Synchronized and noise-robust audio recordings during realtime magnetic resonance imaging scans

This letter describes a data acquisition setup for recording, and processing, running speech from a person in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. The main focus is on ensuring synchronicity between image and audio acquisition, and in obtaining good signal to noise ratio to facilitate further speech analysis and modeling. A field-programmable gate array based hardware design for synchronizing the scanner image acquisition to other external data such as audio is described. The audio setup itself features two fiber optical microphones and a noise-canceling filter. Two noise cancellation methods are described including a novel approach using a pulse sequence specific model of the gradient noise of the MRI scanner. The setup is useful for scientific speech production studies. Sample results of speech and singing data acquired and processed using the proposed method are given.     

Entangled light from white noise

An atom that couples to two distinct leaky optical cavities is driven by an external optical white noise field. We describe how entanglement between the light fields sustained by two optical cavities arises in such a situation. The entanglement is maximized for intermediate values of the cavity damping rates and the intensity of the white noise field, vanishing both for small and for large values of these parameters and thus exhibiting a stochastic-resonancelike behavior. This example illustrates the possibility of generating entanglement by exclusively incoherent means and sheds new light on the constructive role noise may play in certain tasks of interest for quantum information processing.     

Quantum Homodyne Detection Based on Polarization Diversity Technique

A polarization diversity receiver scheme is presented for improving efficiency of balance homodyne detection. The proposed scheme may mitigate polarization fluctuation between signal and local oscillator field. With simple linear optical component and electronic processing circuit, the noise caused by differential phase and polarization mode between signed and local oscillators may be significantly decreased. To track the polarization fluctuation, a novel algorithm based on polarization diversity receiver which can achieve better performance in terms of linear quantum optics principle is proposed.     

以LCD为目标的自动定焦判据选择

在光学综合自动测量中 ,使用液晶显示屏作为分划板可以大大简化结构 ,提高效率 ,真正地实现自动测量。由于液晶显示具有对比度低、噪声大等特点 ,所以根据液晶的这些特点以及图像处理和CCD信号接收的特点选择两种适用的判据进行了分析和试验比较 ,并给出了结果。结果表明 ,这两种判别函数都适用于以液晶显示屏为目标和用图像处理方法进行光学参数测量的系统 ,其中锐度判别函数更优于信息熵判别函数 ,前者具有更好的抗干扰性和稳定性 ,而且其判定结果更接近目视清晰度判别     

Phase-only filtering based on sliced orthogonal nonlinear generalized decomposition

The sliced orthogonal nonlinear generalized (SONG) decomposition and correlation have been demonstrated to be powerful tools in digital image processing and promising for nonlinear optical information processing. In this paper, we propose an optical phase-only filtering system based on SONG decomposition (PBS), in which the phase-only filtering of the target and the input scene binary slices are performed separately by pairs and then added together. We numerically show that the PBS has extremely high and sharp output correlation peak compared with other optical correlators. Furthermore, such a SONG decomposition based phase-only filtering naturally inherits the nature of SONG decomposition, which has strong robustness to additive Gaussian noise and substitutive noise, and also the high light efficiency of phase-only filtering. We demonstrate that the PBS may serve as an optimized optical correlation scheme, which is promising in nonlinear optical pattern recognition.     

Efficient phase noise suppression of an external-cavity diode-laser by optical filtering and resonant optical feedback

We experimentally demonstrated that the excess phase noise of an external cavity diode laser (ECDL) can be efficiently suppressed by optical filtering and resonant optical feedback techniques. A suppression of more than 40?dB phase noise was obtained for the first time using these methods. It made that the phase noise of the ECDL reached shot noise level from 15?MHz. This opens a new way to reduce the phase noise of diode lasers.     

相位敏感型光时域反射传感系统光学背景噪声的产生机理及其抑制方法

相位敏感型光时域反射(Φ-OTDR)传感系统具有响应速度快、灵敏度高等优点,能够实现对微弱扰动的分布式检测,在重大设施的入侵警戒、大型工程结构的健康监测等领域具有广阔应用前景.然而,与传统的OTDR传感系统不同,Φ-OTDR系统中存在着激光器中心频率漂移、偏振相关的噪声、光纤应变与干涉强度非线性对应关系引起的测量失真等光学背景噪声,对有效信号的提取形成了不可忽视的干扰,从而限制了Φ-OTDR传感系统在实际应用环境下的传感性能.本文对这些光学背景噪声的产生机理进行了深入分析,并提出了相应的噪声抑制方法.实验结果表明,本文提出的方法可以有效抑制Φ-OTDR传感系统中的光学背景噪声,并显著提高传感系统性能.     

