TiO2基紫外探测器的制备及退火工艺对光电性能的影响

采用磁控溅射方法,通过不同工艺的退火处理,制备了光电性能优良的TiO2基紫外探测器.通过紫外光电性能测试、扫描电子显微镜( SEM)观察及X射线衍射(XRD)分析,研究了退火工艺对探测器光电性能的影响规律.结果表明:随着退火温度的增加,TiO2晶粒尺寸显著增大,晶界和缺陷数量的变化是导致TiO2基紫外探测器的光电性能随退火工艺变化的根本原因.经500℃/2h退火后,紫外探测器的光电流高出暗电流近2.5个数量级,紫外波段的光响应高出可见光波段近2个数量级,所制备紫外探测器达到了高辐射灵敏度和可见盲特性的要求.     

薄膜生长工艺对TiO_2基紫外探测器光电性能的影响

分别采用磁控溅射和溶胶-凝胶工艺制备了相同厚度的TiO2薄膜,并用以制备了金属-半导体-金属(MSM)结构TiO2基紫外探测器。通过紫外光电性能测试、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察及X射线衍射(XRD)分析,研究了TiO2薄膜生长工艺对探测器光电性能的影响规律。结果表明:磁控溅射工艺下,探测器的光电流虽然较低,但响应时间和暗电流远小于溶胶-凝胶工艺制备的探测器,其具备了高辐射灵敏度和快速响应特性。磁控溅射工艺制备的TiO2薄膜结构较为致密,晶界和缺陷较少,方阻较高,这是其取得优良的光电特性的原因。     

Ag/TiO2/ITO紫外探测器的制备及其光电性能

采用胶体晶体模板技术,结合磁控溅射工艺,制备出光电性能较为优异的 Ag反点阵列/TiO2/ITO三明治结构紫外探测器。通过扫描电子显微镜( SEM)、XRD、四探针测试仪及半导体参数测试仪对探测器的微观结构和光电性能进行了测试与表征。结果表明：反点阵列孔径对探测器光电性能影响较为显著;随着孔径增大,探测器的暗电流逐渐增大,光电流先增大后减小,响应时间逐渐延长;孔径为4.2μm时,探测器的光电性能达到最佳;孔径较大的反点阵列电极,具有较高的电导率、较低的紫外光透过率以及较大的光生电子-空穴的复合概率。     

ZnO/SBA-15无机热控涂层填料及涂层性能

开展高紫外-可见-近红外反射能力热控填料的制备,研制新型低吸收比(α_S)高发射率(ε_H)无机热控涂层。以自制SBA-15和ZnO前驱体为原料通过溶剂热浸渍和高温煅烧法制备ZnO/SBA-15填料,然后与硅酸钾(K_2SiO_3)制备无机热控涂层;采用SAXD、XRD、SEM、太阳反射光谱分析填料和涂层的性能。结果显示采用硝酸锌作为前驱体、m(ZnO)∶m(SBA-15)=3∶7、950℃下烧结3 h可以得到高紫外-可见-近红外反射能力的填料;ZnO/SBA-15/K_2SiO_3无机涂层的α_S为0.09,ε_H为0.91,涂层结合力等级为1级,经过100次-196～100℃热循环实验后,涂层无脱落和开裂现象。SBA-15改性ZnO可以获得具有高紫外反射率和低α_S的热控填料,ZnO/SBA-15填料制备的无机热控涂层同样具备高紫外反射率、低α_S和高ε_H,可以满足航天器高效散热的需求,应用前景良好。     

硅光电倍增探测器温度特性分析与实验

SiPM(Silicon Photo-multiplier,硅光电倍增探测器)是近年来逐渐兴起的一种用于光探测领域的光电探测器件。与传统的PMT(Photo-multiplier tube,光电倍增管)相比,它有着尺寸小、工作电压低、几乎不受磁场影响等优点,但其缺点是对环境温度变化较敏感。为了掌握SiPM性能指标随环境温度的变化规律,搭建了SiPM温度特性实验系统,通过改变环境温度来实时测量记录SiPM的雪崩临界电压和增益,从而定量得出SiPM的温度特性,并通过理论计算对实验数据进行分析。结果表明,当环境温度降低时,SiPM的雪崩临界电压随之线性下降,增益随之线性增大。     

可见光迷彩低红外发射率薄膜制备及其特性

采用多弧离子镀技术,在Al基底上制备了TiO2/TiN多层膜。通过控制基底材料的粗糙度使制备出的薄膜在可见波段具有非镜面反射效果。采用扫描电镜、红外辐射率测量仪、紫外-可见-近红外光光度计等测试手段对薄膜样品进行了表征。结果表明,采用多弧离子镀法在Al基底上制备了结合力良好、具有迷彩效果的低红外发射率薄膜。研究发现,随氧化层厚度增加,薄膜发射率趋向稳定(0.2左右)。薄膜电阻随氧化层厚度的变化无明显变化。     

激波管高温空气绝对辐射功率实验测量

利用激波管加热技术,得到1000K～3000K温度范围内的高温空气,利用宽波段能量计、光电探测器以及滤波片等设备,测量出高温空气在0.3μm～9μm宽波段范围内绝对辐射功率,以及中心波长在4.26μm、5.23μm、8.32μm处、单位波长的绝对辐射功率;实验结果表明,在1000K～2000K温度范围内,高温空气宽波段的辐射功率约为60 W/cm~3·MP,且辐射主要集中在21μm～8μm波段范围内;当温度高于2000K以上,辐射功率随着温度的升高增大较快,且辐射向紫外、可见方向移动;在3000K时,高温空气在0.3μm～9μm宽波段范围内的辐射功率约为150W/(cm~3·MP).     

