Statistical Prediction Modeling of Rain Induced Attenuation and Depolarization

Millimeter wave rain co-polarization attenuation, CPA, and cross polarization discrimination, XPD, measurements have been made at 35GHz and 94GHz over a line-of-sight link. On the basis of these experimental results, a study of this rain medium has been made with the method of link measurements. In this paper, we presented a statistical prediction modeling of rain-induced attenuation and depolarization from the statistical distribution of the rain intensity, and the size, and canting angle of raindrops. Our computational results are in good agreement with data of measurements.     

Temperature Effects on Attenuation Due to Rain for Millimeter and Centimeter Waves

Radio wave operating in millimetrewave and microwave frequency bands are adversely affected due to rain. Particularly the attenuation is of immense significance for sensitive remote measurements by satellites using frequencies greater than 10 GHz. Maintenance of an uninterrupted communication link requires a precise knowledge of the attenuation effect due to rain for commissioning right kind of transmitting sources for various purposes required in present day situation. Precise measurement of attenuation at various frequencies will enable us to choose the right frequency, polarization, incident angle and power of the source for different purposes. In this paper we have compared the results of earlier works using aR^b Olsen et al, (1) and the formulation by Moupfouma, (2) on the basis of theoretical analysis for explaining the observed results. Effect of temperature, considered in detail in this communication, has contributed the necessary correction factor of the rain attenuation for explaining the observed results. Theoretical analyses to measure the attenuation of the propagating wave due to temperature variation in the rain path have been presented. Correction factor due to temperature profile (temperature from the ground to the rain height within which the radio wave traces its path) has been incorporated in two models by using the concept of dipole energy changes. The effect of this temperature is noted to be quite significant and incorporates an error to the extent of 7–8%.     

基于博弈论的认知无线电网络跨层资源分配

针对多跳认知无线电网络的多层资源分配问题,提出了协作去耦合方法和跨层联合方法,协作去耦合方法首先单独完成路径选择任务,随后进行信道与功率的博弈分配;跨层联合方法则通过博弈直接对路径、信道、功率三层资源进行同时分配,两种方法都综合考虑网络层、介质访问控制层、物理层的启发原则,引入了节点被干扰度信息和节点主动干扰度信息来辅助路径选择,设计了基于功率允许宽度信息的Boltzmann探索来完成信道与功率选择,设计了长链路和瓶颈链路替换消除机制以进一步提高网络性能,从促进收敛角度,选择序贯博弈并设计了具体的博弈过程,此外还分析了博弈的纳什均衡,讨论了两种算法的复杂度,仿真结果表明,协作去耦合方法和跨层联合方法在成功流数量、流可达速率、发射功耗性能指标上均优于简单去耦合的链路博弈、流博弈方法。     

Rain induced cross polarization at millimeter waves in a Xi''an environment

The rainfall intensity accumulative distribution, raindrop size and canting angle distributions in Xi'an(108.9 E, 34.3 N) have been obtained from data measured over a long period of time. Rain induced crose polarization in this environment has been studied. The crose polarization discrimination, XPD, was compu ted over a frequency range of 19.3 to 300 GHz for non spherical drops. The variations of XPD with frequency, rainfall rate and copolar attenuation, CPA, were investigated. The computational resulte are in good agreement with experimental data. A mathematical relationship was established between the XPD and CPA, raindrop canting angle, which result is in good agreement with experimental data. The cumulative distribution of rain induced cross polarization for eleven years and in month have been ob tained with the cumulative distribution of the rain rate from the data measured from 1975 to 1985. The role of multiple scattering also has been discussed, it is shown that the multiple scattering play an important part in short millimeter wave.     

Deformed even-even nuclei in a quark-meson coupling model with tensor coupling

Neutron total cross sections of ¹⁹⁷Au and ^natTa have been measured at the nELBE photoneutron source in the energy range 0.1–10MeV with a statistical uncertainty of up to 2% and a total systematic uncertainty of 1%. This facility is optimized for the fast neutron energy range and combines an excellent time structure of the neutron pulses (electron bunch width 5ps) with a short flight path of 7m. Because of the low instantaneous neutron flux transmission measurements of neutron total cross sections are possible, that exhibit very different beam and background conditions than found at other neutron sources.     

