A study of the microwave dielectric permittivity of liquid crystals in electric and magnetic fields

A microwave detector based on a self-sustained oscillator circuit is proposed as a means to investigate the real and imaginary components of the dielectric permittivity of liquid crystals in external electric and magnetic fields. Results are given for measurements of a 500 MHz oscillator frequency for two types of nematic crystals, 5CBP and MBBA. Fundamental regularities are identified in the behavior of the microwave dielectric permittivity of samples in electric and magnetic fields. It is shown that the minimum of the high-frequency dielectric loss in liquid crystals correspond to a situation in which the long axes of the molecules are oriented parallel to the direction of the microwave electric field. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 117–121 (January 1998)     

Current fluctuations in negistor structures based on noncrystalline Ga-Te films

The results of investigation of low-frequency (up to 10⁶ Hz) and microwave (at a frequency of 10 GHz) electric current fluctuations in negistor structures of the type of glass carbon-noncrystalline Ga_{1 ? x} Te _x film (where x = 0.75 or 0.80)-glass carbon are presented. Low-frequency current fluctuations are studied in strong electric fields up to the emergence of electric instability, while microwave fluctuations are studied after the current pinching at low current sustaining the low-resistance state. It is shown that regularities governing such fluctuations in these structures substantially differ from the corresponding regularities in selenium film negistors studies earlier. According to the results of analysis, the processes initiating electrical instability and the current pinching in these structures are not associated with manifestations of heating of charge carriers by the electric field. In addition, it is found that the filament diameter virtually remains unchanged in the range of currents sustaining the low-resistance state, while the electrical conductivity of the pinching region shows a tendency to increase with current. Possible reasons for these phenomena are considered.     

Microscopic theory of the electro-acoustic echo in order-disorder antiferroelectrics

A microscopic theory of the electro-acoustic echo (EAE) is proposed for the case in which two pulses of a variable electric field act on an antiferroelectric. This theory augments the phenomenological theory proposed for the purpose of interpreting experiments on the main regularities of the electro-acoustic echo in order-disorder antiferroelectrics. The deuterization effect and “pre-polarization” effect are explained. The shape of the echo signal is derived analytically and it is shown that this shape depends on the time interval between pump pulses. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 118–121 (January 1998)     

Influence of domain structure on the nonlinear polarization properties of A 2 BX 4-group crystals

Harmonic analysis of repolarization in A ₂ BX ₄-group crystals in the ferroelectric phase near phase-transition temperature T _c is used to separate the contributions to the harmonic-component amplitudes in the output signal of a Sawyer-Tower circuit from charging the reference capacitor with capacitive and conductive current through such a crystal. Harmonic analysis of dielectric hysteresis loops obtained by placing a specimen in an electric field with harmonically changing strength reveals general regularities in the evolution of the domain walls of A ₂ BX ₄-group crystals. It is established that the domain structure affects the nonlinear polarization properties of our specimens. The dependence of the potential relief of ferroelectric ion motion in a harmonically changing electric field is plotted on the basis of the experimental results.     

Phase bunching of oscillators in parametric resonance

Phase bunching in an ensemble of oscillators is considered by solving the Cauchy problem for the Mathieu equation using the asymptotic method of averaging in the third approximation for the zeroth resonance zone and in the fourth approximation for the first, second, third, and fourth zones in instability regions, as well as in stability regions near the boundaries with instability regions. It is shown that the existence and regularities of bunching follow from analysis of the well-known physical phenomenon, viz., beats of two oscillations. By way of example, parametric oscillations of charges at a node of the electric field of a standing wave are considered.     

A physical model of the low-current-density vacuum arc

A one-dimensional (1-D) physical model of the low-current-density steady-state vacuum arc is proposed. The model is based on the continuity equations for ions and electrons and the energy balance for the discharge system; the electric potential distribution in the discharge gap is assumed to be nonmonotonic. It is supposed that the ion current at the cathode is generated within the cathode potential fall region due to the ionization of the evaporated atoms by the plasma thermal electrons having Boltzmann's energy distribution. The model offers a satisfactory explanation for the principal regularities of a hot-cathode vacuum arc with diffuse attachment of the current. The applicability of the model proposed to the explanation of some processes occurring in a vacuum arc, such as the flow of fast ions toward the anode, the current cutoffs and voltage bursts, and the backward motion of a cathode spot in a transverse magnetic field is discussed     

Untwisting of the helical structure in a plane layer of chiral liquid crystal

The untwisting of the helical structure of a chiral liquid crystal (CLC) in a thin plane layer exposed to an external action (temperature or field) and its dependence on the molecular adhesive forces at the layer boundaries are studied theoretically. It is shown that the critical electric (magnetic) field for complete untwisting in a thin layer may be appreciably lower than in the corresponding bulk CLC sample, and, contrary to the latter, the untwisting proceeds jumpwise. The expressions relating the jump temperature (field), i.e., the magnitude of untwisting action, to the CLC material parameters, layer thickness, and surface adhesive potential are given. The jump temperature (field) hysteresis is studied. In particular, it is shown that, for certain parameters, the untwisted helix remains untwisted after the removal of external action. The revealed qualitative regularities of untwisting are illustrated by numerical computations with the use of particular parameters of a CLC layer.     

