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ESPNU will air the Top 25 college football games of the 2013 season, the network has announced. The 12-day marathon of games on ESPNU will begin on Monday, July 21.
ESPN selected and ranked the Top 25 games of 2013 and will let the fans decide the order of the Top 5 via a SportsNation poll. Those five games are listed below:
Listed below is the complete schedule of games (all on ESPNU; note that four games will not be aired).
Monday, July 21
No. 25 – Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 (Rose Bowl), 7pm ET
No. 24 – Colorado St. 48, Washington St. 45 (New Mexico Bowl), 10pm ET
Tuesday, July 22
No. 23 – Alabama 49, Texas A&M 42, 7pm ET
No. 22 – Fresno State 52, Rutgers 51, 10pm ET
Wednesday, July 23
No. 21 – Navy 58, San Jose State 52, 7pm ET
No. 20 – Georgia 44, LSU 41, 10pm ET
Thursday, July 24
No. 19 – Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 (Orange Bowl), 7pm ET
No. 18 – Arizona State 32, Wisconsin 30, 10pm ET
Friday, July 25
No. 17 – Auburn 45, Texas A&M 41, 7pm ET
Monday, July 28
No. 15 – Georgia 34, Tennessee 31, 7pm ET
No. 14 – Penn State 43, Michigan 40, 10pm ET
Tuesday, July 29
No. 12 – Rutgers 55, SMU 52, 7pm ET
No. 11 – Ole Miss 39, Vanderbilt 35, 10pm ET
Wednesday, July 30
No. 10 – Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma St. 24, 7pm ET
No. 8 – UCF 38, Louisville 35, 10pm ET
Thursday, July 31
No. 7 – South Carolina 27, Missouri 24, 10pm ET
Friday, Aug. 1
No. 5 – Ohio State 42, Michigan 41, 7pm ET
Saturday, Aug. 2
No. 4 – Texas A&M 52, Duke 48, 6pm ET
No. 3 – Auburn 43, Georgia 38, 9pm ET
Sunday, Aug. 3
No. 2 – Florida State 34, Auburn 31, 6pm ET
No. 1 – Auburn 34, Alabama 28, 9pm ET
Games that will not Re-air
No. 16 – Oregon State 51, Utah 48
No. 13 – Notre Dame 38, Navy 34
No. 9 – Michigan St. 34, Ohio St. 24 (Big Ten Championship)
No. 6 – Oregon 36, Oregon St. 35
Where is Oklahoma/Alabama?? Guess no one wants to cast a bad light on the $EC! LMAO!!
cause that game was a blow out dumbass
You're an idiot if you actually think that was a good game. As an Auburn fan I'd love to watch it again, but it was far from one of the 25 best games of the season. Heck…it wasn't even one of the best 25 games of the BOWL season.
It was best games 2013. Not best blow outs!
Oklahoma won by 2 touchdowns. It wasn't really that memorable.
Missing BYU-Houston. That 47-46 thriller was an incredible offensive showcase on both sides. Too bad it was missed.
I agree on that one.
texas-iowa state? what a game that's missing here
Beating alabama in the sugar bowl will be something oklahoma fans will hang their hats on for like twenty years lol cause they probably wont win a national championship for thirty years. especially since they have taken a back seat to baylor, oklahoma state, and next year texas!!!
Said the guy whose team just kicked seven of its players off the team. Keep on dreaming Longhorn.
Middle Tennessee state vs. Marshall 51-49 MTSU scores on 4th and goal on last play of the game
How about South Carolina vs Tennessee!!!
anyone who has any football brains would put the UCF-Louisville game as THE top game- they just need to see it to believe it. The only game most people saw was the Baylor 'smackdown'.
Texas/West Virginia or Mizzou/Auburn SEC Championship?
OU/Alabama was the biggest upset of the year.OU had to to come from behind in every game they played. For them to beat Alabama with such a weak team was something.
West Virginia and Oklahoma state or Wvu Texas
Your right West Virginia/OSU was a great game OSU lost over a bad call.
Backseat to OSU?! OSU has beaten OU ONCE in 11 years! Baylor has beaten OU TWICE in program history! And you're crazy if you think OU is going to lose to Texas next year.
if only it were possible for both TX and OU to lose…
Marshall vs Maryland in Military Bowl
Nebraska/Northwestern… hail marry… should be there. Probably not top 10 but still…
isu/wvu 24 point 4th quarter comeback and then3 ot's. Would have been great but isu ended season at 3-9 so that I understand.Still a great game to watch tho
No USC-Stanford?


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Australian Manufacturing Shrank in May on Soaring Currency
Australian manufacturing contracted in May for the eighth time in nine months as a record-high currency and consumer caution hurt production and exports, a private report showed.
The manufacturing index fell to 47.7 from 48.4 in April, the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey released in Canberra today. Fifty is the dividing line between expansion and contraction.
The nation's factories are lagging behind the mining industry, which is expanding to meet Chinese demand for raw materials and pushing the job market near a level the government views as full employment. The Australian currency reached $1.1012 on May 2, the highest since it was freely floated in 1983.
