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The invention relates to optical multiplexers and demultiplexers and is particularly applicable to optical filters.
Optical filters may comprise several input and output waveguides and a dispersive element such as a diffraction grating located between the input and output waveguides. Light consisting of multiple wavelengths may be input so as to interact with the dispersive element resulting in various frequency components coupling with different output waveguides. The arrangement may include focussing elements such as lenses or mirrors on either side of the dispersive element. The dispersive element which separates the light beam with respect to frequency may be an array of waveguides or etched mirror elements. Such optical filters can be used as multiplexers and demultiplexers in optical systems for combining or separating multiple frequencies of light in wavelength division multiplexed fibre optic communication systems. Such a prior art system is shown in FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
The passband width and shape for each of the dispersed frequencies is important in multiplexer and demultiplexer components. To prevent significant light intensity fluctuations over the passband width of each of the output waveguides, a flattened profile within the passband may be desirable while maintaining a low level of cross talk between the different frequency channels. Wider separation between the output waveguides results in lower cross talk at the expense of narrower passband widths of each channel due to the higher spatial dispersion required. One prior art method of obtaining a flatter profile is the use of a multimode interference coupler of the type shown in the prior art arrangement of FIG. 2. In that case light of multiple wavelengths is input to an input waveguide 11, the light having a field profile of the type shown at 12. The input waveguide 11 may be a single mode waveguide or the profile 12 may represent that of the fundamental mode if the input waveguide is not single moded. In the coupler 13 multimode interference occurs causing an output field profile as shown at 14. When used in the general arrangement of FIG. 1, this results in a flatter field profile for each of the dispersed frequencies received in the output channels thereby reducing fluctuations in light intensity received by each output channel due to tolerance in frequency controls.
It is an object of the present invention to provide improved apparatus and methods for achieving broader and/or flatter passbands which may be used in optical multiplexers, demultiplexers and optical filters.
The invention provides an optical filter comprising at least one optical input for inputting multiple optical wavelengths, a wavelength dispersive device arranged to receive light from the optical input, and a plurality of optical outputs for receiving respective wavelength bands of light from the wavelength dispersive device, at least one of the optical outputs or optical input including at least two outer waveguides on either side of an inner waveguide, the outer and inner waveguides forming a group of coupled waveguides side by side, with the inner waveguide between the two outer waveguides such that evanescent coupling occurs between the outer and inner waveguides.
Preferably the outer waveguides are curved outwardly away from the inner waveguide at an end remote from the dispersive device thereby reducing the loss of the coupler.
Preferably the evanescent waveguide coupler including said inner and outer waveguides is located in said optical input, the inner waveguide being optically coupled to a light source of multiple wavelengths.
Preferably the waveguides of the or each evanescent waveguide coupler have an interaction length and separation to produce overlapping peaks of light intensity transverse to the optical path.
Preferably the outer waveguides are tapered outwardly at the end nearest the wavelength dispersive device thereby to provide a desired overlap of light intensity peaks for light coupled in the coupler.
Preferably said inner waveguide is a single mode waveguide device.
The wavelength dispersive device may include a dispersive grating.
The wavelength dispersive device may include a dispersive waveguide array.
Each optical output may include an inner waveguide coupled to the wavelength dispersive device via at least two outer waveguides on either side of the inner waveguide such that evanescent coupling occurs between the inner and outer waveguides, the two outer waveguides being arranged to receive respective parts of the dispersed output.
Preferably the input forms at least part of an integrated chip device.
The invention includes a method of multiplexing or demultiplexing optical signals by passing light of multiple wavelengths through an optically dispersive device located between input and output waveguides, at least one of the input or output waveguides forming part of an evanescent waveguide coupler comprising a group of coupled waveguides side by side such that optical coupling occurs between outer and inner waveguides of the group.
Preferably light of multiple wavelengths is filtered by a wavelength dispersive device, said method comprising inputting light to the wavelength dispersive device through an optical input and receiving light from the dispersive device through a plurality of spatially separated outputs, the optical input including at least two outer waveguides on either side of an inner waveguide, the outer and inner waveguides forming a group of coupled waveguides side by side, with the inner waveguide between the two outer waveguides such that the evanescent coupling occurs between the inner and outer waveguides.
Preferably each output provides a transmission variation with frequency which is flatter than a Gaussian distribution.
Preferably each output provides a transmission variation with frequency which is broader than a Gaussian distribution.
FIG. 1 shows a prior art optical filter,
FIG. 2 shows a prior art input for an optical filter,
FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 4 shows on an enlarged scale part of the device of FIG. 3,
FIG. 5 shows an alternative arrangement for the part showing in FIG. 4 which may be used in accordance with the invention,
FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of the invention, and
FIGS. 7 and 8 show passband profiles for the devices of FIGS. 3 to 6.
