Baseline drift effect on the performance of neutron and γ ray discrimination using frequency gradient analysis

Frequency gradient analysis (FGA) effectively discriminates neutrons and γ rays by examining the frequency-domain features of the photomultiplier tube anode signal. This approach is insensitive to noise but is inevitably affected by the baseline drift similar to other pulse shape discrimination methods. The baseline drift effect is attributed to factors such as power line fluctuation, dark current, noise disturbances, hum, and pulse tail in front-end electronics. This effect needs to be elucidated and quantified before the baseline shift can be estimated and removed from the captured signal. Therefore, the effect of baseline shift on the discrimination performance of neutrons and γ rays with organic scintillation detectors using FGA is investigated in this paper. The relationship between the baseline shift and discrimination parameters of FGA is derived and verified by an experimental system consisting of an americium-beryllium source, a BC501A liquid scintillator detector, and a 5 GSample/s 8-bit oscilloscope. The theoretical and experimental results both show that the estimation of the baseline shift is necessary, and the removal of baseline drift from the pulse shapes can improve the discrimination performance of FGA.     

一种双光梳多外差大尺寸高精度绝对测距新方法的理论分析

本文提出了一种双光梳多外差大尺寸高精度绝对测距的新方法, 结合基于双光梳互相关的多外差距离测量和基于重复频率的梳间拍频距离测量, 在不需要依靠脉冲飞行时间先验判断以及扫描重复频率或扫描参考光路的前提下实现km量程高精度绝对测距. 文章在光梳基本原理和测距方案的基础上, 建立了基于双光梳的大尺寸距离测量链理论模型, 讨论了多外差最低谱线和光梳重复频率稳定度对测量结果的影响, 并进行了大量仿真计算; 仿真结果表明, 在理想相位解调精度的前提下, 该方法的测距误差优于± 50 pm, 且多外差最低谱线的频率偏差对测距造成的影响远低于多外差测量的测距分辨力, 验证了该方法能够用于开展大尺寸高精度绝对测距研究. 关键词： 激光测距 飞秒光梳 重复频率 多外差干涉     

Digital discrimination of neutrons and γ rays with organic scintillation detectors in an 8-bit sampling system using frequency gradient analysis

The feasibility of using frequency gradient analysis (FGA), a digital method based on Fourier transform, to discriminate neutrons and γ rays in the environment of an 8-bit sampling system has been investigated. The performances of most pulse shape discrimination methods in a scintillation detection system using the time-domain features of the photomultiplier tube anode signal will be lower or non-effective in this low resolution sampling system. However, the FGA method using the frequency-domain features of the anode signal exhibits a strong insensitivity to noise and can be used to discriminate neutrons and γ rays in the above sampling system. A detailed study of the quality of the FGA method in BC501A liquid scintillators is presented using a 5 G samples/s 8-bit oscilloscope and a 14.1 MeV neutron generator. A comparison of the discrimination results of the time-of-flight and conventional charge comparison (CC) methods proves the applicability of this technique. Moreover, FGA has the potential to be implemented in current embedded electronics systems to provide real-time discrimination in standalone instruments.     

基于飞秒光学频率梳的大尺寸精密测距综述

飞秒光学频率梳的出现对时间频率技术和光谱学技术产生了深远重大的影响,由此衍生的飞秒光学频率梳绝对测距技术以其快速、大尺寸、高精度等优点已成为国际研究热点,并有望直接应用于大装备制造、激光雷达和卫星编队飞行等大尺寸精密测距。在简要阐述飞秒光学频率梳的原理特性及主要应用的基础上,围绕光梳测距的发展历程及前沿方向,着重介绍了飞秒光梳精密测距近两年来的最新研究进展,并对该技术进行了总结和展望。