Behaviour of an optically trapped probe approaching a dielectric interface

Abstract

The way in which reflection of the trapping beam from a dielectric interface influences the distance of the trapped sphere from the beam waist is studied theoretically and experimentally. The reflected wave interferes with the incident wave and they create a standing-wave component in the total axial intensity distribution. This component then modulates the trapping potential and creates several possible equilibrium positions for the trapped sphere. When the beam waist approaches the surface, the potential profile changes, which consequently causes jumps of the trapped probe from its current location to a deeper potential well. We suggested theoretically and proved experimentally that the magnitude of these unwanted jumps between the neighbouring equilibrium positions can be decreased by a suitable size of the sphere.     

Nature-Inspired Meta-Heuristics on Modern GPUs: State of the Art and Brief Survey of Selected Algorithms

Graphic processing units (GPUs) emerged recently as an exciting new hardware environment for a truly parallel implementation and execution of Nature and Bio-inspired Algorithms with excellent price-to-power ratio. In contrast to common multicore CPUs that contain up to tens of independent cores, the GPUs represent a massively parallel single-instruction multiple-data devices that can nowadays reach peak performance of hundreds and thousands of giga floating-point operations per second. Nature and Bio-inspired Algorithms implement parallel optimization strategies in which a single candidate solution, a group of candidate solutions (population), or multiple populations seek for optimal solution or set of solutions of given problem. Genetic algorithms (GA) constitute a family of traditional and very well-known nature-inspired populational meta-heuristic algorithms that have proved its usefulness on a plethora of tasks through the years. Differential evolution (DE) is another efficient populational meta-heuristic algorithm for real-parameter optimization. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) can be seen as nature-inspired multiagent method in which the interaction of simple independent agents yields intelligent collective behavior. Simulated annealing (SA) is global optimization algorithm which combines statistical mechanics and combinatorial optimization with inspiration in metallurgy. This survey provides a brief overview of the latest state-of-the-art research on the design, implementation, and applications of parallel GA, DE, PSO, and SA-based methods on the GPUs.     

Automatic learners with feedback queries

Automatic classes are classes of languages for which a finite automaton can decide whether a given element is in a set given by its index. The present work studies the learnability of automatic families by automatic learners which, in each round, output a hypothesis and update a long-term memory, depending on the input datum, via an automatic function. Many variants of automatic learners are investigated: where the long-term memory is restricted to be the current hypothesis whenever this exists, cannot be of length larger than the length of the longest datum seen, or has to consist of a constant number of examples seen so far. Learnability is also studied with respect to queries which reveal information about past data or past computation history; the number of queries per round is bounded by a constant.     

工程机械轮胎成型机的发展

缓慢,因为人们关注的主要是生产大宗轮胎的机器。因此,新一代工程机械轮胎成型机的出现具有特殊的意义,特别是因为这种轮胎的市场条件正在迅速变化。目前,大部分工程机械轮胎成型机都相当陈旧,对它们往往是进行修理和改造,而不是更新。工程机械轮胎成型的理念和技术相当长时间以来未发生变化,这意味着大胎生产往往需要大量手工劳动。近年来唯一真正的改进是采用轮胎胎面胶条自动缠绕工艺。不愿更新工程机械轮胎成型机的一个历史原因可能是投资比较大,它与这一市场用量较低相矛盾。但是目前工程机械轮胎的发展(供选择轮胎越来越多,批量越来越…     

Some special features in spinning yarns from high-molecular cellulose diacetate by the wet method

Conclusions -- The application of a positive jet stretch in the range from +70 to +150% in the wet spinning of yarns from high-molecular cellulose diacetate leads to an improvement in their physico-mechanical properties as compared with yarns spun at negative jet stretches.-- Spinning at a jet stretch greater than +70% makes it possible to prepare shrinkage-free thin filaments from high-molecular cellulose diacetate.-- The use of the positive jet stretch makes it possible to create a preorientation in yarns from high-molecular cellulose diacetate; on the basis of this it is possible to develop processes of self-orientation and self-elongation.Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 4, pp. 32–33, July–August, 1990.     

极地冰层回转钻进切削热量测试装置的研制

极地冰盖深部“暖冰”层钻进时,由于冰层的温度较高,接近甚至达到冰的压力熔点,回转钻进时产生的切削热量极易使冰屑融化,导致机械钻速慢、取心率低、卡钻事故频发。钻压、转速、切削具结构等参数均对切削热量有一定的影响,有必要设计一套实验装置对切削热量进行测试,从而为设计切削具结构、优化钻进参数组合提供理论依据。以XY-1型岩心钻机钻进系统为平台,利用无线信号传输原理设计了冰层回转钻进切削热量测试实验台。初步测试结果表明,该实验装置能够准确测量钻压、扭矩、切削温度等参数,可用来进行相关的实验研究。     

电动机械取心钻具反扭装置实验台设计及实验

Anti-torque device with high torque is one of the main parts of the electromechanical coring tools of armored cable type for sub-glacial bedrock drilling, the failure of this device will cause the drilling process ceasing, even will lead to the drill falling off and other drilling accidents. The experimental stand of anti-torque device for armored cable assembly is designed; the paper introduces in detail the design concept, design principle, main structure parameters and the preliminary experimental results. This experimental stand can test the anti-torque of the anti-torque device in any combination with ice of different temperature and borehole of different diameter, and can show the sliding down resistance. The preliminary experiments verify that the experimental stand works well, and it can provide an important basis for the better selection of anti-torque device type and optimal operation parameters.     

Weak mismatch epitaxy and structural Feedback in graphene growth on copper foil

Graphene growth by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition on low cost copper foils shows great promise for large scale applications. It is known that the local crystallography of the foil influences the graphene growth rate. Here we find an epitaxial relationship between graphene and copper foil. Interfacial restructuring between graphene and copper drives the formation of (n10) facets on what is otherwise a mostly Cu(100) surface, and the facets in turn influence the graphene orientations from the onset of growth. Angle resolved photoemission shows that the electronic structure of the graphene is decoupled from the copper indicating a weak interaction between them. Despite this, two preferred orientations of graphene are found, ±8° from the Cu[010] direction, creating a non-uniform distribution of graphene grain boundary misorientation angles. Comparison with the model system of graphene growth on single crystal Cu(110) indicates that this orientational alignment is due to mismatch epitaxy. Despite the differences in symmetry the orientation of the graphene is defined by that of the copper. We expect these observations to not only have importance for controlling and understanding the growth process for graphene on copper, but also to have wider implications for the growth of two-dimensional materials on low cost metal substrates.      

Concentration of biologically active polyamines in rabbit meat, liver and kidney after slaughter and their changes during meat storage and cooking

The concentration of putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD) and spermine (SPM) was determined in chilled meat and kidneys of 18 rabbits and in liver of 12 animals 24 h after slaughter. Very low PUT concentrations were detected only in kidneys. Mean SPD levels were 2.2, 2.2, 61.7 and 32.7 mg kg^− 1 in saddle, leg, liver and kidneys, respectively. The respective SPM concentrations were 14.7, 8.0, 115 and 88.4 mg kg^− 1. SPD and SPM losses of about one third of the initial levels were apparent in saddles stored at − 18 °C for 8 months. Losses of both polyamines of about 15-20% of the initial concentrations were found in saddles stored aerobically at + 2 °C for up to 9 days. Stewing of saddles caused significant SPD and SPM losses of about 20-25%, while upon roasting and pan-roasting without oil a decrease of about 50% of the initial concentration was observed.