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Secretary of Cultural Affairs
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Publications Director
PhD. Rogelio Juvenal Sepulveda Guerrero
Director of Facultad de Ciencias Físico
Matemáticas
PhD. Romeo de Jesus Selvas Aguilar
Editor in Chief
M.A. Alma Patricia Calderon Martinez
Editor
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PhD. Alejandro Martinez Rios
PhD. Daniel Toral Acosta
PhD. Romeo de Jesus Selvas Aguilar
PhD. Manuel
PhD. Carlos lzaguirre
PhD. Angel E. Sanchez Colin
PhD. Pedro Valdes-Sada
PhD. Enrique J. Perez
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PhD. Jose Apolinar Loyola Rodriguez
PhD. Romeo de Jesus Selvas Aguilar
M.C. Azucena Yoloxochitl Rios Mercado
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OPTICAL FIBER LASERS : AOV ANCEO MANUF ACTURING TOOL, ITS
IMPACT ON ENERGY SAVING, ANO ITS
STATE OF THE ART IN MEXICO

QUAOROTORS OAE CONSTRAINEO MOOEL ANO FORCE CONTROL

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Alejandro Mar tinez Rios, 2 Daniel Tor al Acosta, 3 Romeo Selvas Aguilar;
CIO - UANLº - CICFIMº - FCFMº in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

ABSTRACT
Fiber lasers are a mature technology widely used in advanced manufacturing. In this review
paper, we describe the principie of operation of fiber lasers, and the extraordinary characteristics
that make these devices so convenient when compared to others available laser technologies.
Additionally, it will give the current status of the research on these devices in Mexico, besides the
potential impact it may have in the industry.
Keywords: Opticalfiber laser, laser manufacturing, fiber laser components.
RESUMEN
Los láseres de fibra son tecnología avanzada utilizada ampliamente en la manufactura avanzada.
En este artículo describimos el principio de operación de los láseres de fibra y las características
extraordinarias que hacen de estos dispositivos tan convenientes al compararlos con otras
tecnologías laser Además, se presentará el estatus actual de investigación sobre estos dispositivos
en México, así como el ünpacto potencial que tendría en la industria.
Keywords : Láseres de fibra óptica, manufactura de láseres, componentes de láseres de
fibracomponents.
INTRODUCTION
High power fiber lasers are an established technology which plays a central role in advanced
manufacturing, mainly as occurs in the automotive and aerospace industries [1 , 2]. There are two
principal characteristics promoted of this technological disruption, the first one is the inherent
high brightness given by the process of the laser beam generation at the rare-earth doping core of
an optical fiber, which results in high-beam qualities and tightly focused spots [3]. The second one
is the high wavelength absorption that metals, other ceramic and sorne organic materials exhibit
at sorne fiber lasers wavelengths, in particular, with ytterbium-doped high power fiber lasers (the
most used fiber lasers in the industry).
Martinez, A. Toral, D. &amp; R. Selvas. (2019). Optical fiber lasers: AAdvanced manufacturing tool, its impact on energy saving and its state of the art in Mexico. Celerinet. 7 (1), 1-9.

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Fiber lasers are excellent energy-efficient efforts and the obtained results is a result of the
devices with low maintenance/operating financia! problems in Mexico's Govenunent,
costs, being comparatively more attractive which over the last few decades has adversely
than other laser technologies. Consequently, affected the financia] support to the Research
fiber lasers are the preferred choice in the activity in this country. Thus, insufficient
automotive/aerospace industries, which widely financia! resources make difficult access to high
use cutting/soldering processes of aluminum power fiber laser components, which usually
and steel,being its low weight and mechanical are costly and also reduce the possibility to
strength useful to comply with safety standards produce relevance/impact in this particular
and energy-efficiency requirements.
field. In present days, one can find in Mexico's
industrial-clusters, diverse manufacturing
The above stated brings forward the relevance companies having in operation fiber lasers with
of fi ber lasers in the manufacturing industries, output powers ranging from a few hundred watts
particularly its impact on the production costs, to several kW. Therefore, it could be relevant
where energy efficiency and other important to develop our fiber laser technology, by
fiber laser's characteristics play a central role in taking advantage of the existing infrastructure/
the metal cutting processes.
background of our research centers to find
In recent years, Mexico has been the the way to get a role in the potential industry
destination of many intemational automotive demands on these technologies.
and aerospace manufacturers, making this
country the one with the largest concentration
As far as we know, apart from our group at
of high power fiber lasers in Latin-America Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (CIO),
[4]. Therefore, it is discussed in the next there is no other research group which is also
section, the potential impact that Research and developing high power fiber lasers in Mexico.
Development of fiber lasers may have in the In relation to our project, it is worth mentioning
local industry.
that it initiated in the summer of 2015, and
today's current status consists of a Laser
OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON Cutting Prototype with a continuous-wave
FIBER LASERS IN MEXICO
operating power of 200W. Additionally, it is
underway the assembly of a ~ lkW fiber laser
Along the past few decades in Mexico, cavity ( discussed in section 6).
basic research on fi bers lasers have been made
at different CONACYT Research Centers OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON
and Universities located across the country, FIBER LASERS IN MEXICO
so that every year the number of PhDs and
If fiber laser technology is fully developed,
MSc 's specialized in optics increases rapidly.
Moreover, on sight that over the last 30 years, a and further progress in this field pushed by
considerable part of these new experts become dominant Fiber Laser Manufacturers, would it
part of the Academic staff, it might be inevitable be worth trying to continue our research on this
no notice that there have been no results related field? Our answer is affirmative, and to sustain
to impact technological development, which is our opinion, we revise these research activities
evidenced for the very few research papers in from the approach of its potential impact in the
local manufacturing industry and the intrinsic
the particular issue of high power fi ber lasers.
The disagreement between the educational relevance that energy efficiency

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has in production costs as well.
The continued growth of the Manufacturing
Industry in Mexico has boosted the demand
for metal cutting systems. For these
companies, the selected cutting technology
is an important decision due to parameters
like energy consumption, speed/precision
characteristics, and maintenance costs impact
on the final production costs. So, we mention
the most common types of these systems
and its performance characteristics, sorted
incrementally by cost level.
With the lowest purchase cost, plasma cutting
systems are a versatile technology which offers
the highest cut speeds, and capability to process
the thickest layers of metals; although certainly
with a form factor that produces the largest kerfs
(size of the slit left by the ren1oved material),
which are usually in the order offew millimeters
[5]. On the other hand, their operating cost is the
highest, given the required electrical operation
currents are in the l0 's-l00 's Amperes.
In a higher cost leve!, appear CO:: laser cutting
systems. With optical output powers from a
few hundred to severa! thousands of watts,
these systems are suitable for a vast variety
of material cutting processes. lts good beam
quality and focusing spot diameters typically
of ~500µm make these devices attractive for
precision cutting, offering a 3-fold reduction in
kerf sizes when compared with plasma cutting
systems. Nevertheless, due to the complex
output optics required for beam delivery, as well
as the size of its diverse components and low
wall-plug efficiencies (~ 15%), maintenance,
and operating costs becaome an important
constraint in CO:: laser systems.
Finally, with the highest cost leve), we find
high power fi ber lasers. These systems offer
wall-plug efficiencies as high as ~50% [6, 7],
with conveniently long life-spans typically in

