Space optics remote sensor focusing components mechanics characteristic analysis based on FEM
Author(s):
Yong-xian Wang;
Bing Wang;
Jian-yue Ren
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Space optical remote sensor is very important in many fields of science and military significance. It is widely applied.
Space optical remote sensor design and manufacturing require precision and stability. Focusing mechanics is an
important component of remote sensors. Focusing mechanics can guarantee the stability of the entire mechanics focusing
accuracy, therefore the stability of research focusing mechanics is very important. In order to guarantee the space optics
remote sensor focusing mechanics the stability, takes steps the space optics remote sensor focusing organization
mechanics characteristic analysis from the classics contact theory. This article uses international general non-linear finite
element analysis software ABAQUS to carry on mechanics characteristic analysis to the space optics remote sensor
focusing mechanics. First acts according to the focusing mechanics unique feature, carries on the finite element to the
structural model the grid division, the material attribute disposition and the boundary condition indeed grades. Then
establishment contact non-linear finite element model, and to focusing organization finite element model infliction unit
action. Like this contacts the result and the equivalent static analysis result which the nonlinear analysis obtains carries
on the contrast and the analysis. This article last count result modality is 90HZ, satisfies the space optics remote sensor
structure overall modality to request to be bigger than 50HZ.This article when carries on the dynamic analysis, extracts
the structure kinetic energy and the acceleration curve. In the dynamic analysis obtained transient response analysis
modality 70.5Hz, this also is bigger than 50HZ. The dynamic analysis indicated the structure dynamic stability has the
distinct enhancement, has provided certain foundation for the space optics remote sensor following development work,
reduced the overall system development cycle.
ZnO-based material and UV detector
Author(s):
Xin Wang;
Rong Xiang;
Xinglai Zhang;
Jingquan Tian;
Ye Li;
DeLong Jiang;
Qingduo Duanmu
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ZnO is the most promising material for the application of an ultraviolet (UV) detector. However the shortage of ptype
ZnO becomes the biggest blockage for fabricating ZnO-based semiconductor device. In this paper, following
experiments had been done: Firstly, the zinc nitride powders were synthesized through the nitridation reaction of Zn
power with NH3, and the optimized synthesis temperature was at 600°C. Next, the zinc nitride powder was fabricated into
a zinc nitride sputtering target by a single pressing process. Thirdly a thin layer of zinc nitride film was formed on silicon
and quartz substrate using magnetron sputtering method. Fourthly, the zinc nitride film was oxidized into p-type ZnO,
and the best optimized temperature for forming p-type ZnO by oxidizing Zn3N2 thin film was at 500°C. Lastly, the ohmic
contact for p-ZnO and ZnO based detector were fabricated. It was found Al and Ni/Au showed ohmic contact properties
to n- Si and p-ZnO, respectively, and the p-ZnO/n-Si junction as a UV detector was feasible.
Smart textile sensing system for human respiration monitoring based on fiber Bragg grating
Author(s):
Cheng Zhang;
Chang-yun Miao;
Hong-qiang Li;
Hui-chao Song;
Fan-jie Xu
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable aid to diagnosis and treatment. As the doctor cannot
accompany the patient, it is essential that the patient be monitored remotely to avoid the risk of respiration being
impaired by anesthetic drugs or upper airway obstruction. A smart wearable textile sensing system is described in this
paper. A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with polymer encapsulation has been woven into an elastic bandage to detect the
respiration motion. According to the strain principle of FBG, the breathing rate and intensity can be obtained by
measuring the variety of FBG reflected wavelength. In order to eliminate the temperature cross-sensitivity, a FBG
temperature sensor has also been woven into the bandage to achieve the temperature compensation computing. Based on
the tunable Fabry-Perot filter wavelength demodulated theory, wavelength measuring method and data processing
arithmetic have been presented, and the system with ARM microprocessor has been designed to process and display the
breathing information. The experiments to the system have proved that the wavelength measuring range is about 40nm,
the resolution of wavelength can arrive at 2pm, and the sampling rate is 5Hz.
Brillouin-based distributed temperature and strain sensor using the Landau-Placzek Ratio
Author(s):
Hanbai Fan;
Chunlin Huang;
Yongqian Li
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A distributed optical fiber temperature and strain sensing system using the Landau-Placzek Ratio (LPR) has been
introduced. By applying LPR to simultaneous measurement system of temperature and strain based on Brillouin optical
time domain reflectometer (BOTDR), the infulence of fiber attenuation, splice loss, and microbending loss on
measurement result could be eliminated. This paper has presented a simultaneous measurement system of temperature
and strain based on LPR. The light source configuration and method to improve polarization-induced fading used in the
system are discussed. At last, the measurement accuracy and its effect factors are also been analyzed.
Design of a portable algae fluorometer based on an embedded system
Author(s):
Gao-fang Yin;
Yu-jun Zhang;
Zhi-gang Wang;
Li-quan Guo;
Xue Xiao;
Dan Jin;
Nan-jing Zhao
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With the use of the excitation fluorescence spectra of algae, Portable Algae
Classification Fluorometer (PACF) made the rapid and in situ classified measurement of the algae
come true. In order to improve real-time capability and stability of the system, a system-embedded
instrument is designed based on ARM7 and μCOSII. The system, with the advantage of strong
real-time and stability, small size, low cost and convenient extension, can satisfy the needs for
long-term stable operation in field environment.
Impact of B-site Hf4+-doping on the structural and ferroelectric properties of Bi4Ti3O12 thin films
Author(s):
Yu Zhang;
Changming Zuo;
Xiaoping Wang;
Jun Zhu;
Hong Ji
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Hf 4+ -doped and undoped (028)-oriented Bi4Ti 3O12 ferroelectric films with the same thickness have been deposited
on two SrRuO3 -covered (111)-oriented SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The structures of the two
films were studied by x-ray diffraction (XRD). It was found that the Hf4+ ion doped at site B has greatly improved the
remnant polarization and fatigue property. That because the Hf4+ ion has changed the structure of Hf4+ -doped
Bi 4 Ti 3 O12 film a lot including a tensile strain along a axis, a triple-domain structure and distortion of oxygen
octahedral which result in an increase of the remnant polarization. And the triple-domain structure and the reduction of
oxygen vacancies also caused by Hf4+ ion doping improved the fatigue property.
Effect of surface termination on the imaging in two-dimensional photonic crystal flat lenses
Author(s):
Zhifang Feng;
Gaiyan Bai
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By the numerical simulation based on the finite-difference time-domain method, we investigate the
adjustability of image distance for the same object distance in two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals
(PCs). When we add a fraction of a metallic component to the center of each dielectric bar, the PC slab
lens can form a non-near- field image and the image distance changes for different surface terminations
formed by introducing cylinders at the surface layers whose geometric and physical parameters are
different from those of the PC bulk. Furthermore, the image distance can be further tuned by combining
the two kinds of cylinders at the surface layers with different ratios of slab length. These simulation
results clearly show that the imaging properties can be controlled effectively by changing the surface
termination of PC slab lenses.
The spatial detection on distribution of metal nano-particles during femtosecond laser ablation
Author(s):
Na Li;
Xiaochang Ni;
Ching-yue Wang
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To form a better uniform metal nano-particles (Nps) film, the spatial distribution of Nps produced by femtosecond (fs)
pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) method has been studied in detail. Firstly, the spatial distribution of Nps is collected by a
slice of harden plastic under different laser fluence. Secondly, the deposition slices are scanned into jpg images. Then,
the gray intensity of Nps deposit in the images has been used to have information of the number of deposited Nps. The
data are analyzed by Matlab, Excel and Origin software. Experimental results show that the Nps' spatial distribution is
following the Anisimov gas expansion model, in which a k value shows a descending trend with the increasing of laser
fluence. Most Nps are flying to a narrow angle θ (θ≈0-30 degree), which is departing away the vertical direction of
material surface. A 3cm deposition distance and θ≈30 degree are chosen to deposit Cu Nps film. The deposited Cu film
seems not very compact and the Nps can be seen clearly in 0.7 J/cm2 with 500s deposition time, and the growing velocity
of Cu film is near 0.14-0.16 nm/s.
Development of an image acquisition system for hand vein based on an embedded system
Author(s):
Xiuyan Li;
Tiegen Liu;
Yunxin Wang;
Chenhu Yuan;
Shichao Deng
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As one kind of the latest forms of biometrics, the human hand vein recognition utilizes a state-of-the-art recognition
algorithm based on unique veins and capillaries found on human dorsal hand, which possesses the advantages such as
well anti-falsification and high noise immunity. For the hand vein recognition, the most important premise is acquiring
the high quality hand vein image. According to the special effect of human hand vein on the near infrared (NIR), when a
hand is scanned by an image sensor, the vein pattern appears darker than its surroundings. Depending on this
characteristic, the NIR light source was utilized to illuminate the image acquisition system for hand vein. And the
optimal parameters of light source were chosen and the light source with high uniformity illuminance was manufactured
to acquire the more clear hand vein image. Simultaneously, for the purpose of system miniaturization and design
flexibility, the embedded image acquisition system for hand vein was designed based on the technology of system on
programmable chip (SOPC). FPGA and CMOS image sensor were taken as the core components in the system, and the
hardware of acquisition module is realized by configuring NiosII soft-core CPU and some corresponding interface
modules on a FPGA. The software was developed by using the NiosII IDE to realize the initialization control to
CMOS image sensor and collection, storage and transmission for the image data gathered from CMOS. Then the
collected hand vein image was simply preprocessed, which further improved the image quality. Through experiments,
the results indicated that this system could obtain the hand vein image with high performance, and it supplied the
embedded development platform for hand vein recognition simultaneously. It was significant to develop the hand vein
recognition system with small size and high speed.
High thermal sensitivity of Er[sup]3+[/sup] and Li[sup]+[/sup] codoped Y[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]3[/sub] nanocrystals under 976 nm excitation
Author(s):
Yunfeng Bai;
Yuxiao Wang;
Ruigang Yan;
Le Yang;
Lu Liu;
Yinglin Song
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Er3+ and Li+ codoped Y2O3 nanocrystals has been prepared by sol-gel method. Upconversion spectrum
and properties of Er3+ has been studied under excitation at 976 nm. Fluorescence intensity ratio of
2H11/2 and 4S3/2 subband levels in the Er3+ and Li+ codoped Y2O 3 nanocrystals have been studied as a
function of temperature. In the temperature range of 295-723 K, the I525nm/I561nm has the highest
thermal sensitivity the maximum sensitivity is approximately 0.016 K-1. The Y2O3: Er3+/Li+nanocrystals with high fluorescence efficiency and the higher temperature revolution, indicated that it is
promising for applications in optical high temperature sensor.
Surface and electromechanical properties of polydimethylsiloxane films prepared by a modified molding technique
Author(s):
Kaiying Wang;
Guangming Ouyang;
Lars Henriksen;
Muhammad Nadeem Akram;
Xuyuan Chen
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In this paper, we report surface and electromechanical properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
films prepared by a modified molding technique. The film with thickness = 4 μm was deposited on
oxidized silicon wafer by the modified molding technique and corresponding elastic modulus of the bulk
PDMS materials is equal to 36 kPa. Surface morphology of the film was examined by optical
interferometer and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Its roughness is ~ 10 nm and wave-liked
structures were locally observed on the film surface. In order to investigate electromechanical performance
of the film, sandwich structured multilayer films Au (patterned electrodes, 150 nm) /PDMS (4 μm) /Au
(top un-patterned electrode, 50 nm) were deposited on the oxidized silicon wafer. The displacement ratios
of the PDMS film parallel to electric fields were characterized from 0 V/μm to 52.5 V/μm and maximum
value of the displacement ratio reaches ~ 5.0 %. Meanwhile, the rising and falling response time of the
PDMS films are reported as a function of applied electric fields. Since the good light reflection of top gold
electrode and displacement ratio of the sandwich-structured films, the multilayer films device might be a
proper candidate for the application of spatial light modulator.
Micro-motion exposure method based on PZT piezoelectric ceramics
Author(s):
Wenjun Sun;
Mei-heng Zhang;
Zhong Meng
Show Abstract
There mainly is laser digital photofinishing technique and digital photofinishing technique based on LCD
consisting of TFT and LCOS in the digital photofinishing field at the present time. The former have a good many
merit such as wide color gamut, high processing rate, large output size and high brightness, but his cost is very high,
his maintain technique being comparatively complex, that result in difficult use for people. The utilization ratio of
the latter is low because of lower resolution and lower aperture ratio for LCD, but the digital photofinishing based
on LCD have lower cost and higher utilization ration, being suitable for people's current standard of living.
Considering above mentioned problem, a micro-motion exposure method based on PZT piezoelectric ceramics
used in digital image photofinishing is presented. The two-dimension micro-motion exposure system consisting of
PZT piezoelectric ceramics, LCD panel, polarizing film and spring strip is designed. By means of PZT
piezoelectric ceramics the LCD panel is removed about the one half of the pixel size of the LCD panel for four
times from the original place, at the same time imaging system is exposed four times at the printing paper. The
software is used to control the time synchronization, the exposure time and motion range of the LCD panel. The
system has advantages such as shorter response time than 0.1seconds, lesser motion error than 0.01 microns, high
stability and repeatability. Experimental results show that the proposed micro-motion exposure method improve the
picture brightness and enlarge output size, at the meantime reducing the cost of the system.
Raman scattering of In[sub]0.82[/sub]Ga[sub]0.18[/sub]As grown by two step technique
Author(s):
Tie-min Zhang;
Guo-qing Miao;
Jun Fu;
Hong Lin;
Fu-heng Zhang;
Hang Song
Show Abstract
In0.82Ga0.18As was grown by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD) on InP substrates
with two-step growth technique. Three groups sample with different buffer growth conditions were analyzed by Raman
scattering. The intensity of GaAs-like LO phonon of Raman scattering, the frequency shift of the GaAs-like LO phonon
and asymmetry ratio [symbol] of GaAs-like LO phonon of samples were characterized the optical property of In0.82Ga0.18As epilayer, respectively. The results of experiments showed that the optimum buffer In content was 0.82, the optimum
buffer thickness was about 100 nm, and the optimum buffer growth temperature was about 450 °C.
The case for electro-optic waveguide devices from ferroelectric (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O[sub]3[/sub] thin film epilayers
Author(s):
Ørnulf Nordseth;
Jon Øyvind Kjellman;
Change Chuan You;
Arne Røyset;
Thomas Tybell;
Jostein K. Grepstad
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(Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3 (PLZT) thin films were grown epitaxially on MgO(001) substrate by radio frequency magnetron
sputtering. Different ridge-type waveguides, including a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with co-planar metal electrodes,
were defined in the PLZT epilayer using standard photolithographic techniques. The propagation losses for transverse
electric polarized infrared light (λ0 = 1550 nm) in these ridge-type channel waveguides were measured at ~10 dB/cm.
