Enhancement of thermopower in the highT c superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 and related compounds

The absolute thermopower of single phase YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Y_0.8Er_0.2Ba₂Cu₃O₇ has been measured in the range 250 K to the superconducting transition temperature. It is found that these compounds show a large enhancement of thermopower in the range 150 K down toT _c. This enhancement shows a steep exponential drop as the temperature increases from the transition temperature. The temperature variation of the enhancement is too steep to be accounted for by electron-phonon or electron-local structural excitation mechanisms.     

Variations on a theme by Mark Kac

Mark Kac's theorem on the mean recurrence time in a stationary stochastic process in discrete time with discrete states is taken as the starting point for a series of variations, most of which are formulated in terms of 0–1 processes. Whereas the original theorem deals with the mean recurrence time of a given state under the condition that the state is realized at time 0, this condition is dropped in part of the variations; two others refer to the variance of the recurrence time and two to the Poincaré cycle of a dynamical system. Most variations consist in inequalities and formal identities for the mean first-arrival time and subsequent recurrence times for the given state.     

Power spectrum of density fluctuations in a finite reactive-diffusive system: resistance fluctuation spectroscopy

The measurement in thermal equilibrium of the vacancy contribution to the residual resistivity of metals has posed certain difficulties. The recent experiment of Celasco and co-workers represents a new, powerful approach to this problem, via the measurement of the power spectrum of the voltage noise generated by resistivity fluctuations. The latter originate in vacancy number fluctuations. We develop a theory for the power spectrum, incorporating three basic features. Vacancies can be annihilated in the material and they diffuse. Grain boundaries act as sources and sinks for vacancies. Both annihilation (a form of reaction) and diffusion are noisy processes. We therefore set up and solve a reactive-diffusive stochastic equation for the instantaneous density, with appropriatefinite boundary conditions. Assuming for simplicity that the grains are spherical, the power spectrum is evaluated exactly, in closed form. A detailed comparison with experiment is made. The physical origins of different time scales in the problem and the consequent frequency regimes in the power spectrum are analysed. Recognising the very general applicability of our theory, we also mention possible applications to other problems.     

光传输系统中SPM效应的研究

从理论上分析了单信道光传输系统中SPM效应对传输性能的影响,并通过仿真得出了不同入纤功率情况下SPM效应对单信道光传输系统影响的定量数据,当入纤功率小于0 dBm时,SPM效应不明显;入纤功率在0～12 dBm时,SPM效应减弱了色散效应的作用,延长了系统的受限距离;入纤功率大于15 dBm时,SPM效应起主导作用,单信道光传输系统极限受限功率为18 dBm.     

半导体激光器温控电路分析与测试

阐述了半导体热电致冷器(TEC)的基本工作原理,分析了TEC线性驱动和PWM驱动的原理以及采用PWM驱动的优点,介绍了PID温度补偿控制的原理,并设计了实验.采用相同的测试条件,对MAX1978、ADN8830和线性功率管进行了性能测试,实验数据表明温度控制电路采用PWM驱动功耗更小,全温(-40～60℃)控制效果更好.     

爆电换能脉冲大电流输出研究

 基于爆电换能原理,使用掺铌的PZT 95/5陶瓷组装换能器件,在垂直工作模式下,对爆电电源LRC电路响应进行了理论分析,并开展了脉冲大电流输出实验研究。实验采用多组PZT 95/5铁电陶瓷并联,利用平面波发生器作为冲击加载手段,获得了峰值5 kA以上的脉冲大电流,初始电流上升速率可达10~20 GA/s。实验结果与理论设计符合较好。     

1.6Cell光阴极微波电子枪冷测及初步高功率实验研究

介绍了清华大学加速器实验室BNL/KEK/SHI型1.6cell微波枪调谐以及老练的初步结果. 调谐过程中, 测量了耦合孔尺寸与外部品质因数之间的关系; 给出了0模和π模的频率、单腔频率以及场分布. 目前, 该微波电子枪正在进行高功率微波老练, 给出了该枪初步的微波老练的情况及测量结果.     

遥感相机自动检焦技术研究

将基于图像处理的自动检焦技术应用于线阵CCD推扫成像的空间遥感相机中。图像法检焦的关键在于对焦评价函数的选取。通常对焦评价函数是在摄影目标不变的情况下得出的,而推扫成像的线阵CCD相机在任意时刻所拍摄的景物都是不同的,这就给对焦评价函数的选取增加了难度。用功率谱的方法对任意景物在空间频域进行分析表明,功率谱对于自然景物具有一定的不变性。由此建立了基于功率谱的对焦评价函数,采用小波去噪与亮度归一化相结合的图像预处理技术有效地去除了图像噪声和亮度变化对对焦精度的影响。通过对功率谱评价函数进行加权处理,提高了对焦评价函数曲线的灵敏度。仿真实验表明了所构造的对焦评价函数是可行的。     

一种基于功率谱对数变换的联合变换相关器

联合功率谱的高频成份对相关峰识别具有重要作用,实验中记录的联合功率谱随着频率的增加其强度迅速降低。为增强联合功率谱的高频成分,改善其调制程度,可对功率谱进行对数变换,从而有效保留更多的高频成份,压低零级衍射光斑,提高联合变换相关器的识别能力。     

Pervasive randomness in physics: an introduction to its modelling and spectral characterisation

An introduction to the modelling and spectral characterisation of random phenomena is detailed at a level consistent with a first exposure to the subject at an undergraduate level. A signal framework for defining a random process is provided and this underpins an introduction to common random processes including the Poisson point process, the random walk, the random telegraph signal, shot noise, information signalling random processes, jittered pulse trains, birth–death random processes and Markov chains. An introduction to the spectral characterisation of signals and random processes, via either an energy spectral density or a power spectral density, is detailed. The important case of defining a white noise random process concludes the paper.