基于激光水下爆炸声源的声探测技术

基于激光水下爆炸的声探测技术,设计了激光声水下目标探测器。对激光水下爆炸声源的产生机理进行研究,并开展水下探测器发射声信号检测的实验。实验结果表明:强脉冲激光聚焦于水介质产生爆炸性球面声源,探测器内部的声反射面将球面声信号转变为高指向性的平面波信号。通过对探测器的发射信号和接收的目标回波信号进行数值计算,得到探测器发射信号具有波束指向性窄、距离分辨力高和探测距离远等特点,满足水下目标探测的应用需求。     

基于激光偏振特性的水下声信号探测方法研究

水下航行体辐射的声波传播到水-空气分界面上时,会在水表面形成微扰,使水表面元产生微倾角.提出一种利用激光偏振特性对水下声信号进行探测的方法,不直接利用散射光强信息,而是利用激光在布儒斯特角附近入射水表面时,反射光偏振特性随入射角剧烈变化的特点对水表面微扰进行高精度探测.建立了该方法的理论模型,得到了入射波、出射波垂直分...     

激光—声通信研究

通过对多普勒相干检测方法的研究,开发了一套激光测振系统,可以通过对水面质点振动速度进行非浸入式的探测,进而获取水下声信息。本文对水面平静和波动两种情况下的激光声通信进行了研究,通过水池实验证明了探测和通信原理的正确性和可行性,给出了系统最小可探测声压级,对波动水面下的数据丢失情况进行了分析,并提出了可能的解决途径。     

Underwater Acoustic Sensor with Fiber Bragg Grating

A new type of underwater acoustic sensor is proposed with an optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Because of the photoelasticity with respect to the refractive index and the elasticity of the fiber, the sound pressure in water modulates the Bragg reflection wavelength and, in turn, the intensity of the laser light transmitted through the FBG fiber. Good linearity between the detected signal and the sound pressure is obtained in the range from 81 dB to 140 dB re 1 μPa. Since the upper and lower limits of the acoustic signal level for operation of the sensor are limited by the driving circuit and the transduction of the sound in water, the sensor is expected to operate with much larger dynamic range both at higher and lower pressure levels. Operation of the sensor is very stable with the insertion of optical isolators into the system, although without the isolators the output signal fluctuates at low frequency due to the Fabry-Perot interference effect between the FBG and the various facets.     

Detection of the nonballistic component of scattered light in the process of acousto-optic visualization

For determining the optimum conditions of detecting the signal during acousto-optic visualization, the modulation characteristics of radiation of a laser beam crossed by a focused acoustic beam in a medium and scattered by this medium were studied. The characteristics were obtained by measuring the amplitude of the alternating-photocurrent component at the ultrasonic frequency as a function of the geometry of the experiment, the parameters of the scattering medium, and the laser radiation power. Special attention was given to the magnitude of the signal-to-noise ratio. A photodetector recording the field of the nonballistic component of the scattered radiation was positioned outside the geometrical sizes of the laser beam. The photocurrent component corresponding to this radiation at the ultrasonic frequency was used as a parameter of the acousto-optic visualization. Images of optically opaque objects immersed into a medium whose scattering parameters corresponded to the transition from the regime without scattering to the multiple-scattering regime were obtained.     

Acoustic source identification using a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer

This paper shows how a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV), an instrument designed to measure vibrations of structures or objects, can be used in a non-traditional fashion to identify acoustical sources. This is achieved by measuring the changes in the optical path induced by local fluctuation of the air refraction index to which the LDV is sensitive. The acoustical signal used is sinusoidal and may be recovered by scanning at a uniform rate over a subject area (continuous scan) parallel to the source axis and demodulating this signal. Due to the fact that the measured scan area is in fact a line integral over a measurement volume between the laser head and a rigid object needed to reflect the laser beam, multiple view planes around the axis of the acoustic source are usually measured. These are then passed through a tomographic algorithm, thereby reconstructing the full sound field. In this article however, only one view plane is measured, but the acoustic source is placed on a rotating surface with fixed rotational frequency, thereby imposing a modulation on the measured spectrum. Demodulation will allow reconstruction of the three-dimensional sound field.     

Acousto-optic interaction of diverging Gaussian beams in anisotropic media

A strong acousto-optic interaction of bounded light and sound beams of a Gaussian shape is considered for different geometries permitting long-term interaction. The anisotropic spreading of an acoustic beam in the course of its propagation is taken into account. The spectra of light beams are described by a Gaussian-polynomial expression, and a set of differential equations is derived which allows one to describe various geometries of acousto-optic diffraction. It is demonstrated that the transmission function of an acousto-optic cell essentially depends on the ratio between the dimensions of the light and sound beams and on the angle between the propagation direction of the diffracted beam and that of the incident beam. The degree of spreading of the acoustic beam noticeably affects the suppression of the transmission side lobes.     

