36 research outputs found
Edge-guided image gap interpolation using multi-scale transformation
This paper presents improvements in image gap restoration through the incorporation of edge-based directional interpolation within multi-scale pyramid transforms. Two types of image edges are reconstructed: 1) the local edges or textures, inferred from the gradients of the neighboring pixels and 2) the global edges between image objects or segments, inferred using a Canny detector. Through a process of pyramid transformation and downsampling, the image is progressively transformed into a series of reduced size layers until at the pyramid apex the gap size is one sample. At each layer, an edge skeleton image is extracted for edge-guided interpolation. The process is then reversed; from the apex, at each layer, the missing samples are estimated (an iterative method is used in the last stage of upsampling), up-sampled, and combined with the available samples of the next layer. Discrete cosine transform and a family of discrete wavelet transforms are utilized as alternatives for pyramid construction. Evaluations over a range of images, in regular and random loss pattern, at loss rates of up to 40%, demonstrate that the proposed method improves peak-signal-to-noise-ratio by 1–5 dB compared with a range of best-published works
Cumulant expansion for ferrimagnetic spin (S_1, s_2) systems
We have generalized the application of cumulant expansion to ferrimagnetic
systems of large spins. We have derived the effective Hamiltonian in terms of
classical variables for a quantum ferrimagnet of large spins. A noninteracting
gas of ferrimagnetic molecules is studied systematically by cumulant expansion
to second order of () where is the exchange coupling in each
molecule, is the smaller spin () and is temperature. We have
observed fairly good results in the convergent regime of the expansion, i.e . We then extend our approach to a system of interacting ferrimagnetic
molecules. For one dimensional nearest neighbor interaction we have observed
that the correlation of more than two neighboring sites is negligible at
moderate and high temperature behavior. Thus the results of a single molecule
can be applied to the chain of interacting molecules for temperatures greater
than classical energy scale, i.e . Finally we will discuss the
effect of spin inhomogeneity on the accuracy of this method.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, submitted to PR
The effect of Aharanov-Bohm phase on the magnetic-field dependence of two-pulse echos in glasses at low temperatures
The anomalous response of glasses in the echo amplitude experiment is
explained in the presence of a magnetic field. We have considered the low
energy excitations in terms of an effective two level system. The effective
model is constructed on the flip-flop configuration of two interacting two
level systems. The magnetic field affects the tunneling amplitude through the
Aharanov-Bohm effect. The effective model has a lower scale of energy in
addition to the new distribution of tunneling parameters which depend on the
interaction. We are able to explain some features of echo amplitude versus a
magnetic field, namely, the dephasing effect at low magnetic fields, dependence
on the strength of the electric field, pulse separation effect and the
influence of temperature. However this model fails to explain the isotope
effects which essentially can be explained by the nuclear quadrupole moment. We
will finally discuss the features of our results.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Superfluid-spiral state of quantum ferrimagnets in magnetic field
We study the phase diagram of one-dimensional quantum ferrimagnets by using a
numerical exact diagonalization of a finite size system along with a
field-theoretical non-linear model of the quantum ferrimagnets at zero
temperature and its effective description in the presence of the external
magnetic field in terms of the quantum XY-model. The low- and the high-field
phases correspond respectively to the classical N\'eel and the fully polarized
ferromagnetic states where in the intermediate magnetic field (), it is an XXZ+h model with easy plane anisotropy, which possess the
spiral (superfluid) states that carry the dissipationless spin-supercurrent. We
derive the critical exponents, and then will study the stability of the XY
spiral state against these spin-supercurrents and the hard axis fluctuations.
