleformen förlängs. Medan den förra är känd från tidigare experimentella studier upptäcktes den senare inte före denna studie eftersomdet icke-transparenta mediet hindrar optisk observation. Nya (in-process) kvantitativa mätningar utförda av en projektpartner har använts för att testa modellerna. Svagheter i den tidigare absorptionsmodellen framhävdes, liksom begränsningarna i den föreslagna modellen. Slutligen visade resultaten att den föreslagna modellen där laserabsorptionen är en funktion av lokala ytförhållanden ledde till en bättre overensstämmelse med mätningar jämfört med den tidigare modellen med konstant laserabsorbtion. Den maximala avvikelsen jämfört med experimentell mätning, som observerades med avseende på smältbassängsdjupet, kunde reduceras till cirka 10%. / <p>Till licentiatuppsats hör 2 inskickade artiklar, som inte visas nu.</p>

The dissertation thesis deals with a free space optical links, especially is focused directly to the transmission optical beams. The influence of environmental conditions like atmospheric turbulence, buildings movement and vibration is described. As a possibility to reduce these undesirable influences, the generation of the transmission beam by the help of the two-mode optical fiber is proposed. A possibility to drive the shape of the resulting transmission beam by means of the change of power ration of individual modes in fiber is described. The coherence features of the proposed beam are analyzed considering the possibility to reduce the influence of atmospheric turbulence. In the thesis there are introduced beam quality parameters that enable to evaluate the quality of the optical beam for the free space optical link. These parameters give the relationship between the shape of the optical beam and the power balance of the optical link and the statistical evaluation of the optical link.

This thesis describes an electrically thin surface used for electromagnetic applications in the microwave regime. The surface is free-standing and its primary purpose is to modify the phase distribution, or the phase and amplitude distribution of electromagnetic fields propagating through it: it is called phase shifting surface (PSS) in the first case, and phase and amplitude shifting surface (PASS) in the second case. For practical applications, the surface typically comprises three or four layers of metallic patterns spaced by dielectric layers. The patterns of the metallic layers are designed to locally alter the phase (and amplitude in the case of the PASS) of an incoming wave to a prescribed set of desired values for the outgoing wave. The PSS/PASS takes advantage of the reactive coupling by closely spacing of the metallic layers, which results in a larger phase shift range while keeping the structure significantly thin. The PSS concept is used to design components such as gratings and lens antennas which are presented in this document. The components are designed for an operating frequency of 30 GHz. The PSS phase grating gives high diffraction efficiency, even higher than a dielectric phase grating. Several types of lens antennas are also presented, which show comparable performance to that of a conventional dielectric plano-hyperbolic lens antenna with similar parameters. The PASS concept is used in a beam shaping application in which a flat-topped beam antenna is designed. This work demonstrates the potential for realising thin, lightweight and low-cost antennas at Ka band, in particular for substituting higher-gain antenna technologies such as conventional dielectric shaped lens antennas.

