Electronic properties of double-layer carbon nanotubes

The electronic spectra for double-wall zigzag and armchair nanotubes are found. The influence of nanotube curvatures on the electronic spectra is also calculated. Our finding that the outer shell is hole doped by the inner shell is in the difference between Fermi levels of individual shells which originate from the different hybridization of π orbital. The shift and rotation of the inner nanotube with respect to the outer nanotube are investigated. We found stable semimetal characteristics of the armchair DWNTs in regard of the shift and rotation of the inner nanotube. We predict the shift of k_F towards the bigger wave vectors with decreasing of the radius of the armchair nanotube.     

单壁碳纳米管吸附氧分子的电子输运性质理论研究

用基于第一性原理的密度泛函理论和非平衡态格林函数方法对(4,4)单壁碳纳米管及其吸附氧气分子情况下的平衡态和非平衡态电导性质进行了研究. 发现在小于2 V的偏压下,系统对电压的增加呈现两种不同增长速率的电流响应,其中电压小于1.1 V时电流增加速率较大;而当电压大于该值后,电流对电压增加速率变缓. 吸附的氧分子提供双重的作用,一方面氧分子提供的能级有利于电子隧穿中心散射区;另一方面氧分子的电子态会破坏碳管的平移对称性,从而降低电子对系统的透射能力. 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 氧分子吸附 电子输运 非平衡态格林函数     

紧凑型THz源的史密斯-帕塞尔辐射模拟

 采用模拟和数值计算的方法,研究了THz波段的受激史密斯-帕塞尔辐射特性。实验装置以“上海电子束离子阱”为原型,采用紧凑型设计以便最终实现其可移动性。束流动力学模拟表明,此装置采用强磁场,可以得到平均流强为0.2 A、束流半径为75 μm的高品质电子束,为电子束工作在自由电子激光模式下创造了条件。基于Andrews和 Brau的理论,优化了光栅参数,保证了辐射角度在60°。其中消散场的计算频率为0.365 9 THz。采用particle-in-cell(PIC)程序模拟了光栅表面的辐射场以及电子的动力学特性。模拟结果表明电子有群聚效应,且二次谐波（0.723 THz,约为消散频率的2倍）得到增强。采用后处理方法计算了史密斯-帕塞尔辐射的功率空间分布。计算显示辐射角度与理论角度相一致,表明了方法的有效性。输出的功率约为2 mW。     

Toward the theory of spin waves on the surface of a nanotube with a superlattice in a magnetic field

Electron spin waves on the surface of a semiconductor nanotube with a superlattice in a magnetic field have been considered. The spin-wave spectra and regions of collisionless wave damping have been found. It has been shown that the spin waves do not exhibit damping on small-radius tubes with a degenerate electron gas.     

Elastic behavior of a screw dislocation in the wall of a hollow nanotube

The elastic behavior of a screw dislocation lying in the wall of a hollow cylindrical nanotube is studied theoretically. The corresponding boundary-value problem of the classical theory of elasticity is formulated and solved (for stresses) for a linear elastically isotropic or transversely isotropic body. The elastic energy of the nanotube with the dislocation and the image force exerted on this dislocation by the inner and outer nanotube surfaces are calculated. The internal space of the nanotube is shown to cause the following qualitative differences in the dislocation stress-field distribution: a change in the sign of stress-tensor components near the inner nanotube surface, a high stress concentration at this surface, and a strong stress gradient at this surface. The dislocation has only one position of unstable equilibrium in the nanotube wall, which is always shifted toward the inner nanotube surface. As the internal-space radius increases, the dislocation energy decreases and the position of its equilibrium shifts toward the outer nanotube surface; in the limiting case of a flat plate, it reaches the center of the plate. Near the nanotube free surfaces, the image force on the dislocation is large and can substantially affect the dislocation behavior.     

Eliminate the influence of zero-order diffraction for wavefront reconstruction with selectable magnification in digital holographic

The objective surface is considered as the scattering plane; frequency spectrum of a digital hologram transmission light is studied when the reference light and reconstruction wave are spherical waves. The relation between relevant parameters and the object light, conjugate object light and zero-order diffraction wave frequency spectrum distribution. The research results show that: each frequency spectrum of the diffracted wave broadens to various degrees as the radius of the reconstruction wavefront decreases, and frequency aliasing is generated under certain conditions. Based on the research results, a new method that carries out high-pass filtering processing without zero-order diffraction interference upon digital hologram is proposed and the reconstruction experimental proof for eliminating the interferential changeable magnification wave is given.     

