Highly efficient Cherenkov radiation generation in the irregular point of hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Highly efficient Cherenkov radiation(CR) is generated by the soliton self-frequency shift(SSFS) in the irregular point of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber(HC-PCF) in our laboratory.The impacts of pump power and wavelength on the CR are investigated,and the corresponding nonlinear processes are discussed.When the average power of the 120 fs pump pulse increases from 500 mW to 700 mW,the Raman soliton shifts from 2210 nm to 2360 nm,the output power of the CR increases by 2.3 times,the maximum output power ratio of the CR at 539 nm to that of the residual pump is calculated to be 24.32:1,the width of the output optical spectrum at the visible wavelength broadens from 35 nm to 62 nm,and the conversion efficiency η of the CR in the experiment can be above 32%.     

Deterministic Bidirectional Remote State Preparation of a- and Symmetric Quantum States with a Proper Quantum Channel

We present a new scheme for deterministically realizing the mutual interchange of quantum information between two distant parties via selected quantum states as the shared entangled resource. We first show the symmetric bidirectional remote state preparation (BRSP), where two single-qubit quantum states will be simultaneously exchanged in a deterministic manner provided that each of the users performs single-qubit von Neumann measurements with proper measurement bases as well as appropriate unitary operations, depending essentially on the outcomes of the prior measurements. Then we consider to extend the symmetric protocol to an asymmetric case, in which BRSP of a general single-qubit state and an arbitrary two-qubit state is investigated successfully. The necessary quantum operations and the employed quantum resources are feasible according to the present technology, resulting in that this protocol may be realizable in the realm of current physical experiment.     

Photovoltaic effect of TiO2 thick films with an ultrathin BiFeO3 as buffer layer

The photovoltaic (PV) effect of a bilayer anatase TiO₂/BiFeO₃ (BFO) film has been studied. The 20-nm ultrathin BFO layers were deposited on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrates by the chemical solution deposition method. An anatase TiO₂ layer is deposited subsequently on the BFO surface via a screen-printing technique. It is found that the FTO/TiO₂/Au cell exhibits negligible PV effect under solar exposure, while the one after introducing an ultrathin BFO film between TiO₂ and FTO leads to a considerable PV effect with an open-circuit voltage of ?0.58 V and a photocurrent density of 18.27 µA/cm². The FTO/BiVO₄ (BVO)/TiO₂/Au cell was constructed to investigate the underlying mechanism for the observed effect. A negligible PV effect of the FTO/BVO/TiO₂/Au cell indicates that the PV effect of the FTO/BFO/TiO₂/Au cell arises mainly from a built-in electric field in the BFO film induced by the self-polarization. Our work opens up a new path to utilize TiO₂ and may influence the future design of solar cells.     

Fabrication of widely tunable ridge waveguide DBR lasers for WDM-PON

We report the fabrication of widely tunable ridge waveguide distributed Bragg reflector(DBR) lasers with InGaAsP butt-joint as grating material. The shape of the butt–joint interface is found to have significant effect on the properties of the lasers. It is shown that irregular mode jumps during wavelength tuning can be avoided by a V-shaped butt–joint interface. From the fabricated device, 23 channels with 0.8 nm spacing and greater than 35 dB side mode suppression ratios are obtained. The different tuning characteristics of the ridge waveguide and the previously reported buried ridge stripe DBR lasers are discussed. Combined with the wide tuning range and the simple structure, the ridge waveguide DBR lasers are promising for use in wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks(WDM-PONs).     

Symmetric bursting of focus-focus type in the controlled Lorenz system with two time scales

By employing a special feedback controlling scheme, a hyperchaotic Lorenz system with the structure of two time scales is constructed. Two kinds of bursting phenomena, symmetric fold/fold bursting and symmetric sub-Hopf/sub-Hopf bursting, can be observed in this system. Their respective dynamical behaviors are investigated by means of slow-fast analysis. In particular, symmetric fold/fold bursting is of focus-focus type, namely, both the up-state and the down-state are stable focus, which is different from the usual fold/fold bursting; Symmetric sub-Hopf/sub-Hopf bursting is also of focus-focus type, which has not been reported in previous work. Furthermore, phase plane analysis has been introduced to explore the evolution details of the fast subsystem for symmetric sub-Hopf/sub-Hopf bursting. With the variation of the parameter, symmetric sub-Hopf/sub-Hopf bursting can evolve to symmetric chaotic bursting or even hyperchaos.     

Influence of the illumination on the subband structure and?occupation in AlxGa1?xN/GaN heterostructures

The subband structure and occupation in the triangular quantum well at Al _x Ga_1−x N/GaN heterointerfaces have been investigated by means of temperature dependent Shubnikov–de Haas (SdH) measurements at low temperatures and high magnetic fields under illumination. After the illumination of the heterostructures, the total two-dimensional electron gas concentration increases, and the SdH oscillation amplitudes are enhanced when there is no additional subband occupation. It is also found that the energy separation between the subbands decreases after the illumination. We suggest that the illumination decreases the electric field and thus weakens the quantum confinement of the triangular quantum well at Al _x Ga_1−x N/GaN heterointerfaces. The GaN layer is thought to be the primary contributor of the excited electrons by the illumination.     

Residual microstructure associated with impact craters in TiB2/2024Al composite

Residual microstructures associated with hypervelocity impact craters in 55 vol.% TiB(2)/2024Al composite were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). TiB(2)-Al interface, TiB(2) particles and Al matrix before and after hypervelocity impact were compared to discuss the effect of hypervelocity impact. A new Al(x)O(1-x) phase with the fcc structure and the crystal parameter of 0.69 nm was formed at TiB(2)-Al interface. Stacking fault with width of 10-20 nm was formed along the (001) plane of TiB(2) particle. Formation of nanograins (≈ 100 nm) was observed within Al matrix, moreover, lamellar S' phase was transformed into lenticular or spherical S phase after hypervelocity impact.     

Study on parameters influencing analytical performance of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Lens-to-sample distances, delay time, atmospheric condition, laser pulse energy, etc. had obvious effects on the analytical performance of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. In this paper, these parameters are investigated in greater detail and we will explain how they have influences on the analytical performance. The results show that the focal plane under the sample surface can improve precision and detection limit, and the delay time should be decided according to sensitivity and accuracy. Spectral line intensity is stronger in argon than helium, nitrogen and air gas environment. Pulse energy should exceed energy threshold (about 50 mJ) which can generate plasma, and the energy should not exceed about 300 mJ to avoid plasma shielding. Under optimum parameters, concentration relative standard deviation of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, and Cr for low-alloyed steel (sample number 11278) which were measured 11 times is 2.37%, 2.18%, 2.23%, 7.8%, 9.34%, 1.92%, and 2.13%, respectively. And the detection limit of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ni, and Cr for pure steel is 0.0045%, 0.0072%, 0.0069%, 0.0027%, 0.0024%, 0.0047%, and 0.0024%, respectively.     

Completeness in Supergravity Constructions

We prove that the supergravity r- and c-maps preserve completeness. As a consequence, any component \({\mathcal{H}}\) of a hypersurface {h = 1} defined by a homogeneous cubic polynomial h such that \({-\partial^2h}\) is a complete Riemannian metric on \({\mathcal{H}}\) defines a complete projective special Kähler manifold and any complete projective special Kähler manifold defines a complete quaternionic Kähler manifold of negative scalar curvature. We classify all complete quaternionic Kähler manifolds of dimension less or equal to 12 which are obtained in this way and describe some complete examples in 16 dimensions.