Entangled chimeras in nonlocally coupled bicomponent phase oscillators: From synchronous to asynchronous chimeras

Chimera states, a symmetry-breaking spatiotemporal pattern in nonlocally coupled identical dynamical units, have been identified in various systems and generalized to coupled nonidentical oscillators. It has been shown that strong heterogeneity in the frequencies of nonidentical oscillators might be harmful to chimera states. In this work, we consider a ring of nonlocally coupled bicomponent phase oscillators in which two types of oscillators are randomly distributed along the ring: some oscillators with natural frequency ω₁ and others with ω₂ . In this model, the heterogeneity in frequency is measured by frequency mismatch |ω₁−ω₂| between the oscillators in these two subpopulations. We report that the nonlocally coupled bicomponent phase oscillators allow for chimera states no matter how large the frequency mismatch is. The bicomponent oscillators are composed of two chimera states, one supported by oscillators with natural frequency ω₁ and the other by oscillators with natural frequency ω₂. The two chimera states in two subpopulations are synchronized at weak frequency mismatch, in which the coherent oscillators in them share similar mean phase velocity, and are desynchronized at large frequency mismatch, in which the coherent oscillators in different subpopulations have distinct mean phase velocities. The synchronization–desynchronization transition between chimera states in these two subpopulations is observed with the increase in the frequency mismatch. The observed phenomena are theoretically analyzed by passing to the continuum limit and using the Ott-Antonsen approach.     

Design of 3?mm Band Hopping Frequency Synthesizer

With the combination of the technique of PLL, DDS and multiplier, a 3 mm band hopping frequency synthesizer with high frequency stability and low phase noise has been presented, which is characterized by nice performances. The design includes an X-band hopping frequency source, which is the LO for millimeter-wave harmonic mixing. Once the interim frequency being locked by the phase-locked loop, the corresponding 3 mm hopping frequency would be locked. Measurement result shows that the output frequency is 93.24∼93.748 GHz, the bandwidth is 508 MHz, the stepping frequency is 4 MHz, and the phase noise is about -82dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset.     

全频域下窄线宽激光器光谱线宽的分析

窄线宽激光器的线宽表征方式通常采用延时自外差法测量技术。该技术是通过延时光纤差拍产生一个与待测激光线宽相关的洛伦兹频谱,因此该频谱只具有单一的线宽表现形式。为了能够观察到激光器的线宽和频率噪声在其傅里叶频率分布下的完整特性,报道了一种基于β算法计算窄线宽激光器线宽的方法。该方法是结合频率噪声中的白噪声和1/f噪声分别诱导不同激光线型的理论,从而确定激光线宽。首先,对β算法的基本原理进行了详细的分析说明。通过基于维纳-辛钦定理,分析了窄线宽激光器不同频率范围内的频率噪声和激光线宽的依赖关系。阐明了在截止频率趋于0和无穷大的两个范围条件时,激光频谱特性从高斯线型向洛伦兹线型演变。同时推导出使两种线型转换的截止频率表达式,并将其转换为频率噪声函数,该函数定义为β分子线。此时频率噪声分量中高斯线型的总和即为激光线宽计算公式;其次,对窄线宽激光器的频率噪声和激光线型进行数值仿真。将通过OEwaves公司的OE4000互相关零差相位/频率噪声自动测试系统测得的频率噪声谱密度,带入β算法理论公式中。结果显示：1/f噪声导致激光呈现高斯线型,线宽随截止频率的增加而增大。而白噪声将导致洛伦兹线型,线宽不再随截止频率而改变。此外,在低频区域,频率噪声电平远大于其傅里叶频率,噪声调制系数较高,该部分噪声可以决定线宽大小。因此,高斯线型区域对应的频率噪声的积分,即为待测激光器的线宽;在高频区域,频率噪声电平与其傅里叶频率相差较小,频率波动较快,噪声对线宽影响可以忽略。并且频率带宽在截止频率范围内,计算的线宽误差较小。最后,实验上运用β算法对RIO公司的1 550 nm低噪声窄线宽激光器的频率噪声功率谱密度进行积分计算,成功获得了其不同傅里叶频率分布下对应的激光线宽值。其中β分子线将频率噪声中的白噪声和1/f噪声分隔两部分：当频率噪声谱密度大于β分子线时,激光即为高斯线型,线宽随频率积分带宽的增加而减少;而频率噪声谱密度小于β分子线时,激光呈现洛伦兹线型,线宽为定值不再改变。同时为了对β算法进行实验验证,搭建了延迟光纤为50 km、移频频率为60 MHz的延时自外差法测量系统。对注入电流为110 mA的RIO 1 550 nm低噪声窄线宽激光器的线宽进行实验测量,测量结果表明激光线宽为1.8 kHz,与上述β算法中2.8 kHz的频率带宽积分结果一致。充分证明了此算法的准确性。β算法可以对任意类型的窄线宽激光器进行线宽表征,对窄线宽激光器的研究具有重要意义。     

