Optimization of VI/II pressure ratio in ZnTe growth on GaAs(001) by molecular beam epitaxy

ZnTe epilayers were grown on GaAs(0 0 1) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at different VI/II beam equivalent pressure (BEP) ratios (R-VI/II) in a wide range of 0.96-11 with constant Zn flux. Based on in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) observation, two-dimensional (2D) growth mode can be formed by increasing the R-VI/II to 2.8. The Te/Zn pressure ratios lower than 4.0 correspond to Zn-rich growth state, while the ratios over 6.4 correspond to Te-rich one. The Zn sticking coefficient at various VI/II ratios are derived by the growth rate measurement. The ZnTe epilayer grown at a R-VI/II of 6.4 displays the narrowest full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of double-crystal X-ray rocking curve (DCXRC) for (0 0 4) reflection. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization shows that the grain size enlarges drastically with the R-VI/II. The surface root-mean-square (RMS) roughness decreases firstly, attains a minimum of 1.14 nm at a R-VI/II of 4.0 and then increases at higher ratios. It is suggested that the most suitable R-VI/II be controlled between 4.0 and 6.4 in order to grow high-quality ZnTe epitaxial thin films.

Non-collinear CPOPA seeded by an Yb3+-doped self-starting passive mode-locked fiber laser

Using a home-made seed at 1053 nm from a Yb3+-doped passively mode-locked fiber laser of 1.5 nJ/pulse, 362 ps pulse duration with a repetition rate of 3.842 MHz, a compact, low cost, stable and excellent beam quality non-collinear chirped pulse optical parametric amplifier omitting the bulky pulse stretcher has been demonstrated. A gain higher than 4.0 x 10(6), single pulse energy exceeding 6 mJ with fluctuations less than 2% rms, 14 nm amplified signal spectrum and recompressed pulse duration of 525 fs are achieved. This provides a novel and simple amplification scheme. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

SOA-based actively mode-locked fiber ring laser by forward injecting an external pulse train

An actively mode-locked fiber ring laser based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated to operate stably with a simple configuration. By forward injecting an easily-generated external pulse train, the mode-locked fiber laser can generate an optical-pulse sequence with pulsewidth about 6 ps and average output power about 7.9 mW. The output pulses show an ultra-low RMS jitter about 70.7 fs measured by a RF spectrum analyzer. The use of the proposed forward-injection configuration can realize the repetition-rate tunability from I to 15 GHz for the generated optical-pulse sequences. By employing a wavelength-tunable optical band-pass filter in the laser cavity, the operation wavelength of the designed SOA-based actively mode-locked fiber laser can be tuned continuously in a wide span between 1528 and 1565 nm. The parameters of external-injection optical pulses are studied experimentally to optimize the mode-locked fiber laser. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Stacking chirped pulse optical parametric amplification

Stacking chirped pulse optical parametric amplification based on a home-built Yb(3+)-doped mode-locked fiber laser and an all-fiber pulse stacker has been demonstrated. Energic 11 mJ shaped pulses with pulse duration of 2.3 ns and a net total gain of higher than 1.1 x 10(7) at fluctuation less than 2% rms are achieved by optical parametric amplification pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG frequency-doubled laser, which provides a simple and efficient amplification scheme for temporally shaped pulses by stacking chirped pulse. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

High-accuracy same-beam VLBI observations using Shanghai and Urumqi telescopes

The same-beam VLBI observations of Rstar and Vstar, which were two small satellites of Japanese lunar mission, SELENE, were successfully performed by using Shanghai and Urumqi 25-m telescopes. When the separation angle between Rstar and Vstar was less than 0.1 deg, the differential phase delay of the X-band signals between Rstar and Vstar on Shanghai-Urumqi baseline was obtained with a very small error of 0.15 mm rms, which was reduced by 1-2 order compared with the former VLBI results. When the separation angle was less than 0.56 deg, the differential phase delay of the S-band signals was also obtained with a very small error of several mm rms. The orbit determination for Rstar and Vstar was performed, and the accuracy was improved to a level of several meters by using VLBI and Doppler data. The high-accuracy same-beam differential VLBI technique is very useful in orbit determination for a spacecraft, and will be used in orbit determination for Mars missions of China Yinghuo-1 and Russia Phobos-grunt.

