Stochastic Contrast Measures for SAR Data: A Survey

“Contrast” is an generic denomination for “difference”. Measures of contrast are a powerful tool in image processing and analysis, e.g., in denoising, edge detection, segmentation, classification, parameter estimation, change detection, and feature selection. We present a survey on techniques that aim at measuring the contrast between (i) samples of SAR imagery, and (ii) samples and models, with emphasis on those that employ the statistical properties of the data.      

"熊猫烧香"究竟灼伤了谁?

2007年2月12日,湖北省公安厅对外宣布,湖北网监在浙江、山东、广西、天津、广东、四川、江西、云南、新疆、河南等地公安机关的配合下,一举侦破了制作传播"熊猫烧香"病毒案,抓获李俊(男,25岁,武汉新洲区人)、雷磊(男,25岁,武汉新洲区人)等8名犯罪嫌疑人.     

飞轮模式与卓越公司

让我们一起来想象:有一个巨大的金属轮盘水平地安装在轮轴上,直径为30英尺,厚2英尺,重5000英磅的金属圆盘.现在没想一下,你的任务是让这个又大又重的轮子在车轴上旋转,速度要尽可能快,时间要尽可能长. 你使劲地推飞轮前进1英寸,这种运动在开始时不易被人察觉到.你继续推,不间断地推,2到3小时后你会发现你的轮子已经转完1整圈了.     

爱普科斯(EPCOS)的成功哲学:帮客户走向成功——访爱普科斯大中华区总裁兼CEO Michael Pocsatko

无源元件市场,似乎是日本厂商的天下,提起无源元件,就很难不想到Mur-ata、TDK和Taiyo Yuden等日本公司,而在中国这片快速发展的土地上,2001年正式落户中国的EPCOS,就其自身的产品而言已快速成为中国第2大电子地件制造商,它以立足中国,服务中国的理念,用心开拓着属于自己的市场.     

太湖之畔崛起IC产业高地海力士意法半导体合资芯片厂在江苏无锡开工奠基

2005年4月28日,意法"8英寸"及"12英寸"半导体工厂在无锡举行开工庆典,该项目是获得国务院核准的项目,目前是江苏省最大的外商独资项目.据业内人士透露,该项目的开工,预示着无锡离建设中国"硅谷"的梦又近了一步,无锡将以此确立在中国IC产业高地的地位.     

S-Band 1mm SiC MESFET with 2W Output on Semi-Insulated SiC Substrate

介绍了用热壁反应炉在50mm SiC半绝缘衬底上制备的SiC MESFET外延材料.其沟道层厚度约为0.35μm,掺杂浓度约为1.7×1017cm-3.沟道和衬底之间的缓冲层为非有意掺杂的弱n型.欧姆接触用的帽层掺杂浓度约1019cm-3.器件制备采用了ICP刻蚀等技术.微波测试结果表明,1mm栅宽功率器件封装后在2GHz下输出功率达到了2W.     

Multiple Emitters Localization by UAV with Nested Linear Array: System Scheme and 2D-DOA Estimation Algorithm

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)equipped with uniform linear array has been applied to multiple emitters localization.Meanwhile,nested linear array enables to enhance localization resolution and achieve under-determined Direction of Arrival(DOA)estimation.In this paper,we propose a new system structure for emitters localization that combines the UAV with nested linear array,which is capable of significantly increasing the positioning accuracy of interested targets.Specifically,a localization scheme is designed to obtain the paired two-dimensional DOA(2D-DOA,i.e.azimuth and elevation angles)estimates of emitters by nested linear array with UAV.Furthermore,we propose an improved DOA estimation algorithm for emitters localization that utilizes Discrete Fourier Transform(DFT)method to obtain coarse DOA estimates,subsequently,achieve the fine DOA estimates by sparse representation.The proposed algorithm has lower computational complexity because the coarse DOA estimates enable to shrink the range of over-complete dictionary of sparse representation.In addition,compared to traditional uniform linear array,improved 2D-DOA estimation performance of emitters can be obtained with a nested linear array.Extensive simulation results testify the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

