微束斑X射线源聚焦系统的数值研究

本文研究了由两个磁透镜组成的电子束打靶微束斑X射线源的聚焦系统.首先利用有限元法计算了磁透镜的磁感应强度的轴上分布,在此基础上用三次样条函数插值计算了磁场的空间分布,最后用四阶Runge-Kutta法追踪了电子的运动轨迹,并给出了入射电子束经过聚焦系统后的缩小倍率.     

利用宽带声场频率-掠射角干涉结构的深海直达声区目标深度估计方法

针对典型深海环境中宽带声源的深度分辨问题,通过研究深海声场随频率起伏的干涉结构与垂直线阵频域波束输出图中的干涉结构,给出一种直达声区内可区分多水下目标的宽带声源深度估计方法。该方法以近水面目标的射线声场模型为基础,推导出近海面宽带声源接收声场的波束输出表达式,阐明了频域波束输出图中干涉结构与声源深度的对应关系。然后利用改进的傅里叶变换方法将二维频域波束输出图映射到声源深度-掠射角度域,可实现声源深度信息的有效分离。最后开展了深海实验验证,利用垂直阵接收拖曳声源发射的宽带白噪声信号,拖曳声源深度计算结果与实测声源深度基本一致。数值仿真与实验结果均表明该方法可以在多目标复杂环境下准确估计出水下宽带声源的深度。      

Improved GO/PO method and its application to wideband SAR image of conducting objects over rough surface

To simulate the multiple scattering effect of target in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image, the hybrid method GO/PO method, which combines the geometrical optics (GO) and physical optics (PO), is employed to simulate the scattering field of target. For ray tracing is time-consuming, the Open Graphics Library (OpenGL) is usually employed to accelerate the process of ray tracing. Furthermore, the GO/PO method is improved for the simulation in low pixel situation. For the improved GO/PO method, the pixels are arranged corresponding to the rectangular wave beams one by one, and the GO/PO result is the sum of the contribution values of all the rectangular wave beams. To get high-resolution SAR image, the wideband echo signal is simulated which includes information of many electromagnetic (EM) waves with different frequencies. Finally, the improved GO/PO method is used to simulate the SAR image of targets above rough surface. And the effects of reflected rays and the size of pixel matrix on the SAR image are also discussed.     

高斯射线束方法在深海匹配场定位中的应用

匹配场定位作为一种水声被动定位方法,其拷贝场计算方法的精度和速度对定位效果和定位效率有着直接的影响。尤其在深海,目前浅海中常用的拷贝场计算方法如简正波法、抛物方程近似等在深海中往往存在计算效率不够、内存需求大、难以满足实际应用的需求。高斯射线束方法具有计算速度快,物理意义清晰,易于并行化处理等优点,非常适合于深海近程声场计算。通过数值仿真算例和海上实验数据的处理验证了高斯射线束方法用于拷贝场计算的有效性。仿真和实验数据处理结果表明,采用高斯射线束方法计算拷贝场在深海匹配场定位中有很好的定位效果.      

微束斑X射线源LaB_6阴极电子枪的设计

LaB6阴极电子枪是微束斑X射线源的关键组成部件之一。详细的讨论了电子枪的各组成电极 ,即LaB6阴极、Wehnelt栅极和阳极的设计。采用边界元法 (BEM )对电子枪内部电场电位和场强分布进行了有效的数值计算 ,并从阴极开始起利用四阶Runge Kutta法追踪电子的运动轨迹。给出了当阳极端口处电子束半径为设计值时各电极电压、电极结构等工作参量 ,利用该LaB6阴极电子枪可以满足微束斑X射线源需要高亮度、微细电子束发射的要求。     

