激光等离子体动量转换效率的实验研究

强激光与固体靶相互作用时，产生的高速喷射的等离子体对靶具有强烈的反冲作用，因此，激光等离子体可以作为一种新型的推进动力源.与传统的化学燃料推动相比，激光等离子体具有较高的比冲和有效载荷比等特点.对纳秒激光脉冲与铝、石墨、铅和碳氢靶相互作用时，等离子体对靶的冲量进行了实验测量，研究了大气与真空环境下的靶动量与激光聚焦面积的关系，并对部分实验结果与理论计算的数值进行了比较.实验结果显示，大气与真空环境下的靶动量有很大的差异，并且真空下的靶动量受材料性质的影响较大，与以往长脉冲激光的实验结果有很大的不同. 关键词： 激光等离子体 动量 动量耦合系数     

Study of coupling effect on the performance of a spin-current diode: Nonequilibrium Green’s function based model

In this paper, spin-dependent transport through a spin diode composed of a quantum dot coupled to a normal metal and a ferromagnetic lead is studied. The current polarization and the spin accumulation are analyzed using the equations of motion method within the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. We present a suitable method for computing Green’s function without carrying out any self-consistent calculation. The influence of coupling strength and magnetic field on the spin current is studied and observed that this device cannot work as a spin diode under certain conditions.     

Effects of quantum coupling on the performance of metal-oxide-semiconductor field transistors

Based on the analysis of the three-dimensional Schrödinger equation, the effects of quantum coupling between the transverse and the longitudinal components of channel electron motion on the performance of ballistic MOSFETs have been theoretically investigated by self-consistently solving the coupled Schrödinger-Poisson equations with the finite-difference method. The results show that the quantum coupling between the transverse and the longitudinal components of the electron motion can largely affect device performance. It suggests that the quantum coupling effect should be considered for the performance of a ballistic MOSFET due to the high injection velocity of the channel electron.     

等离子体屏蔽和稀疏波对冲量耦合系数的影响

 利用脉冲Nd:YAG激光作用在铝、铜靶上，研究了不同入射激光能量下冲量耦合系数和离焦量之间的关系，以及不同功率密度情况下冲量耦合系数和光斑直径的关系。实验表明铝靶在入射激光脉冲能量由75.8 mJ增加到382.3 mJ时，冲量耦合系数峰值对应的最佳离焦量由－10 mm处远离焦点向透镜方向移到－18 mm，而对应的激光功率密度仅由2.0×10⁹ W/cm²增加到3.9×10⁹ W/cm²；铜靶实验规律和铝靶类似。等离子体屏蔽的吸收作用导致了冲量耦合系数达到最大值后迅速降低。铝靶在入射激光功率密度由0.7×10⁹ W/cm²增大到1.0×10¹⁰W/cm²时，冲量耦合系数随光斑直径增大而增大，对应变化斜率由5.2×10^-5N·s/（mm·J）增大到49.2×10^-5N·s/（mm·J），表明了稀疏波对冲量耦合系数的削弱作用随入射激光功率密度增加而增加，随光斑直径增大而减小。     

Tensor coupling effect on relativistic symmetries

The similarity renormalization group is used to transform the Dirac Hamiltonian with tensor coupling into a diagonal form. The upper(lower) diagonal element becomes a Schr¨odinger-like operator with the tensor component separated from the original Hamiltonian.Based on the operator, the tensor effect of the relativistic symmetries is explored with a focus on the single-particle energy contributed by the tensor coupling. The results show that the tensor coupling destroying(improving) the spin(pseudospin) symmetry is mainly attributed to the coupling of the spin-orbit and the tensor term, which plays an opposite role in the single-particle energy for the(pseudo-) spin-aligned and spin-unaligned states and has an important influence on the shell structure and its evolution.     

