Antenna methods

The following examples are partially coordinated complexes where the ligand does not contain an antenna (method B, Scheme 5) [130-132], In the first ex-... 

Numerical electroms etic code Various antenna software that compute the parameters of an antenna method of moments formulation. NEC, MININEC, and ELNEC are names of some of the popular codes for modeling antennas. 

In Section 22-5 we determined the attenuation of the fundamental mode on a weakly guiding, step-profile fiber due to radiation from a sinusoidal perturbation of the interface, using free-space antenna methods and correction factors. Here we consider the situation when the radiation field is well approximated by a single leaky mode, which can be realized by having an on-axis sinusoidal nonuniformity of the form of Eq. (22-14). The azimuthal symmetry ensures that only HEi leaky modes are excited. Further, the direction of radiation should coincide with the direction of the leaky-mode radiation [23]. If we represent the nonuniformity and the incident fundamental-mode fields by the induced current method, as in Section 22-5, the direction condition is satisfied by setting C = in Eq. (24-43), whence... 

Equivalence with antenna methods and the correction factor... 

In this first set of examples, we determine radiation from sources in free space , using the free-space radiation modes, and compare the results with the antenna methods of Chapter 21. 

The described approach is suitable for the reconstruction of complicated dielectric profiles of high contrast and demonstrates good stability with respect to the noise in the input data. However, the convergence and the stability of the solution deteriorate if the low-frequency information is lacking. Thus, the method needs to be modified before using in praetiee with real microwave and millimeter wave sourees and antennas, whieh are usually essentially band-limited elements. 

T.J. Cui and C.H. Liang, Reconstruction of the permittivity profile of an inhomogeneous medium using an equivalent network method, 1993, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., 41, pp. 1719-1726. 

T. Uno and S. Adachi, Inverse scattering method for one-dimensional inhomogeneous layered media, 1987, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., 35, pp. 1456-1466. 

The modern Russian MIA flaw detectors use pulse version of the method [1-3], which peirnits to produce very portable (0.7 - 1.5 kg) and simple instruments, convenient especially for in-service testing. The objects to be tested are multilayer structures of reinforced plastics, metals and other materials honeycomb panels, antenna fairings, propellers, helicopter rotors and so on. In mentioned instruments amplitude-frequency analog signal processing is used. 

Petushkov, V. N., Gibson, B. G., Visser, A. J. W. G., and Lee, J. (2000). Purification and ligand exchange protocols for antenna proteins from bioluminescent bacteria. Method. Enzymol. 305 164-180. 

The identification of xanthophylls in vivo is a complex task and should be approached gradually with the increasing complexity of the sample. In the case of the antenna xanthophylls, the simplest sample is the isolated LHCII complex. Even here four xanthophylls are present, each having at least three major absorption transitions, 0-0, 0-1, and 0-2 (Figure 7.4). Heterogeneity in the xanthophyll environment and overlap with the chlorophyll absorption add additional complexity to the identification task. No single spectroscopic method seems suitable to resolve the overlapping spectra. However, the combination of two spectroscopic techniques, low-temperature absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopy, has proved to be fruitful (Ruban et al., 2001 Robert et al., 2004). 

The analysis of carotenoid identity, conformation, and binding in vivo should allow further progress to be made in understanding of the functions of these pigments in the photosynthetic machinery. One of the obvious steps toward improvement could be the use of continuously tuneable laser systems in order to obtain more detailed resonance Raman excitation profiles (Sashima et al 2000). This technique will be suitable for the investigation of in vivo systems with more complex carotenoid composition. In addition, this method may be applied for the determination of the energy of forbidden Sj or 2 Ag transition. This is an important parameter, since it allows an assessment of the energy transfer relationship between the carotenoids and chlorophylls within the antenna complex. 

By means of intracellular recording and staining methods, we have examined the responses of AL neurons to stimulation of the ipsilateral antenna with each of the sex pheromone components as well as partial and complete blends (75). In accordance with results of behavioral and sensory-receptor studies, components A and B are the most effective and potent sex pheromone components for eliciting physiological responses in the male-specific AL neurons. On the basis of these responses, we classified the neurons into two broad categories pheromone generalists and pheromone specialists (76). Pheromone generalists are neurons that respond similarly to stimulation of either the component A input channel or the component B input channel and do not respond differently when the complete, natural pheromone blend is presented to the antenna. In contrast, pheromone specialists are neurons that can discriminate between antennal stimulation with component A and stimulation with component B. There are several types of pheromone specialists. Some... 

In some flea beetles, Phyllotreta and Aphthona spp., species specific, male produced blends of himachalene derivatives like 201,202, and 203 were identified. Structure elucidation was carefully carried out on the basis of spectroscopic methods, micro reactions, and independent syntheses [370,371]. Compounds 201,202,203 are perceived by both male and female antennae, as would be expected for an aggregation pheromone. Investigations on the behaviour mediating capacity of the compounds are ongoing. 

Nosich, A.I., 1999, The Method of Analytical Regularization in wave-scattering and eigenvalue problems foundations and review of solutions, IEEE Antennas Propagat Afag. 41 34-49(1999). 

For protein and DNA studies several methods of locating the lanthanide probe onto the chain have been employed. In one example the antenna fluorophore is covalently attached to one leg of the chelate of europium or terbium, which is further attached to the specific site through thiol reactive, e.g. maleimide, or amine reactive, e.g. A-hydroxysuccinimide, groups. A typical example is shown in (3.77). ... 

One way of linearizing the problem is to use the method of least squares in an iterative linear differential correction technique (McCalla, 1967). This approach has been used by Taylor et al. (1980) to solve the problem of modeling two-dimensional electrophoresis gel separations of protein mixtures. One may also treat the components—in the present case spectral lines—one at a time, approximating each by a linear least-squares fit. Once fitted, a component may be subtracted from the data, the next component fitted, and so forth. To refine the overall fit, individual components may be added separately back to the data, refitted, and again removed. This approach is the basis of the CLEAN algorithm that is employed to remove antenna-pattern sidelobes in radio-astronomy imagery (Hogbom, 1974) and is also the basis of a method that may be used to deal with other two-dimensional problems (Lutin et al., 1978 Jansson et al, 1983). 

The low absorption cross-sections of the trivalent ions means that an indirect method of populating the metal excited states is required to generate a significant emission. Such a mechanism is the Antenna Effect. 

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