Particle sizing by ultrashort laser pulses – numerical simulation

This paper contains the results of our numerical investigations into particle sizing by analysis the time-dependent formation of the scattered light. We use an extended Mie theory for calculation the differences in time between the signals of reflection and higher order of refraction. The corresponding optical path lengths of light rays are computed by the principles of geometrical optics. By using a Debye series expansion it is possible to take into account single orders of scattered light. In detail we demonstrate the pulse-induced generation of scattered light for the refraction of first and second order as function of the detection angle.     

Measurement of Size,Number Concentration and Velocity of Aerosol Particles using an optical particle counter

An aerosol measurement instrument is presented which allows for the simultaneous measurement of the size distribution, number concentration and velocities of particles. A commercial optical particle counter (OPC) was modified in terms of optics and signal evaluation to provide the required measurement information. The design of this instrument allows the definition of a cubic measuring volume by purely optical means. This is achieved by an aperture/lens system which projects a sharply defined light beam into a stream of aerosol flow. Light scattered from single particles at average angles of 90° is collected by two opposite receiver units, each projecting light on to a separate photomultiplier. The intensity of the scattered light with this instrument is found to be an unambiguous function of the particle size. The total number of particles detected per unit time results in the particle flux. The particle velocity can be calculated, in principle, through the correlation of the signal length and the optical length of the measuring volume, provided that the particles have a straight trajectory through the measuring volume and the measuring volume length in the mean flow direction is well defined. The absence of sharpness in real optical projections effects a border zone of definite length, in which the illumination declines to zero. This leads, together with the low-pass filtering of the particle signals, to an increase in the length of the signal slopes, causing some difficulties in the determination of the signal length. A digital signal evaluation technique was developed that renders possible the clear differentiation between the slope and the kernel region of the signal. The latter represents the motion of particles through the completely illuminated region, which can be a more accurate parameter to define the signal length. In addition to the signal length determination, a cross-correlation technique was tested for its potential to obtain particle velocity. the instrument has two interlaced measuring volumes of nearly the same size, which are shifted for this special application in the main flow direction by 20 μm. The phase difference between the signals from the two photomultipliers, together with the optical distance, yields the particle velocity.     

Simultaneous determination of particle size and refractive index by time-resolved Mie scattering

With this numerical study we have investigated the pulse-induced and time-resolved Mie scattering with the aim of determining the size and the refractive index of transparent spherical particles simultaneously. The temporal interval between the scattering light signals of two different orders of scattered light allows only particle sizing. But if it is possible to detect three different orders of scattered light, then we have two independent time intervals. This situation is given if the detector has a position about θ=90°. With these scattering angle signals of reflection and refraction of 1st and 3rd order appear with approximately the same intensity. Then the numerical quotient of the two temporal intervals between these scattering orders is a function of the refractive index only. We have calculated these specific quotients by models of geometric optics for 1.1≤m≤1.6 and 75°≤θ≤90° and have seen that there is a very high agreement with the results of time-resolved Mie calculations.     

Two-particle characterization by pulse induced and time resolved Mie scattering

With this numerical investigation we demonstrate the determining of particle size and particle distance for a two-particle system by time resolved Mie scattering. The optical interaction of the fs-laser pulse with the particle configuration produces a sequence of scattered light signals on the femtosecond time scale. The temporal differences between these signals represent typical dimensions of the particle system. The different ray tracks of the specific scattering orders, which are the reason of the temporal behaviour, have been verified by models of geometric optics. We have simulated the Mie scattered light by an algorithm for multi-particle scattering. For all examples the detector was positioned in the back scattering region at a scattering angle of θ=150°.     

