Uniformity in radon exhalation from construction materials using can technique

The uniformity in radon exhalation rates for 46 tiles of granite, marble and ceramic used as construction materials were determined using “Can Technique” employing CR-39 nuclear track detectors (NTDs). On each tile, two sealed cans, each enclosing one NTD fixed at the center of the tile surface area covered by the can, were mounted at two different locations of each individual tiles. The track production rates on the NTDs representing radon exhalation rates were measured. The radon exhalation rates from the surface of individual tiles showed uniform exhalations within the calculated uncertainties of the measured values. This makes Can Technique an alternative simple method to measure radon exhalation rates. Calibration required to convert track production rates into radon exhalation rates for the used can and NTD was done using an active technique. The correlation between the measurements by the two techniques shows a good linear correlation coefficient (0.83).     

Optoelectronic-VLSI packaging with polarization-selective computer-generated holograms

We present what is believed to be the first packaged module incorporating polarization-based beam-forming optics integrated with an optoelectronic-VLSI device. The chip has multiple quantum-well modulators and detectors that are flip-chip bonded onto a silicon CMOS integrated circuit. In the assembled module a polarization-selective computer-generated hologram converts linearly polarized light into a two-dimensional spot array to illuminate the output modulators. The lenslets do not interfere with the input data or the reflected output, which is orthogonally polarized. We demonstrate a 9x10 modulator array, showing good spot-intensity uniformity and registration with modulators.     

浅海环境中的匹配模态空间检测器

将水下声传播规律融入到算法设计中可以有效提高被动声呐目标检测性能。当声源位置未知时,广义似然比检测器和贝叶斯检测器分别通过搜索和积分的方式来消除声源位置不确定性的影响。但是,基于有限个信号波前实现的广义似然比检测器和贝叶斯检测器在某些声源位置上存在性能大幅下降的问题。为此,利用水下声传播的物理特性,提出了一种稳健的子空间检测器——匹配模态空间检测器,稳健的意义在于:当阵列获取到的辐射声信号能量给定时,检测器可以在不同声源位置情况下提供相同的检测性能。该检测器通过模态空间一定程度上利用了海洋环境知识,获得了比具有相同稳健性的能量检测器更好的检测性能。典型浅海环境中的仿真实验对比结果表明:匹配模态空间检测器相比广义似然比检测器和贝叶斯检测器的峰值性能下降较小、所需的计算量更少、对环境失配的宽容性更好。      

Miniature array postdetection-encoded MRI

A method for performing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements simultaneously from more than a single radiofrequency (RF) coil is presented. The method employs the detection of magnetic resonance signals in an array of detectors, where each detector is responsible for detecting a unique frequency bandwidth or a magnetic resonance signal from a unique location in a region in a primary, substantially homogeneous, static magnetic field. The detectors may be separated logically into groups, whereby all the detectors in a given group are essentially RF-decoupled from each other to substantially eliminate cross-talk by switching circuits or by being placed from each other sufficiently remotely. Sampling of detected signals from detectors in this array is done simultaneously over groups of noninteracting detectors. The detected signals from all detectors in a given group are simultaneously transmitted to a single preamplifier, thus increasing significantly the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in that preamplifier. Prior to transmitting each detected NMR signal of each detector to the preamplifier, each detected signal is separately and uniquely encoded electronically. This provides a method whereby the signal of each detector is uniquely encoded. Accumulating all these encoded signals, which were simultaneously received in a number of RF detectors into a single amplifier, results in the total signal having a high SNR ratio. This total amplified signal is later decoded into each detector's original signal by a decoding circuitry. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques may be thereafter applied to obtain an image. Or else, conventional NMR techniques may be thereafter applied to obtain an improved SNR from a sample, using a single preamplifier with a multitude of detectors. Applying this method to a large number of miniature and closely packed RF detectors placed in an array-like configuration results in an MRI technique with a very fast acquisition time, an increased SNR and a high spatial resolution equivalent to the number of detectors per unit of length. Deblurring and decoupling algorithms allow for images from layers as deep as 6 mm to be acquired.     

