Performance of eight-channel OEIC p-i-n/HBT receiver array in8×2.5 Gb/s WDM transmission system

The performance of an eight-channel, 2.5 Gb/s OEIC photoreceiver array in an eight-wavelength long-distance WDM testbed is described. The sensitivity penalties due to crosstalk and transmission are measured, and the source of crosstalk is investigated. Channel sensitivities range from -25.4 to -26.2 dBm after transmission through 720 km of standard fiber, with transmission penalties ranging from 0.3 dB to 1.0 dB. When the power in each of seven interfering channels is 5 dB above sensitivity, the maximum crosstalk penalty suffered by an individual channel does not exceed 1 dB. These experiments are the first comprehensive characterization of monolithic receiver arrays for crosstalk performance under multichannel operation in a realistic system environment     

Reconfigurable optoelectronic wavelength translation based on anintegrated electroabsorption modulated laser array

Reconfigurable optoelectronic wavelength conversion to 11 100-GHz spaced wavelengths is achieved using a wavelength selectable laser array with an integrated electroabsorption (EA) modulator at a bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s. Wide dynamic range at the input from -24.2 to -6.5 dBm is achieved and uniform back-to-back transmission performance is measured for all wavelengths     

Vibrational excitations in molecular layers probed by ballistic electron microscopy

We demonstrate the information on molecular vibrational modes via the second derivative (d(2)I(B)/dV(2)) of the ballistic electron emission spectroscopy (BEES) current. The proposed method does not create huge fields as in the case of conventional derivative spectroscopy and maintains a zero bias across the device. BEES studies carried out on three different types of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecular layers show that the d(2)I(B)/dV(2) spectra consist of uniformly spaced peaks corresponding to vibronic excitations. The peak spacing is found to be identical for molecules within the same PAH family though the BEES onset voltage varies for different molecules. In addition, injection into a particular orbital appears to correspond to a specific vibrational mode as the manifestation of the symmetry principle.     

Vestigial sideband filtering at 10 Gbit/s using 12.5 GHzchannel-spacing demux

A 32-channel 12.5 GHz-spaced free-space demux with low crosstalk and low polarisation dependent loss has been constructed. Using this demux, vestigial sideband filtering at 10 Gbit/s has been studied. It is shown that this demux can achieve very high spectral efficiency without polarisation division multiplexing     

Interpenetrating polymer networks based on nitrile rubber and metal methacrylates

Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) based on nitrile rubber (NBR) as first component and zinc dimethacrylate (ZnDMA), aluminum trimethacrylate (AlTMA), or zirconium tetramethacrylates (ZrTeMA) as second component were synthesized. Sequential IPNs (SeqIPN) were formed by two routes such as compression molding (CM) and swelling/curing (SC). The IPNs were found to have superior properties compared to metal oxide/hydroxide‐filled NBR. Tensile strength has increased to a large extent while maintaining appreciable elongation. Total crosslink density (covalent and ionic) was found to increase in the order NBR/metal oxide or hydroxide < SeqIPN(CM route) < SeqIPN (SC route). IPNs are found to retain high storage modulus even in the rubbery region. It is observed that change of technique for IPN formation has drastically changed the modulus of the present system. Decrease in tan δ value and inward shifting of peaks were observed because of IPN formation. Morphology of SeqIPN by SC process was found to be more uniform compared to others. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 99: 2542–2548, 2006     

Effect of calcination temperature and heating rate on the optical properties and reactivity of rice husk ash

Rice husk is an agricultural waste and its conversion to value added products makes it a secondary resource material. On heating, rice husk gives ash with >90% by weight of silica with some carbon and other nonmetallic and metallic impurities. Silica of high purity, chemical reactivity and white color can be produced from rice husk by controlling the heating conditions and this material finds wide industrial applications. Properties of the ash depend upon various pretreatments and calcination conditions. The present work deals with the investigation on a rice husk sample from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The raw husk and its acid treated form were calcined at different conditions such as temperatures, soaking periods and heating rates. Lime reactivity, surface area, brightness and color values of the ash samples were measured. The high potassium content in the husk has been found to inhibit the carbon removal during ashing which affected the color as well as reactivity of the ash. Properties of the ash samples from the untreated and acid treated husk have been compared and correlated with the formation conditions.     

Identification of novel transmembrane gene sequence and its use for cell-surface targeting of beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin

We identified a 685-nucleotide gene fragment that codes for the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of glycoprotein of the LEP strain rabies virus and carried out experiments designed to express a novel fusion protein on the cell surface. The cDNA encoding the membrane anchor sequence was fused in the correct reading frame to the 3' end of the cDNA encoding the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (beta(h)CG), a secretory glycoprotein that is used as an antigen for a contraceptive vaccine being developed in our laboratory. The fusion gene cassette was placed under the control of a vaccinia virus early promoter and cloned in a host-restricted fowlpox viral vector. The recombinants, when used to infect mammalian cells that do not allow the replication of fowlpox virus, expressed the N-terminal 135 amino acid residues of beta(h)CG anchored in the cell membrane by the 75-amino acid C-terminal sequence derived from rabies virus glycoprotein. This hybrid protein is correctly processed post-translationally and transported efficiently to the plasma membrane of non-permissive cells such that the anchored beta(h)CG molecule retains the correctly folded native antigenic epitope(s).     

Integrated directional couplers with photodetectors by hydridevapour phase epitaxy

The hydride vapour-phase-epitaxial crystal growth technique has been used to realise integrated waveguide-photodetectors and, for the first time, integrated directional coupler-photodetectors for detection in the 1.3 μm to 1.55 μm wavelength range. The GaInAsP waveguides which formed the directional couplers had propagation losses of 2±0.5 dB/cm and more than 90% of the guided light was coupled into the photodetectors. The directional couplers were symmetric with respect to the launch port and had 3 dB coupling lengths of about 1.45 mm     

Reliability analysis of multistorey frames

The paper presents a parametric study of different independent variables to study their effect on final rotations, sidesway, end moments and reactions. It is found that while there is practically no effect on final end moments and reactions, the displacements varied. Later, the distribution function of different dependent variables; namely rotation, sidesway, end moment and reaction is obtained. The estimation of these dependent variables is also made. It is found that the maximum variation from the mean value is in the case of rotation. The minimum variation is found to be in the case of vertical reactions.