Investigation of layers' sheet resistance using the spread of mobile charge carriers

In this work, the insulating layer with a weakly conductive layer on its surface is charged with a needle electrode. The quantities that are measured and calculated are the transients of charging current and transferred charge. In addition, we calculate charge distribution in the weakly conductive layer at various moments of time, and potential kinetics. By comparing the calculation results with measurement data, it is possible to determine sheet resistance of the investigated weakly conductive layer. This sheet resistance can be also determined experimentally: during charging of the weakly conductive layer (deposited onto the insulating layer), the charging current and the deposited charge increase with decreasing sheet resistance of the weakly conductive material, hence its sheet resistance can be related to the measured charging current or to the deposited charge. The proposed method can be applied for measuring sheet resistances from 10⁺⁸ Ω/sq to 10⁺¹² Ω/sq, and those measurements can be done in a second. It is also possible to use the contact-free method proposed in this work to measure various properties of the medium related to the material sheet resistance, e. g. relative air humidity, illumination, sample thickness, intensity of ionizing radiation, etc. This method is also suitable for measuring sheet resistance of island-type (discontinuous) layers, which is difficult to measure using usual methods. Results of this work make it possible to determine potential of a two-layer system consisting of a charged low-conductance layer and an insulator, as well as the radius of an electrographically developed area, which is important, for example, when the image is created using a needle electrode.     

Dependence of the polaron binding energy and effective mass in a crystal layer on its thickness

The effective mass and module of the binding energy of a strong-coupling large polaron in a crystal layer are calculated as functions of the layer thickness. It is shown that these values may considerably exceed the corresponding quantities for an infinite crystal at a layer thickness of the order of the polaron radius already. The dependence of the binding energy module on the thickness is not monotonous: with the increase of the thickness the binding energy module first increases and then decreases up to the value of an infinite crystal.     

有限磁场作用下等离子体圆柱波导中的线性理论

考虑了有限磁场的作用,利用“匹配场法”推导出填充环形等离子体时圆柱波导的色散方程,并较详细地讨论了等离子体的厚度、密度, 以及所加磁场强度对色散特性的影响。尤其讨论了等离子体厚度对增长率的影响并得出：对应最大的增长率有一最佳的等离子体厚度。     

有限磁场作用下等离子体圆柱波导中的线性理论

 考虑了有限磁场的作用,利用“匹配场法”推导出填充环形等离子体时圆柱波导的色散方程,并较详细地讨论了等离子体的厚度、密度, 以及所加磁场强度对色散特性的影响。尤其讨论了等离子体厚度对增长率的影响并得出：对应最大的增长率有一最佳的等离子体厚度。     

Refractive index profiling of a GRIN optical fiber using a modulated speckled sheet of light

A method for calculating the refractive index of GRIN optical fiber from its transverse interference pattern is presented.In this method the transverse interference fringe pattern through an optical fiber using a sheet of light is applied to get the refractive index profile of it. The optical fiber is not immersed in a matching liquid as used in different techniques [Barakat N, El-Hennawi HA, El-Zaiat SY, Hassan R. Pure Appl Opt 1996;5:27].In this method a sheet of He–Ne laser light is allowed to illuminate the fiber. The light sheet is divided into two parts, the first is refracted through the fiber while the second is used as a reference beam. Interference pattern will be obtained between these two rays displaying the refractive index variation along the fiber radius.The fringe shift of such interference pattern has been measured and used to calculate the deflection angle of light refracted by the fiber and the cladding. An equation is derived to calculate the refractive index profile difference ratio δn at different positions across the fiber cross section in terms of the corresponding deflection angle and is verified experimentally.The optical path difference between these two rays (refracted and reference beam divided by the fiber) has been derived and the fringe shift obtained has been used to calculate the refractive index profile of the fiber.Introducing a ground glass screen on the passage of the two light beams (refracted and reference beam divided by the fiber), two superimposed identical speckle patterns are formed leading to the formation of a third speckle pattern modulated by a grid structure displaying the optical thickness of the fiber.     

Transparent conductive ITO/Ag/ITO multilayer electrodes deposited by sputtering at room temperature

ITO/Ag/ITO multilayers have been prepared onto conventional soda lime glass substrates by sputtering at room temperature. The optical and electrical characteristics of single layer and multilayer structures have been investigated as a function of the Ag and ITO film thicknesses. Transmittance and sheet resistance values are found mainly dependent on the Ag film thickness; whereas the wavelength range at which the maximum transmittance is achieved can be changed by adjusting the ITO films thickness. ITO/Ag/ITO electrodes with sheet resistance below 6 Ω/sq have been obtained for Ag film thickness above 10 nm and ITO layers thickness in the 30-50 nm range. These multilayers also show high transmittance in the visible spectral region, above 90% by discounting the glass substrate, with a maximum that is located at higher wavelengths for thicker ITO.     