Long-external-cavity distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth

We report on a simple, compact, and robust 780 nm distributed Bragg reflector laser with subkilohertz intrinsic linewidth. An external cavity with optical path length of 3.6 m, implemented with an optical fiber, reduces the laser frequency noise by several orders of magnitude. At frequencies above 100 kHz the frequency noise spectral density is reduced by over 33 dB, resulting in an intrinsic Lorentzian linewidth of 300 Hz. The remaining low-frequency noise is easily removed by stabilization to an external reference cavity. We further characterize the influence of feedback power and current variation on the intrinsic linewidth. The system is suitable for experiments requiring a tunable laser with narrow linewidth and low high-frequency noise, such as coherent optical communication, optical clocks, and cavity QED experiments.     

A Novel Method for Wavelength Conversion with Dual-pump Four-wave Mixing in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

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部分相干信息处理系统的噪声演绩(Ⅱ)——时间部分相干照明

本文研究了时间相干性对光学信息处理系统噪声演绩的影响。以输出信噪比作为信息处理系统噪声演绩的度量,系统中任意平面上的颗粒噪声及相位噪声作为主要的噪声源。结果表明,时间部分相干照明可以提高系统的输出信噪比,对系统的装置噪声有明显的抑制作用。     

Reduction of speckle noise in digital holography by using digital image processing

A fundamental problem in optical and digital holography is the presence of speckle noise in the reconstruction process. Many approaches have been carried out in order to overcome such a problem ranging from modifying the spatial coherence of the illumination (optical techniques) to image processing techniques (digital techniques). This work shows the merged use of digital image processing techniques in order to reduce the speckle noise in digital reconstruction of optically recorded Fresnel's holograms. The proposed filtering techniques are illustrated with experimental results.     

Speckle noise reduction in digital holography with spatial light modulator and nonlocal means algorithm

An integrated method based on optical and digital image processing is presented to suppress speckle in digital holography. A spatial light modulator is adopted to introduce random phases to the illuminating beam. Multiple holograms are reconstructed and superimposed, and the intensity is averaged to smooth the noise. The adaptive algorithm based on the nonlocal means is designed to further suppress the speckle. The presented method is compared with other methods reduction is improved, and the proposed method is effective The experimental results show that speckle and feasible.     

非理想强度差起伏量子非破坏性测量的实验方案

提出了一种强度差起伏量子非破坏性（QND）测量的实验方案,该方案通过一个非简并光学参量放大腔实现。推导了在非理想状态下该系统的传输系数和量子态制备能力的关系式,分别讨论了探针输入噪声谱和探测系统测量效率对其测量的影响。结果表明：探针输入噪声越小,测量效率越高,则其测量质量就越好,且对测量效率越敏感。     

一种光正交频分复用系统的联合相位均衡方法

正交频分复用（OFDM）技术加相干接收与数字信号处理法(DSP)的组合是超长距离光通信的理想模型。光OFDM系统对相位噪声十分敏感,必须对相位噪声进行补偿。提出一种基于正交小波基变换的光OFDM系统的联合相位均衡方案。该方案将块状导频周期性地插入OFDM信号,在接收端利用导频信息首先消除各个子载波的公共相位误差,然后采用自适应均衡方式消除每个子载波自身相位误差。仿真结果表明,对于二进制正交振幅键控(4QAM)调制信号,在采用常规的G.652光纤、100 Gb/s的相干光OFDM系统中,该联合相位补偿方法可使信号在满足传输系统的误码性能要求下,传输距离达到1000 km。     

A lateral differential confocal microscopy for accurate detection and localization of edge contours

Common path noise and disturbance in light source and ambient lighting affect detection accuracy of edge contours greatly in optical microscopy. In order to solve this problem, a lateral differential confocal microscopy is proposed based on principle of lateral difference and confocal microscopy. The approach proposed uses confocal dual-receiving light path arrangement and real-time heterodyne subtraction of two signals with lateral offsets by a differential detector to improve the system′s accuracy and detection sensitivity. Theoretical analyses have been presented. In addition, a simple prototype system has been built based on theoretical analyses. Related experiments have been performed under laboratory conditions. Different from former image processing methods, common path noise and additive disturbance in light source and ambient lighting are eliminated before they are recorded. Theoretical analyses and experimental results indicate a more accurate and sensitive result.     

