Extension to arbitrary barriers of the Büttiker-Landauer characteristic barrier interaction times

In a series of papers Büttiker and Landauer used various approaches to derive characteristic times describing the interaction of particles with a rectangular barrier (more general barriers were treated only within the WKB approximation). We generalize their results to arbitrary barriers and present calculated characteristic times for a selection of frequently used barrier shapes. We find that, even for a rectangular barrier, two of the approaches lead to corresponding characteristic times that can be quite different, particularly at low energy. Moreover, the identification of one of the characteristic times with the well known “dwell” time is shown not to hold in general, although it is certainly correct for a rectangular barrier.     

Active control of interior noise within an irregular enclosure under the cooperation of point force and Incident wave

A new modeling method is developed for the active control of interior noise within an irregular three-dimensional cavity under the cooperation of point force and incident wave. The validity of this method is verified by a regular cuboid enclosure. With global and local performance functions, good results are obtained in the active control of noise within the irregular enclosure according to numerical investigations.     

Comment on ’The scale-transformation of electromagnetic theory and its applications’,’Distribution characteristic of scattering field for an ellipsoidal target irradiated by an electromagnetic wave from an arbitrary direction’ and ’Electric fields inside a

It is shown that the ’scale-transformation’ method proposed by Li Ying-Le et al.is not applicable to the Maxwell theory.     

Study of point defects for B2 structures with a ω-type martensitic phase

The molecular dynamics method has been used to study the effects of the inheritance from point defects in B2 structures having an -like martensitic transformation with different final reaction products. For order defects, antistructural atoms, and their simplest complexes it has been shown that in several cases the number of atoms in the defects increases sharply for martensite during the transition to austenite. Here the fraction of chemical energy accumulated by the defects grows. A certain type of defect in the B2 structure in martensite corresponds to the appearance of high-energy linear disordered chains in directions of the [111]_B2 type. This can play a substantial role in the determine the path of the reverse martensitic transformation.V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Institute, Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 54–59, June, 1995.     

Dynamics of a Lüders Band and Destruction of an Aluminum-Magnesium Alloy,Initiated by a Stress Concentrator

Spatio-temporal localization of deformation and the rupture of the aluminum-magnesium AlMg6 alloy, initiated by a geometrical stress concentrator, are studied in situ by video recording at a speed of 500 to 20000 frames/s. It is established that a stress concentrator in the form of a small notch with a depth about 1% of the width of a flat specimen is an attractor of bands of macrolocalized plastic deformation, starting from a Lüders band and ending with the start of the main crack. The key role of intersecting deformation macrobands in the development of the main crack is revealed. Possible micromechanisms of viscous destruction associated with the dynamics of the intersection of deformation bands are discussed.     

Diffraction of an ultrashort pulsed beam with arbitrary polarization state from a volume holographic grating in LiNbO3 crystals

Based on a modified coupled wave theory of Kogelnik, we have studied the diffraction of an ultrashort pulsed beam with an arbitrary polarization state from a volume holographic grating in photorefractive LiNbO₃ crystals. The results indicate that the diffracted intensity distributions in the spectral and temporal domains and the diffraction efficiency of the grating are both changed by the polarization state and spectral bandwidth of the input pulsed beam. A method is given of choosing the grating parameters and input conditions to obtain a large variation range of the spectral bandwidth of the diffracted pulsed beam with an appropriate diffraction efficiency. Our study presents a possibility of using a volume holographic grating recorded in anisotropic materials to shape a broadband ultrashort pulsed beam by modulating its polarization state.     

Quantum holography upon resonant adiabatic interaction of fields with an atomic medium in a Λ-configuration

We study the quantum memory protocol for spatially multimode light based on an atomic ensemble in the Λ-configuration. We analytically solve a system of partial differential equations that describe the evolution of the medium and field for the case where the interaction time considerably exceeds the lifetime of the excited state. This time ratio makes it possible to apply the adiabatic approximation. Unlike problems aimed at storage the time profile of the signal field, we propose optimizing the relation between the writing and reading times and the optical density of the medium, which ensures a high retrieval efficiency of the quantum image.     

