Wavelength tunable passively Q-switched Yb-doped double-clad f iber laser with graphene grown on SiC

A passively Q-switched tunable Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser is demonstrated with graphene epitaxially grown on SiC.The spectral tuning of the Q-switched fiber laser is implemented by rotating a quartz plate filter inside the cavity.The central wavelength of the fiber laser can be continuously tuned from 1038.54 to 1056.22 nm.The maximum pulse energy of 0.65 μJ is obtained at the pump power of 4.08 W,and the corresponding pulse duration and average output power are 1.60 μs and 35 mW,respectively.     

Depth information extraction with an aperture-rotating camera

This paper focuses on extracting depth information with an aperture-rotating camera. Compared with previous work, the proposed method is applicable for arbitrary rotation angle by making use of pixel registration to get pixel shift angle, and calculating the pixel shift along this angle. Besides, consumption time for shift angle is reduced by means of sampling. Compared with point-by-point method, the proposed method reduces the computation time from about 1 h to 1 min for a 15-megapixel image. Experimental results of a scene named “bottles” show that the depth value has a margin of error of 5%. Proposed method makes it possible to extract depth information with a single camera and expands the application of DSLR camera.     

电控聚合物分散液晶变焦全息透镜制作

介绍了相位型全息聚合物分散液晶(PDLC)材料全息透镜,在电场作用下液晶微滴折射率逐渐与聚合物折射率匹配,实现透镜电控变焦。研究了微米尺寸和纳米尺寸液晶微滴聚合物分散液晶材料配方特性和微观结构。采用优化纳米尺寸材料配方制作5~6μm聚合物分散液晶盒,采用离轴式平面波和球面波干涉全息写入光路,成功制作电控变焦聚合物分散液晶全息透镜样品。该透镜样品焦距为20 mm,能够正一级衍射放大成像。实现“0”,“1”变焦的驱动电压阈值为60 V。并进一步提出了基于聚合物分散液晶电控变焦元件集成叠加技术实现电控变焦光学成像系统的技术思路。     

大散射角散斑场中有关相位奇异新特性的研究

利用散斑场和参考光的干涉提取散斑场复振幅和相位, 研究了不同散射角下散斑场相位的分布规律以及相位奇异处光波复振幅实部零值线和虚部零值线夹角、光强等值线离心率的统计特性. 在大散射角散斑中发现了一种新的相位奇异现象, 即相位奇异线; 研究了相位在跨越奇异线时的突变规律及涡旋状相位的分布特征, 发现在相位奇异线处存在着呈双曲线或抛物线状的光强等值线.     

A method for extracting human gait series from accelerometer signals based on the ensemble empirical mode decomposition

In this paper,the ensemble empirical mode decomposition(EEMD) is applied to analyse accelerometer signals collected during normal human walking.First,the self-adaptive feature of EEMD is utilised to decompose the accelerometer signals,thus sifting out several intrinsic mode functions(IMFs) at disparate scales.Then,gait series can be extracted through peak detection from the eigen IMF that best represents gait rhythmicity.Compared with the method based on the empirical mode decomposition(EMD),the EEMD-based method has the following advantages:it remarkably improves the detection rate of peak values hidden in the original accelerometer signal,even when the signal is severely contaminated by the intermittent noises;this method effectively prevents the phenomenon of mode mixing found in the process of EMD.And a reasonable selection of parameters for the stop-filtering criteria can improve the calculation speed of the EEMD-based method.Meanwhile,the endpoint effect can be suppressed by using the auto regressive and moving average model to extend a short-time series in dual directions.The results suggest that EEMD is a powerful tool for extraction of gait rhythmicity and it also provides valuable clues for extracting eigen rhythm of other physiological signals.     

Long pulse duration of the UV laser with a multi-reflected cavity: Experiment and modeling

The long pulse operation of ultraviolet (UV) laser attributed to multi-reflection is presented on an acousto-optic (AO) Q-switched ultraviolet laser system blocking green light inside a cavity. The ultraviolet laser with the highest average power of 456 mW is obtained with 20 kHz repetition-rate. The numerical simulation of UV pulse broadening was studied using Gaussian curve approximation. The conclusion suggests that the short multi-reflected cavity and high incident pump power will be beneficial to alleviate the width broadening effect. The results, for the first time, would provide the technology for controlling the pulse width of an AO Q-switched DUV laser.     

Influence of boron on the giant magnetocaloric effect of La(Fe0.9Si0.1)13

The influences of boron addition on the phase formation, Curie temperature and magnetic entropy change of the NaZn₁₃-type La(Fe_0.9Si_0.1)₁₃ compound have been investigated. Eight boron containing La(Fe_0.9Si_0.1)₁₃B_x samples were prepared with x=0, 0.03, 0.06, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.6, respectively. Experimental results show that a small amount of B addition in La(Fe_0.9Si_0.1)₁₃ forms the solid solution NaZn₁₃-type structure phase by substituting B for Si or doping B into interstitial position of the lattice, preserves its giant magnetocaloric effects due to their first-order structural/magnetic transition, as well as increase its Curie temperature T_c slightly. The maximum magnetic entropy changes in the magnetic field change of 0–1.6 T are around 20 J kg^–1 K^–1 for the samples with Boron addition less than 0.3, while improving the Curie temperatures by 2 K.     

The computation of axisymmetric, supersonic nozzle arc usingadaptive grids

The computational difficulties associated with an arc burning in an axisymmetric supersonic nozzle are mainly caused by the region (known as the boundary) surrounding the are core within which temperature changes rapidly. When the arcing current decreases, this boundary collapses rapidly towards the axis. An adaptive grid scheme based on the temperature gradient is used to solve the dynamic are conservation equations in the computational domain. A direct grid adaptive scheme relates the solution in the computational domain to that in the physical domain without interpolation. Numerical results are compared with the experimental results as well as other numerical solutions obtained respectively by using a uniformly distributed, fixed grid system in the physical domain and by the solution adjusted method. A good agreement is achieved     

Laser stripe extraction in additive manufacturing based on spatiotemporal noise regularization

Optical Review - The optical three-dimensional (3D) measurement technique based on the laser stripe has become increasingly important in additive manufacturing, which is necessary to extract the...