Generation of orbital angular momentum hologram using a modified U-net

Orbital angular momentum(OAM)holography has become a promising technique in information encryption,data storage and opto-electronic computing,owing to the infinite topological charge of one single OAM mode and the orthogonality of different OAM modes.In this paper,we propose a novel OAM hologram generation method based on a densely connected U-net(DCU),where the densely connected convolution blocks(DCB)replace the convolution blocks of the U-net.Importantly,the reconstruction process of the OAM hologram is integrated into DCU as its output layer,so as to eliminate the requirement to prepare training data for the OAM hologram,which is required by conventional neural networks through an iterative algorithm.The experimental and simulation results show that the OAM hologram can rapidly be generated with the well-trained DCU,and the reconstructed image's quality from the generated OAM hologram is significantly improved in comparison with those from the Gerchberg-Saxton generation method,the Gerchberg-Saxton based generation method and the U-net method.In addition,a 10-bit OAM multiplexing hologram scheme is numerically demonstrated to have a high capacity with OAM hologram.

不同年龄段儿童青少年配戴角膜塑形镜对眼表和睑板腺的影响

目的:探讨不同年龄段近视儿童青少年配戴角膜塑形镜对眼表和睑板腺的影响。方法:回顾性选取2020-12/2021-02于我院眼视光门诊就诊的近视儿童青少年患者120例240眼,根据近视矫正方式分为角膜塑形镜组(60例120眼)和框架眼镜组(60例120眼)。分析两组患者戴镜前后眼表和睑板腺的变化,并对比两组中不同年龄段患者戴镜前后眼表和睑板腺的变化。结果:与戴镜前比较,角膜塑形镜组戴镜后3、6、9、12mo角膜曲率降低、非侵入式泪膜破裂时间(NIBUT)缩短、睑板腺评分升高,戴镜后6、9、12mo下泪河高度升高,而框架眼镜组戴镜后6、9mo下泪河高度升高(均P<0.05)。角膜塑形镜组戴镜后3、6、9、12mo角膜曲率明显低于框架眼镜组,戴镜后3、9、12mo NIBUT短于框架眼镜组,戴镜后6、9、12mo睑板腺评分高于框架眼镜组(均P<0.05)。戴镜12mo,角膜塑形镜组各年龄段患者角膜曲率显著低于框架眼镜组,而8~12、13~15岁年龄段患者NIBUT显著低于框架眼镜组,且睑板腺评分显著高于框架眼镜组(均P<0.05)。结论:配戴角膜塑形镜可能会影响眼表和睑板腺功能,其对年龄12岁以下的儿童青少年的眼表影响更明显,因此年龄较小的儿童青少年可优先考虑配戴框架眼镜矫正近视,待年龄增加再考虑配戴角膜塑形镜进行干预。

Directed transport of coupled Brownian motors in a two-dimensional traveling-wave potential

Considering an elastically coupled Brownian motors system in a two-dimensional traveling-wave potential, we investigate the effects of the angular frequency of the traveling wave, wavelength, coupling strength, free length of the spring, and the noise intensity on the current of the system. It is found that the traveling wave is the essential condition of the directed transport. The current is dominated by the traveling wave and varies nonmonotonically with both the angular frequency and the wavelength. At an optimal angular frequency or wavelength, the current can be optimized. The coupling strength and the free length of the spring can locally modulate the current, especially at small angular frequencies. Moreover, the current decreases rapidly with the increase of the noise intensity, indicating the interference effect of noise on the directed transport.

