Finite-difference time-domain studies of low-frequency stop band in superconductor-dielectric superlattice

The transmission coefficients of electromagnetic （EM） waves due to a superconductor-dielectric superlattice are numerically calculated. Shift operator finite difference time domain （SO-FDTD） method is used in the analysis. By using the SO-FDTD method, the transmission spectrum is obtained and its characteristics are investigated for different thicknesses of superconductor layers and dielectric layers, from which a stop band starting from zero frequency can be apparently observed. The relation between this low-frequency stop band and relative temperature, and also the London penetration depth at a superconductor temperature of zero degree are discussed, separately. The low-frequency stop band properties of superconductor-dielectric superlattice thus are well disclosed.

A NOTE ON VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENCE POLYNOMIALS OF MEROMORPHIC FUNCTIONS

In this paper, we investigate the value distribution of the difference counterpart △f（z）- af（z）^n of f′（z）- af（z）^n and obtain an almost direct difference analogue of result of Hayman.

Fourth Order Difference Approximations for Space Riemann-Liouville Derivatives Based on Weighted and Shifted Lubich Difference Operators

High order discretization schemes playmore important role in fractional operators than classical ones.This is because usually for classical derivatives the stencil for high order discretization schemes is wider than low order ones;but for fractional operators the stencils for high order schemes and low order ones are the same.Then using high order schemes to solve fractional equations leads to almost the same computational cost with first order schemes but the accuracy is greatly improved.Using the fractional linear multistep methods,Lubich obtains the n-th order(n≤6)approximations of the a-th derivative(a>0)or integral(a<0)[Lubich,SIAM J.Math.Anal.,17,704-719,1986],because of the stability issue the obtained scheme can not be directly applied to the space fractional operator with a∈(1,2)for time dependent problem.By weighting and shifting Lubich’s 2nd order discretization scheme,in[Chen&Deng,SINUM,arXiv:1304.7425]we derive a series of effective high order discretizations for space fractional derivative,called WSLD operators there.As the sequel of the previous work,we further provide new high order schemes for space fractional derivatives by weighting and shifting Lubich’s 3rd and 4th order discretizations.In particular,we prove that the obtained 4th order approximations are effective for space fractional derivatives.And the corresponding schemes are used to solve the space fractional diffusion equation with variable coefficients.

Effective assignment of positional isomers in dimeric shikonin and its analogs by ^(1)H NMR spectroscopy

An approach for distinguishing two types of positional isomers of dimeric shikonin and its analogs was explored with ^(4)JC,H long-range correlation by prolonging the acquisition time at ^(2,3)JC,H values of 2.0 and 8.0Hz.Furthermore,the ^(1)H(proton)nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)pattern of phenolic hydroxyl protons was developed as a“diagnosis signal”to ascertain the relative location of each side chain in DMSO-d_(6) at sample concentrations of 0.022-0.034 mol/L.The chemical shift differences of 0.6ppm between OH-5' and OH-1 and between OH-8'and OH-4 are assigned to Type A and Type B,respectively.All reported ambiguous structures were corrected by this pattern.Additionally,the steric structures of isolated compounds were elucidated by quantum chemical calculations of electronic circular dichroism(ECD)spectra.

A conservative numerical method for the fractional nonlinear Schrodinger equation in two dimensions

This paper proposes and analyzes an efficient finite difference scheme for the two-dimensional nonlinear Schr?dinger(NLS) equation involving fractional Laplacian. The scheme is based on a weighted and shifted Grünwald-Letnikov difference(WSGD) operator for the spatial fractional Laplacian. We prove that the proposed method preserves the mass and energy conservation laws in semi-discrete formulations. By introducing the differentiation matrices, the semi-discrete fractional nonlinear Schr?dinger(FNLS) equation can be rewritten as a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations(ODEs) in matrix formulations. Two kinds of time discretization methods are proposed for the semi-discrete formulation. One is based on the Crank-Nicolson(CN) method which can be proved to preserve the fully discrete mass and energy conservation. The other one is the compact implicit integration factor(c IIF) method which demands much less computational effort. It can be shown that the cIIF scheme can approximate CN scheme with the error O(τ~2). Finally numerical results are presented to demonstrate the method’s conservation, accuracy, efficiency and the capability of capturing blow-up.