We investigated the polarization characteristics of emissions from two-dimensional microcavity laser diodes. For an unstrained single-quantum-well active layer structure, an argument based on the interband optical tra...
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We investigated the polarization characteristics of emissions from two-dimensional microcavity laser diodes. For an unstrained single-quantum-well active layer structure, an argument based on the interband optical transition usually leads to the lasing of transverse electric (TE) rather than transverse magnetic (TM) modes. Indeed, we observed TE-polarized emissions for the excitation of modes quantized along a one-dimensional (Fabry-Perot) orbit. However, when selectively pumping modes quantized along a diamond-shaped ray orbit, we observed TM-polarized emissions. These unusual TM-polarized emissions can be explained by the fact that the incident angles of the diamond-shaped orbit are very close to the Brewster angle, making corresponding TE modes too leaky to be excited. This mode-dependent polarization leads us to propose a microcavity laser diode with the function of polarization switching.
The growth and geometric and electronic structures of Cr2O3 layers on the polar ZnO surfaces were characterized to determine how polar substrates can influence the properties of nonpolar films. X-ray photoelectron spe...
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The growth and geometric and electronic structures of Cr2O3 layers on the polar ZnO surfaces were characterized to determine how polar substrates can influence the properties of nonpolar films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), reflection high energy electron diffraction, low energy electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and x-ray reflectivity (XRR) were employed to characterize the growth mode, film quality, and interfacial electronic properties. Chromium oxide growth on ZnO (0001¯) and (0001) followed the same trends: two-dimensional growth with initial disorder followed by the formation of epitaxial Cr2O3 (0001). Despite the initial disorder, HRTEM and XRD/XRR measurements on thicker films revealed an abrupt interface with the Cr2O3 lattice extending all the way to the interface. This indicates that above a critical thickness of 10–15 Cr−O3−Cr repeat units, the entire film reorganizes into an ordered structure. It is postulated that the oxygen remained ordered throughout the growth but that the chromium initially filled interstices randomly in the oxygen sublattice, which allowed the film to eventually grow with a well-defined epitaxial relationship with the substrate. The polar interfaces showed a small band offset that decayed with increasing film thickness, suggesting that the compensating charges at the interface may partially migrate to the film surface. No evidence of formal changes in the Cr oxidation state at the interfaces was seen. On the other hand, statistical analyses of UPS valence band spectra revealed an enhanced density of states near the valence band edge for Cr2O3 on ZnO (0001), consistent with stabilization of the positive interface by filling surface electronic states. In contrast, no significant valence band differences were observed between bulk Cr2O3 and thin Cr2O3 layers on ZnO (0001¯), suggesting a different charge compensation
Background: Soft-bodied marine invertebrates comprise a keystone component of ocean ecosystems;however, we know little of their behaviors and physiological responses within their natural habitat. Quantifying ocean con...
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Background: Soft-bodied marine invertebrates comprise a keystone component of ocean ecosystems;however, we know little of their behaviors and physiological responses within their natural habitat. Quantifying ocean conditions and measuring organismal responses to the physical environment is vital to understanding the species or ecosystem-level influences of a changing ocean. Results: Here we describe a novel, soft-bodied invertebrate eco-sensor tag (the ITAG), its trial attachments to squid and jellyfish, and the fine-scale behavioral measurements recorded on captive animals. Tags were deployed on five jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) and eight squid (Loligo forbesi) in laboratory conditions for up to 24h. Using concurrent video and tag data, movement signatures for specific behaviors were identified. These behaviors included straight swimming (for jellyfish), and finning, jetting, direction reversal and turning (for squid). Overall activity levels were quantified using the root-mean-squared magnitude of acceleration, and finning was found to be the dominant squid swimming gait during captive squid experiments. External light sensors on the ITAG were used to compare squid swimming activity relative to ambient light across a ca. 20-h trial. The deployments revealed that while swimming was continuous for captive squid, energetically costly swimming behaviors (i.e., jetting and rapid direction reversals) occurred infrequently. These data reflect the usefulness of the ITAG to study trade-offs between behavior and energy expenditure in captive and wild animals. Conclusions: These data demonstrate that eco-sensors with sufficiently high sampling rates can be applied to quantify behavior of soft-bodied taxa and changes in behavior due to interactions with the surrounding environment. The methods and tool described here open the door for substantial lab and field-based measurements of fine-scale behavior, physiology, and concurrent environmental parameters that will inform fisheri
We study experimentally and numerically the kinetics of ignition in lean and stoichiometric C2H5OH:O2:Ar mixtures after a high-voltage nanosecond discharge. Generation of the discharge plasma is shown to lead to a sig...
