Growth of strongly textured FeCO 3 thin films for application in research of nuclear quantum optics with ultrashort-pulsed laser deposition

Growth of strongly textured $\mathrm{FeCO}_{3}$ thin films on substrates was achieved with ultrashort-pulsed laser deposition using 810-nm, 46-fs ablation pulses. The crystallinity and composition were verified with X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Using Mössbauer spectroscopy, it is shown that the deposited $\mathrm{FeCO}_{3}$ thin films possess the film quality required for application in research of nuclear quantum optics. It is found that a relatively low substrate temperature is crucial for growing a strongly textured film of $\mathrm{FeCO}_{3}$ while avoiding decomposition of $\mathrm{FeCO}_{3}$ into $\mathrm{Fe}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}$ and $\mathrm{CO}_{2}$ . This supports the importance of the use of ultrashort-pulsed laser deposition in providing adatoms with high mobility for attaining good crystallinity. The surface morphology was characterized by surface profilometry, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. It is found to be significantly affected by changing the ablation laser parameters, including laser fluence, pulse duration, and on-target spot size. The results show that the peak deposition flux must be below approximately 0.03 nm/pulse in order to grow a flat film.     

Group velocity control of femtosecond pulse in folded dielectric axes structures by electro-optic effect

Theoretical investigation on the group velocity control of ultra-fast pulses by transverse electro-optic effect as well as its cascading and cubic nonlinearity is presented. Numerical simulation shows that the group velocity can be tuned via conveniently modulating the external electric field strength or the intensity of input pulse. The response of group velocity modulation is in proportion to these two factors, and the advancement or delay can reach the magnitude of 1–2 fractional pulses, which could be a potential scheme for controlling the velocity of pulse in future high speed and large-capacity communication networks.     

Structure,equation of state and elasticity of crystalline HNIW by molecular dynamics simulations

We have performed theoretical investigations on the structure, equation of state (EOS), elasticity, and mechanical properties of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12-Hexanitrohexaazaisowurzitane (HNIW) energetic material by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The lattice parameters and equations of state of the four polymorphs (ε-, γ-, β-, and α-HNIW) under high pressure are calculated. Our calculated results agree with the previous experiments and theoretical calculations. Meanwhile, the elastic constants and some other mechanical properties of the most stable ε-HNIW under high pressure and temperature are predicted successfully.     

Hypertriton and light nuclei production at Λ-production subthreshold energy in heavy-ion collisions

High-energy heavy-ion collisions produce abundant hyperons and nucleons. A dynamical coalescence model coupled with the ART model is employed to study the production probabilities of light clusters, deuteron (d), triton (t), helion (³He), and hypertriton (_Λ³H) at subthreshold energy of Λ production (≈ 1 GeV per nucleon). We study the dependence on the reaction system size of the coalescence penalty factor per additional nucleon and entropy per nucleon. The Strangeness Population Factor (S₃ / (³He × (Λ/p))) shows an extra suppression of hypertriton comparing to light clusters of the same mass number. This model predicts a hypertriton production cross-section of a few μb in ³⁶Ar+³⁶Ar, ⁴⁰Ca+⁴⁰Ca and ⁵⁶Ni+⁵⁶Ni in 1 A GeV reactions. The production rate is as high as a few hypertritons per million collisions, which shows that the fixed-target heavy-ion collisions at CSR (Lanzhou/China) at Λ subthreshold energy are suitable for breaking new ground in hypernuclear physics.     

New Optimal Asymmetric Quantum Codes Derived from Negacyclic Codes

The construction of quantum maximum-distance-separable (MDS) codes have been studied by many researchers for many years. Here, by using negacyclic codes, we construct two families of asymmetric quantum codes. The first family is the asymmetric quantum codes with parameters $[[q^{2}+1,q^{2}+1-2(t+k+1),(2k+2)/(2t+2)]]_{q^{2}}$ , where 0≤t≤k≤(q?1)/2, $q \equiv1(\operatorname{mod} 4)$ , and k, t are positive integers. The second one is the asymmetric quantum codes with parameters $[[(q^{2}+1)/2,(q^{2}+1)/2-2(t+k),(2k+1)/(2t+1)]]_{q^{2}}$ , where 1≤t≤k≤(q?1)/2, and k, t are positive integers. Moreover, the constructed asymmetric quantum codes are optimal and different from the codes available in the literature.     