&gt;50000 hours, and em1ss1on wavelengths
range in the nearby of the absorption peaks of
the most commonly used metals in industry.
These characteristics are possible because of
pump power is provided by large life-span
laser-diodes, operating at such wavelengths that
the quantum defect corresponding to the fiber
core doping is remarkably low. Additionally,
as a result of being monolithic assemblies, the
maintenance cost is relatively low due to the
only components that deteriorate with use are
the output heads, which usually require very
short off-times for its replacement. Finally, the
outstanding brightness and beam parameter
product offered by fiber lasers, make them
possible to deliver beam spot diameters as low
as &lt;50 µm with deepness of focus [8] , which
allows higher precision and cutting speeds.
Therefore, fiber lasers not only comparatively
cut down the electricity bilis, but also reduce
the requirements of electrical installations and
in tum the overall size of metal cutting systems.
In summary, fiber laser systems, have the
best performance but the highest price, on
the other hand, CO2 laser and plasma cutting
systems are the less expensive altematives but
exhibit the lowest performance. Therefore, not
only cost/benefits but also the available budget
will determine the purchase choice. Under
budget limitations, users may prefer CO2 laser
or plasma systems due to their lower prices,
even if in the long-term this results in higher
operational/maintenance costs.
Besides that, there are sorne manufacturing
companies (rather large-sized ones) which can
afford the higher purchase cost of fiber lasers
and massively use these systems in metal
cutting processes. ln this case, the long-term
convenience of fiber lasers becomes evident,
first beca use of the energy savings immediately
cuts down the electricity costs, and second, due
to its higher speed/precision and durability

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reduce the operation/maintenance costs.
Nevertheless, due to all these high tech devices
are acquired from abroad, the user becomes
dependent on the fiber laser manufacturer, which
has total control on the adaptation/installation
process, spare parts, and maintenance/
training and other technically advanced issues
required for specific processes. Thus, it is not
a surprise that fiber laser manufacturers are
large companies with vast economic resources,
diverse technological assets, patent portfolios,
and advanced research and development labs.
Therefore, without these " unl imited" resources,
we could not contend in the same manner with
the same technological objectives. In this way,
to get a role in this field, we must develop
our fiber laser technology to i) decrease the
technological gap, and ii) this way we can
identify potential opportunity areas in the local
industry. With this in mind, we need to study
the issues encountered in the supply chain of
services and prepare research strategies that
allow link projects. Additionally, we believe that
this effort must be focused to the development
of fiber laser components, particularly, pump
combiners [9], cladding power strippers, hightemperature fiber Bragg gratings, and efficient
fiber cooling schemes as well as the search
of other potential appl ications of this type of
lasers. In this respect, we have been working
in these activities since 2015, developing sorne
fiber laser components mentioned above.

power fiber lasers Yb-doped cores are widely
used. The principie of operation of a fiber laser
can be depicted as a general laser system, in
which the active optical fiber simultaneously
provides the active laser medium as well as the
laser cavity. Fiber lasers convert the multimode
optical power coupled into the inner cladding
to a laser signal generated in the core, in the
particular case of Yb-doped high power fiber
lasers, conversion efficiencies of 70-90% are
typically obtained [3,8]. This can be technically
considered as the brightness enhancement
of the incoming pump power, conceming the
power departing from the core. The brightness
conversion becomes evident if we co1npare the
power density of the incoming pump related to
the outgoing laser signal. Because of the laser
effect, a net optical power is transferred from
the cladding towards the core, and given that
the core's cross-sectional area is (typically)
~ 100-times smaller than that of the cladding,
the power density increases with the same
proportion. This outstanding brightness
conversion allows the use offiber lasers in high
precision metal cutting processes, where high
power density is a key parameter.

As shown in Fig. 1, the double ciad structure in
active fibers can be seen as a three concentric
cylindrical waveguides each one with distinct
refractive index (Rl). Sorted from higher R1
to lower R1 values, we have in the first place
the central doped-core with R1 = n 1, then,
ABRIEFOVERVIEWOFHIGHPOWER the second !ayer (inner-cladding) with R1 to
FIBER LASERS TECHNOLOGY
lower R1 values, we have in the first place
the central doped-core with R1 = n 1, then, the
An essential characteristic of a high power second !ayer (inner-cladding) with R1 = n2,
fiber laser is the active laser medium, which and finally, the externa! !ayer of the waveguide
is a double ciad fiber with a central doped (low index polymer) with R1 = n3. ln this way,
core. Along this core is where the process of the co1npared R1 values of the core/cladding/
stimulated emission that leads to laser generation low_ index_polymer correspond as nl&gt;n2&gt;n3,
occurs, indeed. The core doping used usually respectively.
includes one or two rare-earth elements (Yb,
Er, Tm, Hm, etc.), although in the case of high

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Pumping, population inversion and
stimulated
absorption/emission
processes. High power fiber lasers are
pumped by multimode optical power,
being this power coupled into the inner
cladding of the fiber. From the ray tracing
approach, pump power can be considered
• as being carried by many ray trajectories
which also represent the cladding modes
supported by the highly multimode fiber
cladding. As shown in figure 1, the blue
arrow incoming to the fi ber represents one
of many pump rays coupled to the inner
cladding, so that each ray trajectory will
have a chance to cross the doped core
and get absorbed by the rare-earth dopant
ions. In consequence, these ions will go
to an excited meta-stable state, producing
an inversion population of excited states
which by stimulated absorption/emission
processes, will release this stored energy
and allowing the coherent amplification of
optical signals at the emission wavelength
between laser levels. The multimode pump
power is provided by multimode fiberpigtailed high power laser diodes, being
the pump combiner, the optical component
used for this purpose. Figure 2 shows a
typical scheme of a fi ber laser, in which
pump combiners are located on each side
Of an optical fiber cavity. Additionally, in order
to have a proper absorption ofthe pump power,
the pump wavelength must be within the
absorption range wavelength of the rare-earth
doping ofthe core.
Laser oscillation.
As shown in Fig 1. by adding a couple
of partially/totally reflective mirrors to
the laser cavity allows the bi-directional
amplification of the signa! wavelength
such that is produced an oscillating wave.
This wave bounces back and forth between

these mirrors, then, a rapid buildup of a
coherent wave occurs by the release of the
stored energy of the excited atoms. When
a steady stated is reached, the pumping
process maintains this energy storage at
a certain effective leve!, while the laser
oscillation is continuously releasing it at a
given rate. This released energy is partially
transmitted by the partial mirror so that a
laser signal is departing from the core of
the optical fiber and producing the single
mode, high brightness output laser signal.
At the present time, is common to find high
power single-mode fiber lasers with operating
powers ranging from few l00's - 20000 Watts
of optical power [6-8].
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FlBER LASER COMPONENTS
The sketch in figure 2 shows the key
components of an optical fiber laser. The
corresponding function of each component is
listed below:
(a) Active Fiber: lnside this component
is where stimulated absorption/e1nission
processes give rise to laser generation. In
general, the fi ber 's core is doped with rare-earth
elements like Ytterbium, Erbium, Neodymium,
Thulium, etc. in the case of high power fiber
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(b) Pump modules: These are multimodal
laser_diodes/laser_ diode_ bars which provide
the optical pump power required to produce the
excitation of rare-earth dopants in the core.
(c)
Pump combiner: This component
allows to couple the multimode pump power
from laser diodes. In high power fiber lasers,
these are usually made by multimode pump
fibers laterally fused to a central passive double
clad fiber, which can be directly spliced to the
active fiber.
(d) Cavity mirrors: In fiber lasers, these
optical fiber components are denominated fiber
Bragg Gratings. These are often fabricated by
inscribing a nwnber of periodic refractive index
perturbations along the core of double clad
optical fibers, in this way an effective degree
of reflectivity is achieved if the period length
satisfies the Bragg condition. ln order to allow
laser oscillation, the selection of the reflected
wavelength must be such that it coincides with
the signa! wavelength to be amplified.
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DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH POWER
FIBER LASER PROTOTYPE AT CIO:
LESSONS LEARNED

