Observation of the "self-healing" of an error field island in the large helical device

It was observed that the vacuum magnetic island produced by an external error magnetic field in the large helical device shrank in the presence of plasma. This was evidenced by the disappearance of flat regions in the electron temperature profile obtained by Thomson scattering. This island behavior depended on the magnetic configuration in which the plasmas were produced.     

III–V based-semiconductor photonic crystals

Three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals based on III–V semiconductors are described. On the 3D photonic crystals, the development of complete photonic crystals at optical wavelengths and their applications to ultrasmall optical integrated circuits including 3D sharp bend waveguide are described. On the 2D photonic crystals, two-unique device and/or phenomena are demonstrated.     

Symmetrically glass-clad photonic crystal nanocavities with ultrahigh quality factors

We design and fabricate ultra-high-quality (Q) photonic nanocavities in a symmetrically glass-clad silicon (Si) two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PhC) structure. We theoretically investigate the dependence of the refractive index of the glass on the Q factors for asymmetric and symmetric structures. We show that the index-symmetric distribution of the glass is a critical factor to realize ultrahigh Q factors for glass-clad 2D PhC structures. We fabricate symmetrically glass-clad Si PhC nanocavities and achieve a record Q factor of 1×10(6), comparable with the highest Q factors of nanocavities in air-bridge structures.     

度量算符对Gauss编织态的本征作用及自旋几何

对圈量子引力中标架度量矩阵算符对Gauss编织态的作用为本征作用，提供了完整的证明.求得了全部标架度量矩阵算符的表示矩阵，及其期望值.利用自旋几何定理，在内腿颜色k=0和k=2两种情况下，算得了Gauss编织态顶角毗邻的4条腿(P=1)的相位位形切方向间的全部夹角，以及切矢量的长度. 关键词： 度量算符的表示矩阵 度量期望值 切方向间夹角 切矢量长度     

On the functional properties of the confluent hypergeometric zeta-function

A zeta-function associated with Kummer’s confluent hypergeometric function is introduced as a classical Dirichlet series. An integral representation, a transformation formula, and relation formulas between contiguous functions and one generalization of Ramanujan’s formula are given. The inverse Laplace transform of confluent hypergeometric functions is essentially used to derive the integral representation.     

Removal of water adsorbed on flouride glass surfaces by NF3 plasma processing

A new method to remove water adsorbed on flouride glass preforms is reported. This method, using NF₃ plasma, can remove surface water on fluoride glasses     

Study of quantitative evaluation of liver volume and accumulation rate of radioactive agent with single photon emission computed tomography

The quantitative evaluation on measurement of liver volume and the hepatic accumulation rate of the radioactive agent were studied with respect to body constitution, background activity and splenic consumption rate, using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The optical cut-off level for liver volume determination was proved to be reasonable as 35%. The background less than 5% had no influence to their clinical estimation with the error of less than 1.6%. The estimation of liver volume was mostly influenced by the splenic activity. When the splenic activity was increased two times of the hepatic activity, the liver volume was determined as 4.2% larger. Calculated counts by SPECT was well correlated with the hepatic activity. This study proved that SPECT was useful for the quantitative evaluation of the liver volume and the hepatic accumulation rate.