相位片湍流仿真装置中的激光漂移效应

 为了在内场中开展激光传输特性实验研究,设计了一种基于Kolmogorov谱的随机相位片的大气湍流物理仿真系统,并用该大气湍流模拟仿真系统对激光漂移效应进行了研究。采用光束质量分析仪对模拟传输的光斑图像进行采集和分析,通过比较实际漂移方差与理论漂移方差,验证了该湍流仿真系统模拟和评价光束在仿真传输中的性能。实验分析表明,基于湍流相位片物理仿真系统模拟的光束漂移方差与理论曲线基本一致。     

近地面大气光学湍流外尺度的实验研究

分析了含有外尺度的Von-Karman湍流空间相关函数模型, 并利用光纤湍流空间传感阵列的实测数据, 根据拟合算法获得了大气光学湍流空间外尺度的值及日变化, 对模型的适用性进行了实验验证. 将空间相关函数理论与空间多点同步测量的数据相结合, 尽可能清晰地展现了几种适合用相关函数描述的湍涡尺度. 结果表明, 在1.8 m的草地上, 大气光学湍流的外尺度呈现出白天较大、夜间较小的日变化趋势, 正午前后均值约为0.44 m, 夜间约为0.3 m. 有三点需要说明: 其一, 当两点间距恰好等于外尺度时, 其空间相关系数为0.26, 当两点间距超过外尺度之后, 仍具有一定的相关性; 其二, 积分尺度代表了湍涡尺度的平均值, 该值略小于外尺度; 其三, 湍涡的最大尺度所对应的湍流空间相关性为0, 其值略大于外尺度. 不难发现: 湍涡三种尺度的日变化与湍流强度的日变化趋势非常相似. 以空间布点探测的方法获取湍流特征尺度, 结果直观, 而且能够直接验证湍流空间相关函数模型, 所以可在一定程度上促进湍流空间结构特性的研究.     

Diagnostics of the scale of turbulence using a divergent laser beam

A method for estimating the parameters of turbulence that was originally developed for collimated laser beams is applied to the case of a divergent beam. The estimate is based on an analysis of the correlation functions of the Zernike expansion coefficients of the phase. The results suggest that the method can be used for the estimation of the inner scale of turbulence in an experiment with a divergent laser beam. In the case of isotropic turbulence, it is also possible to estimate the outer scale of turbulence from the correlation functions of lower-order modes.     

Measuring the inner scale of atmospheric turbulence by correlation of lateral displacements of thin parallel laser beams

A method of determining the inner scale of atmospheric turbulence is described which is based on a property of the correlation functions of the displacements of thin parallel beams. This method is studied theoretically for the modified von Karman model of the spectrum of refractive index fluctuations, which has both inner and outer scales. Experimental applications of the method to both laboratory generated and outdoor turbulence are described.     

有限外尺度对大气湍流统计特征测量的影响

有限外尺度影响下的相位结构函数和孔径平均的斜率相关函数的表达式,结果表明有限的大气外尺度对大气流流统计特征的测量有很大的影响,尤其对大尺寸的望远镜和子孔径更是如此。基于科尔莫戈罗夫模型的大气相位结构函数和相干长度仅仅是本文推导结果的近似。对结果的分析表明,测量得到的对大气湍流科尔莫戈罗夫模型的偏离有可能是大气外尺度的影响,而不完全是真正的偏离。     

Beam wandering of thin parallel beams through atmospheric turbulence

Abstract

Wandering and correlation of wandering of two parallel laser beams after crossing atmospheric turbulence are theoretically and experimentally investigated. A general expression is given, valid for propagation through a thick layer of turbulence, which includes as a particular case that of a path completely filled with turbulence. Two different models of isotropic atmospheric turbulence are considered and numerical results are derived. The results of an experimental test through the atmosphere are also described.     

Long-distance propagation of pseudo-partially coherent Gaussian Schell-model beams in atmospheric turbulence

Propagation properties of spatially pseudo-partially coherent Gaussian Schell-model beams through the atmo- spheric turbulence over a long-distance uplink path are studied by numerical simulation. A linear coordination trans-formation is introduced to overcome the window effect and the loss-of-resolution problem. The beam spreading, beam wandering, and intensity scintillation as functions of turbulence strength, source correlation length, and change frequency of random phase that models the partial coherence of the source are analyzed. It is found that the beam spreading and the intensity scintillation of the partially coherent beam are less affected by the turbulence than those of the coherent one, but it suffers from a more severe diffractive effect, and the change frequency of random phase has no evident influence on it. The beam wandering is insensitive to the variation of source correlation length, and decreases firstly then goes to a fixed value as the change frequency increases.     

远海海面大气光学湍流实验测量

将光纤湍流测量系统搭载于我国的“远望号”航天测量船, 首次实现了远海海面大气光学湍流的空间多点同步测量, 初步获得了远海海面大气光学湍流的基本特征和定量数据. 测量共进行了37天, 测量数据处理包括大气光学湍流强度的统计分析、采用Greenwood湍流空间相关函数模型对实测的光学湍流空间相关函数进行非线性拟合从而获得湍流的空间外尺度, 以及采用分段拟合算法获取光学湍流的功率谱标度指数. 结果表明: 海面大气光学湍流强度中等偏弱, 且无明显规律性的日变化趋势; 空间外尺度较小, 约为0.2-0.3 m; 湍流谱标度指数符合-5/3次方的概率均为25%左右, 低于相应的近地面概率.     

