三段加热系统对大尺寸MPOF预制棒一步拉伸工艺

采用自行设计的微结构聚合物光纤专用拉丝系统对大尺寸微结构聚合物光纤预制棒的一步拉伸工艺进行了研究.该微结构聚合物光纤加热系统采用三段式梯度加热,可保持炉内温度的控制准确度在±2℃以内.在保持送料速度与牵引速度恒定、协调的条件下,通过对温度场温度梯度控制优化,确定了最佳拉丝温度组合,并得到了直径规格310 μm、标准偏差为±20 μm的较高质量的微结构聚合物光纤.     

ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORM ERRORS IN MILLIMETER-WAVE LFMCW SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR

In remote sensing applications, there is a special interest in the lightweight, cost effective, and high resolution imaging sensors. The combination of linearly frequency modulated continuous wave (LFMCW) technology and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technique can lead to such a sensor. This paper concentrates on the analysis of waveform errors in millimeter-wave (MMW) LFMCW SAR. The generating scheme of millimeter-wave LFMCW waveforms with phase locked loop (PLL) and direct digital synthesizer (DDS) combined frequency synthesizer is investigated. The impacts of quantization errors, spurs, and frequency nonlinearities are analyzed. Simulation results show that the quality of LFMCW waveforms has a direct influence on the SAR images. Hence a scheme of frequency synthesizer to achieve high performance MMW LFMCW waveform is proposed. This synthesizer driven by a DDS array can adaptive suppress the spurious level without degradation of excellent frequency linearity and fast switching speed.     

CATV/radio-on-fiber transport system based on direct modulation

A directly modulated CATV/radio-on-fiber (ROF) transport system based on external light injection technique, optical single sideband (SSB) filter, and RF amplifier predistorter is proposed and demonstrated. To the best of my knowledge, it is the first time to transmit CATV and ROF signals simultaneously in a directly modulated form. Good performances of carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR), composite second order (CSO) and composite triple beat (CTB) were obtained for CATV band; and low third order intermodulation distortion to carrier ratio (IMD₃/C), and bit error rate (BER) values were achieved for ROF application.     

激光抖动法抑制光纤调幅有线电视外调制传输中的受激布里渊散射

光纤中的受激布里渊散射效应限制了调幅有线电视（ＡＭ ＣＡＴＶ）外调制传输中的最大注入光功率，这对有线电视传输不利的，因而必须采取措施抑制。通过对激光器抖动法进行理论分析，导出了激光抖动法提高受激布里渊散射阈值的公式，实验结果和公式计算是一致的。     

A Nanohelicoidal Nematic Liquid Crystal Formed by a Non‐Linear Duplexed Hexamer

The twist‐bend modulated nematic liquid‐crystal phase exhibits formation of a nanometre‐scale helical pitch in a fluid and spontaneous breaking of mirror symmetry, leading to a quasi‐fluid state composed of chiral domains despite being composed of achiral materials. This phase was only observed for materials with two or more mesogenic units, the manner of attachment between which is always linear. Non‐linear oligomers with a H‐shaped hexamesogen are now found to exhibit both nematic and twist‐bend modulated nematic phases. This shatters the assumption that a linear sequence of mesogenic units is a prerequisite for this phase, and points to this state of matter being exhibited by a wider range of self‐assembling structures than was previously envisaged. These results support the double helix model of the TB phase as opposed to the simple heliconical model. This new class of materials could act as low‐molecular‐weight surrogates for cross‐linked liquid‐crystalline elastomers.     

Calculation of smoothing factors for the comparison of DSC results

Complex mixtures of long chain organic compounds often show overlapping glass transition temperatures (T _gs) when analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or modulated DSC (MDSC). In such cases, subjective and inconsistent smoothing of data acquired under different conditions can lead to the misinterpretation of results. A quantitative method for the selection of smoothing factors for the analysis and comparison of (M)DSC results is presented. The method is most useful for the analysis of the derivative of the heat capacity, dC _p/dt or dC _p/dT, plots which best highlight overlapping T _gs. Four equations are shown to relate the heating rate and the smoothing factor. The equations allow a comparison of data acquired i) at different heating rates and plotted vs. temperature, ii) at a single heating rate and plotted vs. both time and temperature, i.e., dC _p/dt vs. dC _p/dT, iii) at different heating rates and plotted vs. both time and temperature, and iv) at different heating rates, and shown exclusively in the time domain. Examples of the use of the equations are provided for the analysis of bitumen, a complex mixture of natural origin.     

Effects of annealing above Tg on the physical aging of quenched PLLA studied by modulated temperature FTIR

The effect of the annealing few degrees above the glass transition temperature (T_da = 62 °C) on the physical aging (T_pa = 51 °C) of amorphous quenched poly(l ‐lactide) is investigated by an implementation of variable temperature Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). By using a temperature program composed of a linear heating ramp superimposed to a temperature modulation (modulated temperature FTIR), the reversing and nonreversing intensity variation of selected bands, related to high‐energy gg and low‐energy gt conformers, is investigated. It is observed that the annealing above T _g changes irreversibly the conformation distribution of the liquid polymer. The glasses obtained from annealed and nonannealed liquids behave differently, evolving in the physical aging toward their own liquid state and retaining the memory of their original condition before the vitrification. The recovery through T _g of the relaxation occurred in the physical aging depends not only from aging conditions but also by the thermal history of the sample above the T_g. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2019 , 57, 174–181     

Monomode fiber modulators: Frequency and polarization state control

Two experimental fiber components are described that exploit the properties of highly birefringent monomode optical fiber. In the first the generation of a traveling ultrasonic flexure wave on the fiber produces a frequency shift on the input optical signal. In the second a variable axial tension modulates the differential phase retardance between the two guided polarization eigenmodes to produce an arbitrary output polarization state from a linear input state (or vice versa) without loss of optical power.     

On Estimation of Poisson Intensity Functions

Under the presence of only one realization, we consider a computationally simple algorithm for estimating the intensity function of a Poisson process with exponential quadratic and cyclic of fixed frequency trends. We argue that the algorithm can successfully be used to estimate any Poisson intensity function provided that it has a parametric form.