Electron–electron scattering and the transport properties of two-dimensional ballistic contacts

Recent results on the effect of electron–electron collisions on the electric properties of contacts to a twodimensional electron gas with a direct conductivity in the absence of scattering by impurities and boundaries have been reviewed. A correction to the conductance of such contacts owing to the electron–electron scattering can be either positive or negative depending on the contact geometry. The magnitude of this correction strongly depends on the magnetic field.     

Coherent spin dynamics of different density high mobility two-dimensional electron gas in a GaAs quantum well

We have addressed the dependence of quasi-two-dimensional electron spin dephasing time on the electron gas density in a 17-nm GaAs quantum well using the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect. A superlinear increase in the electron dephasing time with decreasing electron density has been found. The degree of electron spin relaxation anisotropy has been measured and the dependence of spin-orbit splitting on electron gas density has been determined.     

Interpreting electron transmission spectroscopy and negative ion mass spectrometry data using a spherical potential well model

Experimental data obtained using electron transmission spectroscopy and negative ion mass spectrometry based on resonance electron capture are interpreted within the framework of a spherical potential well model in application to a series of chloro-and bromoalkane molecules. Allowance for the scattering of a single partial p-wave of the incoming electron makes possible (i) reproduction of the ratio of a resonance peak width to the electron energy observed in the electron transmission spectra and (ii) establishment of a relation between the total cross section of electron scattering on a molecule and the dissociative electron attachment cross section. The proposed model offers a radical simplification of the approach developed previously based on the Fashbach-Fano resonance theory.     

Theory of Photo-emission from the Two-Dimensional t-J Model on a Triangular Lattice

The electron spectral function, the electron dispersion, and the electron density of states of the two-dimensional t-J model on a triangular lattice are studied within the selfconsistent fermion-spin mean-field theory. It is shown that there is a gap in the electron dispersions, and the global features of the electron spectral function is qualitatively similar to the result of the t-J model on a square lattice.     

Formation of cations and anions upon electron interaction with (doped) helium droplets

Superfluid helium droplets have provided a new perspective for studying electron induced chemistry at extremely low temperatures. Helium droplets represent an ideal environment for the formation of novel and exotic agglomerates of atoms and molecules. Mass spectrometry can be used to detect the resulting ions formed upon electron ionization and electron attachment to doped droplets. In the case of electron ionization a helium atom of the droplet is ionized initially and after few resonant charge transfer reactions between helium atoms the charge finally localises on the dopant. An alternative process is Penning ionization of the dopant, where the scattered electron first electronically excites a helium atom on the surface of the droplet. The attachment of a low energy electron leads to formation of an electron bubble inside the droplet which decays by autodetachment or localization on a dopant, if present in the droplet. In the present minireview a general overview about the field of electron scattering with doped helium droplets is given and a presentation of important recent results related to these electron collision studies is given as well.     

超短电子脉冲在聚焦强激光场中的三维有质动力散射

采用三维测试粒子模拟(test-padicle simulation)的方法，研究了聚焦的飞秒脉冲强激光与超短电子束进行有质动力的散射过程.详细讨论了超短电子束经过不同激光延迟下有质动力散射的空间分布特征和能谱特征.提出了通过测量电子束的空间分布和能谱分布实现对超短脉冲电子束的脉冲宽度测量的方法. 关键词： 有质动力散射 聚焦的飞激光 飞秒电子束     

ELECTRON TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DIRECT CURRENT DISCHARGE CATHODE SHEATH

This paper studies the electron transport behavior in normal and abnormal helium direct current (dc) glow discharges using a Monte Carlo simulation, in which the influences of the electron initial energy and cathode surface reflection on the electron swarm behavior are considered. The electron-neutral atom collision processes and the electron swarm parameters (such as the number of collisions, collision rates, ionization coefficient, mean drift velocity, electron density, etc.) are analyzed. The results show that the variations of the initial energy of the electron emitted from the cathode and the cathode reflection cause a weak effect on the electron transport parameters in the two discharges. The results also indicate that the electron transport parameters are quite different in normal and abnormal discharges.     

