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High harmonic generation in crystals using Maximally Localized Wannier functions
In this work, the nonlinear optical response, and in particular, the high
harmonic generation of semiconductors is addressed by using the Wannier gauge.
One of the main problems in the time evolution of the Semiconductor Bloch
equations resides in the fact that the dipole couplings between different bands
can diverge and have a random phase along the reciprocal space and this leads
to numerical instability. To address this problem, we propose the use of the
Maximally Localized Wannier functions that provide a framework to map ab-initio
calculations to an effective tight-binding Hamiltonian with great accuracy. We
show that working in the Wannier gauge, the basis set in which the Bloch
functions are constructed directly from the Wannier functions, the dipole
couplings become smooth along the reciprocal space thus avoiding the problem of
random phases. High harmonic generation spectrum is computed for a 2D monolayer
of hBN as a numerical demonstration
Emission and reflection from healthy and stressed natural targets with computer analysis of spectroradiometric and multispectral scanner data
Special emphasis was on corn plants, and the healthy targets were differentiated from stressed ones by remote sensing. Infrared radiometry of plants is reviewed thoroughly with emphasis on agricultural crops. Theory and error analysis of the determination of emittance of a natural target by radiometer is discussed. Experiments were conducted on corn (Zea mays L.) plants with long wavelength spectroradiometer under field conditions. Analysis of multispectral scanner data of ten selected flightlines of Corn Blight Watch Experiment of 1972 indicated: (1) There was no regular pattern of the mean response of the higher level/levels blighted corn vs. lower level/levels blighted corn in any of the spectral channels. (2) The greater the difference between the blight levels, the more statistically separable they usually were in subsets of one, two, three and four spectral channels
Simulation of Chua's Circuit by Means of Interval Analysis
The Chua's circuit is a paradigm for nonlinear scientific studies. It is
usually simulated by means of numerical methods under IEEE 754-2008 standard.
Although the error propagation problem is well known, little attention has been
given to the relationship between this error and inequalities presented in
Chua's circuit model. Taking the average of round mode towards and
, we showed a qualitative change on the dynamics of Chua's circuit.Comment: 6th International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity -
S\~ao Jos\'e dos Campos, 2016, p. 1-
A photometric and spectroscopic survey of solar twin stars within 50 parsecs of the Sun: I. Atmospheric parameters and color similarity to the Sun
Solar twins and analogs are fundamental in the characterization of the Sun's
place in the context of stellar measurements, as they are in understanding how
typical the solar properties are in its neighborhood. They are also important
for representing sunlight observable in the night sky for diverse photometric
and spectroscopic tasks, besides being natural candidates for harboring
planetary systems similar to ours and possibly even life-bearing environments.
We report a photometric and spectroscopic survey of solar twin stars within 50
pc of the Sun. Hipparcos absolute magnitudes and (B-V)_Tycho colors were used
to define a 2 sigma box around the solar values, where 133 stars were
considered. Additional stars resembling the solar UBV colors in a broad sense,
plus stars present in the lists of Hardorp, were also selected. All objects
were ranked by a color-similarity index with respect to the Sun, defined by
uvby and BV photometry. Moderately high-resolution, high-S/N spectra were used
for a subsample of equatorial-southern stars to derive Teff, log g, and [Fe/H]
with average internal errors better than 50 K, 0.20 dex, and 0.08 dex,
respectively. Ages and masses were estimated from theoretical HR diagrams. The
color-similarity index proved very successful. We identify and rank new
excellent solar analogs, which are fit to represent the Sun in the night sky.
Some of them are faint enough to be of interest for moderately large
telescopes. We also identify two stars with near-UV spectra indistinguishable
from the Sun's. We present five new "probable" solar twin stars, besides five
new "possible" twins. Masses and ages for the best solar twin candidates lie
very close to the solar values, but chromospheric activity levels range
somewhat. We propose that the solar twins be emphasized in the ongoing searches
for extra-solar planets and SETI searches.Comment: 25 pages, 15 figures, 14 table
SLIC Based Digital Image Enlargement
Low resolution image enhancement is a classical computer vision problem.
Selecting the best method to reconstruct an image to a higher resolution with
the limited data available in the low-resolution image is quite a challenge. A
major drawback from the existing enlargement techniques is the introduction of
color bleeding while interpolating pixels over the edges that separate distinct
colors in an image. The color bleeding causes to accentuate the edges with new
colors as a result of blending multiple colors over adjacent regions. This
paper proposes a novel approach to mitigate the color bleeding by segmenting
the homogeneous color regions of the image using Simple Linear Iterative
Clustering (SLIC) and applying a higher order interpolation technique
separately on the isolated segments. The interpolation at the boundaries of
each of the isolated segments is handled by using a morphological operation.
The approach is evaluated by comparing against several frequently used image
enlargement methods such as bilinear and bicubic interpolation by means of Peak
Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (PSNR) value. The results obtained exhibit that the
proposed method outperforms the baseline methods by means of PSNR and also
mitigates the color bleeding at the edges which improves the overall
appearance.Comment: 6 page
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