Mode competition in acousto-optically Q-switched planar waveguide lasers

Multi-mode rate equations have been developed to investigate mode competition in high-power acousto-optically Q-switched planar waveguide lasers. The mode competition arises from coupling effects and temporal losses in the transform between guided modes and free-space propagation. Pulse-to-pulse instability and temporal beam distortions are enlarged by mode competition when the laser works in the multi-mode regime. The influence of parasitic oscillation is also discussed. A Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser has been established with a folded hybrid/unstable resonator. A maximum average power of 83 W with a beam propagation factor M-x(2) x M-y(2) = 1.2 x 1.4 is obtained. The theoretical simulation agrees well with the experimental observation. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Navegantes e surfistas: as curvaturas do ciberespaço nas vizinhanças dos portais

De um território livre, construído em torno dos princípios da liberdade e da colaboração um ambiente onde pode ser exercida a liberdade de ser (ou parecer), de dizer (ou escrever) e de ouvir (ou ler), para o bem ou para o mal, a massificação do uso da Internet tem constituído um espaço social (virtual) contraditório e diversificado, onde forças cuja vocação parece ser homogeneizar (e possivelmente pasteurizar) esse território livre da diferença têm sido postas em cena. Dentre essas forças, lugar especial é ocupado pelo que se convencionou chamar portais de interesse geral. Tais sites, ao procurar responder a diferentes interesses, de modo a assegurar que o máximo possível de anseios de seus usuários seja satisfeito sem a necessidade de navegarem para fora dos seus domínios, são construídos como empreendimentos cujo sucesso requer o controle do comportamento de navegação dos usuários o que, neste caso, não pode ser feito senão através do discurso (persuasivo). A hipótese que salta aos olhos é evidente: e se este não for apenas um controle pelo discurso, mas um controle do discurso? A premissa é, evidentemente, que tais sites constituem uma categoria especial de artefatos de linguagem produzidos no interior de eventos comunicativos bem determinados, isto é, um gênero emergente do discurso. Assim, o objetivo primário da presente pesquisa consistiu em determinar como o modo de funcionamento discursivo do portal contribui para afetar os hábitos de navegação dos seus usuários, curvando e distorcendo o ciberespaço nas suas vizinhanças. Para isso procuramos abordar o que chamamos atratores retóricos, isto é, aquelas estratégias (discursivas) destinadas a seduzir, convencer ou mesmo fraudar os usuários de modo a assegurar sua permanência na órbita dos portais, fazendo desses websites vetores da ordem do discurso, um elemento de controle do caos típico do ciberespaço, um agente de exorcismo da diferença e subjugação do discurso desenfreado.

Nonparaxial propagation of vectorial hollow Gaussian beams

Based on the vectorial Raleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integral, the nonparaxial. propagation of vectorial hollow Gaussian beams (HGBs) in free space is studied. The far-field and paraxial cases can be treated as special cases of our general results. The typical numerical examples are given to illustrate our analytical results and comparisons between the different approximations present that the f parameter still plays an important role in determining the nonparaxiality of vectorial diffracted HGBs. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Tempos diferentes coexistindo nos pilares e no currículo do Centro Cultural Sobradinho

O presente trabalho é fruto de uma pesquisa qualitativa, a partir de um estudo de caso. Parte das questões enfrentadas na produção curricular do processo de formação dos cursos de artes de um centro cultural, em Quissamã, município situado em uma região periférica no interior do estado do Rio de Janeiro. O trabalho aborda questões que interferem na formulação dos currículos, que se dão no cotidiano. O currículo não é escrito é dado na demanda do processo formativo e se apresenta como espaço discursivo. O estudo se inscreve no campo político da dimensão cultural da realidade social, tornando possível, na sua discussão, a absorção das contribuições dos estudos pós-coloniais. O trabalho depesquisa sobre o objeto aproxima a atuação do centro cultural às posturas contra-hegemônicas globais a partir de uma ação local. Está instalado em um sobrado construído no século XIX. O seu espaço físico é um prédio histórico, que no passado foi uma residência da aristocracia rural local. Este espaço foi ressignificado e hoje é um espaço livre às novas descobertas que discute nossa contemporaneidade sem perder de vista o seu passado. A restauração do prédio e a criação do centro cultural pertencem a um movimento, no qual valores e sentidos foram descolados e passaram a ter nova significação, o que interfere na ação política da instituição.

