Controllable atom-photon entanglement via quantum interference near plasmonic nanostructure

A five-level atomic system is proposed in vicinity of a two-dimensional (2D) plasmonic nanostructure with application in atom-photon entanglement. The behavior of the atom-photon entanglement is discussed with and without a control laser field. The amount of atom-photon entanglement is controlled by the quantum interference created by the plasmonic nanostructure. Thus, the degree of atom-photon entanglement is affected by the atomic distance from the plasmonic nanostructure. In the presence of a control field, maximum entanglement between the atom and its spontaneous emission field is observed.

Chemical Components and Biological Activities of Essential Oils of Mentha × piperita L. from Field-Grown and Field-Acclimated after In Vitro Propagation Plants

In this work, we studied in vitro propagation of three cultivars of Mentha × piperita L. Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) supplemented with 0.5 mg·L−1 BAP was the most optimal medium for micropropagation of the cultivars studied. The ability of peppermint plants field-acclimated after in vitro micropropagation to produce essential oils (EOs) was investigated. EO was obtained by hydrodistillation from dried leaves and flowering shoots from control (field grown) plants and plants acclimated in field conditions after in vitro propagation. The samples were collected at the first and second year of vegetation, and their chemical composition was investigated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Differences were observed in the yield, as well as in the quantitative and qualitative composition of the EOs extracted from the control plants and field-acclimated plants after in vitro propagation. Menthol was the main component of the EO in control plants, while pulegone and menthone were dominant in the EO pattern in field-acclimated in vitro regenerants in the first year of the growing season. However, in the second year of vegetation, the content of the main EO components in field-acclimated peppermint plants was approximately the same as in control plants. The antioxidant activity of EOs extracted from field-acclimated after in vitro micropropagation plants was found to be the same as in control field-grown M. × piperita plants.

Migration and Pollution Control of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Groundwater System of Eastern Jinan

The groundwater system is polluted by chlorinated hydrocarbon pollution in eastern Jinan, Shandong province, China, exceeding the limit of pollutants concentration in class Ⅲ of Groundwater Quality Standards (GQS, GB/T 14848-2017). In order to improve the current situation of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants in groundwater system of eastern Jinan, the optimization study of the pollution control is carried out. In this paper, the pollutant of carbon tetrachloride in groundwater system is taken as the main research object. By using GMS numerical simulation software to establish the solute transport model of carbon tetrachloride. The simulation results illuminate that with the passage of time, the concentration of carbon tetrachloride decreases, but the acreage of pollution plume in groundwater still has little change, and it is hard to reach the limit standard of 2.0μg/L in class Ⅲ of GQS within a short time. Sequentially, on the basis of simulation model, the optimization of pumping and injection wells is conducted in the pollution control field of research region. The results turn out that the layout of 8 pumping and 5 injection wells has the best control effect of carbon tetrachloride in groundwater system, the pollutant concentration reached the limit standard of 2.0μg/L in only 1187d, and the acreage of pollution plume in control field reduced from 21.80km2 to 12.21km2. In summary, through the optimal pollution control scheme of carbon tetrachloride, the time for pollutant concentration to reach 2.0μg/L has been reduced, and the acreage of pollution plume has been effectively controlled. This work further investigates the promoting effect of injection wells on hydraulic control of groundwater pollution, which can accelerate the circulation of the groundwater system and save the treatment time, providing a relatively practical way for the prevention and control of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants.

Heavy Metal Accumulation in Soil and Water in Pilot Scale Rice Field Treated with Sewage Sludge

Widespread use of chemical fertilizers in agricultural activities poses a high risk of multi-micro metal contamination in soils and potentially causes health issues through consumption of contaminated foods. Bio-organic fertilizers from sewage sludge have been regarded as a suitable substitute for chemical fertilizer for rice farming. In this study, we investigated accumulation of heavy metals (Cu and Zn) in soil, water and rice plant in three pilot-scale rice paddy fields treated with different fertilization schemes. The control field was treated with conventional chemical fertilizers while the soil of two treatment fields was mixed with biological sewage sludge obtained from a local wastewater treatment system in Vietnam at different ratios (1% and 3%). Initial results showed that heavy metals accumulated in the soil, water, and rice plant at varying levels and most of the Cu and Zn contents found in soils, water and rice products exceeded permissible Vietnamese standards (QCVN 03: 2008) and US EPA 503. Notably, the rice field whose soil was treated with sludge at 3% ratio showed a significantly lower accumulation of heavy metals in soil, water and in rice plant. However, treatment of sludge at this level seemed to cause higher heavy metal retention in soil after one harvest. Semi-quantitative risk analysis revealed that the risk of metal contamination in soil and water of the control field ranged from medium (RQ index between 0.1 and 1) to high risk (RQ index higher than 1) and that fertilization methods would also affect the level of risk to the environment.

Controllable Atom-Photon Entanglement Via Quantum Interference Near Plasmonic Nanostructure

A five-level atomic system is proposed in vicinity of a two-dimensional (2D) plasmonic nanostructure with application in atom-photon entanglement. The behavior of the atom-photon entanglement is discussed with and without a control laser field. The amount of atom-photon entanglement is controlled by the quantum interference created by the plasmonic nanostructure. Thus, the degree of atom-photon entanglement is affected by the atomic distance from the plasmonic nanostructure. In the presence of a control field, maximum entanglement between the atom and its spontaneous emission field is observed.

Flexible Control of Two-Channel Transmission and Group Delay in an Optomechanical System with Double Quantum Dots Driven by External Field

With the presence of a driving field applied to double quantum dots and a control field applied on the cavity, the transmission performance and group delay effect of a probe field have been theoretically studied in a hybrid optomechanical system (HOMS). Due to the interaction between the mechanical mode and the double quantum dots system, double optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) arises in the HOMS. With the assistance of a driving field, the system can be tuned to switch on any one of the two OMIT windows, switch on both of the two OMIT windows or switch off both of the two OMIT windows by dynamically adjusting control of the optical field and the driving field. Furthermore, the transmitted probe fields of the two OMIT windows can be tuned to be absorbed or amplified with proper parameters of the driving field and control field. Moreover, the transmission properties of the two OMIT windows are asymmetrical. One can obtain the maximum group delay time of the probe field by optimizing the amplitude and phase of the driving field. These results provide a new way for constructing optically controlled nanostructured photonic switch and storage devices.

Implementation of reduced induction machine fuzzy logic control based on dSPACE-1104 R&D controller board

In this paper, we present our contribution in Induction Machine control field. The control we designed is based on fuzzy logic theory, this choice is motivated by the fact that this technique of control is suitable for the control of systems characterized by its parameters uncertainties and variations. The proposed control is optimized by using a genetic algorithm for fuzzy logic controller (FLC) gains tuning and by a good choice of calculation techniques used in FLC. Three versions of IM fuzzy logic control were validated by simulation. After that in order to be able to experimentally implement this control on dSPACE-1104, we proposed an optimized and reduced structure of the control. The experimental results proof the effectiveness and the satisfied performance of the proposed IM fuzzy control.