All-optical switching in subwavelength metallic grating structure containing nonlinear optical materials

All-optical switching based on a subwavelength metallic grating structure containing nonlinear optical materials has been proposed and numerically investigated. Metal-dielectric composite material is used in the switching for its larger third-order nonlinear susceptibility (approximately 10(-7)esu) and ultrafast response properties. The calculated dependence of the signal light intensity on the pump light intensity shows a bistable behavior, which results in a significant switch effect. It rests on a surface plasmon's enhanced intensity-dependent change of the effective dielectric constant of Kerr nonlinear media, corresponding to a transition of the far-field transmission from a low- to high-transmission state. The study of this switching structure shows great advantages of smaller size, lower requirement of pump light intensity, and shorter switching time at approximately the picosecond level.     

Temporal analysis of low-amplitude screening spatial solitons due to two-photon photorefractive effect

This paper investigates the temporal behavior of two-photon screening spatial solitons using a numerical technique. An expression for the time-dependent dynamical evolution is obtained. The results show that the width of bright solitons decreases monotonically to a minimum toward steady state value when the intensity ratio of the solitons is small, which is in low-amplitude regime. Within the same propagation time, the intensity width of solitons decreases with increase in soliton intensity ratio and with increase in external electric field. The formation time of solitons is independent of the intensity ratio of the solitons or the external electric field and is close to a constant determined by the dielectric relaxation time. The temporal properties of dark solitons are similar to those of the bright solitons.     

Dielectric response in novel polyvinylidene fluoride/nanoquasicrystalline composites

The dielectric behavior of polyvinylidene fluoride/nanoquasicrystalline Al–Cu–Fe composites has been investigated over a broad frequency range. High effective dielectric constant (3800) at 100 Hz is observed near the percolation threshold. The dielectric behavior has been explained on the basis of boundary layer capacitor effect, Maxwell Wagner Sillars interfacial polarization and percolation theory while the dielectric anomalies are attributed to process of fabrication leading to thick insulating layer between the filler particles forming a gap in effective tunneling range of two filler particles, inhibiting the probability of higher order tunneling. The mechanical/electronic properties of these composites will make them suitable for multifunctional applications.     

Acousto-optical and acousto-dielectric effects in a nematic liquid crystal

This paper deals with the optical transmission and the dielectric effects in a nematic liquid crystal film (MBBA) of homeotropic state subjected to ultrasound. As in the case of the application of shear vibration, it is found that not only the transmitted light intensity through the film but also the dielectric constant and the tanδ of the film change with ultrasound intensity. There exists a threshold sound pressure above which the effects are appreciable. The threshold sound pressure is almost inversely proportional to the film thickness and the ultrasound frequency.     

Attenuation Characteristics and Sensitivity Analysis for Coplanar Waveguide

The behaviour of attenuation losses in Coplanar waveguides (CPW) is studied for quasi-planar transmission lines with constant characteristic impedance (Z₀) and resistivity, having different geometry's. This behavior helps in making a suitable choice of the type of structure and its dimensional parameters depending upon the application. Minimization of loss for a chosen substrate thickness, conductivity and impedance is analyzed. Dispersion characteristics of CPW have been plotted for various metallization thicknesses. A sensitivity analysis for effective dielectric constant with respect to various dimensional parameters of CPW is presented.     

TS及PTS聚合过程的介电性质研究

测量了TS的介电常数与温度的关系,在160K和203K附近观察到异常;同时也跟踪测量了TS在固态聚合过程中介电常数与聚合度的关系,发现在聚合初期,介电常数先是下降,当聚合度高于30％时,介电常数迅速上升。我们认为这些变化与侧链极性基团和碳链π电子的行为有关,并对此进行了定性的讨论。 关键词：     

Dielectric properties of P2O5-Na2O-Li2O glasses containing WO3, CoO or Fe2O3

The aim of this work was to study some polarization mechanisms in phosphate glasses containing different transition metal oxides, performed at radio frequency (100 kHz) and in the microwave region (9 GHz). Cobalt, iron and tungsten oxides were chosen for the present investigation. The results show that the dielectric constant increases linearly with increasing Co concentration, whereas for iron and tungsten ions, the dielectric constant values were found to decrease up to a given concentration and further, increase for higher concentration of W and Fe. This anomaly was observed both at 100 kHz and 9.00 GHz and was attributed to the valence state of the transition metal ions in the glass structure. The dielectric constant is lower in the microwave region, due to structural relaxation mechanisms.     

