介质腔中自发辐射原子的寿命分布

在本文中,我们研究了半无限大介质板夹层对空腔中激发态原子的自发辐射率的影响,并利用寿命分布函数来描述原子衰变动力学的性质,在对称和非对称的结构中,分别计算了以原子在板中的相对位置为自变量的原子自发辐射率的函数,计算结果表明,原子的自发辐射率与介质腔的宽度以及外层半无限大介质板的折射率有关,介质腔可以增强或抑制激发态原子的激发,当介质腔的宽度足够大时,原子的寿命分布呈现指数衰减的形势,这些理论结果和实验值相符合的非常好.     

电子辐照条件下初始电位对介质材料表面电位衰减特性的影响

为了研究航天器介质材料表面不同电位初始值对表面电位衰减特性的影响。利用航天器带电地面模拟实验设备对聚酰亚胺和聚四氟乙烯介质材料充电到不同电位值,然后关闭电子枪,用电位计测量介质材料表面电位的衰减曲线,并从理论上对cross-over现象进行分析。介质材料初始电位值越大,则表面电位衰减速度越快,且在一定的时间段内电位衰减效率随初始电位值的增大而变大;在相同的真空度条件下,对于初始电位值之和相等的两组衰减曲线,初始电位值之间差值较小的一组衰减曲线更容易出现cross-over现象;出现cross-over现象的时间和电子的迁移率相关,对于相同的两个初始电位,迁移率越大的材料则出现cross-over现象的时间越短,电位衰减会更快。航天器介质材料表面充电电位越大则衰减速度越快,在一定时间的衰减效率越高。     

含有吸收材料对称结构一维三元光子晶体的透射谱

利用传输矩阵法理论,研究含吸收材料对称结构一维三元光子晶体的光传输特性。结果表明:当各层介质无吸收时,在较宽的禁带范围内出现一条透射率为100%的透射峰;当介质的折射率为带有正虚部的复数,即介质存在吸收时,禁带中的透射峰出现明显的透射衰减,且随着复折射率虚实比β的增大透射率出现单调衰减规律;当单个介质存在吸收时,随着各介质折射率虚实比的增大,透射率的衰减速度存在各异,其中以C介质的折射率虚实比βc对透射峰透射率的影响较大,其次为B,A的影响相对较小;当所有介质同时存在吸收时,透射衰减最为明显。这些特性为光学衰减器的设计提供理论指导意义。     

Local-field enhancement of spontaneous decay in nanosystems: some estimations for dielectric particles

Enhancement of the spontaneous decay rate due to local-field effects is estimated for a luminous dipole inside a small dielectric particle. To do this, we make use of an idea on multiplicativity of the local-field factor. Elongated particles are shown to be promising in respect of the local-field enhancement of the spontaneous emission. Computations are carried out within the framework of modern theory of the spontaneous decay of excited atoms in absorbing media for both the virtual-cavity and real-cavity models. Particular emphasis is placed on dielectric/semiconductor particles in the vicinity of the optical phonon frequencies. PACS 32.80.-t; 33.50.-j; 78.55.-m; 78.67.-nThis revised version was published in October 2004 with a new Figure 5.     

Microscopic theory of dipole–dipole interaction in ensembles of impurity atoms in a Fabry–Perot cavity

We develop a consistent quantum theory of the collective effects that take place when electromagnetic radiation interacts with a dense ensemble of impurity centers embedded in a transparent dielectric and placed in a Fabry–Perot cavity. We have calculated the spontaneous decay dynamics of an excited impurity atom as a specific example of applying the developed general theory. We analyze the dependence of the decay rate on the density of impurity centers and the sample sizes as well as on the characteristic level shifts of impurity atoms caused by the internal fields of the dielectric. We show that a cavity can affect significantly the pattern of collective processes, in particular, the lifetimes of collective states.     

