简介:Weexperimentallydemonstratea16×16reconfigurablynonblockingopticalswitchfabricusingaBenesarchitecture.Theswitchfabricconsistsof562×2Mach–Zehnderinterferometerbasedelementaryswitches,witheachintegratedwithapairofwaveguidemicroheaters.Theaverageon-chipinsertionlossis~5.2dBforbothofthe'all-cross'andthe'all-bar'states,withalossvariationof1dBoverallroutingpaths.Thecrosstalkforallswitchingstatesisbetterthan-30dB.Theswitchingtimeoftheswitchelementisabout22μs.Theswitchingfunctionalityisverifiedbytransmissionofa40Gb∕squadraturephase-shiftkeyingopticalsignal.
简介:ThepresolarSiCgrains[1]carrytheoriginalstellarnucleosynthesissignature.Theirisotopicanomaliescomparedtothesunarethestrongconstrainsinthesupernovae(SN)modelcalculations.The15N-excessinsomeSiC-ABgrains(12C/13C<10and14N/15N<272)isoneofthechallengesofcore-collapsesupernovae(CCSNe)models[2].Recently,PignataripointedoutthattheentrainmentofH-richmaterialintotheHeshellbeforetheSNexplosionallowsthecoproductionof13C,15Nand26Al,whichprovidesanewproductionscenarioforSiC-ABgrains[2].IntheHeshellnucleosynthesis,the13Cisproducedthrough12C(p,γ)13N(β+γ)13Creaction.The14Nissynthesizedthrough13N(n,γ)and13C(p,γ)reactions.
简介:Rotation in Reaction 19F+51VRotationinReaction19F+51V¥WangQi;LuJun;XuHushan;LiSonglin;ZhuYongtaiandZhangYuhuIndLssi...
简介:Theeffectofbismuth(Bi)forbothVO2+/VO2+andV3+/V2+redoxcouplesinvanadiumflowbatteries(VFBs)hasbeeninvestigatedbydirectlyintroducingBionthesurfaceofcarbonfelt(CF).TheresultsshowthatBihasnocatalyticeffectforVO2+/VO2+redoxcouple.Duringthefirstchargeprocess,BiisoxidizedtoBi3+(neverreturnbacktoBimetalinthesubsequentcycles)duetothelowstandardredoxpotentialof0.308V(vs.SHE)forBi3+/BiredoxcouplecomparedwithVO2+/VO2+redoxcoupleandBi3+exhibitno(orneglectable)electro-catalyticactivity.Additionally,therelationshipbetweenBiloadingandelectrochemicalactivityforV3+/V2+redoxcouplewasstudiedindetail.2wt%Bi-modifiedcarbonfelt(2%-BiCF)exhibitsthehighestelectrochemicalactivity.Usingitasnegativeelectrode,ahighenergyefficiency(EE)of79.0%canbeachievedatahighcurrentdensityof160mA/cm2,whichis5.5%higherthanthepristineone.Moreover,theelectrolyteutilizationratioisalsoincreasedbymorethan30%.Eventhecelloperatedat140mA/cm2forover300cycles,theEEcanreach80.9%withoutobviousfluctuationandattenuation,suggestingexcellentcatalyticactivityandelectrochemicalstabilityinVFBs.
简介:Withabout20permanentstaffandseveralgraduatestudents,IonSourceGroupisdoingpioneeringworkinhighperformanceECRandLaserionsourcedevelopment,ionsourceplasmastudy,ionsourceapplicationandroutineoperationfornationallaboratory.In2016,withthegreatcontributionsoftheteammembers,manyverypromisingresultsandachievementshavebeenmade.FortheroutineoperationofHIRFLfacility,threeionsources,i.e.
简介:Vanadiumalloys(V-Cr-Tiseries)areimportantcandidatematerialsforblanketcomponentsoffusionreactorsduetotheirlowactivationandhighstrengthatelevatedtemperatures.Low-temperatureirradiationembrittlementdeterminestheoperationtemperaturelimitofVanadiumalloysfortheapplicationtostructuralmaterialsoffusionreactorsirradiationresponseofvanadiumalloysneedstobeclarifiedfortheirapplication.Inthepresentstudy,specimensoftwoalloys(V-4Cr-4TiandV-5Cr-5Ti)wereirradiatedwithenergeticHeionsandheavyionstounderstandhardeningofthealloysduetoheliumaccumulationandcascadedamageproduction.
简介:A16-channeldualtuningwavelengthdivisionmultiplexer/demultiplexerbasedonsilicononinsulatorplatformisdemonstrated,whichisbothpeakwavelengthtunableandoutputopticalpowertunable.Thewavelengthdivisionmultiplexer/demultiplexerconsistsofanarrayedwaveguidegratingforwavelengthdivisionmultiplexing/demultiplexing,aheaterforpeakwavelengthtuningandavariableopticalattenuatorbasedonp–i–ncarrier-injectionstructureforopticalpowertuning.Theexperimentalresultsshowthattheinsertionlossonchipofthedeviceis3.7dB–5.7dBandthecrosstalkis7.5dB–9dB.Forthetunabilityofthepeakwavelength,1.058-nmwavelengthtunabilityisachievedwith271.2-mWpowerconsumption,andtheaveragemodulationefficiencyis3.9244nm/W;forthetunabilityoftheopticalpower,theopticalpowerequalizationisachievedinall16channels,20-dBattenuationisachievedwith144.07-mWpowerconsumption,andtheraise/falltimeofVOAis35ns/42ns.
简介:Accordingtothewell-establishedlight-to-electricityconversiontheory,resonantexcitedcarriersinthequantumdotswillrelaxtothegroundstatesandcannotescapefromthequantumdotstoformphotocurrent,whichhavebeenobservedinquantumdotswithoutap–njunctionatanexternalbias.Here,weexperimentallyobservedmorethan88%oftheresonantlyexcitedphotocarriersescapingfromInAsquantumdotsembeddedinashort-circuitedp–njunctiontoformphotocurrent.Thephenomenoncannotbeexplainedbythermionicemission,tunnelingprocess,andintermediate-bandtheories.Anewmechanismissuggestedthatthephotocarriersescapedirectlyfromthequantumdotstoformphotocurrentratherthanrelaxtothegroundstateofquantumdotsinducedbyap–njunction.Thefindingisimportantforunderstandingthelow-dimensionalsemiconductorphysicsandapplicationsinsolarcellsandphotodiodedetectors.