Self-regulated Ni cluster formation on the TiO2(1 1 0) terrace studied using scanning tunneling microscopy

We have studied the growth mode and morphology of Ni clusters on a TiO₂(1 1 0) surface with a wide terrace using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at a low coverage (less than 3 atoms nm⁻²). The Ni clusters are formed on the terrace at the low coverage of 0.2 atoms nm⁻². Their average dimensions are constant in three directions up to 1 atoms nm⁻². The Ni clusters have an oval shape with average sizes of 1.8 nm (along [0 0 1]) × 1.4 nm (along (in the [1 1 0] directions). Above the coverage of 1.0 atoms nm⁻², an increase in the cluster height occurs, retaining an almost constant lateral size. It is proposed that the interaction of the Ni cluster and the support surface regulates the Ni cluster size.     

塑料光纤拉丝塔控制系统设计

为减小塑料光纤纤芯直径波动造成的非固有散射损耗,设计了一种新型光纤拉丝塔控制系统,详细阐述了其工作原理及软硬件实现过程。采用单片机作为核心处理部件,合理设计传感器测温电路、加热炉温度控制电路、直径测量和控制电路以及友好的人机界面。实验表明系统拉丝芯径范围宽(0.2～3mm),拉制光纤直径均匀,精度可控制在15μm以内。整个系统成本低,实用价值高,满足塑料光纤实验室研究需要,可供实际生产参考。     

Emergent Newtonian dynamics and the geometric origin of mass

We consider a set of macroscopic (classical) degrees of freedom coupled to an arbitrary many-particle Hamiltonian system, quantum or classical. These degrees of freedom can represent positions of objects in space, their angles, shape distortions, magnetization, currents and so on. Expanding their dynamics near the adiabatic limit we find the emergent Newton’s second law (force is equal to the mass times acceleration) with an extra dissipative term. In systems with broken time reversal symmetry there is an additional Coriolis type force proportional to the Berry curvature. We give the microscopic definition of the mass tensor. The mass tensor is related to the non-equal time correlation functions in equilibrium and describes the dressing of the slow degree of freedom by virtual excitations in the system. In the classical (high-temperature) limit the mass tensor is given by the product of the inverse temperature and the Fubini–Study metric tensor determining the natural distance between the eigenstates of the Hamiltonian. For free particles this result reduces to the conventional definition of mass. This finding shows that any mass, at least in the classical limit, emerges from the distortions of the Hilbert space highlighting deep connections between any motion (not necessarily in space) and geometry. We illustrate our findings with four simple examples.     

The effects of air temperature and humidity on the acoustic design of voice alarm systems on underground stations

Sound attenuation of air due to climatic conditions is often assumed to be constant and/or negligible in the electro acoustic design of voice alarm (VA) systems. However, air attenuation variations can be significant in large underground spaces and particularly as the frequency increases to the mid to high frequencies which are the most relevant to speech intelligibility. This investigation evaluates and quantifies the impact of the variability of the most influential climatic parameters, air temperature and relative humidity, on the performance of VA systems in underground stations. Computer simulations were employed to predict the effect of varying these climatic parameters on key performance metrics. Results demonstrated a significant increase in the values of reverberation time parameters with both temperature and humidity, at frequencies critical for speech intelligibility. Consequently the values of speech intelligibility related metrics decreased with rising temperatures and humidity. Hence, the study shows how ignoring temperature and humidity effects can lead to calculation errors in the design of VA systems. These errors could cause over-specification of the absorption required of surface materials, and the inaccurate prediction of acoustic and speech intelligibility related parameters.     

On‐chip stimulated Brillouin Scattering for microwave signal processing and generation

Demonstration of continuously tunable delay, low‐noise lasers, dynamically controlled gratings, and optical phase shifting using the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process has lead to the emergence of SBS as a promising technology for microwave photonics. On‐chip realization of SBS enables photonic integration of microwave photonic signal processing and offers significantly enhanced performance and improved efficiency. On‐chip stimulated Brillouin scattering is reviewed in the context of slow‐light based tunable delay, low‐noise narrow linewidth lasers and filtering for integrated microwave photonics. A discussion on key material and device properties, necessary to enable on‐chip Brillouin scattering using both the single‐pass and resonator geometry, is presented along with an outlook for photonic integration of microwave signal processing and generation in other platforms.     

激光半主动导引头光学系统分析

对陀螺-光学耦合式导引头中两种结构的光学系统进行分析,得出它们有不同的反射镜摆动角与跟踪场比,导出目标偏离视线的计算公式,并进行计算分析,最后讨论离焦探测器浸没问题。     

Experimental confirmation of a new reversed butterfly-shaped attractor

This paper reports a new reverse butterfly-shaped chaotic attractor and its experimental confirmation. Some basic dynamical properties, and chaotic behaviours of this new reverse butterfly attractor are studied. Simulation results support brief theoretical derivations. Furthermore, the system is experimentally confirmed by a simple electronic circuit.     

Nonchaotic random behaviour in the second order autonomous system

Evidence is presented for the nonchaotic random behaviour in a second-order autonomous deterministic system. This behaviour is different from chaos and strange nonchaotic attractor. The nonchaotic random behaviour is very sensitive to the initial conditions. Slight difference of the initial conditions will generate wholly different phase trajectories. This random behaviour has a transient random nature and is very similar to the coin-throwing case in the classical theory of probability. The existence of the nonchaotic random behaviour not only can be derived from the theoretical analysis, but also is proved by the results of the simulated experiments in this paper.     

基于贝叶斯网络推理的起落架系统故障诊断技术研究

民机起落架系统结构复杂,是典型的故障多发系统,实际诊断过程主要依赖于排故手册流程和工程经验积累,存在诸多不确定性因素。贝叶斯网络是用有向无环图的形式表达变量间因果关联关系,可以充分利用专家知识和试验信息进行基于概率的统计推断,适于处理复杂系统的不确定性问题。通过深入分析某型民机起落架技术资料,建立了基于贝叶斯网络的起落架系统诊断架构,结合专家知识和维护经验提出了基于贝叶斯网络的起落架系统故障诊断方法,并给出了网络推理流程,提升了起落架系统故障诊断效率和精度。     

故障树模块化在装甲车辆灭火系统故障诊断中的应用

为了实现装甲装备灭火系统故障的快速诊断,提出了一种故障树模块化分析方法;对灭火系统故障树进行深度优先最左遍历,并记录遍历过程,按照遍历顺序对故障树中的每个事件进行标定,并将灭火系统故障树划分为相互独立的模块,依据划分的模块可以通过故障现象对模块内的故障进行排查及修复;实验结果分析表明,该方法可以快速修复模块故障,恢复系统功能,简化了以往对灭火系统所有子事件遍历查错的繁琐过程。该方法同样可以计算故障模块的失效概率,并可以实现故障模块的整体更换,恢复系统性能;证明了故障树模块化方法在灭火系统故障诊断中具有较高的效率,简化了灭火系统诊断流程,在装甲车辆其他系统故障诊断中具有借鉴作用,符合现代作战对于装备保障的需求。