Dual-fibre stretcher and coma as tools for independent 2nd and 3rd order tunable dispersion compensation in a fibre-based ‘scan-free’ time domain optical coherence tomography system

Dispersion compensation up to the third order is experimentally demonstrated by using a dual-fibre stretcher combined with the coma of an imaging lens, in a fibre-based scan-free time domain optical coherence tomography system, leading to an axial resolution of less than 3 μm.     

New OSL detectors based on LiMgPO4 crystals grown by micro pulling down method. Dosimetric properties vs. growth parameters

Rod-shape crystals of the LiMgPO₄ compound were grown by micro pulling down technique under the different growth conditions. Influence of the different growth rates, thermal setups and gaseous atmospheres on the crystals dosimetric properties was investigated. Samples were irradiated with ⁹⁰Sr/⁹⁰Y β particles and optically stimulated luminescence spectra were measured with the automatic Risø TL/OSL-DA20 reader. The sensitivity level, repeatability, dose–response dependence and short-time fading were compared for all grown crystals. It was found that the crystal grown from the iridium crucible was about three times more sensitive to radiation as compared to the crystal grown from the graphite crucible. Also the radio-sensitivity measured for the crystals grown from the graphite crucible was higher in case of higher growth rates. It was also shown that the residual OSL signal measured one and two weeks after the irradiation was higher for the crystals grown with higher growth rates. There was also no correlation observed between the growth conditions and the level of dose–response nonlinearity. Over the studied dose range the response nonlinearity of the studied samples fluctuated around over a dozen percent, regardless of the applied growth parameters. The obtained results tend to suggest that LiMgPO₄ crystals may be considered as promising dosimeters in different fields of research.     

A carbon risk prediction model for Chinese heavy-polluting industrial enterprises based on support vector machine

Chinese heavy-polluting industrial enterprises, especially petrochemical or chemical industry, labeled low carbon efficiency and high emission load, are facing the tremendous pressure of emission reduction under the background of global shortage of energy supply and constrain of carbon emission. However, due to the limited amount of theoretic and practical research in this field, problems like lacking prediction indicators or models, and the quantified standard of carbon risk remain unsolved. In this paper, the connotation of carbon risk and an assessment index system for Chinese heavy-polluting industrial enterprises (eg. coal enterprise, petrochemical enterprises, chemical enterprises et al.) based on support vector machine are presented. By using several heavy-polluting industrial enterprises’ related data, SVM model is trained to predict the carbon risk level of a specific enterprise, which allows the enterprise to identify and manage its carbon risks. The result shows that this method can predict enterprise’s carbon risk level in an efficient, accurate way with high practical application and generalization value.     

The Power Model of Fittsʼ Law Does Not Encompass the Logarithmic Model

Whether Fittsʼ law, a well-known model of human pointing movement, is a logarithmic law or a power law has remained unclear so far. In two widely cited papers, Meyer et al. have claimed that the power model they derived from their celebrated stochastic optimized-submovement theory encompasses the logarithmic model as a limiting case. We show that Meyer et al.ʼs theory implies in fact a quasi-logarithmic, rather than quasi-power model, the two models being not equivalent.     

Inverse scattering problem for Sturm–Liouville operator with nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter in the boundary condition

The inverse problem of the scattering theory for Sturm–Liouville operator on the half line with boundary condition depending quadratic on the spectral parameter is considered. Scattering data are defined, some properties of the scattering data are examined, the main equation is obtained, solvability of the integral equation is proved and uniqueness of algorithm to the potential with given scattering data is studied. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The effect of competition between the frequency of the field and the frequency of the spin flipping on the kinetics of Ising metamagnet

We consider the effect of a variable representing the competition between the frequency of the field and the frequency of the spin flipping (Ω) on the dynamics of the metamagnetic Ising model in a cubic lattice under the presence of a time varying (oscillating) external magnetic field. The system is modelled with a formalism of master equation at a mean-field level. The time averaged staggered magnetization (Ms) acts as the order parameter and divides temperature field plane into three regions: anti-ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and coexistence of anti-ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases. It is observed that the topology of the dynamical phase diagram depends strongly on Ω as well as the ratio between interlayer and intralayer couplings.     

Homotopy analysis method for fractional IVPs

In this paper, the homotopy analysis method is applied to solve linear and nonlinear fractional initial-value problems (fIVPs). The fractional derivatives are described by Caputo’s sense. Exact and/or approximate analytical solutions of the fIVPs are obtained. The results of applying this procedure to the studied cases show the high accuracy and efficiency of the approach.     

Application of the photon's intrinsic flux to the 1s‐2p and 2p‐3d excitonic transitions in nanostructures

We have applied our two recent results [depending on its helicity photon carries a quantum flux of ± Φ ₀ = ± hc/e and the quantized magnetic fluxes through the electronic orbits of the Dirac hydrogen atom are given by: Φ (n,l,m_j) = (n‐l‐m_j)Φ₀) ] to the 1s‐2p and 2p‐3d excitonic transitions in nanostructures. It is shown that the flux changes for the non‐zero matrix elements in the 1s‐2p and 2p‐3d excitonic transitions is either ± Φ₀ or zero. The present result supports the previous results stated above. It is also shown that spin flip is possible in the 1s‐2p and 2p‐3d excitonic transitions.     

Magnetic properties of a new N-TEMPO-tert-butyl substituted salicylaldimines and their biradical palladium(II) complexes

A new TEMPO bearing tert-butylated salicylaldimines 1 and 2, as well as early reported 3, and their bis(N-TEMPO-tert-butylated salicylaldiminato)palladium(II) biradical complexes 4–6 have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV/vis, ESR and an SQUID magnetometer. The solid state g-factors (2.0116–2.0168) for 4–6 suggest the existence of the significant metal-orbital contribution to the SOMO of nitroxyl radicals. The χ_mT vs. T plots for 1 and 2 indicate that the χ_mT decreases as T is lowered from 300 to 20 K, suggesting the existence of weak antiferromagnetic interactions in these radicals. Variable-temperature dependence (10–300 K) magnetic susceptibility data for biradical complexes 4–6 revealed the existence of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic behavior around at 10–220 K range for 4. The 1/χ_m data for 1–6 follow the Curie–Weiss law with negative θ throughout the above temperature range.     

Composition,properties, and application of products formed in oxidation of polyethylene by nitric acid

Structure of products formed in polyethylene oxidation by nitric acid was studied by NMR, IR, and electronic absorption spectroscopies and derivatography.