"The manufacturing industry is clearly under escalating competitive pressures magnified by our very high currency, which is close to 40 percent above its post-float average against the U.S. dollar," Heather Ridout, chief executive officer of the industry group, said in a statement. "Key input costs such as energy are rising and manufacturers face ever shrinking margins."
The strength of the local dollar has allowed Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75 percent for the past five meetings. The central bank said in a report last month that higher rates are likely to be needed "at some point" to contain inflation.
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The index's reading on wages fell 0.8 point to 59.3 and inventories slid 4.9 points to 44.4, today's report showed. Supplier deliveries climbed 2.6 points to 50.9.
A gauge of employment rose 1.4 points to 46.4 in May, and new orders advanced 2.2 points to 48.6, the report showed. The production measure slumped 6.4 points to 46.9.
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Will i get points on my license if its not reduced?
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No. A speeding ticket does not become a parking ticket even on the best of days. Yes, you will get points.
Your best bet is to go in to the hearing and give a cool calm rational explanation and they may reduce it a bit.
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The above attorney unfortunately does not know what he is talking about. Traffic Tickets in New York state frequently get reduced to parking tickets. Most towns now have a town prosecutor or DA handling the traffic matters. You should either go to court and speak to the prosecutor or hire an attorney to do it for you. I believe that they should reduce it either to a parking ticket or 1110A failing to obey a traffic control device.
If you are found guilty of this charge it would carry 4 points as a penalty.
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They will reduce it but you don't know to exactly what until you conference date.
Definitely fight this one.
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It is my experience in the Erie County town courts that speeding tickets may be reduced to parking tickets. However, this does depend upon your driver's abstract, if this is your first infraction, you will mostly likely be offered the reduction.
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I just experienced the same problem after installing the Privacy Badger extension into Chrome. Disabling it for this domain caused the checkbox to appear again. Try disabling adblock type extensions to see if it appears for you.
If it detects robot-like behavior, it will prompt you with a CAPTCHA. However, that's a burden on normal users, so it only does that if it thinks you might be a robot.
Per the Complete Rate Limiting Guide Answering Users > 125 < 10k rep trip Captcha if more than once per 60 seconds Users > 10k rep trip Captcha if more than once per 30 seconds
I get a CAPTCHA (usually the check box, but I have gotten the other type) pretty reliably when I have been sitting on a post for too long before posting it. It happens more often on questions (due to my habit of hoarding question drafts), but I think that it has happened when posting answers too. I don't know the reasoning or mechanics behind this, but I ...
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Less than than two weeks until the March 11 trade deadline, here's what's shaking on the NHL grapevine, as gleaned from nearly two dozen scouts, coaches and team executives:
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The annual Blues goalie search is on hiatus. The Blues called Phoenix about Sean Burke, but hung up when the Coyotes asked for defenseman Barret Jackman, the Calder Trophy candidate.
"The Blues would be nuts to trade Jackman,'' said one Western scout, "but (Phoenix) would be nuts not to ask for him.''
An NHL executive said, "There's no way St. Louis is trading Jackman. If (Chris) Pronger can't play again, this kid's their future.''
The Coyotes don't have a No.1 pick in this June's draft and they are hungry to replace it. But they believe that a top goalie like Burke is also worth a bona fide regular or two, plus futures. The Blues apparently offered forward Cory Stillman, who scored exactly one goal in the season's third quarter and makes $2.1 million. Blues minor-league forward Justin Papineau, high on the Phoenix want list last season, has slipped on the ice and dropped in value.
Snubbed out west, the Blues then turned east to Arturs Irbe.
Like the rest of the league, they passed when Irbe was waived by Carolina. The Blues gagged on the $5.2 million due him over the next two years. Sources said the Blues asked Carolina to eat some of Irbe's contract.
"Carolina told them, 'You want him, you take him,' " one scout said. "Then they asked Irbe to re-do his deal and take a million dollars less. He told them to forget it."
But starter Brent Johnson, who strained his groin Tuesday, and backup Fred Brathwaite continued to wobble badly. So the Blues, with a $63 million payroll, will try to make do with rookie Curtis Sanford, who played his only three NHL games earlier this season before being hurt.
Meanwhile, the Burke deal may not be dead. Nevermind assurances from Phoenix that he is the team linchpin and marquee attraction for the new rink opening next season.
"I don't care what they say in Phoenix,'' added the NHL exec. "They need to move his salary. He makes over $4 million next year. Sean Burke is a great kid when he's on. He's 36 and he's not durable. He's got a bad back, a bad hip and a bad knee. And (Brian) Boucher played pretty well in his last four starts.''
Phoenix also is high on Zac Bierk, who must stay as the third goalie or risk waivers if demoted.
"Sean Burke is going somewhere," said the NHL exec. "His price will come down as they get closer to the deadline. St. Louis is a logical choice. It won't be for Jackman, but Phoenix is moving this guy.''
Leafs still fishing for Nolan?
Toronto is bidding against itself for Owen Nolan.
The Sharks are fed up with their crude and moody captain. He has alienated himself from his teammates and bosses like no skipper in recent memory. His talent is not in dispute . . . when he feels like using it. Personality aside, Nolan makes $5.5 million this year, $6.5M next year and is signed through 2005-06, with various options.
