Far-field Results Research Articles

高功率激光参数测量中高倍率衰减方案

In high power laser beam parameters measurement, attenuation scheme with high rate is key to far-field measurement. The far-field optical measurement system was analyzed and diameter of 95% encircled energy was used as important evaluation criterion of far-field measurement system. Measurement error of far-field optical measurement system and effect of attenuation with high rate on far-field measurement results were analyzed. Principle of attenuation scheme with high rate was established. By changing parameters of high attenuation rate in condition of single parallel plate, a pair of parallel plates and a pair of wedge flaps by Virtual Lab, influence of attenuation on the far-field measurement system was simulated and analyzed deeply. According to measurement system for f =3 000 mm and F =10, best attenuation scheme with high rate is designed. Diameter of 95% encircled energy of far-field image is 45.5 μm, or 3.54 times of diffraction limitation. ? 2016, Editorial Board of Journal of Infrared and Laser Engineering. All right reserved.

Plasmonic Band Gap: Role of the Slit Width in 1D Metallic Grating on Higher Refractive Index Substrate

This paper reports the excitation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and associated plasmonic band gap (PBG) while using TM plane wave interacting with 1D metallic grating on higher refractive index GaP substrate. A simple method is introduced to estimate the PBG which is crucial for many plasmonic devices. The PBG is estimated by measuring the transmission spectra obtained through the plasmonic grating structures when slit width is varied while periodicity and the thickness of the gold (Au) film remained fixed. The PBG is observed for the grating devices whose slit width is less than one third of the periodicity which is caused by the presence of a higher plasmonic mode. The PBG is absent for the grating device whose slit width is slightly less than half and greater than one third of the periodicity. Such grating devices support only a fundamental plasmonic mode because the profile/shape of the slit in the grating device is more like a sinusoidal nature. Furthermore, such grating offers intermediate scattering to the incident light and the SPP as well which in turn couple more incident energy to the SPPs. Far-field modelling results also support the results obtained through experiment.

Mapping the plasmonic response of gold nanoparticles embedded in TiO2 thin films

We present the mapping of the plasmonic properties of gold nanoparticles that are embedded in a TiO2 thin film deposited over two different substrates, glass and silicon. An improved electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) imaging technique was used to extract plasmon maps with nanometre resolution. Several representative cases of randomly dispersed NPs have been examined to carefully evaluate surrounding effects on the optical response of such nanostructured material. Data were compared to analytical calculations and showed good agreement. These results validate previous structural and far-field optical results and provide a clear description of the optical phenomena that take place at a nanometre scale in these materials. They are of primary importance for enlightening the way to the fabrication of thin film materials including metallic nanostructures for photovoltaic applications.

ON THE NEAR-FIELD SAMPLING AND TRUNCATION ERRORS IN PLANAR TIME-DOMAIN NEAR-FIELD TO FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATION

This paper studies the effect of three important parameters in planar time-domain (TD) near-field (NF) to far-field (FF) transformation. These parameters are the NF spatial sampling, NF measurement distance and scan surface truncation. The effect of these parameters over the TD FF accuracy are difficult to predict for Ultra Wide Band antennas. In this paper we aim to choose the optimum NF measurement parameters guaranteeing accurate calculation of the time-domain far-field. This allows the optimization of the computation time and memory requirements. Computations using analytic array of elementary dipoles radiation pattern are used to study the impact of each parameter in time-domain near-field antenna measurement. The comparison of the far-field results are presented in time and frequency domains. In particular, it is shown that the choice of the measurement distance and the size of the scan surface decide predominantly on the frequency band of accurate FF calculation. The used formalism in this paper for the NF to FF transformation is based on the Green's function.

