电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数成像探测器性能的影响

微通道板出射电荷云尺寸与微通道板增益、微通道板输出面和楔条形阳极间距离以及阳极加速电压等因素有关.到达阳极的电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数探测器的成像性能有重要影响.本文研究了电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数成像系统成像性能的影响,论述了调制畸变和"S"畸变两种图像畸变及其产生的原因,采用蒙特卡洛方法模拟了不同尺寸的电荷云对阳极解码的影响.实验测试了微通道板和阳极间距离、微通道板增益以及阳极加速电压对紫外光子计数成像系统成像性能的影响,并给出了实际解决调制畸变和"S"畸变的有效方法. 关键词： 光子计数成像 楔条形阳极 微通道板 阳极探测器     

微通道板增益对光子计数探测器成像性能影响

微通道板作为二维位置灵敏阳极光子计数探测器中的电子倍增器件,其增益特性直接影响探测器的成像性能。搭建了系统测试平台,测量了微通道板的增益随电压变化曲线,并获得了3块微通道板叠加后的脉冲高度分布曲线。根据测试结果以及脉冲高度分布曲线的能量分辨率与探测器增益的均匀性之间的物理关系,选择合适电压值和增益对探测器的性能进行优化,探测器分辨率由3.56 lp/mm 提高到4.49 lp/mm ,获得了清晰图像,为探测器的研制提供了技术支持。     

电子清刷对微通道板增益及输出信噪比的影响

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

微通道板输入信号利用率提高研究

分析了微通道板输入信号损失的原因,提出了在微通道板输入端镀制绝缘层,从而提高微通道板输入信号利用率的方法,并进行了试验.试验结果表明:在微通道板输入端镀制一层15nm的绝缘层,可以提高微通道板输入信号的利用率,从而提高微通道板的增益.绝缘层的二次电子发射系数越高,微通道板输入信号的利用率越高,增益提高的比例越大.对SiO2膜层而言,可以提高12%左右;对Al2O3膜层而言,可以提高35%左右.在微通道板增益提高的同时,像增强器的分辨力和调制传递函数会降低,并且绝缘层的二次电子发射系数越高,分辨力和调制传递函数降低的比例越大.但微通道板分辨力和调制传递函数降低的比例远低于增益提高的比例.本文提出的提高微通道板输入信号利用率的方法具有一定的实用性,可以推广使用.     

紫外单光子成像系统增益特性研究

介绍了基于微通道板和楔条形阳极的紫外单光子成像系统的组成和工作原理.利用该系统分别研究了两块和三块微通道板在不同电压下的暗计数特性.实验和拟合结果表明微通道板的暗计数脉冲幅度呈负指数型分布,暗计数率随电压升高而增大.通过测试不同电压下的脉冲幅度分布曲线,发现微通道板增益在较高电压下更加均匀.研究了两块微通道板情况下,微通道板电压和间距对系统分辨率的影响.结果表明,系统分辨率随微通道板电压增加而提高;另外,适当增加微通道板间距也可以提高系统分辨率. 关键词： 单光子计数成像 微通道板 楔条形阳极 分辨率     

含负折射率介质的一维光子晶体构成的相干热辐射源的辐射特性及控制

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

微通道板动态特性的数值模拟

对皮秒高压脉冲驱动下微通道板中电子的渡越时间特性和增益特性进行了数值模拟,在电压脉冲波形分别为高斯形、三角形和梯形时,得到了电子渡越时间与电压脉冲宽度、幅度的关系曲线。在考虑入射电子为一高斯电子脉冲的情况下,获得了增益曲线的半峰全宽和峰值随脉冲电压幅度、宽度的变化规律。分析结果表明：当微通道板两端所加电压为梯形波时,微通道板中电子的渡越时间特性和增益特性较加三角波和高斯波要好。     

微通道板近紫外量子效率测量及成像研究

提出了一种通过测量微通道板输出电流及增益来计算光电流,从而测量出微通道板量子效率的方法,并用该方法测量了微通道板在近紫外(200~380nm)的量子效率.测量结果表明,微通道板的量子效率很低,并且随波长增加而快速下降,200nm波长处的量子效率为10-4数量级,320nm波长处的量子效率为10-8数量级,大于340nm波长处的量子效率极低且趋近于零.微通道板及荧光屏组成的成像器件可以对酒精灯火焰成像,但图像较稀疏,而传统Cs2Te光电阴极紫外成像器件的图像却较密实,这与微通道板量子效率低,Cs2Te光电阴极量子效率高的情形一致.在该成像器件的前端放置一片350nm波长的高通滤光片后,所成的酒精灯火焰图像消失.对被照射目标成像时,如果照射光源为254nm的汞灯,则可以成像;但如果照射光源为365nm汞灯,则不能成像.说明微通道板的光谱响应主要在350nm波长以下,与其量子效率的测量结果一致.最后测量得到该成像器件的分辨力为32lp/mm,与传统Cs2Te光电阴极紫外成像器件的分辨力相同.微通道板及荧光屏组成的成像器件由于不使用光电阴极,具有价格低、寿命长且可靠性高的优点,因此可在紫外信号较强或成像距离较短的条件下使用.     

金阴极微通道板能谱响应的理论研究

分析了金阴极微通道板在X射线段（0.1～10 keV）的能谱响应,从阴极量子效率,X射线在通道材料中的衰减,微通道壁的铅层的光电效应,微通道板通道增益等多个方面进行综合计算,结果表明:得出较完善的阴极型微通道板能谱响应理论公式及其数值模拟曲线.在只考虑一个通道,增益值为1时,微通道板的能谱响应完全取决于金阴极的量子效率,若考虑多通道效应,微通道板的能谱响应受通道材料元素吸收边的影响发生突变,且通道数目越多,影响越显著;能谱响应随电压增大呈增长趋势,但会受到微通道板饱和电流的限制.实验给出了微通道板能谱响应与入射角的关系曲线,确定了能获得增益的最小入射角.     

模拟增益对电荷耦合器件信噪比与动态范围影响的实验研究

电荷耦合器件(CCD)是遥感成像系统的核心部件,为了在低照度、低量化位数的情况下获得高信噪比与大动态范围的遥感图像,首先根据CCD的结构与噪声物理性质给出了模拟增益、量化位数与CCD信噪比的关系,接着搭建了CCD的积分球标定系统,依据实验数据建立了散粒噪声、光子响应非均匀性噪声以及基底噪声的数学模型,然后着重分析了低照度情况下模拟增益与信噪比之间的关系,最后搭建了实际成像系统,获取了低照度情况下不同模拟增益系数的遥感图像.结果表明理论分析、实验室积分球标定数据与实际成像图像符合良好,即模拟增益提高1至2倍 关键词： 电荷耦合器件 模拟增益 信噪比 遥感成像系统     

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.