不同电场下碳纳米管场致发射电流密度研究

本文运用密度泛函理论和金属电子论, 深入研究了碳纳米管场致发射电流的变化规律. 结果显示其发射电流密度取决于体系的态密度、赝能隙、管长和局域电场, 在不同范围电场下的变化规律不同. 在较低电场下, 发射电流密度随电场增强而近似线性增大(对应的宏观电场须小于18 V· μm^-1); 但在较高电场下, 发射电流密度随外电场增加呈现非周期性振荡增长趋势, 碳纳米管表现为电离发射. 本文进一步研究了金属性碳纳米管电导率在不同电场下的变化规律.     

Analysis of the fractal intrinsic quality in the ionization of Rydberg helium and lithium atoms

We study the fractal rhythm in the ionization of Rydberg helium and lithium atoms in an electric field by using the semiclassical method. The fractal structures present a nested relationship layer by layer in the initial launch angles of the ionized electrons versus the escape time, which is defined as the rhythm attractor, and exhibit similar rhythm endings. The gradually enhanced chaotic regions of the escape time plots tend to broaden as the scaled energy increases. In addition,the fractal rhythm changes synchronously with the oscillations of the kinetic energy spectrum. We note that the intrinsic quality of the fractal rhythm is closely related to the kinetic energy distribution, that is, the inherent dynamic properties of the Hamiltonian equations have an impact on the fractal regularities. In addition, different ionizing closed trajectories exhibit iterate properties and the inherent beauty of symmetry. Our results and analysis can not only reveal new laws in the ionization of Rydberg atoms, but also promote the establishment of the dynamic mechanism of fractals.     

Experimental Study of Two Phase Closed Thermosyphon Using Cuo/Water Nanofluid in the Presence Of Electric Field

In this article, the effect of applying an electric field on the performance of a two-phase closed thermosyphon is investigated experimentally. A CuO/water nanofluid is used as the working fluid in the present investigation; 40% of the evaporator volume is filled with the working fluid during the tests. An electric field in various voltages ranging from 5 to 20 kV is applied to the system. Also, the input power supplied to the evaporator varies between 60 to 120 W. The thermal efficiency and the thermal resistance of the two-phase closed thermosyphon are evaluated in various strengths of electric field and different volume fractions. It is found that using the nanofluid and applying an electric field could increase the thermal efficiency by up to 30% as compared with the case in which the working media is pure water and no electric field is applied. To illustrate the effect of the electric field on the heat transfer enhancement, the augmentation Nusselt number, defined as the ratio of the Nusselt numbers after and before applying the electric field, is discussed. The results show that utilizing an electric field is more advantageous when the input power applied to the system is lower.     

Evolution of effective characteristics of laser beam of femtosecond duration upon self-action in a gas medium

Based on numerical solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for complex envelope of the light-wave electric field strength, we study regularities in variation of effective parameters of a femtosecond laser beam (energy transfer ratio, root-mean-square radius, duration, and width of temporal spectrum) propagating in the air with formation of a single filament. We derive approximate formulas for the effective radius of the femtosecond laser beam in the regime of solitary filamentation for three characteristic zones corresponding to different stages of transient self-focusing of the beam. We also analyze the problem of effective radius of the laser beam with a nonideal Gaussian profile in the regime of multiple filamentation. At the later stages of evolution of the effective radius, for identical initial energy and dimensional characteristics of the ideal and nonideal light beams, we establish similarity of their limiting angular divergences.     

Effect of electric field on the enhanced heat transfer characteristic of an evaporator with multilayered sintered copper mesh

In this paper, it was investigated experimentally that the effect of different kinds of working fluid on the thermal performance of evaporator with capillary wick consisted by multilayered sintered copper mesh under different electric field strengths at the operating pressure of 1.01 × 10⁵ Pa R141b and R123 were used as the working fluids. The electric field strength in this study was in the range of 0kV/m–1600 kV/m, respectively. The experimental results showed that the applied electric field strength has significant effect on heat transfer characteristic. The heat transfer enhancement effects increased with the increase of the electric field. Under the applied electric field strength, the maximum heat transfer enhancement factors could reach as high as 1.5 and 1.32 for the two kinds of working fluids in the experiment.     

Electrical conduction and polarization in PbWO<Subscript>4</Subscript> crystals

The regularities of ion-electron processes in an undoped PbWO₄ single crystal upon transition to a quasi-equilibrium state in an external dc electric field with a linear variation in the temperature in the range 290–600 K are investigated using different methods. The total conductivity, thermally stimulated polarization current, and thermally stimulated depolarization current are measured. It is assumed that the temperature dependence of the conductivity can be described within the theory of small-radius polarons. The thermally stimulated polarization (depolarization) currents are interpreted in terms of the space-charge (peaks of the current in the range 400–550 K) and dipole (peaks of the current in the range 290–370 K) mechanisms of generation of a polarization charge in the sample. The inference is drawn that the dominant contribution to the dipole polarization is made by dipolons, namely, doubly charged (cation-anion) vacancy pairs coupled through electrostatic interaction. The basic parameters of relaxation phenomena and charge transfer are calculated.     

