466 research outputs found

    Parallel Optical Random Access Memory (PORAM)

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    It is shown that the need to minimize component count, power and size, and to maximize packing density require a parallel optical random access memory to be designed in a two-level hierarchy: a modular level and an interconnect level. Three module designs are proposed, in the order of research and development requirements. The first uses state-of-the-art components, including individually addressed laser diode arrays, acousto-optic (AO) deflectors and magneto-optic (MO) storage medium, aimed at moderate size, moderate power, and high packing density. The next design level uses an electron-trapping (ET) medium to reduce optical power requirements. The third design uses a beam-steering grating surface emitter (GSE) array to reduce size further and minimize the number of components

    Read-write holographic memory with iron-doped lithium niobate

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    The response of iron doped lithium niobate under conditions corresponding to hologram storage and retrieval is described, and the material's characteristics are discussed. The optical sensitivity can be improved by heavy chemical reduction of lightly doped crystals such that most of the iron is in the divalent state, the remaining part being trivalent. The best reduction process found to be reproducible so far is the anneal of the doped crystal in the presence of a salt such as lithium carbonate. It is shown by analysis and simulation that a page-oriented read-write holographic memory with 1,000 bits per page would have a cycle time of about 60 ms and a signal-to-noise ratio of 27 db. This cycle time, although still too long for a practical system, represents an improvement of two orders of magnitude over that of previous laboratory prototypes using different storage media

    Linear laser diode arrays for improvement in optical disk recording for space stations

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    The design and fabrication of individually addressable laser diode arrays for high performance magneto-optic recording systems are presented. Ten diode arrays with 30 mW cW light output, linear light vs. current characteristics and single longitudinal mode spectrum were fabricated using channel substrate planar (CSP) structures. Preliminary results on the inverse CSP structure, whose fabrication is less critically dependent on device parameters than the CSP, are also presented. The impact of systems parameters and requirements, in particular, the effect of feedback on laser design is assessed, and techniques to reduce feedback or minimize its effect on systems performance, including mode-stabilized structures, are evaluated

    Improving the Reliability and Modal Stability of High Power 870 nm AlGaAs CSP Laser Diodes for Applications to Free Space Communication Systems

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    The operating characteristics (power-current, beam divergence, etc.) and reliability assessment of high-power CSP lasers is discussed. The emission wavelength of these lasers was optimized at 860 to 880 nm. The operational characteristics of a new laser, the inverse channel substrate planar (ICSP) laser, grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), is discussed and the reliability assessment of this laser is reported. The highlights of this study include a reduction in the threshold current value for the laser to 15 mA and a degradation rate of less than 2 kW/hr for the lasers operating at 60 mW of peak output power

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    De cada obra s'ha digitalitzat un programa sencer. De la resta s'han digitalitzat les parts que són diferents.Empresa Juan A. PamiasÒpera de Gaetano Donizetti i llibret de Royer i Wae

    Clinical outcome of breast cancer occurring after treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma: case-control analysis

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To evaluate diagnosis, management and outcome of breast cancer (BC) occurring after irradiation for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>39 cases of BC in 28 HL survivors were retrospectively reviewed. 21 patients were included in a case-control analysis.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The median age at diagnosis of HL and BC was 25.3 and 45.3 years, respectively. The median interval to develop BC was 16.1 years. Eleven women (39.2%) had bilateral disease. Mode of detection of the index breast cancers was by mammographic screening in 17 patients (60.7%), palpable lump in 8 patients (28.6%), clinical examination in two patients (7.1%), and unknown in one patient (3.6%). Case-control analysis showed that histological features and prognosis of BC after HL were similar to those of primary BC, however, for BC after HL, mastectomy was the predominant surgery (<it>P </it>= .001) and adjuvant radiotherapy and anthracycline-based chemotherapy were less frequently used as compared to primary BC (<it>P </it>< .001 and .003, respectively).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The previous history of HL does not appear to be a poor prognostic factor for BC occurring thereafter.</p

