Radiation defects in germanium. radiation defects annealed at ∼260°C in n-type germanium

Abstract

Point defects produced by neutron, electron or γ-ray irradiation were studied by electrical measurements. The defect levels were analyzed by DLTS technique. Annealing of radiation induced defects at about 260°C was obtained in 20 min isochronal annealings. Annealed fraction of the 260°C stage was obtained to be 85% in arsenic-doped crystals and independent of the species of irradiating particle. The value in antimony-doped and oxygen-doped specimens were 25 and 70%, respectively. The activation energy was found to be 1.6 eV and the annealing kinetics were first order. A tentative model for the defect responsible at the 260°C stage is a vacancy complex.     

Righi-Leduc Effect in InSb between 25°C and 300°C

The Righi-Leduc effect has been measured for n-type InSb crystals of various mobilities and was found to increase with temperature in a manner to indicate that the unipolar contribution is prevalent over the bipolar part of the effect. The experimental values measured over the temperature range between 25°C and 300°C agree well withPutley's theory. The Righi-Leduc coefficient was also determined as a function of the magnetic field and the strong decrease observed is explained in terms of the magnetoresistance.     

Characteristic of the 60°C-Dipole for CSR

The trimming coils embedded in poles of magnet are applied in the C-dipole prototypes of CSR. They are used to adjust the uniformity of magnetic fields through reducing outside magnetic field and augmenting inside. The impact of trimming currents on the uniformity of field and multipole components is carefully investigated by using the two kinds of magnetic measurements,hall sensor and long coil,respectively. It is proved that the uniformity which is better than ±1.0×10 -3 can be reached easily. At the same time,the quadrupole and sextupole components of fields have decreased to a low level through optimizing the trimming currents,but,unfortunately,the octupole and dodecapole will increase correspondingly. Finally,the two measured and calculated results are compared. There is very small difference between the results of the two measuring methods. However,all of the measured results are alien to the calculated one because of the insufficiency of the TOSCA calculation.     

Developments in geothermal energy in Mexico—part forty. The future for geothermal energy in Mexico

In Mexico there are many potential geothermal energy sources with a wide range of temperatures. At present high temperature geothermal energy is used to generate electricity. Considerable experience has been accumulated in the exploitation of geothermal energy. Lower grade geothermal heat could be used to generate electricity with organic Rankine cycle plants. There is little industrial exploitation of lower temperature geothermal resources at present even though in the centre of Mexico areas of geothermal activity coincide with industrial zones. However, this situation could change with the use of suitable heat exchangers and heat pumps, particularly absorption systems to supply process heat with very little pollution.     

Developments in geothermal energy in Mexico—part sixteen. The potential for heat pump technology

Mexico possesses large amounts of geothermal brine at temperature which are too low to enable electricity to be generated efficiently and economically. Any system which extracts useful energy from a geothermal source is limited by the effectiveness of the heat transfer between the geothermal fluid, which has a tendency to scale, and the relevant components of the system. A heat pump can be used to maintain a temperature difference between two vessels containing pure water and geothermal brine, which is sufficient to enable pure water vapour to flow continuously from the geothermal brine vessel to the pure water vessel. The hot water produced can then be used to operate an absorption cooling system which can be used to store food. Alternatively a heat pump can be employed to increase the temperature of the hot water to produce low pressure stream.     

Optical 60° hybrid for demodulating six-level DPSK signal

We propose and demonstrate an optical 60° hybrid for demodulating optical signals with six-level DPSK modulation format. The proposed device consisting of a paired-interference 2∶6MMI coupler, phase shifters, and 2∶2MMI couplers with an asymmetric splitting ratio of 72∶28 exhibited hexagonal phase response over a C-band range.     