Numerical simulation of super-continuum laser propagation in turbulent atmosphere

Considering the atmospheric extinction and turbulence effects,we investigate the propagation performances of supercontinuum laser sources in atmospheric turbulence statistically by using the numerical simulation method,and the differences in propagation properties between the super-continuum(SC)laser and its pump laser are also analyzed.It is found that the propagation characteristics of super-continuum laser are almost similar to those of the pump laser.The degradation of source coherence degree may cause the relative beam spreading and scintillation indexes to decrease at different propagation distances or different turbulence strengths.The root-mean-square value of beam wandering is insensitive to the variation of source correlation length,and less aperture averaging occurs when the laser source becomes less coherent.Additionally,from the point of view of beam wandering,the SC laser has no advantage over the pump laser.Although the pump laser can bring about a bigger aperture average,the SC laser has a lower scintillation which may be due to the multiple wavelength homogenization effects on intensity fluctuations.This would be the most important virtue of the SC laser that can be utilized to improve the performance of laser engineering.     

根据到达角协方差测量大气湍流外尺度

通过湍流大气中光波相位结构函数得到两点间的到达角协方差与大气湍流外尺度的关系,并利用差分到达角方差进行了归一化,进而得到大气湍流外尺度和差分到达角方差及到达角协方差的表达式。采用四孔到达角起伏测量仪进行了近地面水平路径的实验,测量结果表明在离地面6 m的高度上,湍流外尺度在4 m左右,并随时间变化,不同方向的测量结果有一些差别。     

Expressions of the scintillation index for optical waves propagating through weak non-Kolmogorov turbulence based on the generalized atmospheric spectral model

The high frequency “bump” which occurs in the turbulence spectral model just prior to the turbulence cell dissipation is important for the analysis of the irradiance scintillation for optical wave propagating through atmospheric turbulence. In this study, expressions of the irradiance scintillation index are developed from the generalized modified atmospheric spectral model for optical waves propagating through weak non-Kolmogorov turbulence. Compared with the expressions of the irradiance scintillation index derived from the general non-Kolmogorov spectral model, the new expressions can consider the influences of finite turbulence inner and outer scales and the influence of finite diameter aperture receiver. As the irradiance scintillation is caused mainly by the small scale turbulence cells' diffractive effects for weak turbulence, the turbulence outer scale's influence can be ignored. Numerical simulations show that variable inner scale values produce obvious effects on the irradiance scintillation for non-Kolmogorov turbulence.     

The influence of non-Kolmogorov turbulence on the entanglement of spatial two-qubit states in a slant channel

The effects of atmospheric turbulence on the entanglement of spatial two-qubit states that are prepared using the signal and idler photons produced by parametric down-conversion are studied. Utilizing the non-Kolmogorov model for atmospheric turbulence and Rytov approximation method, we quantify the effects of atmospheric turbulence on the entanglement of the two-qubit state in terms of Wootters's concurrence. Our results show that the effects of the zenith angle of communication channel and the outer scale of turbulence on the concurrence of a spatial two-qubit state can be ignored and the smaller inner scale of turbulence, the smaller refractive-index power α, the shorter wavelength of beams and the longer propagation distance will lead to the larger fluctuations of the concurrence of a spatial two-qubit state.     

部分相干平顶光束在非Kolmogorov湍流中的湍流距离

给出了部分相干平顶光束通过非Kolmogorov湍流传输的湍流距离解析表达式,并研究了非Kolmogorov湍流的湍流广义指数、内尺度、外尺度和光束参数对部分相干平顶光束湍流距离的影响。研究表明:湍流距离随相干参数、束腰、外尺度(当湍流广义指数的取值为3.6~4.0时)的增大而减小;随光束阶数、内尺度的增大而增大;随湍流广义指数先减小后增大,且在湍流广义指数取3.11时存在极小值,即光束扩展的极大值。同时利用湍流广义指数及光束参数,具体比较了湍流距离与瑞利区间的大小,并指出光束参数及湍流广义指数决定了湍流是否在瑞利区间内就能对光束扩展构成明显的影响。     

特殊函数在湍流大气传输光束漂移中的应用

研究特殊函数在激光湍流大气传输光束漂移效应中的应用,为提高跟瞄系统的瞄准精度提供理论依据。基于特殊函数和修正Von Karman谱,对斜程湍流大气传输光束漂移方差表达式进行了数值仿真。数值模拟表明,特殊函数高次项的近似舍去对激光湍流大气传输光束指向精度影响甚微。在外尺度较小时,光束漂移方差变化较快;随着外尺度的增加,光束漂移增加缓慢且趋于饱和。在相同的外尺度下,发射孔径（初始光束束径）与发射天顶角的增大对光束漂移具有抑制作用,且天顶角接近π/2,光束漂移角方差快速减小。     