颗粒溶液颗粒尺寸及浓度的差分偏振弹性散射光谱在线分析方法

偏振弹性散射光谱技术的基本原理为在偏振光入射条件下,根据出射光的偏振特性不同可以筛选出浅表层组织的单次散射光信息和深层组织的漫散射光信息。该研究的创新点在于将这种方法应用于颗粒溶液检测,目的是在颗粒溶液原始状态下实现对颗粒尺寸及浓度的同时检测。设计了一个共轴笼式光学系统,测量了聚苯乙烯微球颗粒溶液某一角度的背向散射信号,通过控制入射端和收集端偏振片的偏振方向获得了颗粒溶液的偏振平行光谱与偏振垂直光谱,两者之差即偏振差分光谱对应颗粒的单次散射信息,将该单次散射信息与Mie散射数据库进行比对获得颗粒的尺寸,然后在颗粒尺寸作为已知的条件下进一步分析偏振垂直光谱,将该垂直光谱对应的颗粒溶液的漫散射信息代入光漫散射下的近似表达式拟合得到颗粒的浓度信息。将实验结果与样品提供值进行了比对,并进一步分析了在获取颗粒数浓度时,颗粒直径的方差分布对结果的影响,最终验证了该实验方法的可行性。该方法的潜在应用包括对标准颗粒制造厂商的产品在线检测以及对牛奶制品中脂肪和蛋白质的浓度检测研究。     

Interaction between ultra short pulses and a dense scattering medium by Monte Carlo simulation: consideration of particle size effect

With an enough short-pulse incident to an individual particle, elementary scattering modes can be observed: internal or external reflection, refraction and diffraction. Simulation of pulse propagation in dense scattering medium is usually computed for large observation time, so that time delays of pulse interaction with the particles are negligible compared to propagation times between particle. A Monte Carlo method is proposed to compute the propagation of an incident 100 fs laser pulse in dense medium taking into account time-dependent scattering characteristics of particle: observation time of scattered light is less than 5000 fs. Two extreme cases are exemplified: predominance of direct and single-scattered photons appears in a thin time window for small particles (1 μm). On the contrary multiple scattering is always predominant and scrambles the transmitted signal for large particles (100 μm).     

利用散射光增强弱吸收固体混合物中主要光吸收物质的光声光谱特征

在传统的透射和反射光谱中, 散射光通常是误差的主要来源之一, 然而对光声光谱, 散射光有可能成为促进光谱测量的积极因素. 本文研究了弱吸收固体混合物–-奥氮平药片及其粉末的光声光谱. 为了排除光声池吸收散射光所产生背景光声信号的干扰, 取试样与其空白物的差值谱进行碳黑归一化, 得到了只与试样自身性质相关的归一化光声光谱.实验发现通过将药片碾成粉末, 可以使奥氮平药片的主成分奥氮平原料药的光声光谱特征凸显出来. 分析表明光散射效应是这一现象产生的主要原因. 传统光谱技术的障碍–-散射光却能促进光声光谱测量, 这显示出光声技术在光谱测量领域的独特优势. 上述实验提供了一种初步快速鉴别弱吸收固体混合物中少量光吸收物质的新方法, 这一方法有望应用于固体药物、矿物和土壤分析等领域. 关键词： 光声光谱 散射光 弱吸收固体混合物 奥氮平     

Detection and Location of a Target in Layered Media by Snapshot Time Reversal and Reverse Time Migration Mixed Method

A target in layered medium can be located by the ridge-like distribution time reversal and reverse time migration(TR-RTM) mixed method. However, this method cannot distinguish between acoustic field distributions of the interface and target for the wider acoustic pulse signals, which may result in inaccurate location of the target. A snapshot TR-RTM mixed method is proposed to solve this problem. The principle of snapshot TR-RTM mixed method is first given. Experiments are then carried out, and a mountain-like acoustic field distribution is obtained by processing experimental data. The results show that the location of the peak is that of the target, and the ratio of the scattered signal and interface reflection signal(signal-to-interference ratio) is improved by about four times after processing. Furthermore, this method can effectively suppress the interface reflection signal and enhance the target scattering signal. Therefore, it can achieve effective detection and location of a target in a layered medium.     

