Measurement of length with high accuracy and large range

This paper introduces an intelligent system of length measurement, which consists of a linear CCD, a grating, and a microcomputer. Because the system uses a new fine-divisions method of moiré fringes, the resolution is greatly increased. The theoretical analysis and the experimental results are given in this paper.     

Fast profile measurement of micrometer-sized tapered fibers with better than 50-nm accuracy

The forward scattering of light illuminating a transparent dielectric cylinder, such as a tapered fiber, from the side can be understood as interference of the diffracted, reflected, and transmitted light. Additionally, light can be resonantly coupled into the fiber if a multiple of the wavelength matches the circumference. Using a suitable laser setup with a novel evaluation algorithm allows us to quickly extract the fiber radius from the complex diffraction pattern, obtaining an accuracy of better than 50 nm. We demonstrate experimentally our method, which is noncontact and allows one to simultaneously measure the profile of a several-centimeter-long fiber waist with a diameter near the diffraction limit.     

Simple method for the complete characterization of an optical pulse

A novel and simple method to measure the amplitude and the phase of optical pulses is presented. The technique basically involves modulating the optical pulse train in a particular manner and then directly examining the resultant optical spectrum. This experimental measurement technique, which is extremely accurate and sensitive and can be implemented with an all-fiber setup, permits direct measurement of the phase of the optical signal in the frequency domain. Experimental results demonstrate the use of this measurement technique for characterizing optical pulses at 10 GHz from a gain-switched laser diode.     

高频可变间距全息光栅的制作方法的计算机模拟研究

提出了一种制作高频线性可变频率光栅的新方法，并给出了光栅空间频率的表达式.通过在相干的两光路中插入特殊透镜，可以实现线性可变空间频率光栅的制作，而且通过适当地调节实验参数可以改变空间频率的变化率.给出了相应的模拟全息图. 关键词： 全息光栅 全息 可变间距光栅     

对流占优扩散问题的高精度直线法

基于常微分方程边值问题的高精度求解器SEVORD对偏微分方程作半离散,提出了求解一维对流扩散方程的高精度直线法,并采用局部一维化方法(LOD)给出了求解二维对流扩散问题的高精度交替方向直线法。     

Robust direction-of-arrival estimation method with high accuracy for single vector sensor

The phase errors among the components of a single acoustic vector sensor cause the direction-of-arrival(DOA) estimation error of the existing methods.In order to address this issue,a DOA estimation method is proposed,which is robust to the phase errors.The proposed method first utilizes the Hadamard product of the principal eigenvector of the covariance matrix of the received signal by the single vector sensor and its conjugate vector to construct the spatial spectrum in order to estimate the DOA of the underwater target.Since the Hadamard product eliminates the phase errors,this estimation is independent of the phase errors.However,it is ambiguous.Afterwards,the phase-error estimate is explored to eliminate the ambiguity and get the correct DOA estimate.The proposed method performs independently of the phase errors and obtains high accuracy.The simulation results and the experimental result demonstrate the proposed method is robust to the phase errors.Furthermore,in the presence of the phase errors,it performs better than the average acoustic intensity method,the CAPON method,and the MUSIC method,in terms of estimation accuracy.In addition,the simulation results indicate that the estimation accuracy of the proposed method approaches to the Cramer-Rao bound(CRB).     

Pulse-shape-free method for long-range three-dimensional active imaging with high linear accuracy

We present a three-dimensional (3D) imaging method employing linear increasing gain to encode flying time of photons into intensity information. This method obtains both the reflectivity and the depth of scene from only two two-dimensional (2D) images. High linear accuracy between the depth and the intensity information is independent of the laser pulse shape. We demonstrated <1 m linear depth accuracies with two different kinds of laser pulse shape and a 3D scene reconstruction with supperresolution depth mapping when the targets are 800-1100 m away.     

