Higher harmonic thermal wave detection in thermoreflectance microscopy with combined electrical and optical heating

Insulating lines and channels prepared by focused ion beam implantation on SIMOX wafers have been investigated by thermally modulated optical reflectance microscopy using optical and electrical excitation. Continuous hot lines and hot spots can be visualized by modulated electrical heating, whereas insulating lines forming channels can be imaged only with simultaneous optical and electrical excitation. Three different schemes have been investigated for the combined excitation: (i) optical modulation with additional DC voltage, (ii) optical and electrical pumps modulated at the same frequency with the detection effected at higher harmonics and (iii) two different modulation frequencies used for optical and electrical excitation with the detection effected at sum and difference frequencies. When detecting at higher frequencies, best contrast for the observation of the insulating lines adjacent to a channel is achieved by recording the modulated reflectance signal at the fourth harmonic 4f where f is the modulation frequency of the optical and electrical pump. The observed contrast enhancement of the double excited thermoreflectance signal is found to be mainly of a thermal origin.     

Thermal feature extraction of servers in a datacenter using thermal image registration

Thermal cameras provide fine-grained thermal information that enhances monitoring and enables automatic thermal management in large datacenters. Recent approaches employing mobile robots or thermal camera networks can already identify the physical locations of hot spots. Other distribution information used to optimize datacenter management can also be obtained automatically using pattern recognition technology. However, most of the features extracted from thermal images, such as shape and gradient, may be affected by changes in the position and direction of the thermal camera. This paper presents a method for extracting the thermal features of a hot spot or a server in a container datacenter. First, thermal and visual images are registered based on textural characteristics extracted from images acquired in datacenters. Then, the thermal distribution of each server is standardized. The features of a hot spot or server extracted from the standard distribution can reduce the impact of camera position and direction. The results of experiments show that image registration is efficient for aligning the corresponding visual and thermal images in the datacenter, and the standardization procedure reduces the impacts of camera position and direction on hot spot or server features.     

Frequency dependence of the phase shift in optical-fibre thermal modulators

The optical phase shift as a function of frequency was determined in the range from DC to >10 kHz for some single-mode optical-fibre phase modulators, formed by depositing a metal layer on the cladding surface by vacuum evaporation. A thermal analysis is presented in which the fibre surface and core temperatures are determined as a function of the frequency of the heating due to an electric current passing through the coating. The phase modulation arises from a combination of the temperature change at the core (predominant at low frequencies) and strains produced by the thermal expansion of the metal coating (predominant at the high frequencies). Applications include phase and birefringence control in optical-fibre interferometers.     

激光辐照下固体材料的温度分布理论研究

 考虑到有限厚介质的表面热对流，利用格林函数方法理论计算了强激光作用下介质材料的3维温度分布，给出了温升与材料尺寸的关系式及其关系曲线。以单晶硅材料为例进行了模拟计算，结果表明：温升不仅与材料本身的性质（热容，热导率，密度）密切相关，而且还与材料的吸收系数，激光加热参数（功率密度，能量分布，光斑大小，作用时间），以及对流换热系数有关。在激光照射的初始阶段，材料表面温度迅速增加；其后，随着激光照射时间的增加，温度增加量逐步变缓。     

狭缝法测量X射线斑点大小

 应用狭缝光阑成像法测量X射线斑点大小，通过狭缝成像获得光源的线扩展函数和调制传递函数MTF，而后从MTF为0.5所对应的空间频率之值确定出光源的光斑大小。应用该方法测量得到12 MeV 直线感应加速器(LIA)X射线斑点大小为3.2 mm，及磁透镜在不同焦距下的X射线斑点大小。该项测量为12 MeV LIA电子束聚焦调试实验提供有效判据。     

Photothermal measurement of thermal anisotropy in pyrolytic graphite

We investigated the anisotropic thermal conductivity in pyrolytic graphite by thermoreflectance. A laser-heated circular spot on a surface perpendicular to the planes developed into an elliptical temperature distribution which was recorded by a raster scanning technique at modulation frequencies ranging from 600 Hz to 100 kHz. The ratio of in-plane and perpendicular thermal conductivity was determined by fitting the phase of the temperature data with an analytical model, and was found to decrease with increasing modulation frequency. Highest conductivity values were considerably smaller than previously published data based on steady-state measurements. The frequency dependence and additional features in the phase profiles at high frequencies are discussed in view of sample surface preparation and the local nature of the thermoreflectance measurement.     

