A novel route to achieve two dimensional (2D) carrier confinement in a wedge shaped wall structure made of a polar semiconductor has been demonstrated theoretically. Tapering of the wall along the direction of the spontaneous polarization leads to the development of charges of equal polarity on the two inclined facades of the wall. Polarization induced negative (positive) charges on the facades...

This paper investigates the impact of the polarization on the link probability of transmission and the throughput in the context of the cellular network architectures. A channel link model is proposed in the specific case of dual-polarized, Rayleigh-faded communication links. The pernode throughput is analyzed and the gain achieved by using two distinct polarization modes is discussed. It appea...

In the United States, the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Doppler weather radar network will be upgraded with a dual polarization capability (Istok et al., 2009) beginning in late 2010. This will allow for type characterization of bulk scatterers (hydrometeor classification) in addition to the standard radar moments. Knowing which scatterers dominate a radar return offers physical insight into underlying atmo...

We propose and demonstrate a tunable and switchable dual-wavelength ultra-fast Tm-doped fiber laser. The tunability is based on nonlinear polarization evolution (NPE) technique in a passively mode-locked laser cavity. The NPE effect induces wavelength-dependent loss in the cavity to effectively alleviate mode competition and enables the multiwavelength mode locking. The laser exhibits tunable d...

This paper considers the impact of dual polarization adoption on the performance for a fixed wireless access (FWA) network. The major limiting factor of the performance in these systems is co-channel interference (CCI) originating from intracell and intercell concurrent transmissions. The proposed framework combines an appropriate time domain radio resource allocation technique with a dual pola...

Objective(s): For cancer cells, an efficient and selective drug delivery vehicle can remarkably improve therapeutic approaches. This paper focuses on the synthesis and characterization of magnetic MnFe2O4 NPs and their incorporation in a dual temperature and pH-responsive polymer, which can serve as an efficient drug carrier. Materials and Methods: MnFe2O4 NPs were synthesized by chemical co-pr...

Dual-polarization radar observations of precipitation depend on size–shape relations of raindrops. There are several studies presented in literature dedicated to the investigation of this relation. In this work a new approach of investigating raindrop size–shape relation on short time and spatial scales from radar observations is presented. The presented method is based on the use of dual-polar...

We demonstrate that dual-channel spectral interferometry in conjunction with a well-characterized reference pulse can be used to time resolve the polarization state of extremely weak ultrashort coherent signals from linear-and nonlinear-optical experiments by measuring the intensity and the phase of two orthogonal polarization components. In this way the signal is completely characterized.

The authors describe a dual-mirror 90(∘) twisted periscope arrangement for transporting polarized light in air, wherein a general elliptic polarization state of the light is preserved at all wavelengths. It is experimentally demonstrated that in the wavelength range 400-1000 nm, this arrangement preserves the polarization state fairly well when using either metallic or dielectric mirrors.