超导纳米线单光子探测系统的时间抖动

超导纳米线单光子探测(SNSPD)器件具有较低的时间抖动特性,可以实现低误码率的QKD和高精度的激光测距。文中对超导纳米线单光子探测系统的时间抖动进行了详细的分析和测量,分析了SNSPD系统各部分对系统抖动的贡献。使用时间相关的单光子计数技术(TCSPC)和示波器的抖动分析软件,分别测量了SNSPD系统的时间抖动,比较了两种方法的优劣。在两种测量方法下,系统总的时间抖动分别约为42ps和31ps,计算后得到单光子探测器件的抖动约为25ps。发现放大器的性能对系统时间抖动影响明显。通过使用不同放大器比较分析了测量得到的时间抖动。     

Superior signal-to-noise ratio of a new AA1 sequence for random-modulation continuous-wave lidar

In an earlier work [Proc. SPIE 4484, 216 (2001)] we proposed a new AA1 modulation sequence for random-modulation continuous-wave lidar. It possesses significantly better signal properties than other pseudorandom codes (the M, A1, and A2 sequences). We derive and compare the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the new AA1 sequence with those of previous modulation sequences. Using a figure of merit proposed for pseudorandom sequences in additive (and generally colored) noise, we show that the SNR of the AA1 sequence in 1/f noise can be as much as 50 times better than that of the commonly used M sequence. This improved SNR should permit as much as a 7:1 increase of the maximum lidar sensing range in baseband-modulation direct-detection infrared lidar with no significant changes to the transmitter and receiver.     

Signal enhancement of a novel multi-address coding lidar backscatters based on a combined technique of demodulation and wavelet de-noising

Multi-address coding (MAC) lidar is a novel lidar system recently developed by our laboratory. By applying a new combined technique of multi-address encoding, multiplexing and decoding, range resolution is effectively improved. In data processing, a signal enhancement method involving laser signal demodulation and wavelet de-noising in the downlink is proposed to improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of raw signal and the capability of remote application. In this paper, the working mechanism of MAC lidar is introduced and the implementation of encoding and decoding is also illustrated. We focus on the signal enhancement method and provide the mathematical model and analysis of an algorithm on the basis of the combined method of demodulation and wavelet de-noising. The experimental results and analysis demonstrate that the signal enhancement approach improves the SNR of raw data. Overall, compared with conventional lidar system, MAC lidar achieves a higher resolution and better de-noising performance in long-range detection.     

高空遥测激光多普勒检波系统研究

为解决远距离处人工地震波的检测问题,研究了光源的相干性,系统的稳定性．激光多普勒信号强度、信噪比,位移测量灵敏度和精度等理论及方法。采用在腔内捕人两个直径为1．8mm的可变光阑和输出光的准直结构(4倍)．增大光源的相干长度和可测距离;在两路光中分别加入声光调制器和λ/4波片．实现偏振态匹配并使系统工作更稳定,提高信噪比;采用透镜聚焦接收．增大信号强度;采用特伦逆向反射装置,消除它在位移或振动过程巾因偏摆或横移所带来的影响,使测量灵敏度和精度提高约一倍。将此系统用于2m处的振动进行原理性实验,其振幅测量相对误差为0．1％,可测频率最高为750Hz,因此可用于高空遥测人工地震波。     

Linearity Requirement for a Linear Frequency Modulation Lidar

The nonlinear of the frequency modulation in linear frequency modulation (LFM) lidar seriously affects the accuracy of range and velocity. We describe the influence of nonlinear of the frequency modulation on the accuracy. The frequency-domain analysis of heterodyne signal is used to deduce the linearity requirement for LFM lidar.     