Electro-optic modulation was demonstrated with a half-wave voltage Vπ ≈ 150 V for a 3 mm interaction length,
corresponding to a Pockels coefficient r51 ≈ 8.3 pm/V. Photonic crystal slabs (PCSs) were defined by etching a
hexagonal two-dimensional lattice of holes in prepatterned ridge-type waveguides, using a focused ion beam. The
sidewalls of the etched holes were inclined by an angle of ~10°. The impact on the transmission properties of these PCSs
caused by out-of-plane structural asymmetries, such as deviation from a cylindrical shape of the FIB-etched air holes and
the presence of a substrate with refractive index different from that of air, was investigated by numerical simulation.
Auger depth profiling was used to investigate Ga+ ion implantation into the PLZT epilayer during FIB processing. The
measurements suggest that such implantation of Ga+ is confined to the uppermost ~50 nm of the sample surface.
The research on a photonic-crystal fiber sensor
Author(s):
Yong Peng;
Yi Cheng
Show Abstract
To study the photonic-crystal fiber applied in the chemical sensor, the photonic-crystal fiber was used as transmission
medium. With Sol-Gel method, we selective coated thin film containing fluorescent probe in the photonic-crystal fiber
core, then attained an excellent photonic-crystal fiber acetylcholinesterase sensor. The sensor could be applied in
biological / chemical research, clinical medicine, environmental protection, food inspection, biochemical preventive war
field and so on. In organophosphorus pesticide residue testing, the experimental results indicated that the linear
measurement range could arrive to 1×10-9~ 1×10-3 mol/L, moreover the detection limit is 1×10-10 mol/L.
Optimum design for maximum wavelength resolution based on the edge filter ratiometric system
Author(s):
Qiang Wu;
Ginu Rajan;
Pengfei Wang;
Yuliya Semenova;
Gerald Farrell
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This paper provides an analysis of the influence of a range of factors on the resolution of the ratiometric wavelength
measurement system including the slope of the edge filter, the spectral nature of the input optical signal and the working
wavelength range. Our investigations show that, for a given input optical signal and when the working wavelength range
is known, it is relatively straightforward to select an optimum slope for the edge filter that will yield a maximum
resolution for the system.
Performance of 128x128 solar-blind AlGaN ultraviolet focal plane arrays
Author(s):
Yongang Yuan;
Yan Zhang;
Dafu Liu;
Kaihui Chu;
Ling Wang;
Xiangyang Li
Show Abstract
Ozone layer intensively absorbs 240nm to 285 nm incidence, when the sunshine goes through stratospheric. There is
almost no UVC (200nm-280nm) band radiation existing below stratospheric. Because the radiation target presents a
strong contrast between atmosphere and background, solar-blind band radiation is very useful. Wide band gap materials,
especially III-V nitride materials, have attracted extensive interest. The direct band gap of GaN and A1N is 3.4 and 6.2
eV, respectively. Since they are miscible with each other and form a complete series of AlGaN alloys, AlGaN has direct
band gaps from 3.4 to 6.2 eV, corresponding to cutoff wavelengths from 365 to 200 nm. A back-illuminated hybrid FPA
has been developed by Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Science. This paper reports the
performance of the 128x128 solar-blind AlGaN UV Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs). More and more a CTIA (capacitivetransimpedance)
readout circuit architecture has been proven to be well suited for AlGaN detectors arrays. The bared
readout circuit was first tested to find out optimal analog reference voltage. Second, this ROIC was tested in a standard
20-pin shielded dewar at 115 K to 330K. Then, a new test system was set up to obtain test UV FPA noise, swing voltage,
data valid time, operating speed, dynamic range, UV response etc. The results show that 128x128 back-illuminated
AlGaN PIN detector SNR is as high as 74db at the speed of above30 frame per second. Also, some noise test method is
mentioned.
Research on a wavelength demodulation algorithm in smart clothes based on FBG
Author(s):
Huichao Song;
Changyun Miao;
Cheng Zhang;
Hongquiang Li;
Fanjie Xu
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A wavelength demodulation algorithm in smart clothes for detecting human body temperature is proposed based on the
fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor interrogation technology. The driven voltage corresponding to peak wavelength of
reference spectrum can be calculated by the method of windowing to FBG reflected wave and weighted averaging to the
data. The characteristic conic of F-P filter is attained by the least square fitting. Experimental result shows that the
algorithm can solve the problem of low detecting precision due to the low resolution of scanning voltage. The correlative
linearity of temperature and driven voltage of F-P is 0.998, and a resolution of 0.2oC temperature can be obtained.
Quantitative analysis of the spatial distortion of 3D integral image related to the mismatch of the microlens array
Author(s):
Qingfeng Bu;
Xiaorui Wang;
Honggang Bai
Show Abstract
According to integral imaging mechanisms, the spatial distortion of 3D integral image is affected by many parameters
related to both the capture and the display setups, such as the shift and overlapping of elemental images, the aperture
difference of the lens array between the capture and the display systems, the pitch between the adjacent lenses in the
capture or display lens arrays. To solve this problem, we first clarify the effects of the optical parameter mismatch in
pickup and display stage. An analytical model for the spatial distortion of 3D integral image caused by aberrations of the
elemental images is then derived by the use of wave optics theories. Simulation results show that a 3D image is separated
by local positional errors, and the reconstructed image is shifted in the depth direction. Moreover, the integrated 3D
image has different magnification factors at longitudinal and lateral direction. Finally, we discuss the possibility to
reduce the distortion of integral image through some methods proposed by previous researchers.
Research on remote-controlling gate-ban system based on embedded system and GSM
Author(s):
Yuelin Chen;
Liangbo Sun
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Nowadays the Gate-Ban Controlling System mainly uses the MCU as the control center, but the MCU has some disadvantages such as lower reliability and less expandability. Aims at resolving these problems, analyzes the modules' construction and designs the hardware platform and software platform of the system, develops the video collection functions at the supervising terminal based on Linux system, uses ARM as the control center and gets the information from extended ports by ARM control panel, and then transports them in SMS by using GPRS platform, at last the wireless long-distance supervise and control can be achieved. In the experiment the results show that the method proposed in this paper has good reliability and expansibility.
Absorption and scattering of light by VO[sub]2[/sub] nanoparticle array
Author(s):
Xiaojing Yu;
Yi Li;
Haifang Wang;
Hu Zhang;
Wei Zhang;
Yize Huang
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Much attention has been paid to the semiconductor-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide nanomaterials,
accompanied with an abrupt change in its resistivity and near-infrared transmission. The phase transition and optical
properties of vanadium dioxide nanoparticles were studied by the mathematical model based on the complex refractive
changing with the temperature and wavelength. The optical properties of nano-array were investigated by using the
discrete dipole approximation and Mie scattering theory, as well as the absorption and scattering properties of small
particles. The results show that the main contribution to the optical response with variational wavelength in the infrared
is from absorption cross section comparing with the scattering cross section. It is obvious that the absorption peak of
metal phase occurs near 980nm. With the change of temperature, the variation of extinction coefficient is larger in the
infrared region than in the visible region. The largest change of extinction coefficient occurs in the near-infrared region.
The extincition coefficient is very small in the visible region and there is a maximal value in the infrared region in the
nano-array.
Synthesis, structure, and electrochemical properties of nano-layered organic-inorganic perovskites containing Fe(CN)63- layers and its application for detection of DNA hybridization
Author(s):
Jing Wu;
Hanxing Liu
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Steady organic-inorganic perovskite hybrids with [H22-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6, [H23-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 and [H24-
AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 (AMP = aminomethylpyridine) were formed in the air. Each structure shows an unusual layered
organic-inorganic structural type. The hybrids enveloped in paraffin, respectively, to prepare hybrid paste electrode
(HPE) (HPE-2 with [H22-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6, HPE-3 with [H23-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6, HPE-4 with [H24-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6).
Three hybrids in HPEs showed good electrochemical characteristics. The sequence of redox activity is [H24-
AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 > [H22-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 > [H23-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 and that of electrocatalytical characteristics is [H23-
AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 > [H22-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 > [H24-AMP]3/2 Fe(CN)6. Three hybrids have been employed to investigate the
interaction between DNA and three hybrids. The results indicate that between [H23-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 and DNA is useful
and [H23-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 can detect the hybridization of DNA. And the interaction between [H22-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 and
DNA and between [H24-AMP]3/2Fe(CN)6 and DNA is slender. Three HPEs display remarkable electrochemical
sensitivity and stability. The variation coefficients (RSD) of repeatedly successive and interval assays are less than 2.5%.
The chemical and physical stability of three hybrids is satisfactory.
Strain measurement based on multimode fiber ring-down spectroscopy
Author(s):
Huiye Qiu;
Guozhong Lai;
Yufei Wang;
Yuxia Su
Show Abstract
A multimode fiber-loop ring-down spectroscopy for strain measurement is presented. With this technique, strain
measurement is achieved in a time domain by measuring the ring-down time. The prototype of the sensor consists of a
pulsed VCSEL laser diode, two multimode fiber couplers, a section of multimode fiber loop, photodetector, data
acquisition card and signal processing. Experimental results show that the ring-down time has a good linear response to
strain in the range from 534.2με to 1013.7με and the strain resolution is as small as 0.338με.
Structural and optical properties of Mg-doped ZnO nanowires synthesized by electrodeposition
Author(s):
Xuan Fang;
Jin Hua Li
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In this paper, we report that Mg-doped ZnO nanowires were synthesized on ITO substrate by electrodeposition using a
mixture of an aqueous solution of zinc acetate, hexamethylenetetramine, and magnesium acetate for the first time. SEM,
EDS and XRD were used to investigate the structural properties and chemical composition. and PL spectrum was
measured for optical characterism. Compared with undoped ZnO nanowires, the band edge emission shifts from 380 nm
to 375 nm.
Optimal design and fabrication of ring resonator composed of Ge0[sub]2[/sub]-doped silica waveguides for IOG
Author(s):
Lijun Guo;
Bangren Shi;
Chen Chen;
Hao Lv;
Zhenming Zhao;
Meng Zhao
Show Abstract
The ring resonator is the core sensing element in the resonant integration optical gyroscope (IOG) . Its performances
influence the minimum resolution and the error items of gyroscope directly and it is the key of the design and
manufacturing. This paper presents optimal design of ring resonator composed of Ge02 -doped silica waveguides
fabricated on silicon substrates using wide angle beam propagation method (WA-BPM). The characteristic of the light
propagating across the ring resonator is analyzed. According to the design results, we succeed in fabricating the ring
resonator by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) method and Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
technology. In order to characterize the ring resonator, an optical measurement setup is built, fiber laser line-width is 50
kHz, detector responsibility is 0.95A/W and integral time is 10s. By testing, propagation loss and total loss of ring
resonator are 0.02dB/cm and 0.1dB/circuit respectively. Observed from the resonance curve, a finesse of 12.5.
The Debye characteristic temperature of nanodiamond thin films
Author(s):
Yongjie Wang;
Qingxun Zhao;
Zhanlong Zhao;
Zengqian Yin;
Qian Yang;
Han Li
Show Abstract
The Debye characteristic temperature is a useful parameter of nanodiamond thin films. In this paper, the Debye
characteristic temperature of diamond thin films is studied through X-ray diffraction intensity at a fixed temperature.
From x-ray diffraction, we can get the average crystallite size of diamond thin film. By the method of Xueshan Lu and
Jingkui Liang, the Debye-Waller factor and Debye temperature are calculated, they are B=0.010937 nm2 and
ΘD=527.95K, the Debye temperature is about one-fourth of the Debye characteristic temperature of the bulk diamond
single crystal (about 2200K). The relationship between crystal size and Debye characteristic temperature is also
discussed. The Debye characteristic temperature depends on particle size. When the diamond changes from bulk
diamond to diamond films, the crystal size of diamond becomes smaller, so the Debye characteristic temperature
becomes lower. This means that the atom binding force becomes weak, and it can increase the activity of nanodiamond
thin films.
Finite element analysis of the deformable mirror
Author(s):
Fu Zhao;
Ping Wang;
Yanjue Gong;
Chunling Meng;
Yude Liu
Show Abstract
As a critical optoelectronics component of adaptive optics, the deformable mirrors (DM) is concerned by more and more
researchers and has been developed even faster in recent years. In order to obtain the high mirror accuracy and image
quality, it is very significant for the deformable mirror to design the best support structure with high dynamic stiffness.
This paper discusses the DM support structure's mechanical principle and carries out optimal design based on the finite
element analysis. Three kinds of DM support structures with different sections are selected to analyze their resonate
frequencies. After determining the support structure with larger mode frequency among them, an optimal design solution
has been introduced to determine a group of reasonable structure parameters which improve the resonate frequency of
the supporting structure. Finally, the random response, harmonic response analysis and fatigue lifetime analysis of the
support structure are implemented to confirm the effect of the optimal design, and provide basis for the design of
subassembly structure of the deformable mirrors.
Photoelectricity signal processing circuit of interferometric fiber optic pressure sensor
Author(s):
Zhenwu Guo;
Wei-xiang Li;
Qing-bin Meng;
Yong Pan;
Guang-wei Liu;
Fu-wei Ge;
Rong-xin Zhang
Show Abstract
We have designed an intensity-demodulated sensing system based on Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor for pressure
measurement. The structure of the sensing probe has been presented. The sensing system is interrogated by broadband
source. For compensating drift of the source power and fluctuation in fiber attenuation, the light beam is separated into
two channels by a fiber Bragg Grating, the transmitted light used as reference signal and the reflected light used as
sensing signal. In order to improve the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of the detection system, the input light is modulated by
pulse signal, and the low noise preamplifier is given. The more important factor to improve the SNR is that a
synchronization integrator is employed to construct a narrow band filter to restrain noises and disturbances. It has better
performance with a narrow band noise filter rather than the general RC active bandpass filter. The sensing signal and the
reference signal are transformed into DC voltage signal from AC voltage signal after they passed the synchronization
integrator circuit. Subsequently the division operation of the sensing signal and the reference signal is implemented. At
last a linear output model is established. The system has advantages of fast response, strong ability and low cost. The
dynamic range of the sensor is from 0 to 400KPa, and the resolution reaches to 200Pa.
Research on packaging technology for a fiber optic acoustic sensor
Author(s):
Rui Li;
Wen Xiao;
Dong Yao;
Bingshi Xu;
Lin Cong
Show Abstract
A micro acoustic sensor with inclined fibers was proposed to improve its sensitivity. In order to get the highest
sensitivity within the micro structure, the relative positions of elements in sensor should be exactly located; especially
the distance between fibers and membrane should be optimum. A packaging technology for this micro sensor
assemblage and test is introduced. It is based on a packaging system composed of three parts: distance adjusting,
intensity collection and data analysis. The distance adjusting part increases the operating distance with a step of 2μm.
