简介:Asymmetrictree-likebranchednetworksareexploredbygeometricalgorithms.Basedonthenetwork,ananalysisofthethermalconductivityispresented.Therelationshipbetweeneffectivethermalconductivityandgeometricstructuresisobtainedbyusingthethermal-electricalanalogytechnique.Inallstudiedcases,aclearbehaviourisobserved,whereangle(δ,θ)amongparentbranchingextendedlines,branchesandparameterofthegeometricstructureshavestrongereffectsontheeffectivethermalconductivity.Whentheangleδisfixed,theopticaldiameterratioβisdependentonangleθ.Moreover,γandmarenotrelatedtoβ.Thelongerthebranchis,thesmallertheeffectivethermalconductivitywillbe.Itisalsofoundthatwhentheangleθ<δ/2,thehighertheiterationmis,thelowerthethermalconductivitywillbeandittendstozero,otherwise,itisbiggerthanzero.Whenthediameterratioβ1<0.707andangleδisbigger,theoptimalkoftheperfectratioincreaseswiththeincreaseoftheangleδ;whenβ1>0.707,theoptimalkdecreases.Inaddition,theeffectivethermalconductivityisalwayslessthanthatofsinglechannelmaterial.Thepresentresultsalsoshowthattheeffectivethermalconductivityoftheasymmetrictree-likebranchednetworksdoesnotobeyMurray'slaw.
简介:Slowlight,atechnologytocontroltheopticalsignalbyreducingthegroupvelocity,hasbeenwidelystudiedtoobtainenhancednonlinearitiesandincreasedphaseshiftsowingtoitspromotingofthelight–matterinteractionability.Inthiswork,awidebandslowlightisachievedinasimpleone-dimensionalfishbonegratingwaveguide.Aflatbandindicatingslowlightwithagroupindexof13andbandwidthover10nmisobtainedbytheplanewaveexpansioncalculation,andthecorrespondingexperimentalresultsagreewellwiththetheoreticalprediction.Asteptaperisdesignedtocompensatethecouplingloss.Theproposedfishbonegratingwaveguideisagoodcandidateforwidebandslowlightdevicesinlightcommunication.
简介:Anovelbirdnest-likenanostructuredMnO2(BNNS-MnO2)waspreparedbyafacileandcost-effectivestrategy.Theirstructuresandmorphologieswerecharacterizedbyfieldemissionscanningelectronmicroscopy,transmissionelectronmicroscopyandpowderX-raydiffraction.Capacitivebehaviorswereinvestigatedbycyclicvoltammetryandgalvanostaticcharge-discharge.Theobtainednano-MnO2possessesawelldesignedloose-assembledhierarchicalnanoarchitecturewithanappropriatecrystallinitywhichgivesrisetoexcellentperformancesasanelectrodematerialforsupercapacitors.Amaximumspecificcapacitanceof917F/ghasbeenobtainedatacurrentdensityof5mA/cm2in6mol/LKOHaqueoussolution,andaspecificcapacitanceof210F/ghasbeenmaintainedfor500cycles.AsthelowcostofMnSO4andKCr2O7andthelowreactiontemperature,thepresentmethodavoidstherequirementsforcomplicatedoperations,time/energy-consumingandexpensivereagents,andperhapsisreadyfortheindustrializationofnano-MnO2production.
简介:Abarcode-likewaveguidenanostructurewithdiscretizedmultilevelpixellinesisdesignedandoptimizedbyanonlinearsearchalgorithm.Weobtainthedesignofaone-dimensionalmultilevelnanostructurewith-1.04dBefficiencyforsurfacenormalcouplingtoastandardsingle-modefiber.Anotherdesignisachievedfromtheautomaticoptimizationprocess,whichenablespolarization-independentcouplingtoasingle-modefiber.Theoptimumcouplingefficiencyissimulatedtobe-2.83dBforTEand-3.49forTMpolarizationcenterednearthe1550nmwavelength.Polarization-dependentlossoflessthan1dBover45.3nmisachieved.
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简介:AKondo-likeeffect,namely,theupturnofresistivityatlowtemperatures,isobservedinperovskitemanganitewhennonmagneticinsulatorsaredopedassecondaryphase.Inthispaper,thelow-temperatureresistivityupturneffecthasbeenarguedtooriginatefrominterfacialmagneticphasereconstruction.HeisenbergspinlatticeshavebeensimulatedusingtheMonteCarlomethodtorevealphasecompetitionaroundsecondaryphaseboundary,namely,manganite-insulatorboundarythatbehaveswithaweakantiferromagnetictendency.Moreover,theresistornetworkmodelbasedondouble-exchangeconductivemechanismreproducesthelow-temperatureresistivityupturneffect.Ourworkprovidesareasonablephysicalmechanismtounderstandthenoveltransportbehaviorsinmicrostructuresofcorrelatedelectronsystems.
简介:Thepolarizationevolutionofvectorbeams(VBs)generatedbyq-platesisinvestigatedtheoreticallyandexperimentally.AnanalyticalmodelisdevelopedfortheVBcreatedbyageneralquarter-waveq-platebasedonvectordiffractiontheory.ItisfoundthatthepolarizationdistributionofVBsvarieswithpositionandthevalueq.Inparticular,fortheincidenceofcircularpolarization,theexitvectorvortexbeamhaspolarizationstatesthatcoverthewholesurfaceofthePoincarésphere,therebyconstitutingafullPoincarébeam.Fortheincidenceoflinearpolarization,theVBisnotcylindricalbutspecularlysymmetric,andexhibitsanazimuthalspinsplitting.Theseresultsareinsharpcontrastwiththosederivedbythecommonlyusedmodel,i.e.,regardingtheincidentlightasaplanewave.Byimplementingq-plateswithdielectricmetasurfaces,furtherexperimentsvalidatethetheoreticalresults.
简介:Wereportonthetransmissionspectraofasausage-likemicroresonator(SLM)inaqueousenvironment,whereafibertaperisusedasalightcoupler.ThetransmissionspectrashowaninterestingdependenceonthecouplingpositionbetweentheSLMandthefibertaper.WhentheSLMismovedalongthefibertaper,thelineshapecanevolveperiodicallyamongsymmetricdips,asymmetricFano-likeresonancelineshapes,andsymmetricpeaks.Acoupled-modetheorywithfeedbackisdevelopedtoexplaintheobservation.TheobservationofFano-likeresonanceinaqueousenvironmentholdsgreatpotentialinbiochemicalsensing.