Dispersion and diffraction mechanisms suppressing soliton self-frequency shift in a medium with retarded optical nonlinearity

The frequency dependence of group-velocity dispersion and diffraction-induced increase in the effective mode area in the long-wavelength range suppress the soliton self-frequency shift in a medium with retarded nonlinearity. This effect reduces unwanted variations in the central wavelength, as well as fluctuations of the delay time of the frequency-shifted soliton with respect to the input pulse.     

Analysis of RDSS positioning accuracy based on RNSS wide area differential technique

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System(BDS) provides Radio Navigation Service System(RNSS) as well as Radio Determination Service System(RDSS).RDSS users can obtain positioning by responding the Master Control Center(MCC) inquiries to signal transmitted via GEO satellite transponder.The positioning result can be calculated with elevation constraint by MCC.The primary error sources affecting the RDSS positioning accuracy are the RDSS signal transceiver delay,atmospheric trans-mission delay and GEO satellite position error.During GEO orbit maneuver,poor orbit forecast accuracy significantly impacts RDSS services.A real-time 3-D orbital correction method based on wide-area differential technique is raised to correct the orbital error.Results from the observation shows that the method can successfully improve positioning precision during orbital maneuver,independent from the RDSS reference station.This improvement can reach 50% in maximum.Accurate calibration of the RDSS signal transceiver delay precision and digital elevation map may have a critical role in high precise RDSS positioning services.     

无人机收发信机快沿电磁脉冲效应研究

为了探究快沿电磁脉冲(FRTEMP)对无人机收发信机的损伤效应,以某型无人机收发信机为研究对象,通过快沿双指数脉冲Marx源与GTEM室模拟产生快沿电磁脉冲对收发信机进行辐照实验。以收发信机是否损坏无法工作为收发信机是否受到电磁脉冲损伤的判别依据,同时进一步检测收发信机内部电路具体损坏器件。实验结果表明,快沿电磁脉冲能够造成无人机收发信机损坏,得到了导致无人机收发信机损坏的快沿电磁脉冲场强阈值。对损坏的无人机收发信机进行机理分析和检测,结果表明,本振电路损坏导致收发信机无法输出工作信号,而锁相环是导致本振无法工作的的关键原因,通过定位到具体受损器件可以进行进一步脉冲防护工作以及为易损器件加装防护提供基础。     

Low-coherence interferometric tip-clearance probe

We propose an all-fiber, self-calibrating, economical probe that is capable of near-real-time, single-port, simultaneous blade-to-blade tip-clearance measurements with submillimeter accuracy (typically < 100 microm, absolute) in the first stages of a gas turbine. Our probe relies on the interference between backreflected light from the blade tips during the 1-micros blade passage time and a frequency-shifted reference with variable time delay, making use of a low-coherence light source. A single optical fiber of arbitrary length connects the self-contained optics and electronics to the turbine.     

Multiwavelength picosecond frequency-shifted feedback laser with pulse control by a shaped-gain fiber amplifier

Stable generation of multiwavelength picosecond pulses by a frequency-shifted laser is demonstrated. Pulses are reliably trapped by gain variations provided by a low-extinction transmission filter. Pulses with close parameters are obtained despite considerable difference in amplifier gain at the pulse train wavelengths owing to a strong gain-equalization mechanism provided by the frequency-shifted feedback.     

A novel encoder/decoder design scheme utilizing differential detection in OCDMA systems

In this paper, we report the use of differential detection in optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) systems which use encoders and decoders based on unbalanced codes and utilize bipolar modulation/differential detection to demonstrate a significant improvement in system performance. Differential detection has been reported earlier also requiring a large number of one-chips in the code for (balanced codes) or with unbalanced codes with very long temporal dimensions requiring a large number of delay elements (either the delay lines in the ladder-type structures or the gratings in the multiple fiber gratings) making the encoder/decoder structures. We use single pulse per row codes to design our system and carry out the simulations for showing the results. The improved BER performance is achieved that can be traded for increasing the number of codes. Using optical simulation tool, the OCDMA system has been simulated for four users. The results of this system utilizing differential detection and another system that uses the same coding scheme but employing direct detection, for the same number of interfering users, are shown for comparison. The BER and the power penalty plots are shown for the two systems. Also, it is shown that performance degradation occurs due to the linear and non-linear effects of the fiber medium. The BER worsens more rapidly with link length for direct detection case, whereas for differential detection with an initial improvement of 8 dB, the increase in BER is insignificantly small for a link length of 500 km.     

