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.

Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO

Abstract: The Deci-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO) is a future Japanese space mission with a frequency band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. DECIGO aims at the detection of primordial gravitational waves, which could have been produced during the inflationary period right after the birth of the Universe. There are many other scientific objectives of DECIGO, including the direct measurement of the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe, and reliable and accurate predictions of the timing and locations of neutron star/black hole binary coalescences. DECIGO consists of four clusters of observatories placed in heliocentric orbit. Each cluster consists of three spacecraft, which form three Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers with an arm length of 1000 km. Three DECIGO clusters will be placed far from each other, and the fourth will be placed in the same position as one of the other three to obtain correlation signals for the detection of primordial gravitational waves. We plan to launch B-DECIGO, which is a scientific pathfinder for DECIGO, before DECIGO in the 2030s to demonstrate the technologies required for DECIGO, as well as to obtain fruitful scientific results to further expand multi-messenger astronomy.

Ultrafine Grain Formation in Ferritic Stainless Steel during Severe Plastic Deformation

Abstract: The development of submicrocrystalline structures in Fe-20 pct Cr ferritic stainless steel was studied in multidirectional forging to large total strains. The structural changes are characterized by the development of microshear bands in high density dislocation substructures. The multidirectional deformation promotes the multiple shearing, which results in the formation of a spatial net of mutually crossed microshear bands subdividing the original grains. The new grains with high-angle boundaries appear primarily at the microshear band intersections and subsequently along the bands. The fraction of ultrafine grains gradually increases with increasing the density of microshear bands as a result of continuous increase in misorientations among deformation subgrains during processing. An increase in the processing temperature can accelerate remarkably the kinetics of ultrafine grain evolution at large strains. The mechanism of strain-induced grain formation is discussed in detail.

Reflectivity of metals at high temperatures

Abstract: The reflectivity and other optical constants of metals at high temperatures are discussed on the basis of the Drude theory and the theory of electron‐phonon collision. The electron‐phonon collision frequency is dependent on the temperature through the temperature dependence of the phonon population. The temperature dependence of the collision frequency determines that of optical properties of metals. Variations of the real and the imaginary parts of the dielectric constant and of the complex refractive index with temperature are considered. General expressions for the temperature coefficients of the optical constants are given. The reflectivity is shown to decrease with increasing temperature. Numerical calculations were carried out for several metals at a few wavelengths and at temperatures from room temperature to their melting temperatures. The results are given in graphs and in a table. Curves for the reflectivity show that the absolute value of the temperature coefficient of the reflectivity is greater for a metal having a lower reflectivity at room temperature. Calculated values of the reflectivity at room temperature are in reasonable agreement with handbook data. However, the calculated reflectivity for silver at its melting point is not coincident with the reported experimental data (the only data available at present), in spite of the qualitative agreement between our results and the experiment. A brief discussion on possible explanations of the discrepancy is made.

A new versatile electron-beam ion trap

Abstract: We have constructed an electron-beam ion trap (EBIT) to facilitate the creation and study of highly charged ions. After a brief introduction to EBITs in general, we describe the design of the new device, highlighting its unique features. Some preliminary results are presented which demonstrate the devices capability to produce and study highly charged ions.

Viscosity-Dependent Fluorescence Decay of the GFP Chromophore in Solution Due to Fast Internal Conversion

Abstract: Time-resolved fluorescence measurements at 275 K show that the excited-state lifetime of a model chromophore of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) substantially increases from subpicoseconds in low-viscosity solvents such as ethanol (η = 1.7 cP) to 30 ps in glycerol (η = 9.9 × 103 cP) and reaches 2.1 ns in glycerol glass at 150 K. At high temperatures the similarity of excited-state decay and ground-state recovery kinetics indicates internal conversion being responsible for the short fluorescence lifetimes. Their viscosity dependence reflects on a motion with a considerable amplitude that is damped by viscous drag and outweighs thermal activation as is concluded from measurements at different temperatures. In solution the neutral and the anionic forms of the model chromophore are similarly nonfluorescent in contrast to wild-type GFP and mutants where the deprotonated form is hardly undergoing internal conversion. Thus, the protein selectively restricts motional degrees of freedom of the chromophore in sp...