A line laser detection screen design and projectile echo power calculation in detection screen area

A line laser with high power as the background light source for the design of a new photoelectric detection target is proposed in this paper, aiming to improve the detection ability of the traditional photoelectric detection target under low background illumination. The laser emitted pulse waveform function and the laser echo pulse response function were used to establish the mathematical model of the reflected echo power of projectile in the detection area and derive the calculation function of minimum detectable echo power in the line laser detection screen, according to information of the line laser emitted power, incident angle of projectile, duration time and detection distance of projectile passing through the line laser detection screen. Calculations and experimental results showed that the design method of line laser detection screen and calculation model of laser echo power are reasonable, and the detection ability of line laser detection screen is obviously higher than that of traditional photoelectric detection screen, especially in low background illumination;at the same time, the designed line laser detection screen was used to combine a six line laser detection screen intersection test system, based on live ammunition for shooting. The test system is stable and able to obtain the dynamic parameters of the flying projectile, verifying that the design of the line laser detection screen in new photoelectric detection target can be suitable for shooting range test applications.

Underwater four-quadrant dual-beam circumferential scanning laser fuze using nonlinear adaptive backscatter filter based on pauseable SAF-LMS algorithm

The phenomenon of a target echo peak overlapping with the backscattered echo peak significantly undermines the detection range and precision of underwater laser fuzes.To overcome this issue,we propose a four-quadrant dual-beam circumferential scanning laser fuze to distinguish various interference signals and provide more real-time data for the backscatter filtering algorithm.This enhances the algorithm loading capability of the fuze.In order to address the problem of insufficient filtering capacity in existing linear backscatter filtering algorithms,we develop a nonlinear backscattering adaptive filter based on the spline adaptive filter least mean square(SAF-LMS)algorithm.We also designed an algorithm pause module to retain the original trend of the target echo peak,improving the time discrimination accuracy and anti-interference capability of the fuze.Finally,experiments are conducted with varying signal-to-noise ratios of the original underwater target echo signals.The experimental results show that the average signal-to-noise ratio before and after filtering can be improved by more than31 d B,with an increase of up to 76%in extreme detection distance.

3D cavity detection technique and its application based on cavity auto scanning laser system

Ground constructions and mines are severely threatened by ones. Safe and precise cavity detection is vital for reasonable cavity underground cavities especially those unsafe or inaccessible evaluation and disposal. The conventional cavity detection methods and their limitation were analyzed. Those methods cannot form 3D model of underground cavity which is used for instructing the cavity disposal; and their precisions in detection are always greatly affected by the geological circumstance. The importance of 3D cavity detection in metal mine for safe exploitation was pointed out; and the 3D cavity laser detection method and its principle were introduced. A cavity auto scanning laser system was recommended to actualize the cavity 3D detection after comparing with the other laser detection systems. Four boreholes were chosen to verify the validity of the cavity auto scanning laser system. The results show that the cavity auto scanning laser system is very suitable for underground 3D cavity detection, especially for those inaccessible ones.

Detection probability for six laser range-finders of the rotating rocket

To analyze factors that affect the detection probability of six laser range-finders of rotating rocket,taking a missile as the target,the detection model was established according to a detection mechanism.Based on the model,the detection probability was calculated via Monte Carlo method under different conditions.With the calculation results,the relationship of detection probability with the rolling rate and the missile velocity was illustrated in figures,when the laser emitting frequency was 10 kHz,20 kHz,30 kHz respectively under the condition that rocket met the front of missile as well as the condition that rocket met the rear of missile.The figures show that the detection probability increases as laser emitting frequency increases or the rolling rate increases,while it decreases as the missile velocity increases.Detection probability is higher when rocket meets the front of missile than that when rocket meets the rear of missile.In order to maintain a track of approaching Mach 2 targets,rotation rate should be more than 100 r/s.

