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Millimeter Wave MIMO Channel Estimation Based on Adaptive Compressed Sensing
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are well suited for
millimeter-wave (mmWave) wireless communications where large antenna arrays can
be integrated in small form factors due to tiny wavelengths, thereby providing
high array gains while supporting spatial multiplexing, beamforming, or antenna
diversity. It has been shown that mmWave channels exhibit sparsity due to the
limited number of dominant propagation paths, thus compressed sensing
techniques can be leveraged to conduct channel estimation at mmWave
frequencies. This paper presents a novel approach of constructing beamforming
dictionary matrices for sparse channel estimation using the continuous basis
pursuit (CBP) concept, and proposes two novel low-complexity algorithms to
exploit channel sparsity for adaptively estimating multipath channel parameters
in mmWave channels. We verify the performance of the proposed CBP-based
beamforming dictionary and the two algorithms using a simulator built upon a
three-dimensional mmWave statistical spatial channel model, NYUSIM, that is
based on real-world propagation measurements. Simulation results show that the
CBP-based dictionary offers substantially higher estimation accuracy and
greater spectral efficiency than the grid-based counterpart introduced by
previous researchers, and the algorithms proposed here render better
performance but require less computational effort compared with existing
algorithms.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, in 2017 IEEE International Conference on
Communications Workshop (ICCW), Paris, May 201
Topological surface states and Fermi arcs of the noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetals TaAs, TaP, NbAs, and NbP
Very recently the topological Weyl semimetal (WSM) state was predicted in the
noncentrosymmetric compounds TaAs, TaP, NbAs, and NbP and soon led to
photoemission and transport experiments to verify the presumed topological
properties such as Fermi arcs (unclosed Fermi surfaces) and the chiral anomaly.
In this work, we have performed fully \textit{ab initio} calculations of the
surface band structures of these four WSM materials and revealed the Fermi arcs
with spin-momentum-locked spin texture. On the (001) polar surface, the shape
of the Fermi surface depends sensitively on the surface terminations (cations
or anions), although they exhibit the same topology with arcs. The anion (P or
As) terminated surfaces are found to fit recent photoemission measurements
well. Such surface potential dependence indicates that the shape of the Fermi
surface can be manipulated by depositing guest species (such as K atoms), as we
demonstrate. On the polar surface of a WSM without inversion symmetry,
Rashba-type spin polarization naturally exists in the surface states and leads
to strong spin texture. By tracing the spin polarization of the Fermi surface,
we can also distinguish Fermi arcs from trivial Fermi circles. The four
compounds NbP, NbAs, TaP, and TaAs present an increasing amplitude of
spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the band structure. By comparing their surface
states, we reveal the evolution of topological Fermi arcs from the
spin-degenerate Fermi circle to spin-split arcs when the SOC increases from
zero to a finite value. Our work will help us understand the complicated
surface states of WSMs and allow us to manipulate them, especially for future
spin-revolved photoemission and transport experiments.Comment: This manuscript has been submitted to Physical Review B on 22 Jul.
201
Josephson junction on one edge of a two dimensional topological insulator affected by magnetic impurity
Current-phase relation in a Josephson junction formed by putting two s-wave
superconductors on the same edge of a two dimensional topological insulator is
investigated. We consider the case that the junction length is finite and
magnetic impurity exists. The similarity and difference with conventional
Josephson junction is discussed. The current is calculated in the semiconductor
picture. Both the - and -period current-phase relations
() are studied. There is a sharp jump at
and for and respectively in the
clean junction. For , the sharp jump is robust against impurity
strength and distribution. However for , the impurity makes the jump
at smooth. The critical (maximum) current of is given
and we find it will be increased by asymmetrical distribution of impurity.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Periodic solitons for the elliptic-elliptic focussing Davey-Stewartson equations
We consider the elliptic-elliptic, focussing Davey-Stewartson equations,
which have an explicit bright line soliton solution. The existence of a family
of periodic solitons, which have the profile of the line soliton in the
longitudinal spatial direction and are periodic in the transverse spatial
direction, is established using dynamical systems arguments. We also show that
the line soliton is linearly unstable with respect to perturbations in the
transverse direction.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1411.247
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