1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462857903321

Autore

Malykin Grigorii B

Titolo

Ring interferometry / / Grigorii B. Malykin, Vera I. Pozdnyakove, translated by Alexei Zhurov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-68015-253-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics ; ; v.13

Altri autori (Persone)

PozdnyakovaVera I

ZhurovAlexei

Disciplina

535.47

Soggetti

Biosensors

Interferometry

Particles (Nuclear physics) - Diffraction

Polarization (Nuclear physics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of notations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fiber ring interferometry based on the Sagnac effect (literature review) -- 3 Development of the theory of linear interaction (random coupling) between polarization modes in single-mode optical fibers -- 4 Experimental study of random coupling between polarization modes in single-mode optical fibers -- 5 Fiber ring interferometers of minimum configuration -- 6 Fiber ring interferometers of nonstandard configuration -- 7 Geometric phases in optics. Application of the Poincaré sphere method for determining a zero shift in fiber ring interferometers -- 8 Time-dependent, nonlinear, and magnetic effects and methods for removing their influence on the zero shift in FRIs -- 9 Relativistic effects in optical and non-optical ring interferometers, Sagnac rotation sensors. Potentials of ring interferometers in determining new fundamental effects -- 10 Conclusion -- Index -- Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph is devoted to the creation of a comprehensive formalism for quantitative description of polarized modes' linear



interaction in modern single-mode optic fibers. The theory of random connections between polarized modes, developed in the monograph, allows calculations of the zero shift deviations for a fiber ring interferometer. The monograph addresses also the Sagnac effect and the Thomas precession. Devices such as gyroscopes, used in navigation and flight control, work based on this technology. Given the ever increasing market for navigation and air traffic, researchers and practitioners in research and industry need a fundamental and sound understanding of the principles. This work presents the underlying physical foundations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791451603321

Autore

New W. H (William Herbert), <1938->

Titolo

Borderlands : how we talk about Canada / / W. H. New

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-585-31853-0

1-283-13191-9

0-7748-5448-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 119 pages)

Collana

Brenda and David McLean Canadian studies series

Disciplina

971

Soggetti

Boundaries - Social aspects - Canada

Canada Boundaries United States

United States Boundaries Canada

Canada Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references(p.  114-119).

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Giddy Limits: Canadian Studies and Other Metaphors -- The Edge of Everything: Canadian Culture and the Border Field -- The Centre of Somewhere Else: The Pig War and English 91 -- Notes -- Works Cited

Sommario/riassunto

Under the general title of Borderlands, the three related essays in this monograph address the rhetoric of border/boundary in Canadian



studies and its social, political, and cultural implications, the character of cultural responses to Canada-US border tensions, and two specific examples of how border transgressions continue to affect current Washington State and British Columbia cultural expression. A number of motifs appear throughout these essays, including the politics of separation, the persistence of racist discourse in North America (and of attempts to counter it), the role of education in informing public debate, the existence of communally-held social values in Canada, the necessity of the arts, the power of language, and the relation between social choice and indeterminacy. The first essay, 'Giddy Limits,' ranges the most widely, drawing on examples from history and literature, geography and popular culture. It elucidates the politics of various recurrent rhetorical strategies in Canadian cultural commentary. The second essay, 'The Edge of Everything,' pursues a series of specific applications of 'border rhetoric' (including irony, national policies, and oppositional strategies) to Canada-US relations. The third essay, 'The Centre of Somewhere Else,' looks in part at the rhetoric of two contemporary writers (Seattle's David Guterson and Victoria's Jack Hodgins) in relation to the 1859 Pig War and to curricular reform. This final essay demonstrates further how the large issues raised in the first two essays resonate both in historical narrative and in contemporary social and cultural practice.