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High-power broadband laser source tunable from 3.0 um to 4.4 um based on a femtosecond Yb:fiber oscillator
We describe a tunable broadband mid-infrared laser source based on
difference-frequency mixing of a 100 MHz femtosecond Yb:fiber laser oscillator
and a Raman-shifted soliton generated with the same laser. The resulting light
is tunable over 3.0 um to 4.4 um, with a FWHM bandwidth of 170 nm and maximum
average output power up to 125 mW. The noise and coherence properties of this
source are also investigated and described.Comment: To appear in Optics Letter
Balance Functions, Correlations, Charge Fluctuations and Interferometry
Connections between charge balance functions, charge fluctuations and
correlations are presented. It is shown that charge fluctuations can be
directly expressed in terms of a balance functions under certain assumptions.
The distortion of charge balance functions due to experimental acceptance is
discussed and the effects of identical boson interference is illustrated with a
simple model.Comment: 1 eps figure included. 5 pages in revtex
The curious nonexistence of Gaussian 2-designs
2-designs -- ensembles of quantum pure states whose 2nd moments equal those
of the uniform Haar ensemble -- are optimal solutions for several tasks in
quantum information science, especially state and process tomography. We show
that Gaussian states cannot form a 2-design for the continuous-variable
(quantum optical) Hilbert space L2(R). This is surprising because the affine
symplectic group HWSp (the natural symmetry group of Gaussian states) is
irreducible on the symmetric subspace of two copies. In finite dimensional
Hilbert spaces, irreducibility guarantees that HWSp-covariant ensembles (such
as mutually unbiased bases in prime dimensions) are always 2-designs. This
property is violated by continuous variables, for a subtle reason: the
(well-defined) HWSp-invariant ensemble of Gaussian states does not have an
average state because the averaging integral does not converge. In fact, no
Gaussian ensemble is even close (in a precise sense) to being a 2-design. This
surprising difference between discrete and continuous quantum mechanics has
important implications for optical state and process tomography.Comment: 9 pages, no pretty figures (sorry!
The Impact of Dispersion on Amplitude and Frequency Noise in a Yb-fiber Laser Comb
We describe a Yb-fiber based laser comb, with a focus on the relationship
between net-cavity dispersion and the frequency noise on the comb. While tuning
the net cavity dispersion from anomalous to normal, we measure the amplitude
noise (RIN), offset frequency (f_CEO) linewidth, and the resulting frequency
noise spectrum on f_CEO. We find that the laser operating at zero net-cavity
dispersion has many advantages, including an approximately 100x reduction in
free-running f_CEO linewidth and frequency noise power spectral density between
laser operation at normal and zero dispersion. In this latter regime, we
demonstrate a phase-locked f_CEO beat with low residual noise
The matrix realization of affine Jacobi varieties and the extended Lotka-Volterra lattice
We study completely integrable Hamiltonian systems whose monodromy matrices
are related to the representatives for the set of gauge equivalence classes
of polynomial matrices. Let be the algebraic
curve given by the common characteristic equation for
. We construct the isomorphism from the set of
representatives to an affine part of the Jacobi variety of . This variety
corresponds to the invariant manifold of the system, where the Hamiltonian flow
is linearized. As the application, we discuss the algebraic completely
integrability of the extended Lotka-Volterra lattice with a periodic boundary
condition.Comment: Revised version, 26 page
First record of Alston\u27s Woolly Mouse Opossum (\u3cem\u3eMicoureus alstoni\u3c/em\u3e) from the canal area of Central Panama
Mid-infrared VIPA Spectrometer for Rapid and Broadband Trace Gas Detection
We present and characterize a 2-D imaging spectrometer based on a
virtually-imaged phased array (VIPA) disperser for rapid, high-resolution
molecular detection using mid-infrared (MIR) frequency combs at 3.1 and 3.8 \mu
m. We demonstrate detection of CH4 at 3.1 \mu m with >3750 resolution elements
spanning >80 nm with ~600 MHz resolution in a <10 \mu s acquisition time. In
addition to broadband detection, rapid, time-resolved single-image detection is
demonstrated by capturing dynamic concentration changes of CH4 at a rate of
~375 frames per second. Changes in absorption above the noise floor of 5\times
10-4 are readily detected on the millisecond time scale, leading to important
future applications such as real time monitoring of trace gas concentrations
and detection of reactive intermediates
Comparison of noncontrast MRI magnetization transfer and T2‐Weighted signal intensity ratios for detection of bowel wall fibrosis in a Crohn's disease animal model
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/113105/1/jmri24815.pd
Lifestyle travellers: Backpacking as a way of life
Scholarship on backpackers speculates some individuals may extend backpacking to a way of life. This article empirically explores this proposition using lifestyle consumption as its framing concept and conceptualises individuals who style their lives around the enduring
practice of backpacking as ‘lifestyle travellers’. Ethnographic interviews with lifestyle travellers in India and Thailand offer an emic account of the practices, ideologies and social identity that characterise lifestyle travel as a distinctive subtype within backpacking.
Departing from the drifter construct, which (re)constitutes this identity as socially deviant, the concept of lifestyle allows for a contemporary appraisal of these individuals’ patterns of meaningful consumption and wider insights into how ongoing mobility can lead to different ways of understanding identities and relating to place.
Keywords: lifestyle consumption; backpacker; mobility; drifter; identit
Impacts of Climate Change on Multiple Use Management of Bureau of Land Management Land in the Intermountain West, USA
Although natural resource managers are concerned about climate change, many are unable to adequately incorporate climate change science into their adaptation strategies or management plans, and are not always aware of or do not employ the most current scientific knowledge. One of the most prominent natural resource management agencies in the United States is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which is tasked with managing over 248 million acres (\u3e1 million km2) of public lands for multiple, often conflicting, uses. Climate change will affect the sustainability of many of these land uses and could further increase conflicts between them. As such, the purpose of our study was to determine the extent to which climate change will affect public land uses, and whether the BLM is managing for such predicted effects. To do so, we first conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature that discussed potential impacts of climate change on the multiple land uses the BLM manages in the Intermountain West, USA, and then expanded these results with a synthesis of projected vegetation changes. Finally, we conducted a content analysis of BLM Resource Management Plans in order to determine how climate change is explicitly addressed by BLM managers, and whether such plans reflect changes predicted by the scientific literature. We found that active resource use generally threatens intrinsic values such as conservation and ecosystem services on BLM land, and climate change is expected to exacerbate these threats in numerous ways. Additionally, our synthesis of vegetation modeling suggests substantial changes in vegetation due to climate change. However, BLM plans rarely referred to climate change explicitly and did not reflect the results of the literature review or vegetation model synthesis. Our results suggest there is a disconnect between management of BLM lands and the best available science on climate change. We recommend that the BLM actively integrates such research into on-the-ground management plans and activities, and that researchers studying the effects of climate change make a more robust effort to understand the practices and policies of public land management in order to effectively communicate the management significance of their findings
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