It is a key challenge to prepare two-dimensional diamond(2D-diamond).Herein,we develop a method for synthesizing 2D-diamond by depositing monodisperse tantalum(Ta)atoms onto graphene substrates using a hot-filament ch...It is a key challenge to prepare two-dimensional diamond(2D-diamond).Herein,we develop a method for synthesizing 2D-diamond by depositing monodisperse tantalum(Ta)atoms onto graphene substrates using a hot-filament chemical vapor deposition setup,followed by annealing treatment under different temperatures at ambient pressure.The results indicate that when the annealing temperature increases from 700℃ to 1000℃,the size of the 2D-diamond found in the samples gradually increases from close to 20 nm to around 30 nm.Meanwhile,the size and number of amorphous carbon spheres and Ta-containing compounds between the graphene layers gradually increase.As the annealing temperature continues to rise to 1100℃,a significant aggregation of Ta-containing compounds is observed in the samples,with no diamond structure detected.This further confirms that monodisperse Ta atoms play a key role in graphene phase transition into 2D-diamond.This study provides a novel method for the ambient-pressure phase transition of graphene into 2D-diamond.展开更多
In x-ray dark-field imaging using dual phase grating interferometer,multi-contrast signals are extracted from a set of acquired phase-stepping data by using the least-squares fitting algorithm.The extracted mean inten...In x-ray dark-field imaging using dual phase grating interferometer,multi-contrast signals are extracted from a set of acquired phase-stepping data by using the least-squares fitting algorithm.The extracted mean intensity,amplitude and visibility signals may be intrinsically biased.However,it is still unclear how large these biases are and how the data acquisition parameters influence the biases in the extracted signals.This work set out to address these questions.Analytical expressions of the biases of the extracted signals were theoretically derived by using a second-order Taylor series expansion.Extensive numerical simulations were performed to validate the theoretical results.It is illustrated that while the estimated mean intensity signal is always unbiased,the estimated amplitude and visibility signals are both positively biased.While the biases of the estimated amplitude signals are proportional to the inverse of the total number of phase steps,the biases of the estimated visibility signals are inversely proportional to the product of the total number of phase steps and the mean number of photons counted per phase step.Meanwhile,it is demonstrated that the dependence of the biases on the mean visibility is quite different from that of Talbot-Lau interferometer due to the difference in the intensity model.We expect that these results can be useful for data acquisition optimizations and interpretation of x-ray dark-field images.展开更多
Dual phase grating interferometer may simultaneously achieve large field of view and high x-ray dose efficiency.Here,we develop a simple theoretical method to better understand the imaging process of the dual phase gr...Dual phase grating interferometer may simultaneously achieve large field of view and high x-ray dose efficiency.Here,we develop a simple theoretical method to better understand the imaging process of the dual phase grating interferometer.The derivation process of fringe period and the optimal visibility conditions of the dual phase grating interferometer are given in detail.Then,we theoretically prove that the fringe period and optimal visibility conditions of the dual phase grating interferometer include that of the Talbot interferometer.By comparing our experimental results with those of other researchers,we find that when the positions of phase gratings are far away from the positions where the fringe visibility is optimal,the fringe period of the dualπ-phase grating interferometer is twice the theoretical results under the illumination of polychromatic x-ray.This conclusion may explain the contradictory research results of dual phase grating interferometer among different researchers.展开更多
We theoretically study the quantum Fisher information(QFI) of the SU(1,1) interferometer with phase shifts in two arms by coherent squeezed vacuum state input, and give the comparison with the result of phase shi...We theoretically study the quantum Fisher information(QFI) of the SU(1,1) interferometer with phase shifts in two arms by coherent squeezed vacuum state input, and give the comparison with the result of phase shift only in one arm.Different from the traditional Mach–Zehnder interferometer, the QFI of single-arm case for an SU(1,1) interferometer can be slightly higher or lower than that of two-arm case, which depends on the intensities of the two arms of the interferometer.For coherent squeezed vacuum state input with a fixed mean photon number, the optimal sensitivity is achieved with a squeezed vacuum input in one mode and the vacuum input in the other.展开更多
Hydrogen(H2)is considered to be a promising substitute for fossil fuels.Two-dimensional(2D)nanomaterials have exhibited an efficient electrocatalytic capacity to catalyze hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Particularly,...Hydrogen(H2)is considered to be a promising substitute for fossil fuels.Two-dimensional(2D)nanomaterials have exhibited an efficient electrocatalytic capacity to catalyze hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Particularly,phase engineering of 2D nanomaterials is opening a novel research direction to endow 2D nanostructures with fascinating properties for deep applications in catalyzing HER.In this review,we briefly summarize the research progress and present the current challenges on phase engineering of 2D nanomaterials for their applications in electrocatalytic HER.Our summary will be of significance to provide fundamental understanding for designing novel 2D nanomaterials with unconventional phases to electrochemically catalyze HER.展开更多
