An Integrated Sideband-Separating SIS Mixer Based on Waveguide Split Block for 100 GHz Band with 4.0–8.0 GHz IF

We have developed an integrated sideband-separating SIS mixer for the 100 GHz band based on the waveguide split block. The measured receiver noise temperatures with 4.0–8.0 GHz IF are less than 60 K in the LO frequency range of 90–110 GHz, and a minimum value of around 45 K is achieved at 100 GHz. The image rejection ratios are more than 10 dB in the frequency range of 90–110 GHz. We have installed the sideband-separating SIS mixer into an atmospheric ozone-measuring system at Osaka Prefecture University and successfully observed an ozone spectrum at 110 GHz in SSB mode. This experimental result indicates that the sideband-separating SIS mixer is very useful for astronomical observation as well as atmospheric observation.     

基于量子级联激光器照明的高对比度红外内窥成像

对单丝直径为20μm,12×9阵列方形面阵的Ge-As-Te-Se组分光纤束进行了测试,并开展红外成像研究.利用5～11μm连续可调谐红外量子级联激光器作为光源,对光纤束损耗进行检测,传输损耗平均为1 dB/cm.设计并加工了基于像方远心成像的紧凑型物镜,总长13.6 mm,直径6 mm,最终实现了2 mm×2 mm视...     

High conversion gain cascode quadruple subharmonic mixer for millimeter-wave applications

In this paper, we have presented millimeter-wave high conversion gain quadruple subharmonic mixers adopting the cascode structure. The subharmonic mixers were successfully integrated by using 0.1 μm GaAs pseudomorphic HEMTs (PHEMT's) and the coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures. From the measurement at LO power of 13 dBm at 14.5 GHz, it shows that conversion gain is 3.4 dB which is one of the best conversion gains at 60.4 GHz. Isolations of LO-to-IF and LO-to-RF were −53.6 dB and −46.2 dB, at a frequency of 14.5 GHz, respectively.     

棱镜-光栅-棱镜型光谱成像系统光学设计

为实现成像光谱仪系统的直视性和小型化特点,设计一种棱镜-光栅-棱镜（PGP）结合式元件,作为分光系统的成像光谱仪光学系统装置。系统主要包括PGP分光原件、准直系统、成像系统和接收系统。光栅采用体全息相位光栅,可以获得很高的衍射效率,准直和成像镜采用对称式结构,可以有效地消垂轴像差。根据实际指标探测器像元尺寸为20 m20 m,像元数为512512,采用双像元合并方法,光谱通道数为148个,狭缝大小为10.2 mm10.2 mm,波段在400 nm~800 nm,物方数值孔径为0.15。分析了PGP光谱成像系统的原理、特点,对参数关系和体全息相位型光栅的衍射效率进行了详细的讨论。分析结果表明:PGP元件在整个光谱范围内理论衍射效率大于0.6,采用ZEMAX软件进行优化设计,得到系统的平均光谱分辨率优于3 nm,在截止频率处平均传递数大于0.7,系统总长90 mm。     

Design of Ka-band Monolithic Image Rejection Mixer

In this paper, a 30–40 GHz monolithic image rejection mixer is described. The mixer employs two drain LO injection mixer cells, which can perform well even with zero drain bias voltage. Also it employs Lange Coupler for RF quadrature signal generation. The mixer is fabricated by a commercial 0.18-μm pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor (pHEMT) process. It achieves image rejection ratio of more than 20.4 dB and conversion loss of less than 12.6 dB in the frequency range of 30 to 38 GHz.     

高脉冲重复频率调Q Tm,Ho:GdVO4激光器

报道了一个高效率连续波和调Q高重频两种运行方式的Tm,Ho:GdVO4激光器.Tm,Ho:GdVO4晶体尺寸4 mm×4 mm×7 mm,a轴通光,液氮制冷到100 K,由发射中心波长为793 nm的光纤耦合激光二极管端面泵浦.Tm,Ho:GdVO4激光连续波输出功率4.0 W,光光转换效率26%.声光调Q条件下输出平均高功率3.9 W,脉冲重复频率10 kHz,脉冲宽度50 ns. 通过减小声光Q开关的开启时间,激光脉冲宽度由50 ns减小至23 ns.在10 kHz重频下,测量最大脉冲能量0.39 mJ , 峰值功率7.8 kW.     