Plasma Processes Driven by Current Sheets and Their Relevance to the Auroral Plasma

Satellite and rocket observations have revealed a host of auroral plasma processes, including large dc perpendicular electric fields (E?) associated with electrostatic shocks, relatively weak parallel electric fields (E?) associated with double layers, upflowing ions in the form of beams and conics, downflowing and upflowing accelerated electron beams, several wave modes such as the electrostatic ion-cyclotron (EIC), lower hybrid (LH), very low frequency (VLF), extremely low frequency (ELF), and high-frequency waves and associated nonlinear phenomena. Recently, we have attempted to simulate the various processes using a two-dimensional particle-in-cell code in which the plasma is driven by current sheets of a finite thickness. Striking similarities between the observed auroral plasma processes and those seen in the simulations are found. In this paper we give a review of the plasma processes dealing with dc and ac electric fields, formation of ion beams and conics, and electron acceleration. Electrostatic shock-type electric fields (E?e) occur near the current sheet edges. Such fields arise because of the contact between the high-and low-density plasmas inside and outside the sheet, respectively. Double layers having upward electric fields form inside the sheet and they are distinguishable from the large perpendicular electric fields (E?e) only in wide sheets with thicknesses l >> ?i, the ion Larmor radius. Double layers with a reverse polarity form outside the sheet where downward currents flow. The most energetic ions are found to have pitch angles near 90°, implying a large perpendicular acceleration of the ions.     

液相放电等离子体特性与激波特性的数值分析

以能量平衡方程为基础,采用不同的电导率唯象模型描述了液相放电等离子体圆柱形通道特性,得到了通道内半径、温度、电阻、电流和耗散能量随时间的变化关系,还给出了距离放电间隙中心一定距离处的冲击波压力变化,并与前人利用等离子体通道球状模型计算得到的结果进行了比较。结果表明：把等离子体通道看成球状和看成圆柱状在描述通道压力和通道半径时差异显著,而在描述其他物理特性时差别不大;三种电导率模型在描述等离子体通道物理特性时,变化趋势大体相同,而在描述激波特性时,电导率模型σ₂更符合实际;通过对比电学参数与压力参数的变化,就可以在实验中根据实验数据以及具体的研究问题进行模型的适用性选择。     

应用数字散斑投影测量纸页厚度

传统的纸张厚度测量方法只能测量纸页某一点厚度, 该类方法会因为纸张厚度全场分布不匀带来测量误差。针对该问题, 提出利用数字散斑投影的纸页厚度检测方法, 向待测纸页投射散斑图案, 并构建散斑投影的实验测量系统, 通过三维数字图像相关的算法处理, 得到纸页的形貌以及厚度。实验表明, 对纸张厚度名义值为0.180 mm的实验样品进行测量, 结果为0.177 mm, 对该方法进行重复实验, 测得的相对误差小于4%, 而且该方法能够直观地显示纸页的全场分布。此外, 提出的纸页厚度测量方法具有结构简单、非接触式测量、全场测量等优点, 为纸页生产中的厚度检测提供了新思路。     

N极性GaN/AlGaN异质结二维电子气模拟

通过自洽求解薛定谔方程和泊松方程,较系统地研究了GaN沟道层、AlGaN背势垒层、Si掺杂和AlN插入层对N极性GaN/AlGaN异质结中二维电子气(2DEG)的影响,分析表明,GaN沟道层厚度、AlGaN背势垒层厚度及Al组分变大都能一定程度上提高二维电子气面密度,AlGaN背势垒层的厚度和Al组分变大也可提高二维电子气限阈性,且不同的Si掺杂形式对二维电子气的影响也有差异,而AlN插入层在提高器件二维电子气面密度、限阈性等方面表现都较为突出,在模拟中GaN沟道层厚度小于5nm时无法形成二维电子气,超过20nm后二维电子气面密度趋于饱和,而AlGaN背势垒厚度超过40nm后二维电子气也有饱和趋势,对均匀掺杂和delta掺杂而言AlGaN背势垒层Si掺杂浓度超过5×10~(19)cm~(-3)后2DEG面密度开始饱和,而厚度为2nmAlN插入层的引入会使2DEG面密度从无AlN插入层时的0.93×10~(13)cm~(-2)提高到1.17×10~(13)cm~(-2)。     

