Modified Omega-K algorithm for processing helicopter-borne frequency modulated continuous waveform rotating synthetic aperture radar data

With appropriate geometry configuration, helicopter- borne rotating synthetic aperture radar （ROSAR） can break through the limitations of monostatic synthetic aperture radar （SAR） on forward-looking imaging. With this capability, ROSAR has extensive potential applications, such as self-navigation and self-landing. Moreover, it has many advantages if combined with the frequency modulated continuous wave （FMCW） technology. A novel geometric configuration and an imaging algorithm for helicopter-borne FMCW-ROSAR are proposed. Firstly, by per- forming the equivalent phase center principle, the separated trans- mitting and receiving antenna system is equalized to the case of system configuration with antenna for both transmitting and receiving signals. Based on this, the accurate two-dimensional spectrum is obtained and the Doppler frequency shift effect in- duced by the continuous motion of the platform during the long pulse duration is compensated. Next, the impacts of the velocity approximation error on the imaging algorithm are analyzed in de- tail, and the system parameters selection and resolution analysis are presented. The well-focused SAR image is then obtained by using the improved Omega-K algorithm incorporating the accurate compensation method for the velocity approximation error. FJnally, correctness of the analysis and effectiveness of the proposed al- gorithm are demonstrated through simulation results.

Numerical Simulation of Water Waves’ Modulational Instability under the Effects of Wind’s Stress and Gravity Force Relaxation

The waves driven by the wind do not move on the water as ordinarily done by sailboats. Indeed, the movement of the waves driven by the wind is more complex than the sailboats’ translation movement that we know. The movement of the wave in our particular case results from the chain-job done by wind’s stress and gravity forces: material is collected upstream (erosion phenomenon) and then deposited on the wave’s summit by the wind. This material deposited on the summit of the wave by the wind is then removed and dispatched on the downstream side of the wave by gravity forces. As always happens in any chain-job: if the wind works faster than gravity forces, great accumulation of material will occur at the summit of the wave that will lead to an increase in its (the wave in this case) height. If conversely the wind works more slowly, a deficit in material delivery will occur and gravity force goes directly to remove material on the wave’s summit and lead to a decrease in its height. In terms of Mechanics, we know that the main obstacle that can seriously disturb the work of the wind is the unavailability of water or so its viscosity. Given the complexity of the process to be studied, it seemed necessary for us to make a use of modulational instability theories such as the standard NLSE in order to better understand the contribution of wind and water viscosity to modulations of driven waves’ amplitudes (or phases): modulations which sometimes can accidentally trigger unpredictable rogue waves.

Modeling of the influences of multiple modulated electron cyclotron current drive on NTMs in rotating plasma

In this work, physical models of neoclassical tearing modes （NTMs） including bootstrap current and multiple modulated electron cyclotron current drive model are applied. Based on the specific physical problems during the suppression of NTMs by driven current, this work compares the efficiency of continuous and modulated driven currents, and simulates the physical processes of multiple modulated driven currents on suppressing rotating magnetic island. It is found that when island rotates along the poloidal direction, the suppression ability of continuous driven current can be massively reduced due to current deposition outside the island separatrix and reverse deposition direction at the X point, which can be avoided by current drive modulation. Multiple current drive has a better suppressing effect than single current drive. This work gives realistic numerical simulations by optimizing the model and parameters based on the experiments, which could provide references for successful suppression of NTMs in future advanced tokamak such as international thermonuclear experimental reactor.

Determine the physical mechanism and source region of beat wave modulation by changing the frequency of high-frequency waves

This paper introduces a new approach for the determination of the source region of beat wave(BW)modulation.This type of modulation is achieved by transmitting high-frequency(HF)continuous waves with a frequency difference f,where f is the frequency of modulated ELF/VLF(extremely low frequency/very low frequency)waves from two sub-arrays of a high power HF transmitter.Despite the advantages of BW modulation in terms of generating more stable ELF/VLF signal and high modulation efficiency,there exists a controversy on the physical mechanism of BW and its source region.In this paper,the two controversial theories,i.e.,BW based on D-E region thermal nonlinearity and BW based on F region ponderomotive nonlinearity are examined for cases where each of these two theories exists exclusively or both of them exist simultaneously.According to the analysis and simulation results presented in this paper,it is found that the generated VLF signal amplitude exhibits significant variation as a function of HF frequency in different source regions.Therefore,this characteristic can be utilized as a potential new approach to determine the physical mechanism and source location of BW.

