We have measured temperature (T)- and power-dependent electron spin resonance in bulk single-wall carbon nanotubes to determine both the spin-lattice and the spin-spin relaxation times, T1 and T2. We observe that T1−1...
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We have measured temperature (T)- and power-dependent electron spin resonance in bulk single-wall carbon nanotubes to determine both the spin-lattice and the spin-spin relaxation times, T1 and T2. We observe that T1−1 increases linearly with T from 4 K to 100 K, whereas T2−1 decreases by over a factor of two when T is increased from 3 K to 300 K. We interpret the T1−1∝T trend as spin-lattice relaxation via interaction with conduction electrons (Korringa law) and the decreasing T dependence of T2−1 as motional narrowing. By analyzing the latter, we find the spin hopping frequency to be 285 GHz. Last, we show that the Dysonian line shape asymmetry follows a three-dimensional variable-range hopping behavior from 3 K to 20 K; from this scaling relation, we extract a localization length of the hopping spins to be ∼100 nm.
As the fundamental tuning step for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), pitch loop control has significant impact on the flight. In this paper, an auto-regressive with exogenous input (...
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(纸本)9781479908158
As the fundamental tuning step for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), pitch loop control has significant impact on the flight. In this paper, an auto-regressive with exogenous input (ARX) model is acquired and converted to a first-order plus time delay (FOPTD) model for the pitch loop of a VTOL UAV. Based on the FOPTD model, a fractional order [proportional integral] (FO[PI]) controller is designed. An integer order PI controller based on the modified Ziegler-Nichols (MZNs) tuning rule and a general integer order proportional integral derivative (PID) controller are also designed for comparison following three design specifications. Simulation results have shown that the proposed fractional order controller outperforms both the MZNs PI controller and the integer order PID controller in terms of robustness and disturbance rejection.
Four-sensor microelectrodes, commonly referred to as tetrodes, have the ability to significantly increase the signal-to-noise ratio of neuronal extracellular recordings. They also provide spatio-temporal information a...
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(纸本)9781457702150
Four-sensor microelectrodes, commonly referred to as tetrodes, have the ability to significantly increase the signal-to-noise ratio of neuronal extracellular recordings. They also provide spatio-temporal information about extracellular action potentials (EAP) which may be used to localize and resolve individual neuronal signal sources. Since the relative position of sensors and neurons whose EAPs are recorded is not known during in vivo experiments, the accuracy and precision of neuronal source localization algorithms remain untested. In this study, electrical signals generated by a stimulator were recorded simultaneously with four recording micropipettes immersed in artificial cerebrospinal fluid. The location of the source was estimated using the multiple signal classification algorithm, with an accuracy and precision of ~4 μm and ~7 μm, respectively. These results suggest that in vivo localization and resolution of individual neuronal sources is feasible.
Sand-scorpions can locate a prey using the vibration it creates in the ground when moving. We introduce a spiking neural model of the sand-scorpion and a successful implementation of this model with data collected wit...
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Sand-scorpions can locate a prey using the vibration it creates in the ground when moving. We introduce a spiking neural model of the sand-scorpion and a successful implementation of this model with data collected with a network of seismic sensors.
Current interest in neuromorphic computing continues to drive development of sensors and hardware for spike-based computation. Here we describe a hierarchical architecture for visual motion estimation which uses a spi...
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Current interest in neuromorphic computing continues to drive development of sensors and hardware for spike-based computation. Here we describe a hierarchical architecture for visual motion estimation which uses a spiking neural network to exploit the sparse high temporal resolution data provided by neuromorphic vision sensors. Although spike-based computation differs from traditional computervision approaches, our architecture is similar in principle to the canonical Lucas-Kanade algorithm. Output spikes from the architecture represent the direction of motion to the nearest 45 degrees, and the speed within a factor of √2 over the range 0.02 to 0.27 pixels/ms.
The current content provision methods and associated pricing and business models are challenged by the traffic requirements anticipated for future “data intensive” services. In order to deliver substantially higher ...
