THz干涉测量用于障碍物后振动传感的研究

为探索THz干涉技术用于障碍物后振动传感的可行性,采用工作波长214.58 μm(对应频率约1.4 THz)的CO2激光器泵浦气体太赫兹源搭建了一套基于迈克尔逊干涉仪结构的THz干涉测量装置,实验研究了薄纸板遮挡后敲击目标镜产生的微小振动,利用相位分析法和频谱分析法对振动干涉信号进行处理,得到了振动位移随时间的变化以及...     

用于亚微米颗粒测量的后向散射光谱法

针对后向散射光谱粒径测量法对亚微米颗粒测量准确度较差的问题,提出了一种采用紫外光作为光源的测量方法.通过快速傅里叶变换计算了粒径为0.25~1 μm的聚苯乙烯亚微米颗粒的后向散射频谱,将频谱峰值对应的频率值与相应的颗粒粒径进行线性回归,各粒径值相对于回归直线的平均误差为±0.02 μm. 结果表明,本文提出的300~400 nm的紫外光适用于测量0.25~1 μm的亚微米颗粒,相比目前国外最新的采用可见光谱或红外光谱的方法准确度提高了一个数量级,同时该方法也适用于测量双峰分布亚微米颗粒系.     

1.66 μm和 1.55 μm光源对长距离光纤拉曼温度传感器测量时间影响的理论对比

通过理论分析,在综合考虑长距离光纤拉曼温度传感器中各光学器件波长相关特性的基础上,比较了1.66 μm和1.55 μm光源对传感器测量时间的影响.计算结果表明,由于各光学器件在1.5 μm波段的高性能和最大允许入纤脉冲峰值功率的增加,采用1.66 μm光源的光纤拉曼温度传感器,最高可获得约1.94倍的背向反斯托克斯信号.在相同空间分辨率和温度分辨率的情况下,测量时间可以降低约3/4.     

具有复合式法珀腔的光纤压力传感器的解调

对由三个反射面构成的复合式法珀腔的光纤法珀压力传感器进行了输出光谱理论分析,提取了含有传感器腔长信息的包络.提出了基于干涉级次拟合的解调算法,仿真分析了传感法珀腔腔长范围为160~215 μm的光谱信号.结果显示,在不同信噪比下,基于干涉级次拟合的算法可获得较好的测量准确度,同一信噪比下,该准确度不依赖腔长变化,也不依赖光谱解调波长分辨率变化.实验结果表明,基于干涉级次拟合结果曲线残差的均方根差为0.012 μm,验证了该算法的有效性.     

基于GaSe差频产生8~19 μm可调中红外辐射

利用Nd∶YAG激光器抽运内腔KTP光学参量振荡器,得到了输出为2 μm附近的双波长,并在满足Ι类相位匹配条件下,在GaSe中共线差频产生8~19 μm连续宽调谐调的中红外辐射.在8.76 μm处脉冲最大能量达33.66 μJ,峰值功率7.4 kW,光子转换效率达4.43%左右.分析了影响能量转化效率的原因,提出了补偿走离的措施.     

长周期光纤光栅折射率传感器的结构优化

为了提高长周期光纤光栅对环境介质折射率的传感灵敏度,提出一种长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的结构优化.基于长周期光纤光栅的耦合模理论,分析了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径的大小分别与环境介质折射率传感灵敏度的关系,讨论了长周期光纤光栅的周期和包层半径对折射率传感的影响以及控制光栅周期与包层半径对折射率传感的重要性.为使优化的长周期光纤光栅具有实用性,谐振波长设计在1.55 μm的常规波长范围,经过多次摸拟实验,提出最佳优化参量为：Λ=380 μm,rcl=17 μm,对环境介质折射率从1.26~1.38不同值的实验测试,折射率传感灵敏度达到0.000 12,长周期光纤光栅的结构优化获得理想的预期效果.     

高性能85mm短腔光学参变振荡器的THz电磁波输出特性分析

报道了以MgO∶LiNbO3为非线性光学介质,采用85 mm长的法布里珀罗单谐振腔结构形式的光学参变振荡器,产生THz电磁波的实验结果。使用波长为1064 nm的Nd∶YAGQ开关脉冲激光器作为抽运光源,通过改变入射角度使参变振荡器的相位匹配条件发生变化。采用Si真空量热器,并利用THz波干涉测量仪;或通过测量闲频光的频率对产生的THz波频率进行了测量。实验表明该参变振荡器输出频率调谐范围为0.9~3.0 THz。在抽运光能量为20 mJ/pulse,脉冲宽度16 ns,重复频率50 Hz条件下得到输出峰值位于1.2 THz,能量为102.5 PJ/pulse的THz波输出。通过引入Si棱镜阵列减小了THz波在晶体中的全反射,从而提高THz波的能量输出。使用金属缝隙探测器,对辐射的THz波的波束水平方向空间分布进行了测量,分析了Si棱镜阵列的衍射效应对THz波束空间分布的影响。     