Computation of high-stability DC balancing scheme for ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon holograms using graphics processing units.

Spatial light modulators based around liquid crystal on silicon have found use in a variety of telecommunications applications, including the optimization of multimode fibers, free-space communications, and wavelength selective switching. Ferroelectric liquid crystals are attractive in these areas due to their fast switching times and high phase stability, but the necessity for the liquid crystal to spend equal time in each of its two possible states is an issue of practical concern. Using the highly parallel nature of a graphics processing unit architecture, it is possible to calculate DC balancing schemes of exceptional quality and stability.

Tuneable planar integrated optical systems

Planar integrated free-space optical systems are well suited for a variety of applications, such as optical interconnects and security devices. Here, we demonstrate dynamic functionality of such microoptical systems by the integration of adaptive liquid-crystal-devices. © 2007 Optical Society of America.

Holographic beam steering a directly modulated twoelectrode high brightness tapered laser diode for optical wireless communications

An error-free free space communication link with 3 angular coverage and 1.25GHz modulation bandwidth is demonstrated by beam steering an ultra high modulation efficiency bright tapered laser diode using a Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator. © OSA 2012.

Silicon pyramids for plasmonic enhanced schottky photodetectors

We demonstrate the design, fabrication and characterization of plasmonic enhanced free space Schottky detector for telecom wavelength. Unique fabrication technique, simulation and measurement results will be presented and discussed. © OSA 2013.

A dragline-forming mobile robot inspired by spiders.

Mobility of wheeled or legged machines can be significantly increased if they are able to move from a solid surface into a three-dimensional space. Although that may be achieved by addition of flying mechanisms, the payload fraction will be the limiting factor in such hybrid mobile machines for many applications. Inspired by spiders producing draglines to assist locomotion, the paper proposes an alternative mobile technology where a robot achieves locomotion from a solid surface into a free space. The technology resembles the dragline production pathway in spiders to a technically feasible degree and enables robots to move with thermoplastic spinning of draglines. As an implementation, a mobile robot has been prototyped with thermoplastic adhesives as source material of the draglines. Experimental results show that a dragline diameter range of 1.17-5.27 mm was achievable by the 185 g mobile robot in descending locomotion from the solid surface of a hanging structure with a power consumption of 4.8 W and an average speed of 5.13 cm min(-1). With an open-loop controller consisting of sequences of discrete events, the robot has demonstrated repeatable dragline formation with a relative deviation within -4% and a length close to the metre scale.

In situ thermoplastic thread formation for robot built structures

We demonstrate autonomous construction of structures using a robot arm that can fabricate threads of TPA (Thermoplastic Adhesive) in free space on the fly. TPA has many important material properties that help to greatly simplify the otherwise complex task of building structures in complex environments. We present a model for the formation of TPA strings based on plastic deformation which also includes the temperature dependent material properties which change significantly as the thread is formed and cools. Experiments of drawing TPA show that drawing forces due to the viscosity of the TPA are more dominated by the speed of drawing than the changes in viscosity due to temperature. The load bearing capacity of individual strings is also modelled and measured and structures are built using the TPA strings which due to the adhesiveness can be anchored to a wide range surfaces as well as to other strings. © 2013 IEEE.

A method for analyzing the coupling of 3-D tapered rib waveguides with fibers

The fields in 3-dimensional tapered waveguides are unstable compared with the fields in the straight waveguides. In the case of waveguide-to-fiber coupling and fiber-to-waveguide coupling, a sequence of short straight waveguides has been modeled to approximate the 3-dimensional tapered waveguide; and the unstable incident and reflected fields, as well as their derivatives, were determined by the beam propagation method(BPM). Then free space radiation mode(FSRM) was employed to calculate the reflected and transmitted powers. Analysis results of the coupling of fiber with silicon-on-insulator(SOI) tapered rib waveguides showed the feasibility of the method.

