We predict and realize the targeted wavelength conversion from the 1550-nm band of a fs Er:fiber laser to an isolated band inside 370-850 nm, corresponding to a blue-shift of 700-1180 nm. The conversion utilizes resonant dispersive wave generation in widely available optical fibers with good efficiency (~7%). The converted band has a large pulse energy (~1 nJ), high spectral brightness (~1 mW/n...

PIRO BAND is a library for bidiagonal reduction of unsymmetric banded matrices and tridiagonal reduction of symmetric banded matrices. It supports both real and complex matrices stored in packed band format. The software also can handle single and double precision arithmetic with 32-bit and 64-bit integers. We provide both a C library and MATLAB callable interfaces. The library is about 2 to 7 ...

This article summarizes the design concepts applied in the development of an advanced Ka-band (34.4 GHz/32 GHz) transponder breadboard for the next generation of space communications systems applications. The selected architecture upgrades the X-band (7.2 GHz/8.4 GHz) deep-space transponder (DST) to provide Ka-band up/Kaand X-band down capability. In addition, it can also be configured to provi...

This paper describes the development of a low loss, high power, microwave switch MMIC design. The operating bandwidth of the switch was 7 to 11GHz. Simulated performance shows an insertion loss of 0.71dB at mid-band rising to 0.85dB at the band-edge. The estimated power handling capability of the switch is 6.3W at 1dB compression for 0/-10V control. Isolation is better than 27dB across the enti...

Regulatory actions of calmodulin on the contractile apparatus and cytoskeleton of smooth muscle and nonmuscle tissue are mediated by a number of specific calmodulin-binding proteins that bind to F-actin in a flip-flop manner--i.e., they bind to calmodulin or F-actin depending on the presence or absence, respectively, of Ca2+. A survey for such proteins in brain, adrenal gland, and pituitary gla...

Launched in April 1999, the Landsat-7 ETM+ instrument is in its fourth year of operation. The quality of the acquired calibrated imagery continues to be high, especially with respect to its three most important radiometric performance parameters: reflective band instrument stability to better than ±1%, reflective band absolute calibration to better than ±5%, and thermal band absolute calibratio...

In this paper, a novel technique for the design of two-channel Quadrature Mirror Filter (QMF) banks with linear phase in frequency domain is presented. To satisfy the exact reconstruction condition of the filter bank, low-pass prototype filter response in pass-band, transition band and stop band is optimized using unconstrained indirect update optimization method. The objective function is form...

In recent years, a large number of dual-band antennas have been developed for wireless applications [1]-[6]. Most of these dual-band antennas are used for mobile terminals, such as cellular phones or laptop computers. For such applications, the desirable radiation patterns are usually omnidirectional. A unidirectional radiation pattern is sometime required for wireless base station and/or acces...