Medium effect on the characteristics of the coupled seismic and electromagnetic signals

Recently developed numerical simulation technique can simulate the coupled seismic and electromagnetic signals for a double couple point source or a finite fault planar source. Besides the source effect, the simulation results showed that both medium structure and medium property could affect the coupled seismic and electromagnetic signals. The waveform of coupled signals for a layered structure is more complicated than that for a simple uniform structure. Different from the seismic signals, the electromagnetic signals are sensitive to the medium properties such as fluid salinity and fluid viscosity. Therefore, the co-seismic electromagnetic signals may be more informative than seismic signals.     

Detection of new acoustic signals from the human head

New acoustic signals generated in the human head have been found using piezoelectric transducers of longitudinal acoustic oscillations; these signals clearly manifest themselves in recording from the temporal regions and are less pronounced when recording from the forehead. They have a form of 4-ms pulses with a repetition frequency varying from 60 to 120 ms. The signal level exceeds that of thermal acoustic fluctuations by about two orders of magnitude. The signals are formed when the subject of an experiment is relaxed; i.e., the human is at rest with closed eyes and is about to fall asleep. The repetition frequency of these signals is close to the alpha-rhythm frequencies; however, there is no exact correlation between these types of signals at long (of about minute) time intervals. The signals recorded from different temples generally have no strong synchronization. Since some parameters of these signals are close to those of electroencephalographic signals, the former can be referred to as acoustoencephalographic signals.     

利用周期信号驱动Chua电路实现相同步

我们在实验上和理论上对周期信号驱动的混沌电路的相同步问题进行了研究。我们选择三类周期信号作为驱动信号，包括Chua电路产生的周期信号，正弦信号和脉冲信号。改变驱动信号的频率、振幅和脉冲信号的占空比，在周期信号和混沌信号存在小的频率失配的条件下，驱动信号的振幅在适当的变化范围内，以及脉冲信号的占空比在适当的变化范围内，都可以获得相同步。甚至当占空比小到3%的情况下，仍然可以得到相同步。特别是这类脉冲信号的控制在实际中是有意义的。     

Comparison of the properties of various optically stimulated luminescence signals from potassium feldspar

Various optically stimulated luminescence signals from K-feldspar have been used to determine the equivalent doses of sediment samples. Understanding the properties of these optical signals is critical to evaluate their applicability and limitations to optical dating. In this paper, some properties of IRSL, post-IR OSL and post-IR IRSL signals (detected in the UV region using U-340 filters) from a museum sample of K-feldspar were investigated by analyzing the relationships between optical and TL signals, and the effect of optical bleaching and heating on optical signals. The trap parameters of the different optical signals were calculated using the pulse annealing method. The results show that this sample exhibits two regenerated TL peaks at ～140 and ～330 °C. Corresponding to the low temperature TL peak, the OSL and post-IR OSL signals appear to be more associated with lower temperature TL than the IRSL signal measured at 50 °C. Corresponding to the high temperature TL peak, the post-IR IRSL signals mainly originate from the more thermally stable traps associated with the high temperature TL, compared with the IRSL and post-IR OSL signals. However, the post-IR IRSL_225 °C signal is shown to be hard to be bleached by blue light and simulated sunlight, compared with the IRSL_50 °C and low temperature post-IR IRSL signals. The implication for optical dating is that the elevated temperature post-IR IRSL signals can be preferentially applied over other signals from K-feldspar, but it is desirable that the effectiveness of the pre-depositional zeroing of these signals is assessed.     

Simplification of the Gram Matrix Eigenvalue Problem for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Signals

In quantum information science, it is very important to solve the eigenvalue problem of the Gram matrix for quantum signals. This allows various quantities to be calculated, such as the error probability, mutual information, channel capacity, and the upper and lower bounds of the reliability function. Solving the eigenvalue problem also provides a matrix representation of quantum signals, which is useful for simulating quantum systems. In the case of symmetric signals, analytic solutions to the eigenvalue problem of the Gram matrix have been obtained, and efficient computations are possible. However, for asymmetric signals, there is no analytic solution and universal numerical algorithms that must be used, rendering the computations inefficient. Recently, we have shown that, for asymmetric signals such as amplitude-shift keying coherent-state signals, the Gram matrix eigenvalue problem can be simplified by exploiting its partial symmetry. In this paper, we clarify a method for simplifying the eigenvalue problem of the Gram matrix for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signals, which are extremely important for applications in quantum communication and quantum ciphers. The results presented in this paper are applicable to ordinary QAM signals as well as modified QAM signals, which enhance the security of quantum cryptography.     