Optical processing with twin ultrasonic light modulators

A collinear optical heterodyne system with twin ultrasonic light modulators (ULM) is considered within the Raman-Nath regime. The zeroth order beam of light emerging from the first ULM enters the second ULM and splits into the diffraction spectrum with the frequencies shifted by integral multiples of the driving sound frequency. For the purpose of photomixing, the positive or negative first order beam in this spectrum can be superposed on the first order beam of light from the first ULM which passes through the second ULM without deflection, and comes to the same location as the other. Experimental verification is successfully carried out by producing a beat signal of light with a difference frequency between two sound frequencies. It is demonstrated analytically that a convolution or correlation function between two time varying signals can be obtained, according to whether the beat signal of light has the sum or difference frequency of the two driving sound frequencies. The sum or difference frequency can be generated as one of the sound waves proceeds in the same or reverse direction as the other.     

Fractal Character of Dynamic Light Scattering of Particles

Dynamic light scattering signals from particles, exhibit fractal characteristics. This feature can be used to determine the particle size. The use of the fractal dimension, as a quantitative method to analyze the properties of dynamic light scattering signals from submicron particles, is presented. The analysis is performed directly on the time‐resolved scattered intensity, and the Box Dimensions of light scattering signals of particles with diameters 100, 200, 500 and 1000 nm. The experimental results show that the fractal dimensions of light scattering signals correlate well with particle size. In the submicron size range, the smaller the particles, the larger their fractal dimensions. Compared with the PCS technique, only several hundreds of samples are required in the fractal method. Therefore, the data processing is easily accomplished. However, this method only provides the mean particle size, but not the particle size distribution.     

The Pulse Displacement Technique — a single particle counter with a size range larger than 1000: 1

This paper describes the pulse displacement technique(PDT) to simultaneously measure particle size and velocity in applications characterized by a large size range and high particle concentration. PDT is based on the detection of scattered refraction and reflection pulses which sweep past a detector at different times as a particle traverses a narrow probe volume. Basic analytical relationships are presented which allow the calculation of the spatial and temporal widths and separations of the reflection and refraction pulse as a function of particle diameter and velocity. Two implementations of PDT are discussed using one or two receivers with two laser sheets having the same or different wavelengths. This paper also discusses several methods to measure particle velocity with PDT, discusses the limitations associated with signal broadening in practical systems, and briefly presents experimental results which show that the temporal separation between the refraction and reflection and reflection pulse maxima is independent of collecting lens f-number from f/3 to f/20 for particle sizes ranging from 250 to 2000 μm.     

Relevance of Reflection in Static and Dynamic Light Scattering Experiments

Using a monodisperse PMMA dispersion, it was shown that light reflection at the sample cuvette walls may greatly influence the results of both static (SLS) and dynamic (DLS) light scattering experiments. Considering SLS, this reflection phenomenon mostly causes an overestimation of the scattered intensity at high scattering angles, which may give rise to the emergence of an additional, artificial peak in the lower region of the particle size distribution. On the other hand, the influcence of reflection on DLS measurements was shown to be particularly important in the upper region of the particle size distribution. The experimentally observed phenomena were explained from the basic principles of both particle sizing methods. Finally, it was shown that the disturbing effect of reflection could be avoided by modifying either the hardware or the software of the static and dynamic light scattering technique.     

天幕立靶探测光幕响应时间一致性测量方法研究

为验证弹丸穿过天幕立靶时6个光幕响应时间是否一致，以提高测试设备测速精度，提出了一种用于检测天幕立靶光幕响应时间一致性的测量方法，设计了一种基于该测量方法的模拟弹丸过幕信号源测试装置。该装置调用存储在ROM中的弹丸轮廓数据，经DA转换控制两路光源间隔亮暗变化一次，用于模拟弹丸依次穿过探测光幕所遮挡的光能量变化。利用信号采集与处理仪同步采集两路输出信号时间间隔，与装置设定时间间隔的差值比较完成测试。测试结果表明:输出两路信号的时间间隔与设定时间间隔间的差值均小于1 μs，满足6个光幕响应时间一致性技术指标要求，该测试装置及测量方法可用于天幕立靶光幕响应时间一致性测量。     