Giant dielectric permittivity observed in Li and Zr co-doped NiO

The dielectric properties of Li and Zr co-doped NiO (abbreviated as LZNO) ceramics have been investigated. A high dielectric constant (～10⁴) is observed which remains almost constant in a wide temperature (233 K–373 K) and frequency (100 Hz–10 MHz) range. Analysis of the ceramic micro structure and composition indicates that the alkali Li has an excellent effect on the dielectric properties of LZNO ceramics. The increase of dielectric constant with Li concentration is associated with a decrease of dielectric loss. The dielectric behavior of LZNO is discussed based on the internal boundary layer capacitor model.     

Study of dielectric behaviour of woven fabric based on two phase models

Dielectric constant of textile fibres plays very important role in electrostatic behavior of textile materials during its processing and use. The effective dielectric constant of textile materials is defined as the ratio of capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with the textile material to that of the capacitor without the textile material. This paper presents three models considering textile woven fabric as a mixture of air and fibre to relate dielectric constant of fibre material and the effective dielectric constant of fabric. The mathematical models have taken into account measured fabric parameters. Plain woven fabrics of high density polyethylene monofilament yarns were used to do the actual measurement and results of three models based on these fabrics are compared.     

ZnS结构相变、电子结构和光学性质的研究

运用第一性原理平面波赝势和广义梯度近似方法, 对闪锌矿结构(ZB)和氯化钠结构(RS) ZnS的状态方程及其在高压下的相变进行计算研究, 分析相变点附近的电子态密度、能带结构和光学性质的变化机理. 结果表明: 通过状态方程得到ZB相到RS相的相变压强值为18.1 GPa, 而利用焓相等原理得到的相变压强值为18.0 GPa; 在结构相变过程中, sp³轨道杂化现象并未消失, RS相ZnS的金属性明显增强; 与ZB相ZnS相比, RS相ZnS的介电常数主峰明显增强, 并向低能方向出现了明显偏移, 使得介电峰向低能方向拓展, 在低能区电子跃迁大大增强. 关键词： 硫化锌 相变 电子结构 光学性质     

Viscoelastic and Dielectric Behavior of Poly(1‐Butene)/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites

Linear viscoelastic properties and dielectric behavior of poly(1‐butene)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites were investigated. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed significant increase in storage modulus in the rubbery regime. The tan δ peak temperature remained constant; however, the peak intensity was lowered for the nanocomposites. In melt rheological studies the nanocomposites showed a shift in crossover frequency to the lower side, suggesting delayed relaxation of the molecular chains in the presence of MWCNT and this shift was found to depend on the content of MWCNT. The dielectric constant increased from 2.2 to 70 for the nanocomposite with 7 wt. % MWCNT. The electrical conductivity increased significantly, from 10^?15 to 10^?3 S/cm. The results of rheology and dielectric studies indicate that a percolation network is formed that is responsible for the observed changes.     

Chloride Assisted Growth of Aluminum Nitride Nanobelts and Their Enhanced Dielectric Responses

通过氯化物辅助的气-固生长方法成功地制备出了大量单晶的氮化铝纳米带. X射线衍射、透射电子显微镜以及选区衍射分析表明,所制备的纳米带是纯度高、结构均匀的单晶体,并具有六方的晶体结构. 显微观察表明所获得的氮化铝纳米带没有缺陷,其生长方向为[0001]方向. 测量了产物在50 Hz 到5 MHz范围内的介电频谱,谱图分析表明样品中的界面对样品的介电特性有很大的影响. 室温条件下,与氮化铝微米粉相比,氮化铝纳米带的介电常数高得多,并在低频情况下尤为显著.     

熔石英亚表面杂质颗粒附近光场调制的三维模拟

熔石英亚表面缺陷是光学材料低损伤阈值的主要因素之一.本文建立了熔石英亚表面三维球形杂质颗粒模型,采用三维时域有限差分方法对杂质附近的光场进行了数值模拟,分析了杂质的介电常数与尺寸对光强增强因子的影响,结果显示:介电常数小于熔石英的杂质,其光强增强因子不随尺寸、介电常数的改变而改变,均保持为4左右;当介电常数为6.0时,半径为1.5λ,2λ及2.5λ的杂质,相应的光强增强因子分别为50.1588,73.3904及102.9953,即增强因子随杂质尺寸的增大而增大;恰 关键词： 杂质颗粒 三维时域有限差分 数值计算 光强增强因子     

Numerical analysis of 2D tunable HIS on GaAs support

Numerical analysis of the dispersion characteristics of a 2D tunable periodic structure in microstrip technology is presented. The high relative dielectric constant gallium-arsenide (GaAs) substrate hosts the embedded active FET switches, allowing dynamic changes in the propagation conditions of the electromagnetic wave. The position, the aperture of band-gaps and hence the value of the effective dielectric constant can be controlled. These effects will be monitored through the change of the scattering parameters for different numbers of repetition of the unit cell in the transverse direction.     