Ultrabright γ-ray emission from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with a near-critical-density plasma

An efficient scheme for generating ultrabright γ-rays from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with a near-critical-density plasma is studied by using the two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation including quantum electrodynamic effects. We investigate the effects of target shape on γ-ray generation efficiency using three configurations of the solid foils attached behind the near-critical-density plasma: a flat foil without a channel (target 1), a flat foil with a channel (target 2), and a convex foil with a channel (target 3). When an intense laser propagates in a near-critical-density plasma, a large number of electrons are trapped and accelerated to GeV energy, and emit γ-rays via nonlinear betatron oscillation in the first stage. In the second stage, the accelerated electrons collide with the laser pulse reflected from the foil and emit high-energy, high-density γ-rays via nonlinear Compton scattering. The simulation results show that compared with the other two targets, target 3 affords better focusing of the laser field and electrons, which decreases the divergence angle of γ-photons. Consequently, denser and brighter γ-rays are emitted when target 3 is used. Specifically, a dense γ-ray pulse with a peak brightness of 4.6×10²⁶ photons/s/mm²/mrad²/0.1%BW (at 100 MeV) and 1.8×10²³ photons/s/mm²/mrad²/0.1%BW (at 2 GeV) are obtained at a laser intensity of 8.5×10²² W/cm² when the plasma density is equal to the critical plasma density n_c. In addition, for target 3, the effects of plasma channel length, foil curvature radius, laser polarization, and laser intensity on the γ-ray emission are discussed, and optimal values based on a series of simulations are proposed.     

Non-perturbative treatment of hyperfine interaction in charmonium; a clue to understanding the pseudoscalars?

We give arguments that the wave function of η _c is relativistic and strongly localized while that of η _c , though non-relativistic, looks quite different from what is naively expected. This has consequences for the overlap integrals with ψ and ψ′ and may solve the problems associated with magnetic transitions. The hadronic width of η _c is expected around 20 MeV, that of η _c ^′ can become very small.     

Comment on ＇The scale-transformation of electromagnetic theory and its applications＇, ＇Distribution characteristic of scattering field for an ellipsoidal target irradiated by an electromagnetic wave from an arbitrary direction＇ and ＇Electric fields inside and outside an anisotropic dielectric sphere＇

It is shown that the ＇scale-transformation＇ method proposed by Li Ying-Le et al. is not applicable to the Maxwell theory.     

Measuring normal spectral emissivities of niobium by a pulse-heating technique:1000K to the melting point

The normal spectral emissivity of niobium strip specimen is measured using a new pulse-heating reflectometric technique. The hemispherical spectral reflectivity of the surface of a strip tangent to an integrating sphere is determined by a high-speed lock-in technique. At the same time, the radiance tem-perature of the strip is measured by the multi-wavelength high-speed pyrometer from approximately 1000 K to the melting point. Details of the measurement method and of the related calibration techniques are reported. Results of the normal spectral emissivity of niobium at 633, 753, 827, and 905 nm from room temperature to its melting point are presented. The accuracy of spectral emissivities is estimated better than 5%.     

Radiative Energy Shifts of an Accelerated Multilevel Atom Coupled to the Derivative of a Scalar Field

We study the energy level shifts of an accelerated multilevel atom in dipole coupling to the derivative of a quantum massless scalar field and separately calculate the contributions of vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction to the shifts. It is found that, in contrast to the case of a monopole-like interaction, both the vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction contributions are changed by acceleration, and they all contain non-thermal correction terms. Our results suggest that the effect of acceleration on the energy shifts is dependent on the type of the interaction between the atom and the quantum field.     