纳米吸波复合材料及其在隐身飞机上的应用

近年来,随着先进红外/紫外探测器、毫米波段雷达等新型先进探测器的相继问世,对原有的飞机隐身技术提出了新的、更严峻的挑战.一种类型的材料已很难满足飞机隐身技术所提出的"薄、轻、宽、强"的综合要求,而是需要将多种吸波材料进行多种形式的复合来获得最佳的隐身效果.     

使用调制后的综合差分光学传感的微机械加速度计的比较性研究

本论文讲述了一种新型微机械加速度计的装配和特性，这种加速率计使用了一种新的传感技术，用调制后的综合差分光学传感（MIDOS），以探测它们检测质量的位移输出，此文讲述了混合电路装置的装配过程，这个装置由一个由铟撞击一个含有光电探测器的一个CMOS集成电路片而连接的总的微型机械部分和数字显示装置的电子线路组成，且装配了一些光电元件，并赋予它们特性。本文仔细讨论了光电元件间的差异以及它们测量特性间的比较（噪音等效加速度（NEA），带宽和线性），光电元件演示了带宽1KHz-4KHz，范围70（ug/√Hz)-1(mg/√Hz）的噪音等效加速度。     

ZnO/Ni-B_i复合光阳极的制备及其光电催化氧化水性能

利用沉淀预处理在基底上生长晶种的方法,在氧化铟锡(ITO)导电玻璃表面水热生长出分布均匀、与基底结合牢固、具有较高光电催化分解水制氧性能的ZnO纳米棒。用电助光沉积的方法将电催化剂Ni-Bi与ZnO复合,用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)及紫外可见漫反射光谱对ZnO/Ni-Bi复合光阳极的结构进行了表征,并采用电化学和光电化学技术研究了ZnO/Ni-Bi复合光阳极的光电催化分解水性能,对不同的复合方式、复合时间以及热处理对复合结构催化活性的影响进行了研究。复合Ni-Bi后,ZnO的性能获得了最高40%的提升。光阳极表面沉积的Ni-Bi分离电子空穴抑制其复合,有效地利用了ZnO产生的光生空穴,将水氧化形成氧气,从而显著提高了光照条件下ZnO催化氧化水的效率。     

Multi-Spectral Imager on the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission

A multispectral imager has been developed for a rendezvous mission with the near-Earth asteroid, 433 Eros. The Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) on the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft uses a five-element refractive optical telescope, has a field of view of 2.93 × 2.25°, a focal length of 167.35 mm, and has a spatial resolution of 16.1 × 9.5 m at a range of 100 km. The spectral sensitivity of the instrument spans visible to near infrared wavelengths, and was designed to provide insight into the nature and fundamental properties of asteroids and comets. Seven narrow band spectral filters were chosen to provide multicolor imaging and to make comparative studies with previous observations of S asteroids and measurements of the characteristic absorption in Fe minerals near 1 µm. An eighth filter with a much wider spectral passband will be used for optical navigation and for imaging faint objects, down to visual magnitude of +10.5. The camera has a fixed 1 Hz frame rate and the signal intensities are digitized to 12 bits. The detector, a Thomson-CSF TH7866A Charge-Coupled Device, permits electronic shuttering which effectively varies the dynamic range over an additional three orders of magnitude. Communication with the NEAR spacecraft occurs via a MIL-STD-1553 bus interface, and a high speed serial interface permits rapid transmission of images to the spacecraft solid state recorder. Onboard image processing consists of a multi-tiered data compression scheme. The instrument was extensively tested and calibrated prior to launch; some inflight calibrations have already been completed. This paper presents a detailed overview of the Multi-Spectral Imager and its objectives, design, construction, testing and calibration.     

