Wide-Angle Ultra-Broadband Metamaterial Absorber with Polarization-Insensitive Characteristics

An ultra-wideband metamaterial absorber is developed,which is polarized-insensitive and angular-stable.Three layers of square resistive films comprise the proposed metamaterial.The optimal values of geometric parameters are obtained,such that the designed absorber can achieve an ultra-broadband absorption response from 4.73 to 39.04 GHz(relative bandwidth of 156.7%)for both transverse electricity and transverse magnetic waves.Moreover,impedance matching theory and an equivalent circuit model are utilized for the absorption mechanism analysis.The compatibility of equivalent circuit calculation results,together with both full-wave simulation and experimental results,demonstrates the excellent performance and applicability of the proposed metamaterial absorber.     

α-decay study of 218Ac and 221Th in 40Ar+186W reaction

In this study,²¹⁸Ac and ²²¹Th nuclides were produced via the heavy-ion induced fusion evaporation reaction ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁸⁶W.Their decay properties were studied with the help of the gas-filled recoil spectrometer SHANS and a digital data acquisition system.The cross section ratio between ²²²Pa and ²¹⁸Ac was extracted experimentally,withmeasured value 0.69(9).Two new possible α decay branches to ²²¹Th are suggested.The valence neutron configurations for the daughter ²¹⁷Ra are discussed in terms of the hindrance factors.     

IVDAS: an interactive visual design and analysis system for image data symmetry detection of CNN models

Journal of Visualization - Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved breakthrough performance in image recognition and classification. However, it is still a challenge for CNNs to classify...     

新型单模大模场红外硫系玻璃光子晶体光纤设计研究

大模场光子晶体光纤在高功率激光传输、光纤放大器、光纤激光器中的广泛应用, 使其受到研究者的广泛关注.硫系玻璃在红外波段(1–20μm)具有优良透过性能, 且具有折射率高(2.0–3.5)、声子能量低(小于350 cm^-1)、 组分可调等特性, 成为制备红外光纤的理想材料. 本文设计一种基于Ge₂₀Sb₁₅Se₆₅硫系玻璃基质的新型单模传输、低损耗、超大模场面积光子晶体光纤结构, 经理论验证其在λ =10.6 μm处基模限制损耗远低于0.1 dB/m, 高阶限制模损耗大于2 dB/m, 模场面积约为13333 μm². 关键词： 硫系玻璃 大模场面积 红外光子晶体光纤 结构设计     

全光纤量子通信系统中的高速偏振控制方案

偏振控制在光通信中是至关重要的技术, 关系着通信系统的稳定性和误码率. 本文提出一种基于双向Sagnac环工作方式的全光纤高速偏振控制方案, 通过调节环中一个光纤电光相位调制器的相位差而精确控制光场偏振方向, 并且实现了单个端口输出各种偏振态, 无需后续耦合操作. 相位控制精度为10^-3 rad, 最大消光比可达30 dB, 工作速率可达2 GHz. 由于本方案的精度、调制速度和稳定性都很高, 并采用了器件简单、成本低廉的全光纤光路, 易于集成, 在量子保密通信等光通信领域中有很好的应用前景. 关键词： 光纤偏振控制器 Sagnac环 量子通信     

Self-Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Prepared by Low Frequency Vibration-Assisted Injection Molding. II: Microstructure Investigation

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) were employed to study the microstructure of self-reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) prepared by conventional injection molding (CIM) and a low frequency vibration-assisted injection molding (VAIM). SEM micrographs following permanganic etching showed the self-reinforcement of HDPE is mainly due to the existence of shish-kebab morphology within the core region for VAIM-processed HDPE samples. Pronounced molecular alignment was identified by the WAXD data. An approximate 9% increase in the crystallinity was confirmed by DSC. Both preferred molecular orientation and increased crystallinity serve to yield stronger VAIM-processed injection moldings.     

Essential Work of Fracture Parameters of Injection-Molded Polypropylene/Polyolefin Elastomer Blends

The influence of polyolefin elastomer (POE) content on the fracture behavior of injection-molded polypropylene (PP)/POE blends was evaluated by means of the essential work of fracture (EWF) method. The results indicated that the EWF approach worked well for the PP/POE blends when POE content was 0～7.5 wt% of the blends. The specific essential work of fracture (w _e) increased with increasing POE content, and the dominant factor that affected w _e was the necking and subsequent fracture process. The specific nonessential work of fracture (βw _p) slightly decreased with increasing POE content, while the specific plastic work (w _p) showed an increasing trend with the decrease of the shape factor (β) of the specimen. Finally, it was shown that w _e could be predicted reasonably well via the COD values.     

Dynamic mechanical and morphological studies of homopolymer/block copolymer blends

A triblock copolymer of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) was blended with a high and a low molecular weight polybutadiene [designated as PB(H) and PB(L), respectively]. Electron micrographs of these blends show that PB(L) was solubilized into the butadiene domains of the SBS, while PB(H) was present in a separate phase. Dynamic mechanical data of the SBS&PB(L) blends indicate the presence of an intermediate loss peak between those of the glass transitions of the styrene and butadiene blocks in SBS, which can be attributed to the slippage of untrapped entanglements of PB(L) chains. Similar data for blends containing PB(H) also show an intermediate loss peak, which is, however, due to crystallization and melting of the polycisbutadiene chains. The peak due to the primary glass transition of the butadiene phase was shifted to lower temperatures upon incorporation of PB(L) as a result of plasticization effect of PB(L). The same transition for PB(H) blends is split into a doublet because of the presence of the homopolymer in a separate phase. Dynamic mechanical data for cross-linked blends were also taken for comparison.     

ZnO nanowire array ultraviolet photodetectors with self-powered properties

A ZnO nanowire (NW) array ultraviolet photodetector (PD) with Pt Schottky contacts has been fabricated on a glass substrate. Under UV light illumination, this PD showed a high photo-to-dark current ratio of 892 at 30 V bias. Interestingly, it was also found that this PD had a high sensitivity of 475 without external bias. This phenomenon could be explained by the asymmetric Schottky barrier height (SBH) at the two ends causing different separation efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs, which resulted in the formation of photocurrent. It is anticipated to have potential applications in self-powered UV detection field.