Optimal design of multimode interference couplers using an improved self-imaging theory

Self-imaging theory is widely accepted as a good method in designing 1 × N multimode interference (MMI) couplers, but it is also true that self-imaging theory is not suitable for low-contrast structures. An improved self-imaging theory is proposed in this paper for the optimal design of low-contrast 1 × N MMI couplers. The average effective width of MMI waveguide and the average effective propagation constant of MMI waveguide are used as the basis to modify the conventional self-imaging theory. A direct calculation of the average effective width of low-contrast MMIs is presented. We use this approach in the optimal design of a 1 × 4 silica MMI coupler, and the results show that the improved self-imaging theory is more accurate than conventional self-imaging theory for low-contrast structures, the results also show that if the material parameters and the width of an MMI waveguide are fixed, the average effective width of the MMI waveguide will increase with the decrease of the height of the core layer.     

A straightforward method for wall impedance eduction in a flow duct

The development of the advanced liner technology for aeroengine noise control necessitates the impedance measurement method under realistic flow conditions. Currently, the methods for this need are mainly based on the inverse impedance eduction principle, confronting with the problems of initial guess, high computation cost, and low convergence. In view of this, a new strategy is developed that straightforwardly educes the impedance from the sound pressure information measured on the duct wall opposing to the test acoustic liner embedded in a flow duct. Here, the key insight is that the modal nature of the duct acoustic field renders a summed-exponential representation of the measured sound pressure; thus, the characterizing axial wave number can be readily extracted by means of Prony's method, and further the unknown impedance is calculated from the eigenvalue and dispersion relations based on the classical mode-decomposition analysis. This straightforward method is simple in its basic principle but remarkably has the advantages of ultimately overcoming the drawbacks inherent to the inverse methods, incorporating the realistic multimode nonprogressive wave effects, high computational efficiency, possibly reducing the measurement points, and even avoiding the necessity of the duct exit impedance that bothers perhaps all the existing waveguide methods.     

太阳光泵浦激光器侧面泵浦效率的提高

太阳光泵浦激光器直接利用太阳光作为泵浦源,实现了太阳光能量到激光能量的直接转化。设计了分腔水冷型金属锥形泵浦腔,以直径8 mm,长115 mm的Nd:YAG晶体棒作为激光工作物质,用有效面积1.03 m2菲涅尔透镜会聚太阳光,实验获得了23.7 W的稳定激光输出,斜效率为7.87%。通过对比实验,改进后的分腔水冷型太阳光泵浦激光器较原有锥形腔激光器有55.92%的激光输出功率提升。分别从侧面泵浦光在冷却水中的吸收损耗以及其耦合效率等方面对新型腔体结构进行了分析,证实了分腔水冷型腔体结构对侧面泵浦效率的提高,并提出了陶瓷漫反射材质的分腔水冷型激光腔的设计。     

Trap States in Al2O3 InAlN/GaN Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Structures by Frequency-Dependent Conductance Analysis

We present a detailed analysis of the trap states in atomic layer deposition Al2O3/InAlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors grown by pulsed metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Trap densities, trap energies and time constants are determined by frequency-dependent conductance measurements. A high trap density of up to 1.6×1014 cm？2eV？1 is observed, which may be due to the lack of the cap layer causing the vulnerability to the subsequent high temperature annealing process.     

基于CCD技术测量单缝衍射中中央明纹的相对光强

针对单峰衍射的特点,提出了一种基于CCD技术测量单缝衍射中,中央明纹的相对光强的方法,该方法利用CCD及相应软件的支持,拍摄出单缝衍射的明暗纹图谱,再利用origin pro.v7.5绘图软件经转置、数据统计分析,显示光强分布曲线和相对应的数据等,完成对中央明纹的相对光强计算。     

表面绝缘铝平面丝阵Z箍缩实验研究

在"强光一号"装置(1.3 MA,100 ns)上进行了镀2μm聚酰亚胺绝缘膜平面铝丝阵与普通铝丝阵Z箍缩对比实验研究.实验结果表明,表面绝缘能够影响Z箍缩内爆动力学和辐射特性.通过简单理论分析,表面绝缘可能会增加初始阶段的能量沉积和参与内爆的质量;表面绝缘对于抑制平面丝阵多峰现象有明显作用,然而在所进行的实验中,并未观察到对X射线产额的改善作用.     

Dynamic vertical interaction of a foundation–soil system generated by seismic waves

Based on Biot's dynamic poroelastic theory, a foundation–soil interaction model is established to investigate the vertical vibrations of a rigid circular foundation on poroelastic soil excited by incident plane waves, including the fast P waves and SV waves. Scattering waves caused by the foundation and fluid–solid coupling due to the pore water in the soil are also considered in the model. The solution of the vertical vibrations of the foundation subjected to seismic waves are obtained by solving two sets of dual integral equations derived from the mixed boundary-value conditions. The different vertical vibrations of foundation rest on elastic and saturated half-space are compared. The influences of incident angle, permeability of soil and foundation mass on the vertical vibrations of the foundation are then discussed. The results show that resonant phenomenon of the foundation is observed at certain excitation frequencies; the effects of the pore water on the foundation vertical vibrations are significant. In addition, significant differences are found when the foundation is excited by P waves and SV waves, respectively.     

Quantum confinement in graphene quantum dots

By performing density functional theory calculations, we studied the quantum confinement in charged graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which is found to be clearly edge and shape dependent. It is found that the excess charges have a large distribution at the edges of the GQD. The resulting energy spectrum shift is very nonuniform and hence the Coulomb diamonds in the charge stability diagram vary irregularly, in good agreement with the observed nonperiodic Coulomb blockade oscillation. We also illustrate that the level statistics of the GQDs can be described by a Gaussian distribution, as predicted for chaotic Dirac billiards.

     

二元羧酸的化学结构与其抑制草酸钙结晶能力研究

采用X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)研究了相距3个C—C键长具有不同取代基的二元羧酸对草酸钙(CaOxa)晶体生长的影响。这些二元酸包括丁二酸、顺丁二烯酸、反丁二烯酸、苹果酸、天冬氨酸和酒石酸。它们均能抑制一水草酸钙(COM)晶体的聚集,减小COM比表面积,并诱导二水草酸钙(COD)生成,其能力随二元酸上取代的—OH或—NH₂基数量增加而增强。从二元羧酸化学结构讨论了其影响草酸钙结晶效果的分子机理,对COM生长具有最佳抑制效果的羧酸是含有HOOC—CH(R)—CH₂—COOH(ROH或NH₂)分子的化合物。实验结果可为临床上寻找新的防石药物提供参考。