Pose estimation for UAV aerial refueling with serious turbulences based on extended Kalman filter

In recent years, many pose estimation algorithms were developed, and have been successfully applied to solve unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial refueling pose estimation problems. This paper mainly focuses on solving this problem under serious turbulences circumstance. The extended Kalman filter is a set of mathematical equations to estimate the state of a process, which is able to support estimations of past, present, and even future states. In reference to previous papers and some simulations, we build up the noise models of refueling boom and atmospheric turbulence. Then, an extend Kalman filter is adopted to solve the pose estimation problem in UAV aerial refueling with serious turbulences. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of our proposed approach.     

Effects of Annealing on Schottky Characteristics in A1GaN/GaN HEMT with Transparent Gate Electrode

A1GaN/GaN heterostructure transistors are promising for power and switching applications. In addition, the transparent wide band-gap A1GaN/GaN heterostructure systems have received considerable attention to transparent electronics. Nowdays, Al-doped ZnO （AZO） thin film plays an increas- ingly important role in various fields of transparent electronics.The AZO-gated A1GaN/GaN HEMT with good dc characteristics and frequency character- istics has been reported. Annealing is widely used to improve the electri- cal characteristics of A1GaN/GaN HEMTs. It is re- ported that the Schottky leakage current can be re- duced by over four orders of magnitude by annealing in an A1GaN/GaN heterostructure with ITO/Ni/Au electrode. Pei et al. reported that the transparency of Ni/ITO gates of A1GaN/GaN HEMTs has been sig- nificantly improved after annealing. However, the evaluation of Schottky C V characteristics was ab- sent. Up to now, few results are reported on the Schot- tky annealing characteristics of AZO in A1GaN/GaN HEMT. Thus the effects of annealing on the leakage current, transparency and interface states character- istics need further study.     

Experimental characterization and correction of non-equivalence of Solar Irradiance Absolute Radiometer

We experimentally evaluate and correct the non-equivalence between electrical and radiative heating of solar irradiance absolute radiometer to compensate the systematic error of radiant power measurement at ambient pressure. A relative difference of the order of 0.08%-0.27% between electrical and radiative heating sensitivities is shown, and the resulting non-equivalence correction factor is calculated. The radiant power measurement equation is modified using the non-equivalence correction factor, a systematic deviation of 0.19% of radiant power measurement is hence eliminated.     

W波段回旋行波管输入输出段的改进设计

在回旋行波放大器的设计中,输入输出段的性能直接影响到整管输出功率、效率及增益。设计了一种采用渐变过渡段的输入耦合器来减少电子注在前端的截获,而且略微地提高了耦合特性,有效带宽达到4.06 GHz。采用二级切比雪夫渐变波导作为输出结构的耦合输出段,从仿真结果得到,在整个工作频段内,该结构中TE01工作模式的反射低于-20 dB,TE01模向杂模TE02和TE03的耦合分别在-20 dB和-30 dB以下。     

Electrochemical performance of a nonaqueous rechargeable lithium-air battery

Nonaqueous rechargeable lithium-air battery has so high specific capacity and specific energy that it is being widely researched by academia, corporation, and different research institutes. When used in dried air and absorbing oxygen form the air, this battery is called lithium-air battery, and its specific capacity based on cathode active material (oxygen) is infinite. However, its cycle performance is very limited as reported by the state-of-the-art researches. This cycle problem is mainly caused by instability of electrolyte. Based on electroanalysis of materials’ electrochemical property, a stable electrolyte solvent (sulfolane) and a lithium salt LiBF₄ are selected as electrolytes in this work. Coupled with other eligible battery materials and careful assembly, the lithium-air battery exhibits favorable cycle performance. Above all, this lithium-air system is evaluated objectively in this paper.     

Effect of pressure on the performance of plasma synthetic jet actuator

The effects of the ambient air pressure level on the performance of plasma synthetic jet actuator have been investigated through electrical and optical diagnostics.Pressures from 1 atm down to 0.1 atm were tested with a 10 Hz excitation.The discharge measurement demonstrates that there is a voltage range to make the actuator work reliably.Higher pressure level needs a higher breakdown voltage,and a higher discharge current and energy deposition are produced.But when the actuator works with the maximum breakdown voltage,the fraction of the initial capacitor energy delivered to the arc is almost invariable.This preliminary study also confirms the effectiveness of the plasma synthetic jet at low pressure.Indeed,the maximum velocities of the precursor shock and the plasma jet induced by the actuator with maximum breakdown voltage are independent of the ambient pressure level;reach about 530 and 460 m/s respectively.The mass flux of the plasma jet increases with ambient pressure increasing,but the strength of the precursor shock presents a local maximum at 0.6 atm.     

Quantum State Sharing of an Arbitrary Three-Atom State by Using Five-Atom Cluster State in Cavity QED

We present a scheme for implementing the deterministic quantum state sharing of an arbitrary three-atom state by using a five-atom cluster state and a Bell-state in cavity QED. In the scheme, it does not involve Bell-state measurement and only needs to perform the single-atom measurements. Our scheme is not sensitive to both the cavity decay and the atom radiation, which is of importance in view of decoherence.     

Curved traversable wormholes in (3+1)-dimensional spacetime

We present the general method of constructing curved traversable wormholes in (3+1)-d spacetime and proceed to thoroughly discuss the physics of a zero tidal force metric without cross-terms. The (3+1)-d solution is compared with the recently studied lower-dimensional counterpart, where we identify that the much richer physics—involving pressures and shear forces of the mass-energy fluid supporting the former—is attributed to the mixing of all three spatial coordinates. Our (3+1)-d universe is the lowest dimension where such nontrivial terms appear. An explicit example, the static zero tidal force (3+1)-d catenary wormhole is analysed and we show the existence of a geodesic through it supported locally by non-exotic matter, similar to the (2+1)-d version. A key difference is that positive mass-energy is used to support the entire (3+1)-d catenary wormhole, though violation of the null energy condition in certain regions is inevitable. This general approach of first constructing the geometry of the spacetime and then using the field equations to determine the physics to support it has the potential to discover new solutions in general relativity or to generalise existing ones. For instance, the metric of a time-evolving inflationary wormhole with a conformal factor can actually be geometrically constructed using our method.     

Q波段回旋行波管宽带高平均功率输出窗设计与热分析

利用场匹配理论建立传输级联矩阵的方法对多层窗片结构输出窗进行研究,通过大量的数值计算给出Q波段回旋行波管一种新型中间风冷结构输出窗的参数,然后通过数值计算和HFSS仿真验证,该新型输出窗在46~50 GHz范围内,S11反射系数小于-20 dB。在此基础上进一步对该输出窗进行热分析,热分析表明：新型输出窗窗片中心与边缘温差与传统输出窗相比大幅下降,热应力大大减小,提高了输出窗的功率容量。回旋行波管工作在TE01模式时,新型输出窗获得的最大饱和功率容量达到90 kW,与传统输出窗相比,功率容量提高了21.8 kW。     

Wavefront reconstruction of Fresnel diffraction field by optical methods and digital algorithm

The experimental methods for measuring the phase distribution of Fresnel diffraction field by using interference and polarization information are given in this paper. An effective algorithm for phase retrieval under Fresnel-zone transform is also presented.