An optical power-equalized amplifier with a wide dynamic range

An optical power equalization amplifier with a wide dynamic range is proposed and demonstrated with no electronic control. It shows constant and equalized outputs when a power difference between input channels and a total input power are changed. It has more than a 15 dB dynamic range for input signals between −30 dBm and −5 dBm. The structure of this amplifier can be more promising when it is applied to a planar waveguide device.     

宽动态范围的双正交磁光电流传感器技术

提出了一种新的双正交磁光电流传感器技术,该技术可解决传统磁光电流传感器测量大电流脉冲时仅根据正弦或余弦信号无法唯一确定法拉第偏转角的技术难题。在该传感器中,起偏器的透光轴与两个偏振分束器的S分量偏振方向有0与45的夹角,四路输出信号两两之间有/2的相位差。针对该传感器,提出了大电流脉冲的一种反正切函数数据处理方法,该数据处理方法具有可避开正弦函数的不灵敏区间,从而提高数据处理精度的优点。采用双正交磁光电流传感器与罗果夫斯基线圈对比测量了FP-1装置的短路电流脉冲,两种测试技术的实验结果能很好地吻合,证实该光学电流传感器可有效地测量大电流脉冲。     

大动态双聚焦条纹变像管设计

为满足ICF实验中对X射线条纹相机大动态能力的需求,设计了一款大动态双聚焦X射线条纹变像管。其偏转灵敏度为39 mm/kV,静态空间分辨率在阴极中心处优于30 lp/mm,边缘优于10 lp/mm,时间分辨率在10 ps左右,阴极有效长度为30 mm,放大率为1.3,管子总长为425 mm。此款变像管主要通过提高电子飞行速度而缩短电子相互作用时间,从而达到降低空间电荷效应、提高动态范围的目的。最终设计的变像管轴上电势最高16.5 kV,最低5 kV,电子从阴极到达荧光屏的时间仅为6.62 ns。基于设计的变像管参数,对管子进行了加工制造,并进行了初步调试和测试,变像管具有最佳成像效果时各电极实际电压与设计电压几乎一样,放大率为1.35,偏转灵敏度为40 mm/kV,与设计值十分吻合。     

Focusing properties of concentric piecewise cylindrical vector beam

The focusing properties of a concentric piecewise cylindrical vector beam is investigated theoretically in this paper. The beam consists of three portions with different and changeable phase retardation and polarization. Numerical simulations show that the evolution of the focal shape is very considerable by changing the radius and polarization rotation angle of each portion of the vector beam. And some interesting focal spots may occur, such as two- or three-peak focus, dark hollow focus, ring focus, and two-ring-peak focus. Corresponding gradient force patterns are also computed, and novel trap patterns, including cup shell shape trap with one trap at its each side along axis, rectangle shell shape trap with one trap at its each side, dumbbell optical trap, spherical shell optical trap, may occur, which shows that the concentric piecewise cylindrical vector beam can be used to construct controllable optical tweezers.     

Tunable double annular shaped cylindrical vector beam generator

Cylindrical vector beam has gained amounts of interest in recent years due to its unique focusing characteristic. In this paper, a novel optical setup based on axicons is proposed to convert linearly polarized beam into cylindrical vector beam directly. The radius of the output beam can be adjusted by changing the distance of axicons. We clarify the design philosophy in details and certify the feasibility of the proposed structure by using LightTools™ software. This work is important for micro-manipulation and microscope.     

Optical trapping of gold nanoparticles by cylindrical vector beam

Optical trapping of gold nanoparticles is experimentally demonstrated using radially and azimuthally polarized beams. The transverse optical trapping stiffness of gold nanoparticles is measured. The radially polarized beam exhibits a higher trapping efficiency than the azimuthally polarized beam and the Gaussian beam. The transverse stiffness of particles with different diameters is measured experimentally and calculated via the discrete-dipole approximation method, and good agreement between theory and experiment is found.     