高浓度沙泥沉降建模及对声传播能量的影响分析

对非刚性水下目标和事件的检测是水下安全警戒的重要内容之一。论文以港口疏浚导致的短时海区内高浓度沙泥侵入为例,探索基于声传感器收发分置的非刚性水下目标检测方法。基于沙泥沉降和声线传播模型,研究非刚性目标在沉降过程中形状、位置变迁对声传播能量及结构的影响规律。计算机仿真与海上实验均表明,局部高浓度泥团在沉降过程中,其形状、密度等指标参数会随时间发生变迁,并对经过其沉降区域的声线能量及结构造成明显影响。通过检测接收声信号能量、结构随沙泥沉降变迁的关系,可实现对水下侵入目标存在性的检测,并为开展进一步的反演、跟踪提供支持,具有一定的研究意义和参考价值。      

计算水下凹面目标散射声场的声束弹跳法

为了解决含有多次散射时水下目标声散射场的计算问题,提出了一种声束弹跳方法。把入射声波划分为若干声束,根据几何声学方法计算每条声束在目标表面的反射方向和能量损失,利用物理声学方法计算最后一次反射的声束所对应的面元的散射场,通过计算所有声束产生的散射场的叠加得到整个目标的散射场。计算了直角凹面圆锥体的散射声场,并对具体模型进行了水池测量实验,理论计算和实验测量结果一致。表明该方法作为一种高频近似的数值计算方法,可以计算存在多次散射时水下目标的散射声场。      

Signal enhancement in Rayleigh wave interactions using a laser-ultrasound/EMAT imaging system

Enhancement of signal amplitudes from Rayleigh wave interaction at solid surface features has been investigated when signals were detected by an in-plane electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). A laser-ultrasound system was used to inspect surface-breaking slots, serving as artificial defects. Nd:YAG laser pulses were delivered onto a metal surface via an optical fiber and focused to a line source by a cylindrical lens. An in-plane EMAT receiver detected transient surface acoustic waves. A-scan signals and B-scan images from surface defects revealed increased signal amplitude up to 2.8+/-0.3 depending on the distance of the transducer from a slot. An explanation is based on the interaction of the EMAT sensor with the Rayleigh wave. A supporting computer model was derived to show that experimental signal enhancements were consistent with numerical predictions.     

Acoustic vector sensor signal processing

Acoustic vector sensor simultaneously, colocately and directly measures orthogonal components of particle velocity as well as pressure at single point in acoustic field so that is possible to improve performance of traditional underwater acoustic measurement devices or detection systems and extends new ideas for solving practical underwater acoustic engineering problems. Although acoustic vector sensor history of appearing in underwater acoustic area is no long, but with huge and potential military demands, acoustic vector sensor has strong development trend in last decade, it is evolving into a one of important underwater acoustic technology. Under this background, we try to review recent progress in study on acoustic vector sensor signal processing, such as signal detection, DOA estimation, beamforming, and so on.     

Underwater acoustic localization by principal components analyses based probabilistic approach

In this paper, the underwater localization is given from wireless acoustic communication signals by probabilistic pattern recognition in eigenspace of PCA (principal components analyses). It should be emphasized that our underwater localization is from existing wireless acoustic communication signals, but not from additional localization systems. Our underwater localization scheme is based on fingerprinting and contains two stages, i.e., the off-line (i.e., training) and on-line (i.e., predicting) stages. In general, the received acoustic signals fluctuate seriously in underwater environments. To reduce the complexity and noise effects, all received signals are projected onto the eigenspace of PCA. Each projected feature is assumed to have Gaussian probabilistic distributions. Therefore, the location information can be easily obtained by probabilistic pattern recognition of projected features in PCA space. Note that our underwater localization scheme is not affected by reflected signals. To illustrate such a benefit, experiments were conducted in a bounded water pool where reflected signals exist near the walls. Experimental results show that the proposed underwater localization scheme is efficient and accurate. The proposed localization scheme is useful for underwater acoustic communication networks, and then in underwater technologies.     

Performance of an optical stand-off control system for laser materials processing

This paper presents an experimental investigation into a high-bandwidth optical range sensor for laser materials processing stand-off control. Radiation from a low-power laser beam is focused onto a workpiece surface and light reflected from the surface is collected through a main lens and directed into an imaging lens which focuses the signal to two positions after being split by a beam splitter. The irradiances of the two beams are detected by photodiodes placed behind pinhole apertures positioned fore and aft of the two focal positions. A differential amplifier is used to generate an output signal that determines the magnitude and direction of any workpiece displacement. The system facilitates a measuring range of ±6 mm. A set of of experiments are performed and results are analysed for different setup configurations. The approximate range of instrument linearity is ±1 mm for the 75-mm focal length main less and ±2 mm for the 120-mm lens; in this linear range the optimal accuracy resolution is 1 μm. The system's effectiveness is controlling the stand-off distance of a laser cutting machine, and hence cut quality, is assessed.     

