Modulation transfer function measurement method for fiber optic imaging bundles

In this study a method is presented for measuring the modulation transfer function of line-array fiber optic image bundles. The measurements are performed using a designed experimental setup containing a tunable V-shape spatial filter, using three frequencies at one third of Nyquist frequency, two thirds of Nyquist frequency, and Nyquist frequency, respectively. Comparing the measured MTF curve of the fiber optic image bundles with the theoretically computed MTF curve, we have obtained good agreement.     

The improvement of Nyquist pulse shaping for all-optical OFDM system in multi-users network

The all-optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing has a better spectral efficiency and a lower response requirement of modulators for high capacity transmission. In the system, the optical filter will degrade the performance of subcarriers which are far away from the center carrier. We proposed an improvement method of all-optical OFDM scheme using Nyquist pulse shape in the pulse source generator. Comparing a Nyquist shape pulse with a Gauss pulse in a 4 × 100 Gb/s DP-QPSK all-optical sampling OFDM system, the side lobe of transmitted spectrum can be effective suppressed, and the optical power will be more focused on the effective frequency band. By coherent receiver, the results show that the Nyquist pulse shaping can improve the OSNR and transmission performance of subcarriers which deviate mostly from the center frequency of optical filter. This improvement is of great benefit for multi-users system.     

Scheme for generation of flat top and high signal-to-noise ratio optical frequency comb

We demonstrate a new scheme for generation of optical frequency comb(OFC) based on cascade modulators, 23 comb lines within 0.5 d B spectral power variation are obtained. An optical finite impulse response(FIR) filter is introduced for suppression of amplified spontaneous emission noise. It is shown that carrier-to-noise-ratio of the OFC generated by this scheme can be as high as 38.8 d B with 12 d B improvement by using a 16-tap FIR filter, and the error vector magnitude performances of loaded Nyquist-16 quadrature amplitude modulation signal is improved from 14.20% to 7.44%.     

Flat optical frequency comb generation using polarization modulator and frequency shifter with double recirculating frequency shifting loops

A scheme to generate ultra-flat and stable optical frequency comb (OFC) based on multi-wavelength optical seed source and polarization-modulator-based complementary frequency shifter (PCFS) has been proposed and demonstrated. The OFC generation scheme includes two stages: 5-carrier light source is generated by utilizing a polarization modulator at the first stage, and the light source is then used as the seed light in the PCFS at the second stage. Compared with the previous flat OFC generator based on a recirculation frequency shifter, the proposed scheme can greatly reduce the recirculation times, and such a property makes the accumulated noise of the system enormously decrease. In order to achieve the frequency comb with the best flatness, the optical amplifier gain, filter stop-band attenuation and modulator drive voltage are optimized. Experiment simulations show that high-quality OFC with hundreds of frequency lines and power fluctuation within 2 dB can be achieved without direct-current bias control and wavelength-selective-switch.     

基于飞秒锁模光纤激光脉冲基频光的差频产生红外光梳

报道了一种基于飞秒锁模光纤激光脉冲基频光的光纤型差频产生(DFG)红外光梳及其研制技术.基于自主研制的重频锁定200 MHz飞秒锁模掺铒光纤激光器,经啁啾脉冲光纤放大与超连续谱产生技术,优化近零色散OFS光纤(型号:OFS-980-20)长度,结合可调延时线,获得了精准同步的基频双色脉冲;以GaSe为非线性晶体,利用光整流技术,产生了可在6—10μm范围内宽带调谐的DFG红外光梳,光梳最大光谱宽度可达1.3μm.这种光纤型远红外光梳可望在分子光谱精密测量等领域发挥重要作用.     

频移阴影莫尔法

提出了一种新的莫尔条纹解调技术即频移法，它改变了莫尔条纹分布的频率，而相移莫尔法只是改变了莫尔条纹的相位。从阴影莫尔图分布的基本公式出发，借助于相移阴影莫尔法的思想推导并得出了频移阴影莫尔法的公式，在此基础上给出了特定条件下的产和公式。     

Design and performance of a double-tuned bird-cage coil

The “high-pass” and “low-pass” designations commonly given to bird-cage coils derive in each case from the relationship of the individual sections of the bird cage to simple filters. By extension of the concept of constructing a bird-cage coil from elementary filter sections, it is possible to create coils which support “bird-cage mode” resonances at more than one frequency. Designs based on both simple bandpass and band-stop filters, for example, provide means to realize bird-cage coils which may be tuned simultaneously to two frequencies. Construction and performance of a band-stop bird cage operating at both 200 and 81 MHz are described.     

