Control and coherence of the optical transition of single nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond

We demonstrate coherent control of the optical transition of single nitrogen-vacancy defect centers in diamond. On applying short resonant laser pulses, we observe optical Rabi oscillations with a half period as short as 1 ns, an order of magnitude shorter than the spontaneous emission time. By studying the decay of Rabi oscillations, we find that the decoherence is dominated by laser-induced spectral jumps. By using a low-power probe pulse as a detuning sensor and applying postselection, we demonstrate that spectral diffusion can be overcome in this system to generate coherent photons.     

Accuracy enhancement in Brillouin scattering distributed temperature sensor based on Hilbert transform

The scattering optical signal of OTDR based Brillouin scattering distributed sensor is very weak and have a frequency width of several decades megahertz, so it is hard to perform the traditional analogue coherent demodulation. A novel optical coherent detection based on Hilbert transform is presented here. In detail, Brillouin backscattering light is coherent detected with the reference light, which is modulated by microwave electric optical modulator to produce frequency-adjustable light, then the detected photocurrent signal is demodulated by digital signal processing based on Hilbert transform, and at last the distributed sensing signal with better S/N ratio is gained, which can enhance the performance of the sensor. The simulation and experimental results of the detection method are given.     

Coherent probe-pump-based Brillouin sensor for centimeter-crack detection

We provide a theoretical explanation for a coherent probe-pump-based Brillouin sensor system that achieves centimeter spatial resolution with high-frequency resolution. It was recently discovered that, when a combination of cw and pulsed light (the probe beam) interacts with a cw laser (the pump beam), centimeter spatial resolution with high-frequency resolution can be achieved even though the probe-pulse duration is 1.5 ns [Opt. Lett. 29, 1485 (2004)]. Our study reveals that the coherent portion inside the pulse length of these two interactions caused by the same phase is responsible for this behavior. It allows us to detect 1.5-cm outer-layer cracks on an optical ground-wire cable.     

利用空气来探测脉冲太赫兹波

曾有报道利用飞秒激光脉冲通过空气中的三阶光学非线性过程产生高强度的太赫兹波．理论上，作为太赫兹波产生的逆过程，有可能实现用空气作为介质探测脉冲太赫兹波．作者以空气或激光诱导的空气等离子体作为介质，通过测量太赫兹波场诱导产生的二次谐波信号，首次实现了宽带太赫兹波的时间分辨探测，本文介绍了空气中太赫兹波的非相干和相干探测的实验结果和理论分析．迄今为止，这种具有突破意义的太赫兹波空气电离相干探测法（THz-ABCD）的频谱宽度可以超过8THz，实现动态范围可达30dB。     

An interferometric phase shift fiber Bragg grating sensing system with greatly reduced background phase noise

We presented an interferometric phase shift fiber Bragg grating(FBG) sensor, which inherited the advantages of FBG sensors, and, at the same time, the greatly reduced full-width-at-half-maximum bandwidth brought longer coherent length, higher sensitivity, and lower phase noise. Experiments show that at least a 7 dB reduction of phase noise can be achieved compared to FBG sensors interrogated by interferometer with the same optical path difference.     

Suboptimal control of wall turbulence with arrayed dimple actuators for drag reduction

Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow with moving dimples at the bottom wall is carried out using the pseudo-spectral method and the curvilinear coordinate system. Suboptimal control based on the spanwise wall shear stress is applied for skin-friction drag reduction, and is implemented by the finite-size sensor-actuator system. The control law is realised in physical space by using a cross-shaped truncation of the wall shear stress information, which can be measured by the sensor. Only the information of wall shear stress inside the sensor area is utilised and that outside the sensor area is obtained by a linear reconstruction from the averaged value over the sensor. To effectively intervene the near-wall coherent structures, low-pass filtering of the spanwise wall shear stress is additionally implemented to eliminate the extra disturbances induced by the presence of dimple actuators, and the filtered stress is used as the control input. Numerical tests on the present control strategy show that the pressure form drag caused by the presence of dimples is reduced significantly as compared with the original suboptimal control, and the reduction of total drag is comparable with that of the opposition control. The underlying mechanism is further analysed by looking into the interaction between the moving dimples and the near-wall coherent structures.     

