Design and Implementation of Embedded Software for Space Colloidal Crystals Investigation

Author

Yang, Hao ; Chao, Wang ; Sun, Zhibin ; Zhai, Guangjie ; Li, Ming

Author_Institution

Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

10-12 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Kossel-line diffraction method is an important way to measure the structure of crystals. Colloidal crystal is one of the hotspots on the condensed physics research. In order to obtain the diffraction image, a 473nm wavelength laser is used to irradiate samples, and then the Kossel-line image of sample is projected onto the translucent screen and recorded by charge coupled device (CCD) camera. Especially, gravity convection effects can be eliminated under microgravity environment, therefore the research of growth mechanism of colloidal crystals in the space has great scientific significance. This work is to design and implement an embedded software system with remote measuring and controlling function for space colloidal crystal investigation.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; colloidal crystals; crystal growth; diffraction; physics computing; screens (display); Kossel-line image diffraction method; charge coupled device camera; condensed physics; crystal structure measurement; embedded software; gravity convection effects; growth mechanism; microgravity environment; remote measuring; space colloidal crystals; translucent screen; wavelength 473 nm; Charge coupled devices; Colloidal crystals; Control systems; Diffraction; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CiSE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5391-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5392-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISE.2010.5676757

Filename

5676757