Single-layer broadband planar antenna using ultrathin high-efficiency focusing metasurfaces

Phase gradient metasurfaces(PGMS) offer a fascinating ability to control the amplitude and phase of the electromagnetic(EM) waves on a subwavelength scale, resulting in new applications of designing novel microwave devices with improved performances. In this paper, a reflective symmetrical element, consisting of orthogonally I-shaped structures, has been demonstrated with an approximately parallel phase response from 15 GHz to 22 GHz, which results in an interesting wideband property. For practical design, a planar antenna is implemented by a well-optimized focusing metasurface and excited by a self-designed Vivaldi antenna at the focus. Numerical and experimental results coincide well. The planar antenna has a series of merits such as a wide 3-d B gain bandwidth of 15–22 GHz, an average gain enhancement of 16 d B, a comparable aperture efficiency of better than 45% at 18 GHz, and also a simple fabrication process. The proposed reflective metasurface opens up a new avenue to design wideband microwave devices.     

机载腔增强吸收光谱系统应用于大气NO_2空间高时间分辨率测量

介绍了一套用于机载平台测量的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱(IBBCEAS)系统,并应用于实际大气NO_2空间分布的高时间分辨率观测.为满足机载测量中对时间分辨率的需求,系统采用离轴抛物面镜代替消色差透镜提高光学耦合效率;并运用Allan方差,对系统性能进行了分析.通过腔增强吸收光谱系统与长光程吸收光谱系统对实际大气NO_2的对比测试,两者线性相关系数R~2达到0.86.将IBBCEAS系统应用于机载平台,在时间分辨率为2 s的情况下,探测限达到95 ppt(1σ).通过机载观测,获得了华北地区石家庄等地上空对流层大气NO_2的廓线信息.     

宽带磁共振T/R开关的设计与实现

磁共振系统中的发射/接收（transmit/receive,T/R）开关用于收发通路的切换,要求在隔离大功率信号的同时具有较小的插入损耗;另外,在宽带磁共振谱仪中,一般的窄带T/R开关也不再适用.本文基于PIN（positive-intrinsic-negative）二极管设计了工作频率为10~100 MHz的宽带磁共振T/R开关.通过减小电平跳变、优化开关过冲和解决二极管被动导通等问题,获得了插入损耗小于1 dB、大功率信号隔离度大于75 dB、开关时间1 μs的整体性能.用本文设计的宽带T/R开关替代一般探头中的窄带T/R开关,在0.5 T核磁共振（NMR）波谱仪上测得了氢核和氟核两个不同频率的磁共振信号,验证了宽带T/R开关的宽带性能.     

Strong and broadband terahertz absorber using Si02-based metamaterial structure

We design and experimentally demonstrate a broadband metamaterial absorber in the terahertz （THz） band based on a periodic array of aluminum （A1） squares with two different sizes. A thin silicon dioxide （SiO2） film rather than a conventional polyimide （PI） layer is used as a dielectric spacer to separate A1 squares from the platinum （Pt） ground plane in our design, which significantly improves the design precision and the feasibility of the device fabrication. The combination of different sizes of AI squares gives rise to an absorption bandwidth of over 210 GHz with an absorption of over 90%. Our results also show that our device is almost polarization-insensitive. It works very well for all azimuthal angles with an absorption of beyond 80%.     

基于可调谐半导体激光吸收光谱的酒精蒸汽检测方法

采用窄带半导体激光器开展了酒精蒸汽浓度检测方法研究.使用酒精分子在7180 cm-1附近的一个相对较窄的吸收峰作为酒精分子的鉴别信息.为消除水汽对酒精分子检测的干扰,提出了建立多元线性回归方程拟合求解多分子吸收共存的问题.实验表明,系统的检测限达到25 ppm·m.     