The generalized two-dimensional correlation analysis based on time-resolved light scattering patterns (2D TRLS) has been employed to study the phase separation process of an epoxy-amine-polyethersulfone blend in whi...The generalized two-dimensional correlation analysis based on time-resolved light scattering patterns (2D TRLS) has been employed to study the phase separation process of an epoxy-amine-polyethersulfone blend in which the secondary phase separation takes place. The results of the 2D TRLS provided more detailed information that was not readily observed in the 1D TRLS patterns. (i) During the first process of phase separation, the sequential order of coarsening in size of the domains among the larger and smaller ones has been reversed between the diffusion regime and the hydrodynamic regime. (ii) The change of the larger domains in size, due to the hydrodynamic flow in the late stage of the first phase separation process, keeps on taking place earlier than that of the new domains appeared in the secondary phase separation process. (iii) During the secondary phase separation process the size growth of the smaller domains takes place earlier than that of the larger ones, probably due to the assumption that the coarsening mode could decrease the interface tension more quickly.展开更多
In this paper,we present a phase multiplication algorithm(PMA)to obtain scalable fringe precision in laser self-mixing interferometer under a weak feedback regime.Merely by applying the double angle formula on the sel...In this paper,we present a phase multiplication algorithm(PMA)to obtain scalable fringe precision in laser self-mixing interferometer under a weak feedback regime.Merely by applying the double angle formula on the self-mixing signal multiple times,the continuously improved fringe precision will be obtained.Theoretical analysis shows that the precision of the fringe could be improved toλ/2^(n+1).The validity of the proposed method is demonstrated by means of simulated SMI signals and confirmed by experiments under different amplitudes.A fringe precision ofλ/128 at a sampling rate of 500 k S/s has been achieved after doing 6 th the PMA.Finally,an amplitude of 50 nm has been proved to be measurable and the absolute error is 3.07 nm,which is within the theoretical error range.The proposed method for vibration measurement has the advantage of high accuracy and reliable without adding any additional optical elements in the optical path,thus it will play an important role in nanoscale measurement field.展开更多
According to the measurement principle of the traditional interferometer,a narrowband signal model is established and used,however,for wideband signals or multiple signals,this model is invalid.For the problems of dir...According to the measurement principle of the traditional interferometer,a narrowband signal model is established and used,however,for wideband signals or multiple signals,this model is invalid.For the problems of direction finding with interferometer for wideband signals and multiple signals scene,a frequency domain phase interferometer is proposed and the concrete implementation scheme is given.The proposed method computes the phase difference in frequency domain,and finds multi-target results with judging the spectrum amplitude changing,and uses the frequency phase difference to compute the arrival angle.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed method effectively solves the problem of the angle estimation with phase interferometer for wideband signals,and has good performance in multiple signals scene with nonoverlapping spectrum or partially overlapping.In addition,the wider the signal bandwidth,the better direction finding performance of this algorithm.展开更多
Both the negativity of Wigner function and the phase sensitivity of an SU(1,1) interferometer are investigated in this paper. In the case that the even coherent state and squeezed vacuum state are input into the inter...Both the negativity of Wigner function and the phase sensitivity of an SU(1,1) interferometer are investigated in this paper. In the case that the even coherent state and squeezed vacuum state are input into the interferometer, the Heisenberg limit can be approached with parity detection. At the same time, the negativity volume of Wigner function of detection mode comes entirely from the input state and varies periodically with the encoding phase. In addition, the negativity volume of Wigner function is positively correlated with the phase sensitivity of the SU(1,1) interferometer. The positive correlation may mean that the non-classicality indicated by negative Wigner function is a kind of resource that can verify some related research results of phase estimation.展开更多
Generally, the phase of the cold-atom interferometer is extracted from the atomic interference fringe, which can be obtained by scanning the chirp rate of the Raman lasers at a given interrogation time T. If mapping t...Generally, the phase of the cold-atom interferometer is extracted from the atomic interference fringe, which can be obtained by scanning the chirp rate of the Raman lasers at a given interrogation time T. If mapping the phase shift for each T with a series of measurements, the extraction time is limited by the protocol of each T measurement, and therefore increases dramatically when doing fine mapping with a small step of T. Here we present a new method for rapid extraction of the phase shift via phase demodulation. By using this method, the systematic shifts can be mapped though the whole interference area. This method enables quick diagnostics of the potential cause of the phase shift in specific time. We demonstrate experimentally that this method is effective for the evaluation of the systematic errors of the cold atomic gravimeter. The systematic phase error induced by the quadratic Zeeman effect in the free-falling region is extracted by this method. The measured results correspond well with the theoretic prediction and also agree with the results obtained by the fringe fitting method for each T.展开更多