Influence of dynamic tissue properties on temperature elevation and lesions during HIFU scanning therapy: Numerical simulation

When large tumors are treated,ablation of the entire volume of tumors requires multiple treatment spots formed by high intensity-focused ultrasound(HIFU)scanning therapy.The heating effect of HIFU on biological tissue is mainly reflected in temperature elevation and tissue lesions.Tissue property parameters vary with temperature and,in turn,the distribution of temperature as well as the heating effects change accordingly.In this study,an HIFU scanning therapy model considering dynamic tissue properties is provided.The acoustic fields and temperature fields are solved combining the Helmholtz wave equation with Pennes bio-heat transfer equation based on the finite element method(FEM)to investigate the effects of various tissue properties(i.e.,the attenuation coefficient,acoustic velocity,thermal conductivity,specific heat capacity,density,and blood perfusion rate)on heating performance.Comparisons of the temperature distribution and thermal lesions under static and dynamic properties are made based on the data of tissue property parameters varying with temperature.The results show that the dynamic changes of thermal conductivity,specific heat capacity,and acoustic velocity may account for the decrease of temperature elevation in HIFU treatment,while the dynamic changes of attenuation coefficient,density,and blood perfusion rate aggravate the increase of temperature on treatment spots.Compared with other properties,the dynamic change of attenuation coefficient has a greater impact on tissue temperature elevation.During HIFU scanning therapy,the temperature elevation and tissue lesions of the first treatment spot are smaller than those of the subsequent treatment spots,but the temperature on the last treatment spot drops faster during the cooling period.The ellipsoidal tissue lesion is not symmetrical;specifically,the part facing toward the previous treatment spot tends to be larger.Under the condition of the same doses,the temperature elevation and the size of tissue lesions under dynamic properties present significant growth in comparison to static properties.Besides,the tissue lesion begins to form earlier with a more unsymmetrical shape and is connected to the tissue lesion around the previous treatment spot.As a result,lesions around all the treatment spots are connected with each other to form a closed lesion region.The findings in this study reveal the influence of dynamic tissue properties on temperature elevation and lesions during HIFU scanning therapy,providing useful support for the optimization of treatment programs to guarantee higher efficacy and safety.     

Measurement of thermal conductivity in laser-heated diamond anvil cell using radial temperature distribution

ABSTRACT

Thermal conductivities of planetary materials under extreme conditions are important input parameters for modeling planetary dynamics such as accretion, geodynamo and magnetic field evolution, plate tectonics, volcanism-related processes etc. However, direct experimental measurements of thermal conductivity at extreme conditions remain challenging and controversial. Here we propose a new technique of thermal conductivity measurement in laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LH-DAC) based on radial temperature distribution around laser focal spot, mapped by imaging tandem acousto-optical tunable filter (TAOTF). The new technique provides much more information about heat fluxes in the laser-heated sample than existing static heating setups, and does not require dynamic numerical modeling using heat capacities in contrast to dynamic pulsed heating setups. In the test experiment, thermal conductivity of γ-Fe at conditions relevant to cores of terrestrial planets was measured.     

Onset of breakdown and formation of cathode spots

When an increasing diode voltage is applied, enhanced field emission of electrons begins from a growing number of small spots or whiskers on the cathode surface. This stimulates desorption of weakly bound adsorbates from the surface of a whisker. As the diode voltage increases, the 100-V equipotential surface moving toward the cathode is met by the desorbed neutrals moving away from the cathode, resulting in sharp risetime for the onset of ionization of desorbed neutrals by field-emitted electrons. Positive ions produced in the ionization region a few microns from the electron emitting spot are accelerated back to it. This bombardment leads to surface heating of the spot. The onset of breakdown by this mechanism requires much less current than the Joule heating mechanism. The localized buildup of plasma above the electron emitting spot leads to pressure and electric field distributions that ignite unipolar arcs. The high current density of the unipolar arc and the associated surface heating by ions result in the explosive formation of cathode spot plasma     