A novel proposal for enhancement of light extraction efficiency in WOLEDs based on optimized photonic crystal structures

In this paper we propose a framework to enhance light extraction efficiency in white organic light emitting diodes (WOLED) using photonic crystal (PhC) structures sandwiched between indium tin oxide (ITO, nITO=1.8+0.01i) and glass (nglass=1.51) substrate, according to the high refractive index contrast of these two layers almost 50% of the generated light inside WOLED gets trapped in the mentioned interface. The main purpose of this article is to suggest a method to intentionally optimize PhC structures to reduce total internal reflections (TIR) happening at ITO/glass interface. Here three different patterns are considered including rectangular, hexagonal and circular lattices. Using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method and the presented framework for choosing structural parameters the portion of 50% trapped light in ITO was reduced to 20% which is a large enhancement in extraction efficiency of WOLED. Also far-field results before and after adding PhCs are investigated.

Single-Mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Array With Zn-Diffusion Aperture for High-Power, Single-Spot, and Narrow Divergence Angle Performance

A single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array at 850 nm with excellent performance in terms of high output power, single-lobe far-field, and narrow divergence angle has been demonstrated. By use of the Zn-diffusion process with proper sizes of oxide current-confined and Zn-diffusion optical apertures, each unit of VCSEL in the demonstrated array is highly single-mode (side-mode suppression ratio 30 dB) with a narrow far-field divergence angle (~5°) and an extremely high maximum single-mode output power (~7.1 mW). Due to the excellent single-mode performance of each VCSEL unit, the 10 × 10 array exhibits a single-lobe and nearly circular symmetric far-field pattern, very narrow divergence angle (~4°), and output power as high as around 187.4 mW. Furthermore, its bias-dependent output optical spectra measured in different positions of array shows very high similarity. This result indicates that the excellent uniformity of single-mode performance of each VCSEL unit in the array. The far-field pattern simulation results indicate that although the coherence in our array is low, its output beam quality is as high as that of a single-mode unit VCSEL, which exhibits a near diffraction limited M square factor (M 2 ≈ 2).

Compact, Wearable Antennas for Battery-Less Systems Exploiting Fabrics and Magneto-Dielectric Materials

In this paper, we describe some promising solutions to the modern need for wearable, energy-aware, miniaturized, wireless systems, whose typical envisaged application is a body area network (BAN). To reach this goal, novel materials are adopted, such as fabrics, in place of standard substrates and metallizations, which require a systematic procedure for their electromagnetic characterization. Indeed, the design of such sub-systems represents a big issue, since approximate approaches could result in strong deviations from the actual system performance. To face this problem, we demonstrate our design procedure, which is based on the concurrent use of electromagnetic software tools and nonlinear circuit-level techniques, able to simultaneously predict the actual system behavior of an antenna system, consisting of the radiating and of the nonlinear blocks, at the component level. This approach is demonstrated for the design of a fully-wearable tri-band rectifying antenna (rectenna) and of a button-shaped, electrically-small antenna deploying a novel magneto-dielectric substrate. Simulations are supported by measurements, both in terms of antenna port parameters and far-field results.

Lattice–Boltzmann Aeroacoustic Analysis of the LAGOON Landing-Gear Configuration

The unsteady flowfield about the ONERA–The French Aerospace Lab/Airbus SAS LAGOON two-wheel landing-gear configuration and the associated aerodynamic noise generation are computed using a hybrid approach in which the flowfield is provided by a lattice–Boltzmann simulation, and the noise radiation is computed using the Ffowcs-Williams–Hawkings analogy. A detailed validation study is carried out, following the guidelines of the second AIAA workshop on Benchmark Problems for Airframe Noise Computations and using the complete experimental database for detailed comparisons. The effect of grid resolution on both near- and far-field results is investigated, showing the physical consistency of the numerical model. In addition, an assessment of the numerical prediction is carried out by computing the maximum perceived noise level along a nominal approach trajectory. Finally, an unsteady flow mechanism involving the onset of cavity modes in the two facing rim cavities is analyzed in detail and correlated with the generation of tonal noise components.

Towards Simulation of Far-Field Aerodynamic Sound from a Circular Cylinder Using OpenFoam

The low-Mach number flow-induced noise by the flow past a circular cylinder at sub-critical regime was predicted. First, to assess the accuracy of the numerical methodology, the laminar flow over a circular cylinder at the Reynolds number Re = 140 and Mach number M = 0.2 was calculated by direct solution of the unsteady compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Second, the sound generated by a circular cylinder at the Reynolds number Re = 2.2 × 104 and Mach number M = 0.06 was simulated using a technique of large-eddy simulation. For both cases, the calculated acoustic fields showed a dipole directivity, similar to a natural vortex shedding. The impact of the Doppler effect was investigated and discussed as well. In general, the computed aerodynamic and far-field acoustic results were found to be in good agreement with available experimental measurements and analytical relationships.