Kink effect in current–voltage characteristics of a GaN-based high electron mobility transistor with an AlGaN back barrier

The kink effect in current–voltage(IV)characteristic s seriously deteriorates the performance of a GaN-based HEMT.Based on a series of direct current(DC)IV measurements in a GaN-based HEMT with an AlGaN back barrier,a possible mechanism with electron-trapping and detrapping processes is proposed.Kink-related deep levels are activated by a high drain source voltage(Vds)and located in a GaN channel layer.Both electron trapping and detrapping processes are accomplished with the help of hot electrons from the channel by impact ionization.Moreover,the mechanism is verified by two other DC IV measurements and a model with an expression of the kink current.     

Rate of Decoherence for an Electron Weakly Coupled to a Phonon Gas

We study the dynamics of an electron weakly coupled to a phonon gas. The initial state of the electron is the superposition of two spatially localized distant bumps moving towards each other, and the phonons are in a thermal state. We investigate the dynamics of the system in the kinetic regime and show that the time evolution makes the non-diagonal terms of the density matrix of the electron decay, destroying the interference between the two bumps. We show that such a damping effect is exponential in time, and the related decay rate is proportional to the total scattering cross section of the electron-phonon interaction.     

Mössbauer study of spin structure transformation from an incommensurate to a commensurate state

We present crystallographic and magnetic properties of NiCr_1.98 ⁵⁷Fe_0.02O₄ by using X-ray diffractometry (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The lattice constants a₀ were determined to be 8.318 Å. The ferrimagnetic Neel temperature (T _N) for NiCr_1.98 ⁵⁷Fe_0.02O₄ is determined to be 90 K. The Mössbauer absorption spectra for all chromites at 4.2 K show two well developed sextets superposed with small difference of hyperfine fields (H _hf) caused by Cr^3?+? ions in two different magnetic sites. The values of the isomer shifts show that the charge states of Fe are Fe^3?+? for all temperature range. Ni-chromites Mössbauer spectra below T _N present aline broadening due to a Jahn–Teller distortion and show that spin structure behavior of Cr ions change from an incommensurate to a commensurate state.     

Experimental Demonstration of an Easy Method to Realize Weak Measurement for the Arrival Time of a Single Photon

We present a realization of weak measurement for the arrival time of a single photon. Our experimental setup is based on a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer, and a birefringent crystal is used to perform weak measurement between a preselected and a postselected measurement by two polarizers, for the crystal can separate the two components of horizontal polarization and vertical polarization by a small distance compared to the coherence length of photon pairs. In addition, we found that a quartz plate with nonideal length may decrease weak values in some degree.     

Properties of reactively sputtered W–B–N thin film as a diffusion barrier for Cu metallization on Si

Thin films of W–B–N (10 nm) have been evaluated as diffusion barriers for Cu interconnects. The amorphous W–B–N thin films were prepared at room temperature via reactive magnetron sputtering using a W₂B target at various N₂/(Ar + N₂) flow ratios. Cu diffusion tests were performed after in-situ deposition of 200 nm Cu. Thermal annealing of the barrier stacks was carried out in vacuum at elevated temperatures for one hour. X-ray diffraction patterns, sheet resistance measurement, cross-section transmission electron microscopy images, and energy-dispersive spectrometer scans on the samples annealed at 500°C revealed no Cu diffusion through the barrier. The results indicate that amorphous W–B–N is a promising low resistivity diffusion barrier material for copper interconnects.     

Measurement of the space–time interval between two events using the retarded and advanced times of each event with respect to a time-like world-line

Several recent studies have been devoted to investigating the limitations that standard quantum mechanics and/or quantum gravity might impose on the measurability of space–time observables. These analyses are often confined to the simplified context of 2D flat space–time and rely on a simple procedure for the measurement of space-like distances based on the exchange of light signals. We present a generalization of this measurement procedure applicable to all three types of space–time intervals between two events in space–times of any number of dimensions. We also present a preliminary account of an alternative measurement procedure that can be applied taking into account the gravitational field of the macroscopic measuring apparatus.