The dynamical mixing of light and pseudoscalar fields

We solve the general problem of mixing of electromagnetic and scalar or pseudoscalar fields coupled by axion-type interactions L _int = g _ϕ ϕε _μναβ F ^μν F ^αβ . The problem depends on several dimensionful scales, including the magnitude and direction of background magnetic field, the pseudoscalar mass, plasma frequency, propagation frequency, wave number, and finally the pseudoscalar coupling. We apply the results to the first consistent calculations of the mixing of light propagating in a background magnetic field of varying directions, which show a great variety of fascinating resonant and polarization effects.      

Spectral luminescence properties of hydroporphyrazine metallo complexes

We have studied the spectral luminescence properties of a zinc complex of dibenzobarreleno-substituted tetraazaisobacteriochlorin (a synthetic tetrapyrrole pigment which is the structural analog of the biologically important chromophore isobacteriochlorin) and a palladium complex of dibenzobarreleno-substituted tetraazachlorin. We have shown that despite the substantial effect of aza-substitution on the electronic structure and the electronic spectra of the tetrapyrrole molecules, the effect of hydrogenation of adjacent pyrrole rings on the spectral luminescence properties is similar in compounds with nitrogen and carbon bridges. As in the free base case, the fluorescence of the studied zinc complex is strongly quenched at 293 K but flares up at 77 K (temperature and viscosity-dependent quenching). To study the substituted Zn-tetraazaisobacteriochlorin, we determined the position of the 0-0 band of the low-intensity transition S₀ → S₂ and showed that the S₂ → S₁ energy difference increases with bridge aza substitution. For the Pd complex of dibenzobarreleno-substituted tetraazachlorin, we could not detect phosphorescence in the near IR region (to 1150 nm); we detected weak fluorescence. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 700–707, September–October, 2008.     

Spin Polarization and Spin‐Flip Through Phosphorene Superlattice

The spin‐dependent transport properties, including spin polarization and spin‐flip for phosphorene superlattice in the presence of an extrinsic Rashba spin‐orbit interaction (RSOI) based on the transfer matrix method, are studied. The results show that the number of barriers in the superlattice structure plays a dominant role in output spin polarization, which can be used in designing optimized spintronic devices. In addition, by controlling on the Rashba strength, an incident spin‐up electron can be transmitted as a spin‐down electron. Also, it enables to convert the unpolarized incident electronic beam (with zero spin polarization) into an arbitrary output spin polarization, which plays a significant role in qubit circuits.     

Spin polarization and temperature dependence of electron effective mass in quantum wires

The electron effective mass in GaAs quantum wires has been estimated by using a full dynamical random-phase approximation to examine its properties versus spin polarization, temperature, and carrier density. A decrease of mass with spin polarization is seen. The minority mass increases with the polarization while the majority mass decreases and this behaviour is seen for all densities. A maximal enhancement of mass at moderate temperature around 25 K is also presented. These calculations show a qualitative consistence with results in two-dimensional systems and help to control the electronic transport in quantum wires.     

Measuring the Polarization Parameters of Rain by Inverse Scattering

The theory is presented for one method of determining the effective polarization parameters of the rain medium in the problem of polarization information processing of detecting target. The determination of the effective polarization parameters of the propagation medium is from the data of propagation measurements over a line-of-sight link. The polarization parameters the effective average value, the effective standard deviation and F the effective shape parameter of the propagation medium are obtained by means of the method of inverse scattering, showing a good agreement with the data from direct measurements.     

Performance Analysis of High-speed Optical Pulse Transmission in Dispersion-managed Nonlinear Birefringent Fiber Using Quantum Well Laser Diode Sources

This paper analyzes the high bit-rate optical pulse trasmission in single mode optical fiber with chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion (small random birefringence) and nonlinearity. Numerical method employed can precisely describe their interactive effect on transmission performance. Different dispersion maps and the related performance are analysed. Various simulation results and discussion are given. The results show that chromatic dispersion compensation should be carefully designed. Appropriate dispersion management can also alleviate the effect of polarization mode dispersion.     

