电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数成像探测器性能的影响

微通道板出射电荷云尺寸与微通道板增益、微通道板输出面和楔条形阳极间距离以及阳极加速电压等因素有关.到达阳极的电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数探测器的成像性能有重要影响.本文研究了电荷云尺寸对紫外光子计数成像系统成像性能的影响,论述了调制畸变和"S"畸变两种图像畸变及其产生的原因,采用蒙特卡洛方法模拟了不同尺寸的电荷云对阳极解码的影响.实验测试了微通道板和阳极间距离、微通道板增益以及阳极加速电压对紫外光子计数成像系统成像性能的影响,并给出了实际解决调制畸变和"S"畸变的有效方法. 关键词： 光子计数成像 楔条形阳极 微通道板 阳极探测器     

微通道板增益对光子计数探测器成像性能影响

微通道板作为二维位置灵敏阳极光子计数探测器中的电子倍增器件,其增益特性直接影响探测器的成像性能。搭建了系统测试平台,测量了微通道板的增益随电压变化曲线,并获得了3块微通道板叠加后的脉冲高度分布曲线。根据测试结果以及脉冲高度分布曲线的能量分辨率与探测器增益的均匀性之间的物理关系,选择合适电压值和增益对探测器的性能进行优化,探测器分辨率由3.56 lp/mm 提高到4.49 lp/mm ,获得了清晰图像,为探测器的研制提供了技术支持。     

电子清刷对微通道板增益及输出信噪比的影响

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

微通道板输入信号利用率提高研究

分析了微通道板输入信号损失的原因,提出了在微通道板输入端镀制绝缘层,从而提高微通道板输入信号利用率的方法,并进行了试验.试验结果表明:在微通道板输入端镀制一层15nm的绝缘层,可以提高微通道板输入信号的利用率,从而提高微通道板的增益.绝缘层的二次电子发射系数越高,微通道板输入信号的利用率越高,增益提高的比例越大.对SiO2膜层而言,可以提高12%左右;对Al2O3膜层而言,可以提高35%左右.在微通道板增益提高的同时,像增强器的分辨力和调制传递函数会降低,并且绝缘层的二次电子发射系数越高,分辨力和调制传递函数降低的比例越大.但微通道板分辨力和调制传递函数降低的比例远低于增益提高的比例.本文提出的提高微通道板输入信号利用率的方法具有一定的实用性,可以推广使用.     

紫外单光子成像系统增益特性研究

介绍了基于微通道板和楔条形阳极的紫外单光子成像系统的组成和工作原理.利用该系统分别研究了两块和三块微通道板在不同电压下的暗计数特性.实验和拟合结果表明微通道板的暗计数脉冲幅度呈负指数型分布,暗计数率随电压升高而增大.通过测试不同电压下的脉冲幅度分布曲线,发现微通道板增益在较高电压下更加均匀.研究了两块微通道板情况下,微通道板电压和间距对系统分辨率的影响.结果表明,系统分辨率随微通道板电压增加而提高;另外,适当增加微通道板间距也可以提高系统分辨率. 关键词： 单光子计数成像 微通道板 楔条形阳极 分辨率     

含负折射率介质的一维光子晶体构成的相干热辐射源的辐射特性及控制

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

微通道板动态特性的数值模拟

对皮秒高压脉冲驱动下微通道板中电子的渡越时间特性和增益特性进行了数值模拟,在电压脉冲波形分别为高斯形、三角形和梯形时,得到了电子渡越时间与电压脉冲宽度、幅度的关系曲线。在考虑入射电子为一高斯电子脉冲的情况下,获得了增益曲线的半峰全宽和峰值随脉冲电压幅度、宽度的变化规律。分析结果表明：当微通道板两端所加电压为梯形波时,微通道板中电子的渡越时间特性和增益特性较加三角波和高斯波要好。     

