Effects of the curvature radius of a cylindrical shell on the stress intensity factors of surface cracks

The effects of the curvature radius of a cylindrical shell on stress intensity factors are investigated in circumferential (inner and outer) semielliptical surface cracks in a cylindrical shell. What is new in this paper is to have given: (1) The stress intensity factors for surface cracks in a cylindircal shell are determined by photoelastic technique. (2) By a special method photoelastic slices are handled for obtaining a clear caustic curve, and the stress intensity factors for surface cracks in a cylindrical shell are determined by the caustic method. (3) An approximate equation of curvature correction factor F_c is proposed. (4) Effects of the curvature radius R of a cylindrical shell on the stress intensity factors of surface cracks are obtained. The results of this paper are in fair agreement with already existing analytical results. The approximate equation of curvature correction factor F_c can be widely used for engineering purposes.     

应用双面电极的PLZT横向电光调制器电场的精确解

使用保角变换方法导出了横向电光调制器中双面电极结构的电场和电容的解析表达式，给出了用于ＰＬＺＴ电光陶瓷介质中二次电光效应分析的电场分布的物理图像。通过计算对比表明，双面电极结构电极边级区域由于过剩双折射引起的强度调制非均匀性较单面电极有所改善。     

GaAs/GaAlAs多量子阱反射型光调制器及自电光效应器件

采用分子束外延技术生长含有大周期数的GaAs/GaAlAs多量子阶(MQW)及分布布喇格反射器(DBR)的PIN结构器件。研究了量子限制斯塔克效应(QCSE),分布布喇格反射及非对称腔模(ASFP)效应对光的反射调制作用及这三种效应的兼容性对光调制及逻辑器件的重要影响。给出我们研制的反射型光调制器及自电光效应器件的实验结果。对于常通型及常闭型调制器,其两态衬比度可达10dB.所研制的SEED器件,其导通光能耗低于10fJ/(μm)²,实现其光学双稳态及R-S光触发器工作。     

Design and construction of a compact end-station at NSRRC for circular-dichroism spectra in the vacuum-ultraviolet region

A synchrotron‐radiation‐based circular‐dichroism end‐station has been implemented at beamline BL04B at the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) in Taiwan for biological research. The design and performance of this compact end‐station for measuring circular‐dichroism spectra in the vacuum‐ultraviolet region are described. The linearly polarized light from the beamline is converted to modulated circularly polarized light with a LiF photoelastic modulator to provide a usable wavelength region of 130–330 nm. The light spot at the sample position is 5 mm × 5 mm at a slit width of 300 µm and provides a flux greater than 1 × 10¹¹ photons s^?1 (0.1% bandwidth)^?1. A vacuum‐compatible cell made of two CaF₂ windows has a variable path length from 1.3 µm to 1 mm and a temperature range of 253–363 K. Measured CD spectra of (1S)‐(+)‐10‐camphorsulfonic acid and proteins demonstrated the ability of this system to extend the wavelength down to 172 nm in aqueous solution and 153 nm in hexafluoro‐2‐propanol.     

Skin-effect analysis of a shielded polymer Y-fed coupler electro-optic modulator over a wide bandwidth of 94 GHz

A novel technique and related formulations are proposed for analyzing the influences of the skin-effect on the performances of a polymer Y-fed coupler electro-optic modulator with shielded push-pull micro-strip electrodes. Using the extended point-matching method, coupled mode theory and electro-optic modulation theory, thorough design and optimization are performed. By introducing the effective applied voltage, formulas of the high-frequency response under skin-effect are deduced, and characteristics under skin-effect are analyzed. Under the central wavelength of 1550 nm, the half-wave voltage is as low as 1.097 V for the device with an active region length about 8.884 mm. Considering the influences of the skin-effect, the 3-dB modulating bandwidth of the microwave signal is up to 94 GHz. A high extinction ratio of more than 20 dB and a low insertion loss of less than 4.18 dB are achieved when the microwave frequency is below 68 GHz under skin-effect. This design technique is proven to be accurate by the comparison with the beam propagation method (BPM).     