电子清刷对微通道板增益及输出信噪比的影响

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser with a helical wiggler by axial magnetic field and ion-channel guiding

Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser (IFEL) with a helical wiggler in the presence of ion-channel guiding and axial magnetic field is investigated in this article. The effects of tapering wiggler amplitude and axial magnetic field are calculated for the electron acceleration. In free electron lasers, electron beams lose energy through radiation while in IFEL electron beams gain energy from the laser. The equation of electron motion and the equation of energy exchange between a single electron and electromagnetic waves are derived and then solved numerically using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method. The tapering effects of a wiggler magnetic field on electron acceleration are investigated and the results show that the electron acceleration increases in the case of a tapered wiggler magnetic field with a proper taper constant.     

Resonance two-photon pair production on nuclei and on electrons

Expressions are obtained for the cross section of photoproduction of an electron-positron pair on a nucleus and on an electron in the field of a weak electromagnetic wave in the resonance region corresponding to the virtual electron (positron) being on the mass shell. The magnitude of these cross sections relative to ordinary pair production by a photon on a nucleus and on an electron is estimated. It is shown that this mechanism can enhance pair production by a photon on a nucleus and on an electron in the resonance region with simultaneous detection of the electron (positron) at a large angle.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 12–15, February, 1981.We thank A. A. Sokolov for his interest in the work.     

Confinement of an Electron in an Image Potential and an External Electrostatic Field

The quasi-classical approximation is used to determine the positions of the classical turning points upon motion of an electron that is bound by an image field and a constant homogeneous electric field of the same direction. Power expansions of the coordinates of the turning points in a wide range of electron energies and field strengths are obtained. The mechanism of one-dimensional confinement of an electron, which determines a completely discrete spectrum of states, is described. The dependence of the spatial width of the confinement region on the field strength and electron energy is determined. The dependences of the electron energy in different states on the external field strength are calculated numerically. Quasi-classical quantization is performed, and the dependence of the electron energy on the width of the confinement region is determined. The energy interval of a maximum density of electron states is found, which is determined by the dependence of the width of the confinement region on the electric field strength.     

含负折射率介质的一维光子晶体构成的相干热辐射源的辐射特性及控制

电子清刷是微通道板生产流程中常用的除气方法,会引起微通道板其他性能参量的变化.为研究电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比及增益的影响,根据信噪比及增益的定义讨论了微通道板性能参量的测试方法,研制了微通道板参量测试系统.应用微通道板参量测试系统对微通道板进行了电子清刷处理,测试清刷过程中不同阶段微通道板的信噪比及增益变化.实验表明:微通道板增益随清刷时间增加而降低,同时增益稳定性提高;电子清刷过程中微通道板的输出信号及噪音的变化率与微通道板增益的变化率基本相同,输出信噪比基本不变.增益变化是影响清刷过程中信号及噪音变化的主要因素,并且电子清刷对微通道板输出信噪比影响较小.     

Photo-Detached Electron Flux Distribution in a Gradient Electric Field

This paper investigates the flux distributions of the electron photo-detached from H-ion localized in a gradient electric field. In contrast with the photodetachment in the uniform electric field [Phys. Rev. A 40(1989) 4983],where only two electron trajectories interfere at each given point on a detector, for the photodetachment in a gradient electric field, the electrons waves can travel along multiple paths from the negative ion to a given point on the detector plane, which makes the electron flux distributions on the detector plane become much complex. Using the semi-classical theory, we put forward a formula for calculating the electron flux. Our calculation results suggest that the electron flux distributions on a given detector plane is not only related to the propagation time of the detached electron, but also related to the detached electron's energy. With the increase of the detached electron's energy, the oscillating region in the electron flux distributions becomes enlarged and the oscillating structure in the flux distributions becomes much more complicated. This study will guide future experiment research on the photodetachment microscopy of the negative ions in the presence of non-uniform external fields.     

基于激光等离子体加速的自由电子激光研究新进展

激光等离子体加速器能够在cm尺度内产生GeV量级的高品质电子束,为研制台式化自由电子激光提供驱动源。但是受限于激光等离子体加速中的难点和现有技术发展,电子束的品质难以达到自由电子激光的需求,尤其在稳定性、发散角和能散等方面,阻碍了台式化自由电子激光的研制。介绍了基于激光等离子体加速器的自由电子激光的最新进展,整理了目前高增益自由电子激光实验过程中存在的主要挑战和对应的解决方案与实验进展,并展望未来的发展方向。最近的研究结果证明,通过控制和优化激光等离子体加速器的注入和加速过程产生的高品质电子束可以在指数增益区域实现自发辐射放大,产生高增益的辐射,这也推动基于激光等离子体加速器的自由电子激光研究进入了一个新的阶段。     

