Abstract: Electromagnetic resonators according to the invention comprise a first body, exemplarily a split thin ring, that is disposed between two planar field confining plates. The thickness (t) of the first body is less (typically less than 1/2 or 1/10) of the outer radius (R) of the body, and the distance between the first body and the confining plates is less than R. In preferred embodiments the first body comprises superconducting material. Resonators according to the invention can be readily assembled into relatively compact filters that are easily tunable, can have large quality factor, and offer the possibility of single mode operation. Such filters can advantageously be used in, e.g., wireless communications systems.

Abstract: A process for detecting arc discharges in power cables connecting power supply board and at least one equipment rack, the power supply board including circuit breakers operable at a preset current level, said arc discharge occurring at a fraction of said current level. After the arc discharge is detected, a signal representing the presence of the arc discharge is supplied to a power supply control, and a control signal is provided by the power supply control to cause said at least one circuit breaker to open interrupting supply of power to an affected power cable.

Abstract: Described is a new method and apparatus for measuring the thickness of a thin conductive coating deposited on a moving elongated dielectric body. Of special use is an application of a carbon coating on an optical fiber. The thickness of the conductive coating is measured by establishing an electromagnetic field in a resonator including an elongated unshielded helix and a pair of coupling loops. The helix is suspended between the coupling loops out of contact with either one of them. An electromagnetic energy is coupled into one loop as an input signal from a source of electromagnetic energy and coupled out from the other loop as an output signal. The difference between the magnitude of energy of an empty helix or of a helix with an uncoated body, and the helix with a coated body, is used for controlling the coating process.

Abstract: Systems for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic signal radiation are disclosed. The inventive systems are distinguished from previous such systems in that each includes at least one resonant cavity comprising a housing containing a body, e.g., a cylindrical or helical body, of relatively high T.sub.c superconducting material. Significantly, this body is fabricated using a new, unconventional procedure. As a result, the body exhibits substantially lower surface resistances than either previous such bodies of relatively high T.sub.c superconducting material, fabricated using conventional procedures, or bodies of copper, at 77 Kelvins and at frequencies ranging from about 10 MHz to about 2000 MHz. Moreover, as a consequence, the resonant cavity containing the unconventionally fabricated body exhibits much higher quality factors, Q, at the above temperature and frequencies, than previous such cavities containing either conventionally fabricated bodies of relatively high T.sub.

Abstract: A method of for manufacturing a coated optical fiber includes depositing a conductive coating on the optical fiber and measuring a value of conductance of that coating. Featured within the manufacturing method is a method for measuring the thickness of the conductive coating on an insulator, e.g., carbon on an optical fiber, including the following steps. An electromagnetic field is established by an input signal. The conductively coated insulator is moved through the energized electromagnetic field. The conductive coating on the insulator is oriented with respect to the electric field so that their interaction increases transmission loss from input to output. An output signal is extracted from the electromagnetic field. From changes in the output signal with respect to a predetermined standard, or reference, the conductance and the thickness of the conductive coating are determined.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an optical fiber includes the steps of heating and drawing material from a hot optical fiber preform; depositing a conductive coating (especially carbon) on the moving optical fiber; putting a heat curable liquid material on the moving optical fiber; and curing the heat curable liquid material by inductively heating the conductive coating on the moving optical fiber in an electromagnetic field. Heat induced into the conductive coating by energy from the field is conducted from the conductive coating to the heat curable material. The optical fiber continuously moves through the steps of the process without any physical contact.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an optical fiber includes the steps of heating and drawing material from a hot optical fiber preform; exposing the hot optical fiber to a compound containing carbon for depositing a carbon coating on the moving optical fiber; measuring an electrical property of the carbon coating; and in response to the measured electrical property, changing a parameter of the process for controlling a characteristic of the carbon coating on the moving optical fiber. Featured within the manufacturing method is a method for measuring the thickness of the carbon coating on the moving optical fiber. From the measured thickness of the carbon coating, a control signal is generated for changing one or more of the process parameters for depositing the carbon coating on the optical fiber from a precursor gas. The coated optical fiber continuously moves through the process without any physical contact. No interruption of the production process occurs.

Abstract: Deposition of radioactive cobalt on the interior surfaces of a water-cooled nuclear reactor is inhibited or substantially prevented by the continuous injection of zinc oxide to the reactor water. The zinc oxide may be prepared in the form of a paste, a slurry, or a preformed aqueous solution.

Abstract: This invention involves optical fiber which supports essentially only a single guided mode, perhaps degenerate, at the transmission wavelength, usually between 0.6 and 1.7 microns. The index of refraction of the core material is graded in the radial direction so as to yield an optical fiber with very low total dispersion and therefore high bandwidth. Specific embodiments include, in addition to the low dispersion characteristic, improved field confinement, and therefore permit lower clad-to-core ratios then heretofore believed practical. Additional advantages which accrue as a result of the greater field confinement include lower cabling, microbending, and curvature-induced losses.

Abstract: The disclosed device is an analog computer for analyzing data from measurements of physical phenomena or manufacturing processes involving random quantities. The computer includes noise generators whose amplitudes and spectra can be controlled to represent the random variables of the physical system or process under investigation. The random signals, and any periodic signals which may be involved, are fed into the circuit analog of the physical system. The output of the circuit analog is fed into a probability density circuit. The output represents the response of the physical system to the input variables. When the input amplitudes are adjusted to match the output to the measured data, the input levels indicate the relative importance of the input variables to the behavior of the physical system. The computer has been used to analyze the spin resonance line shapes of impurities in glasses.