Quantum secure direct communication(QSDC) is a communication method based on quantum mechanics and it is used to transmit secret messages. Unlike quantum key distribution, secret messages can be transmitted directly o...Quantum secure direct communication(QSDC) is a communication method based on quantum mechanics and it is used to transmit secret messages. Unlike quantum key distribution, secret messages can be transmitted directly on a quantum channel with QSDC. Higher channel capacity and noise suppression capabilities are key to achieving longdistance quantum communication. Here, we report a continuous-variable QSDC scheme based on mask-coding and orbital angular momentum, in which the mask-coding is employed to protect the security of the transmitting messages and to suppress the influence of excess noise. The combination of orbital angular momentum and information block transmission effectively improves the secrecy capacity. In the 800 information blocks ×1310 bits length 10-km experiment, the results show a statistical average bit error rate of 0.38%, a system excess noise value of 0.0184 SNU, and a final secrecy capacity of 6.319×10~6 bps. Therefore, this scheme reduces error bits while increasing secrecy capacity, providing a solution for long-distance large-scale quantum communication, which is capable of transmitting text, images and other information of reasonable size.展开更多
By applying the wavefront coding technique to an optical system, the depth of focus can be greatly increased. Several complicated methods, such as Fisher Information based method, have already been taken to optimize f...By applying the wavefront coding technique to an optical system, the depth of focus can be greatly increased. Several complicated methods, such as Fisher Information based method, have already been taken to optimize for the best pupil phase mask in ideal condition. Here one simple point spread function (PSF) based method with only the standard deviation method used to evaluate the PSF stability over the depth of focus is taken to optimize for the best coefficients of pupil phase mask in practical optical systems. Results of imaging simulations for optical systems with and without pupil phase mask are presented, and the sharpness of image is calculated for comparison. The optimized results showed better and much more stable imaging quality over the original system without changing the position of the image plane.展开更多
This paper proposes a simple method to achieve the optical transfer function of a circular pupil wavefront coding system with a separable phase mask in Cartesian coordinates. Based on the stationary phase method, the ...This paper proposes a simple method to achieve the optical transfer function of a circular pupil wavefront coding system with a separable phase mask in Cartesian coordinates. Based on the stationary phase method, the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system can be easily obtained from the optical transfer function of the rectangular pupil system by modifying the cut-off frequency and the on-axial modulation transfer function. Finally, a system with a cubic phase mask is used as an example to illustrate the way to achieve the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system from the rectangular pupil system.展开更多
The point spread function(PSF)caused by a wavefront coding system with a cubic phase mask has big side-lobes which leads to bad image restoration.This paper proposes a novel apodized cubic phase mask to suppress the s...The point spread function(PSF)caused by a wavefront coding system with a cubic phase mask has big side-lobes which leads to bad image restoration.This paper proposes a novel apodized cubic phase mask to suppress the side-lobes of the PSF.Simulated annealing algorithm is used to optimize the cubic and the truncation parameter of the phase mask.The system with the novel phase mask has better performance in the modulation transfer function(MTF)especially in low-and-medium spatial frequency region.The simulation results show that the restored images with the novel phase mask are superior to the one with the classic cubic phase mask in contrast and ringing effect.The experimental results show that the side-lobes of the PSF are suppressed by using the apodized cubic phase mask.展开更多
Notwithstanding the end of 2009 H1N1 pandemic,the threat for its revisit still persists and WHO has warned to remain vigilant.During that lime the situation was more panicky than fatal.In this article,a suggestion to ...Notwithstanding the end of 2009 H1N1 pandemic,the threat for its revisit still persists and WHO has warned to remain vigilant.During that lime the situation was more panicky than fatal.In this article,a suggestion to minimize the panic is provided by the usage of colour-coded masks and is proposed hereby as a "population segregation" approach in case of the revisit of HlNl or similar threatening respiratory viral infections.展开更多
We develop a new procedure to improve the angular resolution of coded-mask telescopes by the Direct Demodulation Method （DDM）. DDM has been applied to both real and simulated data of INTEGRAL/IBIS. The angular resol...We develop a new procedure to improve the angular resolution of coded-mask telescopes by the Direct Demodulation Method （DDM）. DDM has been applied to both real and simulated data of INTEGRAL/IBIS. The angular resolution of IBIS/ISGRI has been improved from about 13＇ to 2＇.展开更多
In order to solve high encoding complexities of irregular low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes, a deterministic construction of irregular LDPC codes with low encoding complexities is proposed. The encoding algorith...In order to solve high encoding complexities of irregular low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes, a deterministic construction of irregular LDPC codes with low encoding complexities is proposed. The encoding algorithms are designed, whose complexities are linear equations of code length. The construction and encoding algorithms are derived from the effectively encoding characteristics of repeat-accumulate （RA） codes and masking technique. First, the new construction modifies parity-check matrices of RA codes to eliminate error floors of RA codes. Second, the new constructed parity-check matrices are based on Vandermonde matrices; this deterministic algebraic structure is easy for hardware implementation. Theoretic analysis and experimental results show that, at a bit-error rate of 10 × 10^-4, the new codes with lower encoding complexities outperform Mackay＇s random LDPC codes by 0.4-0.6 dB over an additive white Gauss noise （AWGN） channel.展开更多