离子束治疗中的靶区运动补偿方法

相对于被动式束流配送系统,由患者呼吸因素而引起的肿瘤靶区运动会对主动式束流配送系统下的离子束放射治疗带来非常严重的影响,造成离子束辐射场剂量分布的严重畸变,甚至对肿瘤靶区周围的健康组织造成严重损伤,很大程度上影响离子束治疗的疗效。因此,在主动式束流配送系统下,建立针对由呼吸因素引起的运动肿瘤靶区的适形调强照射方法就显得必要,且具有重要意义。系统介绍了呼吸运动探测、4D-CT 以及目前主要的3 种运动补偿方法(多次扫描、呼吸门控和主动跟踪技术),并对这3 种方法在靶区适形度、稳健性以及技术复杂度等方面进行了比较。在靶区适形度方面主动跟踪技术优于门控技术,而门控技术又优于多次扫描技术;在稳健性方面多次扫描技术优于门控技术,而门控技术优于主动跟踪技术;在技术复杂度方面,多次扫描技术最简单,其次是门控技术,而主动跟踪技术最复杂。Active beam scanning results in serious distortion of ion-beam irradiation field in the presence of target motion and causes damage to healthy tissues round tumor target compared to passive beam shaping techniques. Therefore,it is necessary to establish suitable conformal irradiation methods for moving targets caused by the factor such as respiration in active ion beam scanning system. In this paper, motion detection, 4D-CT and three main ion beam specific mitigation techniques, namely rescanning, gating and beam tracking, are introduced. In addition, three motion mitigation techniques are compared comprehensively in terms of target conformation, robustness and mplementation complexity,respectively. For target conformation, the beam tracking is superior to gating, and gating is better than beam rescanning;the robustness decreases in the order rescanning-gating-beam tracking; for implementation complexity, beam rescanning is the most simple technology, followed by gating, while beam tracking is the most complex technique.     

Large negative Goos-H(a)nchen shift from a wedge-shaped thin film

The analytical expression for the complex amplitude of light reflected from a wedge-shaped thin film is derived.For plane wave incidence,a simple ray tracing approach is used to calculate Goos-H(a)nchen(GH)shifts;and for non-plane wave incidence,for example,a Gaussian beam,the angular spectrum approach of plane wave is used in simulation.The two approaches predict that a wedge-shaped thin film can produce large negative longitudinal GH shifts.Although the reflectivity is small near the condition of resonance,the large negative GH shifts can be more easily detected in comparison with the shift from a plane-paxallel film in vacuum.     

On the reflection of a radiowave beam from a plasma layer with large-scale inhomogeneities

Using the method of parabolic equation (MPE), we obtain transfer equations for the mean field, the space-coherence function, and the ray intensity of a radiowave beam as it is reflected from a plasma layer with random inhomogeneities. The general solutions of these equations are found. Special attention is given to the case of radiowave beam reflection from a linear plasma layer with large-scale electron-density inhomogeneities. If a weakly directed transceiving SW antenna is used, the shortwave scattering can lead to a pronounced (of the order of 3 dB) decrease in the intensity of a vertical-sounding signal reflected from the ionospheric F2 layer only under the conditions of abnormally strong ionospheric electron-density perturbations. Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 955–965, August, 1998.     

X‐Tream quality assurance in synchrotron X‐ray microbeam radiation therapy

Microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) is a novel irradiation technique for brain tumours treatment currently under development at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France. The technique is based on the spatial fractionation of a highly brilliant synchrotron X‐ray beam into an array of microbeams using a multi‐slit collimator (MSC). After promising pre‐clinical results, veterinary trials have recently commenced requiring the need for dedicated quality assurance (QA) procedures. The quality of MRT treatment demands reproducible and precise spatial fractionation of the incoming synchrotron beam. The intensity profile of the microbeams must also be quickly and quantitatively characterized prior to each treatment for comparison with that used for input to the dose‐planning calculations. The Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (University of Wollongong, Australia) has developed an X‐ray treatment monitoring system (X‐Tream) which incorporates a high‐spatial‐resolution silicon strip detector (SSD) specifically designed for MRT. In‐air measurements of the horizontal profile of the intrinsic microbeam X‐ray field in order to determine the relative intensity of each microbeam are presented, and the alignment of the MSC is also assessed. The results show that the SSD is able to resolve individual microbeams which therefore provides invaluable QA of the horizontal field size and microbeam number and shape. They also demonstrate that the SSD used in the X‐Tream system is very sensitive to any small misalignment of the MSC. In order to allow as rapid QA as possible, a fast alignment procedure of the SSD based on X‐ray imaging with a low‐intensity low‐energy beam has been developed and is presented in this publication.     

