Deuterium cluster jet produced at moderate backing pressures

A deuterium cluster jet produced in the supersonic expansion into vacuum of deuterium gas at liquid nitrogen temperature and moderate backing pressures are studied by Rayleigh scattering techniques. The experimental results show that deuterium clusters can be created at moderate gas backing pressures ranging from 8 to 23 bar, and a maximum average cluster size of 350 atoms per cluster is estimated. The temporal evolution of the cluster jet generated at the backing pressure of 20 bar demonstrates a two-plateau structure. The possible mechanism responsible for this structure is discussed. The former plateau with higher average atom and cluster densities is more suitable for the general laser-cluster interaction experiments.     

Deuterium cluster jet produced at moderate backing pressures

A deuterium cluster jet produced in the supersonic expansion into vacuum of deuterium gas at liquid nitrogen temperature and moderate backing pressures are studied by Rayleigh scattering techniques. The experimental results show that deuterium clusters can be created at moderate gas backing pressures ranging from 8 to 23 bar, and a maximum average cluster size of 350 atoms per cluster is estimated. The temporal evolution of the cluster jet generated at the backing pressure of 20 bar demonstrates a two-plateau structure. The possible mechanism responsible for this structure is discussed. The former plateau with higher average atom and cluster densities is more suitable for the general laser-cluster interaction experiments.     

Temperature and number evolution of cold cesium atoms inside a wall-coated glass cell

We report an experimental study on the temperature and number evolution of cold cesium atoms diffusively cooled inside a wall-coated glass cell by measuring the absorption profile of the 62S1/2(F = 4) → 62P3/2(F= 5) transition line with a weak probe laser in the evolution process. We found that the temperature of the cold atoms first gradually decreases from 16 m K to 9 m K, and then rapidly increases. The number of cold atoms first declines slowly from 2.1 × 109 to 3.7 × 108 and then falls drastically. A theoretical model for the number evolution is built and includes the instantaneous temperature of the cold atoms and a fraction p, which represents the part of cold cesium atoms elastically reflected by the coated cell wall. The theory is overall in good agreement with the experimental result, and a nonzero value is obtained for the fraction p, which indicates that the cold cesium atoms are not all heated to the ambient temperature by a single collision with the coated cell wall. These results can provide helpful insight for precision measurements based on diffuse laser cooling.     

A model for LED spectra at different drive currents

A mathematical model for the spectra of monocolor light-emitting diodes （LEDs） and phosphor-coated white LEDs at different drive currents is established.The simulation program of the color rendering of a white light LED cluster is developed based on this model.The program can predict not only the spectral power distribution and color rendering index （CRI）,but also the number of LEDs,drive currents,input power,and luminous efficacy of a white light LED cluster at a given color temperature according to the requirement of the luminous flux.The experimental results show that the relative spectral power distributions （SPDs） and chromaticity coordinates of the model LED are very close to that of the real LED at different drive currents.Moreover,the correlated color temperature （CCT）,CRI,special color rendering index （R9） luminous flux,input power,and luminous efficacy of the white light LED cluster predicted by simulation are also very close to the measured values.Furthermore,a white/red cluster with high rendering （CCT=2903 K,CRI=91.3,R9=85） and a color temperature tunable warm-white/red/green/blule LED cluster with high rendering （CCT=2700 6500 K,CRI 〉 90,R9 〉 96） are created.     

Mobility of large clusters on a semiconductor surface:Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation results

The mobility of clusters on a semiconductor surface for various values of cluster size is studied as a function of temperature by kinetic Monte Carlo method. The cluster resides on the surface of a square grid. Kinetic processes such as the diffusion of single particles on the surface, their attachment and detachment to/from clusters, diffusion of particles along cluster edges are considered. The clusters considered in this study consist of 150–6000 atoms per cluster on average.A statistical probability of motion to each direction is assigned to each particle where a particle with four nearest neighbors is assumed to be immobile. The mobility of a cluster is found from the root mean square displacement of the center of mass of the cluster as a function of time. It is found that the diffusion coefficient of clusters goes as D = A(T)Nαwhere N is the average number of particles in the cluster, A(T) is a temperature-dependent constant and α is a parameter with a value of about-0.64 α -0.75. The value of α is found to be independent of cluster sizes and temperature values(170–220 K)considered in this study. As the diffusion along the perimeter of the cluster becomes prohibitive, the exponent approaches a value of-0.5. The diffusion coefficient is found to change by one order of magnitude as a function of cluster size.     

