Abstract: An ultra-long sub-wavelength grating as an optical antenna for optical phased arrays includes a top structure and a bottom structure which are vertically stacked. The bottom structure is made of a material with a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the top structure. The top structure is made of a material with a refractive index higher than that of the bottom structure. A strip waveguide is disposed in the middle of the top structure. subwavelength blocks are disposed periodically on two sides of the straight strip waveguides. The invention has the following beneficial effects. The structure could increase the effective length of the grating; uniform near field distribution can be achieved by controlling the positions of the subwavelength blocks. The structure is simpler with lower fabrication requirements and lower cost.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating synthetic data records with database constraints using generative adversarial networks (GAN). The method can include training, by using a generator loss function, a generator neural network of a generator model of the GAN to generate a scaling factor and a cluster vector for a datum of a continuous variable of a continuous column of a data table, and a datum for a categorical variable of a categorical column of the data table. The generator loss function includes a penalty component determined based on a set of data constraints related to the continuous column or the categorical column.

Abstract: An ultra-long sub-wavelength grating as an optical antenna for optical phased arrays includes a top structure and a bottom structure which are vertically stacked. The bottom structure is made of a material with a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the top structure. The top structure is made of a material with a refractive index higher than that of the bottom structure. A strip waveguide is disposed in the middle of the top structure. subwavelength blocks are disposed periodically on two sides of the straight strip waveguides. The invention has the following beneficial effects. The structure could increase the effective length of the grating; uniform near field distribution can be achieved by controlling the positions of the subwavelength blocks. The structure is simpler with lower fabrication requirements and lower cost.

Abstract: A method for synthesizing a polybutylene adipate terephthalate-polylactic acid (PBAT-PLA) copolyester, the method including: uniformly blending a first prepolymer PBAT and a second prepolymer PLA to yield a mixture, 0putting the mixture in a vacuum reactor with a vacuum degree of between 5 and 100 pascal, heating the vacuum reactor to a temperature of between 100 and 110° C., and allowing to react for between 0.5 and 1 hr; stepwise increasing the temperature to be between 145 and 155° C. in between 1 and 2 hrs, and allowing to react for between 5 and 10 hrs, to yield a PBAT-PLA copolyester with a weight-average molecular weight of between 100000 and 250000. The method for synthesizing the PBAT-PLA copolyester is eco-friendly, non-toxic and cost-efficient.

Abstract: A method for synthesizing a polybutylene adipate terephthalate-polylactic acid (PBAT-PLA) copolyester, the method including: uniformly blending a first prepolymer PBAT and a second prepolymer PLA to yield a mixture, putting the mixture in a vacuum reactor with a vacuum degree of between 5 and 100 pascal, heating the vacuum reactor to a temperature of between 100 and 110° C., and allowing to react for between 0.5 and 1 hr; stepwise increasing the temperature to be between 145 and 155° C. in between 1 and 2 hrs, and allowing to react for between 5 and 10 hrs, to yield a PBAT-PLA copolyester with a weight-average molecular weight of between 100000 and 250000. The method for synthesizing the PBAT-PLA copolyester is eco-friendly, non-toxic and cost-efficient.