星敏感器技术研究现状及发展趋势

本文综述了星敏感器技术的研究现状和未来发展趋势。首先,总结了国内外星载星敏感器的发展历程。接着,根据星敏感器工作原理,分析讨论了星点质心定位算法、星图识别算法和姿态解算算法等星敏感器关键技术的发展现状。通过讨论星点质心定位精度对星敏感器测量精度影响,分析了星点质心定位算法以及对应误差补偿的研究现状;基于星座特征、字符模式和智能行为,介绍了星图识别算法并进行了对比分析;根据确定姿态解算算法和动态姿态解算算法分析了姿态解算算法的研究现状。最后,对星敏感器的未来发展进行了展望,讨论了航空机载星敏感器、微小型星敏感器和甚高精度星敏感器的发展趋势以及未来重点研究内容。     

迭代加权质心法机理及多星定位误差特性研究

提高星敏感器星点定位精度是高精度星敏感器关键技术之一。常规质心法和高斯拟合法定位最小均方误差在0.1 pixel左右,难以满足未来高精度定位需求。在自适应光学领域,为研究Shack-Hartmann传感器波前定位而提出的迭代加权质心算法(IWCOG),其定位误差优于前两种算法,但目前该算法的定位机理及多星定位误差特性未知。从Meanshift理论角度推出该算法定位机制,证明算法的收敛性;每个仿真采用蒙特卡罗方法随机生成10000个星点样本,通过分析星点参数、信噪比与定位误差的关系研究IWCOG算法在星敏感器多星定位的特点。模拟结果显示,在信噪比R=40下,IWCOG法星点提取误差低于0.02 pixel的样本占44%,低于0.04 pixel的占72%,远高于质心法的0.8%和1.9%,基本满足甚高精度星敏感器的定位要求。     

基于多视场星敏感器的姿态确定方法

星敏感器是目前航天器姿态测量精度最高的器件,与传统的单视场星敏感器相比,多视场星敏感器可以实现三轴同样高精度的姿态测量,提高姿态测量精度。针对单视场星敏感器姿态确定问题,推导了以最小代价函数为指标的QUEST姿态确定算法。对于多视场星敏感器,通过坐标变换方法将多个视场的导航星矢量转换到同一视场中,再利用QUEST算法得到航天器姿态。最后仿真结果表明,坐标变换后进行姿态确定得到的姿态数据与单个视场所得的姿态数据相同,验证了方法的正确性。     

像差对星敏感器星点定位精度的影响

光学系统星点定位精度是表征星敏感器性能的一个重要指标,像差对该精度有一定影响。分析光学系统像差对星点定位精度的影响,在计算典型中等精度星敏感器光学系统星点定位误差的基础上,提出用实际测得的星点光斑能量质心位置计算理想位置的误差补偿新方法。计算结果表明:像差对高精度(如角秒级)星敏感器姿态测量精度的影响不可忽略;采用星点定位误差补偿后,星敏感器三轴姿态测量误差RMS值分别为0.38″,0.38″,5.77″,仅为原来的1/17。     

基于星点像重采样的星敏感器高精度质心算法

传统的质心算法面临着光学像差和随机噪声对质心位置提取精度影响很难减小的问题。为了解决这一问题,对星敏感器所成星点像进行分析,结合星敏感器光学系统的调制传递函数和图像传感器像素频率响应特性,提出了一种基于星点像重采样的星敏感器质心定位算法。根据夫琅禾费衍射理论计算出离焦光学系统的点扩展函数,并对重采样质心算法的系统误差分布进行仿真,结果显示,该算法在不同像差条件下的系统误差均方根都小于0.01 pixel。用星敏感器产品进行了质心提取系统误差测量实验,重采样质心算法的系统误差为0.008 pixel,相比传统正弦曲线补偿方法的精度提高了66%。仿真和实验结果表明:基于星点像重采样的质心算法精度高,受光学系统像差的影响小,是提高星敏感器测量精度的一种有效方法。     

APS图像传感器及其在星敏感器中的应用

星敏感器是当前广泛应用于航天器姿态测量的高精度光学敏感器。小型化、低功耗、高精度、高更新率是现阶段星敏感器发展的共同特点。介绍了APS图像传感器的特点,并将其与CCD进行了详细的比较。对APS图像传感器的重要特性参数进行了分析,并介绍了一种由北京控制工程研究所研制的小型化高精度APS星敏感器及其设计方法。介绍了适用于GEO轨道的APS星敏感器图像在轨校正方法和APS图像传感器的发展方向。     