An erosion sensor based on a quartz crystal microbalance for quantitative determination of the cleaning efficiency in an ultrasonic vessel

The efficiency of ultrasonic cleaning vessels cannot be measured directly in an easy way. In the presented work, a sensor is developed which quantitatively measures the ablation of a test layer. The sensor element is a quartz crystal which is coated with a sacrificial layer. Small changes in mass of this layer can be measured by a frequency shift of the crystal oscillation. For measurements, a 10 MHz AT-cut quartz crystal was used in a cleaning vessel working at 44.9 kHz. To determine the frequency shift by the ablation of the test layer, the quartz crystal was driven by a frequency generator sweeping the frequency in the range of the resonance frequency and a characteristic frequency was determined. The test layer which was applied to the quartz crystal consisted of silica microparticles suspended in varnish. In a preliminary experiment using a commercial cleaner it could be shown that significant changes in resonance frequency by cavitation effect could be detected. The initial frequency shift of the sacrificial layer is reproducible within 10%. The test layer can be adapted to the conditions of the cleaning vessel. By changing the electrical input power of the vessel, a threshold in the cavitation erosion was found.     

High-resolution spectroscopy based on optical phase modulator and optical frequency comb

A phase modulation of an optical frequency comb has been applied to measure a fine spectrum in the 1.5 μm wavelength range by the optical heterodyne-detection method. The measurement frequency range covered 25 GHz, which satisfies the frequency interval of the optical frequency comb, with a spectral resolution of 1 MHz.     

Characterization and investigation of the unique plasma behavior caused by variable driving frequencies in the formation of cold atmospheric plasma

The study presents the characterization of a novel variable frequency (11–50 kHz) Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet (APPJ) source and comparison of the results with 13.56 MHz source, in terms of species generation and species temperature. The behavior of variable frequency APPJ at different frequency regimes was investigated using optical emission spectroscopy to understand the interaction with the ambient environment. The quantitative dependence of the radical generation on driving frequency and time of treatment was also analyzed by direct synthesis of H₂O₂ by plasma-water interaction. The plasma formed with a kHz driving frequency had a low treatment temperature, which was suitable for biological species, but the plasma generated with a 13.56 MHz driving frequency had a substantially higher radical density than the kHz plasma. As a result, the APPJ device's ability to tune the radical density and treatment temperature with a change in kHz frequency has been demonstrated.     

Highly stable,frequency-controlled mode-locked erbium fiber laser comb

A mode-locked Er:fiber laser-based optical frequency comb with high stability in the repetition frequency and carrier-envelope offset (CEO) frequency is realized. The CEO beat signal was detected right after the supercontinuum generation by a compact single-beam f–2f self-referencing interferometer, which does not require further delay compensation. The stabilized repetition frequency has an out-of-loop tracking stability of 1.3×10^-13/ for an integration time τ less than 1000 s, which is limited by the stability of the frequency measurement system. The stabilized CEO frequency has a residual fluctuation of 0.52 mHz measured with a 1 s gate time. This is, to our knowledge, the highest tracking stability realized for fiber laser-based optical frequency comb. PACS 06.30.Ft; 42.60.Lh; 42.55.Wd     

Frequency stability measurement of a transfer-cavity-stabilized diode laser by using an optical frequency comb

We report results of frequency stability measurements of an extended cavity diode laser (ECDL) whose frequency is stabilized by a non-evacuated scanning transfer cavity. The transfer cavity is locked to a commercial frequency stabilized helium–neon laser. Frequency stability is measured by use of an optical frequency comb. The environmental perturbations (variations of temperature, air pressure, and humidity) are also simultaneously measured. The observed frequency drift of the ECDL is well explained by environmental perturbations. An atmospheric pressure variation, which is difficult to control with a non-evacuated cavity, is mainly affected to the frequency stability. Thus we put the cavity into a simple O-ring sealed (non-evacuated) tube. With this simple O-ring sealed tube, the frequency drift is reduced by a factor of 3, and the Allan variance reaches a value of 2.4×10⁻¹⁰, corresponds to the frequency stability of 83 kHz, at the average time of 3000 s. Since the actual frequency drift is well estimated by simultaneous measurement of the ambient temperature, pressure, and humidity, a feed-forward compensation of frequency drifts is also feasible in order to achieve a higher frequency stability with a simple non-evacuated transfer cavity.     

