机载大气探测激光雷达人眼安全分析

 依据美国ANSI标准,模拟计算了0~12 km的高度范围内不同的激光束发散角和不同激光脉冲能量比例的532和1 064 nm激光脉冲人眼安全最大阈值能量。给出两种532和1 064 nm激光脉冲人眼安全最大阈值能量分配方案：(1)激光束发散角为0.3 mrad且532与1 064 nm的激光脉冲最大阈值能量之比为1∶2;（2）激光束发散角为0.4 mrad且532与1 064 nm的激光脉冲最大阈值能量之比为1∶1。分析了用这两种激光脉冲人眼安全最大阈值能量分配方案探测模式大气时所对应的信噪比。分析结果表明：这两种方案既能保证机载激光雷达对模式大气探测时地面人眼安全又能达到探测所要求的信噪比。     

临近空间高空气球地基探测能力分析

基于探测系统背景辐射特性及高空气球辐射特性,建立了探测系统辐射接收模型.考虑大气传输、光学系统成像、探测器及其采样对辐射的影响,精确计算了高空气球辐射及背景辐射在探测器焦平面阵列上产生的信号电子数,推导出用于高空气球探测的信噪比.利用Modtran软件仿真计算了自身辐射、镜背景辐射、漫背景辐射亮度,分析了复杂大气条件下的气球辐射特性,及高空气球镜反射率、漫反射率与积分时间对探测系统信噪比的影响.结果表明:采用光谱滤波技术,在晴朗无云天气下,可见光近红外(0.6~2.4)探测器适合高空气球探测;在复杂大气条件下,长波红外(8~12)探测器适合高空气球探测;在积分时间为0.25s,镜反射率为0.32,漫反射率为0.68时,或积分时间为1s,镜反射率0.43,漫反射率0.57时,探测系统对高空气球探测能力最强.     

Automated phase correction via maximization of the real signal

Due to improved quantification capabilities and enhanced signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), phase-corrected real reconstruction in magnetic resonance imaging is superior to the common magnitude reconstruction, especially at low SNR. This requires the development of an automated phase-correction algorithm. Existing methods are not well suited for multiple unconnected regions of very low SNR. For this situation, a method based on the real-signal maximization is implemented, in which the experimental image phase is approximated by a three-dimensional polynomial of up to third order. The presented implementation was successfully applied to data originating from different samples and pulse sequences.     

Contrast-enhanced MR angiography with frequency-dependent mask subtraction

One of the main challenges for high-resolution contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) is the limited signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In conventional CE-MRA, spoiled gradient-recalled echo sequence is typically used to acquire raw data before and after contrast material injection, followed by mask subtraction to improve vessel contrast at the cost of increased image noise. We reported here on a frequency-dependent mask subtraction technique where only low spatial frequency data were subject to mask subtraction to improve image contrast and reduce motion artifact while high spatial frequency data were not subtracted to preserve image noise level. The feasibility of this technique was demonstrated through phantom, animal, and human volunteer studies. The lowest half, quarter, 1/8 and 1/16 of all spatial frequencies were subject to mask subtraction, respectively. These partial subtraction techniques were compared with conventional mask subtraction in terms of SNR and artifact power. An SNR gain up to 37% was achieved without significant artifact power increase for quarter-subtraction where only the central one quarter k-space data were subject to mask subtraction.     

Wavelet-modified maximum average correlation height filter for out-of-plane rotation invariance

In this paper, we implement a wavelet-modified maximum average correlation height (WaveMACH) filter for recognition of 0-360° out-of-plane rotated targets employing hybrid digital-optical correlator architecture. A chirp function is used with the synthesized WaveMACH filter, which focuses the correlation signals in three different planes, thereby providing the choice of recording a single correlation peak at a particular plane. Signal-to-noise ratio and peak-to-sidelobe ratio have been calculated as metrics of goodness of the proposed WaveMACH filter.     