Meanwhile the received power is recorded by intensity collection part on line to get the intensity characteristic curve.
Through the data analysis part, sensitivity curve, optimum operating distance, the highest sensitivity and optimum
received power of the proposed acoustic sensor are got. An experiment was implemented to assemble and test a sensor
whose angle between two fibers was 60° by the proposed packaging system. Its optimum operating distance and highest
sensitivity were analyzed to be 30μm and 2.49μW/μm. The sensitivity of packaged sensor to standard acoustic signal is
16mV/Pa and SNR is tested to be 54dB.
Ohmic contacts to n-GaN formed by ion-implanted Si into p-GaN
Author(s):
Xichang Bao;
Jintong Xu;
Wenjing Zhang;
Ling Wang;
Kaihui Chu;
Chao Li;
Xiangyang Li
Show Abstract
In this paper, we report the ohmic contact to n-GaN fabricated by implanting silicon into Mg-doped GaN using an
alloy of Ti/Al/Ti/Au metallization. The used materials were grown on (001) sapphire substrates by metal-organic
chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD). The layer structure was comprised of a GaN buffer layer and followed by a 2 μm
thickness Mg-doped GaN (Na=5×1017cm-3) and then double silicon implantation was performed in order to convert
p-type GaN into n-type GaN films. The as-implanted samples were then thermal annealed at 1150 °C for 5 min in N2
ambient. The carrier concentration and Hall mobility were 3.13×1018 cm3 and 112 cm2/ (V·s) measured by Hall method.
Multilayer electrode of Ti (50 nm)/Al (50 nm)/Ti (30 nm)/Au (30 nm) was deposited on n-GaN using an electron-beam
evaporation and contacts were formed by a N2 annealing technique ranging from 600 to 900 °C. After annealing lower
than 700 °C, the contacts exhibited a rectifying behavior and became ohmic contact only after high temperature
processes (≥700 °C). Specific contact resistance was as low as 9.58×10-4 Ω·cm2 after annealing at 800 °C for 60 seconds.
While annealing temperature is higher than 800 °C, the specific contact resistance becomes worse. This phenomenon is
caused by the surface morphology degradation.
A low-noise wide-dynamic-range UV detector with pixel-level A/D conversion
Author(s):
Wenjing Zhang;
Xichang Bao;
Ling Wang;
Chao Li;
Yonggang Yuan;
Xiangyang Li
Show Abstract
This paper presents a low-power low-noise wide-dynamic-range GaN-based UV detector with pixel-level A/D
conversion. The detector comprised an array of 50×50μm2 pixels with a multi-channel bit serial (MCBS) ADC in each
pixel. Each pixel contains a UV photo-detector, a 1-bit comparator and a 3-T memory cell. The A/D conversion is
performed simultaneously for all pixels. The digital data is read out from the pixel array in manner of a random access
digital memory. Since there are many ADCs operating simultaneously, power consumption for each ADC must be
minimized. To satisfy the low power consumption, A power-down circuit is introduced in. The minimal value for ADC
resolution and the frame rate are 10bits and 100f/s respectively. A high GBW comparator is designed to satisfy this
demand. In order to suppress the FPN and 1/f noise a digital correlated double sampling (CDS) is adopted in this
application.
Liquid crystal cell design of VGA field sequential color LCoS display
Author(s):
Yanyan Liu;
Weidong Geng;
Yongping Dai
Show Abstract
The design of liquid crystal cell is an important factor to determine the display quality of LCoS display device. The goal
of this paper is to gain VGA field sequential color (FSC) LCoS device used for near-to-eye system. The characteristics of
optics and electrooptics for the twist nematic liquid crystal material and the material requirements of the FSC LCoS were
studied. The LCOS liquid crystal cell optimized by dynamic parameter space method had an uniform reflectivity (about
90%) for the light with wave length from 450nm to 650nm. Both considering the electrooptic response curve of liquid
crystal and the relationship between the contrast ratio and pixel size, we determined to use high speed twist nematic
liquid crystal working in normally white mode. The liquid crystal cell gap and the pixel size were determined as 2.5um
and 12um, respectively. The VGA FSC LCoS device was fabricated with SMIC 0.35um CMOS process and filled with
LC-A liquid crystal of Merck in Varitronix. The measurement showed that the response time of liquid crystal from light
to dark was 1.8ms and from dark to light was 4.4ms. The contrast ratio is bigger than 50:1. The LCoS displays well.
Investigation of GaN-based avalanche photodiodes
Author(s):
Ling Wang;
Jingtong Xu;
Yonggang Yuan;
Peilu Jiang;
Yan Zhang;
Xiangyang Li
Show Abstract
GaN-based avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have become of increased interest in the UV detection arenas. However,
numerous material-, fabrication-, and design-related problems are exactly settled before GaN-based APDs can be
commercialized. In this study, we, first, discussed recent development of the GaN-based APDs. Then front- and
back-illumination (respectively realizing electron and hole initial impact-ionization) p-i-n heterostructure devices with
various mesa diameters were fabricated. The device with a diameter of 40 μm exhibited a multiplication gain of ~680, at
reverse bias of ~76 V corresponding to the magnitude of the electric field of ~ 3 MV/cm by experiment indicating and
simulation verifying. To confirm the origin of dark current under different reverse bias, the dark current-voltage
characteristic of various sized mesa devices were performed. The dark current could be linearly fitted to the device
diameter (or circumference) implied that the surface leakage along the mesa sidewall was the dominant component of the
dark current. At zero bias, the spectral peak responsivity reached ~ 0.14A/W for front illumination, and ~ 0.152A/W for
back illumination at a wavelength of 358 nm. The positive breakdown voltage coefficient from the
temperature-dependent current-voltage characteristics was 0.02 V/K.
TiO[sub]2[/sub] nanotube arrays for quantum dots sensitized solar cells
Author(s):
Xin Wen;
Junchao Tao;
Yingshui Sun;
Yan Sun;
Ning Dai
Show Abstract
Vertically oriented, highly ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays have attracted considerable attention because of their
impressive competence in a variety of applications including solar cells, chemical sensing, photocatalysis and biomedical
industry. However, only a few papers reported on the solar cells prepared by combining TiO2 nanotubes and
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) based on composite structures. This paper presents the preparation of TiO2 nanotube
arrays for the solar cells based on TiO2 nanotubes and CdSe QDs. The fabrication routes of highly organized TiO2
nanotube arrays synthesized by anodization of Ti foil in electrolyte were described, the performance of TiO2 nanotube
arrays on the CdSe QDs sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays photoelectrodes was investigated, too. The work herein details
the effect of fabrication variables anodization time and examines the crystalline nature of the annealed (initially
amorphous) samples. The nanotubes have an average inner diameter of 50 nm and a tube thickness of 12 nm. The
maximum length of the TiO2 Nanotube we achieved is 9.75 μm. In QDs-sensitized TiO2 nanotube solar cells, CdSe QDs
were used as the antenna layer (an absorber material) coating on the surface of titanium foil. Application of nanotube
arrays to quantum dot solar cells under sunlight is discussed and compare to the dye sensitized solar cell. The quantum
dots (QDs) sensitized solar cell's efficiencies can not match dye sensitized solar cell, but it will be a novel way to utilize
solar energy in the future.
Effect of power on the structure and property of copper nitride films by DC reactive magnetron sputtering
Author(s):
Xing-Ao Li;
Jian-Ping Yang;
An-You Zuo;
Zuo-Bin Yuan;
Zhu-Lin Weng;
Xiao-Yong Xiong
Show Abstract
Copper nitride thin films were deposited on glass substrates by reactive DC (direct
current) magnetron sputtering with 0.8Pa N2-gas partial pressure (the total pressure was
1Pa), 100°C substrate temperature and different DC powers. X-ray diffraction
measurements show that the films are composed of Cu3N crystallites with anti-ReO3
structure and exhibit preferential orientation to the [111] direction. The intensity of the
preferred crystalline orientation of the films increased with DC power. It is found that the
DC power not only affects the crystal structure of the Cu3N films but also affects its
resistivity. The resistivity of Cu3N films decreased sharply with increasing of the DC
power, reaching a value 1.33Ωcm. From this work, it is concluded that the optimum DC
sputtering power for producing high-quality and well [111]-oriented Cu3N films on glass
substrates is 80W, with 0.8Pa N2-gas partial pressure and 1000C substrate temperature.
Structural and optical properties of ZnO:Al thin films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering
Author(s):
Yanqing Gao;
Jianhua Ma;
Zhiming Huang;
Yun Hou;
Jing Wu;
Junhao Chu
Show Abstract
ZnO:Al (AZO) films have potential applications in ultraviolet detecting devices. The structural and optical properties of
the AZO films are presented. Highly c axis oriented wurtzite phase AZO films are prepared on quartz substrate by rf
sputtering method. The optical constants and the thickness of the AZO films are determined by fitting the measured
transmission spectra with Tauc-Lorentz (TL) model. The refractive index n increases as the photon energy increases, and
reaches the maximum of 2.50 at 3.66 eV, beyond which the refractive index n decreases with further increasing of
photon energy. The peak of the refractive index n corresponds to the optical band gap of the AZO films, which is
associated with interband transition between the valence and conduction bands. The extinction coefficient k also
increases with the enhancement of the photon energy, and a strong absorption peak with maximum of 1.10 is prominent.
The absorption peak due to an electronic transition accords with the peak transition energy E0 (3.79 eV) is obtained by
TL model. The energy E0 of this model corresponds to the Penn gap, where the strong absorption of the material took
place. By fitting the absorption coefficient, the optical band gap 3.62 eV of the film is evaluated. Based on the Tauc's
power law, the optical band gap of the films is proved as a direct interband transition between the valence and
conduction bands. This enhanced band gap compared with ZnO (3.37 eV) correlates to the Burstein-Moss band filling
effect due to Al doping.
Optical properties of rubrene thin film grown by thermal evaporation
Author(s):
Bing Yang;
Jinxiang Deng;
Wei-ping Zhao
Show Abstract
In the present study, high quality rubrene thin film is fabricated through control of growth time with thermally
evaporation under vacuum. Optical microscopy is employed to analyze the surface morphology of the samples. A mode
of thin film growth from an amorphous continuous film to polycrystalline rubrene thin film could be controlled by
growth time. Images of such structures [acquired using optical microscopy] show that they are polycrystalline structure,
which splays out from a central point. Rubrene thin film is linear structure when the growth time is greater than 7 hours.
Meanwhile, the optical constant (absorption coefficient (α)) is analyzed by transmission and absorption spectrum. The
optical band gap (Eg) is deduced by Tauc formula. From the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of rubrene thin film, we
observe two shape peaks, which can be explained by Davydov splitting (factor-group splitting).
Nanocrystalline silicon quantum dots thin films prepared by magnetron reaction sputtering
Author(s):
Weiping Zhao;
Jinxiang Deng;
Bing Yang;
Zhenrui Yu;
Mariano Aceves
Show Abstract
Silicon is a kind of excellent semiconductor material and is one of the core material of microelectronics. But it is not a
fine luminescent material. The photoluminescence(PL) will be obtained by excitation only when the size of silicon
partials reduced to a certain value. Nanocrystalline silicon films have special structure and many excellent optoelectronic
properties and are supposed to be applied in optoelectronic devices and large scale integrated circuits. In this paper,
Nanocrystalline silicon films was deposited on silicon substrate by RF magnetron sputtering with pure Si target. And the
working gas is the mixture of oxygen and argon .The content of O2 in working gas (O2/ O2 + Ar) and the power of
sputtering were changed separately .However, the substrate temperature, working gas pressure and other conditions were
definite. After annealing in the stove, we got the Nanocrystalline silicon particles in the thin films. Fourier transform
infrared(FTIR) transmittance measurement was carried out to characterized Nanocrystalline silicon films. X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurement was also performed to estimate the atom ratio of the Nanocrystalline
silicon films. Raman scattering measurements was also taken in to characterize the Nanocrystalline silicon films. The
formation of Nanocrystalline silicon filmswere depended partly on the parameters of experiment. The annealed silicon
films were researched that the size of the Nanocrystalline silicon particles proved to be largely impacted by the annealing
temperature in the thin film
The (1-x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3- x PbTiO3 nanograde film produced by improved LPE method
Author(s):
Youbao Wan;
Yurong Wu;
Jianxing Zhang;
Peizhi Yang;
Lingrong Xiao;
Guoxiang Yuan;
Hui Yan
Show Abstract
(1-x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 nano-grade films were produced by using both an normally
liquid phase epitaxy and an improved vertically dipping liquid phase epitaxy system developed by
ourselves. Utilizing a specially heating device, the improved liquid phase epitaxy system can offer a
controllable time-lag before the melt adhered on the bottom of the substrate crystallized into film. In
the time-lag moment, the force of the rolling substrate driven by the rolling seed role would throw
out some melt adhered on the bottom of the substrate and reduce the quantity of the melt. And the
surface of the film can be smoothed. By adjusting the quality of the melt left on the bottom of the
substrate, nanograde thin films of
(1-x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 were grown up on the substrates
of SrTiO3 (001). The morphology of the both films produced by normal LPE method and our
improved LPE method were investigated by OM. The results show that the films produced by using
this improved LPE method have uniform morphology without powders adhered in it. The farther
investigation of the morphology of the PZNT film produced by our improved LPE method was done
by using AFM show that the grains of the films have column-shaped morphology with similar size.
For the films produced by using normal LPE method, the farther investigation of their morphology
were done by SEM method. The results show that there are square-shaped grains with different size
for the grains of the film, and there are many stuff material in the space among the grains. The study
of XRD reveals that the films produced by using both normal LPE method and improved method
had good alignment on the SrTiO3 (001) substrate.
Electrical and optical properties of Mn1.56Co0.96Ni0.48O4 films for infrared detection
Author(s):
Jing Wu;
Zhi Ming Huang;
Yuan Hou;
Yan Qing Gao;
Jun Hao Chu
Show Abstract
Mn1.56Co0.96Ni0.48O4 films with spinel structure for infrared detection are prepared on Al2O3 substrate by chemical
solution deposition method. The resistance vs temperature (R-T) characteristics at 130~304 K temperature range and
infrared transmission spectrum (1-10 μm) are measured and temperature coefficients of resistance (TCR) are calculated.
The conduction process can be explained well by hopping conduction. At low temperature nearest neighbor hopping
(NNH) mechanism fits the data well, while at high temperature, variable range hopping (VRH) mechanism dominates
the system, and this transition temperature is at about 200 K. The value of TCR is about -3.73% K-1 at 300 K.
Mn1.56Co0.96Ni0.48O4 films exhibit a strong absorption around 2μm which is considered to be corresponding to the gap of
energy bands showed by infrared transmission spectrum. The band gap obtained from the transmission spectrum data
using the Tauc's law is ~0.567 eV.