The prior art arrangements of FIGS. 1 and 2 have been described above.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, an optical filter is provided for combining or separating multiple frequencies of light in a wavelength division multiplexed fibre optic communication system. The filter itself is formed as a single integrated chip device 15 formed in this example of silicon with a plurality of silicon rib waveguides formed on the chip as well as a wavelength dispersive device 16. In this example the dispersive device comprises an optical grating which may be formed by an array of waveguides in known manner or formed as etched mirror elements in the single integrated chip 15. The rib waveguides form an optical input 17 and an optical output 18. A focussing element, such as a lens or mirror is formed in the chip device both at position 19 between the input 17 and the grating 16 and at position 20 between the grating 16 and the output waveguides 18.
In use, light from a multiwavelength source is input through the input waveguide 17 and collimated by focussing element 19 onto the dispersive grating 16. The grating causes spatial distribution of different frequency channels and these are focussed by focussing element 20 into the output waveguides 18.
In this example output waveguides 18 comprise a plurality of spatially separated rib waveguides side by side, the number of waveguides corresponding to the number of output frequency channels. For convenience three output waveguides are shown. The input waveguides comprise a group forming an evanescent coupler 22. In this example the coupler comprises three parallel waveguides side by side with the central waveguide 23 leading to the edge of the chip 15 where it is coupled to an optical fibre input. Similarly the output waveguides 18 extend to the edge of the chip where they may be coupled to respective optical fibre outputs. The coupler 22 includes two outer waveguides 24 and 25 which extend along the central waveguide 23 for a required interaction length and with a required separation between the waveguides so as to produce overlapping peaks of light intensity transverse to the optical input path 26. Each of the outer waveguides 24 and 25 of the coupler 22 are curved away from the central waveguide 23 at the end of the coupler remote from the grating element 16 so as to avoid significant reflective losses in the input waveguides at the position where interaction occurs between the waveguides of the coupler.
As is shown in FIG. 4, the central rib waveguide 23 is a single mode waveguide and has a field profile across the waveguide as shown by a single peak 27 entering the waveguide 23. By correct adjustment of the interaction length and separation within the coupler 22, the field profile of light emerging from the coupler is shown at 28 and comprises two overlapping peaks. This profile is duly dispersed into the separate frequency channels by the grating 16 causing the field profile of each passband entering the output waveguides 18 to have a broadened and flattened profile as shown at 29 entering the middle output waveguide 18. It will be appreciated that the spatial distribution caused by the grating 16 causes each of the output waveguides 18 to select a particular frequency passband. The separation of the output waveguides is arranged to avoid unwanted cross talk between the frequency channels and the broader, flatter field profile entering each of the output channels reduces variation in light intensity in each channel arising from tolerance of frequency control which may be required within the system.
The flat topped transmission profiles obtained with use of the present invention can be seen more fully in FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. 7 shows a normal Gaussian transmission profile 35 which may result from the device of FIG. 1. This may be broadened as shown at 36 to transmit a wider range of frequencies. The embodiment described flattens the top of this broader profile to give the frequency transmission profile shown at 37. FIG. 8 shows this flattened broader profile 38 with normalised transmission on the Y axis and frequency in GHz on the X axis.
The evanescent coupler 22 is shown in more detail in FIG. 4 where the electric field amplitude on the input side of the coupler is shown at 27 and the double peaked output is shown at 28. The separation between centres of adjacent waveguides 23, 24 and 25 is shown as S and the interaction length is shown as L. The values of L and S are chosen to achieve the desired broad double peak profile 28.
A modified form of the coupler 22 is shown in FIG. 5 and similar reference numerals have been used for similar parts. In this case the double peaked output profile 28 is broadened by using tapered waveguides in the coupler 22. For a particular waveguide separation S it may arise that when the waveguide mode is well confined then the double image at the output end of the coupler may consist of two distinctly separated spots. In such a case the outer waveguide 24 and 25 may be tapered so as to produce a tapered spread of light having its centre offset by distance Y from the axial centre of the waveguides 24 and 25. The use of such tapered waveguides 24 and 25 may then cause the overlapping double peak 28 as shown in FIG. 5.
It will be understood that the operation of light through a multiplexer or demultiplexer is reversible. Due to optical reciprocity an embodiment may be arranged as shown in FIG. 6 in which light having a single peaked field profile is input through a rib waveguide 30 and the spatially separated output frequency channels are received by three evanescent couplers 22 a, 22 b and 22 c similar to the couplers previously described. In this case, the light is dispersed by the grating 16 acting on a single narrower peak but each output coupler is arranged to detect its output channel across the three waveguides forming each of the couplers. Due to the evanescent coupling within the coupler three single peaked outputs 31, 32 and 33 are output to connecting fibres at the edge of the single integrated chip 34.
The invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing example.
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Needless to say, it was a very, very good outing for us. I think our guys were mostly mentally and physically ready to really play and really play well. We had to against what I think is a really, really good Florida State team. First half we got some things going for us, made a couple shots. Defensively, we gave them three layups. Other than that, we did a pretty nice job of guarding them in the first half as well.
When you look at it, just the ability to put the ball in the basket in the second half, balanced scoring, having two guys in double figures, and then I just thought Kendall was sensational -- 16 assists, three turnovers. I think he stepped up, and we needed him to.
It's a little bit of a difficult time that we've gone through the last 48 hours. Usually when that happens, you'd love to play a game so that you can put all that stuff behind you. We talked a great deal about what had happened, that it was over with, that it was behind us, we had to go forward, and I think we did that today.
