Photon-counting chip-interleaved iterative PIC detector over atmospheric turbulence channels

A photon-counting-based iterative parallel interference cancellation (PIC) scheme for free-space optical communications in the presence of multiple-access interference,shot noise,background radiation,and turbulence fading is designed.An efficient chip-level iterative equivalent noise estimation algorithm is also derived.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can achieve a single-user performance,bound with the fast convergence property.More importantly,it can eliminate the bit-error rate floor of the conventional optical code-division multiple-access system with the aid of a relatively short spreading code length.     

Performance estimation of free space optical links over negative exponential atmospheric turbulence channels

In this work, we study the performance of free space optical links with fading statistics modelled by the negative exponential distribution which describes channels under strong atmospheric turbulence conditions. We investigate the availability and the practical channel capacity's bounds, for links with fast and slow fading statistics, with line of sight architecture and intensity modulation with direct detection, through the evaluation of the outage probability and the outage and average capacity. Moreover, the average error probability, for on-off keying cases, is estimated. For these, very significant, magnitudes we extract closed form mathematical expressions for, practically valuation of link's performance.     

Average capacity optimization in free-space optical communication system over atmospheric turbulence channels with pointing errors

A model is proposed to study the average capacity optimization in free-space optical (FSO) channels, accounting for effects of atmospheric turbulence and pointing errors. For a given transmitter laser power, it is shown that both transmitter beam divergence angle and beam waist can be tuned to maximize the average capacity. Meanwhile, their optimum values strongly depend on the jitter and operation wavelength. These results can be helpful for designing FSO communication systems.     

探测大气湍流的光强闪烁激光雷达

基于残余光强闪烁理论,分析了与大气湍流探测有关的激光雷达各项硬件参数并获得参数的优化范围,据此研制了一台用于大气湍流探测的光强闪烁激光雷达。背景基线、线性特征等性能测试表明,激光雷达各硬件工作正常,数据获取可靠。实验测量中获得了水平方向上闪烁指数和大气折射率结构常数随探测距离和时间的变化趋势,其中闪烁指数在450~2000 m探测距离范围内由0.001逐渐增大至0.350左右;大气折射率结构常数基本保持水平均匀性,在1.010-16~1.010-15m-2/3范围之内;大气折射率结构常数在10:00~21:00时间内大致呈现上午上升、下午下降、晚上上升的变化趋势,具有较明显的日变化特征。实验结果与理论和常规测量较为相符,表明光强闪烁激光雷达能够获取大气湍流的探测距离变化和日变化特征信息。     

特殊函数在湍流大气传输光束漂移中的应用

研究特殊函数在激光湍流大气传输光束漂移效应中的应用,为提高跟瞄系统的瞄准精度提供理论依据。基于特殊函数和修正Von Karman谱,对斜程湍流大气传输光束漂移方差表达式进行了数值仿真。数值模拟表明,特殊函数高次项的近似舍去对激光湍流大气传输光束指向精度影响甚微。在外尺度较小时,光束漂移方差变化较快;随着外尺度的增加,光束漂移增加缓慢且趋于饱和。在相同的外尺度下,发射孔径（初始光束束径）与发射天顶角的增大对光束漂移具有抑制作用,且天顶角接近π/2,光束漂移角方差快速减小。     

探测大气湍流的光强闪烁激光雷达

基于残余光强闪烁理论,分析了与大气湍流探测有关的激光雷达各项硬件参数并获得参数的优化范围,据此研制了一台用于大气湍流探测的光强闪烁激光雷达。背景基线、线性特征等性能测试表明,激光雷达各硬件工作正常,数据获取可靠。实验测量中获得了水平方向上闪烁指数和大气折射率结构常数随探测距离和时间的变化趋势,其中闪烁指数在450~2000 m探测距离范围内由0.001逐渐增大至0.350左右;大气折射率结构常数基本保持水平均匀性,在1.010-16~1.010-15m-2/3范围之内;大气折射率结构常数在10:00~21:00时间内大致呈现上午上升、下午下降、晚上上升的变化趋势,具有较明显的日变化特征。实验结果与理论和常规测量较为相符,表明光强闪烁激光雷达能够获取大气湍流的探测距离变化和日变化特征信息。     

