Displacement measurement technique for beam kinematics

It is proposed to develop a digital image correlation procedure that is suitable for beams whose kinematics is described by an Euler–Bernoulli hypothesis. As a direct output, the degrees of freedom corresponding to flexural and axial loads are directly measured. The performance of the correlation algorithm is evaluated by using a picture of a cantilever beam experiment. One load level is analyzed with the present algorithm. The latter is validated by comparing the displacement field with that given by a finite element based correlation algorithm. It is also shown that a locally buckled zone is detectable with the present procedure.     

二次彩虹法测量高折射率玻璃微珠折射率研究

基于米氏散射理论解释了激光照明下玻璃微珠的二次彩虹精细结构的成因,发现折射率的差异将直接影响二次彩虹精细结构的位置.对于实验中玻璃微珠半径变化引起二次彩虹精细结构间距变化的现象亦用米氏散射理论进行了模拟分析和实验研究.利用米氏散射的近似理论——艾里理论对玻璃微珠的折射率进行了测量.在对玻璃微珠二次彩虹精细结构所计算得到的折射率的统计分析基础上,通过校正测量误差后得到了玻璃微珠折射率的准确数据.     

Directed spontaneous emission from an extended ensemble of N atoms: timing is everything

A collection of static atoms is fixed in a crystal at a low temperature and prepared by a pulse of incident radiation of wave vector . The atoms are well described by an entangled Dicke-like state, in which each atom carries a characteristic phase factor exp(ik0.r(j)), where is the atomic position in the crystal. It is shown that a single photon absorbed by the N atoms will be followed by spontaneous emission in the same direction. Furthermore, phase matched emission is found when one photon is absorbed by N atoms followed by two-photon down-conversion.     

Calculation of the electrostatic potential of the diode system based on a sharp-edged field cathode

A mathematical model of a diode system based on a sharp-edged field cathode is presented. The surface of the sharp-edged cathode is simulated by two infinitely thin spherical segments, while the anode is modeled by a single infinitely thin spherical segment. The region occupied by the cathode is a lens (lune-shaped region). The problem of the electrostatic potential distribution in the entire domain occupied by the system is solved.     

Suppression of thermoelastic damping in MEMS beam resonators by piezoresistivity

Microelectronic mechanical (MEM) beam resonators with high quality factors are always preferred in practical applications. As one of the damping sources, thermoelastic damping (TED) caused by irreversible heat flows is usually considered as an upper limit of the overall damping effect. A new method is proposed in this work to compensate TED by taking advantage of the piezoresistive effect. Such a method is implemented by applying an electrostatic field along the beam length with a negative piezoresistive coefficient. During a resonance, the stretched part of the beam generates a higher electrical power density and thus a higher temperature, while the compressed region leads to a lower temperature. Such a temperature distribution is opposite to the temperature change caused by the thermoelastic effect. The working principle is described by a set of coupled differential equations, which are subsequently solved by the finite element method. The result indicates that the TED in the beam resonators can be completely compensated when the strength of electrical field is tuned to a critical value, namely CEF. The value of the CEF is further analyzed by a series of parametric studies on various material properties and geometric factors.     

Stochastic Dynamics of Reduced Wave Functions and Continuous Measurement in Quantum Optics

The stochastic dynamics of open quantum systems interacting with a zero temperature environment is investigated by employing a formulation of quantum statistical ensembles in terms of probability distributions on projective Hilbert space. It is demonstrated that the open system dynamics can consistently be described by a stochastic process on the reduced state space. The physical meaning of reduced probability distributions on projective Hilbert space is derived from a complete, orthogonal measurement of the environment. The elimination of the variables of the environment is shown to lead to a piecewise deterministic process in Hilbert space defined by a differential Chapman-Kolmogorov equation. A Hilbert space path integral representation of the stochastic process is constructed. The general theory is illustrated by means of three examples from quantum optics. For these examples the microscopic derivation of the stochastic process is given and the general solution of the differential Chapman-Kolmogorov equation is constructed by means of the path integral representation.     

Effect of surface reverberation on the selection of a diffracted signal

An experiment is described in which a wave scattered by a rough water surface is the factor by virtue of which the signal diffracted by a moving scatterer is received with confidence. Experimental corroboration of this fact is presented, and the origin of this phenomenon is revealed.     

Boson Mean Field Theory of Effective Holon-Holon Interaction in the RVB Model

The RVB model is investigated by a mean field theory, in which the holon is expressed by a fermion operator, and the spinon by a boson operator. The effective holon-holon interaction by exchanging the spinons is derived for T≠0. It is found that the interaction is attractive.     

A generator coordinate approach for the description of pairing vibrations in the seniority-zero space

The application of the generator coordinate method is extended to non-harmonic systems. The many-dimensional Hill-Wheeler integral equation is reduced to a one-dimensional integral equation by expressing all independent parameters in the generator function by a single parameter. It is shown that the subspace spanned by a proper single-parameter family is the same as that spanned by the many-parametric family of generator functions.     

Distributed Bragg grating sensing with a direct group-delay measurement technique

A new method of distributed in-fiber Bragg grating sensing is proposed. A method is outlined by which the strain field imposed upon a Bragg grating sensor is obtained by measurement of the sensor's reflectivity and delay characteristics. The proposal is demonstrated by interrogation of two loaded samples. Strain distributions from these experiments are compared against a theoretical estimate. The data treatment is also discussed. Strain resolution is found to be +/-24 microepsilon, with a spatial resolution defined by a minimum spatial wavelength component of the coupling distribution of 1.65 mm.     