Sensitivity function analysis of gravitational wave detection with single-laser and large-momentum-transfer atomic sensors

Recently, a configuration using atomic interferometers （AIs） had been sug- gested for the detection of gravitational waves. A new AI with some additional laser pulses for implementing large momentum transfer was also put forward, in order to reduce the effect of shot noise and laser frequency noise. We use a sensitivity function to analyze all possible configurations of the new AI and to distinguish how many mo- menta are transferred in a specific configuration. By analyzing the new configuration, we further explore a detection scheme for gravitational waves, in particular, that ame- liorates laser frequency noise. We find that the amelioration occurs in such a scheme, but novelly, in some cases, the frequency noise can be canceled completely by using a proper data processing method.

Research of Confocal Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection System for Micro-fluidic Chip

The characteristics such as signal noise ratio（SNR） and sensitivity of the fluorescence detection system for micro-fluidic chip influence the performance of the whole system extremely. The confocal laser induced fluorescence detection system is presented. Based on the debugging of optical and circuit modules, the results of detecting the samples are given and analyzed theoretically, and the improved project is put forward.

Laser Interferometer for Detection of Gravitational Wave-TAMA-300

In National Astronomical Observatory, Japan, Mitaka, a group of scientists has been constructing a laser interferometer with two Fabry Perot cavities 300m long, one in North South and one in East West directions. The interferomer is to detect any gravitational wave near 400Hz frequency and stronger than 10 -20 by autumn, 1998 all the instruments have been installed in the underground facilities and it will be operated for more than 30 days in April, 1999. Then a recycling device will be installed to increase the sensitivity by factor of 10. In this paper this system as well as other systems such as LIGOs in UAS and VIRGO in Europe will be reviewed.

Development of a Broadly Tunable Mid-Infrared Laser Source for Highly Sensitive Multiple Trace Gas Detection

A room-temperature broadly tunable mid-infrared difference frequency laser source for highly sensitive trace gas detection has been developed recently in our laboratory. The mid-infrared laser system is based on quasi-phase-matched （QPM） difference frequency generation （DFG） in a multigrating, temperature-controlled periodically poled LiNbO3 （PPLN） crystal and employs two near-infrared diode lasers as pump sources. The mid-infrared coherent radiation generated is tunable from 3.2 μm to 3.7μm with an output power of about 100 μW. By changing one of the pump laser head with another wavelength range, we can readily obtain other needed mid-infrared wavelength range cover. The performance of the mid-infrared laser system and its application to highly sensitive spectroscopic detection of CH4, HCl, CH2O, and NO2 has been carried out. A multi-reflection White cell was used in the experiment gaining ppb-level sensitivity. The DFG laser system has the features of compact, room-temperature operation, narrow line-width, and broadly continuous tunable range for potential applications in industry and environmental monitoring.

Integration system research and development for three-dimensional laser scanning information visualization in goaf

An integration processing system of three-dimensional laser scanning information visualization in goaf was developed. It is provided with multiple functions, such as laser scanning information management for goaf, cloud data de-noising optimization, construction, display and operation of three-dimensional model, model editing, profile generation, calculation of goaf volume and roof area, Boolean calculation among models and interaction with the third party soft ware. Concerning this system with a concise interface, plentiful data input/output interfaces, it is featured with high integration, simple and convenient operations of applications. According to practice, in addition to being well-adapted, this system is favorably reliable and stable.

Cap rock blast caving of cavity under open pit bench

A laser technique based scanning system was employed to make a comprehensive scanning through borehole forunmapped cavity under open pit bench,then the three-dimensional data will be obtained,and these data were used for theoreticalanalysis and numerical simulation to analyze the stability of cap rock.Acoustic emission techniques were also adopted to carry outlong term real time rupture monitoring in cap rock.Therefore,a complete safety evaluation system for the cap rock was establishedto ensure safe operation of subsequent blasting processes.The ideal way of eliminating collapse hazard of such cavity is cap rockcaving through deep-hole blasting,thus,two deep-hole blasting schemes named as vertical deep-hole blasting scheme and one-timeraise driving integrated with deep-hole bench blasting scheme were proposed.The vertical deep-hole blasting scheme has moreexplosive consumption,but the relatively simple blasting net work structure can greatly reduce workloads.However,the one-timeraise driving integrated with deep-hole bench blasting scheme can obviously reduce explosive consumption,but the higher technicalrequirements on drilling,explosive charging and blasting network will increase workloads.