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(纸本)9781467359382
The current content provision methods and associated pricing and business models are challenged by the traffic requirements anticipated for future “data intensive” services. In order to deliver substantially higher peak rates operators will need to deploy a much denser infrastructure and/or acquire more spectrum, thus significantly increasing their CAPEX and OPEX and reducing revenues. To improve the utilization of available network resources this paper presents ActiveCast, a disruptive content delivery paradigm that supports opportunistic content pre-fetching by introducing semantic and context awareness in the currently “agnostic” networking paradigm. The experimental investigations presented in the paper focus on mobile video provision and a content provider, integrated with Facebook and YouTube, has been developed and used to identify socially relevant content for a set of test users. Part of the studies presented in the paper aim at experimentally understanding the structure of the energy costs associated with pre-fetching and on defining a delivery strategy that allows controlling the amount of energy invested. A comparison between a centralized implementation, in which pre-fetching is coordinated by the mobile operators, and an Over-The-Top (OTT) implementation of ActiveCast are also presented. The results show that complementing the context information available at individual user terminals with traffic information, shared by mobile operators through the ActiveCast API, can substantially reduce the energy costs of content delivery, as compared with “on demand” video streaming. Additionally, opportunistically exploiting connections with WiFi APs can amplify the gains already achievable by prefetching on wide area networks.
Algebraic topology has been successfully applied to detect and localize sensor network coverage holes with minimal assumptions on sensor locations. These methods all use a computation of topological invariants called ...
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Algebraic topology has been successfully applied to detect and localize sensor network coverage holes with minimal assumptions on sensor locations. These methods all use a computation of topological invariants called homology spaces. We develop a distributed algorithm for collapsing a sensor network, hence simplifying its analysis. We prove that the collapse is equivalent to a previously developed strong collapse in that it preserves coverage hole locations. In this way, the collapse simplifies the network without losing crucial information about the coverage region. We show that the algorithm requires only one-hop information in a communication network, making it faster than clique-finding algorithms that increase the number of computations necessary for hole localization. This makes it an effective pre-processing step to finding network coverage holes.
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Elena A. PlisCenter for High Technology Materials
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USAunm.edu Skinfrared
LLC Lobo Venture Lab 801 University Boulevard Suite 10 Albuquerque NM 87106 USA
InAs/(In,Ga)Sb type-II strained layer superlattices (T2SLs) have made significant progress since they were first proposed as an infrared (IR) sensing material more than three decades ago. Numerous theoretically predic...
InAs/(In,Ga)Sb type-II strained layer superlattices (T2SLs) have made significant progress since they were first proposed as an infrared (IR) sensing material more than three decades ago. Numerous theoretically predicted advantages that T2SL offers over present-day detection technologies, heterojunction engineering capabilities, and technological preferences make T2SL technology promising candidate for the realization of high performance IR imagers. Despite concentrated efforts of many research groups, the T2SLs have not revealed full potential yet. This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive review of the current status of T2SL detectors and discusses origins of T2SL device performance degradation, in particular, surface and bulk dark-current components. Various approaches of dark current reduction with their pros and cons are presented.
The technology, security and privacy requirements of the electric vehicle (EV) in the smart grid (SG) context, especially when the EV acts as mobile power storage, have gained much attention from the research communit...
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Optical character recognition (OCR) is a widely used technology to convert text images to editable text. Researchers already proposed many machine learning algorithms to address this problem. However, Bangla text reco...
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Optical character recognition (OCR) is a widely used technology to convert text images to editable text. Researchers already proposed many machine learning algorithms to address this problem. However, Bangla text recognition is highly challenging job for its complicated writing style, compound characters and highly diversified fonts. To address the segmentation problem we have proposed an algorithm namely Blob-labeled character Segmentation (BLCS) that initiates with an extensive preprocessing to extract the characters from text. Our novel character segmentation procedure extracts characters maintaining 97.5% accuracy. Unsupervised feature learning becomes a powerful tool in machine learning nowadays. To increase the recognition rate of the characters, we have introduced a fuzzy unsupervised feature learning algorithm to learn features of individual characters. We then use Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) to classify the characters. The SVM provides 99.4% accuracy which outperforms all other approaches.
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