An Approach of Developing High Performance Millimeter-wave Frequency Synthesizer

In this paper, an approach of developing high performance millimeter-wave frequency synthesizer is proposed, which is significantly simpler than the conventional cases. The synthesizer is driven by one triple tuned typed synthesizer, which adjusts the output frequency of DDS and frequency division ratios of variable frequency divider to suppress the spurious level. With the proposed method, a microwave phase locked loop (PLL) PE3236 and a millimeter-wave multiplier HMC283 are also used. Moreover, the PLL is implemented with the form of charge pump followed by a passive three-order low-pass filter which can further suppress the phase noise. Finally, a low spurious level and high frequency resolution millimeter-wave frequency synthesizer without degradation of frequency switching speed is developed. Experimental results show that this method can achieve the performances of low spurious level, low phase noise, and high frequency resolution.     

All polarization-maintaining Er:fiber-based optical frequency comb for frequency comparison of optical clocks

We demonstrate an optical frequency comb (OFC) based on a turnkey mode-locked laser with a figure-9-shape structure and polarization-maintaining fibers, for the comparison of frequency among optical clocks with wavelengths of 698 nm, 729 nm, 1068 nm, and 1156 nm. We adopt a multi-branch approach in order to produce high power OFC signals at these specific wavelengths, enabling the signal-to-noise ratio of the beatnotes between the OFC and the clock lasers to exceed 30 dB at a resolution bandwidth of 300 kHz. This approach makes the supercontinuum spectra much easier to be generated than a single branch OFC. However, more out-of-loop fibers degrade the long-term frequency instability due to thermal drift. To minimize the thermal drift effect, we set the fiber lengths of different branches to be similar, and we stabilize the temperature as well. The out-of-loop frequency instability of the OFC due to the incoherence of the multi-branch is about 5.5×10^-19 for 4000 s, while the in-loop frequency instability of f_ceo and that of f_beat are 7.5×10^-18 for 1 s and 8.5×10^-18 for 1 s, respectively. The turnkey OFC meets the requirement for the comparison of frequency between the best optical clocks.     

Calculation of lattice dynamical properties from electronic energies: Application to C,Si and Ge

It is shown that lattice dynamical properties of insulators can be calculated directly from the electronic band structure using the “special points” method. The shear modulii and zone boundary transverse acoustic phonon frequencies of C, Si and Ge are calculated with no adjustable parameters, with results in reasonable agreement with experiment.     

弱渐变抛物型光纤传导模式的截止频率与介电比

在弱渐变假定下,研究了抛物型渐变光纤传导模式的截止频率对折射率参量的依赖关系。采用矢量场法,得到了在弱导条件下传导模式的特征方程和截止频率的近似计算公式。引入了介电比γ,它是由光纤三个折射率参量所确定的常数。在弱导近似的条件下,归一化截止频率仅与γ这一个变量有关,任一渐变抛物型光纤的实际截止频率可通过γ而由归一化截止频率简单求得,从而找到了渐变光纤的实际截止频率与归一化截止频率间的联系。给出了归一化截止频率随γ的变化曲线,归一化截止频率随γ的增加而单调上升,但HElm模截止频率的上升规律与其他模式不同。     

载波傅里叶分析法中干涉图的预处理技术研究

提出了一种基于旋滤波法的干涉条纹预处理方法,并将其应用到载波傅里叶分析法中。该方法能较好地处理各种噪声而不会使条纹变模糊。实验证明该方法能有效地去除相干噪声、随机噪声、椒盐噪声、由于光照不均匀引起的较大面积的亮斑或暗斑等噪声,能较好地提高载波傅里叶分析法的精度和重复性。     

Arbitrary response design for incoherent microwave photonic filters based on basic filtering cell combination

An arbitrary response designing method for incoherent microwave photonic filter (MPF) is proposed and experimentally verified. By decomposing the response function of incoherent MPFs into basic filtering cells, arbitrary responses can be designed by simply choosing and recombining proper filtering cells. With the proposed method, required implementing parameters for arbitrary responses can be determined easily, which will bring great convenience for realistic MPF implementation based on existing structures. A simple band-pass MPF is designed as an example and a verification experiment is set up to testify the designing results. Good accordance between the theoretical and the experimental results are obtained.     