No or Infinitely Many A.C.I.P.¶for Piecewise Expanding Cr Maps¶in Higher Dimensions

We modify Tsujii's example [9] to show that in contrast with the one-dimensional case, piecewise uniformly expanding and C ^r maps of the plane may: (1) either have no absolutely continuous invariant probability measures (a.c.i.p. for short) and be such that {\bf every point} is statistically attracted to a fixed repelling point;? (2) or have infinitely many ergodic a.c.i.p. Received: 6 September 2000 / Accepted: 15 May 2001     

Surface changes in silicon during heating in air to 450°c

The Voltampere characteristics of silicon p-n junctions, prepared by pulling from a crucible and the floating zone method, were used to study some of the properties of silicon.     

The inhomogeneity of two-wave coupling in photorefractive crystals in 90° geometry

We derived the coupling equations of two-wave coupling in photorefractive crystals in 90° geometry where pump and signal beams enter two mutually orthogonal crystal faces vertically. We solved the equations numerically in the case of non-local response and illustrated the influence of the coupling coefficient, the absorption coefficient and the ratio of intensities of the two incident beams,R, on the inhomogeneity of transmitted pump and signal beams.     

Developments in geothermal energy in Mexico—Part thirty-two. Supply and demand perspectives for the year 2000

The participation of geothermal energy in the national electric power supply has steadily increased since its beginning in 1973 to a value of 50.4 PJ yr⁻¹, 5.4% of the total electric demand. The activities programmed by the Mexican government indicate that for the year 2000, an estimated 4.0% of the electricity demand could be satisfied by geothermal energy. A larger participation of geothermal and other alternative energy sources is needed in order to have a smooth energy transition and to continue exporting hydrocarbons beyond the year 2000. It is concluded that it is possible to achieve a geothermal energy participation in that year of around 5% of the net internal supply, as 13% of the electric power demand and 3% of the thermal demand.     

Effect of plastic deformation on precipitation in Al-30 wt.% Zn alloy aged at 200 °C

The electron microscopic investigation of an Al-30 wt.% Zn alloy reveals that the plastic deformation of quenched samples substantionally modifies the phase transformation processes examined in the alloy aged at 200°C. Whereas the growth kinetics of metastable precipitates and associated solute diffusion are unaffected by cold rolling the alloy specimens from 9% up to 97·5% reduction in thickness, the rate of all observed transformations is enhanced considerably by prior plastic deformation. A corresponding increase of stored strain energy within the lattice provides namely an additional driving force for the establishment of a new precipitate/matrix interface of higher surface energy on the transformation of a metastable precipitate into a more stable one. The sizes of transforming transition precipitates consequently diminish with an increase of cold work and the respective transformations are thus accelerated.High dislocation density in heavily cold worked alloy also reduces the nucleation barrier for a heterogeneous nucleation on dislocations. The formation of platelike coherent_coh precipitates with internal cubic structure on dislocations is observed followed by the transformation of_coh into spheroidical semicoherent precipitates. The non-uniform distribution of stresses and strains in cold rolled specimens leads to the development of deformation bands in the higher strained regions of even lightly deformed alloy. The direct precipitation of equilibrium precipitates in deformation bands is already observed immediately after cold work analogously to the -allotriomorph formation at grain boundaries.     

Precipitation sequences and transformation kinetics in the Al-30 wt.% Zn alloy aged below 160°C

The transformation sequences in the Al-30 wt.% Zn alloy aged below 160 °C have been investigated by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The sequence G.-P. zones _R has been observed between 85 and 161 °C, whereas the direct G.-P. zones to-transformation occurs below 85 °C. The identical isothermal growth kinetics of both the G.-P. zones and the _R -precipitates was found. The log-log plots yielding a set of parallel straight lines from 50 to 150 °C indicate no change in the activation energy of growth of both these precipitates. The change in the precipitation sequence led to the change in the transformation kinetics. The T-T-T curves have been measured for the formation of metastable _R -phase and for the completion of ellipsoidal G.-P. zones or of _R to-transformation. The retardation in reaching equilibrium found below 85 °C was associated with the observed change in the transformation sequence. This was explained by the different accommodation of the misfit at the interfaces between G.-P. zones or _R -precipitates and the-matrix.The authors are much indebted to Doc. Dr. V.Syneek, CSc. for stimulating discussions. Our thanks are also due to Ing. V.íma and Mr. P.Vyhlídka for the preparation and careful chemical analyses of the investigated samples. The assistance of Mr. Z.iký and Mr. V.Petr in X-ray diffraction measurements and the heat-treatment of samples is appreciated.     