声表面波在线性调频声栅上作Bragg衍射后的聚焦声场

本文应用准周期概念给出声表面波在线性调频声栅上Bragg衍射的透射函数。将一级衍射波的分布作为有限孔径内的已知分布。将求解透射区的一级声束的场分布问题作为求上述有限孔的衍射问题来处理。分析结果表明,对偏转声束来说,在Fresnel区存在一个Fraunhofer平面。线性调频声栅同时起两个作用:它既相当于一个等周期的声束偏转器,同时又是一个Fresnel透镜,在焦平面上的声场分布,是声栅出射平面上偏转声束幅度分布的Fourier变换。分析结果还表明:聚焦声轴随入射声波频率而平行移动。这一现象属首次发现,实验结果证实了上述理论分析预计。 关键词：     

Spin squeezing in the presence of dissipation

The transfer of spin between photons and localized atomic levels, for a chain of two-level atoms, is studied. The Hamiltonian of the system is modelled by a radiation term and by atom-atom and radiation-atom interactions. Effects due to dissipation are accounted for by atom-photon exchange-interactions of complex strength. It is found that the spin-squeezing is suppressed by dissipation. Calculations are performed for arrays of Rb atoms excited by a GaAlAs laser.     

Resonantly enhanced strip-line technique to measure microwave permeability of thin films

The sensitivity of a reflective single-port strip-line technique is increased by 10-20 times by amplification of a measured reflectivity response at a set of resonance frequencies. The resonant behavior is organized by connecting the strip cell to a network analyzer through a capacitor with a long coaxial cable. The capacitance defines the amplification; the cable length defines the resonance frequencies. S-parameters of the coaxial-to-strip junction and the field inhomogeneity inside the cell are accounted for by a reference measurement of sample with known constitutive parameters. Two methods for permeability calculation are suggested. The fist method is based on the comparison of Lorentzian parameters of resonance reflectivity curves. The second method is based on numerical solution of Fresnel's equation. The enhancement is essential at low-frequency part of the band, where the cell reflectivity is close to unity and the sensitivity of non-resonant technique is poor. The technique sensitivity is estimated by permeability measurements of Al stripes with different cross-section.     

The doppler frequency shift caused by the inhomogeneities of a medium induced by pulses of intense laser radiation

Self-reflection of pulses of intense laser radiation from an inhomogeneity induced by them in a medium with fast optical nonlinearity is analyzed. The reflected radiation is characterized by a considerable Doppler shift and by a signal magnitude that is sufficient for experimental detection.     

Dynamics of a pinned magnetic vortex

We observe the dynamics of a single magnetic vortex pinned by a defect in a ferromagnetic film. At low excitation amplitudes, the vortex core gyrates about its equilibrium position with a frequency that is characteristic of a single pinning site. At high amplitudes, the frequency of gyration is determined by the magnetostatic energy of the entire vortex, which is confined in a micron-scale disk. We observe a sharp transition between these two amplitude regimes that is due to depinning of the vortex core from a local defect. The distribution of pinning sites is determined by mapping fluctuations in the frequency as the vortex core is displaced by a static in-plane magnetic field.     

A Raman laser intensity sensor induced by the cooperative Rayleigh scattering in a ring configuration

In this work, a laser sensor is described that uses the multipath interference produced inside a ring cavity to measure the power loss induced by a moving taper intensity sensor. The laser is created due to the virtual distributed mirror formed by the Rayleigh scattering produced in a dispersion compensating fiber when pumped by a Raman laser. Two laser peaks were formed, one of them is obtained by the Raman gain (1555 nm) inside the ring and the second is created by the combination of the Raman gain and the Rayleigh scattering (1565 nm). A taper sensor is used as displacement sensor and when the losses is applied in the taper the second laser peak is reduced and the first peak is maintained constant and can be used as reference level.     

Some mechanisms of excitation of a railway wheel

Railway wheel vibrations are caused by a number of mechanisms. Two of these are considered: (a) gravitational load reaction acting on different points of the wheel rim, as the wheel rolls on, and (b) random fluctuating forces generated at the contact patch by roughness on the mating surfaces of the wheel and rail. The wheel is idealized as a thin ring, and the analysis is limited to a single wheel rolling on a rail. It is shown that the first mechanism results in a stationary pattern of vibration, which would not radiate any sound. The acceleration caused by roughness-excited forces is much higher at higher frequencies, but is of the same order as that caused by load reaction at lower frequencies. The computed acceleration level (and hence the radiated SPL) caused by roughness is comparable with the observed values, and is seen to increase by about 10 dB for a doubling of the wagon speed. The driving point impedance of the periodic rail-sleeper system at the contact patch, which is used in the analysis, is derived in a companion paper.     

Representability of the domain wall motion in random potentials by the Preisach model

The question of representability of quasi-static domain wall motion in random potentials by the Preisach model (PM) of hysteresis is studied. It is shown analytically and illustrated by a numerical experiment, that domain wall motion in a pinning field whose first spatial derivative is a stationary random process is exactly representable by the PM.     

A theory of the diffraction of an electromagnetic wave by a plane screen

The problem of the diffraction of an arbitrarily polarized electromagnetic plane wave by a perfectly conducting plane screen of infinitesimal thickness is reduced to scalar problems by the method known from earlier papers. The wave field diffracted either by a screen of infinite extent which is perforated by an aperture of arbitrary size and shape or by a complementary screen is then described by means of the bra-vectors, ket-vectors and linear operators introduced by the present author in one of his preceding papers.