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We study experimentally and numerically the kinetics of ignition in lean and stoichiometric C2H5OH:O2:Ar mixtures after a high-voltage nanosecond discharge. Generation of the discharge plasma is shown to lead to a significant decrease in ignition delay time. Discharge processes followed by chain chemical reactions with energy release are simulated during ignition in the C2H5OH:O2:Ar mixtures. The generation of atoms, radicals and excited and charged particles in the discharge phase are numerically simulated. The calculations are based on the measured time-resolved discharge current and electric field. The calculated densities of the active particles produced in the discharge on a nanosecond time scale are employed as input data to simulate plasma-assisted ignition on a microsecond scale. The calculated ignition delay times are compared with the experimental data. It is shown that the effect of the discharge plasma on ignition of the ethanol-containing mixtures is associated with active species production in the discharge phase rather than with gas heating during the discharge and in its afterglow. The sensitivity analysis is made to determine limiting reactions in ethanol autoignition and ignition after the discharge under the conditions studied. A method is suggested to compare the effect of nonequilibrium pulse discharge plasma on ignition in different fuel-air and fuel-oxygen mixtures above selfignition temperatures. It is shown that, in all mixtures under consideration, this effect is more profound at lower gas temperatures when the thermal production of initial radicals is less efficient. Due to O2 dissociation in the discharge phase, the influence of nonequilibrium discharge plasma on ignition is more pronounced for fuels (i) with low reactivity in respect to O2 (like H2 and CH4), (ii) with low rate of thermal dissociation and (iii) with high initial mole fraction in the mixture. The role of N2 in favouring plasma-assisted ignition owing to additional fuel and
The need for revision and harmonization of sound insulation descriptors is generally accepted among most building acoustics specialists. Undoubtedly, if all countries used the same descriptors, it would be a great adv...
The need for revision and harmonization of sound insulation descriptors is generally accepted among most building acoustics specialists. Undoubtedly, if all countries used the same descriptors, it would be a great advantage to all the sectors related to the building construction industry, legislators and final users. Concerning sound insulation regulations, the most common impact sound insulation descriptors used are L’nT,w and L’n,w. In some countries, the spectral adaptation term CI is also considered, including different frequency ranges, which widens the choices for impact sound insulation descriptors used in regulations. The purpose of this paper is to determine, based on a large set of in situ measurements, how existing impact sound insulation descriptors relate to new proposed ones, in order to be able to make empirical translations of descriptors. The effect of the spectral adaptation term CI and the effect of the building system (heavyweight/lightweight floors) are also analyzed. Based on the translation equations found, one of the main conclusions is that heavy and light floors yield different empirical translation equations and that it would not be correct to use the same translation equation for all types of floors.
Spindle-shaped nematic droplets (tactoids) form in solutions of rod-like molecules at the onset of the liquid crystalline phase. Their unique shape and internal structure result from the interplay of the elastic defor...
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Spindle-shaped nematic droplets (tactoids) form in solutions of rod-like molecules at the onset of the liquid crystalline phase. Their unique shape and internal structure result from the interplay of the elastic deformation of the nematic and anisotropic surface forces. The balance of these forces dictates that tactoids must display a continuous variation in aspect ratio and director-field configuration. Yet, such continuous transition has eluded observation for decades: tactoids have displayed either a bipolar configuration with particles aligned parallel to the droplet interface or a homogeneous configuration with particles aligned parallel to the long axis of the tactoid. Here, we report the first observation of the continuous transition in shape and director-field configuration of tactoids in true solutions of carbon nanotubes in chlorosulfonic acid. This observation is possible because the exceptional length of carbon nanotubes shifts the transition to a size range that can be visualized by optical microscopy. Polarization micrographs yield the interfacial and elastic properties of the system. Absorbance anisotropy measurements provide the highest nematic order parameter (S=0.79) measured to date for a nematic phase of carbon nanotubes at coexistence with its isotropic phase.
The aim of this paper is to present an efficient non-linear model reduction method intended to temporal dynamic analysis of viscoelastic sandwich structures. The proposed non-linear model reduction method is based on ...
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