Ultralong-range sounding of the ionospheric HF channel using an ionosonde/direction finder with chirp modulation of the signal

We present the results of experimental studies of propagation of short radio waves on a long transequatorial path of Laverton (Australia) — Rostov-on-Don, which were obtained with the help of an ionosonde/direction finder with chirp modulation of the signal. It is shown that conditions for propagation of anomalous signals by means of sideband reflection of radio waves from the Himalayan Hills and the Plateau of Iran and also due to scattering of radio waves from the high-latitude ionosphere of the northern hemisphere are realized on the given path. The propagation of radio waves is modeled with allowance for their scattering by anisotropic magnetic field-aligned irregularities of a high-latitude ionosphere, which are located on the northern wall of the main ionospheric trough of the F layer. It is shown that the results of the experiment agree well with the calculated data.     

基于1–10GHz空地链路信号的雨强监测方法可行性研究

空地链路上的微波信号受降雨影响, 会产生功率衰减和去极化效应. 基于这些物理特性, 本文提出利用1–10 GHz空地链路信号的降雨干扰项获取雨强的方法, 并开展了相关理论研究. 根据空地链路信号与雨滴复杂的相互作用, 研究了空地链路信号频率为1–10 GHz时, 雨强 (rain rate, R) 对衰减 (attenuation, A) 和交叉极化分辨率 (cross-polarization discrimination, XPD)的影响, 分别建立了A-R和XPD-R关系模型. 通过数值模拟, 分别分析了利用上述两个关系模型估测雨强的可行性, 并系统研究了不同频率、极化方式和仰角条件下的适用性. 研究结果表明, 对于水平极化或圆极化, 且频率较高的空地链路信号, 利用A-R关系反演强降雨具有理论上的可行性; 对于不同频率和极化方式的信号, XPD-R关系模型都可以用于反演雨强, 并且对于1–50 mm·h^-1范围内的雨强, XPD较为敏感; 不同仰角条件下, A-R和XPD-R 模型都适用. 在4–10 GHz时, 本文的XPD-R模型和国际电信联盟ITU-R中XPD预测模型的结果非常接近. 所得出的结论对于下一步开展相关的验证实验, 拓展卫星系统的气象应用, 实时估测降雨强度, 实现全球降雨观测具有重要的参考价值. 关键词： 空地链路信号 雨强 衰减特性 交叉极化分辨率(XPD)     

Characteristics of radio transmission over polymer optical fiber for indoor wireless coverage

The characteristics of radio over polymer optical fiber (RoPOF) are evaluated for indoor or in-building wireless coverage. The frequency responses and the third order intermodulation distortion products of the RoPOF link are investigated. The eye diagrams and EVM values of signals carrying quadrature-phase-shift-keyed (QPSK) data and global system for mobile (GSM) signals are measured to evaluate the transmission performance. The interference measurements with FDM are also carried out. The results show that although the nonlinear distortion and power loss deteriorate the system to some extent, making use of passband transmission, RoPOF can provide fairly good transmission performance for wireless applications.     

An investigation of air-grown yttrium oxide and experimental determination of the sputtering yield and the inelastic mean free path

The thickness of the passivation layer on yttrium formed in air at room temperature was measured with XPS and SIMS using the inelastic mean free path (IMFP) of the Y 3d photoelectrons, the sputtering yield and an extrapolation of thickness measurements at Langmuir values < 10⁶. The IMFP of the Y 3d photoelectrons and the sputtering yield were determined experimentally. XPS standard spectra of metallic Y and its oxide were prepared. The corresponding parameters of the natural lineshapes of the Y 3d and O 1s lines are presented.     