Simple simulation method for investigating the performance of a SQUID gradiometer corresponding to a baseline length

Since the Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) is the most sensitive magnetic field detector, it is widely used for measuring very weak biomagnetic signals, such as a Magnetocardiography (MCG). However, because the SQUID is easily affected by environmental magnetic noises, it is often used as a form of gradiometer suppressing spatially homogeneous field noises. The characteristic of the SQUID gradiometer mainly depends on the distance between the connected coils, that is, a baseline. Accordingly, in order to fabricate a gradiometer, the investigation of a proper baseline for the MCG signal is necessary. For the investigation, however, various gradiometers having different baselines have to be fabricated and tested, which required too much cost and effort. In this study, we suggest a simple simulation method to investigate the performance of a SQUID gradiometer depending on the baseline. In addition, in order to verify the reliability of our simulation, we fabricated wire wound axial first-order gradiometers (50 mm, 70 mm, and 100 mm baseline) and a second-order gradiometer (50 mm baseline) and compared the characteristics of the measured gradiometer signal with the simulated signal.     

Ultrashort single-shot pulse characterization with high spatial resolution using localized nonlinearities in ferroelectric domain walls

Second-order nonlinearities localized in the regions adjacent to the ferroelectric domain wall in KTiOPO(4) are used to realize a single-shot noncollinear frequency-resolved optical gating arrangement for ultrashort pulse characterization with high spatial resolution. Cerenkov phase matching is utilized to achieve spectral dispersion and makes the same nonlinear crystal applicable over wide spectral ranges from the visible to the mid-infrared.     

高精度非回转对称非球面加工方法研究

本文提出一种高精度非回转对称非球面加工方法。首先,通过范成法铣磨出非回转对称非球面的最佳拟合球;然后,利用古典抛光修正小磨头确定抛光难以修正的中频误差;最后,利用高精度气囊抛光设备(IRP)精确对位精修面形,在不引入额外中频误差条件下,通过高精度对位检测技术实现非回转对称非球面高精度加工。将该方法应用于定点曲率半径为970.737 mm、k=-1、口径为106 mm三次非球面加工,降低了加工难度,提高了加工精度,面形误差收敛到1/30λ(RMS)。实验结果验证了本文加工方法的正确性和可行性,对高精度非回转对称非球面加工具有一定的指导意义。     

稳健的高精度单矢量传感器测向方法

针对单矢量传感器各通道之间的相位误差引起已有方法测向不准的问题,提出一种对相位误差稳健的高精度测向方法.该测向方法首先利用单矢量传感器接收信号协方差矩阵的主特征向量与其共轭向量做Hadamard积来构造空间谱,实现对水下目标的方位估计;由于Hadamard积消除了相位误差,此估计值与相位误差无关,但存在方位估计模糊。然后利用相位误差的估计值进行解模糊操作,从而得到正确的方位估计。该测向方法的测向性能独立于相位误差,估计精度高。仿真和试验数据处理结果验证了该测向方法对相位误差稳健;在相位误差条件下,其方位估计精度高于平均声强法、CAPON测向方法以及MUSIC测向方法。而且仿真结果表明,该测向方法的测向精度接近克拉美洛下界(CRB)。     

Unified approach to short optical pulse recording and spatial imaging with subwavelength resolution

We propose and numerically demonstrate a simple method for measuring waveforms of optical pulses that have spectral bandwidths much larger than the passband of the measuring system, thus enabling a kind of temporal superresolution. The technique is based on pulse intensity modulation that contains high-order harmonics. Parts of the pulse intensity spectrum that are shifted as a result of the modulation, are moved over (“umklapped”) to the center of the passband, transmitted and then recorded by an oscilloscope. The pulse intensity spectrum is restored by parts from the Fourier transform of a few oscillograms, measured after performing the temporal shifts between the pulse train and the modulation. A similar approach is applied for achieving subwavelength spatial resolution in far -field microscopy. The spatial modulation is performed by a diffraction grating. The method allows one to restore a subwavelength object in a single measurement.     