面向窄线宽超导纳米线单光子探测器的电子束曝光技术

超导纳米线单光子探测器是新型超导电子器件,因其具有高探测效率、低暗计数及低时间抖动等优势,在量子信息、激光雷达等方面已得到广泛的应用.目前主流超导纳米线单光子探测器主要工作在1.5_m 以下的可见光和近红外波段.中红外波长的红外探测技术在基础科学、医学、日常生活以及军事等广泛领域发挥着重要作用,中红外单光子探测器可以使得中红外波段探测技术进入量子极限灵敏度.根据超导纳米线单光子探测器探测机理,超窄线宽的纳米线条可以提升超导纳米线单光子探测器在中红外波长的灵敏度.电子束曝光技术是目前实现超导纳米线单光子探测器纳米线线条加工的主流技术,电子束抗蚀剂种类繁多,面向超窄线宽超导纳米线单光子探测器器件的制备需求,对两款抗蚀剂进行性能测试表征,和窄纳米线制备尝试.根据负性电子束抗蚀剂MaN-2401在制备窄线宽时的显著优点,优化工艺,利用其成功制备出50nm 线宽超导纳米线单光子探测器并成功实现了2000nm 的单光子响应.     

Frequency-modulated continuous-wave lidar using I/Q modulator for simplified heterodyne detection

A frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar is demonstrated with heterodyne detection. The lidar transmitter utilizes an electro-optic I/Q modulator for the first time to generate carrier-suppressed and frequency-shifted FM modulation. This eliminates the need for an acousto-optic frequency shifter commonly used in heterodyne lidar transmitters. It also allows the use of a much wider modulation bandwidth to improve the range resolution. The capability of complex optical field modulation of the I/Q modulator provides an additional degree of freedom compared with an intensity modulator, which will benefit future lidar applications.     

1.5μm激光雷达相干探测CO_2与风场系统设计与仿真(英文)

探测低空大气CO2浓度的同时可以探测大气风场。采用相干探测较非相干探测具有更高的信噪比,而目前1.5μm波长由于在人眼安全、系统设计简单廉价等方面存在一定优势,使1.5μm可能成为未来探测气溶胶激光雷达的主流波长。本文阐述了激光雷达相干探测大气CO2与风场的原理,设计了1.5μm相干探测激光雷达系统,并对系统的信噪比进行了估算,得出结论:1.5μm相干探测风场与CO2是可行的,经过3分钟的脉冲积累,在3km处仍具有高于10的信噪比值。     

An all-fiber frequency-shifted feedback laser for optical ranging; signal variation with distance

A recent paper [L.P. Yatsenko et al., Opt. Commun. 242 (2004) 581] provided a first-principles prediction for the optical ranging signals obtained when using a frequency-shifted feedback (FSF) laser system, seeded by a phase-modulated laser. Such a system has many useful advantages over other alternative FSF laser techniques. We report here experimental verification of that theory, specifically the variation of the amplitude modulation signal with both distance and modulation index of the seed laser. We describe the operation of an all-fiber FSF laser that uses an Er³⁺-doped active fiber as the gain medium. To improve the signal and minimize the noise we seed the FSF laser with a phase-modulated (PM) laser; the measurement of distance derives from a measurement of amplitude modulation within a narrow frequency interval. We demonstrate that the resulting system is capable of fast and precise measurements. With the bandwidth limitations of our current system we achieved an accuracy better than 0.1 mm. Although measurements based on interferometry offer the potential for much greater accuracy under carefully controlled conditions, the present method does not suffer from the presence of a material-dependent phase shift at the surface of the measured object.     

Stochastic multi-resonance in an overdamped bistable system with two types of modulation signal

The stochastic resonance (SR) phenomenon in an overdamped bistable system with multiplicative and additive noise is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is calculated when two types of modulation signal are added to the system. The effects of the intensities, the frequencies and relative phase shift of two types of modulation signal on the SNR are discussed, respectively. Research results show that: (i) the intensities of two types of modulation signal can enhance the maximum in the SNR as a function of the noise intensity, and the frequencies can restrain it; (ii) the additive modulation signal can enhance the maximum in the SNR as a function of the noise intensity in comparison with the multiplicative modulation signal; (iii) when both modulation frequencies are equal, the SNR as a function of the relative phase shift exhibits multiple maxima. The multiple maxima in the SNR identifies the characteristic of the stochastic multi-resonance phenomenon.     

