Versatile second-harmonic interferometer with high temporal resolution and high sensitivity based on a continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser

A second-harmonic interferometer based on a CW Nd:YAG laser is presented. The versatile device measures the line-integrated dispersion at the fundamental and second-harmonic wavelengths. A temporal resolution of 1.25 micros with sensitivity of 1.3 mrad and a temporal resolution of 10 micros with sensitivity of 0.3 mrad are demonstrated for a laser power of 0.6 W. For a laser power of only 150 mW a temporal resolution of 10 micros with sensitivity of 1 mrad is reported.     

Synchrotron-Based Capabilities for Studying Engineering Materials at PETRA-III

Scientists and engineers are increasingly using synchrotron radiation, largely due to its special characteristics, including high flux (intensity, high temporal resolution), low divergence (high spatial resolution, efficient focusing), linear polarization, and high penetration power. While surface-sensitive optical, electron microscopy and certain X-ray techniques (grazing incidence diffraction, reflectivity) tackle many problems, materials engineering largely relies on the volume properties of materials: residual strains and textures in the interior of building structures, overall phase composition, slip systems, etc.     

X光分幅相机-平面镜配接方法研究

利用X光谱仪用平面镜备件以及实验室常用五维调节架,设计了X光平面镜与X光分幅相机配接的探索方案,并对系统调节中各元件调节误差带来的影响进行了一定的分析,详细描述了系统的瞄准调节方法和过程.利用激光打靶实验,对X光平面镜与X光分幅相机的配接方法进行了检验.实验过程和结果表明,该方法系统结构和实施都较为简单,可以比较容易地在分幅相机微带上获得经平面镜反射的靶目标针孔像,实现～50 ps的时间分辨、10～20 μm的空间分辨及几十倍的能量分辨.     

激光等离子体温度测量方法设计

为了获得高时间和空间分辨率的激光等离子体温度测量结果,基于等离子体温度测量的二谱线法,设计了一种激光等离子体温度测量方法。介绍了该方法的测量原理及时间空间分辨率实现方法。利用这种方法获得了空间分辨率微米量级、时间分辨率纳秒量级的激光等离子体温度测量结果,测量得到的激光等离子体温度为10^4K量级。实验结果表明,该方法能够获得具有很高时间空间分辨率的温度测量结果,具有较好的可行性。     

Thermalization of a parametrically driven magnon gas leading to Bose-Einstein condensation

The thermalization of parametrically pumped magnons caused by nonlinear multimagnon scattering processes and leading to the magnon Bose-Einstein condensation is investigated experimentally with high temporal resolution. The threshold pumping power necessary for the thermalization is determined. For pumping powers above this threshold the thermalization time has been found to decrease rapidly with power reaching the value down to 50 ns, which is much smaller than the magnon lifetime.     

新型高时间分辨的光扫描模块偏转特性

随着惯性约束聚变研究的深入发展,对高精密诊断设备的要求越来越高,基于半导体材料的光致折射率变化这一特性,对新型高时间分辨的全光扫描技术进行了深入研究。重点介绍了影响光扫描模块偏转特性的两大关键技术,即光扫描模块的设计以及泵浦光与信号光时间同步。通过分解实验开展验证性研究,结果表明:通过前期设计制作的光扫描模块可较好地应用于实验中,在一定范围内,泵浦光功率密度越大信号光的偏转也就越大。同时,时间同步对信号光的偏转程度影响也较大,即高时间同步关系也决定了光扫描装置的时间分辨率。     

时间分辨电子显微镜的数值模拟

对时间分辨电子显微镜进行了数值模拟。通过求解从样品透射出来的电子在静态磁场和动态电场的混合场中的运动,评价时间分辨电子显微镜的动态时空特性。根据该数值模拟,时间分辨电子显微镜能够在荧光屏上获得样品在不同时刻的6幅显微分幅图像。     

Temporal resolution in radio, seismic, and acoustic detection

We consider the possibility of using a monochromatic sounding signal modulated in amplitude by a slowly varying function for detection purposes. It is shown that when conventional processing techniques are used, such a sounding signal should be considered as a narrow-band signal not providing high temporal resolution, whereas with another well-known technique this sounding signal allows one to obtain a higher temporal resolution corresponding to the total width of the signal spectrum. In the latter case, the signal-to-noise ratio is determined by the maximum of the sounding signal, while the resolution is determined by the spectrum width measured at the level of the spectrum minimum. We discuss the spectral and cepstral methods for obtaining high temporal resolution. The considered methods for obtaining high temporal resolution in detection are compared with the methods of image formation by monochromatic wave fields. Talk delivered at the scientific seminar of the Radiophysics Department of the Nizhny Novgorod University on November 4, 1999. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 406–412, May, 2000.     

