2×40 Gb/s OCDM using superstructure fiber Bragg gratings en/decoder

A 7-chip, 280 Gb/s optical code-division multiplexing (OCDM) system incorporating quaternary phase coding and decoding superstructured fiber Bragg gratings (SSFBGs) is experimentally demonstrated. Only ordinary phase masks and sub-micrometer precision are needed to fabricate the encoding and decoding SSFBGs. Interchannel interference noise is also considered and evaluated, 2-channel 40 (Gb/s)/channel(2×40 Gb/s) signal transmission is demonstrated.     

Electronic structure and g factors of narrow-gap zinc-blende nanowires and nanorods

The Hamiltonian in the framework of eight-band effective-mass approximation of the zinc-blende nanowires and nanorods in the presence of external homogeneous magnetic field is given in the cylindrical coordinate. The electronic structure, optical properties, magnetic energy levels, and g factors of the nanowires and nanorods are calculated. It is found that the electron states consist of many hole-state components, due to the coupling of the conduction band and valence band. For the normal bands which are monotone functions of |k_z|, long nanorods can be modeled by the nanowires, the energy levels of the nanorods approximately equal the values of the energy band E(k_z) of the nanowires with the same radius at a special k_z, where k_z is the wave vector in the wire direction. Due to the coupling of the states, some of the hole energy bands of the nanowires have their highest points at k_z≠0. Especially, the highest hole state of the InSb nanowires is not at the k_z=0 point. It is an indirect band gap. For these abnormal bands, nanorods can not be modeled by the nanowires. The energy levels of the nanorods show an interesting plait-like pattern. The linear polarization factor is zero, when the aspect ratio L/2R is smaller than 1, and increases as the length increases. The g_z and g_x factors as functions of the k_z, radius R and length L are calculated for the wires and rods, respectively. For the wires, the g_z of the electron ground state increases, and the g_z of the hole ground state decreases first, then increases with the k_z increasing. For the rods, the g_z and g_x of the electron ground state decrease as the R or the L increases. The g_x of the hole ground state decreases, the g_z of the hole ground state increases with the L increasing. The variation of the g_z of the wires with the k_z is in agreement with the variation of the g_z of the rods with the L.     

Highly efficient N‐Heterocyclic carbene–palladium complex‐catalyzed multicomponent carbonylative Suzuki reaction: novel practical synthesis of unsymmetric aryl ketones

Highly efficient and chemoselective N‐heterocyclic carbene palladium complexes‐catalyzed multicomponent carbonyltive Suzuki reaction with sodium tetraphenylborate used as phenylating reagent has been demonstrated in this article. Both electron‐rich and electron‐deficient aryl iodides gave unsymmetric aryl ketones in excellent yields. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Global Convergence of Self-Scaling BFGS Algorithm with Nonmonotone Line Search for Unconstrained Nonconvex Optimization Problems

The self-scaling quasi-Newton method solves an unconstrained optimization problem by scaling the Hessian approximation matrix before it is updated at each iteration to avoid the possible large eigenvalues in the Hessian approximation matrices of the objective function. It has been proved in the literature that this method has the global and superlinear convergence when the objective function is convex （or even uniformly convex）. We propose to solve unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems by a self-scaling BFGS algorithm with nonmonotone linear search. Nonmonotone line search has been recognized in numerical practices as a competitive approach for solving large-scale nonlinear problems. We consider two different nonmonotone line search forms and study the global convergence of these nonmonotone self-scale BFGS algorithms. We prove that, under some weaker condition than that in the literature, both forms of the self-scaling BFGS algorithm are globally convergent for unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems.     

Nd:YAG纳米粉体的制备和光谱性质

采用共沉淀方法，以碳酸氢铵（NthHC03）为沉淀剂制备得到Nd：YAG前驱物，将其在不同的温度下煅烧并采用红外光谱（FT-IR）、X射线衍射（XRD）、透射电镜（TEM）、荧光光谱分析等技术对样品进行了表征。在900～1000℃下煅烧前驱物，出现YAP和YAM中间相并对共沉淀法中间相出现的原因进行了分析；获得纯YAG晶相的煅烧温度为1100℃，晶粒粒度分布约为40～80nm，具有良好的分散性。光谱研究表明Nd：YAG纳米粉体的发光性能良好，其红外光谱及荧光光谱与单晶无明显的差异。     

The role of pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) and the sample texture in the hydrothermal transformation of pentlandite ((Fe,Ni)9S8) to violarite ((Ni,Fe)3S4)

The catalytic role of pyrrhotite (Fe₇S₈) in the reaction kinetics of the hydrothermal transformation of pentlandite ((Fe,Ni)₉S₈) to violarite ((FeNi₂S₄) was found to depend on the physical form of pyrrhotite. Pyrrhotite in fine scale intergrown with pentlandite boosts the reaction, whereas in a mechanical mixture of pyrrhotite and pentlandite, it plays the opposite role. This phenomenon was interpreted as result of dissolution of pyrrhotite under reaction conditions.     

The extrapolation of band-limited signals in L2 with sampling errors

In this paper we will provide a theory for an extrapolation algorithm of band-limited signals with sampling errors or low noises. The main result is as follows: Suppose thatf(t) is in L² and is a continuous Ω band-limited signal. Then for any positive numbers T, A(>T) and ε, there exists a δ>0 such that when the sampling errors (or noises) off(t) on [−T, T] is less than δ we can extrapolate the values off(t) on the interval [−A, A] such that the difference between the extrapolated value and the exact value off(t) does not exceed ε.     

运动对小白鼠乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)同工酶的影响初探

经总酶活性测定和凝胶电泳图谱分析发现:剧烈运动后,小白鼠六种组织LDH总酶活性,骨骼肌有显著升高,(p<0.05),其余五种组织均变化不显著;心肌、骨骼肌、肾脏的M型LDH相对活性显著升高(P<0.05),而H型LDH相对活性显著下降(p<0.05);相应地,A亚基比例显著升高,B亚基比例显著下降,这种变化似能反应剧烈运动对小白鼠厌氧代谢的明显影响.     

A Novel Amperometric Nitric Oxide Sensor Based on Polythionine / Nation Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

A novel amperometric sensor for the determination of nitric oxide was developed by coating polythionine / nafion on a glassy carbon electrode. This sensor exhibited a great enhancement to the oxidation of nitric oxide. The oxidation peak currents were linear to the concentration of nitric oxide over the wide range from 3.6×10-7 to 6.8×10-5 mol.L-1, and the detection limit was 7.2×10-8 mol.L-1. Experimental results showed that this nitric oxide sensor possessed excellent selectivity and longer stability. NO releasing from rat kidney was monitored by this sensor.