Ultrathin films of cyanine dye J-aggregates show extraordinary exciton cross sections. Exciton dynamics are studied by ultrafast pump-probe and transient photoluminescence spectroscopy. An exciton delocalization lengt...
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Next generation light sources demand femtosecond-level synchronization of its subcomponents over distances of several km. We demonstrate an optical synchronization system based on distribution of mode-locked pulses ov...
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We demonstrate photon-counting communications using a NbN-nanowire superconducting detector. The fast response time of this detector enables error-free communications using pulse-position modulated data at 10-GHz slot...
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(纸本)1557528136
We demonstrate photon-counting communications using a NbN-nanowire superconducting detector. The fast response time of this detector enables error-free communications using pulse-position modulated data at 10-GHz slot rates and data rates >780 Mbit/s.
We present a new planning algorithm that formulates the planning problem as a counting satisfiability problem in which the number of available solutions guides the planner deterministically to its goal. In comparison ...
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We present a new planning algorithm that formulates the planning problem as a counting satisfiability problem in which the number of available solutions guides the planner deterministically to its goal. In comparison with existing planners, our approach eliminates backtracking and supports efficient incremental planners that add additional sub-formulas without the need to recompute solutions for previously provided subformulas. Our experimental results show that our approach is competitive with existing state-of-the-art planners that formulate the planning problem as a satisfiability problem, then solve the satisfiability problem using specialized off-the-shelf satisfiability solvers such as zChaff
It is recognized that natural point-to-point movements are characterized by bell-shaped speed profiles. However, the neural basis of this smooth, substantially symmetric time course is unknown. Here it is demonstrated...
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It is recognized that natural point-to-point movements are characterized by bell-shaped speed profiles. However, the neural basis of this smooth, substantially symmetric time course is unknown. Here it is demonstrated via a simplified compartmental model of tufted layer V (TL5) pyramidal neurons, the principal output units of the motor cortex, that nonlinear integration may underlie the bell-shaped profile. Specifically, it is shown that TL5 neuronal output depends upon an approximately multiplicative relationship between inputs to its apical or basal regions (zones A and B, respectively) and those to its central zone (C). This is because the latter facilitate Ca 2+ dependent bursting that enhances responsiveness to other inputs. As a result, when part of TL5 output returns to zones A and C via thalamocortical and cerebrocerebellar feedback, TL5 neuronal firing rate initially increases before decreasing, rather than progressively decrease as would the output of a linear integrator. This yields a sigmoidal position vs. time response in the musculoskeletal plant and therefore a bell-shaped speed curve. Because of this mechanism, smooth movements may be triggered and modulated by step-like and tonic inputs to zone C as might be received from SMA or basal ganglia. The model thus gives possible insight into the basis of certain features of motor dysfunction in Parkinson's and cerebellar disease
We describe the fabrication and testing of an 1 cm by 1 cm microfabricated externally wetted electrospray thruster, which uses the ionic liquid EMI-BF4 as a propellant. In an electrospray thruster, an electrostatic fi...
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(纸本)1563478188
We describe the fabrication and testing of an 1 cm by 1 cm microfabricated externally wetted electrospray thruster, which uses the ionic liquid EMI-BF4 as a propellant. In an electrospray thruster, an electrostatic field is used to extract ions or charged droplets from a liquid placed at the tip of a needle, and accelerate them. The novelty of our design is in the use of microfabricated ridges with regularly spaced tips as emitters, as well as the use of ceramic balls to position the extractor grid relative to the emitters and ensure electrical insulation. After describing the design of the thruster, we present the test firings we have done to date. In these tests, emission starts around 2 kV. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time an externally wetted electrospray thruster has been fired with an integrated extractor electrode. Emission patterns gathered by firing into an aluminum plate show that the tips placed along the ridge allow emission to occur at multiple points along the ridge;without the tips, emission only occurs at the ends of the ridges.
Ultrathin films of cyanine dye J-aggregates show extraordinary exciton cross sections. Exciton dynamics are studied by ultrafast pump-probe and transient photoluminescence spectroscopy. An exciton delocalization lengt...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1557528136
Ultrathin films of cyanine dye J-aggregates show extraordinary exciton cross sections. Exciton dynamics are studied by ultrafast pump-probe and transient photoluminescence spectroscopy. An exciton delocalization length of N=18 monomers was measured at room temperature.
Novel design of complex waveguide structures that guide light due to the excitation of multiple resonant transmission states induced by aperiodic Thue-Morse environment is presented. We illustrate bandgaps and localiz...
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Sub-melt temperature laser spike annealing is investigated as a low thermal budget solution for source/drain annealing in strained Si/strained Si 0.3Ge0.7/relaxed Si0.7Ge0.3 dual channel p-MOSFETs. A constant hole mob...
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(纸本)1566775027
Sub-melt temperature laser spike annealing is investigated as a low thermal budget solution for source/drain annealing in strained Si/strained Si 0.3Ge0.7/relaxed Si0.7Ge0.3 dual channel p-MOSFETs. A constant hole mobility enhancement factor of 4x is maintained relative to Si control MOSFETs, for laser annealing temperatures up to approximately 1000°C. This temperature is significantly higher than possible with rapid thermal annealing, due to device degradation associated with Ge diffusion during rapid thermal annealing. Mobility is found to decrease dramatically in the heterostructure MOSFETs for laser annealing temperatures above ∼ 1000°C. SIMS analysis shows very little Ge diffusion, even for an 1100°C laser anneal. Capacitance-voltage analysis and Raman spectroscopy suggest that there is some strain relaxation for the 1100°C anneal. Transmission electron microscopy analysis indicates localized strain variation and defects on the order of 107 cm-2 for the heterostructure MOSFET subject to laser annealing at 1100°C. The mobility degradation for LSA temperatures above ∼ 1000°C is consistent with a combination of strain relaxation and scattering from defects (the strained Si0.3Ge0.7 film thickness is ∼ 2X the equilibrium critical thickness). Good boron activation is achieved in the SiGe heterostructure with laser spike annealing. copyright The Electrochemical Society.
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