Release of charges under external fields of PbLa（Zr,Sn,Ti）O3 ceramic

This paper investigates the pyroelectric of poled antiferroelectric (AFE) ceramic Pb 0.97 La 0.02 (Zr 0.69 Sn 0.196 Ti 0.114)O 3 and its remnant polarization dependence of hydrostatic pressure.The results show that the bound charges of poled sample can be released in short time by temperature field or pressure field.The released charge abruptly forms a large pulse current.The phenomena of released charge under external fields result in the ferroelectric-AFE phase transition induced by temperature or hydrostatic pressure.     

Dielectric and Pyroelectric Properties of （Pb0.50Sr0.50）TiO3 Ceramics

Lead strontium titanate （Pb0.50Sr0.50）TiO3 （PST） ceramics are prepared by the traditional ceramic processing. The dielectric constants and dielectric loss have been investigated in a temperature range from 25℃ to 300℃. The maximum dielectric constants for unpoled and poled samples are 9924 and 9683, respectively. The temperatures of phase transition for unpoled and poled samples are observed at 153℃ and 157℃, respectively. The phasetransition temperatures for unpoled and poled samples are not equal, which results from the polarization state of the domains. The remnant polarization and the coercive electric field are 18 uC/cm^2 and 6 kV/cm, respectively, from polarization-electric field （P - E） hysteresis loop. The temperature dependence of pyroelectric coefficients of the PST ceramics is measured by a dynamic technique. The dielectric constant and loss Lan δ of the poled PST ceramics are 813 and 0.010, respectively. The pyroelectric coefficients and figure of merit are 294 uC/cm^2 K and 13.6 × 10^-6 pa^-0.5, respectively, at room temperature 25℃and frequency lOOHz.     

Synthesis of Cubic Boron Nitride by the Reaction of Li3N and B2O3

Cubic boron nitride is synthesized by the reaction of Li3N and B203 under high pressure and high temperature （4.0-5.0 GPa, 1350-1500℃）. The minimum pressure of cBN formation is 4.0 GPa. The present condition of cBN formation is clearly lower than the eutectic temperature of Li3BN2 and BN in the Li3N-hBN system （5.5 GPa, 1610℃）. The content of cBN in the sample increases, while the content of hBN decreases with the temperature and pressure. The maximum conversion rate （5.0 GPa, 1500℃） is about 34%, which is higher than that in the hBN-Li3N system. The cBN crystals are octahedral or tetrahedral in shape and approximately 20 μm in diameter.     

Pressure influence on the Stark effect of impurity states in a strained wurtzite GaN/AlxGa1-xN heterojunction

A variational method is adopted to investigate the properties of shallow impurity states near the interface in a free strained wurtzite GaN/AlxGa1-xN heterojunction under hydrostatic pressure and external electric field by using a simplified coherent potential approximation. Considering the biaxial strain due to lattice mismatch or epitaxial growth and the uniaxial strains effects, we investigated the Stark energy shift led by an external electric field for impurity states as functions of pressure as well as the impurity position, Al component and areal electron density. The numerical result shows that the binding energy near linearly increases with pressure from 0 to 10 GPa. It is also found that the binding energy as a function of the electric field perpendicular to the interface shows an un-linear red shift or a blue shift for different impurity positions. The effect of increasing x on blue shift is more significant than that on the red shift for the impurity in the channel near the interface. The pressure influence on the Stark shift is more obvious with increase of electric field and the distance between an impurity and the interface. The increase of pressure decreases the blue shift but increases the red shift.     

THE BEAM TEMPERATURE AND ENERGY BROADENING OF A CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM IN AN AXIALLY SYMMETRIC MAGNETIC FIELD

The beam temperature and energy broadening of a charged-particle beam in an axially symmetric mag-netic field are investigated in consideration of the space charge effect. The result shows that this kind of energy broadening consists of three parts: the thermal motion broadening, the space charge broadening, and the magnetic-field broadening. For the nonscalloping beam (including the space charge equilibrium flow and Brillouin flow) held by the equilibrium between the magnetic-field convergence and the space charge diver-gence, the energy broadening ΔE is directly proportional to the square of the equilibrium magnetic induction intensity B_e and the beam radius R, and inversely proportional to the mass of beam particles. For the im-mersed flow (magnetic shield coefficient M = 1), the magnetic field does not result in an energy broadening, and the energy broadening caused by space charge is dominant. The beam temperature is defined by the mean square deviation of the velocity of beam particles. The beam temperature in the θ direction is much higher, whereas the beam temperature in the meridian direction is much lower than the temperature of the thermal cathode.     