It was a good outing for us, to say the least. I thought early we were more or less settling for too many outside shots instead of getting the basketball inside, but the second half I couldn't fault too much with what we did offensively at all.
They were able to get the ball at a tempo they wanted, and it looked like you guys played it about as comfortably as you could.
I've said for a hundred years that we like to score in the 90s, but we also realize that you have to be able to win games in the 50s and 60s. It's the way we practice every day. We try to work on situations, we try to work on half-court offense, but yes. We got out and ran several times in the first half. I think we had eight points on the break to their two. And we screwed up a couple of other situations. We still want to try to run the break, but down at the end of the game you have two opponents -- the other team and the clock as well.
You mentioned talking it out with your team about this situation. When was the last time you said something about it, and could you have expected them to respond this way?
I did expect them to respond this way. We had two great days of practice. We were very enthusiastic, everybody was into it mentally. I said we had a little bit of a quick meeting yesterday morning, and I mean quick -- five minutes to see if anybody had thought of something in their mind I wish I had said. We had a meeting on Friday, a private meeting with our team. I told them to think about it overnight and Saturday morning I'd give them an opportunity to say anything else they wanted to. All of us, especially me, think 'I wish I'd said that.' Nobody had anything to say, so I said, 'All right, let's get out of here.' Then we got ready and had a good practice yesterday.
I don't think I mentioned anything about it whatsoever in the pregame, so the last time we talked about it at all was yesterday.
Do you think the events of the last 48 hours brought this team together for a good performance today?
Absolutely. It drew everybody together and made everybody play even better. We had a team meeting and how it was unfortunate that he had to leave, but it should motivate us to play even better, and that's what it did tonight. Everybody played to their potential, and we got a big win so...
Did you see this coming out of Kendall though, 16 assists?
I mean, he's a great player. He knows where everybody is supposed to be. Sixteen assists, I think they said it was the first time in an ACC game, so it's a big game for him. If he keeps this up, there is no telling where we can go.
Did you see anything different out of him? Does it seem like he embraced this as his team now?
A little bit. The leadership, especially with our loss, he has to step it up -- it's mandatory for him. And for me also, because I'm going to play the one also. Him having a big game is very important because it builds his confidence. It enables him to play even better.
What were the last couple days like for you, having to go back and play a lot more in practice at the one?
It wasn't that bad because I played the one when I first came here. Just to go back and re-do what I did last year wasn't that bad. I'm just trying to go out there and do whatever I can to help my team. If it's playing the one, the two, the three, it doesn't matter.
You have an important road ACC game on Wednesday. How can you take experiences from Miami, Virginia into that game?
I think just focusing, focusing on the team, focusing on the bench is one thing we need to do. You never can prepare for how a gym is going to be. We just have to be mentally tough enough to get through it.
How have you become such a great rebounder. Obviously, you have the length but there is more to it than that. You are doing something more. What is it?
I would say rebounding is a mentality. You have to go after it. My teammates laugh at me and get a little upset because they do the work and box out, and I just go and get it. I stole a couple from J-Knox today, and he laughed about it. I think it's a mentality of that's your ball and you have to go get it. When you see it you have to grab it, especially with Florida State with their length. I might have had to grab it a little quicker than with other teams.
Can you describe the tone of Friday's meeting as you try to digest it all?
It was tough. You always want to say good-bye to someone you've known for two years. Coach told us we have to push through, and we have to be all-in as a team. We have nine guys that want to be here, so we just have to push and that's what we did.
Second straight double-double.
I think we played well tonight, me too. I got a couple open shots that my teammates set up, and I knocked them down.
What was the secret of the offense doing so well against this Florida State defense?
I think it was just how we got out to a good start. I started noticing that I could get into the seams a little bit. My teammates were doing a great job of finishing, knocking down shots. I just wanted to take advantage of it.
It looked like everyone was comfortable with you at the point. Talk about what you bring to this team.
I'm just out there trying to get our team shots. We don't want any empty possessions. Take care of the ball. When we get out to a good lead like that, everybody is going to play more comfortably.
How about your shooting -- a little underrated?
I'd say the second one at the end of the shot clock, maybe a little bit lucky, but sure, I'll say it's underrated.
What was the best piece of advice you got before this game, and who did it come from?
Best piece of advice had to come from Coach when he told me that tough times don't last, but tough players do.
How many times have you gotten sick at halftime?
I don't know. That's just something that maybe in half my games in high school I would always throw up either before or at halftime. I just happened to throw up at halftime today. I guess it just gave me an extra boost.
Was that a first this year?
Yes, but I threw up in practice like two days ago.


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Chapter 12: The Dragon
The Dragon had failed three times now to find a way to save the Unicorn, but had failed each time. These humans held the two females with high regard, and didn't falter in their defense of them. For what reason, the Dragon could not fathom.
It was the day after he had last seen the carriage holding the Unicorn, though he did not see inside it much outside that first day. He was walking down the street listening to conversation as he went, as usual, and then saw two men dressed in furs come in and walk into town.
