Superiority of zoom lens coupling in designing a novel X-ray image detector

We design a novel X-ray image detector by lens coupling a Gd2O2S:Tb intensifying screen with a high performance low-light-level (L3,which often means luminescence less than 10-3 Lux) image intensifier.Different coupling effects on imaging performance between zoom lens and fix-focus lens are analyzed theoretically.In experiment,for designing a detector of 15-inch visual field,the system coupled by zoom lens is of 12.25-1p/cm resolution,while the one with fix-focus lens is 10 lp/cm.The superiority of zoom lens is validated.It is concluded that zoom lens preserves the image information better than fix-focus lens and improves the imaging system's performance in this design,which is referential to the design of other optical imaging systems.     

A Robust Algorithm for Blind Total Variation Restoration

Image restoration is a fundamental problem in image processing. Blind image restoration has a great value in its practical application. However, it is not an easy problem to solve due to its complexity and difficulty. In this paper, we combine our robust algorithm for known blur operator with an alternating minimization implicit iterative scheme to deal with blind deconvolution problem, recover the image and identify the point spread function（PSF）. The only assumption needed is satisfy the practical physical sense. Numerical experiments demonstrate that this minimization algorithm is efficient and robust over a wide range of PSF and have almost the same results compared with known PSF algorithm.     

What is Q-Curvature?

Branson’s Q-curvature is now recognized as a fundamental quantity in conformal geometry. We outline its construction and present its basic properties.     

Effect of oxygen addition on the hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming in a Pd–Ag membrane reactor

In this communication, a porous stainless steel (PSS) tube was electrolessly plated into Pd–Ag membrane reactor which was used for separating hydrogen produced in an ethanol steam reforming reaction with the addition of oxygen, which has not been reported before. Palladium and silver were deposited on porous stainless steel tube via the sequential electroless plating procedure with an overall film thickness of 20 μm and Pd/Ag weight ratio of 78/22. Ethanol–water mixture (n_water/n_ethanol = 1 or 3) and oxygen (n_oxygen/n_ethanol = 0.2 or 0.7) were fed concurrently into the membrane reactor packed with MDC-3. The reaction temperatures were set at 593–723 K and the pressures 3–10 atm. The effect of oxygen addition plays a vital role on the ethanol steam reforming reaction, especially for the Pd–Ag membrane reactor in which a higher flux of hydrogen is required. If oxygen in the feed is not sufficient, it would be possible that steam reforming reaction prevails. Inversely, high O₂ addition will shift the reaction scenario to be partial oxidation dominating, and selectivity of CO₂ increases with increasing oxygen feed. At high pressure, autothermal reaction of ethanol would be easily reached.     

Laser absorption spectroscopy for combustion diagnosis in reactive flows: A review

Laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS) has been rapidly developed and widely applied to combustion diagnosis in recent decades. As a cost-effective tool for measuring multiple combustion parameters, LAS provides unique properties in terms of accuracy and sensitivity for understanding the reactions and kinetics in reactive flows. Line-of-sight and tomographic LAS techniques have stimulated numerous applications and been proved to be robust for in situ combustion diagnosis in uniform and non-uniform combustion fields, respectively. This review highlights the breakthroughs in the evolution of LAS techniques from the viewpoints of key principles, sensors and instrumentations developed for combustion diagnosis, with particular emphasis on a series of spatially-resolved LAS techniques with their recent applications on obtaining high-fidelity measurement results with minimal intrusion to the practical combustors. Along the way, we note some challenges and requirements for further development of the LAS-based combustion diagnosis.     

基团电负性

在电负性均衡原理基础上,提出了一个新的计算基团电负性公式用上式计算了528个开链基团和环状基团的电负性,计算结果与国内外流行几套基团电负性颇为一致,且呈明显的变化规律.     

用于高速摄影变象管的软X射线光电阴极

光阴极由衬底(包括介质阴极的导电基底)和光电发射膜构成。采用了聚丙烯、Formvar和Paylene三种有机薄膜作阴极衬底。建立了这些薄膜的制备技术。用一台自制的软X射线单色仪在277—7469ev光子能量范围内测量了这些薄膜的透过率。 研究了CsI、CsBr、Au和MgF₂四种光电阴极的光电发射特性和光电发射与阴极厚度的关系,找出了最佳阴极厚度。用软X射线单色仪在277—7469ev光子能量范围内测量了最佳厚度阴极的绝对量子效率,四种阴极最大值分别为4.50、2.90、0.25和0.12。我们还在同一阴极衬底上分区制备了四种阴极,在变象管荧光屏上比较其亮度,结果和测量的一致。 用LAB5型表面分析仪对CsI和Au阴极的光电子初能量分布作了测量,CsI阴极光电子初能量分布半高宽远小于Au。因此CsI是适用于高速摄影变象管比较理想的软X射线光电阴极。     

A.第十九届国际高速摄影和光子学会议概况

本文对第19届国际高速摄影与光子学会议做了简介,主要谈到了光机式相机、高速视频技术、全息和干涉计量。