Synchronized whistlers recorded at Varanasi

Some interesting events of synchronized whistlers recorded at low latitude station Varanasi during magnetic storm period of the year 1977 are presented. The dynamic spectrum analysis shows that the component whistlers are Eckersley whistlers having dispersion 10 s^1/2 and 30 s^1/2. An attempt has been made to explain the dynamic spectra using lightning discharge generated from magnetospheric sources     

Design of a Very Small Residual Dispersion Fiber System for DWDM Operation Over the Entire C - & L- Bands of EDFA

We have given design of a very small residual dispersion fiber system consisting of a small dispersion fiber(SDF) with flat modal field and a corresponding dual core coaxial dispersion compensating fiber (DCF).     

Analysis of the charge transfer mechanisms responsible for the current-voltage characteristics of Ca<Subscript>4</Subscript>Ga<Subscript>2</Subscript>S<Subscript>7</Subscript>: Eu<Superscript>3+</Superscript> single crystals

The current-voltage characteristics of Ca₄Ga₂S₇: Eu³⁺ single crystals are measured for the first time, and the processes affecting these characteristics are analyzed theoretically. It is demonstrated that Ca₄Ga₂S₇: Eu³⁺ single crystals are high-resistance semiconductors with a resistivity of ～10⁹ Ω cm and a relative permittivity of 10.55. The electrical properties of the studied materials are governed by traps with activation energies of 0.13 and 0.19 eV and a density ranging from 9.5×10¹⁴ to 2.7×10¹⁵ cm^?3. The one-carrier injection is observed in weak electric fields. In electric fields with a strength of more than 4×10³ V/cm, traps undergo thermal field ionization according to the Pool-Frenkel mechanism. At low temperatures and strong fields (160 K and 5×10⁴ V/cm), the electric current is most likely due to hopping conduction by charge carriers over local levels in the band gap in the vicinity of the Fermi level.     

Computational analysis of native and modified oligofructosides

This paper presents a quantum chemical calculation of native (2–7 fructoside residues) and chemically modified (2–4 fructoside residues) levan molecule models. A levan modification was carried out by oxidation and the following reduction or hyrdazonation of the fructoside rings. The conformational particularity and reaction ability was studied for the native and for the modified levan molecules.     

Numerical determination of the density profile of an inhomogeneous membrane: solution of the inverse vibration problem

Given one or more vibrational modes of a membrane, the free vibration equation can be applied to infer the mass surface density. This paper considers determining the surface density of an inhomogeneous membrane from digitized holographic projections (interferograms) of the modeshapes. Spatially discrete numerical models of the membrane surface are presented, which can be used to solve both forward and inverse vibration problems. The accuracy of the discrete models is examined for exactly solvable free vibration problems involving inhomogeneous membranes. For the solution of the inverse problem, error estimates are given for the mass surface density deduced from modeshape interferograms. The practicability of the method is investigated using simulated experimental data for membranes with composite and continuously inhomogeneous density profiles. Strategies are discussed for reducing errors in the reconstructed densities.     

Semidomains and Metabelian Product of Metabelian Lie Algebras

This article is the fourth part of the series of papers whose aim is the construction of algebraic geometry over metabelian Lie algebras. __________ Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 14, Algebra, 2004.     

Mechanism of formation of highly conductive layer on ZnO crystal surface

The mechanism of formation of a thin highly conductive layer, which is known to be present on ZnO surface, has been proposed. This process has been assumed to consist in accumulation of mobile shallow donors at crystal surface due to their drift in band-bending electric field caused by adsorbed oxygen. Experimental results that confirm this mechanism have been obtained.     

A surface-mounted device assembly technique for small optics based on laser reflow soldering

The three-dimensional miniaturized optical surface-mounted device (TRIMO-SMD) is a new flexible and automated assembly technique for small optical components (maximum diameter for a lens is 2 mm) based on laser reflow soldering technique. This technology can be compared to the electronic SMD technique but applied to micro-optical devices. We present some recent developments of TRIMO-SMD in its application to industrial products.