The Dragon knew these men would leave for days, hunting animals, before coming back with their prey. It was like how the Dragon's father would hunt for him and his kin before they were capable of it.
He followed them into the Bazaar, an odd place where men would exchange food, clothing, and collectibles for gold. As usual, the Dragon had to repress the urge to horde the yellow stones for himself. There was always later.
As he followed, the Dragon picked up some of the men's conversation. It was mostly about certain activities he did not fully comprehend, such as getting 'drunk,' but after a while, his eavesdropping was well rewarded.
"Think those merchants were telling the truth?" the larger of the two hunters asked his smaller companion.
"'Bout them beasts?"
"Doubt it. Ya don't usually see dragons travelin' in packs."
"Assuming they even exist."
The conversation went on, the larger hunter skeptical about the existence of dragons, but the Dragon stopped caring. In packs? There was only one reason dragons would ever travel that way and that was when they moved to a new location.
The Dragon remembered his brood speaking of such a thing, though they had been hesitant. It was possible they had been attacked by men and decided to leave afterward, fearing more men finding them. It made more sense the more the Dragon thought on it.
He felt lighter, something inside him turning the burning blaze that was his anger into a small pyre. These humans could not have handled his entire brood. It all made sense if they had moved. But why leave him behind? He shook his head. No, it had to have been an emergency.
Or they really are dead, and he was being hopeful.
The Dragon shook the thought and continued through the bazaar, towards his small den. Gold mocked him as he went, but he tried to focus on what the men sold. Skins made of animal's fur to provide warmth. Water contained in wooden things called barrels that had been turned brown somehow was poured out into smaller containers you drank out of. Strings of beads and jewels you hung around your neck. The list of oddities went on, reminding the Dragon of just how much he still didn't know.
Not that he wanted to know any more about these pathetic creatures...
"Work is done for today, except John's order," Godo said, scratching his head. "We can finish that tomorrow, though. Get on home for today."
The Dragon growled softly - an odd quiet sound with his human form - and nodded reluctantly. He still hated having to follow this man's orders, though he thought Godo to be a respectable man. His work, melting metal and reshaping it into useful forms, was simply fascinating.
Sadly, it would be in the past soon. He ached to be in his true form once more and once the Unicorn was freed, he could don it. Then, he would search for his family. They couldn't have moved far.
His thoughts were interrupted by a female passing by the smithy. No, not just a female. She had skin fairer than any other he had seen and nearly white blonde hair. Though her dress was that of one of the serving girls men had, she walked with the pride of some immortal creature. Like herself. The Dragon's deep golden eyes met violet eyes.
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Popstar Pink who appears quite rough and tough showed how soft-hearted she is in her Philadelphia concert, where she stopped the show to comfort a crying little girl on Sunday night.
Pink noticed that the little girl in the audience was crying, so she asked her guitarist to stop in the middle of her song and called out "Is everything okay right here? Is this little girl all right?"
It turned out that she was upset because of a fight that took place around her in the crowd. Pink on knowing this replied: "Y'all are fighting around a little girl?"
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It can be no great surprise that this is one of Christopher Marlowe's least-performed plays. Even though director David Farr has condensed the two parts into one, Tamburlaine remains a largely unknowable anti-hero who displays a frustrating lack of inner life. What exactly propels him on his ransacking way?
We first encounter a lowly Scythian shepherd but, with clinical efficiency and loyal followers, Tamburlaine mutates into a lean, mean all-conquering machine. Enemies are confusingly dispatched before we can get a handle on them and, lo, the map of the world starts to have a big 'T' scrawled in blood across it.
With his supercilious, inscrutable demeanour, Greg Hicks is just the actor to portray this morality-free man, whose hubris extends as far as employing subjugated foes to draw his chariot. The magnificently voiced Rachael Stirling, as Tamberlaine's betrothed, alternates between cavilling at his treatment of her homeland and filing her nails on his sword.
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Forests of Hi no Kuni…
"How did he and Sakura know we were out here?" asked Naruto, carrying Kakashi over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He leaned him against a tree and lowered the unconscious jonin into a sitting position, the one-eyed ninja's head lolling loosely on his shoulders. "Did you say anything?"
"May I remind you that I was asleep when you came to pick me up from the complex?" asked Sasuke, sarcasm heavy in his voice. Naruto threw him a look as Kyubi started laughing his ass off.
~He's got you there, ya blonde idiot.~ chuckled the demon fox, an image of the yellow eyed, red haired human form appearing in Naruto's mind, his shoulders shaking with contained mirth.
"True… we'll find out when he wakes up," said Naruto tiredly, rubbing the bridge of his nose. This should not have happened, Kyubi, he thought, placing a hand on the scroll at his belt. The scroll now contained the body of Haruno Sakura, a girl who died before her time.
~Kakashi shouldn't have called out like that... stupid idiot.~ growled Kyubi, his mood turning grim as he began to pace in Naruto's mindscape. ~Furthermore, they never should have been here in the first place. There was a reason we didn't approach him or Sakura: Kakashi would go running to the Hokage and Sakura didn't have the experience for this mission.~
It's still my fault, thought Naruto, shaking his head slowly.