A review:Photonics devices,architectures,and algorithms for optical neural computing

The explosive growth of data and information has motivated various emerging non-von Neumann computational approaches in the More-than-Moore era.Photonics neuromorphic computing has attracted lots of attention due to the fascinating advantages such as high speed,wide bandwidth,and massive parallelism.Here,we offer a review on the optical neural computing in our research groups at the device and system levels.The photonics neuron and photonics synapse plasticity are presented.In addition,we introduce several optical neural computing architectures and algorithms including photonic spiking neural network,photonic convolutional neural network,photonic matrix computation,photonic reservoir computing,and photonic reinforcement learning.Finally,we summarize the major challenges faced by photonic neuromorphic computing,and propose promising solutions and perspectives.     

Some recent advances in ab initio calculations of nonradiative decay rates of point defects in semiconductors

In this short review,we discuss a few recent advances in calculating the nonradiative decay rates for point defects in semiconductors.We briefly review the debates and connections of using different formalisms to calculate the multi-phonon processes.We connect Dr.Huang's formula with Marcus theory formula in the high temperature limit,and point out that Huang's formula provide an analytical expression for the phonon induced electron coupling constant in the Marcus theory formula.We also discussed the validity of 1D formula in dealing with the electron transition processes,and practical ways to correct the anharmonic effects.     

打破专利霸权诺基亚勇往直前高通暴利大棒想舞进4G时代

由于诺基亚不买高通的账,双方的谈判迟迟没有结果. 美国东部时间4月3日,高通向威斯康星州西区地方法院和得克萨斯州东区地方法院提起诉讼,指控诺基亚侵犯了高通多项专利.高通表示,这2起诉讼涉及诺基亚的GSM/GPRS/EDGE手机,要求法院下令禁止诺基亚继续销售侵权手机,同时要求对已出售的手机,给予相应的赔偿.     

Resolution Enhancement Technology:Integrated Process Solutions using OPC

DUV lithography, using the 248 nm wavelength, is a viable manufacturing option for devices with features at 130 nm and less. Given the low kl value of the lithography, integrated process development is a necessary method for achieving acceptable process latitude. The application of assist features for rule based OPC requires the simultaneous optimization of the mask, illumination optics and the resist.Described in this paper are the details involved in optimizing each of these aspects for line and space imaging.A reference pitch is first chosen to determine how the optics will be set. The ideal sigma setting is determined by a simple geometrically derived expression. The inner and outer machine settings are determined, in turn,with the simulation of a figure of merit. The maximum value of the response surface of this FOM occurs at the optimal sigma settings. Experimental confirmation of this is shown in the paper.Assist features are used to modify the aerial image of the more isolated images on the mask. The effect that the diffraction of the scattering bars (SBs) has on the image intensity distribution is explained. Rules for determining the size and placement of SBs are also given.Resist is optimized for use with off-axis illumination and assist features. A general explanation of the material' s effect is discussed along with the affect on the through-pitch bias. The paper culminates with the showing of the lithographic results from the fully optimized system.     

Study of waveguide coupling efficiency in hybrid silicon lasers

This paper presents a new method to increase the waveguide coupling efficiency in hybrid silicon lasers. We find that the propagation constant of the InGaAsP emitting layer can be equal to that of the Si resonant layer through improving the design size of the InP waveguide. The coupling power achieves 42% of the total power in the hybrid lasers when the thickness of the bonding layer is 100 nm. Our result is very close to 50% of the total power reported by Intel when the thickness of the thin bonding layer is less than 5 nm. Therefore, our invariable coupling power technique is simpler than Intel＇s.     

A rigorous proof of MIMO channel capacity’s increase with antenna number

It is well known that adding more antennas at the transmitter or at the receiver may offer larger channel capacity in the multiple-input multiple-output（MIMO） communication systems. In this letter, a simple proof is presented for the fact that the channel capacity increases with an increase in the number of receiving antennas. The proof is based on the famous capacity formula of Foschini and Gans with matrix theory.     