Accurate characterization of complex pulses by delay-controlled fringe-free interferometry of spectral high-resolution technique

We discuss the disadvantage in conventional Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-field Reconstruction (SPIDER) technology in complex femtosecond pulse measurement. An improved version of conventional technology named DC-FISH is presented, where single replica of the unknown pulse upconverts synchronously with two frequency-shifted narrow-banded long pulses. The spectral phase of the unknown pulse can be directly calculated from the fringe-free spectra with the introduction of a suitable small delay between the upconverted pulses. The numerical simulation results are achieved to identify a higher efficiency and lower requirements on measurement in novel approach.     

利用自相关方法实现光脉冲时间延迟精确测量

为了满足在高精度波分复用/时分复用光采样系统中,采样光脉冲时间抖动低于100 fs的要求,开发了一套基于自相关法测量时间延迟的系统。通过光纤耦合器连接一路参考光路将光脉冲在时域上进行"复制",并使初始光脉冲和"复制"光脉冲相关,得到参考光路和被测光路的精确光程差,进而固定参考光路并接入不同被测光路从而得到多路被测光路之间相对延时。实验结果表明,利用自相关法测量脉冲时间间隔精度优于50 fs,满足波分复用/时分复用光采样系统研究需要。     

Tunable pulse delay in an anisotropic metamaterial slab

We show that large and tunable pulse delays can be obtained at propagation through an anisotropic metamaterial slab. The pulse delay depends not only on frequency but also on the incident/propagation angle and polarization of the electromagnetic field, the last two parameters being much easier to tune than the frequency of the incident field. Although there is a trade-off between large pulse delay values and large tuning ranges, the pulse delay can be modified several times by changing the incidence angle. The results apply to a wide frequency range, from the visible to the THz spectrum.     

High-resolution, large dynamic range fiber length measurement based on a frequency-shifted asymmetric Sagnac interferometer

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a single-mode fiber length and dispersion measurement system based on what we believe to be a novel frequency-shifted asymmetric Sagnac interferometer incorporating an acousto-optic modulator (AOM). By sweeping the driving frequency of the AOM, which is asymmetrically placed in the Sagnac loop, the optical length of the fiber can be determined by measuring the corresponding variation in the phase delay between the two counterpropagating light beams. Combined with a high-resolution data processing algorithm, this system yields a dynamic range from a few centimeters to 60 km (limited by our availability of long fibers) with a resolution of approximately 1 part per million for long fibers.     

Validity of extracting photoionization time delay from the first moment of streaking spectrogram

Photoionization time delays have been studied in many streaking experiments in which an attosecond pulse is used to ionize the atomic or solid state target in the presence of a dressing infrared laser field. Among the methods of extracting the time delay from the streaking spectrogram, the simplest one is to calculate the first moment of the spectrogram and to measure its offset relative to the vector potential of the infrared field. The first moment method has been used in many theoretical simulations and analysis of experimental data, but the meaning of this offset needs to be investigated. We simulate the spectrograms and compare the extracted time delay from the first moment with the input Wigner delay. In this study, we show that the first moment method is valid only when the group delay dispersions corresponding to both the spectral phase of the attosecond pulse and the phase of the single-photon transition dipole matrix element of the target are small. Under such circumstance, the electron wave packet behaves like a classical particle and the extracted time delay can be related to a group delay in the photoionization process. To avoid ambiguity and confusion, we also suggest that the photoionization time delay be replaced by photoionization group delay and the Wigner time delay be replaced by Wigner group delay.     

Pulse-to-pulse coherent beat note generated by a passively Q-switched two-frequency laser

We demonstrate experimentally the pulse-to-pulse coherence of the beat note produced by a dual-polarization passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser subjected to a frequency-shifted, polarization-rotated, optical feedback. The reinjection of one laser eigenstate into the other eigenstate ensures the phase-locking of the beat note against an external acoustic reference wave at the onset of each pulse, circumventing the intrinsic memory loss of the optical phase between successive pulses. It opens the possibility to generate optically a coherent pulsed beat note in the radio-frequency range with a subhertz linewidth, i.e., over thousands of pulses. An application to lidar radar is discussed.     

面向电容式微机械超声换能器器件的32通道收发 电路设计与测试*

针对以电容式微机械超声换能器(CMUT)阵列为探头的超声成像系统,设计了一种兼具现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)控制、脉冲驱动以及微弱电流信号检测功能的电路。利用FPGA产生64路控制信号,控制脉冲信号的频率、脉冲个数、占空比等参数;脉冲电路在FPGA以及直流电压的控制下,产生32路脉冲信号;接收电路通过跨阻放大结构实现32路电流信号检测;32通道收发电路利用脉冲产生芯片内自带的T/R开关进行高压隔离。通过搭建测试平台,对收发电路功能及一致性进行测试,并连接CMUT进行自发自收测试。测试结果表明,32通道收发电路具有良好的一致性,电路可以实现基于CMUT阵列的32通道超声信号的发射,检测回波信号,并对CMUT器件的带宽进行测试。电路具有功能完善,结构稳定的优点,为基于CMUT阵列的超声成像系统的应用提供了硬件支持。     

Nature of "superluminal" barrier tunneling

We show that the distortionless tunneling of electromagnetic pulses through a barrier is a quasistatic process in which the slowly varying envelope of the incident pulse modulates the amplitude of a standing wave. For pulses longer than the barrier width, the barrier acts as a lumped element with respect to the pulse envelope. The envelopes of the transmitted and reflected fields can adiabatically follow the incident pulse with only a small delay that originates from energy storage. The theory presented here provides a physical explanation of the tunneling process and resolves the mystery of apparent superluminality.     