~We'll have time to mourn later, back when we're in Konoha and Hinata is safe.~ said Kyubi. ~By the way, ask Sasuke about his fight. I want to hear about his experience fighting the 'ex-Jedi.'~
"Hey, Sasuke? What did you think of this 'Haku's' fighting ability?"
Sasuke thought back to his fight as he applied iodine to the puncture wounds in his chest, wincing at the burn of the disinfectant before wrapping the injuries with some bandages.
"She was very good… very, very good…"
Sasuke's fight…
Sasuke charged, putting his hook swords through a figure eight as he charged. His Sharingan blazed red between the flashes of mirror like steel, the oinin directly in front of him in a ready stance with senbon glittering between her fingers.
The woman flicked her arms in his direction, unleashing dual handfuls of senbon needles, trying to perforate the last Uchiha, aiming to hit points on his body that would limit his movement, making him easier to kill. Damn Knights, she thought, dodging as he deflected the senbon and slashed at her. Two months since we left the Temple and they're still after us!
Sasuke growled as he threw himself into an aerial, narrowly dodging more senbon that streaked to where his shoulders had been. He landed softly, almost catlike, before rolling forward at his opponent, trying to stab the woman with his razor sharp blades, his eyes allowing him to pinpoint where she would end up before she moved there.
The oinin cursed as she dropped three of the senbon she was holding in her right hand, using the single steel needle to block the stab, redirecting it past her to hit nothing but air.
Sasuke put pressure on his blade, trying to change the failed stab into a swing. His eyes widened as she resisted his attack, holding his blade at bay with a puny senbon. The sound of steel grinding filled the air as the two combatants fought to overpower the other.
"Not bad for a Knight," she spat, pushing his blade back an inch. "To bad you won't survive to report back to the Masters!"
"Not bad for an oinin… but you forgot my other sword!" growled Sasuke, smiling.
He whipped his arm around, aiming to split the oinin from crown to sternum. He could split the training logs back home with a little effort, so using a large amount of force would probably break a senbon in twain.
Shit, thought Haku as she raised her other hand to stop the blow before realizing the action was pointless. Her senbon would not withstand an assault of that magnitude. Making a split second decision, she thrust out her palm, invoking the Force to hurl the red eyed Knight into the air.
What the fu…went through Sasuke's mind as he slammed back-first into a tree, his swords slipping from his numbed fingers. He twitched in pain from his recent encounter with the natural fauna as he pulled himself into a crouch, casting his gaze about to find his swords. She's got the same powers as Naruto. I wonder if she's got the same weapons…
His musings was cut short as a trio of senbon impacted his chest, their points digging into his right pectoral. His blades were out of reach, several meters behind him, so he had little choice: he had to pull out his new weapon.
Haku's eyes widened behind her porcelain mask as the Knight before her pulled a saber hilt from his ninja pouch. Damn… he wants to play rough, she thought as she replaced her senbon.
With a snap-hiss, the hum of Sasuke's red lightsaber filed the air, the mist crackling as it brushed against the blade. He smirked as he glanced at the blade, thinking he had the upper hand. He looked back and rolled his eyes, knowing that he'd just screwed himself.
Haku smiled as she pulled her own saber from her belt, tossing the comforting weaight from her left to her right. She flicked the activator, igniting the pale blue blade that joined the hum from the Knight's crimson saber.
Sasuke charged with his blade in the one-handed Makashi style. It was his favorite, despite his amusement at the names, as it was made for single combat. Sasuke preferred to fight one on one whenever he had the chance, though that was rare.
He stopped in mid charge, however, as the oinin touched a second activation switch, igniting the blade on the other side of the handle. Eyes huge, he stared at the blue saber staff with a shocked look on his face.
What he was feeling was summed up with two words: "Oh, damn…"
Haku smiled as she began to spin the saber, making it hum and crackle dangerously as both ends trailed through the mist. This duel is mine, she though as she knew most Jedi had little experience with a double-bladed saber master.
Double-bladed Juyo was the hardest of the seven forms to master, resulting from the added danger of a second blade. Practitioners would start off with a staff to learn basic moves, evolve to the use of a training saber, and then finally build their own saber staff. This kept inexperienced users from losing a limb or two, as the saber staff was twice as dangerous as a normal saber.
Sasuke swallowed nervously. His Sharingan would give him an edge in the fight, his dojutsu allowing him to see the moves before they happened, though he was wary of the new development. Naruto mentioned that there were many unique types of sabers… never thought I'd see one first time out!
He raised his blade and attacked, slicing toward her head with a quick overhand slice, using the tip of the blade to strike rather than the rest of the blade since both parts cut the same way. This tactic allowed the user to launch attacks from extreme range, keeping him or her from harm by keeping them out of reach of their opponent's blade.
Haku blocked easily before countering with a savage underhand blow, making the Knight scramble to avoid the lethal edge of the other half of her saber. She pressed the attack, pushing him back against a tree as she continually used both sides of the saber staff.
Sasuke cursed as he raised his blade overhead, angling the blade down to put it parallel to his back, blocking a slash at his back. His momentary triumph was short lived as the oinin quickly performed a one-eighty and struck at his front with the other side of her saber staff, forcing him to move quickly to bring his own blade to block.