Submitted by Sandro Camargo (sandro.camargo@unipampa.edu.br) on 2015-05-09T23:05:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 117110020.pdf: 13178438 bytes, checksum: f29a9ebb8c16cd912a974177b062c58e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-09T23:05:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 117110020.pdf: 13178438 bytes, checksum: f29a9ebb8c16cd912a974177b062c58e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-04 / Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo de redes lineares de antenas com elementos isotrópicos e projetos em tecnologia de microfita, com diagrama de irradiação conformado e controle dos lóbulos secundários. A especificação a ser cumprida éa de uma antena para estações rádio-base operando na frequência alocada par a tecnologia 4G no Brasil. O trabalho descreve ferramentas computacionais que auxiliem na síntese de redes de antenas. Como resultado do processo de otimização, os coeficientes de excitação dos diversos elementos que compõem as redes de antenas são obtidos. Primeiramente é descrito o sistema de telefonia móvel celular, apresentando os principais pontos de interesse neste trabalho, tais como evolução dos sistemas de comunicação sem fio, conceito de reuso de frequência, capacidade do sistema, interferência co-canal e posicionamento das estações rádio-base no sistema celular, além das principais características elétricas das antenas utilizadas atualmente no atendimento aos assinantes. Em seguida, considera-se a existência de uma linha de visada entre a estação rádio-base e o usuário, possibilitando a obtenção do nível aproximado de potência recebida à medida este se afasta da torre. Como meta, deseja-se a distribuição uniforme da potência até o limite da célula, que resulta em um diagrama de irradiação para a antena na forma de cossecante ao quadrado. Além disso, busca-se a minimização da interferência co-canal e a redução do percentual de energia irradiada na região do horizonte. Métodos de síntese de diagrama são estudados e implementados em Matlab visanado a obtenção do diagrama desejado a partir dos coeficientes de excitação dos elementos da rede linear, tais como, método da Transformada de Fourier, de Woodward-Lawson e dos mínimos quadrados. Apesar destes métodos serem vastamente utilizados, não foi possível obter uma síntese adequada do diagrama desejado. Desta forma, métodos de otimização iterativos foram investigados visando ao controle dos lóbulos secundários e a conformação do diagrama. Optou-se pela combinação do algoritmo genético com a programação quadrática sequencial, empregado para a busca de um mínimo local tendo como partida a melhor solução encontrada pelo algoritmo genético. Tal combinação permitiu rápida convergência na obtenção dos coeficientes de excitação da rede. Em seguida uma rede de antenas de microfita foi projetada no software HFSS para reproduzir o diagrama na forma de cossecante ao quadrado quando excitadas pelos coeficientes calculados com a ferramenta computacional. Durante o processo de síntese, todos os efeitos observados em uma rede de antenas foram considerados, tais como acoplamento mútuo e efeito de borda. Após conhecidos o coeficientes de excitação, projetou-se um sistema alimentador em tecnologia de microfita para fornecer os respectivos valores de correntes às antenas que compõem a rede. Por fim, é realizada a comparação entre o diagrama sintetizado e o obtido, o que permitiu a validação da ferramenta computacional. / In this work, the development of a computational tool that performs the synthesis of linear antenna arrays is presented and extensively discussed. The main intended applications is the design of an antenna suitable for radio-base stations of mobile communications systems, whereby uniform power distribution should be achieved inside the cell. The present work starts with the presentation of a review about mobile communication systems, whereby the main aspects are briefly discussed. An analysis is carried out to derive an expression that relates the antenna radiation pattern to the uniform power distribution inside a cell. This feature is achieved if the radiation pattern of the transmitting structure exhibits squared-cosecant shaped. Classical methods for pattern synthesis have been implemented in Matlab and have tested for the case of a squared-cosecant shape. Neither the Fourier Transform nor the Woodward-Lawson techniques could synthesize such a pattern satisfactorily. Thus iterative methods have been studied and implemented. The first iterative technique was based on the minimization of least-square errors, which has been used successfully for beamforming purposes. However, this technique proved to be unsuitable for the synthesis of squared-cosecant shaped patterns. Acceptable results could only be obtained by means of a genetic algorithm-square quadratic programming combined approach, which allowed obtaining fast convergence of the optimization of the excitation coefficients for the linear array elements. In order to demonstrate the efficiency of the developed tool, two microstrip antenna arrays that operate in the frequency band allocated for the Brazilian 4G systems have been studied. The embedded radiation pattern of each array element has been taken into account during the synthesis of the squared-cosecant shaped pattern. This approach allowed mutual coupling, as well as the truncation of the ground plane, to be compensated during the optimization process. The synthesized pattern enabled to reduce the power radiated above the horizon, as well as the co-channel interference. In order to validate the technique, a complete array including the power divider has been designed using the electromagnetic simulator HFSS. Good agreement has been obtained between the synthesized pattern and the simulated one in HFSS.

Dans les systèmes optiques modernes, l'importance des composants holographiques ne cesse d'augmenter. Parmi les matériaux holographiques disponibles, la gélatine bichromatée se distingue par la très bonne qualité des hologrammes obtenus. Cette thèse décrit la mise au point de techniques de fabrication et de caractérisation de composants holographiques en gélatine bichromatée. L'interprétation des mesures de caractérisation s'appuie sur une modélisation approfondie de la diffraction par des structures périodiques: une nouvelle méthode de résolution de la théorie d'ondes couplées, plus stable numériquement que les précédentes, est proposée. De plus, la théorie de la diffraction par des réseaux est étendue a des cas importants de restitution en lumière quasi-monochromatique. Les dispositifs expérimentaux développés ont permis l'étude et la réalisation de quatre nouveaux types d'hologrammes: réseaux pour la compression temporelle d'impulsions ultra brèves, hologramme synthétique séparateur et uniformiseur de faisceau laser, lentille holographique pour diode laser infrarouge et hologramme en ligne pour la réplication globale de disques compacts.

