混沌光场光子统计分布及二阶相干度的分析与测量

利用通信波段双通道单光子探测器,采用Hanbury Brown-Twiss关联测量方案,理论分析并实验测量了光反馈半导体激光器产生的混沌光场的光子统计分布及不同混沌状态光场的二阶相干度.通过对混沌光场二阶相干度g~((2))(τ)的理论分析,得出随着延迟时间和相干时间的变化,其与相干光、热光及单光子态的二阶相干度可明显区分并呈现出不同分布.同时实验上产生了频谱宽度6.7 GHz的混沌光场,测量了不同光子数分布的结果,并用高斯随机分布、泊松分布、玻色-爱因斯坦分布对光子数分布进行理论拟合,发现随着入射平均光子数的增加,光子数分布从玻色-爱因斯坦分布过渡到泊松分布,但整个过程都与高斯随机分布符合较好,且光场的二阶相干度g~((2))(0)由2降至1.通过改变偏置电流(I=1.0Ith-2.0Ith)和反馈强度(0—10%),实验上研究了混沌光场由低频起伏到相干塌陷的过程中不同状态宏观动力学特性与二阶相干度的对应关系.结果表明:混沌光场在此过程中始终呈现出明显的聚束效应,并在频谱宽度最大时达到最强;同时给出了光子计数测量中聚束效应减弱的物理原因.实验表明该系统及方法能很好地揭示不同状态混沌光场的光子统计特性.     

A hybrid-type quantum random number generator

This paper proposes a well-performing hybrid-type truly quantum random number generator based on the time interval between two independent single-photon detection signals, which is practical and intuitive, and generates the initial random number sources from a combination of multiple existing random number sources. A time-to-amplitude converter and multichannel analyzer are used for qualitative analysis to demonstrate that each and every step is random. Furthermore, a carefully designed data acquisition system is used to obtain a high-quality random sequence. Our scheme is simple and proves that the random number bit rate can be dramatically increased to satisfy practical requirements.     

Recent technical advancements enabled atomic resolution Cryo EM

With recent breakthroughs in camera and image processing technologies single-particle electron cryo-microscopy(CryoEM) has suddenly gained the attention of structural biologists as a powerful tool able to solve the atomic structures of biological complexes and assemblies. Compared with x-ray crystallography, Cryo EM can be applied to partially flexible structures in solution and without the necessity of crystallization, which is especially important for large complexes and assemblies. This review briefly explains several key bottlenecks for atomic resolution Cryo EM, and describes the corresponding solutions for these bottlenecks based on the recent technical advancements. The review also aims to provide an overview about the technical differences between its applications in biology and those in material science.     

Experimental studies of THGEM in different Ar/CO_2 mixtures

In this paper, the performance of a type of domestic THGEM (THick Gaseous Electron Multiplier) working in Ar/CO₂ mixtures is reported in detail. This kind of single THGEM can provide a gain range from 100 to 1000, which is very suitable for application in neutron detection. In order to study its basic characteristics as a reference for the development of a THGEM based neutron detector, the counting rate plateau, the energy resolution and the gain of the THGEM have been measured in different Ar/CO₂ mixtures with a variety of electrical fields. For the Ar/CO₂(90%/10%) gas mixture, a wide counting rate plateau is achieved from 720 V to 770 V, with a plateau slope of 2.4%/100 V, and an excellent energy resolution of about 22% is obtained at the 5.9 keV full energy peak of the ⁵⁵Fe X-ray source.     

Night vision dense crowd counting based on mid-term fusion of thermal imaging features北大核心CSCD

为了提高人群计数模型对尺度和光噪声的鲁棒性,设计了一种多模态图像融合网络。提出了一种针对夜间人群统计模型,并设计了一个子网络Rgb-T-net,网络融合了热成像特征和可见光图像的特征,增强了网络对热成像和夜间人群特征的判断能力。模型采用自适应高斯核对密度图进行回归,在Rgb-T-CC数据集上完成了夜视训练和测试。经验证网络平均绝对误差为18.16,均方误差为32.14,目标检测召回率为97.65%,计数性能和检测表现优于当前最先进的双峰融合方法。实验结果表明,所提出的多模态特征融合网络能够解决夜视环境下的计数与检测问题,消融实验进一步证明了融合模型各部分参数的有效性。     

光子计数位置灵敏探测器畸变多项式校正

采用多项式校正方法对光子计数位置灵敏探测器成像畸变进行校正。介绍光子计数位置灵敏探测器工作原理并分析其畸变产生原因;介绍多项式校正原理,并给出光子计数位置灵敏探测器畸变多项式校正流程;采用该方法对两种不同畸变程度的基于楔条形阳极该类探测器进行了畸变校正,校正后残余误差分别为2.5pixel和1.2pixel。实验结果表明,多项式校正法能够有效校正光子计数位置灵敏探测器成像畸变。     

极紫外波段微通道板光子计数探测器

研究了一种极紫外波段微通道板（MCP）光子计数探测器,用于探测地球等离子体层中极微弱的30.4 nm辐射。通过改变电压、温度等参数对比了该微通道板光子计数探测器的暗噪声和分辨率的变化。结果表明：微通道板探测器的暗噪声主要来源于残余气体离子反馈和热噪声,因此要降低探测器暗噪声,应对微通道进行彻底的预处理除气,并尽量避免探测器在高温状态下工作,常温下经过预处理的微通道板光子探测系统的暗计数率仅为0.34 count/（s.cm2）。系统的分辨率主要受电压和计数率的影响,受温度影响不明显。由于不同的微通道板有不同的耐压范围,过小或过大的电压或计数率都会造成系统分辨率的降低。     

Internal cancellation of spikes using two avalanche photodiodes in series for single photon detection

<正>We propose a method of improving the performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes by using two avalanche photodiodes in series as single photon detectors for 1550-nm wavelength.In this method,the raw single photon avalanche signals are not attenuated,thus a high signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained compared with the existing results.The performance of the scheme is investigated and the ratio of the dark count rate to the detection efficiency is obtained to be 1.3×10~(-4) at 213 K.     

Reduction in etching time for fission tracks in diallyl phthalate resin

Diallyl phthalate (DAP) resin plates were irradiated with fission fragments, and then etched in a conventional aqueous solution of KOH or a PEW solution containing ethanol, water and KOH. Etched tracks were observed and counted by using an optical microscope. The PEW solution made the fission tracks etch-pits clearer in an incomparably shorter etching time. The large and round etch-pits developed on a smooth surface were convenient for optical automatic counting. These etching characteristics of DAP in a PEW solution are suitable for quantitative analysis of fissionable materials and neutron dosimetry.     

Minimization of channel electron multiplier background counting rate

In this paper we discuss background counting rate minimization of a channel electron multiplier (CEM) using it in simple pulse counting mode. The minimization was investigated by a variable additional bias voltage applied to an aluminium source carrier set in front of a CEM entrance tube. For an optimal bias voltage of −20 V we found the background counting rate to be reduced to one twenty fifth of its value with no additional bias voltage applied.