Infrared Crystal Spectra of Heterocyclic Compounds. (III° the Solid State Spectrum of Pyrrole in Polarized Light

It is well known that the study of the fine structure of the IR bands, together with the polarization of the Davidov splitting components and with the analysis of the changes in selection rules, going from vapor and liquid states to the crystal, permit the determination of the local symmetry, factor group symmetry and number of molecules in the unit cell of a molecular crystal. The activity of each multiplet component and its polarization in the IR spectrum of the crystal is determined in fact by affiliation with one or the other factor group symmetry class, and the corresponding transition moments μ_x, μ_y and μ_z, active in the IR absorption, are directed along the characteristic directions of the unit cell axes, determined by its symmetry.     

SOI-based trapezoidal waveguide with 45° microreflector for noncoplanar optical interconnect

A silicon on insulator (SOI)-based trapezoidal waveguide with a 45° reflector for noncoplanar optical interconnect is demonstrated. The proposed waveguide is fabricated on an orientation-defined (100) SOI substrate by using a single-step anisotropic wet-etching process. The optical performances of proposed waveguides are numerically and experimentally studied. Transmittance of -4.51 dB, alignment tolerance of ±20 μm, cross talk of -53 dB, and propagation loss of -0.404 dB/cm are achieved The proposed waveguide would be a basic element and suitable for the future intrachip optical interconnects.     

CALIPSO validation using ground-based lidar in Hefei (31.9°N, 117.2°E), China

Validation measurement in collaboration with existing lidar sites is a very important part of CALIPSO validation program, lidar site in Hefei is invited to collaborate in the CALIPSO validation program. In this paper, ground-based lidar measurements in Hefei performed in coincidence with CALIPSO overpass are presented, attenuated backscatter profiles at 532 nm and 1064 nm, as well as volume depolarization ratio profile at 532 nm measured by CALIPSO are compared with the ones measured by ground-based lidar. The comparisons indicate that CALIPSO measurements are consistent with the ground-based lidar measurements. However, due to the fact that horizontal distributions of aerosols in the lower troposphere and clouds are in most cases inhomogeneous, there are some differences between two lidar measurements in the boundary layer and clouds. The aerosol layer below the semi-transparent thick cloud can be detected by the 532 nm channel of CALIPSO in daytime.     

Analysis of a 69.3° Vicinal HAGB in Pure Titanium

A transmission electron microscopy study and geometric analysis has been performed on a vicinal 69.3° high angle grain boundary in pure Ti which exhibits a characteristic dislocation arrangement. The dislocation configuration was modelled using the usual CSL/DSC/O-lattice approach and the predicted arrangement required to accommodate the deviation from a 37 three-dimensional CSL matched well with the arrangement observed experimentally. It was, however, also shown that an identical arrangement would be required to accommodate the deviation from a 37 two-dimensional CSL. Thus the analysis of such boundaries does not constitute a good test to distinguish between the two- and three-dimensional models of the low-energy reference structures adopted high-angle grain boundaries.     

The 220°K defect in electron irradiated p-Type Germanium

Lattice defects introduced in p-type nondegenerate germanium by 1.5 MeV electron irradiation at liquid nitrogen temperature was investigated by means of electrical resistivity and Hall coefficient measurements. The annealing behavior of two kinds of defects, which anneal at about 220 °K, was investigated in detail. Each of them has an electron trap. Making use of trap-filling and emptying processes, the 220 °K defects are separated from other defects.