高入射能量下的金属二次电子发射模型

基于高入射能量电子产生二次电子发射的物理过程, 分别对高入射能量电子产生的真二次电子和背散射电子的概率进行理论分析与建模. 利用Bethe能量损失模型和内二次电子逸出概率分布, 推导出高入射能量电子产生有效真二次电子发射的系数与入射能量的关系式; 根据高入射能量电子在材料内部被吸收的规律, 推导出高入射能量电子产生背散射电子的系数与入射能量之间的关系式. 结合两者得到高入射能量下金属的二次电子发射模型. 利用该模型计算得到典型金属材料Au, Ag, Cu, Al的二次电子发射系数, 理论计算结果与采用Casino软件模拟金属内部散射过程得到的数值模拟结果相符. 关键词： 二次电子发射 高入射能量 金属表面 散射过程     

Microscopic analysis of surface state of SUS-304L stainless steel by low energy scanning electron microscopy in ultra high vacuum

The variation of surface state of SUS-304L stainless steel with heat treatment in a vacuum of 10^?9 Torr was observed by the ultra high vacuum low energy scanning electron microscope (UHVLESEM) by detecting the absorption electron current. The absorption electron current was very sensitive to the surface state and a large effect of the electron beam irradiation was observed. The variation of the absorption electron current with the surface segregation was measured within a microscopical dimension of 0.3 microm on a selected area of the scanning electron microscopic image. At the same time, the surface state was characterized by Auger electron spectroscopy and relations between surface states and the absorption electron current were discussed in relation to the secondary electron and backscattered electron yields.     

Electron excitation of a surface by atoms from hydrogen plasma in the presence of ultraviolet radiation

The dependence describing the probability of the electron excitation of a crystal by the energy of a chemical reaction on the energy of electron transitions is derived. It is found that the probability of electron chemoexcitation grows exponentially when the energy of electron transitions falls in the solid state. The efficiency of the nonadiabatic chemo-electronic conversion of energy in structures of hydrogen energetics based on Schottky diodes is calculated.     

Resonant charge exchange involving highly excited atoms

Transition of a classical electron between two Coulomb centers is analyzed on the basis of computer simulations. The contribution to the electron transfer cross section from a tunnel electron transition is evaluated taking into account the strong mixing of highly excited electron states due to motion of Coulomb centers. The rate of transition of a highly excited electron between two Coulomb cores with a fixed separation is evaluated together with the cross section of resonant charge exchange in slow collisions. Typical times of change of the electron momentum as a result of electron motion in the field of two Coulomb centers are determined. The text was submitted by authors in English.     

Natural geometric representation for electron local observables

An existence of the quartic identities for the electron local observables that define orthogonality relations for the 3D quantities quadratic in the electron observables is found. It is shown that the joint solution of the quartic and bilinear identities for the electron observables defines a unique natural representation of the observables. In the natural representation the vector type electron local observables have well-defined fixed positions with respect to a local 3D orthogonal reference frame. It is shown that the natural representation of the electron local observables can be defined in six different forms depending on a choice of the orthogonal unit vectors. The natural representation is used to determine the functional dependence of the electron wave functions on the local observables valid for any shape of the electron wave packet.     

电子温度对霍尔推进器等离子体鞘层特性的影响

采用二维粒子模拟方法研究了霍尔推进器通道中电子温度对等离子体鞘层特性的影响, 讨论了不同电子温度下电子数密度、鞘层电势、电场及二次电子发射系数的变化规律. 结果表明: 当电子温度较低时, 鞘层中电子数密度沿径向方向呈指数下降, 在近壁处达到最小值, 鞘层电势降和电场径向分量变化均较大, 壁面电势维持一稳定值不变, 鞘层稳定性好; 当电子温度较高时, 鞘层区内与鞘层边界处电子数密度基本相等, 而在近壁面窄区域内迅速增加, 壁面处达到最大值, 鞘层电势变化缓慢, 电势降和电场径向分量变化均较小, 壁面电势近似维持等幅振荡, 鞘层稳定性降低; 电子温度对电场轴向分量影响较小; 随电子温度的增大, 壁面二次电子发射系数先增大后减少. 关键词： 霍尔推进器 等离子体鞘层 电子温度 粒子模拟