Single-Photon Detection at Telecom Wavelengths

A single-photon detector based on an InGaAs avalanche photodiode has been developed for use at telecom wavelengths. A suitable delay and sampling gate modulation circuit are used to prevent positive and negative transient pulses from influencing the detection of true photon induced avalanches. A monostable trigger circuit eliminates the influence of avalanche peak jitter, and a dead time modulation feedback control circuit decreases the afterpulsing. From performance tests we lind that at the optimum operation point, the quantum efficiency is 12% and the dark count rate 1.5 × 10^-6 ns^-1, with a detection rate of 500 kHz.     

Helical Shell Structures of Ni-A1 Alloy Nanowires and Their Electronic Transport Properties

Six kinds of Ni-A1 alloy nanowires are optimized by means of simulated annealing. The optimized structures show that the Ni-A1 alloy nanowires are helical shell structures that are wound by three atomic strands, which is very similar to the case with pure metallic nanowires. The densities of states （DOS）, transmission function T（ E）, current-voltage （I - V） curves, and the conductance spectra of these alloy nanowires are also investigated. Our results indicate that the conductance spectra depend on the geometric structure properties and the ingredients of the alloy nanowires. We observe and study the nonlinear contribution to the I-V characteristics that are due to the quantum size effect and the impurity effect. The addition of Ni atoms decreases the conductance of the Ni-A1 alloy nanowire because the doping atom Ni change the electronic band structures and the charge density distribution. The interesting statistical results shed light on the physics of quantum transport at the nano-scale.     

Evaluation of Influence of Multiple Scattering Effect in Light-Scattering-Based Applications

The extinction cross sections of a system containing two particles are calculated by the T-matrix method, and the results are compared with those of two single particles with single-scattering approximation. The necessity of the correction of the refractive indices of water and polystyrene for different incident wavelengths is particularly addressed in the calculation. By this means, the volume fractions allowed for certain accuracy requirements of single-scattering approximation in the light scattering experiment can be evaluated. The volume fractions calculated with corrected refractive indices are compared with those obtained with fixed refractive indices which have been rather commonly used, showing that fixed refractive indices may cause significant error in evaluating multiple scattering effect. The results also give a simple criterion for selecting the incident wavelength and particle size to avoid the ＇blind zone＇ in the turbidity measurement, where the turbidity change is insensitive to aggregation of two particles.     

Local Modulation of Double Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Spectrum

The double electromagnetically induced transparency induced by two coupling fields can be realized in a fourlevel tripod-type atom. Such double transparency spectra can be locally modulated by using the weak coherent fields to perturb the coupling transitions. These investigations within this scheme can be independent of Doppler broadening by properly orienting these fieds.     

Elastic Scattering of Ultracold ^133Cs and SSRb Atoms in Triplet State

Elastic scattering properties of the ultracold interaction for the triplet state of ^133Cs and ^85Rb atoms are studied using two kinds of potentials by the same phase Ф. One is the interpolation potential, and another is Lennard-Jones potential （LJl2,6 ）. The radial Schrodtinger equation is also solved using two computational methods, the semiclassical method （WKB）, and the Numerov method. Our results are found to be in an excellent agreement with the more recent theoretical values. It shows that the two potentials and methods are applicable for studying ultracold collisions between the mixing alkali atoms.     

Optimization on Synchrotron Radiation Lattice of BEPCII

The Beijing Electron and Positron Collider II （BEPCII） is a double ring electron positron collider, which can also be used as a synchrotron radiation （SR） light source. Since the BEPCII will start commissioning with SR mode in November 2006, it is essential to have a satisfying SR lattice. Here we first perform frequency map analysis on the original BEPCII SR lattice. The result shows that the resonance is really severe in the lattice and the transverse motion of particles is unstable. Then a new SR lattice is designed to obtain a large dynamic aperture and much more stable transverse motion. The dynamic aperture of the new lattice including nonlinear wiggler effect is calculated to be very good. This new SR lattice can be used in the commissioning stage of the BEPCII.     

Single Mode Er-Doped π-Phase-Shifted Distributed Feedback Fibre Grating Laser

A novel method incorporating the shielded method and the post-processing method has been proposed to fabricate the π-phase-shifted fibre grating. Then an Er-doped π-phase-shifted distributed feedback fibre grating laser has been fabricated using the grating. The laser threshold is 20mW. When pumped with 90mW light at 980nm, the laser gives an output of 1.1mW. Its signal-to-noise ratio is better than 60dB. It is demonstrated that the laser is single mode operation by means of a Fabry--Perot scanning interferometer.     

Enhanced Efficiency of Polymer： Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with the Insertion of Thin TiO2 Layer near the LiF/A1 Electrode

The insertion layer of TiO2 between polymer-fullerene blend and LiF/AI electrode is used to enhance the shortcircuit current Isc and fill factor （FF）. The solar cell based on the blend of poly[2-methoxy-5-（2＇-ethylhexyloxy）- 1,4-phenylenevinylene] （MEH-PPV） and C60 with the modifying layer of TiO2 （about 20nm） shows the open- circuit Voc of about 0.62 V, short circuit current Isc of about 2.35 mA/cm^2, filling factor FF of about 0.284, and the power conversion efficiency （PCE） of about 2.4% under monochromatic light （50Onto） photoexcitation of about 17mW/cm^2. Compared to ceils without the TiO2 layer, the power conversion efficiency increases by about 17.5%. Similar effect is also obtained in cells with the undoped MEH-PPV structure of ITO/PEDOT：PASS/MEH- PPV/（TiO2）LiF/AI. The improved solar cell performance can be attributed to enhanced carrier extraction efficiency at the active layer/electrode interfaces when TiO2 is inserted.     

立方非线性Schr?dinger方程的Weierstrass椭圆函数周期解

利用Weierstrass椭圆函数展开法对非线性光学、等离子体物理等许多系统中出现的立方非线性 Schr(o)dinger方程进行了研究.首先通过行波变换将方程化为一个常微分方程,再利用Weierstrass椭圆函数展开法思想将其化为一组超定代数方程组,通过解超定方程组,求得了含Weierstrass椭圆函数的周期解,以及对应的Jacobi椭圆函数解和极限情况下退化的孤波解.该方法有以下两个特点:一是可以借助数学软件Mathematica自动地完成;二是可以用于求解其它的非线性演化方程(方程组).     

利用宇宙线对BESⅢ量能器CsⅠ（Tl）晶体探测器单元的测量

利用宇宙射线进行探测器模型的性能测试是高能物理普遍采用的方法，其中最重要的步骤之一就是确定宇宙线入射的准确位置和径迹．多数采用丝室探测器来进行宇宙线的精确定位，需要很高的造价和复杂的电子学系统．本文介绍一种简单的定位方法，采用塑料闪烁体条加波移剂光纤编码读出的方式，可以实现精度为1cm的定位．据此建立了一套实验装置，对BESⅢ电磁量能器CsⅠ（Tl）晶体探测器单元的光输出强度和不均匀性进行了测量．