Effective transport of passive particles induced by chiral-active particles in microchannel

Transport of passive particles induced by chiral-active particles in microchannel is investigated by using the overdamped Langevin dynamics simulation in a two-dimensional model system. Due to the chirality of active particles and special structure of microchannel, effective ratchet transport of passive particles is achieved. Effective transport of passive particles depends on the width of microchannel(d), the density(ρ), and the angular velocity(ω) of chiral-active particles.There exist optimal parameters for d and ω at which the transport efficiency for passive particles takes its maximal value.This investigation can help us understand the necessity of active motion for living systems to maintain a number of vital processes such as materials transport inside cells and the foraging dynamics of mobile organisms.     

Passive Tracking of Multiple Underwater Targets in Incomplete Detection and Clutter Environment

A major advantage of the use of passive sonar in the tracking multiple underwater targets is that they can be kept covert, which reduces the risk of being attacked. However, the nonlinearity of the passive Doppler and bearing measurements, the range unobservability problem, and the complexity of data association between measurements and targets make the problem of underwater passive multiple target tracking challenging. To deal with these problems, the cardinalized probability hypothesis density (CPHD) recursion, which is based on Bayesian information theory, is developed to handle the data association uncertainty, and to acquire existing targets’ numbers and states (e.g., position and velocity). The key idea of the CPHD recursion is to simultaneously estimate the targets’ intensity and the probability distribution of the number of targets. The CPHD recursion is the first moment approximation of the Bayesian multiple targets filter, which avoids the data association procedure between the targets and measurements including clutter. The Bayesian-filter-based extended Kalman filter (EKF) is applied to deal with the nonlinear bearing and Doppler measurements. The experimental results show that the EKF-based CPHD recursion works well in the underwater passive multiple target tracking system in cluttered and noisy environments.     

基于LabVIEW的高分辨率光谱测试系统(英文)

提出了一种基于LabVIEW的无源器件光谱测试方案.通过LabVIEW编程控制可调谐激光器、可编程光滤波器、光功率计和数据采集平台,获得了具有不同传递函数的光谱特性.实验中激光器的扫描速度为10nm/s,扫描范围为10nm,数据采集卡的采样速率为1MS/s,结果表明:单个器件的光谱测试可以在1s内完成,光谱分辨率可达1pm;与利用宽带光源和光谱分析仪的传统光谱测试方法相比,所提方案的测试性能可达到传统方案水平,且能显示更精细的光谱细节.该方案能应用于有高分辨率、快速和高效要求的光谱测试中.     

Ultra-High-Capacity Passive Optical Network Systems with Free-Space Optical Communications

Abstract

This article experimentally demonstrates a hybrid fiber–free-space passive optical network that enables high spectral density, aggregated capacity, and total throughput through ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing baseband and radio-over-fiber channels. Ultra-dense wavelength-division multiplexing 10-Gb/s Nyquist-shaped 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation, 10-Gb/s radio-over-fiber orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, and 8.75-Gb/s baseband orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing signals per user were transmitted through a maximum 40-km passive optical network, which includes a 6-m free-space optics link with acceptable performance.     

螺旋波纹波导被动式脉冲压缩模拟研究

研究了一种基于螺旋波纹波导特殊色散特性对输入微波脉冲进行压缩的新方法。利用3维全电磁粒子模拟软件对X波段螺旋波纹波导进行了建模,模拟分析了该波导的特殊色散特性及提高功率增益的方法,并将已有模型脉冲压缩增益提高了6.65。模拟结果表明:通过优化输入微波的频率调制特性,可以获得更加符合被动式脉冲压缩所需要的调频形式;采用改进后的椭圆波导,可以得到更有利于被动式脉冲压缩的本征模式;通过延长渐变段长度,可以减少规则段和渐变段之间不均匀性造成的微波反射,从而实现更高的脉冲压缩增益。     

Influence of Velocity Shell Correlations on Anomalous Scaling Exponents of Passive Scalars in Shell Models

We propose a new approach to the old-standing problem of the anomaly of the scaling exponents of passive scalars of turbulence. Different to the original problem, the distribution function of the prescribed random velocity field is multi-dimensional normal and delta-correlated in time. Here, our random velocity field is spatially correlative. For comparison, we also give the result obtained by the Gaussian random velocity field without spatial correlation. The anomalous scaling exponents H(p) of passive scalar advected by two kinds of random velocity above are determined for structure function up to p=15 by numerical simulations of the random shell model with Runge-Kutta methods to solve the stochastic differential equations. We observed that the H(p)'s obtained by the multi-dimensional normal distribution random velocity are more anomalous than those obtained by the independent Gaussian random velocity.     

采用3×3耦合器的分布反馈式光纤激光传感器解调技术

为了实现分布反馈式光纤激光传感器(DFB FL)大动态范围、稳定解调,建立了基于3×3耦合器的迈克尔逊干涉仪解调系统。对该系统所采用的对称解调算法(NPS)和反正切解调算法进行了深入研究。首先,介绍了基于3×3耦合器解调算法的原理及耦合器不对称时的调校方法。接着,对干涉仪所需最小非平衡路径长度的选取与系统强度噪声、激光器频率噪声的关系进行了分析。最后,针对NPS算法与反正切算法最大可解调信号幅度进行了分析对比,并研究了微分器对对称解调方法解调范围的影响。实验结果表明:NPS算法动态范围高于反正切算法,微分器的幅频特性不理想会减小解调动态范围。在采样频率为125 k Hz、信号频率为1 k Hz、干涉仪非平衡路径为100 m时,NPS算法与反正切算法的动态范围分别达到96 d B和90 d B。用解调前调校的方法,基于3×3耦合的解调方法动态范围大,能够实现稳定解调,满足工程应用要求。     

Fractional Differentiation in Passive Vibration Control

From a single-degree-of-freedom model used to illustrate the concept ofvibration isolation, a method to transform the design for suspensioninto a design for robust controller is presented. Fractionaldifferentiation is used to model viscoelastic behaviour of suspension.The use of fractional differentiation not only permits optimisation ofjust four suspension parameters, showing the `compactness' of thefractional derivative operator, but also leads to robustness ofsuspension performance to uncertainty of the sprung mass. As an example,an engine suspension is studied.     

Why indexing works

We develop a simple stock selection model to explain why active equity managers tend to underperform a benchmark index. We motivate our model with the empirical observation that the best performing stocks in a broad market index often perform much better than the other stocks in the index. Randomly selecting a subset of securities from the index may dramatically increase the chance of underperforming the index. The relative likelihood of underperformance by investors choosing active management likely is much more important than the loss those same investors take due to the higher fees of active management relative to passive index investing. Thus, active management may be even more challenging than previously believed, and the stakes for finding the best active managers may be larger than previously assumed.