Noise suppression for the detection laser of a nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope based on a liquid crystal variable retarder

Nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscopes （NMRGs） are a kind of rotation-speed sensor that senses the angular velocity by measuring a frequency shift in the Larmor pre- cession of the nuclear spin in a constant magnetic field.

Laser ultrasonic generation and optical detection and processing

History, present situation and importancy of the laser-generated ultrasonic technique are presented. Basic principles and some experimental results of laser ultrasonic generation and optical detection and processing are discussed. Several problems about applying this technique to NDT are also discussed in this paper.

Novel technique of controlled laser air-force detection for rheological properties of polymers

A novel controlled laser air-force detection(CLAFD)technique was developed to detect the rheological properties of polymers with the characteristics of non-destruction and cross-contamination free.Dynamic testing and static testing were carried out in the technique.Back propagation neural network algorithm was used to establish the air-force control model.The replicability of CLAFD system was analyzed,the viscoelastic properties of polyurethane were investigated using alternating load testing.A comparative analysis of performances was made between the CLAFD and the texture analysis(TA)on the testing of creep-recovery and stress relaxation.The results demonstrated that the CLAFD system had good replicability.The lagging phase angle was between 0°-90°in the testing of alternating load.This illustrated that the CLAFD technique could be used to detect viscoelasticity.The parameters of response speed and the precision of the CLAFD entirely surpassed the TA on the creep-recovery testing.The CLAFD technique will provide a new real-time,non-destruction and cross-contamination-free detection method for material science,especially for those materials such as artificial biological tissue and function food products.

Intra-Cavity Absorption Gas Sensors Using Wavelength Modulation and Wavelength Sweep

Wavelength modulation technique （WMT） and wavelength sweep technique （WST） are introduced into intra-cavity absorption gas sensors （ICAGS） for low concentration gas detection. The optimized parameters of the system maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） are found. Calibration of acetylene concentration and gas recognition are both realized.

Construction of Post-column Micro-membrane Reactor for Protein Analysis in Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection

Proteomics is becoming more and more mature, but the detection of low abundance proteins is still a difficult task. Laser-induced fluorescence（LIF） detection is one of the most sensitive detection methods in a capillary electrophoresis（CE） system. However, most proteins do not exhibit favourable native fluorescence, a derivatization procedure is necessary for LIF detection of proteins. Since the derivatization reaction between protein and fluorescent reagent takes place after the separation of protein, the separation cannot be compromised by multiple derivatization products, the post-column derivatization becomes an attractive method for derivatization in CE-LIF system.

Femtosecond laser processing stainless steel foil and its Fourier spectrum detection

In this paper, we use femtosecond laser pulse to scribe 304 stainless steel foil, detect the Fourier transform infrared spectrum of the sample before and after processing, confirm the "cold processing" and "thermal processing" and their mutual conversion, and determine the "cold processing" parameter window. The ablation threshold and incubation coefficient of 304 stainless steel foil are calculated, and the effects of scanning speed and effective pulse number on the ablation threshold are analyzed. The ANSYS software is used to simulate the radial and axial temperature distributions of the surface on 304 stainless steel foil sample and the heat-affected zone with a femtosecond laser fluence of 10 J/cm2 and an effective number of pulses of 1 200 are obtained. In the aspect of spectral detection, the Fourier transform infrared spectra of the sample before and after processing are measured and two processing mechanisms of "cold processing" and "hot processing" are confirmed, which proves that we can achieve the conversion between "cold processing" and "hot processing" by changing the laser fluence and determine the "cold processing" laser fluence range.

Theoretical analysis and numerical solution of laser pulse transformation for satellite laser ranging

The processes of the pulse transformation in satellite laser ranging (SLR) are analyzed,the analytical expressions of the transformation are deduced,and the effects of the transformation on Center-of-Mass corrections of satellite and ranging precision are discussed.The numerical solution of the transformation and its effects are also given.The results reveal the rules of pulse transformation affected by different kinds of factors.These are significant for designing the SLR system with millimeter accuracy.

