Electron-momentum filtering in antiparallel asymmetric double δ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure

We present a theoretical investigation on wave-vector filtering (WVF) effect for electrons in an antiparallel asymmetric double δ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure, which can be realized experimentally by patterning two asymmetric ferromagnetic (FM) stripes on top and bottom of GaAs/Al_xGa_1-xAs heterostructure, respectively. It is shown that a considerable WVF effect appears due to an essentially two-dimensional (2D) process for electrons across this nanostructure. It is also shown that WVF efficiency is associated with incident energy, incident direction and structural parameters. In particular, WVF efficiency can be tuned by applying a negative voltage, which maybe results in an electrically-controllable electron-momentum filter for nanoelectronics device applications.     

Voltage-tunable spin electron beam splitter based on antiparallel double δ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure

We report on a theoretical study of spin-dependent Goos-Hänchen (GH) shift of electrons in antiparallel double δ-magnetic-barrier (MB) nanostructure under an applied voltage, which can be experimentally realized by depositing two metallic ferromagnetic (FM) stripes on top and bottom of the semiconductor heterostructure. GH shifts for spin electron beams across this device, is exactly calculated, with the help of the stationary phase method. It is shown that a considerable spin polarization of GH shifts can be achieved in this device for two δ-MBs with unidentical magnetic strengths. It also is shown that both magnitude and sign of spin polarization of GH shifts can be controlled by adjusting the electric potential induced by the applied voltage. These interesting properties may provide an effective approach of spin injection for spintronics application, and this device can be used as a voltage-tunable spin beam splitter.     

A novel time-to-live countdown scheme based on asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer and Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier

We propose a novel optical time-to-live (TTL) processing scheme using asymmetric Mech-Zehnder interferometer (AMZI) and Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier (FP-SOA). AMZI transfers M TTL pulses into M-1 pulses and two residual pulses with 6-dB power difference. FP-SOA enhances the power difference between the M-1 pulses to the residual pulses to more than 10 dB. A numerical model is established for verifying the feasibility of this scheme.     

Separating spins by dwell time of electrons across parallel double δ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure applied by bias

The dwell time and spin polarization(SP)of electrons tunneling through a parallel doubleδ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure in the presence of a bias voltage is studied theoretically in this work.This nanostructure can be constructed by patterning two asymmetric ferromagnetic stripes on the top and bottom of InAs/AlxIn1-xAs heterostructure,respectively.An evident SP effect remains after a bias voltage is applied to the nanostructure.Moreover,both magnitude and sign of spin-polarized dwell time can be manipulated by properly changing the bias voltage,which may result in an electrically-tunable temporal spin splitter for spintronics device applications.     

A high performance tunable optical filter based on cascaded polarization interference filter

A new kind of tunable optical filter is proposed for DWDM optical communication application. It is based on cascaded polarization interference filter (PIF). The period and bandpass width of each PIF are decided by its optical path difference between o-ray and e-ray (OPDOE). When their OPDOEs are proportionately designed, the tuning range and bandpass width depend on OPDOE in the first and the last PIF, respectively. The tuning range, bandpass width and crosstalk are independent each other. The crosstalk is related to the OPDOE ratios among PIFs and can be suppressed by designing the PIF's OPDOE. A set of OPDOE is suggested that are l1, 2 × l1, 22 ×l1, 23 ×l1, 24 ×l1, ..., 2N-4 × l1, 15 × 2N-7 ×l1, 10 × 2N-6 × l1 and 2N-2 ×l1 from the first to the last. This suggested OPDOEs can yield -50-dB crosstalk for any tuning range and bandpass width. The insert loss is less than 1 dB. As its loose alignment requirement, there is no limitation on cascaded PIF number. When 11 PIFs are cascaded, it can ach     

810-nm InGaAlAs/AlGaAs double quantum well semiconductor lasers with asymmetric waveguide structures

The 810-nm InGaAlAs/AlGaAs double quantum well （QW） semiconductor lasers with asymmetric waveguide structures, grown by molecular beam epitaxy, show high quantum efficiency and high-power conver- sion efficiency at continuous-wave （CW） power output. The threshold current density and slope efficiency of the device are 180 A/cm^2 and 1.3 W/A, respectively. The internal loss and the internal quantum efficiency are 1.7 cm^-1 and 93%, respectively. The 70% maximum power conversion efficiency is achieved with narrow far-field patterns.     