Large Barocaloric Effect with High Pressure-Driving Efficiency in a Hexagonal MnNi_(0.77)Fe_(0.23)Ge Alloy

The hydrostatic pressure is expected to be an effective knob to tune the magnetostructural phase transitions of hexagonal MM'X alloys(M and M' denote transition metals and X represents main group elements).We perform magnetization measurements under hydrostatic pressure on an MM'X martensitic MnNi_(0.77)Fe_(0.23)Ge alloy.The magnetostructural transition temperature can be efficiently tuned to lower temperatures by applying moderate pressures,with a giant shift rate of-151 K/GPa.A temperature span of 30 K is obtained under the pressure,within which a large magnetic entropy change of-23 J·kg~(-1)K~(-1) in a field change of 5 T is induced by the mechanical energy gain due to the large volume change.Meanwhile,a decoupling of structural and magnetic transitions is observed at low temperatures when the martensitic transition temperature is lower than the Curie temperature.These results show a multi-parameter tunable caloric effect that benefits the solid-state cooling.     

Jump Conditions of a Shock with Current in Cylindrical Non-Neutral Plasma

jump conditions of the parameters （mass flow, momentum flow and energy flow） of a shock with current （thereby, electric and magnetic field） in cylindrical non-neutral plasma are presented and derived from Maxwell＇s equations and two fluid equations for electron and ion fluid. The critical Mach number for the shock existence is calculated, which depends on the shock carried current, the ion charge, and the composition of the magnetic and thermal pressure. The numerical results show that both the strength and profiles of the downstream shock parameters will be affected obviously by the shock carried current, electric and magnetic field in the two-dimensional shock.     

Anomalous Magneto-Transport Properties of Epitaxial Single-Crystal Bi Films on Si（111）

Anomalous transport properties of 40-nm-thick single-crystal Bi（111） films grown on Si（111）-7 × 7 substrates is investigated. The magnetoresistance （MR） of the films in perpendicular magnetic field shows a regular positive behavior in the temperature range 2–300K, the MR in parallel field （B｜｜） displays a series of interesting features. Specifically, we observe a change of the MR （B｜｜） behavior from positive to negative when the temperature is below 10K. In the range 10–170 K, the MR （B｜｜） is negative in the investigated field of 9T. When T 〉 170 K, a positive MR appears in the high field regime. The low temperature MR（B｜｜） behavior in the parallel field can be understood by the competition between weak localization and weak anti-localization （WAL）. Furthermore, our results suggest that the WAL is dominated by the interface carriers.     

Thermally Stable Guest-Host Polyetherketone Poled Polymer for Electro-Optical Applications

The high glass transition temperature polymer polyetherketone doped with disperse red 13 (DR13/PEK-c) has been prepared by the spin-coating method.Through in situ second-harmonic generation,the corona poling temperature was optimized by measuring the temperature dependence of the in situ second-harmonic generation signal intensity under the poling electric field.The linear electro-optic coefficients of the poled polymer films have been determined at 632.8 nm by using a simple interferometric technique.The polymer system was measured after 13000h,and found that it remained at 80% of its initial value.     

Screening influence on the Stark effect of impurity states in strained wurtzite GaN/AlxGa1-xN heterojunctions under pressure

The screening effect of the random-phase-approximation on the states of shallow donor impurities in free strained wurtzite GaN/Al x Ga 1 x N heterojunctions under hydrostatic pressure and an external electric field is investigated by using a variational method and a simplified coherent potential approximation.The variations of Stark energy shift with electric field,impurity position,Al component and areal electron density are discussed.Our results show that the screening dramatically reduces both the blue and red shifts as well as the binding energies of impurity states.For a given impurity position,the change in binding energy is more sensitive to the increase in hydrostatic pressure in the presence of the screening effect than that in the absence of the screening effect.The weakening of the blue and red shifts,induced by the screening effect,strengthens gradually with the increase of electric field.Furthermore,the screening effect weakens the mixture crystal effect,thereby influencing the Stark effect.The screening effect strengthens the influence of energy band bending on binding energy due to the areal electron density.     

