TDLAS波长调制压力测量法参数优化

使用TDLAS技术进行动态压力测量已经成为压力测量领域的研究热点。波长调制法实验装置较为复杂,需要对多个参数进行设置,选择出最优的预设参数能够取得更好的实验效果,获得更高的测量精度。目前波长调制法的实验参数设置基本凭借个人经验,使用Matlab程序仿真结合波长调制法的TDLAS测量技术,能够对实验中需要进行预设的重要参数进行了分析。通过计算4990cm-1波段和6330cm-1波段附近的多条吸收峰,发现4990.09cm-1波段处的吸收峰更适合作为波长调制法的测量波段。以4990.09cm-1处的吸收峰为研究对象,进行了波长调制法压力测量仿真建模,计算了调制度、调谐频率和调制频率对二次谐波幅值和对称性的影响并深入地分析了影响因素,总结了其变化规律。在综合考虑抗噪性能和测量精度的情况下,选择了调制度为2.5,调谐频率30Hz,调制频率5kHz为最佳实验参数。基于Matlab的仿真模型能够快速计算大量参数点,更加直观地分析出对参数的影响趋势,为实验仪器和预设参数的选择提供依据。     

Elastic distortions in simple piston-cylinder units at pressures up to 100 MPa

Abstract

The study of elastic distortions in piston-cylinder units of primary standards piston gauges is of importance for the improvement of pressure measurement accuracy. Preliminary work (GF. Molinar et al., 1989) on distortion calculations was carried out on a tungsten carbide (t.c.) piston-cylinder of 0.2 cm² nominal effective area in the 100 MPa pressure range. The same calculations are now applied in the study of a similar piston-cylinder unit of hard steel (h.s.). The distortions on the outer surface of the cylinder are measured with strain gages and with a capacitance sensor. The calculated distortions, which can be also derived with other methods (G. Klingenberg 1989, R. Wisniewski et al. 1989), are compared with the experimental results obtained on the outer surface of the cylinder. The present two piston-cylinder units of h.s. and of t.c. were cross-floated up to 100 MPa and the ratio R = f(P) = Ae_h.s./Ae_t.c. obtained experimentally is compared with the calculated.     

Tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy – an interlaboratory reproducibility and comparison study

Since its first experimental realization, tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) has emerged as a potentially powerful nanochemical analysis tool. However, questions about the comparability and reproducibility of TERS data have emerged. This interlaboratory comparison study addresses these issues by bringing together different TERS groups to perform TERS measurements on nominally identical samples. Based on the spectra obtained, the absolute and relative peak positions, number of bands, peak intensity ratios, and comparability to reference Raman and surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) data are discussed. Our general findings are that all research groups obtained similar spectral patterns, irrespective of the setup or tip that was used. The TERS (and SERS) spectra consistently showed fewer bands than the conventional Raman spectrum. When comparing these three methods, the spectral pattern match and substance identification is readily possible. Absolute and relative peak positions of the three major signals of thiophenol scattered by 19 and 9 cm⁻¹, respectively, which can probably be attributed to different spectrometer calibrations. However, within the same group (but between different tips), the signals only scattered by 3 cm⁻¹ on average. This study demonstrated the suitability of TERS as an analytical tool and brings TERS a big step forward to becoming a routine technique. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Line strength and collisional broadening coefficients of H2O at 2.7 μm for natural gas quality assurance applications

We employed tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy to measure the line strength, the methane (CH₄), ethane (C₂H₆) and the propane (C₃H₈) broadening coefficients for the 523–422 H₂O transition at 3619.61 cm^?1. Water amount fractions generated by a stable and accurate humidity transfer standard, traceable to the SI units via the German national humidity standard, were used to calibrate the spectroscopic line strength measurements. We focus on the traceability of the measured line data to the SI and on uncertainty assessments following the guidelines of the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement. We determined the line strength to be (8.42 ± 0.07)×10^?20 cm^?1/(cm^?2 molecule) corresponding to a relative uncertainty of ±0.8%. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first methane, ethane and propane broadening coefficients of (8.037 ± 0.056)×10^?5 cm^?1/hPa, (9.077 ± 0.064)×10^?5 cm^?1/hPa and (10.469 ± 0.073)×10^?5 cm^?1/hPa for the 523–422 H₂O transition at 3619.61 cm^?1, respectively. The relative combined uncertainties of the stated CH₄, C₂H₆ and C₃H₈ broadening coefficients are in the ±0.7% range.     

线性色散设计的光谱共焦测量技术

研制了高精度的光谱共焦位移测量系统并完成相关测试。基于色差理论和材料优化选择设计一种色差与波长成线性关系的色散物镜,有助于平衡系统在全测量范围的灵敏度。理论分析了系统参数对系统的影响规律,计算了针孔尺寸与系统的分辨率和信噪比的关系,给出了参数优化结果。利用设计的线性色散物镜和参数优化结果,构建了光谱共焦测量系统,完成了系统的校准、测试和应用研究。结果表明,系统的轴向测量范围达到1 mm,分辨力优于0.5μm,全程测量误差小于2μm,符合设计要求。     

气相分子吸收光谱仪的计量校准方法

建立一种科学合理且可操作性强的气相分子吸收光谱仪校准方法。从仪器的工作原理及结构入手,对该类仪器提出了检出限、线性相关系数、定量重复性等性能评价参数。利用国家相关标准物质对其检出限的测量不确定度进行了评定,统一了校准方法,有力地保证了测量数据的准确性、溯源性。对计量技术机构开展该类仪器的校准工作规范的制定有一定的指导意义。     

Photomask Critical Dimension Metrology with Deep-Ultraviolet Microscope

A deep-ultraviolet (UV) microscope can output critical dimension (CD) that is consistent with an aerial image on a wafer even if the cross-sectional profile of the pattern on a photomask is varied. According to theoretical calculation, CD measured by the deep-UV microscope depends on global transmissivity, and so does the aerial image on a wafer if the cross-sectional profile is varied. The results of simulation and experiment indicate that offset between CD measured by deep-UV microscope and CD determined by the aerial image is constant despite variation of the cross-sectional profile.     

Photonic quantum information processing

Information processing with light is ubiquitous, from communication, metrology and imaging to computing. When we consider light as a quantum mechanical object, new ways of information processing become possible. In this review I give an overview of how quantum information processing can be implemented with single photons, and what hurdles still need to be overcome to implement the various applications in practice. I will place special emphasis on the quantum mechanical properties of light that make it different from classical light, and how these properties relate to quantum information processing tasks.     

Quantum multiparameter estimation with multi-mode photon catalysis entangled squeezed state

We propose a method to generate the multi-mode entangled catalysis squeezed vacuum states (MECSVS) by embedding the cross-Kerr nonlinear medium into the Mach−Zehnder interferometer. This method realizes the exchange of quantum states between different modes based on Fredkin gate. In addition, we study the MECSVS as the probe state of multi-arm optical interferometer to realize multi-phase simultaneous estimation. The results show that the quantum Cramer−Rao bound (QCRB) of phase estimation can be improved by increasing the number of catalytic photons or decreasing the transmissivity of the optical beam splitter using for photon catalysis. In addition, we also show that even if there is photon loss, the QCRB of our photon catalysis scheme is lower than that of the ideal entangled squeezed vacuum states (ESVS), which shows that by performing the photon catalytic operation is more robust against photon loss than that without the catalytic operation. The results here can find applications in quantum metrology for multiparatmeter estimation.