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Controlled polarization rotation of an optical field in multi-Zeeman-sublevel atoms
We investigate, both theoretically and experimentally, the phenomenon of
polarization rotation of a weak, linearly-polarized optical (probe) field in an
atomic system with multiple three-level electromagnetically induced
transparency (EIT) sub-systems. The polarization rotation angle can be
controlled by a circularly-polarized coupling beam, which breaks the symmetry
in number of EIT subsystems seen by the left- and right-circularly-polarized
components of the weak probe beam. A large polarization rotation angle (up to
45 degrees) has been achieved with a coupling beam power of only 15 mW.
Detailed theoretical analyses including different transition probabilities in
different transitions and Doppler-broadening are presented and the results are
in good agreements with the experimentally measured results.Comment: 28pages, 12figure
Fire responses and resistance of concrete-filled steel tubular frame structures
This paper presents the results of dynamic responses and fire resistance of concretefilled
steel tubular (CFST) frame structures in fire conditions by using non-linear finite element
method. Both strength and stability criteria are considered in the collapse analysis. The frame
structures are constructed with circular CFST columns and steel beams of I-sections. In order to
validate the finite element solutions, the numerical results are compared with those from a fire
resistance test on CFST columns. The finite element model is then adopted to simulate the
behaviour of frame structures in fire. The structural responses of the frames, including critical
temperature and fire-resisting limit time, are obtained for the ISO-834 standard fire. Parametric
studies are carried out to show their influence on the load capacity of the frame structures in fire.
Suggestions and recommendations are presented for possible adoption in future construction and
design of these structures
The Influence of Word Characteristics on the Vocabulary of Children with Cochlear Implants
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The original publication is available at http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/search?fulltext=The+Influence+of+Word+Characteristics+on+the+Vocabulary+or+Children+With+Cochlear+Implants&submit=yes&x=9&y=4The goal of this study was to explore the effects of phonotactic probability, word length, word frequency, and neighborhood density on the words known by children with cochlear implants (CIs) varying in vocabulary outcomes in a retrospective analysis of a subset of data from a longitudinal study of hearing loss. Generalized linear mixed modeling was used to examine the effects of these word characteristics at three time points: pre-implant, post-implant, and longitudinal follow-up. Results showed a robust effect of neighborhood density across group and time, whereas the effect of frequency varied by time. Significant effects of phonotactic probability or word length were not detected. Taken together, these findings suggest that children with CIs may be able to use spoken language structure in a manner similar to their normal hearing counterparts, despite the differences in the quality of the input. The differences in the effects of phonotactic probability and word length imply a difficulty in initiating word learning and limited working memory ability in children with CIs
Dimension-six CP-conserving operators of the third-family quarks and their effects on collider observables
We list all possible dimension-six CP-conserving invariant operators involving the third-family quarks which
could be generated by new physics at a higher scale. Expressions for these
operators after electroweak gauge symmetry breaking and the induced effective
couplings , and are
presented. Analytic expressions for the tree level contributions of all these
operators to the observables and at LEP I,
and at LEP II,
and at the NLC, as well as
at the Tevatron upgrade, are provided.
The effects of these operators on different electroweak observables are
discussed and numerical examples presented. Numerical analyses show that in the
coupling region allowed by and at LEP I, some of the new
physics operators can still have significant contributions at LEP II, the
Tevatron and the NLC.Comment: 25 page
Thermal performance of two heat exchangers for thermoelectric generators
Thermal performance of heat exchanger is important for potential application in integrated solar cell/module and
thermoelectric generator (TEG) system. Usually, thermal performance of a heat exchanger for TEGs is analysed
by using a 1D heat conduction theory which ignores the detailed phenomena associated with thermo-hydraulics.
In this paper, thermal and mass transports in two different exchangers are simulated by means of a steady-state,
3D turbulent flow k -e model with a heat conduction module under various flow rates. In order to simulate an
actual working situation of the heat exchangers, hot block with an electric heater is included in the model. TEG
model is simplified by using a 1D heat conduction theory, so its thermal performance is equivalent to a real TEG.
Natural convection effect on the outside surfaces of the computational model is considered. Computational
models and methods used are validated under transient thermal and electrical experimental conditions of a TEG.
It is turned out that the two heat exchangers designed have a better thermal performance compared with an
existing heat exchanger for TEGs, and more importantly, the fin heat exchanger is more compact and has nearly
half temperature rise compared with the tube heat exchanger
Spin Relaxation in Single Layer Graphene with Tunable Mobility
Graphene is an attractive material for spintronics due to theoretical
predictions of long spin lifetimes arising from low spin-orbit and hyperfine
couplings. In experiments, however, spin lifetimes in single layer graphene
(SLG) measured via Hanle effects are much shorter than expected theoretically.
Thus, the origin of spin relaxation in SLG is a major issue for graphene
spintronics. Despite extensive theoretical and experimental work addressing
this question, there is still little clarity on the microscopic origin of spin
relaxation. By using organic ligand-bound nanoparticles as charge reservoirs to
tune mobility between 2700 and 12000 cm2/Vs, we successfully isolate the effect
of charged impurity scattering on spin relaxation in SLG. Our results
demonstrate that while charged impurities can greatly affect mobility, the spin
lifetimes are not affected by charged impurity scattering.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
Higgs boson production in photon-photon collision at ILC: a comparative study in different little Higgs models
We study the process \gamma\gamma->h->bb_bar at ILC as a probe of different
little Higgs models, including the simplest little Higgs model (SLH), the
littlest Higgs model (LH), and two types of littlest Higgs models with T-parity
(LHT-I, LHT-II). Compared with the Standard Model (SM) prediction, the
production rate is found to be sizably altered in these little Higgs models
and, more interestingly, different models give different predictions. We find
that the production rate can be possibly enhanced only in the LHT-II for some
part of the parameter space, while in all other cases the rate is suppressed.
The suppression can be 10% in the LH and as much as 60% in both the SLH and the
LHT-I/LHT-II. The severe suppression in the SLH happens for a large \tan\beta
and a small m_h, in which the new decay mode h->\eta\eta (\eta is a light
pseudo-scalar) is dominant; while for the LHT-I/LHT-II the large suppression
occurs when f and m_h are both small so that the new decay mode h->A_H A_H is
dominant. Therefore, the precision measurement of such a production process at
the ILC will allow for a test of these models and even distinguish between
different scenarios.Comment: Version in JHEP (h-g-g & h-gamma-gamma expressions added
Tunable Graphene Single Electron Transistor
We report electronic transport experiments on a graphene single electron
transistor. The device consists of a graphene island connected to source and
drain electrodes via two narrow graphene constrictions. It is electrostatically
tunable by three lateral graphene gates and an additional back gate. The
tunneling coupling is a strongly nonmonotonic function of gate voltage
indicating the presence of localized states in the barriers. We investigate
energy scales for the tunneling gap, the resonances in the constrictions and
for the Coulomb blockade resonances. From Coulomb diamond measurements in
different device configurations (i.e. barrier configurations) we extract a
charging energy of 3.4 meV and estimate a characteristic energy scale for the
constriction resonances of 10 meV.Comment: 6 pages and 5 figure
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