微通道板近紫外量子效率测量及成像研究

提出了一种通过测量微通道板输出电流及增益来计算光电流,从而测量出微通道板量子效率的方法,并用该方法测量了微通道板在近紫外(200~380nm)的量子效率.测量结果表明,微通道板的量子效率很低,并且随波长增加而快速下降,200nm波长处的量子效率为10-4数量级,320nm波长处的量子效率为10-8数量级,大于340nm波长处的量子效率极低且趋近于零.微通道板及荧光屏组成的成像器件可以对酒精灯火焰成像,但图像较稀疏,而传统Cs2Te光电阴极紫外成像器件的图像却较密实,这与微通道板量子效率低,Cs2Te光电阴极量子效率高的情形一致.在该成像器件的前端放置一片350nm波长的高通滤光片后,所成的酒精灯火焰图像消失.对被照射目标成像时,如果照射光源为254nm的汞灯,则可以成像;但如果照射光源为365nm汞灯,则不能成像.说明微通道板的光谱响应主要在350nm波长以下,与其量子效率的测量结果一致.最后测量得到该成像器件的分辨力为32lp/mm,与传统Cs2Te光电阴极紫外成像器件的分辨力相同.微通道板及荧光屏组成的成像器件由于不使用光电阴极,具有价格低、寿命长且可靠性高的优点,因此可在紫外信号较强或成像距离较短的条件下使用.     

金阴极微通道板能谱响应的理论研究

分析了金阴极微通道板在X射线段（0.1～10 keV）的能谱响应,从阴极量子效率,X射线在通道材料中的衰减,微通道壁的铅层的光电效应,微通道板通道增益等多个方面进行综合计算,结果表明:得出较完善的阴极型微通道板能谱响应理论公式及其数值模拟曲线.在只考虑一个通道,增益值为1时,微通道板的能谱响应完全取决于金阴极的量子效率,若考虑多通道效应,微通道板的能谱响应受通道材料元素吸收边的影响发生突变,且通道数目越多,影响越显著;能谱响应随电压增大呈增长趋势,但会受到微通道板饱和电流的限制.实验给出了微通道板能谱响应与入射角的关系曲线,确定了能获得增益的最小入射角.     

金阴极微通道板能谱响应的理论研究

分析了金阴极微通道板在X射线段(0.1～10 keV)的能谱响应,从阴极量子效率,X射线在通道材料中的衰减,微通道壁的铅层的光电效应,微通道板通道增益等多个方面进行综合计算,结果表明:得出较完善的阴极型微通道板能谱响应理论公式及其数值模拟曲线.在只考虑一个通道,增益值为1时,微通道板的能谱响应完全取决于金阴极的量子效率,若考虑多通道效应,微通道板的能谱响应受通道材料元素吸收边的影响发生突变,且通道数目越多,影响越显著;能谱响应随电压增大呈增长趋势,但会受到微通道板饱和电流的限制.实验给出了微通道板能谱响应与入射角的关系曲线,确定了能获得增益的最小入射角.     

Guided-Wave Two-Dimensional Acousto-Optic Scanner Using Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguide

Two-dimensional scanning of a 0.6328 mum guided-light beam has been realized using noncolinear acousto-optic (AO) coplanar Bragg diffraction together with colinear AO guided-mode to substrate radiation-mode conversion in a Z-cut Xpropagation LiNbO3 proton-exchanged (PE) waveguide. The two surface acoustic (SAW) waves utilized are at the center frequencies of 500 and 200 MHz, propagating in the Y and X axes, respectively. Two-dimensional scanning of approximately 720 resolvable light beam spots, namely, 18 40 (horizontal vertical) scanning, has been demonstrated using a light beam of 1.0 mm aperture. The total number of resolvable beam spots can be greatly increased from 720 by simply utilizing SAW transducers of larger bandwidth and a light beam of greater aperture. It should also be possible to significantly increase the diffraction efficiency from 3 % by optimizing the parameters of the PE waveguide and the SAWs.     

Effect ofγ-radiation on the spectral luminescence characteristics of impure cadmium tungstate crystals

Results of a study of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of cadmium tungstate crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations are presented. Spectral characteristics of the nondnnnoped crystals are briefly described. Absorption and photo and X-ray luminescence spectra of the crystals taken before and after exposure to γ-radiation (5.5·10⁴ Gy) are compared. It is found that the spectral characteristics of the crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations do not change markedly after the exposure. The relation between the type of impurity-induced defects, individual characteristics of the impurity cations, and the character of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of impure crystals is analyzed (preliminarily). Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 55–60, January–February, 1997.     

