Time resolved study of laser triggered electric discharge spark in atmosphere: Machine learning approach

In this paper we analyze the possibilities of using machine learning algorithms for analysis of optical spectra of electric discharge spark in atmosphere. Breakdown in air can be initiated by intense laser pulse, making plasma which has a significant electrical conductivity. The formed plasma can be further maintained by electric current obtained from capacitor discharge. In such a case the capacitor voltage can be much lower than the striking voltage (the voltage needed to initiate the electric breakdown in air). Present setup has timing precision and low jitter of fast laser and arbitrary high energies corresponding to capacitance and voltage to which the capacitor is charged. We have used a streak camera equipped with a spectrograph to analyze optical emission of plasma obtained in this way. Q-switched Nd:Yag laser was used to achieve the initial breakdown in air. Machine learning methods were used in order to classify optical spectra of plasmas with different electron temperatures obtained with different excitation energies. We have shown that, instead of using the usual way of identifying the spectral peaks and calculating their intensity ratio, it is possible to train the computer software to recognize the spectra corresponding to different electron temperatures. Principal component analysis was used to reduce the dimensionality of problem. We present possibilities of plasma electron temperature estimation based on several clustering algorithms.     

基于惯性/激光测距/视觉里程计组合的高空场景尺度误差估计方法

惯性/视觉感知信息融合导航定位技术是目前实现无人机不依赖卫星自主导航的最有效手段。但对于面向高空场景的大型无人机，惯性器件误差与视觉里程计尺度误差耦合且特征平面化导致可观测性下降。针对这一问题，提出了利用惯性/激光测距/视觉里程计组合实现尺度误差估计的方法。通过开展误差模型建立、激光测量点与图像中位置匹配、无人机平飞机动下系统可观测性分析等关键技术研究，实现了高空场景下尺度误差的精确估计。经过300m高度机载试验数据验证，算法精度优于1.5%D，对卫星拒止条件下高空无人机自主导航具有重要意义。     

一种提升空间三轴激光陀螺性能的谐振腔方案研究

针对现有空间三轴机抖激光陀螺因通道间放电耦合引入了零偏误差导致陀螺性能损失的问题,提出了一种高精度空间三轴谐振腔改进设计实现方案.该方案从空间三轴激光陀螺与单轴激光陀螺放电系统的差异出发,分析了空间三轴激光陀螺不同放电状态引入零偏误差的机理,明确了高精度空间三轴激光陀螺各通道的放电电流控制需求.同时,分析结果表明,减小通道间的放电耦合可降低该型陀螺的零偏耦合误差项,因此需对空间三轴谐振腔进行放电结构的去耦合优化设计.最后,针对提出的空间三轴谐振腔改进设计方案,开展了陀螺性能试验验证,试验结果表明,空间三轴机抖激光陀螺的精度提升了5.7％以上.