The effect of errors and detector noise on sensitive detection of chirp and pulse asymmetry of ultrashort laser pulses from interferometric autocorrelation signals

We have studied the effect of various types of systematic and non-systematic errors on unbalanced spectrally modified interferometric autocorrelation signals for detection of pulse chirp and asymmetry of ultrashort laser pulses. The effect of systematic errors arising due to limited number of data points per fringe, scan rate etc, and non-systematic errors due to phase noise, additive noise, multiplicative noise and quantization of interferometric autocorrelation (IAC) signals is illustrated using a linearly chirped asymmetric laser pulse. It is seen that the spectrally modified IAC signals based on difference of normalized envelope functions corresponding to different frequencies are not much sensitive to various noises, permitting their use for sensitive detection of pulse chirp and asymmetry. The analysis is supported by experimentally recorded IAC signals under different conditions.     

脉冲压缩与互相关联合的合成孔径声呐回波时延补偿

针对合成孔径声呐中阵元相位不一致导致互相关时延补偿算法对成像质量提升效果有限的问题,提出了一种脉冲压缩与互相关联合的回波时延补偿算法.该算法利用脉冲压缩回波的互相关对原始回波相位畸变进行校正,实现粗补偿;联合脉冲压缩与偏移相位中心算法实现精细时延补偿,对不同合成孔径位置各阵元回波时延差实现了较为准确的估计,增强了成像效果。试验数据经该算法处理后,回波时延得到较为精确的补偿,地貌成像结果的亮度、对比度等统计特性得到不同程度的提高,且纹理细节增多;典型线缆目标的成像聚焦加深,成像长度误差约由5%减小为0.8%。试验结果显示,该算法对互相关时延补偿方法改进效果明显,验证了算法的可行性、有效性。      

三五阶非线性下啁啾超高斯脉冲的啁啾和频谱

利用三五阶非线性效应下的扩展非线性薛定谔方程,在忽略光纤色散的情况下,计算模拟了以二阶情形为例的啁啾超高斯光脉冲的啁啾和频谱。结果表明,脉冲无预啁啾时,正五阶非线性增大啁啾量,负五阶非线性在减小啁啾量的同时还改变啁啾曲线的形状。当预啁啾与五阶非线性系数同(异)号时,总啁啾增加(减小)。随着超高斯脉冲阶次的增大,总啁啾量增大,脉冲中心附近无啁啾的范围变宽,整个有啁啾的范围变小,总啁啾中预啁啾所占比重增大。脉冲无预啁啾时,正负五阶非线性分别可以增大和减小频谱展宽。预啁啾若增强非线性所致啁啾,则可能使频谱峰值结构加强,谱峰数目增多。当超高斯光脉冲的阶次或最大非线性相移增大时,在某些宽大的频谱峰上还可能出现许多精细谱峰。     

基于子带补偿的弹载聚束SAR成像算法

弹载SAR成像常用非线性变标类算法改善聚焦效果.然而,非线性变标算法由于自身的局限性,在三维匀加速聚束SAR成像模式中非常容易失效.针对这一问题,本文提出了一种子带补偿法,并将该方法结合到弹载SAR聚束成像算法中.新算法不引入三次相位操作,可有效补偿随目标位置走动的多普勒调频率.仿真结果和分析表明,与常用的非线性变标类算法相比,本文所提算法在运算量、成像结果、适用性上都具有优越性,具有一定的工程应用价值和理论意义.     

Femtosecond parabolic pulse nonlinear compression with gas-filled hollow-core fiber

We study theoretically the spectral intensity evolutions of the femtosecond Gaussian and parabolic pulses with different initial pulse energies and compare the nonlinear compressions of these pulses based on a meter-long hollow-core fiber filled with neon for different initial pulse durations. The pulses are first coupled into gas-filled hollow-core fiber for spectrum broadening, then compressed by the optimal chirp compensation. The parabolic pulse possesses a shorter pulse duration, larger peak power, and cleaner wings than Gaussian pulse. The properties are useful for compressing the pulses and thus generating the high-energy, short-duration pulses.     

Wave-breaking-extended fiber supercontinuum generation for high compression ratio transform-limited pulse compression

Wave-breaking often occurs when a short intense optical pulse propagates in a long normally dispersive optical fiber. This effect has conventionally been avoided in fiber (super-)continuum-based pulse compression because the accumulated frequency chirp of the output pulse cannot be fully compensated by a standard prism (or grating) pair. Thus, the spectral extending capability of the wave-breaking has not been utilized to shorten the compressed pulse. We demonstrate that wave-breaking-free operation is not necessary if a 4f pulse shaper-based compressor is employed to remove both the linear and nonlinear chirp of the output pulse. By propagating a 180 fs (FWHM) input pulse in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber beyond the wave-breaking limit, we compress the wave-breaking-extended supercontinuum output pulse to the bandwidth-limited duration of 6.4 fs (FWHM). The combination of high compression ratio (28×) and short pulse width represents a significant improvement over that attained in the wave-breaking-free regime.     