Denials aside, the Sharks are actively shopping Nolan. Good luck, said over a dozen NHL talent evaluators.
Speaking for the majority, one exec said: "He's interesting in that he could score goals ... if his head is screwed on right. But I don't know who would want this funny personality guy."
The answer: Toronto. GM/Coach Pat Quinn had no problems with Nolan on the Canadian Olympic team and believes that Nolan will be refreshed on a new team with a lighter leadership load. But Nolan does not want to leave San Jose. He owns restaurants there and his wife is pregnant.
The view from the outside is this: If Nolan is miserable where he wants to be, how miserable will he be where he DOESN'T want to be?
The Leafs are basically dangling the players that Pittsburgh rejected for Alexei Kovalev: defensemen Wade Belak and Karel Pilar and forward prospects Brad Boyes and Alexei Ponikarovsky.
"I heard it was (Alyn) Macauley, Boyes and a No. 1 pick," said one scout, who added that a decision wheather to fish or cut bait will be made by the Leafs in the very near future.
Rumors aside, center Nik Antropov was not offered to Pittsburgh. And he is not likely to be offered to San Jose.
So both sides face a dilemma. Even if the Sharks can add little in trade, are they better off by subtracting Nolan? Even if the deal is cheap, is the risk too high for the harmonious Leafs?
The solution: The Leafs need defensemen, not another top-six forward. They covet San Jose's Bryan Marchment, who is fading but still is a feared hitter. The Leafs may settle for that safer option, especially if San Jose tries to bluff up the price on Nolan.
"There's nobody else in the bidding,'' said a Western scout. "If they've got a team who will take him, they better not be too choosy.''
From MVP candidate to trade bait?
Is Iggy in or is he out in Calgary?
While specualtion swirls around Jarome Iginla, Colorado, Detroit and Philadelphia are asking about Flames defenseman Bob Boughner, sources said.
"Everybody's gonna be in on Boughner that has aspirations for a Cup,'' said an NHL official. "He's a depth guy and a hard-nosed guy.''
Said another scout: "I don't think they'll trade him. Especially not to Colorado, in their own division.''
Boughner is more likely to move than Iginla. GM Craig Button has said -- privately as well as publicly -- that he is not peddling his franchise player.
"But Craig's listening on Iginla," said the official. "He's talked to a dozen teams, mostly in the East.''
The Rangers are the only one with a known offer. Several sources heard the names of young Rangers Radek Dvorak, Jamie Lundmark and Dan Blackburn before they popped up in the press. Two sources said defenseman Tom Poti was also in the mix.
Like Phoenix with Burke, Calgary is sending signals that it will only trade Iginla if the deal is almost too good to be true. But the jury is not convinced that Calgary will move Iginla, who wants to stay and is a fan favorite.
One Western source said that when his GM called about Iginla, "Craig said he's not moving him.''
And another Western source said with a laugh, "Craig told one team, 'If I trade Iginla, they'll hang me.' And if he does, they should!''
Deserting the desert
Is Teppo tempted to move?
Detroit, looking for a top-four defender, is pushing hard for Teppo "I'm Not the Fifth Marx Brother'' Numminen. The Wings can offer a low-salary, high potential package that includes the No.1 pick that Phoenix craves, said a source familiar with the deal. But Numminem has a year left at $4.75M, which Detroit finds hard to swallow. And even if the budget stretches in Detroit, there is a snag in Phoenix.
Numminem, whose wife is expecting a baby in April, has a no-trade clause and no urge to waive it. Phoenix GM Mike Barnett, the former agent, will not arm-twist a player to get a no-trade waived. Claude Lemieux, for example, dropped his veto and opted for Dallas, so he could play his 12 minutes per game with a contender. So far, such an upgrade has not moved Numminem.
Sabres not holding a fire sale
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the bankrupt Buffalo Sabres are not holding a Pittsburgh Penguin-like fire sale.
Buffalo GM Darcy Regier is not looking to dump their two best -- and most expensive players -- defenseman Alex Zhitnik and forward Miroslav Satan. Each makes $3.5 million. One scout said the Blues had talked about dealing Stillman and defenseman Bryce Salvador for Zhitnik and forward J-P Dumont.
But a source close to the situation said, "The Blues called about a defenseman, but it's not Zhitnik.'' Apparently, that defenseman is Rhett Warrener.
Regier did trade rugged Vaclav Varada to Ottawa, which had also inquired about left winger Brad May of Phoenix. But several sources said the Sabres, now being run by the league, would not strip major assets before a new owner took over.
Will Keenan return to the Rangers?
The speculation started as soon as the Rangers fired Bryan Trottier as coach. Now it may be true: Mike Keenan may be headed back to New York as coach and possibly GM. Two NHL sources said Rangers GM Glen Sather is balking at a contract extension that is on his desk. Sather is in the third year of a five-year deal that has an escape clause after this season.
"They want to tie him up long-term, believe it or not,'' said one scout with a laugh. "Slats doesn't know if he wants to commit that long.''
Keenan recently extended his contract in Florida, where he is on good terms with ownership and often at odds with GM Rick Dudley. Rangers CEO James Dolan is said to be a fan of both Sather and Keenan, so Iron Mike's return to the bench is not farfetched.