宽带Ka波段平面反射阵列天线设计

平面反射阵列天线的发展受到了带宽与功率容量两方面限制。为此,本文首先基于多谐振技术提出了一种新型平面反射阵列单元结构,相比于传统单元,所提出单元结构具有功率容量高、剖面低且相移曲线线性度好的特点。其次利用所提出单元,通过优化阵面特性在Ka波段设计了包含20×20个单元的平面反射阵列天线。最后利用电磁仿真软件进行模拟计算,结果显示在中心频点35 GHz处,天线峰值增益为27.58 dBi,口径效率为52.33%,副瓣小于?16.08 dB,并且在30.41～39.64 GHz频率范围内（相对带宽26.37%）天线增益跌落小于3 dB,并且所设计平面反射阵列天线最大功率容量可以达到 13.99 MW,功率密度为218.54 W/mm2。     

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。     

超高分辨光学相干层析成像技术与材料检测应用

本文报道了一种超高分辨率谱域光学相干层析成像(SD-OCT)系统. 该系统基于超连续谱激光光源并截取部分光谱作为宽带光源, 其中心波长为665 nm, 光谱半高全宽(FWHM) 230 nm. 系统轴向分辨率0.9 μm, 轴向扫描速率28600行/秒, 横向分辨率3.9 μm, 横向视场1 mm, 最大成像深度0.6 mm(空气中). 利用研制的超高分辨率SD-OCT系统, 对不同型号的工业砂纸精细结构进行了成像, 并与普通SD-OCT的成像结果进行对比, 充分展示了研制系统在材料无损检测中优势.     

Reflective terahertz imaging of porcine skin burns

A reflective pulsed terahertz imaging system based on direct detection was developed and used to obtain high-resolution images of a porcine skin specimen with superficial partial-thickness (second-degree) burns. Images were also obtained of the sample through ten layers of dry medical (cotton) gauze with minimal image degradation. The burned and unburned regions of skin had large differences in terahertz reflectivity, displaying clear delineation [20 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) difference signal] between both regions in the images. The terahertz images also exhibited a "halo" surrounding the burn areas that may correlate to the extent of burn injury. The system operated at a center frequency of 500 GHz with 125 GHz of 3 dB bandwidth and used whiskbroom scanning to generate images with a spatial resolution of 1.5 mm. Each pixel was acquired with a 16 ms integration time, resulting in a 40 dB postdetection SNR. The simplicity and high SNR of the reflective terahertz system are promising steps toward real-time terahertz medical imaging.     

A high isolation W-band MMIC drain type cascode single balanced mixer

We present a high isolation W-band MMIC drain type cascode single balanced mixer of high LO-to-RF isolation and wide band with conversion characteristic using the high directivity monolithic tandem couplers and 0.1 μm GaAs-based metamorphic high electron mobility transistors (MHEMTs). The fabricated mixer consists of two cascode MHEMT mixers and two tandem couplers using the air-bridge crossovers. We establish a drain type cascode mixer structure where the LO signal is applied to the drain port in the mixing component of common source MHEMT circuit. The tandem coupler exhibits good couplings (2.92-3.8 dB), low return losses (−32.7 dB), and isolations (15.4-39.2 dB) in a wide bandwidth of 75-110 GHz. The mixer shows a conversion loss of 9.8 dB at 94 GHz, an output P1dB of −14.8 dBm at LO frequency of 94.542 GHz, and LO-to-RF isolations of 29.5-39.5 dB at 94-100 GHz.     

A Waveguide Band-Stop Filter as an Image Rejection Filter for Measurement of Stratospheric Ozone

In this report we present the performance and test observation results of a waveguide band-stop filter (BSF) as an image rejection filter for the measurement of stratospheric ozone. By using the waveguide BSF, we are able to adopt a very simple optical system and achieve a good image rejection ratio. Additionally, we are able to observe in both single sideband (SSB) mode and double sideband (DSB) mode by only changing the local oscillator (LO) frequency. We have installed the waveguide BSF into an atmospheric ozone-measuring system using a superconductive (SIS) receiver and have successfully observed an ozone spectrum at 110 GHz in SSB and DSB mode. The receiver noise temperature (SSB) and the image rejection ratio at 110 GHz are about 60 K and more than 30 dB, respectively.Because of the IF power ripple, the waveguide BSF cannot be used with a wide-band spectrometer. However, it is quite practical for narrow-band observation.     