CPT Magnetometer with Atomic Energy Level Modulation

We propose and experimentally investigate a coherent population trapping state based magnetometer prototype with ^87Rb atoms. Through modulating Zeeman sublevels with an ac magnetic field, not only a phase sensitive detection scheme suitable for miniature magnetometer is realized, but also the detection resolution of magnetic field intensity could be improved by a factor of two. Our study result indicates that it is a promising low power consumption miniature sensitive low magnetic field sensor offering spatially resolved measurement at the sub-millimetre level.     

Wavefront sensing based on phase contrast theory and coherent optical processing

A novel wavefront sensing method based on phase contrast theory and coherent optical processing is proposed. The wavefront gradient field in the object plane is modulated into intensity distribution in a gang of patterns, making highdensity detection available. By applying the method, we have also designed a wavefront sensor. It consists of a classical coherent optical processing system, a CCD detector array, two pieces of orthogonal composite sinusoidal gratings, and a mechanical structure that can perform real-time linear positioning. The simulation results prove and demonstrate the validity of the method and the sensor in high-precision measurement of the wavefront gradient field.     

光纤激光器阵列相干合成中的位相探测与校正方法研究

介绍一高速的位相检测与控制方法，可以对高功率光纤激光器阵列中每一路信号光波的位相进行实时探测与控制，从而使整个系统达到锁相输出的目的.以一路信号光为例，给出该方法的实验研究结果，从中可以看出，闭环控制的结果，可以将该信号光的位相稳定在一设定的静态工作点上. 关键词： 光纤激光器阵列 锁相 外差探测     

Demonstration of a multiwave coherent holographic beam combiner in a polymeric substrate

We demonstrate an efficient coherent holographic beam combiner (CHBC) that uses angle multiplexing of gratings in a thick polymeric substrate. Our experimental results compare well with the theoretical model based on the coupled-wave theory of multiwave mixing in a passive medium. A CHBC of this type may prove useful in producing a high-power laser by combining amplified beams produced by splitting a master oscillator. Furthermore, the ability to angle multiplex a large number of beams enables a CHBC to be used in multiple-beam interferometry applications as a high-precision surface sensor.     

利用湍流廓线获得斜程大气相干长度的实验研究

 用两种方法获得有限高度斜程大气相干长度。一种方法用安置在测量铁塔上的温度脉动仪以及多普勒声雷达测量了大气边界层下部折射率结构常数廓线，用以计算有限高度球面波斜程大气相干长度；另一种方法用系留气球搭载一个点光源，在地面用差分光学系统接收球面波到达角起伏法测量了实时斜程大气相干长度。对实验结果进行了比较和分析，二者都反映了实际大气斜程相干长度的时间变化特点。两种方法结果的相关性比较好，因此两种方法都可以在大气光学传输研究中应用。最后在实验的基础上对湍流廓线计算球面波斜程大气相干长度作了讨论。     

单矢量水听器方位估计的柱状图方法

单矢量水听器可以估计目标方位,矢量水听器信号处理中用到的平均声强器的处理方法能很好地抗各向同性的非相干干扰,但不能抗相干干扰.文中提出了一种新的单矢量水听器方位估计方法柱状图方位估计法,介绍了该方法的原理;对宽带信号中含强线谱相干干扰的情况进行了计算机仿真,结果表明该方法在强线谱相干干扰下能有效检测目标、估计目标方位;海试结果验证了该方法抗强线谱相干干扰的有效性.     

白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式光纤传感器分析

分布式光纤传感器能够测量沿光纤长度上连续分布的外界量。用保偏光纤作为传感光纤的分布式光纤传感器,被测外界量引起保偏光纤中传播的两正交偏振模的相互耦合。用迈克尔逊干涉仪两臂光程差来补偿两个偏振模的光程差的方法探测传感信号。为了设计白光干涉偏振模耦合分布式传感器,根据统计光学原理分析了传感器的互相干特性。在此基础上分析了传感器的空间分辨力、光纤耦合点分辨力、最大传感光纤长度。波长1310nm、谱宽36nm的超辐射发光二极管(SLD)作光源．用色散参量为600ps／km,拍长3mm的保偏光纤的分布传感器空间分辨力和光纤耦合点分辨力分别为6cm和3mm。     

