Linear independence of a finite set of time-frequency shifts

This paper introduces an open conjecture in time-frequency analysis on the linear independence of a finite set of time-frequency shifts of a given L² function. Firstly, background and motivation for the conjecture are provided. Secondly, the main progress of this linear independence in the past twenty five years is reviewed. Finally, the partial results of the high dimensional case and other cases for the conjecture are briefly presented.     

HHT时频分析土壤光谱的重金属铜离子污染信息提取模型

土壤中不同浓度Cu2+含量映射到土壤光谱上的信息量十分微弱，并且这些高光谱数据中也存在着难以避免的噪声，因而本研究的关键是如何在土壤光谱复杂的噪声环境中提取微弱Cu2+信息。经验模态分解算法(EMD)能够有效去除高光谱数据中的噪声，且EMD是Hilbert变换对“非线性非稳定”信号时频分析的前提，当引入Huang变换后，可利用Hilbert-Huang变换(HHT)模型时频分析高光谱数据以实现降噪处理与信息提取。通过时频的HHT分析不同浓度Cu2+污染下的土壤光谱，完成从原始光谱经EMD分解出各本征模态函数(IMF)分量的包络线、调制信号和频谱等曲线中挖掘土壤光谱的Cu2+污染信息。研究结果表明，相同浓度Cu2+污染时的土壤光谱HHT时频分析结果相同，不同浓度时则不同，所以也可依据IMF分量反演土壤Cu2+含量。因此，高光谱数据的HHT时频分析能为土壤光谱的信息挖掘、光谱诊断和Cu2+含量反演等提供一种新的方法和思路。     

Experimental flow pattern map,slippage and time–frequency representation of oil–water two-phase flow in horizontal small diameter pipes

We detect the flow structures of a horizontal oil–water two-phase flow in a 20 mm inner-diameter pipe using 8-channels radial mini-conductance probes. In particular, we present an experimental flow pattern map that includes 218 flow conditions and compare this map to the flow pattern transitional boundaries predicted by published models. In addition, using the Adaptive Optimal Kernel Time–Frequency Representation, we analyze the conductance fluctuating signals and characterize the flow pattern in terms of the total energy and dominant frequency. Based on the liquid holdup measurements using the quickly closing valve technology combined with three parallel-wire capacitance probes, we investigate the slip effect between the oil and water phases under various flow conditions. The results show that the flow structures greatly affect the slippage, and the slip ratio is sensitive to flow pattern variations.     

EMD时频分析拉曼光谱和近红外光谱

用时频方法分析拉曼光谱和近红外光谱。经验模态分解光谱成为特征模态分量,模态分量比重计算显示拉曼光谱能量均匀分布于各个分量,而近红外光谱的低阶特征模态分量只承载了较少的原光谱有效信息。真实光谱和数值实验均显示,经验模态分解视拉曼光谱为调幅信号,具有高频能量吸附特性;视近红外光谱为调频信号,在一阶特征模态分量中可以较好实现高频窄带解调。一阶特征模态分量希尔伯特变换显示,经验模态分解拉曼光谱时易出现模态混叠现象。进一步在时频域分析玉米叶片近红外光谱,经验模态分解后截掉低能量的一、二阶分量,用剩余特征模态分量重构光谱信号,均方根误差为1.001 1,相关系数为0.981 3,两个指标反映出重构精度较高;分解趋势项表明在近红外光波段,吸光度随着波长的减小呈现递增趋势;特征模态分量的希尔伯特变换显示,657cm~(-1)是碱胁迫光谱特有频率,可作为碱胁迫光谱特征频率来辨识。     

运动目标声信号的时频特征研究

提高声被动目标定位精度需要研究运动目标在有风条件下目标声信号的特征。本文从声学波动方程出发，对无风和有常速风情况下的波动方程进行了求解，得到了运动目标声信号的延迟关系；分析了解的主要影响项，并得到了其解析信号；用解析信号对运动目标声信号的延迟特性和时频特征进行了仿真计算。     