对地观测平台恒星敏感器离焦成像折中设计分析

从对地观测平台角秒量级姿态确定需求出发,在构建星敏感器惯性系成像模型的基础上指出,恒星在成像面上的定位误差是星敏感器姿态确定误差的主要来源。同时,结合理想光学系统离焦模型,分析了星敏感器主要性能指标间的量化关系,并给出了成像面定位误差最低限。仿真结果表明,从优化系统性能考虑,成像模糊区直径为2~3个像元的配置是利用星敏感器焦平面的“轻微离焦”来实现亚像元定位的最佳方案,定位误差可达0.2个像元,能够满足星敏感器惯性姿态确定精度4″~5″的要求。理论分析和数值仿真结果可为后续星敏感器指标的提出及仪器设计提供技术参考。     

白昼星敏感器的研究现状及关键技术

星敏感器以恒星为姿态测量参考源,可以为空间飞行器提供高精度姿态测量信息。白昼星敏感器具备白昼条件下恒星探测能力,可以拓展用于高空气球、飞机、导弹、舰船等近地空间平台的全天时自主导航。对白昼星敏感器的国内外研究现状进行了综合分析,介绍了典型白昼星敏感器的技术指标,对制约白昼星敏感器发展的技术瓶颈和关键技术进行了梳理和总结。     

温度对星敏感器光学系统像面位移的影响研究

光学系统的温度变化会使系统产生像面位移。根据镜面材料特性公式,选用铝合金作为星敏感器的镜筒,透镜组选用ψ值大的材料,并进一步通过I-DEAS软件进行了计算验证。在此基础上根据矩阵光学理论和温度的变化推导出了含有多个光学器件的星敏感器像面位移计算公式,并运用该公式对一个特定的星敏感器光学系统的像面位移进行了计算。结果发现,光学系统从一个温度均匀分布状态变到另一个温度均匀分布状态的温差越大,像面位移量的绝对值越大。同时还发现,对此星敏感器成像精度影响最大的透镜是第4块、第5块和第6块,明显地减少了在热补偿条件下的系统像面位移。     

基于弹载双视场星敏感器求解姿态的几种算法研究

利用弹载星敏感器观测得到的数据,采用三种不同的姿态求解算法,分别计算出了弹体的姿态。通过比较损失函数和处理时间,得出QUEST算法精度高,处理时间短,适用于求解双视场星敏感器的导弹姿态。     

Theoretical analysis and simulation of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO system in lidar

A multi-conjugate adaptive optics （MCAO） can offer a possibility of widening field of view （FOV） characterized by the isoplanatic angle, and the choose of conjugate height becomes a basic problem for MCAO, which influences the size of iosplanatic angle. Considering the application of lidar, the isoplanatic angle＇s expressions of two deformable mirrors （DMs） MCAO for uplink and downlink are deduced. The effects of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO are thoughtfully discussed, and the isoplanatic angles are further analyzed. The results show that the isopanatic angle varies with the conjugate height and reaches the maximum as the conjugate height is at the optimal altitude. Moreover, the optimal conjugate height changes with the propagation distance.     

Quick single-photon detector with many avalanche photo diodes working on the time division

Due to the limit of response speed of the present single-photon detector, the code rate is still too low to come into practical use for the present quantum key distribution (QKD) system.A new idea is put up to design a quick single-photon detector.This quick single-photon detector is composed of a multi-port optic-fiber splitter and many avalanche photo diodes (APDs).Au of the ports with APDs work on the time division and cooperate with a logic discriminating and deciding unit driven by the clock signal.The operation frequency lies on the number N of ports, and can reach N times of the conventional single-photon detector.The single-photon prompt detection can come true for high repetition-rate pulses.The applying of this detector will largely raise the code rate of the QKD, and boost the commercial use.     