Generation of Electric Field and Net Charge in Hall Reconnection

Generation of Hall electric field and net charge associated initial conditions of plasma density and magnetic field. with magnetic reconnection is studied under different With inclusion of the Hall effects, decoupling of the electron and ion motions leads to the formation of a narrow layer with strong electric field and large net charge density along the separatrix. The asymmetry of the plasma density or magnetic field or both across the current sheet will largely increase the magnitude of the electric field and net charge. The results indicate that the asymmetry of the magnetic field is more effective in producing larger electric field and charge density. The electric field and net charge are always much larger in the low density or/and high magnetic field side than those in the high density or/and low magnetic field side. Both the electric field and net charge density are linearly dependent on the ratios of the plasma density or the square of the magnetic field across the current sheet. For the case with both initial asymmetries of the magnetic field and density, rather large Hall electric field and charge density are generated.     

A thermo-fluid analysis in magnetic hyperthermia

In the last years, hyperthermia induced by the heating of magnetic nanoparticles （MNPs） in an alternating magnetic field received considerable attention in cancer therapy. The thermal effects could be automatically controlled by using MNPs with selective magnetic absorption properties. In this paper, we analyze the temperature field determined by the heating of MNPs, injected in a malignant tissue, subjected to an alternating magnetic field. The main parameters which have a strong influence on temperature field are analyzed. The temperature evolution within healthy and tumor tissues are analyzed by finite element method （FEM） simulations in a thermo-fluid model. The cooling effect produced by blood flow in blood vessels from the tumor is considered. A thermal analysis is conducted under different distributions of MNP injection sites. The interdependence between the optimum dose of the nanoparticles and various types of tumors is investigated in order to understand their thermal effect on hyperthermia therapy. The control of the temperature field in the tumor and healthy tissues is an important step in the healing treatment.     

Measuring Grüneisen Parameter of Lead by High Pressure-Jump Method

Using the technology of pressure jump, variations of temperature associated with pressure from 2.4 GPa to 4.6 GPa are measured for lead. The Grfuneisen parameter is calculated from the thermodynamic relation γ =（Ks/T）（aT/aP）s, in which substitution of △T/△P for aT/aP at median pressure is strictly justified. The correction of temperature change is carried out by analysing the experimental data, which makes the process more approaching to an adiabatic condition. The calculated values of △T/ △ P and γ gradually decrease with the increasing pressure. The decrease trend is consistent with the previous work. The γ values in the range of 2-3 GPa are averagely higher than the results of Ramakrishnan et al., indicating the effect of temperature correction. The improved method is promising for measurements of Grfineisen parameter to higher pressure range.     

Creep Motion in Two-Dimensional Fully Frustrated Coulomb Gas Model

The creep motion in a two-dimensional fully frustrated square lattice Coulomb gas model with disorders is studied by using the Monte Carlo technique. The dependence of charge current density J on electric field E is investigated at low temperature T and at low E. The results show that the creep obeys the Arrhenius law J - C（T） exp[-U（E）/T]. The prefactor C（T） increases with the temperature in a power law relation with an exponent about 3.0. The energy barrier U （ E） increases logarithmically with Ec,/ E as U （ E） - Uo ln（ Ec/ E） with Ec being the critical field at zero temperature.     

