Turbulent transport measurements with a laser Doppler velocimeter

The power spectrum of phototube current from a laser Doppler velocimeter operating in the heterodyne mode has been computed. The spectrum is obtained in terms of the space time correlation function, G(r,), of the fluid. The spectral width and shape predicted by the theory is in agreement with experiment. For normal operating parameters the time average spectrum contains information only for times shorter than the Lagrangian integral time scale of the turbulence. To examine the long time behaviour one must use either extremely small scattering angles, much longer wave-length radiation or a different mode of signal analysis, e.g. F.M. detection.     

Pulsatile flow measurement in hydraulic systems using a laser velocimeter

Servo valves find their major application in high performance hydraulic control systems where the accurate control of position, velocity and load is essential. Because of this, it is important to determine the dynamic characteristics of the servo valve (i.e. flow rate as a function of input command signal) more precisely.Previous techniques for this evaluation depended on monitoring spool position using linear transducers, since flow measurement techniques capable of following fast transients and oscillating (or pulsating) flows were not easily applied. The introduction of the laser Doppler anemometer changes this. Steady state flow measurement, using the dual beam scatter system, is now common but since it needs a spectrum analyser to measure the Doppler frequency it is not suitable for unsteady flow. Since hydraulic systems are relatively particle free, the Doppler signals are dreceived intermittently. Because of this, a signal processing system has been developed which measures the period of one or more oscillations in the frequency burst caused by a scattering particle passing through the control volume.Using this technique steady and unsteady laminar flow profiles have been measured in order to assess its effectiveness in the performance testing of hydraulic servo systems.     

A Bessel beam laser Doppler velocimeter

We present a laser Doppler velocimeter that is based on the use of two intersecting Bessel beams instead of the conventionally used Gaussian beams. Due to the quasi non-divergent nature of the Bessel beams, a short effective measurement volume of about 40 μm length could be realized with a low fringe spacing variation of 0.3%. Both of these advantageous values were experimentally verified in flow measurements.     

A fourier optical model for the laser Doppler velocimeter

The treatment is based on a fourier optical model. It is shown how the various configurations (i.e. differential mode and reference beam mode with both one and two incident beams) are incorporated in the model, and how it can be extended to three dimensions.The particles are represented by a sum of weighted delta functions of random position with respect to their influence on the scalar field.The influence of the receiver configuration is investigated: it is shown that the aperture size is roughly inversely proportional to the effective area in the measuring plane from which beams are heterodyned on the detector.The purpose of the pinhole, namely to filter the measuring volume out from the rest of space, is shown to depend on the aperture size. The diameter of the pinhole should never be smaller than the real image- found by geometrical optics- of the measuring volume (naturally), but its filtering ability vanishes as the aperture size converges towards zero.The results based on fourier optics are compared with the rough estimates obtainable by using the antenna formula for heterodyning (A_rr ²).     

激光多普勒测速仪中散射光特性的研究

后向散射光特性与多普勒信号的质量密切相关。为了设计高性能的激光多普勒测速仪,运用散斑理论详细分析了激光多普勒信号的强度与散射光斑大小的关系,结合泛函理论给出了计算多普勒电流的散斑表达式,并通过实验的方法研究了回波信号的偏振特性及其强度分布。理论分析与实验结果表明,激光多普勒信号的强度与接收器件光敏面的直径成正比,与光斑的直径成反比;选用光斑较小的圆偏振激光束,并用光敏面尺寸较小的探测器在镜面反射方向上接收信号光,可以大大提高多普勒信号的信噪比,增强系统的探测能力,为提高系统的测量精度创造有利的条件。     

Dual-polarization fiber grating laser-based laser Doppler velocimeter

A dual-frequency laser Doppler velocimeter implemented by a dual-polarization fiber grating laser is proposed,with the two laser frequencies produced by the two orthogonally polarized laser outputs of the fiber grating laser.The reflected laser outputs from a moving target experience the Doppler frequency shift,which is shown to be linearly related to the velocity and the beat note frequency difference between the laser outputs and the reflected light. With a digital frequency demodulation scheme,a high sensitivity of 0.64 MHz/(m/s) and a velocity resolution of less than 0.5% of the velocity for velocity measurement are demonstrated,which shows that the proposed laser Doppler velocimeter is capable of measurement of wide range of velocity.     

