Mediated Electron Transfer Across Supported Bilayer Lipid Membrane with TCNQ‐Based Organometallic Compounds

Supported bilayer lipid membrane (s‐BLM) containing one‐dimensional compound 1, TCNQ‐based (TCNQ=7,7,8,8‐tetracyanoquinodimethane) organometallic compound {(Cu₂(μ‐Cl)(μ‐dppm)₂)(μ₂‐TCNQ)}_∞, was prepared and characterized on the self‐assembled monolayer (SAM) of 1‐octadecylmercaptan (C₁₈H₃₇SH) deposited onto Au electrode. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results showed that the compound 1, dotted inside s‐BLM, can act as mediator for electron transfer across the membrane. Two redox peaks and the charge‐transfer resistance of 400 kΩ were observed for compound 1 inside s‐BLM. The mechanism of the electron transfer across s‐BLM by TCNQ is by electron hopping while TCNQ‐based organometallic compound is by conducting. Further conclusion drawn from this finding is that the TCNQ‐based organometallic compound embedded inside s‐BLM exhibits excellent electron transfer ability than that of free TCNQ. This opens a new path for the development of s‐BLM sensor and/or biosensor by incorporation with TCNQ‐based organometallic compounds.     

Ku波段扩展互作用速调管设计

 微波电真空器件随着频率的升高,不但聚焦系统难以实现,而且其输出增益和带宽都受到很大的限制,要解决该问题,建议采用扩展互作用速调管,采用分布作用谐振腔技术来扩展其工作带宽和提高增益。利用CST和粒子模拟(PIC)3维软件对其工作在Ku波段扩展互作用速调管进行了设计和仿真,在工作电压30 kV、束流8.5 A的条件下,聚焦系统采用幅值为0.48 T的周期反转永磁聚焦,在输入功率为5.1 W时,得到效率为23%,3 dB带宽为306 MHz,频带内最大增益为39 dB,其峰值功率为58 kW的微波输出。     

An Extragradient-Based Alternating Direction Method for Convex Minimization

In this paper, we consider the problem of minimizing the sum of two convex functions subject to linear linking constraints. The classical alternating direction type methods usually assume that the two convex functions have relatively easy proximal mappings. However, many problems arising from statistics, image processing and other fields have the structure that while one of the two functions has an easy proximal mapping, the other function is smoothly convex but does not have an easy proximal mapping. Therefore, the classical alternating direction methods cannot be applied. To deal with the difficulty, we propose in this paper an alternating direction method based on extragradients. Under the assumption that the smooth function has a Lipschitz continuous gradient, we prove that the proposed method returns an \(\epsilon \)-optimal solution within \(O(1/\epsilon )\) iterations. We apply the proposed method to solve a new statistical model called fused logistic regression. Our numerical experiments show that the proposed method performs very well when solving the test problems. We also test the performance of the proposed method through solving the lasso problem arising from statistics and compare the result with several existing efficient solvers for this problem; the results are very encouraging.     

On Cones of Nonnegative Quartic Forms

Historically, much of the theory and practice in nonlinear optimization has revolved around the quadratic models. Though quadratic functions are nonlinear polynomials, they are well structured and many of them are found easy to deal with. Limitations of the quadratics, however, become increasingly binding as higher-degree nonlinearity is imperative in modern applications of optimization. In recent years, one observes a surge of research activities in polynomial optimization, and modeling with quartic or higher-degree polynomial functions has been more commonly accepted. On the theoretical side, there are also major recent progresses on polynomial functions and optimization. For instance, Ahmadi et al. (Math Program Ser A 137:453–476, 2013) proved that checking the convexity of a quartic polynomial is strongly NP-hard in general, which settles a long-standing open question. In this paper, we proceed to study six fundamentally important convex cones of quartic forms in the space of super-symmetric tensors, including the cone of nonnegative quartic forms, the sums of squared forms, the convex quartic forms, and the sums of fourth-power forms. It turns out that these convex cones coagulate into a chain in a decreasing order with varying complexity status. Potential applications of these results to solve highly nonlinear and/or combinatorial optimization problems are discussed.     

L波段线型腔波长可调谐掺铒光纤激光器

报道了工作波长在L波段的由两个光纤环境构成线型谐振腔的掺铒光纤激光器，通过调整环境中偏振控制器的状态来改变环境对不同波长的反射率以实现某些波长的激光输出。线型腔内的激光工作介质为两段不同掺杂浓度的掺铒光纤，其中一段铒光纤由一980nm激光器抽运，其产生的放大自发辐射谱在腔内再同时对两段掺铒光纤进行抽运，使它们的增益谱移位到L波段。实验中观察到了波长从1566．4nm到1592.4nm范围内可调的稳定的连续激光输出，其波长调谐范围达26nm。     

用半导体激光器作调制器的双波长可调谐锁模光纤激光器

提出一种用法布里—珀罗腔半导体激光器(F—PLD)作调制器，用线性凋啾光栅(LCFG)进行波长选择的双波长环形腔主动锁模光纤激光器。利用线性凋啾光栅在腔内的色散效应使两个波长的光脉冲通过饵光纤(EDF)时在时域上分开，从而威小了不同波长的光脉冲同时通过饵光纤时造成的竞争，因此可以在室温下获得波长间隔较小的稳定的双波长光脉冲输出。实验中成功地获得了重复频率约为2GHz，波长间隔为0．92nm的稳定双波长光脉冲，并通过调谐线性凋啾光栅中心波长的位置使激光波长可以在约3nm范围内调谐。     

Gain-clamped dual-stage L-band EDFA by using backward C-band ASE

A dual-stage L-band gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier (GC-EDFA) by using backward C-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is proposed. Compared with other similar GC-EDFAs, the proposed structure has higher and flatter clamped gain in L-band because of its optimal pump power and EDF length. The flatness from 1570 nm to 1600 nm arrives 0.77 dB, the bandwidth of 3 dB is more than 35 nm and the maximal input signal power arrives −15 dBm.     

利用啁啾光纤光栅色散特性实现波长可调谐的主动锁模掺铒光纤环行腔激光器

在环形腔主动锁模光纤激光器中引入啁啾光纤光栅，利用啁啾光纤光栅的大色散特性，通过调节调制频率，实现波长调谐，调谐范围2nm。所得脉冲为重复频率2．5GHz，脉宽约60ps的正啁啾脉冲，。     

A strain-induced birefringent double-clad fiber Bragg grating

A strain-induced birefringence double-clad (DC) fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and demonstrated.The grating is fabricated in the core of rectangular inner cladding double clad fiber by using phase mask method. By applying lateral strain on the grating, the birefringence is induced. In order to detect the birefringent effect of the grating, we use it as the output mirror of a laser. When lateral strain is applied,the grating becomes birefringent. Therefore, one reflection peak of double-clad fiber Bragg grating becomes two peaks and the laser also lases in two wavelengths. The wavelength spacing of the laser can be tuned from 0 to 0.8 nm. The absolute wavelengths for the two polarizations can be tuned 1.2 and 2.0 nm,respectively.     

Fabrication and Lasing Property of YbYb3+-doped Double-Clad Fibers with Novel Inner Cladding

The Yb3+-doped double-clad fibers with novel inner cladding have been made by using MCVD process, solution-doping method and optical machining together. The laser power and slope efficiency of the fiber lasers are higher than 1.8W and 50% respectively.