高温超导脉冲变压器线圈结构参数影响分析

用于脉冲功率电源的高温超导脉冲变压器,集超导储能与脉冲放电为一体,在脉冲功率技术中有着良好的发展前景。设置合理的线圈结构参数可以提升高温超导脉冲功率变压器的耦合系数和储能容量,满足脉冲功率电源小型化、轻量化的优化目标。本文利用有限元仿真软件Anysys EM,建立了同轴饼式线圈叠加结构的单模块变压器模型和环形结构的多模块变压器模型,根据磁场分布和后期计算,分析了结构参数对脉冲变压器耦合系数和原边超导线圈的储能的影响。仿真分析结果表明,在77 K时,采用相同用线量的情况下,单模块高温超导脉冲变压器耦合系数和原边电感线圈的储能随线圈高度减小逐渐增大;多模块高温超导脉冲变压器减小线圈高度、增大内半径能够获得较高的性能,为超导脉冲变压器的脉冲电源实验验证提供了一定的参考依据。     

Optical heterodyne measurement of vibration phase

An optical heterodyne system for measuring a vibration phase, which uses a frequency-shifted and phase-modulated reference beam, is proposed. This system is applicable to a rough surface. By using the light scattered by a standard vibrating point on the object surface as the reference beam (local reference beam technique), effects of the uniform displacement of the object can be eliminated, i.e. only the vibration component is detected with no sensitivity to the uniform displacement. Preliminary experiments demonstrate the validity of the theory.     

星载测量通信系统模拟器设计与实现

为了在地面对星载测量通信系统之间互联互通性能进行测试评估,设计了一种可替代星载测量通信系统的地面模拟器,该模拟器由收发信机,时频单元,信道仿真器以及管理控制计算机构成,收发信机采用双FPGA架构设计,支持星间信号的收发处理,在功能性能指标方面与星载设备具有良好的一致性,信道仿真器能够实现信号传输延时、多普勒以及衰落特性的实时仿真,可显著增强试验场景的真实性以及评估结论的可信性。互联互通试验过程表明,该模拟器功能齐全、性能可靠、操控简单并且易于搬运,试验结果有效验证了星间互联互通方案的可行性。     

Wide-band SAW dispersive filter with a flat amplitude response

It is shown, that a dispersive delay line of a flat amplitude-frequency characteristic in the passband can be synthesized by using the method proposed in reference 1. Such a delay line can be applied in a chirp pulse compression system that exhibits lower side-lobe sensitivity to the Doppler frequency shift of the radar signal.     

双脉冲序列激光放大实验研究

掺Yb~(3+)类高饱和通量增益介质的储能提取,会给激光器带来严重的安全风险,因此提出一种激光脉冲的时分复用放大技术。利用激光的偏振特性以及自由空间传输延迟,获得脉冲参数可变的脉冲序列,并进行验证实验。结果表明,时分复用放大与单脉冲放大的增益没有明显差别,且在约1.4 J/cm~2的工作通量下,子脉冲时间间隔(14~22 ns)对激光增益的影响可以忽略不计。时分复用放大在保持总激光通量不变的前提下,降低了子脉冲的激光通量,降低了光学元件的损伤风险,保证了储能的有效提取。     

Degenerate asymmetric quantum concatenated codes for correcting biased quantum errors

In most practical quantum mechanical systems, quantum noise due to decoherence is highly biased towards dephasing. The quantum state suffers from phase flip noise much more seriously than from the bit flip noise. In this work, we construct new families of asymmetric quantum concatenated codes (AQCCs) to deal with such biased quantum noise. Our construction is based on a novel concatenation scheme for constructing AQCCs with large asymmetries, in which classical tensor product codes and concatenated codes are utilized to correct phase flip noise and bit flip noise, respectively. We generalize the original concatenation scheme to a more general case for better correcting degenerate errors. Moreover, we focus on constructing nonbinary AQCCs that are highly degenerate. Compared to previous literatures, AQCCs constructed in this paper show much better parameter performance than existed ones. Furthermore, we design the specific encoding circuit of the AQCCs. It is shown that our codes can be encoded more efficiently than standard quantum codes.