Non-uniformity correction algorithm for IRFPA based on motion controllable micro-scanning and perimeter diaphragm strips

Non-uniformity correction is the key issue for the image quality improvement of infrared focal panel array (IRFPA) imaging. A non-uniformity correction (NUC) algorithm for IRFPA based on motion controllable micro-scanning platform and perimeter diaphragm strips is presented. We initially execute one-point calibration to the perimeter detectors, then based on controllable motion of adjacent frames, a special algebraic algorithm is proposed to transport the calibration of the perimeter detectors to those interior un-corrected ones. In this way, the bias parameter of the whole field of view (FOV) is calculated. The algorithm can be easily combined with sub-pixel imaging, thereby improving the quality of thermal imaging system (image spatial resolution and uniformity). All calculations are algebraic, with a low computation load. The algorithm can realize adaptive one point calibration without covering the central FOV rapidly. Experiments on simulated infrared data demonstrate that this algorithm requires only dozens of frames to obtain high quality corrections.     

Development of Yangbajing air shower core detector for a new EAS hybrid experiment

Aiming at the observation of cosmic-ray chemical composition in the "knee" energy region, we have been developing a new type of air-shower core detector(YAC, Yangbajing Air shower Core detector array) to be set up at Yangbajing(90.522?E, 30.102?N, 4300 m above sea level, atmospheric depth: 606 g/m2) in Tibet, China.YAC works together with the Tibet air-shower array(Tibet-Ⅲ) and an underground water Cherenkov muon detector array(MD) as a hybrid experiment.Each YAC detector unit consists of lead plates of 3.5 cm thickness and a scintillation counter which detects the burst size induced by high energy particles in the air-shower cores.The burst size can be measured from 1 MIP(Minimum Ionization Particle) to 106 MIPs.The first phase of this experiment, named"YAC-Ⅱ ", consists of 16 YAC detectors each with a size of 40 cm×50 cm and distributed in a grid with an effective area of 10 m2.YAC-Ⅱ is used to check hadronic interaction models.The second phase of the experiment, called"YAC-Ⅱ ", consists of 124 YAC detectors with coverage of about 500 m2.The inner 100 detectors of 80 cm×50 cm each are deployed in a 10×10 matrix with a 1.9 m separation; the outer 24 detectors of 100 cm×50 cm each are distributed around these to reject non-core events whose shower cores are far from the YAC-Ⅱ array.YAC-Ⅱ is used to study the primary cosmic-ray composition, in particular, to obtain the energy spectra of protons, helium and iron nuclei between 5×1013eV and 1016 eV, covering the "knee" and also connected with direct observations at energies around 100 TeV.We present the design and performance of YAC-Ⅱ in this paper.     

The evaluation of the performance of two pyroelectric detectors with vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube coatings

Two LiTaO₃ pyroelectric detectors coated with vertically aligned multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) black coatings were assembled and evaluated using NPL’s detector characterisation facilities. The vertically-aligned nanotube array (VANTA) black coatings were grown on a silicon substrate and subsequently lifted off the silicon and bonded on the pyroelectric crystal substrates. Despite some drawbacks, this method was shown to provide a reliable way of coating delicate substrates such as pyroelectric crystals with VANTA coatings. The performance of the coated and uncoated detectors was evaluated and compared by coating only half of the active area of the test detectors, leaving the other half uncoated. The relative spectral responsivity of the VANTA-coated pyroelectric detectors was shown to be spectrally flat in the 0.8–14 μm wavelength range within the uncertainty of the measurements. The spatial uniformity of response of both detectors exhibited fine structure which was assigned either to the thickness of the VANTA coatings or to their bonding to the pyroelectric crystal. Both coated and uncoated detectors exhibited a super-linear response. This observation was expected in the case of the uncoated detectors, but was surprising in the case of the coated detectors and indicates that the thermal conductivity of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes is high along their long axis. The spatial variations of the phase delay experienced by the signal propagating through the VANTA coatings indicate that the thermal diffusivity of the coatings is not spatially uniform.     

Equivalent dose distribution analysis of Holocene eolian and fluvial quartz sands from Central Oklahoma

Holocene quartz sands were collected from fluvial terrace deposits and eolian dune deposits adjacent to the North Canadian and Cimarron Rivers and their tributaries in Central Oklahoma. Single aliquot regenerative dose optically stimulated luminescence techniques were employed to generate equivalent dose (ED) distribution histograms for each sample. We hypothesize that the ED distributions are convolutions of the distribution arising from natural sedimentary processes, influenced primarily by the degree of solar resetting experienced by individual grains, and a distribution due to experimental error. An estimation of the experimental error distribution for each sample was made and this was then deconvolved from the experimentally measured ED distribution to reveal the ‘sedimentary process’ ED distribution. Objective methods for determining EDs, uncertainties, and confidence parameters from the deconvolved distributions are presented.     

