Detecting itinerant single microwave photons

Single-photon detectors are fundamental tools of investigation in quantum optics and play a central role in measurement theory and quantum informatics. Photodetectors based on different technologies exist at optical frequencies and much effort is currently being spent on pushing their efficiencies to meet the demands coming from the quantum computing and quantum communication proposals. In the microwave regime, however, a single-photon detector has remained elusive, although several theoretical proposals have been put forth. In this article, we review these recent proposals, especially focusing on non-destructive detectors of propagating microwave photons. These detection schemes using superconducting artificial atoms can reach detection efficiencies of 90% with the existing technologies and are ripe for experimental investigations.     

ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL MARINE RESERVES WITHOUT SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN A SIMPLE TWO‐PATCH MODEL

Bioeconomic analyses of spatial fishery models have established that marine reserves can be economically optimal (i.e., maximize sustainable profit) when there is some type of spatial heterogeneity in the system. Analyses of spatially continuous models and models with more than two discrete patches have also demonstrated that marine reserves can be economically optimal even when the system is spatially homogeneous. In this note we analyze a spatially homogeneous two‐patch model and show that marine reserves can be economically optimal in this case as well. The model we study includes the possibility that fishing can damage habitat. In this model, marine reserves are necessary to maximize sustainable profit when dispersal between the patches is sufficiently high and habitat is especially vulnerable to damage.     

新鲜苹果汁可溶性固形物含量的傅里叶变换近红外光谱检测

用傅里叶变换近红外(FTNIR)光谱透射方式对新鲜苹果汁溶性固形物含量(SSC)进行了快速定量分析。实验共测定了60个果汁样品的SSC,并采集了样品的近红外光谱数据。42个样品用来建模,剩下的18个用来验证模型的性能。对实验室测得的SSC与FTNIR光谱数据进行相关性分析,以TQ 6.2.1定量分析软件中集成的主成分回归法(PCR)和偏最小二乘回归法(PLS)建立了检测模型。该研究对比了不同光谱范围内建立的检测模型的性能。根据预测平方根误差(RMSEP)和相关系数(r2)进行不同模型的预测性能,最好的新鲜苹果汁SSC预测模型的RMSEP＝0.603 0Brix,r2＝0.997。结果表明FT-NIR可以作为一种可靠、准确、快速的无损检测方法来评价新鲜果汁的可溶性固形物含量。     

Unusual Behavior of Nanocrystalline Strontium Oxide Toward Hydrogen Sulfide

The thermodynamically favored reaction of solid strontium oxide with gaseous hydrogen sulfide is kinetically enhanced to a large degree by the use of higher surface area nanocrystalline SrO in the form of brush-like collections of metal oxide fibers. An unusual feature is that the reaction SrO + H₂S SrS + H₂O proceeds stoichiometrically at room temperature, but at higher temperatures the reaction efficiency goes down, apparently due to rapid temperature induced crystal growth of the nanocrystalline SrO. The samples studied vary in crystallite size from 20 to 27nm, while average particle size (nanocrystal aggregates) varies in the following order; aerogel prepared SrO (100nm) 相似文献   

自动实时激光全息无损检测系统

介绍一种自动激光全息无损检测系统。该系统由计算机控制自动曝光，并对全息干版进行自动冲洗和对测量数据进行处理，解决了一次曝光激光全息实时检测中全息干版无法精确复位的问题。计算机控制真空加载，缺陷大小及位置由计算机打印输出，一次最大测量面积为０５ｍ×１２ｍ，最小分辨缺陷尺寸为３ｍｍ。     

