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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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4 July 2020

We aim at verifying whether the use of high-resolution coherency functionals could improve the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of Ground-Penetrating Radar data by introducing a variable and precisely picked velocity field in the migration process. After...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,326 Views
21 Pages

9 September 2024

The synchronization and intensity of fluctuating wind speeds and wave surfaces in wind–wave joint propagation processes are affected by the coherence of the marine ambient factors of fluctuating wind and random waves. This coherence further aff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,032 Views
12 Pages

22 December 2020

In this paper, we explore the use of aggregation functions in the construction of coherent upper previsions. Sub-additivity is one of the defining properties of a coherent upper prevision defined on a linear space of random variables and thus we intr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,373 Views
15 Pages

31 August 2022

Adaptive noise cancellation is a useful linear technique to attenuate unwanted background noise that cannot be removed using traditional frequency-selective filters. Usually, this is due to the signal and noise co-existing in the same frequency band....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,128 Views
16 Pages

Detection and parameter estimation of maneuvering targets having a jerking motion are some of the challenging problems for modern radar systems. Such targets usually introduce range migration (RM) and Doppler frequency migration (DFM) problems leadin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,351 Views
16 Pages

25 September 2019

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can obtain high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) structural images of biological tissues, and spectroscopic OCT, which is one of the functional extensions of OCT, can also quantify chromophores of tissues. Due to i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,933 Views
13 Pages

Functional Optical Coherence Tomography of Rat Cortical Neurovascular Activation during Monopulse Electrical Stimulation with the Microelectrode Array

  • Lin Yao,
  • Jin Huang,
  • Taixiang Liu,
  • Han Gu,
  • Changpeng Li,
  • Ke Yang,
  • Hongwei Yan,
  • Lin Huang,
  • Xiaodong Jiang and
  • Qihua Zhu
  • + 1 author

This paper presents a study to evoke rat cortical functional activities, including hemodynamic and neural tissue signal changes, by monopulse electrical stimulation with a microelectrode array using functional optical coherence tomography (fOCT). Bas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,991 Views
17 Pages

20 March 2023

Forest height and vertical structure profile functions can be estimated using polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PolInSAR) data based on the random volume over ground (RVoG) model and polarization coherence tomography (PCT) theory...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,771 Views
12 Pages

27 September 2019

In this paper, a full depth 2D CS-SDOCT approach is proposed, which combines two-dimensional (2D) compressive sensing spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (CS-SDOCT) and dispersion encoding (ED) technologies, and its applications in structura...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,892 Views
12 Pages

By using the two-frequency coherence function model of a beam in a turbulent medium and the localized wave theory of the polychromatic beam, we develop the spectrum average mutual coherence function of the localized wave of Bessel–Gaussian ampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,709 Views
10 Pages

12 August 2022

An integral representation is found for hypergeometric coherent states. It contains a generalized hypergeometric function. An asymptotic expansion of hypergeometric coherent states near z=1 is constructed. This expansion is used to find asymptotic ei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,874 Views
14 Pages

Generation and Propagation of a Hermite-Gaussian Correlated Schell-Model LG0l Beam

  • Xiaofeng Peng,
  • Xingyuan Lu,
  • Xianlong Liu,
  • Chenliang Zhao,
  • Rong Lin,
  • Lin Liu and
  • Yangjian Cai

12 February 2019

A partially coherent beam under the combined action of a Hermite-Gaussian correlated function and vortex phase, named the HGCSMLG0l beam has been explored both theoretically and experimentally. The statistical properties, such as the intensity and di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,195 Views
11 Pages

22 June 2016

Using a thermal gas, we model the signal of a trapped interferometer. This interferometer uses two short laser pulses, separated by time T, which act as a phase grating for the matter waves. Near time 2 T , there is an echo in the cloud’s dens...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,017 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2025

