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Evaluation of bistable systems versus matched filters in detecting bipolar pulse signals
This paper presents a thorough evaluation of a bistable system versus a
matched filter in detecting bipolar pulse signals. The detectability of the
bistable system can be optimized by adding noise, i.e. the stochastic resonance
(SR) phenomenon. This SR effect is also demonstrated by approximate statistical
detection theory of the bistable system and corresponding numerical
simulations. Furthermore, the performance comparison results between the
bistable system and the matched filter show that (a) the bistable system is
more robust than the matched filter in detecting signals with disturbed pulse
rates, and (b) the bistable system approaches the performance of the matched
filter in detecting unknown arrival times of received signals, with an
especially better computational efficiency. These significant results verify
the potential applicability of the bistable system in signal detection field.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures, MikTex v2.
The beamformer and correlator for the Large European Array for Pulsars
The Large European Array for Pulsars combines Europe's largest radio
telescopes to form a tied-array telescope that provides high signal-to-noise
observations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) with the objective to increase the
sensitivity of detecting low-frequency gravitational waves. As part of this
endeavor we have developed a software correlator and beamformer which enables
the formation of a tied-array beam from the raw voltages from each of
telescopes. We explain the concepts and techniques involved in the process of
adding the raw voltages coherently. We further present the software processing
pipeline that is specifically designed to deal with data from widely spaced,
inhomogeneous radio telescopes and describe the steps involved in preparing,
correlating and creating the tied-array beam. This includes polarization
calibration, bandpass correction, frequency dependent phase correction,
interference mitigation and pulsar gating. A link is provided where the
software can be obtained.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Computin
Digital Signal Processing Research Program
Contains table of contents for Section 2, an introduction, reports on twenty-two research projects and a list of publications.Sanders, a Lockheed-Martin Corporation Contract BZ4962U.S. Army Research Laboratory Contract DAAL01-96-2-0001U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-93-1-0686National Science Foundation Grant MIP 95-02885U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-96-1-0930National Defense Science and Engineering FellowshipU.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research Grant F49620-96-1-0072U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-95-1-0362National Science Foundation Graduate Research FellowshipAT&T Bell Laboratories Graduate Research FellowshipU.S. Army Research Laboratory Contract DAAL01-96-2-0002National Science Foundation Graduate FellowshipU.S. Army Research Laboratory/Advanced Sensors Federated Lab Program Contract DAAL01-96-2-000
Simulation of optoelectronic oscillator injection locking, pulling and spiking phenomena
Complex envelope and reduced phase simulation models describing the dynamical
behavior of an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) under injection by an external
source are described. The models are built on the foundations of a previously
reported delay integral differential equation (DDE) theory of injection locking
of time delay oscillators (TDO) such as the OEO. The DDE formulation is
particularly amenable to high precision simulation using the Simulink block
diagram environment. The correspondence between the blocks and the oscillator
components offers intuition and considerable freedom to explore different
circuit architectures and design variations with minimal coding effort. The
simulations facilitate the study of the profound effect the multimode nature of
a TDO has on its dynamical behavior. The reduced phase models that make use of
the Leeson approximation are generally successful in reproducing the results of
complex envelope models for established oscillations except for spiking
phenomena for which the Leeson approximation fails. Simulation results
demonstrating phenomena not captured by classical injection theory are
presented, including multimode oscillation, the appearance of sidemodes in the
RF and phase noise spectrum, and persistent spike trains redolent of recent
experimental observations of 2pi phase pulse trains in a broadband OEO under
injection
Entanglement Stabilization using Parity Detection and Real-Time Feedback in Superconducting Circuits
Fault tolerant quantum computing relies on the ability to detect and correct
errors, which in quantum error correction codes is typically achieved by
projectively measuring multi-qubit parity operators and by conditioning
operations on the observed error syndromes. Here, we experimentally demonstrate
the use of an ancillary qubit to repeatedly measure the and parity
operators of two data qubits and to thereby project their joint state into the
respective parity subspaces. By applying feedback operations conditioned on the
outcomes of individual parity measurements, we demonstrate the real-time
stabilization of a Bell state with a fidelity of in up to 12
cycles of the feedback loop. We also perform the protocol using Pauli frame
updating and, in contrast to the case of real-time stabilization, observe a
steady decrease in fidelity from cycle to cycle. The ability to stabilize
parity over multiple feedback rounds with no reduction in fidelity provides
strong evidence for the feasibility of executing stabilizer codes on timescales
much longer than the intrinsic coherence times of the constituent qubits.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures. Update: Fig. 5 correcte
Revealing the Dynamic Magneto-ionic Environments of Repeating Fast Radio Burst Sources through Multi-year Polarimetric Monitoring with CHIME/FRB
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) display a confounding variety of burst properties
and host galaxy associations. Repeating FRBs offer insight into the FRB
population by enabling spectral, temporal and polarimetric properties to be
tracked over time. Here, we report on the polarized observations of 12
repeating sources using multi-year monitoring with the Canadian Hydrogen
Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) over 400-800 MHz. We observe significant
RM variations from many sources in our sample, including RM changes of several
hundred over month timescales from FRBs 20181119A,
20190303A and 20190417A, and more modest RM variability ( few tens rad m) from FRBs 20181030A, 20190208A, 20190213B and
20190117A over equivalent timescales. Several repeaters display a frequency
dependent degree of linear polarization that is consistent with depolarization
via scattering. Combining our measurements of RM variations with equivalent
constraints on DM variability, we estimate the average line-of-sight magnetic
field strength in the local environment of each repeater. In general, repeating
FRBs display RM variations that are more prevalent/extreme than those seen from
radio pulsars in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds, suggesting repeating
FRBs and pulsars occupy distinct magneto-ionic environments
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