Nonlinear energy converter

Fig. 12. Dependence of efficiency of a nonlinear energy converter on the input force. Plot of equations (18),(19), and (24) as a function of XHIX0 for various values of X0 e(0,50)R7 units. Normalized by b = c (l + y) and -y = 1. For further details see text.

This different behavior of the two converters has two consequences which are of an immediate biological interest. As depicted in Fig. 13 the nonlinear energy converter can only maintain very small output forces ( 1 kcal/mole) at optimal efficiency at the physiological values of the input force. These small output forces, which are near equilibrium, could hardly ever be sufficient for the onset and maintenance of dissipative structures in the living cell.3 In contrast, the linear energy converter can easily maintain high output forces at optimal efficiency. 

An even more dramatic effect is observed when comparing the efficiencies of the nonlinear and the linear energy converter. As shown in Fig. 14 the separatrix i nlh = 1, which delimits the regions where the nonlinear and the linear energy converter are more efficient, declines... 

Fig. 13.7. Graphical representation of the influence of the internal resistance of an electrochemical energy converter on the cell potential when mass-transfer polarization is negligible. The early nonlinear part of the curve represents the effect of the activation overpotential on the cell potential before ohmic polarization has become important.

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When extremely high resolution is not required, an attractive alternative is found in OPOs. An OPO is based on a nonlinear crystal that converts an input photon into two output photons whose energies add up to the... 

Fig.l. Schematic representation of three common nonlinear processes that convert low-energy photon pump sources into higher-energy output SHG = Second Harmonic Generation, STPA = Simultaneous Two-Photon Absorption, UC = Upconversion. Adapted from [17]... 

The non-SI unit cm 1 (1 im 1 = 104cm J) is mostly used in IR, Raman and microwave spectroscopy. In this text, absorption spectra are shown on a wavenumber scale A(v), v = vjc = 1/2, [v] = im, mnning from right to left, so that the wavelengths, shown on top of the diagrams on a nonlinear scale, still increase to the right as is more customary to the chemist. To convert to a molecular energy scale we use the relation E = N. hc v to obtain the practical Equation 3.1. 

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