The use of phase codes in ultrasound imaging: SNR gain and bandwidth requirements

Most of the literature on coded excitation describes the signal-to-noise ratio gain of a coded waveform in terms of the time-bandwidth product. We have shown that in the context of ultrasound imaging, the expression for the SNR gain provided by matched filtering a coded waveform, can be reduced to the total number of chips in the transmit signal. Hence, the SNR gain is independent of both the bandwidth and the duration of a single-chip. This concept is described in detail, clarifying this seeming contradiction. The impact of bandwidth and pulse duration on the SNR, SNR gain and axial resolution is described. Bandwidth requirements and the impact of regulatory peak-power limitations are also addressed.     

Quantum secure direct communication and deterministic secure quantum communication

In this review article, we review the recent development of quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) and deterministic secure quantum communication (DSQC) which both are used to transmit secret message, including the criteria for QSDC, some interesting QSDC protocols, the DSQC protocols and QSDC network, etc. The difference between these two branches of quantum communication is that DSQC requires the two parties exchange at least one bit of classical information for reading out the message in each qubit, and QSDC does not. They are attractive because they are deterministic, in particular, the QSDC protocol is fully quantum mechanical. With sophisticated quantum technology in the future, the QSDC may become more and more popular. For ensuring the safety of QSDC with single photons and quantum information sharing of single qubit in a noisy channel, a quantum privacy amplification protocol has been proposed. It involves very simple CHC operations and reduces the information leakage to a negligible small level. Moreover, with the one-party quantum error correction, a relation has been established between classical linear codes and quantum one-party codes, hence it is convenient to transfer many good classical error correction codes to the quantum world. The one-party quantum error correction codes are especially designed for quantum dense coding and related QSDC protocols based on dense coding.      

Computerprogramm zur interaktiven Auswertung von 15N-tracerkinetischen Stoffwechselexperimenten

The theoretical concept of the computer program is based on the compartment theory for the 3-pool model using single pulse administration of the tracer. The code estimates the model parameters by means of the non-linear method of least squares fit under steady state conditions. Furthermore the parameters of the protein metabolism are calculated. The program works interactively and allows reading and modifying the experimental ¹⁵N tracer data via terminal and controlling the program.     

LDPC码在量子密钥分配多维协商算法中的应用

密钥协商是量子密钥分配(QKD)的重要环节,影响着QKD的密钥率和安全距离.作为一种低信噪比时较为高效的密钥协商方案,多维协商算法被很好地应用在高斯调制连续变量QKD中,延长了通信距离.本文研究了二进制LDPC码在多维协商算法中的应用方案,进而扩展到多进制LDPC码.仿真表明,相比二进制LDPC码,利用多进制LDPC码能够使多维协商性能获得明显增益.     

Construction of Certain Cyclic Distance-Preserving Codes Having Linear-Algebraic Characteristics

An ordered list of binary words of length n is called a distance-preserving m, n-code, if the list distance between two words is equal to their Hamming distance, for distances up to m. A technique for constructing cyclic m, n-codes is presented, based on the standard Gray code and on some simple tools from linear algebra.     

莫尔技术用于制作隐型全息密码的应用研究

提出根据莫尔理论制作隐型全息密码的方法,对此方法作了理论分析并给出实验结果。此方法有制作过程简单,所制作的密码隐蔽性高,检验密码方便的特点。有效地提高全息标识的防伪能力,因而具有很高的经济价值。     

Triaxial superdeformation in Lu

High-spin states in ¹⁶³Lu have been investigated using the Euroball spectrometer array. The previously known superdeformed band has been extended at low and high energies, and its connection to the normal-deformed states has been established. From its decay the mixing amplitude and interaction strength between superdeformed and normal states are derived. In addition, a new band with a similar dynamic moment of inertia has been found. The experimental results are compared to cranking calculations which suggest that the superdeformed bands in this mass region correspond to shapes with a pronounced triaxiality (γ≈±20°).     

Two-photon decay in strong central fields observed for the case of He-like gold

The photon energy differential shape of the second order matrix element for the two-photon (2E1) decay of the 1s2s¹S₀ level in He-like gold has been measured. The results are in agreement with a recent fully relativistic calculation. The corresponding 2E1 matrix element deviates from those in lighter He-like systems due to the strong central field in a heavy two-electron ion.     

(Non-)anomalous D-brane and O-plane couplings: the normal bundle

The direct string computation of anomalous D-brane and orientifold plane couplings is extended to include the curvature of the normal bundle. The normalization of these terms is fixed unambiguously. New, non-anomalous gravitational couplings are found.