Thickness shear mode quartz crystal resonators with optimized elliptical electrodes

Quartz crystal resonators (QCRs) with circular electrodes have been widely used for various liquid and gas sensing applications. In this work,quartz crystal resonators with elliptical electrodes were studied and tested for liquid property measurement. Mindlin’s theory was used to optimize the dimension and geometry of the electrodes and a 5-MHz QCR with minimum series resistance and without any spurious modes was obtained. A series of AT-cut QCRs with elliptical electrodes of different sizes were fabricated and their sensing performances were compared to devices with circular electrodes. The experimental result shows that the device with elliptical electrodes can obtain lower resonance impedance and a higher Q factor,which results in a better loading capability. Even though the sensitivities of devices with elliptical and circular electrodes are found to be similar,the sensor with elliptical electrodes has much higher resolution due to a better frequency stability. The study indicates that the performance of QCRs with elliptical electrodes is superior to that of traditional QCRs with circular electrodes.     

人造金刚石合成中黑色低磁金刚石的研究

 通过对合成金刚石的原材料和合成产物——石墨、Ni₇₀Mn₂₅Co₅触媒、普通人造金刚石、黑色人造金刚石、NiMnCoC熔体的磁化率测试,以及对黑色人造金刚石和普通人造金刚石破碎断面扫描电镜的对比分析,认为黑色人造金刚石形成低磁性的原因是由于合成过程中温度偏高、压力偏低,生长的金刚石质量差、裂纹多。晶体内夹杂了很多石墨与触媒包裹体,同时金刚石表面与金刚石晶体内的触媒包裹体之间形成贯穿性的裂纹。在金刚石化学提纯处理过程中,金刚石晶体内的铁磁性触媒包裹体杂质被通过裂纹进入的酸除去。因而在检测金刚石磁性时,黑色金刚石的磁性很小,呈弱磁性。     

基于变截面梁的光纤光栅线性无啁啾调谐

从理论上分析了利用变截面（等强度）弹性梁实现光纤光栅波长线性、无啁啾调谐的基本原理,给出了实现无啁啾波长调谐的弹性梁截面满足条件及其设计方案,并讨论了矩形等截面和变截面悬臂梁调谐方案的特点.理论分析与实验结果均表明,通过对变截面梁侧向施加载荷,可以实现光纤光栅中心波长的线性无啁啾调谐,且系统结构简单、易于设计.     

Multipartite Entanglement Preparation and Quantum Communication with Atomic Ensembles

We propose an experimentally feasible scheme to generate Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger type of maximal entanglement among three atomic ensembles, and show one of the applications, controlled secure direct communication. The scheme involves laser manipulation of atomic ensembles, quarter- and half-wave plates, beam splitters, polarizing beam splitters and single-photon detectors, which are within the reach of current experimental technology.     

载流子选择性接触:高效硅太阳电池的选择

太阳电池可看成由光子吸收层和接触层两个基本单元组成,接触层是高复合活性金属界面和光子吸收层之间的区域.为了进一步提高硅太阳电池的转换效率,关键是降低光子吸收层和接触之间的复合损失.近年来,载流子选择性接触引起了光伏界的研究兴趣,其被认为是接近硅太阳电池效率理论极限的最后的障碍之一.本文分析了三种类型的载流子选择性接触:在光子吸收层与金属界面之间引入薄的重掺杂层,即所谓的发射极或背面场;利用两种材料之间的导带或价带对齐;利用高功函数的金属氧化物与晶硅接触从而在晶硅中感应能带弯曲.基于一维太阳电池模拟软件wx AMPS,模拟了扩散同质结硅太阳电池[结构为(p~+)c-Si/(n)c-Si/(n~+)c-Si]、非晶硅薄膜硅异质结太阳电池[结构为(p~+)a-Si/(i)a-Si/(n)c-Si/(i)a-Si/(n~+)a-Si]和氧化物薄膜硅异质结太阳电池[结构为(n)MoO_x/(n)c-Si/(n)TiO_x]暗态下的能带结构和载流子浓度的空间分布,其中c-Si为晶硅;a-Si为非晶硅;(i),(n)和(p)分别表示本征、n型掺杂和p型掺杂.模拟结果表明:载流子选择性接触的核心是在接触处晶硅表面附近形成载流子浓度空间分布的不对称进而使得电导率的不对称,形成了对电子的高阻和空穴的低阻或者对空穴的高阻和电子的低阻,从而让空穴轻松通过同时阻挡电子,或者让电子轻松通过同时阻挡空穴,形成空穴选择性接触或者电子选择性接触.     

共焦腔增强的空气拉曼散射

拉曼光谱是一种无损、快速的物质成分分析和检测方法.由于拉曼信号强度微弱,使得拉曼光谱的检测应用受到极大的限制.针对增强拉曼散射信号强度、提高检测灵敏度这一问题,设计了一种用于自发拉曼散射信号增强的共焦腔样品池,开展了基于该共焦腔的空气拉曼散射信号增强研究.共焦腔的腔镜反射率为92%,这一设计在保证共焦腔通带宽度与激光器线宽匹配的同时能有效地降低共振调节难度.实验中采用0°探测构型收集拉曼信号,并由成像式拉曼光谱仪获取光谱信号.实验发现,在共振状态下,共焦腔的耦合效率达到87.5%,单向激光功率实现约11倍放大;与无共振腔相比,共焦腔对拉曼信号实现17倍放大,信噪比提高2倍.此外,空气中CO_2的3σ检测限达到200 ppm量级.结果表明,该系统对自发拉曼散射信号增强效果显著,并且有较高的检测灵敏度.     

