Optical reflectance of blue bronze crystals near the Peierls transition

We report on the reflectance of blue bronze crystals in the visible frequency range as a function of temperature. The observed large oscillations in the reflectance at all wavelengths at temperatures near the Peierls transition are interpreted as interference effects stemming from a surface layer. It is found that the surface layer, which appears to be tied to fluctuations, can be as much as 1.6 microns thick.     

Cluster and periodic DFT calculations of adsorption and activation of CO2 on the Cu(hkl) surfaces

The adsorption behavior and thermal activation of carbon dioxide on the Cu(1 1 1), Cu(1 0 0), and Cu(1 1 0) surfaces have been investigated by means of density functional theory calculations and cluster models and periodic slabs. According to the cluster models, the optimized results indicate that the basis set of C and O atoms has a distinct effect on the adsorption energy, but an indistinct one on the equilibrium geometry. For the CO₂/Cu(hkl) adsorption systems studied here, the final structure of adsorbed CO₂ is near linear and the preferred modes for the adsorption of CO₂ onto the Cu(1 1 1), Cu(1 0 0), and Cu(1 1 0) surfaces are the side-on adsorption at the cross bridge site with an adsorption energy of 13.06 kJ/mol, the side-on adsorption at the short bridge site (13.54 kJ/mol), and the end-on adsorption on the on-top site with C–O bonds located along the short bridge site (26.01 kJ/mol), respectively. However, the calculated adsorption energies from periodic slabs are lower as compared to the experimental data as well as the cluster model data, indicating that the periodic slab approach of generalized gradient approximation in the density function theory may be not suitable to obtain quantitative information on the interaction of CO₂ with Cu(hkl) surfaces.     

On the stability of bcc Co in Co/Fe superlattices an NMR and XRD study

While RHEED observations show that 10 to 11 As is the stability limit for an open bcc Co layer when grown on an Fe substrate, our XRD and NMR studies have shown that, in MBE grown Co/Fe superlattices, cobalt can be stabilised in a bcc structure up to a critical Co thickness of 21 Ås. In order to understand this apparent discrepancy, NMR experiments have been carried out in Co_x/Fe_y multilayers with thickness varying in the range 5 Å < x < 42 Å and 24 Å < y < 60 Å, grown on GaAs (1 1 0) as well as on MgO (1 0 0) substrates. The analysis of the chemical short range order by NMR concludes that the larger bcc Co thickness observed in superlattices results from the formation of a rather homogeneous CoFe_20% bcc alloy which contains the supplementary 10–11 As of Co and which coexists with pure Co grains. The concentration of about 20% Fe in the alloyed part of the Co layer happens to be close to the stability limit for a bcc structure in the equilibrium phase diagram of bulk CoFe alloys. However, while a mixture of bcc and fcc phases is observed in bulk alloys, the bcc structure is preserved in all phases under the MBE growth conditions and below the critical thickness. Above the critical thickness amixture of bcc Co, bcc CoFe and hcp Co is observed.     

光纤加速度传感器研究进展

光纤加速度传感器与传统加速度传感器相比，不但能抗电磁干扰，而且体小、质轻、动态范围宽、精度高、能在恶劣环境下工作，因此受到各先进国家军事与商业领域的极大重视，各种实用的光纤加速度传感器不断涌现。主要有光强调制型和相位调制型两大类。光强调制式有反射式、透射式和偏振式等等。相位调制式有Ｍａｃｈ－Ｚｅｎｄｅｒ干涉仪、Ｍｉｃｈｅｌｓｏｎ干涉仪和Ｆａｂｒｙ－Ｐｅｒｏｔ干涉仪。有一维的，也有二维的；有与水听器组合在一起的，也有与光纤陀螺仪组合的光纤加速度传感器。最小的已经做到２．５ｃｍ长，直径仅０．２５ｍｍ；测量精度已能达到１μｇ；共振频率可达到１０ｋＨｚ。为了克服温度不稳定性对测量精度的影响，人们采用了３×３耦合器解调法，双光路法，由单臂式改成推挽式等。一旦关键技术得以克服，光纤加速度传感器将会在惯性导航和其它领域发挥更重要的作用。本文将分别介绍目前各种类型光纤加速度传感器的结构、特点、走向实用化存在的问题。     

Atomic scale properties of interior interfaces of semiconductor heterostructures as determined by quasi-digital highly selective etching and atomic force microscopy

We report on first experiments combining quasi-digital highly selective etching and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to examine the interior interfaces of semiconductor heterostructures. Lattice matched (GaIn)As/InP heterostructures grown by metalorganic vapour-phase epitaxy (MOVPE) are taken as a model system to check the capabilities of this new method. Standard selective etchants for different material systems have been optimized in selectivity and etch rate to achieve a quasi-digital etching behaviour. In this way, the real structure of interior interfaces can be determined by AFM. We find a significant difference between the surface of the heterostructure and the interior interfaces.     

Low-energy fission investigated in reactions of 750 AMeV 238U-ions on 208Pb. II: Isotopic distributions

Projectile fission of 750 AMeV ²³⁸U-ions interacting with a Pb target was studied by means of the spectrometer FRS, GSI-Darmstadt. One of the two fission fragments was detected with a transmission of few percent and identified in mass and charge. Low-energy fission (E^* < 25 MeV) events were selected by their magnetic rigidity. Whereas the production of asymmetric fission events is dominated by the GDR excitation, very asymmetric fission and symmetric fission take place after a GQR or DGDR excitation or after a nuclear interaction. Cross sections of more than 250 isotopes were measured. Isotopic distributions of low-energy fission were reconstructed for elements from Se to Te. The fission modes SI, SII and SL were clearly shown in these distributions and in the mass and TKE distributions. Charge polarization and mass dispersion were deduced for each fission mode. Finally, the characteristics of the low-energy fission process explain the production rates of neutron-rich species. Received: 14 July 1997 / Revised version: 6 October 1997     

Hund’s Case (a)-case (b) transition in the singlet-triplet absorption spectrum of pyrazine in a supersonic jet

An analytic expression is derived for calculating the intensities of individual spin-rovibronic lines in the fully resolved gas phase electronic spectrum of a polyatomic molecule, in which one of the zero-order electronic states is a triplet state. The expression is employed to calculate the effect of fine structure splitting on the singlet-triplet absorption spectrum of pyrazine using the parameters available from experiment. A transition from Hund’s coupling Case (a) to Case (b) on going from low J to high J rotational levels is predicted to occur at a moderate resolution of a few hundred MHz. The effect is more pronounced in pyrazine-d ₄ and the pyrazine-argon van der Waals complex owing to their larger mass. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 63–90 (July 1998) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Reproduced here with stylistic changes by the Translation Editor.     

基于小波变换及布朗分形模型的纹理分割

在研究小波变换及布朗分形模型的基础上，定义了水平分维数，垂直分维数，对角分维数，并将它们作为纹理特征量来实现纹理的分割．实验结果表明，这些特征量能够很好地反映纹理特征，从而分割时不需有关图象中纹理类别的先验信息，较以往方法在准确度和计算复杂程度上都有很大提高．