扫描型亚像元成像处理对热成像系统性能改善的模拟分析

基于光学微扫描的亚像元成像技术是当前国内外迅速发展的一种高性能成像技术,它对探测器单元数较少且探测器单元尺寸较大的热成像系统更为有效。以扫描型焦平面探测器热成像系统FC和GP为研究对象,采用热成像系统性能模拟软件包CFLIR4.0,分析了光学系统的相对孔径、过采样和亚像元成像等对热成像系统性能的影响,包括传递函数MTF、噪声等效温差NETD、最小可分辨温差MRTD以及系统的探测和识别距离。模拟分析表明:过采样成像可提高热成像系统的性能,亚像元成像处理可进一步提高热成像系统的性能,可明显地提高系统的作用距离。研究结果对亚像元热成像技术的发展具有参考意义。     

Temperature-insensitive fiber cantilever vibration sensor based on a fiber-to-fiber structure

A simple optical fiber cantilever vibration sensor consisting of two opposite aligned bare optical fibers sealed in a quartz capillary is presented.The fiber with the longer bare section is suspended in air and acts as a cantilever.By detecting the transmission power of the sensor directly,the environmental vibrational frequencies and amplitudes may be obtained.By adjusting the cantilever's natural deflection angle,the sensor can achieve high sensitivity,good response linearity,and a wide dynamic range.Coupling conditions are optimized to minimize temperature effects by simply setting an appropriate air gap between the bare fibers.     

Research on radiometric calibration for super wide-angle staring infrared imaging system

To perform radiometric calibration on super wide-angle staring infrared imaging system, the calibration experiment is carried out by using a standard blackbody source with a plate shape in laboratory, and the error analysis and data inversion are made based on the calibration results. Firstly, through analyzing the influencing factors including optical system, detector and signal processing circuit, the optical response model is established. Then, the radiometric calibration experiment is developed in the darkroom environment, and the error analysis is done from six aspects, which are the temperature and radiation instability of the black body, goniometer accuracy, angular resolution, the instability of detector output, data fitting error. Finally, according to the calibration results and the imaging characteristics of short-range airplane in the system, the infrared radiation intensity of aircraft target is calculated. The radiometric calibration and data inversion will benefit obtaining the target radiation characteristic during the system application, and can provide data reference for target detection, recognition, classification, so on.     

折/衍混合LWIR凝视成像系统的杂散光分析

本文对一折/衍混合长波红外(LWIR)凝视成像系统进行了杂散光分析,在此LWIR系统中,含有一个用金刚石车削技术制作的衍射光学元件(DOE)。本文中,对DOE的不同衍射级次、光学表面的多次反射、镜筒内壁的反射等主要杂散光源利用LightTools软件进行了分析,对6种二次反射的模拟结果表明,对归一化的光源,理想光路的像面辐照度为100 W/mm2,每种二次反射会给像面带来0.01W/mm2的辐照度;对于反射率为10％的镜筒内壁,带来的像面辐照为0.01W/mm2。并利用该LWIR凝视成像光学系统进行了相关实验,实验结果证明了上述分析的正确性,有利于对LWIR凝视成像系统光学性能的进一步理解和杂散光的抑制。     

曲率限制的红外焦平面告警系统目标搜索算法

为了降低红外焦平面告警系统中较高的虚警率,提出了一种速度限制基础上基于曲率限制的目标搜索算法。以视场角5.34.0凝视型红外告警系统为例,在MATLAB中对红外图像序列进行了目标搜索实验,验证了该算法的可行性。按照蒙特卡罗法思路模拟了包含大量随机噪声的目标场景,研究了该算法相比传统多帧检测算法对随机噪声的抗干扰性。对该算法的搜索帧数进行了扩展,给出了不同搜索帧数的搜索效果和时效性表现。     

曲率限制的红外焦平面告警系统目标搜索算法

为了降低红外焦平面告警系统中较高的虚警率,提出了一种速度限制基础上基于曲率限制的目标搜索算法。以视场角5.34.0凝视型红外告警系统为例,在MATLAB中对红外图像序列进行了目标搜索实验,验证了该算法的可行性。按照蒙特卡罗法思路模拟了包含大量随机噪声的目标场景,研究了该算法相比传统多帧检测算法对随机噪声的抗干扰性。对该算法的搜索帧数进行了扩展,给出了不同搜索帧数的搜索效果和时效性表现。     

