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Optical frequency tripling with improved suppression and sideband selection
Journal Article, Impact factor:3.749A novel optical dispersion tolerant millimetre-wave radio-over-fibre system using optical frequency tripling technique with enhanced and selectable sideband suppression is demonstrated. The implementation utilises cascaded optical modulators to achieve either an optical single sideband (OSSB) or double sideband-suppressed carrier (DSB-SC) signal with high sideband suppression. Our analysis and simulation results indicate that the achievable suppression ratio of this configuration is only limited by other system factors such as optical noise and drifting of the operational conditions. The OSSB transmission system performance is assessed experimentally by the transport of 4 WiMax channels modulating a 10 GHz optical upconverted RF carrier as well as for optical frequency doubling and tripling. The 10 GHz and tripled carrier at 30 GHz are dispersion tolerant resulting both in an average relative constellation error (RCE) of -28.7 dB after 40 km of fibre. (C)2011 Optical Society of AmericaFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologi
Keck IR Spectroscopy of WZ Sge: Detection of Molecular Emission from the Accretion Disk
Time-resolved IR spectroscopy of WZ Sge was obtained using NIRSPEC on Keck
II. We detect CO and H emission from the accretion disk placing WZ
Sge into a rarefied class of astronomical objects including YSOs and high
luminosity early-type stars. During the eclipse phase, the molecular emission
greatly weakens but no firm evidence for the secondary star is seen allowing
new limits on its luminosity to be determined. The detection of molecular
emission provides physical properties within the outer disk of T=3000K and
N cm. Such a cool, dense region, not associated with areas
of H I and He I emission, provides the first observational confirmation of
predictions made by accretion disk models.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter
V3885 Sagittarius: a Comparison with a Range of Standard Model Accretion Disks
A analysis of standard model accretion disk synthetic
spectrum fits to combined and STIS spectra of V3885 Sagittarius, on an
absolute flux basis, selects a model that accurately represents the observed
SED. Calculation of the synthetic spectrum requires the following system
parameters. The cataclysmic variable secondary star period-mass relation
calibrated by Knigge in 2007 sets the secondary component mass. A mean white
dwarf (WD) mass from the same study, that is consistent with an
observationally-determined mass ratio, sets the adopted WD mass of
, and the WD radius follows from standard theoretical models. The
adopted inclination, i=65{\arcdeg}, is a literature consensus, and is
subsequently supported by analysis. The mass transfer rate
is the remaining parameter to set the accretion disk profile, and
the parallax constrains that parameter to
by a comparison
with observed spectra. The fit to the observed spectra adopts the contribution
of a K WD. The model thus provides realistic constraints on
and for a large system above the period gap.Comment: 41 pages, 7 figures, 9 tables. Astrophysical Journal (accepted
GALEX and Optical Light Curves of EF Eridanus During a Low State: the Puzzling Source of UV Light
Low state optical photometry of EF Eri during an extended low accretion state
combined with GALEX near and far UV time-resolved photometry reveals a source
of UV flux that is much larger than the underlying 9500K white dwarf, and that
is highly modulated on the orbital period. The near UV and optical light curves
can be modeled with a 20,000K spot but no spot model can explain both the large
amplitude FUV variations and the SED. The limitations of limb darkening,
cyclotron and magnetic white dwarf models in explaining the observations are
discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures to be published in ApJ Letter
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Spectroscopy of the Nova-like BB Doradus
We present an analysis of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
({\it{FUSE}}) spectra of the little-known southern nova-like BB Doradus. The
spectrum was obtained as part of our Cycle 8 {\it FUSE} survey of high
declination nova-like stars.
The FUSE spectrum of BB Dor, observed in a high state, is modeled with an
accretion disk with a very low inclination (possibly lower than 10deg).
Assuming an average WD mass of 0.8 solar leads to a mass accretion rate of
1.E-9 Solar mass/year and a distance of the order of 650 pc, consistent with
the extremely low galactic reddening in its direction. The spectrum presents
some broad and deep silicon and sulfur absorption lines, indicating that these
elements are over-abundant by 3 and 20 times solar, respectively
Associate inverse subsemigroups of regular semigroups
By an associate inverse subsemigroup of a regular semigroup S we mean
a subsemigroup T of S containing a least associate of each x ∈ S, in relation to
the natural partial order ≤S. We describe the structure of a regular semigroup with
an associate inverse subsemigroup, satisfying two natural conditions. As a articular application, we obtain the structure of regular semigroups with an associate subgroup with medial identity element.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT
Videotaping Children\u27s Testimony: An Empirical View
Increases in the number of reported incidents of child abuse and sexual molestation have resulted in more and younger children becoming courtroom participants. Some courts refuse to consider the special needs of the child in this adversarial environment. Relying on questionable precedent, these courts hold that the defendant\u27s right to directly confront the child, as well as strict compliance with evidentiary rules, overrides that child\u27s interest in freedom from embarrassment or psychological trauma. This Note focuses on pressures felt by the testifying child and the ways in which these pressures affect her testimony; it then proposes using videotaped testimony as a means of overcoming such pressures.
Part I reviews the psychological research undertaken in conjunction with this Note and concludes that, as compared to a courtroom setting, the quality and reliability of children\u27s testimony is significantly enhanced in a smaller, more intimate videotape environment. Based in part on such findings, this Note argues that using videotape technology to capture and portray in court the child witness\u27 testimony serves both to lessen emotional trauma to the child and to maintain a fair trial for the defendant. Part I concludes by calling for regular use of videotapes to present children\u27s testimony.
Part II focuses on the defendant\u27s sixth amendment right to confrontation as developed by the United States Supreme Court, other federal appellate courts, and state courts. An analysis of these decisions reveals that the right to face one\u27s accuser is far from absolute: the confrontation clause is peppered with exceptions based on policies which embrace the use of videotaped testimony in child sexual abuse cases. This Note concludes that when properly introduced, a child\u27s videotaped testimony will not infringe on the defendant\u27s right to confrontation
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