Fabrication and properties of the meander nanowires based on ultra-thin Nb films

We report the fabrication and the study of superconducting properties of ultra-thin Nb superconducting meander nanowires, which can be used as superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors （SNSPDs）. The ultra-thin （about 7- nm thick） Nb films are patterned into micro-bridges, and 100-nm wide meander nanowires by using e-beam lithography （EBL）. The average transition temperature （Tc） of the nanowires is about 4.8 K and the critical current density jc is about 2.8 × 10^6 A/cm2. Superconducting characteristics of the specimens at different applied magnetic fields up to 8 T （parallel or perpendicular to the specimen） are systematically investigated. The normalized temperature t （= T/Tc） dependences of the parallel critical field （HcⅡ） for both the micro-bridge and the meander nanowire are almost the same, following the Ginzburg and Landau （GL） formalism for ultra-thin films. However, in perpendicular field and in the vicinity of Tc （〉 0.95Tc）, the critical field Hc⊥ of the nanowire exhibits a down-turn curvature nonlinear temperature dependence while the micro-bridge displays a linear temperature dependence. The nonlinear behavior of Hc⊥ in the nanowire is believed to be due to the fact that in the vicinity of Tc the coherence length becomes larger than the line width. Additionally, the localization of carriers in the nanowire could also contribute to the nonlinear behavior. The resistive transitions could be described by the phase-slip model for quasi-one-dimensional system. Moreover, the hysteresis in I-V curve of the meander nanowires can be illustrated by a simple model of localized normal hotspot maintained by Joule heating.     

Electron Temperature Control in Inductively Coupled Nitrogen Plasmas by Adding Argon／Helium

A new technique,adding argon or helium into nitrogen plasma,has been used to regulate the electron temperature in an inductively coupled plasma.The electron temperature is determined by analysing the intensity ratio of two nitrogen spectrum lines.The results show that,when the total pressure is 0.7Pa,the electron temperature increases with the increase of the He partial pressure in He/N2 plasma,but the electron temperature decreases with the increase of the Ar partial pressure in Ar/N2k plasma.The regulation effect of electron temperature is weaker in higher pressure N2/He plasma of 2.6Pa.     

Mechanism of Striation in Dielectric Barrier Discharge

The mechanism of striations in dielectric barrier discharge in pure neon is studied by a two-dimensional particle- in-cell/Monte Carlo collision （PIC-MCC） model. It is shown that the striations appear in the plasma background, and non-uniform electrical field resulting from ionization and the negative wall charge appear on the dielectric layer above the anode. The sustainment of striations is a non-local kinetic effect of electrons in a stratified field controlled by non-elastic impact with neutral gases. The striations in the transient dielectric barrier discharge are similar to those in dc positive column discharge.     

Influence of sub-bandgap illumination on space charge distribution in CdZnTe detector

The space charge accumulation in CdZnTe crystals seriously affects the performance of high-flux pulse detectors.The influence of sub-bandgap illumination on the space charge distribution and device performance in CdZnTe crystals were studied theoretically by Silvaco TCAD software simulation.The sub-bandgap illumination with a wavelength of 890 nm and intensity of 8×10?8 W/cm2 were used in the simulation to explore the space charge distribution and internal electric field distribution in CdZnTe crystals.The simulation results show that the deep level occupation faction is manipulated by the sub-bandgap illumination,thus space charge concentration can be reduced under the bias voltage of 500 V.A flat electric field distribution is obtained,which significantly improves the charge collection efficiency of the CdZnTe detector.Meanwhile,premised on the high resistivity of CdZnTe crystal,the space charge concentration in the crystal can be further reduced with the wavelength of 850 nm and intensity of 1×10?7 W/cm2 illumination.The electric field distribution is flatter and the carrier collection efficiency of the device can be improved more effectively.     

Effect of optical pump on the dielectric properties of SrTiO_3 in terahertz range

Tuning the dielectric permittivity spectra of strontium titanate （SrTiO3） single crystals in an extemal optical field is investigated at room temperature by means of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The application of the optical field leads to an appreciable tuning of the permittivity, reaching up to 2.8%, with the dielectric loss changing about 3%. The observed behavior is interpreted in terms of soft-mode hardening due to the anharmonic character of its potential. We also find that the change of the refractive index responds linearly to the applied light power. These findings are attributed to a linear electro-optical effect of the internal space charge field of the crystal.     

Effect of Reactor Pressure on Qualities of GaN Layers Grown by Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy

The influence of reactor pressure on GaN layers grown by hydride vapour phase epitaxy （HVPE） is investigated. By decreasing the reactor pressure from0. 7 to 0.5 mm, the GaN layer growth mode changes from the island-like one to the step flow. The improvements in structural and optical properties and surface morphology of GaN layers are observed in the step flow growth mode. The results clearly indicate that the reactor pressure, similarly to the growth temperature, is One of the important parameters to influence the qualities of GaN epilayers grown by HVPE, due to the change of growth mode.