印度某深露天矿基于岩土工程研究及数值模拟的边坡设计

对印度拉贾斯坦邦一个１７０ｍ深的露天矿最优化边坡设计，进行了详细的岩土工程研究及数值模拟。研究包括矿山内部和周围不连续面物理特性，边坡材料的地质力学性质、岩体分级及岩体性质估计。有关的各种岩土工程参数通过部分形成的台阶及钻孔记录获得。     

亚微米ULSI无鸟喙封闭界面局部氧化技术

研究了一种适用于亚微米特大规模集成电路(ULSI)的封闭界面局部氧化隔离技术;作者把等离子增强化学汽相淀积工艺用于Si_3N_4/SiO_2/Si_3N_4复合结构的生产中;这种掩蔽结构,对垂直封闭以及在硅选择氧化期间通过掩模夹层边缘封闭氧化剂十分有效。为了在芯片制造过程中形成完全平坦的图形,生长了全开槽和半开槽的场氧化物。本文报道了一种适用于ULSI的无鸟喙LOCOS工艺。     

Digital optical computing with magneto-optic spatial light modulators: a new and efficient multiplication algorithm

Digital optical computing executed on arrays of binary data can offer parallel processing and multivalued output, which permits more flexibility in algorithm development. The hardware used consists of two computer-controlled magneto-optic spatial-light-modulator arrays in conjunction with a CCD detector array as the computational hardware. Algorithms for binary-processing tasks are presented. We used magneto-optic spatial light modulators for parallel processing in a way that exploits multivalued output. Also, in carrying this evaluation out, we developed a new and efficient multiplication algorithm. Multiplication is an important operation in many digital systems, and the design of fast multipliers is of great interest to computer scientists and engineers. The speed of this computing system is evaluated.     

Adaptive methods and system for image processing

We present results obtained in the implementation of adaptive methods and a system for image processing. The light-developing nonlinear elements are used in the filtering block of the mirror optical configuration. The processing of gray-scale and of binary images with the help of adaptive optical elements is fulfilled for realization of ground-suppressing, contouring, differentiating, and skeletonizing adaptive filters. A comparison is made between optical and digital methods applied in the pattern processing.     

PVC-Based 2,2,2-Cryptand Sensor for Zinc Ions

A PVC-based membrane of 2,2,2-cryptand exhibits a very good response for Zn(2+) in a wide concentration range (from 2.06 ppm to 6.54 × 10(3) ppm) with a slope of 22.0 mV/decade of Zn(2+) concentration. The response time of the sensor is <10 s, and the membrane can be used for more than 3 months without any observed divergence in potentials. The proposed sensor exhibits very good selectivity for Zn(2+) over other cations and can be used in a wide pH range (2.8-7.0). It has also been possible to use this assembly as an indicator electrode in potentiometric titrations involving zinc ions.     

A tetrode based fast pulsed microwave source for electron cyclotron resonance breakdown experiments

To study electron cylotron resonance (ECR) breakdown and afterglow plasma in an experimental linear plasma system, a pulsed microwave source with rapid rise and fall of microwave power is desired. A pulsed microwave source with fast rise and fall capability for ECR breakdown experiments has been designed and tested for performance in the system. A tetrode, controlled by a modulator card, is used as a fast switch to initiate microwave power from a conventional magnetron operating at 2.45 GHz. The typical rise time of microwave power is approximately 3 micros and a fall time of approximately 10 micros. Using this scheme in a realistic pulsed microwave source at 800 W power, ECR breakdown of neutral gas is achieved and the plasma delay and fall time are observed from the plasma density measurements using a Langmuir probe. The design details of the fast rise pulsed microwave source are presented in this article with initial experimental results.