Development and verification of an innovative photomultiplier calibration system with a 10-fold increase in photometer resolution

In this study, we construct a photomultiplier calibration system. This calibration system can help scientists measuring and establishing the characteristic curve of the photon count versus light intensity. The system uses an innovative 10-fold optical attenuator to enable an optical power meter to calibrate photomultiplier tubes which have the resolution being much greater than that of the optical power meter. A simulation is firstly conducted to validate the feasibility of the system, and then the system construction, including optical design, circuit design, and software algorithm, is realized. The simulation generally agrees with measurement data of the constructed system, which are further used to establish the characteristic curve of the photon count versus light intensity.     

IIR滤波器在芯片原子钟中的应用

芯片原子钟是具有小体积,低功耗特点的原子钟。本文采用了IIR滤波器方案对芯片原子钟物理系统输出信号进行处理,该方案有利于减小芯片原子钟的体积、提高芯片原子钟短期频率稳定度。实验结果表明,与FIR滤波方案相比,IIR滤波器使用的FPGA资源减小了约58%;与现有模拟滤波方案相比,使用IIR滤波器方案的芯片原子钟频率稳定度提高了1.4×10~(-10)τ~(-1/2)(τ=1s-100s),电路面积减小了10%。     

光学采样成像系统传递函数补偿的试验研究

简要介绍了传递函数补偿（MTFC）验证试验，通过物理仿真和基于ISO20462的最小可觉差（JND）主观评价，对光学采样成像系统MTFC进行了研究。在实验室建立模拟采样成像系统进行物理仿真；通过对7次JND评价数据之间的相互验证，说明JND主观评价具有客观性，试验数据和MTFC验证结论准确可信。     

Langley method applied in study of aerosol optical depth in the Brazilian semiarid region using 500, 670 and 870 nm bands for sun photometer calibration

Due to the high costs of commercial monitoring instruments, a portable sun photometer was developed at INPE/CRN laboratories, operating in four bands, with two bands in the visible spectrum and two in near infrared. The instrument calibration process is performed by applying the classical Langley method. Application of the Langley’s methodology requires a site with high optical stability during the measurements, which is usually found in high altitudes. However, far from being an ideal site, Harrison et al. (1994) report success with applying the Langley method to some data for a site in Boulder, Colorado. Recently, Liu et al. (2011) show that low elevation sites, far away from urban and industrial centers can provide a stable optical depth, similar to high altitudes. In this study we investigated the feasibility of applying the methodology in the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil, far away from pollution areas with low altitudes, for sun photometer calibration. We investigated optical depth stability using two periods of measurements in the year during dry season in austral summer. The first one was in December when the native vegetation naturally dries, losing all its leaves and the second one was in September in the middle of the dry season when the vegetation is still with leaves. The data were distributed during four days in December 2012 and four days in September 2013 totaling eleven half days of collections between mornings and afternoons and by means of fitted line to the data V₀ values were found. Despite the high correlation between the collected data and the fitted line, the study showed a variation between the values of V₀ greater than allowed for sun photometer calibration. The lowest V₀ variation reached in this experiment with values lower than 3% for the bands 500, 670 and 870 nm are displayed in tables. The results indicate that the site needs to be better characterized with studies in more favorable periods, soon after the rainy season.     

频率稳定度与守时钟组配置关系研究CSCD

通过对中小型守时实验室对时间尺度稳定度的需求分析,以目前主流守时钟5071A为例,利用国际权度局公布的原子钟数据,研究不同钟组配置与时间尺度稳定度的关系,为中小时间实验室守时钟组的优化配置提供参考依据;权重确定是原子时算法的关键之一,通过对不同数量、不同取权规则的原子时计算结果进行统计分析与比较,提出中小时间实验室原子时尺度算法中的取权原则。     

CCD在零件几何尺寸测量方面应用的研究

本文介绍了ＣＣＤ用于测量零件几何尺寸的探讨，设计制作了测量系统，取得一批实验数据，经过分析提出了改进的方案，为今后在这方面的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

Effects of optical parameter measurement uncertainties and solar irradiance fluctuations on solar sailing

The heliocentric orbital dynamics of a spacecraft propelled by a solar sail is affected by some uncertainty sources, including possible inaccuracies in the measurement of the sail film optical properties. Moreover, the solar radiation pressure, which is responsible for the solar sail propulsive acceleration generation, is not time-constant and is subject to fluctuations that are basically unpredictable and superimposed to the well-known 11-year solar activity cycle. In this context, this work aims at investigating the effects of such uncertainties on the actual heliocentric trajectory of a solar sail by means of stochastic simulations performed with a generalized polynomial chaos procedure. The numerical results give an estimation of their impact on the actual heliocentric trajectory and identify whether some of the uncertainty sources are more relevant than others. This is a fundamental information for directing more accurate theoretical and experimental efforts toward the most important parameters, in order to obtain an accurate knowledge of the solar sail thrust vector characteristics and, eventually, of the spacecraft heliocentric position.     

HORACE: A compact cold atom clock for Galileo

HORACE (HOrloge à Refroidissement d’Atomes en Cellule = clock based on atoms cooled from vapour cell) is a compact cold caesium atom clock developed in SYRTE at Paris Observatory. This clock can operate both on ground and in microgravity environment. Design of HORACE is based on isotropic light cooling, allowing performing the whole clock sequence (cooling, atomic preparation, Ramsey interrogation and detection) at the same place. Compared to more conventional cold atom clocks such as atomic fountains, the use of isotropic light cooling simplifies both the optical part of the setup and the detection sequence, and leads to a drastic size reduction of the physics package. Very good short-term performances have been demonstrated at SYRTE since relative frequency instability of 2.2 × 10⁻¹³ τ^−1/2 has been obtained. Optimization of the long term stability is still under progress and current results show relative frequency instability around 3 × 10⁻¹⁵ in 10⁴ s of integration. With these performances, HORACE appears as a good candidate both for Galileo’s ground segment clock and for onboard Galileo clock.     

First astrometric observations of space debris with the MéO telescope

The MéO (for Métrologie Optique) telescope is the Satellite and Lunar Laser Ranging (SLR) dedicated telescope of Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (France) located at plateau de Calern. The telescope uses an altazimuth mount. The motorization of the mount has a capability of 6 deg/s allowing the follow up of Low Earth Orbits (LEO) satellites, as well as Medium Earth Orbits (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites, and the Moon. The telescope has a primary mirror of 1.54 m. It uses a Nasmyth focus equipped with an EMCCD camera. The telescope field of view, defined by the equivalent focal length and the size of the camera, is currently 3.4 arcmin × 3.4 arcmin.     

镀膜光纤声相位调制器的研究

本文主要讨论氧化锌镀膜光纤光相位调制器。首先介绍了氧化锌镀膜光纤的几何结构，然后分析了此几何结构压电声光振荡的基本原理并推出了氧化锌镀膜光纤声光相位调制器Ｔ型网络的等效电路模型，最后给出了氧化锌镀膜光纤声光相位调制器的实验测试装置及基本工程原理。