Abstract: A quantum cascade laser is configured with a semiconductor substrate, and an active layer having a multistage lamination of emission layers and injection layers. The active layer is configured to be capable of generating first pump light of a frequency ?1 and second pump light of a frequency ?2, and to generate output light of a difference frequency ? by difference frequency generation. An external diffraction grating is provided for generating the first pump light, outside an element structure portion including the active layer, and an internal diffraction grating is provided for generating the second pump light, inside the element structure portion. The frequency ?2 is set to be fixed to a frequency not coincident with a gain peak, and the frequency ?1 is set to be variable to a frequency different from the frequency ?2.

Abstract: A quantum cascade laser is configured with a semiconductor substrate, and an active layer provided on a first surface of the substrate and having a multistage lamination of unit laminate structures each of which includes an emission layer and an injection layer. The active layer is configured to be capable of generating first pump light of a frequency ?1 and second pump light of a frequency ?2, and to generate output light of a difference frequency ? by difference frequency generation. An external diffraction grating is provided constituting an external cavity for generating the first pump light and configured to be capable of changing the frequency ?1, outside an element structure portion including the active layer. Grooves respectively formed in a direction intersecting with a resonating direction are provided on a second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A quantum cascade laser is configured with a semiconductor substrate, and an active layer provided on a first surface of the substrate and having a cascade structure in the form of a multistage lamination of unit laminate structures each of which includes an emission layer and an injection layer. The active layer is configured to be capable of generating first pump light of a frequency ?1 and second pump light of a frequency ?2 by intersubband emission transitions of electrons, and to generate output light of a difference frequency ? by difference frequency generation from the first pump light and the second pump light. Grooves respectively formed in a direction intersecting with a resonating direction in a laser cavity structure are provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A waiting time during which receiving of a power receiving request is accepted from a power transmission apparatus is appropriately managed, to shorten a time required until power transmission is completed.

Abstract: An alternating current power measuring apparatus includes a first capacitance element having one end connected to a conductor wire of a first electrical cable of a set of electrical cables for supplying alternating current to a load and having the other end capacitively coupled to a conductor wire of a second electrical cable, a first voltage measuring part which measures a first voltage which is a voltage of both ends of the first capacitance element, a first current measuring part which measures a first current flowing in the first electrical cable, and a processing part which computes a power to be supplied to the load by the set of electrical cables by the multiplication among a proportion between a specified voltage value of a voltage applied to the set of electrical cables and an effective value of the first voltage, the first voltage and the first current.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating container in which a fiber member and a liquid are accommodated has a fiber ratio of the fiber member is 5% or more to 30% or less, a fiber diameter of the fiber member is 10 ?m or more to 50 ?m or less, a volume average particle diameter (D50) of a pigment included in the liquid satisfies a condition of 50 nm<D50<150 nm.

Abstract: This underwater device is twin-motor underwater floating-type power generation device that is provided with: a device main body that is equipped with a pair of pods that have a turbine, and with a connecting beam that connects these pods together in parallel with each other; a sinker; and tether cables that tether the device main body to the seabed via this sinker. The respective turbines of the pods are each provided with variable pitch turbine blades. This device is also provided with a depth meter that detects deviation in posture in the roll direction that is generated in the pair of pods, and a posture controller that controls the pitch of the variable pitch turbine blades of the respective turbines so as to nullify any deviation in posture in the roll direction that has been generated in the pair of pods and has been detected by the depth meter.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording method, one pass printing recording is performed by using two or more kinds of inks, static surface tension differences between two or more kinds of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower, and the ink having the lowest L* value is printed first, and the ink having the highest L* value is printed last.

Abstract: A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1, a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature e Tc2, and a third component that is a rhombohedral crystal and that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc3 different from the first component, and in which Tc2 is higher than Tc1, Tc3 is equal to or higher than Tc2, and a value of (0.1×Tc1+0.9×Tc2) is equal to or lower than 280° C.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating container in which a fiber member and a liquid are accommodated has a fiber ratio of the fiber member is 5% or more to 30% or less, a fiber diameter of the fiber member is 10 ?m or more to 50 ?m or less, a volume average particle diameter (D50) of a pigment included in the liquid satisfies a condition of 50 nm<D50<150 nm.