Their sabers flashed and crackled in the mist, throwing out bursts of light as the energy blades tangled and locked. Sasuke was hard pressed to defend himself, having to block twice as many attacks as the oinin twirled her saber staff with precision and skill.
Damn… if Naruto didn't show me these forms, I wouldn't have lasted this long, thought Sasuke, ducking a strike at his head.
Thinking quickly, Sasuke faked an overhand before twirling the saber into an upward arc, slicing the saber hilt in half, making one half short out and die. He grinned as he successfully executed one of the harder marks of contact Naruto had told him about.
Haku was surprised, to say the least, as she looked at the severed handles of her saber. The bastard pulled a sun djem! Damn it! I spent two months building this thing, she thought as she held the broken handle in her left and her still functioning blade in her right.
Her musings were cut short by a turning back kick to the stomach, giving her a small amount of airtime before she went slamming painfully into the ground.
Sasuke leapt over her in an almost aerial flip, twisting in midair to slash at the prone opponent. He frowned as his slash was blocked by the remaining saber the oinin held, forcing him to attack again as he landed.
Haku kip upped, avoiding the strike aimed at her neck. As soon as she was on her feet she threw herself forward, putting some space between her and her opponent. She heard the Knight growl as she felt rather than saw his crimson blade pass within an inch of her neck as he spun and delivered a second strike.
My leap forward kept my head on my shoulders, she thought as she turned to fight the Knight, who was already charging, his saber held in both hands now.
Is he using… she trailed off as the Knight made an attack, he launched himself overhead, bypassing her readied blue saber to land behind her.
The oinin spun, bringing her lightsaber up horizontally to stop the heavy blow Sasuke was delivering. They locked sabers, Sasuke slowly pushing his saber towards her throat as she resisted. Sasuke, being of greater strength and height, slowly drove the oinin's saber back, bringing his closer to her throat.
In a bold move, one that Zabuza would have disapproved of, Haku took one hand off her hilt and thrust it in front of the Knight's face, using a Force push to launch him backwards. He rolled a few times, smacking his head hard before landing face down in the dirt beside one of the many trees, his deactivated saber hilt just in front of him, its kill switch shutting off the lethal blade.
"Not bad, Knight," said Haku, walking towards the downed warrior, her saber raised to deliver the final blow. "I'm sorry it had to end this way."
Sasuke smirked, his head still down as if stunned. Her mind is focused on the fight, not the fact that I'm planning an ambush, he thought, thinking back to a time when Naruto had sparred with him.
Sasuke thought his friend was crazy when he went as far as to blindfold himself, though somehow the blonde always knew whenever Sasuke was playing possum with him, despite his lack of vision.
Naruto explained that his control of the Force was good enough to allow him to sense intentions during a match, giving him something akin to a sense of battlefield omniscience. Even when Sasuke confronted him with various hidden kage bunshins, Naruto had known were every single one of them were, using the Force to give him a view of the battlefield uninhibited by camouflage or illusions.
Sasuke blanked his mind, as he did when Naruto had run out in the middle of the night, leaving to meet up with his Niwashi partner. Naruto hadn't sensed him that time, so Sasuke hoped it would work for her as well.
Haku raised her saber in both hands, preparing a strike to slice off the Knight's head. Before she could begin the downswing, she felt a disturbance in the Force.
Half turning, she looked over her shoulder, wondering why her senses were tingling, to find a gigantic Force push approaching at high speeds.
Shit! thought Haku as she dropped her saber in surprise and hastily summoned her own Force power to counter the push.
Sasuke watched grimly as the oinin was shot through the air for an instant before slamming into the tree he laid by, the force of her impact shaking a few leaves loose from the branches above. Thanks, Naruto, I owe you one!
He got back to his feet, brushing the dirt from his clothing as he hooked his foot beneath the metal cylinder that was now his favorite weapon. A flick of his foot had the saber hilt flying up to shoulder level, allowing him to snag it out of the air.
Sasuke smiled as he held the warm hilt and thumbed the activation switch, unleashing his crimson blade once again. He turned to the oinin, preparing to finish the battle with what Naruto called a 'sai cha.'
The oinin struggled to pull herself into a sitting position, the impact on unyielding tree leaving her very dizzy, likely suffering from a concussion. Her mask fell from her face, the chakra she had been circulating to hold it in position now gone as her control was lost.
Sasuke froze as he looked upon her face, halting his saber in mid swing. Long black hair framed a delicate face, her brown eyes at half-mast. Her lip was bleeding, a trail of blood running down to her chin.
Sasuke couldn't complete the swing, something stopping him from ending the woman's life. He was confused by his reluctance, so he settled for deactivating his saber and pinching a nerve cluster in her neck, a move Naruto had shown him should the fan-girls overwhelm him.
The girl slumped, her breathing peaceful as she fell unconscious.
Sasuke wondered why he felt this way as he tied the girl's arms together at the wrists and elbows, just as his brother had taught him. I'll have to speak to Naruto about this…
Present time…
~He's feeling the Force. Well, to a small extent, anyways…~ said Kyubi through his mental link with his container. ~That's why he didn't kill this 'Haku.' It'll take a while for his power to fully manifest itself, though I sense he will be powerful, almost like you.~
Naruto grinned as he relayed his info to Sasuke, whose eyes widened at the new info.
