利用海浪噪声自相关实现散射体无源探测

提出了一种利用海浪噪声自相关实现散射体无源探测的新方法.将各接收器记录噪声信号的自相关减去所有接收器记录噪声信号自相关的平均值,得到散射信号的到达结构,然后结合基尔霍夫移位算法实现对散射体的探测.与利用背景噪声互相关提取格林函数从而实现散射体探测的方法不同,自相关无需考虑各个接收器之间的大量数据传输及时间同步问题,这为相距较远的多接收器和移动平台目标探测提供了极大的方便.将所提出的方法应用于实验数据中,最终探测结果与实际测量结果相比差别不大,验证了方法的有效性.     

利用环境噪声互相关实现散射体无源成像

最近研究表明利用环境噪声的互相关可以恢复两点之间的时域格林函数(声脉冲响应),这一原理在文献中被称为格林函数恢复。基于此原理,通过对多个传声器所接收的环境噪声进行互相关处理,获取与散射体相关联的散射波的到达时延信息,结合最小二乘反演算法和改进克希霍夫移位算法,分别获得道路交通噪声场中石柱以及海浪噪声场中塑料桶的空间位置,且其估计结果与实际测量相一致。实验结果表明将环境噪声作为探测信号进行散射体无源成像是可行的。这为设计室内无源声监测系统以及通过海洋环境噪声实现对水中静默目标成像提供了新思路和有益参考。     

利用海洋环境噪声估计海流流速

为了观测海流在短时间尺度上的变化,基于被动声层析原理,提出了一种利用浅海海洋环境噪声估计海流流速的方法.通过波束形成增加噪声互相关函数的能量积累,从环境噪声互相关函数提取出两个水平阵列间的经验格林函数,利用经验格林函数的时间到达结构反演阵列间的浅海海流流速.海上实验数据处理结果表明,该方法提取了2h时间平均的经验格林函...     

基于二次相关算法的双M-Z光纤传感器的定位方法

双马赫-曾德干涉仪型分布式光纤传感系统因灵敏度高而易受环境噪声及系统噪声的影响,使得利用直接互相关算法计算扰动信号位置存在较大误差.采用二次互相关算法,先对两路接收信号做互相关运算,再与其中一路信号的自相关结果做互相关运算,通过对两路信号的时延估计对扰动信号定位,减小了噪声带来的误差并提高计算准确度.对该算法进行了理论仿真和分析,搭建了实验装置进行了实验验证.实验结果表明,与采用直接互相关定位算法结果比较,采用本文算法能够有效提高系统对扰动信号的定位准确度,且具有较高的实时性.     

强噪声中的光散射通信信号检测

针对光散射通信存在严重的多径衰落及噪声干扰,提出了一种基于空间分集接收,并采用三阶累积量及互相关滤波的信号检测方法。该方法使用两路探测器同时接收信号,并分别计算采集信号的自三阶累积量对角切片,之后对两路信号进行互相关滤波。实验结果表明,在接收信号信噪比低至-25dB时,该方法仍可抑制噪声干扰,正确提取信号频率特征,且对设备要求不高,操作简便,能够实现强噪声中的实时光散射信号的检测。     

声矢量圆阵宽带相干目标MVDR方位估计*

针对宽带相干目标的远程探测问题，本文提出一种基于声压振速联合处理和矢量重构的声矢量圆阵MVDR波束形成方法。该方法利用相位模态变换技术，将声矢量圆阵变换为与信号频率无关的虚拟线阵，并构建虚拟线阵声压与组合振速的互协方差矩阵，利用声压与振速各分量间的空间相关性有效地抑制各向同性环境噪声；并对宽带相干信号的互协方差矩阵进行矢量重构，即将最大特征值对应的特征向量划分为相互重叠的子向量，从而构建前/后向Hermitian矩阵；最后，基于MVDR波束形成器实现宽带相干目标的方位估计。仿真计算和实验数据处理结果表明，该方法具较强的解相干能力和噪声抑制能力以及较高的方位估计性能。     