HL-2A装置反剪切阿尔芬本征模实验观测与模拟验证

利用 AMC 程序获取了不同最小安全因子( q_min )情况下反剪切阿尔芬本征模频率(RSAE)的变化特征： 当最小安全因子 q_min >1 时,RSAE 频率随着 q_min 增大而增大;当 q_min <1 时,RSAE 频率随着 q_min 减小而增大。这 与简化 RSAE 色散关系给出的频率相符。在 HL-2A 电流爬升期间和锯齿期间分别发现了 q_min >1 和 q_min <1 情况下 缓慢向上扫频的模。这些模的频率介于环向阿尔芬本征模和比压阿尔芬本征模之间,与 AMC 得到的 RSAE 模频 率一致,模的径向结构由单一极向谐波组成,并且高度局域在 q_min 附近,具有典型的 RSAE 特征。     

High resolution emission spectra of laser-excited molecular iodine as the excitation frequency is tuned through and away from resonance

We have studied the ΔJ = 2 rotationally shifted emission lines in the region of the strong absorption of molecular iodine which occurs within the 5145 Å argon ion laser line. We used an etalon tuned, single frequency argon ion laser with a linewidth of 20 MHz to excite the iodine emission and recorded the spectra of the rotational lines with Fabry-Perot spectrometers having resolutions up to 70 MHz (0.0023 cm^-1). To overcome Doppler linewidth limitations we took spectra of the emission at small angles to the exciting beam and found the lines to have widths less than our instrumental resolution and frequencies which accurately tuned with the incident laser frequency. We recorded the emission lines for laser frequencies in the absorption line center and out into the absorption wing. Our spectra show that the intensity of the emission lines follows the absorption line profile while the frequency of the emission lines is determined by the laser frequency; the intensity is maximum at the absorption line center, falling by 10⁴ as the laser frequency is moved off the line center, while the line position maintains a constant frequency shift from the laser frequency.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF AC ZEEMAN EFFECT IN 87Rb ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARD

We have proved experimentally that the frequency shift formula of AC Zeeman effect presented by us is correct. In a ⁸⁷Rb atomic frequency standard we add a new microwave field which causes the frequency shift of O-O transition frequency of ⁸⁷Rb atomic ground state. This frequency shift as a function of frequency and power of the added microwave field is measured. The experimental results agree with theory.     

The Design of the 394.6 Ghz Continuously Tunable Coaxial Gyrotron for DNP Spectroscopy

Results of the numerical investigations of the coaxial-cavity gyrotron with smooth frequency tuning are presented. The tuning is achieved by moving an internal cone-shaped rod along the device axis, which ensures smooth variations in eigenfrequencies of the cavity. The application of an inner conductor with an impedance surface reduces the thermal load on the internal road. The calculation results demonstrate the possibility of tuning the oscillator frequency by 8 GHz for the 394.6 GHz central frequency (within a frequency band of about 2%) with an output power of about several hundreds watts in the CW regime.     

Two-Frequency Brillouin Fiber Laser Controlled by Temperature Difference in Fiber Ring Resonator

A Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) consisting of a fiber ring resonator with different fiber temperatures emits two-frequency light output. The two-frequency BFL yields an optical beat output which can be utilized as an optical frequency shifter. The output beat frequency is controllable by the temperature difference in the fiber ring resonator and changes with a step of a resonant frequency interval of BFL. The temperature dependence of the BFL output frequency was 2.4 MHz/°C. The stability of the output beat frequency to the temperature fluctuation was estimated as 1.04°C/2.5 MHz.     