The phase mode of reflected beam from laser retroreflector with dihedral angle and flatness error

The phase mode of reflected beam (PMRB) is the most important factor for determining the far field diffraction pattern (FFDP) with laser retroreflector (LR). Based on the structure of LR and ray tracing method, the additional optical path difference of the light beam with various incident angle passed through no ideal LR is induced. Combined with the expression of incident beam, the mathematical PMRB is established for LR with dihedral angle and flatness error under different incident beam conditions. The FFDP with the phase mode is simulated for Champ laser retroreflector, which validates the correctness of PMRB.     

Target recognition based on phase noise of received laser signal in lidar jammer

In this Letter, a method based on the effects of imperfect oscillators in lasers is proposed to distinguish targets in continuous wave tracking lidar. This technique is based on the fact that each lidar signal source has a specific influence on the phase noise that makes real targets from the false ones. A simulated signal is produced by complex circuits, modulators, memory, and signal oscillators. For example, a deception laser beam has an unequal and variable phase noise from a real target. Thus, the phase noise of transmitted and received signals does not have the same power levels and patterns. To consider the performance of the suggested method, the probability of detection(PD) is shown for various signal-to-noise ratios and signal-to-jammer ratios based on experimental outcomes.     

Estimating the absolute flux distribution for a synchrotron X‐ray beam using ionization‐chamber measurements with various filters

It is shown that an extensive set of accurate ionization‐chamber measurements with a primary polychromatic synchrotron X‐ray beam transmitted through various filter combinations/thicknesses can be used to quite effectively estimate the absolute flux distribution. The basic technique is simple but the `inversion' of the raw data to extract the flux distribution is a fundamentally ill‐posed problem. It is demonstrated, using data collected at the Imaging and Medical Beamline (IMBL) of the Australian Synchrotron, that the absolute flux can be quickly and reliably estimated if a suitable choice of filters is made. Results are presented as a function of the magnetic field (from 1.40 to 4.00 T) of the superconducting multi‐pole wiggler insertion device installed at IMBL. A non‐linear least‐squares refinement of the data is used to estimate the incident flux distribution and then comparison is made with calculations from the programs SPECTRA, XOP and spec.exe. The technique described is important not only in estimating flux itself but also for a variety of other, derived, X‐ray properties such as beam quality, power density and absorbed‐dose rate. The applicability of the technique with a monochromatic X‐ray beam for which there is significant harmonic contamination is also demonstrated. Whilst absolute results can also be derived in this monochromatic beam case, relative (integrated) flux values are sufficient for our primary aim of establishing reliable determinations of the percentages of the various harmonic components.     

Algebraic tomographic reconstruction of two-dimensional gas temperature based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

Based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, the combustion gas temperature distribution was reconstructed using the algebraic iterative reconstruction technique. The effects of the projected angle and number of rays on the temperature reconstruction results for both fan beam and parallel beam were investigated. The flow field information was shown in detail. The reconstruction quality increased with increased ray number for both parallel- and fan-beam projections. The trend tended to be smooth when the total number of beams exceeded 100. A virtual ray method combined with the reconstruction algorithms was proposed. The virtual ray method is effective to improve the accuracy of reconstruction results for the symmetric and non-axisymmetric temperature distributions. Moreover, the temperature reconstruction of an infrared gas-field furnace is demonstrated, showing the virtual ray method can be applied to the combustion diagnostics.     

