The interference immunity of decameter circuit with spatial interference compensation

В статье представлена оценка помехоустойчивости декаметрового канала связи, использующего пространственный метод компенсации естественных помех. Метод компенсации базируется на результаты экспериментальных исследований пространственно-корреляционных свойств сигналов и естественных помех декаметрового диапазона. Для реализации метода используется цифровая антенная решетка с пространственно-корреляционным методом обработки сигналов. Также в канале использована гауссовая амплитудная модуляция, формирующая шумоподобный сигнал с расширенной базой. Оценка помехоустойчивости построена на модели ионосферного канала с релеевскими замираниями с учетом пространственно-корреляционных свойств сигналов и естественных помех. Анализ проведенных исследований показал возможность компенсации помех за счет роста антенных элементов в антенной решетке, которая, как следствие, позволит повысить помехоустойчивость ионосферного декаметрового канала связи при низких отношениях уровней сигнал/шум на входе приемного тракта. Возможность обеспечения высокой помехоустойчивости в ионосферных декаметровых каналах позволит использовать новые виды связи для обмена данными в судами и кораблями ВМФ в пределах акваторий Мирового океана. The interference immunity assessment of the decameter circuit using a spatial method of natural interference compensation is presented. The compensation method is based on experimental studies results of spatial and correlation properties of decameter range signals and natural interference. For the method realization the digital array with a spatially-correlation signals processing method is used. Also in the channel the Gaussian amplitude modulation forming a noise-shaped signal with extended base is used. The interference immunity assessment is based on the ionospheric channel model with the Rayleigh fadings taking into account signals and natural interference spatially-correlation properties. The simulation findings showed the interference compensation possibility due to increase in antenna array elements which, as a result, will allow to increase the interference immunity of ionospheric decameter circuit at the low levels of signal/noise ratio in the reception path entrance. The possibility of ensuring high interference immunity in ionospheric decameter circuits will allow to use new communication types for data exchange with NAVY battleships and vessels within the World Ocean water areas.

Dual-comb hyperspectral digital holography

Holography1 has always held special appeal as it is able to record and display spatial information in three dimensions2–10. Here we show how to augment the capabilities of digital holography11,12 by using a large number of narrow laser lines at precisely defined optical frequencies simultaneously. Using an interferometer based on two frequency combs13–15 of slightly different repetition frequencies and a lensless camera sensor, we record time-varying spatial interference patterns that generate spectral hypercubes of complex holograms, revealing the amplitudes and phases of scattered wave-fields for each comb line frequency. Advancing beyond multicolour holography and low-coherence holography (including with a frequency comb16), the synergy of broad spectral bandwidth and high temporal coherence in dual-comb holography opens up novel optical diagnostics, such as precise dimensional metrology over large distances without interferometric phase ambiguity, or hyperspectral three-dimensional imaging with high spectral resolving power, as we demonstrate with molecule-selective imaging of an absorbing gas.

EXPRESS: Remembering spatial words: Sensorimotor simulation affects verbal recognition memory

Previous evidence shows that words with implicit spatial meaning or metaphorical spatial associations are perceptually simulated and can guide attention to associated locations (e.g., bird – upward location). In turn, simulated representations interfere with visual perception at an associated location. The present study investigates the effect of spatial associations on short-term verbal recognition memory to disambiguate between modal and amodal accounts of spatial interference effects across two experiments. Participants in both experiments encoded words presented in congruent and incongruent locations. Congruent and incongruent locations were based on an independent norming task. In Experiment 1, an auditorily presented word probed participants’ memory as they were visually cued to either the original location of the probe word or a diagonal location at retrieval. In Experiment 2, there was no cue at retrieval but a neutral encoding condition in which words normed to central locations were shown. Results show that spatial associations affected memory performance although spatial information was neither relevant nor necessary for successful retrieval: Words in Experiment 1 were retrieved more accurately when there was a visual cue in the congruent location at retrieval but only if they were encoded in a non-canonical position. A visual cue in the congruent location slowed down memory performance when retrieving highly imageable words. With no cue at retrieval (Experiment 2), participants were better at remembering spatially congruent words as opposed to neutral words. Results provide evidence in support of sensorimotor simulation in verbal memory and a perceptual competition account of spatial interference effect.

Spatial interference triggered by gaze and arrows. The role of target background on spatial interference

Recent evidence with a spatial interference paradigm has shown that arrows and eye gaze yield opposite congruency effects, arrow target eliciting faster responses when their direction is congruent with their position (standard congruency effect), and gaze producing faster reaction times for incongruent conditions (reversed congruency effect). But in ecological contexts eye gaze tend to be more perceptually complex (i.e., embedded in the whole face) than simple arrows. The present study aimed to replicate this dissociation using whole faces and a comparable non-social target, formed by arrows embedded in a colored geometric background. Whereas the reversed congruency effect with gaze was replicated, the standard spatial interference with arrows was surprisingly absent. A similar outcome appeared when the contrast between the arrows and the task-irrelevant background increased. The results confirm the robustness of the reversed congruency effect with eyes, regardless of whether they are presented alone or within a face. In addition, and importantly, the unexpected absence of the spatial conflict with complex arrow targets seems to be a consequence of higher figure-ground segregation demands, which extend the processing of the task-relevant spatial dimension and, in turn, cause the decay of the location code. This pattern of results, and the provided interpretation, can explain previous unexplained findings in the spatial interference literature.