Research of fiber Bragg grating geophone based on cantilever beam
Author(s):
Liang Wang;
Shao-hua Chen;
Guo Tao;
Gui-wu Lu;
Kun Zhao
Show Abstract
Along with the development of seismic exploration, the demand of frequency, dynamic range, precision and resolution
ration is increased. However, the traditional geophone has disadvantages of narrower bandwidth, lower dynamic range
and resolution, and cannot meet the new needs of seismic exploration. Geophone technology is a choke point, which
constrains the development of petroleum prospecting in recent years. Fiber Bragg Grating seism demodulation
technology is the newest kind of seism demodulation technology. The sensing probe of the Fiber Bragg Grating
geophone is made up of Fiber Bragg Gating. The information which it collects is embodied by wavelength. The
modulation-demodulation is accomplished by Fiber Bragg Gating geophone directly. In this paper, we design different
size Fiber Bragg Grating geophones based on the transmission properties of Fiber Bragg Grating and cantilever beam
method. Beryllium bronze and stainless steel are chosen as the elastic beam and shell materials, respectively. The
parameters such as response function and sensitivity are given theoretically. In addition, we have simulated the
transmission characteristics of Fiber Bragg Grating geophone by virtue of finite element analysis. The influences of
wavelength, mass block, fiber length on the characteristics of geophones are discussed in detail, and finally the
appropriate structural parameters are presented.
Study on the preparation of vanadium oxide thin films by the metal-oxygenation method
Author(s):
Tao Chen;
Ming Hu;
Ji-ran Liang;
Jia-ning Lu;
Lei Tan
Show Abstract
Vanadium thin films were deposited on silicon nitride substrates by direct current facing targets magnetron
sputtering, and then were annealed in room air ambient to form the vanadium oxide(VOx) thin films. The VOx thin films
made by this way have high TCR(Temperature Coefficient of Resistance) near room temperature. Compared with
reactive sputtering[1,2], the metal-oxygenation method needs fewer preparative parameters which are very easy to control.
The main target of this paper is to study the electrical property of the VOx thin films, especially the relationship between
the TCR of VOx thin films and their preparative parameters. Orthogonal experiment was used to choose optimal
preparative parameters, which include sputtering pressure, sputtering time, annealing time and annealing temperature.
Then the resistance-temperature property was measured, and the results show that the VOx thin film which was prepared
after sputtered at 1.5 Pa for 20 minutes at room temperature and annealed at 400°C for 1.5h has the best
resistance-temperature property. And near room temperature, its TCR is -3.25%/K, which is twice as much as that of
metal material. And the VOx thin film has potential application in uncooled infrared microbolometer[3~5].
Optical switching properties of VOx thin films deposited on Si[sub]3/sub]N[sub]4[/sub] substrates using ion beam sputtering
Author(s):
Jianing Lu;
Ming Hu;
Jiran Liang;
Tao Chen;
Lei Tan
Show Abstract
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films, for their property of metal-insulator transition (MIT), have drawn many
researchers' attention on optical devices study. Nowadays it is complicated to fabricate single-phase VO2) thin films. Ion
beam sputtering is adopted to deposit VOx thin films (main component is VO2) ) on Si3N4, while sputtering power,
substrate temperature and partial oxygen pressure of VOx are adjusted. Then annealing technology is utilized to improve
the parameter property of VOx thin films. The thin films are tested by AFM, XPS, XRD, Fourier transform infrared
spectrometry, tunable semiconductor laser and optical power meter. Both temperature-driven phasetransition and
photoexcitation phasetransition of VOx thin films are applied. The samples are heated from 20°C to 80°C, discovering
that the phasetransition temperature is about 59°C and the value of resistance before the phasetransition is two orders of
magnitude over the value of resistance after the phasetransition. At the wavelength of 1550 nm, the transmission is from
32% to 1%. Besides, the extinction ratio of the thin films sample is obtained. The optical properties show that the VOx
thin films have an apparent switching effect in the optical communication fields.
Numerical calculation and simulation analysis of electrical field characteristics for the electrical resistance tomography system
Author(s):
Yanjun Zhang;
Deyun Chen;
Lili Wang
Show Abstract
Sensitivity field in electrical resistance tomography system is affected by the distribution of multiphase medium, and
the data of sensitivity distribution which are obtained by theoretical calculation can be used as prior experimental
knowledge for image reconstruction, so it is necessary to analyze the distribution of the sensitivity field to decrease error
of soft field and improve the quality of the image reconstruction. In this paper at the basis of analyzing the principle of
electrical resistance tomography system, the mathematical model of sensitivity field is built by utilizing finite element
method. Through study field with disperse phase, the factors affecting the distribution of the sensitivity field and rules
are analyzed, the calculation of sensitivity distribution and visualized simulation are achieved The experiments show that
the finite element model is right, the sensitivity field proposed is in accordance with the practice and the computation
velocity is about 10seconds, which provides the basis for related image reconstruction algorithms.
A novel method for determination of particle size distribution in-process
Author(s):
Tiberiu A Salaoru;
Mingzhong Li;
Derek Wilkinson
Show Abstract
The pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industries are strongly concerned with the manufacture of high value-added
speciality products, often in solid form. On-line measurement of solid particle size is vital for reliable control of product
properties. The established techniques, such as laser diffraction or spectral extinction, require dilution of the process
suspension when measuring from typical manufacturing streams because of their high concentration. Dilution to
facilitate measurement can result in changes of both size and form of particles, especially during production processes
such as crystallisation. In spectral extinction, the degree of light scattering and absorption by a suspension is measured.
However, for concentrated suspensions the interpretation of light extinction measurements is difficult because of
multiple scattering and inter-particle interaction effects and at higher concentrations extinction is essentially total so the
technique can no longer be applied. At the same time, scattering by a dispersion also causes a change of phase which
affects the real component of the suspension's effective refractive index which is a function of particle size and particle
and dispersant refractive indices. In this work, a novel prototype instrument has been developed to measure particle size
distribution in concentrated suspensions in-process by measuring suspension refractive index at incidence angles near the
onset of total internal reflection. Using this technique, the light beam does not pass through the suspension being
measured so suspension turbidity does not impair the measurement.
Growth of InGaSb quantum dots on GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy
Author(s):
Z. G. Li;
M. H. You;
G. J. Liu;
L. Lin;
M. Li;
Z. L. Qiao;
Y. Deng;
Y. Wang;
X. H. Wang
Show Abstract
The growth parameters affecting the deposition of InGaSb quantum dots (QDs) on
GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) were reported. The InGaSb were
achieved using lower growth temperature and optimized growth interruption, which is
important to obtain high-quality materials Photoluminescence (PL) measurements show
the good optical quality of InGaSb QDs. At room temperature, the wavelength of PL
spectrum and full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) are around 1.3 m and 106 meV,
respectively.
Compound TiO[sub]2[/sub] nanocrystals synthesized by hydrothermal method
Author(s):
Shuhua Liu;
Sanling Fu;
Yanshuang Kang
Show Abstract
In this work, rutile Sn-doped TiO2 nanocrystals are synthesized by hydrothermal method, with TiCl4 and SnCl4 aqueous
solutions serve as the precursors. When the TiCl4 and SnCl4·5H2O serve as precursors with ratio of Ti4+/Sn4+ 4:1, most of
the Synthesized crystals are square morphology, with diameter of 30nm. When the ratio of Ti4+/Sn4+ changed to about 1:1,
the obtained samples display various kinds of morphology. Some of them are tiny square crystals with the size less than
20nm. The bigger ones is about 100-120nm in length and 30-50nm in diameter. And the aspect ratio is about 3:1. When
the ratio of Ti4+/Sn4+ is 0:1, the crystals is 20nm in diameter, and 30-120nm in length. The results indicate that
combination of Ti4+ and Sn4+ has relative evident effect on the crystals morphology. The component of the obtained
samples has been analyzed by X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The result shows that the highest atomic
percent concentration of the doped-Sn is very low. The experiments results indicate that it is hard for other metal ions to
dope into the rutile TiO2 by the way of lattice-substitute.
The controlling of microlens contour by adjusting developing time in the thermal reflow method
Author(s):
Si Di;
Ru-xu Du
Show Abstract
As one of widely used microlens fabrication techniques, thermal reflow method has many advantages such as simple
fabrication process, low price, and good smoothness of the microlens. However, it is difficult to predict and control the
final microlens contour after melting process. In this paper, we pay our attention on searching a method to control the
microlens contour. The relationship between microlens contour and developing time is studied by experiments in the
case of insufficient developing. When the developing time is not sufficient, some of the photoresist will be left on the
substrate. In that case, the contact angle of microlens, which decided by the ratio of microlens aperture on its curvature
radius, is smaller comparing with the case of completely development. The experimental results indicate that different
developing time will result in different contact angle of the microlens after the melting process. Therefore, it is enables to
control microlens contour by adjusting developing time. The experimental results also indicate that the degree of
microlens contour deviate from ideal spherical is related to developing time. These results are valuable for us to fabricate
the microlens which has expected geometrical shape.
The research and development of an air pollutant monitoring system based on DOAS technology
Author(s):
Hua Li;
Han-peng Liu
Show Abstract
This article illuminates a kind of sensor used in measuring the concentrations of the main pollutants in flue gas streams
(Dust, SO2 and NOx) based on the UV-DOAS technology in air pollutant monitoring. Using the high-level embedded
microprocessors and complex programmable logic device, the sensor completes system measurement, management and
signal communication, and spectrum inversion and data saving are processed by PC at the same time. Differential optical
absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) technology is used in the flue gas pollutant factor analysis through the sensor
construction. The absorption spectra of SO2, NOx and smoke dust are inverted to reduce the interference of other factors
in flue gas streams. At the same time, the effect of light source fluctuation and optical transmission ratio is considered
and removed in the measurement system. The result shows that the monitoring accuracy of concentration of sulfur
dioxide and smoke dust achieves ±2%, the concentration of nitrogen oxides accuracy achieves ±3%, which meets the
requirements of the national standard. The sensor can be directly installed in a flue. As a result, process of measuring is
simplified and measurement accuracy is improved. Further more, this method increases the stability of the system and
reduces the maintenance costs. Measurement data is transferred through data bus between the sensor and upper PC to
realize remote control and real-time measurement. Considering the severe conditions in measuring the main pollutants in
flue gas streams, applications of anti-interference and anti-corrosion etc. are taken in the system design.
The intelligent design of the high power and energy laser measurement system
Author(s):
Yang Chang;
Jin-feng Zhou
Show Abstract
With the development of the laser technology, electronic technology, as well as computer technology, the traditional laser
power measurement couldn't meet the demand. We design a new type of laser power measurement for the high power
and intelligent measuring: compared with the traditional one-sensor laser power measurements, we select three different
kinds of sensors which are the thermocouple, photoelectric cell and flow meter to get multi-signals. We use the
thermocouple and flow meter in order to calculate the power of the laser, and photoelectric cell is used to depict the
waveform of the laser pulse. The processing system is based on the AVR embedded system which includes signal
sampling, data storage, algorithmic processing and both the waveform and the numerical results displaying, meanwhile
the system connects and uploads the data to the computer, finally realizes the functions of data processing and saving for
the further research. During the working time of the laser, the system can monitor the power and energy in real time;
calculate the results of the power, energy and other significant parameters, show the waveform as well. The figures of the
system are that substituting the metal senor for the flow water sensor which realizes the higher power and energy
measurements; using multi-channel sensors that get the power, energy and waveform results; introducing the AVR
processor which ensure high speed processing and the reliability of the system. The real-time algorithm makes the A/D
sampling of the three-channel sensors in time, and the integral compensation algorithm makes the results more precise.
The last, the method of "inner loop" and "outer circle" meet the different demand of the measurement which makes you
have more choices. In practice, due to the interference, we also put efforts to solve the interference of the power supply
and the electro-magnetic interference (EMI).
Effect of deposition pressure on structural and optical properties of scandium-doped ZnO thin film prepared by sputtering
Author(s):
Cunxing Miao;
Zhanxia Zhao;
Min Li;
Zhongquan Ma
Show Abstract
Microstructural, optical and electrical properties of Sc-doped ZnO films grown by RF magnetron sputtering at room
temperature were investigated. The deposition pressure was varied from 0.3 to 2.0 Pa. XRD spectra indicated that the
(100) peak of the film weakened as the reaction pressure decreased and the (110) peak strengthened at a preferred
pressure, 0.3Pa. Compare with (100) and (110) peaks, the intensity of (002) peak was relative weak. The strain in the
film was investigated. The average transmittance of these films was above 90% in the wavelength range from 400 to 800
nm, while decreased in short wavelength region due to the light scattering. More significantly, various optical band gap
of the films were found correspond with different pressure. The causation might be due to the Burstein-Moss effect.
Nanocrystalline Si-based metal-oxide-semiconductor photodetectors
Author(s):
Zhenrui Yu;
Mariano Aceves-Mijares;
J. A. Luna Lopez;
Jinxiang Deng
Show Abstract
In this paper, we report on a MOS-like structured Si photodetector whose response range covers UV-VIS-NIR with good
responsivity. The devices have an Al/Silicon-Rich Oxide (SRO)/Si MOS-like structure fabricated with standard Si IC
technology. Its reverse leakage current is as small as 10-10 A at V= -5 V. However, when illuminated with white or UV
light with intensity of ~3.6 mW/cm2, the reverse current increase greatly. The photocurrent to dark current ratio can be as
high as 1.5×105 for white light and 8.7×104 for UV light at V= -5 V, indicating that the structure is very sensitive to both
visible and UV light. The spectral response of the device shows good responsivity from 200 nm to near infrared, with
maximum responsivity of 0.78 A/W at 900 nm. The role of the SRO layer and the Si substrate in obtaining such a high
photoresponse in UV-VIS-NIR range was analyzed.
A fiber optic sensor for on-line non-touch monitoring of roll shape
Author(s):
Yuan Guo;
Weijian Qu;
Qi Yuan
Show Abstract
Basing on the principle of reflective displacement fibre-optic sensor, a high accuracy non-touch on-line optical fibre
sensor for detecting roll shape is presented. The principle and composition of the detection system and the operation
process are expatiated also. By using a novel probe of three optical fibres in equal transverse space, the effects of
fluctuations in the light source, reflective changing of target surface and the intensity losses in the fibre lines are
automatically compensated. Meantime, an optical fibre sensor model of correcting static error based on BP artificial
neural network (ANN) is set up. Also by using interpolation method and value filtering to process the signals, effectively
reduce the influence of random noise and the vibration of the roll bearing. So the accuracy and resolution were enhanced
remarkably. Experiment proves that the resolution is 1μm and the precision can reach to 0.1%. So the system reaches to
the demand of practical production process.