Simplified system configuration for real-time Fourier transformation of optical pulses in amplitude and phase

Real-time Fourier transformation (RTFT) of optical waveforms in amplitude and phase (i.e. transform-limited RTFT) is a fundamental operation that enables the realization of many interesting ultrafast signal processing applications, including wavelength-tunable optical pulse filtering, all-optical temporal correlations and convolutions and temporal imaging, among others. In this paper, we demonstrate that under certain conditions, a single time lens (quadratic-phase temporal modulator) followed by a suitable dispersive delay line can be used to implement transform-limited RTFT of optical pulses. The design specifications and constraints of the proposed transform-limited RTFT systems are derived and discussed. As compared with the conventional methods, the proposed design does not require the use of an input dispersive device preceding the time lens or a second time lens after dispersion, thus resulting in a simpler and more practical alternative for implementing TL-RTFT of optical signals. The feasibility of our proposal to operate on picosecond optical waveforms using electro-optic time lenses has been confirmed by numerical simulations.     

Application of adaptive time-frequency decomposition in ultrasonic NDE of highly-scattering materials

In the paper, adaptive time-frequency decomposition by basis pursuit (BP) is utilized to improve ultrasonic flaw detection in highly-scattering materials as an alternative to the Wavelet Transform technique. The detection of ultrasonic pulses using the BP is described. Computer simulation was performed to verify the signal detection improvements for an ultrasonic wave embodied in white noise, and numerical results show good detection even for signal-noise ratio (SNR) of -18 dB. The improvement in detection is experimentally verified using cast steel samples with artificial flaws.     

Dilations and Completions for Gabor Systems

Let be a full rank time-frequency lattice in ℝ ^d ×ℝ ^d . In this note we first prove that any dual Gabor frame pair for a Λ-shift invariant subspace M can be dilated to a dual Gabor frame pair for the whole space L ²(ℝ ^d ) when the volume v(Λ) of the lattice Λ satisfies the condition v(Λ)≤1, and to a dual Gabor Riesz basis pair for a Λ-shift invariant subspace containing M when v(Λ)>1. This generalizes the dilation result in Gabardo and Han (J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 7:419–433, [2001]) to both higher dimensions and dual subspace Gabor frame pairs. Secondly, for any fixed positive integer N, we investigate the problem whether any Bessel–Gabor family G(g,Λ) can be completed to a tight Gabor (multi-)frame G(g,Λ)∪(∪ _j=1 ^N G(g _j ,Λ)) for L ²(ℝ ^d ). We show that this is true whenever v(Λ)≤N. In particular, when v(Λ)≤1, any Bessel–Gabor system is a subset of a tight Gabor frame G(g,Λ)∪G(h,Λ) for L ²(ℝ ^d ). Related results for affine systems are also discussed. Communicated by Chris Heil.     

使用多色合成激光场拓展高次谐波谱平台区域的宽度

本文提出了一种多色合成激光方案用来有效的提高高次谐波谱平台区域的宽度. 我们首先通过在800nm基本激光脉冲上添加一束或者两束控制激光脉冲在理论上得到双色以及三色合成激光场;其次,通过求解一维含时薛定谔方程,计算得到了在多色合成激光场条件下的高次谐波谱,计算结果表明,多色合成激光场方案可以有效的拓展高次谐波谱的平台区域;最后,我们结合电子的经典回碰动能分布以及时频分布,分析了在多色场条件下高次谐波谱平台区域拓宽的机理和微观机制.     

Mathematical background for a method on quotient signal decomposition

The blind source separation problem is discussed in this article. Focusing on the assumption of independency of the sources in the time-frequency domain, we present a mathematical formulation for the estimation problem of the number of sources. The proposed method uses the quotient of complex valued time-frequency information of only two observed signals to detect the number of sources. No fewer number of observed signals than the detected number of sources is needed to separate sources. The assumption on sources is quite general independence in the time-frequency plane, which is different from that of independent component analysis. We propose algorithms with feedback and give numerical simulations to show the method works well even for noisy case.