Methods of rapid orbit forecasting after maneuvers for geostationary satellites

A geostationary (GEO) satellite may serve as a navigation satellite, but there is a problem that maneuvers frequently occur and the forces are difficult to model. Based on the technique of determining satellite orbits by transfer, a predicted orbit with high accuracy may be achieved by the method of statistical orbit determination in case of no maneuver force. The predicted orbit will soon be invalid after the maneuver starts, and it takes a long time to get a valid orbit after the maneuver ends. In order to improve ephemeris usability, the method of rapid orbit forecasting after maneuvers is studied. First, GEO satellite movement is analyzed in case of maneuvers based on the observation from the orbit measurement system by transfer. Then when a GEO satellite is in the free status just after maneuvers, the short arc observation is used to forecast the orbit. It is assumed that the common system bias and biases of each station are constant, which can be obtained from orbit determination with long arc observations. In this way, only 6 orbit elements would be solved by the method of statistical orbit determination, and the ephemeris with high accuracy may be soon obtained. Actual orbit forecasting with short arc observation for SINOSAT-1 satellite shows that, with the tracking network available, the precision of the predicted orbit (RMS of O-C) can reach about 5 m with 15 min arc observation, and about 3 m with 30 min arc observation. Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2006AA12Z322), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815503), and the West Light Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2007LH01)     

实现同步轨道(GEO)高分辨力对地观测的技术途径(上)

在地球静止同步轨道(GEO)上实现高分辨力对地观测,具有一系列独特优点,远为其它轨道所不及。然而,对于36000 km的远程高分辨力可见波段观测,要求望远镜必须具备20 m以上口径的主镜。传统的空间相机,如果要有如此大的口径,其总质量将超过1000 t,无法发射到GEO上。无支撑薄膜望远镜和大口径衍射望远镜,可以大幅度降低主镜质量面密度,从而降低整个相机系统的总质量,可算是一种极好的技术途径。分步发射与在轨装配,则提供了可供此类观测系统实施从地面转运到GEO的技术手段。基于变换成像原理的傅里叶望远镜,将高分辨力的取得,由增大接收口径转变为加大发射间隔,用大面积回波能量探测加上傅里叶分量重构,取代常见的目标图像直接探测,突破了远程高分辨力观测的致命瓶颈。近完美透镜为突破衍射极限提供了可能性,从而为超分辨力观测开拓出一片科学的新天地。负折射率材料(左手型材料)可制成完美透镜,而光子晶体是负折射率材料的热门选择之一,基于表面等离子激元(SPP)的光子器件则是其另一种选择。     

实现同步轨道(GEO)高分辨力对地观测的技术途径(下)

在地球静止同步轨道(GEO)上实现高分辨力对地观测,具有一系列独特优点,远为其它轨道所不及。然而,对于36 000 km的远程高分辨力可见波段观测,要求望远镜必须具备20 m以上口径的主镜。传统的空间相机,如果要有如此大的口径,其总质量将超过1 000 t,无法发射到GEO上。无支撑薄膜望远镜和大口径衍射望远镜,可以大幅度降低主镜质量面密度,从而降低整个相机系统的总质量,可算是一种极好的技术途径。分步发射与在轨装配,则提供了可供此类观测系统实施从地面转运到GEO的技术手段。基于变换成像原理的傅里叶望远镜,将高分辨力的取得,由增大接收口径转变为加大发射间隔,用大面积回波能量探测加上傅里叶分量重构,取代常见的目标图像直接探测,突破了远程高分辨力观测的致命瓶颈。近完美透镜为突破衍射极限提供了可能性,从而为超分辨力观测开拓出一片科学的新天地。负折射率材料(左手型材料)可制成完美透镜,而光子晶体是负折射率材料的热门选择之一,基于表面等离子激元(SPP)的光子器件则是其另一种选择。     

