Reprint of : Shot noise fluctuations in disordered graphene nanoribbons near the Dirac point

Random fluctuations of the shot-noise power in disordered graphene nanoribbons are studied. In particular, we calculate the distribution of the shot noise of nanoribbons with zigzag and armchair edge terminations. We show that the shot noise statistics is different for each type of these two graphene structures, which is a consequence of the presence of different electron localizations: while in zigzag nanoribbons electronic edge states are Anderson localized, in armchair nanoribbons edge states are absent, but electrons are anomalously localized. Our analytical results are verified by tight binding numerical simulations with random hopping elements, i.e., off diagonal disorder, which preserves the symmetry of the graphene sublattices.     

一种车用单刀双掷开关的质检仪器研发

介绍了一种车用单刀双掷开关质量检测仪器的研发,包括检测系统的硬件设计、检测原理以及算法软件开发。首先,根据单刀双掷开关的工作原理及质量检测要求,开发了检测手指触觉压力的机械装置,以及控制开关通道切换的继电器控制电路;在此基础上,开发了相应的检测算法,可实现对开关切换状态、电压差以及手指触觉压力进行自动化的数据采集、分析、检测和判断,从而挑选出合格的开关;最后,设计了触屏人机交互界面,可实时显示产品检测的参数。该检测设备在某自动化生产线上经过近一年时间的检测验证,证明系统运行平稳,检测效果良好、误检率低,可以完全取代传统的人工检测方式,提高了开关的检测效率,降低了检测人员的工作量。     

面向数据挖掘的静态电源综合故障诊断研究

静态电源是机场桥载设备最重要的组成部件之一,应用非常广泛。然而,其产生的频发故障会造成设备利用率低、修复率时长和经济损失等问题,在基于桥载设备的安监系统上,提出了静态电源综合故障诊断方法,通过数据挖掘软件,建立了静态电源故障诊断预测模型。通过在线数据库测试结果表明得到了综合故障诊断方法在预测静态电源故障上显现的特点,得到了静态电源的未来状态,实现了对静态电源的实时故障进行预测,进而为解决故障提供方向和目标,最终达到降低经济损失最大化的目的。     

基于现场总线的高隔离度可调直流电源嵌入式控制器设计

模块级联是用于绝缘实验所需的高性能对称双极型矩形波脉冲电源的一种方法,为实现级联,需要有能够协调工作的高隔离度直流电源。设计出嵌入到各电源的板级嵌入式控制器BEC,使各BEC作为从节点利用RS485接口和ModBus协议与嵌入式主控制器EHC构成一个主从式现场总线网络,并在主节点EHC的控制下协调工作。利用BEC内的STM32F103C8处理器产生隔离DC-DC桥的互补PWM控制信号和高隔离输出电压,并进行电流和输出电压的隔离检测。由基于电流切换的变参数增量式数字PI算法来确定脉冲宽度值,产生Buck调压电路的闭环PWM控制信号,实现输出电压的调压和稳压控制。实验结果表明该嵌入式控制器能够满足级联式对称双极型矩形波脉冲电源对高隔离度可调直流电源的需要。     

QoS enhancement in OFDM based systems under transceiver impairments

Broadband wireless systems generally use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with link adaptation (LA) to achieve high throughput while meeting bit error rate (BER) constraint. OFDM systems are known to be affected by non-linearity of high power amplifier (HPA) at transmitter, carrier frequency offset (CFO), symbol timing offset (STO) and channel estimation error at the receiver. The delay in feedback of channel state information (CSI) further affects the performance of LA procedures. The focus of this work is on performance analysis in presence of simultaneous affect of all these impairments on LA based OFDM systems. The results are found to be useful for threshold readjustment which is essential for successful implementation of LA scheme to counter the effects of change in operating conditions from ideal to as listed above.     

Analysis of marine atmospheric turbulence effects on infrared imaging system by angle of arrival fluctuations

For the long-range infrared imaging system, the marine atmospheric turbulence degrades seriously the probability of object recognition and tracking. In this study, the angle of arrival fluctuations of an optical wave, which describes the distortion effects of marine atmospheric turbulence on an infrared optical imaging system, is investigated in detail both analytically and numerically. Analytic expressions of the angle of arrival fluctuations are derived for optical plane and spherical waves propagating through weak marine atmospheric turbulence with horizontal path, and they consider simultaneously finite turbulence inner scale, turbulence outer scale, wavelength, and aperture diameters. Numerical calculations are conducted to analyze the influence of marine weak turbulence on the infrared imaging. The results are useful for understanding the potential impact of deviations from the terrestrial turbulence.     

操控非线性损耗实现稳定的高功率单频激光及可调谐激光的输出

通过操控线性和非线性损耗,使激光器满足单频运转的物理条件,获得了稳定高功率单频激光输出.利用非线性损耗取代了现有的标准具锁定技术,实现无调制锁定的宽带连续可调谐激光输出.     

On the use of averaging stopping power of recoiled nuclei for determining maximum neutron energy of 241Am–Be by superheated drop detectors

The average stopping power of the recoiled nuclei generated by neutron elastic interactions with the Freon-12 drops in a superheated drop detector has been used to determine the maximum neutron energy of the ²⁴¹Am–Be source. In an elastic interaction of neutrons with the Freon-12 liquid, the nuclei of ¹²C, ¹⁹F and ³⁵Cl with different values of stopping power are scattered. The stopping power of these scattered nuclei corresponding to the energy transferred to them through the head-on collision was extracted from the SRIM code. The stopping power values were weighted by considering the neutron–nucleus elastic scattering cross section and the number of each nucleus in the Freon-12 molecule and the average stopping power was calculated from known neutron energy.The maximum energy of the ²⁴¹Am–Be neutron source was estimated as 10.9 ± 3.0 MeV. The consistency between the determined energy and the other reported values confirms the validity of using the average stopping power in the superheated drop detectors. The average stopping power was also used to determine the threshold neutron energy as a function of external applied pressure at different temperatures. Knowing the threshold neutron energy as function of applied pressure, can be used in pressure scanning method for neutron spectrometry by superheated drop detectors.     

Characteristic X-ray detector: In-situ imaging of radioactive contaminant distributions

The characteristic X-ray detector (CXRD), a CsI(Tl) scintillator with a 50-mm diameter, is a directional X-ray sensor that measures characteristic X-rays from radioactive material, such as ¹³⁷Cs, and identifies the direction of radioactive contamination. We evaluated a CXRD and visualized the distribution of radioactivity in the contaminated area near the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station, where the ambient dose equivalent rate was 2.1 μSv/h at 1 m above ground level. We found a good correlation between the characteristic X-ray fluxes and the distribution of radioactive contaminants with a 0.823 Pearson product–moment correlation coefficient.     

Performance improvement of amorphous indium–gallium–zinc oxide ReRAM with SiO2 inserting layer

In this study, the resistive switching performance of amorphous indium–gallium–zinc oxide (a-IGZO) resistive switching random-access memory (ReRAM) was improved by inserting a thin silicon oxide layer between silver (Ag) top electrode and a-IGZO resistive switching layer. Compared with the single a-IGZO layer structure, the SiO₂/a-IGZO bi-layer structure exhibits the higher On/Off resistance ratio larger than 10³, and the lower operation power using a smaller SET compliance current. In addition, good endurance and excellent retention characteristics were achieved. Furthermore, multilevel resistance states are obtained through adjusting SET compliance current and RESET stop voltage, which shows a promise for high-performance nonvolatile multilevel memory application.