Acousto-optic modulator of depolarized laser radiation on the paratellurite crystal

An original acousto-optic modulator of depolarized laser radiation is based on a paratellurite crystal in the regime of anisotropic diffraction by a slow acoustic wave. Two acoustic waves with different frequencies are simultaneously excited in a single acousto-optic cell. Two diffraction orders of orthogonal polarizations at the exit from the cell are diffracted in opposite sides relative to the zero order. A polarization prism that is placed immediately behind the cell transforms the diffraction orders into a single output depolarized beam. The total efficiency is 96%.     

基于激光超声的微裂纹检测技术的研究

在固体中利用激光产生超声波 ,可作为超声测量和材料无损检测的一种新方法。介绍了激光超声表面波的产生机理、微裂纹的检测方法及其应用。采用Nd∶YAG脉冲激光器、扩束与聚焦透镜组、PZT探头、数据分析仪等器件设计并构建了一套基于接触式检测方法的激光超声微裂纹检测实验系统。通过对大量实验数据进行处理 ,得出了相应的各种关系曲线 ,说明了线光源产生的超声表面波非常适用于材料表面微裂纹的检测     

参量阵差分Pattern时延差编码冰下水声通信方法

为提高差分Pattern时延差编码水声通信方法的通信速率以及抗多途能力,使其能有效适用于冰下水声环境,提出了基于参量阵的差分Pattern时延差编码水声通信方法,推导了Pattern码的参量发射原理,分析了参量阵发射对该方法性能的影响,利用参量阵发射产生低频宽带窄指向性声柬,减少了声线触碰上下边界的次数,提高了系统抗多途的能力。冰下水域外场试验结果表明:本方法可有效抑制多途效应,同时低频宽带特性提高了系统通信速率。      

Transmission of low-frequency sound through the water-to-air interface

L.M. Brekhovskikh revealed and studied the important role played by inhomogeneous waves emitted by a point source when they pass through an interface with a medium in which the velocity of sound is lower, for example, from water to air. This paper studies the energy characteristics of sound emitted into air by an underwater point source. The energy transfer due to inhomogeneous waves is shown to cause the phenomenon of anomalous transparency of the interface for low-frequency sound. The anomalous transparency manifests itself in that the energy flux through the interface increases with decreasing frequency of sound and, at sufficiently low frequencies, almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the underwater source is emitted into air. Conversely, at high frequencies, when the contribution of the inhomogeneous waves becomes negligible, the water-to-air interface is similar to a perfectly reflecting surface and almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the source is emitted into water. The anomalous transparency phenomenon changes the conventional opinion on the possibility of acoustic coupling between points in water and air and on the role played by physical processes evolving in the water column in generating atmospheric acoustic noise.     

声表面波在圆弧处反射及透射的数值研究*

为了研究直达表面波在圆弧过渡面处传播性能的变化,采用有限元方法模拟了热弹机制下,线性脉冲激光辐照金属铝块表面时激发的表面波在近表面传播过程中,在不同曲率半径的圆弧处发生的反射及透射现象,建立了圆弧半径与反射表面波以及透射表面波时域信号特征之间的联系。计算结果表明:曲率半径与表面波中心波长的数值关系对表面波在圆弧处的传播有显著的影响;同时证明了根据透射表面波信号的到达时间可以反演圆弧半径的大小,为之后利用表面波信号定量检测材料表面圆弧凹痕的深度提供了理论依据。     

Traveling wave tube measurements for low-frequency properties of underwater acoustic materials

A traveling wave tube measurement technique for measuring acoustic properties of underwater acoustic materials was developed.Water temperature and pressure environments of the ocean can be simulated in a water-filled tube,and the acoustic parameters of samples of underwater acoustic materials are measured in the range of low-frequency.A tested sample is located at central position of the tube.A pair of projectors is separately located at both ends of the tube.Using an active anechoic technique,the sound wave transmitting the tested sample is hardly reflected by the surface of secondary transducer.So the traveling sound field is built up in the tube.By separately calculating the transfer functions of every pair of double hydrophones in the sound fields from the both sides of the sample,its reflection coefficients and transmission coefficients are obtained.In the measurement system,the inside diameter of the tube isΦ208 mm,the working frequency range is from 100 to 4000 Hz,the maximum pressure is 5 MPa.The reflection coefficients and transmission coefficients of a water layer and a stainless steel layer samples are measured actually and calculated theoretically.The results show that the measured values are in good agreement with the values calculated,and the measurement uncertainty is not greater than 1.5 dB.