Topological transition by dielectric control of exciton wavefunction in thin nanotube structure

Dielectric control of the topology of an exciton wavefunction is proposed and investigated theoretically. As we have shown in a previous paper, we can change the topology of an exciton wavefunction in a nanotube structure by controlling the length and radius of the nanotube. This nature yields a new device which utilizes the topology of an exciton wavefunction, however, its control via the structural parameters does not suit it to device applications. We found that the in-situ control can be achieved by changing the ambient dielectric constants of the nanotube structure and we calculated the transition condition of the topology of an exciton wavefunction.     

SIMULATION OF CARBON NANOTUBE THz ANTENNA ARRAYS

A novel THz antenna structure, made of carbon nanotube arrays is suggested. Using CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS), the capabilities of carbon nanotube terahertz (THz) antenna arrays have been simulated. The dependence of gain, upon geometrical factors, e.g., nanotube diameter, nanotube length and the inter-tubes distance, is shown. The directivity patterns of antenna arrays and the surface current distribution of an antenna have been shown by simulation. These results could be used in the design of carbon nanotube THz antenna arrays.     

Adiabatic charge pumping in carbon nanotube quantum dots

We investigate charge pumping in carbon nanotube quantum dots driven by the electric field of a surface acoustic wave. We find that, at small driving amplitudes, the pumped current reverses polarity as the conductance is tuned through a Coulomb blockade peak using a gate electrode. We study the behavior as a function of wave amplitude, frequency, and direction and develop a model in which our results can be understood as resulting from adiabatic charge redistribution between the leads and quantum dots on the nanotube.     

Forced vibrations of a bubble in a liquid-filled elastic vessel

There is increasing demand for accurate characterization of the in vivo behavior of microbubble agents used for ultrasound imaging and therapy. This study examines bubble-vessel interaction, in particular the propagation of disturbances along the vessel wall. Finite element simulations of a 3 μm radius microbubble suspended in a viscous liquid and enclosed in a 4 μm radius elastic vessel were performed, and the results compared with existing analytical results for wave propagation in elastic liquid-filled tubes. The vessel wall was shown to have a significant effect upon the amplitude of bubble oscillation and hence acoustic radiation from it, as well as distension of the vessel wall. It was found that the most important factor was the ratio of the excitation frequency to the natural "ring" frequency of the vessel which in turn depends upon its dimensions and mechanical properties. As this ratio increases, the motion of the vessel wall becomes increasingly localized to the site of the bubble. It was also shown that the validity of the results obtained using the applied model of vessel elasticity is limited to frequencies below the ring frequency, and this should be taken into account in the development of protocols for ultrasound safety and/or therapeutic procedures.     

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在EAST上通过分析剩余环电压与低杂波功率之间的关系,计算得到了低杂波电流驱动效率。采用归一化功率,即功率对等离子体电流、电子密度、等离子体大半径以及有效电荷数归一化,将所有数据绘制在同一曲线中,这样可以得到不同等离子体参数下的低杂波电流驱动效率。实验得到低杂波电流驱动效率η0=(0.5~1.3)×1019 A.m-2.W-1,在等离子体电流Ip=277kA、低杂波功率PLH=681kW条件下,实验得到长达3s的低杂波全波驱动。     

Electron Raman scattering in cylindrical quantum wires

Electron Raman scattering (ERS) is investigated in a free-standing semiconductor quantum wire of cylindrical geometry for two classes of materials CdS and GaAs. The differential cross section (DCS) involved in this process is calculated as a function of a scattering frequency and the radius of the cylinder. Electron states are considered to be confined within a free-standing quantum wire (FSW). Single parabolic conduction and valence bands are assumed. The selection rules are studied. Singularities in the spectra are found and interpreted for various radii of the cylinder.     

EAST装置低杂波电流驱动效率分析

在EAST上通过分析剩余环电压与低杂波功率之间的关系,计算得到了低杂波电流驱动效率。采用归一化功率,即功率对等离子体电流、电子密度、等离子体大半径以及有效电荷数归一化,将所有数据绘制在同一曲线中,这样可以得到不同等离子体参数下的低杂波电流驱动效率。实验得到低杂波电流驱动效率η₀=(0.5~1.3)×10¹⁹ A.m^-2.W^-1,在等离子体电流I_p=277kA、低杂波功率P_LH=681kW条件下,实验得到长达3s的低杂波全波驱动。     

