Theory of optical parametric oscillation internal to the laser cavity.
Optical frequency parametric oscillation with nonlinear crystal inside pumping laser cavity, deriving oscillator equations of motion
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Optical frequency parametric oscillation with nonlinear crystal inside pumping laser cavity, deriving oscillator equations of motion
Microelectronic oscillator uses a bipolar transistor to circumvent the problem of developing suitable inductors for lower frequencies. The oscillator is fabricated by hybrid thin film techniques or by monolithic construction. Discrete microminiature components may also be employed.
Outputs of oscillators are synchronized by summing the power transformer phase voltages, the summed voltages are applied to the frequency determining inductors of the individual voltage-controlled power oscillators. The beat frequency is eliminated when synchronization is achieved.
Bias circuit LF oscillations in short Gunn devices, analyzing sinusoidal and relaxation oscillations and stable bias in terms of terminal I-V characteristics
Tracking oscillator consists of modified phase-lock loop which controls voltage-controlled oscillator capable of automatic lock-on and track of periodic input waveform over frequency ratio 500-1. It is used in telemetry and communications systems where large signal fluctuations are encountered.
Kinetic theory of longitudinal ionic oscillations pertaining to LF plasma oscillations monitored in Ariel 1 satellite wake due to ions trapped in potential trough
Oscillator generates symmetrical triangular waveform when inverting and noninverting inputs are equal. Oscillator portion of circuit has integrated circuit, high-performance operational amplifier wired as differential integrator, and two silicon controlled rectifiers.
Two or more tandem amplifier stages, one of which is tuned, added to a circuit permit tuning an oscillator over frequency range of six decades. Oscillator operates in distributed mode for increased frequency stability. Within practical limitations, stability increases by increasing number of tuned stages.
Using a new technique of directly measuring the intensity variation from the 16mm time-lapse filtergram movies taken in the blue wing and in the line center of H-alpha, periodic intensity oscillations were found in the center of H-alpha supergranulation network, in rosette centers, and in plage granules. The oscillatory period of intensity in the network is of the order of 170 + or - 44 seconds while in regions of stronger magnetic field, such as in plages and in rosettes, the period was found to be longer, on the order of 300 + or - 50 seconds. It is suggested that observed intensity oscillation in the rosette center is related to the shooting out of dark mottles from rosettes. Oscillatory intensity fluctuations were also observed in the sunspot umbra.
Several aspects of the oscillating wedge are investigated to evaluate both the resulting trends for the wedge and methods of analyzing unsteady flows. An existing hypersonic small disturbance theory for an oscillating thin wedge is extended and applied. A perturbation method involving linearization about the known flow is then derived and discussed. Subsequently, a finite difference technique for calculating the complete unsteady flow field of the wedge in motion is presented and discussed in conjunction with some calculated quasi-static nonlinear trends.
Banding observed in unidirectional solidification of eutectic alloys is shown to be due to melting back of the freezing interface because of oscillations in the temperature of the furnace. General theoretical criteria as to the amplitude and frequency of the permissible temperature oscillations are given to ensure that banding will not occur.
The history and progress of physical interpretations of physiological control, viewing life as a biochemical oscillator, are surveyed. Special attention is given to the author's studies (1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969) and to studies of Katchalsky (1969) who demonstrated a 1,000-A scale which may provide a basis for a biochemical oscillator.
The stationary response of a lightly damped nonlinear oscillator subjected to wideband random excitation can be examined as an example of thermal equilibrium. It may be assumed that the response consists of a series of free-vibration cycles with small random fluctuations in phase and amplitude. Certain statistical properties of the response can be estimated by averaging corresponding properties of the free vibration with respect to cycle amplitude distributions. Such heuristic procedures for determining the expected frequency and the autocorrelation function of the stationary response are outlined. Some additional results concerning first-passage problems for nonlinear oscillators are included.
Determination of Fe I oscillator strengths by the hook method on shock-heated gases. Within the given errors these values agree with oscillator strengths obtained by other methods, including wall-stabilized arc and shock-tube emission, the beam-foil technique, and delayed-coincidence measurements, except that the data reported in the present article tend to be somewhat higher. If it is assumed that no change occurs in atmospheric models, the authors' f-value scale would suggest a solar abundance at the lower limit of the recently published values - namely, log (A sub Fe/A sub H) + 12 = 7.4. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of the hook method for quantitative spectroscopy on shock-heated gases and points up its usefulness for gas diagnostics on optically thick lines.
Evaluation of data from the 14.5- and 30-kHz plasma-wave detector channels aboard Ogo 5 for the period Dec. 2, 1968, to Apr. 8, 1969, demonstrating the relatively isotropic occurrence of electron plasma oscillations upstream from the bow shock. These plasma oscillations were shown previously to correlate with streams of electrons having energy greater than 700 eV. The present study implies the presence of such streams, most probably electrons reflected by the bow shock, irrespective of spacecraft longitude in the upstream solar wind.
The detection and significance of 300-second oscillations in extreme-ultraviolet lines formed in the solar transition region are discussed. Detection was accomplished with the Goddard extreme-ultraviolet spectroheliograph and the Wolter type II grazing-incidence telescope. The Cooley-Tukey algorithm was used to compute the required Fourier transform of the discrete data. Presence of significant power in the observed lines around 262 sec seems to be the first observational evidence that periodic waves in this frequency range persist at heights where local kinetic temperatures are close to one million degrees K. The observed horizontal extent of the wave fronts appears to be much greater than the extent of coherent oscillating elements at chromospheric heights. Several implications are stated for the problem of heating of the transition region and low corona.
Using a new technique of directly measuring the intensity variation from the 16 mm time-lapse filtergram movies taken in the blue wing and in the line center of H-alpha, we found periodic intensity oscillations in the center of H-alpha supergranulation network, in rosette centers and in plage granules. The oscillatory period of intensity in the network is of the order of 170 plus or minus 44 seconds while in regions of stronger magnetic field, such as in plages and in rosettes, the period was found to be longer, on the order of 300 plus or minus 50 seconds. It is suggested that observed intensity oscillation in the rosette center is related to the shooting out of dark mottles from rosettes. Oscillatory intensity fluctuations have been also observed in the sunspot umbra.
The main characteristics of free oscillations of the sun are described, and the sources and sinks of energy are estimated. Adiabatic oscillations and damping are considered. It is shown how a large solar flare can exert a significant mechanical impulse on the sun by causing a wave of compression to move subsonically into the interior. The solar interior does not easily dissipate low-amplitude acoustical energy, and therefore a relatively large fraction of the energy should remain available to go into the normal modes. An estimate is made of how this energy might be distributed among the more interesting modes.