用于双光子激发荧光寿命显微成像的高重复频率皮秒扫描相机

建立了一台基于新研制的高重复频率皮秒扫描相机的双光子激发荧光寿命显微成像系统,重点介绍所研制的高重复频率皮秒扫描相机。为了在高时间分辨力的同时扩大时间测量范围,实现大面积两维空间高时间分辨取样测量,从而提高采样速率和更有效地发挥扫描相机的作用,设计和研制了一种大面积、高时间分辨力扫描变像管和一种重复频率高达1MHz的斜坡电压扫描电路。基于上述关键部件所研制的扫描相机具有重复频率高、扫描速度可调、时间分辨力高、工作面积大、非线性低、触发晃动小等优点。用钛宝石飞秒激光器作为激光脉冲源,通过脉冲提取器将76MHz的高重复频率降低为1MHz,采用可调延时器和标准具对扫描相机的时间分辨力、扫描速度和非线性进行标定。该系统的时间分辨力达到6.5ps,非线性为2.60%,可测量的时间范围从十几皮秒到几十纳秒。测量了若丹明6G和香豆素314两种标准荧光染料的荧光寿命,取得了与参考文献一致的实验结果。     

同步扫描管时空分辨特性研究

设计了一种具有高空间分辨率、高时间分辨率和大工作面积的同步扫描条纹管.建立三维模型,系统地分析了物理时间分辨率与加速电压、空间分辨率与偏转系统-光电阴极的距离、动态空间分辨率和时间分辨率与扫描速度的关系.给出最优化结构参数和电气参数:d_DC=100 mm,U_g=700 V,T_screen=0.5 ns.数值模拟结果表明,在光电阴极有效工作面积18 mm×2 mm范围内,静态和动态空间分辨率分别高于25 lp/mm@MTF=10%和16 lp/mm@MTF=10%.在T_screen=0.5 ns时,同步条纹管的时间分辨率优于5.6 ps.此外,实验测试得到在400 nm波长处,光电阴极的辐射灵敏度为51 mA/W,光电阴极有效面积内的静态空间分辨率高于25 lp/mm@CTF=13%.     

Reduction of magnetic field fluctuations in powered magnets for NMR using inductive measurements and sampled-data feedback control

Resistive and hybrid (resistive/superconducting) magnets provide substantially higher magnetic fields than those available in low-temperature superconducting magnets, but their relatively low spatial homogeneity and temporal field fluctuations are unacceptable for high resolution NMR. While several techniques for reducing temporal fluctuations have demonstrated varying degrees of success, this paper restricts attention to methods that utilize inductive measurements and feedback control to actively cancel the temporal fluctuations. In comparison to earlier studies using analog proportional control, this paper shows that shaping the controller frequency response results in significantly higher reductions in temporal fluctuations. Measurements of temporal fluctuation spectra and the frequency response of the instrumentation that cancels the temporal fluctuations guide the controller design. In particular, we describe a sampled-data phase-lead-lag controller that utilizes the internal model principle to selectively attenuate magnetic field fluctuations caused by the power supply ripple. We present a quantitative comparison of the attenuation in temporal fluctuations afforded by the new design and a proportional control design. Metrics for comparison include measurements of the temporal fluctuations using Faraday induction and observations of the effect that the fluctuations have on nuclear resonance measurements.     

一种时间分辨三通道软X射线光谱仪

报道了时间分辨的三通道软X射线光谱仪研制工作，重点介绍了研制的三通道能谱仪的工作原理以及210 eV，420 eV和900 eV三个能区的设计参数，谱仪在上海神光Ⅱ高功率激光器三倍频实验中进行了多次实时考核，取得较好实验结果，将多道平面镜、滤光片成功配接于高时间分辨X射线条纹相机上，使该谱仪在亚千电子伏能区内，可同时进行三个波段软X射线的时间和空间分辨测量，提供的实验结果也表明：X射线平面镜结合滤光片的分光技术可应用于高时间分辨的X射线条纹相机上，从而获得高达10 ps的时间分辨. 关键词： 软X射线条纹相机 平面镜 滤光片 掠入射     

Effect of temporal resolution on the estimation of left ventricular function by cardiac MR imaging

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of temporal resolution on the estimation of left ventricular (LV) function by cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging using a steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequence. Left ventricular function was assessed by cine MR imaging using a segmented SSFP sequence in 10 healthy volunteers. Views per segment (VPS) were set at 8 and 20, resulting in high and low true temporal resolution, respectively. Irrespective of VPS, images were reconstructed at 40 cardiac phases, providing high apparent temporal resolution. Data were analyzed using 40, 20 and 10 phases to simulate different apparent temporal resolutions. Increasing the cardiac phases used for analysis slightly decreased mean end-systolic volume (ESV) and slightly increased mean ejection fraction (EF). No substantial difference in estimates of end-diastolic volume (EDV) was found between VPSs of 8 and 20. Imaging with a VPS of 20 yielded a larger ESV and smaller EF than imaging with a VPS of 8 when 40 phases were used. In conclusion, low true temporal resolution causes overestimation of ESV and underestimation of EF. Improvement of apparent temporal resolution mildly reduces but does not eliminate the errors caused by low true temporal resolution.     