Nanosecond displacement times of arc cathode spots in vacuum

With a high speed camera consisting of a combination of framing and streak channels, arc spots on a copper cathode are imaged in the spectral range 200-800 nm with spatial and time resolution of <5 μm and ⩽10 ns, respectively. At currents of 30-70 A and sufficiently long time after ignition (3-300 μs), the spots consist of fragments with diameters of 10-20 μm. These fragments appear and disappear in a cyclic way. Formation times <50 ns and residence times <100 ns have been observed. Apparent fragment merging into one spot is due to the extinction of all of them except one, while apparent spot splitting is due to the formation of a new fragment outside the spot center. Consecutive fragment formation appears as displacement with momentary velocities up to 1000 m/s. The fragment dynamics leads to random displacement of the spot center with a ratio of mean square displacement 〈R²〉 to the observation time t of 〈R²〉/t=(2.3±0.6)×10^-3m ²/s. This holds down to t=100 ns. Thus, fragments and spots operate on nanosecond time scales. Prior to apparent spot splitting and after apparent fragment merging the spot brightness increases considerably. When analyzing time-integrated pictures, the stages of increased brightness lead to overestimating the average residence time. Because of the short formation time, the fragments do not reach a balance between surface heating and heat conduction into the bulk, i.e., there is no stationary evaporation. A further substructure of the fragments exists with size <5 μm and timescale ⩽10 ns     

A new imaging method for gold-surface adsorbates based on anomalous reflection

A new imaging method is proposed for ultrathin films with a thickness of a few nanometers, based on the anomalous reflection (AR) of gold. In the AR effect, the reflectivity fairly decreases for blue or purple light (380 nm < λ < 480 nm) with the existence of a transparent dielectric layer at a gold surface. Thus, a thin gold film can be used as an imaging platform. Clear AR images are obtained for a microarray of protein (avidin) spots of diameter 120 μm with gaps of size 50 μm between the spots (36 spots/mm²). The resolution of the AR imaging is governed solely by the illumination spot size. AR imaging is a promising technique for high throughput analysis of biomolecular detection in a microarray format.     

惯性约束聚变装置中靶面光场特性的统计表征方法

在激光驱动的惯性约束聚变装置中,常采用多种束匀滑手段对焦斑的时空特性进行调控.光传输链路中涉及的光学元件众多、传输变换复杂,往往导致光传输模型复杂,且在运用衍射光学方法分析焦斑形态和特征时面临大量的数据处理和计算,致使出现计算量大、计算效率低等问题,亟需寻求快速而简便的新方法来描述焦斑的统计特征.本文利用光场特性的统计表征方法对靶面光场进行表征,采用圆型复数高斯随机变量直接描述靶面光场的统计特征,并基于典型焦斑评价参数对衍射光学方法和统计表征方法得到的远场焦斑进行了对比和分析.结果表明,采用衍射光学方法和统计表征方法获得的焦斑的瞬时特征基本一致,其时间积分的远场焦斑有所不同,但仍可进一步采用相关系数来表征其远场焦斑的时间变化特征.     

X光焦斑测量方法研究

采用组合型诊断技术获取Ｘ光辐射时间、空间、能谱相互关联的３维信息,得到了Ｘ光焦斑随时间和随入射激光能量的变化关系,并观测到膨胀等离子体、探测器阈值、测量能区以及测试方位对Ｘ光焦斑测量带来的影响。     

Application of vacuum arc cathode spot model to graphite cathode

A model of near-electrode processes is applied here to describe the behavior of cathode spots on graphite cathode in vacuum arc. The physical model is based on a kinetic treatment of cathode evaporation, electron emission from the cathode, and plasma production. The model consists of physical assumptions and a system of equations that are formulated in the paper. Spot parameters, such as cathode erosion rate, cathode potential drop, cathode surface temperature, current density, electric field, and plasma density, temperature, and velocity in the near-electrode region are calculated numerically. The calculation includes the dependence of spot parameters on spot current and spot lifetime. The variation of spot parameters as a function of spot lifetime are very strong at lifetimes shorter than 10 μs. The calculations indicate that Joule heating in the cathode body is significant, and may exceed cathode heating by the ion heat flux. Calculated spot parameters are compared with the corresponding experimental data for relatively low arc currents (<100 A) and their agreement is discussed     

Modulation detection for amplitude-modulated bone-conducted sounds with sinusoidal carriers in the high- and ultrasonic-frequency range