In 20 15, it was started a project in which it
was proposed the development of a ~ lkW @
1060nm high power fiber laser. The goal with
this project was to explore the feasibility to
create a laser system applications and

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development laboratory and this way to
approach to things concerning this technology.
We believe this project is relevant given the
increasing demand for metal cutting systems
by manufacturing companies in Mexico. This
project was also considered feasible in view of
the optical fiber 's research background at CIO,
taking advantage of sorne essential facilities
and special equipment like high-end glass
processing systems, optical spectrum analyzers,
and additional equipment and materials useful
to work with diverse aspects of the fiber lasers
assembly process.
As it would happen with any development
project involving the assembly of high power
lasers, it was possible to have to deal with
sorne technical problems. In this respect, the
first lesson learned from this project is related
to the care and detail leve! needed to carry out
the assembly process, being noteworthy that
even with a fiber laser operating at 200W of
output power (as demonstrated in the spring of
2018) the laser cavity must withstand ali this
signa! power propagating through a 25 microns
diameter's core, so that if any splice loss would
be present (as we experienced severa! times
before the first successful demonstration), it
would have produced the melting of the fiber
inner cladding. Both the splice loss and exposed
bare fiber sections that need to be packaged and
cooled, are always potential problems at the
moment to assemble a high power fiber laser
and brings forward the type of technical issues
to study [10]. For instance, we can mention the
research carried out to determine the source
of splice losses and its respective solution. To
figure out how it occurred this problem, we
studied the thermal diffusion of dopants in
fibers which yields an increment of the modal
field diameter and a modal mismatch in fi ber
of splice losses and its respective solution. To
figure out how it occurred this problem, we
studied the thermal diffusion of dopants in

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fibers which yields an increment of the modal fiber by July 2019 (depending on the purchase
field diameter and a moda] mismatch in fiber and arrival of the high power fiber Bragg
splices. With this purpose, and in a similar refl ectors).
way as we studied in [ 11 ], we designed a set
of experiments involving heating of fibers and
In addition to the project goals mentioned
the use of an etching solution that reacted more befo re, a ~ l kW fi ber laser cavity is not only
rapidly with the core's Rare-Earth dopants, desirable but either we want to add ali the
so that the etched fibers were revised by a required engineering to carry the developed
Scanning Electron Microscope to obtain the fiber laser cavities, out to the status of a TRLcorresponding surface relief images. On the 4 and 5 [12] fiber laser cutting prototype. This
view that the size of the fiber 's surface relief it type of readiness capability will allow getting
is correlated to the dopant's diffusion produced the cutting system out of the laboratory for
by the heat deposited to the fi bers, these images its use under relevant conditions, in this way
helped to indirectly determine the heat &lt;lose and we could comply an important aspect of the
other parameters which yielded better splice main objective, which was to have a relevant
processes and lower splice losses as well.
approaching with these technologies. For this
purpose, an additional engineering work was
Besides the expected technical issues, it also carried out to the already demonstrated 200W
emerged another problem, which was derived fi ber laser cavity, this impl icated not only the refrom the insufficient and slow flow of resources, assembly of the fiber laser cavity on a portable
and affecting our agenda in such way, that cabinet but also the packaging and cooling of
even with the support of the administration, the bare fiber sections, as well as the design and
it was difficult to boost the project progress. (in-house) manufacturing of the laser cut head.
Often happened that materia]s or equipment In respect to this laser head, it was designed in
financing was stuck in the waiting line among such a way, that it can be mounted overa CNC
other researchers needs. At the present date ( computer numerical control) mechanism to
of this paper, it is underway the ~ 1kW fi ber permit the transport of the laser power to the
laser cavity, in particular, the integration of the metal pieces to process.
chillerequipment required to enable the 1.2 kW
We expect to use ali the acquired knowledge
@ 915nm pump modules. It is worth mentioning up to this point, and apply these same attributes
that the theoretical conversion efficiency is to the ~ 1kW fi ber laser once demonstrated. ln
given by the ratio between pump_ wavelength/ respect to the ~ I kW fi ber laser cavity, additional
emission_wavelength (~86%) as well as the work must be carried out, like a new cabinet to
interna! cavity losses determine the final output assemble the fiber laser, active cooling of the
power of this fi ber laser. Thus, we expect to Fiber laser, active cooling of the fiber, chiller/
achieve a laser output power in the range of800- pump enabling and cladding power stripping
900W corresponding to a conversion efficiency sections, and a new fi ber laser cutting head with
of around 75%. The reason to use a 915nm process gas to avoid swarf have contact with
pump wavelength was to add sorne tolerance the laser head's optical components.
to thermally-induced wavelength instabilities, CONCLUSIONS
which may increase the pump wavelength and
cause a detriment in the pump absorption as
Ali things considered in this paper put into
well as reduced laser conversion efficiency. We context the type of challenges that must be
expect to demonstrate this high power laser
taken up to achieve relevance on the field of

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high power fiber lasers technologies, and be
able to produce a positive impact with respect
to the Manufacturing l ndustry's demands in
Mexico. In particular, our current fiber laser
development's project, reveals that the research/
engineering work needed to sol ve technical
problems as well as any quantifiable outcome
progress of the project has been engaged
to suitable financia] support to make things
happen. Ultimately, although the technological
gap in the field of fiber lasers is evident, we
believe that the research practice in Mexico still
can aspire to achieve sorne positive impact in
this Country. In our particular case, the ability
to provide relevant know-how and tools in the
ambit of fiber lasers has been the motivation to
work in the development of high power fiber
lasers.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors want to acknowledge the support
provided by Catedras-CONACYT project l 77
and the SEP-CONACYT project number 432 17
for the realization of this paper.

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NOMBRE COMPLETO DEL AUTOR O
DE LOS AUTORES

DIRECCIÓN DEL AUTOR O DE LOS
AUTORES:
Centro de lnvestigacion en Ciencias Fisico
Matematicas, Facultad de Ciencias Fisico Matematicas, UANL, Av. Universidad SIN, Cd.
Universitaria, C.P. 66455, San Nicolas de los
Garza, NL, México.
Email: toralacostadaniel@gmail.com

PhD. Daniel Toral Acosta received his Bachelor 's Degree in Electronical Engineering
in 1999, working as a telecommunications
Engineer for 11 years. ln 2015 he recei ved his
Ph.D. Degree in Industrial Physical Engineering from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo
Leon, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Fro1n 2015-2018
he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the
Centro de Investigaciones en Optica focused to
the development of high power fiber lasers and
optical fiber components as well as the required
engineering f or optical fi ber processing/packaging and integration/development of diverse
co1nponents oriented to high power fiber laser
prototypes assembly.
He is a holder of l patent, and with another 2
in procedure. S ince 20 l 8 PhD. Toral is at the
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, as a
CONACYT-researcher. PhD. Toral is the coauthor of 11 articles published in lnternational
Scientific Journals, and 2 patents his research
work has been focused on the development of
optical fiber devices and fiber lasers for diverse
industrial applications.

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'Carlos lzaguirre Espinosa, 2 Anand Eleazar Sánchez Orta, 2 Vicente Parra Vega ' Manuel Jiménez Lizárraga;
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UANL-FCFM San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México,° CINVESTAV Campus Saltillo, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Saltillo Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, México.

