简介:Highcoherenceofthelaserisindispensablelightsourcesinmodernlongorshort-distanceimagingsystems,becausethehighcoherenceleadstocoherentartifactssuchasspecklethatcorruptimageformation.Todeliverlowcoherencepulsesinfiberamplifiers,weutilizethesuperluminescentpulsedlightwithbroadbandwidth,nonlongitudinalmodestructureandchaoticmodephaseastheseedsourceofthecascadedfiberamplifiers.Theinfluenceoffibersuperluminescentpulseamplification(SPA)onthelimitationsoftheperformanceisanalyzed.AreviewofourresearchresultsforSPAinthefibersarepresent,includingthenonlineartheoriesofthislowcoherentlightsources,i.e.,self-focusing(SF),stimulatedRamanscattering(SRS)andself-phasemodulation(SPM)effects,andtheexperimentresultsofthenanosecondpulseswithpeakpowerashighas4.8MWandpulseenergyasmuchas55mJ.ToimprovethebrightnessofSPAlightinthefuturework,weintroduceournovelevaluationtermandamorereasonablecriterion,whichisdenotedbyanewparameterofbrightnessfactorforactivelargemodeareafiberdesigns.Acore-dopedactivelargepitchfiberwithacorediameterof190μmandamode-fielddiameterof180μmisdesignedbythismethod.Thedesignedfiberallowsneardiffractedlimitedbeamqualityoperation,anditcanachieve100mJpulseenergyand540Waveragepowerbyanalyzingthemodecouplingeffectsinducedbyheat.
简介:Dopantsanddefectsareimportantinsemiconductorandmagneticdevices.Strategiesforcontrollingdopinganddefectshavebeenthefocusofsemiconductorphysicsresearchduringthepastdecadesandremaincriticaleventoday.Co-dopingisapromisingstrategythatcanbeusedforeffectivelytuningthedopantpopulations,electronicproperties,andmagneticproperties.Itcanenhancethesolubilityofdopantsandimprovethestabilityofdesireddefects.Duringthepast20years,significantexperimentalandtheoreticaleffortshavebeendevotedtostudyingthecharacteristicsofco-doping.Inthisarticle,wefirstreviewthehistoricaldevelopmentofco-doping.Then,wereviewavarietyofresearchperformedonco-doping,basedonthecompensatingnatureofco-dopants.Finally,wereviewtheeffectsofcontaminationandsurfactantsthatcanexplainthegeneralmechanismsofco-doping.
简介:InthispaperwereviewtheprovisionofthelaserdiagnosticsthatareinstalledontheVulcanlaserfacility.Wewillpresentstrategiesfordealingwiththeenergyofhighenergysystemsandwithwaysofhandlingthebeamsizesofthelasers.Wepresentdatacapturedduringtypicalexperimentalcampaignstodemonstratetheirreliabilityandvariationinshottoshotvalues.
简介:Inthispaper,theinterestingdevelopmentoftheveryimportantinnovationofthrustvestoringtechnologyinappliedaerodynamicsisdescribed.InMemoryofafirend.Dr.W.HerbstofMBB,Germany,theso-calledfatheroftheX-31experimentalthrustvectoringfighter,wholosthislifeafewyearsagowhilepilotinghisprivateairplane.BertrandRussel:“Menarebornignorant,notstupid-theyaremadestupidbyeducation.”.AdmiralHymanRickover:“Thebestengineersarethosewho,inadditiontotechnicalexpertise,havehadgoodtrainingintheliberalartsandunderstandtheworldaroundthem”。
简介:Nuclearfusionhasenormouspotentialtogreatlyaffectglobalenergyproduction.Thenext-generationtokamakITER,whichisaimedatdemonstratingthefeasibilityofenergyproductionfromfusiononacommercialscale,isunderconstruction.Wallerosion,materialtransport,andfuelretentionareknownfactorsthatshortenthelifetimeofITERduringtokamakoperationandgiverisetosafetyissues.Thesefactors,whichmustbeunderstoodandsolvedearlyintheprocessoffusionreactordesignanddevelopment,areamongthemostimportantconcernsforthecommunityofplasma-wallinteractionresearchers.Todate,lasertechniquesareamongthemostpromisingmethodsthatcansolvetheseopenITERissues,andlaser-inducedbreakdownspectroscopy(LIBS)isanidealcandidateforonlinemonitoringofthewallsofcurrentandnext-generation(suchasITER)fusiondevices.LIBSisawidelyusedtechniqueforvariousapplications.Ithasbeenconsideredrecentlyasapromisingtoolforanalyzingplasma-facingcomponentsinfusiondevicesinsitu.ThisarticlereviewstheexperimentsthathavebeenperformedbymanyresearchgroupstoassessthefeasibilityofLIBSforthispurpose.