Restoration of atmospheric turbulence degraded images

A blind image deconvolution algorithm in the frequency domain is proposed which uses the edge-preserving method and generic bandwidth of optical system. Generic bandwidth of optical system is analyzed. With the benefits of bandwidth and edge-preserving method as compelling constraints, the algorithm cannot only suppress noise effectively but also restrict the bandwidth of point-spread function (PSF), so high-quality result can be obtained. The new algorithm is superior in handling unregistered channels. The performance of this approach is investigated with simulated data. As shown in our investigation, the algorithm can significantly alleviate the artifacts produced by the deconvolution process.     

Phase diversity imaging through atmospheric turbulence

A method of phase diversity imaging is applied to reconstruct an overly extended object from stellar speckle images. The reconstruction algorithm is based on the iterative blind deconvolution method and the Gerchberg-Saxon phase retrieval procedure. Computer simulations for reconstructing solar granulations are conducted. The simulation results exhibit the effectiveness of the phase diversity method for high-resolution solar imaging.     

A nonlinear dynamical model for atmospheric boundary layer turbulence

Using the qualitative theory of nonlinear dynamical systems and the ergodic theory of chaos and strange attractors, we study a truncated-spectrum model of dynamical equations of the atmosphere. In the parameter plane (Re, Ri), the atmospheric motion states can be divided into four regions: O (basic), P (periodic), T (turbulent or chaotic), and T-P (transition of T and P). We analyze the routes to turbulence during the day and at night. Finally, we discuss the physical aspects of the occurrence of turbulence.     

Phase compensation in non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence

Zernike polynomial decompositions are used for investigating phase distortion induced by atmospheric turbulence in optical systems. Closed-form expression of the Zernike-coefficient variances is derived. The finite size of the receiver aperture is analyzed using the filter function which is also particularly effective in the theoretical analysis of lower-order aberrations like tilt terms and piston-removed phase variance. The outer scale of the non-Kolmogorov turbulence is considered. The result shows that the effect of finite outer scale attenuates low-order Zernike mode of optical distortion and longer outer scale can lead to more energy in the tilt terms. The generalized exponent can only enhance tilt terms and attenuate other Zernike modes of optical distortion. Further, for different outer scale and generalized exponent, the residual phase variance decreases with more modes of phase compensation.     

激光雷达测量大气湍流廓线

介绍了一种利用成像激光光斑测量大气湍流廓线的激光雷达原理。通过对分层大气湍流的光束波面变化的测量,获取各分层大气湍流的相干长度,据此利用平面波近似算法反演湍流强度廓线。通过搭建的大气湍流廓线激光雷达实验系统获得了湍流廓线的实验数据,并且与系留飞艇搭载的温度脉动仪在同时段固定高度进行了对比实验,验证了近似递推算法的可行性。最后对实验中出现的误差进行了讨论。     

激光雷达大气湍流测量方法研究

 报道了一种用激光雷达方法测量大气湍流的技术，利用发射激光束在空间所需位置产生一个聚焦光斑，通过此光斑处的大气分子瑞利散射机制形成一个空间的人造散射光源，接收系统对此光源的散射光进行探测，测量出从地面到此空间散射光源之间的大气湍流参数。给出了对武汉上空大气湍流测量的初步结果。得到了不同高度层的大气相干长度随时间的变化特性、平均值和起伏均方差，并对实验测量和模型计算的大气折射率结构常数在相应高度段的积分值进行了比较，二者积分值都在10-12量级，得到的结果基本相符。这种测量方法的实现，为测量空间不同方位、不同距离的大气湍流提供了一种新的手段。     

Path-averaged differential meter of atmospheric turbulence parameters

A path-averaged differential meter of the structure constant of the atmospheric refractive index, C _n ², has been developed and tested. The results of a model numerical experiment on measuring C _n ² and the horizontal component of average wind velocity transverse to the path are reported.     