Cooling overall spin temperature: protein NMR experiments optimized for longitudinal relaxation effects

In experiments performed on protonated proteins at high fields, 80% of the NMR spectrometer time is spent waiting for the ¹H atoms to recover their polarization after recording the free induction decay. Selective excitation of a fraction of the protons in a large molecule has previously been shown to lead to faster longitudinal relaxation for the selected protons [K. Pervushin, B. Vögeli, A. Eletsky, Longitudinal ¹H relaxation optimization in TROSY NMR spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124 (2002) 12898–12902; P. Schanda, B. Brutscher, Very fast two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy for real-time investigation of dynamic events in proteins on the time scale of seconds, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005) 8014–8015; H.S. Attreya, T. Szyperski, G-matrix Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy for complete protein resonance assignment, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101 (2004) 9642–9647]. The pool of non-selected protons acts as a “thermal bath” and spin-diffusion processes (“flip-flop” transitions) channel the excess energy from the excited pool to the non-selected protons in regions of the molecule where other relaxation processes can dissipate the excess energy. We present here a sensitivity enhanced HSQC sequence (COST-HSQC), based on one selective E-BURP pulse, which can be used on protonated ¹⁵N enriched proteins (with or without ¹³C isotopic enrichment). This experiment is compared to a gradient sensitivity enhanced HSQC with a water flip-back pulse (the water flip-back pulse quenches the spin diffusion between ¹H^N and ¹H^α spins). This experiment is shown to have significant advantages in some circumstances. Some observed limitations, namely sample overheating with short recovery delays and complex longitudinal relaxation behaviour are discussed and analysed.     

光谱分辨率和信噪比对光谱线指数测量精度的影响

分析光谱分辨率和信噪比对19个Lick原子吸收线指数测量精度的影响。采用高斯卷积方法,将光谱变换到不同分辨率下,通过测量并比较光谱在不同分辨率下的线指数值探究分辨率改变对线指数测量精度的影响;通过向光谱叠加符合不同高斯分布的随机噪声方法,将无噪理论光谱改变到不同信噪下,通过测量并比较光谱在不同信噪比时的线指数值分析信噪比对线指数测量精度的影响。结果表明：改变光谱分辨率能够引起线指数测量值的变化,此变化程度依赖于分辨率的改变程度,且此依赖关系对不同指数呈不同变化趋势;信噪比对线指数测量精度的影响随信噪比的降低而增大,当信噪比高于25时,此影响可忽略。     

基于主成分分析的太阳光谱信息提取

太阳光谱观测是研究太阳大气活动现象有效手段之一。提出了一种基于主成分分析的太阳光谱特征信息提取和重构方法,分析了重构数据噪声抑制程度和主成分阶数的关系,计算了不同主成分阶数下重构数据的谱线信噪比以及多普勒速度测量精度。结果显示特征信息提取后,重构数据较大程度保留了原始光谱数据信息,光谱数据信噪比明显提高,谱线多普勒速度测量精度也显著提高,并且三维光谱数据存储和传输量大幅缩减。该方法能够满足一米新真空太阳望远镜当前数据规范发布需求和科学目标要求,为中国在建的光纤阵列太阳望远镜以及未来的巨型太阳望远镜光谱数据处理提供参考。     

Influence of Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source's spectrum-stability on the SNR of fiber optic gyroscopes

The output spectrum-stability of Er-doped superfluorescent fiber source (SFS) was measured by changing the temperature around the excited Er-doped fiber (EDF). With the experiment results, the influences of the SFS's spectrum-stability on the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) were simulated. The simulated results demonstrate that the SNR of FOG will change no matter the power, mean wavelength or the spectral bandwidth of the light output from the Er-doped SFS is changing. The results show that the changing of SNR caused by the output power's variation is three orders of magnitude larger than that caused by the variation of mean wavelength or bandwidth. And the main factor influencing the stability of FOG's SNR is the temperature-stability of the output power of Er-doped SFS.