Improvement of resistive switching fluctuations by using one step lift‐off process

Bipolar resistive switching characteristics are investigated in ZrO₂ containing Cu thin layer devices, particularly for the self‐isolated‐structure device fabricated by one step lift‐off process. Compared with the traditional‐structure device, the self‐isolated‐structure device shows more uniform resistive switching characteristics. This is because the isolation of each device cell has negligible influence on each other and thus mitigates possible crosstalk between each cell. These results suggest that the feasibility of good stabilization of the resistive switching parameters can be obtained through one step lift‐off process. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Wide-band circular polarization-keeping reflection mediated by metasurface

In this paper,we show that circular polarization-keeping reflection can be achieved using reflective metasurfaces.The underlying physical mechanism of the polarization-keeping reflection is analyzed using a reflection matrix.A wideband circular polarization-keeping reflector is demonstrated using N-shaped resonators.Both the simulation and experiment results show that the polarization-keeping reflection can be achieved with a high efficiency larger than 98%over the frequency range from 9.2 GHz to 17.7 GHz for both incident left-and right-handed circularly polarized waves.Under oblique incidence,the bandwidth increases as the incident angle varies from 0°to 80°. Moreover,the co-polarization reflection is independent of the incident azimuth angles.     

纳通道的物质传输特性及应用

近年来,随着材料科学、微纳加工技术和微纳尺度物质传输理论的发展,纳通道技术得到了越来越多的研究和关注。纳通道包括生物纳通道和人工纳通道,其孔径通常为1~100 nm。在这一尺度下,通道表面与通道内物质之间的作用概率大大增强,使得纳通道表现出许多与宏观体系不同的物质传输特性,例如通道表面电荷与通道内离子之间的静电作用产生了离子选择性,通道内电化学势的不对称分布产生了离子整流特性,物质传输过程中占据通道产生了阻塞脉冲特性等。纳通道中的这些物质传输特性在传感、分离、能源等领域具有广泛应用,例如通过对纳通道进行功能化修饰可以实现门控离子传输;利用亚纳米尺度的通道可以实现单分子传感;利用通道与传输物质之间的相互作用可以实现离子、分子、纳米粒子的分离;利用纳通道的离子选择性可以在通道内实现电荷分离,将不同形式的能量（如光、热、压力、盐差等）高效转化为电能。纳通道技术是化学、材料科学、纳米技术等多学科的交叉集合,在解决生物、环境、能源等基本问题方面具有良好的前景。该文综述了近10年来与纳通道物质传输理论以及纳通道技术应用相关的前沿研究,梳理了纳通道技术的发展过程,并对其在各个领域的应用进行了总结与展望。     

Adaptive nematic liquid crystal lens array with resistive layer

ABSTRACT

We propose an adaptive nematic liquid crystal (LC) lens array using a dielectric layer with low dielectric constant as resistive layer. With the resistive layer and periodic-arranged iridium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes, the vertical electric field across the LC layer varies linearly over the lens aperture is obtained in the voltage-on state. As a result, a centrosymmetric gradient refractive index profile within the LC layer is generated, which causes the focusing behaviour. As a result of the optimisation, a thin cell gap which greatly reduces the switching time of the LC lens array can be achieved in our design. The main advantages of the proposed LC lens array are in the comparatively low operating voltage, the flat substrate surface, the simple electrodes, and the uniform LC cell gap. The simulation results show that the focal length of the LC lens array can be tuned continuously from infinity to 3.99 mm by changing the applied voltage.     

基于尺寸渐变超表面宽带高增益低剖面天线

设计了一种基于尺寸渐变超表面的宽带高增益低剖面天线,该天线由双层超表面和一层微带缝隙组合而成。双层超表面由分别印刷在2个介质板上的尺寸渐变六边形阵列贴片组成,贴片之间存在非等距间隙。超表面单元尺寸渐变设计能够使天线产生多个邻近的谐振点,从而展宽带宽。通过改变超表面天线尺寸结构,分析天线的宽带辐射特性。为获得最佳宽带性能,采用遗传算法优化天线几何参数。制作并测试了一款边长为43.3 mm,厚度为4.853 mm的样本天线用于验证仿真结果。实测结果显示,该天线-10 dB阻抗带宽达到了54%(3.99～6.93 GHz),最高增益达到12.05 dB,在4～6 GHz范围内增益保持在8 dB以上。该天线实现了宽频带、高增益、低剖面的特点,适用于宽带高速率无线通信的诸多领域。     

