One‐Pot Synthesis of Hantzsch Pyridines via NH4I Promoted Condensation of 1,3‐Dicarbonyl Compounds with DMSO and NH4OAc

A one‐pot synthesis of Hantzsch pyridines was achieved through NH₄I‐promoted condensation of 1,3‐dicarbonyl compounds with DMSO and NH₄OAc, in which the C4 of the pyridine rings was derived from DMSO and the nitrogen atom resulted from NH₄OAc and NH₄I. The target product could be obtained in moderate to excellent yields.     

LDLR基因Ava Ⅱ位点多态性与高甘油三酯血症的相关性

研究了LDLR基因外显子13中Ava Ⅱ位点多态性在宁夏回族自治区正常回、汉族人群及高甘油三酯血症患者中的分布频率,分析探讨了该住点多态性是否存在于宁夏回、汉族居民中,以及基因型与甘油三酯含量之间的相关性.应用聚合酶链式反应-限制性内切酶片段长度多态性(PCR-RFLP)的方法,对214例健康样本(回族102例,汉族112例)和212例高甘油三酯血症患者样本(回族88例,汉族124例)的低密度脂蛋白受体(LDLR)基因的多态性进行了检测.结果发现,在宁夏地区回、汉族人群中存在着Ava Ⅱ多态性位点,回、汉族居民间存在着明显差异,健康人群与高甘油三酯血症人群之间该位点基因型存在着显著差异.由此说明,Ava Ⅱ多态性位点可以作为宁夏回、汉族的遗传标记,而且该位点与高甘油三酯血症有相关性.     

Real-time distortion correction of fish-eye lens based on Bayer image signal

The imaging system based on a fish-eye lens generally has to correct the distortion of fish-eye images. The distortion correction based on the Bayer image signal is valuable, such as reducing the computation burden of image signal processing chips and providing a new imaging system structure of fish-eye lens. In this paper, a distortion correction method of fish-eye lens based on the Bayer image signal is proposed. Firstly, a distortion correction method that focuses on vertical straight lines and processing delay is proposed. Secondly, according to the correlation among color channels of the Bayer image, a novel Hermite interpolation method appropriate for Bayer image signal is proposed. Finally, a prototype system of fish-eye-lens-based imaging is established and the real-time field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation of the proposed method is demonstrated. The experiment demonstrates that the proposed distortion correction is not only characteristic of real-time processing and the smaller computation amount, but also applicable to embedded hardware.     

New terahertz dispersive device for single-shot spectral measurements of terahertz pulse

A new terahertz dispersive device designed for single-shot spectral measurements of broadband terahertz pulses is proposed. With two-dimensional quasi-randomly distributed element design, the device exhibits approximately the dispersive property of single-order diffraction in far field. Its far-field diffraction pattern is experimentally verified employing a continuous terahertz source centered at 2.52 THz and a pyroelectric focal-plane-array camera, which is in good agreement with the numerical result. The device provides a new approach for direct single-shot spectral measurements of broadband terahertz waves.     

High‐mobility pentacene OTFT with TaLaO gate dielectric passivated by fluorine plasma

Pentacene thin‐film transistor with high‐κ TaLaO as gate dielectric has been fabricated and shows a carrier mobility of 0.73 cm²/V s, much higher than that based on pure La₂O₃ (0.43 cm²/V s) due to the smoother surface of the TaLaO film and thus larger pentacene islands grown on it in the initial stage. Moreover, among various times for fluorine‐plasma treatment on the TaLaO gate dielectric, 100 seconds result in the highest carrier mobility of 1.12 cm²/V s due to (1) smoothest oxide surface achieved by fluorine passivation of oxide traps, as measured by AFM and supported by smallest sub‐threshold swing and lowest low‐frequency noise; (2) the largest pentacene grains grown on the smoothest oxide surface, as demonstrated by AFM.

