The authors have studied a technique for calibrating an electric-field probe used in the measurement of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for the mobile communication device. The probe can convert electric field intensity radiated by a reference antenna into output voltage in the tissue equivalent liquid. The measurement in the far-field region of the reference antenna is more difficult as the fre...

Most of the physics analyses at a hadron collider rely on a precise measurement of the energy of jets in the final state. This requires a precise in situ calibration of the calorimeter with the final detector setup. We present the basic procedure and results of the in situ gain calibration of the D0 HCAL in Run II. The gain calibration works on top of the pulser-based calibration of the readout...

We present what we believe to be the first results that obtained with the recursive least square zonal slope predictor working on an open-loop liquid-crystal adaptive optics system operating on astronomical implementation at visible and near infrared wavelength on a 1.23 m telescope. The system produces substantially better results than a direct open-loop correction based on previous measuremen...

We study the optical wavelength dependence of the Brillouin gain spectrum for a silica single-mode fiber in the range from 1511 to 1555 nm using a measurement setup containing an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in the Brillouin pump path. The Brillouin peak power and linewidth are clearly dependent on the pump wavelength, the trends of which correspond well with the wavelength dependence of...

We examined laser action in a two-dimensional amplifying and scattering medium consisting of random array of dye-doped plastic fiber. When the excitation pulse energy was increased, the parallel emission component to the fiber first reached the laser threshold showing spectral collapse, and then further increase in the excitation pulse energy resulted in the subsequent laser action in the perpe...

This paper presents a strategy for measuring cognitive gains in reading during the early school years. It is argued that accurate estimates of gain scores and their appropriate interpretation requires the use of adaptive tests with multiple criterion referenced points that mark learning milestones. It is further argued that two different measures of gain are necessary because of the nonequivale...

In this paper, a directional GPS antenna for L1 frequency 1575 MHz with RHCP and a high directive gain is proposed for indoor positioning applications. The proposed antenna is made of a standard off the shelf GPS patch antenna with an additional conical reflector to enhance the gain and the beamwidth of the antenna. The angle of the cone reflector is optimized by HFSS 11 software. Finally, the ...

An approach to the derivation of variable loop gain sequences of dual-loop digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) [1] is developed based on some modifications of the Kalman filtering formulation. It is shown that optimal loop gain sequences which are independent of measurement noise statistics can be obtained under a deterministic source model. Computer simulation results demonstrate that the adaptiv...

This paper presents a fixed gain high output power amplifier with performance determined by using on-wafer measurement. The amplifier is fully differential based on inductive load and resistive degeneration which is designed using a 0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS process. The amplifier achieves power gain of 7.2 dB, 3-dB bandwidth of 2.06 GHz, operating frequency of 12 GHz, power consumption of 12 mW usin...

This paper describes the development of a fully automated measurement software for antenna radiation pattern measurements in a Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR). The CATR has a frequency range from 2-40 GHz and the measurement hardware includes a Network Analyzer for transmitting and Receiving the microwave signal and a Positioner the motion of the Styrofoam column. The measurement process incl...