A new concept of white light generation using a nano-waveguide for the solar radiation collection use

We propose a novel system of a nano-waveguide that can be used to generate the continuous optical spectrum, i.e. white light. A system consists of two micro-ring resonators and a nano-ring resonator that can be integrated into a single system. The large bandwidth signal is generated using a soliton pulse propagating within a Kerr-type nonlinear medium, whereas the continuous bandwidth or wavelength of light signal can be performed. Results obtained have shown the potential of using such a system for white light source generation and amplification, which is discussed. The amplified pulse can be stored within a nano-waveguide, which is allowed to form the continuous spectrum after amplification. Alternatively, the low-level solar radiation can be amplified, and the bandwidth signals can also be enlarged.     

太阳能与生物质能耦合供能系统的应用研究

介绍了太阳能与生物质能溴化锂吸收式制冷机的工作原理,分析了太阳能集热器及溴化锂制冷机组的热效率,利用生物质汽化炉余热弥补太阳能不稳定的缺陷,证明了利用清洁能源作为溴化锂吸收式中央空调热源问题的可行性。     

Investigation of all-optical analog-to-digital quantization using a chalcogenide waveguide: A step towards on-chip analog-to-digital conversion

We have investigated all-optical analog-to-digital quantization by broadening the pulse spectrum in a chalcogenide (As₂S₃) waveguide and subsequently slicing the measured spectrum using an array of filters. Pulse spectral broadening was measured for 8 different power levels in a 6 cm long As₂S₃ waveguide and used to analyze an 8-level all-optical quantization scheme employing filters with full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) bandwidth of 2 nm. A supercontinuum spectrum with −15 dB spectral width up to 324 nm was observed experimentally at large powers. This large spectral broadening, combined with filtering using a 128 channel arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with 2 nm filter spacing, has the potential for all-optical quantization with 7-bit resolution. In order to encode the quantized signal we propose an encoder scheme which can be implemented using optical Exclusive-OR gates. Demonstrating all-optical quantization using a planar waveguide is an important step towards realizing all-optical A/D conversion on a chip.     

具有聚电解质层圆柱形纳米通道中的电动能量转换效率

柔性纳米通道是在刚性纳米通道壁面处添加一层带某种电荷的聚电解质层或固定电荷层的纳米通道. 本文在低Zeta势近似下, 通过解析求解电势满足的线性化Poisson-Boltzmann方程和速度满足的Cauchy动量方程, 给出了圆柱形柔性纳米通道中电解质溶液的流向势和电动能量转换效率的解析解. 在表面Zeta势取值相同, 且管径相同(聚电解质层厚度远小于管径前提下)的情形下, 将圆柱形柔性纳米通道和刚性纳米通道中电解质溶液的流向势和电动转换效率进行了比较. 结果表明, 柔性纳米通道中的流向势和转换效率明显高于刚性通道中的流向势和转换效率. 在本文选取的参数范围内, 柔性纳米通道中的电动转换效率比刚性纳米通道中的转换效率提高1.5-3倍.     

高温超导飞轮储能演示实验

利用准单畴高温超导块材的磁悬浮特性,自制了开放性演示实验室或课堂教学所用的超导飞轮储能演示实验装置.电机驱动磁悬浮飞轮高速旋转,切断电源后因磁悬浮摩擦损耗极小能量得以储存下来.用电磁感应将磁悬浮飞轮的转动动能转换为电能,持续点亮LED发光管.该实验装置,能直观展示超导磁悬浮飞轮储能现象,可用于超导和能源相关课程的配套实验或课堂演示.     

Dark-bright optical solitons conversion via an optical add/drop filter for signals and networks security applications

We propose a new system of the dark-bright solitons conversion using a micro- and nano-ring resonators incorporating an optical add/drop filter, where the add/drop filter can be used to convert the dark soliton to bright soliton. The key advantage of the system is that the detection of the dark soliton pulse is normally difficult due to low level of input power. Firstly, a dark soliton pulse is input into a micro-ring resonator, then propagating into smaller micro- and nano-ring resonators. Secondly, the add/drop filter is applied (connected) into the ring system, where the bright and the dark solitons are obtained via the drop and through (or throughput) the ports of the add/drop filter, respectively. The results obtained have shown that the detected soliton power can be controlled by the input soliton power and the ring resonator coupling coefficient, which is enough to use in the transmission link. The optical and the quantum networks using dark soliton are also discussed.     

Polarization mode conversion in an optical microdisk resonator vertically coupled to a waveguide bus

Due to the existence of non-zero, and asymmetrics cross-polarization coupling coefficients between a microdisk and a waveguide bus, high Q (∼10,000) overcoupled microdisks with minimal internal losses and sharp bending curvature (small radii) vertically coupled to a narrow-width ridge waveguide can be engineered as a proper candidate for a narrow-band polarization rotator. A semi-analytical calculation method is presented to realize microdisk-waveguide system as a polarization rotator.     