Ultrasonic vibration generates a sensation of sound via bone-conduction. This phenomenon is called bone-conducted ultrasonic (BCU) hearing. Complex sounds can also be perceived by amplitude-modulating a BCU stimulus (AM-BCU). The influence of the modulation frequency on the sensitivity to detecting amplitude modulation of sinusoidal carriers of 10, 20, and 30 kHz was examined to clarify the characteristics of the perception of amplitude modulation over the sonic or audio-frequency range and the ultrasonic range. In addition, the detection sensitivity for single-sideband modulation for a 20 kHz carrier was measured. Temporal modulation transfer functions (TMTFs) obtained at each carrier frequency suggest that the auditory system has the ability to process timing information in the envelopes of AM-BCUs at lower modulation frequencies, as is the case with audio-frequency sounds. The possible influence of peripheral filtering on the shape of the TMTF at higher frequencies was examined.     

Erosion Craters and Arc Cathode Spots in Vacuum

The development of erosion craters on clean, smooth cathodes in UHV has been investigated with a time resolution of nanoseconds (current range 10–200 A). Furthermore, crater size erosion rate and velocity of spot displacement have been measured in dependence on current and surface conditions. The relevance of the results for different cathode spot models is discussed in detail. From the measurements the following conclusions are drawn. The craters are caused by the action of the discharge pressure on the molten metal within a spot. The spots move in a random manner in elementary steps of a crater radius with time constants of the order of 10^?8 s. The main reason for the movement is the formation of micropoints at crater boundaries. Droplets and contaminations induce jumps of more than a crater radius. The impact of droplets causes considerable deformations of the cathode surface. Nanosecond pulse breakdowns and quasi-stationary arcs result in values of crater size, spot velocity and erosion rate that are comparable within an order of magnitude. These results support a non-stationary spot model that describes the cathode spot as a sequence of surface explosions.     

调制自由载流子吸收测量半导体载流子输运参数的三维理论

推导出用于测量半导体载流子输运特性(载流子寿命、载流子扩散系数和前表面复合速度)的调制自由载流子吸收(modulated free carrier absorption, MFCA)检测技术的三维理论模型,给出了调制自由载流子吸收检测信号与调制频率和抽运-探测光相对距离的关系.定性分析了在不同调制频率时各个载流子输运参数对径向位置扫描曲线(信号与两束光相对距离的关系)的影响,结果表明调制自由载流子吸收检测信号对各个参数的灵敏度随抽运-探测光相对距离的增加而增加.仿真和实验结果表明,通过拟合不同调制频率时调 关键词： 调制自由载流子吸收 载流子输运特性 径向位置扫描     

In situ X‐ray diffraction study on the growth kinetics of NiO nanoparticles

The growth kinetics of NiO nanoparticles have been studied by in situ X‐ray diffraction using two detection systems (conventional and imaging plate). NiO nanoparticles were formed by thermal decomposition after heating of an amorphous compound formed by the coprecipitation method. It was found that the detection method using an imaging plate is more efficient than the conventional detection mode for observing changes in the crystallite growth of nanocrystalline materials. Studies have been carried out to investigate the effects of the heating rates on the particles growth. The results suggest that the growth process of the particles is accelerated when the samples are treated at low heating rates. The evolution of particles size and the diffusion coefficient obtained from X‐ray powder diffraction patterns are discussed in terms of the thermal conditions for the two types of detection.     

连续相位板面形特性对远场分布的影响

惯性约束聚变(ICF)系统打靶对焦斑的大小及能量分布均匀性都有明确的要求,在连续相位板设计过程中要同时兼顾这两个方面。研究了连续相位板的面形与远场焦斑光强均匀性间的关系,从理论上推导了元件表面调制深度与焦斑尺寸的关系,并进行了定量计算。结果表明,焦斑半径随连续相位板的面形调制深度线性增加。鉴于连续相位板具有的随机特性,比较了不同相位板远场特性的区别,研究了面形调制深度对其光强峰谷值和均方根值的影响,结果表明不同设计的连续相位板,远场特性有较大的不同。当面形调制深度在5~15个波长时,焦斑具有较低的光强峰谷值和均方根值,连续相位板具有较好的束匀滑效果。