Novel coexistence of superconductivity with two distinct magnetic orders

The heavy fermion system exhibits properties that range from an incommensurate antiferromagnet for small to an exotic superconductor on the Ir-rich end of the phase diagram. At intermediate where antiferromagnetism coexists with superconductivity, two types of magnetic order are observed: the incommensurate one of and a new, commensurate antiferromagnetism that orders separately. The coexistence of -electron superconductivity with two distinct -electron magnetic orders is unique among unconventional superconductors, adding a new variety to the usual coexistence found in magnetic superconductors.     

Strongly coupled matter field and nonanalytic decay rate of dipole molecules in a waveguide

The decay rate gamma of an excited dipole molecule inside a waveguide is evaluated for the strongly coupled matter-field case near a cutoff frequency omegac without using perturbation analysis. Because of the singularity in the density of photon states at the cutoff frequency, we find that gamma depends nonanalytically on the coupling constant g as g4/3, which leads to a vast increase in the decay rate.     

Subpeaks in the Brillouin loss spectra of distributed fiber-optic sensors

Subpeaks in the Brillouin loss spectra of distributed fiber-optic sensors were observed for what is believed to be the first time and studied. We discovered that the Fourier spectrum of the pulsed signal and the off-resonance oscillation both contributed to subpeaks. The off-resonance oscillation at frequency /v - vB/ is the oscillation in the Brillouin time domain when beat frequency v of the two counterpropagating laser beams does not match local Brillouin frequency vB. This study is important in differentiating the subpeaks from actual strain-temperature peaks.     

Simple method to identify the spatial location better than the pulse length with high strain accuracy

The second-order partial derivative of the Stokes signal with respect to frequency and position shows a maximum or minimum at the boundary between two different strained sections. This idea is used to locate the boundary of different stress regions. Knowing the boundaries, we then fit the Brillouin spectrum at the middle between them to get the strain value. This allows a location accuracy of between 5 and 10 cm, which is shorter than the pulse length of 20 cm used in the experiment. The lowest detectable Brillouin frequency difference between two strain sections is 1.2 MHz.     

Perturbation to Mei Symmetry and Adiabatic Invariants for Nonholonomic Systems in Terms of Quasi-Coordinates

Based on the concept of adiabatic invariant, the perturbation to Meisymmetry and adiabatic invariants for nonholonomic mechanical systems interms of quasi-coordinates are studied. The definition of the perturbationto Mei symmetry for the system is presented, and the criterion of theperturbation to Mei symmetry is given. Meanwhile, the Mei adiabaticinvariants for the perturbed system are obtained.     

Progress of nanoscience in China

Fast evolving nanoseienees and nanotechnology in China has made it one of the front countries of nanotechnology development. Ill this review, we summarize some most recent progresses in nanoseienee research and nanotechnology development in China. The topics we selected in this article include llano-fabrication, nanocatalysis, bioinspired nanoteehnology, green printing nanotechnology, nanoplasmonics, nanomedicine, nanomaterials and their applications, energy and environmental nanoteehnology, nano EHS （nanosafety）, etc. Most of them have great potentials in applications or application-related key issues in future.     

基于衍射理论的Z扫描技术分析与数值模拟

以菲涅耳-基尔霍夫衍射理论为基础,对通过非线性介质的高斯光束传输行为进行理论分析,分别给出了强吸收、无吸收情况下开孔、闭孔Z扫描曲线公式;对不同条件下非线性介质的归一化透过率进行数值模拟计算,发现Z扫描曲线透射峰和透射谷表现出3种新的特性:随着入射激光峰值光强的增加,Z扫描曲线透射峰的高度受到抑制,而透射谷则加强变得更深;非线性相移的增加对Z扫描曲线透射峰和透射谷均有增高和加深的作用;激光束束腰半径越大,Z扫描曲线的峰谷特征越明显。     

含指数项广义平方映射的分岔和吸引子

由平方映射延伸构造出了一类含指数项的广义平方映射,并由一维映射通过一次耦合项得到了二维映射.利用一参数分岔图、二参数动力学行为分布图、映射迭代曲线和吸引子相图等方法对这类广义平方映射进行了分析和仿真.研究结果表明：一维广义平方映射分布在一个单位区域内的,有着与单峰平方映射相类似的非线性动力学现象;而二维广义平方映射则存在Hopf分岔和锁频等现象,有着复杂多变、形状奇异的极限环和混沌吸引子. 关键词： 广义平方映射 分岔 迭代曲线 吸引子     

Improving histogram-based image contrast enhancement using gray-level information histogram with application to X-ray images

Many applications of histogram-based techniques for the purposes of image enhancement are well known. However, these techniques often fail to produce satisfactory results for a broad variety of low-contrast images (e.g., X-ray images). In this paper, we propose a new form of histogram for image contrast enhancement. The input image is first divided into several equal-sized regions according to the intensities of gradients, their corresponding statistical values of gray levels are then modified respectively, and finally the processed histogram for the whole image is obtained by the summation of all the weighted values of regions. The fundamental characteristic of this new form of histogram is that the amplitudes of its components can objectively reflect the contribution of the gray levels to the representation of image information. Accordingly, this new histogram is called gray-level information histogram. The performance of many histogram-based enhancement techniques might be improved dramatically using the proposed histogram. Testing on the X-ray images validates the effectiveness of the new histogram.     

Transient chaos in smooth memristor oscillator

This paper presents a new smooth memristor oscillator, which is derived from Chua's oscillator by replacing Chua's diode with a flux-controlled memristor and a negative conductance. Novel parameters and initial conditions are dependent upon dynamical behaviours such as transient chaos and stable chaos with an intermittence period and are found in the smooth memristor oscillator. By using dynamical analysis approaches including time series, phase portraits and bifurcation diagrams, the dynamical behaviours of the proposed memristor oscillator are effectively investigated in this paper.