Determination of elastic and plastic strain of samples tested with the high frequency fatigue method

Two methods are presented which calculate the plastic strain and the total strain amplitude in a sample, subjected to high frequency fatigue, with the aid of temperature distribution measurements. The applicability of both methods is illustrated on polycrystalline copper.     

New method to extract the neutron-electron scattering length

A novel method to extract the neutron-electron scattering length b _ne from the precise neutron scattering data measured for a noble gas at several different densities n is proposed. The main point of this method is dividing the experimental data into two parts: the first, nearly proportional to n, corresponding to diffraction on neighboring atoms and the second one, a small contribution of n, e scattering independent on n. The proposed technique is demonstrated using the structure factor S(q) for gaseous krypton.Received: 12 October 2004, Revised: 1 December 2004, Published online: 7 March 2005PACS: 28.20.-v, 61.12.-q, 14.20.Dh, 13.40.-f     

Training native English speakers to identify Japanese vowel length contrast with sentences at varied speaking rates

Native English speakers were trained to identify Japanese vowel length in three types of training differing in sentential speaking rate: slow-only, fast-only, and slow-fast. Following Pisoni and Lively's high phonetic variability hypothesis [Pisoni, D. B., and Lively, S. E., Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience, 433-459 (1995)], higher stimulus variability by means of training with two rates was hypothesized to aid learners in adapting to speech rate variation more effectively than training with only one rate. Trained participants identified the length of the second vowel of disyllables, short or long, embedded in a sentence of the respective rate, and received immediate feedback. The three trained groups' abilities before and after training were examined with tests containing sentences of slow, normal, and fast rates, and were compared with those of a control that was not trained. A robust effect of slow-fast training, a marginal effect of slow-only training, but no significant effect of fast-only training were found in the overall test scores. Slow-fast and slow-only training showed small advantages over fast-only training on the fast-rate test scores, while effects for all three training types were found on the slow- and normal-rate test scores. The degree to which the results support the high phonetic variability hypothesis is discussed.     

The innovative method of high accuracy interferometric calibration of the Precision Laser Inclinometer

In this report a high accuracy method for an interferometric calibration of the Precision Laser Inclinometer (PLI) is proposed. The method is based on the simultaneous measurement of: (a) the PLI base calibration slope (angle), set by a piezoelectric positioner, via laser interferometry and (b) the PLI response signal. A calibration coefficient of 322.5 ± 1.9 μrad/V has been determined experimentally in an interval [4 × 10^–7, 4 × 10^–6] rad in which there is a linear dependence between the PLI-signal and the calibration angle.     

Measurement of the electro-optic coefficient of polymer thin films with better spatial resolution

A method for measuring the electro-optic coefficient of polymer films on the basis of an asymmetry Fabry–Perot cavity is introduced. The sample layer is located between two aluminium layers, which are deposited on glass substrates by thermal evaporation. This layer structure is objected to a laser beam, and a variable voltage is applied to the aluminium films resulting in a modulation of the transmitted laser power. The electro-optic coefficient γ₁₃ of the poled polymer film can be calculated by evaluating the Fabry–Perot equation. The spatial resolution is tested with a polymer film that was poled by a needle corona discharge in air through a metal grating with a period of 120 μm. By scanning the sample plate in the direction perpendicular to the grating lines, the spatial resolution is also demonstrated according to the spacing of the poled structure.     

一种提高激光陀螺惯导系统精度的方法

为了获得优于0.1n mile/h水平的高精度激光陀螺惯导系统,对控制系统绕单轴转动来补偿陀螺误差的方法进行了研究。分析了补偿的原理,并利用通用的精度为0.4n mile/h左右的机抖激光陀螺捷联惯导系统进行了实物实验,实验结果证明采用单轴转动的方法可使系统定位精度提高到1n mile/24h的水平。