Dans ce travail nous avons résolu deux problèmes principaux de la mise en forme topologique de faisceau paraxial pour les composants plans : la modalité et le polychromatisme.Nous les résolvons en introduisant de nouveaux concepts d’éléments optiques à interaction spin orbite,à savoir la “q-plate modale” et la “q-plate Bragg-Berry”. D’un côté, la q-plate modale convertit un faisceau gaussien incident en un faisceau de Laguerre-Gauss pour un indice radial et un indice d’azimut donnés, ce qui par conséquent dépasse les capacités des q-plates conventionnelles qui ne modifient que le degré de liberté azimutal, c.à.d. le moment orbital angulaire de la lumière. À des fins expérimentales, deux approches ont été développées : une basée sur des lames de verres nanostructurées artificiellement, l’autre sur des défauts topologiques de cristaux liquides auto-organisés naturellement. D’un autre côté, la q-plate Bragg-Berry consiste en une fine couche inhomogène de cristaux liquides chiraux (cholestériques) devant un miroir, ce qui fournit une mise en forme de faisceau spin-orbite pleinement efficace sur une large bande spectrale du faisceau incident, contrairement au q-plates conventionnelles qui ne sont fabriqués que pour une longueur d’onde donnée. Par ailleurs, nous obtenons une mise en forme de faisceau spin-orbite ultra-large bande en induisant une modulation de la structure supramoléculaire torsadée des cristaux liquides cholestériques selon la direction de propagation de la lumière. Nous montrons également que la présence du miroir derrière permet un puissant contrôle spatio-temporel des propriétés vectorielles de la polarisation du champ lumineux générées par la q-plate Bragg-Berry. / It is well-known that paraxial coherent electromagnetic fields can be completelycharacterized in terms of their radial and azimuthal spatial degrees of freedom in the transverse planethat add to the polarization degree of freedom and wavelength. In this work we address two mainissues of paraxial beam shaping that are the modality and the polychromaticity in the context of flatopticsthat we address by introducing novel concepts of spin-orbit optical elements. Namely, the‘modal q-plate’ and the ‘Bragg-Berry q-plate’. On the one hand, modal q-plate converts an incidentfundamental Gaussian beam into a Laguerre-Gaussian beam of given radial and azimuthal indices,hence going beyond the capabilities of conventional q-plates that only control the azimuthal degreeof freedom, i.e. the orbital angular momentum content of light. Towards experimental realization ofmodal q-plates, two approaches are developed: one based on artificially nanostructured glasses andanother based on naturally self-organized liquid crystal topological defects. On the other hand,Bragg-Berry q-plate consist of mirror-backed inhomogeneous thin film of chiral liquid crystal(cholesteric) that provides fully efficient spin-orbit beam shaping over broad spectral range of theincident beam, in contrast to the conventional q-plates that are designed for single wavelength.Furthermore, ultra-broadband spin-orbit beam shaping is achieved by inducing an extra modulationof the supramolecular twisted structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal along the propagationdirection. We also show that the presence of a back-mirror allows a powerful spatio-temporal controlof the polarization vectorial properties of the light fields generated by Bragg-Berry q-plate.