    On the short term stability and tilting motion of a well-observed low-latitude solar coronal hole

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    The understanding of the solar magnetic coronal structure is tightly linked to the shape of open field regions, specifically coronal holes. A dynamically evolving coronal hole coincides with the local restructuring of open to closed magnetic field, which leads to changes in the interplanetary solar wind structure. By investigating the dynamic evolution of a fast-tilting coronal hole, we strive to uncover clues about what processes may drive its morphological changes, which are clearly visible in EUV filtergrams. Using combined 193A and 195A EUV observations by AIA/SDO and EUVI/STEREO_A, in conjunction with line-of-sight magnetograms taken by HMI/SDO, we track and analyze a coronal hole over 12 days to derive changes in morphology, area and magnetic field. We complement this analysis by potential field source surface modeling to compute the open field structure of the coronal hole. We find that the coronal hole exhibits an apparent tilting motion over time that cannot solely be explained by solar differential rotation. It tilts at a mean rate of ~3.2{\deg}/day that accelerates up to ~5.4{\deg}/day. At the beginning of May, the area of the coronal hole decreases by more than a factor of three over four days (from ~13 * 10^9 km^2 to ~4 * 10^9 km^2), but its open flux remains constant (~2 * 10^20 Mx). Further, the observed evolution is not reproduced by modeling that assumes the coronal magnetic field to be potential. In this study, we present a solar coronal hole that tilts at a rate that has yet to be reported in literature. The rate exceeds the effect of the coronal hole being advected by either photospheric or coronal differential rotation. Based on the analysis we find it likely that this is due to morphological changes in the coronal hole boundary caused by ongoing interchange reconnection and the interaction with a newly emerging ephemeral region in its vicinity.Comment: Accepted in A&A September 15, 2023; 10 pages, 8 figure

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    Empresa: Juan A. PamiasDe cada obra s'ha digitalitzat un programa sencer. De la resta s'han digitalitzat les parts que són diferents

    Plano de Implantação de Segurança da Informação na Embrapa Gado de Corte: Metas de médio e longo prazo.

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    Este plano apresenta as principais ações realizadas e a serem realizadas em médio e longo prazo relacionadas à Segurança da Informação e Gestão da Informação na Embrapa Gado de Corte, compreendendo a sensibilização dos empregados e a identificação de ameaças e vulnerabilidades dos documentos e ativos institucionais. Geração do conhecimento, mudança tecnológica e inovação têm sido frequentemente associadas às mudanças econômicas e sociais nos diversos países. Por sua vez, o sucesso das empresas depende cada vez mais da efetividade com que incorporam os novos conhecimentos e sua capacidade de inovar. Deter conhecimento tecnológico fomenta a dominação econômica e política de uma empresa e do país, constituindo um patrimônio nacional. Proteger esse patrimônio nacional é um desafio da Segurança da Informação que visa garantir a integridade, confidencialidade, autenticidade e disponibilidade das informações processadas pela empresa. Para fazer frente a esse desafio a empresa necessita encontrar meios que facilitem o processo inovador, bem como exercer uma nova postura junto à sociedade, desenvolvendo a gestão do conhecimento com a segurança da informação. Essas premissas constituem a base da Política de Segurança da Informação da Embrapa. Quando pensamos em Segurança da Informação, a abordagem precisa ser planejada e programada, sendo premente a formulação de um plano de ação a curto e médio prazo, com o planejamento de ações que subsidie a efetiva implantação da Segurança da Informação na instituição, em seus quatro principais pilares: pessoas, documentos, infraestrutura e tecnologia da informação. A efetiva implantação da Segurança da Informação em uma instituição como a Embrapa é um desafio complexo, dependente da atuação de uma liderança engajada que mobiliza suas equipes a atuarem de forma colaborativa, para que os resultados e tecnologias possam ser facilmente obtidas e disponibilizadas à Sociedade, atendendo às diferentes necessidades dos cidadãos.bitstream/item/211455/1/Plano-de-implantacao-de-seguranca-da-informacao.pd
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