Optimized LADAR/RADAR system for detection and tracking

The LADAR (LAser raDAR) is limited in detection and tracking of cooperative targets to less than 30 km range for ground and low altitude systems as has previously been found. This paper addresses the optimized design of a dual mode LADAR/RADAR system with respect to operation ranges. Computational results for specific RADAR Systems show significant improvements for cooperative target detection and tracking ranges beyond 30 km up to 450 km even under severe atmospheric conditions. The price for range improvement is enhanced complexity of the LADAR system and reduced tracking accuracy in the first steps of the detection process.     

Optimized LADAR/RADAR system for detection and tracking

The LADAR (LAser raDAR) is limited in detection and tracking of cooperative targets to less than 30 km range for ground and low altitude systems as has previously been found. This paper addresses the optimized design of a dual mode LADAR/RADAR system with respect to operation ranges. Computational results for specific RADAR Systems show significant improvements for cooperative target detection and tracking ranges beyond 30 km up to 450 km even under severe atmospheric conditions. The price for range improvement is enhanced complexity of the LADAR system and reduced tracking accuracy in the first steps of the detection process.     

Multi Mode LADAR/RADAR Active Transponder Systems for Tracking Very Long Operation Ranges Cooperative Targets

Tracking of cooperative airborne targets is very important for numerous applications especially for space missions. Previous researches have shown that tracking Laser RADAR (LADAR) offers very high precision and reliability but their operation range is limited to 40 km for good visibility and much less for adverse propagation conditions. Higher operation ranges under all weather conditions require a high power and costly RADAR and/or a light compact tactical low cost RADAR system using active transponders (on the cooperative target) at different frequency bands. In this paper a multimode LADAR/RADAR/Transponder system is investigated. Providing optimum performances and maximum operation range of hundreds of kms up to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites or space shuttle orbits. These performances are obtained without reducing significantly the tracking accuracy.     

Ladar/radar dual mode operation system for enhancing tracking range and accuracy

Previously investigated LADAR Cooperative target acquisition and tracking systems, are enhanced from 10 to 40 km in good visibility conditions. The choice of an optimal LADAR source and the ranges improvements of accurate tracking operation are described. For enhancing detection ranges, specific dual mode LADAR/RADAR systems have been proposed. The optimal solutions for all weather ranges above 400 km are L band RADAR characterized by very high power complex transmitters and bulky antennas.     

光电着舰引导设备激光单元作用距离研究

阐述了光电着舰引导激光测距/跟踪单元的工作原理,从人眼安全和大气窗口两方面讨论并确定了激光发射机波段。通过经验公式计算及MODTRAN实验对比研究了1.5x m全光纤激光的大气透过率。在精确计算大气双程透过率的基础上,分析了激光测距/跟踪单元不同气象条件下的作用距离。在晴与霾两种气象条件下,所设计的激光单元最大作用距离分别为10.8 km和8.5 km,满足光电着舰引导系统对跟踪距离大于6 km的指标要求。     

Laser Radar range optimization for detecting and tracking Airborne cooperative targets

A high resolution Nd-YAG pulsed Laser Radar LIDAR system is proposed for detecting and tracking Airborne cooperative retro-reflector carrying targets against noise, clutter and back-scatter sources. A previous range computation method is improved and new possibilities of coherent heterodyne detection and phase conjugate elements are discussed.The presented analysis and computation method has proved to be valuable in the feasibility and design stages of operation LIDAR detection and tracking systems.     

电视形心跟踪技术在260激光电视电影经纬仪上的成功应用

本文论述了新近研制成功的一种靶场测量用光电设备—260激光电视电影经纬仪,用于对飞行器进行外弹道测量。它能以半自动跟踪、电视自动跟踪及数学引导三种方式跟踪被测目标,具有很高的跟踪测量精度和很强的实时测量、实时输出能力。设备上加装的激光测距系统,使其具有单站定位能力。设备上的数字化实时电视形心跟踪器是由视频处理器、投影处理器与跟踪窗控制器等组成。它采用了TMS320系列的高速数字信号处理芯片组成的多微机并行处理结构及流水线技术,并与巧妙设计的模拟图象预处理技术相结合,成功地通过了室内检测、机场试验和外场校飞,曾以很高的回波率对不装合作目标的掠海导弹进行单站跟踪测量,距离达到10.4km。研制和现场实用结果证明,采用这种实时图象跟踪技术,使靶场光电设备增添了优异的性能。     

A 168-km ultra-long-range OTDR measurement at a wavelength of 1.55 μm

A Rayleigh backscattered signal and Fresnel reflection over a 167.6-km and a 251.2-km long pure silica-core fiber (PSF) with fiber loss 0.176 dB/km, and a 138.6-km and a 206.5-km long Ge-doped core dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) with fiber loss 0.218 dB/km have been observed with ultra-long-range optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) using a 1.55-μm high-power semiconductor laser (LD) and InGaAs-APD with a low dark current at room temperature. The Rayleigh backscattered signal level and fiber loss are strongly dependent on the fiber dopant materials and fiber structural parameters. DSF gives a better SNR for short length fibers because the Rayleigh backscattered signal level is larger than PSF, but because the DSF loss is also larger, PSF gives a better SNR for fibers longer than the critical length. Accordingly, the dynamic range of OTDR in the different fiber types such as PSF and DSF becomes different. One-way backscattered dynamic ranges of 29.5 dB for the PSF and about 30.2 dB for the DSF at room temperature have been achieved.     

