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Phase-retrieval algorithm for the characterization of broadband single attosecond pulses
Citation: Zhao, X., Wei, H., Wu, Y., & Lin, C. D. (2017). Phase-retrieval algorithm for the characterization of broadband single attosecond pulses. Physical Review A, 95(4), 8. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.95.043407Recent progress in high-order harmonic generation with few-cycle mid-infrared wavelength lasers has pushed light pulses into the water-window region and beyond. These pulses have the bandwidth to support single attosecond pulses down to a few tens of attoseconds. However, the present available techniques for attosecond pulse measurement are not applicable to such pulses. Here we report a phase-retrieval method using the standard photoelectron streaking technique where an attosecond pulse is converted into its electron replica through photoionization of atoms in the presence of a time-delayed infrared laser. The iterative algorithm allows accurate reconstruction of the spectral phase of light pulses, from the extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) to soft x-rays, with pulse durations from hundreds down to a few tens of attoseconds. At the same time, the streaking laser fields, including short pulses that span a few octaves, can also be accurately retrieved. Such well-characterized single attosecond pulses in the XUV to the soft-x-ray region are required for time-resolved probing of inner-shell electronic dynamics of matter at their own timescale of a few tens of attoseconds
Implicit Motion-Compensated Network for Unsupervised Video Object Segmentation
Unsupervised video object segmentation (UVOS) aims at automatically
separating the primary foreground object(s) from the background in a video
sequence. Existing UVOS methods either lack robustness when there are visually
similar surroundings (appearance-based) or suffer from deterioration in the
quality of their predictions because of dynamic background and inaccurate flow
(flow-based). To overcome the limitations, we propose an implicit
motion-compensated network (IMCNet) combining complementary cues
(, appearance and motion) with aligned motion information from
the adjacent frames to the current frame at the feature level without
estimating optical flows. The proposed IMCNet consists of an affinity computing
module (ACM), an attention propagation module (APM), and a motion compensation
module (MCM). The light-weight ACM extracts commonality between neighboring
input frames based on appearance features. The APM then transmits global
correlation in a top-down manner. Through coarse-to-fine iterative inspiring,
the APM will refine object regions from multiple resolutions so as to
efficiently avoid losing details. Finally, the MCM aligns motion information
from temporally adjacent frames to the current frame which achieves implicit
motion compensation at the feature level. We perform extensive experiments on
and . Our network
achieves favorable performance while running at a faster speed compared to the
state-of-the-art methods.Comment: Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology (TCSVT
A high-performance surface acoustic wave sensing technique
We present a superheterodyne-scheme demodulation system which can detect the
amplitude and phaseshift of weak radio-frequency signals with extraordinarily
high stability and resolution. As a demonstration, we introduce a process to
measure the velocity of the surface acoustic wave using a delay-line device
from 30 K to room temperature, which can resolve \textless 0.1ppm velocity
shift. Furthermore, we investigate the possibility of using this surface
acoustic wave device as a calibration-free, high sensitivity and fast response
thermometer.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for ZnĀ²āŗ ions
A new pyrenyl appended hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L featuring 1,2,3-triazole linkers was synthesized as a fluorescent chemosensor for ZnĀ²āŗ in mixed aqueous media. It exhibited high affinity toward ZnĀ²āŗ, and the monomer and excimer emission of the pyrene moieties could be adjusted. The binding stoichiometry of the LĀ·ZnĀ²āŗ complex was determined to be 1:1, and the association constant (Ka) was found to be 7.05 Ć 10ā“ Mā»Ā¹. The binding behavior with ZnĀ²āŗ has been confirmed by Ā¹H NMR spectroscopic analysis
A Critical Escape Probability Formulation for Enhancing the Transient Stability of Power Systems with System Parameter Design
For the enhancement of the transient stability of power systems, the key is
to define a quantitative optimization formulation with system parameters as
decision variables. In this paper, we model the disturbances by Gaussian noise
and define a metric named Critical Escape Probability (CREP) based on the
invariant probability measure of a linearised stochastic processes. CREP
characterizes the probability of the state escaping from a critical set. CREP
involves all the system parameters and reflects the size of the basin of
attraction of the nonlinear systems. An optimization framework that minimizes
CREP with the system parameters as decision variablesis is presented.
Simulations show that the mean first hitting time when the state hits the
boundary of the critical set, that is often used to describe the stability of
nonlinear systems, is dramatically increased by minimizing CREP. This indicates
that the transient stability of the system is effectively enhanced. It also
shown that suppressing the state fluctuations only is insufficient for
enhancing the transient stability. In addition, the famous Braess' paradox
which also exists in power systems is revisited. Surprisingly, it turned out
that the paradoxes identified by the traditional metric may not exist according
to CREP. This new metric opens a new avenue for the transient stability
analysis of future power systems integrated with large amounts of renewable
energy.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Synthesis and evaluation of a novel fluorescent sensor based on hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene for ZnĀ²+ and CdĀ²+
A novel type of selective and sensitive fluorescent sensor having triazole rings as the binding sites on the lower rim of a hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene scaffold in a cone conformation is reported. This sensor has desirable properties for practical applications, including selectivity for detecting ZnĀ²āŗ and CdĀ²āŗ in the presence of excess competing metal ions at low ion concentration or as a fluorescence enhancement type chemosensor due to the cavity of calixarene changing from a āflattened-coneā to a more-upright form and inhibition of PET. In contrast, the results suggested that receptor 1 is highly sensitive and selective for CuĀ²āŗ and FeĀ³āŗ as a fluorescence quenching type chemosensor due to the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) or heavy atom effect
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