不同气体氛围下硅量子点的结构及其发光机理

纳秒脉冲激光在氮气、氧气和空气等不同氛围中加工出的硅量子点都有光致荧光(PL)的发光增强效应,并且在700 nm波长附近观察到了受激辐射.在不同氛围下生成的样品有几乎相同的PL光谱分布,其原因是不同氛围下加工出的样品带隙中有相同的电子态分布.计算结果显示:当硅量子点表面被氮或氧钝化后,在带隙中能够形成几乎相同的局域电子态,这种局域电子态可以俘获来自导带的电子,从而形成亚稳态,这是PL发光增强乃至产生受激辐射的关键因素. 关键词： 硅量子点 PL光谱 发光增强 电子局域态     

硅量子点的形状及其弯曲表面效应

硅量子点的弯曲表面引起系统的对称性破缺, 致使某些表面键合在能带的带隙中形成局域电子态.计算结果表明:硅量子点的表面曲率不同形成的表面键合结合能和电子态分布明显不同. 例如, Si–O–Si桥键在曲率较大的表面键合能够在带隙中形成局域能级, 而在硅量子点曲率较小的近平台表面上键合不会形成任何局域态, 但此时的键合结合能较低. 用弯曲表面效应(CS)可以解释较小硅量子点的光致荧光光谱的红移现象. CS效应揭示了纳米物理中又一奇妙的特性. 实验证实, CS效应在带隙中形成的局域能级可以激活硅量子点发光. 关键词： 硅量子点 弯曲表面效应 表面键合 局域能级     

多孔硅量子点中的电子局域态

经过激光辐照和高温退火加工能够生成多孔硅样品,在650—780 nm处检测到很强的光致荧光（PL）峰,并且有明显的钉扎和增强效应.实验表明,这种PL发光的强度与样品受辐照和退火的时间短密切相关.通过第一性原理模拟计算发现,样品表面用SiO 双键和Si—O—Si桥键钝化,能隙中会出现电子局域态.激光辐照和高温退火的时间长短决定了样品表面SiO双键和Si—O—Si桥键的密度,而该密度正是影响多孔硅量子点中电子局域态生成的关键. 关键词： 多孔硅量子点 硅氧钝化键 电子局域态     

硅表面硅镱键合与量子级联结构的发光

用纳秒强激光脉冲制备了纳米硅和硅表面的硅镱键合结构,检测了纳米硅表面硅镱键合的发光特性,并对这种结构相应的光致发光(PL)和电致发光(EL)的动力学机理进行了研究。观察到纳米硅表面硅镱键合在700nm附近尖锐的强发光峰,结合第一性原理计算认为是硅镱键合在弯曲纳米硅表面的局域态发光;利用纳秒脉冲激光沉积技术(PLD)制备多晶硅薄膜,发现由硅镱界面的失配形成表面的突触,其上的硅镱键合产生带隙中的电子局域态,该局域态发光分布在1250~1650nm波长范围,有增强的EL发光;用PLD方法制备硅镱多层膜量子级联结构,测量到光通信窗口的多个发光峰,并观察到随膜层数增加且发光峰增多。     

纳米硅上的弯曲表面效应及其特征发光

纳米硅结构使能带的带隙展宽,并形成准直接能带带隙结构.弯曲表面上的某些键合可以在带隙中产生局域电子态,计算表明:纳米硅弯曲表面上的Si-N,Si=O和Si-O-Si键合能够分别在带隙中2.02 eV,1.78 eV和2.03 eV附近形成局域态子带,对应了实验光致荧光谱(PL)中605 nm处的LN线、693 nm处的LO1线和604 nm处的LO2线特征发光.特别是,Si-Yb键合在纳米硅弯曲表面上可以将发光波长调控到光通信窗口,在1310 nm到1600 nm范围形成LYb线特征发光.     

Si(111)面上氮原子薄膜的电子态密度第一性原理计算及分析

由于氮原子在Si(1 1 1)表面成键的失配度最小,因此考虑Si(1 1 1)取向上用不同百分比的氮原子钝化硅表面悬挂键.由第一性原理计算结果显示,当Si(1 1 1)表面层中的氮原子含量为75%—100%时,带隙展宽并且有局域陷阱态产生. 我们提出相应的局域电子态模型,从而解释了Si基氮膜光致荧光(PL)发光增强实验的物理机理. 关键词： 第一性原理计算 氮化Si薄膜 PL发光增强 局域陷阱态     

