Specifics of operation of a cold-cathode thyratron with a backward voltage half-wave

The specifics of operating a metal-ceramic TPI1-10k/50 thyratron in electric circuits with capacitance, inductance, and active resistance have been examined under circuit parameters that establish oscillatory current. Experiments have been performed at an anode voltage as high as 30 kV, a forward current of up to 7.6 kA, and a length of the first current half-period that varies from 0.38 to 1.9 μs. The data on operating modes in which this thyratron may handle a backward current wave and when current interruption is observed in the second half-period have been obtained. It has been demonstrated that a certain current flows through the thyratron in the backward direction during the interruption process. The amplitude of this current and the maximum backward voltage at the thyratron define whether the current is interrupted or repeat back-voltage device breakdown occurs. If the maximum backward current is on the level of several hundred amperes, complete current interruption occurs at backward voltages of up to 12 kV. The physical mechanisms of current interruption have been discussed.     

Reignition phenomena after high-frequency current interruption withshort vacuum gaps

Based on a large number of measurements of high-frequency (HF) current interruptions in vacuum at small contact gaps (⩽600 μm), the statistical reignition behavior of vacuum switching devices after a HF current zero is investigated. Three types of reignitions can be classified. Statistical evaluation of post-arc current measurements for different parameters at current zero and different HF current ignition processes gives information about the stress of the gap as a result of the transient recovery voltage after a HF current zero (HF-TRV) and the accumulated post-arc charge. Comparing post-arc current values at the beginning of the HF-TRV and at the moment of reignition reveals a production of charge carriers during the recovery interval. Possible reasons for the different types of reignitions are discussed     

Capillary discharge soft X-ray lasing in Ne-like Ar pumped by low main current pulses

Under the condition of the low main current pulse, the capillary discharge soft X-ray laser is obtained. The laser energy of the same discharge current amplitude at different Ar pressures and of different current amplitudes at the same Ar pressure are compared, respectively. At different Ar pressures, the amplitude of the main current pulse evidently impacts the soft X ray, especially at a pressure higher than 30 Pa. In order to obtain the laser output at a high Ar pressure, the amplitude should be increased. However, at the same Ar pressure, it might have an optimum current, in which case the laser spike is the highest and the most stationary. The laser achieving time at different amplitudes is also discussed. As far as we know, this is the first time the influence of the amplitude of the main current pulse has been analyzed.     

Circular photogalvanic effect at inter-band excitation in InN

The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE) is observed in InN at inter-band excitation. The function of the CPGE induced current on laser helicity is experimentally demonstrated and illustrated with the microscopic model. A spin-dependent current obtained in InN is one order larger than in the AlGaN/GaN heterostructures at inter-band excitation. The dependence of CPGE current amplitude on light power and incident angle can be well evaluated with phenomenological theory. This sizeable spin-dependent current not only provides an opportunity to realize spin polarized current at room temperature, but also can be utilized as a reliable tool of spin splitting investigation in semiconductors.     

Measurement of high-order current correlators

The feasibility of measuring high-order current correlators by means of a linear detector is analyzed. Two different types of measurements are considered: measurement of fluctuation power spectrum and measurement of unequal-time current correlators at fixed points in time. In both cases, formally exact expressions in terms of Keldysh time-ordered electron current operators are derived for the detector output. An explicit time ordering is found for the current correlators under the expectation operator used in measurements of high-order unequal-time current correlators. The situation when a detector measures current correlators at different points of a conductor is considered.     

阳极杆箍缩二极管的理论模型及物理特性

闪光X射线源是获得高凝聚态物质内部物理图像的重要手段,阳极杆箍缩二极管(RPD)作为其重要组成部分之一,直接影响闪光X射线源照相质量。研究RPD物理特性对二极管物理结构优化设计及实验调试具有重要意义。分析了RPD空间电荷限制、弱箍缩和磁绝缘阶段物理模型。基于PIC模拟技术,编写了计算程序,研究了RPD不同阶段的电子电流、离子电流及电子束箍缩物理特性。通过理论分析,获得了特定几何结构RPD物理模型修正系数及各个阶段离子电流与电子电流比,验证了粒子模拟代码的有效性。模拟结果表明:空间电荷限制阶段,粒子模拟结果与双极性流计算结果一致;在弱箍缩和磁绝缘阶段,粒子模拟得到的总电流与磁绝缘模型计算结果一致,且与文献给出的经验拟合表达式计算结果一致;磁绝缘阶段离子电流与电子电流之比与电压和二极管几何结构相关,给出了离子电子电流比增大系数η与电压和阴阳极半径比的关系,该系数受电子、离子在不同结构二极管渡越时间的影响,随电压和阴阳极半径比增加而逼近恒定值。     

Experimental Investigation on Arc Phenomena in SF6 Puffer Circuit Breakers

A detailed observation of an arc in a model puffer-type SF6 gas circuit breaker in the current range between 10 and 50 kA (rms) has been carried out. It was found that the arc column remained stable on the center axis during the high-current region, then became turbulent near current zero. It was found that the time interval during which the turbulent arc was observed decreased with increasing values of the peak current. These phenomena indicated that the thermal effects of high-current arcs remain even at current zero. It also was observed that the arc diameter at the nozzle throat outlet was smaller than that at the throat (29 mm), even at a current as high as 70 kA (instantaneous), and that the boundary of gas flow at a downstream region had a very large diameter when the arcs were present. However, around current zero the boundary diameter became as small as that without arc.     