Broadband Sound Intensity Interference Frequency Periodicity and Pulse Source Localization

In order to analyze the frequency periodicity characteristics of acoustic field interference and realize acoustic source ranging (ASR), the normal mode model is used to analyze the interference characteristics of the broadband acoustic field under the condition of horizontally layered medium; the broadband received signal field when the broadband pulse signal passes through the acoustic field is also simulated. The variation of interference patterns with frequency is analyzed, and their spatial interference characteristics and mechanisms are analyzed. Based on the interference theory, the relation between the acoustic source range and the frequency periodicity of the broadband acoustic intensity interference is derived. Simulation and experimental results show that this relation can accurately estimate the far-field acoustic source range, and the estimation accuracy and real-time performance are greatly improved compared with previous methods. Besides, simulation shows that the method combined with multiple-receiver ranging obtains high-precision direction of arrival (DOA) estimation as well as ASR. The relation between acoustic source position and broadband acoustic field interference frequency periodicity can be used to improve far-field ASR and DOA estimation, which is of great value for oceanography, marine engineering, and marine military. In addition, this relation can also be extended to that between the modal interference frequency periodicity and other related parameters in other physical fields for parameter inversion.

Shared and Specific Attentional Mechanisms Triggered by Gaze and Arrows. Evidence From a Spatial Interference Paradigm

Recent research has found that eye gaze and arrows yield opposite congruency effects in a spatial interference paradigm, arrows eliciting faster responses when their direction is congruent with their position (standard congruency effect), and gaze producing faster reaction times for incongruent conditions (reversed congruency effect). In addition, we observed by serendipity in a previous study that the standard effect with arrows was reduced when the target appeared within a complex background, presumably because of hindered figure-ground segregation. Under the same conditions, the reversed effect with gaze became more negative. To explain our previous results, we proposed and evaluated the coexistence of two opposite attentional effects with eye gaze: a standard spatial interference component being common to both arrows and gaze, and a larger social-specific dimension leading to the overall reversion of the effect for gaze. Both in Experiment 1 and 2, gaze or arrow targets were presented after or concurrently with an irrelevant background (synchronous and asynchronous conditions). Consistent with our preregistered hypotheses, the standard effect with arrows was only present in the asynchronous condition (automatic figure-ground segregation) but disappeared in synchronous condition (difficult figure-ground segregation). Correspondingly with the effect on arrows interference, eye gaze triggered a significant reversed effect in the synchronous condition that decreased in the asynchronous one. These results underline the importance of the figure-ground segregation processes as modulators of the spatial conflict triggered by peripheral targets, and support our two-effect model that gaze shares with non-social stimuli a domain-general orienting mechanism, but also triggers distinctive processes.

Bidirectional neuronal migration coordinates retinal morphogenesis by preventing spatial competition

While the design of industrial products is often optimized for the sequential assembly of single components, organismal development is hallmarked by the concomitant occurrence of tissue growth and organization. Often this means that proliferating and differentiating cells occur at the same time in a shared tissue environment that continuously changes. How cells adapt to architectural changes in order to prevent spatial interference remains unclear. To understand how cell movements important for growth and organization are orchestrated, we here study the emergence of photoreceptor neurons that occur during the peak of retinal growth using zebrafish, human tissue and human organoids. Quantitative imaging reveals that successful retinal morphogenesis depends on active bidirectional photoreceptor translocation. This leads to a transient transfer of the entire cell population away from the apical proliferative zone. This migration pattern is driven by distinct cytoskeletal machineries, depending on direction: microtubules are required for basal translocation, while actomyosin drives apical movement. Blocking photoreceptor translocation leads to apical overcrowding that hampers progenitor movements. Thus, photoreceptor migration is crucial to prevent competition for space and thereby allows concurrent tissue growth and lamination. This shows that neuronal migration, in addition to its canonical role in cell positioning, is involved in coordinating morphogenesis.

Technique for spatial interference reduction and its application in monopulse radar with active phased array antenna

The paper describes monopulse radar with sidelobe-blanking system. The antenna of the sidelobe-blanking system is one subarray of the radar’s active phased array antenna. The elements of the subarray is also used for sum and difference pattern generation. It is shown that if aperture distribution required to produce low-sidelobe sum pattern is used, the pattern of one subarray will satisfy the requrements for antenna of the sidelobe-blanking system. An example of designing the monopulse radar with sidelobe-blanking system is presented. Sum pattern of the radar anettena is produced with different low-sidelobe pattern synthesis procedures. The analysis of monopulse radar parameters and sidelobe-blanking system performance is done.

Spatial Interference Triggered by Gaze and Arrows. Spatial interference from arrows disappears when they are surrounded by an irrelevant context

Recent research has found that eye gaze and arrows yield opposite congruency effects in a spatial interference paradigm, arrows eliciting faster responses when their direction is congruent with their position (standard congruency effect), and gaze producing faster reaction times for incongruent conditions (reversed congruency effect). But social stimuli observable in ecological contexts tend to be more perceptually complex than simple arrows. The present study aimed to replicate this dissociation using whole faces and a comparable non-social target, formed by arrows embedded in a colored geometric background. Whereas the reversed congruency effect with gaze was replicated, the standard spatial interference with arrows was surprisingly absent. A similar outcome appeared when the contrast between the arrows and the task-irrelevant background increased. The results confirm the robustness of the reversed congruency effect with eyes, regardless of whether they are presented alone or within a face. In addition, the unexpected absence of the spatial conflict with complex arrow targets is a consequence of higher figure-ground segregation demands, which extend the processing of the task-relevant spatial dimension and, in turn, cause the decay of the location code.