We will show a first order phase transition from the easy plane spiral state to
a saturated ferromagnetic state occurs at if the spin-supercurrent
reaches to its critical value.Comment: 6 pages and 4 figure
Collective excitations in ferrimagnetic Heisenberg ladders
We study ground-state properties and the low-lying excitations of Heisenberg
spin ladders composed of two ferrimagnetic chains with alternating site spins
by using the bosonic Dyson-Maleev formalism and Lanczos numerical
techniques. The emphasis is on properties of the ferrimagnetic phase which is
stable for antiferromagnetic interchain couplings . There are
two basic implications of the underlying lattice structure: (i) the spin-wave
excitations form folded acoustic and optical branches in the extended Brillouin
zone and (ii) the ground state parameters (such as the on-site magnetizations
and spin-stiffness constant) show a crossover behavior in the weak-coupling
region . The above peculiarities of the ladder ferrimagnetic
state are studied up to second order in the quasiparticle interaction and by a
numerical diagonalization of ladders containing up to N=12 rungs. The presented
results for the ground-state parameters and the excitation spectrum can be used
in studies on the low-temperature thermodynamics of ferrimagnetic ladders.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figure
Alternating-Spin Ladders in a Magnetic Field: New Magnetization Plateaux
We study numerically the formation of magnetization plateaux with the Lanczos
method in 2-leg ladders with mixed spins of magnitudes
located at alternating positions along the ladder and with dimerization
. For interchain coupling and , we find normalized
plateaux at starting at zero field and (saturation), while when
is columnar, another extra plateau at shows up. For
, when we find no plateau while for
we find four plateaux at . We also apply
several approximate analytical methods (Spin Wave Theory, Low-Energy Effective
Hamiltonians and Bosonization) to understand these findings and to conjeture
the behaviour of ferrimagnetic ladders with a bigger number of legs.Comment: REVTEX file, 7 pages, 6 eps Figure
Antiferromagnetically coupled alternating spin chains
The effect of antiferromagnetic interchain coupling in alternating spin
(1,1/2) chains is studied by mean of a spin wave theory and density matrix
renormalization group (DMRG). In particular, two limiting cases are
investigated, the two-leg ladder and its two dimensional (2D) generalization.
Results of the ground state properties like energy, spin gap, magnetizations,
and correlation functions are reported for the whole range of the interchain
coupling . For the 2D case the spin wave results predict a smooth
dimensional crossover from 1D to 2D keeping the ground state always ordered.
For the ladder system, the DMRG results show that any drives the
system to a gapped ground state. Furthermore the behaviour of the correlation
functions closely resemble the uniform spin-1/2 ladder. For lower
than 0.3, however, the gap behaves quadratically as . Finally, it is argued that the behaviour of the spin gap for an
arbitrary number of mixed coupled spin chains is analogous to that of the
uniform spin-1/2 chains.Comment: 5 pages, 7 ps-figure
Low-Temperature Properties of Quasi-One-Dimensional Molecule-Based Ferromagnets
Quantum and thermal behaviors of low-dimensional mixed-spin systems are
investigated with particular emphasis on the design of molecule-based
ferromagnets. One can obtain a molecular ferromagnet by assembling molecular
bricks so as to construct a low-dimensional system with a magnetic ground state
and then coupling the chains or the layers again in a ferromagnetic fashion.
Two of thus-constructed quasi-one-dimensional bimetallic compounds are
qualitatively viewed within the spin-wave treatment, one of which successfully
grows into a bulk magnet, while the other of which ends in a singlet ground
state. Then, concentrating on the ferrimagnetic arrangement on a two-leg ladder
which is well indicative of general coupled-chain ferrimagnets, we develop the
spin-wave theory and fully reveal its low-energy structure. We inquire further
into the ferromagnetic aspect of the ferrimagnetic ladder numerically
calculating the sublattice magnetization and the magnetic susceptibility. There
exists a moderate coupling strength between the chains in order to obtain the
most ferromagnetic ferrimagnet.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures embedded, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol.70, No.5 (2001
Orthorhombic versus monoclinic symmetry of the charge-ordered state of NaV2O5
High-resolution X-ray diffraction data show that the low-temperature
superstructure of alpha-NaV2O5 has an F-centered orthorhombic 2a x 2b x 4c
superlattice. A structure model is proposed, that is characterized by layers
with zigzag charge order on all ladders and stacking disorder, such that the
averaged structure has space group Fmm2. This model is in accordance with both
X-ray scattering and NMR data. Variations in the stacking order and disorder
offer an explanation for the recently observed devils staircase of the
superlattice period along c.Comment: REVTEX, 4 pages including 2 figures, shortened, submitted to PR
Re-Entrant Quantum Phase Transitions in Antiferromagnetic Spin-1 Ladders
In response to recent chemical attempts to construct higher-spin ladder
materials from organic polyradicals, we study the ground-state properties of a
wide class of antiferromagnetic spin-1 ladders. Employing various numerical
tools, we reveal the rich phase diagram and correct a preceding
nonlinear-sigma-model prediction. A variational analysis well interprets the
phase competition with particular emphasis on the {\it re-entrant phase
boundary} as a function of the rung interaction.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures embedded, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol. 71, No. 5, 1250
(2002