双指数脉冲电流发生器的电路仿真计算

双指数脉冲电流发生器可用于电子系统端口传导耦合实验,主要用于研究电磁敏感器件的电磁脉冲效应的损伤规律。根据实验要求,该发生器能够输出前沿10 ns、脉宽100 ns、电流幅值3 kA的双指数脉冲电流。建立了该发生器的电路模型,并对杂散电容和电感对输出电流波形的影响进行了分析。模拟计算表明,电流信号的过冲现象和后沿叠加干扰信号的原因可能是电阻负载自身存在的杂散电容和测量电流的线圈附近的杂散电容和电感的共同作用导致的。经过理论计算,如果在测量线圈附近添加适当的滤波设备或者用无损同轴电缆引出电流,能够明显地抑制过冲和干扰。     

Stability of the tunneling current across Si nanochain network

The stability of the current across Si nanochain network is investigated using a micromanipulator in a scanning electron microscope system. We confirm that the current is dominated by the tunneling of electrons between Si nanoparticles. We observe large current fluctuations at a high bias voltage, while the current is stable at a relatively low bias voltage. The origin of the fluctuation is discussed in terms of percolation.     

枢轨界面电磁特性的演变规律分析

枢轨电接触性能随电枢膛内滑动而演变,界面电磁特性变化是其演变的根本作用因素。以系统时变电磁场计算为基础,从脉冲电流、电枢速度和局部接触等三个方面讨论了对界面电磁特性演变的作用规律,并设计实验综合验证了电枢膛内运动时枢轨电接触界面的电磁特性演变。结果表明:脉冲电流驱使电流向接触前端聚集,电流峰值聚集随电流变化而下降;电枢速度克服脉冲电流作用向接触尾部聚集电流,尾端聚集临界速度(50m/s)下,接触表面电流分布最为均匀,高速下接触表面呈现尾端U型电流聚集模式;局部接触对电流的聚集作用随接触面增加、速度增加而减弱;在法向磁力作用下,预置接触会向前扩展并趋于稳定。实验后枢轨表面检测验证了各因素对电磁特性演变的作用规律。研究结果为深入探究枢轨滑动电接触机理奠定基础。     

ECR离子源引出束流周期性波动研究

Earlier we reported an ion current jump which was observed at a fixed negative biased disc potential in the 6.4GHz ECR ion source at VECC,Kolkata.In a recent experiment with neon ions,we measured the time spectra of the ion current and observed the presence of a burst frequency in the kilohertz range.This frequency shows a correlated jump with the ion current jump described above.Another interesting feature is that the observed burst frequency shows a good linear correlation with the extracted ion current.The higher the ion current,the higher is the burst frequency.This means that current per burst is a constant factor;when there are more number of bursts,the current also increases.     

Rapid large-scale magnetic-field dissipation in a collisionless current sheet via coupling between Kelvin-Helmholtz and lower-hybrid drift instabilities

Rapid large-scale magnetic-field dissipation is observed in a full kinetic simulation of cross-field current instabilities in a current sheet even when the thickness of the current sheet is at ion scale. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability caused by the velocity shear between the current-carrying ions and the cold background ions excites the lower-hybrid drift instability at the edges of the undulated current sheet. We show that the nonlinear coupling between these two instabilities is responsible for the observed rapid dissipation. The simulation result presents a new route for magnetic-field dissipation in an ion-scale current sheet and demonstrates the general significance of nonlinear cross-scale coupling in collisionless plasmas.     

高温超导磁体临界电流影响因素的研究

临界电流值是描述Bi2223高温超导带材性能的一个基本参数,在一定的温度条件下,Bi2223高温超导带材的临界电流是带材所在位置磁场大小和磁场方向的函数,其短样的临界电流值可以通过四引线法测量,单根超导带材的自场很小,磁场对临界电流的影响可以忽略.高温超导磁体的临界电流被定义成引发该磁体失超的最小电流,高温超导磁体的自场比单根超导带材的自场要大得多,磁体各个位置的磁场大小和方向各不相同,很难用理论的方法准确计算磁体的临界电流.对于高温超导磁体而言,除了磁场的影响因素以外,绕制磁体所用的超导带材自身的均匀性也是影响其临界电流的一个重要因素.本文对这两个因素进行探讨,并着重讨论高温超导带材自身的均匀性对临界电流大小的影响,本文的结论可以为高温超导磁体的设计、磁体绕制时带材的选择、磁体运行时安全工作电流的确定提供帮助.     

非晶硅碳薄膜发光二极管发光的热致猝灭

本文详细测试了用RF-PECVD法制备的非晶硅碳薄膜发光二极管的光强电流特性和温度对器件发光强度的影响.在直流电流驱动下,器件的发光在注入电流1A/cm2左右趋于饱和,而在低占空比的脉冲电流驱动下器件的发光直至注入电流20A/cm2仍随电流近似线性增长,但提高环境温度发光随之下降.结合对器件受热情况分析表明,热致猝灭而非场致猝灭导致了器件在大电流下的发光饱和,并简要提出了改进器件散热的措施.     