Ground-state decay rate for the Zener breakdown in band and Mott insulators

Nonlinear transport of electrons in strong electric fields, as typified by dielectric breakdown, is reformulated in terms of the ground-state decay rate originally studied by Schwinger in nonlinear QED. We discuss the effect of electron interaction on Zener tunneling by comparing the dielectric breakdown of the band insulator and the Mott insulator, where the latter is studied by the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group. The relation with the Berry's phase theory of polarization is also established.     

Breakdown of diffusion in dynamics of extended waves in mesoscopic media

We report the observation of nonexponential decay of pulsed microwave transmission through quasi-one-dimensional random dielectric media signaling the breakdown of the diffusion model. The decay rate of transmission falls nearly linearly in time corresponding to a nearly Gaussian distribution of the coupling strengths of quasinormal electromagnetic modes to free space at the sample surfaces. The peak and width of this distribution scale as L(-2.05) and L(-1.81), respectively.     

Decay distribution of spontaneous emission from atoms in one-dimensional photonic crystal

Spontaneous emission behavior from atoms (or molecules) in one-dimensional photonic crystal with a defect is investigated. Taken all the TE and TM modes into account, the normalized spontaneous emission rate of the atom is calculated as a function of the position of the atom in the crystal. Results for both nonabsorbing dielectric structure and absorbing dielectric structure are presented. With the increase of the thickness of the defect in which the atoms are embedded, the oscillations of the spontaneous emission rate versus the position of the atom become dense and the lifetime distribution becomes narrow and sharp. The PC effect may lead to the coexistence of both accelerated and inhibited decay processes.     

Surface charge dynamics studied by the temporal evolution of the corona charging current

The decay of surface charges deposited on the dielectric material by the partial discharge (PD) activity has a great impact on the repetition of partial discharges. In this work, the effect of dielectric placed on the surface of ground electrode in a needle-plane configuration on the discharge activity was investigated, with the application of a periodic negative step voltage. The charge decay mechanisms on a corona charged dielectric surface were investigated based on a comparison between experiments and a FEM-based numerical model. The comparison indicates that the surface charges may decay due to different mechanisms depending on the applied stress.     

Decay of luminescence and dielectric loss in calcite single crystals irradiated by X-rays

Measurements have been taken on the decay of luminescence and dielectric loss of calcite single crystals after X-ray irradiation. These parameters exhibit similar decay behaviour. In the time range 12–60 min, the decay seems to be connected with the depletion of shallow traps in the forbidden energy region and at longer times, it is apparently due to emptying of comparatively deeper traps.     

Formation of plasmon pulses in the cooperative decay of excitons of quantum dots near a metal surface

The formation of pulses of surface electromagnetic waves at a metal–dielectric boundary is considered in the process of cooperative decay of excitons of quantum dots distributed near a metal surface in a dielectric layer. It is shown that the efficiency of exciton energy transfer to excited plasmons can, in principle, be increased by selecting the dielectric material with specified values of the complex permittivity. It is found that in the mean field approximation, the semiclassical model of formation of plasmon pulses in the system under study is reduced to the pendulum equation with the additional term of nonlinear losses.     

Wave losses in the metal-dielectric transmission line with wedge-shaped conductor

We study wave losses in a metal-dielectric wedge-shaped transmission line in the form of a wedge-shaped metal conductor with circular dielectric cap. A distinctive feature of such a line is that it supports one fundamental mode not having the frequency cutoff. It is shown that the longitudinal current of the fundamental mode has a singularity at the rib of a wedge-shaped conductor. This singularity is described analytically. An efficient way for calculating the integrals arising during the losses calculation is proposed. It is pointed out that the mentioned singularity is non-integrable during the losses calculation in the case where the wedge degenerates into an infinitely thin half-plane. Expressions for the wave decay coefficients in a wedge-shaped transmission line in the metal and the dielectric for an arbitrary opening angle of the wedge are found. Structural decay coefficients of the fundamental mode for different dielectric permittivities of the cap and wedge angles are calculated. The results of calculation of losses in the metal and the dielectric in nine of the lower-order modes in a rectangular-wedge line are presented. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 754–763, September 2008.     

