New localized Superluminal solutions to the wave equations with finite total energies and arbitrary frequencies

By a generalized bidirectional decomposition method, we obtain new Superluminal localized solutions to the wave equation (for the electromagnetic case, in particular) which are suitable for arbitrary frequency bands; several of them being endowed with finite total energy. We construct, among the others, an infinite family of generalizations of the so-called “X-shaped" waves. Results of this kind may find application in the other fields in which an essential role is played by a wave-equation (like acoustics, seismology, geophysics, gravitation, elementary particle physics, etc.). Received 23 June 2002 Published online 24 September 2002 RID="a" ID="a"Work partially supported by MIUR and INFN (Italy), and by FAPESP (Brazil). This paper did first appear as e-print physics/0109062 [and as preprint INFN/FM-01/02 (I.N.F.N.; Frascati, 2001)]. RID="b" ID="b"e-mail: recami@mi.infn.it     

Generic structure of externally driven tearing modes instabilities

A major limit to steady state and advanced high operation of tokamaks of reactor class is due to the onset of tearing modes that develop magnetic and may cause loss of energy confinement or a major disruption. Here the structure of a classical problem about the effects of external control helical fields is analysed and it is shown to offer a general paradigm of response of low order classical and neoclassical tearing modes to a wide class of external perturbations. New results of principle on the structural stability of the response model are obtained, leading to a clear interpretation of the role of “seed islands" in the onset of neo-classical tearing modes and the role of finite ion larmor radius corrections to Ohm's law. Received 12 November 2001 and Received in final form 4 January 2002     

高平均功率固体激光及其大气传输

固体激光器是一种具有重要应用背景的高功率激光器,对包括激光波长、光束发射口径、发射功率、光束质量等在内的激光器参数的选择进行了分析,研究了大气介质的光学性质、激光大气传输效应以及激光辐射与靶目标的耦合机制与耦合效率等因素的影响.相关结果表明100 kW的固体激光器的综合效能可与2～3倍平均输出功率的DF化学激光器相当,这说明高平均功率固体激光器是一种具有潜在优势和良好发展前景的高功率激光器.     

A novel quasi-phase-matching frequency doubling technique

A new quasi-phase-matching technique for efficient second-harmonic generation is reported. It is based on the spatial periodic modulation of the light intensity along the propagation direction, rather than the conventional spatial periodic modulation of the nonlinear optical coefficients. It can be realized by using a novel dual-channel waveguide frequency doubler structure for the desired light intensity distribution. This dual-channel waveguide device has major advantages including very small beam size, high light intensity within long nonlinear-waveguide interaction length, highly efficient second-harmonic generation, ease in fabrication of the nonlinear channel waveguides without any spatially periodic poling, and low waveguide propagation losses. The new quasi-phase-matching technique can also be applied to third-harmonic generation and other nonlinear optics processes.     

象山港毛蚶的种群生物学及其繁殖保护措施

象山港毛蚶群体组成以２龄贝为主，占６６．１０％。体重与壳长之间关系为Ｗ＝１０－４×１．１．１７５Ｌ．其生长规律可用Ｌｏｇｉｔｉｃ自然生长方程Ｌ１＝３９．２７３９／１（１＋（为月份）描述。壳长生长曲线的拐点为３０月龄，体重生长曲线的拐点为６６月龄，合理采捕时间应在生长转折点以后，主要采捕２８～３４ｍｍ大规格的４龄贝，黄墩港和铁港两支港毛蚶的资源实际结算量为９２９．２５ｔ，理论估算量为９２４．７８ｔ，合理捕捞量估算为２７０～３７０ｔ采捕季节规定为１２月至翌年３月为宜。     

Resonance phenomena in the magnetized semiconductor plasma and their application for the design of the millimeter and submillimeter wave components

A review of physical principles of design as well as some ways of technical realization of controlled resonance semiconductor devices at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths is presented. The operation of such devices is based on cyclotron and magnetoplasma resonances as well as on Fabry-Perot resonance. Such choice has been made due to the fact that these resonance phenomena are the most typical ones for the magnetized semiconductor plasma.     

On the Path of a Quasi-static Crack in Mode III

A method for finding the path of a quasi-static crack growing in a brittle body is presented. The propagation process is modelled by a sequence of discrete steps optimizing the elastic energy released. An explicit relationship between the optimal growing direction and the parameters defining the local elastic field around the tip is obtained for an anti-plane field. This allows to describe a simple algorithm to compute the crack path. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 74R05, 74B05, 74G70.Gerardo E. Oleaga: Supported by EU-Project Front Singularities University of Leipzig and the Max Planck Institute MIS. Partial support was also provided by the Spanish DGES project BFM2000-0605.     

Acceleration waves analyzed by a new continuum model of solids incorporating microscopic thermal vibrations

Acceleration waves propagating in isotropic solids at finite temperatures are studied by applying the method of singular surfaces to a new continuum model derived statistical-mechanically from a three-dimensional lattice model. The continuum model explicitly takes into account the microscopic thermal vibrations of the constituent atoms as one of the field variables. The propagation speeds and the ratios of mechanical and thermal amplitudes for both longitudinal and transverse waves are consistently determined. The differential equations that govern the time variation of the amplitudes of the waves are also derived. The analytical results, which are valid over a wide temperature range that includes the melting point, are evaluated numerically for several materials, and their physical implications are discussed. One of the findings to be emphasized is that of the singularities of the characteristic quantities at the melting point.Received: 13 March 2003, Accepted: 20 June 2003PACS: 62.30. + d, 65.40.-bM. Sugiyama: Correspondence to Dedicated to Prof. Ingo Müller on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Non-destructive testing of tubes using a time reverse numerical simulation (TRNS) method

A method for the detection of defects in cylindrical structures and the determination of their positions and orientations is presented in this paper. The scattered field, which is generated by the interaction of excited guided waves with a defect, is evaluated with an approach named time reverse numerical simulation method (TRNS). Since the excited waves and the scattered field propagate along the sample, the time-consuming scanning of the whole tube can be eliminated. The scattered displacement field is measured in three dimensions over time with a laser vibrometer at different locations distributed equally around the circumference at a fixed axial coordinate far away from the defect. Instead of analyzing the complicated time signals directly, they are played back in time. If the recorded displacement histories of the scattered field are reversed in time and played back in an identical structure, the waves travel back the same path and interfere to a maximum at their origin. The result is an amplitude increase at the position of the defect where the scattered field was generated. Instead of playing back the recorded time signals in an experiment, this step is replaced by a numerical simulation. Only this enables the visualization and detection of the amplitude increase. As long as the simulation is of high accuracy, the position of the maximum interference corresponds exactly to the location of the defect in the experiment, although no defect is implemented in the simulation.