Ultrafast Modulation of the Plasma Frequency of Vertically Aligned Indium Tin Oxide Rods

Light-matter interaction at the nanoscale is of particular interest for future photonic integrated circuits and devices with applications ranging from communication to sensing and imaging. In this Letter a combination of transient absorption (TA) and the use of third harmonic generation as a probe (THG-probe) has been adopted to investigate the response of the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of vertically aligned indium tin oxide rods (ITORs) upon ultraviolet light (UV) excitation. TA experiments, which are sensitive to the extinction of the LSPR, show a fluence-dependent increase in the frequency and intensity of the LSPR. The THG-probe experiments show a fluence-dependent decrease of the LSPR-enhanced local electric field intensity within the rod, consistent with a shift of the LSPR to higher frequency. The kinetics from both TA and THG-probe experiments are found to be independent of the fluence of the pump. These results indicate that UV excitation modulates the plasma frequency of ITO on the ultrafast time scale by the injection of electrons into, and their subsequent decay from, the conduction band of the rods. Increases to the electron concentration in the conduction band of ∼13% were achieved in these experiments. Computer simulation and modeling have been used throughout the investigation to guide the design of the experiments and to map the electric field distribution around the rods for interpreting far-field measurement results.

Noise analysis of the turbojet and turbofan engine tests

Aerogine noise leads to environment pollution largely when aerogine is tested. In this paper, the power spectrum analysis method of the aeroengine test noise was discussed, and the noise measurement and analysis experiments of a turbojet engine and a turbofan engine tests were carried out. The noise level, main noise resource, and noise characteristics of the two turbojet and turbofan engines were analyzed. Meanwhile, the indoor noise and far-field noise of the turbojet engine were both measured, the noise spread characteristics were analyzed and the noise reduction performance of the test bench was evaluated. The noise generated by the turbojet engine test had the discrete characteristic of high frequency. The higher frequencies when peak values occurred were the blade passage frequencies and the noises with lower frequencies were the broad band noises, especially the jet noise, and the maximum of the peak values occurred at the basic frequencies or harmonic frequencies of the compressor. Meanwhile, the noises generated by the turbofan engine, focused on the high frequencies and the peak values corresponded to the rotation noise of the fan blades. The experimental results were consistent with the theory basically, which indicated that the aeroengine operating status information could be identified by the noise power spectrum analysis. In addition to the aeroengine noise reduction research, the noise power spectrum analysis could also be used to diagnose the fault of the aeroengine structure and performance. On the other hand, the indoor and far-field noise measurement experimental results implied that the noise was suppressed from 136 dB to 85 dB and could provide the reference to the noise reduction design of the aeroengine test bench.

Limaçon-shaped micro-cavity lasers with directional emission and its performance

We fabricated a limaçon-shaped semiconductor micro-cavity laser by using quantum cascade laser material. The device performance was investigated and compared to a traditional F–P cavity ridge laser prepared with the same material. From the experimental results, the threshold current density of the micro-cavity laser was about 36% lower than that of the F–P cavity ridge laser, and the quality factor was improved up to 1130 by combining dry etching to achieve smooth vertical sidewalls with wet etching. From the mode spacing, we confirmed the emission of whispering gallery type resonance mode at about 10 μm wavelength. From the far-field pattern results, we achieved a highly directional emission with parallel directional divergence angle of 32° and perpendicular divergence angle of 66° at full width of half maximum for the micro-cavity laser with a deformed factor of 0.42, which is similar to that of the F–P cavity ridge laser. Finally the reliability testing of the micro-cavity lasers was carried out.