     

The fluorescence properties of Yb3+ and Er3+ Co-doped YAl3(BO3)4 powders prepared by sol-gel method

Yb³⁺ and Er³⁺ co-doped YAB powders were prepared by sol-gel method. The structure and fluorescence properties were investigated. XRD pattern indicated that the single phase was obtained at 1150°C and the structure belonged to rhombohedral. Under 379 nm excitation, two emissions around 983 nm and 1531 nm were observed and the effect of Yb³⁺ ion concentration on the emission intensity was discussed. The energy transfer was observed under 930 nm excitation and the energy transfer efficiencies for all samples were calculated. The lifetimes of ² F _5/2 level of Yb³⁺ ion and ⁴ I _13/2 level of Er³⁺ ion were measured and the effect of Yb³⁺ ion concentration on the lifetime was also discussed. The results indicated that there was an additional mechanism for the decay of ⁴ I _13/2 level in powder samples. The Yb³⁺ and Er³⁺ co-doped YAB powders should be a potential candidate for ceramic laser materials.     

Signal processing for noncoherent underwater acoustic communication approaching channel capacity

Noncoherent underwater acoustic communication channel in adverse conditions is modeled as a phase-random Rayleigh fading channel,and its capacity curve is derived.To approach the channel capacity curve,the concatenated code of the nonbinary LDPC code and the constant weight code is proposed for noncoherent communication which can late be iteratively decoded in the probability domain.Without information of channel amplitude or phase in the receiver,statistic parameters of the respective signal and noise bins were estimated based on the moment estimation method,the posterior probabilities of the constant weight code words were further calculated,and the nonbinary LDPC code was decoded with the nonbinary factor graph algorithm.It is verified by simulations that by utilizing the proposed concatenated code and its processing algorithm,gap to channel capacity curve is reduced by 3 dB when compared to the existing method.Underwater communication experiments were carried out in both deep ocean（vertical communication,5 km）and shallow lake（horizontal communication,near 3 km,delay spread larger than 50 ms）,in which the signal frequency band was 6 kHz to10 kHz,and the data transmission rate Was 357 bps.The proposed scheme can work properly in both experiments with a signal-to-noise ratio threshold of 2 dB.The performance of the proposed algorithm Was well verified by the experiments.     

Time-reversed lasing based on one-dimensional gratings

We show that a one-dimensional grating can generally exhibit time-reversed lasing better than a uniform slab. As the effective refractive index of a grating can be controlled by adjusting the geometric parameters, the time-reversed lasing can be realized for any incident wavelength in it. Moreover, the operating frequency range of coherently perfect absorption for a grating structure is remarkably broad compared with a uniform structure. All these behaviors are demonstrated with GaAs/Air gratings illuminated around 794.8 nm$794.8\text{nm}$. The properties of the proposed grating imply the potential applications such as detectors, transducers, and broad band absorber.     

Quantitative phase detection with expanded principal component analysis method on interferometric microscopic cytometer

Based on interferometric microscopy, we develop a quantitative interferometric microscopic cytometer with expanded principal component analysis (PCA) phase retrieval method to obtain phase distributions of numerous biological samples with spatial resolution ~1.5 μm. The expanded PCA method realizes high-speed phase imaging from multiple microscopic interferograms captured by CCD camera when the biological samples are scanned in the field of view. This method is a time-domain algorithm which calculates faster than traditional frequency-domain algorithms and overcomes drawbacks induced by fast Fourier transform. The potential of this phase detecting system for studying biological systems is demonstrated with simulations and phase measurement of red blood cells in experiments.     

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in a four-hole As2S5 chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber

We demonstrate the supercontinuum (SC) generation in a four-hole As₂S₅ chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber (MOF) experimentally. The As₂S₅ glass has better property of transmission than As₂S₃ glass in the visible range. The four-hole As₂S₅ MOF is fabricated by a rod-in-tube method. The SCs generated by different pump wavelengths at 2,000, 2,300 and 2,500 nm in the MOF whose length is from 2.3 to 20 cm are demonstrated. Those pump wavelengths correspond to the chromatic dispersion wavelength in the normal chromatic dispersion region, the anomalous chromatic dispersion region close to zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) and the anomalous chromatic dispersion region far from ZDW, respectively. Wider SCs can be obtained when pumped at a wavelength in the anomalous dispersion region close to ZDW. The widest SC range of 4,280 nm (from 1,370 to 5,650 nm) covering two octaves was obtained in a 4.8-cm-long fiber pumped at 2,300 nm.