ABSTRACT
The flexibility and performance of the quadrotor as a research platform have been used in recent
years applications that reach even the fields of interaction and grasping. In this work, a force/
position control is presented using the orthogonalization principie between the subspaces of force
and velocity in constrained flight. A position/force sliding mode is presented to guarantee the
tracking of force in the constrained directions and the tracking of position in the non-constrained
ones. A stability proof is presented as well as a numerical analysis of the algorithm and sorne
insights on what the experimental flight tests might be.

Keywords: /orce control, quadrotors, sliding mode.e.
RESUMEN
The flexibility and performance ofthe quadrotor as a research platform have been used in recent
years applications that reach even the fields of interaction and grasping. In this work, a force/
position control is presented using the orthogonalization principie between the subspaces of force
and velocity in constrained flight. A position/force sliding mode is presented to guarantee the
tracking of force in the constrained directions and the tracking of position in the non-constrained
ones. A stability proof is presented as well as a numerical analysis of the algorithm and sorne
insights on what the experimental flight tests might be.

Keywords: /orce control, quadrotors, sliding mode.e.
INTRODUCTION
The quadrotor is a ti ight platform that has been used in a big range of applications which can
even include interaction applications such as: construction purposes [1, 2], aerial transport and
towing [3, 4], inspection of structures [5] and even in art applications [6]. With the advances in
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electronics
and
microcomputers
the
capabilities of quadrotors for interaction and
manipulation of objects raises, as well as the
needs for algorithms to handle force control
and interaction.
The problem of quadrotor interaction and
force control starts when the flight regirnen
changes from free flight to constrained
since switching between control algorithms
has to occur during flight and it has to be
a smooth transition to manage the contact
force disturbances. lt is clear that the force
control problem is complicated because of the
nonlinear dependences and couplings among
force, position and orientation coordinates, [7].
The quadrotor 's force interaction problem
has been addressed using a robotic end-effector
to establish a contact point [8], though such
solution proved to be versatile, the coupled
dynamics have been neglected.
Another approach, based on end-effectors,
neglects the relation among attitude, thrust
and exerted force assuming hovering and
no aerodynamic effects, and poses wherein
no force can be applied [9]. Lastly, we have
the approach seen in [10], in which a robust
fractional control is used in contact regimen to
follow a reference attitude signal compliant with
the desired contact force. Despite successfully
tracking a desired force, once the quadrotor
enters the constrained regimen, its position gets
locked and the only degree offreedom (DoF) to
manipulate is the angle directly related with the
force application.

the orthogonalization of force and velocity
subspaces bom when the force applied into an
object is normal to the constrained translational
velocities, allowing to control the force in the
constrained directions of the quadrotor while
at the same time controlling the position in the
non-constrained directions.
FORCE CONTROL OF A DIFFERENTIAL
ALGEBRAIC
CONSTRAINED
QUADROTOR

In the following, we elaborate on the
development of the differential algebraic
equations (DAE) to model the constrained flight
regimen of a quadrotor the implications and
advantages of using this approach. If conditions
of the orthogonalization principie persist at ali
time, then the dual space of force/velocity of
the quadrotor constrained flight can be divided
in two orthogonal complementary spaces, one
of force and one of velocity, taking that
that into account we can then define the quadrotor system in contact as follows:
•.

T

m~ =-T Re=+Jf'. (~)J + mge=+d P
R=Raf
➔

JdJ=-a/ J(J) + r + rcx Rr J r. (~ )2 + d 0
f'

(fJ(~.,, 1) = Ü
➔

Where ,~ is the vector from the center of mass to
the contact point and r, its magnitude, J r. e IR"x"'
is the constrained normalized jacobian" of the

kinematic constraint (fJ(~f',1) =O , in this sense
These studies show that extensi ve research
of force quadrotor's dynamics is yet needed we can define =[J r.(c;)l, J r.(c;)l xr, )e !R6" "' stands
"
"
without introducing a restrictive assumption. for the contact wrench
where J r. (~)A contains
The approach presented in this work is based the contact forces and
"'
on the force controller develop for robotic
manipulators in [ 11], and the map position
control seen in [12]. This methodology uses
➔

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ORTHOGONALIZATION PRINCIPLE
Since q,(,;) = 0\:/t, then its time derivative
yields

This means that J.,(,;) is orthogonal to ,; . That
is,; , belongs to the ortogonal projection matrix
of [13].

Figure. 1. Schematic description of the quadrotor under a
DAE model

effects presented on the position dynamics.
where Q spans the tangent plane at the contact
.-1. e lR"' is a vector of Lagrange multipliers
or contact forces, for a single contact point point, thus Qt = ¿ and QJ; = o.Therefore J.,, Q
and are orthogonal complements since IR" is
m = 1, and q,(,;.,,1) is the kinematic constraint,
a rigid and frictionless surface, where generated by the direct sum of two orthogonal
subspaces, and rank(im(Q)) = m = n -r as well as
ip = f(,;,,,,r): lR" ➔ IR"' is a given scalar function,
rank(im(J.,)) =r , such as m +r=n [14].
,; = [x.,,y,,,,=
,,,
f
denoting
the
position
of
a
Q
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POSITION/FORCE CONTROL
fixed coordinated system and r = [lfl.,,0 ,,~,,, f
9

their associated Euler angles. The position
aerodynamic disturbances stand for dp while
the attitude aerodynamic disturbances stand for
d.

The goal is to track force signals in the force
subspace which is mapped by J ,¡,r. (,;) while
tracking position signa Is in thevelocity subspace
mapped by Q. For the purpose of simplicity, the
physical constraint will be modeled as a wall in
the x axis of the quadrotor which is placed at
1 m. of the quadrotors origin. In Figure 1, the
contact regimen is represented, and the aim of
this scope can be depreciated, the tracking of
both force and position of the quadrotor while
in constraint flight.

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We must first define sorne structural
properties which will be helpful at the time of
presenting the stability proof.
BOUNDEDNESS OF DYNAMICS:
There exist positive scalars '$;, for i =o,... ,11
, such that

IIQIJsP.
l td - a,;, 11 5 P2+ /J1IJ,;, 11
llro-11 s P4llo-11
llé&gt;lls fi6
IWd -

a!,II5 P, + PsI !,

11

(7)

(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)

llr sign(Sq, &gt;11s ✓
3J..,,= (r)

(12)

11/Jj;. ¡¡ s"/]9

(13)

llr;LIIs Y; lf sign(Sq1 &gt;IJ
ll.-1. -2d11s /Jio

(14)
(15)

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Then from equation (1) and using the
properties related with previously listed: can be
bound as

llmge=+dp -Y,011 S ,tmax (m )/31 (A llt,11+ .fj;.•= (V))
+,ima,&lt;m)P6(P1ll~.II+ fi4 lall)

Where S, =
reference as

t, =t, +t¡

Where

(21)

+/JJ;. (~)[~1+sd1 - r):] (22)

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&lt;:1 = sign( Sq) (

llmge=+dp - r,e¡¡ sx(t) (17)

P.. = /3,/31 +P6P2 +Ps/Jrn +Ps"f; + g Amax (m) ,

Is a state-dependent function. Notice that, X(t)
not only includes ali the externa! forces affecting
the aircraft (buoyancy forces, aerodynamic
forces and gravity) but also a general statedependence of d p .

Consider the nominal

t .. =Q[td - a~, +sd, - Y&lt;T]

+lma, (m )P (ll~JII+ Y; IIJ sign (Sqf )11)
+J.max/311 +lldpll

t -t,.