"That would be a disaster upon disaster for the Rangers,'' said one NHL exec upon hearing that scenario.
But as one scout put it, "How could Keenan screw them up any worse than they already are?''
Tom Wheatley of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a frequent contributor to ESPN.com.


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Skip to comments.Stabenow plans to introduce bill to aid production of batteries like in Chevy Volt
Posted on 07/08/2011 3:08:35 PM PDT by jazusamo
FLINT, Michigan A federal bill expected to be introduced next week would create research and development grants to build advanced batteries like the one powering the Chevy Volt.
The bill would also push for domestic production of lithium for batteries, said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who discussed the planned legislation during a stop at a Flint business on Friday.
We dont want to go from foreign oil dependency to foreign lithium dependency or foreign advanced battery dependency, Stabenow said. This is about doing it here.
Stabenow said she plans to introduce the Battery Innovation Act this week.
The legislation likely will cost about $2 billion, according to Stabenows office.
The bill would create jobs in the state and also would direct the Department of Energy to develop a competition to produce an electric battery capable of traveling 500 miles on one charge, she said.
Stabenow rolled out the legislation at one local potentially beneficiary, Rogers Foam Corporation, 501 W. Kearsley St. in Flint.
Among other products, the business creates foam components of the Chevy Volt battery.
For each battery produced at GM's Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant, Rogers Foam supplies 135 pieces to act as a bumper against damage.
(This bill) will provide a much-needed shot in the arm for Michigans entire auto sector and the tens of thousands of people it employs, said Matt Rogers, the chairman of the board at Rogers Foam.
The company currently has 50 workers across two shifts working on the Volt pieces. If GM boosts Volt production, Rogers said the company plans to hire new workers and add a new shift to keep up with demand.
Stabenows announcement was met with skepticism by Republicans.
Jahan Wilcox, a spokesman with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Stabenow had said the federal stimulus would create 100,000 jobs in Michigan. Since its passage two years ago, Wilcox said the state has lost 70,000 jobs.
What is your plan to actually get it through, or is it just a public relations stunt? Wilcox said.
Stabenow said the proposal is an essential piece of Michigans industrial future.
We know that we can create thousands of jobs and a great new industry by investing and partnering with universities and businesses to create new manufacturing facilities, Stabenow said.
More Obama control — more payback for the unions and more pandering to the enviro-whacko Obama voters and contributors.
Plain and simple.
If we need more Lithium just cut off all the nutcase from their meds, then there will be plenty of Lithium.
I guess the OTHER 10 Billion in research and development grants, in a 100 other laws isn't enough???
I thought that China had the largest deposit of lithium and rare earth metals?
Does anyone of these hacks actually know what it would take to charge a battery like that? And how about where that magic lithium battery charging juice comes from?
Something tells me they think that you buy them fully charged at the Cosco then recharge them next to your cell phone.
I'm sure Staberow's bill will not defund the EPA. I wonder if she has any idea that we have to MINE the minerals to build batteries.
She is an idiot. Hey, good people of Michigan, FIRE her in November, 2012
She has earned it....do the right thing, and continue the leftist purge you started in 2010.
Yep, $2 Billion here and $2 Billion there is no big deal to Stabenow and Obama if union thugs are appeased.
And what to do with these very large batteries when they no longer work? So much for 'green'.
does anyone know what millions of these batteries in landfills will do to the enviroment??
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From 2009 — Michigan to Receive a $1.7 Billion Jumpstart
Four major manufacturers of batteries for hybrid and electric cars are investing more than $1.7 billion to build new manufacturing plants in Michigan.
The companies A123Systems, Johnson Controls, LG Chem-Compact Power and KD Advanced Battery Group secured the tax credits to build the facilities, which could create 6,700 jobs for a state economy that is intertwined with the fortunes of the struggling American automakers. As those companies focus on producing more fuel-efficient vehicles, Michigan is positioning itself to become the advanced battery capital of the world, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm said in a statement on Tuesday.
Today marks a defining moment for Michigans future as we see a new industry begin to take root and grow new jobs, she said.
Gov. Granholm signed legislation in January for $335 million in refundable tax credits to bring battery developers to Michigan. Last week, she boosted those incentives up to $555 million, putting Michigan in contention for up to $2 billion in federal advanced-battery development grants, according to a statement issued by the governors office.
Volt sucks.
Vote "No"
Will these Democratic Flash Mob Looters please stop looting the commonweal to snatch and grab stuff for their hoods, stuff that will be mistreated and abused because the looters didn't work for it.
And watch the kickbacks flow into Democrat coffers
I've read quite a few articles on electric autos and the disposal of old batteries is something the companies don't talk about, those batteries are not small either.
I'm sure there is much info about it on the Internet but I haven't taken the time to look it up. I have an idea it will be a big problem if and/or when electrics become popular.
They can choke on their GM cars; they can choke on their GM batteries. NEVER AGAIN
Thanks. Looks like Stabenow wants to keep those gravy train tax dollars coming in to Michigan.
Good one! Thanks for starting the weekend off with a laugh.
Interesting wording, as the batteries powering the Chevrolet Volt are NOT "advanced". In fact, those batteries do not yet exist.