Structural and electronic properties of potassium-doped 1,2;8,9-dibenzopentacene superconductor: comparing with doped [7]phenacenes

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons doped by metal have exhibited the potential of high temperature superconductivity. Understanding the basic properties of materials is the key to reveal the superconductivity. Here, a systemically theoretical study has been done to explore crystal structures and electronic properties of pristine and potassium-doped 1,2;8,9-dibenzopentacene, compared with [7]phenacenes case. We determined that vdW-DF2 functional is more suitable to describe the non-local interaction in a molecular crystal. Based on this functional, we predicted the crystal structures and investigated in detail the K atomic positions in a system. It was found that the intralayer doping leads to lower total energy. From the calculated formation energy, for each 1,2;8,9-dibenzopentacene molecule, the doping of two electrons is more stable under the relatively K-poor condition while the doping of four electrons is more stable under the K-rich condition. Between these two phases, the three-electron doping phase stabilises in a narrow region of K chemical potential. Combining with the electronic states at Fermi level, we analysed the reasons of superconductivity enhancement in doped 1,2;8,9-dibenzopentacene. This work further deepens the understanding of 1,2;8,9-dibenzopentacene superconductor.     

A comparison of different approaches to integrate flamelet tables with presumed-shape PDF in flamelet models for turbulent flames

Flamelet models for turbulent combustion modelling make use of presumed-shape probability density functions (PDFs) for integrating laminar flamelet solutions to obtain an integrated flamelet table that can readily be used for turbulent flame calculations. The existence of non-unique approaches for such an integration has rarely been investigated before. For the first time, this work studies systematically the non-uniqueness of the flamelet table integration approaches. A flamelet model called the flamelet/progress variable model is used in the study, although the issue exists generally in many other flamelet models. Two classes of table integration approaches are investigated, one preserving the laminar flamelet structures during integration and the other not. Three different table integration approaches are examined and compared in detail to provide a thorough understanding of the different approaches. A partially stirred reactor is used as a test case for examining the different approaches. A method based on the transported PDF method is also employed to provide a reference for the assessment of the different flamelet table integration approaches. It is found in general that the flamelet preserving integration approach yields a more reasonable joint PDF of the mixture fraction and the progress variable, and the prediction results are closer to the referenced transported PDF results.     

Tens of GHz Tantalum pentoxide‐based micro‐ring all‐optical modulator for Si photonics

A tantalum pentoxide‐based (Ta₂O₅‐based) micro‐ring all‐optical modulator was fabricated. The refractive index inside the micro‐ring cavity was modified using the Kerr effect by injecting a pumped pulse. The transmittance of the ring resonator was controlled to achieve all‐optical modulation at the wavelength of the injected probe. When 12 GHz pulses with a peak power of 1.2 W were coupled in the ring cavity, the transmission spectrum of the Ta₂O₅ resonator was red‐shifted by 0.04 nm because of the Kerr effect. The relationship between the modulation depth and gap of the Ta₂O₅ directional coupler is discussed. An optimized gap of 1100 nm was obtained, and a maximum buildup factor of 11.7 with 84% modulation depth was achieved. The nonlinear refractive index of Ta₂O₅ at 1.55 μm was estimated as 3.4 × 10^?14 cm²/W based on the Kerr effect, which is almost an order of magnitude higher than that of Si₃N₄. All results indicate that Ta₂O₅ has potential for use in nonlinear waveguide applications with modulation speeds as high as tens of GHz.

     

Effect of bromine substituent on optical properties of aryl compounds

Substituents significantly affect optical properties of organic compounds. In this study, a series of organic compounds were synthesized. Ultraviolet‐visible and cyclic voltammetry spectra were determined. The relationships between the number of π electron in an aryl ring and the redshift (and molecular orbital energy levels) were studied. To investigate mechanisms of the bromine substituent effects, theoretical calculations were carried out. Ultraviolet‐visible spectra of bromine‐containing compounds exhibit obvious redshifts (0.04‐0.17 eV) of the maximal absorption wavelengths and enhanced absorbance (11%‐57%) compared with corresponding reference compounds. The lowest unoccupied and highest occupied molecular orbital energy levels of compounds containing bromine substituents are 0.05 to 0.60 and 0.02 to 0.40 eV lower than that of corresponding reference compounds. On the whole, the redshifts and the reduced molecular orbital energy levels caused by bromine substituent decrease with the increase in the number of π electron in an aryl ring. The effects would be attributed to strong p‐π conjugation between p electron in the bromine substituent and π electrons in aryl rings. Therefore, this paper suggests a useful way for tuning optical absorption and molecular orbital energy levels of aryl compounds.