Steve Simon

Abstract:

The use of multi-antenna arrays has been predicted to provide substantial throughput gains for wireless communication systems. However, these predictions have to be assessed in realistic situations, such as correlated channels and in the presence of interference. In this review, we show results obtained using methods borrowed from statistical physics of random media for the average and the variance of the distribution of the mutual information of multi-antenna systems with arbitrary correlations and interferers. Even though the methods are asymptotic in the sense they are valid in the limit of large antenna numbers, the results are accurate even for small arrays. We also optimize over the input signal covariance with channel covariance feedback and calculate closed-loop capacities. This method provides a simple tool to analyze the statistics of throughput for arrays of any size.

Abstract:

We consider the design of two-dimensional electrostatic traps for dipolar indirect excitons. We show that the exciton dipole-dipole interaction, combined with the in-plane electric fields that arise due to the trap geometry, constrains the maximal density and lifetime of trapped excitons. We derive an analytic estimate of these values and determine their dependence on the trap geometry, thus suggesting the optimal design for high density trapping as a route for observing excitonic Bose-Einstein condensation. © 2005 The American Physical Society.