Stability of concentration-related self-interstitial atoms in fusion material tungsten

Based on the density functional theory, we calculated the structures of the two main possible self-interstitial atoms(SIAs) as well as the migration energy of tungsten(W) atoms. It was found that the difference of the 110 and 111 formation energies is 0.05–0.3 e V. Further analysis indicated that the stability of SIAs is closely related to the concentration of the defect. When the concentration of the point defect is high, 110 SIAs are more likely to exist, 111 SIAs are the opposite. In addition, the vacancy migration probability and self-recovery zones for these SIAs were researched by making a detailed comparison. The calculation provided a new viewpoint about the stability of point defects for selfinterstitial configurations and would benefit the understanding of the control mechanism of defect behavior for this novel fusion material.     

Semiclassical calculation of the recurrence spectra of He Rydberg atom in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields

Closed orbit theory is a semiclassical technique for explaining the spectra of Rydberg atoms in external fields. By developing the closed orbit theory from two degrees of freedom to three non-separable degrees of freedom, we calculated the recurrence spectra of He Rydberg atom in perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. The closed orbits in the corresponding classical system have also been obtained. Fourier transformed spectra of He atoms have allowed direct comparison between the resonance peaks and the scaled action values of closed orbits, whereas the nonhydrogenic resonance can be explained in terms of the new orbits created by the core scattering. The semiclassical result is in good agreement with the quantum spectra, which suggests that our method is correct.     

Feasible schemes for quantum swap gates of optical qubits via cavity QED

Feasible schemes for implementing quantum swap gates of both coherent-state qubits and photonic qubits are proposed using a Λ-type atomic ensemble trapped in a bimodal optical cavity. In both protocols,the decoherence from atomic spontaneous emission is negligible due to the fact that the excited states of the atoms are adiabatically eliminated under large detuning condition and the swap gates can be created in a single step. In our schemes,the required atoms-cavity interaction time decreases with the increase of the number of atoms,which is very important in view of decoherence. The experimental feasibilities of the schemes are also discussed.     

Formation Mechanism and Binding Energy for Equilateral Triangle Structure of He3^ Cluster

The formation mechanism for the equilateral triangle structure of the He3^ cluster is proposed.The curve of the total energy versus the internuclear distance R for this structure has been caclulated by the method of a modified arrangement channel quantum mechanics,The result shows that the curve has a minimal -7.81373 a.u.at R=1.55 a0. The binding energy of He3^ with respect to He He^ He was calculated to be 0.1064 a.u.(about 2.89 eV).This means that the He3^ cluster may be formed in the equilateral triangle structure stable by the interaction of He^ with two helium atoms.     

Zn/O ratio and oxygen chemical state of nanocrystalline ZnO films grown at different temperatures

ZnO nanocrystalline films are prepared on Si substrates at different temperatures by using metal-organic chemical vapour deposition(MOCVD).It is observed that when the growth temperature is low,the stoichiometric ratio between Zn and O atoms has a large deviation from the ideal ratio of 1:1.The ZnO grains in the film have small sizes and are not well crystallized,resulting in a poor photoluminescence(PL) property.When the temperature is increased to an appropriate value,the Zn/O ratio becomes optimized,and most of Zn and O atoms are combined into Zn-O bonds.Then the film has good crystal quality and good PL property.If the temperature is fairly high,the interfacial mutual diffusion of atoms between the substrate and the epitaxial film appears,and the desorption process of the oxygen atoms is enhanced.However,it has no effect on the film property.The film still has the best crystal quality and PL property.