X~Ku波段宽带驱动放大器设计

基于SiC衬底的0.25 μm GaN HEMT工艺,设计了一款X~Ku波段宽带1 W驱动放大器单片微波集成电路。设计使用了一种有源器件的大信号输出阻抗的等效RC模型验证了GaN HEMT工艺模型的准确性,并获得了不同尺寸的GaN HEMT的大信号输出阻抗。第一级管芯采用负反馈结构,降低匹配网络的Q值,通过带通匹配网络拓扑,实现了宽带匹配。测试结果表明,在28 V的工作电压下,8~18 GHz的频率内驱动放大器实现了输出功率大于30 dBm,功率附加效率大于21%,功率增益大于15 dB。芯片尺寸为:2.20 mm×1.45 mm。该芯片电路具有频带宽、效率高、尺寸小的特点,主要用于毫米波收发组件、无线通讯等领域,具有广泛的应用前景。     

A 385–500 GHz SIDEBAND-SEPARATING (2SB) SIS MIXER BASED ON A WAVEGUIDE SPLIT-BLOCK COUPLER

We have developed a 385–500 GHz sideband-separating (2SB) mixer, which is based on a waveguide split-block coupler at the edge of the H-plane of the 508 μm × 254 μm (WR 2.0) waveguide, for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). An RF/LO coupler, which contains an RF quadrature hybrid, two LO couplers, and an in-phase power divider, was designed with the issue of mechanical tolerance taken into account. The RF/LO coupler was measured optically with a microscope and electrically with a submillimeter vector network analyzer. The image rejection ratio (IRR) and the single-sideband (SSB) noise temperature of the receiver using the RF/LO coupler have also been measured. The IRR was found to be larger than 8 dB and typically ∼ 12 dB in the 385–500 GHz band. The SSB noise temperature of this receiver is 80 K at the band center, which corresponds to 4 times the quantum noise limit (hf/k) in SSB, and 250 K at the band edges. An erratum to this article can be found at     

Study of the characteristics of a scintillation array and single pixels for nuclear medicine imaging applications

By using a pixelized Nal(T1) crystal array coupled to a R2486 PSPMT, the characteristics of the array and of a single pixel, such as the light output, energy resolution, peak-to-valley ratio (P/V) and imaging performance of the detector were studied. The pixel size of the NaI(TI) scintillation pixel array is 2 min×2 mm×5 mm. There are in total 484 pixels in a 22～22 matrix. In the pixel spectrum an average peak-to-valley ratio (P/V) of 16 was obtained. In the image of all the pixels, good values for the Peak-to-Valley ratios could be achieved, namely a mean of 17, a maximum of 45 and the average peak FWHM (the average value of intrinsic spatial resolution) of 2.3 mm. However, the PSPMT non-uniform response and the scintillation pixels array inhomogeneities degrade the imaging performance of the detector.     

四通道微光偏振实时成像光学系统设计

为了提高微光成像质量,实现针对动态目标或变化场景的实时性成像的需求,基于偏振成像原理,并结合孔径分割技术设计了微光偏振实时成像光学系统。光学系统采用共口径四通道阵列结构,将4个待测偏振态分成4个独立的成像通道,通过子孔径成像镜组对探测器靶面进行四象限分割成像,每个偏振通道通过放置起偏状态不同的偏振片获取目标不同偏振态的强度图像,从而实现实时偏振成像。光学系统的设计焦距为100 mm、系统整体F数为1.2、工作波长范围为0.4 μm~0.85 μm、最低工作照度为1×10-3 lx、可输出1 080 pixel全高清图像。系统光学总长为167.5 mm,单通道镜头的MTF值在40 lp/mm处全视场均高于0.57。     

Millimeter-Wave Lange Coupler Design and Its Application in the Monolithic Image Rejection Mixer Design