Characterization of PolyA and PolyC mismatches by Raman spectroscopy

A.C mismatches are studied by Raman spectral characterization of PolyA, PolyC, and their equimolar complex in solution of 0.14 mol/L Na ,pH7.0.Experimental results show that A·C mismatches occur to be A/B (mainly A) conformers, and unlike Watson-Crick base pairing, this kind of mismatches is stabilized by only one hydrogen bond involving cytosine N4H2 and adenine N7.The formation of A·C complex makes the base stacking interactions much stronger, and conformation of the backbone more ordered, which leads to obvious Raman hypochromic effect with some shifts in corresponding bands.     

Improvement of four-wave mixing-based wavelength conversion efficiency in dispersion shifted fiber by 40-GHz clock pumping

40-GHz clock modulated signal as a pump to improve the efficiency of four-wave mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion in a 26.5-km dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) is investigated. The experimental results demonstrate that the conjugated FWM component has higher intensity with the clock pumping than that with the continuous-wave (CW) light pumping. The improvement of FWM-based wavelength conversion efficiency is negligible when the pump power is less than Brillouin threshold. But when the pump power is greater than Brillouin threshold, the improvement becomes significant and increases with the increment of pump power. The improvement can increase up to 9 dB if pump power reaches 17 dBm.     

Multi-pulse operation of a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser

Our experimental results show that the presence of a proper amount of negative group velocity dispersion is essential to multi-pulse operation of a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser. We demonstrate that the pulse separations and the number of pulses contained within a cavity round trip are strongly dependent on the initial perturbations. The results allow us to get a better understanding on the influences of the convoluted self-phase modulation and intra-cavity dispersions on the stable multi-pulse oscillation in a Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond laser.     

Propagation of Helmholtz-Gauss beams in weak turbulent atmosphere

Based on the Rytov approximation of light propagation in weak turbulent atmosphere,the closed-form expressions of field and average irradiance of each one of the four fundamental families of Helmholtz-Gauss (HzG)beams:cosine-Gauss beams,stationary Mathieu-Gauss beams,stationary parabolic-Gauss beams,and Bessel-Gauss beams,which are propagating in weak turbulent atmosphere,are obtained.The results show that the field and average irradiance can be written as the product of four factors:complex amplitude depending on the z-coordinate only,a Ganssian beam.a factor of complex phase perturbation induced by atmospheric turbulence,and a complex scaled version of the transverse shape of the non-diffracting beam.The effect of weak atmospheric turbulence on irradiance distribution of the HzG beam can be ignored.     

An effective method for reducing speckle noise in digital holography

An effective method for reducing the speckle noise in digital holography is proposed in this paper.Different from the methods based on classical filtering technique,it utilizes the multiple holograms which are generated by rotating the illuminating light continuously.The intensity images reconstructed by a series of holograms generated by rotating the illuminating light possess different speckle patterns.Hence by properly averaging the reconstructed intensity fields,the speckle noises can be reduced greatly.Experimental results show that the proposed method is simple and effective to reduce speckle noise in digital holography.     

Influence of purity of HfO2 on reflectance of ultraviolet multilayer

The impurities in two kinds of HfO2 materials and in their corresponding single layer thin films were determined through glow discharge mass spectrum technology and secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS) equipment respectively.It was found that ZrO2 was the main impurity in the two kinds of HfO2 either in the original HfO2 materials or in the electron beam deposited films.In addition,the difference of Zr content in the two kinds of HfO2 single laver films was much laxger than that of the other impurities such as Ti and Fe.which showed that it was just ZrO2 that made the difference between the optical performance of the film products including the two kinds of HfO2.With these two kinds of HfO2 and the same kind of SiO2.we deposited HfO2/SiO2 multilayer reflective coatings at the wavelength of 266 nm.Experimental results showed that the reflectances of these two mirrors were about 99.85% and 99.15% respectively,which agreed well with the designed results what were based on the optical constants obtained from the corresponding single layer thin films.     

Speech enhancement by array crosstalk resistant ANC and spectrum subtraction

Microphone array-based speech enhancement has great importance for speech communications and speech recognition. To reduce the aperture of the microphone array and to increase the effect of the speech enhancement will greatly broaden the application areas of the microphone array. An array crosstalk resistant adaptive noise cancellation method is therefore presented. And then an improved spectral subtraction algorithm is further cascaded to obtain better enhancement results. Theoretic analysis and experiments indicate that the proposed scheme needs only a very small microphone array while it simultaneously achieves a higher SNR improvement. Besides, the proposed scheme can be used in many noisy environments and is easy for real-time implementation.