Interior radiances in optically deep absorbing media—I Exact solutions for one-dimensional model

The exact solutions are obtained for a one-dimensional model of a scattering and absorbing medium. The results are given for both the reflected and transmitted radiance for any arbitrary surface albedo as well as for the interior radiance. These same quantities are calculated by the matrix operator method. The relative error of the solutions is obtained by comparison with the exact solutions as well as by an error analysis of the equations. The importance of an accurate starting value for the reflection and transmission operators is shown. A fourth-order Runge-Kutta method can be used to solve the differential equations satisfied by these operators in order to obtain such accurate starting values. Except for extremely large values of the optical thickness of a layer, the reflection and transmission operators calculated from accurate starting values obtained by the Runge-Kutta method are orders of magnitude (a factor of 10¹¹ better in a typical case at unit optical depth) more accurate than those obtained by the use of the single scattering approximation for an optically thin layer. The relative error in the reflection and transmission operators is less than 10^-12 and 10^-8 respectively up to an optical thickness of 32,768 when calculated by this procedure, while the relative error in the interior radiance is less than 10^-8 at all points within a layer of optical thickness 32,768. It is shown that flux conservation is a poor test of the accuracy of a numerical method, since flux is conserved to all orders for a conservative medium when the doubling method is used, no matter how inaccurate the starting values may be.     

An exact,closed form,solution for the flexural vibration of a thin annular plate having a parabolic thickness variation

An exact, closed form, solution is obtained for the transverse vibrations, with nodal diameters and circles, of a thin annular plate having a parabolic thickness variation. Representative numerical values for the frequency parameter and typical mode shapes are presented for three different combinations of simple boundary conditions. The corresponding exact solution for an aeolotropic annular plate of the same geometry is also presented. Aside from possible design applications, these exact, closed form, data can be used as test cases for assessing the accuracy of various approximate methods of solution. The analysis involves only the powers of the radius and is simpler than that for the constant thickness solution which involves Bessel functions.     

Scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by an infinite wedge with a truncated circular cylinder coated coaxially with a magnetodielectric layer

We formulate and solve the problem of scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by an infinite, perfectly conducting wedge with a truncated, perfectly conducting circular cylinder which is coated coaxially with a magnetodielectric layer and located along the wedge edge. The rigorous solution is obtained and reduced to a system of linear algebraic equations of the second kind for unknown coefficients of Fourier expansions of the scattered field. The results of calculating the scattered field in the far zone with a specified accuracy are presented for the case of an H-polarized wave. It is shown that for certain values of the electric radius of the cylinder, the backscattering cross section of such a structure has pronounced maxima.     

Current Distribution of a Cylindrical Antenna in a Warm Plasma

The current distribution of a center-fed dipole cylindrical antenna of arbitrary dimension immersed in unbounded lossless warm plasma is considered, taking into account the commonly neglected end-cap effect. The approximated solution of the integral equation for the current distribution is obtained with the aid of Fourier analysis, and the expression is derived for the current distribution I(z) as the function of position z along the cylindrical surface of the antenna. Sample calculations are made for a half-wavelength dipole antenna with different values of thickness parameter ?=(a/l)<0.25 and of the normalized plasma density parameter po=(?p/?)2 <1. Here a and l denote the radius and the half-length of the antenna, respectively. ?p and ? denote the plasma angular frequency and the radiation angular frequency. The variation of the amplitude and phase of the current with the position, and the variation of radiation resistance with po and ? are examined and discussed in detail.     

Allowance for the Coulomb interaction in the framework of an algebraic version of the resonating group method

The Coulomb proton interaction is taken into account in the problem of light atomic nucleus scattering using an algebraic version of the resonating group method. Specific formulas are obtained for calculating the elastic scattering phases. The elastic pα scattering phases, the positions of resonances and their widths are calculated for some NN potentials. Theoretical values of the quantities under consideration adequately describe experimental data.     

