University of Electro-Communications

About: University of Electro-Communications is a education organization based out in Tokyo, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Laser & Robot. The organization has 8041 authors who have published 16950 publications receiving 235832 citations. The organization is also known as: UEC & Denki-Tsūshin Daigaku.

Generation of Laguerre-Gaussian modes in Nd:YAG laser using diffractive optical pumping

Abstract: A beam of pulsed laser radiation at the wavelength λ = 0.532 μm was diffracted at a circular diaphragm to produce a hollow-shape intensity distribution in the near field. This light distribution was used to pump an Nd:YAG laser, resulting in the formation of an inversion profile with a minimum at the laser resonator axis and enabling the suppression of the fundamental mode. Under this condition, the oscillation at λ = 1.064 μm of Laguerre-Gaussian modes (LG0m) with low and high values of the azimuthal index m was produced in the gain-switching regime. By changing the geometry of the resonator, the size of its waist parameter was changed, enabling the selection of the mode with an index m that best overlaps with the inversion profile. Oscillation of LG0m modes with indices ranging from m=1 to more than m=200 was obtained. LG0m modes with m ≤ 50 were produced using the dependence of the waist parameter on the length of the resonator near the boundary of its stability region. A LG0m mode of the highest order, m ≈ 240 was obtained by building a miniature laser resonator and using a pair of diaphragms in order to form a sharper ring-shape pumping distribution. Applications of diffractive optical pumping and ``hollow'' LG0m laser beams are discussed.

Diffuse and Pulsating Aurora

Abstract: This chapter reviews fundamental properties and recent advances of diffuse and pulsating aurora. Diffuse and pulsating aurora often occurs on closed field lines and involves energetic electron precipitation by wave-particle interaction. After summarizing the definition, large-scale morphology, types of pulsation, and driving processes, we review observation techniques, occurrence, duration, altitude, evolution, small-scale structures, fast modulation, relation to high-energy precipitation, the role of ECH waves, reflected and secondary electrons, ionosphere dynamics, and simulation of wave-particle interaction. Finally we discuss open questions of diffuse and pulsating aurora.

Robust boundary control of an axially moving string by using a PR transfer function

Abstract: In this note, a scheme for the vibration suppression of a translating string using a positive real (PR) transfer function is investigated. The transverse vibration of the string is controlled by hydraulic touch-rolls located at the right end of the string. The mathematical model of the system, which consists of a hyperbolic partial differential equation (PDE) describing the dynamics of the moving string and an ordinary differential equation (ODE) for the actuator dynamics, is derived by using Hamilton's principle for translating continua. The transfer function of the proposed boundary controller is a nonproper but PR function. The asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system in the presence of output disturbance is proved.

Entanglement of orbital angular momentum states between an ensemble of cold atoms and a photon

Abstract: Recently, atomic ensemble and single photons were successfully entangled by using collective enhancement [D. N. Matsukevich et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 040405 (2005)], where atomic internal states and photonic polarization states were correlated in a nonlocal manner. Here, we experimentally clarified that in an ensemble of atoms and a photon system, there also exists an entanglement concerned with spatial degrees of freedom. Generation of higher-dimensional entanglement between remote atomic ensemble and an application to condensed matter physics are also discussed.

Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization in a Superplastic 7075 Aluminum Alloy

Abstract: New grain evolution taking place during superplasticity was studied by means of tensile tests as well as metallographic observation for a unrecrystallized coarse-grained 7075 aluminum alloy. Grain boundary sliding (GBS) frequently takes place even on the layered high angle boundaries (HABs) parallel to the tensile axis and brings about rotation of subgrains near the HABs and subsequently in grain interiors. The misorientations of (sub)grain boundaries evolved in the pancaked grains increase accompanied by a randomization of the initial texture, followed by development of new grains with HABs. This indicates that unrecrystallized and pancaked grain structure developed by cold rolling is an important prerequisite not only for the appearance of superplasticity, but also for the dynamic evolution of new fine grains. It is concluded that the mechanism of new grain evolution can be a deformation-induced continuous reaction, that is continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX). A model for CDRX is discussed in detail comparing with previous several models.