On the Time Fractional Modulation for Electron Acoustic Shock Waves

Nonlinear features of electron-acoustic shock waves are studied. The Burgers equation is derived and converted to the time fractional Burgers equation by Agrawal＇s method. Using the Adomian decomposition method, the shock wave solutions of the time fractional Burgers equation are constructed. The effect of time fractional parameter on the shock wave properties in auroral plasma ＆ investigated.

Single Mode Periodic Wave Trains in Self-Gravitating Dusty Plasma

In this paper, we consider the dynamics of modulated waves in an unmagnetized, non-isothermal self-gravitating dusty plasma model. The varying charge on the moving dust, as it moves in and out of regions of differing electron and ion densities (due to changes in the electrostatic potential), will be out of phase with the equilibrium charge. The effect of the dust is to increase the phase velocity of the ion-acoustic (IA) waves i.e. decrease the Landau damping. In the low-amplitude limit and weak damping, we apply the reductive perturbation method on the model that resulted to the complex cubic Ginzburg-Landau (CCGL) equation. From these results, it is observed that, the plasma parameters strongly influence the properties of the solitary wave solution namely, the amplitude and the width. The effects of non-isothermal electrons, gravity, dust charge fluctuations and drifting motion on the ion-acoustic solitary waves are discussed with application in astrophysical contexts. It is also observed that the number of charges residing on the dust grains increases the modulational stability of the plane waves in the plasma, thus, enhancing the generation of modulated waves.

Adaptive digital self-interference cancellation based on fractional order LMS in LFMCW radar

Adaptive digital self-interference cancellation(ADSIC)is a significant method to suppress self-interference and improve the performance of the linear frequency modulated continuous wave(LFMCW)radar.Due to efficient implementation structure,the conventional method based on least mean square(LMS)is widely used,but its performance is not sufficient for LFMCW radar.To achieve a better self-interference cancellation(SIC)result and more optimal radar performance,we present an ADSIC method based on fractional order LMS(FOLMS),which utilizes the multi-path cancellation structure and adaptively updates the weight coefficients of the cancellation system.First,we derive the iterative expression of the weight coefficients by using the fractional order derivative and short-term memory principle.Then,to solve the problem that it is difficult to select the parameters of the proposed method due to the non-stationary characteristics of radar transmitted signals,we construct the performance evaluation model of LFMCW radar,and analyze the relationship between the mean square deviation and the parameters of FOLMS.Finally,the theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed method has a better SIC performance than the conventional methods.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD IN A SOLDER BALL UNDER PULSED LASER AND ITS EFFECT ON THE VIBRATION OF THE SOLDER

The research presented here is focused on the vibration condition of a small volume solder solder ball,which is placed on the surface of a soldering pad and is exerted a pulse modulated continuous wave laser heat source. Finite element method is applied to analyzed the temperature field in the solder ball, and experi- ment is conducted to test the vibration. the results show that,that, the temperature field flucturates with the same frequency as that of the laser pulse, which in turn causes a forced vibration of the same frequency in the liquid solder ball.

基于激光调频连续波正反向调谐色散对消方法

为了减小宽带激光调频连续波测量中的色散失配效应,提出了一种外腔可调谐激光器正、反向调谐消除色散失配的方法。当外腔可调谐激光器与光纤光路结合时,系统将产生色散失配效应,表现为目标信号的谱峰展宽和峰值偏移,测距值随调谐带宽增加而变化,导致测量不稳定。为了解决这一问题,研究了外腔可调谐激光器正、反向调谐时的系统色散失配特性,结果表明,在正反向扫频时色散趋势具有对称分布的特点,建立了正反向扫频系统色散失配模型,在此基础上提出通过外腔激光器正、反向调谐实现色散对消。该方法不需要预先标定系统的色散系数,也不需要循环迭代补偿,单次测量即可完成系统色散补偿,从而为提高色散补偿效率提供了一种思路。

Active metasurfaces for manipulatable terahertz technology

Metasurface is a kind of two-dimensional metamaterial with specially designed sub-wavelength unit cells.It consists of single-layer or few-layer stacks of planar structures and possesses certain superior abilities to manipulate the propagating electromagnetic waves,including the terahertz(THz)ones.Compared with the usual passive THz metasurfaces whose optical properties are difficult to be controlled after fabrication,the active materials are highly desirable to enable dynamic and tunable control of THz waves.In this review,we briefly summarize the progress of active THz metasurfaces,from their physical mechanisms on carrier concentration modulations,phase transitions,magneto-optical effects,etc.,for various possible THz applications mainly with low-dimensional materials,vanadium dioxide films,and superconductors.