Study on a novel type of CFBG vibration sensor
Author(s):
Qiuming Nan
Show Abstract
Vibration monitoring is one of important technology means for large electromechanical equipment's safety-alert
and malfunction-diagnosis, and also a hot problem studied for a long time at home and abroad. Vibration sensor is key
part for the technology means, but traditional electromagnetic vibration sensors are restricted for use in the field due to
their weak competence to anti-electromagnetic interference. It is inevitable and imminent to develop novel type of
vibration sensors instead of them. Aiming at the above-mentioned demand, the authors in the paper fabricate a push-pull
type of chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) vibration sensor based on matching demodulation. The authors, at first, set
up mechanical model of the sensor, then analyze the principle of CFBG matching demodulation and get the relation
between acceleration and output voltage at last. The sensor has such functions as anti-electromagnetic interference,
temperature self-compensation and combining vibration sensing and dynamic wavelength demodulation. Moreover,
some experiments are done to study its sensing properties and the results indicate that its sensitivity is 369mv/g, linearity
degree is over 99.9%, repeatability is superior to 2%, measurement bandwidth is from 10Hz to 400Hz, acceleration
measurement range is 8g, and the minimal cross-axis anti-interference is 30dB. To sum up, the sensor is competently
used for monitoring the vibration of large electromechanical equipment.
Experimental study on the magneto-optical rotation enhanced effect
Author(s):
Xiao Shen;
Zhong-Cheng Liang
Show Abstract
This paper is based on the principle of Faraday Effect, and the experiment verified the
Magneto-Optical Rotation Enhanced (MORE) effect of the magneto-optical rotation reflector cavity.
The experiment is operated on the Direct Current Magneto-optical Modulator, and uses the Terbium
Glass as magneto-optical media. The "Part Reflector Cavity" composes of the total reflection mirror
on one side of the magneto-optical media, and the part reflection mirror on the other. We get three
groups of data of the deflection angle and the relative detected light intensity under three conditions:
1. The light passes the media once (general extinction method); 2. The reflectivity of the part
reflector cavity R=7.1%; 3. The reflectivity of the part reflector cavity R=25%. By comparison, the
experimental data are mostly consistent with the theoretical curve. So the experiment verified the
MORE effect of the magneto-optical rotation reflector cavity.
A novel device of dual-tuner variable-focus microlens
Author(s):
Tao Chen;
Zhong-cheng Liang;
Rui Zhao
Show Abstract
A novel device of dual-tuner variable-focus microlens consisting of three kinds of liquid is
put forward in this paper, whose basic structure includes a core chip sandwiched between two glass
covers. The core chip is made from electric conductor to simplify the device design and the fabrication
technics. The lens materials consist of three kinds of immiscible liquids, such as first conductive
liquids, insulating fluid and second conductive liquid with different refractive index. Two meniscuses
between every two liquids is used as optical lenses. The two-lens focal distances are tuned by changing
the curvature of these two meniscuses through the effect of electro-wetting. A new liquid microscope
based on EWOD is developed on the basis of the above mentioned structure, making achromatization
straightforward.
The research on the surface structure and conductivity of free-standing diamond films for photo-transistor applications
Author(s):
Yi Zhang;
Qi Xiao;
Lin-jun Wang;
Qing-kai Zeng;
Jian Huang;
Ke Tang;
Ji-jun Zhang;
Jia-hua Min;
Wei-min Shi;
Yi-ben Xia
Show Abstract
Free-standing polycrystalline diamond films with a thickness of about 200 μm were grown by microwave plasma
chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) method. Raman spectra indicated high quality diamond film of the nucleation
surface. AFM result indicated the nucleation surface was quite smooth with a mean surface roughness (RMS) of about 10
nm. The sheet carrier densities and sheet resistivities of hydrogenated nucleation surfaces of diamond film under
different annealing temperatures were investigated by Hall effect measurement. The sheet carrier density and sheet
resistivity remained in a relatively stable range until the annealing temperature above 200 ºC, and the sheet carrier
density dropped drastically and sheet resistivity rose sharply, achieving a sharp change at an annealing temperature of
250 °C. The ultra-violet Raman spectra and infrared spectra showed CHx stretching modes at the hydrogenated
nucleation surface, whereas almost little hydrogen incorporation on annealed sample.
Preparation and photoelectric properties of a thin-film nanocrystalline diamond phototransistor
Author(s):
Qian Fang;
Linjun Wang;
Qingkai Zeng;
Jian Huang;
Jijun Zhang;
Run Xu;
Weimin Shi;
Yiben Xia
Show Abstract
P-type hydrogenated nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) film on silicon substrate was realized by microwave plasma
chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) method followed by hydrogen plasma treatment. And then a metal-semiconductor
field-effect transistor (MESFET), where ohmic contacts as source and drain were formed by depositing gold and
Schottky gate contact with a gate length Lg of 10 μm was formed by depositing metal aluminium, was successfully
fabricated with surface p-channel based on the above NCD film. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron
microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were applied to
characterize the structure and the surface morphology of the hydrogenated NCD film. The drain source current-voltage
(IDS-VDS) characteristics showed enhancement mode operation of the surface p-channel MESFET could be obtained
despite the Al gate was crossing many grain boundaries. And a maximum channel current IDS (max) = 25.8 μA at VGS= -2.0
V with VDS = -10 V, were obtained.
A DFB fiber laser sensor system using a NI-Compact-RIO-based PGC demodulation scheme
Author(s):
Yan Wang;
Jun He;
Lei Feng;
Fang Li;
Yu-liang Liu
Show Abstract
An eight-channel distributed feedback fiber laser (DFB FL) sensor system using phase generated carrier (PGC)
demodulation scheme is described in this paper. This system employs an unbalanced Michelson interferometer to
convert the measurands-induced laser wavelength shifts into the phase shifts. The digital PGC algorithm is realized on
the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) module of the commercialized NI-Compact RIO. The influence of the time
delay between the interferometric signal and the PGC carrier is then investigated. Finally, the experimental system is
setup to validate the analysis above.
Study on strain transfer of polymer optical fiber grating sensors
Author(s):
Xinlong Chang;
Ming Li
Show Abstract
A mechanical model of the polymer optical fiber grating (POFBG) sensor was proposed to determine the strain transfer
relationship between the POFBG sensor and the host material. The interface strain transferring mechanism was analyzed
among the core of optical fiber, the cladding of optical fiber, the adhesive interlayer and the host material. Because the
POFBG sensor and the adhesive interlayer are macromolecular polymer, the model of multilayer interface strain transfer
was established based on the linear viscoelastic theory. The strain transfer rate (STR) and the average strain transfer rate
(ASTR) were inferred. STR and ASTR of multi-layer mediums between the POFBG sensor and the host material were
also analyzed in a similar way. The results show that the measured strain by the POFBG sensor is lower than the actual
strain of the host material. STR is lower with steady-state response than transient response. The study provides the
theoretical reference of development and engineering application of embedded POFBG sensors for health monitoring.
Research on a novel packaging structure and technology by red copper slice for fiber Bragg gratings
Author(s):
Wei-na Wu;
Si-dong Li;
Wen-hua Wang
Show Abstract
The sensing principle of FBG packaged was developed, and packaging technology for fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and
the embedding technique were studied. A scheme of packaging technology using the red copper slice for FBGs was
presented, and experimental results indicate that the strain sensitivity coefficient of FBG packaged is nearly the same as
that of the bare FBG, and that the FBG packaged can measure the 1με change, and that the temperature sensitivity
coefficient of FBG packaged is 2.97 times as much as that of the bare FBG, and that the packaging structure using red
copper slice improves the temperature resolution of demodulation equipment for FBG sensors, and that the FBG
packaged sensors can measure the 0.03°C change.
The heterodyne research on transmission signal of three-layered cascaded long-period fiber gratings
Author(s):
Yi Wang;
Ke-jia Wang;
Xiu-min Wang;
Shuai Zhang
Show Abstract
Base on spectral characteristics of three-layered cascaded long-period fiber gratings (LPFGS) were analyzed by the
coupled-mode theory together with the transfer matrix method, the result show that their spectra have great consistency
when the length of the cascading fiber is small or the cascading position is near the end of the cascaded LPFG. The long-period
fiber gratings transfer transmission conductive mode in the condition of phase matching. The wavelength, phase
and amplitude of same direct transmitted signal were changed by modulation of cladding refractive index. When LPFG
set in the state of phase-shift long-period fiber grating, LPFG signal can be demodulated adopting different interference
detection method. The transmission spectra of phase-shift long-period fiber gratings were detected by photoelectric
heterodyne, and three-layered cascaded long-period fiber gratings (LPFGS) photoelectric heterodyne method
demodulate the effects of the length, position of the fiber and film parameters transformation on the transmission
spectrum of the cascaded LPFG. The results show that wider scope of frequency and higher resolving ratio can be
achieved adopting photoelectric heterodyne detection method with LPFG setup in phase-shift long-period fiber gratings.
The combination of LPFG , photoelectric heterodyne device and microwave frequency counter can solve speed and
resolving ratio problem of long-period fiber gratings sensors and form cascaded long-period fiber gratings strain and gas
sensors. The dual triple-clad cascaded long-period fiber gratings demodulate frequency by electronic filter and counter
on the state of different sensor. The system possesses some advantage of higher resolving ratio and adapted integrated
circuit and can be produced as small volume and anti-vibration photoelectrical sensor with higher heterodyne sensitivity.
The distributed sensor array can be composed by LPFG with wave division multiplexing. It possesses extensive applied
foreground in environment and underwater protect inspection and detection domain.
Study on fabrication of silicon microcantilevers for the pulse sensor by a laser etching technology
Author(s):
Lu Wang;
Dian-zhong Wen
Show Abstract
To solve some problems of silicon micro-cantilevers etching rate and quality, a new method which combines laser
micromachining processes and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) is adopted to fabricate silicon microcantilevers.
The experimental results show that the laser etching technology provides an excellent alternative approach to
release silicon micro-cantilever beams from silicon substrate with low cost, high etching rate, precision of operation, and
design flexibility, which avoiding convex corner undercutting in etching of micro-cantilevers. This study also provides a
new method of laser etching technology for the fabrication of other microstructures.
Thermo-optic SOI waveguide switch matrix
Author(s):
Yuan-yuan Chen;
Yan-ping Li;
Jin-Zhong Yu
Show Abstract
Optical switches are important devices in optical communications. A blocking 8×8 thermo-optic waveguide switch
matrix and a rearrangeable nonblocking one are designed and fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. The
building block of the matrix is a 2×2 switch cell with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI) configuration, where a
general multi-mode interferometer (MMI) serves as splitter/combiners. Nonblocking switch matrix presents excess
loss of 10.9dB~13.6dB and crosstalk of -26.6dB~-13.5dB. Blocking one presents excess loss of 6.6dB~9.6dB and
crosstalk of -25.8dB~-16.8dB. Their extinction ratios vary from 17dB to 25dB. The power consumption of each
switch cell is less than 240mW.The response time is less than 3μs. The power consumption and the response times
are much better than that of silica-based or polymer-based switch matrix because of the large thermo-optic
coefficient and the high thermal conductivity of silicon.
Excimer pulsed laser deposition of diamond-like carbon films
Author(s):
Yanlong Guo;
Shuyun Wang;
Xiaobing Wang;
Yong Cheng;
Huisheng Wang;
Bin Sun
Show Abstract
Hydrogen-free Diamond-like Carbon(DLC) films onto silicon wafer are deposited by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) at a
substrate temperature of 25 °C in vacuum. The laser source used was an 20 ns KrF excimer laser beam with the
wavelength of 248 nm and maximum laser energy of 600 mJ at a repetition rate of 10Hz. The laser intensity used vary
from 1.02×109W/cm2 to 2.24×109W/cm2. Infrared transittance, Raman spectroscopy and nano-hardness are used to
analyze the comprehensive performance of the films, and the results show that the film deposited at laser intensity of
1.28×109W/cm2 is the best among other films. This can be explained well by that the carbon ion energy at laser intensity
of 1.28×109W/cm2 is suitable to form sp3 bonds than sp2 bonds. If carbon ion energy is too low, it has not enough energy
to from sp3 bonds. While, if carbon ion energy is too high, extra energy will transfer sp3 bonds to sp2 bonds. Raman
spectrum measurement showed a unsymmetrical broad peak with a center at 1550 cm-1 for all films. The ID/IG calculated
by Gaussian fit of Raman spectrum is as low as 0.44. There are few graphite particles on these DLC films. The
nano-hardness of DLC films is relatively high. The DLC films improve Silicon wafers' anti-scratch performance
efficiently. The DLC films are scratched 100000 times under 9.8N press on RS-5600 films scratch machine, no nick is
observed after scratch. The highest IR transmittance between 3 and 5μm of Silicon wafers increase 22%, from 54.5% to
66.5% after coated by DLC films, which approaches the highest IR transmittance in theory. The mean IR transmittance
between 3 and 5μm of the Diamond-like Carbon films deposited at laser intensity of 1.28×109W/cm2 is 65.6%.
Study on the stabilization of an optical fiber interferometric sensor
Author(s):
Jie Shao;
Jian-yong Chen;
Zhi-zong Wu;
Qian-jin Tang
Show Abstract
Optical fiber interferometric (OFI) sensors have been extensively used to measure a large variety of parameters due to
their superior performance. The F-P OFI sensors are very sensitive to the cavity-length changes. However, it is difficult
to fix the operating position at the quadrature point (Q point) in the sensor fabrication, and the sensor may also encounter
with various environmental perturbations, which may drive the sensors out of the linear region. For the purpose of
developing a highly-sensitive and reliable OFI vibration sensor, a new method was proposed and demonstrated in our
research. By choosing a short cavity length, we can obtain OFI sensor with large interference period, which is helpful to
avoid the infection of Q point drifting, but the visibility decline problem will arise simultaneously. A tilted diaphragm
method was used to solve this problem in the short cavity length. Theoretical analyses have been performed, and a tilted
diaphragm optical fiber sensor has been fabricated, the result shows a visibility of nearly 100% is realized in a short
cavity about 50μm.
MEMS resonator with digitally tunable resonant frequency
Author(s):
Qingquan Liu
Show Abstract
This paper proposes, for the first time, a MEMS-based digitally tunable micromechanical resonator (DTMR). A general
methodology of tuning the resonant frequency of a MEMS comb-driven resonator using digital voltages is presented. In
this mechanism, a microelectromechanical digital-to-analog converter (MEMDAC) is employed as the tuning unit. The
resonant frequency of the DTMR shifts in response to the input digital voltage. Several structures have been proposed,
while the one using the number of the vertical beams as the scale factor features the optimum linearity. In a modified
design, the resonate frequency can be tuned from approximately 65 to 94 kHz. The maximum deviation from ideal
linearity can be reduced to 0.31 kHz, which is remarkably less than those of the preliminary designs.
