Evaluation of bias voltage effect on diamond‐like carbon coating properties deposited on tungsten carbide cobalt

Diamond‐like carbon (DLC) coatings are getting new trends for cutting tool applications. In this research work, the DLC coatings were deposited on 15 × 15 × 5‐mm tungsten carbide cobalt substrates with variation of bias voltage from 0 to 500 V. The DLC films of 400 nm were deposited using filter cathode vacuum arc system, and 100‐nm chromium interlayer was deposited by sputtering. The optimized conditions for plasma pretreatment at different argon flow rates and deposition rates with bias variation were found. The effect of bias voltage on microstructure, tribology, adhesion, and mechanical properties were evaluated. The characterization techniques employed were field emission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, wear test, SEM, scratch test, and nano‐indentation. The effect of substrate pretreatment on film adhesion was also evaluated. It was observed that etching rate increased with the increase in Ar flow rate while DLC deposition and sputtering rates decreased with increase in the bias voltage. The characterization suggests the DLC coatings deposited at 0 V bias as optimum condition because of showing the best results among all other conditions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Design rule of indium bump in infrared focal plane array for longer cycling life

In light of the proposed equivalent method, a three-dimensional structural modeling of InSb infrared focal plane arrays (IRFPAs) is created, and the simulated strain distribution is identical to the deformation distribution on the top surface of InSb IRFPAs. After comparing the deformation features at different regions with the structural characteristics of IRFPAs, we infer that the flatness of InSb IRFPAs will be improved with a thinner indium bump array, and this inference is verified by subsequent simulation results. That is, when the diameter of indium bump is smaller than 20 μm, the simulated Z-components of strain on the whole top surface of InSb IRFPAs is uniform, and the deformation amplitude is small. When the diameter of indium bump is larger than 28 μm, the simulated Z-components of strain increases rapidly with the thicker indium bump, and the flatness of InSb IRFPAs is worsened rapidly. According to the changing trend of deformation amplitude with diameters of indium bump, and employing element pitches normalization method, a design rule of indium bump is proposed. That is, when the diameter of indium bump is shorter than 0.4 times the element pitch, the flatness of InSb IRFPAs is in an acceptable range. This design rule was supported by different IRFPAs with different formats delivered by several main research groups for achieving a longer cycling life.     

基于kinect和unity的虚拟手抓取碰撞检测算法

针对目前碰撞检测算法效率低精度差的问题,提出了一种改进的层次方向包围盒（OBB）算法。首先通过位置关系判断虚拟手是否在物体包围球的邻近区域,然后用OBB和八叉树算法进行详细的碰撞检测,最后利用离散点到虚拟手简化面的矢量计算法实现精确的碰撞检测。实验结果表明,随着三维物体基元数目的增多,这种由粗略到精确递进的检测方式极大的提高了碰撞检测的效率和精度,具有可行性。该算法适用于任何复杂场景中刚体结构模型的碰撞检测,在运行时候不存在滞后情况,显示流畅,而且碰撞检测精度高,完全能够满足虚拟环境实时性和精确性的要求。     

Tm3+/Yb3 :LiYF4单晶的高效近红外量子剪裁及其在光伏电池中的应用

采用改进的坩埚下降法成功地生长了Tm/Yb共掺氟化钇锂单晶. 该单晶体具有每吸收一个蓝色光子并能发射出2个1000 nm近红外光子的下转换发光效应. 测定了样品的激发光谱、发射光谱和荧光衰减曲线. 在465 nm蓝光激发下观察到由Yb³⁺：²F_5/2→²F_7/2能级跃迁所致的960～1050 nm 波段的发射带,此发光带源于Tm³ 对Yb³ 离子的能量下转换过程. 应用Inokuti-Hirayama模型,研究了晶体的能量转换过程,结果表明Tm³ 向Yb³ 的能量传递是一个电偶极子相互作用机制过程. 当Tm³ 与Yb³ 离子的掺杂浓度为0.49mol%与5.99mol%时,单晶的量子剪裁效率达到最大值167.5%.     

1/f Noise QWIPs and nBn detectors

The low-frequency noise is a ubiquitous phenomenon and the spectral power density of this fluctuation process is inversely proportional to the frequency of the signal. We have measured the 1/f noise of a 640 × 512 pixel quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) focal plane array (FPA) with 6.2 μm peak wavelength. Our experimental observations show that this QWIP FPA’s 1/f noise corner frequency is about 0.1 mHz. With this kind of low frequency stability, QWIPs could unveil a new class of infrared applications that have never been imagined before. Furthermore, we present the results from a similar 1/f noise measurement of bulk InAsSb absorber (lattice matched to GaSb substrate) nBn detector array with 4.0 μm cutoff wavelength.     