A 168-km ultra-long-range OTDR measurement at a wavelength of 1.55 μm

A Rayleigh backscattered signal and Fresnel reflection over a 167.6-km and a 251.2-km long pure silica-core fiber (PSF) with fiber loss 0.176 dB/km, and a 138.6-km and a 206.5-km long Ge-doped core dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) with fiber loss 0.218 dB/km have been observed with ultra-long-range optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) using a 1.55-μm high-power semiconductor laser (LD) and InGaAs-APD with a low dark current at room temperature. The Rayleigh backscattered signal level and fiber loss are strongly dependent on the fiber dopant materials and fiber structural parameters. DSF gives a better SNR for short length fibers because the Rayleigh backscattered signal level is larger than PSF, but because the DSF loss is also larger, PSF gives a better SNR for fibers longer than the critical length. Accordingly, the dynamic range of OTDR in the different fiber types such as PSF and DSF becomes different. One-way backscattered dynamic ranges of 29.5 dB for the PSF and about 30.2 dB for the DSF at room temperature have been achieved.     

低轨微小卫星及小碎片搜索/跟踪机动式大视场光电望远镜

有效反射面积小,运动速度快的空间低轨卫星和小碎片的日益增多对现有地基探测跟踪技术提出了挑战。本文分析了国外现有低轨小目标光电探测技术的发展现状,结合低轨小目标的探测需求,提出了一种用于低轨微小卫星及小碎片搜索/跟踪探测的机动式车载大视场光电望远镜设计方案。介绍了该望远镜的光学系统、跟踪架及载车,描述了它的工作模式和图像处理,讨论了系统的搜索和探测能力。结果表明,该望远镜对300 km轨道高度的目标搜索能力达到13.5星等（相当于直径5 cm目标）,可以满足搜索和跟踪低轨微小卫星及小碎片探测的实际需求。     

Simulations of large acoustic scintillations in the straits of Florida

Using a full-wave acoustic model, Monte Carlo numerical studies of intensity fluctuations in a realistic shallow water environment that simulates the Straits of Florida, including internal wave fluctuations and bottom roughness, have been performed. Results show that the sound intensity at distant receivers scintillates dramatically. The acoustic scintillation index SI increases rapidly with propagation range and is significantly greater than unity at ranges beyond about 10 km. This result supports a theoretical prediction by one of the authors. Statistical analyses show that the distribution of intensity of the random wave field saturates to the expected Rayleigh distribution with SI= 1 at short range due to multipath interference effects, and then SI continues to increase to large values. This effect, which is denoted supersaturation, is universal at long ranges in waveguides having lossy boundaries (where there is differential mode attenuation). The intensity distribution approaches a log-normal distribution to an excellent approximation; it may not be a universal distribution and comparison is also made to a K distribution. The long tails of the log-normal distribution cause "acoustic intermittency" in which very high, but rare, intensities occur.     

Trajectory Tracking within a Hierarchical Primitive-Based Learning Approach

A hierarchical learning control framework (HLF) has been validated on two affordable control laboratories: an active temperature control system (ATCS) and an electrical rheostatic braking system (EBS). The proposed HLF is data-driven and model-free, while being applicable on general control tracking tasks which are omnipresent. At the lowermost level, L1, virtual state-feedback control is learned from input–output data, using a recently proposed virtual state-feedback reference tuning (VSFRT) principle. L1 ensures a linear reference model tracking (or matching) and thus, indirect closed-loop control system (CLCS) linearization. On top of L1, an experiment-driven model-free iterative learning control (EDMFILC) is then applied for learning reference input–controlled outputs pairs, coined as primitives. The primitives’ signals at the L2 level encode the CLCS dynamics, which are not explicitly used in the learning phase. Data reusability is applied to derive monotonic and safely guaranteed learning convergence. The learning primitives in the L2 level are finally used in the uppermost and final L3 level, where a decomposition/recomposition operation enables prediction of the optimal reference input assuring optimal tracking of a previously unseen trajectory, without relearning by repetitions, as it was in level L2. Hence, the HLF enables control systems to generalize their tracking behavior to new scenarios by extrapolating their current knowledge base. The proposed HLF framework endows the CLCSs with learning, memorization and generalization features which are specific to intelligent organisms. This may be considered as an advancement towards intelligent, generalizable and adaptive control systems.     