23

)

t = sign(S1 ) ( 24)
where the tracking position error is defined as

~. = ~ -

with reference trajectory ~d (i) e c 2 ;
feedback gains a,r,/3 are diagonal positive
~d,

definite matrices and is a scalar gain. J . (~) = J
is the constrained normalized Jacobian of.tfié
kinematic constraint0. Errors are then defined

as
OPEN LOOP ERROR EQUATION:
Notice that the orthogonalization principie
is established at velocity leve!, we need to
introduce an orthogonalized reference signa!

t, = t, +!1 at the velocity leve!, where t:!1= o

The main idea is to prove the boundedness
of the constrained DAE dynamics (1) and (2).
Once accomplished this, we design a controller
by using the virtual control u=-TRe, as a full
vectorial term. In this way equation ( 1) can be
rewritten as

m! =-u+J; (~)J +mge=+dP ( l &amp;-9
Following a similar procedure to [15], the
parametrization can be expressed in terms of a

S, = QS - /3J;.s1 (25)

s. = sq + ru

(26)

s1 = sq, + r/f. (27)
Sq =S - Sd (28)

sq, =D./ -sd, (29)
S = t, + a~, (30)
sd, =S(to)e-k(t-to) (31)

~¡ =f A- Ad

(32)

sd¡ = ~¡ (to)e-k(t-to) (33)
For k, k &gt;- O. In this way S, can be stated as

nominal reference ~' as

mt,. = Y,e

09)

Introducing (19) into equation (18) yields

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CONTROL DESIGN
A control law that assures semiglobal
exponential tracking of force-position reference
signals, in closed loop with system ( l ), is given
by
u = KdSr + J; [Ad +sd, - Y; tanh (µ¡Sq, )]

+J; [- r111J +r1Sd, - r1r;'f-]

(35)

where Kd is a diagonal positive definite
matrix, and are positive scalar values. Then
substituting equation (35) into (20) yields

bounded, we have that (tr,tr) EL~ . The right
hand side of open loop (18) shows that exists
such that

This result shows only local stability of Sr and

Sr . Now we prove that the sliding mode arises,
taking Sr in (34). Since Sr e L , and Q are

q,(;",1)
pJ;. (; )S1 ➔ o

bounded, then QS, is bounded and, since
is sn,ooth and S1 ➔ o then

. Now taking into account that Sr is bounded,

mSr =- KdSr - J; [112+sd, - Y; tanh(tt¡Sq, )- Y¡D./]
- J: [rfsd, - r¡Y;L. ]+mge=+dp - f,e (36)
Let the following function

v =.!_[s;mS, + ps; s1 ]
2

then :,QS, and ;pJ;.s1 are bounded (this is

j;.

possible because
is bounded and so is Q ).
Ali these chains of conclusions prove that there
exist constants c2 &gt;- o and c3 &gt;- o such that

(37)

be a candidate Lyapunov function for
equation (36). The total derivative ofLyapunov
function (37) along its solution (36) gives rise
to

t7 = s;msr + p;s1 ( 38)

Now we have to prove that for a Q_roper
selection of feedback gains r and Y; the
trajectories of position and force converge
to zero. This is possible if we can prove that
sliding modes are established in the position
subspace and in the subspace Q of force
Considering that the operator Q spans
the vector as the direct surn of its image Sr ,

J; (;).

If Kd ,r1 and p are large enough and
the initial errors are small, we conclude the
seminegative definiteness of equation (39)
outside of hyperball c0 = S, 1f7 ~ o centered at
the origin, such as the following properties of
the state of closed loop system arise.

this implies that and
implies that

im(JJJ;. (;)Sr =s7) , this

Sim
Sr = Os
- s - /J J ¡,'T $f =sim
s f ( 42)
where S;"' and Sr belongs to orthogonal
complements, that meaos (s;m ,S¡') = O . That is,
we are able to analyze the s:"' dynamics

Then, ( sq,,a) e L~, and since desired
trajectories are c 2 and feedback gains are

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st,

st

independently of
because belongs to
the kernel of Q. This is verified if we multiply
equation (43) by Q r

where

lf

F:

1

&gt;-0 , then a

sq, = o is guaranteed v,.

0.5
50
a j,/J,,¡t 70
8
k
Yx.y,= 0.1, 0.15, 0.15
45,200,200
K

Y;,o,,,,
Kd# /J~

QTSr = S, (44)

Since is Q idempotent. It is important to notice
that if Ax= Ay for any square nonsingular
matrix A and any couple of vectors x, y then

d:t .J',:

within the span of Q. Now if we multiply Sr by
J 'P we obtain

J,,,S, = J,,,QS, - /3J,,,1;.s 1
J,,,Sr =- /3S1 (4 5)

Now according Q 1 Sr = S, to ín the posítíon
subspace of Q if we take derívatíve of equation

s;, produces

k
Y¡

5
8
0.1

Y;

0.1

ax.y,:

Thus, eq uation ( 44) means that Sr = QS,

(44), and multíply ít by

=r;-~[ts,].

sliding mode at

QTSr =QTQS, - PQT1;.sf

x=y .

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NUMERICALANALYSIS
The simulator is developed using 6 main
programming blocks identified as the position
and force control, position and force dynamics,
lambda estimator, attitude reference mapping,
attitude dynamics and attitude control.
Simulations use the ode 23tb (stiffffR-BDF2)
numeric solver with variable step. The desired
reference in force is stated as Id = 2 + sin (t) N
, while position reference signals are designed

= r- F:1 • Thus, we obtain the sliding
mode condition if r &gt;- F:1 , such as F:, &gt;- o of
Where

F:,

as

[xd, yd,=dr =[J,0.5sin(t),- 05 - 0.5cos(t)]r m

Initial

conditions

for

the

simulation

r =[1,0, -If

[x0 ,y0 ,=0

which means that the
quadrotor is already in contact
Feedback gains are shown in Table 1, as seen
sq, = o at ,, ;?: ~•:'.'"'I. However, notice that for
in Figures 5, 6 and 7 the tracking of the circle
any initial condition sq, (10 ) = o then t, =o ,
is successful and the contact with the wall is
which implies that the sliding 1node at sq, (1) = o maintained at ali time during the si.tnulation.
is guaranteed for ali tüne.
The tracking of a sine function in force is
Siinilarly, if we take the derivative of (45) accomplished as presented in Figure 2.
In Figure 4, The virtual control containing the
and we multiply it by
we have
inputs from the position and force controllers is
presented, which is then mapped and followed
by the attitude controller, resulting in the
tracking of the quatemion shown in Figure 3.
equation (46) guarantees the sliding mode at

s;

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.
t

t

J

•

1; .,. (,)

,

•

'

•

Figure. 2. Force tracking of a sine function

Í

1

,

1

•

Tim, (•)

Figure. 3. Attitude behavior according to force application

This approach needs to be further developed
for experimental tests, important considerations should be made regarding the contact too!
to be used, it wi11 require a precise and fast positioning system such as
Optitrack or Vicon in order to feedback the position of the center of 1nass of the quadrotor as
well as the contact tool tip.
Computational cost and latencies for this
algorithrn are relatively big, a problen1 which
will decide whether this scheme could be running on board the quadrotor or if it will need
a ground station to run the controller. In addition to the previous challenges, the typical vibrations of the quadrotor, once in contact, will
compromise the capabilities of the quadrotor to
keep the orthogonalization principie.

in constrained flight.

CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

1

1

1

1

f

I

f

f

1'

Tu"' (&gt;)

Figure. 4. Virtual control input to the attitude reference
map.

¡j
!.,

. .

-.-::::~.
... '

'

. ..

'liiuo (t)

.'

. . ..

Figure. 5 .Regulation at contact point in the x axis.

1
'

•

'Twi:i(,)

0

0
' •

Figure. 6.Tracking of a sine function in the y axis.
'

'

.t

,1

ti

"" l

l~ii •'

~

I

J

!

♦

Tltuu (,;)

1

1

•

Figure. 7.Tracking of a cosine function in the z axis.

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[position/force sliding mode is a precise too!
for tracking references in both subspaces of
position and force. For experimental analysis
one thing to keep in mind is that there has to
be changed in control schemes to change from
free flight regimento a constrained one for the
quadrotor and therefore a switching algorithm
in addition to maintain the orthogonalization
principie between force and velocities will be
very complicated due to the vibrations of the
quadrotor. Also, the latencies demanded by this
approach would be a problem when trying to
have ali programs running on-board the quadrotor.
Even considering the challenges previously
mentioned about experimental flight test. The
position/force sliding mode presents is a powerful tool that can extend the methodology proposed in [7], achieving in this way a real way of
handling regular objects in the air by using a set
of cooperative quadrotors that can apply a desired force while changing position according to
the grip requirements proposed in [7].

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Carlos Mauricio Santacruz Elizondo;
CIO - UANLº - CICFIMº - FCFMº in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México.

RESUMEN
Presentamos parte del trabajo realizado por el autor referente a la teoría llamada "Theory of Empty
Universe" [l ], en este artículo se definirá lo que para la teoría es la naturaleza de la gravedad, así
como su relación con la física de las partículas. La relación antes mencionada sigue siendo uno de
los grandes problemas de unificación según las teorías actuales.
Para esto se presentará un breve resumen de la conjetura de la naturaleza del inicio del universo
y cómo su constante expansión define la naturaleza de la fisica del espacio-tiempo, esto coincide
con las observaciones en el universo por los experimentos realizados.
Explicaremos las fuerzas fundamentales que rigen la gravedad y la forma de las partículas, así
como ejemplos y resultados.
La teoría contempla de una manera general las fuerzas fundamentales como el electromagnetismo,
pero no se abordarán en este artículo.
Palabras claves: Gravedad; Física; Partículas; Universo; Naturaleza; Deformación; Espacio;
Tiempo.
ABSTRACT
We present part of the work done by the author about the theory called ''Theory of Empty
Universe" [ l], in this article we will define what for the theory is the nature of gravity, as well as
its relationship with the physics of particles. The last relationship continues to be one of the great
problems of unification according to current theories.
F or this a brief summary of the conjecture of the nature of the beginning of the uni verse and how
its constant expansion defines the nature of space-time physics will be presented, this coincides
with the observations in the universe by the experirnents carried out.
We will explain the fundamental forces that govern the gravity and shape of the particles. As
well as examples and results.
The theory considers in a general way the fundamental forces such as electromagnetism, but
they will not be part in this article.
Pérez, A.S. &amp; J.P. Salinas. (2018). Size variation of Fe2Ü3 embedded in a kaolinitic clay of recent geological age.
Celerinet. 6 (2), 1-5.

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Keywords: Gravity; Physical; Particles;
Universe; Nature; Deformation; Space; Tinte.
INTRODUCTION

According to the theory called "Theory
of Empty Universe" (which in the following
we will abbreviate as "TEU") the universe
was created from a singularity that derives in
the convergence of the space dimension with
a vector dimension, this last dimension we
call it "time". In such convergence the time
dimension deformed the space dimension,
creating a dynamic multi-dimensional space,
what we call "space-time". The space-time
suffer a constant deformation derived from
the "time" dimension, this deformation occurs
in ali directions, the previous data has been
confirmed on the Law of Hubble. [3]
THETHEORY

TEU Type oftheory
The General Theory of Relativity defines
the curvature of space-titne as a gravitational
fiel d. ln the presence of matter, the geometry of
space-time is not flat, is curved,
a particle in free inertial move1nent inside a
gravitational field follows a geodetic trajectory.
As well as the Quantum Electrodynamics
defines the physics of particles as the
phenomena implied by electrically charged
particles that interact with each other by means
of the electromagnetic force,
being the first quantum theory of the
field in which the difficulties to construct a
complete description of fields and of creation
and annihilation of quantum particles, were
resolved satisfactorily. [2]
However, TEU is at the midpoint of both
theories, establishing its arguments in geometric
terms, energy fields and at a classical theory
level. Due to this defines a connection between
the gravity and the particles.

TEU Type of theory
Toe deformation of space-time derived
from the convergence of dimensions creates a
spherical space-time that continues to deform
in all directions at the speed of light. At the
limit of this deformation which is the area of the
space-time sphere is what creates the energy.
This energy has a wave nature and forms fields.
As well have opposite polarities.
Toe theory says that hypothetically this
energy can be formed by a type of fibers or
one-dimensional strings structured in other
dimensions due to the expansion of space-time
invades those dimensions. This is speculative
due the impossibility of observing those
dimensions.
The fundamental physics of the particle
According to TEU at the limit of the
deformation of space-time where energy is
created, this energy converges in itself in the
form of spheres forming fundamental particles
such as the electron. When they converge in
themselves, they endose a space-time inside
them which has a space-time deformation
pressure specific to the place where the particle
converged and was created. Toe particles once
created are formed by the energy of fields in the
outer area and the deformation pressure inside
them. These are called fundamental particles.
The deformation of space-time
Before the beginning of the universe, the
dimension of space existed in a point infinitely
small and unaltered. In its interior TEU says
that there was a specific interna! pressure.
At the moment of the singularity and creating
the dynamic space-time this began to deform in
all directions generating a larger volume inside,
so the pressure inside it was decreasing, creating
what TEU called space-time deformation
pressure lower to the space specific befare the
singularity.

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The fundamental physics of the particle
According to TEU at the limit of the
deformation of space-time where energy is
created, this energy converges in itself in the
form of spheres forming fundamental particles
such as the electron. When they converge in
themselves, they enclose a space-time inside
them which has a space-time deformation
pressure specific to the place where the particle
converged and was created. The particles once
created are formed by the energy offields in the
outer area and the deformation pressure inside
them. These are called fundamental particles.
The nature ofthe atom
According to TEU, the union of many
fundamental particles creates larger fields,
due to the polarized nature of energy fields
are formed on other energy fields due to their
attraction, thus creating groups of concentric
fields that we call atoms. TEU believes that
neutrinos and neutrons are layers of energy
fields in pairs that neutralize each other, these
fields in pairs forrn the inner layers of the atom.
The Beta Decay theory gives clues to these
theoretical properties. [4]

The force of gravity
Previously, we defined particles as spherical
energy fields that store inside them a specific
space-time deformation at the time of their
creation, which is the space-time deformation
that the universe had at that moment. The
energy field of the particle prevents the spacetime deformation inside it be modify, which
keeps it constant.
The Law of Hubble tells us that the spacetime ofthe universe has a continuous expansion
from the beginning of its existence.
Space-time deformation differential
Derived from the continuous expansion of
the universe, a deformation of the space-time
of the variable universe is created with the pass
oftime.
As the space-time deformation of the interior
of the particles is constant and the space-time
deformation of the universe is variable, this
creates an inequality generating a space-time
deformation differential.
De-t(particle) &lt; De-t(universe)

(1)

According to TEU this differential of spacetime deformation between the particles and
the outer space, creates a differentiaJ pressure
force in ali directions and gives the particles the
spherical shape. This we call gravity.