Now Dirty Debbie's ploy becomes more obvious. GM hasn't succeeded in accomplishing all the engineering and development that the Volt's success as a viable vehicle required. It would be more correct to say that the Volt is powered by Bravo Sierra, considering how it runs in the media.
The battery technology required for the Volt to operate as advertised is operational in prototype form now, but the size of the prototypes are similar to coin batteries found in clocks and computers. It is not known if the size can be increased to that necessary to power a Volt sized vehicle.
Debbie wants to throw taxpayer money to solve GM's problem of fibbing for effect.
Finally, the Rare Earth battle is already over, and China won, while the US anti capitalists and environazis slept. We will be asking permission from foreign nations for every efficient electric car we build.
laughingly, it might be best if we build none at all.
Another government motors welfare bill.
I had noticed that no one talks about battery disposal when we get millions (tens of millions) being thrown out annually.
Think of the ground and water pollution that will cause.
I believe you summed it up pretty well. Billions will probably be required to develop technology for practical batteries for electrics and Stabenow sees Michigan as the logical place to develop it because of the existing industry. Of course she wants to do it with taxpayer dollars because private industry is hesitant to invest that kind of money when electrics may well prove to be lemons.
Exactly, this is another Government Motors money giveaway.
More of my money down the f'n toilet!!
Vehicle batteries today are almost never disposed of.
There's far too much value in the metals via recycling.
Been that way for decades.
Hybrid vehicle batteries are an order of magnitude larger so it's essentially guaranteed they will be recycled.
Doesn't understand the technology. Check
Thinks the govt has a better investment record than industry. Check
The money probably supports some corrupt union. Check probable.
Has no understanding of what capitalism is all about. Check
Probably never had a real job. Check
Must be a liberal dim-bulb-crat. Check and double check!!
Dick Obama is saying, "Now that we've got the car, maybe we can find some batteries for it. And since we're going to put all those coal power plants out of business, let's have some more gummint money to build a whole bunch of windmills to charge em."
NO MORE CORPORATE SUBSIDIES AND LOOPHOLES! (snicker)
How much will this cost us?
If electric cars were viable the manufacturers would not need government help YOU F#C&ING MORON!
Next she'll want us to invest in a plant that makes unicorns powered by pixie dust.
Deja Vu all over again.
Hmmm seems like last year a battery plant for Chevy Volt was announced to open in Holland, Mi.
But of course with the Federal and State subsidies each job was going to cost a huge amount. Obama was there, maybe Debbie was asleep in 2010. As of July 2010 the jobs were supposed to be 18 months away.
Thanks...I believe this was the plant that a FReeper mentioned awhile back that a friend worked at.
The 50,000 to 200,000 units mentioned turned into 10,000 units and GM hasn't taken that number.
LG Chem Ltd is also mentioned in the article linked in post #14.
How many Volt battery's do you need to build for the 800 volts thet have sold so far?? Can Walmart just supply them?
Exactly. Her arguments are moronic. She directly compares an element used in technology for storing energy with an actual energy source (oil).
I'm all for more US based mining, manufacturing and advanced battery technology. How about removing REGULATIONS that prevent these industries from growing and thriving rather than dump more of our hard earned dollars down another lib do-gooder, government "investment" rat hole. Let the free market work for God's sake! They think that feeding "rich greedy industrialists" government money with one hand while holding a gun to their head with the other, deriding them all the while, will actually result in something useful.
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We propose and show that for coupling modulated lasers (CMLs), in which the output coupler is modulated rather than the pump rate, the conventional relaxation resonance frequency limit to the laser modulation bandwidth can be circumvented. The modulation response is limited only by the coupler. Although CMLs are best suited to microcavities, as a proof-of-principle, a coupling-modulated erbium-doped fiber laser is modulated at 1 Gb/s, over 10000 times its relaxation resonance frequency.
1. Introduction
Over the past several decades, substantial efforts have been undertaken to increase the relaxation resonance frequency of lasers to increase the maximum bandwidth at which lasers can be directly modulated; for example, through engineering the quantum confinement in the active medium [1–8], utilizing injection locking techniques [8–10], and leveraging cavity quantum electrodynamics effects [11, 12]. The direct modulation of a laser involves modulating a laser parameter, most often the pump rate, to impart information onto an optical carrier. It is commonly accepted that relaxation oscillations, which arise from the coupling between the atomic population in the gain medium and the photon density in the optical cavity, limit the modulation bandwidth of lasers [13, 14]. The relaxation resonance frequency, fR, decreases with increasing resonator quality factor, Q, and increases with the cavity photon density. In addition, as the pump rate is modulated, the gain and refractive index inside the laser cavity are modified; hence, the laser output is also unavoidably chirped [8, 13, 14]. For typical semiconductor lasers, fR is about 1-10 GHz [8, 13, 14], and for erbium-doped fiber lasers (EDFLs), fR is roughly < 1 MHz [15].