High-Speed Turbofan Noise Reduction Using Foam-Metal Liner Over-the-Rotor

A Williams International FJ44-3A turbofan engine was used to demonstrate the high-speed fan noise reduction potential of a foam-metal liner installed in close proximity to the fan rotor. The engine was tested in the NASA Glenn Research Center’s Aeroacoustic Propulsion Laboratory. Two foam-metal liner designs were tested and compared to the hardwall baseline. Traditional single degree-of-freedom liner designs were also evaluated to provide a comparison to the state-of-the art design. This report presents the test setup and documents the test conditions. Far-field acoustic levels and limited engine performance results are also presented. The results show that the foam-metal liner achieved up to 5 dB of attenuation in the forward-quadrant radiated-acoustic power levels, which is equivalent to the traditional single degree-of-freedom liner design. Modest changes in engine performance were noted.

Effects of Boundary-Layer Ingestion on the Aero-Acoustics of Transonic Fan Rotors

The use of boundary-layer-ingesting, embedded propulsion systems can result in inlet flow distortions where the interaction of the boundary-layer vorticity and the inlet lip causes horseshoe vortex formation and the ingestion of streamwise vortices into the inlet. A previously-developed body-force-based fan modeling approach was used to assess the change in fan rotor shock noise generation and propagation in a boundary-layer-ingesting, serpentine inlet. This approach is employed here in a parametric study to assess the effects of inlet geometry parameters (offset-to-diameter ratio and downstream-to-upstream area ratio) on flow distortion and rotor shock noise. Mechanisms related to the vortical inlet structures were found to govern changes in the rotor shock noise generation and propagation. The vortex whose circulation is in the opposite direction to the fan rotation (counter-swirling vortex) increases incidence angles on the fan blades near the tip, enhancing noise generation. The vortex with circulation in the direction of fan rotation (co-swirling vortex) creates a region of subsonic relative flow near the blade tip radius that decreases the sound power propagated to the far-field. The parametric study revealed that the overall sound power level at the fan leading edge is set by the ingested streamwise circulation, and that for inlet designs in which the streamwise vortices are displaced away from the duct wall, the sound power at the upstream inlet plane increased by as much as 9 dB. By comparing the far-field noise results obtained to those for a conventional inlet, it is deduced that the changes in rotor shock noise are predominantly due to the ingestion of streamwise vorticity.

Jet-Surface Interaction Test: Far-Field Noise Results

Many configurations proposed for the next generation of aircraft rely on the wing or other aircraft surfaces to shield the engine noise from the observers on the ground. However, the ability to predict the shielding effect and any new noise sources that arise from the high-speed jet flow interacting with a hard surface is currently limited. Furthermore, quality experimental data from jets with surfaces nearby suitable for developing and validating noise prediction methods are usually tied to a particular vehicle concept and, therefore, very complicated. The Jet-Surface Interaction Tests are intended to supply a high quality set of data covering a wide range of surface geometries and positions and jet flows to researchers developing aircraft noise prediction tools. The initial goal is to measure the noise of a jet near a simple planar surface while varying the surface length and location in order to: (1) validate noise prediction schemes when the surface is acting only as a jet noise shield and when the jet-surface interaction is creating additional noise, and (2) determine regions of interest for future, more detailed, tests. To meet these objectives, a flat plate was mounted on a two-axis traverse in two distinct configurations: (1) as a shield between the jet and the observer and (2) as a reflecting surface on the opposite side of the jet from the observer. The surface length was varied between 2 and 20 jet diameters downstream of the nozzle exit. Similarly, the radial distance from the jet centerline to the surface face was varied between 1 and 16 jet diameters. Far-field and phased array noise data were acquired at each combination of surface length and radial location using two nozzles operating at jet exit conditions across several flow regimes: subsonic cold, subsonic hot, underexpanded, ideally expanded, and overexpanded supersonic. The far-field noise results, discussed here, show where the jet noise is partially shielded by the surface and where jet-surface interaction noise dominates the low frequency spectrum as a surface extends downstream and approaches the jet plume.