光电化学电极的研究及其在太阳能转化方面的应用

TiO2半导体光电极的发现引发了科学界大量关于半导体光电极的研究.目前,对TiO2的掺杂,对新材料的探索以及对异质结的深入研究,目的都是为了提高半导体光电极的太阳光利用效率.敏化太阳能电池的出现是半导体光电极在实用化方面迈进的一大步.文章简述半导体光电极的研究历史,并对该领域将来的研究方向进行了展望.     

All-optical analog-to-digital conversion system with a spatial coding method using designed filter

We propose and demonstrate an all-optical analog-to-digital conversion system with a spatial coding method using a designed filter. To make available codes more flexible, the design technique for a computer-generated hologram is introduced to our spatial coding scheme. By designing the spatial coding filter appropriately, this coding scheme enables us to output various digital signals as spatial patterns. By combining this coding method with the optical quantization method using soliton self-frequency shifting in a fiber, the proposed system converts analog sampled signals into arbitrary digital signals. Preliminary experimental results show that 3-bit Gray codes are successfully output as spatial patterns using the designed spatial coding filter.     

光电化学电极的研究及其在太阳能转化方面的应用

TiO2半导体光电极的发现引发了科学界大量关于半导体光电极的研究.目前,对TiO2的掺杂,对新材料的探索以及对异质结的深入研究,目的都是为了提高半导体光电极的太阳光利用效率.敏化太阳能电池的出现是半导体光电极在实用化方面迈进的一大步.文章简述半导体光电极的研究历史,并对该领域将来的研究方向进行了展望。     

Evaluation of solar spectral irradiance distribution using an index from a limited range of the solar spectrum

The output energy of photovoltaic (PV) modules under outdoor conditions is greatly influenced by the spectral irradiance distribution of the solar spectrum. To analyze this effect on PV modules, the spectral irradiance distribution, which is one-dimensional data, has to be represented by a zero-dimensional index. The average photon energy (APE) is an index for spectral irradiance distributions, which represents the average energy per photon in a spectrum. We have previously analyzed the uniqueness of the shape of the solar spectrum in the wavelength range of 350–1050 nm, and one corresponding value of APE showed a specific shape of spectral irradiance distribution. In this study, new indexes were calculated for a limited wavelength range of 350–750 nm and multiple bands of 450–500 nm and 800–850 nm of the solar spectrum for easy measurement and calculation. The result shows the uniqueness of new indexes to the shape of measured solar spectrum and the standard deviations were found to be quite small. This indicates that the new indexes are reasonable for representing the spectral irradiance distribution and its effect on PV performance.     

Thermal energy storage in a porous medium: an entropy generation approach in a power production perspective

Summary A numerical model is proposed to describe the transient behaviour of a porous bed thermal accumulator. Attention has been focused on power production applications where minimum entropy generation in the charge process has to be considered a leading design criterium. The model is solved and the influence of various design parameters on the performances of the storage system are analysed.     

Novel method for photovoltaic energy conversion using surface acoustic waves in piezoelectric semiconductors

This paper presents a novel principle for photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion using surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in piezoelectric semiconductors. A SAW produces a periodically modulated electric potential, which spatially segregates photoexcited electrons and holes to the maxima and minima of the SAW potential. The moving SAW collectively transports the carriers with the speed of sound to the electrodes made of different materials, which extract electrons and holes separately and generate dc output. The proposed active design is expected to have higher efficiency than passive designs of the existing PV devices and to produce enough energy to sustain the SAW.     

Dynamical investigation and parameter stability region analysis of a flywheel energy storage system in charging mode

In this paper, the dynamic behavior analysis of the electromechanical coupling characteristics of a flywheel energy storage system （FESS） with a permanent magnet （PM） brushless direct-current （DC） motor （BLDCM） is studied. The Hopf bifurcation theory and nonlinear methods are used to investigate the generation process and mechanism of the coupled dynamic behavior for the average current controlled FESS in the charging mode. First, the universal nonlinear dynamic model of the FESS based on the BLDCM is derived. Then, for a 0.01 kWh/1.6 kW FESS platform in the Key Laboratory of the Smart Grid at Tianjin University, the phase trajectory of the FESS from a stable state towards chaos is presented using numerical and stroboscopic methods, and all dynamic behaviors of the system in this process are captured. The characteristics of the low-frequency oscillation and the mechanism of the Hopf bifurcation are investigated based on the Routh stability criterion and nonlinear dynamic theory. It is shown that the Hopf bifurcation is directly due to the loss of control over the inductor current, which is caused by the system control parameters exceeding certain ranges. This coupling nonlinear process of the FESS affects the stability of the motor running and the efficiency of energy transfer. In this paper, we investigate into the effects of control parameter change on the stability and the stability regions of these parameters based on the averaged-model approach. Furthermore, the effect of the quantization error in the digital control system is considered to modify the stability regions of the control parameters. Finally, these theoretical results are verified through platform experiments.     