We introduce a novel class of coherent states, termed Wα,β,ν-coherent states, constructed using a deformed boson algebra based on the generalised factorial [n]α,β,ν!. This algebra extends conventional factorials, incorpora...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,577 Views
10 Pages

Investigating Quantum Coherence by Negative Excursions of the Wigner Quasi-Distribution

  • Mauro Ballicchia,
  • David K. Ferry,
  • Mihail Nedjalkov and
  • Josef Weinbub

30 March 2019

Quantum information and quantum communication are both strongly based on concepts of quantum superposition and entanglement. Entanglement allows distinct bodies, that share a common origin or that have interacted in the past, to continue to be descri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,018 Views
16 Pages

21 January 2025

In this paper, we describe the study of one- and three-dimension pion and kaon source functions for chaotic and partially coherent sources in Pb-Pb central collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV using the AMPT model. The characteristic source function quantities...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,995 Views
15 Pages

30 July 2020

To deal with the problem of reliability degradation of radar emitter identification (REID) based on the traditional five parameters in a complex electromagnetic environment, a new feature extraction method based on the autocorrelation function of coh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,815 Views
15 Pages

12 August 2021

Using directed transfer function (DTF) and partial directed coherence (PDC) in the information version, this paper extends the theoretical framework to incorporate the instantaneous Granger causality (iGC) frequency domain description into a single u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,765 Views
20 Pages

Evaluating Extensions to Coherent Mortality Forecasting Models

  • Syazreen Shair,
  • Sachi Purcal and
  • Nick Parr

10 March 2017

Coherent models were developed recently to forecast the mortality of two or more sub-populations simultaneously and to ensure long-term non-divergent mortality forecasts of sub-populations. This paper evaluates the forecast accuracy of two recently-p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,855 Views
14 Pages

Molecular Heat Engines: Quantum Coherence Effects

  • Feng Chen,
  • Yi Gao and
  • Michael Galperin

4 September 2017

Recent developments in nanoscale experimental techniques made it possible to utilize single molecule junctions as devices for electronics and energy transfer with quantum coherence playing an important role in their thermoelectric characteristics. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,170 Views
10 Pages

7 February 2019

An adjustable optical cage generated by focusing a partially coherent beam with nonconventional correlation function named the Bessel–Gaussian correlated Schell-model (BGCSM) beam is investigated in detail. With the help of the generalized Huyg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
820 Views
14 Pages

Paraxial Propagation of Scattered Light Based on the Chirp Z-Transform

  • Lujia Zhao,
  • Yu-Ang Liu,
  • Huiru Ji,
  • Haibo Wang,
  • Hao Tan,
  • Yan Mo and
  • Donglin Ma

27 February 2025

In the simulation of partially coherent light propagation within optical systems utilizing the Wigner function, the constraints imposed by the Fourier transform necessitate that the dimensions of the input and output matrices remain congruent. Conseq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,991 Views
10 Pages

Partially Coherent Flat-Topped Beam Generated by an Axicon

  • Minghui Zhang,
  • Xianlong Liu,
  • Lina Guo,
  • Lin Liu and
  • Yangjian Cai

11 April 2019

The intensity distribution of a partially coherent beam with a nonconventional correlation function, named the multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) beam, focused by an axicon was investigated in detail. Our numerical results showed that an optical need...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,741 Views
20 Pages

Three-Dimensional Transfer Functions of Interference Microscopes

  • Peter Lehmann,
  • Sebastian Hagemeier and
  • Tobias Pahl

9 November 2021

Three-dimensional transfer functions (3D TFs) are generally assumed to fully describe the transfer behavior of optical topography measuring instruments such as coherence scanning interferometers in the spatial frequency domain. Therefore, 3D TFs are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,473 Views
17 Pages

Transmuted Distortion Functions for Measuring Risks

  • Muna Alkasasbeh,
  • Carl Lee and
  • Felix Famoye

26 September 2024

This paper introduces a new family of distortion functions for measuring risks, developed using transmutation techniques. We identify the parameter spaces where the proposed distortions exhibit concavity. Considering that the choice of distortion par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,122 Views
17 Pages