简介:Directconversionofmethanetohigherhydrocarbonsisaneffectiveprocesstosolvetheproblemofnaturalgasutilization.Althoughremarkableprogresshasbeenachievedonthedehydro-aromatizationofmethane(DAM),lowconversioncausedbyseverethermodynamiclimitations,cokeformation,andcatalysisdeactivationremainimportantdrawbackstothedirectconversionprocess.MolybdenumcatalystssupportedonHZSM-5typezeolitesupportareamongthemostpromisingcatalysts.Thisreviewfocusesontheaspectsofdirectmethaneconversion,intermsofcatalystscontainingmetalandsupport,reactionconditions,andconversionindifferenttypesofreactors.Thereactionmechanismforthiscatalyticprocessisalsodiscussed.
简介:Photoconductiveswitcheswerethekeycomponentsthatallowedthegenerationanddetectionofcoherentbroadbandelectromagneticpulsesatterahertzfrequencies,openingthepossibilityforperformingspectroscopyand,therefore,measuringcomplexdielectricpropertiesofmaterialsinthisband,whichwasmostlyunexplored.Inthispaper,wepresentabriefintroductiontotheoperationprinciplesofthesedevices.Subsequently,wepresentareviewofthecurrentstate-of-the-artinthisfieldanddiscussthechallengestobefacedinfuturedevelopmentofthesedevices.
简介:Wereviewthepresentstatusandfutureprospectsoffastignition(FI)researchofthetheoreticalgroupattheIAPCM(InstituteofAppliedPhysicsandComputationalMathematics,Beijing)asapartoftheinertialconfinementfusionproject.SincetheapprovaloftheFIprojectattheIAPCM,wehavedevotedoureffortstoimprovingtheintegratedcodesforFIanddesigningadvancedtargetstogetherwiththeexperimentalgroup.RecentFIexperiments[K.U.Aklietal.,Phys.Rev.E86,065402(2012)]showedthatthepetawattlaserbeamenergywasnotefficientlyconvertedintothecompressedcorebecauseofthebeamdivergenceofrelativisticelectronbeams.Thecouplingefficiencycanbeimprovedinthreeways:(1)usingacone–wire-in-shelladvancedtargettoenhancethetransportefficiency,(2)usingexternalmagneticfieldstocollimatefastelectrons,and(3)reducingtheprepulselevelofthepetawattlaserbeam.TheintegratedcodesforFI,namedICFI,includingaradiationhydrodynamiccode,aparticle-in-cell(PIC)simulationcode,andahybridfluid–PICcode,havebeendevelopedtodesignthisadvancedtargetattheIAPCM.TheShenguang-IIupgradedlaserfacilityhasbeenconstructedforFIresearch;itconsistsofeightbeams(intotal24kJ/3ω,3ns)forimplosioncompression,andaheatinglaserbeam(0.5–1kJ,3–5ps)forgeneratingtherelativisticelectronbeam.AfullyintegratedFIexperimentisscheduledforthe2014project.