射线成像检测中射线源焦点的影响及修正

本文分析了在工业无损检测中射线源焦点对成像质量的影响，讨论了射线源焦点对成像影响的数学模型，以此为基础，设计了相应的焦点修正算法，并给出了处理结果     

有限元仿真兰姆波评价胶接接头界面弹性模量的研究

金属薄板检测中,声-超声检测方法可激发多模式的兰姆波,兰姆波能够评价金属胶接后结构质量,正确认识兰姆波传播特性与胶接接头弹性模量的关系是有效应用该技术的基础。本文采用有限元仿真法分析这种关系,得出随着胶层弹性模量的降低,各模式兰姆波通过胶接接头后能量有不同程度的衰减,频率为0.5 MHz和1 MHz时,兰姆波主要模式A₀、S₀能量值与接头弹性模量具有一定的线性关系。实验结果表明,低频时随着胶接接头的人工老化,接头中主要模式兰姆波能量均发生一定程度的衰减,其能量变化曲线与有限元仿真结果趋势一致。本方法能为实验研究、实际检测提供有效参考依据。     

Chemometric analysis of EDXRF measurements from fossil bone

Bone chemistry is an important source of biological and environmental information. Elemental compositions of archaeological and fossil bone have granted insight into the diets of ancient humans and other animals, as well as informing about the burial conditions of bone. Chemical studies of ancient bone can be performed non‐destructively with portable energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometers, which is particularly advantageous for on‐site analyses of museum specimens. Portable EDXRF instruments carry some analytical disadvantages, however, which may result in reduced precision or accuracy. Analytical shortfalls may be overcome by analysing inter‐sample trends in EDXRF spectral data instead of reported concentration measurements. We investigated the utility of statistically treating handheld EDXRF spectra from fossil bone and teeth, specifically the normalisation and mean centering of spectral data before principal component analysis. Fossil bone and tooth specimens were sourced from two Pleistocene localities in the Western Cape of South Africa, Swartklip 1 and Elandsfontein Main. Samples from the two localities could be distinguished using principal component score values, and coefficient loadings allowed chemical interpretation of the score clusters. Swartklip 1 samples were associated with elevated concentrations of Ca, indicating an additional Ca‐bearing mineral (i.e. calcite), whereas Elandsfontein Main samples were associated with elevated Fe and Sr concentrations. Fossil bone chemistry could be related to groundwater percolation through the sedimentary matrices of each locality. The methodology behind the case study presented here could readily be applied elsewhere and would be particularly useful to handheld EDXRF studies of museum specimens. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

应力波的激光产生和检测

应力波的激光产生和检测，是一个受到各领域专家关注的、在无损检测和应用力学等方面有着极大应用潜力和研究兴趣的新兴领域。针对其力学方面、实验技术和应用前景等，本文对有关原理、方法、技术和实用进行了简要的归纳与总结。     

Contrasting confocal with defocusing microscale spatially offset Raman spectroscopy

The study compares and contrasts conventional confocal Raman microscopy/spectroscopy (CRM) with a recently developed micrometer scale defocusing spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (micro‐SORS), a method providing a new analytical capability for investigating non‐destructively the chemical composition of subsurface, micrometer‐scale‐thick diffusely scattering layers at depths beyond the reach of CRM. Because of close similarities between the two techniques and comparable embodiment of the instrumentations, but radically different interpretations of data, it is crucially important to recognise which type of method is pertinent to a specific measurement. The distinction comes principally from the nature of sample, whether turbid (micro‐SORS measurement) or transparent (CRM measurement) on the spatial scale of the axial (z‐)scan of the measurement. Which type of sample one deals with may not always be easily recognisable with micro‐scale thick layers, and the study therefore also presents a simple method for suggesting whether CRM or micro‐SORS methodology applies. This test relies on an axial (z‐)scan performed through the sample in both the positive and negative directions from the normal, imaged sample surface position using conventional CRM instrument. The absence or presence of symmetry or asymmetry of the intensity profiles of measured Raman signals around the imaged sample surface position as a function of sample axial displacement then suggests which interpretation could apply. The study paves a way for the development of micro‐SORS as a widely applicable analytical tool deployable on conventional Raman microscopes. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.