D3He爆推靶质子源优化模拟研究

为了在百kJ高功率激光装置上建立D3He质子照相平台,采用一维辐射流体程序Helios-CR对D3He爆推靶质子产生进行了模拟,综合考虑多种因素给出在百千焦高功率激光装置上开展质子照相所需要的激光和靶球建议参数。结合激光装置现有条件,分析了在1015 W/cm2左右激光强度下D3He质子产额随靶球半径、激光强度、充气压力和SiO₂球壳厚度等参数的变化规律,给出了靶球半径300 μm,内充D3He气体压强1.8 MPa,SiO₂球壳厚度3.5 μm左右等优化参数,预计此条件下D3He质子产额可达109～1010。通过模拟得到的质子产额变化规律,为质子照相平台的正式建立和实验参数选取提供了参考。     

在QCD中核子的静态性质

基于参数化的完全穿衣服的夸克传播子,　利用量子色动力学（QCD）研究了核子的磁矩和电荷半径平方的平均值与夸克动量的依赖关系。预言的核子磁矩和电荷半径的数值与文献中广泛应用的经验值和其他许多具有QCD特征的理论模型所预言的值一致。结果说明了核子的磁矩和电荷半径不是人们通常所理解的一个不变的常数,　而是依赖于核子中夸克动量的一个跑动量,　对于不同动量它们的值是不同的。计算结果也清楚地表明了所采用的参数化的夸克传播子的适用性和可靠性。     

E-Polarized Scalar Wave Diffraction by Perfectly Conductive Arbitrary Shaped Cylindrical Obstacles with Finite Thickness

The Analytical Regularization Method is applied to the problem of E-polarized wave diffraction by arbitrary shaped cylindrical obstacle which is perfectly conductive and homogeneous in longitudional direction. The initial electromagnetic boundary value problem is reduced to the infinite algebraic system of the second kind by means of constructed analytical regularization procedure. As it is well-known, an equation of such a kind, in principal, can be solved with any predetermined accuracy by means of truncation procedure. Numerical implementation of corresponding analytical regularization procedure is suggested. Numerical results thus obtained show high quality of the algorithm, including relatively small values and uniform boundness of condition number of truncated algebraic systems when their size tends to infinity. By the qualitative property of infinite algebraic system of the second kind, it guarantees the stability of numerical process of truncated solving as well as the convergence of solution of truncated system to the solution of infinite system. Relevant numerical results, including condition number behaviour, current density, field space distribution and far field pattern for a few different resonant and non-resonant obstacles are presented.     

Analysis of radiation performances of plasma sheet antenna

A novel concept of plasma sheet antennas is presented in this paper, and the radiation performances of plasma sheet antennas are investigated in detail. Firstly, a model of planar plasma antenna (PPA) fed by a microstrip line is developed, and its reflection coefficient is computed by the JE convolution finite-difference time-domain method and compared with that of the metallic patch antenna. It is found that the design of PPA can learn from the theory of the metallic patch antenna, and the impedance matching and reconstruction of resonant frequency can be expediently realized by adjusting the parameters of plasma. Then the PPA is mounted on a metallic cylindrical surface, and the reflection coefficient of the conformal plasma antenna (CPA) is also computed. At the same time, the influence of conformal cylinder radius on the reflection coefficient is also analyzed. Finally, the radiation pattern of a CPA is given, the results show that the pattern agrees well with the one of PPA in the main radiation direction, but its side lobe level has deteriorated significantly.     

等离子体填充金属光子晶体慢波结构色散特性研究

等离子体填充慢波器件为高效率、高功率真空电子微波源的发展提供了新的途径, 但其仿真和理论都具有一定的难度. 本文将通过轮辐天线加载激励信号的方法引入到等离子体填充金属光子晶体慢波结构(SWS)的色散特性仿真分析中, 研究了慢波结构参数和等离子体密度对等离子体填充慢波结构色散特性的影响. 结果表明, 无等离子体填充时, 通过轮辐天线加载激励信号方式得到的色散特性与其他方法差别不大; 与已有结果对比表明, 该方法适用于等离子体填充慢波结构的分析. 为了减小轮辐天线对腔体谐振频率的影响, 需要适当减薄轮辐天线的厚度, 并尽可能缩短其与反射面之间的距离. 天线的厚度越大越能激励慢波场, 越小谐振模式越容易被激励; 慢波结构周期膜片外半径和厚度对色散特性影响不大, 周期长度和膜片内半径对色散特性影响较大; 频率和相速色散曲线随等离子体密度上升而整体向高频区移动; 等离子体填充对低频模点的影响要大于对高频模点的影响; 对于慢波器件, 需要选择高频模点工作模式, 以减少腔的尺寸并降低电子注的初速度.