Widely tunable wavelength exchange in anomalous-dispersion regime

We demonstrate the 10-Gb/s wavelength exchange with two pumps in the anomalous-dispersion region. Results show that performance degradation caused by Raman gain is avoided so that a nearly complete exchange can be achieved. In this letter, we also investigate the tunability of wavelength exchange for the first time to the best of our knowledge. Complete wavelength exchange is achieved with tuning range >15 nm. A bit-error rate of <10-9 is maintained with power penalties of ∼2 dB using 27-1 pseudorandom bit sequence (PRBS). © 2007 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

A comprehensive study on the dynamic range of wavelength exchange and its impact on exchanged signal performance

Effects of the incomplete signal exchange on the dynamic range performance of type II wavelength exchange (WE II, i.e. both pumps are in anomalous dispersion region) are investigated analytically and experimentally. The dynamic range here is defined as the tolerable operational range of the signal power to maintain a nearly complete WE performance. We studied the case of equal signal powers (balanced signal powers) as well as the case of unequal signal powers (imbalanced signal powers). It is demonstrated that the beating between exchanged signal and residual one and the extinction ratio degradation due to the existence of residual power at original channel is the major source of the signal quality degradation after WE II. The experimental results demonstrated dynamic range ∼17 dB with bit-error rate (BER) < 10-9 could be maintained with power penalty of <2 dB in the case of balanced signal powers. In the case of imbalanced signal powers, the dynamic range was <8 dB with the power penalty incurred of ∼2 dB in the worst case. © 2009 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

Dynamic range of wavelength exchange in highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber

We investigate the signal dynamic range of wavelength exchange using 10Gb/s 231-1 PRBS. Data exchanging between two wavelengths is achieved with signal dynamic range ∼20dB. Bit-error-rate of <10-9 is maintained with power penalties of <2dB. © 2008 Optical Society of America.published_or_final_versio

Measurement and interpretation of same-sign W boson pair production in association with two jets in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This paper presents the measurement of fducial and diferential cross sections for both the inclusive and electroweak production of a same-sign W-boson pair in association with two jets (W±W±jj) using 139 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed by selecting two same-charge leptons, electron or muon, and at least two jets with large invariant mass and a large rapidity diference. The measured fducial cross sections for electroweak and inclusive W±W±jj production are 2.92 ± 0.22 (stat.) ± 0.19 (syst.)fb and 3.38±0.22 (stat.)±0.19 (syst.)fb, respectively, in agreement with Standard Model predictions. The measurements are used to constrain anomalous quartic gauge couplings by extracting 95% confdence level intervals on dimension-8 operators. A search for doubly charged Higgs bosons H±± that are produced in vector-boson fusion processes and decay into a same-sign W boson pair is performed. The largest deviation from the Standard Model occurs for an H±± mass near 450 GeV, with a global signifcance of 2.5 standard deviations

Combination of searches for heavy spin-1 resonances using 139 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A combination of searches for new heavy spin-1 resonances decaying into different pairings of W, Z, or Higgs bosons, as well as directly into leptons or quarks, is presented. The data sample used corresponds to 139 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at = 13 TeV collected during 2015–2018 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Analyses selecting quark pairs (qq, bb, , and tb) or third-generation leptons (τν and ττ) are included in this kind of combination for the first time. A simplified model predicting a spin-1 heavy vector-boson triplet is used. Cross-section limits are set at the 95% confidence level and are compared with predictions for the benchmark model. These limits are also expressed in terms of constraints on couplings of the heavy vector-boson triplet to quarks, leptons, and the Higgs boson. The complementarity of the various analyses increases the sensitivity to new physics, and the resulting constraints are stronger than those from any individual analysis considered. The data exclude a heavy vector-boson triplet with mass below 5.8 TeV in a weakly coupled scenario, below 4.4 TeV in a strongly coupled scenario, and up to 1.5 TeV in the case of production via vector-boson fusion

Search for dark photons in rare Z boson decays with the ATLAS detector

A search for events with a dark photon produced in association with a dark Higgs boson via rare decays of the standard model Z boson is presented, using 139     fb − 1 of √ s = 13     TeV proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The dark boson decays into a pair of dark photons, and at least two of the three dark photons must each decay into a pair of electrons or muons, resulting in at least two same-flavor opposite-charge lepton pairs in the final state. The data are found to be consistent with the background prediction, and upper limits are set on the dark photon’s coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, α D ϵ 2 , in the dark photon mass range of [5, 40] GeV except for the Υ mass window [8.8, 11.1] GeV. This search explores new parameter space not previously excluded by other experiments

Combined measurement of the Higgs boson mass from the H → γγ and H → ZZ∗ → 4ℓ decay channels with the ATLAS detector using √s = 7, 8, and 13 TeV pp collision data

A measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson combining the H → Z Z ∗ → 4 ℓ and H → γ γ decay channels is presented. The result is based on 140     fb − 1 of proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC run 2 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV combined with the run 1 ATLAS mass measurement, performed at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, yielding a Higgs boson mass of 125.11 ± 0.09 ( stat ) ± 0.06 ( syst ) = 125.11 ± 0.11     GeV . This corresponds to a 0.09% precision achieved on this fundamental parameter of the Standard Model of particle physics

All-optical packet switching by pulsed-pump wavelength exchange in a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber

We demonstrate experimentally for the first time successful switching of packets based on wavelength exchange with two pulsed pumps located at the anomalous-dispersion region. Simultaneous packet switching between different wavelengths at same timeslot is achieved. © 2007 Optical Society of America.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Wavelength exchange with enhanced extinction ratio in highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber

We demonstrate a simple approach to enhance the extinction ratio of wavelength exchange with a polarization-diversity technique. Over 25 dB of extinction ratio is attained with 6 dB improvement over that of the conventional configuration. © 2007 Optical Society of America.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Implementing an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in Hong Kong, China: some preliminary findings

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