基于NICE-OHMS技术进行大气压气样直接检测的理论分析

噪声免疫腔增强光外差分子光谱技术(NICE-OHMS)是目前世界上最灵敏的激光吸收光谱技术,其在低压环境中具有极高的探测灵敏度。然而当测量样品处于大气压时,NICE-OHMS系统的探测灵敏度会大幅下降。主要原因之一是大气压下获取最大NICE-OHMS信号幅度的条件与低气压下不同。通过对大气压NICE-OHMS理论进行分析,分析了影响信号幅度的参数,并通过数值模拟来寻找最佳的实验条件。本文着重讨论影响信号的主要参数包括光学腔腔长L,调制系数β,探测相位θ。其中,由于在NICE-OHMS中使用DeVoe-Brewer技术将调制频率ν_m锁定到Fabry-Parot(FP)腔的自由光谱区(FSR)。因此FP腔的腔长决定了ν_m,同时还作用于信号幅度S■。模拟结果显示,当腔长增大时,由于ν_m随之减小,载波和边带的光谱成分相互重叠部分增大,因此线型函数的幅度逐渐减小。而吸收信号幅度随着腔长的增加而逐渐增加,色散信号幅度先增大后减小,并且在腔长等于8 cm时达到最大值。调制系数β会影响频率调制后激光载波和边带的幅度大小,并且影响信号线型。随着腔长的增加,最大信号幅度对应的β值也随之增加。在相同腔长下,色散信号的最佳β值小于吸收信号,更容易使用电光调制器实现。最后分析了参数的可实现性,分析了不同种类激光器的频率调谐能力,压电陶瓷的扫描宽度等。以乙炔气体为例,大气压下NICE-OHMS的谱线半宽达到~3 GHz,而光谱覆盖范围大于10 GHz。分布反馈式半导体激光器(DFB)与外腔二极管激光器(ECDL)的频率调谐范围可以达到30 GHz以上,但是由于激光线宽宽,得到的PDH锁定性能欠佳。回音壁模式激光器(WGM)和掺饵光纤激光器(EDFL)线宽为百Hz量级,是目前高灵敏NICE-OHMS系统中常用的光源。但是WGM目前可以实现了5 GHz的激光频率调谐范围,而EDFL的外部电压可控制的调谐范围仅为3 GHz。使用精细度为55000的腔进行模拟,调制系数β=1,腔长大于8 cm时,可使用WGM激光器实现,腔长大于25 cm时,可以使用EDFL激光器实现。而对于在设计光学腔中常用的伸缩长度为25μm的PZT,随着腔长的增加,对应的腔模频移范围逐渐减小,在腔长为典型的40 cm时,扫描范围大于12 GHz。     

光子晶体光纤温度压力传感器

提出了一种在高温环境下同时测量温度和气压的光子晶体光纤温度压力传感器.在普通单模光纤和光子晶体光纤之间熔接一段空心光纤构成干涉结构.空心光纤段构成非本征法布里-珀罗干涉仪,利用光子晶体光纤的微孔与外界相通,通过气体折射率变化来测量环境中的气压变化;光子晶体光纤段构成本征法布里-珀罗干涉仪,利用热膨胀效应和热光效应来测量环境中的温度.传感器的解调通过自制的白光干涉解调仪实现,实验通过测量腔长得到被测环境的温度和气压.在不同温度和气压环境下,对腔长分别为306μm和1535μm的温度压力光纤传感器进行连续测量.实验结果表明,传感器能够在28~800℃的温度下和0~10 MPa的气压下稳定工作,测量范围内温度灵敏度可达17.4 nm/℃,压力灵敏度随温度增加而降低,在28℃时可达1460.5 nm/MPa.     

基于光纤智能夹层传感结构的应力测量研究

制作了一种模块化的光纤传感夹层,对夹层内的光纤传感器的应力特性进行了实验研究。分析了应变对传感系数的影响,对埋入到光纤智能夹层中的两种光纤传感器的输出特性进行了比较。实验结果表明:光纤Bragg光栅传感器的波长漂移与应变之间具有理想的线性关系,但应变灵敏度由1.2pm/με降至1.15pm/με;由于制作工艺的局限,对于非本征F-P光纤传感器,当应变达到350με后,应变与载荷具有较好的线性响应。与非本征F-P光纤传感器相比,光纤Bragg光栅传感器是光纤智能夹层首选的应变传感器。将埋入了Bragg光栅传感器的智能夹层粘贴于某型飞机的翼-身连接构件内部进行监测,实验结果为光纤智能夹层应用于复合材料结构的应变监测提供了参考。     

Active wavelength selection for mixture identification with tunable mid-infrared detectors

