Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a one-dimensional material system with intriguing physical properties that lead to emerging applications. While CNTs are unusually strain resistant compared to bulk materials, their optical...
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a one-dimensional material system with intriguing physical properties that lead to emerging applications. While CNTs are unusually strain resistant compared to bulk materials, their optical-absorption spectrum is highly strain dependent. It is an open question, as to what extent this is attributed to strain-dependent (i) electronic single-particle transitions, (ii) dielectric screening, or (iii) atomic geometries including CNT radii. We use cutting-edge theoretical spectroscopy to explain strain-dependent electronic structure and optical properties of an (8,0) CNT. Quasiparticle effects are taken into account using Hedin's GW approximation and excitonic effects are described by solving a Bethe-Salpeter-equation for the optical polarization function. This accurate first-principles approach allows us to identify an influence of strain on screening of the Coulomb electron-electron interaction and to quantify the impact on electronic structure and optical absorption of one-dimensional systems. We interpret our thoroughly converged results using an existing scaling relation and extend the use of this relation to strained CNTs. We show that it captures optical absorption with satisfactory accuracy, as long as screening, quasiparticle gap, and effective electron and hole masses of the strained CNT are known.
In this work a sub-step of the fabrication of an absolute capacitive pressure sensor MEMS on top of a CMOS substrate is discussed. For low pressure applications membrane diameters of more than 100 µm are required...
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Industry 4.0 is changing design and manufacturing methodologies because future production lines will manufacture customized products for the mass market. As for that, Automated machines and systems in such a productio...
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Industry 4.0 is changing design and manufacturing methodologies because future production lines will manufacture customized products for the mass market. As for that, Automated machines and systems in such a production line need to communicate with each other. In this context, data exchange takes place between different kind of systems or platforms. Therefore a system level approach clarifying the interactions between the manufacturing devices in heterogeneous environments addressing highly dynamic and often loosely coupled production processes is required. This paper describes a model-based systemsengineering approach of which the system integration of a smart factory is systematically managed right from the conception design phase. During the conception phase, the communication flows between the system elements is specified using CONSENS (Conceptual Design Specification Technique for the engineering of Complex systems). Based on the system level design specifications, a working prototype of a mini production line deploying Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology has been developed. The SCADA software acts as a human-machine interface and provides a gateway to access data of the production line either locally or through the internet. Multi-role users could access the system locally or remotely for monitoring, controlling, analyzing and ordering using SCADA as the interface.
Consistent supply chain management across all levels of value creation is a common approach in the industrial sector. The implementation in agricultural processes requires rethinking the supply chain concept. The reas...
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Consistent supply chain management across all levels of value creation is a common approach in the industrial sector. The implementation in agricultural processes requires rethinking the supply chain concept. The reasons are the heuristic characterised processes, the stochastic environmental conditions, the mobility of the production facilities and the low division of work. In this paper we deal with how concepts of innovative supply chain management in the era of Industrie 4.0 could not only deliver a way to overcome said problems but also provide the foundation for the development of new forms of work and business models for Farming 4.0.
We present the state of the art of a compact high-energy mid-infrared laser system for TW-level 8-cycle pulses at 7 µm. This system consists of an Er:Tm:Ho:fiber MOPA which serves as the seeder for a ZGP-based OP...
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Radar sensors can be used for analyzing the induced frequency shifts due to micro-motions in both range and velocity dimensions identified as micro-Doppler (µ-D) and micro-Range (µ-R), respectively. Differen...
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Edge losses in silicon solar cells are becoming more important in current photovoltaic research, especially in shingled cell modules with high perimeter to area ratios. Hence, in this study a new approach is presented...
Edge losses in silicon solar cells are becoming more important in current photovoltaic research, especially in shingled cell modules with high perimeter to area ratios. Hence, in this study a new approach is presented to quantify edge recombination losses by using photoluminescence (PL) measurements combined with device modelling. The main focus of this work is to determine and separate the contribution of the two relevant edge recombination losses: (i) recombination at the bulk edge, described by an effective surface recombination velocity Seff,edge, and (ii) recombination at the pn-junction edge, described by an edge-length specific non-ideal recombination parameter J02,edge. For this purpose, the PL gradient towards the edge at different illumination intensities is fitted by Quokka3 simulations. The developed method is applied for differently separated unpassivated edges, namely by thermal laser separation (TLS) and by mechanical cleaving. Additionally, an emitter window for the TLS edge is introduced where no pn-junction at the edge is present. It was found that the emitter window results in less edge recombination while having the same bulk-edge recombination properties as without. As a result, J02,edge = 3 nA/cm and Seff,edge = 105 cm/s are determined for the TLS edge without emitter window while the mechanically cleaved edge showed higher edge recombination.
To enable beamsteering capabilities for millimeter-wave radar and communication systems, phase shifters are key components. In this paper a WR3-band (220-325 GHz) phase shifter MMIC is presented, which is based on ref...
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A commercial 100W turn-key fiber-laser system is used for HHG at 0.5MHz. The source offers record-high photon flux of >4.5·1010 photons/s (68.6eV) or a narrowband harmonic with 8.6·1011 photons/s (26.6eV)...
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