Resonant vibrations have been stimulated in thin metal plates using a non-contacting electromagnetic driver. A sinusoidal force was applied in a swept frequency fashion and the resulting surface displacements were monitored through the use of an acoustic microphone. It has been found that the presence of a fatigue crack in the sample causes a broadening of the second resonance peak. The Q facto...

A theoretical study of super generation in photonic crystal fiber and its application to pulse compression is presented. The evolution of the spectrum can be divided into three stages: initial broadening below a certain threshold propagation distance, dramatic broadening to a supercontinuum at a threshold distance, and, finally, saturation of the spectral width on propagation. It is found that ...

The Q-branch lines of pure HD were measured at densities ranging from 1 to 7 Amagat at 304.6 K. Each profile was fitted to the well-known Rosenkranz expression to extract the size of the asymmetry due to line mixing as well as to the linewidth. Line mixing and broadening coefficients were obtained by fitting the asymmetries and widths to a straight line as a function of gas density. Apart from ...

Peak-shape problems represent the most common troubles in liquid chromatography. Distorted peaks are causes for integration problems, and very often for poor resolutions. Sample and standard solvent different from that of the eluent is one of the possible reasons for anomalous peak-shapes. The injection of a pulse of different viscosity from that of the mobile phase is the underlying cause of d...

Spin-charge separation in the one dimensional electron gas should give rise to two peaks in the single hole spectral function. However, unambiguous detection of these two peaks has proven difficult, since the combined effects of interactions, thermal broadening, and finite experimental resolution can suppress the spin peak. Nevertheless, a telltale kink in the dispersion remains, and the system...

The physics of strong-field applications requires driver laser pulses that are both energetic and extremely short. Whereas optical amplifiers, laser and parametric, boost the energy, their gain bandwidth restricts the attainable pulse duration, requiring additional nonlinear spectral broadening to enable few or even single cycle compression and a corresponding peak power increase. Here we demon...

The first peak of the RDF has been calculated for the dense random packed (DRP) and Ni3P structures with a gaussian broadening of the atomic positions. It is found that the position of the broadened first peak of the RDF of DRP is 2 % greater than the hard sphere diameter. The contributions of Ni-Ni and NI-P pairs to the first peak of the RDF of amorphous Ni-P are discussed by comparing this pe...

The infinite-U Anderson model is applied to transport through a quantum dot. The current and density of states are obtained via the non-crossing approximation for two spin-degenerate levels weakly coupled to two leads. At low temperatures, the Kondo peak in the equilibrium density of states strongly enhances the linear-response conductance. Application of a finite voltage bias reduces the condu...