图像平场校正方法的扩展应用研究

对于图像阵列探测器而言,由于各像元响应的不一致使得所获图像中各像元灰度存在差异（响应的非均性现象）,而图像的平场校正可以非常有效地消除图像中各像元响应的不一致性.如果将图像背景或光路中影响成像的一些因素在一定程度上看作是图像探测器的响应,认为它是响应非均匀的组成部分,根据平场校正的原理对其进行处理,则可以获得较好的效果.     

红外探测器光谱响应度的均匀性及直线性测试研究

红外探测器光谱响应度的均匀性及直线性一直被认为是评价红外探测器性能的关键技术指标。目前，国防科工委光学计量一级站正在进行红外光谱响应度及其均匀性和直线性的测试研究，也包括对大气窗口一系列特性的测试研究。同时，还评价了一系列商用红外探测器，期望得到性能良好的、可用于不同波段量值传递的红外标准探测器。本文着重介绍红外探测器光谱响应度的均匀性及直线性的测试方法及测试结果，并评价一系列用于量值传递的不同波段的红外探测器。     

Al(x)Ga(1-x)N-based deep-ultraviolet 320×256 focal plane array

We report the synthesis, fabrication, and testing of a 320×256 focal plane array (FPA) of back-illuminated, solar-blind, p-i-n, Al(x)Ga(1-x)N-based detectors, fully realized within our research laboratory. We implemented a pulse atomic layer deposition technique for the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition growth of thick, high-quality, crack-free, high Al composition Al(x)Ga(1-x)N layers. The FPA is hybridized to a matching ISC 9809 readout integrated circuit and operated in a SE-IR camera system. Solar-blind operation is observed throughout the array with peak detection occurring at wavelengths of 256 nm and lower, and falling off three orders of magnitude by ~285 nm. By developing an opaque masking technology, the visible response of the ROIC is significantly reduced; thus the need for external filtering to achieve solar- and visible-blind operation is eliminated. This allows the FPA to achieve high external quantum efficiency (EQE); at 254 nm, average pixels showed unbiased peak responsivity of 75 mA/W, which corresponds to an EQE of ~37%. Finally, the uniformity of the FPA and imaging properties are investigated.     

Gamma-ray tracking: Utilizing new concepts in the detection of gamma-radiation

Gamma-ray tracking in a closed array of highly segmented HPGe detectors is a new concept for the detection of γ-radiation. Each of the interacting γ-rays is identified and separated by measuring the energies and positions of individual interactions and by applying tracking algorithms to reconstruct the scattering sequences, even if many γ-rays hit the array at the same time. The three-dimensional position and the energy of interactions are determined by using two-dimensionally segmented Ge detectors along with pulse-shape analysis of the signals. Such a detector will have new and much improved capabilities compared to current γ-ray spectrometer. One implementation of this concept, called GRETA (Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array), is currently being under development at LBNL. Received: 21 March 2002 / Accepted: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 31 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: kvetter@lbl.gov     

Scintillation detector with the fiber-optical readout

The results of studying detectors with light collection based on wavelength-shifting fibers regularly glued into scintillation tiles of identical area (1 × 1 m²) and different thickness of the scintillator (1, 3, 5 cm) are reported. Advantages and disadvantages of these counters from the point of view of their use in EAS arrays are discussed.     

光量子体系下基于粒子群算法的LED植物照明光源设计

在现代农业生产中,常采用发光二极管(LED)作为植物照明光源对农业作物进行补光,为提高LED植物照明阵列光源的均匀度,本文在光量子体系下,提出一种新的基于粒子群算法的LED植物照明阵列光源设计方法。通过MATLAB对红蓝光LED植物光源阵列进行数学建模,运用粒子群算法寻找高均匀度条件下的红蓝光LED坐标,设计出二维情况下的红蓝光LED排布阵列;在三维情况下,为解决维度升高时可能会导致的求解陷入局部极小问题,采用改进的随机惯性权粒子群算法进行三维方案设计,并使用Tracepro对两种设计方案进行验证,与传统的红蓝光LED等间距逐行排列设计进行了对比。研究结果表明,与常见逐行排列LED阵列设计达到的光量子通量密度(PPFD)均匀度为79.6%相比,通过粒子群算法寻优的设计方法,二维设计方案的PPFD均匀度达到88.7%,较等间距逐行排列设计提高了9.1%;三维设计方案的PPFD均匀度达到92.6%,较二维设计方案提高了3.9%,较等间距逐行排列设计提高了13%。本实验证明了运用粒子群算法在二维和三维空间进行LED植物照明阵列光源设计的可行性,在简易设计流程的同时,提高了工作效率。     

Study of the Response Uniformity of Scintillator Tiles for Highly Granular Calorimeters

A modern trend in calorimetry is an increase in calorimeter granularity. A high-granularity hadron calorimeter assembled from scintillator tiles with signal readout by silicon photomultipliers is developed and tested by the CALICE collaboration. The uniformity of the tile response to minimum ionizing particles is studied, and these experimental measurements are compared with simulation based on the Geant4 package.     

