快速可调谐Lyot滤光器研制及其在一米新真空太阳望远镜上观测

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	快速可调谐Lyot滤光器研制及其在一米新真空太阳望远镜上观测
其他题名	Development of Rapid Tunable Lyot Filter and Its Observation on 1 m New Vacuum Solar Telescope
	王希群1,2,3,4 ; 梁永军 5; 张军平 5; 吴佳佳 5; 袁沭 6; 付玉 7; 吕卓1,2,3,4 ; 毛伟军 5; 金振宇1,3,4
发表期刊	光学学报/Acta Optica Sinica
	2023-12
卷号	43 期号:24 页码:237-247
DOI	10.3788/AOS230676
分类号	O436
产权排序	第1完成单位
收录类别	EI ; 核心 ; CSCD ; ESCI
关键词	滤光器液晶太阳光谱多波长成像
摘要	Lyot滤光器是太阳大气窄带成像观测的关键设备，用于太阳光球磁场测量和太阳色球成像观测。传统Lyot滤光器以波片旋转方式实现谱线扫描观测，谱线扫描速度慢，观测过程中不易消除湍流大气的影响。使用液晶相位可变延迟器替代旋转波片，可大幅提升滤光器谱线扫描速度。针对太阳光球磁场高分辨观测需求，研制了中心波长为5324.19?的液晶Lyot滤光器，该滤光器的透过率半宽为0.1?，透过波长切换时间小于100 ms。利用太阳光谱仪对该滤光器的谱线透过率轮廓进行了定标，并将其安装在云南天文台抚仙湖一米新真空太阳望远镜（NVST）上进行观测验证，获得了高分辨的太阳光球单色像及光球宁静区视向（LOS）速度场。光谱仪测试和NVST观测结果表明，该滤光器的谱线扫描速度和透过率半宽等参数满足NVST的太阳光球磁场和速度场高分辨率观测要求。
其他摘要	Objective The Lyot filter is a key device for narrow-band imaging observations of the solar atmosphere, and is widely employed for solar photospheric magnetic field measurements and solar chromospheric imaging observations. The mechanically rotating waveplate speed is around 3-5 s, and the long wavelength switching speed limits the solar atmospheric observation efficiency. If rapid wavelength tuning can be achieved, the effect of turbulent atmosphere on the signal can be somewhat eliminated by smoothing multiple sets of data. The liquid crystal variable retarder is an electronically controlled polarization element, and its utilization for phase instead of rotating waveplates can significantly increase the speed of filter spectral line scanning. There are successful examples of adopting liquid crystals to adjust the transmission band wavelength of Lyot filters. However, the spectral line widths of magnetically sensitive spectral lines leveraged for solar photospheric magnetic field measurements are narrow, typically between 0. 1 Å and 0. 3 Å. Therefore, a very narrow transmitting band is required for the filter, usually with a FWHM below 0. 1 Å. The extremely narrow transmission band puts forward higher demands for the installation, calibration, and control of the filter. Thus, we propose to develop an extremely narrow FWHM liquid crystal filter for solar magnetic field measurements. Methods We present the development, calibration, and observation verification of a multi-stage liquid crystal Lyot filter with an FWHM of 0. 1 Å. First, the optical and electrical control design of the filter is shown. The filter consists of multiple polarizing elements and liquid crystals. Second, the characteristics of the liquid crystal variable retarder are tested by a Mueller matrix spectrometer. The Mueller matrix of the test sample is first obtained, and then the phase retardation and fast axis azimuth parameters are estimated. The time stability, spatial uniformity, and electrical resolution of the liquid crystal variable retarder in the filter are obtained. Then, the filter wavelength is calibrated by a high-resolution solar spectrometer. The FWHM of the filter is measured and the central wavelength of the filter is aligned to the target position. Finally, the liquid crystal filter is placed on the NVST experimental platform for observation and verification. The optical image quality of the filter is measured by a test target, and a clear monochromatic image of the solar photosphere is obtained by fast multi-wavelength observation. The Doppler velocity is calculated by the multi-wavelength monochromatic image. Results and Discussions The filter FWHM is measured to be 0. 1 Å with a central wavelength of 5324. 