Coded aperture imaging(CAI)is widely used as an energetic-particles telescope in high-energy astrophysics.A typical CAI system consists of a coded mask(CM),a position-sensitive detector,and reconstruction algorithms t...Coded aperture imaging(CAI)is widely used as an energetic-particles telescope in high-energy astrophysics.A typical CAI system consists of a coded mask(CM),a position-sensitive detector,and reconstruction algorithms that recover the source distributions from the measured projections.The imaging performance of CAI largely depends on the CM design,which governs the field-of-view(FOV),spatial resolution,sensitivity,and signalto-noise ratio(SNR).展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62071381 and 62301430)Shaanxi Fundamental Science Research Project for Mathematics and Physics (Grant No. 23JSY014)+1 种基金Scientific Research Plan Project of Shaanxi Education Department (Natural Science Special Project (Grant No. 23JK0680)Young Talent Fund of Xi’an Association for Science and Technology (Grant No. 959202313011)。
文摘Quantum secure direct communication(QSDC) is a communication method based on quantum mechanics and it is used to transmit secret messages. Unlike quantum key distribution, secret messages can be transmitted directly on a quantum channel with QSDC. Higher channel capacity and noise suppression capabilities are key to achieving longdistance quantum communication. Here, we report a continuous-variable QSDC scheme based on mask-coding and orbital angular momentum, in which the mask-coding is employed to protect the security of the transmitting messages and to suppress the influence of excess noise. The combination of orbital angular momentum and information block transmission effectively improves the secrecy capacity. In the 800 information blocks ×1310 bits length 10-km experiment, the results show a statistical average bit error rate of 0.38%, a system excess noise value of 0.0184 SNU, and a final secrecy capacity of 6.319×10~6 bps. Therefore, this scheme reduces error bits while increasing secrecy capacity, providing a solution for long-distance large-scale quantum communication, which is capable of transmitting text, images and other information of reasonable size.
文摘By applying the wavefront coding technique to an optical system, the depth of focus can be greatly increased. Several complicated methods, such as Fisher Information based method, have already been taken to optimize for the best pupil phase mask in ideal condition. Here one simple point spread function (PSF) based method with only the standard deviation method used to evaluate the PSF stability over the depth of focus is taken to optimize for the best coefficients of pupil phase mask in practical optical systems. Results of imaging simulations for optical systems with and without pupil phase mask are presented, and the sharpness of image is calculated for comparison. The optimized results showed better and much more stable imaging quality over the original system without changing the position of the image plane.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China (Grant No. Y1110455)the Scientific Research Fund of Educational Department of Zhejiang Province,China (Grant No. Y200909691)the Science Foundation of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (Grant No. 0913849-Y)
文摘This paper proposes a simple method to achieve the optical transfer function of a circular pupil wavefront coding system with a separable phase mask in Cartesian coordinates. Based on the stationary phase method, the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system can be easily obtained from the optical transfer function of the rectangular pupil system by modifying the cut-off frequency and the on-axial modulation transfer function. Finally, a system with a cubic phase mask is used as an example to illustrate the way to achieve the optical transfer function of the circular pupil system from the rectangular pupil system.
文摘The point spread function(PSF)caused by a wavefront coding system with a cubic phase mask has big side-lobes which leads to bad image restoration.This paper proposes a novel apodized cubic phase mask to suppress the side-lobes of the PSF.Simulated annealing algorithm is used to optimize the cubic and the truncation parameter of the phase mask.The system with the novel phase mask has better performance in the modulation transfer function(MTF)especially in low-and-medium spatial frequency region.The simulation results show that the restored images with the novel phase mask are superior to the one with the classic cubic phase mask in contrast and ringing effect.The experimental results show that the side-lobes of the PSF are suppressed by using the apodized cubic phase mask.
文摘Notwithstanding the end of 2009 H1N1 pandemic,the threat for its revisit still persists and WHO has warned to remain vigilant.During that lime the situation was more panicky than fatal.In this article,a suggestion to minimize the panic is provided by the usage of colour-coded masks and is proposed hereby as a "population segregation" approach in case of the revisit of HlNl or similar threatening respiratory viral infections.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (10603004).
文摘We develop a new procedure to improve the angular resolution of coded-mask telescopes by the Direct Demodulation Method （DDM）. DDM has been applied to both real and simulated data of INTEGRAL/IBIS. The angular resolution of IBIS/ISGRI has been improved from about 13＇ to 2＇.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60496315, 60572050)
文摘In order to solve high encoding complexities of irregular low-density parity-check （LDPC） codes, a deterministic construction of irregular LDPC codes with low encoding complexities is proposed. The encoding algorithms are designed, whose complexities are linear equations of code length. The construction and encoding algorithms are derived from the effectively encoding characteristics of repeat-accumulate （RA） codes and masking technique. First, the new construction modifies parity-check matrices of RA codes to eliminate error floors of RA codes. Second, the new constructed parity-check matrices are based on Vandermonde matrices; this deterministic algebraic structure is easy for hardware implementation. Theoretic analysis and experimental results show that, at a bit-error rate of 10 × 10^-4, the new codes with lower encoding complexities outperform Mackay＇s random LDPC codes by 0.4-0.6 dB over an additive white Gauss noise （AWGN） channel.
文摘Coded aperture imaging(CAI)is widely used as an energetic-particles telescope in high-energy astrophysics.A typical CAI system consists of a coded mask(CM),a position-sensitive detector,and reconstruction algorithms that recover the source distributions from the measured projections.The imaging performance of CAI largely depends on the CM design,which governs the field-of-view(FOV),spatial resolution,sensitivity,and signalto-noise ratio(SNR).