!

O_e•t(unlver,e)

-·----·•·• - -·

-

.....
Fig. 1. Atom diagram according to TEU

The polarity of the different fields creates
a force of attraction that attempt to join them,
justas the deformation of space-time that exists
inside the same fields creates an opposite force
that prevents the fields from joining. This gives
the stable form to the fields and the atoms.

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Fig. 2. Diagram of the forces of deformation space-time
in particles.

Interaction of the space-time deformation
between two particles.
When two particles find each other in the

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empty space, the vectors of deformation forces
interferes between the empty space and the
particles themselves creating a differential
effect.

(01 ), that area (Al) is shown on Fig 4.

Fig. 4. lnterference diagram of vectors from one particle
to another.

Fig. 3. Diagram of vector interference between two
particles.

The closer the particles are to each other,
the interference of the vectors will increase,
increasing the differential force between them,
this creates an acceleration in the displacement.
We call this gravitational acceleration.

Due this we need to obtain the area ( A 1), this
is obtained geometrically from the law of sines:
Lawofsines: (r2)/d =(al)/(rl)

(3)

0-1
..:-----r2

ANA LYSIS
Mathematical fonnulation of the gravity
according to TEU
lf we consider that the deformation of the
outer space " presses" against the center of the
objects in ali its spherical surface radially dueto
its deformation differential and the deformation
energy inside the objects "press" to outside,
then we have a pressure differential over the
entire surface of the object that is obtained
by dividing the force between the area of the
surface considered spherical. This deformation
force is the differential a of the deformation
force inside the object less the deformation
force of the outer space.
Interna! pressure = Pressure of deformation /
área of the particle's sphere
(2)

Fig. 5. Vector interference diagram according to its
geometry.

0 -1

~
~o
r1

B1 --::::::

1

y

11

r1ey+c

----

/

Fig. 6. Vector interference diagram according to its
geometry.

We will omit the mathematical formulation
for obtaining (c), [8] which is:

e = (rl) * ( 1-

((1- ((rlld)2))1/2) )

(4)

If we consider that space is infinite, the space
between the objects is negligible, so that the
area (Al) of the object (01) that is affected
by the other object (02) is the "shadow" that
produces the objects vectors of the first object

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To have the val ue of (c), we can calculate the
area of the spherical cap affected.
Al = 2 *pi* (rl) * c
(5)
Al = 2 *pi* (r1)2 * (l-((I-((rl/d)2))1/2))
(6)
The pressure in that area 1s equaJ to the
pressure in the whole sphere.

From equation (11) a differential force is
obtained on the object (O l) of attraction of the
object (02) to the object (01), at the same time
it happens in the other object (02) shown in the
Figure 3.
Objects in space are attracted to each other,
then the force attraction ofthe object will be the
sum of them. We ' II call it resultant force.
Fr = Fl + F2

A(sphere) = 4 *pi* (rl)2
(7)
Pressure(sphere) =Deformation / A(sphere)
(8)
Therefore we can consider that the pressure
in the area (Al) is equal to:
Pressure(A 1)=(Deformation/2 )*( 1-(( 1((r 1/d)2)) l/2))
(9)
From the previous formula we can see the
part " (Deformation / 2)" indicates that only
half of the deformation stored in the particles
interacts with the other particle.
Equivalence with mass.
TEU defines the space-time deformation
inside the particles as the stored deformation
force that interacts with that of other particles,
thus defining gravity. Current theories define
the force caJled " mass" as the interaction with
gravity between the particles.
So TEU says that the mass is equivaJent to
the deformation force stored in the particles.
Mass = De-t( particle)

(10)

CalcuJation of the deformation force between
particles.
With the deformation pressure in the area
(Al) of equation (9) we can define the strength
ofthe area (Al)
Fl = Pressure(Al) * (Al)

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(11)

( 12)

Effective force between particles.
The resulting forces formulated previously
do not consider the space-time deformation
of the empty space between the particles, for
which a correction must be made as a function
of the space-time deformation constant.
GravitationaJ constant.
TEU understand the gravitational constant
as a physical representation of the deformation
of the empty space of the universe and its
acceleration (Ac). [5]
G=6.674E-1 1 (m3)/(kg*s2)
G= (m/(s2)) * (m2/kg)
G = Ac * ( r / Fr)
( 15)

(13)
( 14)

GravitationaJ acceleration.
TEU derives from the Newtonian equation
of gravity, its own equation. Based on the
following conjectures.
a) The gravitational constant physical
representation of the defonnation of the empty
space of the universe and its acceleration.
b) The larger (massive) object compared
to the other, does not move.
c) To obtain the resultant force, the space
between the objects is considered despised,
whereby:.
d) The maximum area of the minor object
that influences the displacement deformation is
haJf the area of minor object, (Ao2) /2

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e) Due to the previously and to that the
space between the objects is despised as if they
were joined; it is considered that the effective
distance is the radius of a hypothetical sphere
with the same perimeter of the affected area.
The effective radio will be ( ro2) / 2.

Object:
Mo = Mass ofthe Object = 523.60 kg
ro= Radius of the Object = 0.5 m = 0.0005
km
Height of the object on the ground of the
earth
s = l 00 m = O. 1 km
Doing the calculations with the previous
equations [(3) to (12)] we obtain a resultant
force of:
Fr = 9,177,403,644.99 kgf

0-1
Fig. 7. Diagram of effective radio between objects
despised their separation in space.

In figure 7 we observe that " s" is the
projection of the effective area of the object
0-2 in the massive object 0-1 , as well as the
perimeter of the effective area "p 1" of the
object 0-2 is half of the perimeter of the object
0-2, whereby the effective area "p l" is equal
to that of a hypothetical sphere with radius r / 2

(17)

Remind that this resultant force does not
consider the space-time deformation of the
empty space between the particles, for which
a correction must be made depending on the
deformation constant of the universe.
Therefore we will use the equation (13)
that uses the gravitational constant to make
the correction of the space-time deformation
mentioned over in function of the acceleration.
Doing the caJcuJations we get the following:

From the above TEU gets its own equation
for gravitational acceleration.
g = ( G * Fr) / ( (r/2)2)

(16)

where:
g= Gravitational acceleration (m/s2)
G = Gravitational constant (m3)/( kg*s2)
Fr = Resulting force between particles (kg)
r = Radius of the object attracted (m)

Examples:
Case 1)
Consider a spherical object at a distance
over the ground of our planet Earth with the
following characteristics:
Earth:
Mt = Mass of the Earth = 5.9736 E +24 kg
rt = Radius of the Earth = 6,378.10 km

g=(G*Fr) / ((r/2)2)
( 13)
G = 6.674 E-11 (m3)/( kg * s2) (14)
Fr = 9,177,403,644.99 kgf
( 17)
r =ro= 0.5 ,n
We obtain this result:
g = 9.799998708 m / s2

( l 8)

The gravity that exists on the Earth's surface
is of 9.8065 m / s2 , with which we obtain a
variation of0.06629%.[6]
Case 2)
Analyzing the previous case, but with the
variant of the elevation of the object on the
ground of the earth at 412 kms which is the
altitude of the orbit of the intemational space
station, we obtain :

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g(412km) = 8.647 m / s2

(19)

The gravity that exists in the intemational space
station is of 8.629 m / s2, with which we obtain
a variation of 0.2086%.[7]

RESULTS
Developing similar anaJysis to the above
examples in other celestial bodies in our solar
system we obtain the following results.
Table: Table 1: Accele ration of gravity according to TEU
and its comparison with the cu rrent observations of the

ce lestial bodies of the solar system.
Celestial
Bodies

G

G

Variation

(TEU)

(Newton)

(%)

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupi ter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

274.04
3.7022
8.8724
9.80
3.711
24.79
10.45
8.87
11.1242

274.0
3.70
8.87
9.8065
3.711
24.78
10.44
8.69
11.15

0.01459
0.05945
0.02706
0.06629
0.00
0.04035
0.10536
2.0713
0.2314

Note: The values of mass, diameter and gravity we re
obtained from Wi kipedia. [2] . The values are expressed
rounded, but were calculated by software with 50 decimals.

an additional asymmetric differential effect that
alters the previous symmetric, this generates the
movement of particles that we name gravity.