19 Å (Fig. 9), and the filter wavelength switching speed is less than 100 ms (Fig. 6). The filter optical image quality meets the imaging requirements of NVST diffraction limit in the NVST solar photospheric narrow-band observation system. The resolution of the liquid crystal filter-based solar narrow-band observation system can reach 0. 1284" (Fig. 11). Different atmospheric structures can be found in monochromatic images of different wavelengths of the solar photosphere (Fig. 12). Doppler velocities are calculated using multi-wavelength images, which agree with the HMI results in the quiet region (Fig. 13). The filter employs a pre-filter with a 1 Å blue shift in the central wavelength compared to the target wavelength, and there is leakage risk in the secondary transmission band under the too large offset band. The peak transmittance of the filter can be improved by replacing the polarizer in the Lyot unit at each level with a polarizer with higher transmittance. Conclusions We develop a six-stage liquid crystal Lyot filter for solar photospheric magnetic field measurements. This filter has a higher wavelength tuning speed than the conventional filters. The filter has an FWHM of 0. 1 Å and can be adopted for scanning observations of the magnetically sensitive spectral lines of the sun's photosphere. The instrumental performance of the liquid crystal filter is verified by observations in the NVST solar photospheric narrow-band observation system. Multi-wavelength high-resolution monochrome images are obtained efficiently. The high-quality image data can be leveraged for quantitative calculation of Doppler velocity and other physical parameters. The measured results show that the spectral line scan speed of the filter is greatly improved compared with that of the conventional filters, and the transmittance half-width and other parameters meet the design requirements. The filter performance has significant features and performance advantages over the conventional filters and meets the high-resolution observation requirements of the solar photospheric magnetic and velocity fields of NVST.
资助项目	国家自然科学基金[11833010]; 国家自然科学基金[11773071]; 云南省科技领军人才项目[202105AB160001]; 云南省科技入滇项目[202003AD150019]
项目资助者	国家自然科学基金[11833010, 11773071] ; 云南省科技领军人才项目[202105AB160001] ; 云南省科技入滇项目[202003AD150019]
语种	中文
学科领域	天文学
文章类型	Journal article (JA)
出版者	CHINESE LASER PRESS
出版地	PO BOX 800-211, SHANGHAI, 201800, PEOPLES R CHINA
ISSN	0253-2239
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WOS记录号	WOS:001141747200023
WOS研究方向	Optics
WOS类目	Optics
关键词[WOS]	BIREFRINGENT FILTERS ; FIELD ; VIEW
CSCD记录号	CSCD:7641541
EI入藏号	20240415420751
EI主题词	Liquid crystals
EI分类号	701.2 Magnetism: Basic Concepts and Phenomena - 703.2 Electric Filters - 741.1 Light/Optics - 741.3 Optical Devices and Systems - 921 Mathematics - 942.4 Magnetic Variables Measurements
引用统计	被引频次：1[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
版本	出版稿
条目标识符	http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/26547
专题	天文技术实验室
作者单位	1.中国科学院云南天文台; 2.中国科学院大学; 3.云南省太阳物理与空间目标监测重点实验室; 4.云南省应用天文技术工程实验室; 5.中国科学院国家天文台南京天文光学技术研究所; 6.中国科学院国家天文台; 7.中国科学院空天信息创新研究院
第一作者单位	中国科学院云南天文台
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	王希群,梁永军,张军平,等. 快速可调谐Lyot滤光器研制及其在一米新真空太阳望远镜上观测[J]. 光学学报/Acta Optica Sinica,2023,43(24):237-247.
APA	王希群.,梁永军.,张军平.,吴佳佳.,袁沭.,...&金振宇.(2023).快速可调谐Lyot滤光器研制及其在一米新真空太阳望远镜上观测.光学学报/Acta Optica Sinica,43(24),237-247.
MLA	王希群,et al."快速可调谐Lyot滤光器研制及其在一米新真空太阳望远镜上观测".光学学报/Acta Optica Sinica 43.24(2023):237-247.

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