Pulse chirping effect on controlling the transverse cavity oscillations in nonlinear bubble regime

The propagation of an intense laser pulse in an under-dense plasma induces a plasma wake that is suitable for the acceleration of electrons to relativistic energies. For an ultra-intense laser pulse which has a longitudinal size shorter than the plasma wavelength, λp, instead of a periodic plasma wave, a cavity free from cold plasma electrons, called a bubble, is formed behind the laser pulse. An intense charge separation electric field inside the moving bubble can capture the electrons at the base of the bubble and accelerate them with a narrow energy spread. In the nonlinear bubble regime, due to localized depletion at the front of the pulse during its propagation through the plasma, the phase shift between carrier waves and pulse envelope plays an important role in plasma response. The carrier–envelope phase(CEP) breaks down the symmetric transverse ponderomotive force of the laser pulse that makes the bubble structure unstable. Our studies using a series of two-dimensional(2D) particle-in-cell(PIC) simulations show that the frequency-chirped laser pulses are more effective in controlling the pulse depletion rate and consequently the effect of the CEP in the bubble regime. The results indicate that the utilization of a positively chirped laser pulse leads to an increase in rate of erosion of the leading edge of the pulse that rapidly results in the formation of a steep intensity gradient at the front of the pulse. A more unstable bubble structure, the self-injections in different positions, and high dark current are the results of using a positively chirped laser pulse. For a negatively chirped laser pulse, the pulse depletion process is compensated during the propagation of the pulse in plasma in such a way that results in a more stable bubble shape and therefore, a localized electron bunch is produced during the acceleration process. As a result, by the proper choice of chirping, one can tune the number of self-injected electrons, the size of accelerated bunch and its energy spectrum to the values required for practical applications.     

SiC单晶刻划过程的脆塑性转变特征研究

SiC单晶化学性能稳定、导热系数高、热膨胀系数小、耐磨性能好,广泛用于大功率器件产业.但由于其材料的硬度很大,加工非常困难.脆性材料塑性域加工为提高该类材料的表面质量,降低加工时间和成本提供了有效的途径.本文采用不同刀具角度和刀尖圆弧半径的单点金刚石刀具对4H-SiC单晶进行刻划实验,利用声发射、摩擦力传感器来监测刻划过程中声发射信号强度以及摩擦力的变化,并通过Leica DCM3D以及SEM观察划痕沟槽表面形貌、切屑状态,综合分析以获得4H-SiC单晶在不同角度、刀尖圆弧半径下塑脆转变的临界切削深度.结果表明,增大刀具角度有利于塑性域加工;在相同条件下,刀尖圆弧半径越大,临界切削深度越大.     

Investigation of the influence of oil film thickness on helical gear defect detection using Acoustic Emission

This paper reports an investigation into the use of Acoustic Emission (AE) for monitoring gear teeth defects under varying lubrication regimes in helical gears. The investigation used a back-to-back gearbox test-rig with oil-bath lubrication. Variation in oil film thickness was achieved by decreasing the gear metal temperature with nitrogen gas whilst the gears were in operation. Results demonstrate a clear relationship between AE activity, operating temperature and specific film thickness. In addition, results show that there are lubricating conditions that may prevent AE from identifying the presence of gear defects.     

Optical conductivity of cuprates from Yang–Rice–Zhang ansatz: Comparison with experiment

We report the results of a theoretical investigation on charge dynamics in weakly coupled CuO₂ planes of the cuprate Ca_2 − xNa_xCuO₂Cl₂ in the pseudogap regime by using the theory of Yang, Rice, and Zhang (YRZ) [1]. With a detailed numerical analysis at various impurity scattering rates (_γimp${\gamma }_{\mathit{imp}}$), we observe that YRZ model is not able to reproduce (in magnitude) the experimentally observed frequency evolution of optical conductivity at a fixed doping level. Further, to analyze the doping evolution, we have done a detailed comparison of calculated YRZ conductivity with the experimental one using Two-Component Drude–Lorentz model. We find that YRZ model is capable of reproducing (qualitatively) the experimentally observed doping evolution of Drude processes (low energy scale) and processes at the pseudogap (intermediate energy scale). We also discuss physical reasons of the discrepancy seen in magnitudes.     