Rotational energy conversion and thermal evolution of neutron stars

Pulsars are rapidly spinning, strongly magnetized neutron stars. Their electromagnetic dipole radiation is usually assumed to be at the expense of the rotational energy. In this work, we consider a new channel through which rotational energy could be radiated away directly via neutrinos. With this new energy conversion channel, we can improve the chemical heating mechanism that originates in the deviation from β equilibrium due to spin-down compression. The improved chemical and thermal evolution equations with different magnetic field strengths are solved numerically. The results show that the new energy conversion channel could raise the surface temperature of neutron stars, especially for weak field stars at later stages of their evolution. Moreover, our results indicate that the new energy conversion channel induced by the non-equilibrium reaction processes should be taken into account in the study of thermal evolution.     

Proposal of the nano-sensing device and system using a nano-waveguide transducer for distributed sensors

We propose a new concept of a distributed sensing system using a nano-waveguide and an array waveguide. The small change in physical quantity affects the change in device parameters such as refractive index or length, which is relatively absorbed and observed by the resonant wavelength. In principle, the dense wavelength separation is generated by using a soliton pulse propagating within a ring resonator system, whereas a resonant signal can be stored within the nano-waveguide, i.e. a transducer, which is formed by the sensing device. Induced change in the resonant signal at each wavelength occurs, and can be detected by using the optical spectrum analyzer. Such a proposed device is suitable to perform the measurements in the nano-scale regime such as force, stress and temperature. Moreover, the distributed or multiplexed sensing applications are also available using the nano-waveguide sensing device incorporating the array waveguide, which is discussed in details. Quantum measurement using the same system is also described.     

机械弹性储能机组储能过程非线性动力学模型与混沌特性

提出了一种新的基于机械弹性的储能方法, 推导了永磁电机式机械弹性储能机组的非线性动力学模型, 论证了机组储能过程中某些参数及运行条件下会出现混沌运动, 分析了机组非线性动力学模型的线性稳定性. 在此基础上, 基于本实验室正在研发的0.16 kWh/0.8 kW机械弹性储能机组运行参数, 将机组3维非线性模型降阶为带时变参数的2维投影子系统, 采用坐标平面投影法研究了机组的混沌特性, 分析了降维子系统平衡点位置及特征方程随时变参数的变化关系, 并对机组混沌运动进行了数值验证, 在一定程度上解决了解析方法, 适用性较差导致对多维机电耦联系统只能仿真求解难以理论分析的问题.     

Wavelength conversion in a Ti:PPSMgLN channel waveguide

A periodically poled titanium (Ti)-diffusion waveguide in near-stoichiometric MgO:LiNbO₃ (SMgLN) was fabricated that exhibits a second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of 63%. The device shows very high resistance to photorefractive damage at room temperature. All optical wavelength conversion by difference frequency generation (DFG) has been demonstrated in a periodically poled SMgLN (PPSMgLN) with Ti-diffusion channel waveguides. The wavelength conversion efficiency was measured to be −7.3 dB with the pump power of 150 mW and the signal power of 50 mW at room temperature.     

超导磁储能系统性能检测方法研究

目前,我国已有多台超导磁储能系统样机研制成功并通过了实验验证,考虑到超导磁储能系统与系统联网后对系统稳定性和安全性产生的影响,对其试验、检测方法及其主要设备进行研究是十分必要的。从超导磁储能系统的电磁特性出发,对超导磁体、变流器和功率调节特性这三个方面总结了超导磁储能系统的试验、检测项目,重点介绍了超导磁体的特性试验,并归纳了超导磁储能系统的试验方法及其主要设备。     

Design of a solar concentrator combining paraboloidal and hyperbolic mirrors using ray tracing method

A solar concentrator combining primary paraboloidal and secondary hyperboloidal mirrors is numerically designed by using the ray tracing method to obtain higher concentration ratio when the concentrator tracing error exists. It is found that, when the concentrator tracing errors are 0.5° or 1°, the concentration ratios are about 2027 or 1220 without the detector in the radial-direction, and the concentration ratios are about 5447 or 4701 with the detector in the radial-direction. It is shown that such method can increase the concentration solar flux by two folds when the concentrator tracing error exists. Obviously, it is an effective method to reduce the effect of concentrator tracing error even when the angle of concentrator tracing error is considered. In addition, when the angle of concentrator tracing error is small than 1°, a set of mirror shapes is suggested where the primary mirror has a f-number of 0.22 and the secondary mirror has a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.61.