铁钝化多孔硅的制备及光致发光机理研究

采用水热腐蚀法在相同环境下制备了不同晶型的铁钝化多孔硅样品。同一样品表面具有相似的孔隙结构,不同样品形貌存在差异。在300 nm光激发下,样品发光峰位于618 nm附近,半高宽约为132 nm。傅立叶红外变换光谱显示样品中有强的Si—Si、Si—O—Si、O y—Si—H x化学键振动吸收。结果表明,水热腐蚀法制备的铁钝化多孔硅表面形貌与腐蚀过程的局域电极分布关系密切。样品的光致发光行为可归因于量子限制-发光中心作用,并受非桥氧空穴发光中心数量影响。     

铁钝化多孔硅的制备及光致发光机理研究

采用水热腐蚀法在相同环境下制备了不同晶型的铁钝化多孔硅样品。同一样品表面具有相似的孔隙结构,不同样品形貌存在差异。在300 nm光激发下,样品发光峰位于618 nm附近,半高宽约为132 nm。傅立叶红外变换光谱显示样品中有强的Si-Si、Si-O-Si、O_<em>y-Si-H_x化学键振动吸收。结果表明,水热腐蚀法制备的铁钝化多孔硅表面形貌与腐蚀过程的局域电极分布关系密切。样品的光致发光行为可归因于量子限制-发光中心作用,并受非桥氧空穴发光中心数量影响。     

水热腐蚀时间对铁钝化多孔硅表面形貌和光致发光的影响

采用水热腐蚀法制备了4个腐蚀时间不同的铁钝化多孔硅样品,铁钝化多孔硅样品表面呈海绵结构,随着腐蚀时间增加,样品表面的平整度下降,腐蚀孔尺寸差别有增大的趋势。在250nm光激发下,样品发光峰位于620nm附近,半峰全宽约130nm。腐蚀时间从10min增加到40min,4个样品的发光峰并未出现定向的红移或蓝移。结合样品傅里叶变换红外吸收光谱的结果,铁钝化多孔硅的光致发光行为可归因于量子限制-发光中心作用,相应的辐射复合发光中心为非桥氧空穴。     

包含硅量子点的富硅SiNx 薄膜结构与发光特性

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积法, 以NH₃与SiH₄为反应气体, n型单晶硅为衬底, 低温(220 ℃)沉积了富硅氮化硅(SiN_x)薄膜. 在N₂氛围中, 于500–1100 ℃ 范围内对样品进行了热退火处理. 采用Raman 光谱技术分析了薄膜内硅量子点的结晶情况, 结果表明, 当退火温度低于950 ℃时, 样品的晶化率低于18%, 而当退火温度升为1100 ℃, 晶化率增加至53%, 说明大部分硅量子点都由非晶态转变为晶态. 实验通过Fourier 变换红外吸收(FTIR)光谱检测了样品中各键的键合结构演变, 发现Si–N键和Si–H键随退火温度升高向高波数方向移动, 说明了薄膜内近化学计量比的氮化硅逐渐形成. 实验还通过光致发光(PL)光谱分析了各样品的发光特性, 发现各样品中均有5个发光峰, 讨论了它们的发光来源, 结合Raman光谱与FTIR光谱表明波长位于500–560 nm的绿光来源于硅量子点, 其他峰则来源于薄膜内的缺陷态. 研究了硅量子点的分布和尺寸对发光带移动的影响, 并根据PL峰位计算了硅量子点的尺寸, 其大小为1.6–3 nm, 具有良好的限域效应. 这些结果有助于制备尺寸不同的硅量子点和基于硅量子点光电器件的实现. 关键词： 硅量子点 氮化硅薄膜 光致发光 Fourier 变换红外吸收     

Self-organization of five species in a cyclic competition game

Cyclic competition game models, particularly the “rock–paper–scissors” model, play important roles in exploring the problem of multi-species coexistence in spatially ecological systems. We propose an extended “rock–paper–scissors” game to model cyclic interactions among five species, and find that two of the five can coexistent when biodiversity disappears, which is different from the “rock–paper–scissors” game. As the number of fingers is five, we named the new model the “fingers” game, where the thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger cyclically dominate their subsequent species and are dominated by their former species. We investigate the “fingers” model in two ways: direct simulations and nonlinear partial differential equations. An important finding is that the number of species in a cyclic competition game has an influence on the emergence of biodiversity. To be specific, the “rock–paper–scissors” model is in favor of maintaining biodiversity in comparison with the “fingers” model when the variables (population size, reproduction rate, selection rate, and migration rate) are the same. It is also shown that the mobility and reproduction rate can promote or jeopardize biodiversity.     