参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的误差分析

阐述了参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的基本原理,从理论上分析了原理公式近似、高斯光束干涉、激光线宽、探测器孔径、有限渡越时间、信号处理算法、空气折射率变化及角度测量等诸多因素对激光多普勒测速仪测量结果造成的误差,研究并给出了每一种影响因素所引起误差的理论公式,在每一种影响因素中具体讨论了各种光学参数对测量误差的影响并对部分参数进行实验研究。理论分析和实验表明：在实验中需要选择线宽较窄的激光器及孔径较小的光电探测器,而在选择光束光斑半径和信号光中心光线的方向与粒子运动方向的夹角时,既要考虑激光的质量和多普勒信号的强度,同时也需要考虑原理公式近似、探测器孔径的尺寸、有限渡越时间及高斯光束干涉等多种因素对测量结果的影响。     

频谱分析型激光多普勒测速仪信号处理技术

为了提高激光多普勒测速仪的测量精度,提出对激光多普勒信号先进行跟踪滤波,再进行频谱细化和频谱校正的信号处理方法,并利用信号处理系统对实测的多普勒信号进行了实验研究。实验结果表明：跟踪滤波器在滤除基底信号及系统的部分噪声的基础上,实时跟踪多普勒信号的频率,信噪比明显提高,所得结果与多普勒频率的真实值相一致;频谱细化技术大大提高了频谱分辨力,频谱校正技术使校正后的频率更接近真实值。     

A laser Doppler velocimeter which measures the three components of velocity

A device for simultaneously measuring the three orthogonal components of a velocity vector is described. The system uses a laser beam passing twice through the region of flow under investigation. This allows one to determine the third component using only forward scattering. Vector diagrams which explain the mode of operation and experimental signals are given.     

Research on heterodyne efficiency of laser Doppler velocimeter

Heterodyne efficiency is a very important factor in a laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV). Gaussian-Airy mode is put forward to analyze the heterodyne efficiency. And the calculate formulas and results of simulation of heterodyne efficiency are given. The results of numerical analysis show that heterodyne efficiency of LDV depends on the parameters—x₀, A, θ and x_a. Heterodyne efficiency can reach 81.45%, when x₀ = 3.59, A = 5.04 and θ = x_a = 0. At last, the antenna theorem of LDV is derived, and a defocused telescope system is used to adjust the waist's position and radius of the reference beam to match the signal beam.     

基于激光多普勒测速仪的车载组合导航

针对车载纯捷联惯性导航系统(SINS)导航精度随时间增长而降低的不足,提出了基于激光多普勒测速仪（LDV）这一新型速度传感器的组合导航方案。通过建立SINS/LDV组合导航系统的状态方程和量测方程,设计了系统的卡尔曼滤波器,并对组合导航系统进行了仿真模拟。结果表明：SINS/LDV组合方案能够有效减小SINS导航参数随时间的累积误差,可以实现全自主、高精度导航;当LDV测速精度为0.1%时,组合导航系统的位置精度提高了2个数量级,速度精度提高了1个数量级。     

基于激光多普勒测速仪的车载组合导航

 针对车载纯捷联惯性导航系统(SINS)导航精度随时间增长而降低的不足,提出了基于激光多普勒测速仪（LDV）这一新型速度传感器的组合导航方案。通过建立SINS/LDV组合导航系统的状态方程和量测方程,设计了系统的卡尔曼滤波器,并对组合导航系统进行了仿真模拟。结果表明：SINS/LDV组合方案能够有效减小SINS导航参数随时间的累积误差,可以实现全自主、高精度导航;当LDV测速精度为0.1%时,组合导航系统的位置精度提高了2个数量级,速度精度提高了1个数量级。     

频谱分析型激光多普勒测速仪信号处理技术

为了提高激光多普勒测速仪的测量精度,提出对激光多普勒信号先进行跟踪滤波,再进行频谱细化和频谱校正的信号处理方法,并利用信号处理系统对实测的多普勒信号进行了实验研究。实验结果表明:跟踪滤波器在滤除基底信号及系统的部分噪声的基础上,实时跟踪多普勒信号的频率,信噪比明显提高,所得结果与多普勒频率的真实值相一致;频谱细化技术大大提高了频谱分辨力,频谱校正技术使校正后的频率更接近真实值。     

Chirp heterodyne laser Doppler velocimeter using a powerful fibre-coupled green laser

The chirp heterodyne technique allows a directional discrimination of laser Doppler velocity measurements without the use of additional frequency shift elements. This paper presents, for the first time, the use of a chirp frequency-modulated solid-state laser, emitting in the green spectral range. Experimental results of a fluid flow measurement verify the function of the realised chirp heterodyne laser Doppler velocimeter.     