Study on a transient optical fiber high temperature measurement system
Author(s):
Lulu Cai;
Yusha Liu;
Yutian Wang
Show Abstract
High temperature is one of the most important parameters in the fields of scientific research and industrial production. At
present, thermocouple, thermo resistive and radiance thermometer are already technologically mature which can be
adopted to measure the general temperature, but when it comes to the transient high temperature that changes pretty
quickly in wretched conditions, those traditional pyrometers can not meet the requirements any more. In this paper, we
designed a transient optical high temperature measurement system. First, design of the temperature measurement probe.
The system took blackbody cavity sensor together with optical fiber to receive the measured signal, here, the integrated
emissivity model of the blackbody cavity was established and the optimum structure parameters were confirmed.
Secondly, design of the entire temperature measurement system. A contact-noncontact measurement method was
applied, which is to make the blackbody cavity and the measured high-temperature source contact, the fiber probe and
the blackbody cavity noncontact, as a result, the error caused by contact measurement is overcame and the precision is
guaranteed at the same time. In addition, a fiber grating was introduced as the wavelength filter device which can realize
the dynamic filter of narrow-band signals and reduce the impact of background light. Thirdly, signal processing. In this
part, we applied labVIEW software and wavelet analysis method. All of the signal acquisition and processing were
realized in the labVIEW environment. Through calling matlab in labVIEW, the signals from optical fiber detector were
wavelet denoised and decomposed, thus the temperature information was extracted, and the temperature value was
obtained. On basis of wavelet transformation, the paper adopted the 4dB wavelet with horizontal scale of 5 to realize the
feature extraction and noise removal, parts of the signals before and after the wavelet noise removal were given and
analyzed. Finally, the experimental result shows: the resolution is 1°C,the measurement range is 500~2000°C and the
dynamic response time is 5s.In view of possessing a high precision and resolution, resisting high temperature and
corrosion, and being able to realize the continuous measurement of the dynamic temperature, this transient optical fiber
high temperature measurement system can be applied widely in the continuous temperature measurement of molten steel
and heating furnace kiln temperature measurement and so many other fields of engineering technology.
Characterization of wafer-level bonded hermetic packages using optical leak detection
Author(s):
Ani Duan;
Kaiying Wang;
Knut Aasmundtveit;
Nils Hoivik
Show Abstract
For MEMS devices required to be operated in a hermetic environment, one of the main reliability issues is related to
the packaging methods applied. In this paper, an optical method for testing low volume hermetic cavities formed by
anodic bonding between glass and SOI (silicon on insulator) wafer is presented. Several different cavity-geometry
structures have been designed, fabricated and applied to monitor the hermeticity of wafer level anodic bonding. SOI
wafer was used as the cap wafer on which the different-geometry structures were fabricated using standard MEMS
technology. The test cavities were bonded using SOI wafers to glass wafers at 400C and 1000mbar pressure inside a
vacuum bonding chamber. The bonding voltage varies from 200V to 600V. The bonding strength between glass and SOI
wafer was mechanically tested using shear tester. The deformation amplitudes of the cavity cap surface were monitored
by using an optical interferometer. The hermeticity of the glass-to-SOI wafer level bonding was characterized through
observing the surface deformation in a 6 months period in atmospheric environment. We have observed a relatively
stable micro vacuum-cavity.
Fabrication and characterization of ZnO nanowires grown on Ti substrate
Author(s):
Gang Meng;
Xiaodong Fang;
Ruhua Tao;
Weiwei Dong;
Zanhong Deng;
Shu Zhou
Show Abstract
Zinc oxide (ZnO) with a wide band gap of 3.37 eV, and a large exciton binding energy of 60 mV at room temperature, is
one of the most important n-type semiconductor, that has potential applications in the area of short-wavelength optoelectronic
devices, gas sensors, solar cells, and field emitters. Some advanced nanodevices based on one-dimensional (1-D) ZnO
nanomaterials have been successfully demonstrated in the past few years. The types of substrate have a great influence on the
properties of ZnO nanostrctural devices. Semiconductor substrates such as Si and Al2O3 were widely used for the collection
or epitaxial growth of ZnO nanostructures, for metal substrate, Fe and Cu foil has also been used as substrate, there are few
reports on ZnO nanowires grown on Ti foil, Ti is an important electrode metal that ohmic contact can be appropriately
achieved, which is critical for semiconductor device application. Besides, both Ti and ZnO show good biocompatibility, it is
expected that ZnO nanowires/ Ti show good performance on bio-sensors. In this paper, 1-D ZnO nanostructures have been
successfully fabricated on the conductive Ti substrate via a vapor phase transport (VPT) method by carbothermal reduction of
ZnO and graphite powder mixture in a tube furnace at 850°C. The final products were characterized by means of field
emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-solution transmission electron microscope
(HRTEM) (equipped with selected area electron diffraction, SAED), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. FE SEM
results show that dense, ultra-long (>10μm), and locally aligned ZnO nanowire arrays were grown on the Ti foil. The
diameter of nanowires exhibits a wide range from 150 nm to about 500nm. Structural characterizations (XRD, SAED,
HRTEM) indicate the as synthesized nanostructures have a ZnO wurtzite structure and are perfect single crystalline without
any defects or impurities. The growth direction is [0001]. Optical property (PL spectrum) shows strong UV emission is
detected in our sample.
Pyroelectric properties of ZnO-based nanostructured polycrystalline ceramics
Author(s):
Rui-qin Tan;
Yu-Long Zhang;
Ye Yang;
Wei-jie Song;
Tie-feng Xu;
Qiu-hua Nie
Show Abstract
Pyroelectric materials take the most important role in pyroelectric infrared detectors. A high temperature above 550°C is
required to obtain the traditional pyroelectric films such as PZT, BST, etc., which would hold back the realization of
integration of pyroelectric thin film monolithic uncooled focal plane array (UFPA). Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been studied
widely in recent years because of its excellent semiconducting, optical, piezoelectric and pyroelectric multiple
properties. All these imply its potential applications in photo-catalysis, composite materials, dye-sensitized solar cells,
sensors, as well as in UFPA applications. In the wurtzite structure of ZnO, it is easy to replace Zn by doping other metal
elements such as Al, Ga, In, Sn, Cr, Mg, etc. for tailoring its properties. Thus an ideal preparation method is demanded
to easily control the particle size, size distribution, crystallinity and morphology. On the other hand, the structureperformance
relationship of ZnO in pyroelectric applications is still not clear. In the present work, we developed a
surfactant-assisted complex sol-gel method, which allows easily control of the particle size, size distribution,
crystallinity, morphology and doping of ZnO nanoparticles. Two types of ZnO nanoparticles including pure ZnO and
magnesium doped ZnO were prepared for our investigation. Their detailed morphology, structural, optical properties
would be presented. Pure wurtzite structure was obtained after 500°C calcinations for the sample with the Mg
concentration in MgxZn1-xO below 10 at%. Well dispersed ZnO-based nanoparticles with uniform size distribution were
obtained using PEG 2000 as a surfactant. The as-obtained ZnO-based nanoparticles were also sintered for pyroelectric
property test. Their pyroelectric properties were compared in order to reveal its possible applications as target materials
for pyroelectric films preparation in infrared detector arrays.
Study on fiber Bragg grating displacement sensing
Author(s):
Li Li;
Chun-feng Ge
Show Abstract
The paper proposes a novel demodulation method of fiber grating displacement sensing with applying dual grating
structure. The linear tuning sensitive structure of isosceles triangle-shaped cantilever beam is designed which can be
used to eliminate the influence from environmental temperature. The fiber grating is pasted in the cantilever top and
under both sides. When the cantilever free end take place the displacement, this would generate strain which can make
the gratings compression and tensile respectively, furthermore, cause the changes of Bragg grating reflection
wavelength. The changes of grating is caused by temperature influence in the same direction, and caused by stress
change in the opposite direction. Therefore, the change of optical power caused by temperature was offset, that is,
eliminate the influence from environmental temperature. When the free end has displacement or load, the grating on
beam top surface was stretched, Bragg wavelength drift to the long-wave direction, and the grating under the surface is
compressed, which make wavelength drift to the short-wave direction. The changes of light intensity can be seen from
the spectrogram. Using linear tuning properties without chirped of cantilever beam, micro-displacement in the free end
can effective turned into the strain of equal intensity beam. The changes of Bragg wavelength caused by strain can be
shown in optical power meter, and would be transformed into voltage display through demodulation system. Therefore,
displacement sensing information is derived indirect; the optical measurement of micro-displacement is realized. The
experiment result shows the system sensitivity is 0.87mV/μm, and displacement resolution is 2.12nm/mm.
The data acquisition system design of a portable coordinate measuring machine
Author(s):
Qingping Ling;
Shugui Liu
Show Abstract
The traditional light-pen portable coordinate measuring machine earns the disadvantages of slow data acquisition
speed and difficult mode-changing. The new type light-pen portable coordinate measuring machine is designed to
overcome the shortages. On the base of CMOS image sensor, FPGA and DSP are used as the data processing core of
this machine. The basic arithmetic of a picture is resolved by the FPGA, while DSP completes the modeling of this
system, error compensating and other advanced arithmetic. The camera only needs to transfer the three-dimensional
coordinate of the point to be measured. Wireless transport is used to take the place of USB, which can achieve a
large-scale measurement. The light pen and computer of the new system are put nearby where can be operated by a
single man, which can improve the measurement efficiency much.
Effects of thermal oxidation interfacial layer on the photoelectrical properties of GaN-based Schottky diodes
Author(s):
Kai-hui Chu;
Chao Li;
Yong-gang Yuan;
Xiang-yang Li
Show Abstract
Thermal oxidation interfacial layer was inserted into the GaN-based material and Schottky contact
interface during the device preparation to increase the barrier height. Different thickness of thermal
oxidation interfacial layer was created by keeping the chips in the Rapid Thermal Processor (RTP) in
atmosphere ambient for different periods of time before evaporating transparent Schottky contact.
For GaN Schottky diodes, as the time kept in RTP increases, the diodes' zero-bias resistances
decrease and the dark current increase considerably, and the peak photoresponse and UV-visible
rejection factor of the responsivity of the diodes decrease abruptly. For Al0.45Ga0.55N Schottky diodes,
as the time increase, the diodes' zero-bias resistances and dark current increase slightly, while the
peak photoresponse and the UV/visible rejection factor of the responsivity of the diodes decrease a
little.
Influence of Ag-doping on the microstructure and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles
Author(s):
Ting-ting Xiong;
Dong-mei Li;
Wei-min Shi;
Lin-jun Wang;
Jian Huang;
Cen Wang
Show Abstract
This work reported a preliminary study of doped ZnO nanoparticles by fine optical group-IB element Ag as the
foundation to achieve p-type conduction of ZnO. Ag-doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized under lower
temperature by annealing treatment in water-soluble silicone oil to the precursor [Zn(OH)4]2- with Ag+ prepared in a
quaternary reverse micro-emulsion. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron
Microscope (TEM), UV-visible spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectra (PL). The influence of Ag doping level on
the optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles was studied and the photoluminescence mechanism was analyzed. The origin
of relative variety of near band edge emission (NBE) and deep level emission (DLE) of ZnO in virtue of incorporated
Ag+ was discussed. The value of OH-/Zn2+ in precursor and annealing temperature also effected the optical properties of
Ag doped ZnO. The optimum conditions were given for preparation of Ag-doping ZnO nanoparticles.
Survey of embedded OS specialized for a microsensor system
Author(s):
Min Yu;
Ming Cen
Show Abstract
Compared with traditional sensor system, the modern micro-sensor system was characterized with intelligent and
internet, and required the sensor system was less volume, much lighter, using less energy and was able to process the
great amount of received data by itself, so as to get the best results. But good results often required more resources such
as more computing ability and more volume and more power. The traditional embedded OS (Operating System) which
often required more resources did not apply to modern micro-sensor system. New embedded OS specialized for modern
micro-sensor system had to be developed. The general characters of modern micro-sensor system and its requirements
for embedded OS were discussed at first in this paper. Then a variety of embedded OS for micro-sensor system were
presented and classified by the realizing principle (realized by methods of components, virtual machine, layered
structured, state machine and function library.etc.). The using effect and applied domains of the embedded OS were
discussed explicitly. At last the severely key problems, the status and new hot field of the embedded OS were pointed.
Electrical characteristics of CuS/ZnO PN heterojunction
Author(s):
Xuemin Qian;
Jianxing Fang;
Yinglin Song
Show Abstract
A large area of N-ZnO/P-CuS junction arrays on silicon wafer is successfully fabricated by the method of layer-by-layer
deposition cycle. The thicknesses of CuS shell are tuned by controlling the times of layer-by-layer deposition cycle.
Three samples with different CuS shell thicknesses are fabricated and their J-V characteristics show good rectification
behavior. The threshold voltages are about 2.5 V at the voltage scans of ± 3 V. The field emission properties of three
samples are inveatigated. The turn-on fields of three samples are 6.15 V/μm, 8.75 V/μm, and 10.59 V/μm, respectively.
The threshold fields of three samples are 10.46 V/μm, 13.71 V/μm, and 15.2 V/μm, respectively.
Research on a fiber Bragg grating sensor system with interferometric demodulation technique with LabVIEW
Author(s):
W. G. Qin;
Y. Zhang
Show Abstract
A new fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing demodulation system based on Lab VIEW and the technology of fiber Bragg
grating sensing is designed. The system based on unbalanced M-Z interferometer demodulation technique translates the
FBG wavelength signal related with the strain in to phase signal and measures the change of the phase with a phase
measurement system based on Lab VIEW. With the characteristics of high resolution and wide measurement range, this
sensor system has the capability of measuring static strain as well as dynamic strain. Experimental shows that the result
of strain tested and theory one have a good linear relationship. The strain sensitivity of the experiment system is
1.2pm/με.
Summary of semi-initiative and initiative control automobile engine vibration
Author(s):
Wei Qu;
Zhou Qu
Show Abstract
Engine vibration accounts for around 55% of automobile vibration, separating the engine vibration from transmitting to
automobile to the utmost extent is significant for improving NVH performance. Semi-initiative and initiative control of
engine vibration is one of the hot spots of technical research in domestic and foreign automobile industry, especially
luxury automobiles which adopt this technology to improve amenity and competitiveness. This article refers to a large
amount of domestic and foreign related materials, fully introduces the research status of semi-initiative and initiative
control suspension of engine vibration suspension and many kinds of structural style, and provides control policy and
method of semi-initiative and initiative control suspension system. Compare and analyze the structural style of semi-initiative
and initiative control and merits and demerits of current structures of semi-initiative and initiative control of
mechanic electrorheological, magnetorheological, electromagnetic actuator, piezoelectric ceramics, electrostriction
material, pneumatic actuator etc. Models of power assembly mounting system was classified.Calculation example
indicated that reasonable selection of engine mounting system parameters is useful to reduce engine vibration
transmission and to increase ride comfort. Finally we brought forward semi-initiative and initiative suspension which
might be applied for automobiles, and which has a promising future.