In this Letter, we propose and show that for a coupling-modulated laser (CML), in which the output coupler is modulated rather than the pump, the laser modulation bandwidth can be orders of magnitude larger than fR. Moreover, CMLs can circumvent the conventional chirp limitations and trade-offs between the laser threshold, drive power, and modulation bandwidth. In addition to large modulation bandwidths, CMLs can also achieve high extinction ratios with low drive powers, making them promising for chip-scale optical interconnects and networks. Although the technological benefits of CMLs are most obvious using microcavities, to illustrate a CML inherits the coupler modulation response, we demonstrate a coupling-modulated EDFL at 1 Gb/s, over 10000 times its relaxation resonance frequency.
2. Principle of operation
2.1 Intuitive explanation
A CML implemented with a ring cavity is shown in Fig. 1(a) , where the cavity is integrated with a 1x2 variable coupler. κ and σ are the field cross- and through-coupling of the coupler, respectively. The basic principle of operation can be understood simply. If we modulate the coupler and keep the pumping inside the cavity constant, the output power, Pout(t), is
Fig. 1
The condition at which Pin(t) remains essentially static is at modulation rates much greater than fR, when the photon density can no longer respond to changes in the cavity. At low modulation frequencies (less than and near fR), Pin(t) can respond strongly to changes in the output coupling ratio, which can cause significant output distortion. The range of modulation frequencies over which distortion is significant can be minimized by reducing fR, for example, by increasing the cavity finesse. Therefore, at sufficiently high modulation rates, coupling-modulation decouples the optical modulation from the intrinsic response of the gain medium and the cavity. The laser instead inherits the modulation characteristics of the coupler [16, 17]. The coupler, for example, can be a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) [16, 18–20], which can possess large modulation bandwidths [21] and be chirp-free [22].
2.2 Rate equation analysis
To mathematically illustrate the observations in the previous section, we model the intracavity power using rate equations. We assume a microcavity implementation of the laser, such that the modulation frequency, for practical purposes, does not exceed the cavity free spectral range (FSR). Neglecting spontaneous emission, imperfect waveguide confinement, and the spatial dependency of the intracavity field, the laser dynamics can be modeled by the following rate equations [13]:13].
Next, we perform a small-modulation-signal analysis of the coupling modulation, so Rpump is constant and κ(t) = κ 0 + εκ'(t), Pin(t) = Pin, 0 + εPin'(t), N(t) = N 0 + εN'(t), where ε << 1. We assume |σ(t)|2 + |κ(t)|2 = 1 and ln(|σ(t)|2) ≈-|κ(t)|2, which is an excellent approximation for small output coupling (i.e. |κ(t)|2 < 0.1). Taking the Fourier transform of Eq. (2), solving for P in(ω) to O(ε), where ω is the modulation frequency, and substituting into Eq. (1), we findEq. (3)a) is a constant offset and the second term is the modulation of the output power. The ε[κ 0 κ'*(-ω) + κ 0 *κ'(ω)]Pin,0 factor is the instantaneous modulation of the output power by the coupler, and M(ω) is a measure of the modulation response of the intracavity field. Also, τph −1 = vgα - ln(|σ0|2)/τ is the photon cavity lifetime.
Equation (3) shows two distinct bands of modulation frequencies which are depicted in Fig. 1(b): 1) For modulation rates, ω, near and less than ωR, |M(ω)| is significant and not flat with respect to ω, which implies significant output distortion. This distortion from the intracavity field response is equivalent to the memory effect distortion described in [16], and the width of this distortion band can be decreased by lowering ωR [13]. 2) For modulation rates ω >> ωR, |M(ω)| approaches 0, and therefore, Pin(t) ≈Pin,0.
Therefore, if we choose modulation signals with small spectral overlap with the memory effect distortion band, the circulating power remains essentially constant; hence, Eq. (3)a) becomes
The approximation of a constant circulating power in Eq. (4) is most appropriate for high finesse cavities, i.e. small, high-Q cavities, at a fixed intracavity power. Since ωR decreases with increasing Q, the band of frequencies over which memory effect distortion is significant is reduced. High-Q cavities have the additional benefit of a large Pin,0 at a given pump rate, which leads to a large output modulation for a small coupling modulation. Also, the cavity FSR should be large, so that the modulation frequencies do not have significant overlap with integer multiples of the FSR. Memory effect distortion can be severe at multiples of the FSR, as the generated modulation sidebands are the highest at the resonant frequencies. Therefore, coupling modulated lasers (CMLs) are suited to microcavity implementations.
Microcavity CMLs may use standing wave or traveling wave cavities incorporating a directional coupler or Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) output coupler that can be modulated. Depending on the size and geometry of the microcavity CML, spontaneous emission and gain saturation effects may significantly influence the output noise and memory effect distortion.