An Improved Coupling of Numerical and Physical Models for Simulating Wave Propagation

An improved coupling of numerical and physical models for simulating 2D wave propagation is developed in this paper. In the proposed model, an unstructured finite element model （FEM） based Boussinesq equations is applied for the numerical wave simulation, and a 2D piston-type wavemaker is used for the physical wave generation. An innovative scheme combining fourth-order Lagrange interpolation and Runge-Kutta scheme is described for solving the coupling equation. A Transfer function modulation method is presented to minimize the errors induced from the hydrodynamic invalidity of the coupling model and/or the mechanical capability of the wavemaker in area where nonlinearities or dispersion predominate. The overall performance and applicability of the coupling model has been experimentally validated by accounting for both regular and irregular waves and varying bathymetry. Experimental results show that the proposed numerical scheme and transfer function modulation method are efficient for the data transfer from the numerical model to the physical model up to a deterministic level.

Modeling of nonlinear envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas:Instability and collision

Modeling of instability and collision of nonlinear dust-acoustic（NDA） envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas（SCDPs） is theoretically investigated. The SCDPs consists of strongly correlated negatively variable-charged dust grains and weakly correlated Boltzmann electrons and ions. Using the derivative expansion perturbation technique, a nonlinear Schr dinger-type（NLST） equation for describing the propagation of NDA envelope solitons is derived. Moreover,the extended Poincar′e–Lighthill–Kuo（EPLK） method is employed to deduce the analytical phase shifts and the trajectories after the collision of NDA envelope solitons. In detail, the results show that both modulation instability and phase shift after collision of NDA envelope solitons will modify with the increase in the effects of the viscosity, the relaxation time, and the dust charge fluctuation. Crucially, the modeling of dust-acoustic envelope solitons collision, as reported here, is helpful for understanding the propagation of NDA envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas.

Optical Rogue Wave Excitation and Modulation on a Bright Soliton Background

We study rogue waves in an inhomogeneous nonlinear optical fiber with variable coefficients. An exact rogue wave solution that describes rogue wave excitation and modulation on a bright soliton pulse is obtained. Special properties of rogue waves on the bright soliton, such as the trajectory and spectrum, are analyzed in detail. In particular, our analytical results suggest a way of sustaining the peak shape of rogue waves on the soliton background by choosing an appropriate dispersion parameter.

Range Ambiguity Elimination in a Short-Range FMCW Radar System

Modified implementation architecture for sinusoidal frequency modulation is introduced to extract the range information from the received radar echo. Range ambiguity problem arises because the range is calculated from the estimated phase of the received signal which is wrapped into （0, 2π]. By integrating Doppler frequency shifts, the variation of range can be estimated and used as an auxiliary information to help eliminating the corresponding range ambiguity. The performance of the new technique is evaluated by simulations. The results show that this technique is robust to sever phase noise and can be used effectively for ambiguity elimination of the modified sinusoidal frequency modulated continuous wave radar.

High-Precision Vital Signs Detection Method Based on Spectrum Refinement and Extended DCMA

In this paper,the spectral estimation algorithm is extended to the detection of human vi-tal signs by mm-wave frequency modulated continuous wave(FMCW)radar,and a comprehensive algorithm based on spectrum refinement and the extended differentiate and cross multiply al-gorithm(DCMA)has been proposed.Firstly,the improved DFT algorithm is used to accurately obtain the distance window of human body.Secondly,phase ambiguity in phase extraction is avoided based on extended DCMA algorithm.Then,the spectrum range of refinement is determ-ined according to the peak position of the spectrum,and the respiratory and heartbeat frequency information is obtained by using chirp z-transform(CZT)algorithm to perform local spectrum re-finement.For verification,this paper has simulated the radar echo signal modulated by the simu-lated cardiopulmonary signal according to the proposed algorithm.By recovering the simulated car-diopulmonary signal,the high-precision respiratory and heartbeat frequency have been obtained.The results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively restore human breathing and heart-beat signals,and the relative error of frequency estimation is basically kept below 1.5%.