基于Add-drop型微环谐振腔的硅基高速电光调制器设计

相比于传统的All-pass型微环谐振腔硅基电光调制器, Add-drop型微环谐振腔可提供更多的设计自由度, 使调制器在不改变杂质掺杂浓度的情况下就能在调制带宽和消光比性能上获得均衡考虑. 本文设计了基于Add-drop型微环谐振腔的高速、且在低调制电压下实现大消光比的硅基电光调制器, 所用微环谐振腔的半径仅仅为20 μm. 重点分析了直波导与微环谐振腔的耦合对调制器性能的影响, 发现较小的Drop端耦合系数有利于消光比的提高, 但是不能同时达到最佳的调制带宽, 因此设计上存在一个带宽和消光比性能上的折中考虑. 根据优化设计的结果进行了实际器件的制作和测试. 静态光谱测试表明, 在3 V反向偏置电压的作用下, 调制器的消光比最大可达12 dB. 动态电光响应测试中, 在仅仅1.2 V的信号幅值电压下测得了8 Gbps数据传输速率的清晰眼图. 关键词： 电光调制器 绝缘体上的硅 微环谐振腔 载流子色散效应     

Mathematical modelling of a first order sigma-delta modulator

In this paper an exact model for a basic, first order sigma-delta modulator is derived by means of a difference equation with discontinuous nonlinearity. An explicit solution is given in terms of the greatest integer function under certain boundedness and initial conditions of the input signal. Assumptions are made under which the explicit formula remains a solution of the difference equation although the suppositions of the main theorem are violated.     

Microwave Photonic Phase Shifter Based on an Integrated Dual-polarization Dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator without Optical Filter

ABSTRACT

A frequency-doubled microwave photonic phase shifter (MPPS) without optical filter is proposed. The MPPS is based on an integrated dual-polarization dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (DP-DPMZM) and a polarization modulator (PolM). The DP-DPMZM with a 90° polarization rotator in one arm is used to generate an optical carrier suppressed double sideband (OCS-DSB) signal with orthogonal polarization, and the PolM with two modes opposite phase modulation is used to introduce the optical phase shift between the two orthogonally polarized tones. Simulations show that the MPPS can realize a continuously tunable phase shift of 360° with only one DC bias voltage, and is not sensitive to the optical carrier wavelength and microwave signal frequency since no optical filter is used.     

Harmonic and Intermodulation Performance of Fabry-Perot Intensity Modulator

Abstract

In this article, a mathematical model for the transfer function of the Fabry-Perot intensity modulator is presented. The model, basically a cosine-series function, can be used to obtain closed-form expressions for the amplitudes of the harmonic and intermodulation products of the Fabry-Perot intensity modulator driven by a multi-frequency radio frequency voltage. The special case of a Fabry-Perot intensity modulator driven by an equal-amplitude two-frequency radio frequency voltage is considered in detail, and the results are compared, whenever possible, with previously published experimental and numerically obtained results.     

Use of a recently developed thermal modulator within the context of comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography combined with time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry: Gas flow optimization aspects

The present research is based on the use of a recently developed comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography thermal modulator, which is defined as solid‐state modulator. The transfer device was installed on top of a single gas chromatography oven, while benchtop low‐resolution time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry was used to monitor the compounds exiting the second analytical column. The solid‐state modulator was first described by Luong et al. in 2016, and it is a moving modulator that does not require heating and cooling gases to generate comprehensive two‐dimensional gas chromatography data. The accumulation and remobilization steps occur on a trapping capillary, this being subjected to thermoelectric cooling and micathermic heating. In this study, the effects of the gas linear velocity on the modulation performance were evaluated by using two different uncoated trapping capillaries, viz., 0.8 m × 0.25 mm id and 0.8 m × 0.20 mm id. Solid‐state modulator applications were carried out on a standard solution containing n‐alkanes (C_9, C_10, C₁₂), and on a sample of diesel fuel. The results indicated that the type of trapping capillary and gas velocity have a profound effect on modulation efficiency.