Micromachined Uncooled IR Bolometer Linear Array Using VO2 Thin Films

Mixed vanadium oxide thin films, as VO₂ for the main composition are materials for uncooled microbolometer due to their high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) at room temperature. This paper describes the design and fabrication of 8-element linear array IR uncooled microbolometers using the films and micromachining technology. The characteristics of the array is investigated in the spectral region of 8–12 m. The fabricated detectors exhibit responsivity of up to 10 KV/W, typical detectivity of 1.89×10⁸ cmHz^1/2/W, and thermal time constant of 11 ms, at 296 K and at a frequency of 30 Hz. Furthermore, The uncorrected response uniformity of the linear array bolometers is less than 20%.     

60 A GeV16O原子核在核乳胶中的电磁离解

对60 A GeV¹⁶O在原子核乳胶中的电磁离解现象首次进行了高统计的研究,得到电磁离解截面随束流能量的增加而增加,射弹碎片电荷分布和200 A GeV¹⁶O在 乳胶中电磁离解的电荷分布一致,但电荷为3≤Z≤5的射弹碎片的发射概率低于200 A GeV能 区,这些特点和Weiszacker和Williams的经典电磁理论模型计算结果一致.60 A GeV¹⁶ O电磁离解下各反应道出现的概率和200 A GeV能区结果基本一致,但同14.6 关键词： 电磁离解 射弹碎片 碎裂     

Array of scintillation detectors for the MONICA spectrometer

An array of scintillation detectors of the MONICA Spectrometer, whis is aimed at investigating fluxes of cosmic-ray ions (from H to Ni) in the extraterrestrial space within the energy range from 10 to 300 MeV per nucleon, is considered. The basic goal of the MONICA experiment is the measurement of the ionic and isotopic composition of cosmic rays of the galactic and solar origin, as well as the measurement of their energy spectrum. This problem was intensely studied by numerous investigators [1–10]; nevertheless, a lot of questions remain unsolved up to now, in this field of science. The array of scintillation detectors plays the important role in achieving the goals of the MONICA experiment. The composition of the array, tuning procedure, and characteristics of scintillation detectors are discussed in detail.     

Prototype of readout electronics for the LHAASO KM2A electromagnetic particle detectors

The KM2A(one kilometer square extensive air shower array) is the largest detector array in the LHAASO(Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory) project. The KM2 A consists of 5242 EDs(Electromagnetic particle Detectors) and 1221 MDs(Muon Detectors). The EDs are distributed and exposed in the wild. Two channels, anode and dynode, are employed for the PMT(photomultiplier tube) signal readout. The readout electronics designed in this paper aims at accurate charge and arrival time measurement of the PMT signals, which cover a large amplitude range from 20 P.E.(photoelectrons) to 2×10~5 P.E. By using a "trigger-less" architecture, we digitize signals close to the PMTs. All digitized data is transmitted to DAQ(Data Acquisition) via a simplified White Rabbit protocol.Compared with traditional high energy experiments, high precision of time measurement over such a large area and suppression of temperature effects in the wild become the key techniques. Experiments show that the design has fulfilled the requirements in this project.     

基于模拟退火-粒子群算法的卤素灯阵列照度均匀性研究

光照均匀性问题是太阳模拟器照明系统的主要问题。针对目前卤素灯作为光源进行灯阵光照均匀性的阵列设计多采用理论计算的方法,复杂繁琐,不易施行的缺点,将数值优化方法应用于卤素灯阵列结构设计中,与单一的算法不同,模拟退火算法与粒子群算法相结合的方式,突破了单一算法的局限性,得到的结果更加良好,均匀性更佳。通过编程优化灯阵中每个灯的坐标,将最优结果导入光学仿真软件进行照度分析,实验数据显示,3种灯阵下的光照均匀度分别为91%、87%和91%,同等条件下的六边形灯阵的光照均匀度要比圆形的均匀度好,采用最优化方法,可使实验更加简单可行。