Magnetic surface plasmon-induced tunable photonic bandgaps in two-dimensional magnetic photonic crystals

We experimentally studied magnetically controllable photonic band gaps (PBGs) in two-dimensional magnetic photonic crystals consisting of ferrite rods. Besides the conventional PBG that relates to Bragg scattering, two other types of PBG, resulting from magnetic surface plasmon (MSP) resonance and spin-wave resonance, respectively, are observed. The PBG due to MSP resonance is particularly interesting because of its analogy to surface plasmon in metal; furthermore, it is shown to be completely tunable by an external static magnetic field from both an experimental and a theoretical point of view.     

Experimental study of whistle noise generated by insert edge and oil separator model of refrigeration cycle

The compressed air experiments are conducted to investigate the whistle noise radiated from the oil separator component of refrigerant cycle system. Two types of insert edge and a height-adjustable oil separator model are adopted. The acoustic characteristic of flow through plain top insert edge is more likely to be broadband. Flow through ramp top insert edge would induce whistle peaks at Mach number higher than 0.1197 and the oil separator model works like an acoustic amplifier. Moreover, the Strouhal number jumps are captured inside oil separator model and two mechanisms are presented to clarify the phenomena. First, the whistle noise at Modes A1, A3, B1 and B3 is regarded as coupling of shear layer instability with resonance acoustic modes of oil separator model. Second, the whistle noise at Modes A2 and B2 is regarded to be the feedback loop of flow-acoustic interaction in fluctuated shear layer and defined as jet-cavity interaction tones.     

The effect of doping by IV-family elements on the electronic structure and electrical characteristics of Sb2O5

The electronic structures of doped Sb₂O₅ by IV-family elements (Si, Ge and Sn) were examined using the density function theory (DFT). Density of states (DOSs) results showed that the substituted IV-family elements act as acceptors in Sb₂O₅. Partial DOSs indicates that by substituting Ge(Ge _Sb ) or Sn(Sn _Sb ), there may be a larger contribution to the total DOSs near E _F than by substituting Si, which suggests that doping Ge or Sn in Sb₂O₅ produces better ptype doping compared to doping Si. Formation energy results show that IV-family elements are more likely to exist in the substituted position rather than in the interstitial position in Sb₂O₅, decreasing any self-compensation effect and making it easier for IV-family elements to realize ptype doping in Sb₂O₅. Ionization energy results show that Ge _Sb or SnSb, two among the three impurities considered, act as shallow acceptors in Sb₂O₅, thus producing a higher concentration of holes.      

Novel Broadband Reflectarray Antenna with Windmill-Shaped Elements for Millimeter-Wave Application

A novel broadband millimeter-wave reflectarray antenna composed of windmill-shaped elements of variable lengths is proposed. Compared to the conventional single-layer reflectarray elements, the windmill-shaped elements can realize much larger phase variation range (over 600°), leading to broader bandwidth. Using this technique, a 15°-beam-steering reflectarray operating at 30 GHz is designed. The computed results demonstrate the agreement of the main beam steering with the design requirement, and a 1-dB gain bandwidth close to 20% is obtained. The validity of the obtained results is verified by comparing the ones generated by Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) with those produced by Ansoft Designer. The antenna is useful for millimeter-wave applications. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 90505001), the High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (No. 2006AA01Z275), and the Creative Research Group Program of UESTC.     

Enhanced Efficiency of Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes by Dispersing Dehydrated Nanotube Titanic Acid in the Hole-buffer Layer

Efficiency of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) with poly(2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl hexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) as an emitting layer was improved if a dehydrated nanotubed titanic acid (DNTA) doped hole-buffer layer polyethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) was used. Photoluminescence (PL) and Raman spectra indicated a stronger interaction between DNTA and sulfur atom in thiophene of PEDOT, which suppresses the chemical interaction between vinylene of MEH-PPV and thiophene of PEDOT. The interaction decreases the defect states in an interface region to result in enhancement in device efficiency, even though the hole transporting ability of PEDOT was decreased.     

Electro-optically Q-switched Nd:YVO4 slab laser with a high repetition rate and a short pulse width

We report on a compact and highly efficient diode-end-pumped TEM00 Nd:YVO4 slab laser with an output power of 103 W and beam quality M2 < or = 1.5. The optical-to-optical efficiency was 41.5%. In electro-optically Q-switched operation, 83 W of average power at a pulse-repetition rate of 50 kHz with a pulse length of 11.3 ns was obtained. At a pulse-repetition rate of 10 kHz, 5.6 mJ of pulse energy, and 870 kW of peak power were measured.     

Dissipative flow and vortex shedding in the Painlevé boundary layer of a Bose-Einstein condensate

This paper addresses the drag force and formation of vortices in the boundary layer of a Bose-Einstein condensate stirred by a laser beam following the experiments of Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2502 (1999)]. We make our analysis in the frame moving at constant speed where the beam is fixed. We find that there is always a drag around the laser beam. We also analyze the mechanism of vortex nucleation. At low velocity, there are no vortices and the drag has its origin in a wakelike phenomenon: This is a particularity of trapped systems since the density gets small in an extended region. The shedding of vortices starts only at a threshold velocity and is responsible for a large increase in drag. This critical velocity for vortex nucleation is lower than the critical velocity computed for the corresponding 2D problem at the center of the cloud.     

New class of magnetoresistance oscillations: interaction of a two-dimensional electron gas with leaky interface phonons

We report on a new class of magnetoresistance oscillations observed in a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in GaAs-Al(x)Ga(1--x)As heterostructures. Appearing in a weak magnetic field ( B < 0.3 T) and only in a narrow temperature range ( 2 K < T < 9 K), these oscillations are periodic in 1/B with a frequency proportional to the electron Fermi wave vector, k(F). We interpret the effect as a magnetophonon resonance of the 2DEG with leaky interface-acoustic phonon modes carrying a wave vector q = 2k(F). Calculations show a few branches of such modes existing on the GaAs-Al(x)Ga(1--)xAs interface, and their velocities are in quantitative agreement with the observation.     

New measurement of exotic decay of 225Ac by 14C emission

The branching ratio of ²²⁵Ac decay by emission of ¹⁴C was remeasured under improved experimental conditions by using a radioactive source produced at the ISOLDE mass-separator at CERN and a nuclear track detector technique. The result, B = λ_14C/λ_α = (4.5±1.4)10^-12, is consistent with the anomalously high value obtained in the 1993 experiment, thus confirming the importance of nuclear-structure effects in this exotic decay. Received: 20 July 2001 / Accepted: 28 November 2001     

激活台内透射式GaAs光电阴极的光谱响应特性研究

利用在线光谱响应技术,对透射式GaAs光电阴极在高温激活和低温激活后的光谱响应特性进行了测试,计算并比较了高温激活和低温激活后阴极的积分灵敏度和光谱响应特性参数.结果发现,与高温激活相比,低温激活后GaAs光电阴极的积分灵敏度提高了13％,低温激活后阴极的截止波长和峰值波长均向长波有微小偏移.将已获得的测试曲线与铟封后的三代像增强器的光谱响应曲线进行了比较,结果发现铟封前后的光谱响应曲线存在明显差异.