实现同步轨道（GEO）高分辨力对地观测的技术途径（上）

在地球静止同步轨道（GEO）上实现高分辨力对地观测，具有一系列独特优点，远为其它轨道所不及。然而，对于36000km的远程高分辨力可见波段观测，要求望远镜必须具备20m以上口径的主镜。传统的空间相机，如果要有如此大的口径，其总质量将超过1000t，无法发射到GEO上。无支撑薄膜望远镜和大口径衍射望远镜，可以大幅度降低主镜质量面密度，从而降低整个相机系统的总质量，可算是一种极好的技术途径。分步发射与在轨装配，则提供了可供此类观测系统实施从地面转运到GEO的技术手段。基于变换成像原理的傅里叶望远镜，将高分辨力的取得，由增大接收口径转变为加大发射间隔，用大面积回波能量探测加上傅里叶分量重构，取代常见的目标图像直接探测，突破了远程高分辨力观测的致命瓶颈。近完美透镜为突破衍射极限提供了可能性，从而为超分辨力观测开拓出一片科学的新天地。负折射率材料（左手型材料）可制成完美透镜，而光子晶体是负折射率材料的热门选择之一，基于表面等离子激元（SPP）的光子器件则是其另一种选择。     

双目遥感凝视系统中运动小目标的快速自动检测

从双目遥感凝视系统的视场重叠区进入系统的信息量大于通过非重叠区的信息量,根据这一特征建立了一种新的运动小目标双目并行快速实时自动检测算法。首先采用差分向量无穷范数算法对原始图像序列做预处理,去掉大量低频噪音和背景,然后采用光流场法对运动小目标进行分割,最后用所提出的空间时间并行快速判定算法对分割的可疑运动小目标进行判定。实验结果表明:由于识别判定算法的空间时间是并行处理的,所以识别判定的平均速度比单目视觉系统提高了50%;在图像信噪比不小于5dB的情况下,准确判定识别的概率为97%。     

Sub-pixel processing algorithm based on boundary recursion and error optimization in staring FPA nonuniform micro-scanning imaging

For the 2 × 2 nonuniform micro-scanning, of which the interframe displacement is no longer equivalent to accurate half-pixel, a sub-pixel processing algorithm based on boundary recursion and error optimization is proposed in this paper. Boundary recursive technique is introduced to solve the ill-posed problem in the process of nonuniform micro-scanning sub-pixel image reconstruction, but the manually predefined boundary values in boundary recursion inevitably result in error. Aiming at eliminating the error in boundary recursion, error optimization based on gray statistical principle is used in this paper. All the simulation results and experiment data show that the algorithm proposed in this paper can realize accurate sub-pixel imaging and improve image resolution. The algorithm is robust, simple and effective, and it is hopeful to be used in actual system.     

Demagnifying high-resolution imaging based on a new system for nanolithography

A novel subdiffraction-limited photolithography design with demagnification and high contrast features has been presented in this paper. Alternating phase shift mask (Alt-PSM) is not only used for shifting phase between adjacent aperture pairs through the phase shifter, but also it enhances the transmission by the interference of diffracted evanescent waves from subwavelength apertures at the surface. Research results show that the combination of Alt-PSM and planar hyperlens can realize subwavelength plane-to-plane imaging beyond the diffraction limit. Furthermore, with a well-proportioned reduction factor of 2, the resolution down to 60 nm can be easily attained from an Alt-PSM with 255 nm period at a working wavelength of 365 nm. Actually finer resolution can be obtained if we properly optimize the parameters of the mask and the planar hyperlens.     

A millimeter and sub-millimeter wave frequency selective surface beamsplitter for geostationary orbit microwave radiometers

We report the design of three frequency selective surface(FSS) filters used on the FengYun-4(FY-4) microwave satellite,which separate five-frequency bands in the frequency range of 50-429 GHz with the insertion loss less than 0.4 dB,and separation between adjacent channels more than 20 dB for either TE or TM incidence.Firstly,we briefly introduce the disadvantages of two types of FSS filter:waveguide-array FSS and printed FSS,which are commonly employed in the millimeter and sub-millimeter wave band.In order to meet the insertion loss requirement and specified spectral transmission response,we adopt a filter composed of two closely spaced freestanding metal plates,which contains an array of resonant ring slot elements.Computer simulation technology(CST) is used to optimize the structural dimensions of the resonant unit and interlayer separation.Numerical results show that these FSS filters exhibit transmission loss of less than 0.4 dB and separation between adjacent channels of more than 20 dB.Simulated transmission coefficients are in close agreement with the required specification,and even exceed the performance specifications.     