Effect of driving frequency on electron heating in capacitively coupled RF argon glow discharges at low pressure

A one-dimensional(1D) fluid model on capacitively coupled radio frequency(RF) argon glow discharge between parallel-plates electrodes at low pressure is established to test the effect of the driving frequency on electron heating. The model is solved numerically by a finite difference method. The numerical results show that the discharge process may be divided into three stages: the growing rapidly stage, the growing slowly stage, and the steady stage. In the steady stage,the maximal electron density increases as the driving frequency increases. The results show that the discharge region has three parts: the powered electrode sheath region, the bulk plasma region and the grounded electrode sheath region. In the growing rapidly stage(at 18 μs), the results of the cycle-averaged electric field, electron temperature, electron density, and electric potentials for the driving frequencies of 3.39, 6.78, 13.56, and 27.12 MHz are compared, respectively. Furthermore,the results of cycle-averaged electron pressure cooling, electron ohmic heating, electron heating, and electron energy loss for the driving frequencies of 3.39, 6.78, 13.56, and 27.12 MHz are discussed, respectively. It is also found that the effect of the cycle-averaged electron pressure cooling on the electrons is to "cool" the electrons; the effect of the electron ohmic heating on the electrons is always to "heat" the electrons; the effect of the cycle-averaged electron ohmic heating on the electrons is stronger than the effect of the cycle-averaged electron pressure cooling on the electrons in the discharge region except in the regions near the electrodes. Therefore, the effect of the cycle-averaged electron heating on the electrons is to "heat" the electrons in the discharge region except in the regions near the electrodes. However, in the regions near the electrodes, the effect of the cycle-averaged electron heating on the electron is to "cool" the electrons. Finally, the space distributions of the electron pressure cooling the electron ohmic heating and the electron heating at 1/4 T, 2/4 T, 3/4 T, and 4/4 T in one RF-cycle are presented and compared.     

基于多波长激光器的带通微波光子滤波器设计

提出了一种基于多波长光纤激光器的可调谐的带通微波光子滤波器。它以可调谐多波长光纤激光器作为光源,将相位调制器和色散器件相结合,通过在普通单模光纤中相位调制到强度调制的转换效应消除了低频谐振峰实现了带通微波光子滤波器。利用双折射光纤环镜输出谱中的一个窗口对多波长激光信号频谱进行加窗处理,使微波光子滤波器的边瓣抑制比提高了约11dB。通过调节多波长光纤激光器中的偏振控制器可以使输出多波长激光信号的相邻波长间隔得到调节,从而结合普通单模光纤的色散延时作用可以使微波光子滤波器的通带中心频率在7.66GHz范围内调谐。     

Switchable microwave photonic filter using a phase modulator and a silicon-on-insulator micro-ring resonator

A switchable microwave photonic filter(MPF) using a phase modulator(PM) and a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator(MRR) is proposed and demonstrated. By adjusting the polarization controller between the PM and the MRR, the filtering function of the MPF can be switched between a band-stop filter and a band-pass filter. In a proof-of-concept experiment, an MPF with a rejection ratio of 30 dB(or 15 dB) for the band-stop(or band-pass) response and a frequency tuning range from 9.6 to 20.5 GHz is achieved.     

Spurious Signal Response of Broadband Solid–State Frequency Multipliers at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths

Heterodyne instruments at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths often use wideband fixed-tuned frequency multipliers, in conjunction with broadband power amplifiers driven by frequency synthesizers, as the local oscillator (LO) source. At these frequencies the multipliers use Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) based Schottky varactor diodes as the nonlinear element, and like most other harmonic generators are susceptible to spurious signal interference. The state-of-the-art LO sources at these wavelengths use high power MMIC amplifiers at the initial stages, and are used to drive the subsequent multiplier stages to have enough LO power to pump the mixers. Because of the high input power environment and the presence of noise in the system, the multipliers become vulnerable to spurious signal interference. As the spurious signals propagate through the receiver system, they generate inter-modulation products which might fall in the passband of the heterodyne instrument and seriously degrade its performance. In this paper spurious signal response of solid-state frequency multipliers at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths is investigated. Results of numerical harmonic balance simulations and laboratory experiments, which were found to show good agreement, are presented here.     