基于离轴数字全息改善散斑自相关重建效果

针对在成像物体没有超出散射介质记忆效应范围的情况下,提出一种结合数字离轴全息术减少散射介质成像中散斑自相关噪声的方法。当成像目标经过散射介质时,使用自相关技术结合相位恢复算法能够从散斑中重建成像目标。但在实际成像的过程中,为了有效抑制环境噪声和热噪声等对重建效果的影响,设计利用离轴全息中的相移法消除噪声项中静态噪声项的干扰,再利用散斑自相关与相位恢复算法重建去噪后效果更好的成像目标。采用结构相似度对重建效果进行定量评估,仿真结果表明对于给出的成像目标,去噪前后的结构相似度从0.8796提高到0.9875,验证了该方法的有效性。说明所提出的方法能够改善散斑自相关法重建效果。     

基于Hilbert-Huang变换的水声信号特征提取及分类技术

水下目标噪声信号是一种典型的非线性非平稳随机信号，Hilbert-Huang变换较传统方法在处理此类信号时具有很大优势，据此本文提出了一种基于Hilbert-Huang变换的水下目标噪声特征提取方法。本文将环境噪声当作一类目标，利用上述方法对涉及两种航行船舶、海洋生物和海洋环境噪声的四类目标信号的特征进行了详细分析，最后对各类目标噪声信号进行了分类识别实验。实验结果表明基于Hilbert-Huang变换提取的特征对各类目标具有较好的可分性，达到了较高的识别率。     

海面波浪对海洋环境噪声垂直空间相关性的影响

研究了由海浪谱导得的噪声源的相关函数对海洋环境噪声垂直空间相关性的影响。常用的海洋环境噪声空间相关性模型一般假设海面噪声源是非相关的,这种假设可以解释一些物理现象,但是与真实情况并不符合。考虑到风成噪声与海浪运动的相关性,引入海浪谱,得到噪声源的相关函数,利用Kuperman-Ingenito (K/I)噪声模型,计算海洋环境噪声的垂直相关性。通过仿真结果与实验数据对比可以看出,在高风速下,假设噪声源不相关时计算得到的噪声场垂直相关性与实验结果相差较大,而利用由海浪谱导得的噪声源的相关函数计算得到的噪声场的垂直相关性与实验结果符合较好。      

一种远距离水下光电成像的方法

为了增大水下光电成像探测系统的探测距离,降低系统造价成本,对距离选通技术中存在问题进行分析研究,提出降低激光单脉冲能量,提升系统运行频率,增加CCD曝光时间的方法。利用噪声随机特性及目标回波的相关特性进行多脉冲累计提高探测距离。对距离选通系统进行适应性改进,并在室内水池进行实验。实验结果表明：此方法可有效增大系统探测距离,且目标图像质量与激光脉冲数量存在一定最优匹配关系,实验中10次脉冲累计获取到29 m距离处的目标图像质量最佳。     

利用海洋环境噪声直接提取海底反射系数

提出了一种利用海洋环境噪声直接(非迭代)提取海底反射系数的方法,基于海洋环境噪声垂直相关函数与方向密度函数的相似性,结合海洋环境噪声射线理论,由两个垂直排列的水听器实现海底反射系数的被动获取.方法适应性的仿真分析说明较高海况下且近场无航船干扰的海洋环境噪声数据有利于方法的实现;对于两层海底,海洋环境噪声垂直相干函数经高...     

利用矢量海洋环境噪声提取声场格林函数

考虑到矢量水听器在垂直方向上具有8字形指向性,能够有效抑制远方非平稳噪声源的干扰,提出了一种矢量环境噪声相关函数(NCF)提取声场时域格林函数(TDGF)的方法。基于简正波理论建立了声压和垂直振速垂直相关性模型。在此基础上,给出了声压和垂直振速相关函数提取声场纵向格林函数的过程.数值仿真对比和实验数据分析表明,相对于声压提取方法,垂直振速提取方法能够有效消除直达波前出现的亮纹与亮区干扰。此外,对于同等时间长度噪声序列,声压提取方法只提取到直达波路径,而垂直振速提取方法还提取到了我们更为关心的海底反射路径。利用直达波与海底反射波到达时延差估计的海深与实测海深吻合较好。      

Particle Sizing by Dynamic Light Scattering: Noise and distortion in correlation data

