Simultaneous estimation of aerosol optical constants and size distribution from angular light-scattering measurement signals

The angular light-scattering measurement（ALSM） method combined with an improved artificial bee colony algorithm is introduced to determine aerosol optical constants and aerosol size distribution（ASD） simultaneously. Meanwhile, an optimized selection principle of the ALSM signals based on the sensitivity analysis and principle component analysis（PCA）is proposed to improve the accuracy of the retrieval results. The sensitivity analysis of the ALSM signals to the optical constants or characteristic parameters in the ASD is studied first to find the optimized selection region of measurement angles. Then, the PCA is adopted to select the optimized measurement angles within the optimized selection region obtained by sensitivity analysis. The investigation reveals that, compared with random selection measurement angles, the optimized selection measurement angles can provide more useful measurement information to ensure the retrieval accuracy. Finally,the aerosol optical constants and the ASDs are reconstructed simultaneously. The results show that the retrieval accuracy of refractive indices is better than that of absorption indices, while the characteristic parameters in ASDs have similar retrieval accuracy. Moreover, the retrieval accuracy in studying L-N distribution is a little better than that in studying Gamma distribution for the difference of corresponding correlation coefficient matrixes of the ALSM signals. All the results confirm that the proposed technique is an effective and reliable technique in estimating the aerosol optical constants and ASD simultaneously.

Dynamic error research and application of an angular measuring system belonging to a high precision excursion test turntable

Angular measuring system is the most important component of a servo turntable in inertial test apparatus. Its function and precision determine the turntable＇ s function and precision. It attaches importance to research on inertial test equipment. This paper introduces the principle of the angular measuring system using amplitude discrimination mode. The dynamic errors axe analyzed from the aspects of inductosyn, amplitude and function error of double-phase voltage and wavefonn distortion. Through detailed calculation, theory is provided for practical application; system errors are allocated and the angular measuring system meets the accuracy requirement. As a result, the schedule of the angular measuring system can be used in practice.

Application of wavelet analysis to fault diagnosis of angular measuring system

For fault diagnosis, signal singularity and irregularity discontinuity fraction are very significant characteristics of signal. The discontinuity of output signal represents a system fault . In an angular measuring system, function transformer uses two D/A convertors, output circuit fault of a D/A convertor brings about discontinuity of one phase input voltage amplitude of inductosyn, results in a system error exceeding the allowable error and reduces the system accuracy. This is the reason why discontinuity is detected. Fourier transform has no resolution ability in angular domain, but wavelet can analyse signal in angular and frequency domains. So we decompose the error signal of angular measuring system by wavelet, detect the signal singularity at high frequency layer and find out the accurate position of it.

A new method for angular displacement measurement

We describe a new method for angular displacement measurements that is based on a Fabry-Perot interferometer. A measurement accuracy of 10-8 rad is obtained by use of the sinusoidal phase modulating interferometry. Another Fabry-Perot interferometer is used to obtain the key initial angle of incidence.

Sinusoidal Phase-Modulating Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Angular Displacement Measurement

In this paper, a sinusoidal phase-modulating Fabry-Perot interferometer is proposed to measure angular displacement. The usefulness of the interferometer is demonstrated by simulations and experiments.

Enhancement of the angular rotation measurement sensitivity based on SU(2)and SU(1,1) interferometers

We investigate the sensitivity of the angular rotation measurement with the method of homodyne detection in SU(2) and SU(1,1) interferometers by employing orbital angular momentum(OAM). By combining a coherent beam with a vacuum beam in an SU(2) interferometer, we get the sensitivity of the angular rotation measurement as 1/(2N^(1/2)l). We can surpass the limit of the angular rotation measurement in an SU(1,1) interferometer by combining a coherent beam with a vacuum beam or a squeezed vacuum beam when the probe beam has OAM. Without injection, the sensitivity can reach 1/(2N^(1/2)l). In addition, by employing another construction of an SU(1,1) interferometer where the pump beam has OAM, with the same injection of an SU(1,1) interferometer, the sensitivity of the angular rotation measurement can be improved by a factor of 2, reaching 1/(4Nl). The results confirm the potential of this technology for precision measurements in angular rotation measurements.

New Precision Guidance Method Based on Bistatic Synthetic Apterture Radar

A new method is presented to improve guidance precision. This method is based on bistatic synthetic aperture radar. The illuminator works in side looking mode, providing the synthetic aperture and the receiver is disposed on the seeker which operates in the forward looking mode. The receiving antenna is composed of four sub-antennas and so four synthetic aperture radar （SAR） images are to be generated. Target is positioned in SAR images by image matching. The bearing and elevation of image element of target are measured by the principle of monopulse angular measurement. Theory of the proposed method is derived and simulation on bearing measurement is done. Simulation shows that the method is valid and if SNR of target＇s image is above 30 dB, the angular measuring difference is within the confines of 0.04 degree.

ANN model of subdivision error based on genetic algorithm

According to the test data of subdivision errors in the measuring cycle of angular measuring system, the characteristics of subdivision errors generated by this system are analyzed. It is found that the subdivision errors are mainly due to the rotary-type inductosyn itself. For the characteristic of cyclical change, the subdivision errors in other measuring cycles can be compensated by the subdivision error model in one measuring cycle. Using the measured error data as training samples, combining GA and BP algorithm, an ANN model of subdivision error is designed. Simulation results indicate that GA reduces the uncertainty in the training process of the ANN model, and enhances the generalization of the model. Compared with the error model based on the least-mean-squared method, the designed ANN model of subdivision errors can achieve higher compensating precision.

Single-shot phase retrieval for randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beams

Vortex beams with orbital angular momentum play a crucial role in increasing the information capacity in optical communications.The magnitude of orbital angular momentum determines the ability of information encoding.In practice,a vortex beam can encounter random objects or turbulence during free-space propagation,resulting in information damage.Therefore,accurately measuring the orbital angular momentum of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam is a considerable challenge.Herein,we propose a single-shot method for the phase retrieval of a randomly fluctuated and obstructed vortex beam by combining the phase-shift theorem and self-reference holography.Experimental results reveal that the sign and magnitude of the initial orbital angular momentum can be simultaneously determined based on their quantitative relation with the number of coherence singularities on the observation plane,thus addressing the effects of random occlusion and atmospheric turbulence.The proposed method considerably improved the accurate decoding of orbital angular momentum information in nonideal freespace optical communications.

Attitude Control of Rigid Body with Inertia Uncertainty and Saturation Input

In this paper, the attitude control problem of rigid body is addressed with considering inertia uncertainty,bounded time-varying disturbances, angular velocity-free measurement, and unknown non-symmetric saturation input. Using a mathematical transformation, the effects of bounded time-varying disturbances, uncertain inertia,and saturation input are combined as total disturbances. A novel finite-time observer is designed to estimate the unknown angular velocity and the total disturbances. For attitude control, an observer-based sliding-mode control protocol is proposed to force the system state convergence to the desired sliding-mode surface; the finite-time stability is guaranteed via Lyapunov theory analysis. Finally, a numerical simulation is presented to illustrate the effective performance of the proposed sliding-mode control protocol.