Fiber-based multiple-access frequency synchronization via 1f–2f dissemination

Considering the reference frequency dissemination requirements of the Square Kilometre Array telescope(SKA)project,on the basis of the 1f–2f precision frequency synchronization scheme,we propose and demonstrate a fiber-based multiple-access frequency synchronization scheme.The dissemination reference frequency can be recovered at arbitrary nodes along the entire fiber link.It can be applied to antennas close proximity to the SKA central station,and will lead to a better SKA frequency synchronization network.As a performance test,we recover the disseminated 100-MHz reference frequency at an arbitrary node chosen as being 5 km away from the transmitting site.Relative frequency stabilities of2.0×10~(-14)/s and 1.6×10~(-16)/10~4 s are obtained.We also experimentally verify the feasibility of a frequency dissemination link with three access points.     

Finite-time Mittag—Leffler synchronization of fractional-order complex-valued memristive neural networks with time delay

Without dividing the complex-valued systems into two real-valued ones, a class of fractional-order complex-valued memristive neural networks (FCVMNNs) with time delay is investigated. Firstly, based on the complex-valued sign function, a novel complex-valued feedback controller is devised to research such systems. Under the framework of Filippov solution, differential inclusion theory and Lyapunov stability theorem, the finite-time Mittag—Leffler synchronization (FTMLS) of FCVMNNs with time delay can be realized. Meanwhile, the upper bound of the synchronization settling time (SST) is less conservative than previous results. In addition, by adjusting controller parameters, the global asymptotic synchronization of FCVMNNs with time delay can also be realized, which improves and enrich some existing results. Lastly, some simulation examples are designed to verify the validity of conclusions.     

Order parameters and synchronization of FitzHugh—Nagumo small-world networks

This paper numerically investigates the order parameter and synchronisation in the small world connected FitzHugh--Nagumo excitable systems. The simulations show that the order parameter continuously decreases with increasing d, the quality of the synchronisation worsens for large noise intensity. As the coupling intensity goes up, the quality of the synchronisation worsens, and it finds that the larger rewiring probability becomes the larger order parameter. It obtains the complete phase diagram for a wide range of values of noise intensity d and control parameter g.     

Chaos control and reduced-order generalized synchronization for the Chen——Liao system

This paper deals with the problem of chaos control and synchronization of the Chen--Liao system. From rigorous mathematic justification, the chaotic trajectories of the Chen--Liao system are led to a type of points whose four-dimensional coordinates have a particular functional relation among them. Meanwhile, a new synchronization manner, reduced-order generalized synchronization (RGS), is proposed which has the characteristic of having a functional relation between the slave and the partial master systems. It is shown that this new synchronization phenomenon can be realized by a novel technique. Numerical simulations have verified the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Gradient control and synchronization of Julia sets

This paper firstly introduces the control methods to fractals and give the definition of synchronization of Julia sets between two different systems. Especially, the gradient control method is taken on the classic Julia sets of complex quadratic polynomial Zn＋1 = zn^2＋ c, which realizes its Julia sets control and synchronization. The simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the method.     

Tracking control and synchronization of chaotic systems based upon sampled—data feedback

A novel tracking control and synchronization method is proposed based upon sampled-data feedback.This method can make a chaotic system approach any desired smooth orbit and synchronize the driving system and the response system,both in the same structure and in diverse structures.Finally,a numerical simulation with a Lorenz system is provided for the purpose of illustration and verification.     

Passive control and synchronization of hyperchaotic Chen system

This paper investigates the control and synchronization of hyperchaotic Chen system based on the passive theory. By using two outputs, novel passive controllers are respectively designed to realize the globally asymptotical stability of the hyperchaotic Chen system and the error dynamical system, which avoids mistakes in Ref.[11], where function W（z） cannot guarantee that fo（z） is globally asymptotically stable via only one output and W（z） is the Lyapunov function of f0（z）. Furthermore, numerical simulations are given to show the effectiveness of our method.     