Le laser à impulsions ultra-courtes constitue un procédé innovant et très avantageux pour la découpe de céramiques piézoélectriques PZT. Grâce à un fort confinement spatiotemporel de l’énergie au cours de l’interaction, ce système minimise les dégâts collatéraux et préserve l’intégrité physique du matériau sur des échelles micrométriques. Néanmoins, une propagation de faisceau mal maîtrisée, associée à des mécanismes d’interaction complexes fonction de la cible irradiée, peuvent impliquer de fortes disparités sur la qualité d’usinage. Dans le cadre d’une application industrielle donnée, ces travaux nous ont donc permis d’approfondir les principales étapes d’optimisation d’un tel procédé selon des critères de reproductibilité, de qualité et de rapidité. Pour cela, nous avons tout d’abord souligné l’influence des propriétés gaussiennes des faisceaux et de leur perturbation afin de définir la distribution énergétique au niveau des plans de focalisation. Aussi, la quantification de l’interaction via les critères de seuil et de taux d’ablation, d’incubation et de saturation a contribué à comprendre la réaction du matériau de manière macroscopique. Les problèmes méthodologiques inhérents à leurs calculs ont été mis en évidence et ont permis par la suite d’anticiper les formes d’usinage ainsi que les temps de procédé. Dans un second temps, l’optimisation des paramètres laser s’est appuyée sur des caractérisations aussi bien qualitatives pour l’aspect visuel que quantitatives avec l’estimation de la stoechiométrie et des contraintes résiduelles au niveau des flancs d’usinage. Nous avons en outre tiré profit de la piézoélectricité afin de développer une méthode d’observation in situ de la réponse à l’onde de choc laser contribuant à la compréhension des fissurations apparentes. Nous proposons au terme de ce travail un jeu de paramètres optimal pour la découpe de PZT assurant une bonne répétabilité du procédé tout en minimisant les défauts d’usinage comme la fissuration, les dépôts de surface et les irrégularités de bords. Des essais sur la mise en forme spatio-temporelle de faisceau sont enfin abordés principalement en tant que perspective d’accélération du procédé et encouragent son utilisation pour une future industrialisation / Lasers delivering ultrashort pulses are innovative and very attractive tools for cutting piezoelectric PZT ceramics. Thanks to an efficient spatiotemporal confinement of the energy during the interaction, these systems reduce collateral damage and preserve the physical integrity of the material on a micrometric scale. Nevertheless, uncontrolled beam propagation associated with complex interaction mechanisms depending on the irradiated target can involve large disparities on machining quality. In the context of an industrial application, this study describes the main steps of optimization of such a process according to criteria of reproducibility, quality and speed. To this purpose, we first pointed out the influence of Gaussian beam properties and their disturbance to define the energy distribution at focal planes. Thus, the quantification of the interaction with the ablation threshold, the ablation rate, incubation and saturation helped to understand the reaction of the material macroscopically. Methodological issues coming from their calculations have been highlighted while machining shapes and processing times were anticipated. Secondly, the optimization of laser parameters was based on both qualitative and quantitative characterizations. Electronic microscopy was rather used for visual appreciations whereas stoichiometry and residual stress estimations were employed to quantify the quality of side walls. We also took benefit from piezoelectricity to develop an in situ observation method which succeeded in detecting the electrical response to the laser shock wave and mainly contributed to the understanding of visible cracks. We finally propose an optimum set of parameters for cutting PZT ensuring good repeatability of the process while minimizing machining defects such as cracking, surface recast and jagged sides. Tests with spatiotemporal beam shaping were finally presented primarily as perspectives of processing time decrease so as to promote its use for future industrialization

Thesis describes shortly types of waves and beams. Gaussian beam properties and parameters are described in more details, Gaussian beam is the most used in atmospheric optical links. The main goal of work is studying of possibilities of laser beam shaping, mainly the beam Top hat. In this project reasons why is suitable to shape laser beam for optical communications and the most used methods for shaping of laser beam are described. The suggested processes of beams shaping are experimentally verified and properties of beams shaped of single methods are compared with each other.

Broadband spectral content is required to support ultrashort pulses. However this broadband content is subject to dispersion and hence the pulse duration of corresponding ultrashort pulses may be stretched accordingly. I used a commercially-available adaptive ultrashort pulse shaper featuring multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan technology to characterise and compensate for the dispersion of the optical system in situ and conducted experimental and theoretical studies in various inter-linked topics relating to the light-matter interaction. Firstly, I examined the role of broadband ultrashort pulses in novel light-matter interacting systems involving optically co-trapped particle systems in which inter-particle light scattering occurs between optically-bound particles. Secondly, I delivered dispersion-compensated broadband ultrashort pulses in a dispersive microscope system to investigate the role of pulse duration in a biological light-matter interaction involving laser-induced cell membrane permeabilisation through linear and nonlinear optical absorption. Finally, I examined some of the propagation characteristics of broadband ultrashort pulse propagation using a computer-controlled spatial light modulator. The propagation characteristics of ultrashort pulses is of paramount importance for defining the light-matter interaction in systems. The ability to control ultrashort pulse propagation by using adaptive dispersion compensation enables chirp-free ultrashort pulses to be used in experiments requiring the shortest possible pulses for a specified spectral bandwidth. Ultrashort pulsed beams may be configured to provide high peak intensities over long propagation lengths, for example, using novel beam shapes such as Bessel-type beams, which has applications in biological light-matter interactions including phototransfection based on laser-induced cell membrane permeabilisation. The need for precise positioning of the beam focus on the cell membrane becomes less strenuous by virtue of the spatial properties of the Bessel beam. Dispersion compensation can be used to control the temporal properties of ultrashort pulses thus permitting, for example, a high peak intensity to be maintained along the length of a Bessel beam, thereby reducing the pulse energy required to permeabilise the cell membrane and potentially reduce damage therein.