This paper theoretically explores the effect of PM2.5 air pollution on the phase precision of a Mach-Zehnder inter- ferometer. With the increasing of PM2.5 concentration, phase precision for inputs of coherent state ...This paper theoretically explores the effect of PM2.5 air pollution on the phase precision of a Mach-Zehnder inter- ferometer. With the increasing of PM2.5 concentration, phase precision for inputs of coherent state & vacuum state and inputs of coherent state & squeezed vacuum state will gradually decrease and be lower than the standard quantum limit. When the value of relative humidity is increasing, the precision of two input cases is decreasing much faster. We also find that the precision for inputs of coherent state & squeezed state is better than that of coherent state & vacuum state when PM2.5 concentration is lower. As PM2.5 concentration increases, the precision for inputs of coherent state & squeezed state decreases faster, and then the two precisions tend to be the same while the concentration is higher.展开更多
We theoretically study the phase sensitivities of two different phase-shift configurations in an SU(1,1)interferometer with coherent■squeezed vacuum states.According to quantum Cramér-Rao theorem,we analytically...We theoretically study the phase sensitivities of two different phase-shift configurations in an SU(1,1)interferometer with coherent■squeezed vacuum states.According to quantum Cramér-Rao theorem,we analytically obtain the ultimate phase sensitivities for two types of phase shift accumulating in one-and two-arm.Compared with the case of one-arm phase shift,the model with phase shift encoding in both arms may provide a better sensitivity when the strength of squeezed vacuum state is large enough.Furthermore,we discuss the achievable sensitivities with the homodyne measurement by invoking of error-propagation formula.In addition,we study the effect of internal and outernal photon losses on the phase sensitivity of the SU(1,1)interferometer and find that the unbalanced interferometer is helpful to improve precision even with high external losses.展开更多
A general theoretical framework is presented to explain the formation of the phase signal in an x-ray microscope integrated with a grating interferometer,which simultaneously enables the high spatial resolution imagin...A general theoretical framework is presented to explain the formation of the phase signal in an x-ray microscope integrated with a grating interferometer,which simultaneously enables the high spatial resolution imaging and the improved image contrast.By using this theory,several key parameters of phase contrast imaging can be predicted,for instance,the fringe visibility and period,and the conversion condition from the differential phase imaging(DPI)to the phase difference imaging(PDI).Additionally,numerical simulations are performed with certain x-ray optical components and imaging geometry.Comparison with the available experimental measurement[Appl.Phys.Lett.113063105(2018)]demonstrates the accuracy of this developed quantitative analysis method of x-ray phase-sensitive microscope imaging.展开更多
GaTe is a two-dimensionalⅢ-Ⅵsemiconductor with suitable direct bandgap of~1.65 eV and high photoresponsivity,which makes it a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications.GaTe exists in two crystalline phases...GaTe is a two-dimensionalⅢ-Ⅵsemiconductor with suitable direct bandgap of~1.65 eV and high photoresponsivity,which makes it a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications.GaTe exists in two crystalline phases:monoclinic(m-GaTe,with space group C2/m)and hexagonal(h-GaTe,with space group P63/mmc).The phase transition between the two phases was reported under temperature-varying conditions,such as annealing,laser irradiation,etc.The explicit phase transition temperature and energy barrier during the temperature-induced phase transition have not been explored.In this work,we present a comprehensive study of the phase transition process by using first-principles energetic and phonon calculations within the quasi-harmonic approximation framework.We predicted that the phase transition from h-GaTe to m-GaTe occurs at the temperature decreasing to 261 K.This is in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations.It is a two-step transition process with energy barriers 199 meV and 288 meV,respectively.The relatively high energy barriers demonstrate the irreversible nature of the phase transition.The electronic and phonon properties of the two phases were further investigated by comparison with available experimental and theoretical results.Our results provide insightful understanding on the process of temperature-induced phase transition of GaTe.展开更多