High sensitivity glucose sensor based on optical heterodyne phase detection
Author(s):
Jiun-You Lin;
Kun-Huang Chen;
Jing-Heng Chen;
Yu-Cheng Liao;
Yu-Hsien Lin
Show Abstract
Measurements of glucose concentration are important parts of biochemical analyses. Based on the principles of the
common-path heterodyne interferometry, we develop a high sensitivity optical sensor for measuring glucose
concentration. A heterodyne light beam after transmitted through a glucose solution passes through some polarization
components for interference. The phase difference determined with heterodyne interferometric technique of the
interference signal is greatly enhanced as a result of proper azimuth angles of some polarization components, and a high
sensitivity measurement of glucose concentration can be achieved. The feasibility of the measuring method was
demonstrated by our experimental results. This optical sensor should bear the merits of high accuracy, short sample
medium length, and simpler operational endeavor.
The research of a gyro-stabilized platform and POS application technology in airborne remote sensing
Author(s):
Jiang Xu;
Qi Du
Show Abstract
The distortion of the collected images usually takes place since the attitude changes along with the flying aerocraft on
airborne remote sensing. In order to get original images without distortion, it is necessary to use professional
gyro-stabilized platform. In addition to this, another solution of correcting the original image distortion is to utilize later
geometric rectification using position & orientation system ( POS ) data. The third way is to utilize medium-accuracy
stabilized platform to control the distortion at a tolerant range, and then make use of the data obtained by high-solution
posture measure system to correct the low-quality remote sensing images. The third way which takes advantage of both
techniques is better than using only one of the two other ways. This paper introduces several kinds of structural forms of
gyro-stabilized platforms, and POS acquiring instruments respectively. Then, the essay will make some analysis of their
advantages and disadvantages, key technologies and the application experiment of the third method. After the analysis,
the thesis discusses the design of the gyro-stabilized platform. The thesis provides crucial information not only for the
application technology of gyro-stabilized platform and POS but also for future development.
Study on the performance of GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switches
Author(s):
Yuan Xie;
Wei Liu;
Tian Lan;
Guo-yong Ma;
Tian-shuai Guan
Show Abstract
The GaAs photoconductive semiconductor switch is an important device in the measurement of the signal of ultra
high-speed. In this paper, the transmission model of transient signals on GaAs PCSS is given. Based on the testing result
of delay-time-modulation method, the relationship between signal amplitude and the form of connection mode is
analyzed and discussed. The conclusion is that the pulse width of output transient signal is decided by the width of laser
pulse and the carrier life and the key point of getting the transient signal is the coupling of capacity.
Refractive index controllable coatings for optical detectors
Author(s):
Jun Shen;
Sheng-zhao Wang;
Xiao-dong Wang;
Yuan Liu;
Xiao-guang Li
Show Abstract
SiO2 and SiO2-TiO2 composite nanoporous coating was successfully prepared via sol-gel method in this paper. By the
control of the different porosity of SiO2 coating and content of TiO2 in the mixture, the refractive index of the coatings
can be adjusted from 1.17 up to 2.20 continuously, which can be well matched with most of the optic materials used in
versatile detectors. Meanwhile, the thickness of the crack free SiO2 and SiO2-TiO2 nano-composite coatings can be easily
controlled by employing different experimental parameters. As a typical example, a coating with refractive index of 1.82
was prepared for a GaAs based IR detectors. In 2.5 - 6.0μm waveband, the maximum transmittance of GaAs substrate is
increased from 56% for uncoated sample to 94% for coated sample, which agrees with the theoretical results quite well.
Double crystal probe with one transmitter and multiple receivers for automatic inspection
Author(s):
Qingkai Liu;
Jiarui Liu
Show Abstract
A novel type of double-crystal probe with one transmitter and multiple receivers is developed. Based on the probe with
one transmitter and one receiver, this designed probe includes one longer transmitting crystal plate and multiple
receiving crystal plates with the same length each other. These receiving crystal plates can receive respectively
ultrasound echo at the same time. We have manufactured the probe with one transmitter and three or four receivers.
Finally we carry out the integrated experiment to test the performance of probe. The testing result shows that three
receiving crystal plates have the equal effective sound beam width and uniform sound field distribution. Contrasted to
the conventional probe, the novel probe not only overcomes the disadvantage that flaw quantitative error enlarges with
the increment of transmitting crystal plate length, but also improves the dynamic coupling stability of probe at the mean
time of increasing effective sound beam width. Moreover, resolution to detect flaw near the surface is also advanced.
This type of probe can improve effectively the testing speed and flaw detection sensitivity. So the qualification of thick
steel plates' automatic inspection is also improved greatly.
Novel system for automatic measuring diopter based on ARM circuit block
Author(s):
Feng Xue;
Lei Zhong;
Zhe Chen;
Deng-pan Xue;
Xiang-ning Li
Show Abstract
Traditional commercial instruments utilized in vision screening programs cannot satisfy the request for real-time diopter measurement by far, and their success is limited by some defectiveness such as computer-attached, clumsy volume, and low accuracy of parameters measured, etc. In addition, astigmatic eyes cannot be determined in many devices. This paper proposes a new design of diopter measurement system based on SAMSUNG's ARM9 circuit block. There are several contributions in the design. The new developed system has not only the function of automatically measuring diopter, but also the advantages of the low cost, and especially the simplicity and portability. Besides, by placing point sources in three directions, the instrument can determine astigmatic eyes at the same time. Most of the details are introduced as the integrated design of measuring system, interface circuit of embedded system and so on. Through a preliminary experiment, it is proved that the system keeps good feasibility and validity. The maximum deviation of measurement result is 0.344D.The experimental results also demonstrate the system can provide the service needed for real-time applications. The instrument present here is expected to be widely applied in many fields such as the clinic and home healthcare.
The preparation of organic infrared semiconductor phthalocyanine gadolinium (III) and its optical and structural characterizations
Author(s):
Li-bin Tang;
Rong-bin Ji;
Li-yuan Song;
Xue-mei Chen;
Yu Ma;
Yi-feng Wang;
Ming Qian;
Lei Song;
Hai-ying Su;
Ji-sheng Zhuang;
Rui-yu Yang
Show Abstract
In order to increase the species of organic infrared semiconductor, we synthesized organic infrared semiconductor
phthalocyanine gadolinium by using o-phthalodinitrile and GdCl3 as reactants, ammonium molybdate as catalyzer.
Under light and dark field modes of microscope, the translucency emerald-like powder of phthalocyanine gadolinium
has been observed, the size of the small grain for the sample is around 5μm in diameter, the size of larger grain may
reach to several tens of microns. The main vibrational peaks in FT-IR spectrum and Raman spectrum have been
assigned. Elementary analysis shows that the experimental data of phthalocyanine gadolinium in the main agree with
those of calculated data. The UV-Vis absorption spectrum of the sample indicates the sandwich-like structure of
phthalocyanine gadolinium. The organic infrared semiconductor phthalocyanine gadolinium thin film on quartz
substrate has been prepared with our synthesized powdered sample by using solution method. The characterizations of
XRD and UV-Vis-NIR absorption have been carried out for the phthalocyanine gadolinium thin film on quartz substrate,
XRD shows that phthalocyanine gadolinium diffractions occur at 2θ=6.851,8.290 and 8.820 degrees, the corresponding
plane spacings (d) for the diffraction peaks are 12.8921, 10.6570, and 10.0176Å.The diffraction peaks locate at low
diffraction angle, suggesting that the molecular size of the phthalocyanine gadolinium is big that causes the large
spacing of crystal planes. The UV-Vis-NIR absorption of phthalocyanine gadolinium thin film on quartz substrate
implies that within near infrared band there is a absorption in the 1.3~2.0μm wavelength range peaked at ca. 1.75μm,
indicating the important potential application value of phthalocyanine gadolinium in the field of organic infrared
optoelectronics.
Study on the optical properties of organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1
Author(s):
Li-bin Tang;
Rong-bin Ji;
Yu Ma;
Xue-mei Chen;
Li-yuan Song;
Yi-feng Wang;
Lei Song;
Ming Qian;
Hai-ying Su;
Ji-sheng Zhuang;
Rui-yu Yang
Show Abstract
The study of FT-IR spectrum, Raman spectrum, UV-Vis absorption spectrum as well as photoluminescence spectrum on
organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 has been investigated. The main vibrational peaks of organic ultraviolet
semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 in FT-IR spectrum and Raman spectrum have been assigned. The study of UV-Vis solution
absorption spectrum on the organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 shows that there is an obvious ultraviolet
absorption peak in 210~280nm range, there are several ultraviolet absorption peaks in 290~390nm range too. The
photoluminescence spectra of organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 at different excitation wavelengths have
also been investigated, the result shows that in the excitation wavelength of 220~360nm range, the shapes for different
photoluminescence peaks are similar under different excitation wavelengths, the sole difference among them is strength
of the peaks. At 280nm and 300nm excitation wavelengths, the relatively strong peaks have been gotten, at 220nm and
250nm excitation wavelengths, however, the photoluminescence peaks are relatively weak. Furthermore, for organic
ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1, the photoluminescence peaks have a stokes' red shift compared with those
absorption peaks for the solution samples, and an enantiomorphous symmetry, which is the powerful experimental proof
of Franck-Condon theory, between the absorption spectrum and photoluminescence spectrum has been observed too. For
the reason that the organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 may be used to prepare large-area thin film and
flexible device on low-price, flexible substrates by means of thermal evaporation and solution method, thus, the authors
deduce that the organic ultraviolet semiconductor KIP-OUVS-1 may have an important application potential in
ultraviolet optoelectronic detecting or lighting field.
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii with a DNA molecular beacon probe
Author(s):
Cun Zhou;
Shichao Xu;
Juan Yang;
Jimei Zhang;
Zhao Dai;
Guo Zheng;
Bo Sun;
Shuqing Sun;
Teilin Feng;
Yan Zi;
Chu Liang;
Hao Luo
Show Abstract
Toxoplasma gondii is a kind of microscopic parasite that may infect humans, and there are increasing concerns on the
early detection of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection in recent years. This research highlights a new type of molecular
beacon (MB) fluorescent probe for Toxoplasma DNA testing. We combined high-efficiency fluorescent inorganic
core-shell quantum dots-CdTe/ZnS (as fluorescent energy donor) and BHQ-2 (energy acceptor) to the single-strand DNA
of Toxoplasma gondii, and a molecular beacon sensing system based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)
was achieved. Core-shell quantum dots CdTe/ZnS was firstly prepared in aqueous solution, and the influencing factor of
its fluorescent properties, including CdTe/Na2S/Zn(CH3COO)2 (v/v), dependence of reaction time, temperature, and pH,
is investigated systematically. The synthesized quantum dots and molecular beacon were characterized by transmission
electron microscopy (TEM), ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (UV-vis), fluorescent spectrophotometer (FS),
respectively. The TEM results showed that CdTe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots is ~11nm in size, and the quantum dots is
water-soluble well. The sensing ability of target DNA of assembled MB was investigated, and results showed that the
target Toxoplasma gonddi DNA can be successfully detected by measuring the change of fluorescence intensity. The
results showed that the current sensing probe will be a useful and convenient tool in Toxoplasma gondii early detection.
A new design and implementation of an infrared device driver in embedded Linux systems
Author(s):
Li-li Jia;
Hua Cui;
Ru-li Wang
Show Abstract
Wireless infrared communication systems are widely-used for the remote controls in portable terminals, particularly for
systems requiring low cost, light weight, moderate data rates. They have already proven their electiveness for short-range
temporary communications and in high data rate longer range point-to-point systems. This paper proposes the issue of
design and implementation of an infrared device driver in a personal portable intelligent digital infrared communications
system. After analyzing the various constraints, we use the embedded system based on Samsung S3C2440A 32-bit
processor and Linux operating system to design the driver program. The program abandons its traditional Serial interface
control mode, uses the generic GPIO to achieve infrared receiver device driver, and intends a user-defined
communication protocol which is much more simple and convenient instead of traditional infrared communication
protocol to design the character device drivers for the infrared receiver. The communication protocol uses interrupt
counter to determine to receive the value and the first code.In this paper, the interrupt handling and an I/O package to
reuse Linux device drivers in embedded system is introduced. Via this package, the whole Linux device driver source
tree can be reused without any modifications. The driver program can set up and initialize the infrared device, transfer
data between the device and the software, configure the device, monitor and trace the status of the device, reset the
device, and shut down the device as requested. At last infrared test procedure was prepared and some testing and
evaluations were made in a mobile infrared intelligent cicerone system, and the test result shows that the design is
simple, practical, with advantages such as easy transplantation, strong reliability and convenience.
Microreplication of flexible and stretchable polymer grating sensing elements for microstructural monitoring
Author(s):
Yueming Liu;
Shaojun Zhang;
Weijian Tian
Show Abstract
In the application of micro-structural monitoring, one kind of flexible and stretchable sensing elements was urgently
demanded to detect the micro-bending and surface distortions, such as micro-bend sensing elements of medical catheter
or smart skin sensing unit of micro-robots. Here the sensing element must be stretchable and flexible for free operation,
and must be safe enough when used in bio-medical situation. Although the optical fiber grating is very mature and can be
used as sensing element in micro-bending situation, it isn't stretchable enough and flexible enough when used in
bio-medical science and micro- structural monitoring, and when applied in human body, the fiber grating isn't safe
enough for its easily broken character. In this paper a kind of novel flexible and stretchable polymer grating sensing
elements was fabricated by micro-replication process which could be used in micro- structural monitoring, and detailed
processes was presented and discussed.
Surface plasmon resonance and transmission enhancement on periodically patterned metal film
Author(s):
Jian-biao Zhang;
Xiao-shuang Chen;
Wei-da Hu;
Zhi-feng Li;
Wei Lu
Show Abstract
The unusual optical transmission enhancement is observed during exploring the optical properties of the periodically
patterned metal films. We fabricate the nanohole array on gold film with the focused ion beam techniques. The
transmittance is higher than the ratio of the area occupied by the holes and the total etching area. The dependences of the
transmittance on the thickness of metal film and the radius of hole are obtained. Theoretical calculations show that
extraordinary optical transmission is due to coupling of surface plasmon modes on the same surface, as well as coupling
of modes on both sides of the metal film. The calculated data are in good agreement with the experimental results. After
the analysis of the phenomena, we predict that the periodically modulated metal film is useful in field of photoelectronic
detecting and imaging.