Broadband tunable liquid crystal terahertz waveplates driven with porous graphene electrodes

Versatile devices,especially tunable ones,for terahertz imaging,sensing and high-speed communication,are in high demand.Liquid crystal based components are perfect candidates in the optical range;however,they encounter significant challenges in the terahertz band,particularly the lack of highly transparent electrodes and the drawbacks induced by a thick cell.Here,a strategy to overcome all these challenges is proposed:Few-layer porous graphene is employed as an electrode with a transmittance of more than 98%.A subwavelength metal wire grid is utilized as an integrated high-efficiency electrode and polarizer.The homogeneous alignment of a high-birefringence liquid crystal is implemented on both frail electrodes via a non-contact photo-alignment technique.A tunable terahertz waveplate is thus obtained.Its polarization evolution is directly demonstrated.Furthermore,quarter-wave plates that are electrically controllable over the entire testing range are achieved by stacking two cells.The proposed solution may pave a simple and bright road toward the development of various liquid crystal terahertz apparatuses.

Interface-facilitated energy transport in coupled Frenkel-Kontorova chains

The role of interface couplings on the energy transport of two coupled Frenkel-Kontorova （FK） chains is explored through numerical simulations. In general, it is expected that the interface cou- plings result in the suppression of heat conduction through the coupled system due to the additional interface phonon-phonon scattering. In the present paper, it is found that the thermal conductivity increases with increasing intensity of interface interactions for weak inter-chain couplings, whereas the heat conduction is suppressed by the interface interaction in the case of strong inter-chain couplings. Based on the phonon spectral energy density method, we demonstrate that the enhance- ment of energy transport results from the excited phonon modes （in addition to the intrinsic phonon modes）, while the strong interface phonon-phonon scattering results in the suppressed energy transport.

Double-temperature ratchet model and current reversal of coupled Brownian motors

On the basis of the transport features and experimental phenomena observed in studies of molecular motors, we propose a double-temperature ratchet model of coupled motors to reveal tile dynamical mechanism of cooperative transport of motors with two heads, where the interactions and asynchrony between two motor heads are taken into account. We investigate the collective unidirectional trans- port of coupled system and find that the direction of motion can be reversed under certain conditions. Reverse motion can be achieved by modulating the coupling strength, coupling free length, and asym- metric coefficient of the periodic potential, which is understood in terms of the effective potential theory. The dependence of the directed current on various parameters is studied systematically. Di- rected transport of coupled Brownian motors can be manipulated and optimized by adjusting the pulsation period or the phase shift of the pulsation temperature.

Effects of frustration on explosive synchronization

In this study, we consider the emergence of explosive synchronization in scale-free networks by considering the Kuramoto model of coupled phase oscillators. The natural frequencies of oscillators are assumed to be correlated with their degrees and frustration is included in the system. This assumption can enhance or delay the explosive transition to synchronization. Interestingly, a de-synchronization phenomenon occurs and the type of phase transition is also changed. Furthermore, we provide an analytical treatment based on a star graph, which resembles that obtained in scale-free networks. Finally, a self-consistent approach is implemented to study the de-synchronization regime. Our findings have important implications for controlling synchronization in complex networks because frustration is a controllable parameter in experiments and a discontinuous abrupt phase transition is always dangerous in engineering in the real world.

Ratchet motion and current motors in pulsating reversal of coupled Brownian symmetric potentials

In this study, we investigate the collective directed transport of coupled Brownian particles in spatially symmetric periodic potentials under time-periodic pulsating modulations. We find that the coupling between two particles can induce symmetry breaking and consequently collective directed motion. Moreover, the direction of motion can be reversed under certain conditions. The dependence of directed current on various parameters is systematically studied, reverse motion can be achieved by modulating the coupling free length and the phase shift of tile pulsating potential. The dynamical mechanism of these transport properties is understood in terms of the effective-potential theory and the space-time transformation invariance. The directed transport of coupled Brownian motors can be maniplflated and optimized by adjusting the coupling strength, pulsating frequency, or noise intensity.

Order parameter analysis of synchronization transitions on star networks

The collective behaviors of populations of coupled oscillators have attracted significant attention in recent years. In this paper, an order parameter approach is proposed to study the low-dimensional dynamical mechanism of collective synchronizations, by adopting the star-topology of coupled oscil- lators as a prototype system. The order parameter equation of star-linked phase oscillators can be obtained in terms of the Watanabe--Strogatz transformation, Ott--Antonsen ansatz, and the ensem- ble order parameter approach. Different solutions of the order parameter equation correspond to the diverse collective states, and different bifurcations reveal various transitions among these collective states. The properties of various transitions in the star-network model are revealed by using tools of nonlinear dynamics such as time reversibility analysis and linear stability analysis.

