Silicon: the promising material for phontonic integrated circuits platform

The development of optical network demands integrated arid multiple functionality modules to lowing cost and acquire highly reliability. Among the various contender materials to be photonic integrated circuits platform, silicon exhibits dominant characteristics and is the most promising platform materials. The paper compares the characteristics of some candidate materials with silicon and reviews recent progress in silicon based photonic integration technology. Tile challenges to silicon for optical integration for optical networking application arc also indicated.

Two bifurcation transitions of the floating half zone convection in a fat liquid bridge of larger Pr

The transient process of the thermocapillary convection was obtained for the large Pu floating half zone by using the method of three-dimensional and unsteady numerical simulation. The convection transits directly from steady and axisymmetric state to oscillatory flow for slender liquid bridge, and transits first from steady and axisymmetric convection to the steady and non-axisymmetric convection, then, secondly to the oscillatory convection for the fatter liquid bridge. This result implies that the volume of liquid bridge is not only a sensitive critical parameter for the onset of oscillation, but also relates to the new mechanism for the onset of instability in the floating half zone convection even in case of large Prandtl number fluid.

Surface waves in a vertically excited circular cylindrical container

The nonlinear free surface amplitude equation, which has been derived from the inviscid fluid by solving the potential equation of water waves with a singular perturbation theory in a vertically oscillating rigid circular cylinder, is investigated successively in the fourth-order Runge-Kutta approach with an equivalent time-step. Computational results include the evolution of the amplitude with time, the characteristics of phase plane determined by the real and imaginary parts of the amplitude, the single-mode selection rules of the surface waves in different forced frequencies, contours of free surface displacement and corresponding three-dimensional evolution of surface waves, etc. In addition, the comparison of the surface wave modes is made between theoretical calculations and experimental measurements, and the results are reasonable although there are some differences in the forced frequency.

The effect of the rotating double-prism wide-angle laser beam scanner on the beam shape

In this paper, we describe a wide-angle laser beam scanner and the rigorous result of the wide-angle laser beam scanner was obtained with the help of the vector refraction theory. Using the rigorous results, the distortion of the beam shape was discussed. The distortion of the beam shape is varying with the different relative angles of the double prisms. According to the conservation of the energy, the distribution of the laser intensity is changed too. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Comparison of fluorescence spectra of Yb : Y3Al5O12 and Yb : YALO(3) single crystals

Yb:Y3Al5O12 (Yb:YAG) single crystals with Yb doping concentration 0.5 at.%, 5 at.%, 15 at.%, 25 at.%, 50 at.%, 100 at.% and Yb:YAlO3 (Yb:YAP) single crystals with Yb doping concentration 0.5 at.%, 5 at.%, 15 at.%, 30 at.% were grown by the Czochralski process. The fluorescence spectra of these crystals and the effects of self-absorption on the shape of the fluorescence spectra were studied. Through comparing the fluorescence spectra of Yb:YAG and Yb:YAP, all results indicate that the effects of self-absorption on the fluorescence spectra of Yb:YAP are remarkably stronger than that of Yb:YAG at the same Yb concentration. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

八楞海棠和河南海棠腋芽茎尖培养的研究

八楞海棠是我国华北地区重要的苹果砧木，河南海棠是选育苹果矮化砧木的良好材料，进行八楞海棠和河南海棠胺芽茎尖培养具有重要的生产实际意义。主要结论如下;1）细胞分裂素和生长素的种类及浓度配比影响分化与增殖; 2）不同物候期的芽对分化增殖也有影响; 3）IBA促进八楞海棠生根。IAA促进河南海棠生根4)不定根起源于维管形成层细胞，其发生、形成与生长素种类。浓度密切相关。结合实验与文献，对蔗糖的作用．PZ和PG的作用，以及试管苗玻璃化现象作了讨论。

三峡水库香溪河库湾主要营养盐的入库动态

基于香溪河及其主要支流高岚河的5a监测数据,估算三峡水库香溪河库湾氮磷营养盐的入库通量,并分析了氮磷营养盐的浓度及其通量的逐月动态。研究发现,每年大约有1623.49t总氮和331.85t总磷汇入香溪河库湾,其中,香溪河贡献了68.50%的总氮和91.74%的总磷。在这两条河流中,溶解无机氮是氮的主要存在形式;氮通量表现出夏季7月份偏高、春秋季次之、冬季较低的规律;面源污染是氮进入河道的主要途径。磷酸盐是香溪河磷的主要存在形式,而高岚河磷酸盐的含量则较低;香溪河磷通量的月均波动规律不明显,高岚河磷通量的高

食蚊鱼鳃上台湾棘带吸虫囊蚴内种群的月变化

1993年7月—1994年6月,作者对食蚊鱼鳃上台湾棘带吸虫囊蚴内种群的变化进行了为期12个月的研究,结果表明:食蚊鱼种群数量和种群重量的月变化相似,但两者与水温没有相关性;食蚊鱼种群的体长结构呈季节性动态变化规律;食蚊鱼的感染与其自身的生长紧密相关,感染率、感染强度表现出了与体长相似的变化趋势;中间的两组鳃片寄生的囊蚴较多,不同鳃片组囊蚴平均密度的月变化规律一致,食蚊鱼任何两个鳃片组分布的台湾棘带吸虫囊蚴的平均数差异都显著(P<0.001);囊蚴在食蚊鱼鳃上的分布为聚集分布。

Molecular identification and expression analysis of natural resistance associated macrophage protein (Nramp) cDNA from Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Natural resistance associated macrophage protein (Nramp) controls partially innate resistance to intracellular parasites. Its function is to enhance the ability of macrophages to kill pathogens. However, little is known about the structure and function of Nramp in lower vertebrates such as teleosts. We have recently isolated a cDNA encoding Nramp from Japanese flounder (Paratichthys olivaceus). The full-length cDNA of the Nramp is 3066 bp in length, including 224 bp 5' terminal UTR, 1662 bp encoding region and 1180 bp 3' terminal UTR. The 1662-nt open reading frame was found to code for a protein with 554 amino acid residues. Comparison of amino acid sequence indicated that Japanese flounder Nramp consists of 12 transmembrane (TM) domains. A consensus transport motif (CTM) containing 20 residues was observed between transmembrane domains 8 and 9. The deduced amino acid sequence of Japanese flounder had 77.30%, 82.71%, 82.67%, 79.64%, 80.72%, 90.97%, 91.16%, 60.14%, 71.48%, 61.69%, 72.37% identity with that of rainbow trout Nramp alpha and beta, channel catfish Nramp, fathead minnow Nramp, common carp Nramp, striped sea bass Nramp, red sea bream Nramp, mouse Nramp 1 and 2, human Nramp 1 and 2, respectively. RT-PCR indicated that Nramp transcripts were highly abundant in spleen, head kidney, abundant in intestine, liver and gill, and less abundant in heart. The level of Nramp mRNA in embryos gradually increases during embryogenesis from 4 h (8 cell stage) to 80 h (hatched stage) after fertilization. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.