同轴枪放电等离子体电流片的运动特性研究

同轴枪放电可以产生高速度、高密度的等离子体射流,在天体物理、核物理等研究领域具有广泛的应用.基于同轴枪放电等离子体运动的"雪犁模型"分析,本实验通过对等离子体光电信号和磁信号的测量及放电照片的拍摄,研究了不同放电电流和气压对同轴枪放电等离子体电流片的运动特性、电流通道分布的影响.实验结果发现:一次放电过程中,气压为10 Pa、放电电流为35.7—69.8 kA时,随着放电电流的增加,等离子体喷射速度增加,输运距离与离子携带的轴向动能成正比,大电流条件下,等离子体喷出枪口时易于在枪底端形成新的电流通道;气压为5—40 Pa、放电电流为49.8 kA时,随着气压的增加,等离子体喷射速度减小,输运距离缩短,高气压下,等离子体喷出枪口时在枪底端未产生新的放电通道,这与放电过程中遗留在枪底端的带电粒子和电流片渗漏残留在枪内的中性粒子共同形成的阻抗通道有关;电流反向时,二次放电击穿位置发生在电极头部,放电过程中存在多次放电现象.     

Ultrasonic effects on electroorganic processes Part 6. Formation of cupric carboxylates at a reactive copper anode in carboxylic acid solutions

Current efficiency for the formation of highly soluble cupric acetate at a reactive (consumable) copper anode in an acetic acid solution was increased almost independently of current density under ultrasonic irradiation. On the other hand, the efficiency for sparingly soluble cupric oxalate depended complicatedly on current density. At a low current density region less than 4 mA cm(-2), ultrasonic irradiation caused an increase in the current efficiency, while at higher current densities no ultrasonic effect was observed because of the formation of a rigid oxalate film on the anode surface. This paper is the first report of ultrasonic effects on an electrochemical reaction at a reactive (consumable) anode which is stoichiometrically involved in the reaction leading to the formation of products derived from anode metal.     

Determination of non-stoichiometry in n-type AgBr by the measurement of transient current in an improved dc polarization cell

In order to determine the non-stoichiometry in AgBr, the transient current in a dc polarization cell, Ag/AgBr/Pt, was studied. When electrolytic current in the cell was completely blocked, only electronic current was allowed to flow through the AgBr/Pt interface, whereas both ionic and electronic carriers were transported through the Ag/AgBr interface at transient state. The ionic current through the Ag/AgBr interface was related to the change in δ in the formula of Ag_1+δBr. The following methods were proposed to determine δ from the transient current measurement: (i) The chemical diffusion coefficient, D?, of AgBr was calculated from the analysis of the time change in transient current. The electronic conductivity, σ_e, of AgBr was obtained from the steady-state current according to Wagner's theory. From D? and σ_e, δ was calculated. (ii) The transient current at the Ag/AgBr interface was divided into ionic and electronic parts using D? determined in (i). By integrating the ionic current, the change in δ was calculated. Using an improved dc polarization cell, the complete ion-blocking at the AgBr/Pt interface was achieved. The transient current after the abrupt change in applied potential was measured at 400°C. The methods (i) and (ii) were applied to the analysis of transient current and δ⁰, δ of AgBr in equilibrium with silver metal, was determined to be (2.0±0.2) x 10^-6.     

Anomalous photogalvanic effect of circularly polarized light incident on the two-dimensional electron gas in Al{x}Ga{1-x}N/GaN heterostructures at room temperature

Under normal incidence of circularly polarized light at room temperature, a charge current with swirly distribution has been observed in the two-dimensional electron gas in Al{0.25}Ga{0.75}N/GaN heterostructures. We believe that this anomalous charge current is produced by a radial spin current via the reciprocal spin Hall effect. It suggests a new way to research the reciprocal spin Hall effect and spin current on the macroscopic scale and at room temperature.     

Spin gunn effect

We predict that the flow of unpolarized current in electron-doped GaAs and InP at room temperature is unstable at high electric fields to the dynamic formation of spin-polarized current pulses. Spin-polarized current is spontaneously generated because the conductivity of a spin-polarized electron gas differs from that of an unpolarized electron gas, even in the absence of spin-orbit interaction. Magnetic fields are not required for the generation of these spin-polarized current pulses, although they can help align the polarization of sequential pulses along the same axis.     

Persistent current through a semiconductor quantum dot with Gaussian confinement

The persistent diamagnetic current in a GaAs quantum dot with Gaussian confinement is calculated. It is shown that except at very low temperature or at high temperature, the persistent current increases with decreasing temperature. It is also shown that as a function of the dot size, the diamagnetic current exhibits a maximum at a certain confinement length. It is furthermore shown that for a shallow potential, the persistent current shows an interesting maximum structure as a function of the depth of the potential. At low temperature, the peak structure is pretty sharp but becomes broader and broader with increasing temperature.