This article presents a wavelength selection framework for mixture identification problems. In contrast with multivariate calibration, where the mixture constituents are known and the goal is to estimate their concentration, in mixture identification the goal is to determine which of a large number of chemicals is present. Due to the combinatorial nature of this problem, traditional wavelength selection algorithms are unsuitable because the optimal set of wavelengths is mixture dependent. To address this issue, our framework interleaves wavelength selection with the sensing process, such that each subsequent wavelength is determined on-the-fly based on previous measurements. To avoid early convergence, our approach starts with an exploratory criterion that samples the spectrum broadly, then switches to an exploitative criterion that selects increasingly more relevant wavelengths as the solution approaches the true constituents of the mixture. We compare this “active” wavelength selection algorithm against a state-of-the-art passive algorithm (successive projection algorithm), both experimentally using a tunable spectrometer and in simulation using a large spectral library of chemicals. Our results show that our active method can converge to the true solution more frequently and with fewer measurements than the passive algorithm. The active method also leads to more compact solutions with fewer false positives.     

A narrow-linewidth continuous wave Ho：YAL03 laser with Fabry-Perot etalons

A narrow linewidth continuous wave Ho：YAP laser with two Fabry-Perot etalons pumped by a Tm：YLF laser is reported. The maximum output power reaches 8.3 W when the incident pump power is 15.8 W, with 52.5% optical-to- optical conversion efficiency and 62.6% slope efficiency. A stable laser output at 2118.1 nm is achieved, with a linewidth less than 0.4 nm （full width at half maximum）. The beam quality factor is M2- 1.25, measured by the traveling knife-edge method.     

一种高增益低雷达散射截面的新型圆极化微带天线设计

设计了一种基于人工电磁材料覆层的高增益低雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)圆极化微带天线. 人工电磁材料覆层是由介质板及其两侧的人工周期表面构成, 上表面是加载集总电阻的方环贴片, 具有宽带吸波特性; 下表面是开条带缝和圆环缝的金属贴片, 具有部分反射特性. 将其加载到圆极化微带天线上方, 通过覆层上表面的电阻可吸收入射的雷达波, 结合下表面与接地板构成Fabry-Perot谐振腔的多次反射, 可实现圆极化微带天线辐射和散射性能的同时改善. 实测结果表明: 加载人工电磁材料覆层后, 天线的相对轴比带宽由5.9%扩展为7.1%; 天线增益在整个工作频带内都得到了提升, 最大提高了6.61 dB; 天线RCS在宽频带宽角域内实现了明显的减缩, 在天线工作频带内也实现了3 dB以上减缩. 实测结果与仿真结果符合较好.     

Photonic generation of microwave signals using dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode fiber lasers

Photonic generation of microwave signals is demonstrated with a dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber ring laser. Microwave signal with a frequency of 21.07 GHz is obtained by aligning the reflection band of a uniform fiber Bragg grating to the two transmission peaks within a fiber Bragg grating-based Fabry-Perot filter. Stable dual-wavelength single-longitudinal-mode operation is guaranteed by means of the combined filtering effect of a saturable absorber and the Fabry-Perot filter. This approach provides an effective solution to the photonic generation of high-frequency microwave signals.     

基于法布里-珀罗标准具的532 nm多普勒测风激光雷达系统设计和分析

 设计了采用532 nm 种子注入稳频钇铝石榴石（YAG）激光器作为辐射源的基于四通道法布里-珀罗标准具的瑞利和米散射测风激光雷达系统。介绍了激光雷达的多普勒测量基本原理;给出了雷达系统的主要参数,重点对基于分子后向散射信号的外侧双通道标准具的带宽、自由谱间距、峰值间距等指标进行了详细设计与分析,确定了内侧双通道标准具参数;对全系统速度灵敏度、信噪比与探测距离的关系进行了理论模拟。结果表明,可以实现从边界层至对流层高低空一体化探测。     

用于氢原子1S-2S光谱研究的超窄线宽243nm半导体激光

近年来,随着激光稳频技术的发展,人们可以把972nm的外腔半导体激光器产生的激光进行放大和四倍频,并将它锁定到超稳定的光学法布里-珀罗腔上,从而可以获得Hz量级超窄线宽的243nm激光,使其成为研究氢原子1S-2S双光子跃迁的有力工具.文章主要介绍了超稳腔、四倍频243nm半导体激光器的研究进展及在氢原子1S-2S双光子跃迁精密光谱研究中的应用.     

Analyzing sub-100-μm samples with transmission terahertz time domain spectroscopy

The authors propose a method for the extraction of material parameter and thickness information from sub-100-μm thin samples using non-differential transmission terahertz time domain spectroscopy. The approach relies on an additional Fourier transform of the frequency dependent material parameters to a quasi space regime. In this quasi space, periodic Fabry-Perot oscillations from the frequency domain, which originate from multiple reflections inside the sample, correspond to discrete peaks. By iterative minimization of these peaks, the highly precise thickness information along with the refractive index and absorption coefficient of the sample can be determined. Experimental verification of the approach is also provided.