Lateral cavity photonic crystal surface-emitting laser with ultralow threshold

A lateral cavity photonic crystal (PhC) surface-emitting laser is realized on a commercial epitaxial waveguide wafer without a distributed Bragg reflector first. Energy is coupled from the lateral resonance to surface-emitting light through the Γ band edge of the PhC with a square lattice. Electrically driven 1553.8?nm surface-emitting lasing action is observed at room temperature. The threshold current density of 667?A/cm2 is ultralow for the surface-emitting laser.     

Influence of precipitant solution pH on the structural, morphological and upconversion luminescent properties of Lu2O3:2%Yb, 0.2%Tm nanopowders

Lutetium oxide nanopowders codoped with Tm³⁺ and Yb³⁺ were synthesized by the reverse-strike co-precipitation method. Effects of precipitant solution pH on the structural, morphological and upconversion luminescent properties of Lu₂O₃:2%Yb, 0.2%Tm nanopowders had been investigated. The results show that pH value of the precipitant (NH₄HCO₃) solution has a significant effect on the particle size, morphology and upconversion emission intensity of the Lu₂O₃:2%Yb, 0.2%Tm nanopowders. All the samples obtained from different pH value of precipitant solution can be readily indexed to pure cubic phase of Lu₂O₃, indicating good crystallinity. The upconversion emission intensity of Lu₂O₃:2%Yb, 0.2%Tm nanopowders obtained from the precipitant solution with pH=11 is the strongest. The enhancement of the upconversion luminescence is suggested to be the consequence of reducing the number of OH⁻ groups and the enlarged nanopowder size. The strong blue, weak red and near infrared emissions from the prepared nanopowders were observed under 980 nm laser excitation, and attributed to the ¹G₄→³H₆, ¹G₄→³F₄ and ³H₄→³H₆ transitions of Tm³⁺ ion, respectively.     

Accurate method for measuring the thermal coefficient of group birefringence of polarization-maintaining fibers

We present a method to accurately measure the group birefringence variation with temperature in high-birefringence polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers using a distributed polarization analyzer. By analyzing polarization cross-talk peaks purposely induced at both ends of a PM fiber, the temperature coefficient of group birefringence can be accurately obtained. We confirm the theoretical prediction that the group birefringence of PANDA and TIGER PM fibers decrease linearly with temperature from -40 °C to 80 °C, and find that the temperature coefficients are -5.93 × 10(-7) °C(-1) and -5.29 × 10(-7) °C(-1) for two types of PANDA fibers, and -5.36 × 10(-7) °C(-1) for a TIGER fiber.     

On the properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside moving dielectric media

The properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside isotropic or uniaxial dielectric media moving in an arbitrary direction are analysed. The scalar products of electromagnetic field vectors inside these moving media are investigated in the kEB system from Maxwell's equations and Lorentz-covariant constitutive relations. Several important equations are derived. They are useful in discussing problems such as the energy density and radiation pressure, which are of interest in theoretical studies and many application subjects.     

20Gb/s系统中偏振模色散的偏振度反馈控制分析

基于主偏振态理论和一阶偏振模色散近似,推导出光信号偏振度的一个简洁解析表达式。并利用该解析表达式和快速傅里叶变换,对20Gb／s系统的偏振模色散补偿中,偏振度监测法的灵敏度和跟踪范围受多种因素(如脉冲啁啾、占空比、消光比、放大自发辐射噪声、自相位调制等)的影响程度进行了数值模拟分析。发现利用偏振度监测法反馈控制偏振模色散补偿时,监测灵敏度和跟踪范围是折中的,较小的占空比有利于提高偏振度监测法的灵敏度,而且总可以对高达1．5个位周期(75ps)的差分群延时进行跟踪,但当占空比低于0．5时,跟踪范围迅速缩小,消光比和放大自发辐射噪声不会明显改变偏振度监测法的跟踪范围,自相位调制效应显著地影响偏振度监测法的性能。