A novel design for single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber at 1550 nm

The present paper proposes a novel design for achieving single-polarization single-mode (SPSM) operation at 1550 nm in photonic crystal fiber (PCF), using a rectangular-lattice PCF with two lines of three central air holes enlarged. The proposed PCF composed entirely of silica material is modeled by a full-vector finite element method with anisotropic perfectly matched layers. Simulations show that single-polarization operation within broad wavelength range can be easily realized with the proposed structure. The wideband SPSM operation features, the low confinement losses, and the small effective mode area are the main advantages of the proposed PCF structure. A SPSM-PCF with confinement loss less than 0.1 dB/km within wavelength range from 1370 to 1610 nm and effective mode area about 4.7 μm2 at 1550 nm is numerically demonstrated.     

长光纤环高性能光电振荡器研究

提出了采用多个长光纤环实现高性能光电振荡器的方法,通过合理的长度设计,多个长光纤环能够降低光电振荡器的相位噪声,同时提高边模抑制比。理论分析了多个长光纤环实现高性能光电振荡器的可行性,并构建了实验系统。在实验中,利用3个大于4km的长光纤环构建光电振荡器,实现了频率10GHz的微波信号,其相位噪声在频偏10kHz处达到了-130dBc/Hz,边模抑制比达到了60dBc。实验结果与理论分析一致,证明了该方法的正确性。     

非零色散位移光纤的改进设计及制造

介绍了一种新颖的非零色散位移光纤结构设计方法及其MCVD+OVD制造工艺,所制备的光纤有效面积达到71 μm2以上.采用关键结构区域精确微扰方法,改进了光纤的色散特性.1550 nm处色散斜率由0.0715 ps/(nm2·km),分别减小至0.0605 ps/(nm2·km),0.0466 ps/(nm2·km),零色散波长由1500 nm附近移至1450 nm以下.测量表明,所得光纤具有优越的光学传输特性、抗弯曲性能和熔接性能,适用于C+L和S+C+L工作波长的大容量高速率长距离密集波分复用系统.光纤关键结构区域精确微扰是改进光纤性能的一种有效方法,该方法不限于MCVD工艺和非零色散位移光纤,对新型光纤的设计和生产具有积极的指导意义.     

普通单模光纤传输系统的光纤光栅色散补偿研究

通过系统分析光纤光栅的耦合模理论 ,探索、优化光纤光栅的制作过程 ,研制了满足ITU T建议波长的优质光纤光栅。用双透镜和扫描移动平台结合相位掩膜板研制的光纤光栅分别成功实现了 4× 10Gb/s 4 0 0km和4× 10Gb/s 80 0km普通单模光纤传输系统的色散补偿 ,功率代价均小于 2dB ,且最佳功率代价为负值。同时对4× 10Gb/s 80 0km普通单模光纤传输系统的偏振模色散实施长时间的监测 ,系统偏振模色散小于 10 ps,提出了发展 10Gb/s的光通信系统更符合目前我国国情的见解。     

激光主动照明光学系统设计

为提高跟踪测量系统对暗弱目标的探测能力,设计一套自动化激光主动照明光学系统,对跟踪测量视场范围进行主动辅助照明。该系统在0.2~5 km距离处的照明直径均为10 m,计算出其在-20℃及+45℃的温度调焦量,照明仿真结果表明系统照明不均匀性15%。通过研究系统像差对照明均匀性的影响,以及对设计的调光组进行分析,得到调光组移动量与照明距离之间的理论关系,表明自动调节调光组位置即可实现不同照明距离处的均匀照明。设计和分析结果表明,该主动照明系统能够自动调节调光组位置,实现跟踪测量视场内的均匀照明,有利于跟踪测量系统对于暗弱目标的探测。     

消逝波激励的双波段光纤回音壁模式激光辐射

将石英光纤浸入低折射率的染料溶液中后构成圆柱形微腔.采用轴向光抽运消逝波激励激光增益的方式,使增益区域局限在圆柱形微腔回音壁模式的模场区域内,由此显著地提高了抽运效率,增加了沿光纤轴向的增益长度.在一根石英光纤的轴向分段填入浓度同为2×10^-3mol/L的罗丹明6G和罗丹明B乙醇溶液,在567—576nm 和592—600nm的两个波长范围内同时获得回音壁模式的激光辐射;分段填入浓度为8×10^-4和8×10^-3mol/L的罗丹明B乙醇溶液, 关键词： 消逝波激励 圆柱形微腔 回音壁模式 双波段激光辐射     

13 cm长线性啁啾光纤光栅的研制

运用程控微位移扫描曝光技术结合相位掩模法,成功地研制了长为13cm,带宽为0．8nm,反射率为90％的宽带线性啁啾光纤光栅,经测试其色散值为－1700ps/nm。实验研究结果表明,对于10Gb/s的传输系统,所研制的光栅能很好地补偿100km普通单模光纤的色散。