3. Coupling-modulated fiber laser
As a proof-of concept demonstration that a CML inherits the modulation response of the coupler at high modulation frequencies and to clearly delineate the contributions of the coupler to the modulation response, we constructed a coupling-modulated erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL). The laser is a ring cavity integrated with a lithium niobate (LiNbO3) dual output modulator (Avanex PowerLog AM-1) as an output coupler. The 3-dB modulation bandwidth of the coupler was about 800 MHz. Figure 2(a) shows the schematic of the laser. The gain section was 15 m of erbium-doped fiber (EDF, Lucent Ofs HE980) pumped with a 980 nm laser diode. About 25% of the pump laser power was coupled into the EDF. Anunpumped section of EDF coupled to a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) acted as a narrow-band tracking filter [23, 24] to prevent mode-hopping and maintain single-mode operation at 1532 nm. The reflection spectrum of the FBG was centered at 1532 nm and had a full-width at half-maximum of 0.25 nm. FC/APC connectors and fusion splicing were used for all connections in the laser. The polarization controller was adjusted to minimize the loss through the LiNbO3 coupler and maximize the modulation efficiency. The free spectral range (FSR) of the cavity was about 7 MHz, and the round-trip loss without the unpumped EDF was about 10 dB. Drift in the splitting ratio of the LiNbO3 coupler was carefully monitored throughout the experiment to ensure significant changes in the bias point did not occur during measurements.
Fig. 2
3.1 Steady-state laser output and relaxation resonance frequency
First, we characterized the steady-state laser output. Figure 2(b) shows the output power versus coupled pump power (Ppump) for two of the bias power-coupling strengths, |κ 0|2, discussed in this Letter. We verified single-mode operation using a high finesse scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer (Newport Supercavity) with a FSR of 6 GHz and a resolution of 1.2 MHz. A sample laser spectrum for |κ 0|2 = 0.5% and Ppump = 75 mW is shown in Fig. 2(c). The absence of extraneous peaks indicates that the laser was single-mode.
To determine fR, we modulated the current of the pump laser diode with 100 μs pulses and measured the ringing frequency in the output intensity. For the bias conditions used in this experiment, fR < 100 kHz. Figure 2(d) shows an example of the output, where fR is approximately 70 kHz.
3.2 Small signal modulation
Next, we measured the small-sinusoidal-signal modulation response of the laser using a 40 GHz photodetector (Newport D-8ir) and a vector network analyzer (Agilent 8753ES). For comparison, we performed a similar measurement of the LiNbO3 coupler by itself using a 6 mW optical input at 1532 nm from a tunable laser. Figure 3(a) shows the small-sinusoidal-signal responses of the laser and the coupler, which are nearly identical, confirming that the laser modulation roll-off is essentially due to the coupler. The output at specific modulation frequencies was directly detected to inspect the extent of any distortion. The inset of Fig. 3(a) shows an example at 100 MHz, which exhibits minimal harmonic distortion. Figure 3(b) shows a measurement of the small-sinusoidal-signal coupling modulation response of the laser over a 20 MHz range. The spectral resolution of Fig. 3(b) is much higher than Fig. 3(a), and dips are observed in the modulation response at the resonance frequencies of the laser cavity.
Fig. 3
3.3 1 Gb/s modulation
Finally, we modulated the laser with 1 Gb/s bit patterns. The electrical bit patterns were generated by a pattern generator (HP70841B) and the laser output was measured using a digital communications analyzer (Agilent 86100C, 86106B module). Figure 4 shows the eye diagrams and corresponding bits for the laser and the coupler by itself for a 27-1, non-return-to-zero (NRZ) binary pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) modulation pattern. The drive voltage on the modulastor was kept at 500 mVpp. The modulator Vπ was > 8 V at 1 GHz. We compared two operation points: |κ 0|2 = 1% with a 2% peak-to-peak |κ|2 modulation and |κ 0|2 =7% with a 6% peak-to-peak |κ|2 modulation. The coupling bias, defined from the average of the maximum and minimum output powers, shifted from 0.5% to 1% at the same bias voltage as the small-signal and steady-state measurements, because |κ(t)|2 varies quadratically with the modulation voltage at |κ 0|2 ≈0.
Fig. 4
For |κ 0|2 = 1%, the eye patterns of the coupler and the EDFL [Figs. 4(d), (e)] are nearly identical, which further confirms the laser modulation was determined by the coupler. The distortion in the laser eye pattern can be attributed to fluctuations in Pin. The extinction ratio of the laser modulation is 10 dB. At 1 Gb/s, the modulation rate of the laser is over 10000 times its relaxation resonance frequency.
For |κ 0|2 = 7%, the output is severely distorted [Fig. 4(c)], and the eye pattern of the laser is closed [Fig. 4(g)] even though the coupler eye pattern exhibits little distortion [Fig. 4(f)]. The distortion is caused by the larger fluctuations in Pin relative to its steady-state value. Due to the low finesse of the EDFL cavity, |κ 0|2 could not simultaneously maximize the laser output power and minimize the disturbance of Pin. This limitation is overcome in high finesse cavities, since the optimal output coupling that maximizes Pout decreases with intrinsic cavity losses [14]. High finesse cavities have the added benefit of low laser thresholds [25].
3.4 Turn-on transients
To observe the laser transient characteristics, we modulated the coupler with a 219 random bit pattern with |κ 0|2 = 1% and a 2% peak-to-peak |κ|2 modulation. The laser was allowed to regain a steady-state for 1.57 ms (>> 1/fR) between each repetition of the bit pattern. The envelope of the EDFL at long time scales [Fig. 5(a) ] shows that the modulation initially triggers relaxation oscillations that decay to a near constant envelope. Figure 5(b) shows the eye patterns for the last 215 bits for the EDFL and the coupler by itself are nearly identical, consistent with the PRBS modulation in Fig. 4. The characteristic time for Pin(t) to reach a steady-state, essentially constant value with the modulation is the lifetime of the relaxation oscillations. For CMLs fabricated in compound semiconductor materials, the time required to reach steady-state could be much shorter, of the order of 100 ps.
