Digital coherent detection research on Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry with simplex pulse codes

The X-ray spectrometer used in high-energy-density plasma experiments generally requires both broad X-ray energy coverage and high temporal, spatial, and spectral resolutions for overcoming the difficulties imposed by the X-ray back- ground, debris, and mechanical shocks. By using an elliptical crystal together with a streak camera, we resolve this issue at the SG-II laser facility. The carefully designed elliptical crystal has a broad spectral coverage with high resolution, strong rejection of the diffuse and/or fluorescent background radiation, and negligible source broadening for extended sources. The spectra that are Bragg reflected （23° 〈 θ 〈 38°） from the crystal are focused onto a streak camera slit 18 mm long and about 80 μm wide, to obtain a time-resolved spectrum. With experimental measurements, we demonstrate that the quartz（1011） elliptical analyzer at the SG-II laser facility has a single-shot spectral range of （4.64-6.45） keV, a typical spectral resolution of E/△E = 560, and an enhanced focusing power in the spectral dimension. For titanium （Ti） data, the lines of interest show a distribution as a function of time and the temporal variations of the He-α and Li-like Ti satellite lines and their spatial profiles show intensity peak red shifts. The spectrometer sensitivity is illustrated with a temporal resolution of better than 25 ps, which satisfies the near-term requirements of high-energy-density physics experiments.     

相位敏感型光时域反射传感系统光学背景噪声的产生机理及其抑制方法

相位敏感型光时域反射(Φ-OTDR)传感系统具有响应速度快、灵敏度高等优点,能够实现对微弱扰动的分布式检测,在重大设施的入侵警戒、大型工程结构的健康监测等领域具有广阔应用前景.然而,与传统的OTDR传感系统不同,Φ-OTDR系统中存在着激光器中心频率漂移、偏振相关的噪声、光纤应变与干涉强度非线性对应关系引起的测量失真等光学背景噪声,对有效信号的提取形成了不可忽视的干扰,从而限制了Φ-OTDR传感系统在实际应用环境下的传感性能.本文对这些光学背景噪声的产生机理进行了深入分析,并提出了相应的噪声抑制方法.实验结果表明,本文提出的方法可以有效抑制Φ-OTDR传感系统中的光学背景噪声,并显著提高传感系统性能.     

Influence of laser linewidth on performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry

The effects of optical sources with different laser linewidths on Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR) are investigated numerically and experimentally. Simulation results show that the spectral linewidth of spontaneous Brillouin scattering remains almost constant when the laser linewidth is less than 1 MHz at the same pulse width; otherwise, it increases sharply. A comparison between a fiber laser (FL) with 4-kHz linewidth at 3 dB and a distributed feedback (DFB) laser with 3-MHz linewidth is made experimentally. When a constant laser power is launched into the sensing fiber, the fitting linewidths of the beat signals (backscattered Brillouin light and local oscillator (LO)) is about 5 MHz wider for the DFB laser than for the FL and the intensity of the beat signal is about a half. Furthermore, the frequency fluctuation in the long sensing fiber is lower for the FL source, yielding about 2 MHz less than that of the DFB laser, indicating higher temperature/strain resolution. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations.     

频域反射法光纤延时精密测量

本文提出了一种应用于光纤延时系统中实现光纤延时精密测量的新方法,用以提高光纤延时测量的精度和准确性.该方法以1064 nm激光调制信号作为光源,通过测量回波信号的幅值和相位信息得到被测通道的频率响应,采用快速傅里叶逆变换得到被测目标的延时信息,实现光纤延时测量.本文通过理论分析和延时测量实验对频域反射法与传统的时域测量方法进行对比,使用频域反射法在调制频率范围10—200 MHz,采样频率间隔0.5 MHz的实验条件下,实现了3.3 ps延时测量分辨率,并证明了该方法具有比时域方法更高的测量精度,测量结果的准确性更好.     