Evaluation of Transparent Optical Network Performance in Presence of Incoherent Homodyne Crosstalk

A simple method to evaluate the performance of transparent optical networks (TON) that takes into account the incoherent homodyne crosstalk, signal distortion, inter-symbol interference (ISI), amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, and arbitrary optical and electrical filters is proposed. This method combines the effect of the incoherent homodyne crosstalk with an exhaustive Gaussian approximation for the influence of ASE noise, signal distortion, and ISI. It is shown that the incoherent homodyne crosstalk penalty depends on the ASE noise accumulated in the TON, ISI, and extinction ratio. The proposed method estimates are compared with experimental results published by other authors. Good agreement is observed for one, two, and four incoherent homodyne crosstalk signals, revealing that the proposed method provides accurate estimates even when the methods based on a Gaussian approximation for the incoherent homodyne crosstalk fail. The proposed method is used to assess the performance of a TON composed by optical add-drop multiplexers based on arrayed waveguide gratings. Results reveal that incoherent homodyne crosstalk, ASE noise, and ISI impair the TON performance and, therefore, none can be neglected in the TON design.     

Hybrid multi-resolution detection of moving targets in infrared imagery

A hybrid moving target detection approach in multi-resolution framework for thermal infrared imagery is presented. Background subtraction and optical flow methods are widely used to detect moving targets. However, each method has some pros and cons which limits the performance. Conventional background subtraction is affected by dynamic noise and partial extraction of targets. Fast independent component analysis based background subtraction is efficient for target detection in infrared image sequences; however the noise increases for small targets. Well known motion detection method is optical flow. Still the method produces partial detection for low textured images and also computationally expensive due to gradient calculation for each pixel location. The synergistic approach of conventional background subtraction, fast independent component analysis and optical flow methods at different resolutions provide promising detection of targets with reduced time complexity. The dynamic background noise is compensated by the background update. The methodology is validated with benchmark infrared image datasets as well as experimentally generated infrared image sequences of moving targets in the field under various conditions of varying illumination, ambience temperature and the distance of the target from the sensor location. The significant value of F-measure validates the efficiency of the proposed methodology with high confidence of detection and low false alarms.     

有源循环式光脉冲复制系统的输出特性研究

改进并验证了一种基于有源循环光纤延迟线的模拟光脉冲信号复制技术.实验系统采用低增益掺铒光纤放大器补偿循环损耗.进行了光脉冲信号复制的仿真和实验,在掺铒光纤放大器增益为6.774 dB,光滤波器－3 dB,带宽为0.8 nm时,测得第500个复制光脉冲的信噪比为31 dB.仿真和实验结果表明,选用小增益掺铒光纤放大器可以实现低于3 dB的噪音系数,降低掺铒光纤放大器的放大自发辐射噪音并提高输出脉冲序列的信噪比,有望成为提高光脉冲复制器性能的一种新方法.在系统中插入窄带光滤波器等手段也是改善信噪比的有效措施.     

Film thickness measurement and defect inspection using optical coherence tomography

An optical sensing technology based on optical coherence tomography is presented for film thickness measurement and defect inspection. In order to improve the imaging quality, a simple interference spectrum processing procedure is proposed to eliminate the DC and the autocorrelation noise. With the proposed method, we obtain high quality one-dimensional depth and two-dimensional cross-sectional images of the films. Then, the thickness and the defect information of the film can be obtained from the acquired images. The experiment result demonstrates that this nondestructive imaging technique is applicable for measuring film thickness and inspecting defects.     

Negative optical inertia in optomechanical systems

A method of improving the sensitivity of laser-interferometer-based gravitational-wave detectors by using double (two-frequency) optical pumping is proposed. Proper selection of the optical parameters of each pump wave allows implementation of the so-called “negative inertia,” that is, an increase in the detector’s mechanical response to an external force in a wide frequency range, which is equivalent to the reduction of the inertial masses of the test bodies of the detector, while their gravitational masses remain the same. This effect allows overcoming the standard quantum limit of sensitivity for a free mass in a wide frequency range due to an enhanced signal response, rather than due to the mutual compensation of quantum noises, as in other methods. The advantage of the proposed method is its much higher immunity to the noise caused by optical losses as compared to schemes based on mutual compensation of quantum noises. A practical scheme of the gravitational-wave detector based on the “negative-inertia” effect is explored, and a set of optimal optical parameters facilitating achieving a maximum signal-to-noise ratio for the main types of astrophysical gravitational-wave sources is obtained.