Fig. 5
4. Conclusions
In summary, we have proposed and demonstrated a coupling-modulated laser (CML), which circumvents the traditional relaxation resonance frequency bandwidth limitation. Although CMLs are suited to microcavity implementations, our experiment with an erbium fiber laser clearly delineated the contributions of the coupler and the material response to the coupling modulation. At sufficiently high modulation rates, the output modulation is decoupled from the gain medium and limited by the coupler. Compared to external modulation, coupling-modulation increases the modulation efficiency by a factor proportional to the intracavity power. The coupler can be based on other types of modulators to achieve phase modulation, chirp-free intensity modulation, and quadrature modulation [26,27]. These principles are equally applicable to standing-wave lasers.
The support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Prof. Li Qian and Dr. Wen Zhu for lending us the detector and pulse pattern generator.
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Although it lacks the absolute devastation its normal forme has, Tornadus-T makes up for it by just outspeeding and still hitting hard, while still remaining in a fight with good health, thanks to Regenerator. Although it has Focus Blast for the special side, it is greatly inaccurate, and Superpower hits what it needs to harder. The standard T-tar is OHKO'd by Superpower, and not even Scarftar can hope to outspeed. Hurricane's STAB hits hard for only base 110 Sp. Atk, with rain making that accuracy spot-on. Grass Knot was suggested a few times since HP Ice didn't do much for me anyway, and that's a great change for me. Gastrodon can still cause problems sometimes, but Tornadus-T can take it down with Grass Knot. Jellicent is also hit hard by Grass Knot. Muaka (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Intimidate EVs: 140 HP / 184 Spd / 184 Atk Adamant Nature - U-turn - Stone Edge - Earthquake - Stealth Rock Landorus-T has been extremely helpful for me in this metagame, because things like Terrakion seem to thrive even more here. The EVs here are to retain the same bulk while being able to outspeed Breloom (that's what I had in mind, at least). This results in a loss in power, but this is better than what I had before (thanks imanalt). Originally I had HP Ice on this as well, and replaced that because 4 out of 5 members already had either HP Ice or Ice Beam. Plus, I figured Landorus-T may like having a little more Sp. Def (I'd run Naughty so that HP Ice wasn't weakened). I did try Dugtrio from bubbly's suggestion, but it seems my personal taste doesn't match, or it doesn't support as well with all the other changes. It ended up doing less for me than I had hoped (or I'm just playing it wrong, lol) Hoi (Forretress) (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 184 SDef / 72 SAtk Calm Nature - Spikes - Hidden Power [Ice] - Rapid Spin - Volt Switch Oh dear lord I love this Forretress so much. The HP Ice Forretress set is just so amazingly unique and useful. It may have a pitifully weak BoltBeam combo, but being able to 2HKO most Dragons is beautiful. Volt Switch gave Forretress priority over other spinners, and being able to do what it does... beautiful. It helps keep this Volt-Turn chain alive with spinning, and contributes itself with its own switch. Spikes to stack up against the opposing team to wear them down quicker. While the standard HP Ice Forretress is physically defensive, due to my inclusion of Landorus-T, the team forms a decent core between Landorus-T and Forretress, due to Intimidate. Thus, I invested in Sp. Def, which allows it to take some Scalds in rain, and maybe some other special hits. Importable: Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Ghekula (Politoed) (M) @ Choice Specs Trait: Drizzle EVs: 248 HP / 252 SAtk / 8 Spd Modest Nature - Hydro Pump - Ice Beam - Hidden Power [Grass] - Focus Blast Gahdok (Genesect) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Download Shiny: Yes EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Timid Nature - U-turn - Thunder - Bug Buzz - Ice Beam Cahdok (Lanturn) (F) @ Leftovers Trait: Volt Absorb EVs: 144 HP / 100 Def / 76 SAtk / 188 SDef Calm Nature - Volt Switch - Scald - Toxic - Heal Bell Gukko (Tornadus-Therian) (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Regenerator Shiny: Yes EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Naive Nature - U-turn - Hurricane - Grass Knot - Superpower Muaka (Landorus-Therian) (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Intimidate EVs: 140 HP / 184 Atk / 184 Spd Adamant Nature - U-turn - Stone Edge - Earthquake - Stealth Rock Hoi (Forretress) (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 72 SAtk / 184 SDef Calm Nature - Spikes - Hidden Power [Ice] - Rapid Spin - Volt Switch Thanks to imanalt for helping me out with the EVs on this team. Some things I notice when battling is that this team's got trouble with Sun teams in general. It's also been pointed that Spore/SD Breloom can be a pain in the ass unless I play around it. I've also had a few qualms with Scarf Terrakion, but that's only when Landorus-T was worn down too much. EDIT: Due to changes, I am not sure on these matchups, though I'd assume the same. I haven't been able to play the same teams I did with the older version.