激光自混合干涉测振仪的硬件系统设计

基于激光自混合干涉技术的特点,设计了一种新型半导体激光自混合干涉测振仪系统。系统将频率调制引入自混合干涉中,实现对振动物体的非接触式测量。介绍了激光自混合干涉测振仪的原理、仪器系统的光路系统设计、信号的调制模块设计、解调模块设计以及DSP系统的采集处理模块设计。该仪器体积小、成本低、易于准直、可以非接触式测量,能够测量振动频率在50kHz内的物体,其中包括非周期性振动。可以测量出振动物体的振动频率、振幅以及还原振动波形,振动幅度测量精度可以达到0．325μm,频率精度为1Hz。     

基于倾斜相位的抗振动干涉面形测量

环境振动会在干涉测量过程中产生随机倾斜、移相误差,导致测量精度下降.为了降低环境振动对移相干涉测量的影响,提出了一种基于倾斜相位的抗振动干涉面形测量方法.首先,利用Fourier变换将干涉图变换到频域;然后,利用频域细分操作对峰值坐标进行亚像素精度定位,求解出振动倾斜平面;最后,利用最小二乘法计算出待测面的相位分布.实...     

一种光学频率梳绝对测距的新方法

采用光学频率梳的高精度绝对距离测量技术在航空航天、科学研究和工业生产等领域都发挥着重要作用.提出一种利用光学频率梳技术,通过检测光强实现绝对距离测量的新方法,研究了光学频率梳发出脉冲的时间相干性,分析了光强与被测距离之间的关系、干涉条纹峰值点位置与被测距离之间的关系.建立了基于Michelson干涉原理的测距系统,通过测量光强信息得到被测距离.以高精度纳米位移平台的位移量作为长度基准进行了绝对测距实验,在每个被测距离点都重复进行了10次实验,将10次实验测得的光强值取平均后用于距离的计算.实验结果表明,该方法可以实现绝对距离测量,在10μm测量范围内,最大误差为47 nm.因此,该方法可以应用于大尺寸高精度的绝对距离测量.     

Remote and high precision step height measurement with an optical fiber multiplexing interferometric system

An optical fiber multiplexing low coherence and high coherence interferometric system, which includes a Fizeau interferometer as the sensing element and a Michelson interferometer as the demodulating element, is designed for remote and high precision step height measurement. The Fizeau interferometer is placed in the remote field for sensing the measurand, while the Michelson interferometer which works in both modes of low coherence interferometry and high coherence interferometry is employed for demodulating the measurand. The range of the step height is determined by the low coherence interferometry and the value of it is measured precisely by the high coherence interferometry. High precision has been obtained by searching precisely the peak of the low coherence interferogram symmetrically from two sides of the low coherence interferogram and stabilizing the Michelson interferometer with a feedback loop. The maximum step height that could be measured is 6 mm while the measurement resolution is less than 1 nm. The standard deviation of 10 times measurement results of a step height of 1 mm configurated with two gauge blocks is 0.5 nm.     

Reflection type heterodyne grating interferometry for in-plane displacement measurement

A novel method is presented for one-dimensional (1-D) and two-dimensional (2-D) in-plane displacements measurement that is based on the heterodyne grating interferometry. The novel setup of the optical configuration reduces the airstreams disturbance and maintains the environmental vibration at minimum level, allowing high stability and low measurement error to be achieved. Resulting from the theoretical calculation, our method can be sensitive to the sub-picometer level. With highly controlled isolation system, the low frequency noise can be reduced to minimum level, and only high frequency noises are considered, our method can achieve the resolution about 0.5 nm within 250 μm displacement. In addition, 2-D in-plane displacement measurement can be accomplished with a single interferometer simultaneously.     

Distributed fiber-optic vibration sensor using a ring Mach-Zehnder interferometer

A novel distributed fiber-optic vibration sensing system is proposed and demonstrated. By employing a ring Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structure as the sensing section, both position and frequency can be determined by combining two phase signals from the ring configuration. A spatial resolution better than 38 m is successfully verified in a 1.01 km prototype system of single vibration. Moreover, the feasibility of separately locating multiple vibrations is also theoretically simulated and experimentally investigated.     

Low frequency behaviour of the Pisa seismic noise super-attenuator for gravitational wave detection

The absolute displacements, for frequencies below 20 Hz, of the 400 kg test mass seismically isolated by the Pisa super-attenuator, to be used in long base interferometer for gravitational wave research, are presented. In the region below 6 Hz, the maximum displacement is about 14 μm. The displacements, at 10 and 20 Hz, are ≤ 1.5 × 10^-13 and ≤ 4 × 10^-14 m/√Hz respectively and represent presumably the lowest ever reached by a suspended mass on earth. The super-attenuator transfer function, which has been measured using the seism as an exciter for 0<υ<6 Hz, shows a remarkable agreement with the theoretical one and demonstrates the necessity of having an attenuating system working in three dimensions.     