机械磨抛对CdZnTe薄膜阻变特性的影响

采用磁控溅射法在ITO玻璃上制备了CdZnTe薄膜,探究机械磨抛对CdZnTe薄膜阻变特性的影响。通过对XRD图谱、Raman光谱、AFM显微照片等实验结果分析阐明了机械磨抛影响CdZnTe薄膜阻变特性的物理机制。研究结果表明,磁控溅射制备的薄膜为闪锌矿结构,F43m空间群。机械磨抛提高了CdZnTe薄膜的结晶质量;CdZnTe薄膜粗糙度(Ra)由磨抛前的3.42 nm下降至磨抛后的1.73 nm;磨抛后CdZnTe薄膜透过率和162 cm^-1处的类CdTe声子峰振动峰增强;CdZnTe薄膜的阻变开关比由磨抛前的1.2增加到磨抛后的4.9。机械磨抛提高CdZnTe薄膜质量及阻变特性的原因可能是CdZnTe薄膜在磨抛过程中发生了再结晶。     

基于透射型超表面的宽带线圆极化转换器设计

提出了一种工作在S波段和C波段的宽频透射型线-圆极化波转换器,其由五层超表面级联而成.超表面正面的金属拓扑结构为对称U形,背面为连续螺旋.当线极化波垂直入射时,所提出的线-圆极化转换器在2.5～5.6 GHz内插入损耗小于0.9 dB,透射波轴比小于3 dB,实验结果和仿真基本一致.该极化转换器可用于空间电磁波的极化转...     

Multi-band giant circular dichroism based on conjugated bilayer twisted-semicircle nanostructure at optical frequency

Plasmonic circular dichroism (CD) effect has been drawn great attention increasingly for its wide application in the fields of bio-sensing, biological detection, pharmaceuticals, and analytical chemistry. In this paper, we propose a chiral metasurface (CMS) to achieve strong multi-band CD effect at optical frequency. The designed CMS is composed of a periodic array of conjugated bilayer twisted-semicircle nanostructures. The numerical simulation results show that the CMS can produce strong multi-band CD effect due to the different coupling resonance modes under the excitations of left-handed circular polarization (LCP) light and right-handed circular polarization (RCP) light. It is shown that the chiral-selective absorption peaks can reach 89.4% and 95% for LCP light, 79% and 78.2% for RCP light, and the maximum CD is about 0.69 and −0.61 at 198.75 THz and 352.25 THz, 0.69 and −0.54 at 291.75 THz and 402.25 THz, respectively. The mechanism of the giant CD effect of the CSM has been revealed by analyzing the coupling mode of electric dipoles on the top and bottom layer through surface current distributions. Furthermore, the geometric parameter dependences of CD effect in the proposed CMS have been also studied numerically. The present results will guide the design of plasmonic chiral nanostructures for enhancing the CD effect.     

Broadband high-efficiency controllable asymmetric propagation by pentamode acoustic metasurface

We utilise the pentamode metasurface to realise broadband high-efficiency and controllable asymmetric transmission. The designed metasurface can manipulate the acoustic waves, as expected from the generalised Snell's law, and exhibits unique characteristics such as extraordinary broadband acoustic control, apparent negative refraction, and conversion from the propagating wave to surface mode. The asymmetric transmission features of positive refraction for the forward incidence (FI) and negative refraction for the reverse incidence (RI) can be realised within the range of 2600 Hz to 5600 Hz by controlling the incident angle from 0° to 35° with the transmission efficiency higher than 85.4% for the FI and RI. In addition, by further adjusting the angle of incidence in the range of 25° to 90°, asymmetric transmission characteristics can be expressed as surface wave transmission for the FI and transmitted wave transmission for the RI within the same frequency ranges.     

Diffraction of electromagnetic waves by a resistive half-plane in magneto-ionic plasma

The interaction of magnetic polarized electromagnetic wave with a resistive half-plane in magneto-ionic plasma is investigated. The method of transition boundary is used for the evaluation of the diffracted wave. The excitation of surface waves is examined in the medium and their diffracted fields are derived by using the diffraction theory for grazing incidence. The uniform field expressions are obtained with the aid of the uniform theory for evanescent waves. The behaviours of the derived scattered waves are studied numerically.