A miniaturized HTS microwave receiver front-end subsystem for radar and communication applications

This paper presents a miniaturized high performance high temperature superconducting (HTS) microwave receiver front-end subsystem, which uses a mini stirling cryocooler to cool a high selective HTS filter and a low noise amplifier (LNA). The HTS filter was miniaturized by using specially designed compact resonators and fabricating with double-sided YBCO films on LAO substrate which has a relatively high permittivity. The LNA was specially designed to work at cryogenic temperature with noise figure of 0.27 dB at 71 K. The mini cryocooler, which is widely used in infrared detectors, has a smaller size (60 mm × 80 mm × 100 mm) and a lighter weight (340 g) than the stirling cryocoolers commonly used in other HTS filter subsystem. The whole front-end subsystem, including a HTS filter, a LNA, a cryocooler and the vacuum chamber, has a size of only φ120 mm × 175 mm and a weight of only 3.3 kg. The microwave devices inside the subsystem are working at 71.8 K with a consumed cooling power of 0.325 W. The center frequency of this subsystem is 925.2 MHz and the bandwidth is 2.7 MHz (which is a fractional bandwidth of 0.2%), with the gain of 19.75 dB at center frequency and the return loss better than ?18.11 dB in the pass band. The stop band rejection is more than 60 dB and the skirt slope is exceeding 120 dB MHz^?1. The noise figure of this subsystem is less than 0.8 dB. This front-end subsystem can be used in radars and communication systems conveniently due to it’s compact size and light weight.     

Numerical investigations of a multi-walled carbon nanotube-based multi-segmented optical antenna

Motivated by the fabrication potential of multi-walled carbon nanotube structures, we numerically investigated a paired structure consisting of two metallic spheres each grown on one end of a multi-walled nanotube. The paired two-segmented structure is capable to convert free-space radiation into an intense near-field, and, hence, acting as an optical antenna. Vice versa the presence of the two nanotubes enable a current source at the antenna feed to more efficiently energy into the radiation modes, resulting e.g. in correspondingly altered luminescence lifetimes when an excited single molecule is placed in the feed point. Furthermore, the structure represents a mean to localize light on a sub-wavelength scale within different materials, which is interesting in the context of a fabrication technology for integrated nanophotonic components with different material combinations. The optical properties of the nano-antenna are analyzed by means of numerical simulations using the finite element method. Our investigations have revealed that the field enhancement, the resonances, and the radiation patterns can be easily tuned since all these quantities strongly depend on the size of the nanotubes and the metallic spheres, as well as on their material properties The structure we propose here carries a great potential for bio-sensing, for tip-enhanced spectroscopy applications, and for interfacing integrated photonic nano circuits.     

代数迭代法用于傅里叶变换计算层析成像光谱仪数据重建

主要介绍代数迭代法在傅里叶变换计算层析成像光谱仪数据处理中的应用。根据4种不同投影数进行了光谱切片重建,并对光谱相似性进行了比较。针对ART算法可应用少数投影重建的特点,专门在45个投影数时,采用不同迭代系数进行了重建,并进行了比较。最后,对实际场景进行了光谱切片重建。     

大鼠肾脏糖胺聚糖的种类及二糖组成分析

采用两步酶解和离子交换色谱从Wistar大鼠肾脏中提取糖胺聚糖,以醋酸纤维素薄膜电泳分析糖胺聚糖种类,以弱阴离子交换色谱分离各种糖胺聚糖.纯化后的糖胺聚糖分别经特定糖胺聚糖酶裂解,采用强阴离子交换高效液相色谱(SAX-HPLC)紫外检测分析其二糖组成.结果表明,Wistar大鼠肾脏糖胺聚糖主要由硫酸乙酰肝素和少量硫酸皮肤素组成.硫酸乙酰肝素含有8种二糖,其中含有乙酰基二糖总含量高达77.6%,非硫酸化二糖(Ⅳ-A)含量为59.7%;硫酸皮肤素含有6种二糖,其中单硫酸化二糖总含量为54.8%,非硫酸化二糖含量为32.9%.     

