Manipulation of atom-to-molecule conversion in a magnetic lattice

Atom-to-molecule conversion by the technique of optical Feshbach resonance in a magnetic lattice is studied in the mean-field approximation. For the case of a shallow lattice, we give the dependence of the atomto-molecule conversion efficiency on tunnelling strength and atomic interaction by taking a double-well as an example. We find that one can obtain a high atom-to-molecule conversion by tuning the tunnelling and interaction strengths of the system. For the case of a deep lattice, we show that the existence of the lattice can improve the atom-to-molecule conversion for certain initial states.     

Preliminary Design of Hybrid Energy Reactor and Related Nuclear Fuel Cycle

We propose a preliminary design for a fusion-fission hybrid energy reactor (FFHER), based on current fusion science and technology and well-developed fission technology. We list design rules and put forward a primary concept blanket, with uranium alloy as fuel and water as coolant. The FFHER could achieve greater energy multiplication (M>10 for U-Zr alloy fuel and M>5 for UO2 fuel) and tritium sustainability (TBR>1.05). The sub-critical blanket will last 30 years without reshuffling fuel. Fission products are the only waste that needs disposal. A new dry process called Fission Product Removal (FPR) replaces conventional reprocessing. It is only necessary to remove the cladding, vent the volatiles and pulverize the solids as feedstock for EM2 fuel fabrication. The AIROX (or DUPIC) process is an example of this operation and has been well demonstrated. After removing the fission products from its 30-year discharge, the refabricated fuel is returned to the reactor for another cycle, thereby reducing the need for enrichment and the proliferation resistance would be increased.     

Dynamical localization of two electrons in triple-quantum-dot shuttles

The dynamical localization phenomena in two-electron quantum-dot shuttles driven by an ac field have been investigated and analyzed by the Floquet theory. The dynamical localization occurs near the anti-crossings in Floquet eigenenergy spectrum. The oscillation of the quantum-dot shuttles may increase the possibility of the dynamical localization. Especially, even if the two electrons are initialized in two neighbor dots, they can be localized there for appropriate intensity of the driven field. The studies may help the understanding of dynamical localization in electron shuttles and expand the application potential of nanoelectromechanical devices.     

Comparison of shear banding in BMGs due to thermal-softening and free volume creation

This paper reports a comparative study of shear banding in BMGs resulting from thermal softening and free volume creation. Firstly, the effects of thermal softening and free volume creation on shear instability are discussed. It is known that thermal softening governs thermal shear banding, hence it is essentially energy related. However, compound free volume creation is the key factor to the other instability, though void-induced softening seems to be the counterpart of thermal softening. So, the driving force for shear instability owing to free volume creation is very different from the thermally assisted one. In particular, long wave perturbations are always unstable owing to compound free volume creation. Therefore, the shear instability resulting from coupled compound free volume creation and thermal softening may start more like that due to free volume creation. Also, the compound free volume creation implies a specific and intrinsic characteristic growth time of shear instability. Finally, the mature shear band width is governed by the corresponding diffusions (thermal or void diffusion) within the band. As a rough guide, the dimensionless numbers: Thermal softening related number B, Deborah number (denoting the relation of instability growth rate owing to compound free volume and loading time) and Lewis number (denoting the competition of different diffusions) show us their relative importance of thermal softening and free volume creation in shear banding. All these results are of particular significance in understanding the mechanism of shear banding in bulk metallic glasses (BMGs). Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the project “Multi-Scale Complex System” (Grant No. KJCX-SW-L08), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10725211 and 10721202), and the Doctorial Start-up Fund of Hunan University of Science and Technology (Grant No. E50840)     

Optical phase locked-loop homodyne receiver using an eight-port 90° optical hybrid

The performance of a PSK optical phase locked-loop (PLL) homodyne system based on an eight-port 90° optical hybrid, which is used to suppress the local oscillator (LO) intensity noise in both data recovery arm (I arm) and carrier recovery arm (Q arm), is evaluated. Incomplete cancellation of LO intensity noise results from unmatched photodetectors, couplers pathlengths, and non-ideal couplers power splitting ratio. Optimum LO power can be found for the given receiver parameters.     

An explicit description of the fundamental unitary for SU(2) q

In this paper we study the Cauchy problem for the generalized equation of finite-depth fluids

The Transit Time Effect of a Modulated Electron Beam

Energy change of an electron beam is studied numerically when it transits a rf field gap of width L. For a premodulated beam, the transit time L/0> for maximum energy extraction is shortened to 0.475 T (T=2/, 0> is the average velocity of the electrons) when the modulation frequency _m is matched to the rf field frequency . Enhancement of the extraction efficiency _o is dependent on the modulation coefficient h₁ and h₂. For a uniform beam with V=500 kV, _o is less than 2%. _o reaches 11% for a prebunched beam with h₁=0.7 and h₂=0.1 and will surpass 20% for an ideally modulated beam.     

螯合吸附材料ASA-PGMA/SiO2对稀土离子的吸附性能研究

采用静态吸附法研究了ASA-PGMA/SiO2对稀土离子的螯合吸附性能、吸附动力学和热力学。实验结果表明,其对稀土离子的吸附能力分别为:La3+:38.6 mg.g-1,Pr3+:39.6 mg.g-1,Nd3+:41.8 mg.g-1,Sm3+:42.8 mg.g-1,Tb3+:46.2 mg.g-1。吸附等温模型符合Lang-muir型单分子层吸附。介质pH值对材料的吸附能力有很大影响,pH值为6时吸附量最大。以盐酸为洗脱剂,当酸度为0.1 mol.L-1时,洗脱率为99.8%。连续吸附-脱附实验表明,ASA-PGMA/SiO2重复使用10次后,吸附能力变化很小。     

ICP-MS法测定磁致冷材料-钆硅锗系合金中Mo、 Mn、 Al、 V、 Ni、 Cu、 Ga、 Fe

建立了ICP-MS法测定磁致冷材料-钆硅锗系合金中Mo、 Mn、 Al、 V、 Ni、 Cu、 Ga、 Fe八种痕量杂质元素的方法, 并对ICP-MS工作参数及条件进行了优化. 方法的检出限为0.1～0.6 ng/mL, 测定下限为0.5～3 ng/mL, 回收率在95.5%～109%, 相对标准偏差(n=11)为1.3%～7.6%. 采用该方法对磁致冷材料-钆硅锗系合金实际样品进行了分析, 结果表明精密度和准确度均满足痕量分析的要求.