用蒙特卡罗光子追迹方法分析闪光灯的结构设计

闪光灯反光罩结构设计的目标是使得所拍摄视场内的光能量分布尽量均衡。不同于基于几何光学理论的闪光灯计算和设计方法,采用了蒙特卡罗光子追迹法来分析闪光灯的结构设计。通过对照相机闪光灯几何结构的分析,引入余弦随机变量等方法,建立了闪光灯系统中光源、反光罩、菲涅耳透镜等部件的数学模型。先用蒙特卡罗光子追迹法模拟了单光子在闪光灯中飞行的各种可能状态,再通过产生大量光子仿真真实的情况。并对一个具体的闪光灯结构进行了计算,计算得到了光强和光子方向矢量在水平、垂直两个方向的投影角之间的分布曲线图。仿真结果符合设计要求并与实测曲线很接近,从而验证了蒙特卡罗光子追迹法在闪光灯结构设计中的可行性。     

Emergence of bimodality in noisy systems with single-well potential

We study the stationary probability density of a Brownian particle in a potential with a single-well subject to the purely additive thermal and dichotomous noise sources. We find situations where bimodality of stationary densities emerges due to presence of dichotomous noise. The solutions are constructed using stochastic dynamics (Langevin equation) or by discretization of the corresponding Fokker-Planck equations. We find that in models with both noises being additive the potential has to grow faster than |x| in order to obtain bimodality. For potentials ∝|x| stationary solutions are always of the double exponential form.     

Self-organized critical model for protein folding

The major factor that drives a protein toward collapse and folding is the hydrophobic effect. At the folding process a hydrophobic core is shielded by the solvent-accessible surface area of the protein. We study the fractal behavior of 5526 protein structures present in the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank. Power laws of protein mass, volume and solvent-accessible surface area are measured independently. The present findings indicate that self-organized criticality is an alternative explanation for the protein folding. Also we note that the protein packing is an independent and constant value because the self-similar behavior of the volumes and protein masses have the same fractal dimension. This power law guarantees that a protein is a complex system. From the analyzed data, q-Gaussian distributions seem to fit well this class of systems.     

Generation of a four-qubit cluster state for atoms in a thermal cavity

We propose two schemes for generating a four-atom cluster state in a thermal cavity. With the assistant of a strong classical field the photon-number-dependent parts in the effective Hamiltonian are canceled. Thus the schemes are insensitive to the thermal field. The schemes can also be used to generate the cluster state for the trapped ions in thermal motion.     

Ionic diffusion on a lattice: Effects of the order-disorder transition on the dynamics of non-equilibrium systems

We examine the behaviour of the concentration profiles of particles with repulsive interactions diffusing on a host lattice. At low temperature, the diffusion process is strongly influenced by the presence of ordered domains. We use mean field equations and Monte-Carlo simulations to describe the various effects which influence the kinetic behaviour. An effective diffusion coefficient is determined analytically and is compared with the simulations. Finite gradient effects on the ordered domains and on the diffusion are discussed. The kinetics studied is relevant for superionic conductors, for intercalation and also for the diffusion of particles adsorbed on a substrate. Received: 26 June 1997 / Revised: 18 September 1997 / Accepted: 10 November 1997     

Photon counts modulation in optical time domain reflectometry

The quantum fluctuation of photon counting limits the field application of optical time domain reflection. A method of photon counts modulation optics time domain reflection with single photon detection at 1.55 μm is presented. The influence of quantum fluctuation can be effectively controlled by demodulation technology since quantum fluctuation shows a uniform distribution in the frequency domain. Combined with the changing of the integration time of the lock-in amplifier, the signal to noise ratio is significantly enhanced. Accordingly the signal to noise improvement ratio reaches 31.7 dB compared with the direct photon counting measurement.     

基于奇异值分解的光子相关光谱滤波方法研究

针对光子相关光谱颗粒测量法在测量超细纳米颗粒时,容易受噪声影响,导致拟合误差较大的问题,提出了一种基于奇异值分解的光子相关光谱滤波方法。其处理步骤为:利用颗粒系的光强自相关函数数据构造Hankel矩阵H;对矩阵进行奇异值分解;根据奇异值的大小分布,确定噪声级别和重建参数r;从重建矩阵H1中提取经滤波后的光强自相数据,再通过传统方法进行拟合,得到颗粒的粒径分布。实验中采用30nm标准乳胶球单分散颗粒系,以及30nm和100nm标准乳胶球双分散颗粒系进行实验对比。结果证明:基于奇异值分解的光子相关光谱滤波法有效地提高了测量准确性。     

Design and application of phase photon sieve

The imaging principle of Fresnel zone plate and photon sieve were analyzed in this paper. The design and fabrication of phase photon sieve were discussed. The feasibility of using phase photon sieve to realize nano-lithography was analyzed, a novel lithography experiment system based on phase photon sieve was presented, which not only has higher resolution and image contrast than the Fresnel zone plate lithography but also have higher diffractive efficiency than the amplitude photon sieve lithography.     

Two-Mode Excited Squeezed Vacuum State and Its Properties

In this paper, the two-mode excited squeezed vacuum state (TESVS) is studied by using the statistical method. By calculating the normalization of the TESVS, a new form of Jacobi polynomials and some new identities are obtained. The photon number distribution of the TESVS is given and it is a simple form of Jacobi polynomials. Using the entangled state representation of Wigner operator, the Wigner function of the TESVS is obtainded and the variations of the Wigner function with the parameters m, n, and r are discussed. Here from the phase space point of view the TESVS can be well interpreted and described.