Limits to the sensitivity of a low noise compact atomic gravimeter

A detailed analysis of the most relevant sources of phase noise in an atomic interferometer is carried out, both theoretically and experimentally. Even a short interrogation time of 100 ms allows our cold atom gravimeter to reach an excellent short term sensitivity to acceleration of 1.4×10^-8g at 1 s. This result relies on the combination of a low phase noise laser system, efficient detection scheme and good shielding from vibrations. In particular, we describe a simple and robust technique of vibration compensation, which is based on correcting the interferometer signal by using the ac acceleration signal measured by a low noise seismometer. PACS  32.80.Pj; 42.50.Vk; 39.20.+q     

Rapid measurements of hydrogen cyanide concentration in combustion gas via terahertz spectroscopy

The development of a real-time measurement system to determine the concentrations of combustion gases mixed with smoke particles in fire environments is an essential technical issue in the fire safety field. In this study, the absorption line for the J = 8–7 rotational transition at 708.9 GHz of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) produced by the combustion of silk is rapidly measured in a 1 m cell during repeat scans (seven times a minute) via terahertz spectroscopy. The obtained time profile of HCN concentrations agrees well with the time profile obtained via Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The maximum concentrations derived via terahertz spectroscopy are consistent with those derived via FT-IR within an accuracy of 10%. The minimum sensitivity of HCN is 100 ppm as detected via terahertz spectroscopy. The repetition rate, the accuracy, and the sensitivity for the scans demonstrate the potential of terahertz spectroscopy to rapidly diagnose combustion gas flow concentrations in fire environments.     

半导体激光微小振动实时干涉测量仪

设计了一种半导体激光干涉测量仪,可以实时测量物体的微小振动。通过信号处理电路对干涉信号进行分析,得到实际振动的振幅和频率。给出了具体的理论分析,实验结果验证了该干涉仪的实用性。     

Contrast interferometry using Bose-Einstein condensates to measure h/m and alpha

The kinetic energy of an atom recoiling due to absorption of a photon was measured as a frequency, using an interferometric technique called "contrast interferometry." Optical standing wave pulses were used to create a symmetric three-path interferometer with a Bose-Einstein condensate. Its recoil phase, measurable with a single shot, varies quadratically with additional recoils and is insensitive to errors from vibrations and ac Stark shifts. We have measured the photon recoil frequency of sodium to 7 ppm precision, using a simple realization of this scheme. Plausible extensions should yield sufficient precision to attain a ppb-level determination of h/m and the fine structure constant alpha.     

Developing self‐mixing interferometry for instrumentation and measurements

In this review, self‐mixing interferometry (SMI), a new configuration of interferometry, is discussed. SMI has practical advantages compared to standard interferometry, for example SMI does not require any optical part external to the laser chip and can be employed in a variety of measurements. Applications range from the traditional measurements related to optical pathlength – like displacement, small‐amplitude vibrations, velocity – to sensing of weak optical echoes – for return loss and isolation factor measurements, CD readout and scroll sensing – and also, a special feature because of the interaction with the medium, measurements of physical parameters, like the laser linewidth, coherence length, and the alfa factor. Because it is also a coherent detection scheme, the SMI works close to the quantum limit of the received field, typically ‐90 dBm, so that minimum detectable amplitudes of 100 pm/ √Hz are currently achieved upon operation on diffusive targets, whereas a corner cube allows half‐wavelength counting mode – or 0.5 μm resolution – on a dynamic range up to 2 m and more. With its compact setup, the SMI is easy to deploy in the field and can interface a variety of experiments – from MEMS testing to rotating machines vibration testing to pickup of biological motility. The illustration shows a double‐channel, differential SMI incorporated in a thermomechanical test equipment to trace the mechanical hysteresis cycle of the beads of a motor‐engine brake.     

SOME ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF RANDOM VIBRATION INFLUENCE ON RIDE COMFORT

Contemporary vehicles must satisfy high ride comfort criteria. This paper attempts to develop criteria for ride comfort improvement. The highest loading levels have been found to be in the vertical direction and the lowest in lateral direction in passenger cars and trucks. These results have formed the basis for further laboratory and field investigations. An investigation of the human body behaviour under random vibrations is reported in this paper. The research included two phases; biodynamic research and ride comfort investigation. A group of 30 subjects was tested. The influence of broadband random vibrations on the human body was examined through the seat-to-head transmissibility function (STHT). Initially, vertical and fore and aft vibrations were considered. Multi-directional vibration was also investigated. In the biodynamic research, subjects were exposed to 0·55, 1·75 and 2·25 m/s² r.m.s. vibration levels in the 0·5- 40 Hz frequency domain. The influence of sitting position on human body behaviour under two axial vibrations was also examined. Data analysis showed that the human body behaviour under two-directional random vibrations could not be approximated by superposition of one-directional random vibrations. Non-linearity of the seated human body in the vertical and fore and aft directions was observed. Seat-backrest angle also influenced STHT. In the second phase of experimental research, a new method for the assessment of the influence of narrowband random vibration on the human body was formulated and tested. It included determination of equivalent comfort curves in the vertical and fore and aft directions under one- and two-directional narrowband random vibrations. Equivalent comfort curves for durations of 2·5, 4 and 8 h were determined.