宽带W波段Flaps天线仿真与设计

设计了一种结合了"十"字和圆环的新型宽带W波段Flaps(Flat Parabolic Surface antenna)天线单元。相比于传统的单层Flaps天线单元,新型单元能获得更宽的相位范围且相移精度更高,能有效拓展天线的带宽。利用这种单元设计了94 GHz的单层Flaps天线,仿真结果显示了较好的带宽性能和方向性,中心频率处增益18.2 dBi,在10.6%的带宽内增益下降小于1 dB,实现了较好的宽带性能,为单层W波段Flaps天线的设计提供了一种新途径。     

High-efficiency unidirectional wavefront manipulation for broadband airborne sound with a planar device

In the past decade, one-way manipulation of sound has attracted rapidly growing attention with application potentials in a plethora of scenarios ranging from ultrasound imaging to noise control. Here we propose a design of a planar device capable of unidirectionally harnessing the transmitted wavefront for broadband airborne sound. Our mechanism is to use the broken spatial symmetry to give rise to different critical angles for plane waves incident along opposite directions. Along the positive direction, the incoming sound is allowed to pass with high efficiency and be arbitrarily molded into the desired shape while any reversed wave undergoes a total reflection. We analytically derive the working bandwidth and incident angle range, and present a practical implementation of our strategy. The performance of our proposed device is demonstrated both theoretically and numerically via distinct examples of production of broadband anomalous refraction, acoustic focusing and non-diffractive beams for forward transmitted wave while virtually blocking the reversed waves. Bearing advantages of simple design, planar profile, broad bandwidth and high efficiency, our design opens the possibility for novel one-way acoustic device and may have important impact on diverse applications in need of special control of airborne sound.     

宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术应用于痕量气体探测及气溶胶消光系数测量

基于氙灯的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱系统, 并将其应用于痕量气体及气溶胶消光系数的测量. 该系统的探测灵敏度通过测量NO₂在520—560 nm波长范围内的吸收得到验证, 最小可探测灵敏度为1.8× 10^-7cm^-1 (1σ, 0.12 s积分时间, 50次平均), 对应的NO₂探测极限～33 nmol/mol. 结合标准气溶胶粒子发生系统, 测量了不同浓度的单分散硫酸铵气溶胶粒子在532 nm波长处的消光系数, 得到粒径为600 nm的硫酸铵气溶胶的消光截面为1.12× 10^-8cm², 与文献报道值1.167× 10^-8cm²相一致, 验证了气溶胶测量的可行性和准确性.     

基于LED光源的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术探测HONO和NO2

介绍了基于近紫外发光二极管LED (中心波长约372 nm,半高宽13 nm) 光源的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术,同时用于探测痕量气体HONO和NO₂. LED出射光经准直后耦合进入长度为70 cm,由两块高反射率镜片组成的高精密光学腔内. 分别测量了氮气消光谱和氦气消光谱,通过两者瑞利散射截面的差异而引起光谱强度的变化来标定镜片反射率.在360—390 nm反演波段内,镜片反射率在390 nm处最大且为0.99962, 对应测量NO₂/HONO混合物时的最大光程约1.71 km,并利用最小二乘拟合反演出了 HONO和NO₂的浓度值.当光谱采集时间为1000 s时, HONO和NO₂的探测灵敏度(1σ) 分别为0.6 ppbv和1.9 ppbv.实验结果表明,该技术为实现大气痕量气体的高灵敏度在线监测提供了另一种可能的途径.     

Graded index broadband antireflection coating prepared by glancing angle deposition for a high-power laser system

This paper reports that SiO₂ is selected to fabricate broadband antireflection (AR) coatings on fused silica substrate by using glancing angle deposition and physical vapour deposition. Through accurate control of the graded index of the SiO₂ layer, transmittance of the graded broadband AR coating can achieve an average value of 98% across a spectral range of 300--1850~nm. Moreover, a laser-induced damage threshold measurement of the fabricated AR coating is performed by using a one-on-one protocol according to ISO11254-1, resulting in an average damage threshold of 17.2~J/cm$^{2}$.