一种基于单水听器的浅海水下声源被动测距方法

针对浅海波导中宽带脉冲声源的被动测距问题,本文在群延迟理论的基础上,与warping变换处理相结合,提出了一种适用于浅海波导中宽带声源的单水听器被动测距方法.利用warping变换可以实现对脉冲声源接收信号各阶简正波的分离提取,对分离后的简正波进行时频分析处理可以得到各阶简正波到达时刻和频率之间的关系,即各阶简正波的频散曲线,从而得到任意两阶简正波到达接收水听器的时延差.海底相移参数P是描述海底地声参数的一个重要参量,包含了海底地声参数信息,在海底环境参数未知而P已知的情况下,利用P和简正波水平波数之间的关系可以求得任意两阶简正波的?S_(g,mn)(群慢差).根据群延迟理论,利用得到的任意两阶简正波的时延和?S_(g,mn)可实现利用单水听器对水下声源进行被动测距.本文提出的测距方法测量简单、计算方便,具有较强的实用意义.数值仿真和海上实验数据处理结果的测距误差都在10%以内,证明了该方法的有效性.     

尾流散射光性质的一维小波变换分析

船舶尾流具有特殊的声学、电学、磁学和光学特性。选用一维小波变换含离散小波变换、连续小波变换、小波包变换、复小波变换对测量的尾流光学性质进行了分析，其结果表明：不同条件下尾流散射光信号具有不同的自动阈值，经小波变换后保留的能量比例、小波系数置零比率不同，变换的小波系数染色模式、系数曲线、最大系数线区别明显。一维连续小波变换显示出细节信号具有一定周期性，说明在测量过程存在周期性的干扰因素。通过小波分解的各层细节信号，为在测量结果中消除或降低这些因素的影响指明了方向。一维连续小波变换结果显示，在不同压强下小波系数大小及分布、极大值分布都有明显区别。一维小波包变换的压缩信号保留了原始信号绝大部分的能量，选择的系数可作为不同压强下尾流气泡幕的特征系数，而一维复小波变换变换的模、模角以及系数随时间轴的分布，其相对大小都不相同。经小波分析，可以提取出散射光信号的共性，也可以直观地展示不同散射光信号的区别。     

降雨粒子的无线紫外光散射特性

紫外光与降雨粒子相互作用发生散射,散射光特性改变能够反映降雨粒子的相关物理特性（如粒子尺寸参数、浓度、形态）,因此研究粒子的物理参数对散射光特性的影响对有效提高光谱法定量探测降水的精度有很大意义。由于雨滴在非球形降水粒子中具有代表性,以群雨滴粒子为例,采用T矩阵理论,利用紫外光直视和非直视单次散射模型,分析了入射光波长、群雨滴粒子形态、降雨强度、粒径大小与散射光强之间的关系。并用蒙特卡洛方法仿真分析了非球形群雨滴粒子在不同降雨强度和粒径下散射角与散射光强之间的关系,以及降雨环境中的风切变对紫外光散射特性的影响。通过理论及仿真分析,得到了不同群雨滴粒子形态下的路径损耗,不同降雨强度、风切变率和粒径下的散射光强分布。仿真结果表明：在紫外光直视与非直视通信方式下,降雨环境中的通信质量比晴天条件下的通信质量差,即路径损耗增大。当粒径分布已知时,随着降雨强度的增大,衰减系数增大,路径损耗增加,且直视通信方式的路径损耗比非直视降低7 dB左右。随着降雨强度、风切变率和粒子粒径的增大,散射光强曲线整体呈下降趋势,其中,降雨强度的变化对散射光强分布影响程度最大。相同通信距离时,不同降雨强度下的紫外光散射光强分布均随着散射角的增大而减小,当散射角继续增大到90°时,有效散射体体积逐渐减小,接收到的光子能量减小,暴雨中的散射光强衰减程度最大。相同降雨强度下考虑风切变时,相比较无风时的路径损耗增大5 dB左右。除此之外,还研究了椭球形和切比雪夫形粒子对紫外光散射光强的影响,结果表明当粒子粒径分布相同时,椭球形粒子的散射光强衰减较广义切比雪夫形粒子大。根据散射粒子的散射光强分布以及路径损耗能够区分雨滴粒子是否由相同粒径及形态组成,为粒子测量提供理论基础。分析降水中群雨滴粒子的光散射特性,为提高光谱法评估降水衰减的数值模拟方面提供理论依据,为光学技术在探测识别降水现象等气象领域的广泛应用提供了设计参考。     