酚酞型聚醚砜的化学改性及其性能研究

酚酞型聚醚砜（C-PES）是一种综合性能优异的工程塑料和功能材料，具有良好的成膜性、机械性能、热稳定性、化学稳定性和可加工性等。作为一种高性能的膜材料，酚酞型聚醚砜已被广泛的用于气体分离和水处理等领域。酚酞型聚醚砜侧链上含有可修饰的酯基，可通过各种方法，引入功能基团，对其进行化学改性，从而改善C-PES的各种性能，并扩展其应用领域。本论文设计制备了含有烷基、芳基、胺基以及磺酸基等功能基团的新型酚酞型聚醚砜材料，并对其性质进行了深入的研究： 1．通过各种基团修饰的二酚单体和二氯二苯砜的缩聚，合成了新型的含有不同酞侧基的Cardo型聚醚砜高分子材料，并对其性能进行了详细的研究。结果表明，所有聚合物都表现出极好的溶解性、耐热稳定性、成膜性、力学性能和气体分离性能；通过在酞侧基上引入了大体积的对叔丁基苯基，大大改善了材料的透气性和氧氮分离选择性；通过引入仲胺基，增大了聚合物链间作用力，从而提高了气体的分离选择性。此外，我们还对不同基团的引入对聚合物各种性能的影响作了详细的探讨，着重研究了聚合物的结构－性能关系。 2．利用含有胺基的双酚单体PPH-NH2、PPH和二氯二苯砜的共聚反应，成功合成了含有胺基的Cardo型聚醚砜高分子材料(PES-NH2)，并对材料的各种性质进行了表征。结果表明，由于胺基的引入，酚酞型聚醚砜的亲水性得到了大幅度的提高。 3．利用含胺基的Cardo双酚和磺化二氯二苯砜在碳酸钾作用下的缩聚反应，成功合成了含胺基的磺化Cardo型聚醚砜 (SPES-NH2)，并用于制备反渗透复合膜。通过优化制膜条件，我们利用界面聚合的方法成功制备了高水通量的TMC/ MPDA/SPES-NH2反渗透复合膜，并对复合膜的性能和结构进行了研究，重点讨论了膜的性能和结构、形貌之间的关系。结果表明，通过在复合膜活性层中引入强亲水性的磺酸基和全刚性主链的Cardo型聚醚砜，复合膜在保持较高盐截留率(97.3%)情况下，水通量得到了大幅度的提高，达到了51.2 L/m2.h。 4．合成了新型的全刚性芳香主链的两性聚电解质SPES-NH3+，并对其溶液性质和自组装行为进行了详细的研究。结果表明，在一定的溶液pH值下，两性聚电解质SPES-NH3+表现出聚阴离子的性质。另外，通过引入[BMIM]+离子屏蔽磺酸根负离子，我们在没有加入其它聚电解质的情况下，成功地制备了[BMIM]SPES-NH3+多层膜，并对多层膜表面性质进行了研究。结果表明，多层膜的厚度可由层数来控制，并且膜表面较平滑，其RMS值为6 nm。这种新的组装方式为构筑刚性主链的两性聚电解质多层膜提供了新的方法。

片上集成自动可调谐非对称带通滤波器

提出了具有3阶高通、2阶低通的带有自动调谐系统的有源电阻电容非对称带通滤波器结构.带通滤波器的中心频率为4.055 MHz,带宽为2.63 MHz.源阻抗为50Ω时,滤波器带内3阶交凋量为18.489 dB·m.滤波器输人参考噪声为47.91×10~(-6)V_(rms)(均方根电压).滤波器采用基于二进制搜索算法(BSA)的调谐方案,其调谐精度为(-1.65%,2.66%).调谐电路的芯片面积为0.282 mm×0.204 mm,不到主滤波器面积的1/5.调谐系统完成调谐功能后会自动关闭,降低了功耗和对主滤波器的串扰.在1.8 V电源电压下,滤波器消耗电流为1.96 mA.该滤波器已在IBM 0.18 μm标准互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)工艺线流片成功.

Epitaxial growth on 4H-SiC by TCS as a silicon precursor

Epitaxial growth on n-type 4H-SiC 8°off-oriented substrates with a size of 10 × 10 mm~2 at different tem-peratures with various gas flow rates has been performed in a horizontal hot wall CVD reactor, using trichlorosilane (TCS) as a silicon precursor source together with ethylene as a carbon precursor source. The growth rate reached 23 μm/h and the optimal epilayer was obtained at 1600 ℃ with a TCS flow rate of 12 sccm in C/Si of 0.42, which has a good surface morphology with a low RMS of 0.64 nm in an area of 10 × 10μm~2. The homoepitaxial layer was oh-tained at 1500 ℃ with low growth rate (< 5μm/h) and the 3C-SiC epilayers were obtained at 1650 ℃ with a growth rate of 60-70μm/h. It is estimated that the structural properties of the epilayers have a relationship with the growth temperature and growth rate. Silicon droplets with different sizes are observed on the surface of the homoepitaxial layer in a low C/Si ratio of 0.32.

溶胶-凝胶工艺制备SrTiO3纳米薄膜的研究

采用溶胶-凝胶方法,以醋酸锶、钛酸四丁酯为前驱体,乙酰丙酮为螯合剂,乙二醇甲醚为溶剂,乙酸为助溶剂和催化剂制备溶胶,用旋涂法在Si(100)衬底上制备出了具有典型钙钛矿型结构的SrTiO3纳米薄膜.用XRD、AFM、SEM和椭圆偏光仪等手段分析了薄膜的性能,结果显示薄膜的表面均匀、无裂纹、厚度20～30nm,折射率1.75～1.85,晶粒度35～60nm,表面平均粗糙度RMS为3.4～3.8 nm,晶粒形貌呈类圆锥形态.