This paper reports on the design of a Ka-band monolithic Lange coupler and its application in the monolithic fourth-harmonic image rejection mixer. Detailed design and analysis using Ansoft-HFSS simulator have been carried out. The simulated results of the Lange Coupler show the insert loss is better than −3.64 dB; the amplitude balance is less than 0.55 dB and the phase balance is less than 0.65° from the 90° phase difference over the 30 to 40 GHz frequency range. The Lange Coupler is employed in a monolithic image rejection mixer that is fabricated by a commercial 0.18-μm pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistor (pHEMT) process. The chip size is 1.4 mm × 1.9 mm. The image rejection ratio (IMR) is from 15 to 34 dB in the RF frequency range of 30 to 40 GHz.     

A tunable general purpose Q-band resonator for CW and pulse EPR/ENDOR experiments with large sample access and optical excitation

We describe a frequency tunable Q-band cavity (34 GHz) designed for CW and pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) as well as Electron Nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) and Electron Electron Double Resonance (ELDOR) experiments. The TE(011) cylindrical resonator is machined either from brass or from graphite (which is subsequently gold plated), to improve the penetration of the 100 kHz field modulation signal. The (self-supporting) ENDOR coil consists of four 0.8mm silver posts at 2.67 mm distance from the cavity center axis, penetrating through the plunger heads. It is very robust and immune to mechanical vibrations. The coil is electrically shielded to enable CW ENDOR experiments with high RF power (500 W). The top plunger of the cavity is movable and allows a frequency tuning of ±2 GHz. In our setup the standard operation frequency is 34.0 GHz. The microwaves are coupled into the resonator through an iris in the cylinder wall and matching is accomplished by a sliding short in the coupling waveguide. Optical excitation of the sample is enabled through slits in the cavity wall (transmission ～60%). The resonator accepts 3mm o.d. sample tubes. This leads to a favorable sensitivity especially for pulse EPR experiments of low concentration biological samples. The probehead dimensions are compatible with that of Bruker flexline Q-band resonators and it fits perfectly into an Oxford CF935 Helium flow cryostat (4-300 K). It is demonstrated that, due to the relatively large active sample volume (20-30 μl), the described resonator has superior concentration sensitivity as compared to commercial pulse Q-band resonators. The quality factor (Q(L)) of the resonator can be varied between 2600 (critical coupling) and 1300 (over-coupling). The shortest achieved π/2-pulse durations are 20 ns using a 3 W microwave amplifier. ENDOR (RF) π-pulses of 20 μs ((1)H @ 51 MHz) were obtained for a 300 W amplifier and 7 μs using a 2500 W amplifier. Selected applications of the resonator are presented.     

80–360 GHz very wide band millimeter wave network analyzer

An extension to a 20 GHz HP8510C Network Analyzer has been built for wideband measurements between 80 and 360 GHz. Improvements relative to the first version [1], [2] include new harmonic mixers, and an active doubler. Dynamic ranges up to 60 dB in transmission and 50 dB in reflection are obtained up to 280 GHz, with more than 50 GHz instantaneous bandwidth using waveguide calibration. Detection with a 30 dB dynamic range is obtained at 320 – 360 GHz. Time domain measurements give spatial resolution down to 2 mm.     

近红外线列探测器传递函数测试系统

器件的调制传递函数(MTF)表征了光电成像器件对空间频率的对比度传递特性,可以全面地评价其成像性能。随着器件的发展,用MTF来评价器件越来越受到重视。针对近红外InGaAs焦平面器件MTF的测试需求,搭建了一套用狭缝法测试该波段线列器件MTF的系统。系统采用全反射式Offner光学结构将狭缝高质量地成像在待测器件上。成像光学结构由两块共轴的球面反射镜构成,11成像,F数为4;在芯片工作波长为1.7 μm时,在高达8 mm×30 mm的宽视场内,20 lp/mm（对应尺寸25 μm×25 μm的芯片特征频率）处的实测MTF高于0.8,接近衍射极限。利用该系统对8元InGaAs线列探测器进行MTF测试（标称光敏元尺寸为100 μm×100 μm）,6次重复测试得到的MTF数据的标准偏差与均值之比,在截止频率10 lp/mm内小于2%,测量的相对不确定度小于4.7%。