基于双向拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统

报道了一种基于双向拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统(Brillouin optical time domain analyzer,BOTDA).利用双向拉曼抽运对信号光进行拉曼放大以补偿光纤损耗及布里渊抽运波的消耗,从而使光纤后端的测量分辨率得到改善,测量分辨率在整段传感光纤趋于一致,同时避免了调制不稳定性引起的频谱扩展,克服了传统BOTDA存在的信号强度指数下降的弊端,使传感精度得到进一步提高.实验实现了50 km传感距离, 温度分辨率达0.6 ℃,空间分辨率为50 m.实验测量并分析了基于双向拉曼放大的BOTDA信噪比和光功率分布特性. 关键词： 分布式光纤传感 受激拉曼放大 布里渊增益 布里渊光时域分析     

Dielectric relaxation studies of aqueous sucrose in ethanol mixtures using time domain reflectometry

Time domain reflectometry method has been used in the frequency range of 10 MHz to 10 GHz to determine dielectric properties of aqueous sucrose in ethanol. The dielectric parameters, i.e., static dielectric constant and relaxation time were obtained from the complex permittivity spectra using the non-linear least squares fit method. The Luzar theory is applied to compute the cross-correlation terms for the mixtures. It adequately reproduces the experimental values of static dielectric constants. The Bruggeman model for the non-linear case has been fitted to the dielectric data for mixtures.     

Imaging a reflecting plate located in scattering media using optical frequency domain reflectometry

A new imaging system based on optical frequency domain reflectometry is presented. The intensity-integration effect of the charge coupled device camera to be used acts effectively as a low pass filter for the intensity fluctuation and the 2nd order moment of the detected signals is proportional to a low beat frequency component of the interference signal. Consequently, two-dimensionally imaging of the reflectance of a selective plane located in scattering media is demonstrated.     

Photon counting statistics in single multi-level quantum system

<正>We theoretically study the statistics of photon emission of a single multi-level quantum system by employing the generating functions approach developed recently.The generalized decay constants are included in a single multi-level quantum system with quasi-degenerated levels in this work although they are normally neglected in the absence of (quasi-)degeneracies in a multi-level quantum system within the rotating wave approximation.The quantum beats,the line shapes and the Mandel's Q parameters,etc.are studied.     

组合光调制中矢量分析方法

一般文献对光调制的分析方法为矩阵分析法,本文提出用矢量分析的新方法,并用此方法详细分析了电光调制和磁光调制的组合光调制中输出光强信号,得出了与矩阵方法一样的结果。     

利用电光相位调制和交叉相位调制制作时间透镜的实验及仿真分析

对时间成像理论进行简要研究. 利用电光相位调制器进行光脉冲压缩实验,并分别对基于电光相位调制和交叉相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统进行了仿真和讨论. 实验结果表明,基于电光相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统可以有效压缩光脉冲,但是该系统受到了孔径限制,压缩系数较小,分辨率较低. 进一步的仿真分析结果表明,基于交叉相位调制的时间透镜组成的时间成像系统不受孔径限制,能够获得更大的压缩系数和更高的分辨率,但是该系统的实现难度较大. 关键词： 光脉冲压缩 时间透镜 电光相位调制 交叉相位调制     

光脉冲编码对基于拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统的影响

报道了光脉冲编码对基于拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统(BOTDA)的影响. 实验表明,光脉冲编码能够在保证较高空间分辨率的同时减小布里渊频移的不确定性. 实验实现了49.6 km传感距离, 在整段传感光纤上温度分辨率1 ℃,空间分辨率2.5 m. 本文实验测量并分析了系统的信噪比和光功率分布特性. 关键词： 分布式光纤传感 受激拉曼散射 布里渊增益 布里渊光时域分析系统(BOTDA)     

基于光子数目比较的激光测距法

提出了一种新颖的激光测距方法。该方法避开了传统激光测距法中使用复杂辅助电子设备对脉冲计时或比较相位差的过程,而主要通过光学手段分析和提取待测距离信息,最终通过比较大量光子数目的方法求得待测距离。并利用单轴晶体的双折射和全内双反射性质,用特殊结构的单块LiNbO3晶体设计了实施该方法的主体装置。结果表明,该激光测距法同目前普遍使用的激光测距法相比,不但简化了结构,而且有很高的测距精度,从而为激光测距开拓了一种新的思路。     

Internal cancellation of spikes using two avalanche photodiodes in series for single photon detection

<正>We propose a method of improving the performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes by using two avalanche photodiodes in series as single photon detectors for 1550-nm wavelength.In this method,the raw single photon avalanche signals are not attenuated,thus a high signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained compared with the existing results.The performance of the scheme is investigated and the ratio of the dark count rate to the detection efficiency is obtained to be 1.3×10~(-4) at 213 K.     