一个新的海边光学湍流外尺度和C_n~2的廓线模式

2016年12月13日至2017年1月2日期间,在茂名博贺海洋气象科学实验基地,采用自行研制的湍流气象探空仪,获取了30份海边温、湿、压、风速、风向和C_n~2等探空数据.基于HMNSP99外尺度模式,利用海边的探空数据拟合得到一个茂名大气光学湍流外尺度经验公式.同时对实验测得的高空湍流廓线数据进行统计平均,然后基于Hufnagel-Valley模式拟合得到符合海边湍流廓线规律的统计平均模式(C_n~2sea model).根据Tatarski高空湍流参数化方案,将用茂名外尺度公式估算的C_n~2分别与探空测量的C_n~2以及用其他外尺度模式估算的C_n~2进行了比较.对其进行统计性分析发现,利用新拟合的茂名外尺度公式、HMNSP99,Dewan以及(Coulman等外尺度模式计算的log10C_n~2)与实测值的整体相关系数分别为0.924,0.848,0.763和0.651,在变化趋势和量级上都表现出较好的一致性;以上四种外尺度模式估算结果的误差都很小,其整体平均绝对误差和平均相对误差分别为0.514和2.963%,0.627和3.612%,0.943和5.439%,0.766和4.417%,新拟合的外尺度模式的误差最小.进一步验证了新的海边外尺度和C_n~2廓线模式的可靠性和有效性,此外还发现高空大气光学湍流的发生与风切变和温度梯度具有十分密切的关系,为光电工程在海边场景应用所需的大气光学湍流廓线模式提供支持.     

激光雷达湍流大气探测

基于湍流对激光束的扩散和漂移效应,提出了一种采用激光雷达观测湍流强度的方法。湍流对光束产生扩散和飘移作用,使激光光束偏离激光雷达接收视场,造成后向散射光能量损失。对比常规散射回波信号与畸变回波信号的差别可以测量湍流强度。实验表明该方法与其他方法的测量结果具有一致性,证明了该方法的有效性。     

Sensing Atmospheric Turbulence by Laser Radiation

Atmospheric turbulence sensing by lateral fluctuations of thin beams is described. Practical use of correlation functions of lateral fluctuations to investigate the refractive index spectrum and its parameters, inner and outer scale and structure constant, is presented. A “maximum” method is also shown to derive the inner scale independently of the other parameters, without either knowing much of the turbulence or solving an inverse problem.Presented at the International Commission for Optics Topical Meeting, Kyoto, 1994.     

Phase compensation in non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence

Zernike polynomial decompositions are used for investigating phase distortion induced by atmospheric turbulence in optical systems. Closed-form expression of the Zernike-coefficient variances is derived. The finite size of the receiver aperture is analyzed using the filter function which is also particularly effective in the theoretical analysis of lower-order aberrations like tilt terms and piston-removed phase variance. The outer scale of the non-Kolmogorov turbulence is considered. The result shows that the effect of finite outer scale attenuates low-order Zernike mode of optical distortion and longer outer scale can lead to more energy in the tilt terms. The generalized exponent can only enhance tilt terms and attenuate other Zernike modes of optical distortion. Further, for different outer scale and generalized exponent, the residual phase variance decreases with more modes of phase compensation.     

大气湍流中光束的高阶强度矩

研究了光束通过大气湍流传输的高阶强度矩, 提出了大气湍流中光束高阶强度矩的推导方法, 并推导出了一至四阶光束强度矩传输的解析表达式. 所得结果具有一般性,任意某一光束在自由空间和大气湍流中传输的高阶强度矩均可作为本文结果的特例. 另一方面, 以高斯光束为例, 研究了其K参数在湍流大气中的传输规律. 研究表明,高斯光束在大气湍流中其K参数并不是一个传输不变量,它与传输距离、束腰半径、湍流内外尺度以及湍流强度均有关.这个结论与采用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似或强湍流近似下的结论不同,本文给出了合理解释. 关键词： 高阶强度矩 大气传输 大气湍流 K参数')" href="#">K参数     

孔径平均效应对采用相位补偿技术的空间相干光通信系统误码率的影响

基于大气湍流影响下的空间相干光通信系统模型和孔径平均效应的平面波模型,通过数值模拟研究了弱光强波动条件下孔径平均效应以及大气湍流内外尺度对相干光通信系统误码率和接收孔径直径最优值的影响。研究结果表明:孔径平均效应能够有效减小相干光通信系统的误码率,改善系统性能;原始信噪比越高,传输距离越短,波长越长,相位补偿模式的J值越大,接收孔径直径越接近最优值,孔径平均效应对误码率的改善效果越明显;孔径平均效应会影响接收孔径直径的最优值,相位补偿模式的J值越大,影响越明显;系统误码率和接收孔径直径最优值会随着大气湍流内尺度的增大而相应增大,随着大气湍流外尺度的减小而相应减小。研究结果将为空间相干光通信系统设计提供必要的理论依据。