The optical properties of Tl4InGa3S8 layered single crystals have been studied by means of transmission and reflection measurements in the wavelength region between 400 and 1100 nm. The analysis of the room temperature absorption data revealed the presence of both optical indirect and direct transitions with band gap energies of 2.40 and 2.61 eV, respectively. Transmission measurements carried ...

We study the effects of time delayed linear and nonlinear feedbacks on the dynamics of a single Hopf bifurcation oscillator. Our numerical and analytic investigations reveal a host of complex temporal phenomena such as phase slips, frequency suppression, multiple periodic states and chaos. Such phenomena are frequently observed in the collective behavior of a large number of coupled limit cycle...

1 Model equations 2 1.1 A simple model of the two-switch negative feedback oscillator (Design I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.1 Two-dimensional simple models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 A simple model of the amplified negative feedback oscillator (Design II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 A simple model of the three-switch ri...

We report high-power and single-frequency operation of a continuous-wave singly resonant potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO(4)) optical parametric oscillator in a ring-cavity configuration. The ring singly resonant optical parametric oscillator threshold is 4.3 W. When the oscillator is pumped by 6.7 W of 532-nm radiation from an 11.2-W single-frequency resonantly doubled Nd:YAG laser, 1.9 W o...

The biochemical basis for cyclic initiation of bacterial chromosome replication is reviewed to define the processes involved and to focus on the putative oscillator mechanism which generates the replication clock. The properties required for a functional oscillator are defined, and their implications are discussed. We show that positive control models, but not negative ones, can explain cyclic ...

An apparent violation of the second law of thermodynamics occurs when an atom coupled to a zero-temperature bath, being necessarily in an excited state, is used to extract work from the bath. Here the fallacy is that it takes work to couple the atom to the bath and this work must exceed that obtained from the atom. For the example of an oscillator coupled to a bath described by the single relax...

• The architecture of chaos oscillator should be similar to classical second order sine wave oscillator, e.g. LC or Wien-bridge based circuit. • The oscillator should not be higher than the third order system. • The circuit should be an autonomous oscillator. • The active unit should be linear and separated from the nonlinear element(s). • The nonlinear element should be single and simple, e.g....

This paper describes the influence of local oscillator phase noise on single and multi-carrier modulations schemes. The oscillator has the main role on modulation and demodulation process of the radio frequency channels. The synchronization of the entire system depends on the accuracy of this circuit. This work is based on the simulation of these two scenarios under influence of a non-ideal osc...

In this report the problem of forming chaotic signals with prescribed spectrum is discussed. An approach to construction of single-transistor chaotic oscillators with preassigned spectrum on the basis of “active component (transistor) – passive quadripole closed in feedback loop” structure is proposed. On example of capacitive three-point oscillator it is shown that in the oscillator with such ...