Double peaks on ac magnetization in a superconducting Pb-porous glass nanocomposite

Studies of temperature dependences of ac magnetization were carried out for a superconducting lead-porous glass nanocomposite. Double peaks were found on the imaginary part of ac magnetization which were accompanied with double steps on the real part. The lower-temperature anomalies in ac magnetization differed noticeably when they were obtained upon cooling and warming. The double peaks were treated as two phase transitions in the vortex system: the liquid-solid transition which occurs close to the onset of superconductivity and solid-solid one which is triggered by superconductivity in confined lead islands.     

Synthesis methods of multiple phase-cycled SSFP images to reduce the band artifact and noise more reliably

The band artifact in steady-state free precession can be reduced by synthesizing the multiple images obtained through different phase increments of successive radiofrequency pulses. Even though the complex summation method was reported to be effective in reducing the band artifact, it has the pitfalls of intensity abnormality and sensitivity to the phase abnormality. Two new methods have been developed for more reliable reduction of the band artifact than the complex summation method. One method is to sum the complex images partially and to take the maximum intensity of the partially summed images. The other method is to sum the free induction decay (FID) and primary echo components of the Fourier series that are obtained through Fourier analysis of the complex base images. Both proposed methods were compared with other magnitude (maximum intensity projection, spectrally decomposed synthesis, sum-of-squares, nonlinear averaging) and complex-based (complex summation, magnitude-weighted complex summation) methods experimentally at 3 T for the phantom and volunteer's head imaging. Both proposed methods were confirmed to maintain the advantage of the complex summation in reducing both the dark and bright band artifacts while reducing the intensity abnormality and sensitivity to the phase abnormality from that of the complex summation method over a wide range of flip angles and relaxation times.     

Influence of hydrogen on structural and magnetic properties of the hexagonal Laves phase HoMn2

The HoMn₂ compound crystallizes in the cubic C15 or hexagonal C14 Laves phases depending on preparation. The effect of hydrogen absorption on structural and magnetic properties of HoMn₂H_x hydrides for the C14 phase has been investigated by XRD and AC/DC magnetometry in the temperature ranges of 75-380 K and 4-390 K, respectively. In addition to general features revealed by RMn₂H_x compounds (R=rare earth or Yttrium), unusual behavior of these hydrides was found. In particular, a transformation from the hexagonal to the monoclinic structure was detected, the same as that observed for cubic HoMn₂H_x compounds. The structural transformations are correlated to the magnetic behavior. The presented results are compared mainly with the properties of the cubic HoMn₂H_x hydrides as well as with those of other RMn₂H_x hydrides. Tentative magnetic and structural phase diagrams are proposed.     

Structural and electronic properties of type-I and type-VIII Ba8Ga16Sn30 clathrates under compression

The total energy and electronic structures for type-I (β phase) and type-VIII (α phase) Ba₈Ga₁₆Sn₃₀ clathrates under hydrostatic pressure have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It was found that the type-VIII phase is more stable than the type-I one at ambient conditions and that β→α phase transition can not occur under hydrostatic pressure. The band structures show that the type-I and type-VIII Ba₈Ga₁₆Sn₃₀ are indirect semiconductors with band gaps of 0.24 eV and 0.19 eV, respectively. The results suggested that type-I clathrate Ba₈Ga₁₆Sn₃₀ has a larger value of the thermoelectric (TE) power than that of type-VIII clathrate. We found that pressure tuning changes the k-point of conduction band minimum (CBM) in the Brillouin zone for β-phase, but it is not the case for α-phase. Furthermore, the results show that the pressure can change the interaction between guest atoms and the host lattice, and consequently results in the decrease of the band gap of β-phase and the increase of the band gap of α-phase, indicating that the pressure effect can play an important role in the magnitude of the TE power.     

用声波速度确定骨组织弹性参数

本文用超声方法确定密质骨的弹性特征,其基本原理是基于弹性波理论中的Christoffel方程。本文应用液浸、声波穿透技术,对牛胫骨样品中一些特殊入射方向的声波速度进行了测试,利用固体中沿任意方向的弹性波传播速度与材料的弹性系数间的关系,通过计算机编程反演出具有六方晶体对称结构的密质骨组织的5个独立弹性常数。结果与相关文献中其它方法所得结果一致。     

In situ X-ray observation of phase transformation in Fe2O3 at high pressures and high temperatures

A laser-heated sample in a diamond anvil cell and synchrotron X-ray radiation was used to carry out structural characterization of the phase transformation of Fe₂O₃ at high pressures (30-96 GPa) and high temperature. The Rh₂O₃(II) (or orthorhombic perovskite) structure transforms to a new phase, which exhibits X-ray diffraction data that are indicative of a CaIrO₃-type structure. The CaIrO₃-type structure exhibited an orthorhombic symmetry (space group: Cmcm) that was stable at temperatures of 1200-2800 K and pressure of 96 GPa (the highest pressure used). Unambiguous assignment of such a structure requires experimental evidence for the presence of two Fe species. Based on the equation of state of gold, the phase boundary of the CaIrO₃-type phase transformation was P (GPa)=59+0.0022×(T−1200) (K).     