Salt neutrino detector for ultrahigh-energy neutrinos

Rock salt and limestone are studied to determine their suitability for use as a radio-wave transmission medium in an ultrahigh energy (UHE) cosmic neutrino detector. A sensible radio wave would be emitted by the coherent Cherenkov radiation from negative excess charges inside an electromagnetic shower upon interaction of a UHE neutrino in a high-density medium (Askar’yan effect). If the attenuation length for the radio wave in the material is large, a relatively small number of radio-wave sensors could detect the interaction occurring in the massive material. We measured the complex permittivity of the rock salt and limestone by the perturbed cavity resonator method at 9.4 and 1 GHz to good precision. We obtained new results of measurements at the frequency at 1.0 GHz. The measured value of the radio-wave attenuation length of synthetic rock salt samples is 1080 m. The samples from the Hockley salt mine in the United States show attenuation length of 180 m at 1 GHz, and then we estimate it by extrapolation to be as long as 900 m at 200 MHz. The results show that there is a possibility of utilizing natural massive deposits of rock salt for a UHE neutrino detector. A salt neutrino detector with a size of 2×2×2 km would detect 10 UHE neutrino/yr generated through the GZK process.     

Y2O3稳定ZrO2薄膜的结构和光学特性

用电子束蒸发法制备出四种不同Y2O3含量的Y2O3稳定ZrO2（YSZ）薄膜,用X射线衍射和透射光谱测定薄膜的结构和光学性能.结果表明：随着Y2O3含量的增加,ZrO2薄膜从单斜相向高温相（四方相和立方相）转变,获得了结构稳定的YSZ薄膜;YSZ薄膜的晶粒尺寸都比ZrO2薄膜的大,但随着Y2O3加入量的增加,晶粒尺寸有减小的趋势,薄膜表面也趋向光滑平整.所有YSZ薄膜的透射谱线都与ZrO2薄膜相似,在可见光和红外光区都有较高的透过率.Y2O3的加入还可以改变薄膜的折射率,在一定范围内可得到所需的任意折射率.     

Dissociation energies of molecular hydrogen and the hydrogen molecular ion

We have obtained improved values for the dissociation energies of molecular hydrogen and its ion by using a high-resolution pulse-amplified laser to probe the second dissociation limit. The onset of the vibrational continuum is observed by state-selective detection of the atomic products of dissociation, and several auxiliary measurements link the results to the ground state. The dissociation energies are accurate to 0.010-0.026 cm(-1), improving previous measurements by a factor of 3-7. Agreement with ab initio calculations is good for H2, D2, and their ions, but not for HD and HD+.     

Observation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with the ANITA balloon-borne radio interferometer

We report the observation of 16 cosmic ray events with a mean energy of 1.5 × 101? eV via radio pulses originating from the interaction of the cosmic ray air shower with the Antarctic geomagnetic field, a process known as geosynchrotron emission. We present measurements in the 300-900 MHz range, which are the first self-triggered, first ultrawide band, first far-field, and the highest energy sample of cosmic ray events collected with the radio technique. Their properties are inconsistent with current ground-based geosynchrotron models. The emission is 100% polarized in the plane perpendicular to the projected geomagnetic field. Fourteen events are seen to have a phase inversion due to reflection of the radio beam off the ice surface, and two additional events are seen directly from above the horizon. Based on a likelihood analysis, we estimate angular pointing precision of order 2° for the event arrival directions.     

Automatic procedure for stable tetragonal or hexagonal structures: application to tetragonal Y and Cd

A simple effective procedure (MNP) for finding equilibrium tetragonal and hexagonal states under pressure is described and applied. The MNP procedure finds a path to minima of the Gibbs free energy G at T=0 K (G=E+pV, E=energy per atom, p=pressure, V=volume per atom) for tetragonal and hexagonal structures by using the approximate expansion of G in linear and quadratic strains at an arbitrary initial structure to find a change in the strains which moves toward a minimum of G. Iteration automatically proceeds to a minimum within preset convergence criteria on the calculation of the minimum. Comparison is made with experimental results for the ground states of seven metallic elements in hexagonal close-packed (hcp), face- and body-centered cubic structures, and with a previous procedure for finding minima based on tracing G along the epitaxial Bain path (EBP) to a minimum; the MNP is more easily generalized than the EBP procedure to lower symmetry and more atoms in the unit cell. Comparison is also made with a molecular-dynamics program for crystal equilibrium structures under pressure and with CRYSTAL, a program for crystal equilibrium structures at zero pressure. Application of MNP to the elements Y and Cd, which have hcp ground states at zero pressure, finds minima of E at face-centered cubic (fcc) structure for both Y and Cd. Evaluation of all the elastic constants shows that fcc Y is stable, hence a metastable phase, but fcc Cd is unstable.     