Scale invariance analysis of the premature ECG signals

The multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis and detrending moving average algorithm were introduced in detail and applied to the study of the multifractal characteristics of the normal signals, the atrial premature beat (APB) signals and the premature ventricular contraction (PVC) signals. By analyzing the generalized Hurst exponents, Renyi exponents and multifractal spectrum and comparing the relation of h∼h(q)$h\sim h\left(q\right)$ for original signals and their shuffled time series, the result indicated that the three signals have multifractality and present long-range correlation in a certain range. According to the mean value of Δα$\Delta \alpha$, we found that the strength of the multifractality is varying. The PVC signals is the strongest, and the Normal signals is the weakest. It is useful for clinical practice of medicine to distinguish APB signals with PVC signals.     

A quantitative assessment of communicating extra-terrestrial intelligent civilizations in the galaxy and the case of FRB-like signals

A formula is proposed to quantitatively estimate the signal emission rate of Communicating Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent civilizations (CETIs) in the Galaxy. I suggest that one possible type of CETI signal would be brief radio bursts similar to fast radio bursts (FRBs). A dedicated search for FRB–like artificial signals in the Galaxy for decades may pose a meaningful upper limit on the emission rate of these signals by CETIs. The Fermi-Hart paradox is answered in terms of not having enough observing times for this and other types of signals. Whether humans should send FRB-like signals in the far future is briefly discussed.     

Estimating the Amplitude of Wind Waves by Correlation Analysis of the Reverberation Signal

Acoustical Physics - Correlation analysis of low-frequency reverberation signals has been carried out by decomposing the reverberation into reference functions, formed as a set of signals reflected...     

紧聚焦条件下相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射信号场的矢量分析

在相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射(coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering,CARS)显微镜中,共线传输的紧聚焦高斯光束激发具有不同形状和尺寸的待测样品所产生的CARS信号场的空间分布决定了整体系统的结构特点.建立了紧聚焦条件下球形样品产生CARS信号场的理论模型.利用矢量波动方程分析了紧聚焦条件下线偏振的高斯光束的光场强度和相位分布.利用格林函数求解该模型中CARS信号场的矢量波动方程,模拟计算得到了不同直径球形样品的远场CARS信号场的空间分布.理论分析和模拟计算结果表明,对于小体积的球形样品,前向和背向传输的CARS信号场强度接近,因此采用大数值孔径物镜背向探测方式即可获得高对比度图像.对于大体积球形样品,CARS信号场的强度大幅增强,且发射方向主要集中在前向的一定立体角内.因此,采用小数值孔径物镜即可有效收集前向传输的CARS信号.     

基于小波变换的人体步态序列提取

将小波变换用于处理人体行走时产生的加速度信号.利用离散小波变换的多尺度、多分辨率特性对原始加速度信号进行尺度分解,在对小波基以及分解尺度进行合理选取后准确地从加速度信号中提取出隐藏的步态节律.与利用阈值法直接对原始加速度信号提取峰值的算法比较后发现：利用小波分解得到与步态节律相关的特征尺度后再进行峰值检测能显著地提高信号峰值的检出率;即使当原始信号存在较严重的噪声干扰时,该方法也能保证所提取出的步态序列的准确性.这对于步态序列的后续分析具有至关重要的意义.研究表明,离散小波变换是一种有效的提取步态节律的方 关键词： 小波变换 步态序列 峰值检测 特征尺度     

High-frequency modulated signals of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the North Pacific

Killer whales in the North Pacific, similar to Atlantic populations, produce high-frequency modulated signals, based on acoustic recordings from ship-based hydrophone arrays and autonomous recorders at multiple locations. The median peak frequency of these signals ranged from 19.6-36.1 kHz and median duration ranged from 50-163 ms. Source levels were 185-193 dB peak-to-peak re: 1 μPa at 1 m. These uniform, repetitive, down-swept signals are similar to bat echolocation signals and possibly could have echolocation functionality. A large geographic range of occurrence suggests that different killer whale ecotypes may utilize these signals.     

Image multiplexing and color images with theta modulation of the speckle patterns

We describe a technique of image multiplexing which employs theta modulation of the speckle patterns using the same diffuser to modulate all the signals. This technique is applicable for binary signals. The basic advantage of this technique is that a great number of signals can be stored without cross-talk, because each area of the film is exposed only once. In addition to this, if the development film is processed with white light, color images of the signals will be retrieved.     

