Space-Selective Precipitation of Ba2TiSi2O8 Crystals in Sm3^＋-Doped BaO-TiO2-SiO2 Glass by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation

The ferroelectric crystal Ba2TiSi2O8 with high second-order optical nonlinearity is precipitated in Sm^3＋-doped BaO-TiO2-SiO2 glass by a focused 800hm, 250 kHz and 150fs femtosecond laser irradiation. No apparent blue and red emissions are observed at the beginning, while strong blue emission due to second harmonic generation and red emission due to the f-f transitions of Sm^3＋ are observed near the focal point of the laser beam after irradiation for 25s. Micro-Raman spectra confirm that Ba2 TiSi2O8 crystalline dots and lines are formed after laser irradiation. The mechanism of the phenomenon is discussed.     

（Na0.52K0.44Li0.04）Nb0.9-xSbxTa0.1O3 Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics with High Performance and High Curie Temperature

（Na0.52K0.44Li0.04）Nb0.9-x Sbx Ta0.1O3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are prepared by a solid-state reaction method. With increasing Sb content, the transition temperature from orthorhombic to tetragonal polymorphic phase decreased. A composition （Na0.52K0.44Li0.04）Nb0.863Sb0.037Ta0.1O3 is found to possess excellent piezo- electric and electromechanical performances （d33 = 306pC/N, kp =48%, and kt=50%）, and high Curie temperature （Tc = 320 ℃）. These results indicate that （Na0.52K0.44Li0.04）Nb0.863Sb0.037 Ta0.1O3 is a promising lead-free piezoceramics replacement for lead zirconate titanate.     

Phase Transition and High Piezoactivity of Sr Doped Lead-Free （Na0.53K0.422Li0.048） （Nb0.89Sb0.06Wa0.05）O3 Ceramics

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics （Na0.53K0.422Li0.048 ） （Nb0.89Sb0.06 Ta0.05 ）03 （NKLNST） ＋ x tool SrCO3 are prepared by conventional solid state sintering method. The specimens with pure perovskite structure show tetragonal phase at x 〈 0.01, and become pseudo-cubic phase at x 〉 0.02. A lattice parameter discontinuity is found in the specimens with 0.004 〈 x 〈 0.0075, along with a great improvement in piezoactivity. The 0.004 mol SrCO3 added NKLNST ceramics possesses outstanding performances of kp = 0.53, kt = 0.26, and d33=309 pC/N. Moreover, the Sr^2＋ modification inhibits the gra/n growth, decreases the Curie temperature, and induces a diffuse phase transition.     

Observation of β-Relaxation in Sub-Tg Isothermally Annealed Al-Based Metallic Glasses

Al85Ni5 Y8Ca2 and Al88Ni5 Y6Co2Fe2 metallic glasses are fabricated by melt spinning. A kink or a small exothermic peak is observed for both the samples isothermally annealed at sub-glass transition temperatures. Temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry （TMDSC） data disapprove amorphous phase separation. The activation energies derived from Kissinger plots of the exothermic process on DSC curve around glass transition temperature are consistent with those of β-relaxation of metallic glasses.     

Blue-to-Orange Tunable Luminescence from Europium Doped Yttrium--Silicon--Oxide--Nitride Phosphors

Europium-doped yttrium-silicon-oxide-nitride phosphors are synthesized by carbothermal reduction and nitridation method. The crystal structure of the phosphors changed gradually from oxide Y2Si2O7 to nitride YSi3N5 state with increasing dosage of Si3N4 and carbon powder. The Y2Si2O7：Eu phosphor shows a blue emission at 465 nm with 300 nm excitation and a characteristic red emission of Eu^3＋ at 612 nm with 230 nm excitation. The YSi3N5：EU phosphor shows a broad emission band centred at 595nm with some sharp peaks of Eu^3＋ with 325nm excitation. The absorption of the studied phosphors increases from 450 to 700hm with an increment in nitrogen content. Blue-to-orange tunable luminescence is observed with 390 nm excitation.     

