Selective thermal emission and infrared camouflage based on layered media

Infrared camouflage based on artificial thermal metasurfaces has recently attracted significant attention. By eliminating thermal radiation differences between the object and the background, it is possible to hide a given object from infrared detection. Infrared camouflage is an important element that increases the survivability of aircraft and missiles, by reducing target susceptibility to infrared guided threats. Herein, a simple and practicable design is theoretically presented based on a multilayer film for infrared stealth, with distinctive advantages of scalability, flexible fabrication, and structural simplicity. The multilayer medium consists of silicon substrate, carbon layer and zinc sulfide film, the optical properties of which are determined by transfer matrix method. By locally changing the thickness of the coating film, the spatial tunability and continuity in thermal emission are demonstrated. A continuous change of emissive power is further obtained and consequently implemented to achieve thermal camouflage functionality. In addition, other functionalities, like thermal illusion and thermal coding, are demonstrated by thickness-engineered multilayer films.     

大气环境监测卫星激光雷达技术

星载激光雷达是高精度测量全球大气CO2柱浓度和气溶胶垂直廓线的重要手段，大气环境监测卫星大气探测激光雷达(ACDL)在一套激光雷达中集成了2种探测体制，采用1 572 nm积分路径激光差分吸收方法测量全球CO2柱浓度，采用532 nm高光谱探测(HSRL)方法测量气溶胶和云的垂直廓线，均为国际首次在星载平台成功验证，是国际首个星载CO2探测激光雷达和国际首个高光谱气溶胶探测激光雷达。在国际已发射的星载激光雷达中，ACDL激光雷达是探测体制最全、波长最多、能量最高、频率最稳和精度最准的激光雷达，实现了创新跨越。大气探测激光雷达在轨连续工作，首次获得了全天时精度优于1 ppm的全球CO2柱浓度、精度优于20%的气溶胶廓线等遥感数据。本文介绍了ACDL激光雷达的工作原理、系统参数以及相关的定标测试结果。