Tilted electric field effects on the electronic states in a GaAs quantum disk

In the present work we report the effects of a geometrical confinement and tilted applied electric field on the electronic energy levels in a semiconducting quantum disk. Calculations are performed in the effective mass approximation and using a variational method. The results can be summarized as follows: (1) due to the infinite confinement along the all directions of the heterostructure, the variational calculation with two parameters for tilted applied electric field can be treated with two independent each other variational parameters; (2) the magnitude of the energy shift is an increasing function of the applied electric field; (3) the effects of the applied electric field are magnified as the dimensions of the heterostructure (height and radius) grow; and finally (4) for large enough applied electric field the energy shift is a linear function of the applied electric field.     

A phase field method for simulating morphological evolution of vesicles in electric fields

A phase field method is developed to investigate the morphological evolution of a vesicle in an electric field, taking into account coupled mechanical and electric effects such as bending, osmotic pressure, surface tension, flexoelectricity, and dielectricity of the membrane. The energy of the system is formulated in terms of a continuous phase field variable and the electric potential. The governing equations of the phase field and the electric field are solved using the Galerkin weighted residual approach. The validation and robustness of the algorithm are verified by direct comparisons of the obtained numerical solutions with relevant experimental results. The morphological evolution of an axisymmetric vesicle under an electric field is studied in detail. The results demonstrate that the present method can simulate complex morphological evolutions of vesicles under coupled mechanical–electrical fields.     

Regular Electric Field in Electromagnetic Coupled to a Scalar Field

In the framework of an electromagnetic field coupled nonminimally with a scalar field in flat spacetime, the existence of a non-singular electric field is proved for a point electric charge or electric monopole. In analogy with the Maxwell-dilaton system introduced by Gibbons and Wells, first, a Maxwell-anti-dilaton system is constructed where the radial electric field of a static electric monopole is coupled to an anti-dilaton. The field equations are solved analytically for the electric and dilaton fields and observe the nonsingular electric field. Also, the self-energy of the electric monopole is found to be finite. Furthermore, the formalism to a Maxwell-scalar field is generalized where a mechanism is introduced upon which the coupled regular-electric field and scalar field is obtained. The formalism shows that for a given regular electric field there are two supersymmetric coupling functions corresponding to a scalar and a phantom field.     

Modeling of the EHD effects on hydrodynamics and heat transfer within a flat miniature heat pipe including axial capillary grooves

A numerical model for an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) grooved Flat Miniature Heat Pipe (FMHP) is developed. Two microchannel shapes are considered as axial capillary structures: square and triangle grooves. For both groove shapes, the electric field affects the liquid-vapor radius of curvature which decreases in the condenser and increases in the evaporator under the action of the electric field. The liquid and vapor velocities are also affected by the EHD effects. The electric field effects on the velocities depend on the FMHP zone. It is also demonstrated that the electric field increases the vapor pressure drop; however, it decreases the liquid pressure drop. The liquid-wall and vapor-wall viscous forces as well as the shear liquid-vapor forces are affected by the electric field. The analysis of the electric forces shows that the dielectrophoretic forces which act on the liquid-vapor interface are predominant and their order of magnitude is much higher than the Coulomb forces. Finally, it is also demonstrated that the capillary limit increases with the electric field for both groove shapes.     

先进磁镜装置中径向电场对高能粒子的约束性能研究

本文运用Boris算法对紧凑型聚变反应装置(compact fusion reactor, CFR)中高能a粒子的运动轨道进行了数值模拟,分析了高能a粒子在不同径向电场作用下运动轨道的差异性;探究了不同径向电场对CFR装置中不同位置处a粒子约束性能的影响.研究结果表明,当正、负径向电场强度达到一定临界值时,都能够使高能a粒子很好地约束在CFR装置内部,但不同位置处径向电场强度临界值与a粒子初始条件有关.     

Compton scattering of 59.5 keV gamma rays from p-Si sample in an external electric field

This study is related to Compton scattering of photons from a p-Si sample whose surface charge density distributions are changed by an external electric field. The external electric field intensity in the range 0-75 kV/m was used to change the surface charge density distributions of the sample. The sample surface perpendicular to the electric field was selected as the scattering surface. The p-Si sample was bombarded by 59.5 keV γ-photons emitting from an Am-241 point source. The Compton scattered photons at an angle of 90^o were detected by an Si(Li) detector. The Compton scattering intensity suddenly increased with the application of the electric field since the applied electric field distorts both the negatively charged scattering center (free electron, bound electron, ionized acceptor) and the positively charged scattering center (hole) and their momentum distribution in the sample. There is a good third-order polynominal relation between the Compton scattering intensity and the increasing (or decreasing) electric field intensity. The results show that the positively charged scattering centers behave like negatively charged scattering centers, but the latter are slightly more effective than the former in the Compton scattering of γ-rays from the sample in the electric field.