Rotational effect in two-dimensional cooperative directed transport

In this review we investigate the rotation effect in the motion of coupled dimer in a two-dimensional asymmetric periodic potential. Free rotation does not generate directed transport in translational direction, while we find it plays an critical role in the motors motility when the dimer moves under the effect of asymmetry ratchet potential. In the presence of external force, we study the relation between the average current and the force numerically and theoretically. The numerical results show that only appropriate driving force could produce nonzero current and there are current transitions when the force is large enough. An analysis of stability analysis of limit cycles is applied to explain the occurrence of these transitions. Moreover, we numerically simulate the transport of this coupled dimer driven by the random fluctuations in the rotational direction. The existence of noise smooths the current transitions induced by the driving force and the resonance-like peaks which depend on the rod length emerge in small noise strength. Thanks to the noise in the rotational direction, autonomous motion emerges without the external force and large noise could make the current reversal happen. Eventually, the new mechanism to generate directed transport by the rotation is studied.

Resonant current in coupled inertial Brownian particles with delayed-feedback control

The transport of a walker in rocking feedback-controlled ratchets is investigated. The walker consists of two coupled ＂feet＂ that allow the interchange of the order of particles while the walker moves. In the underdamped case, tile deterministic dynamics of the walker in a tilted asymmetric ratchet with an external periodic force is considered. It is found that delayed feedback ratchets with a switching-on- and-off dependence of the states of the system can lead to absolute negative mobility. In such a novel phenomenon, the particles move against tile bias. Moreover, the walker can acquire a series of resonant steps for different values of the current. It is interesting to find that the resonant currents of the walker are induced by tile phase locked motion that corresponds to the synchronization of the motion with the change in the frequency of the external driving. These resonant steps can be well predicted in terms of time-space symmetry analysis, which is in good agreement with dynamics simulations. The transport performances can be optimized and controlled by suitably adjusting the parameters of tile delayed-feedback ratchets.

Dynamics of clustering patterns in the Kuramoto model with unidirectional coupling

We study the synchronization transition in the Kuramoto model by considering a unidirectional cou- pling with a chain structure. The microscopic clustering features are characterized in the system. We identify several clustering patterns for the long-time evolution of the effective frequencies and reveal the phase transition between them. Theoretically, the recursive approach is developed in order to ob- tain analytical insights; the essential bifurcation schemes of the clustering patterns are clarified and the phase diagram is illustrated in order to depict the various phase transitions of the system. Fur- thermore, these recursive theories can be extended to a larger system. Our theoretical analysis is in agreement with the numerical simulations and can aid in understanding the clustering patterns in the Kuramoto model with a general structure.

Rotation-translation coupling of a double-headed Brownian motor in a traveling-wave potential

Considering a double-headed Brownian motor moving with both translational and rotational degrees of freedom,we investigate the directed transport properties of the system in a traveling-wave potential.It is found that the traveling wave provides the essential condition of the directed transport for the system,and at an appropriate angular frequency,the positive current can be optimized.A general current reversal appears by modulating the angular frequency of the traveling wave,noise intensity,external driving force and the rod length.By transforming the dynamical equation in traveling-wave potential into that in a tilted potential,the mechanism of current reversal is analyzed.For both cases of Gaussian and Lévy noises,the currents show similar dependence on the parameters.Moreover,the current in the tilted potential shows a typical stochastic resonance effect.The external driving force has also a resonance-like effect on the current in the tilted potential.But the current in the traveling-wave potential exhibits the reverse behaviors of that in the tilted potential.Besides,the currents obviously depend on the stability index of the Lévy noise under certain conditions.