Heteroepitaxial growth and annealing of gamma-Al2O3 thin films on silicon

The gamma-Al2O3 films were grown on Si (100) substrates using the sources of TMA (Al (CH3)(3)) and O-2 by very low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (VLP-CVD). It has been found that the gamma-Al2O3 film has a mirror-like surface and the RMS was about 2.5nm. And the orientation relationship was gamma-Al2O3(100)/Si(100). The thickness uniformity of gamma-Al2O3 films for 2-inch epi-wafer was less than 5%. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) results show that the crystalline quality of the film was improved after the film was annealed at 1000degreesC in O-2 atmosphere. The high-frequency C-V and leakage current of Al/gamma-Al2O3/Si capacitor were also measured to verify the annealing effect of the film. The results show that the dielectric constant increased from 4 to 7 and the breakdown voltage for 65-nm-thick gamma-Al2O3 film on silicon increases from 17V to 53V.

40 Gbits/s all-optical clock recovery for degraded signals using an amplified feedback laser

All-optical clock recovery for the return-to-zero modulation format is demonstrated experimentally at 40 Gbits/s by using an amplified feedback laser. A 40 GHz optical clock with a root-mean-square (rms) timing jitter of 130 fs and a carrier-to-noise ratio of 42 dB is obtained. Also, a 40 GHz optical clock with timing jitter of 137 fs is directly recovered from pseudo-non-return-to-zero signals degraded by polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). No preprocessing stage to enhance the clock tone is used. The rms timing jitter of the recovered clock is investigated for different values of input power and for varying amounts of waveform distortion due to PMD.

Small-scale turbulent fluctuations beyond Taylor's frozen-flow hypothesis

The space-time cross-correlation function C-T(r, tau) of local temperature fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection is obtained from simultaneous two-point time series measurements. The obtained C-T(r, tau) is found to have the scaling form C-T(r(E), 0) with r(E)=[(r-U tau)(2)+ V-2 tau(2)](1/2), where U and V are two characteristic velocities associated with the mean and rms velocities of the flow. The experiment verifies the theory and demonstrates its applications to a class of turbulent flows in which the requirement of Taylor's frozen flow hypothesis is not met.

A laboratory study of rheological properties of mudflows in Hangzhou Bay, China

A laboratory study of the rheology of mudflows in Hangzhou Bay, China, is reported in this paper. Both the steady and oscillatory (dynamic) rheological properties are studied using RMS-605 rheometer. A Dual-Bingham model is proposed for analyzing flow curves and compared with Worrall-Tuliani model. It is found that Dual-Bingham plastic rheological model is easier to implement than Worrall-Tuliani model and can provide satisfactory representations of the steady mudflows in Hangzhou Bay and other published data. The dependence of the yield stress and viscosity on sediment concentration is discussed based on the data from Hangzhou Bay mud and other published data. For the dynamic rheological properties of Hangzhou Bay mud, empirical expressions for elastic modulus and dynamic viscosity are provided in the form of exponential functions of sediment volume concentration, and comparisons with other published data also discussed.

64通道100ps时间-数字变换模块的研制

兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环外靶实验终端的多丝漂移室通过测量带电粒子的漂移时间得到径迹信息。本文介绍的64通道高精度时间-数字变换模块,采用高密度的连接器和多通道的时间-数字变换芯片HPTDC,模块的数据通过PXI总线传输到计算机,时间精度可达100ps。

Gound State Properties of Nuclei in (295)118 alpha-Decay Chain

The properties of nuclei belonging to the alpha-decay chain of superheavy element (295)118 have been studied in the framework of axially deformed relativistic mean field (RMF) theory with the parameter set of NL-Z2 in the blocked BCS approximation. Some ground state properties such as binding energies, deformations, and alpha-decay energies Q(alpha) have been obtained and agree well with those from finite-range droplet model (FRDM). The single-particle spectra of nuclei in (295)118 alpha-decay chain show that the shell gaps present obviously nucleon number dependence. The root-mean-square (rms) radii of proton, neutron and matter distributions change slowly from (283)112 to (295)118 but dramatically from (279)110 to (283)112, which may be due to the subshell closure at Z = 110 in (279)110. The alpha-decay half-lives in (295)118 decay chain are evaluated by employing the cluster model and the generalized liquid drop model (GLDM), and the overall agreement is found when they are compared with the known experimental data. The alpha-decay lifetimes obtained from the cluster model are slightly larger than those of GLDM ones. Finally, we predict the alpha-decay half-lives of Z = 118, 116, 114, 112 isotopes using the cluster model and GLDM, which also indicate these two models can corroborate each other in studies on superheavy nuclei. The results from GLDM are always lower than those obtained from the cluster model.