Spectrally selective splitters with metal-dielectric-metal surface plasmon waveguides

Spectrally selective splitters with metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) subwavelength waveguides are proposed in this paper. The method is based on the Bragg grating structure with periodically modulated MDM waveguide width, which delivers a stop band effect for the surface plasmon propagating in the waveguide. By adding appropriate Bragg grating structure in one or more arms of the waveguide splitters, light in a certain frequency range can be readily guided into the desired directions, as demonstrated numerically by the finite-difference time-domain method. Dependence and optimization of the geometrical parameters are also considered in this paper.     

Firm size distribution and mobility of the top 500 firms in China,the United States and the world

This paper considers the macroscopic and microscopic statistical features of the top 500 firms in China, the United States and the world, denoted as China 500 (CH500), Fortune 500 (US500) and Fortune Global 500 (FG500). From a macroscopic perspective, the firm size distribution of each category, when measured by revenue, is steadily distributed over the observed period, even during periods of financial crises. As is evidenced by the Gini coefficient, divergences between firm scales are most significant for the CH500. From a microscopic perspective, the underlying micro-dynamics are volatile and often turbulent due to the exit and entry of firms as well as shifts in their revenues and ranks. Such fluctuations, or mobility, are visualized in rank/revenue/share clocks. We also propose a revenue/rank/share mobility index that is a quantitative measurement of mobility. Among these, we find that the share mobility acts as an effective indicator of economic status; where there is a share mobility spike, there is an ailing economy. The share mobility indexes indicate that the 2008 Financial Crisis had little impact on the Chinese economy, while it triggered violent changes in the top 500 firms in the United States and the world.     

Structural and elastic properties of Ce2O3 under pressure from LDA+U method

We investigate the structural and elastic properties of hexagonal Ce₂O₃ under pressure using LDA+U scheme in the frame of density functional theory (DFT). The obtained lattice constants and bulk modulus agree well with the available experimental and other theoretical data. The pressure dependences of normalized lattice parameters a/a ₀ and c/c ₀, ratio c/a, and normalized primitive volume V/V ₀ of Ce₂O₃ are obtained. Moreover, the pressure dependences of elastic properties and three anisotropies of elastic waves of Ce₂O₃ are investigated for the first time. We find that the negative value of C ₄₄ is indicative of the structural instability of the hexagonal structure Ce₂O₃ at zero temperature and 30 GPa. Finally, the density of states (DOS) of Ce₂O₃ under pressure is investigated.     

Optimality of a Class of Entanglement Witnesses for 3⊗3 Systems

Let $\varPhi_{t,\pi}: M_{3}({\mathbb{C}}) \rightarrow M_{3}({\mathbb{C}})$ be a linear map defined by $\varPhi_{t,\pi}(A)=(3-t)\*\sum_{i=1}^{3}E_{ii}AE_{ii}+t\sum_{i=1}^{3}E_{i,\pi (i)}AE_{i,\pi(i)}^{\dag}-A$ , where 0≤t≤3 and π is a permutation of (1,2,3). We show that the Hermitian matrix $W_{\varPhi_{t,\pi}}$ induced by Φ _t,π is an optimal entanglement witness if and only if t=1 and π is cyclic.     

CO2置换CH4水合物实验研究进展

全面总结了目前CO2置换CH4水合物中CH4实验研究进展。首先从水合物结构角度出发讨论置换的可能性及置换效率;而后分别从热力学和动力学角度探讨置换反应机理;最后设计并优化了实验系统。作者认为探明置换内在机理是未来置换法开采水合物能源技术发展的关键。     

微波消解ICP-AES测定黑番茄中的17种微量元素

采用微波消解法对样品进行处理,以电感耦合等离子体-原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)测定黑番茄中17种微量元素的含量。方法的回收率在93.0%—105.8%之间,相对标准偏差小于2.608%。实验证明,黑番茄含有丰富的对人体有益微量元素,是一种健康食品。     

非球形烟尘粒子后向散射场的光谱分析

在利用后向散射法测量烟尘浓度和粒径的过程中,对烟尘粒子模型的后向散射光谱特性进了计算,确定影响后向散射光谱强度的主要因素并进行分析。对实际排放的烟尘进行显微观察表明,利用椭球、圆柱和广义切比雪夫3种非球模型可以较好地模拟烟尘粒子,其等效直径约1μm。通过T矩阵法对这3种非球形粒子模型后向散射场的光谱特性进行了分析,结果表明:非球形粒子的可见/红外波段后向散射现象较球形粒子明显,特别是广义切比雪夫粒子的后向散射光强最高可达到前向的3.5倍;对于吸收性非球形粒子(复折射率m=1.57-0.56i),后向散射光强远大于非吸收性非球形粒子(复折射率m=1.57-0.001i);随着粒子等效半径的增大,光源波长也应随之增加。这为在实际测量时光源及方位的选择提供了理论依据。     

Improved multiparty quantum key agreement in travelling mode

The need to simultaneously balance security and fairness in quantum key agreement (QKA) makes it challenging to design a flawless QKA protocol, especially a multiparty quantum key agreement (MQKA) protocol. When designing an MQKA protocol, two modes can be used to transmit the quantum information carriers: travelling mode and distributed mode. MQKA protocols usually have a higher qubit efficiency in travelling mode than in distributed mode. Thus, several travelling mode MQKA protocols have been proposed. However, almost all of these are vulnerable to collusion attacks from internal betrayers. This paper proposes an improved MQKA protocol that operates in travelling mode with Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs. More importantly, we present a new travelling mode MQKA protocol that uses single photons, which is more feasible than previous methods under current technologies.     

被孔隙介质约束的弹性杆中的导波*

为了研究导波在被孔隙介质约束的弹性杆结构中的传播规律,分析孔隙参数对导波传播特性的影响,本文建立了无限大孔隙介质包裹圆柱体的理论模型,利用孔隙介质弹性波动理论,分析了导波的频散曲线,以及圆柱半径和孔隙参数对于导波传播特性的影响。结果表明,在该结构中传播的纵向导波存在频散特性。内部圆柱半径的改变影响波导结构,从而影响导波传播。外部孔隙介质的渗透率对于导波频散的影响较小,孔隙度的改变影响孔隙介质体波波速,从而影响导波频散曲线的截止频率。同时,导波存在较小的衰减,且衰减随孔隙度增大而增大。这些结果对于后续开展无限大介质包裹弹性杆结构的超声无损评价提供了一定的理论参考。