Comparison of various periodograms for sinusoid detection andfrequency estimation

With the advent of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm, the periodogram and its variants such as the Bartlett's procedure and Welch method, have become very popular for spectral analysis. However, there has not been a thorough comparison of the detection and estimation performances of these methods. Different forms of the periodogram are studied here for single real tone detection and frequency estimation in the presence of white Gaussian noise. The threshold effect in frequency estimation, that is, when the estimation errors become several orders of magnitude greater than the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB), is also investigated. It is shown that the standard periodogram gives the optimum detection performance for a pure tone while the Welch method is the best detector when there is phase instability in the sinusoid. As expected, since the conventional periodogram is a maximum likelihood estimator of frequency, it generally provides the minimum mean square frequency estimation errors     

The Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere: Theory and Models

Almost all theoretical and numerical models for the modulation of cosmic ray in the heliosphere are based on Parker's transport equation which contains all the important basic physical processes. The relative importance of the various mechanisms is however not established and may vary significantly over 22 years. The simultaneous measurements of solar wind parameters, heliospheric magnetic field properties and cosmic rays over a wide range of energies and positions in the heliosphere have brought the realization that modulation is much more complicated than what the original drift models predicted. In the process the sophistication of models based on solving Parker's equation has increased by orders of magnitude. A short review of the global modulation of cosmic rays is given from a theoretical and modelling point of view.     

Advanced Technologies Demonstrated by the Miniature Integrated Camera and Spectrometer (MICAS) Aboard Deep Space 1

MICAS is an integrated multi-channel instrument that includes an ultraviolet imaging spectrometer (80–185 nm), two high-resolution visible imagers (10–20 μrad/pixel, 400–900 nm), and a short-wavelength infrared imaging spectrometer (1250–2600 nm). The wavelength ranges were chosen to maximize the science data that could be collected using existing semiconductor technologies and avoiding the need for multi-octave spectrometers. It was flown on DS1 to validate technologies derived from the development of PICS (Planetary Imaging Camera Spectrometer). These technologies provided a novel systems approach enabling the miniaturization and integration of four instruments into one entity, spanning a wavelength range from the UV to IR, and from ambient to cryogenic temperatures with optical performance at a fraction of a wavelength. The specific technologies incorporated were: a built-in fly-by sequence; lightweight and ultra-stable, monolithic silicon-carbide construction, which enabled room-temperature alignment for cryogenic (85–140 K) performance, and provided superb optical performance and immunity to thermal distortion; diffraction-limited, shared optics operating from 80 to 2600 nm; advanced detector technologies for the UV, visible and short-wavelength IR; high-performance thermal radiators coupled directly to the short-wave infrared (SWIR) detector optical bench, providing an instrument with a mass less than 10 kg, instrument power less than 10 W, and total instrument cost of less than ten million dollars. The design allows the wavelength range to be extended by at least an octave at the short wavelength end and to ∼50 microns at the long wavelength end. Testing of the completed instrument demonstrated excellent optical performance down to 77 K, which would enable a greatly reduced background for longer wavelength detectors. During the Deep Space 1 Mission, MICAS successfully collected images and spectra for asteroid 9969 Braille, Mars, and comet 19/P Borrelly. The Borrelly encounter was a scientific hallmark providing the first clear, high resolution images and excellent, short-wavelength infrared spectra of the surface of an active comet’s nucleus.     

Application of successive interference cancellation to the GPS pseudolite near-far problem

Ground-based transmitters called pseudolites have been proposed to augment the basic Global Positioning System (GPS) in environments where satellite visibility is limited. One difficulty in their use is the so-called near-far problem, where in close proximity to the ground transmitter, the pseudolite signal can be orders of magnitude stronger than the satellite signals. This large range of signal levels prevents a conventional receiver from simultaneously detecting both types of signals. This paper describes the application of a signal processing technique, known as successive interference cancellation (SIC), to the acquisition and tracking of weak satellite signals in the presence of a nearby pseudolite and possible multipath reflections of this pseudolite signal. The SIC architecture is implemented on simulated and experimental near-far data sets. The results are compared with a conventional detector and improvements in acquisition and tracking performance are illustrated.     

碱金属工质在基于毛细泵回路的多孔芯蒸发器内的热质传输特性

以基于毛细泵回路(CPL)原理的多孔芯蒸发器为研究对象,耦合多孔芯、蒸汽槽道和蒸发器壳体等多个部件,通过数值模拟的方法对碱金属工质在蒸发器内部的流动和相变传热特性进行分析,得到蒸发器内部的气相体积分数、温度、压力以及速度等分布。结果表明:碱金属液体极高的导热系数使得多孔芯部分的平均过热度不足1K;以碱金属为工质的多孔芯蒸发器,其内部的蒸发属于表面蒸发,气液界面稳定在多孔芯和蒸汽槽道的界面处,且在相同参数条件下,其毛细抽吸力比使用传统工质的蒸发器高1~2个数量级,具有更大的传输能力。      

纳米氧化锌改性聚四氟乙烯的研究

以纳米氧化锌为填充剂,通过乳液共混方法制备了纳米氧化锌改性聚四氟乙烯复合材料。实验确定了较理想的复合工艺,能够在成本基本不变的条件下明显改善复合材料的多项性能。另外,通过扫描电镜观察了复合材料的微观结构,研究了纳米氧化锌颗粒的粒度分布,分析了复合材料的性能随增强体加入量的变化规律,在此基础上,探讨了纳米氧化锌改性聚四氟乙烯的机理。