Reflection Phenomena in Particle Sizing by static and dynamic light scattering

Using a monodisperse poly(methyl methacrylate) dispersion it was shown that light reflection at the sample cuvette walls may greatly influence the results of both static (SLS) and dynamic (DLS) light scattering experiments. Considering SLS, this reflection phenomenon mostly causes an overestimation of the scattered intensity at high scattering angles, which may give rise to the emergence of an additional, artificial peak in the lower region of the particle size distribution. On the other hand, the influence of reflection on DLS experiments was shown to be particularly important in the upper region of the particle size distribution. The experimentally observed phenomena were explained from basic principles of both particle sizing methods. Finally, it was shown that the disturbing effect of reflection could be avoided by modifying either the hardware or the software of the SLS and DLS techniques.     

Generalized Theory for the Simultaneous Measurement of Particle Size and Velocity using laser doppler and laser two-focus methods

Essentially the laser two-focus (L2F) and laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) are time-of-flight anemometers. The velocity of particles in the micrometre range is determined within the limits of an optically fixed measurement distance. For this only one optoelectronic receiver for the detection of the scattered light is required [1, 2]. With an arrangement of two receiving optics, positioned under an off-axis angle φ and an elevation angle ± ψ to the optical axis of the measurement system, a resolution of three-dimensional structures can be achieved and with regard to spherical particles it is possible to determine the dimensions by means of the temporal or phase shift of the signals in the receiving optics. A particle size-dependent distance inside the measurement volume can be fixed, which has to be passed in order to change the signal from one receiving optics to the other. An LDA with an arrangement of two receiving optics for particle sizing is known as a phase Doppler anemometer (PDA); an L2F designed with two receiving optics can be termed a pulse-displacement two-focus anemometer (P2F). The physical analysis of the two methods with respect to a temporal signal displacement in the receivers yielded new results.     

考虑地表反射类型的气溶胶散射偏振特性

采用逐次阶散射法求解矢量辐射传输方程来研究气溶胶在不同地表反射模型下的散射偏振特性.首先,选取单一地表反射模型和耦合地表反射模型两种地表反射模型.然后,根据地表反射模型计算得到相应的地表反射率,进而采用逐次阶散射法对矢量辐射传输方程进行求解,得到散射光的Stokes矢量.最后,由Stokes矢量计算得出散射光的偏振度.仿真结果表明,两种地表反射模型下气溶胶单次散射的散射辐射强度和线偏振度均相等;耦合地表反射模型的总散射辐射强度和线偏振度总是大于单一地表反射模型;单一地表反射模型的气溶胶单次散射相对总散射的贡献总是大于耦合地表反射模型.研究结果对气溶胶光学特性的反演具有一定意义.     

The efficiency of parallel quantum memory for light in a cavity configuration

We present a new scheme of quantum memory for optical images (spatially multimode light fields) that allows mapping the quantum state of the signal onto the long-lived coherence of the ground state of an ensemble of stationary atoms or impurity centers. The memory medium is embedded in an optical cavity with degenerate transverse modes, which increases the effective optical thickness of the medium and allows one, in principle, to store information in optically thin atomic layers. Since, in reality, storage and retrieval of limited-duration signals, including signals shorter than the lifetime of the field in the cavity, is of interest, we do not use the low-Q cavity approximation. The influence of losses due to partial reflection of the nonstationary signal field incident on a coupling mirror on the storage efficiency is considered. We used the method of approximate impedance matching, wherein losses due to reflection can be minimized by controlling the coupling parameter of the light field with memory medium in time, thus creating conditions for destructive interference of the signal and local fields on the coupling mirror. The influence of diffraction on the transverse resolution of memory at the writing and readout stages is investigated, and the number of effectively stored transverse spatial modes of the signal is estimated.