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Energy-Efficient Non-Orthogonal Transmission under Reliability and Finite Blocklength Constraints
This paper investigates an energy-efficient non-orthogonal transmission
design problem for two downlink receivers that have strict reliability and
finite blocklength (latency) constraints. The Shannon capacity formula widely
used in traditional designs needs the assumption of infinite blocklength and
thus is no longer appropriate. We adopt the newly finite blocklength coding
capacity formula for explicitly specifying the trade-off between reliability
and code blocklength. However, conventional successive interference
cancellation (SIC) may become infeasible due to heterogeneous blocklengths. We
thus consider several scenarios with different channel conditions and
with/without SIC. By carefully examining the problem structure, we present in
closed-form the optimal power and code blocklength for energy-efficient
transmissions. Simulation results provide interesting insights into conditions
for which non-orthogonal transmission is more energy efficient than the
orthogonal transmission such as TDMA.Comment: accepted by IEEE GlobeCom workshop on URLLC, 201
A multichannel thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺, F⁻ ions and imaging of living cells
The fluorescent sensor (3) based on the 1,3-alternate conformation of the thiacalix[4]arene bearing the coumarin fluorophore, appended via an imino group, has been synthesised. Sensing properties were evaluated in terms of a colorimetric and fluorescence sensor for Zn 2+ and F - . High selectivity and excellent sensitivity were exhibited, and off-on optical behaviour in different media was observed. All changes were visible to the naked eye, whilst the presence of the Zn 2+ and F - induces fluorescence enhancement and the formation of a 1:1 complex with 3. In addition, 3 exhibits low cytotoxicity and good cell permeability and can readily be employed for assessing the change of intracellular levels of Zn 2+ and F -
Phonon Effects on Spin-Charge Separation in One Dimension
Phonon effects on spin-charge separation in one dimension are investigated
through the calculation of one-electron spectral functions in terms of the
recently developed cluster perturbation theory together with an optimized
phonon approach. It is found that the retardation effect due to the finiteness
of phonon frequency suppresses the spin-charge separation and eventually makes
it invisible in the spectral function. By comparing our results with
experimental data of TTF-TCNQ, it is observed that the electron-phonon
interaction must be taken into account when interpreting the ARPES data.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, minor differences with the published version in
Physical Review Letter
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
Constructing mutually unbiased bases from unextendible maximally entangled bases
We study mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) in which all the bases are
unextendible maximally entangled ones. We first present a necessary and
sufficient condition of constructing a pair of MUBs in . Based
on this condition, an analytical and necessary condition for constructing MUBs
is given. Moreover we illustrate our approach by some detailed examples in . The results are generalized to and
a concrete example in is given.Comment: 14 page
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