Photodegradation of Carbaryl in Acetonitrile Solution

The photochemical decomposition, induced by UV radiation, of the carbamate pesticide (Carbaryl) in acetonitrile has been examined by means of gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry (GC‐MS). The result of continuous irradiation was almost total degradation of the pesticide examined. In order to investigate the nature of the reaction products, a spectroscopic study (UV‐Vis, steady‐state fluorescence, and fluorescence lifetime) of the products was performed. Phthalic anhydride and traces of 1,4‐naphtalenedione as an intermediate were detected as reaction products. The presence of a trace amount of 1‐naphthol as one of the photoproducts was confirmed by fluorescence lifetime measurements.     

Statistical analyses of deformation twinning in magnesium

To extract quantitative and meaningful relationships between material microstructure and deformation twinning in magnesium, we conduct a statistical analysis on large data sets generated by electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD). The analyses show that not all grains of similar orientation and grain size form twins, and twinning does not occur exclusively in grains with high twin Schmid factors or in the relatively large grains of the sample. The number of twins per twinned grain increases with grain area, but twin thickness and the fraction of grains with at least one visible twin are independent of grain area. On the other hand, an analysis of twin pairs joined at a boundary indicates that grain boundary misorientation angle strongly influences twin nucleation and growth. These results question the use of deterministic rules for twin nucleation and Hall–Petch laws for size effects on twinning. Instead, they encourage an examination of the defect structures of grain boundaries and their role in twin nucleation and growth.     

冲击噪声下基于相关熵的二维ESPRIT算法

针对基于相关函数的波达方向(Direction of Arrival, DOA)估计方法在冲击噪声环境下性能下降明显甚至失效的问题,提出基于相关熵 (Correntropy)的二维ESPRIT算法。该方法利用相关熵在冲击噪声环境下具有鲁棒性的优点,将受干扰信号的自相关函数替换为相关熵函数,并结合二维ESPRIT算法实现在冲击噪声环境下进行二维DOA估计。仿真表明,与基于分数低阶统计(Fractional Lower Order Statistics, FLOS)算法相比,该算法呈现明显优势,特别在高的冲击噪声条件下 能对信源方向进行更加有效的估计,且均方误差值仍保持很低。     

单模加光子双模SU(2)相干态的非线性高阶差压缩

本文研究了单模加光子双模SU(2)相干态|M,ζ;m〉=Ama m|M,ζ〉的非线性高阶差压缩(即N次方X压缩)效应.数值计算结果表明:对于单模加光子双模SU(2)相干态,光场存在着非线性高阶差压缩??—N(=1,2,3,4,…)次方X压缩效应,且随着光场总光子数M的增加,N次方X压缩效应增强,但增大场模光子增加数m或增大N次方X压缩的压缩阶数N,N次方X压缩效应减弱.     

Characteristic time scales of tick quotes on foreign currency markets: an empirical study and agent-based model

Power spectrum densities for the number of tick quotes per minute (market activity) on three currency markets (USD/JPY, EUR/USD, and JPY/EUR) for periods from January 1999 to December 2000 are analyzed. We find some peaks on the power spectrum densities at a few minutes. We develop the double-threshold agent model and confirm that stochastic resonance occurs for the market activity of this model. We propose a hypothesis that the periodicities found on the power spectrum densities can be observed due to stochastic resonance.     

Scheme for Realizing Probabilistic Teleportation of Bipartite Photonic States via Linear Optical Elements

We propose a probabilistic scheme for realizing teleportation of bipartite photonic states using linear optical elements where only requires a two-photon Bell state used as quantum channel. It reduces the requirement of the entanglement of quantum channel, but requires an additional photon and an auxiliary maximally entangled photon pair locally.     

Topological quantum-phase coherence in full counting statistics of transport electrons with two-body interaction

The full counting statistics of electron transport through two parallel quantum dots with antiparallel magnetic fluxes is investigated as a probe to detect the topological quantum-phase coherence （TQPC）, which results in the characteristic oscillation of the zero-frequency cumulants including the shot noise and skewness. We show explicitly the phase transition of cumulant spectrum-patterns induced by the topology change of electron path-loops while the pattern period, which depends only on the topology （or Chern number）, is robust against the variation of Coulomb interaction and interdot coupling strengths. Most importantly we report for the first time on a new type of TQPC, which is generated by the two- particle interaction and does not exist in the single-particle wave function interference. Moreover, the accurately quantized peaks of Fano-factor spectrum, which characterize the super- and sub-Poissonian shot noises, are of fundamental importance in technical applications similar to the superconducting quantum interference device.     

Entangled coherent states for quantum information processing

Entangled coherent states (ECSs) with relative phase equal to the phase shift between two coherent states are constructed. We study the degree of entanglement and the nonclassical features exhibited by the so-constructed states keeping in view their role in quantum information processing (QIP).     

Bosonic and fermionic entropy of black holes with different temperatures on horizon surface

By using the method of quantum statistics, we derive directly the partition functions of bosonic and fermionic field in the black hole space－time with different temperatures on horizon surface. The statistical entropy of the black hole is obtained by an improved brick-wall method. When we choose a proper parameter in our results, we can obtain that the entropy of the black hole is proportional to the area of horizon. In our result, there do not exist any neglected term or divergent logarithmic term as given in the original brick-wall method. We have avoided the difficulty in solving the wave equation of the scalar and Dirac field. A simple and direct way of studying entropy of the black hole is given.