Metallization thickness in bilateral and unilateral Finlines

The theory and numerical results are presented to the effective dielectric constant and characteristic impedance of bilateral and unilateral finlines with metallization thickness. The full wave analysis of the transverse transmission line — TTL method is used to determine the electromagnetic fields of the structure in Fourier transform domain — FTD. Applying the suitable boundary conditions and the moment method, a homogeneous matrix system is obtained and the effective dielectric constant is extracted. The characteristic impedance is obtained using the relation between the voltage in slot and the transmitted power.Computational programs are developed to obtain numerical results to the effective dielectric constant and characteristic impedance.     

Two-particle cluster integral in the expansion of the dielectric constant

We study in detail the two-particle cluster integral in the cluster expansion for the effective dielectric constant of a suspension of spherically symmetric polarizable inclusions embedded in a uniform medium. Although our form for the integrand differs from that derived earlier by Finkel'berg and by Jeffrey, we show that the integral is equivalent. The two-body dielectric problem for particles with an arbitrary radial dependence of the dielectric constant is solved by an expansion in spherical harmonics. Numerical results for some special models illustrate the importance of multipole contributions to the effective dielectric constant.     

Anomalous thermodynamics of Coulomb-interacting massless Dirac fermions in two spatial dimensions

It is argued that the specific heat of N massless Dirac fermions in two spatial dimensions interacting with 1/r Coulomb interactions is suppressed logarithmically relative to its noninteracting counterpart. The (dimensionless) coefficient of the logarithm is calculated in a closed form in the leading order in large N expansion, but to all orders in the effective fine structure constant, alpha(F), a procedure which takes into account finite temperature screening. This effect is expected to occur in a single-layer graphene embedded in a dielectric medium. Its dependence on the dielectric constant is calculated analytically.     

Screening of static perturbation in a system of dipole excitons

The screening of local electrostatic perturbation by indirect excitons has been investigated. It has been shown that the linear screening is dielectric, and the effective dielectric constant may be large in the case of high degeneracy of the Bose gas of excitons. The emergence of a condensate significantly changes the behavior of the perturbation potential at infinity, leading to power-law asymptotic behavior with large exponents. In the nonlinear regime, the screened potential is saturated with an unlimited increase in the initial perturbation.     

Antiferroelectric behavior in symmetric KNbO(3)/KTaO(3) superlattices

Antiferroelectric behavior is observed in artificially layered KTaO (3)/KNbO (3) perovskite superlattices. While KTaO (3) and KNbO (3) are ferroelectric and paraelectric, respectively, the superlattice appears antiferroelectric based on an increase in the dielectric constant with applied dc bias. This dielectric behavior is inconsistent with the nonlinear response for either paraelectric or ferroelectric materials. However, an increase in the dielectric constant with applied electric field is consistent with antiferroelectric behavior. The antiferroelectric ordering appears to be induced by cation modulation imposed by the superlattice.     

Tunability of the photoluminescence in porous silicon due to different polymer dielectric environments

In this report we demonstrate control over porous silicon (PSi) emission properties by changing the dielectric environment surrounding the silicon crystallites, as well as provide information on the effects of pore infiltration of PSi. This is achieved by making PSi–polymer nanocomposites by diffusing or polymerizing a range of varying dielectric constant polymers into the pores. The degree of modification in photoluminescence (PL) depends on the dielectric constant of the polymers. By increasing the dielectric constant of the environment surrounding the crystallites, a blue shift in PL as high as 222 meV has been observed. The blue shift is attributed to the high dielectric constant of the polymers relative to PSi, which causes a partial screening of the excitons allowing the excitonic levels to shift closer to the bandgap. The shift in excitonic levels increases when the dielectric constant of the polymer increases. PSi–polymer nanocomposites also exhibit an increase in PL intensity, which suggest that the inert infiltrated polymers are able to passivate existing nonradiative channels.