单次空时域并行欠采样下的频率和到达角联合估计

随着应用频段的不断升高,空时域欠采样下的入射信号的频率和到达角的联合估计变得愈加困难.为解决此难题,本文提出了一种基于互素稀疏阵列的联合估计器.首先,结合互素稀疏阵列和闭式中国余数定理,建立了频率估计和到达角估计的理论模型;其次,将频谱校正理论和中国余数定理结合起来,导出了频率估计算法;再次,将相位差校正和中国余数定理结合起来,导出了到达角估计算法.该估计器不仅可降低现有估计器的硬件成本,而且仅需对单次并行采样的快拍做并行处理即可获得联合估计结果,无需对单阵元做多次采样,数据处理效率较高.仿真实验表明,该估计器具有较高的鲁棒性估计精度,因而在雷达、遥感等被动感知领域具有较广阔的应用前景.     

毫米波二阶分形频率选择表面寄生谐振的抑制

二阶分形频率选择表面具有良好的双频特性, 是实现准光学选频网络小型化的理想选择. 但是由于其自相似迭代结构的复杂性, 导致其长期受到寄生谐振的影响, 为了提高二阶分形结构在工程应用中的可靠性, 本文建立了二阶方环分形周期单元的等效电路并分析了寄生谐振产生时的场分布情况, 研究了寄生谐振的形成机理; 进而通过单元间去耦合操作, 并引入基于离散粒子群算法的多参数优化过程, 克服了这一问题. 仿真和实验结果表明: 在保证双频工作特性、对于入射角和极化稳定的前提下, 通过去耦合和粒子群算法实现的频率选择表面实测对寄生谐振的抑制可达13dB, 且避免了新的寄生谐振的产生. 关于寄生谐振抑制的研究, 为增强二阶分形阵列结构的可靠性提供了新的思路. 关键词： 二阶分形 频率选择表面 寄生谐振 离散粒子群算法     

Self-sustained oscillations of turbulent pipe flow terminated by an axisymmetric cavity

Turbulent flow through a long pipe terminated by an axisymmetric cavity can give rise to self-sustained oscillations exhibiting a very strong coherence, as evidenced by the narrow-band character of corresponding amplitude spectra. These oscillations, associated with the turbulent axisymmetric jet passing through the cavity, are strongly influenced by the acoustic modes of the pipe. The frequencies of oscillation lie within or near the range of most “unstable” frequencies of the turbulent jet previously predicted by using concepts of inviscid hydrodynamic stability theory; consequently, these experiments show truly self-excited and strongly coherent “instability” of a fully turbulent, low Mach number (～10^?2), axisymmetric flow undergoing separation, corroborating previous experiments involving the external forcing of free turbulent jets. As flow velocity or cavity length is varied, both upward and downward jumps in oscillation frequency are observed; the sign (up or down) of these jumps tends to systematically alternate with increase of velocity or length. The role of these frequency jumps is, in effect, to allow the oscillation of the flow to remain “locked-on” to a pipe mode over a wide range of impingement length or flow velocity. Moreover, these jumps exhibit two types of behavior: for the first kind, the predominant frequency makes a relatively continuous transition between stages and the frequency of the neighboring stage appears as a secondary component; for the second kind, there is a dead zone (where no oscillation occurs) between stages. The consequence of externally exciting the system is strongly dependent on whether the self-sustaining oscillation is relatively near, or well away from, a frequency jump. During excitation, the amplitudes of pressure fluctuations in the cavity substantially exceed the corresponding no-flow values only in regions away from the frequency jumps; at locations of jumps, there can be significant attenuation of the no-flow excitation amplitude. For the type of frequency jump involving a “dead zone”, enhancement of a given mode of oscillation can be achieved by externally exciting not only the given mode, but also neighboring modes. For the other type of jump, involving a relatively continuous transition from one stage to the next, the predominant mode of oscillation following the jump is that mode giving maximum amplitude response to excitation before the jump.