Fabrication of type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice long-wavelength infrared focal plane arrays

In this paper, we present an InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice (SL) with the M-structure for the fabrication of a long-wavelength (10 μm range) infrared (LWIR) focal plane arrays (FPA), which are grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The M-structure is named for the shape of the band alignment while the AlSb layer is inserted into the GaSb layer of InAs/GaSb SL. A 320 × 256 LWIR FPA has been fabricated with low surface leakage and high R₀A product of FPA pixels by using anodic sulfide and SiO₂ physical passivation. Experiment results show that the devices passivated with anodic sulfide obviously have higher R₀A than the un-sulphurized one. The 50% cutoff wavelength of the LWIR FPA is 9.1 μm, and the R₀A is 224 Ω cm² with the average detectivity of 2.3 × 10¹⁰ cm Hz^1/2 W⁻¹.     

导弹发射姿态测量方法研究

针对导弹发射姿态测量问题,提出采用高速摄像机通过斜瞄和平瞄姿态测量方法求解导弹中轴线俯仰角和方位角,仿真典型导弹起飞段近距离姿态测量,分析两种测量方法对导弹飞行姿态测量精度和适用性。仿真结果表明:平瞄和斜瞄姿态测量方法,测量误差在0.2°以内。斜瞄方式使用更便捷,通用性好。平瞄方式测量精度高,数据处理方法、机械结构相对简单,在适合的应用场合优势明显。此分析方法、分析结果为姿态测量方法选取和研究等提供一种可行的途径,也可为其它运动目标的姿态测量提供借鉴。     

荧光材料GdOCl∶Er~(3+),Yb~(3+)的深红-近红外发光研究

采用高温固相合成法制备了Er3+,Yb3+双掺杂的GdOCl荧光材料,并研究其荧光性能。该双掺杂体系荧光粉吸收紫外光,发出红色(619 nm)和近红外(~979 nm)荧光。在这些荧光材料中,1个Er3+离子可以有效将其能量转移给2个Yb3+离子。通过改变Yb3+掺杂浓度,对比Gd0.998 5-yOCl∶0.0015Er3+,yYb3+中的Er3+的发射光谱和不同检测波长的荧光寿命变化特点,对Er3+-Yb3+发生量子剪裁的能级进行分析和指认,并计算了能量转化效率(η)和量子效率(Q)。正是由于具备这种荧光性能,该荧光材料体系有望在荧光太阳能收集器以及军事和医学的红外显示和探测技术中获得应用。     

Co3O4纳米晶催化氧化甲烷的理论研究：C-H键活化的晶面效应及活性中心

甲烷是一种在自然界中大量存在的原材料,在取代原油和合成重要化工产品等许多领域具有潜在的应用价值. 然而,由于CH₄中C-H键的键能特别大（约~4.5 eV）,如何实现甲烷的绿色有效转化在化学化工领域仍然是一个挑战. 本文采用密度泛函理论对Co₃O₄（001）和（011）晶面活化甲烷C-H键的机理进行了理论研究,得到了如下结论：（1） CH₄的C-H键在Co₃O₄晶面的解离具有很高的活性,只需要克服大约1 eV的能垒;（2）与Co^2＋相连的Co-O离子对是CH₄活化的活性位点,其中两个带正负电荷的离子对C-H解离起着协同作用,帮助产生Co-CH₃和O-H物种;（3）（011）面的反应活性明显大于（001）面,与实验的观察一致. 本文的计算结果表明,Co₃O₄纳米晶面对CH₄中C-H键的活化表现出明显的晶面效应和结构敏感效应,Co-O离子对活性中心对于活化惰性的C-H键发挥了关键作用.     

LOBSTER: Local orbital projections,atomic charges,and chemical-bonding analysis from projector-augmented-wave-based density-functional theory

We present an update on recently developed methodology and functionality in the computer program Local Orbital Basis Suite Toward Electronic-Structure Reconstruction (LOBSTER) for chemical-bonding analysis in periodic systems. LOBSTER is based on an analytic projection from projector-augmented wave (PAW) density-functional theory (DFT) computations (Maintz et al., J. Comput. Chem. 2013 , 34, 2557), reconstructing chemical information in terms of local, auxiliary atomic orbitals and thereby opening the output of PAW-based DFT codes to chemical interpretation. We demonstrate how LOBSTER has been improved by taking into account time-reversal symmetry, thereby speeding up the DFT and LOBSTER calculations by a factor of 2. Over the recent years, the functionalities have also been continually expanded, including accurate projected densities of states (DOSs), crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) analysis, atomic and orbital charges, gross populations, and the recently introduced k -dependent COHP. The software is offered free-of-charge for non-commercial research.