On parallel asynchronous high-order solutions of parabolic PDEs

In achieving significant speed-up on parallel machines, a major obstacle is the overhead associated with synchronizing the concurrent processes. This paper presents high-orderparallel asynchronous schemes, which are schemes that are specifically designed to minimize the associated synchronization overhead of a parallel machine in solving parabolic PDEs. They are asynchronous in the sense that each processor is allowed to advance at its own speed. Thus, these schemes are suitable for single (or multi) user shared memory or (message passing) MIMD multiprocessors. Our approach is demonstrated for the solution of the multidimensional heat equation, of which we present a spatial second-order Parametric Asynchronous Finite-Difference (PAFD) scheme. The well-known synchronous schemes are obtained as its special cases. This is a generalization and expansion of the results in [5] and [7]. The consistency, stability and convergence of this scheme are investigated in detail. Numerical tests show that although PAFD provides the desired order of accuracy, its efficiency is inadequate when performed on each grid point.In an alternative approach that uses domain decomposition, the problem domain is divided among the processors. Each processor computes its subdomain mostly independently, while the PAFD scheme provides the solutions at the subdomains' boundaries. We use high-order finite-difference implicit scheme within each subdomain and determine the values at subdomains' boundaries by the PAFD scheme. Moreover, in order to allow larger time-step, we use remote neighbors' values rather than those of the immediate neighbors. Numerical tests show that this approach provides high efficiency and in the case which uses remote neighbors' values an almost linear speedup is achieved. Schemes similar to the PAFD can be developed for other types of equations [3].This research was supported by the fund for promotion of research at the Technion.     

Femtosecond parabolic pulse nonlinear compression with gas-filled hollow-core fiber

We study theoretically the spectral intensity evolutions of the femtosecond Gaussian and parabolic pulses with different initial pulse energies and compare the nonlinear compressions of these pulses based on a meter-long hollow-core fiber filled with neon for different initial pulse durations. The pulses are first coupled into gas-filled hollow-core fiber for spectrum broadening, then compressed by the optimal chirp compensation. The parabolic pulse possesses a shorter pulse duration, larger peak power, and cleaner wings than Gaussian pulse. The properties are useful for compressing the pulses and thus generating the high-energy, short-duration pulses.     

复杂地理环境的图像分割及电波传播特性

复杂地理环境是电波传播不可避免的传播环境,不仅不规则地形会对电波传播产生影响,不同的地表媒质对电波传播也会产生不同的影响。为了使得电波传播特性的预测结果更加地准确有效,通过图像分割算法实现地表环境的简单分类,同时对不同的媒质赋予不同的电磁参数,并结合数字高程模型（DEM)数据,实现了既具有地形起伏信息又具有地表电磁环境参数的复杂地理环境建模。在此基础上,对地表电磁环境信息做了网格剖分处理,利用抛物方程（PE）模型对复杂地理环境下的电波传播特性进行了预测。     

A nonlinear PDE model for reconstructing a regular surface from sampled data using a level set formulation on triangular meshes

In this paper, we propose a nonlinear PDE model for reconstructing a regular surface from sampled data. At first, we show the existence and the uniqueness of a viscosity solution to this problem. Then we propose a numerical scheme for solving the nonlinear level set equation on unstructured triangulations adapted to the data sample. We show the consistency of this scheme. In addition, we show how to compute nodewise first and second order derivatives. Some application examples of curve or surface construction are provided to illustrate the potential and to demonstrate the accuracy of this method.     

Efficient dispersion tailoring by designing alternately arranged dispersion compensating fibers and fiber amplifiers to create self-similar parabolic pulses

The parabolic similariton pulse formation by alternate arrangements of passive and active dispersion compensating fibers (DCFs) is presented here. These combinations of passive and active DCFs with constant core radii and constant nonlinearities are suggested as equivalent profiles of a dispersion tailored fiber amplifier in normal dispersion regime. The dispersion tailored fibers, usually known as dispersion decreasing fibers (DDFs) in normal dispersion regime, are capable of producing linearly chirped parabolic self-similar pulses. The DDF is designed and optimized with proper choice of fiber parameters so that considerable variation of nonlinearity can be achieved, which in turn enhances the effective gain coefficient of the fiber. Inclusion of this nonlinear variation along the DDF amplifier length leads to obtain the simulated output pulses with very small misfit parameters with respect to perfect parabolic pulse at sufficiently reduced optimum length. At the same time to avoid the fabrication difficulties of the DDF, the alternately arranged passive and active DCFs are suggested as suitable alternatives of the DDF. The performances of the cascaded systems for generation of self-similar parabolic pulses are compared with that of the DDF amplifier as well as combined systems consisting of DCFs with equal gain. The results show that the proposed alternately arranged cascaded system with less pumping requirements, are efficient enough to produce similar parabolic pulses as compared to the previously designed DDF, even when considerable amount of splice loss at each joint is included.     

用于抛物柱面空间功率合成天线的功分喇叭阵列

 提出了一种用于偏馈抛物柱面反射天线的功分喇叭。由于改善了口面上的电磁分布,该功分喇叭可以让馈源阵列的栅瓣电平抑制到－28 dB。用FEKO进行仿真发现,与传统用角锥喇叭阵列作为馈源的抛物柱面反射天线相比,使用功分喇叭直线阵列可以使空间功率合成天线的效率从68%提高到80%,同时天线的增益也能增加0.7 dB。     

Binding energy of impurity states in an inverse parabolic quantum well under magnetic field

 We have investigated the effects of the magnetic field which is directed perpendicular to the well on the binding energy of the hydrogenic impurities in an inverse parabolic quantum well (IPQW) with different widths as well as different Al concentrations at the well center. The Al concentration at the barriers was always x_max=0.3. The calculations were performed within the effective mass approximation, using a variational method. We observe that IPQW structure turns into parabolic quantum well with the inversion effect of the magnetic field and donor impurity binding energy in IPQW strongly depends on the magnetic field, Al concentration at the well center and well dimensions.     

色散渐减光纤中Ginzburg-Landau方程的自相似脉冲演化的解析解

采用对称约简的分析方法，得出了变系数Ginzburg-Landau方程的抛物渐近自相似脉冲解析解的一般表达式.给出了二阶色散系数纵向双曲型变化和纵向指数型变化的色散渐减光纤中自相似脉冲的振幅、啁啾以及脉冲宽度的具体形式，并与数值解进行了对比，其结果符合得很好.从而证实了稀土元素掺杂的色散渐减光纤中，在增益色散因子的影响下，脉冲的演化具有抛物型自相似特性.     

非定域夸克真空的结构和Kisslinger函数

夸克的真空凝聚是量子色动力学(QCD)研究中一个非常重要的问题.用完全穿衣服的夸克传播子研究了QCD真空性质和夸克的真空结构.计算了定域夸克的真空凝聚值,预言了夸克的真空结构.其结果与文献中的经验值相符合,也与Dyson-Schwinger方程解一致.说明参数化的夸克传播子是成功和可靠的.     

在平面抛物线坐标系中求解二维氢原子的Stark效应

在平面抛物线坐标系中计算了二维氢原子的Ｓｔａｒｋ效应，得到了计算任意能级的一阶、二阶和三阶修正的普遍公式。