Quantum theory analysis of the action micromechanism exerted on bioparticles from laser microbeams

The effect of laser microbeam trapping the bioparticles has been appfied widely in the biology .However the micromechanism of the acting that realizes the laser-microbeam trapping bioparticles is still lacking. In this paper ,the act microchenism of the gradiant force of laser microbeam for the bioparticles is analysed by means of quantum theory ,The result accords with our experiment.     

Modulation instability of dispersion-shifted fiber couplers

The nonlinear coupled-mode equations are rewritten by even and odd modes. We study modulation instability (MI) of dispersion-shifted fiber couplers when either even or odd mode is launched alone by using zero-dispersion waveleng threlatively long (quasi-cw) pulses. The result shows that there are new types of MI in both the normal-dispersion and the anomalous-dispersion regimes. MI is concerned with forth-order dispersion and has no relation with third-order dispersion.Quasi-cw can be changed into pulses array under certain conditions. We can extract super short pulse from this. Furthermore,the bandwidth of gain spectra widens and its strength accretes as the input power increases.     

The effects of PMD and PDL on the performance of OOK and DPSK systems

Using multiple importance sampling （MIS） technique, the optical communication system performance affected by polarization-mode dispersion （PMD） and polarization-dependent loss （PDL） is simulated numerically. The power penalties and system outage probabilities are obtained for optical communication systems with on-off keying （OOK） or differential phase shift keying （DPSK） modulation. The simulation results show that DPSK always performs better than OOK. When the system has moderate PDL （about 1.5 dB）, it is necessary to compensate effectively the fiber PMD in order to enhance the system tolerance to the PMD and PDL. However, the efficiency of PMD compensation will degrade rapidly when the PMD of the whole optical link drops into the low value.     

Shape measurement by carrier modulation in electronic speckle pattern interferometry

A shape measurement based on ESPI by using carrier is presented. When the tested object is tilted with a small angle, the carrier pattern containing altitude information is formed on the object surface. By using the carrier pattern captured by a CCD camera, the phase of the object can be derived by Fourier transform and the shape measurement is realized. The principle of the method is introduced and proved by an experiment.     

Least squares decoding in binomial frequency division multiplexing

This paper proposes a method that can reduce the complexity of a system matrix by analyzing the characteristics of a pseudoinverse matrix to receive a binomial frequency division multiplexing (BFDM) signal and decode it using the least squares (LS) method. The system matrix of BFDM can be expressed as a band matrix, and as this matrix contains many zeros, its amount of calculation when generating a transmission signal is quite small. The LS solution can be obtained by multiplying the received signal by the pseudoinverse matrix of the system matrix. The singular value decomposition of the system matrix indicates that the pseudoinverse matrix is a band matrix. The signal-to-interference ratio is obtained from their eigenvalues. Meanwhile, entries that do not contribute to signal generation are erased to enhance calculation efficiency. We decode the received signal using the pseudoinverse matrix and the removed pseudoinverse matrix to obtain the bit error rate performance and to analyze the difference.     

极化码序列连续删除译码算法的改进设计

极化码连续删除译码算法性能和传统的LDPC码存在一定差距。序列连续删除算法(SCL)的提出极大地改善译码性能,是极化码推向实际应用中的重要一步。但是该算法复杂度较高,延迟大。改进的序列连续删除(SCL)译码算法是基于改善极化码码长受限的情况,文中描述SCL算法是通过码树上的搜索序列路径来表示译码过程。改进的算法通过减少译码算法在码树上的序列路径来降低时间和空间复杂度。通过仿真表明,改进的算法有效地降低了译码的复杂度同时在性能上也接近最大似然(ML)译码算法。     

HfO2 Gate Dielectrics for Future Generation of CMOS Device Application

Introduction High- k gate dielectrics have been extensivelystudied as alternates to conventional gate oxide( Si O2 ) due to the aggressive downscaling of Si O2thickness in CMOS devices,and hence the exces-sive gate leakage.Hf O2 has emerged as one...