"I could do what you do?" he said in an awestruck voice, looking at his own hands with a inquisitive eye.
"Perhaps, given some training," said Naruto, chuckling as his brother attempted to use a Force push, imitating Naruto's movements from a demonstration he had given some time ago. "I said after some training, idiot. You're not going to use push or pull right away."
Sasuke opened his mouth to retort when a groan interrupted him.
Both Force users, experienced and not, turned towards their sensei, who seemed to be coming around, rubbing his head with one hand and his eyes with the other.
"Somebody get the number of that thing that hit me," he groaned, holding his head with both hands as his head began to pound. He looked up at his pupils, both of whom were glaring at the jonin. "What?"
"Why are you here, Hatake?" growled out Naruto, his eyes flashing red and his nails lengthening into claws as he walked over to the teacher.
Grabbing a handful of his teacher's flak vest, he pulled him to his feet, bringing him to eye level, crimson orbs boring into the one uncovered grey. "Why did you bring Sakura?"
Kakashi's eyes widened as he realized he didn't see Sakura among them, a quick look around confirming that. A feeling of dread filled him as he looked Naruto in the eye.
"Where is she?"
Naruto dropped him and pulled the scroll from his belt. Handing the scroll to him, he said, "She's in here."
Kakashi was silent for a moment before he slammed his fist into the tree he had been leaning against. A crack filled the air as one of the bones in his fist popped. As if pain did not affect him, he started slamming his fists into the tree, not reinforcing his limbs with chakra or limiting his power to protect his fists.
"Damn it!" he growled out as the skin on his fists was stripped away, blood flowing freely from his knuckles. A tear fell from his uncovered eye as he sank to his knees. "I should never have brought her along."
"Yes... you shouldn't have."
"Hello Kyubi," said Kakashi, nodding at the demon fox. He made as if to get up, though he quickly sat back down as his head started to throb painfully.
"Easy, Hatake. You're no good to us if you injure yourself further," said Kyubi, holding up his hand to forestall Kakashi's movements. "We'll give you some medical treatment once we're done with our interrogation."
At Kakashi's questioning look, Kyubi pointed to the two bound ninja. Kakashi raised his eyebrow as he recognized Zabuza, noting that he looked like he had been put through the wringer while his genin looked like they had gone through a stroll in the forest, although Sasuke had a little dirt on his clothing.
"Who fought the Kijin?"
Sasuke and Kyubi pointed at Naruto, who was whistling innocently as he leaned against a tree.
"Impressive..." said Kakashi, looking at Naruto with newfound respect. He opened his mouth to ask another question, but was interrupted by Sasuke.
"Kakashi-sensei, we have bigger issues than how Naruto took down Zabuza. We have to find out where they took Hinata."
Kakashi nodded as he stood, wincing as he brushed his knuckles against the rough tree bark. "You're right. Finding Hinata takes priority."
Naruto nodded as he and Sasuke walked over to the down shinobi. Kyubi dispelled himself, going back into the mindscape as to practice his forms for when he was needed.
Naruto delivered a kick to the nukenin's side, aiming just above his stab wound. The effect was instantaneous, Zabuza jerking awake with a shout filled with pain.
Haku awoke as soon as Zabuza screamed, throwing herself against her bonds in an attempt to defend her master. Sasuke ignited his saber and held the glowing blade at her throat, shaking his head in warning. She glared at him, her eyes filled with anger, but she stopped pulling at the ropes that bound her. Sasuke lowered his blade, thought kept it ignited. He hoped he didn't have to use it.
"Momochi Zabuza. Your reputation precedes you, Kirigakure no Kijin," said Naruto, pacing just out of reach of Zabuza's legs, his arms crossed with his saber hilts in hand.
"I would be lying if I said I knew of you, Jedi-scum," retorted Zabuza, conveying an anger-filled glare through his mask of bandages. "You're all the same, watching for that damned prophecy child."
"Ah, that prophecy thing my friends told me about. What exactly does it entail?"
Zabuza growled, straining his muscles against his bindings. Naruto raised an eyebrow as he heard the bindings groan in response. "How would you not know, Jedi? All Knights know of the prophecy."
Naruto crouched in front of him, spinning his saber hilts through his fingers as he looked into Zabuza's eyes. "I am not a 'Jedi,' nor am I a 'Knight.' I don't know what you are talking about."
Zabuza was silent for a few moments, using the Force to ascertain the truth. Naruto allowed Zabuza's mental touch, though he kept himself ready should the Force user choose to attack.
"Your words… seem truthful…" said Zabuza, looking at him with questioning eyes. "Who are you?"
"I am Namikaze Naruto, Sunagakure no Kijin, genin of Konohagakure."
Zabuza raised an eyebrow…well, acted as if he did. "The Kijin from Kaze no Kuni, eh? I've heard of you:
'Enter stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed.
If you take what you do not own,
You shall pay in blood and bone.