Optical design of high performance con-focal microscopy with digital micro-mirror and stray light filters

This research proposes a newly developed stray light filter in order to eliminate stray light, which otherwise might severely reduce the performance of the con-focal microscopy presented in this research. First, an optical design for con-focal microscopy with a digital micro-mirror device (DMD) is illustrated; second, a newly developed stray light filter is presented, which functions to eliminate possible stray light and ghost images without any sacrifice of luminance. It indicates that not only can the optical system be much simplified but also that its resolution could be one step higher, because the system employs neither a pinhole nor a CCD camera lens. Experimental results are shown in the paper, demonstrating an increase in contrast of up to 60%.     

Microstructure and dielectric study of pure BST and doped BSTF ceramic materials by broadband dielectric spectroscopy

Pure BST and doped BSTF (with BSTF2: Fe₂O₃ 2 wt % and BSTF4: Fe₂O₃ 4 wt %) ceramics were prepared by solid state reaction. XRD pattern showed the different phases were formed depend on the weight percent of Fe₂O₃. The crystal size and lattice parameters increased while the lattice strain decreased. The topography of the sintered samples shows increase of the grain size with increasing Fe₂O₃ ratio and hence enhances the compaction of ceramics. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy was employed to investigate the effect of magnetite nanoparticle on the dielectric properties of the pure BST ceramic. The interfacial polarization and the conductivity contribution reflect the high values of permittivity and its gradual increase as frequency decreases. The two BSTF samples show relaxation peak dynamic originated from presence of immobile species/electrons at low temperatures and defects/vacancies results from the formation of oxygen vacancies originates from the spontaneous change in oxidation states of Fe ions (Fe ^3+/Fe²⁺) at high temperatures. The relaxation rate obeys Arrhenius law at high temperatures in case of BST sample with activation energy 225 kJ/mol. This high value of activation energy at higher temperatures reflects and confirms the slowed down of the dynamics at the interphase and the decoupling nature of the OH-dynamic and the interfacial polarization.     

Consensus,Polarization and Hysteresis in the Three-State Noisy q-Voter Model with Bounded Confidence

In this work, we address the question of the role of the influence of group size on the emergence of various collective social phenomena, such as consensus, polarization and social hysteresis. To answer this question, we study the three-state noisy q-voter model with bounded confidence, in which agents can be in one of three states: two extremes (leftist and rightist) and centrist. We study the model on a complete graph within the mean-field approach and show that, depending on the size q of the influence group, saddle-node bifurcation cascades of different length appear and different collective phenomena are possible. In particular, for all values of q>1, social hysteresis is observed. Furthermore, for small values of q∈(1,4), disagreement, polarization and domination of centrists (a consensus understood as the general agreement, not unanimity) can be achieved but not the domination of extremists. The latter is possible only for larger groups of influence. Finally, by comparing our model to others, we discuss how a small change in the rules at the microscopic level can dramatically change the macroscopic behavior of the model.     

Opinion Polarization in Human Communities Can Emerge as a Natural Consequence of Beliefs Being Interrelated

The emergence of opinion polarization within human communities—the phenomenon that individuals within a society tend to develop conflicting attitudes related to the greatest diversity of topics—has been a focus of interest for decades, both from theoretical and modelling points of view. Regarding modelling attempts, an entire scientific field—opinion dynamics—has emerged in order to study this and related phenomena. Within this framework, agents’ opinions are usually represented by a scalar value which undergoes modification due to interaction with other agents. Under certain conditions, these models are able to reproduce polarization—a state increasingly familiar to our everyday experience. In the present paper, an alternative explanation is suggested along with its corresponding model. More specifically, we demonstrate that by incorporating the following two well-known human characteristics into the representation of agents: (1) in the human brain beliefs are interconnected, and (2) people strive to maintain a coherent belief system; polarization immediately occurs under exposure to news and information. Furthermore, the model accounts for the proliferation of fake news, and shows how opinion polarization is related to various cognitive biases.