Elimination of dislocations in heteroepitaxial MBE and RTCVD Ge x Si1-x grown on patterned Si substrates

We have grown Ge _x Si_1-x (0 <x < 0.20,1000–3000Å thick) on small growth areas etched in the Si substrate. Layers were grown using both molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at 550° C and rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) at 900° C. Electron beam induced current images (EBIC) (as well as defect etches and transmission electron microscopy) show that 2800Å-thick, MBE Ge_0.19Si_0.81 on 70-μm-wide mesas have zerothreading and nearly zero misfit dislocations. The Ge_0.19Si{0.81} grown on unpatterned, large areas is heavily dislocated. It is also evident from the images that heterogeneous nucleation of misfit dislocations is dominant in this composition range. 1000Å-thick, RTCVD Ge_0.14Si_0.86 films deposited on 70 μm-wide mesas are also nearly dislocation-free as shown by EBIC, whereas unpatterned areas are more heavily dislocated. Thus, despite the high growth temperatures, only heterogeneous nucleation of misfit dislocations occurs and patterning is still effective. Photoluminescence spectra from arrays of GeSi on Si mesas show that even when the interface dislocation density on the mesas is high, growth on small areas results in a lower dislocation density than growth on large areas.     

Parallel optimization of three-dimensional wedge-shaped underwater acoustic propagation based on MPI+OpenMP hybrid programming model

The three-dimensional wedge-shaped underwater acoustic propagation model exists analytical solution, which provides verification for models like FOR3D propagation model under certain situation. However, the solving process of a three-dimensional complex underwater sound field problem is hindered by intensive computing and long calculation times. In this paper, we exploit a hybrid parallel programing model, such as MPI and OpenMP, to accelerate the computation, design various optimization methods to improve the overall performance, and then carry out the performance and optimization analysis on the Tianhe-2 platform. Experiments show that the optimized implementation of the three-dimensional wedge-shaped underwater acoustic propagation model achieves a 46.5 speedup compared to the original serial program, thereby illustrating a substantial performance improvement. We also carried out scalability tests and parallel optimization experiments for large-scale practical examples.

     

Globally Optimal Point Set Registration by Joint Symmetry Plane Fitting

The present work proposes a solution to the challenging problem of registering two partial point sets of the same object with very limited overlap. We leverage the fact that most objects found in man-made environments contain a plane of symmetry. By reflecting the points of each set with respect to the plane of symmetry, we can largely increase the overlap between the sets and therefore boost the registration process. However, prior knowledge about the plane of symmetry is generally unavailable or at least very hard to find, especially with limited partial views. Finding this plane could strongly benefit from a prior alignment of the partial point sets. We solve this chicken-and-egg problem by jointly optimizing the relative pose and symmetry plane parameters. We present a globally optimal solver by employing the branch-and-bound paradigm and thereby demonstrate that joint symmetry plane fitting leads to a great improvement over the current state of the art in globally optimal point set registration for common objects. We conclude with an interesting application of our method to dense 3D reconstruction of scenes with repetitive objects.

     

A conditional classification recurrent RBM for improved series mid-term forecasting

In the context of human-robot and robot-robot interactions, the better cooperation can be achieved by predicting the other party’s subsequent actions based on the current action of the other party. The time duration for adjustment is not sufficient provided by short term forecasting models to robots. A longer duration can by achieved by mid-term forecasting. But the mid-term forecasting models introduce the previous errors into the follow-up forecasting and amplified gradually, eventually invalidating the forecasting. A new mid-term forecasting with error suppression based on restricted Boltzmann machine(RBM) is proposed in this paper. The proposed model can suppress the error amplification by replacing the previous inputs with their features, which are retrieved by a deep belief network(DBN). Furthermore, a new mechanism is proposed to decide whether the forecasting result is accepted or not. The model is evaluated with several datasets. The reported experiments demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed model compared to the state-of-the-art approaches.