Self-phase modulation signatures of neuronal activity

We use phase-sensitive detection of spectral hole refilling to demonstrate strong novel intrinsic nonlinear signatures of neuronal activation in hippocampal brain slices. The ability to gain access to this fundamentally new intrinsic contrast with modest power levels suggests a new approach to in vivo neural imaging. We expect that we can extrapolate our method to high spatial and temporal resolution in deep tissue while retaining the noninvasive character.     

High spatial and temporal resolution mobile incoherent Doppler lidar for sea surface wind measurements

A mobile Doppler lidar based on an injection-seeded diode-pumped Nd:YAG pulsed laser with a high repetition rate was developed to measure the sea surface wind (SSW) with high spatial and temporal resolution. The system was operated during the 2007 Qingdao International Regatta to measure the distribution of SSW in the racing area in real time with 50-100 m horizontal resolution and 2-10 min temporal resolution. An observation of nonuniform distribution of SSW is presented. The lidar results are compared with both buoy and wind tower measurements, which show good agreement. This lidar can be used advantageously for the 2008 Olympic sailing games as well as for observing mesoscale and microscale meteorology processes.     

Temporal structure of the gamma-ray bursts GRB881024 and GRB880810

Summary In this paper we analyse two particularly significant cosmic gamma-ray bursts recorded by the French-Soviet experiment APEX on board the space mission PHOBOS. The October 24th 1988 event, lasting more than 16 seconds, is among the strongest events observed up to now. The very high temporal resolution available for its light curve, 1/8 second, allows us to study the power spectrum density (PSD) up to a frequency range more extended than in the past. The August 10th 1988 event, lasting about 1 second, recorded with a temporal resolution 1/128 second, higher than in the precedent one, permits us to reach still higher frequencies. We discuss the results of our analysis, comparing them with the results obtained for other events recorded by precedent space missions, and giving interpretative suggestions. Paper presented at the V Cosmic Physics National Conference, S. Miniato, November 27–30, 1990.     

The Fundamentals of Particle Size Analysis by Transmission Fluctuation Spectrometry. Part 1: A Theory of Temporal Transmission Fluctuations in Dilute Suspensions

The extinction of radiation in suspensions is traditionally described by the Bouger-Lambert-Beer law (BLBL). Based on a quasi-continuum approach, the BLBL does not account for the discrete nature of particles or their spatial extension and arrangement. If an extinction measurement is made with a high spatial and temporal resolution, the transmitted intensity signal shows significant fluctuations. The strength of fluctuation is related to the physical properties of the suspension and the process of spatial and temporal averaging. Exploiting this connection, it is possible to calculate the particle size distribution and the particle concentration from transmission measurements. This part of the series of papers provides a method for the temporal decomposition of the transmission's power spectrum, which permits the information on the particle size and concentration to be extracted from the seemingly irregular fluctuation of the transmission signal.     

飞秒电子衍射系统的设计

研发的超快电子衍射系统由超快电子枪、样品室、超快读出系统、电源系统,以及真空系统等组成,该超快电子衍射系统具有较高的时间分辩能力和较强的探测能力.光电阴极是蒸镀于MgFB2窗上的35 nm的银膜,该阴极对266 nm的紫外光比较敏感,有较高的量子效率,又具有很好的化学稳定性.用短磁聚焦系统来实现对光电子的聚焦,有两对偏转板,其中的一对在测量时间脉宽时用作扫描板.用双MCP探测器来增强电子图像的强度,其增益在104以上,具有单电子探测能力.系统的总时间脉宽设计为358 fs.     

Analysis of the fast recovery dynamics of a semiconductor laser with feedback in the low-frequency fluctuation regime

We experimentally investigate the temporal evolution of the power of an external cavity semiconductor laser in the low-frequency fluctuation regime with subnanosecond resolution. We show, for the first time to our knowledge, that generally the laser power drops to a value significantly different from the solitary laser power. We demonstrate the analogy between the recovery of the laser intensity and the turn-on transient of a semiconductor laser.     

Transmission Properties of the Femtosecond Pulse Through a Near-field Optical Fiber probe

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