Generation of wakefields in a dielectric structure filled with plasma

The effect of plasma on the amplitude of the wakefield excited in a dielectric structure by a relativistic electron bunch train is studied. The structure under study is a dielectric cylindrical waveguide with an axial drift channel filled with plasma. The dependences of the amplitude of a longitudinal electric field on the plasma density are obtained for the following three cases: the parameters of the dielectric structure and bunches are fixed; the inside or outside radius of the dielectric tube changes according a change in the plasma frequency, and the bunch repetition frequency is adjusted to the plasma frequency and the frequency of the first radial mode of a dielectric wave. It is shown that, when the eigenwave frequencies are adjusted to the bunch repetition frequency via a change in the structure radii, the maximum of the accelerating field is determined by a plasma wave, and there is a plasma density range where a dielectric wave significantly contributes to the total field amplitude. In the case of changing the outside radius, this range is substantially wider.     

The nonlinear optical properties of nanotubes with spiral defects in a longitudinal magnetic field

It is demonstrated that the anisotropic transfer of photon momentum to an electronic subsystem results in induction of a photon-drag EMF in a standing electromagnetic wave along the axis of a nanotube with a spiral defect, which confirms the assumption found in the literature that the occurrence of such an effect in the presence of an external magnetic field is possible not only in 2-D systems but also in nanotubes with a spiral symmetry. One of the potential mechanisms of inducing the EMF connected with the spatial asymmetry of the electron-phonon interaction in a nanotube with a spiral defect is considered. This mechanism allows for such an EMF to occur upon heating the electron system by the Joule heat of the photon-drag current that flows through the nanotube.     

Lower bound in energy for chaotic dynamics of ions

When a charged particle is acted upon by an electrostatic wave propagating across a uniform magnetic field, its dynamics is chaotic provided that its initial Larmor radius is larger than a threshold value ϱ_m. We analytically compute ϱ_m when the wave frequency is an integer multiple of the particle cyclotron frequency, and show that ϱ_m increases with the wave amplitude. This leads to the counter-intuitive result that the dynamics of a low energy particle can be made stochastic by decreasing the amplitude of the wave.     

基于微极性弹性力学的碳纳米管中波的传播特性

基于微极性弹性理论推导出的碳纳米管的应力-应变关系，使用哈密顿原理建立了碳纳米管的动力学微分方程. 通过求动力学微分方程的波动解，获得碳纳米管中波的频率与波数的关系即弥散关系，另外还得到了波的群速度和特征波面. 对所得结果进行了讨论. 关键词： 微极性弹性力学 碳纳米管 群速度 特征波面     

Gravitational radiation of a plasma and transformation of electromagnetic waves into gravitational waves

The gravitational radiation accompanying propagation of a high-frequency electromagnetic wave within a plasma is considered. It is shown that if the electromagnetic wavelength is much greater than the Debye radius, the major contribution to gravitational radiation is produced by combination transformation with frequency change Δω=±w_L.     

基于纳观域碳纳米管的太赫兹波天线研究

基于碳纳米管独特的结构特点建立了以其为基础的Pocklington积分方程,并设计了一种全新的碳纳米管太赫兹(THz)波天线.数值仿真和理论计算结果表明,碳纳米管能够产生高频THz电磁辐射,半波长为60μm、半径为2.712nm的单壁碳纳米管偶极天线在-10dB反射系数以下可以实现2.5THz与7.6THz的双频带工作,带宽分别为8.4%与2.7%,由其构成的纳米管天线阵可以获得10.3dB的高增益特性.所得结果有助于在纳观域开展高频THz波辐射源及天线的研究与设计. 关键词： 太赫兹波 碳纳米管 天线 辐射源     

Discrete and continuum models for calculating the phonon spectra of carbon nanotubes

The vibration spectrum of perfect carbon nanotubes is studied using a two-parametric potential which includes pairwise and three-particle interatomic interactions. This potential was proposed by Keating and allows one to take into account the elasticity of pairwise interatomic bonds and the elasticity associated with a change in the angle between directional interatomic bonds in covalent crystals. Using the Keating potential, the vibration spectrum of a graphite monolayer is calculated and fitted to the vibration spectrum of crystalline graphite, thereby determining the parameters of the potential. With these parameters, the phonon spectra of perfect monolayer graphite nanotubes are calculated. A continuum model, in which a monolayer nanotube is represented as an elastic cylindrical shell of a finite thickness, is also discussed. Within this model, the vibration spectrum of a nanotube is calculated numerically in the long-wavelength limit as a function of the radius and thickness of the nanotube.