新型X波段多功能EPR谱仪的设计与性能

本文设计和研制了一款新型X波段多功能电子顺磁共振（electron paramagnetic resonance,EPR）谱仪,并为其开发一款新的控制和读出系统（control and readout system,CRS）来操控微波脉冲的产生和信号的采集,提高了系统的集成度和可扩展性. 该谱仪可实现常规的连续波EPR（continuous-wave EPR,cw-EPR）、脉冲EPR（pulsed EPR）和瞬态EPR（transient EPR,trEPR）实验,并装配了6~300 K的无液氦变温装置,以及兼具平行模式与垂直模式的新型双模连续波谐振腔和用于脉冲EPR及trEPR的介质腔. 针对新型EPR谱仪和新谐振腔,本文利用双模连续波、脉冲和瞬态三个不同方式的EPR实验,对其功能进行了验证.     

利用飞秒脉冲光谱全息实现空域信息向时域信息的转换

在Mazurenko提出的时域超短脉冲光谱全息结构的基础上,提出了改进型的飞秒脉冲光谱全息结构,并推导了当输入脉冲光场中包含时、空分布时光谱全息的记录和再现。结果发现当在光谱全息记录和再现时,如果频谱面上添加空间滤波器,可以实现飞秒脉冲包含的空域信息向时域信息的转换。结论可以应用到超短脉冲整形,超高速光通信和光信息处理等领域。     

光学读出非制冷红外成像技术的光学灵敏度分析

不同于传统的非制冷红外成像技术,提出了基于微电子机械系统(MEMS)的新概念光学读出非制冷红外成像技术。它的光学读出系统基于空间刀口滤波原理,具有高灵敏度、高分辨率和高抗震性等优点,但同时也受到了反光板的弯曲变形、粗糙度等复杂因素的影响。在大量实验数据的基础上,利用夫琅禾费近场衍射理论,建立了复杂因素下光学灵敏度的理论分析模型,详细分析了刀口滤波位置、反光板的长度、曲率半径、粗糙度、LED光源的强度以及扩展宽度等对光学灵敏度的影响,并提出了通过极限操作使系统的光学灵敏度最大化的光学优化方法。     

An X-ray imaging device based on a GEM detector with delay-line readout

An X-ray imaging device based on a triple-GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier) detector, a fast delay-line circuit with 700 MHz cut-off frequency and two dimensional readout strips with 150 μm width on the top and 250 μm width on the bottom, is designed and tested. The localization information is derived from the propagation time of the induced signals on the readout strips. This device has a good spatial resolution of 150 μm and works stably at an intensity of 105 Hz/mm2 with 8 keV X-rays.     

利用受激布里渊散射在光纤中实现光存储

利用有限差分法在慢变包络近似下求解了耦合波方程组,并从理论上实现了短光脉冲的存储。研究了数据脉冲的读出效率随声子寿命、布里渊增益系数、数据脉冲强度和控制脉冲强度的变化规律。结果显示：在长声子寿命的条件下,可以获得高的读出效率和长的存储时间,而布里渊增益系数和数据脉冲强度对读出效率没有影响;增大布里渊增益系数可以降低所需控制脉冲的强度。这种方法对短脉冲可以实现有效存储,而对长脉冲不能实现存储。     

A NEW CMOS READOUT CIRCUIT FOR VO2-BASED UNCOOLED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS

A new CMOS readout circuit for VO₂-based uncooled FPAs is presented in this paper. The on-chip readout circuit consists of three major parts: An input circuit of BCDI structure, a column-shared integration circuit of CTIA structure, and a common CDS output circuit. The simple configuration of the input circuit makes it possible to operate more circuits in parallel, and increases the integration time and number of pixels, the column-shared integration circuit which is suitable for small pixel size provides low noise, high gain, a highly stable detector bias, and high photon current injection efficiency, and the common CDS output circuit is utilized to reduce or eliminate low-frequency noise of the readout circuit. An experimental readout chip for 50-μm-pitch 32×32 element VO₂-based uncooled FPAs has been fabricated. The measurement results of the fabricated readout chip have successfully verified its readout function and excellent performance.     

Multichannel Data Acquisition System comparison for Quality Assurance in external beam radiation therapy

Megavoltage photon radiation therapies are widely used in modern cancer treatment. The improvement of the treatment has lead to the need of Quality Assurance (QA) devices to detect malfunctioning or human mistakes during the planning phase and treatment verification. Active electronic devices for 2D or 3D QA in external beam radiotherapy are typically based on analogue/digital mixed signal Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) which are required to have high spatial resolution, large dynamic range, high sensitivity, large numbers of channels and fast real-time capabilities. The Centre of Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP) has developed several multichannel DAS architectures based on different analogue front-ends to suit a wide range of radiotherapy applications. For the purpose of this study, two DAS, with different front-ends, have been equipped with 128 channels and tested in a clinical environment. Data show a good agreement within 1% between the two systems and the ionising chamber currently used for daily QA.     

非制冷红外探测器读出电路的非均匀性研究

对于长线列的非制冷红外探测器组件, 不同探测元之间的非均匀性是衡量电路设计的关键指标. 为了实现长线列非制冷红外探测器的高性能读出, 本文设计了一种基于电流镜方式的非制冷红外探测器160线列读出电路, 电路由电流镜输入模块、电容负反馈互导放大器模块及相关双采样输出模块组成. 电路采用0.5 μm工艺制作完成. 通过合理设置电路中MOS管的参数和布局电流镜版图, 电路的非均匀性有了明显地改善. 通过测试, 电路的非均匀性小于1%, 器件总功耗约为100 mW, 并具有良好的低噪声特性, 输出噪声小于1 mV, 输出摆幅大于2 V. 该电路与160线列非制冷红外探测器互连后, 能较好地完成红外信号的读出, 在积分时间为20 μups的情况下, 器件的响应为0.294 mV/Ω, 整体性能良好. 该电路的研制对超长线列的非制冷红外冷探测器读出电路研制奠定了重要的技术基础.     

Diamond X‐ray beam‐position monitoring using signal readout at the synchrotron radiofrequency

Single‐crystal diamond is a material with great potential for the fabrication of X‐ray photon beam‐position monitors with submicrometre spatial resolution. Low X‐ray absorption combined with radiation hardness and excellent thermal‐mechanical properties make possible beam‐transmissive diamond devices for monitoring synchrotron and free‐electron laser X‐ray beams. Tests were made using a white bending‐magnet synchrotron X‐ray beam at DESY to investigate the performance of a position‐sensitive diamond device using radiofrequency readout electronics. The device uniformity and position response were measured in a 25 µm collimated X‐ray beam with an I‐Tech Libera `Brilliance' system. This readout system was designed for position measurement and feedback control of the electron beam in the synchrotron storage ring, but, as shown here, it can also be used for accurate position readout of a quadrant‐electrode single‐crystal diamond sensor. The centre‐of‐gravity position of the F4 X‐ray beam at the DORIS III synchrotron was measured with the diamond signal output digitally sampled at a rate of 130 Msample s^?1 by the Brilliance system. Narrow‐band filtering and digital averaging of the position signals resulted in a measured position noise below 50 nm (r.m.s.) for a 10 Hz bandwidth.