高频共振预探测多脉冲激光测距方法

在无合作目标激光测距中,提出了一种高频共振预探测和多脉冲相关处理对远目标距离进行高精度测量的技术方案.脉冲回波光电流信号经高频共振预探测电路进行放大滤波处理并转换为包含高精度定时特征点的高信噪比的双极性衰减振荡脉冲信号;之后利用多脉冲相关处理构造出的新脉冲函数进一步改善其信噪比.理论计算结果表明:最小可探测光脉冲电流仅为17 nA,与直接探测脉冲方法相比信噪比可提高60倍;在回波光电流脉冲峰值1:10000的动态范围内,走离误差小于0.1 ps.根据此原理研制出了脉冲激光测距仪,仪器在激光发射平均功率约为1 mW时,无合作目标测程大于2000 m,在1.5—300 m范围内测距精度达到±(3 mm+2 ppm),远目标测距精度为±(10 mm+10 ppm).该测距仪系统已用于全站仪产品中.     

提高近程运动目标实时测距性能的方法研究

为了提高机场泊位引导系统中激光测距的精度和频率,对测距方法、脉冲展宽的影响、系统接收信噪比、接收带宽、阈值设定方法等几个方面进行了研究。通过改进自触发脉冲飞行时间激光测距法,提高发射信号峰值功率,采用合适滤波器、减小接收系统带宽、设置自适应阈值等手段有效提高了测距系统对近程运动目标的测距性能。采用半实物仿真手段进行动态测距实验,结果表明,测距机的动态测量精度小于2cm,满足泊位系统测距性能的要求。     

星载海洋激光雷达最佳工作波长分析

星载激光雷达是实现海洋垂直剖面探测的有效工具,也是目前迫切需求的海洋光学遥感手段。对星载海洋激光雷达的波长参数进行评估对保证探测有效性具有重要意义。本文从探测深度和信噪比两方面分析了星载海洋激光雷达探测全球海洋的最佳波长。利用MODIS 10个波段的水体光学特性数据,估算全球海水探测深度及相应的最优波长;并根据太阳夫琅禾费暗线特性,对信号信噪比进行优化。结果表明:在探测深度方面,最优探测波长在488 nm波段的海洋占全球海洋面积的70%左右,并且全球95%以上的海域在488 nm波段的探测深度优于0.8倍的真光层深度;在信噪比方面,相对于488 nm波段,486.134 nm夫琅禾费暗线处采用0.1 nm带宽的滤光片可以将背景光强度降低70%,相应地回波信噪比整体提升了约5.0%。就全球海洋探测来说,使用486.134 nm作为探测波长可以提高探测深度,有效抑制太阳背景光,提高信噪比,因此,486.134 nm是星载海洋激光雷达的最佳工作波长。     

Broadband amplitude-modulated laser source with high output power for FM/cw lidar transmitter

We are building a long-range FM/cw nonscanning imaging lidar breadboard. This lidar system achieves ranging based on a frequency modulation/continuous wave (FM/cw) technique, implemented by an amplitude modulated mid-IR diode laser transmitter with a linear frequency modulation (LFM) of the subcarrier. Firstly, various schemes of light beam modulation are analyzed. Secondly, we put forward a laser modulation scheme whose core was formed by a 1.55 μm electro-absorption modulated laser diode (EML) and an erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier (EDFA), then a corresponding experimental system architecture and components for light beam modulation and detection are established. Finally, a corresponding experiment of laser beam modulation is completed for the first time. In our experiment, the EML amplitude is modulated by a 200 MHz to 800 MHz LFM signal, whose amplitude value is 2.05 V. The average output power of the modulated laser obtained in the experiment is 10 W, peak power is 16.4 W, and the average modulation depth is 78%. The results of tests predict that this laser modulation scheme is likely to improve the imaging range of the FM/cw lidar.     