基于Zernike正交矩的亚像素图像线宽测量算法

针对图像内的细窄线宽,提出了一种基于Zernike正交矩的亚像素图像线宽检测算法。该算法具有明确的几何模型,通过计算图像的2阶和4阶Zernike正交矩,推导出了亚像素线宽表达式。根据数字图像的离散性,给出了计算正交矩所需的模板系数,并分析了由离散性造成的原理误差。将所提出的亚像素线宽检测技术应用于安瓿内异物粒径的标定实验,结果表明:该算法可有效地测量弱小目标在图像中的亚像素线宽值,从而得到了异物粒径大小与亚像素线宽之间的标定曲线。     

Multi-frame sub-pixel processing algorithm based on uncontrolled micro-scanning

For the uncontrolled micro-scanning where the displacement of image sequence is random, a sub-pixel processing algorithm based on boundary recursive and subsequent error optimization is proposed in this paper. Neighboring pixels are used to approximate the boundary pixels of the original image in the algorithm. Then the approximate error is optimized by the gray statistical principle. At last a sub-pixel image with high resolution is reconstructed. The results show that our algorithm is better than the general over-sample reconstruction algorithms and robust in different displacement situations.     

Estimation of electron fluxes in the Earth's geostationary orbit with Tikhonov regularization during a magnetically quiet period

Electron energy fluxes in the Earth's outer radiation belt are estimated using an inverse theory of the Tikhonov regularization based upon observations in geostationary orbits. Particle Detector (PD) experiment aboard a geostationary satellite GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) at a geographic longitude of 128.2°E provided observations of electrons within a 150–2,400 keV energy range with an unprecedented energy resolution of ΔE/E in the range of 5–25%. Instrument response functions, calculated with Monte-Carlo simulations, are deconvoluted with electron observations. Using regularization parameters determined from Generalized Cross Validation (GCV), the Tikhonov method was applied to observations made during a geomagnetically quiet period. This Tikhonov regularization method, now possible for observations in the Earth's radiation belt for the first time, allows direct inference of electron fluxes without resorting to predetermined functional forms. Comparisons of our results with those from conventional methods indicate differences among the results as large as ∼200%.     

Near-perfect imaging in a focusing system based on a left-handed-material plate

This Letter deals with the investigation of the electromagnetic radiation focusing using a plane-parallel plate of a material with negative real parts of the permittivity and permeability. The reasons are demonstrated for the restriction of the limiting attainable resolution of the system. The possibility of obtaining the separated images of sources the distance between which is much less than the wavelength is confirmed theoretically and experimentally.     

红外凝视系统下的多规则航迹起始算法

针对传统航迹起始算法在红外凝视跟踪系统应用中存在的弊端,提出了一种适用于凝视跟踪系统的多规则快速航迹起始算法.该方法通过深入分析红外凝视系统中目标自身特点及其运动特性,给出了能够对低速甚至静止的大威胁概率目标和断续点迹目标进行威胁概率判断和航向方差判断的起始规则,实现了凝视系统下对大威胁概率目标和断续点迹目标航迹的快速...     

Image degradation characteristics and restoration based on regularization for diffractive imaging

The diffractive membrane optical imaging system is an important development trend of ultra large aperture and lightweight space camera. However, related investigations on physics-based diffractive imaging degradation characteristics and corresponding image restoration methods are less studied. In this paper, the model of image quality degradation for the diffraction imaging system is first deduced mathematically based on diffraction theory and then the degradation characteristics are analyzed. On this basis, a novel regularization model of image restoration that contains multiple prior constraints is established. After that, the solving approach of the equation with the multi-norm coexistence and multi-regularization parameters (prior’s parameters) is presented. Subsequently, the space-variant PSF image restoration method for large aperture diffractive imaging system is proposed combined with block idea of isoplanatic region. Experimentally, the proposed algorithm demonstrates its capacity to achieve multi-objective improvement including MTF enhancing, dispersion correcting, noise and artifact suppressing as well as image’s detail preserving, and produce satisfactory visual quality. This can provide scientific basis for applications and possesses potential application prospects on future space applications of diffractive membrane imaging technology.