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A new control strategy based on nonlinear unscented Kalman filter （UKF） is proposed for a neural mass model that serves as a model for simulating real epileptiform stereo-electroeneephalographic （SEEG） signals. The UKF is used as an observer to estimate the state from the noisy measurement because it has been proved to be effective for state estimation of nonlinear systems. A UKF controller is constructed via the estimated state and is illustrated to be effective for epileptiform spikes suppression of aforementioned model by numerical simulations.     

Speckle suppressing based on morphological filter and fuzzy logic

A novel morphological filtering algorithm is proposed for suppressing speckle noise in images. The algorithm employs directional morphological close-open and open-close operations, then computing the membership of the filtered versions' every pixel according to the designed fuzzy rule. The final filtered image is composed of all the pixels with corresponding maximal membership. The validity of the algorithm is demonstrated.     

Field-emission diodes based on semiconductor—polycrystalline diamond heterojunctions

A complex of electrophysical and technological studies of solid-state field-emission diodes is carried out. Emission comes from an array of nanometer objects near the semiconductor—polycrystalline diamond interface. The process route of the diode heterostructures includes the fabrication of nanometer masks and nanometer cone (tip) arrays, as well as plasma-assisted growth of polycrystalline diamond films on the surface of structures with nanometer cone arrays. In field-emission diodes thus formed, a current density as high as 20 A/cm² is achieved at a threshold of field emission from the nanotip arrays into the diamond of about 0.5 V.     

Design of three-primary-color filter based on structure of three-cavity Fabry–Perot color filter

Optical and Quantum Electronics - Elastic optical network (EON) is considered as the platform for future optical transport networks. Routing and spectrum allocation (RSA) has a significant bearing...     

Screening in a δ-doped semiconductor

The screening of an impurity in the quasi-two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in a δ-doped semiconductor structure is investigated. The screened impurity matrix elements are calculated and compared using three different approaches: the 2D random phase approximation (RPA), the corresponding 2D Thomas–Fermi theory and a quasi-three-dimensional (3D) Yukawa-like screening model. It is found that the 2D Thomas–Fermi theory differs from the RPA result, even in the limit of low q vectors, if more than one subband is occupied. This result is explained analytically by closely examining theq → 0 limit of the dielectric tensor. The 2D Thomas–Fermi theory is shown to represent a poor approximation to the RPA whereas the quasi-3D screening model agrees well with the RPA results for not too smallqvectors. Furthermore, this model reduces computing times by orders of magnitude in comparison with the RPA. Thus, our 3D screening model considerably simplifies the calculation of impurity scattering rates in the investigation of the electron mobility in a δ-doping layer.     

A structurally-controllable spin filter in a δ-doped magnetically modulated semiconductor nanostructure with zero average magnetic field

We report on a theoretical investigation of spin-polarized transport in a δ-doped magnetically modulated semiconductor nanostructure, which can be experimentally realized by depositing a ferromagnetic stripe on the top of a semiconductor heterostructure and by using the atomic layer doping technique such as molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). It is shown that although such a nanostructure has a zero average magnetic filed, a sizable spin polarization exists due to the Zeeman splitting mechanism. It is also shown that the degree of spin polarization varies sensitively with the weight and/or position of the δ-doping. Therefore, one can conveniently tailor the behaviour of the spin-polarized electron by tuning the δ -doping, and such a device can be employed as a controllable spin filter for spintronics.     