Method of improved scatterer size estimation and application to parametric imaging using ultrasound

The frequency dependence of RF signals backscattered from random media (tissues) has been used to describe the microstructure of the media. The frequency dependence of the backscattered RF signal is seen in the power spectrum. Estimates of scatterer properties (average scatterer size) from an interrogated medium are made by minimizing the average squared deviation (MASD) between the measured power spectrum and a theoretical power spectrum over an analysis bandwidth. Estimates of the scatterer properties become increasingly inaccurate as the average signal to noise ratio (SNR) over the analysis bandwidth becomes smaller. Some frequency components in the analysis bandwidth of the measured power spectrum will have smaller SNR than other frequency components. The accuracy of estimates can be improved by weighting the frequency components that have the smallest SNR less than the frequencies with the largest SNR in the MASD. A weighting function is devised that minimizes the noise effects on the estimates of the average scatterer sizes. Simulations and phantom experiments are conducted that show the weighting function gives improved estimates in an attenuating medium. The weighting function is applied to parametric images using scatterer size estimates of a rat that had developed a spontaneous mammary tumor.     

Comparison of simultaneous signals obtained from a dual-field-of-view lidar and its application to noise reduction based on empirical mode decomposition

Although the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method is an effective tool for noise reduction in lidar signals, evaluating the effectiveness of the denoising method is difficult. A dual-field-of-view lidar for observing atmospheric aerosols is described. The backscattering signals obtained from two channels have different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). The performance of noise reduction can be investigated by comparing the high SNR signal and the denoised low SNR signal without a simulation experiment. With this approach, the signal and noise are extracted to one intrinsic mode function (IMF) by the EMD- based denoising; thus, the threshold method is applied to the IMFs. Experimental results show that the improved threshold method can effectively perform noise reduction while preserving useful sudden-change information.     

Restriction of shot noise and material noise in a multilevel photochromic memory on signal-to-noise ratio

The recording density of multilevel photochromic memory is limited by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the readout signal. In this paper, shot noise and material noise are investigated through theoretical analysis of SNR. When the bandwidth of a system is less than 1MHz, the material noise takes a prominent position; when the bandwidth of the system is more than 10MHz, the shot noise becomes dominant. The thickness of recording layer can be optimized to maximize the SNR and reduce the influence of the bandwidth of the system on SNR.     

Novel system for modulated lidar parameter optimization

We present a novel system for parameter design and optimization of modulated lidar. The system is realized by combining software simulation with hardware circuit. This method is more reliable and flexible for lidar parameter optimization compared with theoretical computation or fiber-simulated system. Experiments confirm that the system is capable of optimizing parameters for modulated lidar. Key parameters are analyzed as well. The optimal filter bandwidth is 200 MHz and the optimal modulation depth is 0.5 under typical application environment.     

New multi-quantum number rotational Raman lidar for obtaining temperature and aerosol extinction and backscattering scattering coefficients

Aerosol and temperature are important parameters for forecasting the weather. Rotational Raman signals of atmospheric molecules and an elastic signal of the molecule and aerosol give good information about the temperature and aerosol extinction and backscattering coefficients. For a rotational Raman signal, we have designed a new kind of lidar signal receiving system which can sum different rotational quantum numbers from J=2, to 9 and J=11, to 20. This integration signal gives a good signal to noise ratio when compared with the temperature lidar system which use an interference filter for a single quantum number. From this new system, we can obtain the temperature parameter and aerosol scattering coefficient with good signal to noise ratio the (SNR) with a normal laser and a small telescope up to several kilometers. Temperature profiles and aerosol profiles show different shapes in different weather conditions. PACS 42.62.Fi; 42.68.Jg; 42.68.Ge; 42.15.Eq; 42.58.Wt     

基于压缩光的量子激光雷达技术

利用Wigner函数对真空态、单光子态、压缩态在相空间的噪声分布进行仿真,并系统分析了基于压缩光的量子相干激光雷达和压缩光注入式量子激光雷达.研究表明,相比经典激光雷达,较高压缩度有利于量子相干激光雷达探测信噪比的提升,理论上8dB的压缩度可以使信噪比提高6.25倍;而压缩光注入式量子激光雷达系统的空间分辨率主要取决于真空压缩光的压缩度和无噪声相敏放大系统的增益.由于压缩光对探测信噪比的提升作用,量子激光雷达在微弱信号探测和高分辨率成像领域具有显著优势.