Metallic nanowires for subwavelength waveguiding and nanophotonic devices

Plasmonics is a rapidly developing field concerning light manipulation at the nanoscale with many potential applications, of which plasmonic circuits are promising for future information technology. Plasmonic waveguides are fundamental elements for constructing plasmonic integrated circuits. Among the proposed different plasmonic waveguides, metallic nanowires have drawn much attention due to the highly confined electromagnetic waves and relatively low propagation loss. Here we review the recent research progress in the waveguiding characteristics of metallic nanowires and nanowire-based nanophotonic devices. Plasmon modes of both cylindrical and pentagonal metallic nanowires with and without substrate are discussed. Typical methods for exciting and detecting the plasmons in metallic nanowires are briefly summarized. Because of the multimode characteristic, the plasmon propagation and emission in the nanowire have many unique properties, benefiting the design of plasmonic devices. A few nanowire-based devices are highlighted, including quarter-wave plate, Fabry-Prot resonator, router and logic gates.     

Comparison of entanglement trapping among different photonic band gap models

We investigate the roles of different qubit-environment decoherence models on the entanglement trapping of two qubits. By considering three environmental models （the single photonic band gap model, the common photonic band gap model, and the two independent photonic band gaps model）, we note that the final values of entanglement trapping are determined by these different models. We also give the conditions of obtaining the larger entanglement trapping by comparing two-qubit entanglement dynamics in different decoherence models. Moreover, the comparison of entanglement trapping between two Bell-like states in the same decoherence model are also carried out.     

Characterizing neural activities evoked by manual acupuncture through spiking irregularity measures

The neural system characterizes information in external stimulations by different spiking patterns. In order to examine how neural spiking patterns are related to acupuncture manipulations, experiments are designed in such a way that different types of manual acupuncture （MA） manipulations are taken at the ＇Zusanli＇ point of experimental rats, and the induced electrical signals in the spinal dorsal root ganglion are detected and recorded. The interspike interval （ISI） statistical histogram is fitted by the gamma distribution, which has two parameters： one is the time-dependent firing rate and the other is a shape parameter characterizing the spiking irregularities. The shape parameter is the measure of spiking irregularities and can be used to identify the type of MA manipulations. The coefficient of variation is mostly used to measure the spike time irregularity, but it overestimates the irregularity in the case of pronounced firing rate changes. However, experiments show that each acupuncture manipulation will lead to changes in the firing rate. So we combine four relatively rate- independent measures to study the irregularity of spike trains evoked by different types of MA manipulations. Results suggest that the MA manipulations possess unique spiking statistics and characteristics and can be distinguished according to the spiking irregularity measures. These studies have offered new insights into the coding processes and information transfer of acupuncture.     

相关测速声呐阵元坐标估计算法研究

针对相关声呐接收阵元实际坐标与设计坐标不一致引起的测速误差,提出阵元坐标估计算法,以提高相关声呐的测速准确度。基于混响时空相关函数模型,对相关测速声呐时空相关函数特性进行了理论分析,提出了选择用延时0处的数据空间相关函数与理论空间相关函数进行阵元坐标估计的局域最小二乘拟合算法,并采用序列二次规划法解决了阵元坐标估计算法的最优化问题。海上试验数据的处理结果表明,该算法可以对阵元坐标进行有效估计,使用估计的阵元坐标后,相关测速声呐测速准确度提高了67%。     

用多子阵空间互相关矩阵估计合成孔径声呐基阵速度

受接收子阵长度的影响,单纯依靠重叠相位中心的合成孔径声呐(Synthetic Aperture Sonar,SAS)基阵速度估计方法的精度较低。为此,提出一种利用多子阵空间互相关矩阵的方法以提高速度估计精度。通过SAS多子阵回波数据构造空间互相关矩阵(Spatial Mutual Correlation Matrix,SMCM),利用Radon变换和SMCM系数分布精确估计重叠相位中心对直线(Line of Displaced Phase Center Pairs,LDPCP)参数,并利用重叠相位中心对速度关系式估计SAS基阵速度。对高低频SAS试验数据应用的结果表明:该方法可有效地消除接收子阵长度的影响,将基阵速度估计的精度提高3~5倍,满足高频和低频SAS系统成像的要求。     