使用多光谱手段研究熔石英断裂机理

熔石英玻璃是高能激光系统中不可缺少的光学材料,其损伤问题一直是限制系统能量提升的瓶颈之一。通过纳秒激光脉冲诱导熔石英玻璃样品产生断裂,并使用多光谱手段对断裂前后样品进行检测,从而在实验和理论上了解了样品断裂形貌及内部相变结构成因,并从宏观到微观上统一解释了断裂形貌和相变结构的关系。在激光等离子冲击波作用下,熔石英发生断裂,且冲击波作用过程中在玻璃内部产生了推动裂纹扩展的尖端环向应力。在尖端环向应力作用下,不同损伤区域形成了不同扩展速度和长度的裂纹, 按照裂纹形貌特性差异可以将断裂区分为雾化区、羽毛区、镜面区三个部分。使用透射光谱、能量散射光谱检测损伤前后样品,发现裂纹的产生引起了玻璃透过率和带隙的下降,且断裂区出现氧原子游离或缺失;使用Raman光谱检测样品损伤前后不同形貌区,发现等离子冲击波使熔石英中Si-O-Si键断裂并发生重组,导致镜面区、羽毛区、雾化区三元拓扑环和四元拓扑环宏观上对应的斯石英相和柯石英相的相对含量依次升高,破坏了材料的固有原子结构特性,使材料断裂区向高密度相转变。氧游离的发生会在玻璃内部产生的大量缺陷,从而使得玻璃透过率及带隙下降,严重影响了玻璃的性能。     

Two-step quantum secure direct communication scheme with frequency coding

Quantum secure direct communication(QSDC) is an important branch of quantum cryptography. It can transmit secret information directly without establishing a key first, unlike quantum key distribution which requires this precursory event. Here we propose a QSDC scheme by applying the frequency coding technique to the two-step QSDC protocol, which enables the two-step QSDC protocol to work in a noisy environment. We have numerically simulated the performance of the protocol in a noisy channel, and the results show that the scheme is indeed robust against channel noise and loss. We also give an estimate of the channel noise upper bound.     

Comparative study of heterogeneous magnetic state above TC in La0.82Sr0.18CoO3 cobaltite and La0.83Sr0.17MnO3 manganite

The magnetic, transport and structural properties are studied for La_0.83Sr_0.17MnO₃ and La_0.82Sr_0.18CoO₃ single crystals with nearly the same doping and the metallic ground state. Their comparisons have shown that ferromagnetic clusters originate in the paramagnetic matrix below Т^?>T_C in both samples and exhibit similar properties. This suggests the possible universality of such phenomena in doped mixed-valence oxides of transition metals with the perovskite-type structure. The cluster density increases on cooling and plays an important role on the physical properties of these systems. The differences in cluster evolutions and scenarios of their insulator–metal transitions are related to different magnetic behaviors of the matrixes in these crystals that is mainly due to distinct spin states of the Mn³⁺ and Co³⁺ ions.     

Phase-shifting interferometry with four interferograms using linear polarization modulation and a Ronchi grating displaced by only a small unknown amount

A method to reduce the number of captures needed in phase-shifting interferometry is proposed on the basis of grating interferometry and modulation of linear polarization. The case of four interferograms is considered. A common-path interferometer is used with two windows in the object plane and a Ronchi grating as the pupil, thus forming several replicated images of each window over the image plane. The replicated images, under proper matching conditions, superpose in such a way so that they produce interference patterns. Orders 0 and +1 and −1 and 0 form useful patterns to extract the optical phase differences associated to the windows. A phase of π is introduced between these orders using linear polarizing filters placed in the windows and also in the replicated windows, so two π-shifted patterns can be captured in one shot. An unknown translation is then applied to the grating in order to produce another shift in the each pattern. A second and final shot captures these last patterns. The actual grating displacement and the phase shift can be determined according to the method proposed by Kreis before applying proper phase-shifting techniques to finally calculate the phase difference distribution between windows. Related simulations and experimental results are given.