射频驱动下电磁诱导透明窗口的分裂和增益的出现

在Λ型三能级系统的基础上引入两个共振射频场, 通过详细讨论系统的探测吸收特性随两个射频场Rabi频率取不同值时的变化规律, 得出电磁诱导透明(EIT)的分裂规律以及EIT上出现增益现象的产生条件.研究结果表明: 两个射频场对系统所起的控制作用不同, 控制基态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场对EIT的分裂起作用, 而控制激发态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场不会导致EIT的分裂; 而且, 只有当控制基态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场的Rabi频率大于控制激发态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场的Rabi频率时, 才能产生EIT与增益相叠加的新特性. 关键词： 射频场 电磁诱导透明 增益 精细结构能级     

中低纬度电离层偶发E层电波传播建模

基于电离层偶发E层(sporadic-E,Es)对电波传播的多条链路实测数据,认为电离层Es对入射电波的作用是反射和散射两种机制,且反射/散射的比例常数随着电离层Es临界频率的变化而变化,进而建立了包含反射、散射以及反射与散射共同作用的三段式电离层Es电波传播模型,并与国际电联(International Telecommunications Union,ITU)给出的Es层传播的电波场强预测模型进行了对比,验证了本文所建模型的正确性.该模型尤其适用于中低纬地区甚高频信号经Es层的传播研究.     

Pulsed differential optical absorption spectroscopy applied to air pollution measurement in urban troposphere

Differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) is useful for various types of trace gas measurements in the lower troposphere. In this paper, we report the DOAS measurement conducted in Chiba, Japan during 2009 and 2010. An optical path length of 5.5 km is employed to measure the average concentration of NO₂ using a xenon aviation obstruction light that flashes every 1.5 s. By virtue of the high stability of the light source intensity, the intensity measurement enables the retrieval of aerosol extinction coefficient averaged over the optical path. The results are compared with the concurrent results of ground sampling and sunphotometer measurements.     

Results of comparative measurements of radiowave attenuation in snowfalls at frequencies 138 and 247 GHZ

We performed comparative quasi-synchronous measurements of radiowave attenuation by snowfalls on a close-to ground radio ray path of 1025 m long at frequencies 138 and 247 GHz. We showed that during some periods of a snowfall there is a stable, almost functional correlation between the attenuation coefficients at frequencies 138 GHz (Γ(138)) and 247 GHz (Γ(247)). In two of six recorded events such a correlation persisted during the entire snowfall. There were some occasions when the relationship between Γ(138) and Γ(247) had a “hysteresis” form. Analysis of all the data as a whole showed a linear correlation between Γ(138) and Γ(247) with a correlation coefficient of about 0.97. The average value of the ratio Γ(247)/Γ(138), which characterizes the frequency dependence of wave damping in snowfalls, was found to be equal to 3.8, its measured values being in the range between 1.6 and 6.2. Results of the experiment are compared with data from other measurements. Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 103–108, February 1999.     

On the Possibility of the Existence of a Surface Electromagnetic Wave in the Permafrost Area

The results of measurements of the vertical component of electric field at a radio path with the permafrost at a frequency of 255 kHz have been interpreted. An analysis of the results has shown that the considered radio path exhibits the properties of a two-part impedance surface, i.e., it consists of two sections. At a distance of 70 km from a radiation source and at a frequency of 255 kHz of the electromagnetic wave, the field decreases with the distance R according to the power law as R^-1.5 and a power index takes an intermediate value between the power indices for decreasing the field in free space R^-2 and for the decrease in the field above an ideal conducting surface R^-1. With further propagation at a distance of 70–220 km, the field shows the specific behavior of a surface electromagnetic wave.