A proposed approach for detecting terahertz pulses by using double few-cycle laser pulses with opposite carrier envelope phases

Previous research shows that few-cycle laser（FCL） pulses with low energy and without a bias field can be used to coherently detect terahertz（THz） pulses. As we know, it is very difficult to stabilize the carrier envelope phase（CEP） of FCL pulses, i.e., there are some random fluctuations for the CEP. Here we theoretically investigate the influence of such instability on the accuracy of THz detection. Our results show that although there is an optimum CEP for THz detection, the fluctuations of the CEP will lead to terrible thorns on the detected THz waveform. In order to solve this problem, we propose an approach using two few-cycle laser pulses with opposite CEPs, i.e., their CEPs are differed by π.

Simulation and retrieval for spaceborne aerosol and cloud high spectral resolution lidar of China

Clouds and aerosols can significantly affect global climate change and the atmospheric environment,and observing them three-dimensionally with high spatial and temporal resolutions is a long-standing issue.Spaceborne lidars are effective instruments for the vertical detection of clouds and aerosols globally.Numerous Mie scattering lidars were successfully launched and widely used,such as the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization(CALIOP)and Geoscience Laser Altimeter System.However,the retrieval of Mie scattering lidar data is an ill-posed problem that introduces a large uncertainty.The spaceborne Aerosol and Cloud High Spectral Resolution Lidar(ACHSRL)of China is currently under development and scheduled for launch in the near future.The ACHSRL attracted extensive attention,because it can separate Mie and Rayleigh scattering signals and avoid ill-posed retrieval.In this study,we conducted ACHSRL signal simulation and retrieval to explore the potential of the ACHSRL.First,we proposed a simplified scheme for retrieving optical parameters,which reduced the number of equations and intermediate variables of the traditional method and avoided false extrema in the backscatter coefficient retrieval.Additionally,the experiments showed that the backscatter coefficient retrieval was overestimated owing to the influence of the Poisson noise but can be corrected.Second,we examined the feasibility of the strategy of“first retrieving the lidar ratio then retrieving the extinction coefficient”to improve the extinction coefficient retrieval.We found that the retrieval error in the simulated cases can be reduced to less than 1%of the original retrieval error.Furthermore,we discussed the influence of the uncertainty of the iodine filter transmittance on the retrieval of the optical parameters and found that the average relative error was less than 1‰.Finally,we conducted simulation and retrieval based on the atmospheric parameters measured by the CALIOP.Results showed that the relative error in the backscatter and extinction coefficients at night was 12%and 28%for test cases,respectively,which was superior to that in the backscatter and extinction coefficients of the corresponding CALIOP product(i.e.,75%and 82%).This research is significant and useful for the development and application of satellite lidars in the future.

Influence of computation algorithm on the accuracy of rut depth measurement

Rutting is one of the dominant pavement distresses, hence, the accuracy of rut depth measurements can have a substantial impact on the maintenance and rehabilitation （M 8： R） strategies and funding allocation. Different computation algorithms such as straight- edge method and wire line method, which are based on the same raw data, may lead to rut depth estimation which are not always consistent. Therefore, there is an urgent need to assess the impact of algorithm types on the accuracy of rut depth computation. In this paper, a 1B-point-based laser sensor detection technology, commonly accepted in China for rut depth measurements, was used to obtain a database of 85,000 field transverse profiles having three representative rutting shapes with small, medium and high severity rut levels. Based on the reconstruction of real transverse profiles, the consequences from two different algorithms were compared. Results showed that there is a combined effect of rut depth and profile shape on the rut depth computation accuracy. As expected, the dif- ference between the results obtained with the two computation methods increases with deeper rutting sections： when the distress is above 15 mm （severe level）, the average dif- ference between the two computation methods is above 1.5 mm, normally, the wire line method provides larger results. The computation suggests that the rutting shapes have a minimal influence on the results. An in-depth analysis showed that the upheaval outside of the wheel path is a dominant shape factor which results in higher computation differences.