For any given potential, linear response theory tells us the size that the von Weizsäcker coefficient must assume in order to obtain the correct energy in the weak coupling limit. With this necessarily imposed choice, the quality of results is investigated as the coupling is strengthened. From the study of a number of model problems (the harmonic oscillator, the Yukawa well and the Mathieu pote...

A compact microstrip band pass filter using metamaterial resonators is proposed and implemented, aiming at high level of miniaturization, low cost and ease of fabrication. Some considerations in order to improve and control the coupling coefficients between resonators are exposed. The magnetic and electric character of the coupling coefficient is analyzed in detail. The proposed filter has narr...

We measure the Kerr-nonlinear index of refraction of a three-level Lambda-type atomic system inside an optical ring cavity. The Kerr nonlinearity is modified and greatly enhanced near atomic resonant conditions for both probe and coupling beams. The Kerr nonlinear coefficient n(2) changes sign when the coupling beam frequency detuning switches sign, which can lead to interesting applications in...

We propose a purely phase-sampled Bragg grating for dispersion and dispersion slope compensation by introducing a chirp in the grating period and coupling coefficient. The bandwidth of all reflected channels can be equalized by chirping the sampling period at the same time. We show that a trade-off exists between the linearity of dispersion slope and the equalization of reflection channel bandw...

We determine the first independent part of the g coefficient in the weak coupling expansion of the QCD pressure at high temperatures, the one proportional to the maximal power of the number of quark flavors Nf . In addition to introducing and developing computational methods that can be used in evaluating other parts of the expansion, our calculation provides a result that becomes dominant in t...

A Cu-Pb torsion balance placed next to a large lock on the Snake River permitted setting limits on the coupling constant for a possible intermediate-range material-dependent gravitational force. A 1,7&10kg perturbing mass of water could be turned on or oft within 12 min and had a well-known distribution. No evidence for a fifth force was observed. The experiment is primarily sensitive to isospi...

A pulse-forming network(PFN) with mutual coupling has been designed and built for the klystron pulse modulator of the SLAC Next Linear Collider(NLC). The PFN consists of a single-layer air-core coil with mutual coupling between sections and equal valued capacitors. The optimization of the coupling coefficient and the design of the air-core coil such as its radius, the number of turns and its to...

In the present study an evaluation of the potential for bend-twist coupling effects in wind turbine blades is addressed. A method for evaluation of the coupling magnitude based on the results of finite element modeling and full-field displacement measurements obtained by experiments is developed and tested on small-scale coupled composite beams. In the proposed method the coupling coefficient f...

We show that holographic models of QCD predict the presence of a Chern-Simons coupling between vector and axial-vector mesons at finite baryon density. In the Anti de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory dictionary, the coefficient of this coupling is proportional to the baryon number density and is fixed uniquely in the five-dimensional holographic dual by anomalies in the flavor currents. For the li...

In this paper a four-pole elliptic function bandpass filter is designed with two ground slots. A research of microstrip bandpass filters (BPF) using defected ground structures (DGS) is presented. DGS technique allows designs of tight couplings without the necessity of using very narrow coupling gaps. The simulator Sonnet is used to design the resonator and to calculate the coupling coefficient ...