利用船舶噪声的自相关与倒谱联合估计多径时延

对2007南海试验中多个航路船舶噪声的自相关和倒谱特征进行了分析研究,结果发现:近距离处倒谱图中的时延峰曲线消失、自相关相对倒谱有更高的时延峰检测信干比。类似现象此前未见报道,说明在一定条件下采用单一自相关法或倒谱法均难于连续检测时延峰。为解决这一问题,首先应用射线声学理论结合数值仿真,解释了该试验现象的产生与“随距离减小,倒谱和自相关的时延峰绝对幅度分别减小和增大”的性质有关,进而提出了一种利用船舶噪声的自相关和倒谱联合估计多径时延的方法。海试数据处理结果表明:本文方法能够稳健地跟踪多径时延峰,有效地弥补传统单一自相关法和倒谱法的不足,对解决多径时延的连续估计问题有明显效果。     

碳纳米管应变传感测量与偏振拉曼控制方法研究

面向微尺度平面变形的精细测量对碳纳米管应变传感测量方法进行了理论与实验研究。利用碳纳米管的拉曼应变敏感性及其偏振选择性,针对各种典型的拉曼光谱系统偏振构型,推导建立了适于各种偏振拉曼构型的碳纳米管平面应变传感解析关系式。从测量学角度出发,对不同偏振构型下的应变传感进行了对比分析,得出入射与散射光偏振方向皆能够连续控制且始终保持平行的双偏协同构型最适合于平面应变传感,并进一步提出易于实现的双偏协同构型光路配置方式与控制方法。通过实验应用证明,所提出的方法能够有效的实现基于偏振拉曼的碳纳米管平面应变传感测量。     

全光扫描装置设计及实验研究

针对惯性约束聚变研究中高时间分辨测量的需求,详细分析并设计了一种新型的高时间分辨的全光扫描装置。该装置根据光生载流子效应、波导传输和棱镜色散原理,采用全光学元件,实现了全光器件的类条纹相机扫描功能。设计制作了具有棱镜结构和光偏转功能的全光扫描模块。以1053 nm激光为传输光,527 nm激光为泵浦光,完成了脉宽为8 ps的脉冲激光信号作用下的光偏转实验。从技术上验证了全光扫描技术的可行性。     

Photocatalytic degradation efficacy of Bi4Ti3O12 micro-scale platelets over methylene blue under visible light

〈001〉 textured Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ platelets with micro scale size were synthesized by a facile molten salt method. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared samples were measured with the photodegradation of methylene blue at room temperature under visible light irradiation. The Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ with the aspect ratio of 35 exhibited good absorption in the visible light region and the photodegradation against methylene blue was higher than that of anatase TiO₂ reference, showing that the high degree of preferred {001} facets on the plate surface benefits the electronic transmission. In addition, the layer-pervoskite structure facilitates the mobility of the photogenerated carriers and hampers their recombination. The above results indicated that the large specific surface area of the as-prepared samples could attribute to the presence of a number of oxygen vacancies and then lead to the good photo-electric property. This work proposed an alternative way to tailor the structure of micro-sized platelets to get excellent properties comparable to the nano materials.     

A novel image fusion encryption algorithm based on DNA sequence operation and hyper-chaotic system

A new image fusion encryption algorithm based on image fusion and DNA sequence operation and hyper-chaotic system is presented. Firstly, two DNA sequences matrices are obtained by encoding the original image and the key image. Secondly, using the chaotic sequences generated by Chen's hyper-chaotic maps to scramble the locations of elements from the DNA sequence matrix which generated form original image. Thirdly, XOR the scrambled DNA matrix and the random DNA matrix by using DNA sequence addition operation. At last, decoding the DNA sequence matrix, we will get the encrypted image. The simulation experimental results and security analysis show that our algorithm not only has good encryption effect, but also has the ability of resisting exhaustive attack and statistical attack.