偏振稳定控制下的量子密钥分发

由于长距离单模光纤传输中存在的双折射效应会引起偏振随机抖动，光纤中利用偏振编码进行量子密钥分发一直难以实现.利用光子计数分析光纤中的偏振变化情况，并通过反馈控制的方式补偿偏振变化，从而实现了基于BB84协议的偏振编码长时间稳定的量子密钥分发实验，传输距离为100km. 关键词： 量子密钥分发 偏振反馈控制 单光子探测 偏振随机抖动     

Steepest-descent method-based adaptive frequency domain equalizer in coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with quadrature phase shift keying modulation

An adaptive frequency domain equalizer (A-FDE) in quadrature phase shift keying-coherent optical-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (QPSK-CO-OFDM) system is proposed in this paper. A-FDE uses steepest descent method to search the optimal equalization parameters. And through applying the adaptive control factor (ACF) to monitor the state of A-FDE, the interference from phase noise (PN) and chromatic dispersion (CD) can be mitigated. The numerical simulation shows that the performance of A-FDE has a remarkable improvement on combating PN and CD comparing with the conventional decision-directed equalizer (DDE). And the A-FDE can achieve the forward-error-correction (FEC) threshold in noisier scenario. Furthermore, because the calculation of ACF only bases on valid data instead of pilot symbols (PSs), A-FDE has low PS overhead merit.     

Linear optical implementation of optimal unambiguous discrimination among quantum states

In this paper, we present a linear optical scheme for optimal unambiguous discrimination among nonorthogonal quantum states in terms of the multiple-rail and polarization representation of a single photon. In our scheme, discriminated quantum states are expressed by using the spatial degree of freedom of a single photon while the polarization degree of freedom of the single photon is used to act as an auxiliary qubit. The optical components used in our scheme are only passive linear optical elements such as polarizing beam splitters, wave plates, polarizers, single photon detectors, and single photon source.     

Estimation of maximum measurable distance in optical time domain reflectometry

The dependence of the maximum measurable distance (MMD) in optical time domain reflectormetry (OTDR) upon fiber and receiver parameters, number of averaging times, signal pulse width, and input power launched into the fiber has been investigated for both 1.3- and 1.5-μm wavelengths.

The calculations have been performed for both Ge- and InGaAs/InP-APD receivers. As a result it is found that (1) the (MMD) is larger for the InGaAs/InP-APD receiver and (2) a further increase in the MMD can be achieved by cooling the InGaAs/InP-APD receiver.     

单光子时间测量中的本底研究

讨论了单光子时间测量中的本底来源和时间分布, 通过加符合门的方法, 有效地抑止了偶然符合本底, 消除了辐射在光电倍增管光阴极窗上产生的切伦科夫本底.     

单光子时间测量中的多光子修正

建立了闪烁晶体荧光的单光子时间测量中的多光子修正函数,研究了该函数对衰减时间测量的影响,给出了时间测量谱的修正公式.     

基于探针光调制的皮秒分辨X-ray探测方法与实验

高能密度物理研究中涉及许多单次皮秒现象的诊断测量, 然而对单次X-ray脉冲形状、X-ray与激光脉冲的皮秒精度同步依然是极具挑战的课题. 传统行波选通分幅相机受电子渡越时间限制, 难以突破40 ps时间分辨极限. 本文围绕半导体中光学探针光的全光调制效应, 提出一种以低温GaAs材料为基础, 实现皮秒时间分辨X-ray探测的新方法, 详细阐述了该探测器的工作机理、器件参数设计和时间分辨能力. 通过飞秒激光打靶实验, 验证了其概念设计的正确性. 结果表明该探测器具有约1.5 ps时间响应和10 ps时间分辨能力, 通过材料优化可将时间分辨提升 至1 ps以内.