26 January 2021

The prefrontal cortex and hippocampus function in tight coordination during multiple cognitive processes. During spatial navigation, prefrontal neurons are linked to hippocampal theta oscillations, presumably in order to enhance communication. Hippoc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,866 Views
18 Pages

26 January 2022

The existence of local soft interlayer can significantly amplify or attenuate the ground motion and thus might influence the lagged spatial coherency between spatially varying earthquake ground motions. A target site with a local soft interlayer was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,727 Views
13 Pages

An Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Measure as an Independent Estimate of Retinal Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa

  • Manuel Paez-Escamilla,
  • Michelle L. Alabek,
  • Oliver Beale,
  • Colin J. Prensky,
  • Raphael Lejoyeux,
  • Thomas R. Friberg,
  • Jose-Alain Sahel and
  • Boris Rosin

24 November 2023

Background: With the clinical advances in the field of gene therapy, the development of objective measures of visual function of patients with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) is of utmost importance. Here, we propose one such measure. Methods: W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,976 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2019

In this paper, phase coherence imaging is proposed to improve spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of near-surface defects in rails using cross-correlation of ultrasonic diffuse fields. The direct signals acquired by the phased array ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,216 Views
31 Pages

10 November 2023

Covariant integral quantization with rotational SO(3) symmetry is established for quantum motion on this group manifold. It can also be applied to Gabor signal analysis on this group. The corresponding phase space takes the form of a discrete-continu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,743 Views
14 Pages

10 August 2022

We study the time degradation of quantum information stored in a quantum memory device under a dissipative environment in a parameter range which is experimentally relevant. The quantum memory under consideration is comprised of an optomechanical sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,911 Views
24 Pages

Gelfand Triplets, Ladder Operators and Coherent States

  • Maria Blazquez,
  • Manuel Gadella and
  • Gerardo Jimenez-Trejo

6 November 2024

Inspired by a similar construction on Hermite functions, we construct two series of Gelfand triplets, each one spanned by Laguerre–Gauss functions with a fixed positive value of one parameter, considered as the fundamental one. We prove the con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,133 Views
11 Pages

This work was aimed to study the physiological cerebral aging from the analysis of functional electroencephalographic (EEG) connectivity between different cortical areas in two groups of healthy subjects between 50-65 years and between 66-80 years. W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,836 Views
14 Pages

A Motion Artifact Correction Procedure for fNIRS Signals Based on Wavelet Transform and Infrared Thermography Video Tracking

  • David Perpetuini,
  • Daniela Cardone,
  • Chiara Filippini,
  • Antonio Maria Chiarelli and
  • Arcangelo Merla

28 July 2021

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a neuroimaging technique that allows to monitor the functional hemoglobin oscillations related to cortical activity. One of the main issues related to fNIRS applications is the motion artefact removal,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,878 Views
13 Pages

Modulation of Functional Connectivity in Response to Mirror Visual Feedback in Stroke Survivors: An MEG Study

  • Ruei-Yi Tai,
  • Jun-Ding Zhu,
  • Chih-Chi Chen,
  • Yu-Wei Hsieh and
  • Chia-Hsiung Cheng

28 September 2021

Background. Several brain regions are activated in response to mirror visual feedback (MVF). However, less is known about how these brain areas and their connectivity are modulated in stroke patients. This study aimed to explore the effects of MVF on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,066 Views
21 Pages

15 December 2021

Three types of turbulence fields were investigated using a research method combining wind tunnel tests and theoretical analysis to further explore the spatial structure of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence, which was passively simulated by a wind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,148 Views
16 Pages

A Comparative Analysis of a Nonlinear Phase Space Evolution of SU(2) and SU(1,1) Coherent States