Transport properties of graphene functionalized with molecular switches

We provide a theory of the electronic transport properties of a graphene layer functionalized with molecular switches. Our considerations are motivated by the spiropyran-merocyanine system which is non-polar in its ring-closed spiropyran form and zwitterionic in its ring-open merocyanine form. The reversible switching between these two isomers affects the carriers in graphene through the associated change in the molecular dipole moment, turning the graphene layer into a sensor of the molecular switching state. We present results for both the quasiclassical (Boltzmann) and the quantum coherent regimes of transport. Quite generally, we find a linear sensitivity of the conductance on the molecular dipole moment whenever quantum interference effects play an essential role which contrasts with a quadratic (and typically weaker) dependence when quantum interference is absent.     

希尔伯特变换处理的布里渊散射DOFS的研究

光时域反射结构的布里渊散射分布式光纤传感器所检测的自发布里渊散射光信号非常微弱,且频带宽度在几十兆赫以上,难以应用普通相干解调方法,提出了基于希尔伯特变换的光相干检测方法,具体采用微波电光调制产生频移参考光和自发布里渊散射光进行相干检测得到光电信号,再应用基于希尔伯特变换的数字信号处理技术对光电信号进行幅度解调,得到了信噪比改善的布里渊散射光谱,从而有利于提高传感器的检测性能,     

Compressed imaging system with linear sensors

This Letter presents a new approach for imaging using a linear (vector) sensor. It exploits the fact that visual information within common human intelligible images may be compressed within only a partial set of radial strips of its Fourier domain. We present two imaging schemes, one coherent and the other incoherent, that capture the partial set of radial strips of the object Fourier domain. Two main advantages of the new approach are that the image is captured directly in a compressed form and that the acquisition time is shorter compared with conventional scanning imaging systems.     

低噪声通过特性的测量仿真研究

本文研究运用组合传感器和声压、振速联合信息处理技术进行低品声通过特性的测量。通过特性的背景噪声出非相干的各向同性白噪声和相干的交通干扰组成,交通干扰又分为平稳与非平稳两种,用平均声强器来抗非相干干扰;用交通干扰能量流中心方位抑制技术来抗平稳的相干干扰;对于非平稳的相干干扰而能量流中心方位抑制技术。仿真试验表明效果良好。     

基于相干波面光强分布的静态干涉图的数字分析

提出了基于相干波面光强分布的静态干涉图数字处理的新方法 ,即在CQG Ⅱ型激光数字波面干涉仪上通过分别微调参考镜和被测镜的倾斜量 ,在CCD探测器上获得形成静态干涉图的两幅相干波面光强分布图 ,利用这两幅光强分布图与它们所形成的干涉图 ,可高精度地完成静态干涉图的数字分析。利用相干原理 ,给出了实现该方法的基本过程 ,并编程实现了该数字分析 ,获得了实验测量结果。通过与相移测量结果相比较 ,验证该方法对口径为 60mm的平面有望达到的测量精度。     

利用深度神经网络实现分布式相干瑞利光纤振动事件分类

该文利用分布式相干瑞利光纤传感系统,在西气东输一线无锡至苏州段开展现场测试,采集了光纤沿线车辆行走、机械挖掘、人工锄地、定向钻孔等8种振动作业产生的光纤信号,并提出了一种具有5层结构的全连接深度神经网络用于振动事件分类识别以实现不同振动作业的分级管理。振动作业产生的光纤信号能量集中在低频,该文利用梅尔对数频率的非均匀特性提取了25维单帧信号特征量,并将连续40帧信号特征量组合成高维向量作为网络输入特征向量,实现对不同振动作业时变特性的建模。分类识别结果表明,基于深度神经网络结构的振动信号分类识别器能够有效识别不同振动作业类型,实际线路实验验证了该文算法的有效性。     

Many fields interaction: Beam splitters and waveguide arrays

We study the interaction of many fields. We obtain an effective Hamiltonian for this system by using a method recently introduced that produces a small rotation to the Hamiltonian that allows to neglect some terms in the rotated Hamiltonian. We show that coherent states remain coherent under the action of a quadratic Hamiltonian and by solving the eigenvalue and eigenvector problem for tridiagonal matrices we also show that a system of n interacting harmonic oscillators, initially in coherent states, remain coherent during the interaction.