MEMS compressed tunable grating
Author(s):
Xiang Liu;
Tie Li;
Anjie Ming;
Yanxiang Liu;
Ping Zhou;
Yuelin Wang
Show Abstract
Currently, MEMS tunable grating draws a lot of attentions due to its promising applications in display, spectrometer,
external cavity laser, programmable mask, optical telecommunication, etc. Among phase-tunable and incident-angletunable
grating, period-tunable grating distinguishes itself by relative simple structure, ease-to-fabrication, good
performance, and ability to be integrated with IC. In this paper, a novel approach based on compressed period grating is
demonstrated. Based on a developed comb-drive actuator working in a low voltage of 37V, our grating period was
compressed for 12.5%. The first resonant mode of the comb-drive actuator was simulated to be 3.8 kHz by finite element
modeling.
Integrated thermoelectric infrared sensor with XeF2 etching
Author(s):
De-hui Xu;
Bin Xiong;
Yue-lin Wang;
Mi-feng Liu
Show Abstract
In this paper, the design, simulation, fabrication and testing of an integrated thermoelectric infrared sensor
have been demonstrated. The integrated thermoelectric sensor has been fabricated by a standard p-well CMOS
technology and a maskless XeF2 post-CMOS micromachining process. The modeling of the infrared sensor
has been performed numerically using FEM method. With a 2.5 μm thick stacked silicon oxide-nitride-oxide
multi-layers as absorber, the prototype sensor achieved a responsivity of 14.7 V W-1, a specific detectivity of
4.07 × 107 cm Hz1/2 W-1 and a time constant about 23 ms. The effects of XeF2 etching on the CMOS devices
have also been studied. XeF2 post-CMOS micromachining was found to have insignificant effects on CMOS
devices.
Behavior simulation for electrically actuated bow-tie shaped fixed-fixed beams based on nodal analysis method
Author(s):
Min Li;
Qing-an Huang;
Wei-hua Li
Show Abstract
This paper reports a nodal model for the trapeziform beam element with gradual change cross-sections. Using this
model, electromechanical behavior of the electrically actuated bow-tie shaped fixed-fixed beams can be simulated in a
system level. The model is developed by treating the governing equations of the trapeziform beam based on the Galerkin
residual method and decomposing the 4th-order partial differential equation into discrete modal ordinary differential
equations. After that, the equivalent circuits and corresponding nodal model are established. In the model, the
nonlinearities including mid-plane stretching and electrostatic forcing are considered. The accuracy of the developed
model is verified by extensively comparing the static and dynamic analysis results with those obtained from FEA and
available experiment data. The developed model is also applicable to beam-like structures with uniform cross-sections.
Nonlinear dynamics characterization of electrostatically actuated sub-micro beam resonators
Author(s):
Dong-xu Yue;
Hong Yu;
Wei-min Yuan
Show Abstract
Electro-statically actuated sub-micro beam resonators, which can be used as sensors in biology or filters in wireless
communications, have gotten significant attention due to their simple geometries, excellent electrical and mechanical
characteristics and extensively potential applications. In this paper, we present comprehensive analysis of the
nonlinearity in frequency response of sub-micro cantilevers, clamped-clamped and beam resonators which are actuated
by electro-static force. The spring hardening effects and softening effects are observed in the experiment. It is found that
the nonlinearity is relatively independent of the AC voltage, but is markedly enhanced by increasing of DC voltage.
However, the response nonlinearity of the doubly clamped beam shows different feature from that of the cantilever. The
reason is also explored in this paper. A nonlinear model is introduced to explain the nonlinearity of the frequency
response. This investigation provides us an understanding of the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of sub-micro beam
resonators. It is helpful for us to study the sensitivity when the beam is used in a detecting system or used to be a sensor.
Modeling of measurement sensitivity of refractive index based on surface plasmon resonance of LPFGs
Author(s):
Difeng Ma;
Chinhua Wang;
Guiju Zhang;
Minfu Zhao
Show Abstract
In this paper, we developed a four-layer theory that is capable of calculating LPFGs with real
metallic coatings using matrix method. The resonant spectrum characteristics of LPFGs
coated with various metallic films are investigated in detail. The resonant wavelength shifts of
LPFGs with the change of refractive index of surrounding media over different metallic
thicknesses are obtained. It is found theoretically that there exists an optimal range of metallic
thickness within which the maximal measurement sensitivity for the refractive index change
of surrounding media can be obtained.
Influence of flip chip solder bump distribution on MEMS sensor reliability
Author(s):
Bin Wang;
Song-sheng Wei;
Jie-ying Tang
Show Abstract
Flip chip is one of the advanced packaging technologies, and it has been widely used in MEMS (micro-electromechanical
system) packaging due to its manifold advantages compared with the traditional packaging methods.
However, there are also many problems to be solved, especially, MEMS sensors are often inherently sensitive to
stress induced by their packages because most MEMS sensors include movable structures. In this paper, the thermomechanical
characteristic of a flip chip package with different parameters is studied by using the numerical
simulation methods .The distribution pattern of flip chip solder bumps including four kinds of all arrays are
considered specially, as it is a key design parameter in the technology and has distinct effect on the performance of
MEMS sensors with movable structures. The result shows that the position of the structures on the chip should be
considered seriously. For the microcantilever and microbridge with 400μm length and 2μm thickness fabricated by
surface process, the stress and warpage can lead to a maximum relative change of 5% in the pull-in voltage of a
microcantilever and 110% in the first resonant frequency of a microbridge after flip chip packaging, when the
temperature changes from 25°C to 125°C.
Modeling and analysis for moving plate with two-dimensional effect
Author(s):
Tian-yi Liu;
Wei-hua Li;
Qing-an Huang
Show Abstract
A conventional one-dimensional model for an electrostatically actuated beam only considers elastic force and
electrostatic force. This paper puts forward a novel method in order to describe the variable cross-section beam. Three
improvements are taken into account. First, the supported force for the cross-section is pondered. Second, the
displacement of each points of the beam deviates from the ideal function. Third, the displacement differs both in x-axis
and y-axis. In addition, there is a mathematic redundancy about integral when the electrostatic force is calculated.
Therefore, a mathematical approximation is proposed, by which the mathematical computation can be remarkably
simplified while the accuracy is ensured. To validate the novel mode, the displacement of mid-point and the resonant
frequency of the beam were calculated as far as these three modifications were concerned. The simulations by a Finite
Element Method (FEM) CoventWare have been compared with the novel model. It is shown that the two-dimensional
(2-D) model for the variable cross-section beam would be useful.
Modeling of wet adhesion of microstructures in shock environment
Author(s):
Zhen-Zhong Wang;
Qing-An Huang;
Jie-Ying Tang
Show Abstract
Adhesion, as one of the most common failure modes compromising reliability of optical MEMS devices, attracted great
research interests for enhancing the production yields and device reliability. Experiments show that wet-adhesion with
respect to capillary force between interfaces of movable structures is generally the dominant figure among all adhesion
natures. Great efforts had been made on examine adhered length of micro-cantilevers to modeling adhesion energy,
which are reasonable to predict adhesion in quasi static process such as sacrificial layer release processes. However, the
microcosmic mechanism of adhesion has not been well revealed, thereby these models are not sufficiently precise for
in-situ adhesion, such as adhesion due to mechanical shock. In this work, a novel model of adhesion energy is derived
by review the physical mechanisms carefully and shock caused adhesion is studied applying this model.
The effect from the substrate reflection to the inclined UV lithography of SU-8 photoresist
Author(s):
Zhen Zhu;
Qing-An Huang;
Wei-Hua Li;
Zai-Fa Zhou
Show Abstract
Recently, the inclined UV lithography technology based on SU-8 negative thick photoresists has been mature and
attractive due to the in-depth research of SU-8. With the increasing demand for the high-fidelity oblique structures of
SU-8, the simulation of inclined UV lithography becomes more important. Based on the Fresnel-Kirchhoff diffraction
theory, a simple light intensity distribution model is established in this paper by the Fresnel approximation and paraxial
approximation solutions to simulate the 2D inclined UV lithography. The refraction and reflection at the air/photoresist
interface and the reflection at the substrate surface are integrally considered in the modeling. The oblique SU-8 structures
were fabricated on both glass wafers and silicon wafers, which show different reflection-induced profiles after
development. According to the comparison of the simulation and experimental results, it is demonstrated that the
substrate reflection has significant influence to the inclined UV lithography, and the validity of the model is also verified.
Molecular dynamics study on Young's modulus of silicon nanostructures at finite temperature
Author(s):
Yabin Wang;
Hong Yu
Show Abstract
In this paper, we investigate Young's modulus of Si nanofilms and Si nanowires under surface reconstruction with
different temperature range from 100K to 800K by Molecular dynamics simulations. Young's modulus is calculated
from energy-strain relationship. The results show that the Young's modulus of Si nanofilms decreases as temperature
increases. The temperature effect on Young's modulus of Si nanowires also could not be ignored. Surface effect on
nanostructures is more significant than on macrostructures, and Si nanostructures are more sensitive to heat.
The design of optical fiber vortex flowmeter's probe
Author(s):
Xiaolin Lin;
Yutian Wang;
Yang Ni;
Jianxia Li
Show Abstract
The vortex flowmeter works in a poor environment,
therefore the stability and accuracy of the online
testing system have become the core question for
getting high accuracy. The optical probe is the main
part of the system which produces and obtains the
vortex signal. This paper designs the vortex shedder
according to the hydromechanics principle, and it is
proposed to be ringlike structures, also gives the test
results which prove the effectiveness of the shedder on
vortex decomposition. A liquid flow online testing
system is designed according to the vortex signal
characteristics, and the optical fiber is chosen as the
sense organ. Then it designed the probe's parameters
and the necessary important circuits of the system to
further increase its accuracy.
It also assembles the sensor system which is
designed to insure the rationality, reliability, stability of
the structure. Finally it proposed the methods on the
coefficient revision and the liquid condition parameter
compensation to get higher accuracy.
Fabrication and photoelectrical properties of AZO/SiO2/p-Si heterojunction
Author(s):
Bo He;
ZhongQuan Ma;
YanLi Shi;
Jing Xu;
Lei Zhao;
Feng Li;
Cheng Shen;
NanSheng Zhang;
Ling Shen;
XiaJie Meng;
ChengYue Zhou;
CunXing Miao
Show Abstract
ZnO thin films doped with aluminum (AZO) were deposited on silicon dioxide covered p-Si (100) substrates by
radio frequency magnetron sputtering, to fabricate AZO/SiO2/p-Si heterojunction, as an absorber for ultraviolet cell. The
optical and electrical properties of the Al doped - ZnO films were characterized by UV-VIS spectrophotometer, current-voltage
measurement, and four point probe technique, respectively. The results show that AZO films have good quality.
The electrical junction properties were investigated by I-V measurement, which reveals that the heterojunction shows
typical rectifying behavior.
In which sectors could new illumination technology strategically reduce CO2 emissions?
Author(s):
Araceli Bjarklev;
Jan Andersen;
Tyge Kjær
Show Abstract
Illumination is responsible for the consumption of 19% of the total electricity consumption worldwide. Efforts to reduce
the consumption of this energy fraction are, therefore, increasingly taking the attention of many governments. Denmark,
as one of the leader countries in environmental actions, is engaged in several actions to reduce its CO2 emissions. The
problem severity demands a capacity to react quickly and efficiently to better reach the international goals.
Traditionally, the efforts have concentrated on the residential sector. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to contribute
to the discussion on where the effort shall be strategically directed. We look at the international tendencies with specific
focus on Europe and chose Denmark as a representative example to illustrate the way in which the policies focus on the
residential sector instead of the commercial and services sectors. This paper conclude that the available statistics so far
show that in Europe the commercial and service sector is responsible for the highest electricity consumption due to
illumination. The same pattern repeats in Denmark. Therefore, this paper argues that in order to achieve even more
optimal solutions, a more detailed differentiation of data shall be pursued by the electricity companies. It is suggested
that detecting the right sector will give possibilities to better target actions with higher impact potential.
Analytic evaluation of magnetic force of novel sensor
Author(s):
Tingwan Wu;
Shengmei Yin
Show Abstract
This paper studied the evaluations of magnetic force of magnetic immersed body in magnetic fluids, which is the
prerequisite and basis for a novel inertial sensor can achieve. The novel inertial sensor is proposed based on the levitation
characteristic of magnetic fluid and can be applied to many specific areas. The analyzed and calculated of the
second-order magnetic force in such system is the key physical to ensure the permanent magnet to achieve a stable
suspension, and it also difficult to solve. This paper established a magnetic force model of cylindrical permanent magnet,
and the set of equations by the Laplace equation, transformation of coordinate equation, and boundary relationship.
Finally, analytical solutions of magnetic field strength of immersed cylindrical permanent magnet obtained through
approach of mathematical physics. The results are universal and must of great significance in research of levitation
characteristic of magnetic fluid, including its possible applying for different novel sensors.
Structural and electrical properties of delafossite CuMO2 (M=Al, Cr, Y) semiconductors and their exploitation for ozone detection
Author(s):
Zanhong Deng;
Xiaodong Fang;
Da Li;
Ruhua Tao;
Weiwei Dong;
Tao Wang;
Shu Zhou;
Gang Meng;
Xuebin Zhu
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Single phase polycrystalline pellets of CuMO2 (M = Al, Cr, Y) semiconductors with delafossite structure were prepared
by sol-gel method and solid state reaction, respectively. The XRD results shows that structure can be indexed as
3R-CuAlO2 (JCPDF No. 35-1401), 3R-CuCrO2 (JCPDF No. 89-6744) and 2H-CuYO2 (JCPDF No. 76-1422),
respectively. The conductivities of CuMO2 are thermally activated in the measured temperature range with the activation
energy EA about 0.24eV, 0.34eV and 0.25eV, respectively. The conductivities of CuMO2 decrease monotonously with
the increase of radius of M cation. This phenomenon coincides with the previous theoretical studies that the hole
conduction path of CuMO2 was predominantly in the Cu-ions layers, and the Cu-Cu spacing (or α-axis length) was
governed by the M cation size, which modifies the wave function overlap between Cu-ions and results in decrease of the
conductivities. The room temperature ozone sensing properties of CuMO2 (M = Al, Cr, Y) polycrystalline pellets were
studied. Ozone-purified air-ozone circles were used to measure the ozone gas sensing properties of all the specimens,
which are similar to the practical measurement environments. The relative humidity of the environment was controlled
around 60 RH% ± 5 RH%. The temperature was controlled around 300K ± 0.5K. Except for CuYO2 pellets, CuAlO2 and
CuCrO2 pellets show reversible responds to ozone gas at room temperature. The room temperature ozone sensing
properties of CuCrO2 film prepared by pulsed laser deposition was also studied. The response time of CuCrO2 film is
about 3.5 min to 90% of the final value and the recovery time is about 2 min to 10% of the steady state signal under
ozone concentration of 600 ppm. Though the performance is not yet sufficiently high for practical use, the delafossites
CuMO2 (M = Al and Cr), as parent compounds of room temperature ozone sensing materials, are recommendable for
further studies on the improvement of ozone sensing properties.