Hydrodynamic modes,soft modes and fluctuation spectra near the threshold of a current instability

We give a full threedimensional treatment of the stability and the fluctuations of the uniform stationary current state in a voltage-controlled current instability. We consider a model which exhibits bulk negative differential conductivity due to Bragg scattering of hot electrons. The model consists of Langevin equations for the mean momentum and the mean energy of the charged carriers, coupled to Maxwell's equations. We investigate the normal modes and the fluctuation spectra of this system, in particular the occurrence of soft modes and of critical fluctuations at the stability limit of the uniform current state. It is shown that the nature of the normal modes is strongly determined by the electromagnetic interactions between the carriers, giving rise to hydrodynamic flux modes and to dielectric relaxation modes. As the threshold field is approached, the dielectric relaxation modes soften and couple strongly to the flux modes. It is shown that as a consequence of this coupling the exponential decay of the correlation functions due to ordinary dielectric relaxation is followed at very long times by a power law decay due to the hydrodynamic modes.Work supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation     

Electrochemical characteristics of alumina dielectric layers

The electrochemical characteristics of alumina dielectric layers were studied using a surface roughness factor and an impedance spectroscopy. From the limiting diffusion current method, the surface area factor of the dielectric anodic layer with low electrical conductivity was estimated to be 1.03. As alumina dielectric films on Al have a variable stoichiometry, the electrochemical behavior of Al₂O₃ layer can be monitored by evaluating an equivalent circuit with Young impedance of dielectric constant with a vertical decay of conductivity.     

Radiative and nonradiative spontaneous decay rates for an electric quadrupole source in the vicinity of a spherical particle

Analytic expressions for the radiative and nonradiative decay rates for an electric quadrupole source (atom, molecule) in the vicinity of a spherical particle (dielectric, metal) have been derived and analyzed within the classical electrodynamics. It has been shown that the highest increase in the decay rates appears in the quasi-static case, when the wavelength of the transition in question is much larger than the characteristic size of the system formed by the particle and the quadrupole. Asymptotic expressions for the decay rates have been derived for this case.     

Controlled decay of electrically induced deformations in nematic liquid crystals

The transient behavior of electrically induced deformations of parallel oriented nematic liquid crystal layers was investigated. The nematic material used was a mixture of disubstituted benzoyloxybenzoic acid esters the dielectric anisotropy of which is positive at dc and low frequencies, and changes sign in the kHz range. The decay time of a deformation induced by a low frequency field can be considerably reduced by switching the frequency to the range where the dielectric anisotropy is negative. This effect becomes even more pronounced for higher viscosities.     

Field-induced structural aging in glasses at ultralow temperatures

In nonequilibrium experiments on the glasses Mylar and BK7, we measured the excess dielectric response after the temporary application of a strong electric bias field at millikelvin temperatures. A model recently developed describes the observed long time decays qualitatively for Mylar [Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 105501(2003)]], but fails for BK7. In contrast, our results on both samples can be described by including an additional mechanism to the mentioned model with temperature independent decay times of the excess dielectric response. As the origin of this novel process beyond the "tunneling model" we suggest bias field induced structural rearrangements of "tunneling states" that decay by quantum mechanical tunneling.     

Influence of discharge conditions on the charge decay characteristics

A simplified analysis of the charge decay processes for samples equipped with different types of grounding electrodes is presented. It is shown that the electrical properties of the back electrode (injecting or blocking) can strongly influence the charge decay process for plane parallel dielectric samples. The theory is confirmed by experimental investigation. For the sample with blocking back electrode the 50% time decay parameter can be an order of magnitude higher compared to that obtained for injecting or side electrode. In practical situations charge decay with the plane parallel samples may be much slower than that predicted by measurements carried out according to current standards.