Abstract: A printing ink composition includes a disperse dye, a surfactant, a water soluble dye, and a dispersant, in which an IOB value A of the disperse dye, an IOB value B of the surfactant, and an IOB value C of the water soluble dye satisfy the following Equation (1), A<B<C (1), and the IOB value B is 1.0 to 2.0.

Abstract: A printing ink composition includes a disperse dye, a first solvent, a water soluble dye, and a dispersant, in which an IOB value A of the disperse dye, an IOB value B1 of the first solvent, and an IOB value C of the water soluble dye satisfy the following Equation (1), A<B1<C (1), the IOB value B1 is 1.0 to 4.0, and a content of the first solvent exceeds 5.0 mass %.

Abstract: A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1, a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with the perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc2, and a third component that is configured to have a complex oxide with the perovskite structure in which the component is formed as the same crystal system as the second component and Curie temperature Tc3, in which Tc1 is higher than Tc2, and Tc3 is equal to or higher than Tc1.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating container in which a fiber member and a liquid are accommodated has a fiber ratio of the fiber member is 5% or more to 30% or less, a fiber diameter of the fiber member is 10 ?m or more to 50 ?m or less, a volume average particle diameter (D50) of a pigment included in the liquid satisfies a condition of 50 nm<D50<150 nm, and a maximum particle diameter is 200 nm or less.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating container in which a fiber member and a liquid are accommodated has a fiber ratio of the fiber member is 5% or more to 30% or less, a fiber diameter of the fiber member is 10 ?m or more to 50 ?m or less, a volume average particle diameter (D50) of a pigment included in the liquid satisfies a condition of 50 nm<D50<150 nm, and a maximum particle diameter is 200 nm or less.

Abstract: There is provided an ink jet ink set for sublimation transfer, including: a first ink composition; and a second ink composition, in which the first ink composition contains a first disperse dye having a molecular weight of 340 or less, and the second ink composition contains a second disperse dye having a molecular weight of 360 or more.

Abstract: A piezoelectric material contains a first component that is a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with a perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc1 and a second component that is a crystal other than a rhombohedral crystal that is configured to have a complex oxide with the perovskite structure and Curie temperature Tc2, in which |Tc1?Tc2| is equal to or less than 50° C.

Abstract: An A.C. power measuring apparatus includes a voltage detecting unit that detects voltage waveforms of each of phases of a set of insulated cables for supplying a three-phase A.C. power to a load, by performing a contactless measurement by electrostatic capacitance coupling, and a current detecting unit that detects current waveforms of the set of insulated tables, by performing a contactless measurement by electromagnetic induction coupling. The apparatus further includes a processing unit that computes a power to be supplied to the load, based on line-to-line voltage waveforms, the current waveforms, and prescribed voltage values, by normalizing the voltage waveforms of each of the phases so that as amplitude ratio of the voltage waveforms becomes in accordance with a grounding type of the three-phase A.C. power, and obtaining the line-to-line voltages of the set of three insulated cables based on the normalized voltage waveforms of each of the phases.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording method, one pass printing recording is performed by using two or more kinds of inks, static surface tension differences between two or more kinds of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower, and the ink having the lowest L* value is printed first, and the ink having the highest L* value is printed last.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a recorded matter including applying a first ink including a volatile first liquid to an intermediate transfer medium; applying a second ink including a coloring agent, a thermoplastic resin and a volatile second liquid using an ink jet method to locations of the intermediate transfer medium where the first ink is applied; heating the surface of the intermediate transfer medium where the second ink is applied from the opposite surface side and volatilizing at least a part of the second liquid; transferring the second ink heated of the surface of the intermediate transfer medium onto the recording medium; and heating the second ink transferred to the recording medium of the surface of the intermediate transfer medium.