Effect of a fluctuating phase mismatch on spatial solitons in quadratic media

We investigate the evolution of self-guided beams in a chi((2)) medium with a fluctuating phase mismatch between the fundamental wave and its second harmonic, as may occur in particular when the quasi-phase-matching technique is applied. We show that the fluctuations reduce the phase correlation and act as an effective loss to solitary waves.     

Die Bestimmung von Spuren von Quecksilber

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一个不连续不可逆映象中的新型激发

报道了既不连续又不可逆一维映象中出现的一种具有新特征的激发(crisis)模式。这一新型激发产生于不连续性与不可逆性相互作用所导致的“映孔”与混沌吸引子的碰撞。映孔的出现可使迭代过程逃逸原来吸引子所占据的相空间区域,从而发生吸引子的突然扩张。数值计算结果表明,激发的特征时间<τ>与外控参量距其临界值距离的依赖关系为<τ>∝exp(U_0—U_(0c))~(-1/2),τ的不变分布P(τ)随τ增长呈现指数衰减关系。这种产生机制及主要特征与三种常见的激发相比均有新的特点。 关键词：     

The electric field integral equation on Lipschitz screens: definitions and numerical approximation

Summary.  We use the integral equation approach to study electromagnetic scattering by perfectly conducting (non-orientable) Lipschitz screens. The well-posedness of the electric field integral equation is derived. The Galerkin method for this problem is analysed in a general setting and optimal error bounds are proved for conforming finite elements in natural norms. Received September 7, 2001 / Revised version received May 15, 2002 Published online October 29, 2002 Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 65R20 Work of the second author was sponsored by Thales Airborne Systems.     

Identification of patients with hereditary haemochromatosis by magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopic relaxation time measurements

A total of 4302 healthy blood donors were screened for elevated serum ferritin and transferrin saturation. Fifteen had increased serum ferritin at a follow-up examination. Five relatives of these donors also entered the study. Eleven patients had elevated liver iron concentrations, while five had normal liver iron concentrations. The R₂ relaxation rate in the liver was first measured with a conventional multi-spin-echo imaging sequence, and then by a volume-selective spectroscopic multi-spin-echo sequence, in order to achieve a minimum echo time of 4 msec. No correlation was found between the relaxation rate R₂ and the liver iron concentration, when R₂ was calculated from the imaging data. Multi-exponential transverse relaxation could be resolved when the spectroscopic sequence was used. A strong correlation between the initial slope of the relaxation curve and the liver iron concentration was found (r = 0.90, p < 0.001). Signal intensity ratios between liver and muscle were calculated from the first three echoes in the multi-echo imaging sequence, and from a gradient echo sequence. A strong correlation between the logarithm of the signal intensity ratios and the liver iron concentration was found. Although both spectroscopic T₂ relaxation time measurements and signal intensity ratios could be used to quantify liver iron concentration, the gradient echo imaging seemed to be the best choice. Gradient echo imaging could be performed during a single breath hold, so motion artifacts could be avoided. The accuracy of liver iron concentration estimates from signal intensity ratios in the gradient echo images was about 35%.     

The rotational a-type sepctra of 15N-labeled diazirine,H2CN2

The rotational a-type spectra of isotopically enriched diazirine isotopomers, H₂¹²C¹⁴N¹⁵N and H₂¹²C¹⁵N₂, have been recorded in the region between 8 and 300 GHZ; the latter isotopomer has been observed for the first time. Using Watson's A-reduced Hamiltonian, the rotational constants and the quartic and some sextic centrifugal distortion constants have been determined for the ground vibrational states.     

Pulsed laser oscillation at 488.0 nm and 514.5 nm in an Ar-He Pseudospark discharge

Pulsed laser oscillation at the 488.0 and 514.5 nm transitions of Ar II was observed in an Ar-He pseudospark discharge. The time delay between current rise and laser pulse of the 488.0 nm line was 2.5 μs.     

On the Krein and Friedrichs extensions of a positive Jacobi operator

We show that for a positive linear operator acting in ℓ² and defined from

a_nx_n+1+b_nx_n+a_n-1x_n-1