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CON CLUSIONS
Experimentation
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differential effect in ali directions which gives
the spherical shape to the particles.
This symmetrical differential effect is aJtered
when two or more particles are found, creating

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Angel Colin, 2 Pedro Valdés-Sada, 'Enrique J. Pérez, 3 Carlos E. Chávez, 'Eduardo Pérez-Tijerina;
UANL - FCFMº - FIMEº - UMº in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México.

ABSTRACT: We present the optical properties in the visible spectrum for a gold plated printed
circuit (antenna) fabricated on a glass substrate of 5x5 cm2. The circuit was designed for an
exploratory study of antenna arrays of 2x2 elements, thus covering the surface area of one face
of a standardized 1-Unit cubesat. The measurements were conducted at room temperature; the
reflectance, absorbance and transmittance spectra were obtained as a function of wavelength in
the range 250-2500 nm.
Key Words: Printed circuit; Antenna; Optical absorption; Optical re.fl.ection; Optical transmission;
Cubesat.

RESUMEN: Presentamos las propiedades ópticas en el espectro visible para un circuito impreso
(antena) chapeado en oro, fabricado en un substrato de vidrio de 5x5 cm2. El circuito fue diseñado
para un estudio exploratorio de matrices de antenas de 2x2 elementos que cubren e1 área superficial
de 1a cara de un cubesat estandarizado de 1-Unidad. Las medidas fueron hechas a temperatura
ambiente; los espectros de reflectancia, absorbancia y transmitancia, fueron obtenidos como una
función de la longitud de onda en el rango de 250-2500 nm.
Palabras clave: Circuito impreso; Antena; Absorción óptica; Reflexión óptica; Transmisión
óptica; Cubesat.

Colin, A., et al. (2018). Emerging planetary astrophysics and related technologies research in Northeastern Mexico.
Celerinet. 6 (2), 6-21.

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INTRODUCTION

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE

Nowadays, printed ciurcuits that include
antennas play an important role in wide brand
of applications such as astronomical detectors,
satellites, the current and the next generation of
wireless communications systems, and so forth
[1 -3].
With the advent of the new cubesat's
generation, this kind of circuits are very
demanded, especially because they can be
fabricated on the solar panels of small satellites
withoutsacrificingsignificantitsperformance [4,
5]. A 1-U nit cubesat, is the minimal standardized
satellite platform of 10 x 10 x 10 cm3 with a
mass of 1.33 kg [6]. New investigations in this
miniaturized satellites emerge every year with a
variety of novel circuit designs to maximize its
communication systems used for downlink data
at different frequencies. Most of them use the
ultra-high frequency (UHF) band dueto at this
frequencies digital data can be well transmitted
in a modulated form [7].
In the literature, it is very common to find
electrical and radiation parameters of antenna
circuits, but not their optical characteristics,
nor the behaviour when multilayer of different
materials are used in their electrical wires.
In this paper we present the optical
characterization of a gold plated printed circuit
(antenna), fabricated on a glass substrate of
5x5 cm2 whose ground plane covered with
chromium acts as light absorber. This circuit
pretends to be a re-scaled model of the design
previously reported in [8] in order to study the
optical characteristics of the materials used in
the multilayer zone.
This exploratory study will be the first
step towards designs for applications in the
communication sub-system of the engineering
model of the Refractor Telescope SATellite
(RTSAT), which is currently under construction
[9, 10].

Three thin film depositions were performed
by means the DC sputtering method on a glass
substrate of 5x5 cm2 and 2 mm thickness. The
substrate was previously cleaned with acetone,
immersed in an ultrasound machine for arow1d
4 minutes. To build the gold plated electrical
circuit, we used high purity Au (99.99%) at
300 rnA and 4 14 V during a period of 30 s. The
bilayer element in the circuit, was made using
high purity niobium (Nb 99.99%) at 400 rnA
and 350 V during 60 s. Each deposition was
made over its corresponding slot printed circuit
in a sticker mask, which was removed after
each process. The ground plane in the opposite
side of the substrate, was built by depositing
high purity chrome (Cr 99.99%) at 400 mAand
350 V during 60 s. Toe whole printed circuit
after its fabrication is depicted in Fig. 1. Here,
ali dimensions are re-scaled around 2500 times
from those of the proposed model in [8].

Fig. 1. Gold plated printed circuit fabricated on a glass
substrate of SxS cm 2.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Ali measurements were made at room
temperature in the visible spectrwn, using a
spectrophotometer UV-VIS (TMTHERMO
SCIENTIFIC, Mod. EV600 PC).

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For our purposes, in this experiment we
investigated the effects ofNb on metallic layers
such as Au. The optical transmittance and
reflectance spectra, for the Nb thin film, were
recorded in the wavelength range 250-2500
nm, as is depicted in Fig. 2. We observed that
there is minimal transmission in the ultraviolet
band, whereas it presents a soft increment of
around 1% up to the infrared band, giving in
consequence that only a small quantity of the
ultraviolet light is reflected, as expected.
The absorbance and transmittance spectra for
the Cr thin film , are show in Fig. 3. We found
that around 99% of ali incident light is absorbed
homogenously.
We observe that the values of transmittance
for both Cr and Nb are quite similar. That may
be due to the incident beam was directed in the
center ofthe substrate, where part ofthe layer of
Nb is directly deposited on the glass substrate,
which in turn is practically transparent, hence
the refracted beam now inside to the Cr film ,
therefore the transmittance spectra should be
interpreted as the addition of those material s.

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1500

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A of far the bilayer zone that includes Au and Nb.

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1000
1500
2000
2500
lt should be taken into account that the
A(nm)
device presented in this paper was made for
Fig. 3. Absorbance and Transmittance as a function A
an exploratory study only in order to know the
of for the ground plane made of Cr.
optical properties in the bilayer zone adding
Future experiments will consist in fabricate
a third metal !ayer in the opposite side of the
and characterize ali the electrical and radiation
substrate.
parameters of an aptimal antenna array of
The radiation parameters ofthe antenna were 2x2 elements connected in parallel, since
not considered here; they wili be considered in this combination will provide an antennaa next experiment with a multilayer zone in a module for one face of 1-U Cubesat but with
silicon substrate of around 500 µm thickness, 1nuch higher directivity and a de resistance
which will include a thin !ayer of SiO2 as approximately the same as for a single antenna.
Our preliminary design is shown in Fig. 4.
electrical insulating between the Nb and Au.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
e authors acknowledge to funding from
Agencia Espacial Mexicana, through grant
number: AEM-2014-01-248438, and to Dr.
Manuel García Méndez for his assistance
during the experitnental runs in the facilities
of his
laboratory.obsesionporelcielo.net/)
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