Phase sensitive SPR sensor for wide dynamic range detection

Phase detection has been utilized to enhance the sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors for a long time. However, an inherent drawback for phase sensitive SPR sensors are their limited dynamic range, which has greatly hindered wide applications of such sensors. In this Letter, a design combining phase detection and angular interrogation has been proposed to provide an SPR sensor with both high sensitivity and wide dynamic range. As a result, a resolution of 2.2×10^-7?RIU with a dynamic range of over 0.06?RIU has been achieved simultaneously. An added advantage of this design is the flexibility for sensitivity and dynamic range adjustment.     

大动态范围水声脉冲信号的精确幅度测量及应答

本文提出一种利用增益可控部件与微机组成的环路对大动态范围的水声脉冲信号进行脉冲内增益控制并进行幅度精测的方法。该方法对包络有畸变和信号幅度有起伏的情况亦可得到满意效果。文中介绍了瞬时幅度增益控制及幅度测量的基本数学模型、硬件实现方法以及为使系统按要求的声级进行转发（应答）时系统的标校方法。     

Focal shift of cylindrical vector axisymmetric Bessel-modulated Gaussian beam with radial variance phase wavefront

Axisymmetric Bessel-modulated Gaussian beam with quadratic radial dependence (QBG beam) has attracted much attention recently. In this paper, the focal shift of the cylindrical vector QBG beam with radial variance phase wavefront is investigated theoretically by vector diffraction theory. Results show that focus shifts considerably by changing the phase parameter C that indicates the radial phase variance speed. Under condition of small beam parameter μ of cylindrical vector QBG beam, there is one focal peak that shifts far away from optical aperture on increasing C. When μ increases, there may occur two focal peaks that also shift remarkably on increasing C. And it was found that the dependence of focal shift distance on increasing phase parameter is linear. Phase parameter adjusts the focal shift distance, while, polarization angle does not affect focal shift obviously.     

A wide dynamic range laser rangefinder with cm-level resolution based on AGC amplifier structure

A pulsed time-of-flight (TOF) laser rangefinder with a pulsed laser diode and an avalanche photo diode (APD) receiver is constructed and tested. Trigged by an avalanche transistor, the laser diode can emit a periodic pulse with rise time of ～2 ns. A new structure with auto gain control (AGC) circuits both in the pre-amplifier and the post-amplifier is presented. Through this technology, not only the dynamic range of the receiver is extended, but also the walk error of timing discriminators is reduced. Large measurement range from 5 m to 500 m is achieved without any cooperative target. The single-shot precision is 3 cm for the weakest signal. Compared with previous laser rangefinders, the complexity of this system is greatly simplified.     

A method to accurately measure and respond to an underwater sound pulse in a wide dynamic range

I.IntroductionTomeasurethesound1evelofanundcrwatersoundpulsewithunknownamplitudeisofimportanceinunderwaterapp1ication.Forinstancc,asimu1ationsystemusedtointerfcresomesonarmusthavesuchfunction,whichhastobeabIctomeasurethesoundlcvelatreceivingpointandretransmitasimulatcdsignalwithrequircdsoundlcvelafterpropcrprocessing.Itisdifficultforanorma1peakorthresho1ddetectortocompletethistask.Thereasonforthisisthattherangeofthesignalamp1itudercaches7O-8odBandthereissomedistortionofsignalwaveform,inaddit…     

Flattop beam illumination for 3D imaging ladar with simple optical devices in the wide distance range

We have developed an illumination optical system for 3D imaging ladar (laser detection and ranging) which forms flattop beam shape by transformation of the Gaussian beam in the wide distance range. The illumination is achieved by beam division and recombination using a prism and a negative powered lens. The optimum condition of the transformation by the optical system is derived. It is confirmed that the flattop distribution can be formed in the wide range of the propagation distance from 1 to 1000 m. The experimental result with the prototype is in good agreement with the calculation result.     