A system for measuring absolute frequencies of up to 4.25 THz using a Josephson point contact

A system for measuring the absolute frequency of a far-infrared (FIR) laser is described. Josephson point contacts have been utilized in the system as a frequency harmonic mixer connecting microwaves and optically pumped CH₃OH laser lines. The Josephson point contacts are capable of generating beat signals of 90 GHz microwaves and FIR waves of up to 4.25 THz. To measure the frequency of the beat signals from the Josephson junction with a frequency counter, tracking oscillators have been developed, which tracks the beat signals by phase locking and regenerate clean signals for frequency counting. It is shown that the absolute frequency can be measured to an accuracy of about 100 Hz by using the tracking oscillators.     

LC共振型巨磁阻抗效应的研究

采用化学镀方法成功制备了自带电容构成LC共振回路的CoP/Insulator/BeCu复合结构丝. 研究了这种新型复合结构丝产生LC共振型巨磁阻抗效应的特征,长度为l_m=95 cm的复合结构丝,当驱动电流频率为LC共振频率f_r=290 MHz时,LC共振型巨磁阻抗效应为4875%,磁场灵敏度为046%/A·m^-1,大于常规复合结构丝;远离此频率时的巨 关键词： 复合结构丝 LC共振')" href="#">LC共振 等效电路模型 巨磁阻抗效应     

Droplets banding characteristics of water-in-oil emulsion under ultrasonic standing waves

Droplets banding is critical to emulsion separation under ultrasonic irradiation as it can greatly improve the separation efficiency. In this paper, the formation process of droplets banding under ultrasonic standing waves was precisely captured by high-speed microscopic photography; by processing the images, the droplets banding characteristics, including the banding formation time and banding interval, were extracted. Then the effects of acoustic intensity, frequency, droplet size, and physical properties of oil and water on the droplets banding characteristics were discussed in details. The results show that the range of acoustic intensities, within which the droplets banding can form, increases with the increase of the frequency; a maximum allowable acoustic intensity exists for banding formation, which also increases with the frequency. The banding formation time, which increases with increasing oil viscosity but decreases with droplet size, is found to be hardly affected by the oil-water interfacial tension. In addition, the banding interval is only related to the frequency, which closely corresponds to the half wavelength.     

Modulation transfer in Doppler broadened Λ system and its application to frequency offset locking

We investigate modulation transfer through pump induced atomic coherence in pump-probe spectroscopy of Doppler broadened medium of cesium atoms. The mechanism of modulation transfer is discussed for a three level Λ configuration under slow frequency modulation. Modulation transfer is demonstrated by performing frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) on a sub-natural linewidth (<2 MHz) electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) signal. Here the pump laser is modulated by acousto-optic frequency modulation and the modulation is transferred to the probe laser through atomic coherence. Finally the probe laser is locked on the first derivative spectrum of EIT signal. Such atomic frequency offset locking system totally removes the necessity of direct modulation of laser frequency, so that the spectral resolution is limited only by the practical linewidth of the laser systems. Moreover it provides a novel way to eliminate the additional frequency and intensity noise associated with direct frequency dithering, which may limit the experimental resolution.     

Plasma resonance in granular silver films deposited on rough surfaces of NaCl and KCl single crystals

Granular silver films deposited on rough NaCl and KCl single-crystal surfaces exhibit, besides the low-frequency plasma-resonance band induced by the light-wave field and the field generated by the grain dipoles, a second, high-frequency plasma-resonance band, which is excited only by the light-wave field at the frequency ω₀ of the natural electron vibrations in the grains. The dielectric constant due to interband transitions was calculated from the known plasma frequency and the dielectric constant of the medium surrounding thegrains, the plasma frequency ω_p of the granular films, and the measured frequency of the maximum of surface plasmon vibrations in solid films. The results obtained agree with the data quoted by other authors.     

Incident-angle dependence of the longitudinal optic mode and the Doppler effect in silica glass

The infrared reflection spectra of silica glass were monitored at different incident angles of the wave. The density of states (DOS) and frequency ω_LO of the longitudinal optic (LO) mode were found to be the functions of the incident angle. The DOS of the LO mode increases with increasing incident angle as a whole. However, two regions can be divided in which one is below ∼30° and the other is above 30°. The frequency ω_LO of the LO mode increases linearly with incident angle. The earlier proposed relationship between the shifted frequency produced by the Doppler effect and the source frequency of the main transverse optic (TO) mode was investigated by studying the infrared spectra of the annealed glass capillaries. The shifted frequency was found to be linearly proportional to the source frequency of the TO mode, as depicted by the Doppler effect.