Measurement of nonlinear coefficient of optical fiber based on small chirped soliton transmission

We measure the waveform and phase curves of short optical pulses before and after transmission over different lengths of fibers by use of the pulse analyzer with the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG),and numerically simulate pulse evolution under the experimental conditions.The nonlinear coefficient of the fiber is given by comparing the experimental results with the numerical ones.Difference between the experiment and numerical simulation is analyzed.     

Resonance scattering of canonical elastic shells in absorbing fluid medium

Resonance scattering of elastic spherical shell and cylindrical shell while the surrounding fluid medium has absorption is studied. The normal mode solution derived using exact elastic theory and the separation of variables is still applicable. However, the scattering form function has to be modified for the absorbing medium, otherwise the unreasonable result would be obtained. The backscattering form function in the absorbing medium is redefined, and the form function of elastic spherical and cylindrical shell with vacuum or solid matter filled is calculated in various absorption conditions. The results show that the absorption of surrounding fluid leads to notable attenuation of the coincidence resonances in the mid-frequency, but it has a little influence on the low-frequency resonance scattering induced by the filler inside the shell.     

Single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor with high detection resolution

A versatile and low-cost single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance(SPR)sensing system with ultra-high resolution performance is presented.The system exhibits a root-mean-square phase fluctuation of ±0.0028.over a period of 45 min.i.e.a resolution of±5.2×10-9 refractive index units.The enhanced performance has been achieved through the incorporation of three design elements:a true single-beam configuration enabling complete self-referencing so that only the phase change associated with SPR gets detected,a differential measurement scheme to eliminate spurious signals not related to the sensor response,and the elimination of retardation drifts by incorporating temperature stabilization in the liquid crystal phase modulato .Our design should bring the detection sensitivity of non-labeling SPR biosensing closer to that achievable by conventional fluorescence-based techniques.     

Influences of SiO2 protective layers and annealing on the laser-induced damage threshold of Ta2O5 films

Ta2O5 films are prepared on BK7 substrates with conventional electron beam evaporation deposition.The effects of SiO2 protective layers and annealing on the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of the films are investigated.The results show that SiO2 protective layers exert little influence on the electric field intensity(EFI)distribution,microstructure and microdefect density but increase the absorption slightly.Annealing iS effective on decreasing the microdefect density and the absorption of the films.Both SiO2 protective layers and annealing are beneficial to the damage resistance of the films and the latter is more effective to improve the LIDT.Moreover,the maximal LIDT of Ta2O5 films is achieved by the combination of SiO2 protective layers and annealing.     

A stereo matching algorithm using multi-peak candidate matches and geometric constraints

Gray cross correlation matching technique is adopted to extract candidate matches with gray cross correla- tion coefficients less than some certain range of maximal correlation coefficient called multi-peak candidate matches. Multi-peak candidates are extracted corresponding to three closest feature points at first. The corresponding multi-peak candidate matches are used to construct the model polygon. Correspondence is determined based on the local geometric relations between the three feature points and the multi-peak candidates. The disparity test and the global consistency checkout are applied to eliminate the remaining ambiguous matches that are not removed by the local geometric relational test. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is feasible and accurate.     

Fiber Modal Index Measurements Based on Fiber Gratings

A novel method based on fiber gratings for measuring the effective indices of fiber modes is proposed. The effective index difference between the core mode and a cladding mode was obtained by analyzing the interference fringe of a pair of cascaded long-period fiber gratings. In order to extract the core mode index from the measured index difference, an index matching oil immersion method is proposed. By analyzing the interaction between the cladding mode and the oil applied on the cladding surface, the mode order and the effective index of the involved cladding mode might be calculated. Experimental results about the interference fringe shifts induced by the oil index and the oil-applied length are also presented.     

Optical Pulse Compression Schemes That Use Nonlinear Bragg Gratings

Nonlinear optical pulse compression of picosecond pulses typically requires long lengths of optical fiber and multiple components. Periodic structures, such as fiber Bragg gratings, are highly dispersive at wavelengths outside of the photonic bandgap. This implies that such gratings can be used as very short all-fiber compressors. In this paper a number of such compression schemes are reviewed involving uniform and nonuniform fiber Bragg gratings, relying on both soliton and nonsoliton compression principles. Experimental results supporting the corresponding underlying theory are also presented. Finally, an extension of one of the compression schemes is shown, which allows the generation of adjustable high-repetition rate soliton trains.