부배열 합성을 이용한 적응적 빔형성기의 구현 및 성능 분석

In this paper, we present the performance and the experimental results of the adaptive beamformer in the radar system with the planar active array. The study of the adaptive beamformer has already been performed in several literatures, but it is difficult to find the results or examples those are implemented in the actual radar system. Here we employ the adaptive beamformer to the practical radar system with subarray architecture. The performance of beamformer will be demonstrated by modeling and simulation and finally the far-field experimental results.

Improved Beam Quality of Coherently Combined Angled-Grating Broad-Area Lasers

We improve the beam quality and performance of coherently combined angled-grating broad-area lasers through current/gain confinement. We show that the nonuniform current/gain distribution in our previous lasers excites the second-order Bragg mode and degrades the beam quality. Ion implantation is used to provide a more uniform current distribution by confining the injected current within the grating area. The far-field measurement result shows that the near-diffraction-limited single-lobe envelope is obtained. Smaller threshold and larger slope efficiency are observed in the L-I curve as well.

Stratton-Chu 공식을 이용한 측정된 근거리장에서 원거리장으로의 변환에 관한 연구

본 논문에서는 안테나의 원거리장 특성 및 Electromagnetic Compatibility(EMC) testing을 위한 근거리 원거리장 변환에 대한 연구이다. EMC testing은 광대역 신호 및 거대 구조에 대한 원거리장 측정과 같은 복잡한 과정이 필요하다. EMC 측정 문제를 해결하기 위해, Stratton-Chu 공식을 이용하여 간단하고 직접적인 방법으로 원거리장을 예측하였다. 특히 Stratton-Chu 공식을 이용한 예측은 자유 공간상의 평면파를 통해 해석값을 비교하여 유효성을 검증했다. 패치 안테나의 근거리장 추출과 원거리장 확인을 위해, full-wave 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 Stratton-Chu 계산 결과를 비교 및 검증하였으며, 6 % 이내의 오차로 원거리장의 크기를 예측했다. This paper deals with the near-field to far-field calculation for far-field characteristics of antenna and electromagnetic compatibility(EMC) testing. Since the conventional EMC testing process is inefficient such as measurements of the wide band signals and mega structures, Stratton-Chu formula is used to predict the far-field emission by simple and direct process. The usefulness of Stratton-Chu formula is verified by comparing to the analytic solution of the uniform distribution aperture in free-space. In order to inspect the far-fields and to get the near-field values, full-wave simulation solver is utilized. Through the full-wave simulation about the patch antenna, calculated far-field results from Stratton-Chu formula are proven. The predicted magnitudes of the far-field are in error by less than 6 %.

An Outward-Wave-Favouring Finite Element-Based Strategy for Exterior Acoustical Problems

This work presents a finite element-based strategy for exterior acoustical problems based on an assumed pressure form that favours outgoing waves. The resulting governing equation, weak formulation, and finite element formulation are developed both for coupled and uncoupled problems. The developed elements are very similar to conventional elements in that they are based on the standard Galerkin variational formulation and use standard Lagrange interpolation functions and standard Gaussian quadrature. In addition and in contrast to wave envelope formulations and their extensions, the developed elements can be used in the immediate vicinity of the radiator/scatterer. The method is similar to the perfectly matched layer (PML) method in the sense that each layer of elements added around the radiator absorbs acoustical waves so that no boundary condition needs to be applied at the outermost boundary where the domain is truncated. By comparing against strategies such as the PML and wave-envelope methods, we show that the relative accuracy, both in the near and far-field results, is considerably higher.

Broadband trailing-edge noise prediction with a stochastic source model

A RANS-based numerical technique for the prediction of the airfoil trailing-edge broadband noise is presented. The definition of the sound sources from RANS turbulence statistics is based on a stochastic reconstruction of the turbulent velocity fluctuations. The method, named Eulerian Solenoidal Digital Filter, accounts for the convective transport and for the solenoidality of the velocity field. The acoustic near field is computed solving the Acoustic Perturbation Equations in the frequency domain. The integral formulation of Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings is used to evaluate the far-field radiation. The ESDF method is validated for the case of homogeneous isotropic turbulence and it is applied to the calculation of the broadband trailing-edge noise of a NACA 0012 airfoil. Near-field and far-field results are compared with analytical and experimental data.