If you don't wish for idiocy's cure,
Beware the Kijin of Sunagakure.'
Zabuza chuckled as he recited the little poem he'd heard in a Kusagakure bar when he was meeting a client. A pair of bandits had just arrived from Kaze and was relaying the message to all the other bandits in the tavern, telling stories of how a man who decimated bandit groups as they attacked caravans. His blades glowed red as his eyes, causing sandstorms with a wave of his hand and tossing A-rank nukenin around like nothing.
Zabuza had not given it much thought, thinking the men were still scared of every shadow. Frightened men were prone to exageration.
"That's you, isn't it?"
Naruto nodded the affirmative; chuckling to himself about the sad little poem he had created on the spot to scare the bandits.
Zabuza looked over to Haku, noting that she was trying to work her way out of her bonds. "Haku, we have no quarrel with these men any longer."
Haku nodded, ceasing her struggles, though she kept a glare on her face as she watched Sasuke.
Naruto nodded to Sasuke as he ignited his black saber, quickly slicing through the rope that kept Zabuza tied to the tree. Sasuke did the same, his blade a crimson arc as he freed Haku.
"We have no fight with you, Kijin, so we ask that you let us go," said Zabuza, picking up the blade of Kubikiri Hōchō and slipping it onto his back. He stuck the lightsaber hilt in his belt along with the small damaged section that would have connected blade to hilt.
"We need to know where they would have taken my friend," said Naruto, an edge to his voice as he glared at the nukenin. "Where would they take the supposed 'Child of the Prophecy'?"
Zabuza pointed north-east. "The Jedi Temple, about fifty miles that way. All the Knights live there, so don't expect a rescue mission to be easy, especially if they have the true prophesized one."
Zabuzae made as if to jump away, though stopped and turned back to Naruto. "The Jedi Knights were the protectors of Nami no Kuni for a thousand years. They have had years to refine their arts, master their saber forms, and control the Force. They are not enemies to engage lightly."
"We will rescue our comrade."
"Then may the Force be with you, Kijin." With a nod to Kakashi and Sasuke, Zabuza and Haku walked into the forest, heading north-west as to bypass Konoha.
Sasuke let out a sigh as the pair disappeared, breathing easy now that the two potential enemies were gone. "Well, we have our heading. What should we do now?"
Naruto sat down and leaned against a tree, drawing a whetstone and his chokuto. With a rasp of stone on steel, he said, "We need a plan. We can't just waltz in and demand Hinata back."
Kakashi nodded as he sat by Naruto, bandaging his knuckles. "So… what do we do?"
"I have an idea, if you're willing to hear it." said Kyubi, a plan springing to mind.
A minute later…
Kakashi took a few calming breaths before looking Kyubi in the eye. "You. Are. Insane! This will never work!"
Sasuke nodded, agreeing with his sensei's apt description of Kyubi and his plan. "This is suicide!" he added, flipping the saber hilt in his hand. "We can't possibly get that to work."
They both turned to Naruto, who was still looking at the plans Kyubi had drawn out in the dirt. He looked up with a small grin on his face, the details for amendments to the plan finally clicking in his mind.
Sasuke and Kakashi felt a shiver of fear as Naruto's grin widened, forming that feral smirk they learned to be very afraid of.
"Let's do it."
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It's the year-round appeal of Carinthia that brings visitors from across Europe. It doesn't have the high slopes of the Tyrol to the west but it has more than enough for families and intermediate skiers - including Austria's longest gondola lift, the four-mile Millennium Express at Nassfeld - and also packs in 100 lakes, making it a summer playground, too.
"Entry-level prices for Austria are well below those in France and Switzerland, with most of our buyers looking to spend around £303,700," says Jessica Delaney of Alpine Marketing. "People like Austria because it is family friendly, the cost of living is better than in other Alpine countries and rental potential is generally good."
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With great interest we read the article "Image-Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Lung Lesions: A Phantom Study" by Merritt et al.1 In the article, the authors put forward the following three reasons to explain poor results in bronchoscopic route planning: (1) the loss of information resulting from the fact that only two-dimensional images are generated from three-dimensional (3D) CT scan images; (2) the fact that skills vary between bronchoscopists; and (3) the occurrence of lesions hidden below the airway mucosa. With their guidance system, Merritt et al1 synchronized virtual bronchoscopy images with real bronchoscopy images and obtained an excellent fusion of CT scan data and bronchoscopy images.
We agree with the three proposed reasons for the variation in CT scan guidance, but we would like to propose a fourth reason, which is easily overlooked. Differences in breathing patterns at the functional residual capacity level and the CT scan data obtained during maximal inspiration may bias the determination of accurate positioning. This may be overcome by performing CT scans at the functional residual capacity level, but differences in central and peripheral movements may influence the results. We have previously shown2 that the mean movement of the carina during quiet respiration averages 6.5 mm in the craniocaudal direction, and that the 3D displacement vector of the carina was 7.8 mm. Although we do not know the differences between central and peripheral movements in 3D displacement, this may be of even more importance. So, we wonder whether the system is capable of adapting itself to the breathing pattern of the patient or whether further improvement could be achieved by using four-dimensional CT scan data?
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