WIDE SWATH FMCW SAR DATA PROCESSING IN SQUINT MODE

This paper concentrates on the data processing of Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave(FMCW),Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR)in the case of wide swath and squint mode.In the mode,the Doppler centroid dramatically varies along slant range compared to conventional pulsed-SAR.This poses a challenge for system design and signal processing since a very large azimuth bandwidth would be introduced.In the paper,we accommodate the Doppler centroid variations with range by an improved spectral-length extension method,where a bulk range shift and updated Doppler centroid variations are introduced to greatly reduce the azimuth aliasing with respective to the existing methods.Moreover,an image formation approach that integrates wave number domain algorithm is presented to focus the raw data of FMCW SAR in the case of wide swath and squint mode.Point target simulation experiment demonstrates the advantages of the presented method.

Fractal Laser Cone Structures Proposed to Confine Antimatter

Flat, straight sheets of paper, standing vertically on edge cannot support any load placed upon their top edge, but once formed into fractal tube conic sections, they have been measured to support up to 97.52 (± 2.27) kilograms (215 (± 5) pounds) of weight with strength-per-weight ratio up to 10,336 (± 240). So, strength has been discovered to be an emergent characteristic arising solely from addition of intelligent order. It is proposed to impose such intelligent order upon, preferably, at least 6 laser beams by focusing each of them to form cones of light, arranging the cones to form a wall of a larger fractal cone, and converging all of them to a common focal point inside a vacuum chamber to give them sufficient strength near this focal point to attract, hold, and move neutral antimatter, preferably anti-lithium. This opens the new field of structural engineering of light and re-defines the concept of strength. Means of cancelling out radiation pressure by reflection of laser beams back to the common focal point are proposed to enable laser confinement of particles having low polarizability, such as anti-hydrogen. Counter-circulation of light by reflection at grazing incidence is proposed as a means of returning escaping antimatter back to the common focal point containment area. Means are proposed to inject a stream of matter into the contained antimatter to create a matter-antimatter reactor and propulsion engine. Since anti-lithium is not available, yet, means are proposed to test these structures by confining ordinary lithium, instead, and by hitting it with anti-protons and/or positrons. Means are proposed to modulate the matter-antimatter reaction with information to create modulated gravitational waves for communication. The proposed structures would enable efficient, stable, safe confinement of antimatter, which would allow better study of antimatter, and make possible renewable, clean, safe, matter-antimatter reactor generators and propulsion engines, antimatter-assisted fusion reactors, and modulated gravitational wave generators.

Intrapulse coherence degradation suppressing method of echo signal in coherent lidar

Aiming at coherence degradation during target detection,a suppressing method based on frequency-modulated continuous wave coherent lidar is proposed.Combined with a random iteration algorithm,a long-pulse echo signal with coherent degradation is matched with random phase noise of a certain frequency and achieves coherence restoration.Simulation and field experiment results show that this proposed method can recover the intrapulse coherence in long-pulse echo signals.In addition,for the real target echo signal at 4.2 and 19.8 km,the peak signal-to-noise ratio processed by this method is increased by 0.35 times and 4 times after pulse compression,respectively.

Realization of a full hierarchical topology in hexagonal bilayer acoustic crystals

Recently, there has been significant research interest in higher-order topological states within artificial lattices, primarily due to their potential for manipulating waves. In this study, we focus on a three-dimensional hexagonal bilayer acoustic crystal with rotation, layer, and translation degrees of freedom. By systematically reducing the crystal symmetries, we realize a full hierarchical structure of the higher-order topological states. This hierarchical progression begins with the valley-induced twodimensional surface state, followed by the one-dimensional hinge state that arises from the topological obstruction, and ultimately culminating in the zero-dimensional corner state resulting from the edge polarization mechanism. Through finite element simulations and numerical calculations of topological invariants, we confirm the topological origins of all these hierarchical states. Moreover, we successfully verified the full hierarchical topology by directly probing the acoustic field within a finitesized three-dimensional sample. This study offers novel perspectives on the fundamental research pertaining to wave modulation and the intelligent control of sound fields.

Photo-reconfigurable and electrically switchable spatial terahertz wave modulator[Invited]

Spatial terahertz wave modulators that can arbitrarily tailor the electromagnetic wavefront are in high demand in nondestructive inspections and high-capacity wireless communications.Here,we propose a liquid crystal integrated metadevice.It modulates the terahertz wave based on the adjustable electromagnetically induced transparency analog when spatially changing the environmental refractive index.The functions of the device can be arbitrarily programmed via photo-reorienting the directors of liquid crystals with a digital micromirror device-based exposing system.The thin liquid crystal layer can be further driven by an electric field,and thus the function can be rapidly switched.Amplitude modulation and the lens effect are demonstrated with modulation depths over 50%at 0.94 THz.