Examination of magnetite nanoparticles utilising the temperature dependent magnetorelaxometry

We investigated the magnetic properties of two kinds of magnetosomes (25-42 nm) produced by the magneto-tactic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. At temperatures between 4.2 K and room temperature the temperature dependent magnetorelaxation (TMRX) method was used. We found three areas with magnetic signals and discuss them in this paper using the results of additional hysteresis loop measurements. The signals detected above 300 K show the lower end of a beginning energy barrier distribution. The signals between 70 and 120 K lie in the area of the Verwey transition and disappear over time due to aging processes. In addition to these signals, other signals at temperatures between 4.2 and 70 K were found and possible causes are discussed.     

应用经验模态分解和独立成分分析解译岩矿光谱

岩矿光谱由多种矿物光谱混合而成,解译岩矿光谱能够得到岩矿的组分信息,且该方法具有快速、方便、不损坏样品的特点。经验模态分解(empirical mode decomposition, EMD)不能直接分离出混合信号中的源信号,独立成分分析(independent component analysis, ICA)要求混合信号数目不小于其所包括的源信号数目。将EMD和ICA两种方法相融合,首先用EMD分解混合信号得到本征模态函数(intrinsic mode function, IMF),再选择一定数目的IMF与混合信号一起组成ICA的输入数据矩阵,经过ICA运算可以获取单一混合信号中的源信号信息,克服了EMD和ICA两种方法各自的缺陷。研究表明,综合应用EMD和ICA方法可以获取单一混合信号中的源信号信息,混合信号中源信号含量越大,得到的源信号近似值越理想。参与ICA分离的IMF数目决定了分离得到的源信号近似值的数目,并且选择的IMF与混合信号相关系数越大,得到的源信号近似值越理想。运用该方法定量分析岩矿光谱,可以获取组成岩矿的矿物信息,比较适用于野外作业岩矿的快速分析鉴定及成分初步分析。     

Design of the pulse duty cycle of the pseudolite signal in local area augmentation systems

The short-pulse TDMA signal is an excellent solution to the near-far problem in the pseudolite augmentation systems,and the pulse duty cycle is an important element in the solution.This paper aims at designing the duty cycle of the pseudolite pulse signals with a theoretical method.At first,the scope of the duty cycle is derived theoretically with the object of ensuring the reception of both the pseudolite signals and the satellite signals,and the expression for the theoretical upper limit is given.Then bas...     

激光烧蚀金属元靶等离子体中电学信号的实验研究

将高功率脉冲激光作用于金属元靶,探测激光诱导等离子体在靶上产生的电学信号.研究了作用激光能量的差异对等离子体电信号的影响,实验结果表明随着激光能量的增加电信号脉冲幅度逐渐增大并趋于饱和.同时,将激光烧蚀过程中的靶材等效为瞬态电流源,初步建立了激光诱导等离子体等效电路模型,并将该模型应用于激光烧蚀金属靶,对靶上电信号的产生机制进行了详细讨论.     

Regional distinctions in the time structure of the sound field produced by a point source in the underwater sound channel

Experimental data on long-range propagation of explosion-generated signals in different ocean regions are analyzed. The objective of the analysis is to reveal the regional distinctions in the time structure of the sound fields in the underwater sound channel and to demonstrate the following frequently observed phenomena: splitting of signals in the “classical” quartets, noise background in the quartets, and deviation of the frequency-independent phase shift between signals in the quartets from the expected value (a multiple of 90°) due to the contact with a caustic. Possible mechanisms of these phenomena are discussed.     

锁定放大器在检测微弱信号中的应用

对锁定放大器的功能原理进行了介绍,并用锁定放大器对微弱信号及加了不同噪声的微弱信号分别进行了测试,实验证明锁定放大器具有良好的检测微弱信号的功能.     

基于时变功率谱的激光器调谐瞬时线宽测量方法研究

半导体激光器的线宽通常采用激光外差测量技术,通过差拍信号的功率谱密度函数来确定,受傅里叶变换方法的限制,得到的均是在一定时间段内的静态平均线宽。为了获得半导体激光器在电流调谐过程中的瞬时线宽特性,提出了利用时变功率谱获知调谐瞬时线宽的相干和非相干测量方法,并分别进行了理论分析和实验验证。首先对半导体激光器输出光信号及差拍信号进行了时间-频率域下的数学描述,确定了时变功率谱与调谐瞬时线宽的关系;其次,针对差拍信号的趋向性特征,提出了趋势局部均值分解方法,并研究了利用分解出的乘积函数建立差拍信号及激光器输出光信号的时变功率谱的方法;最后利用非相干和相干测量法分别获得了分布反馈式半导体激光器在50~51及50~100 mA锯齿波电流调谐过程中的瞬时线宽。