  • Rodrigo D. Aceves,
  • Miguel Baltazar,
  • Iván F. Valtierra and
  • Andrei B. Klimov

We carried out a comparative study of the phase space evolution of SU(2) and SU(1,1) coherent states generated by the same nonlinear two-mode Hamiltonian. We analyze the dynamics of the Wigner functions in the respective phase spaces and discuss the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,801 Views
22 Pages

An Efficient Ground Manoeuvring Target Refocusing Method Based on Principal Component Analysis and Motion Parameter Estimation

  • Dong Li,
  • Haining Ma,
  • Hongqing Liu,
  • Zhanye Chen,
  • Jia Su,
  • Xichuan Zhou,
  • Wei Li and
  • Zhijun Yang

24 January 2020

Refocusing ground manoeuvring targets with complex motions in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remains a challenging objective because of the large range of cell migration (RCM) and time-varying Doppler frequency modulation (DFM). By exploiting the geo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,741 Views
110 Pages

This review is devoted to the universal algebraic and geometric properties of the non-relativistic quantum current algebra symmetry and to their representations subject to applications in describing geometrical and analytical properties of quantum an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,208 Views
24 Pages

9 November 2021

Optical metrology is a key element for many areas of modern production. Preferably, measurements should take place within the production line (in-process) and keep pace with production speed, even if the parts have a complex geometry or are difficult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,124 Views
12 Pages

Probing the Boundary between Classical and Quantum Mechanics by Analyzing the Energy Dependence of Single-Electron Scattering Events at the Nanoscale

  • Christian Kisielowski,
  • Petra Specht,
  • Stig Helveg,
  • Fu-Rong Chen,
  • Bert Freitag,
  • Joerg Jinschek and
  • Dirk Van Dyck

The relation between the energy-dependent particle and wave descriptions of electron–matter interactions on the nanoscale was analyzed by measuring the delocalization of an evanescent field from energy-filtered amplitude images of sample/vacuum...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,666 Views
10 Pages

The resilience of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) usage against spoofing attacks can be increased by signal monitoring algorithms aiming to detect a spoofing signal at the acquisition stage of GNSS receiver signal processing. A common appro...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,990 Views
14 Pages

Early Retinal Changes by OCT Angiography and Multifocal Electroretinography in Diabetes

  • Luisa Frizziero,
  • Giulia Midena,
  • Evelyn Longhin,
  • Marianna Berton,
  • Tommaso Torresin,
  • Raffaele Parrozzani and
  • Elisabetta Pilotto

30 October 2020

Background: To evaluate the earliest retinal morphological and functional changes in diabetic eyes without or with early signs of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Methods: Twenty-two eyes with no DR (noDR group), 22 eyes with mild DR (DR group), and 18 hea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,092 Views
13 Pages

Brain Functional Connectivity in Middle-Aged Hong Chuan Tai Chi Players in Resting State

  • Weiqi Chen,
  • Xianliang Zhang,
  • Hui Xie,
  • Qiang He and
  • Zhenguo Shi

Tai Chi is an effective strategy for slowing cognitive decline, although the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We designed a cross-sectional study to examine brain functional connectivity in middle-aged Hong Chuan Tai Chi practitioners. Eighteen...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,723 Views
21 Pages

10 November 2023

In this paper, we present a new method to construct new classes of distortion functions. A distortion function maps the unit interval to the unit interval and has the characteristics of a cumulative distribution function. The method is based on the t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
170 Views
45 Pages

19 January 2026

This paper starts with the transition from classical physics to quantum mechanics which was greatly aided by the concept of phase space. The role of canonical transformations in quantum mechanics is addressed. The Wigner phase-space distribution func...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,318 Views
12 Pages

17 January 2022

Switched-mode power supplies (SMPSs) are an important component in many electrical systems. As a highly non-linear device, an unavoidable side-effect of SMPS operation is its high harmonics power. One of the ways to model the harmonic power consumpti...

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