简介:Thermodynamicsisabranchofphysicswhichdealswiththeenergyflowintosystems.Therearetwoprincipallawsofthermodynamicswhicharedescribedonseparateslides.Thefirstlawofthermodynamicsrelatestothetransferofvariousformsofenergy,asheat,electric,magneticandchemicalenergiestoproducemechanicalwork.Thislawissometimestakenasthedefinitionofinternalenergy,andintroducesanadditionalstatevariable,enthalpy.Thefirstlawofthermodynamicsallowsformanypossiblestatesofasystemtoexist.Butexperienceindicatesthatthereisonlyonedirectionfornaturalprocessestoproceed.Thisleadstothesecondlawofthermodynamicsandthedefinitionofanotherstatevariablecalledentropy.Thesecondlawstipulatesthatthetotalentropyofasystemplusitsenvironmentcannotdecrease;itcanremainconstantforareversibleprocessbutmustalwaysincreaseforirreversibleornaturalprocesses.However,thelimitednumberofauthorsisconcernedbysystemsthatinvolvethetransferofelectricandmagneticenergiesinadditiontotheflowofheatinstudyingageneralthermodynamicsystem.Thesubmittedreviewfollowsanentropyapproachthatintroducescleardefinitionsoftheelectricchargeandmagneticfluxtoclarifyambiguitiesofthenaturesofsuchfluxesinliterature.So,thefirstandsecondlawsofthermodynamicsareappliedonthermo-electromagneticprocessesthatembracetheflowofmechanical,thermal,electric,andmagneticenergiesintosystemsthatinvolvefluidsorsolids.Accordingly,itwaspossibletomodifyredundanciesintheSIsystemofunits.Followingtheentropyapproach,itwaspossibletocasttheMaxwell’sequationsintoanenergyframeofreferencetoexplainthediscoveredTesla’swirelesspowertransmissionas“ElectricalRadiantEnergy”,andtheMITdiscoveryofwirelesspowertransmissionofthemagneticfluxas“EvanescentWaves”andtoclarifyfuzzinessofthedualityconfusionbyspecifyingauniquepropertyfortheelectronasaparticleandaun
简介:Adsorptionisoneofthewidelyusedprocessesinthechemicalindustryenvironmentalapplication.Ascomparedtomathematicalmodelsproposedtodescribebatchadsorptionintermsofisothermandkineticbehavior,insufficientmodelsareavailabletodescribeandpredictfixed-bedorcolumnadsorption,thoughthelatteroneisthemainoptioninpracticalapplication.Thepresentreviewfirstprovidesabriefsummaryonbasicconceptsandmathematicmodelstodescribethemasstransferandisothermbehaviorofbatchadsorption,whichdominatethecolumnadsorptionbehaviorinnature.Afterwards,thewidelyusedmodelsdevelopedtopredictthebreakthroughcurve,i.e.,thegeneralratemodels,lineardrivingforce(LDF)model,wavepropagationtheorymodel,constantpatternmodel,Clarkmodel,Thomasmodel,Bohart-Adamsmodel,Yoon-Nelsonmodel,Wangmodel,Wolborskamodel,andmodifieddose-responsemodel,arebrieflyintroducedfromthemechanismandmathematicalviewpoint.Theirbasiccharacteristics,includingtheadvantagesandinheritshortcomings,arealsodiscussed.Thisreviewcouldhelpthoseinterestedincolumnadsorptiontoreasonablychooseordevelopanaccurateandconvenientmodelfortheirstudyandpracticalapplication.
简介:Sulfide-containingwastestreamsaregeneratedbyanumberofindustries.Itisemittedintotheenvironmentasdis-solvedsulfide(S2-andHS-)inwastewatersandasH2Sinwastegases.Duetoitscorrosivenature,biologicalhydrogensulfideremovalprocessesarebeinginvestigatedtoovercomethechemicalanddisposalcostsassociatedwithexistingchemicallybasedremovalprocesses.Thenitrogenandsulfurmetabolisminteractsatvariouslevelsofthewastewatertreatmentprocess.Hence,thesulfurcycleofferspossibilitiestointegratenitrogenremovalinthetreatmentprocess,whichneedstobefurtheroptimizedbyappropriatedesignofthereactorconfiguration,optimizationofperformanceparameters,retentionofbiomassandoptimizationofbiomassgrowth.Thepresentpaperreviewsthebiotechnologicaladvancestoremovesulfidesfromvariousenvironments.
简介:Laser-inducedbreakdownspectroscopy(LIBS)isanemerginganalyticalspectroscopytechnique.ThisreviewpresentsthemainrecentdevelopmentsinChinaregardingtheimplementationofLIBSforcoalanalysis.Thepapermainlyfocusesontheprogressofthepastfewyearsinthefundamentals,datapretreatment,calibrationmodel,andexperimentalissuesofLIBSanditsapplicationtocoalanalysis.Manyimportantdomesticstudiesfocusingoncoalqualityanalysishavebeenconducted.
简介:Ininertialfusionenergy(IFE)research,aconsiderableattentionhasrecentlybeenfocusedontheissueoflargetargetfabricationforMJ-classlaserfacilities.Theignitionandhigh-gaintargetdesignsrequireacondenseduniformlayerofhydrogenfuelontheinsideofasphericalshell.Inthisreport,wediscussthecurrentstatusandfurthertrendsintheareaofdevelopingthelayeringtechniquesintendedtoproduceignition,andlayeringtechniquesproposedtohighrepetitionrateandmassproductionofIFEtargets.