声学理论在超短基线跟踪自治水下机器人中的应用

对超短基线定位系统的有效跟踪范围问题进行了研究,将射线声学基本理论和声纳方程相结合,提出一种确定超短基线定位系统在试验现场跟踪范围的有效方法。利用射线方程确定跟踪范围的上边界;利用声纳方程确定跟踪范围的下边界,上、下两个边界所围区域确定有效跟踪范围。湖上和海上试验证明了方法的有效性,提高了超短基线定位系统跟踪自治水下机器人自动航行的安全性和可靠性。。     

适用于任意形状封闭空间的声场预测相干模型

针对现有几何声学的方法对封闭空间内声场进行预测时在中低频段出现较大误差的问题,该文提出一种近似圆锥声束追踪法和相干反射场理论相结合的声场预测新模型。在近似圆锥声束追踪法基础上,考虑声束轴线在边界多次反射时声压和相位的改变,最后计算不同声波之间的干涉效应,建立一种适用于任意形状封闭空间的声场预测相干模型。利用该模型对某一矩形封闭空间进行声场预测,通过对边界元法、Raynoise软件相干和非相干算法的预测结果和本模型的数值模拟结果对比。结果表明,文中提出的方法和边界元法的计算结果在中低频段非常吻合,两者的计算结果平均绝对误差为1.1 d B。本模型在中低频率下与同样考虑了相位的Raynoise相干算法相比有更好的准确性,在较高频率上,本模型计算结果与Raynoise相干算法计算结果非常吻合。     

利用含二面角误差的角锥棱镜阵列实现反射光束均匀发散的方法

角锥棱镜常应用于光电跟踪、卫星通信、干涉仪等领域.在一些特殊应用场合中,要求经角锥棱镜反射的光束具有一定的发散角,以实现对距离激光器较远位置处探测器的覆盖.由于标准角锥棱镜不具备对光束发散的功能,本文利用含二面角误差的角锥棱镜对反射光束的不均匀发散特性,提出利用角锥棱镜阵列实现对反射光束均匀发散的方法和设计原则.采用衍射光学理论分析了所提方法及其设计原则的可行性,并依此设计了一个发散半角为0.5 mrad的角锥棱镜阵列.分析了光束参数、结构参数对反射光束远场衍射特性的影响,结果表明,入射光斑强度分布对反射光束发散半角没有影响,当角锥阵列满足点光源条件时,传输距离对反射光斑的角向均匀性没有影响;当阵元数超过一定值时,均匀性不再显著变化,但反射光斑的强度将进一步增加.在工程应用中,角锥棱镜阵列安装方位角误差对反射特性影响不显著,但角锥棱镜二面角的加工精度对反射特性影响较大,可通过进一步增加阵元数加以解决.     

Focusing of a wave beam in an underwater sound channel

The use of a vertical radiating antenna array for generation of a wave beam propagating in an underwater sound channel along the reference ray trajectory is discussed. The method for selecting the starting field in the antenna aperture for maximum compression of a beam in the specified vicinity of the reference ray is proposed. The estimates showing up to what distances a beam can propagate while remaining narrow as compared to the range of depths between the rotation horizons have been obtained. The problem concerning the distances from the antenna array at which a beam can still be effectively focused in the vicinity of the selected reference ray point is investigated.     

多层介质中超声相控阵声场仿真*

由于良好的声束偏转与聚焦特性,超声相控阵已经广泛应用于多层固体介质的缺陷检测。当超声束经过多层介质时,由于反射、透射以及模式转换的存在,多种声束存在于这种结构中,使得声场分析变得复杂。为了提高多层介质检测的准确性,有必要对超声声场的分布规律进行深入地了解。该文结合高斯声束等效点源模型以及射线追踪法,给出了相控阵声源在多层固体介质中激发声场的仿真方法,并且模拟计算了一维线型相控阵在楔块-铝-黄铜-钢四层固体介质中的辐射声场。通过对不同延时法则的计算,实现了声波在这种复杂介质中的偏转与聚焦,进而研究了不同焦点处聚焦声场的分布。结果表明:相控阵方法能使聚焦点处的声场幅值增大,能量集中,提高了检测分辨率;不同聚焦点处声场聚焦效果不同,实际检测时应根据检测区域结构及位置特点,合理放置相控阵换能器。与瑞利积分法的比较表明,该文的仿真方法适用于多层介质相控阵声场的计算。