Coherence resonance and synchronization of Hindmarsh-Rose neurons with noise

Noise effects on coherence resonance and synchronization of Hindmarsh-Rose (HR) neuron model are studied. The coherence resonance of a single HR neuron with Gaussian white noise added to the membrane potential is investigated in situations before, near and after the Hopf bifurcation, separately, with the external direct current as a bifurcation parameter. It is shown that even though there is no coupling between neurons, uncoupled identical HR neurons driven by a common noise can achieve complete synchronization when the noise intensity is higher than a critical value. Furthermore, noise also enhances complete synchronization of weakly coupled neurons. It is concluded that synchronization in bursting neurons is easier to be induced than in spiking ones, and coupling enhances the sensitivity of synchronization of neurons to noise stimulus.     

Generalized synchronization of chaos in erbium—doped dual—ring lasers

We investigate chaotic synchronization in the generalized sense in unidirectionally coupled erbium-doped fibre dual-ring lasers. Numerical simulation shows that no matter whether the two different erbium-doped fibre dual-ring lasers are chaotic or not before coupling, they show generalized synchronization with a suitable unidirectional coupling coefficient under which the maximum condition Lyapunov exponent is negative. We also use the auxiliary system approach to detect the generalized synchronization.     

Six “beyond Collins and Sivers” transverse spin asymmetries at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed-target high energy physics experiment at the SPS at CERN [1]. One of the important objectives of the experiment is the exploration of the transverse spin structure of the nucleon via spin dependent azimuthal asymmetries in single-hadron production in deep inelastic scattering of polarized leptons off transversely polarized target. For this purpose a series of measurements were made in COMPASS, using 160 GeV/c longitudinally polarized muon beam and transversely polarized ⁶LiD (in 2002, 2003 and 2004) and NH₃ (in 2007 and 2010) targets. Till now main attention was focused on Collins and Sivers asymmetries and obtained results play an important role in the general understanding of the three-dimensional nature of the nucleon and mechanism of SIDIS processes in terms of Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) Parton Distribution Functions (PDFs) and Fragmentation Functions (FFs). In addition to these two measured leading-twist effects, the SIDIS cross-section counts six more target transverse spin dependent azimuthal effects, which have their own well defined leading or higher-twist interpretation in terms of QCD parton model. So far COMPASS presented preliminary results for these asymmetries from deuteron [2, 3] and “proton-2007” data [4]. In this contribution we review the results obtained with the last “proton-2010” data sample.     

Communications using multi—mode laser system based on chaotic synchronization

The communication using chaotic synchronization between two multi-mode Nd:YAG lasers has been investigated numerically.The digital communication using multi-mode chatoic lasers is quite different from that using single mode lasers.By introducing a short break between two adjacent bits in the communication shceme,the digital signals can besuccessfully encoded into the spiky pulses and decoded through the subtraction of receiver output from the transmitted.Even when the two multi-mode lasers are not synchronized perfectly with certain deviations,the encoded digits can still be decoded correctly.     

Vacuum Polarization of Twisted Scalars in a Non—simply Connected Space—time and Its Effects

The vacuum polarization due to twisted scalar fields is investigated in a non-simply connected space-time,It is found that some photon modes acpuire an imaginary topological mass,thus travelling at a superluminal speed.Topological bi-refringence is expected for photons propagating perpendicularly to the compactification direction.The effect of a topological photom mass on the static properties of electromagnetic fields is also considered for the cases of both twisted and untwisted scalar fields,Our result shows that in the untwisted case the magnetic field is screened along the radial dirction for massive photon modes.while in the twisted case no screening occurs and the magnetic fields merely oscillate.     

Synthetic aperture sonar movement compensation algorithm based on time—delay and phase estimation

The effects of movement errors on imaging results of synthetic aperture sonar andt he necessity of movement compensation are discussed. Based on analyzing so-called displaced phase center algorithm, an improved algorithm is proposed. In this method, the time delay is estimated firstly, then the phase is estimated for the residual error, so that the range of movement error suited to the algorithm is extended to some extent. Some simulation results on computer and experimental results in the test tank using the proposed algorithm are given as well.     

Toward superlensing with metal–dielectric composites and multilayers

We report on the fabrication of two types of adjustable, near-field superlens designs: metal–dielectric composites and metal–dielectric multilayer films. We fabricated a variety of films with different materials, thicknesses and compositions. These samples were characterized physically and optically to determine their film composition, quality, and optical responses. Our results on metal–dielectric composites indicate that although the real part of the effective permittivity generally follows effective medium theory predictions, the imaginary part does not and substantially higher losses are observed. Going forward, it appears that multilayer metal–dielectric designs are more suitable for sub-diffraction imaging applications because they could provide both tunability and low loss.     