Contrastive analysis on tone between Putonghua and Taiwan Mandarin

The differences of the pitch and duration of Chinese syllables between Putonghua （PTH） and Taiwan Mandarin （TM） were studied. The speech materials to be used are not only isolated syllables, but also sentences. The results reveal that： For the isolated syllables, T1 and T2 in TM are influenced by Minnan dialect, therefore their pitch are lower than those in PTH. T3 is fall-rise in PTH, while it is fall in TM. Moreover, the syllable duration sequence for different tone is T3〉T2〉T1〉T4 in PTH, while it is T1〉T2〉T3〉T4 in TM. For the syllables in sentences, T2 is mid-rise in PTH, while it is mid-level in TM. And the T3 is longer than T4 but shorter than T1 or T2 in PTH, while it is the shortest in TM. Furthermore the effects of prosodic phrase boundary on duration for different tones are almost the same in PTH, but the lengthening part of T1 or T2 is longer than that of T3 or T4 in TM.     

Experimental study on downstep in Chinese intonation

Downstep in pitch contour of Chinese Putonghua is examined using subtly designed sentences by controlling tone combinations. The results show both automatic and nonautomatic downstep phenomena exist in Chinese. In non-automatic downstep, low tones compress downwards the pitch range of the following syllables. and the main influence of downstep is on topline. Low tone not only lower the topline behind it, but also raise the high tones before it, the effects are compatible with each other. In automatic downstep, the topline of pitch contour in intonational phrase is presented as a linear downtrend, but it differs among speakers due to the effect of personal stress practice. In comparison with downstep phenomenon in other tone or non-tone languages, the downstep ratio in Chinese is not constant, and the domain of downstep is not limited within the adjacent tones.     

Abelian-Higgs phase of SU(2) QCD and glueball energy

It is shown that SU(2) QCD admits an dual Abelian-Higgs phase, with a Higgs vacuum of a type-Ⅱ superconductor. This is done by using a connection decomposition for the gluon field and the random-direction approximation. Using a bag picture with soft wall, we presented a calculational procedure for the glueball energy based on the recent proof for wall-vortices [Nucl. Phys. B 741(2006)1].     

Theoretical analysis and simulation of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO system in lidar

A multi-conjugate adaptive optics （MCAO） can offer a possibility of widening field of view （FOV） characterized by the isoplanatic angle, and the choose of conjugate height becomes a basic problem for MCAO, which influences the size of iosplanatic angle. Considering the application of lidar, the isoplanatic angle＇s expressions of two deformable mirrors （DMs） MCAO for uplink and downlink are deduced. The effects of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO are thoughtfully discussed, and the isoplanatic angles are further analyzed. The results show that the isopanatic angle varies with the conjugate height and reaches the maximum as the conjugate height is at the optimal altitude. Moreover, the optimal conjugate height changes with the propagation distance.     

Quick single-photon detector with many avalanche photo diodes working on the time division

Due to the limit of response speed of the present single-photon detector, the code rate is still too low to come into practical use for the present quantum key distribution (QKD) system.A new idea is put up to design a quick single-photon detector.This quick single-photon detector is composed of a multi-port optic-fiber splitter and many avalanche photo diodes (APDs).Au of the ports with APDs work on the time division and cooperate with a logic discriminating and deciding unit driven by the clock signal.The operation frequency lies on the number N of ports, and can reach N times of the conventional single-photon detector.The single-photon prompt detection can come true for high repetition-rate pulses.The applying of this detector will largely raise the code rate of the QKD, and boost the commercial use.     

Signal generation in an isotropic medium in scanning electron acoustic microscope

Based on the research in Ref. [5][Materials Science and Engineering, 1989; A122： 57 63], an improved model of heat source is set up, the different modes of Lamb wave in an isotropic sample generated by a chopped electron beam at frequency f are obtained with integral transform and normal function expansion method, and the output signal of PZT coupled at the back surface of the sample is found out. The generation mechanism of SEAM （Scanning Electron Acoustic Microscopy） signal is discussed. It shows that the SEAM is a near field imaging technique with high spatial resolution and its best lateral spatial resolution is about 2√2α （α is the radius of the focused electron beam）. Some of experimental results of SEAM images are presented in the paper and it shows that the spatial resolution of SEAM is better than 0.5 μm and smaller than the thermal diffusion length of the sample. Therefore the character of near field imaging in SEAM is also proved experimentally.     

High efficiency filtering using two-dimensional photonic crystal coupled cavity structures

Transmission spectra of coupled cavity structures (CCSs) in two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PCs) are investigated using a coupled mode theory, and an optical filter based on CCS is proposed. The performance of the filter is investigated using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, and the results show that within a very short coupling distance of about 3λ, where λ is the wavelength of signal in vacuum, the incident signals with different frequencies are separated into different channels with a contrast ratio of 20 dB. The advantages of this kind of filter are small size and easily tunable operation frequencies.