等离子体屏蔽和稀疏波对冲量耦合系数的影响

利用脉冲Nd:YAG激光作用在铝、铜靶上,研究了不同入射激光能量下冲量耦合系数和离焦量之间的关系,以及不同功率密度情况下冲量耦合系数和光斑直径的关系。实验表明铝靶在入射激光脉冲能量由75.8 mJ增加到382.3 mJ时,冲量耦合系数峰值对应的最佳离焦量由－10 mm处远离焦点向透镜方向移到－18 mm,而对应的激光功率密度仅由2.0×109 W/cm2增加到3.9×109 W/cm2;铜靶实验规律和铝靶类似。等离子体屏蔽的吸收作用导致了冲量耦合系数达到最大值后迅速降低。铝靶在入射激光功率密度由0.7×109 W/cm2增大到1.0×1010W/cm2时,冲量耦合系数随光斑直径增大而增大,对应变化斜率由5.2×10-5N·s/（mm·J）增大到49.2×10-5N·s/（mm·J）,表明了稀疏波对冲量耦合系数的削弱作用随入射激光功率密度增加而增加,随光斑直径增大而减小。     

Opposite effect of spin-orbit coupling on condensation and superfluidity

We investigate the effects of Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the condensed density and superfluid density tensor of a two-component Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC crossover at zero temperature. In anisotropic three dimensions (3D), we find that SOC has an opposite effect on condensation (enhanced) and superfluidity (suppressed in the SOC direction), and this effect becomes most pronounced for very weak interactions and the SOC strength being larger than a characteristic value. Furthermore, as functions of SOC strength, the condensed density changes monotonically for all interaction parameters, while the superfluid density has a minimum when the interaction parameter is below a critical value. We also discuss the isotropic two-dimensional case where analytical expressions for the gap and number equations are obtained and the same phenomena are found as that of the 3D case.     

Comparing the interparticle coupling effect on sensitivities of silver and gold nanoparticles

The wavelength shift of surface plasmon resonance peak resulting from the electromagnetic coupling noble metal nanoparticle increases with the increase in the dielectric constant of the medium and the decrease in the interparticle separation distance. In this work, the discrete dipole approximation method was used to calculate the extinction efficiency spectra of the silver–silver and gold–gold nanoparticle pairs. This work shows that the silver coupled-particle system has higher plasmon resonance sensitivity as compared to the gold coupled-particle system. However, the silver coupled-particle system has lower and a faster near-exponential decay of sensitivity enhancement factor than the gold coupled-particle system. Thus, the silver coupled-particle may be more suited for sensing applications as compared to the gold coupled-particle, but the interparticle coupling effect displays more pronounced effect on the gold coupled-particle system as compared to the silver coupled-particle system.     

On the effect of plasmon-phonon coupling and phonon reabsorption on scattering-induced NDR

Scattering-induced NDR has been predicted in AlGaAs/GaAs quantum wells neglecting the coupling of plasmons and phonons and phonon reabsorption. The effect of these on NDR is discussed and it is concluded the the range of doping densities over which scattering-induced NDR should occur is reduced. The optimum doping density suggested by the discussion is of order 10¹⁷cm⁻³.     

The decrease in the overall algorithmic complexity of the spin-echo effect

Recently Lloyd and Zurek studied the algorithmic complexity of the spin-echo effect and concluded that the overall complexity of spins together with the magnetic field grew slowly even during the rephasing stage. In this paper we show that, in contrast to their conclusion, the complexity decreases during the rephasing stage. We also clarify the origin of the disagreement.     

Effect of vapor plasma on the coupling of laser radiation with aluminum targets

The effect of vapor plasma on thermal and impulse coupling of laser radiation with aluminum targets is studied to understand and explain experimental data showing anomalously high coupling to 10.6 μm laser radiation. Heating of vapor by inverse bremsstrahlung absorption of laser radiation, subsequent reradiation in the u.v. and deep u.v. by ionized species, and vapor layer growth are modeled. A computer code has been developed to solve the governing equations. Major conclusions include the following: (a) vapor plasma radiative transport can be an important mechanism for laser/target coupling, (b) aluminum vapor (density × thickness) ≈ 10¹⁷ cm^-2 (corresponding to about 0.01 μm of target material) can result in thermal coupling coefficients of 20% or more, and (c) too much vapor reduces the net flux at the target.     

