Comparative study of the empirical interatomic potentials and density-functional simulations of divacancy and hexavacancy in silicon

The comparison between three classical potentials and density functional theory (DFT) is performed mainly for divacancy and hexavacancy in Si crystal. According to their performances on the formation energies and structural properties (distortion magnitude, relaxation volume and symmetry), the limitations and validities of classical potentials are discussed. It is found that the outward relaxation directions of EDIP and Tersoff (T3) are contrary to the DFT and Stillinger-Weber (SW) directions (inward), which restrict their application in the structural property calculations. Except for the divacancy symmetries, the results of SW are in agreement with the DFT results. Thus, it can be concluded that SW should be the best potential to describe V₂ and V₆.     

Intravascular 3.0 T MRI Using an Imaging-Guidewire: a Feasibility Study in Swine

This study was to validate the feasibility of using a magnetic resonance imaging-guidewire (MRIG) for intravascular 3.0 T MR imaging of deep-seated arterial walls of large animals. The functionality of a 0.032-in. MRIG was evaluated and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was calculated. Then, MRI of ten iliofemoral arteries of six pigs was acquired by MRIG and surface coil. The difference in the SNRs of the arterial walls between different coils was compared. Histology examined the potential thermal injuries of the imaged vessels. The MRIG functioned with the 3.0 T MR scanner. The average SNR of the arterial walls was significantly higher with the MRIG than with the surface coils (76.22 ± 34.76 vs. 12.63 ± 4.25, P < 0.01). Histology showed no evidence of thermal injuries at the vessel walls. This study validated the feasibility of generating intravascular 3.0 T MRI of deep-seated arterial walls in large animals, which should facilitate the translation of this technique from 1.5 to 3.0 T MR scanner.     

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.     

External cavity diode laser with kilohertz linewidth by a monolithic folded Fabry-Perot cavity optical feedback

We present a extended-cavity diode laser (ECDL) with kilohertz linewidth by optical feedback from a monolithic folded Fabry-Perot cavity (MFC). In our experiments, an MFC replaces the retroreflecting mirror in the traditional ECDL configuration. Beat-note measurements between this MFC-ECDL and a narrow-linewidth reference laser are performed and demonstrate that the linewidth of this MFC-ECDL is about 6.8 kHz. Phase locking of this MFC-ECDL to the reference laser is achieved with a unity gain as small as 10.2 kHz.     

MSM结构Mg0.2Zn0.8O可见盲光电探测器

采用射频磁控溅射,通过传统的紫外曝光和湿法腐蚀的方法,制备了不同电极间距的金属-半导体-金属(MSM)结构Mg0.2Zn0.8O可见盲光电探测器.研究了器件的暗电流和响应度随电极间距的变化关系,当施加的电压没有达到贯穿电压的时候,暗电流和响应度均随着电极间距的增加而减小,并对其具体的机制进行了研究.     

螺旋管内高压汽水两相流动沸腾干涸点的研究

在较宽的实验参数范围内(系统压力P=8～15 MPa,质量流速G=800～1800 kg·m~(-2)·s~(-1),壁面热流密度q_w=200～950 kW·m~(-2))对一立式螺旋管内(管内径为10 mm,螺旋直径为300 mm,节距为50 mm)汽水两相流动沸腾干涸特性进行了实验研究。通过研究,获得了干涸发生时螺旋管圈壁温的分布特征以及压力、质量流速和壁面热流密度这三个参数对临界干度的影响规律。同时在实验数据的基础上,提出了一个适用于计算螺旋管内高压高含汽率工况下汽水两相流临界干度的经验关系式。     

Photoemission intensity oscillations in the valence bands of C70 film

We have measured and analyzed the photoemission spectra (PES) of a C₇₀ film in the photon energy region from 13.4 eV to 98.4 eV. The photoelectron intensities of two C 2p π-derived features (denoted by A and B) oscillate regularly in the whole energy region with some fine structures below ∼30 eV. To obtain the detailed information of the oscillations, we have developed a sophisticated but practical procedure for intensity calculation. The procedure consists of two core concepts. The first is ascribing the PES features to their corresponding molecular orbitals with the help of density functional calculations. The second is a background subtraction algorithm. With this procedure, we obtained the oscillating behavior for individual features (A and B), which is by and large consistent with the predictions based on the spherical symmetric approximation although C₇₀ has the ellipsoidal shape. Owing to the solid state effect, the oscillating amplitudes of the A/B intensity ratios are smaller than those of gas phase C₇₀, but an orbital shift reported recently was not observed on our sample. The oscillating curve of a deeper feature, which consists of both σ and π states, are also reported.     

Self-consistent treatment of spin and magnetization dynamic effect in spin transfer switching

The effect of itinerant spin moment (m) dynamic in spin transfer switching has been ignored in most previous theoretical studies of the magnetization (M) dynamics. Thus in this paper, we proposed a more refined micromagnetic model of spin transfer switching that takes into account in a self-consistent manner of the coupled m and M dynamics. The numerical results obtained from this model further shed insight on the switching profiles of m and M, both of which show particular sensitivity to parameters such as the anisotropy field, the spin torque field, and the initial deviation between m and M.     

作物残茬覆盖度遥感监测研究进展

作物残茬作为农田生态系统的重要组成部分,影响着农田生态系统中的营养物质、碳、水和能量的流动与循环。作物残茬覆盖度作为描述作物残茬数量和分布的重要指标,对于农田生态系统C循环和全球气候变化均有实际意义,具备重要的定量监测价值。遥感技术具有准确、经济、快速大面积监测的能力,因此利用遥感监测区域尺度的作物残茬覆盖度,受到国内外学者的关注。工作回顾总结了目前利用遥感监测作物残茬覆盖度的主要方法和最新研究进展,并根据基本方法的差异以及数据源的不同,从五个类别分别介绍了遥感监测原理与技术革新,对每一类方法的优点和缺陷进行分析,并提出了相应的改进措施。最后对作物残茬覆盖度遥感监测方法的发展趋势进行了展望。     

基于环境星CCD数据的环境植被指数及叶面积指数反演研究

利用PROSAIL前向模型模拟的植被冠层光谱,在植被指数构造时,引入修正大气、土壤背景影响的蓝、绿波段,构建了避免过早饱和的环境植被指数(environmental vegetation index,EVI)。基于多个典型冬小麦生育期的地面观测数据,建立基于EVI-LAI长时间序列反演模型,并对模型进行不同品种间的交叉检验。研究表明,EVI建立的叶面积指数(leaf area index,LAI)反演模型精度优于同类植被指数模型,并具有较好的普适性,能应用于冬小麦遥感多时相长势监测及LAI反演。