Designing and characterizing a multi-stepped ultrasonic horn for enhanced sonochemical performance

The commonly used ultrasonic horn generates localized cavitation below its converging tip resulting in a dense bubble cloud near the tip and limiting diffusion of reactive components into the bubble cloud or reactive radicals out of the bubble cloud. To improve contact between reactive components, a novel ultrasonic horn design was developed based on the principles of the dynamic wave equation. The horn, driven at 20 kHz, has a multi-stepped design with a cone-shaped tip increasing the energy-emitting surface areas and creating multiple reactive zones. Through different physical and chemical experiments, performance of the horn was compared to a typical horn driven at 20 kHz. Hydrophone measurements showed high acoustic pressure areas around the horn neck and tip. Sonochemiluminescence experiments verified multiple cavitation zones consistent with hydrophone readings. Calorimetry and dosimetry results demonstrated a higher energy efficiency (31.3%) and a larger hydroxyl radical formation rate constant (0.36 μM min⁻¹) compared to typical horns. In addition, the new horn degraded naphthalene faster than the typical horn tested. The characterization results demonstrate that the multi-stepped horn configuration has the potential to improve the performance of ultrasound as an advanced oxidation technology by increasing the cavitation zone in the solution.     

基于新型三环谐振器的诱导透明效应分析

针对谐振式微腔的应用需求, 提出了一种新型三环谐振式微腔结构, 类似于原子系统中的电磁诱导透明, 耦合诱导透明(CRIT)效应在一个新的光学微腔系统中已被实验证明. 该结构在硅基上由三个尺寸完全一样的微环腔组成, 通过理论分析、制备和实验测试, 能够观察到CRIT现象, 其频谱具有低群速的狭窄透明峰, 与光栅耦合器的耦合效率为34%, 并且谐振器的品质因数达到了0.65×10⁵, 同时, 失谐的谐振波长可以通过温度变化来控制, 这在旋转传感、光滤波器、光存储器等方面的应用有重要意义.     

一种新型多功能信号源系统的设计

为适应航天领域遥测外系统的快速发展,提出了一种新型多功能信号源系统的设计。系统以FPGA为逻辑控制单元,采用PCI总线接口实现了与上位机的通信,同时结合AD5628、AQY210及RS422接口芯片稳定地输出了多路模拟信号、开关信号及一路PCM信号。重点阐述了信号源系统硬件及软件设计中的关键技术。试验结果表明,该系统能够提供多种高精度、高可靠性的信号,且工作性能稳定,抗干扰能力强,数据传输速率达到40Mbps,PCM码率高达983.04kbps,满足了系统设计的要求。     

MEMS仿生矢量水听器微结构的有限元分析（英文）

结合压电原理和仿生学理论,利用MEMS工艺制作的仿生矢量水听器,具有高灵敏度、宽频带、矢量性及高信噪比等特点。为了进一步提高水听器预测水下环境中声学特性的准确性并提高其固有频率,利用有限元方法对MEMS水听器仿生微结构进行优化分析。首先,对仿生微结构固有频率和灵敏度与其结构尺寸关系作了理论分析并画出不同微结构尺寸下的固有频率和最大应力曲线。其次,运用ANSYS软件对仿生微结构进行有限元仿真并画出固有频率和最大应力响应曲线。对比分析理论与仿真结果,得出当悬臂梁长、宽、厚及仿生纤毛的高度和半径分别为400,80,50,1000和80μm时,MEMS矢量水听器的性能得到最优化,同时对理论与仿真结果的差异进行了分析。     

混合微球谐振腔热非线性效应的增强方法（英文）

提出并实现了一种可增强微球谐振腔热非线性效应的方法。通过在微球谐振腔表面涂覆低折射率紫外胶形成并制备了混合谐振腔。通过分析混合谐振腔结构的热光系数,从理论和实验论证了混合谐振腔结构可获得更大的热非线性效应,同时验证了混合谐振腔的品质因素对热非线性的影响。应用此混合谐振腔结构于温度传感实验,结果表明通过增强方法制备的谐振腔其检测灵敏度提高了2.8倍。因此,此方法在传感应用、生物化学检测、通讯等领域也有广泛的应用前景。     

Thermal activation and thermal transfer of localized excitons in InAs self-organized quantum dots

We have investigated the temperature dependence of photoluminescence (PL) properties of a number of InAs/GaAs heterostructures with InAs layer thickness ranging from 0.5 monolayer (ML) to 3 ML. The temperature dependence of the InAs exciton energy and linewidth was found to display a significant difference when the InAs layer thickness is smaller or larger than the critical thickness around 1.7 ML, indicating spontaneous formation of quantum dots (QDs). A model, involving exciton recombination and thermal activation and transfer, is proposed to explain the experimental data. In the PL thermal quenching study, the measured thermal activation energies of different samples demonstrate that the InAs wetting layer may act as a barrier for thermionic emission of carriers in high quality InAs multilayers, while in InAs monolayers and submonolayers the carriers are required to overcome the GaAs barrier to thermally escape from the localized states.     

Analysis of the generation mechanism of the S-shaped J—V curves of MoS2/Si-based solar cells

Amorphous-microcrystalline MoS$_{2}$ thin films are fabricated using the sol-gel method to produce MoS$_{2}$/Si-based solar cells. The generation mechanisms of the S-shaped current density-voltage ($J$-$V$) curves of the solar cells are analyzed. To improve the performance of the solar cells and address the problem of the S-shaped $J$-$V$ curve, a MoS$_{2}$ film and a p$^+$ layer are introduced into the front and back interfaces of the solar cell, respectively, which leads to the formation of a p-n junction between the p-Si and the MoS$_{2}$ film as well as ohmic contacts between the MoS$_{2}$ film and the ITO, improving the S-shaped $J$-$V$ curve. As a result of the high doping characteristics and the high work function of the p$^+$ layer, a high-low junction is formed between the p$^+$ and p layers along with ohmic contacts between the p$^+$ layer and the Ag electrode. Consequently, the S-shaped $J$-$V$ curve is eliminated, and a significantly higher current density is achieved at a high voltage. The device exhibits ideal p-n junction rectification characteristics and achieves a high power-conversion efficiency (CE) of 7.55%. The findings of this study may improve the application of MoS$_{2}$ thin films in silicon-based solar cells, which are expected to be widely used in various silicon-based electronic and optical devices.     

Self-error-rejecting multipartite entanglement purification for electron systems assisted by quantum-dot spins in optical microcavities

We present a self-error-rejecting multipartite entanglement purification protocol (MEPP) for N-electron-spin entangled states, resorting to the single-side cavity-spin-coupling system. Our MEPP has a high efficiency containing two steps. One is to obtain high-fidelity N-electron-spin entangled systems with error-heralded parity-check devices (PCDs) in the same parity-mode outcome of three electron-spin pairs, as well as M-electron-spin entangled subsystems (2≤M <N) in the different parity-mode outcomes of those. The other is to regain the N-electron-spin entangled systems from M-electron-spin entangled states utilizing entanglement link. Moreover, the quantum circuits of PCDs make our MEPP works faithfully, due to the practical photon-scattering deviations from the finite side leakage of the microcavity, and the limited coupling between a quantum dot and a cavity mode, converted into a failed detection in a heralded way.