Towards the production of an ultra cold antihydrogen beam with the AEGIS apparatus

The AEGIS (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) experiment is an international collaboration, based at CERN, with the experimental goal of performing the first direct measurement of the Earth’s gravitational acceleration on antihydrogen. In the first phase of the experiment, a gravity measurement with 1% precision will be performed by passing a beam of ultra cold antihydrogen atoms through a classical Moiré deflectometer coupled to a position sensitive detector. The key requirements for this measurement are the production of ultra cold (T～100?mK) Rydberg state antihydrogen and the subsequent Stark acceleration of these atoms. The aim is to produce Rydberg state antihydrogen by means of the charge exchange reaction between ultra cold antiprotons (T～100?mK) and Rydberg state positronium. This paper will present details of the developments necessary for the successful production of the ultra cold antihydrogen beam, with emphasis on the detector that is required for the development of these techniques. Issues covered will include the detection of antihydrogen production and temperature, as well as detection of the effects of Stark acceleration.     

Three-dimensional focus shaping with cylindrical vector beams

A three-dimensional focus shaping technique using the combination of cylindrical polarization with binary diffractive optical element is proposed. The energy density pattern at the vicinity of the focus can be tailored in three dimensions by appropriately adjusting the parameters of the cylindrical vector beam illumination, numerical aperture of the objective lens and the design of the binary diffractive optical element. Focus with extended depth of focus that has both transversal and longitudinal flattop profile is obtained. Optical bubble that has a total dark volume surrounded by high field distributions is also shown. Potential applications of this focus shaping technique are discussed.     

Evanescent Bessel beam generation through filtering highly focused cylindrical vector beams with a defect mode one-dimensional photonic crystal

We propose a simple setup for generating evanescent Bessel beams using the defect mode of one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal. The angular selectivity provided by the defect mode mimics the role of an axicon for Bessel beam generation. When an azimuthally polarized beam is strongly focused onto a 1D defect mode photonic crystal interface, an evanescent Bessel beam of the first-order is produced, while an evanescent Bessel beam of the zeroth-order will be created under a radially polarized beam illumination. Switching between a donut shape and a solid focal distribution can be easily realized by controlling the polarization of the illumination. Such a versatile evanescent Bessel beam generation may find potential applications in optical trapping.     

24 GHz宽波束阵列天线的设计

利用Rogers 5880为介质材料设计了一款应用于车载防撞雷达前端的圆极化微带阵列天线,该阵列天线采用直线阵结构,运用了多个四分之一波长阻抗变换器实现了阻抗匹配。仿真和测试结果表明: 该阵列天线的阻抗带宽(S₁₁ < -10 dB)为23.45~25.65 GHz,最大增益为15.54 dB;轴比带宽24.56~25 GHz,轴比最小为1.25 dB;第一副瓣电平小于-20 dB,E面半功率波瓣宽度为10°,H面波瓣宽度为75°,其尺寸为70.94 mm×14.72 mm×0.508 mm。该天线具有高增益、低副瓣、体积小、性能稳定等优点,在汽车防撞雷达系统中有广阔的应用前景。     

Nonparaxial propagation of a cylindrical beam with Lanczos reduction

We discuss a numerical method based on Lanczos reduction of modeling nonparaxial propagation of a cylindrical symmetric beam. To illustrate the performance and demonstrate the significant difference between nonparaxial and paraxial beams, we consider Gaussian beam propagation in two different settings.     

A new three-dimensional chaotic system with wide range of parameters

A new three-dimensional chaotic system with large scope of parameters is proposed. Its properties such as equilibrium points, Poincaré map, the largest Lyapunov exponent spectra and bifurcation diagrams are analyzed theoretically and numerically. Theoretical analyses and simulation tests indicate that the proposed chaotic system can keep chaotic in a wide range of parameters. The system is recommendable for many engineering applications such as secure communications, cryptology, information processing, etc.     

Theoretical investigation of an electron beam propagating through a wide gap cavity

This paper presents a self-consistent nonlinear theory of the current and energy modulations when an electron beam propagates through an inductively-loaded wide gap cavity. The integro-differential equations axe obtained to describe the modulation of the beam current and kinetic energy. A relativistic klystron amplifier （RKA） model is introduced, which uses an inductively-loaded wide gap cavity as an input cavity. And a numerical code is developed for the extended model based on the equations, from which some relations about the modulated current and modulated energy are numerically given.