Object-recognition with oblique observation directions based on biomimetic pattern recognition

In this paper, we propose a new scheme for omnidirectional object-recognition in free space. The proposed scheme divides above problem into several onmidirectional object-recognition with different depression angles. An onmidirectional object-recognition system with oblique observation directions based on a new recognition theory-Biomimetic Pattern Recognition (BPR) is discussed in detail. Based on it, we can get the size of training samples in the onmidirectional object-recognition system in free space. Omnidirection ally cognitive tests were done on various kinds of animal models of rather similar shapes. For the total 8400 tests, the correct recognition rate is 99.89%. The rejection rate is 0.11% and on the condition of zero error rates. Experimental results are presented to show that the proposed approach outperforms three types of SVMs with either a three degree polynomial kernel or a radial basis function kernel.

夏玉米冠层叶片表观自由空间的差异研究

叶片自由空间在环境与冠层养分交换间具有重要作用,是目前植物营养学研究的重要领域之一。通过盆栽试验,以不同株型夏玉米为试材,研究了不同施氮水平(N 0、0.15和0.30 g/kg)下玉米冠层叶片表观自由空间(AFS)的差异。结果表明,不同生育期叶片AFS差异极显著(P<0.01),表现为随生育期推进,叶片AFS、生物量和全氮含量均逐渐降低;除成熟期,其它各生育期品种与施氮水平对叶片AFS的影响均存在显著的交互作用。施氮对叶片生物量的影响不显著,但施氮后叶片全氮含量显著增加。不同施氮水平下,植株冠层叶片AFS也存在显著差异,中量施氮处理(即N 0.15 g/kg)植株叶片AFS值(9.49)明显高于不施氮处理(9.03),但随施氮量进一步增加,叶片AFS下降,施氮量为N 0.30 g/kg时,叶片AFS为8.62;不同施氮水平各生育期不同叶层间叶片AFS、生物量和全氮含量差异显著(P<0.05)。不同品种间叶片全氮含量和AFS存在显著差异(P<0.05),以紧凑型品种陕单902叶片AFS最大,平均为9.24,显著高于其它品种;中间型品种农大108与平展型品种陕单9号间差异不显著,二者平均分别为9.06和8.85...

不同株型夏玉米冠层叶表观自由空间变化规律研究

以3种不同株型夏玉米为供试材料,采用盆栽试验研究了不同生育期及冠层不同叶位叶片表观自由空间的大小差异和变化规律。结果表明,在相同施肥水平下,随生育期推进,各株型夏玉米叶片表观自由空间逐渐降低;不同玉米品种冠层叶片表观自由空间在全生育期内存在极显著差异(P<0.01)。从不同株型品种叶片表观自由空间看,以紧密型品种陕单902叶片表观自由空间最大,中间型品种农大108与平展型品种陕单9号间较小,二者差异不显著;平展型品种各生育时期间叶片表观自由空间的差异较小,而紧密型品种的差异最大。全生育期内不同株型品种不同叶位间叶片表观自由空间存在明显差异,但缺乏普遍规律性;比较不同生育期内不同叶位,以拔节期不同叶位间差异较大;比较同株型品种不同叶位,以中间型品种农大108不同叶位间差异较大。以上结果说明了在研究和评价植物叶片表观自由空间时,不仅要考虑植物遗传特征,而且还需考虑植物生育期及叶位。

基于加速度反馈的柔性关节机械臂接触力控制

针对柔性关节机械臂从自由空间运动控制过渡到约束空间力控制的过程中,存在冲击、震荡甚至不稳定等问题,利用加速度传感器反馈控制,为柔性关节机械臂的接触力控制在较宽的带宽内提供阻尼,克服了利用单纯速度反馈控制带宽窄的局限。对柔性关节机械臂的接触力控制进行建模和基于加速度反馈的控制策略分析,并在柔性关节机械臂上进行了接触力控制的试验研究。结果表明,这种方法有效。