     

航空机轮加载测控系统软件的设计与实现

鉴于航空机轮加载试验过程中,要求上位机测控软件能够即时向下位机下达控制命令并且能够实时采集下位机上传的大量现场数据,给出了一种基于DataSocket技术和OPC协议的实时网络通信方法;针对程序执行过程中常出现的响应阻塞问题,结合LabWin-dows/CVI的多线程机制论述了一种多任务并发执行的方法;经过反复测试试验,由此所构建的上位机软件响应性能良好,其网络通信传输速率快、实时性高。     

基于ARM的智能节能照明系统设计

文章在分析路灯管理部门需求的基础上,对道路照明管理系统的功能进行了详细的规划,提出了道路照明管理系统的分层体系结构模型,并根据该模型明确定义了照明区域控制系统的功能和系统工作模式;然后提出了一种基于ARM平台和ZigBee无线通信技术的道路照明管理系统,详细阐述了在该系统中作为现场控制设备的照明区域控制器的设计;最后设计了实用的ZigBee无线通信组网方法和较为完善的多级通信协议,使照明区域控制器具备了与照明终端控制器通信的功能,从而真正实现了道路照明的网络化管理.     

一种基于特征点匹配的图像拼接方法研究

针对图像间因具有旋转及光线强度差异等现象而导致的拼接效果不佳及拼接速度慢的问题,提出一种基于特征点的配准算法;在特征点提取阶段,尺度不变的特征变换方法 (SIFT)具有对图像尺度缩放、旋转、放射变换以及亮度变化保持不变的优点,文章采用了改进的SIFT特征点提取算法;在特征点匹配阶段,采用改进的RANSAC算法对特征点匹配对提纯;最后用加权平均法实现拼接图像的融合;实验证明,该算法有效提高了图像拼接的效率和准确性,拼接精度可以达到亚像素级。     

Business process design: Process comparison and integration

This paper proposes a framework for business process design, which is based on process comparison and integration. This framework supports process stakeholders to model business processes collaboratively, which can greatly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of business process design. By applying this framework, each process stakeholder can create his or her own model of the business process. The different models of the same business process can be automatically compared to find the conflicts between them. Based on the conflicts, process stakeholders can collaborate to improve the models. Then the models can be integrated to form a more complete model.     

Development of human-machine interface for teleoperation of a mobile manipulator

Human-robot control interfaces have received increased attention during the past decades for conveniently introducing robot into human daily life. In this paper, a novel Human-machine Interface (HMI) is developed, which contains two components. One is based on the surface electromyography (sEMG) signal, which is from the human upper limb, and the other is based on the Microsoft Kinect sensor. The proposed interface allows the user to control in real time a mobile humanoid robot arm in 3-D space, through upper limb motion estimation by sEMG recordings and Microsoft Kinect sensor. The effectiveness of the method is verified by experiments, including random arm motions in the 3-D space with variable hand speed profiles.     

The fractal effect of irregularity of crack branching on the fracture toughness of brittle materials

Microstructural observations of brittle materials indicated that a variety of microdefect events can be responsible not only for inelastic behaviour, but also for macroscopic crack front irregularity. This irregularity produces an increase in the fracture toughness of the material. In this paper, this irregularity is analysed by fractal geometry in a very simple manner; a fractal model of crack branching is established. Both microscopic and macroscopic analytical results show that the toughness can be raised appreciably as a fractal geometric effect of the irregularity.

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Résumé Des observations microscopiques sur des matériaux fragiles ont montré qu'une variété d'évènements à l'échelle du microdéfaut peuvent être responsables non seulement du comportement inélastique, mais aussi de l'irrégularité du front d'une fissure macroscopique. Cette irrégularité provoque un accroissement de la ténacité à la rupture du matériau. Dans cette étude, on analyse de manière très simple cette irrégularité par fractogéométrie (Mandelbrot) et on établit un modèle fractal relatif à une fissure qui se ramifie. Les résultats de l'analyse microscopique et macroscopique montrent qu'un effet fractogéométrique de l'irrégularité du front de fissure est d'accroitre de manière appréciable la ténacité.