Two undesirable effects occur in particle sizing by dynamic light scattering; statistical noise, and distortion of correlation data. Statistical noise in the correlation data, caused by estimating the autocorrelation of scattered laser light by a time average, leads to non-physical artifacts in the resulting linewidth distribution. These may be removed by regularization, computer modeling, or other techniques. The regularized kernel function for inverting the Laplace transform is calculated, and used to illustrate the problem of noise. Correct choice of the regularization parameter gives the minimum overall error. It is found that excessive error occurs unless the linewidth distribution is modeled over a finite range. Analytical models for the linewidth with finite range, based on the beta distribution of probability theory, are given. Distortion of correlation data may occur in three ways, through a focused or otherwise nonuniform laser beam in the optical system, by insufficient bit resolution in the quantized detection of scattered laser light, or by calculating a first order field autocorrelation from a second order intensity autocorrelation. Unlike noise, distortion cannot be removed by any known methods, since the exact nature of the distortion is unknown. Several examples illustrate how distortion can lead to artifacts in the linewidth distribution which could easily be misinterpreted as segments of a size distribution, not present in the physical sample.     

Correlation characteristics of variations of the ambient noise level in the shelf zone of the Pacific Ocean

Results of measuring normalized autocorrelation functions and frequency correlation functions of slow random variations in the ambient noise levels are presented. The measurements were carried out in the shelf zone of the Pacific Ocean, near Shikotan Island, at a depth of 130 m in the frequency range from 0.9 Hz to 11 kHz. The noise level’s variations were fairly synchronous in a wide frequency range. Their autocorrelation interval varied from 11 to 42 h for different frequencies, and the frequency correlation was no smaller than 0.77 within 2 decades. The integral autocorrelation interval of the wind speed’s variations was 14.1 h.     

Bottom profiling by correlating beam-steered noise sequences

It has already been established that by cross-correlating ambient noise time series received on the upward and downward steered beams of a drifting vertical array one can obtain a subbottom layer profile. Strictly, the time differential of the cross correlation is the impulse response of the seabed. Here it is shown theoretically and by simulation that completely uncorrelated surface noise results in a layer profile with predictable amplitudes proportional to those of an equivalent echo sounder at the same depth as the array. The phenomenon is simulated by representing the sound sources as multiple random time sequences emitted from random locations in a horizontal plane above a vertical array and then accounting for the travel times of the direct and bottom reflected paths. A well-defined correlation spike is seen at the depth corresponding to the bottom reflection despite the fact that the sound sources contain no structure whatsoever. The effects of using simultaneously steered upward and downward conical beams with a tilted or faceted seabed and multiple layers are also investigated by simulation. Experimental profiles are obtained using two different vertical arrays in smooth and rough bottom sites in the Mediterranean. Correlation peak amplitudes follow the theory and simulations closely.     

Noise correlations in a Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot

We report measurements of current noise auto- and cross correlation in a tunable quantum dot with two or three leads. As the Coulomb blockade is lifted at finite source-drain bias, the autocorrelation evolves from super- to sub-Poissonian in the two-lead case, and the cross correlation evolves from positive to negative in the three-lead case, consistent with transport through multiple levels. Cross correlations in the three-lead dot are found to be proportional to the noise in excess of the Poissonian value in the limit of weak output tunneling.     

Parameter-induced stochastic resonance in an over-damped linear system

Stochastic resonance (SR) in an over-damped linear system subjected to an excitation of bias signal modulated noise with multiplicative and additive noises is investigated. We obtain the exact expressions of the first two moments and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the output by using linear-response theory. The SNR depends non-monotonically on the intensity and the correlation time of multiplicative noise, the correlation time of additive noise, the intensity of the cross noise between multiplicative and additive noise, as well as the external field frequency. The conventional SR, the SR in a broad sense and the bona fide SR are found in the system. The influences of the asymmetries of multiplicative and additive noise, the correlation rate of the cross noise, the intensity of additive noise, the amplitude of signal and the bias on the SNR are analyzed. Moreover, we pointed out that SR can be realized by tuning the system parameter with fixed noise, i.e., parameter-induced stochastic resonance (PSR) exists.     

Multipath maximums in the correlation function of a wideband noise signal produced by a sea object: Noise immunity of their extraction

The noise immunity of the procedures used for extracting the local maximums of the autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions of a wideband noise signal produced by a sea object is studied. The autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions refer to the outputs of one or two spatial channels formed by a hydroacoustic array in the vertical plane. The limiting cases of low and high signal-to-noise ratios are considered. The noise immunity of extracting the maximums of the correlation function is compared with the noise immunity of the signal detection.