基于时域有限差分法分析等离子波导和介质波导耦合

使用Rsoft软件中的时域有限差分模块Fullwave分析二维介质波导和等离子波导耦合特性,利用软件仿真耦合结构并自动计算出光在介质波导和等离子波导中传输的耦合效率,进而测绘耦合效率随波导尺寸和光波长的变化曲线图,发现MDM导波结构的缝隙宽度和光通信质量密切相关,在确定尺寸下,传输损耗随传输距离成指数衰减.根据分析得到的耦合效率变化规律发现介质波导和等离子波导间距最佳点都应设为15 nm,进而优化波导的几何结构参数后,可以将耦合效率提高到83%.     

The effect of coupling on bubble fragmentation acoustics

Understanding the formation and evolution of bubble populations is important in a wide range of situations, including industrial processes, medical applications, and ocean science. Passive acoustical techniques can be used to track changes in the population, since each bubble formation or fragmentation event is likely to produce sound. This sound potentially contains a wealth of information about the fragmentation process and the products, but to fully exploit these data it is necessary to understand the physical processes that determine its characteristics. The focus of this paper is binary fragmentation, when turbulence causes one bubble to split into two. Specifically, the effect that bubble-bubble coupling has on the sound produced is examined. A numerical simulation of the acoustical excitation of fragmenting bubbles is used to generate model acoustic signals, which are compared with experimental data. A frequency range with a suppressed acoustic output which is observed in the experimental data can be explained when coupling is taken into account. In addition, although the driving mechanism of neck collapse is always consistent with the data for the larger bubble of the newly formed pair, a different mechanism must be driving the smaller bubble in some situations.     

Influence of the inverse sheath on divertor plasma performance in tokamak edge plasma simulations

Recently, it was shown that strong electron thermionic emission from material walls could result in the formation of an “inverse sheath,” which prevents the flow of cold ions to the wall.^[1–3] Such regimes look very favourably from the point of view of plasma–material interactions at the edge of magnetic fusion devices, where the problem of the erosion of plasma-facing components under ion irradiation is one of the key issues for the development of future magnetic fusion reactors. However, it is not clear whether such regimes are compatible with edge plasma parameters and heat removal requirements in fusion reactors. To address the issue of practicality of the “inverse sheath” regime for edge tokamak plasma conditions, we perform a set of numerical simulations with 2D edge plasma transport code UEDGE^[4] for a DIII-D-like geometry and magnetic configuration. To describe both “standard” and “inverse sheath” conditions within the framework of the UEDGE code (which does not consider the sheath region per se), at the material surfaces, we apply effective boundary conditions that emulate both “standard” and “inverse sheath” regimes. We demonstrate that, for the same input parameters, spatial distributions of edge plasma parameters corresponding to detached divertor and “inverse sheath” regimes are similar, with only a few minor differences. We discuss the compatibility of “inverse sheath” regimes with core plasma parameters.     

Effect of output coupling ratio on the performance of ring-cavity Brillouin fiber laser

We present a single-wavelength Brillouin fiber laser utilizing a ring-cavity configuration. Performances and characteristics of the laser system have been investigated at different output coupling ratios. The optimum output power of the system stood at 7.3 mW, which was obtained at 90% output coupling ratio. A low Brillouin threshold power of 0.9 mW was obtained at 10% output coupling ratio when the Brillouin pump was set at its maximum power of 24 mW.     

Casimir effect on quark-gluon plasma

We study the Casimir effect on baryon-free quark-gluon plasma confined in a slab region. The energy and entropy densities of confined QGP at the transition temperature are 2～3 times as large as those of unconfined QGP when the width of the slab is about 1 fm.     

Shear viscosity of CFT plasma at finite coupling

We present evidence for the universality of the shear viscosity of conformal gauge theory plasmas beyond infinite coupling. We comment of subtleties of computing the shear viscosity in effective models of gauge/gravity correspondence rather than in string theory.