Optical pulse compression using the combination of phase modulation and high-order dispersion compensation

Optical pulse compression using high-order dispersion compensation is proposed and theoretically analyzed. Firstly, the required dispersion profile for the high-order dispersion compensation is derived, according to the linear chirp and the nonlinear chirp of a phase-modulated continuous-wave (CW) laser source. With the use of the high-order dispersion compensation, such as the combination compensation of the second order dispersion (SOD) and the fourth order dispersion (FOD), an efficient pulse compression having a less time-bandwidth product and a greater peak power is realized. A sampled fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with both the SOD and the FOD is then designed using the equivalent chirp and the reconstruction algorithm. Finally, in the numerical simulation an optical pulse with a time-bandwidth product of 0.79 is generated via high-order dispersion compensation that is performed by using the sampled FBG.     

初始啁啾补偿光纤色散效应的适用范围

以啁啾高斯脉冲在单模光纤中的传输为例,分别就线性初始啁啾对光纤二阶和三阶色散的补偿进行了系统的理论分析和数值计算,结果表明：线性初始啁啾对光纤的二阶色散（线性色散）有一定的补偿作用,但不能有效地用于三阶色散的补偿.     

Speckle reduction of synthetic aperture imaging ladar based on wavelength characteristics

We propose a speckle-reduction method based on wavelength characteristics of speckle effect in synthetic aperture imaging ladar （SAIL）. The return signal, which is the back scattering field with speckle effect from the rough surface of target, can be integrated over N chirp periods and heterodyne detected with a local-oscillator signal. After performing image processing respectively, the final image can be regarded as the incoherent superposition of the N sub-images. Numerical simulations indicate the effectiveness of this method. Our research may facilitate practical applications of SAIL.     

Chirp-induced dynamics of femtosecond filaments in air

We investigate the influence of a chirped phase on femtosecond pulses propagating in air. Pulses with an initially negative chirp are temporally compressed by compensation with group-velocity dispersion. We demonstrate that this property, combined with plasma defocusing, can be used to trigger filamentation at different foci, increase self-guiding ranges, or even shorten pulse duration.     

色散缓变光纤的非线性啁啾效应

由于光孤子在光纤中传输受到啁啾效应等多种因素的影响 ,使孤子脉宽展宽 ,光脉冲在终端变得不可检测 ,严重影响误码率 ,所以研究不同因素对孤子脉宽的影响有其重要意义。本文求解了色散缓变光纤中含频率非线性啁啾效应的NLS方程 ,由得到的孤子解讨论了非线性啁啾效应和色散缓变效应对孤子脉宽的影响 ,由此说明 ,色散缓减效应等效长距离分布参数光纤放大器的增益 ,它导致非线性效应增加 ,孤子进一步被压缩 ,非线性啁啾效应使孤子在z值较小时 ,其脉宽收缩 ,在z值较大时又使孤子脉宽展宽。     

双侧回波联合的合成孔径声呐运动补偿算法

利用单侧回波可估计合成孔径声呐基阵的斜距误差,但无法区分横荡误差和升沉误差。针对此问题,提出了一种双侧回波联合的运动补偿方法。该方法首先根据双侧基阵运动误差的几何关系,建立了双侧基阵的运动误差模型,再结合偏移相位中心算法估计基阵的横荡误差和升沉误差,最后利用所估计的运动误差对不同掠射角上的回波进行运动补偿。仿真结果表明:该方法能精确估计双侧基阵的运动误差,其估计值与实际值的偏差为10-4 m左右,估计结果的标准差接近克拉美罗下界;对回波进行运动补偿后,能获得比基于单侧回波运动补偿方法更好的成像效果。水下球串目标的湖试数据的成像结果显示,与基于单侧回波的运动补偿方法相比,所提方法能更好地抑制图像的散焦现象。      

Nonlinear source for the generation of high-energy few-cycle optical pulses

We investigate the evolution of optical pulses in a hollow waveguide filled with noble gas at pulse intensities for which tunnel ionization dominates the nonlinear response of the gas. A numerical analysis reveals that the spectral chirp generated by the plasma nonlinearity is to a good approximation linear over the whole pulse spectrum and can be compensated in a dispersive delay line. Our calculations predict the generation of 3-4-fs optical pulses with energies of a few milijoules. To our knowledge, these energies are an order of magnitude greater than the pulse energies that have been realized to date in hollow-fiber compressors based exclusively on the nonlinear Kerr effect.     

