Effect of random density irregularities on nonlinear evolution of Langmuir waves in interplanetary medium

The evolution of nonlinear Langmuir waves in the interplanetary medium is investigated by appropriately accounting for the random density irregularities of the medium. A pair of modified Zakharov equations, which describe these waves, is solved numerically as an initial value problem for large scale (≫ 10² km) initial pertubations. For an ion acoustic-Langmuir solitary wave, the random irregularities damp the Langmuir wave by way of scattering and let the ion density perturbation radiate away in a few days. However an initial solitary or shock-like Langmuir wave excites the ion density perturbations within a fraction of a second, and then itself gets damped. These effects will strongly decelerate the collapse of large scale Langmuir waves. The possibility of detecting these processes, by means of interplanetary scintillation, is discussed. The authors felicitate Prof. D S Kothari on his eightieth birthday and dedicate this paper to him on this occasion.     

Monitoring of the ducting by a ground-based GPS receiver

In this paper, we describe the estimation of low-altitude refractivity structure from simulation and real ground-based GPS delays. The vertical structure of the refractive environment is modeled using three parameters, i.e., duct height, duct thickness, and duct slope. The refractivity model is implemented with a priori constraints on the duct height, thickness, and strength, which might be derived from soundings or numerical weather-prediction models. A ray propagation model maps the refractivity structure into a replica field. Replica fields are compared with the simulation observed data using a squared-error objective function. A global search for the three environmental parameters is performed using genetic algorithm. The inversion is assessed by comparing the refractivity profiles from the radiosondes to those estimated. This technique could provide near-real-time estimation of ducting effect. The results suggest that ground-based GPS provides significant atmospheric refractivity information, despite certain fundamental limitations of ground-based measurements. Radiosondes typically are launched just a few times daily. Consequently, estimates of temporally and spatially varying refractivity that assimilate GPS delays could substantially improve over-estimates using radiosonde data alone.     

射频功率对类金刚石薄膜性能的影响

在不同射频功率条件下,实验研究了射频等离子体化学气相沉积类金刚石薄膜的金刚石相分数、光学常数和硬度。利用Raman光谱仪、椭圆偏振仪、数字式显微硬度计分别测试了不同条件下单层类金刚石薄膜的金刚石相分数、光学常数和硬度。实验表明,随着功率的增加,金刚石相的相对分数减少,薄膜的折射率先减小再增加然后减小,射频功率大于910 W时,沉积速率急剧增大。而薄膜的硬度先增加后减小,在射频功率为860 W处获得最大值。     

射频驱动下电磁诱导透明窗口的分裂和增益的出现

在Λ型三能级系统的基础上引入两个共振射频场, 通过详细讨论系统的探测吸收特性随两个射频场Rabi频率取不同值时的变化规律, 得出电磁诱导透明(EIT)的分裂规律以及EIT上出现增益现象的产生条件.研究结果表明: 两个射频场对系统所起的控制作用不同, 控制基态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场对EIT的分裂起作用, 而控制激发态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场不会导致EIT的分裂; 而且, 只有当控制基态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场的Rabi频率大于控制激发态精细结构能级之间跃迁的射频场的Rabi频率时, 才能产生EIT与增益相叠加的新特性. 关键词： 射频场 电磁诱导透明 增益 精细结构能级     

GPS/LEO掩星正则变换反演方法

利用无线电全息方法, 如正则变换方法或全谱反演方法, 可以有效地解决大气多路径条件下GPS掩星信号的反演问题. 本文采用正则变换方法反演掩星资料, 模拟仿真反演结果显示正则变换方法可以准确地反演包含大气多路径效应的信号. 在模拟信号的相位中加入不同程度的高斯相位噪声后, 正则变换方法的反演结果会受到不同程度的影响. 用正则变换方法对2007年第71天至73天共约4500个COSMIC数据进行处理. 将其折射率反演结果和atmPrf资料 (利用全谱反演方法计算得到) 一起, 与对应的ECMWF 分析场资料进行统计比较, 结果表明: 在5 km以下, 正则变换方法计算的折射率的相对误差的平均值普遍大于atmPrf资料. 其原因可能为: 正则变换方法将信号从LEO轨迹后传播至辅助屏, 造成孔径缩小, 精度下降. 同时也讨论了信号截断对低对流层中反演精度和掩星个数的影响. 关键词： 无线电掩星 大气多路径 多相位屏技术 正则变换方法     

The physics of categorization

In the context of cognition, categorization is the process through which several elements (i.e., words) are grouped into a single set which by naming becomes an abstraction of its elements. For example, tiger, kitty, and max can be categorized as Cats. In this article, we aim to show how the physical, biological and cognitive dimensions are related in the process of categorization or abstraction through the physics of computation. Drawing on Landauer's principle, we show that the price paid in terms of entropy is higher when grouping elements of low ranking (high probability) than when grouping elements of high ranking (low probability). Therefore, the logic of the cognitive process of abstraction is explained through constraints imposed by memory on the computation of categories. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 269–274, 2016     

