Design and study of a high-current 5-cell superconducting rf cavity

The Advanced Photon Source （APS） at Argonne National Laboratory is considering the development of a superconducting linac-based fourth-generation hard X-ray source to meet future scientific needs of the hard X-ray user community. This work specifically focuses on the design of an optimized 5-cell superconducting radio-frequency structure well suited for a high-energy, high-beam-current energy recovery linac. The cavity design parameters are based on the APS storage ring nominal 7 GeV and 100 mA beam operation. A high-current 5-cell cw superconducting cavity operating at 1.4 GHz has been designed. In order to achieve a high current, the accelerating cavity shape has been optimized and large end-cell beam pipes have been adopted. The beam break-up threshold of the cavity has been estimated using the code TDBBU, which predicts a high threshold beam current for a 7 GeV energy recovery linac model. A copper prototype cavity has been fabricated that uses half-cell modules, initially assembled by clamping the cells together.     

掺铒光纤中方波信号高次谐波的快慢光特性

光纤中方波信号的慢光技术在全光通信和光纤传感等领域具有重要的应用前景. 提出了谐波相对延时量的度量方法, 分别采用速率方程和相干布居振荡理论, 对掺铒光纤中方波信号的基波和高次谐波的快慢光特性进行了研究. 在无抽运光输入情况下, 改变入射光功率, 入射探测光的基波最大相对延时量能达到20%, 且存在实现最大相对延时量的入射光功率为8 mW; 在有抽运光输入的情况下, 改变信号光增益, 入射探测光的基波相对超前量同样能达到-20%, 且随着信号光增益的增大而增加. N次谐波(N=1, 3, 5, 7, …)在频率f/N(f为基波信号最大延时量对应的调制频率)处有最大相对延时量, 且它们的最大延时量相同, 频率处于相干布居振荡引起的光谱烧孔带宽内.     

Abnormal magnetoresistance behavior in Nb thin films with rectangular arrays of antidots

Magnetoresistance in superconducting Nb films perforated with rectangular arrays of antidots （holes） is investigated at various temperatures and currents. Normally, the magnetoresistance increases with the increasing magnetic field. In this paper, we report a reverse behavior in a certain range of high fields after vortex reconfiguration transition, where the resistances at non-matching fields are smaller than those in the low field regime. This phenomenon is due to a strong caging effect, in which the interstitial vortices are trapped among the pinned multiquanta vortices. This effect is temperature and current dependent.     

基于修正并行光滑粒子动力学方法三维变系数瞬态热传导问题的模拟

为了解决传统光滑粒子动力学(SPH)方法求解三维变系数瞬态热传导方程时出现的精度低、稳定性差和计算效率低的问题,本文首先基于Taylor展开思想拓展一阶对称SPH方法到三维热传导问题的模拟,其次引入稳定化处理的迎风思想,最后基于相邻粒子标记和MPI并行技术,结合边界处理方法得到一种能够准确、高效地求解三维变系数瞬态热传导问题的修正并行SPH方法.通过对带有Direclet和Newmann边界条件的常/变系数三维热传导方程进行模拟,并与解析解进行对比,对提出的方法的精度、收敛性及计算效率进行了分析;随后,运用提出的修正并行SPH方法对三维功能梯度材料中温度变化进行了模拟预测,并与其他数值结果做对比,准确地展现了功能梯度材料中温度变化过程.     

KCaEr2CuS5:A Novel Pentanary Rare-earth Chalcogenide from Reactive Flux Synthesis

Chemists have been paying much attention to the multiple-component rare-earth chalcogenides both for the fundamental interest of their varieties of structural features and in the search of potential candidates for luminescent materials, magneto-optical materials,infrared materials, and high-temperature superconducting materials^[1-2]. It is widely realized that during the synthesis and crystal growth via flux methods, occasional inclusion of flux elements in the final product is inevitable and often leads to unexpected and interesting new structures.     

Synthesis and Structure of KLn2CuSe4 (Ln=Ho,Er), A New Phase with IR-optical Transparency

Research on rare earth chalcogenides has been an active.area of solid state chemistry due to their rich structural chemistry and various interesting physical properties^[1-3]. In our attempts to search for potential infrared ceramic materials in the rare-earth-transition-metal chalcogenide system, two new quaternary selenides, KHo₂CuSe₄ and KEr₂CuSe₄, were obtained by a two-step synthetic route. Precursors from the first-step solid state reaction were mixed with excess amount of the KCl flux. The pressed pellet was placed into a sealed silica ampoule and thermally equilibrated at 930℃ for 8 days prior to slow cooling to room temperature. Red,transparent, and columnar single crystals of these two phases were isolated from the flux by a suction filtration technique with the products washed with distilled water. The incidental incorporation of the flux cation leads to the formation of the new phases.     

Synthesis, Single-crystal Structure, and Optical and Magnetic Properties of CaEr2S4

Brown needle-like crystals of CaEr2S4 were isolated as the major product from a reaction of elements and binary sulfides by a two-step flux technique. CaEr2S4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 12.845(4), b = 3.862(4), c = 13.001(2) , V = 645.0(7) 3, Z = 4, F(000) = 880, μ(MoKα) = 27.794 mm-1, the final R = 0.0528 and wR = 0.0562 for 1070 observed reflections with I > 3σ(I). The CaEr2S4 structure forms a three-dimensional framework that consists of interconnected tetra-octahedral Er4S18 fragments. Ca2+ cations, in a monocapped trigonal prism geometry, are stuffed in two parallel rows into the one-dimensional channels along the b direction. CaEr2S4 is an infrared-transparent semiconductor with a band gap of 1.81 eV. Magnetic susceptibility measurements over 6～300 K indicate a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic behavior for the phase, with an effective magnetic moment of 9.64(1) μB per Er3+ ion.     

Cryptanalysis and Improvement of a Quantum Secret Sharing Protocol between Multiparty and Multiparty with Single Photons and Unitary Transformations

In a recent paper [Chin. Phys. Lett 25（2008）1187], a quantum secret sharing scheme between multiparty and multiparty was presented. We show that the protocol is not secure because the last member in Alice＇s group can illegally obtain most secret messages without introducing any error. Finally, a possible way to avoid the security flaw is suggested.     

Cu(H4C3N2S)Cl2](n), an unprecedented diazole-bridged one-dimensional copper halide: synthesis,structure, and magnetic properties

The simultaneous desulfurization of 2-mercapto-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole with CuCl(2) x 2H(2)O via mutual diffusion in solvents results in the isolation of air-stable dark-green crystals of [Cu(H(4)C(3)N(2)S)Cl(2)](n) (approximately 65% yield). The structure is characterized by a unique one-dimensional copper chain bridged by diazine N-N single bonds rather than halogens, in sharp contrast with the halide bridging mode in conventional copper halide coordination polymers. Each Cu(II) ion shows a square planar coordination geometry featuring a strong Jahn-Teller distortion, as also supported by EPR data. The phase follows a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic behavior over 6-300 K. However, the intrachain antiferromagnetic interaction is evident (-2J = 21.1 cm(-1)). Such magnetic coupling is related to the interplay between the Cu(II)-d(x2-y2) and diazine N-N p-orbitals.