Analysis of signal-to-noise ratio of the laser Doppler velocimeter

The signal-to-shot-noise ratio of the photocurrent of a laser Doppler anemometer is calculated as a function of the parameters which describe the system. It is found that the S/N is generally a growing function of receiver area, that few large particles are better than many small ones, and that generally the fringe or differential mode configuration is equal to, or better than, the reference beam mode.     

基于Labview的激光多普勒测速仪的频谱校正

在激光多普勒测速仪中,为了减小由信号处理算法带来的测量误差,提出运用频谱校正算法对多普勒信号的频谱进行校正,详细阐述了能量重心法、比值法和相位差法3种离散频谱校正算法的基本原理,运用这3种算法对理想正弦信号进行仿真,并运用比值法对信号施加不同频率和信噪比的噪音下的正弦信号和实测的多普勒信号进行仿真及实验研究。结果表明:3种算法都可以使信号的频率更接近于真实值,其中能量重心法校正精度相对较低,比值法和相位差法精度较高,尤其是比值校正算法处理速度更快,校正的精度基本不受信噪比的影响。将比值法运用于激光多普勒测速系统,与光接收计数法测量结果进行比较,结果显示:校正后比较正前激光多普勒测速仪测量相对精度提高了2～3倍。     

Research on laser Doppler velocimeter for vehicle self-contained inertial navigation system

An idea of using laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) to measure the velocity for the vehicle inertial navigation system was put forward. The principle of measuring its own velocity with laser Doppler technique was elaborated and reference-beam LDV was designed. Then Doppler signal was processed by tracking filter, frequency spectrum refinement and frequency spectrum correction algorithm. The result of theory and experiment showed that the reference-beam LDV solved the problem that dual-beam LDV cannot be used for measuring when the system was out of focus. Doppler signal was tracked so that signal-to-noise ratio was improved, and the accuracy of the system was enhanced by the technology of frequency spectrum refinement and correction. The measurement mean error was less than 1.5% in velocity range of 0-30 m/s.     

差动激光多普勒测速仪在固体速度测量中的应用

采用差动型后向散射的方式进行实验,利用数据采集卡PCI DAS-4020采集信号,并在Labview软件中对信号进行滤波处理,以提高信噪比,运用傅里叶变换(FFT)处理数据,计算出运动目标的速度并与实际速度进行了比较。结果表明该系统用于固体表面速度的测量切实可行,精度可达到2.2%。     

基于Labview的激光多普勒测速仪的频谱校正

在激光多普勒测速仪中,为了减小由信号处理算法带来的测量误差,提出运用频谱校正算法对多普勒信号的频谱进行校正,详细阐述了能量重心法、比值法和相位差法3种离散频谱校正算法的基本原理,运用这3种算法对理想正弦信号进行仿真,并运用比值法对信号施加不同频率和信噪比的噪音下的正弦信号和实测的多普勒信号进行仿真及实验研究。结果表明：3种算法都可以使信号的频率更接近于真实值,其中能量重心法校正精度相对较低,比值法和相位差法精度较高,尤其是比值校正算法处理速度更快,校正的精度基本不受信噪比的影响。将比值法运用于激光多普勒测速系统,与光接收计数法测量结果进行比较,结果显示：校正后比较正前激光多普勒测速仪测量相对精度提高了2～3倍。     

载体振动对差动激光多普勒测速仪的影响

 为了减小载体振动对传统差动激光多普勒测速仪(LDV)测速精度的影响,提出了Janus配置的差动LDV,并对其速度测量的相对误差进行了理论分析与数值仿真。结果表明：Janus配置技术可以近似反演出载体上下振动时的俯仰角,并对速度进行补偿;载体上下振动对传统差动LDV的测量精度有较大影响,而对Janus配置的差动LDV的影响较小;在Janus配置的差动LDV中,当存在俯仰角且大小一定时,随着载体上下起伏速度与运行速度比值增大,速度测量的相对误差增大;当载体上下起伏速度与运行速度的比值为0.01,俯仰角小于10°时,Janus配置的差动LDV的速度测量的相对误差小于0.2%。