Construction of a photon drag detector for evaluating the performance of a CO2 laser amplifier

In this article, the construction of P-type germanium (Ge) photon drag detector which is used to characterize the gain and output powers of a 10 W CO₂ laser and a CO₂ laser amplifier is described. Gain and laser amplifier output power versus laser input power measurements collected at 4.7 mbar and 12.0 mbar amplifier tube pressures are discussed. Moreover, measurements relating the CO₂ laser output power to the laser tube discharge current are provided at 6.9 mbar and 7.3 mbar tube pressures.     

Extended gravitational pose estimation

The model-to-image registration problem is a problem of determining the position and orientation (the pose) of a three-dimensional object with respect to a camera coordinate system. When there is no additional information available to constrain the pose of the object and to constrain the correspondence of object features to image features, the problem is also known as simultaneous pose and correspondence problem, or correspondenceless pose estimation problem. In this paper, we present a new algorithm, called extended gravitational pose estimation (EGPE), for determining the pose and correspondence simultaneously. The algorithm is based on gravitational pose estimation (GPE) algorithm. In our algorithm, the original GPE has been revised to deal with the problem with false image points. For problems with both occluded object points and false image points, we firstly applied single-link agglomerative clustering algorithm to pick out occluded object points when a local minimum has been found, then the revised GPE is applied again on the clustering result to update rotation and translation of the object model. EGPE has been verified on both synthetic images and real images. Empirical results show that EGPE is faster, more stable and reliable than most current algorithms, and can be used in real applications.     

Maximum likelihood estimation for second level fMRI data analysis with expectation trust region algorithm

The trust region method which originated from the Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algorithm for mixed effect model estimation are considered in the context of second level functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data analysis. We first present the mathematical and optimization details of the method for the mixed effect model analysis, then we compare the proposed methods with the conventional expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm based on a series of datasets (synthetic and real human fMRI datasets). From simulation studies, we found a higher damping factor for the LM algorithm is better than lower damping factor for the fMRI data analysis. More importantly, in most cases, the expectation trust region algorithm is superior to the EM algorithm in terms of accuracy if the random effect variance is large. We also compare these algorithms on real human datasets which comprise repeated measures of fMRI in phased-encoded and random block experiment designs. We observed that the proposed method is faster in computation and robust to Gaussian noise for the fMRI analysis. The advantages and limitations of the suggested methods are discussed.     

绝缘微堆质子直线加速器关键技术研究进展

基于绝缘微堆技术的直线加速器由于其能够实现较高的粒子加速梯度,尤其在质子加速及肿瘤治疗领域的优势得到高度关注。目前该种加速器处于研发阶段,有一系列技术和工程问题有待解决。介绍了课题组在过去的两年里围绕建立一台1 MeV质子注入器原型样机在固态脉冲功率系统、绝缘微堆及质子束源等方面取得的研究进展。实现了耐压梯度接近20 MV/m的环形绝缘微堆样品,样品内径30 mm,外径50mm,厚度15mm,基本达到设计要求;固态脉冲功率系统实现了光导开关多路稳定工作模式,开关直流偏置耐压达到20kV,采用激光二极管触发同步系统在15路同步时实现了低于1ns的抖动,输出300kV的电压脉冲,输出电压脉冲宽度10ns;进行了低能质子加速束流动力学的初步分析和模拟工作,模拟结果表明采用微堆结构可以实现质子束的有效加速和传输。     

Q波段回旋行波管新型盒型输出窗的设计

利用等效电路理论,初步设计了窗片厚度为1.32mm的回旋行波管盒型输出窗,再加入感性膜片,更改窗片形状,最终设计出了能承受25kW平均功率、相对带宽达到14%、窗片厚度达到1.7mm的Q波段新型宽频带回旋行波管盒型输出窗;采用高频软件HFSS与有限元分析软件ANSYS协同仿真的新方法对回旋行波管盒型窗进行热特性研究表明,盒型窗理论上功率容量达到62kW平均功率,说明输出窗窗片承受25kW平均功率的可行性,窗片中心与边缘的温差为66℃,没有达到陶瓷窗片的临界温差158℃,验证了新型盒型窗设计的合理性。     

增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤激光器抽运技术研究进展

介绍了一种新型增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤的结构、基本理论以及其在光纤激光器领域的重要应用. 在综合分析了不同抽运条件下的激光输出特性以及光纤的热效应特征后, 得出侧面抽运是增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤的最佳抽运方案的结论; 重点介绍了增益导引-折射率反导引大模场光纤侧面抽运的理论模拟以及基于V形槽技术的侧面抽运实验研究过程, 为相关领域的实验研究提供了参考; 最后分析了实验结果与理论差距较大的原因, 并提出了改进的方向.     

无线携能通信系统中基于能量获取比例公平的波束成形设计

针对无线携能通信系统中存在能量获取不均衡的问题, 提出了一种基于能量获取比例公平的波束成形设计方案. 该方案在满足信息接收者的信干噪比以及发送端的最大发送功率等约束条件的基础上, 通过优化波束矢量实现能量获取的比例公平. 此设计在数学上是一个很难直接求解的非凸优化问题.为此, 本文首先利用半定松弛技术将其转换为半定规划问题, 然后结合二分法提出了可以获得最优波束矢量的迭代算法.此外, 在发送端仅知道部分信道状态信息且知道信道误差范围的情况下, 采用最差性能最优的方法对原优化问题进行了鲁棒波束成形设计, 并提出了相应的迭代算法. 仿真结果表明所提算法均可实现能量获取的比例公平且性能达到全局最优.     

一种基于星座恢复的相干光OFDM系统非线性抑制方法

鉴于相干光正交频分复用系统（CO-OFDM）易受非线性效应影响,严重制约系统传输性能, 提出一种基于星座恢复的降低系统峰均值功率比（PAPR）的方法。对系统模型及作用机理进行分析,仿真结果显示,以10 Gbit/s的速率通过单模光纤传输720 km,基于星座恢复的CO-OFDM系统Q值较无非线性抑制的CO-OFDM系统有3 dB提高;另外,系统最佳限幅比例系数受色度色散影响,随着色散因子的增大,星座恢复效果也逐渐减弱,在传输240 km条件下,色散因子为12 ps/nmkm较6 ps/nmkm,限幅比例系数从0.9降低至0.8。     

基于CAN 总线技术的PSM 电源远程控制通信系统

为提高HL-2A 装置辅助加热系统脉冲阶梯调制(PSM)电源的运行效率和操作可靠性,设计并实现了一种基于CAN 总线技术的远程控制通信系统。该系统采用载有SJA1000CAN 总线控制器的PCI 板卡以及TMS320F2812 微处理器分别作为上位机和下位机的通信终端,结合用户界面程序,实现了HL-2A 受控核聚变装
置辅助加热电源的远程控制,提高了其整体控制性能和操作效率。     

瞬时环流反馈均流策略在EAST快控电源中的应用

在EAST 快控电源中采用瞬时环流反馈引入虚拟电阻的均流控制策略,可大大增加并联逆变器之间等效输出阻抗的实部,有效提高对环流低频分量的抑制能力。仿真和实验结果验证了该控制策略的可行性和有效性。