SIS accuracy and service performance of the BDS-3 basic system

On December 27,2018,the basic system of the third-generation BeiDou navigation satellite system(BDS-3)completed the deployment of its constellation of 18 MEO networking satellites as well as the construction of the operation control system(OCS)and began to provide basic navigation services to users worldwide.Compared with BDS-2,BDS-3 aims to offer users better navigation signals and higher precision with a series of new technologies.For example,the spaceborne atomic clock of BDS-3 is upgraded for higher performance,the Ka-band inter-satellite link is adopted for inter-satellite ranging and communication,and new B1C and B2a signals are broadcast in addition to B1I and B3I signals(compatible with BDS-2).In addition,a 9-parameter model based on a spherical harmonic function is employed for ionospheric delay corrections.Using the observation data from 18 satellites of the basic system,this paper conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the pseudorange measurement characteristics,signal-in-space(SIS)accuracy of navigation messages and global service capability of BDS-3.The results indicate that the pseudorange measurement multipath effect and observation noise of BDS-3 satellites are better than those of BDS-2;additionally,with the support of inter-satellite links,the user range error(URE)of the BDS-3 satellite broadcast ephemeris is better than 10 cm,the precision of the broadcast clock parameter is better than 1.5 ns,and the SIS accuracy is better than 0.6 m overall.Different from the traditional Klobuchar model,the BeiDou global broadcast ionospheric delay correction model(BDGIM)can provide ionospheric delay corrections better than 70%for worldwide single-frequency users.The service capability evaluation of the basic system consists mainly of the accuracy improvement of the B1I and B3I signals according to BDS-2 as well as the global positioning accuracy of the new signals.These results prove that the BDS-3 basic system has achieved the design goal;that is,both the horizontal and the vertical global positioning accuracies are better than 10 m(95%).In the future,6 MEO satellites as well as 3 GEO satellites and 3 IGSO satellites for regional enhancement purposes will be deployed for full operation;consequently,BDS-3 will definitely provide a higher SIS accuracy and better service capability.     

Close-range optical measurement of aircraft's 3D attitude and accuracy evaluation

A new screen-spot imaging method based on optical measurement is proposed,which is applicable to the close-range measurement of aircraft's three-dimensional (3D) attitude parameters.Laser tracker is used to finish the global calibrations of the high-speed cameras and the fixed screens on test site,as well as to establish media-coordinate-frames among various coordinate systems.The laser cooperation object mounted on the aircraft surface projects laser beams on the screens and the high-speed cameras syn- chronously record the light-spots' position changing with aircraft attitude.The recorded image sequences are used to compute the aircraft attitude parameters.Based on the matrix analysis,the error sources of the measurement accuracy are analyzed,and the maximum relative error of this mathematical model is estimated.The experimental result shows that this method effectively makes the change of aircraft position distinguishable,and the error of this method is no more than 3′while the rotation angles of three axes are within a certain range.     

Global exponential synchronization between Lü system and Chen system with unknown parameters and channel time-delay

This paper proposes a nonlinear feedback control method to realize global exponential synchronization with channel time-delay between the Lü system and Chen system,which are regarded as the drive system and the response system respectively.Some effective observers are produced to identify the unknown parameters of the Lü system.Based on the Lyapunov stability theory and linear matrix inequality technique,some sufficient conditions of global exponential synchronization of the two chaotic systems are derived.Simulation results show the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed controller.     

Synchronization of the time—varying parameter chaotic system and its application to secure communication

In this paper we propose and investigate the synchronization of a new chaotic model with time-varying parameters and apply it to improve the security of chaotic communication. In this model, the chaotic system is modulated by both the message and the varying parameters. The varying parameters distort the phase space so heavily that they prevent the carrier from being broken by nonlinear dynamic forecasting method. Theory and simulation experiments with speech signal communication indicate that the receiver can gain a perfect synchronization with the transmitter, and the intruder cannot break down this communication system. We also discuss the robustness of the new communication system.