Plasmonic modulator based on gain-assisted metal–semiconductor–metal waveguide

We investigate plasmonic modulators with gain material to be implemented as ultra-compact and ultra-fast active nanodevices in photonic integrated circuits. We analyze metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) waveguides with InGaAsP-based active material layers as ultra-compact plasmonic modulators. The modulation is performed by changing the gain of the core, that results in different transmittance through the waveguides. A MSM waveguide enables high field localization and therefore high modulation speed. Bulk semiconductor, quantum wells and quantum dots, arranged in either horizontal or vertical layout, are considered as the core of the MSM waveguide. Dependences on the waveguide core size and gain values of various active materials are studied. The designs consider also practical aspects like n- and p-doped layers and barriers in order to obtain close to reality results. The effective propagation constants in the MSM waveguides are calculated numerically. Their changes in the switching process are considered as a figure of merit. We show that a MSM waveguide with electrical current control of the gain incorporates compactness and deep modulation along with having a reasonable level of transmittance.     

Solar-blind ultraviolet band-pass filter based on metal–dielectric multilayer structures

Solar-blind ultraviolet （UV） band-pass filter has significant value in many scientific, commercial, and military appli- cations, in which the detection of weak UV signal against a strong background of solar radiation is required. In this work, a solar-blind filter is designed based on the concept of ＂transparent metal＂. The filter consisting of Al/SiO2 multilayers could exhibit a high transmission in the solar-blind wavelength region and a wide stopband extending from near-ultraviolet to infrared wavelength range. The central wavelength, bandwidth, Q factor, and rejection ratio of the passband are numerically studied as a function of individual layer thickness and multilayer period.     

Primary vertex reconstruction based on the Kalman filter technique at BESⅢ

Primary vertex reconstruction is crucial to estimate the beam profile in collision experiments. We study the principle of an iterative process, called the Kalman filter method, and apply it to primary vertex reconstruction at BESⅢ. A Newton procedure to find the zero point of the distance function＇s gradient is used for primary vertex finding in 3-dimensional space. Results are obtained based on raw data at BESⅢ.     

Control of fractional chaotic system based on fractional-order resistor—capacitor filter

We present a new fractional-order resistor-capacitor controller and a novel control method based on the fractional-order controller to control an arbitrary three-dimensional fractional chaotic system. The proposed control method is simple, robust, and theoretically rigorous, and its anti-noise performance is satisfactory. Numerical simulations are given for several fractional chaotic systems to verify the effectiveness and the universality of the proposed control method.     

Tunable polarization-independent Šolc-type wavelength filter based on periodically poled lithium niobate

We demonstrated a compact structure to implement the tunable ?olc-type wavelength filter based on periodically poled lithium niobate device. The theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the wavelength filter exhibits polarization independent. By comparing the polarization-independent and single-pass ?olc-type filters, same wavelength spectrum response was observed, while the improvement on the transmission power was obviously achieved and the polarization dependent loss was eliminated efficiently using polarization diversity and multiplexing.     

Primary vertex reconstruction based on the Kalman filter technique at BESⅢ

Primary vertex reconstruction is crucial to estimate the beam profile in collision experiments. We study the principle of an iterative process, called the Kalman filter method, and apply it to primary vertex reconstruction at BESⅢ. A Newton procedure to find the zero point of the distance function's gradient is used for primary vertex finding in 3-dimensional space. Results are obtained based on raw data at BESⅢ.     

A novel subwavelength plasmon-polariton optical filter based on tilted coupled structures

This work proposes a completely new approach for the design of resonant structures aiming at wavelength-filtering applications. The structure consists of a subwavelength metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide presenting tilted coupled structures transversely arranged in the midpoint between the input and output ports. The cavity-like response of this device has shown that this concept can be particularly attractive for optical filter design for telecom applications. The extra degree of freedom provided by the tilting of the cavity has proved to be not only very effective on improving the quality factor of these structures, but also to be an elegant way of extending the range of applications for tuning multiple wavelengths, if necessary.