草地退化的高光谱遥感监测方法

我国草地分布面积广,退化情况严重,实时、准确地监测草地的生态状况,对于区域气候、碳循环研究以及经济发展具有重要意义。利用地面实测光谱数据进行了高光谱草地退化监测研究。选择内蒙古呼伦贝尔市的温性草甸草原为研究对象,测量了草甸草原的羊草、克氏针茅、冷蒿等多种植物的叶片、冠层以及多种植物混合的群落反射率光谱数据。通过有效的光谱特征参量化方法,提取叶片和冠层光谱的光谱特征,准确区分了草甸草原的几种建群和退化指示草本植物,验证结果表明光谱识别的精度高于95%。以此为基础,利用线性光谱混合模型对群落植被的混合光谱数据进行混合光谱分解,得到各组分的覆盖度,误差在5%以内。该文的研究结果为高光谱遥感草地监测提供了有力依据。     

Characteristics of Raman spectra of natural clinochlore at 200 degrees C and 0.95-7.70 GPa

Variation of crystal structure of natural clinochlore with pressure was investigated by the approach of diamond anvil cell (DAC) and in situ micro-Raman spectroscopic measurement at 200 degrees C and up to 7.7 GPa. The 481 and 786 cm(-1) peaks shift towards high-frequency linearly with increasing pressure at 200 degrees C. The linear relations between Raman shift (N, cm(-1)) and pressure (P, GPa) for the two peaks are: N = 11.136P+482.6 (R2 = 0.987 4) and N = 5.055P+785.7 (R2 = 0.983 7), respectively. The 865 cm(-1) peak arising from the stretching mode of the Si-O(nb) shifts slightly because of the strong repulsion between T cations at the tetrahedral sites and M cations at the octahedral sites in the TOT layer. Raman shift of 481 cm(-1) and 786 means the shortening of the length of M-O(br) and Si-CO(br) bonds since the peaks are contributed by the stretching mode of the M-O(br) and Si-O(br) respectively. No phase transition of clinochlore under the experimental condition was found. The results indicate that chlorite minerals may be stable at least at a depth of 80-90 km in the cold subduction zones, and the fluid derived from chlorite dehydration may be an important fact for earthquake occurrence in the subduction zones.     

O-vacancy and surface on CeO2: A first-principles study

Atomic and electronic structures of CeO₂ (1 1 1), (1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces are investigated using the first-principles density functional theory taking into account the on-site Coulomb interaction. Both the stoichiometric and O-deficient surfaces are examined in order to clarify the overall features. The CeO₂ (1 1 1) is found to be the most stable surface, followed by the (1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces, consistent with experimental observations. Three surfaces exhibit different features of relaxation. Large relaxations are found at the (1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces, while very small changes are observed at the (1 1 1) surface. It is found that the O-vacancy occurs more readily at the (1 1 0) surface as compared with the (1 1 1) surface. Furthermore, the formation energies of the O-vacancy in the surfaces are lower than that in the bulk. The energetically favorable O-vacancy locates in the second O-atomic layer for the (1 1 1) while at the surface layer for the (1 1 0). The excess electrons left with the removal of the O atom are distributed in the first two layers with certain (a considerable) fraction filling the Ce-4f states.     

Thermo-optically tunable silicon photonic crystal light modulator

We designed, fabricated, and characterized a thermo-optically tunable compact (10 μm × 10 μm) silicon photonic crystal (PhC) light modulator that operates at around 1.55 μm for TE polarization. The operational principle of the device is the modulation of the cutoff frequency in a silicon-based line defect PhC. The cutoff frequency is shifted because of the thermo-optic tuning of the silicon refractive index, which is realized by localized heating on the PhC. The modulator is formed by a triangular lattice array of cylindrical air holes on a silicon-on-insulator wafer. Optical characterization was carried out, and the result clearly showed thermo-optic tuning of the cutoff frequency at around 1.55 μm.     

Optimal design of a multilayer diffractive optical element for dual wavebands

A method for optimal design of a multilayer diffractive optical element (MLDOE) for dual-wide-waveband optical systems is presented with consideration of polychromatic integral diffraction efficiency (PIDE) and the weight factors of PIDE for each waveband. The design process and simulation of a MLDOE in mid-wave and long-wave IR are described, and the comparison of diffraction efficiency of the MLDOEs for different design wavelength pairs determined by different methods is given. This method can make the design process more rational and more reasonable and can give a better design result than that with the conventional design method.