Generation of acoustic-gravity waves by atmospheric turbulence

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A new method of calculating the orbital angular momentum spectra of Laguerre-Gaussian beams in channels with atmospheric turbulence

Studying orbital angular momentum(OAM) spectra is important for analyzing crosstalk in free-space optical(FSO)communication systems. This work offers a new method of simplifying the expressions for the OAM spectra of Laguerre-Gaussian(LG) beams under both weak/medium and strong atmospheric turbulences. We propose fixing the radius to the extreme point of the intensity distribution, review the expression for the OAM spectrum under weak/medium turbulence,derive the OAM spectrum expression for an LG beam under strong turbulence, and simplify both of them to concise forms.Then, we investigate the accuracy of the simplified expressions through simulations. We find that the simplified expressions permit accurate calculation of the OAM spectrum for large transmitted OAM numbers under any type of turbulence. Finally,we use the simplified expressions to analytically address the broadening of the OAM spectrum caused by atmospheric turbulence. This work should contribute to the concise theoretical derivation of analytical expressions for OAM channel matrices for FSO-OAM communications and the analytical study of the laws governing OAM spectra.     

Near-surface turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer

Measurements of the near-surface turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer have been made using hot-wire probes above the salt flats of northwestern Utah, where the momentum thickness Reynolds number, R_θ, is O(10⁶), and the surface is smooth and nearly devoid of flow obstructions. The measurements were made with arrays of up to 24 parallel straight sensors and with a modular 12-sensor probe capable of measuring all of the components of the instantaneous velocity vector and velocity gradient tensor. Measurements were also made in a laboratory wind tunnel at R_θ=1730 using 22 straight sensors. The data analysis focuses on the effects of the Reynolds number on turbulence properties and on the physics of the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy.Some properties are found to be dependent on the Reynolds number when normalized with inner variables, while others are not. Among those that show the significant Reynolds number dependence are the rms and the skewness factor of the streamwise velocity fluctuations.Significant differences in flow structure, particularly those related to high rates of dissipation, are implied by the data. The joint PDF and covariance integrand of streamwise and wall normal vorticity fluctuations show less preferred orientation of the vorticity vector in the buffer layer at R_θ of O(10⁶) than at R_θ=1070. The largest contribution to the dissipation rate, at O(10⁶) is by the ∂w/∂z velocity gradient, while this term makes a quite small contribution to the dissipation rate at low R_θ. Here w and z are the spanwise velocity fluctuations and direction, respectively. Conditional analysis in the streamwise-wall normal (x−y) plane based on high instantaneous dissipation rate shows that the typical high dissipation rate events are generally similar at high and low Reynolds numbers, but display some significant differences.     

Photon-burst correlation techniques for atmospheric crosswind measurements

With a cw visible laser, the method of photon-burst correlation is used measure atmospheric crosswinds. A scaling law, including the effects of atmospheric turbulence, for performance evaluation of both laser Doppler (LDV) and laser time-of-flight (LTV) velocimeters, is introduced theoretically and established experimentally with field experiments. Crosswind measurements in the night at a range of 500 m with a low-power argon-ion laser are reported. The measured signal particle arrival rate is consistent with the predicted arrival rate based on the scaling law. In addition to the use of higher laser power, it is suggested that with proper inclusion of signal photon bursts resulting from the simultaneous arrival of several particles, routine operation of this type of laser velocimeter for long ranges, up to 1000m, should be feasible.     

野战激光通信中多口径发射与大口径接收试验研究

针对野战无线激光通信中大气衰减和光强起伏问题,分析了大气对激光通信的影响,探讨了多口径发射与大口径接收对大气影响抑制机理,在此基础上,构建了多口径发射和大口径接收试验装置,发射端发射孔径数目可调,接收端光学天线采用卡塞格伦结构,通过在光学天线前面增加不同口径光阑方式,改变天线口径。发射孔径数目增加到4束时,光强起伏方差约为单光束时的1/2,接收口径直径相差1.5倍时,闪烁方差之间相差1.6倍,验证了对大气湍流的抑制效果。根据理论分析与试验结果,对野战激光通信光端机的部分参数进行了优化设计。