Difference of Oxide Hetero-structure Junctions with Semiconductor Electronic Devices

Charge carrier injection is performed in Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 （PCMO） hetero-structure junctions, exhibiting the stability without electric fields and dramatic changes in both resistance and interface barriers, which are entirely different from behaviour of semiconductor devices. The disappearance and reversion of interface barriers suggest that the adjustable resistance switching of such hetero-strueture oxide devices should associate with motion of charge carriers across interfaces. The results suggest that injected carriers should be still staying in devices and result in changes of properties, which lead to a carrier self-trapping and releasing picture in a strongly correlated electronic framework. Observations in PCMO and oxygen deficient CeO2-δ devices show that oxides as functional materials could be used in mieroeleetronics with some novel properties, in which the interface is very important.     

Effects of Li Substitution and Sintering Temperature on Properties of Bi0.5（Na,K）0.5TiO3 Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics

Bi0.5 （Na0.72K0.28- x Lix ）0.5 TiO3 （BNKLT- 100x） lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are synthesized by conventional solid state sintering techniques. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the BNKLT-100x ceramics as a function of Li content are systematically investigated. It is found that not only Li content but also the sintering temperature has a strong effect on the piezoelectric properties of BNKLT. The piezoelectric constant d33 Of BNKLT varies from 120 to 252pC/N in the Li content range from 0.03 to 0.16. In the sintering temperature range from 1080 to 1130℃, the d33 value of BNKLT-6 changes from 200pC/N to 252pC/N. The BNKLT-6 sample sintered at 1100℃ has the highest piezoelectric constant d33 of 252pC/N, with the electromechanical coupling factors kp of 0.32 and kt of 0.44.     

Glass Forming Ability of Metallic Glasses Evaluated by a New Criterion

The glass-forming ability （GFA） of Cu-Zr binary alloys is evaluated using the existing criteria based on calorimetric parameters, and poor relations are found. Therefore, another parameter Tτκ defined as Tκ/Tl, in which Tκ is the Kauzmann temperature and Tl the equilibrium liquidus temperature, is proposed. It exhibits good agreements with the experimental data of the Cu-Zr system and other representative bulk metallic glass formers so long as classifying them into strong or fragile category. It is suggested that kinetic effects are irrelevantly incorporated in the GFA analysis in the previous work.     

发展固态量子信息与计算的实验研究

量子计算与量子信息是21世纪基础和应用科学研究的一大挑战.要实现实用意义上的量子信息和量子计算,必须解决量子比特系统的可拓展性问题.基于现代半导体技术的固态量子系统,其应用和最终产业化的可行性较高.然而,固态量子体系受周边环境的影响比较严重,控制其退相干,维持其量子状态的难度更高.实验固态量子计算的研究是个新的领域,尚无实用的技术和方法. 文章介绍了中国科学院物理研究所固态量子信息和计算实验室近几年来新开辟的自旋、冷原子、量子点(包括原子空位)、功能氧化物和关联体系等固态量子信息的新载体和同量子计算与量子信息相关的科学与技术难题的实验研究.     

（EuxRE1-x）（β-NTA）3Phen配合物的合成、表征及荧光性能研究

在无水乙醇溶液中合成了以铕及铕掺人不同比例的Y2 或Tb3 为中心,以β萘基甲酰三氟丙酮(β-NTA)和邻菲咯啉(phen)为配体的配合物;对其进行了元素分析、摩尔电导、核磁共振氢谱、差热-热重、红外光谱分析及荧光性能的研究.其化学组成式为(EuxY1-x)(β-NTA)3 PJlen及(EuxTb1-x)(p-NTA)3Phen(x=0.1;0.3;0.5;0.7;0.9);摩尔电导测试数据表明,所有配合物均为非电解质;核磁共振氢谱和红外光谱表明,配体β-NTA通过烯醇式氧负离子采用双齿配位的形式与稀土离子配位,Phen的两个氮原子也与稀土离子双齿配位;荧光光谱实验结果表明,所有激发光谱都为一宽带峰,配体能很好的吸收能量,在惰性不发光Y3 的含量工小于0.3,发光Tb3 的含量小于0.5时,可以使Eu3 的特征荧光发射得到一定程度增强,这表明两种不同的离子都可以敏化Eu3 .