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Non-fragile H∞ control with randomly occurring gain variations, distributed delays and channel fadings
This study is concerned with the non-fragile H∞ control problem for a class of discrete-time systems subject to randomly occurring gain variations (ROGVs), channel fadings and infinite-distributed delays. A new stochastic phenomenon (ROGVs), which is governed by a sequence of random variables with a certain probabilistic distribution, is put forward to better reflect the reality of the randomly occurring fluctuation of controller gains implemented in networked environments. A modified stochastic Rice fading model is then exploited to account for both channel fadings and random time-delays in a unified representation. The channel coefficients are a set of mutually independent random variables which abide by any (not necessarily Gaussian) probability density function on [0, 1]. Attention is focused on the analysis and design of a non-fragile H∞ outputfeedback controller such that the closed-loop control system is stochastically stable with a prescribed H∞ performance. Through intensive stochastic analysis, sufficient conditions are established for the desired stochastic stability and H∞ disturbance attenuation, and the addressed non-fragile control problem is then recast as a convex optimisation problem solvable via the semidefinite programme method. An example is finally provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method
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H∞ fault estimation with randomly occurring uncertainties, quantization effects and successive packet dropouts: The finite-horizon case
In this paper, the finite-horizon H∞ fault estimation problem is investigated for a class of uncertain nonlinear time-varying systems subject to multiple stochastic delays. The randomly occurring uncertainties (ROUs) enter into the system due to the random fluctuations of network conditions. The measured output is quantized by a logarithmic quantizer before being transmitted to the fault estimator. Also, successive packet dropouts (SPDs) happen when the quantized signals are transmitted through an unreliable network medium. Three mutually independent sets of Bernoulli-distributed white sequences are introduced to govern the multiple stochastic delays, ROUs and SPDs. By employing the stochastic analysis approach, some sufficient conditions are established for the desired finite-horizon fault estimator to achieve the specified H∞ performance. The time-varying parameters of the fault estimator are obtained by solving a set of recursive linear matrix inequalities. Finally, an illustrative numerical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed fault estimation approach
Disk Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars: The Inner Disk Radius and Fastness Parameter
It is well known that the accretion disk around a magnetized compact star can
penetrate inside the magnetospheric boundary, so the magnetospheric radius
\ro does not represent the true inner edge \rin of the disk; but
controversies exist in the literature concerning the relation between \ro and
\rin. In the model of Ghosh & Lamb, the width of the boundary layer is given
by \delta=\ro-\rin\ll\ro, or \rin\simeq\ro, while Li & Wickramasinghe
recently argued that \rin could be significantly smaller than \ro in the
case of a slow rotator. Here we show that if the star is able to absorb the
angular momentum of disk plasma at \ro, appropriate for binary X-ray pulsars,
the inner disk radius can be constrained by 0.8\lsim \rin/\ro\lsim 1, and the
star reaches spin equilibrium with a relatively large value of the fastness
parameter (). For accreting neutron stars in low-mass X-ray
binaries (LMXBs), \ro is generally close to the stellar radius \rs so that
the toroidal field cannot transfer the spin-up torque efficiently to the star.
In this case the critical fastness parameter becomes smaller, but \rin is
still near \ro.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Ap
Infrared spectroscopy of the charge ordering transition in NaCoO
We report infrared spectra of a NaCoO single crystal which
exhibits a sharp metal-insulator transition near 50 K due to the formation of
charge ordering. In comparison with x=0.7 and 0.85 compounds, we found that the
spectral weight associated with the conducting carriers at high temperature
increases systematically with decreasing Na contents. The charge ordering
transition only affects the optical spectra below 1000 cm. A hump near
800 cm develops below 100 K, which is accompanied by the appearance of
new lattice modes as well as the strong anti-resonance feature of phonon
spectra. At lower temperature , an optical gap develops at the
magnitude of 2, evidencing an insulating charge
density wave ground state. Our experimental results and analysis unequivocally
point towards the importance of charge ordering instability and strong
electron-phonon interaction in NaCoO system.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Static and Dynamic Spectroscopy of (Al,Ga)As/GaAs Microdisk Lasers with Interface Fluctuation Quantum Dots
We have studied the steady state and dynamic optical properties of
semiconductor microdisk lasers whose active region contains interface
fluctuation quantum dots in GaAs/(Ga,Al)As quantum wells. Steady-state
measurements of the stimulated emission via whispering gallery modes yield a
quality factor and a coupling constant . The
broad gain spectrum produces mode hopping between spectrally adjacent
whispering gallery modes as a function of temperature and excitation power.
Time- and energy-resolved photoluminescence measurements show that the emission
rise and decay rates increase significantly with excitation power. Marked
differences are observed between the radiative decay rates in processed and
unprocessed samples.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev.
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