掺杂对CH样品Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性增长的影响

在神光II激光装置上进行了辐射驱动不同掺杂样品的单模Rayleigh-Taylor(RT)不稳定性实验.结果显示:与纯碳氢(CH)样品相比,掺Br的CH样品的扰动更早、更快地进入非线性区,产生二次谐波,并且掺Br比例越高,CH样品扰动进入非线性区的时间越早,相同时刻扰动的二次谐波的幅度越高.这是因为密度梯度效应抑制了二次谐波的产生,掺Br比例越高,密度梯度标长越小;同时密度梯度效应还抑制三次谐波对基模增长的负反馈,造成基模具有更大的线性增长,导致线性饱和幅值大于经典值0.1λ.     

Quantum transport through anisotropic molecular magnets: Hubbard Green function approach

We extend the Green function approach to quantum transport through an anisotropic molecular magnet system with the help of Hubbard operators. Based on the single molecular magnet model, we reformulate the large spin and the total Hamiltonian in the language of Hubbard operators and obtain analytical expressions of the retarded Green function in sequential tunneling and Kondo regimes. In addition to this, we show the connection of our method to the master equation method in sequential regime and discuss a simple isotropic case in Kondo regime, in which we find a three-peak Kondo structure, a feature characterizing the isotropic exchange interaction between the localized electron and large spin.     

Titanium micromachining by femtosecond laser

The ultimate goal of this research was to characterize the ablation depth with respect to pulse energy, translation speed, and consecutive passes in order to obtain the parameters to have smooth microchannel surfaces. A logarithmic dependence of the channel depth on the laser pulse energy was observed with two different distinct ablation regimes. Although the same fluence values were used with two different lens sizes, the slopes of these ablation regimes were quite different. 100 mm lens has a small optical penetration length with steeper ablation slope in the first regime, whereas the 15 mm lens has the opposite. In the second part of the ablation regime, the slope was lower for 100 mm lens as compared to 15 mm lens. Furthermore, spike formation has been seen in 100 mm lens study at 0.308, 0.370, 0.431, and 0.493 J/cm² fluence values yet no spike formations have been seen in 15 mm lens study.     

Entropic effects on the rheological behaviour of n-eicosane and comparison with n-heptadecane

Abstract

The motivation for this study is the review by Timusk and Statt [Rep. Prog. Phys. 62, 61 (1999)] on the pseudogap in high-temperature superconductors. Here, we confront the experimental data they present, plus that of Norman et al. [Nature 392, 157 (1998)] on the Fermi surface in underdoped high-T_c materials with the theoretical asymptotic scenario of precursor r space Boson formation. This reveals no inconsistencies with available observations concerning electron (hole) liquids flowing through such underdoped cuprates with their antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations.     

中国房地产投资与国民经济关系结构变点研究

本文首先描述了房地产投资与GDP间关系在以2001、2008年为分界点的三个时期上的不同特征;其次用变结构协整模型侦测协整关系的结构变点;再次利用分段协整检验、邹氏断点检验和格兰杰因果检验对变点做进一步验证。结论如下:房地产投资与国民经济发展总体上存在长期协整关系,两者关系的发展呈现三段式:2001年之前两者尚未形成长期均衡关系,协整关系不显著,1998年到2001年是形成期;2001年之后两者形成了长期均衡关系,表现为协整关系比较显著;2008年之后协整关系脱离原均衡水平,向高位发展。加强对房地产行业的监督与调控,促使其与国民经济保持长期均衡,对经济社会持续、健康、协调发展意义重大。     

我国IPO市场的周期性行为研究:1994-2010

对IPO冷热周期内的时变波动特征首次建立区制转换GARCH模型加以有效描述,以及用计数数据分位数回归模型研究发行数量和发行到上市持续期的关系。通对1994年1月至2010年8月间我国A股IPO市场新股的实证研究得到若干新结论:上市首日收益率和发行到上市的持续期是发行数量的诱因,导致这三个描述IPO行为主要变量的周期行为之间存在相位差;发行到上市的持续期的降低对发行数量的增加有积极地促进作用;除了发行数量在淡季状态波动持续性较强外,其他变量在淡旺季的波动持续性均较弱;旺季时(调整后的)上市首日收益率、发行数量的波动方差比淡季时大,而发行到上市的持续期则相反;我国A股IPO发行市场的淡旺季周期的形成主要受到IPO发行政策、宏观经济环境、投资者情绪的影响控制。