Difference-Frequency Generation Among Ultrashort Optical Pulses in Quasi-Phase-Matching Waveguides

A theoretical model of ultrashort pulse difference-frequency generation (DFG) is presented and developed with quasi-phase matching (QPM) gratings in the undepleted-pump, unamplified-signal approximation. An analytic solution to a case of ultrashort pulse pumped DFG process, including group-velocity mismatching effects and input pulses with frequency chirp and time delay, is obtained. The influences of group-velocity mismatching effects and input signal pulse parameters on the conversion efficiency and output converted pulse characteristics are analyzed and discussed. The results indicate that the conversion efficiency is increased due to the enhancement of pump and signal interaction. The output pulse is inevitable compressed under pulsed pumping and can be compensated by introducing the initial frequency chirp and time delay.     

CO2激光成像雷达距离分辨率测距精度的分析与实验研究

分析了脉冲外差体制CO₂激光成像雷达系统的目标距离分辨率、测距精度和误差的主要来源.对于单个光脉冲测距来讲,信噪比(SNR)起伏引起的探测误差、脉冲前沿触发等概率分布以及脉冲建立时间的随机性等是激光脉冲外差测距的主要随机误差,其它随机误差在数量级上可忽略不计.同时利用现有的CO₂激光脉冲外差探测系统,进行了远目标测距对比实验,观测到了2355 m目标脉冲回波信号,并精确测量出CO₂光脉冲飞行的往返时间,该实验数据可用做系统误差的校正和补偿.     

板状结构Lamb波频散补偿与聚焦接收成像检测

对板状结构中Lamb波的频散和多模现象进行了理论分析,采用有限元仿真方法获取了Lamb波与缺陷作用后的回波信号,对信号进行聚焦接收处理,即在一定距离范围内利用导波频散特性对各个模式信号进行频散补偿,提取补偿后信号的幅值,结果表明当所得信号幅值最大时,所对应的补偿距离等于缺陷与换能器之间的实际距离.利用这一结论,提出了以...     

Compression of harmonic pulses by using material dispersion

We utilize the dispersion property of an X-ray filter material for the generation of a single sub-50-as pulse from high-order harmonics. The attosecond pulse, formed by selecting the spectral range of high-order harmonic radiation, contains an intrinsic chirp corresponding to the quadratic phase variation during a half cycle of a laser pulse. We show that this chirp can be compensated by using the negative group-delay dispersion of a thin X-ray filter, compressing the attosecond pulse down to sub-50-as. PACS 42.65.Re; 42.50.Hz; 42.65.Ky     

色散缓变光纤中增益系数的取值对皮秒脉冲孤子效应压缩的影响

从描述皮秒光脉冲在色散缓变光纤(FSDD)中所满足的非线性Schro¨dinger方程(NLS)出发,数值模拟了高阶皮秒脉冲在增益系数取值不同的色散缓变光纤中的孤子效应压缩,研究分析了增益系数所产生的影响。计算结果表明,对于孤子阶数确定的光脉冲,增益系数有一最佳取值范围,对应于孤子效应压缩的参量———脉冲压缩比有最佳值。讨论了初始啁啾的影响。     

合成孔径成像激光雷达成像算法研究

在描述了调频连续波信号模型以及其外差接收体制特点的基础上,针对传统合成孔径雷达的“一步一停”模型中忽略的平台连续运动引入的多普勒频移项,采用线性调频连续波信号的合成孔径成像激光雷达瞬时距离较传统合成孔径雷达的改变.推导出在该模型下一种适用于机载合成孔径成像激光雷达系统的频率变标算法,一并考虑了在连续波信号模型中多普勒频移项对成像的影响.仿真证明了该算法能有效补偿平台连续运动带来的影响.     

基于光纤色散相位补偿的高分辨率激光频率扫描干涉测量研究

为了实现更高分辨率的激光频率扫描干涉测量, 增大光源的扫频范围以及减小扫描频率的非线性成为关键. 采用外腔式大带宽扫频光源结合光纤辅助干涉仪构建的外部时钟频率采样非线性校正是目前较为常用的方法. 本研究发现随着扫频带宽和测量范围的增加, 光纤辅助干涉仪与测量光路中存在的色散失配导致频谱出现严重展宽, 极大的降低了测量的分辨率. 本文建立了辅助干涉仪和测量干涉仪色散失配影响的理论模型, 利用该模型分析了扫频带宽和测量范围与测量分辨率的变化关系, 与实验结果相一致, 并进而提出了基于峰值演化消畸变的色散相位补偿方法, 有效地提高了测量的分辨率, 在2.53 m 处实现了接近理论值的64.5 μm的测量分辨率. 该色散失配模型及补偿方法为提高大尺寸激光频率扫描干涉仪的测量分辨率及测距范围提供了参考.