宽带磁共振T/R开关的设计与实现

磁共振系统中的发射/接收（transmit/receive,T/R）开关用于收发通路的切换,要求在隔离大功率信号的同时具有较小的插入损耗;另外,在宽带磁共振谱仪中,一般的窄带T/R开关也不再适用.本文基于PIN（positive-intrinsic-negative）二极管设计了工作频率为10~100 MHz的宽带磁共振T/R开关.通过减小电平跳变、优化开关过冲和解决二极管被动导通等问题,获得了插入损耗小于1 dB、大功率信号隔离度大于75 dB、开关时间1 μs的整体性能.用本文设计的宽带T/R开关替代一般探头中的窄带T/R开关,在0.5 T核磁共振（NMR）波谱仪上测得了氢核和氟核两个不同频率的磁共振信号,验证了宽带T/R开关的宽带性能.     

基于非线性光纤环形镜的少模脉冲幅度调制再生器

随着网络带宽需求的快速增加,波分复用系统的容量已接近非线性香农极限.为了适应未来网络的发展,空分复用技术引起了越来越多的关注.本文首次提出基于少模非线性光纤环形镜(FM-NOLM)的脉冲幅度调制(PAM)全光再生器,描述了其工作原理和具体设计过程.采用COMSOL软件对组成FM-NOLM的硫化物高非线性光纤进行了模式特性仿真.以LP01,LP11,LP21三个光纤模式为例,确定了再生器的参数,计算出每个模式的功率转移函数曲线.仿真分析了该少模PAM-4全光再生器的噪声抑制(NRR)性能,并与单模情形进行了比较.研究表明,1)对于每个空间模式的PAM信号,所有再生电平具有一致的功率转移性能;2)当输入信噪比(SNR)约大于20 dB时,三种模式的噪声抑制比均可超过3 dB,并随着输入信噪比线性增加,其斜率约为1.2;3)在相同输入SNR条件下,三种模式的噪声抑制比相差不大,不超过1.1 dB.为了说明再生器的再生性能,当输入SNR为25 dB时,我们还给出了再生前后PAM-4信号的功率分布直方图.与现有的再生方案相比,本文方案的均匀多电平再生转移性能,使其更适合高频谱效率的长距空分复用系统和任意电平数的PAM信号再生.此外,该方案也能够扩展到波长域,有效提高光通信系统的传输容量.     

1.3 GHz超导腔磁通排出效应研究

设计并搭建了一套高精度的磁场测量和补偿系统,并结合中国科学院高能物理研究所（IHEP）的2K超导腔垂直测试平台对1.3 GHz 单加速间隙超导腔的磁通排出效应开展了实验研究：利用研制的磁场测量和补偿系统能够精密地测量超导腔赤道位置磁场,并能够将磁场补偿至小于5.0×10⁻⁸ T;并对超导腔不同表面温度梯度下的磁通排出效应进行了测量分析;对钉扎了磁场的超导腔进行了射频性能测试,研究了超导腔电阻对磁通钉扎的敏感度,以及在不同电场梯度下超导腔的表面电阻变化情况。结果表明,研制的高精度磁场测量和补偿系统能够满足超导腔磁通排出研究的需求;高的超导腔表面温度梯度有利于磁通的排出;磁通钉扎电阻的敏感度随着加速电场梯度的增加而增大,导致超导腔的性能下降。此实验研究也为后续超导腔的研制奠定了一定基础。     

Performance analysis of overlay cognitive NOMA network with imperfect SIC and imperfect CSI

In this paper, we investigate a multiple users cooperative overlay cognitive radio non-orthogonal multiple access (CR-NOMA) network in the presence of imperfect successive interference cancellation (SIC) and imperfect channel state information (CSI). In the context of cellular network, cell-center cognitive secondary users act as relays to assist transmission from the primary user (PU) transmitter to the cell-edge PU receiver via NOMA. According to the received signals between the primary transmitter and multiple cognitive secondary center users, the best cell-center cognitive SU with the maximum signal to noise ratio (SNR) is selected to transmit the PU’s signals and its own signal to cell-edge users through NOMA principle. Then, the PU cell-edge user combine the signals received from direct transmission in the first phase and relay transmission from the best cell-center cognitive SU in the second phase by selection combining (SC). To measure the performance of the system quantitatively, we derive the end-to-end outage probability and capacity for the primary and secondary networks by taking the imperfect SIC and CSI into consideration. Finally, the performance analysis is validated by the simulations, and show that serious interference caused by imperfect SIC and (or) imperfect CSI reduce the system performance.