Two-dimensional elec tronic spec troscopy(2DES)is a powerful met hod to probe the coherent electron dynamics in complicated systems.Stabilizing the phase difference of the incident ultrashort pulses is the mos t chall...Two-dimensional elec tronic spec troscopy(2DES)is a powerful met hod to probe the coherent electron dynamics in complicated systems.Stabilizing the phase difference of the incident ultrashort pulses is the mos t challenging par t for experimen tal demonstration of 2DES.Here,we present a tuto rial review on the 2DES proto cols based on active phase managements which are originally developed for quantum optics experiments.We introduce the 2DES techniques in box and pump-probe geometries with phase stabilization realized by interferometry,and outline the fully collinear 2DES approach with the frequency tagging by acoustic optical modulators and frequency combs.The combination of active phase managements,ultrashort pulses and other spectroscopic methods may open new opportunities to tackle essential challenges related to excited states.展开更多
Gaseous phases of carbon-containing and metastable oxides will be resulted from the carbonization of phenolic resin binders and the reduced reactions between C and oxides at high temperatures in carbon-containing refr...Gaseous phases of carbon-containing and metastable oxides will be resulted from the carbonization of phenolic resin binders and the reduced reactions between C and oxides at high temperatures in carbon-containing refractories. With the in-situ catalysis technique, these gaseous phases can be transformed to one-or two-dimensional bonding phases by deposition,which is favorable for the improvement on strength and toughness of carboncontaining refractories,especially low carbon refractories. The research results reveal that:( 1) the amorphous carbon resulted from phenolic resin can be transformed to carbon nanotubes,thus,the oxidation peak temperature is raised from 506 to 664. 6 ℃;( 2) onedimensional whiskers of MgO or Mg Al2 O4 can be in-situ formed in MgO-C refractories, and their CMOR,CCS,rupture displacement and residual CCS( two water quenching cycles,1 100 ℃) are increased by 66%,47%,13% and 26%,respectively;( 3) two-dimensional array structure of flake β-SiAlON can be in-situ formed in Al2 O3-C refractories,which improves the material strength by 60% and decreases the residual strength after thermal shock by only 4. 5 MPa. It is believed that the in-situ formation of one-or two-dimensional bonding phases at high temperatures can improvethe comprehensive thermal physical properties of carboncontaining refractories,and will be the developing trend of the strengthening and toughening of low carbon-containing refractories.展开更多
To suppress the dispersion effect, an improved scheme was proposed for Mach-Zehnder intefferometer (MZI) based interleaver. The device consists of an MZI, a fiber loop (FL), and a phase shifter inserted in FL. The...To suppress the dispersion effect, an improved scheme was proposed for Mach-Zehnder intefferometer (MZI) based interleaver. The device consists of an MZI, a fiber loop (FL), and a phase shifter inserted in FL. The introduction of π phase shifter into FI, dramatically suppresses the dispersion effiect. Then the transmission response remains square-like shape, with low frequency deviation and high extinction ratio. Moreover, the lower frequency deviation is achieved by reducing the dispersion coefficient. For 100GHz-spacing interleaver, the 0.08nm deviation is reduced to 0.02nm by replacing G.652 with G.655.展开更多
Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenide(TMD)nanosheets have attracted considerable attention owing to their diverse properties and great potential in a wide range of applications.In order to further tune th...Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenide(TMD)nanosheets have attracted considerable attention owing to their diverse properties and great potential in a wide range of applications.In order to further tune their properties and then broaden their application domain,large efforts have been devoted into engineering the structures of 2D TMD nanosheets at atomic scale,especially the alloying technology.Alloying different 2D TMD nanosheets into 2D alloys not only offers the opportunities to fine-tune their physical/chemical properties,but also opens up some unique properties,which are highly desirable for wide applications including electronics,optoelectronics and catalysis.This review summarizes the recent progress in the preparation,characterization and applications of 2D alloyed TMD nanosheets.展开更多
Two phase extraction methods which are based separately on phase-stepping and shifting curve are mainly used in phase-sensitive imaging in gating interferometry to determine the x-ray phase shift induced by an object ...Two phase extraction methods which are based separately on phase-stepping and shifting curve are mainly used in phase-sensitive imaging in gating interferometry to determine the x-ray phase shift induced by an object in the beam. In this paper, the authors perform a full comparative analysis and present the main virtues and limitations of these two methods according to the theoretical analysis of the grating interferometry.展开更多
基金supported by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U1809210)the International Science Technology Cooperation Program of China(Grant No.2014DFR51160)+3 种基金the One Belt and One Road International Cooperation Project from the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province,China(Grant No.2018C04021)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50972129,50602039,and 52102052)the Fund from Institute of Wenzhou,Zhejiang University(Grant Nos.XMGL-CX-202305 and XMGLKJZX-202307)the Project from Tanghe Scientific&Technology Company(Grant No.KYY-HX-20230024).
文摘It is a key challenge to prepare two-dimensional diamond(2D-diamond).Herein,we develop a method for synthesizing 2D-diamond by depositing monodisperse tantalum(Ta)atoms onto graphene substrates using a hot-filament chemical vapor deposition setup,followed by annealing treatment under different temperatures at ambient pressure.The results indicate that when the annealing temperature increases from 700℃ to 1000℃,the size of the 2D-diamond found in the samples gradually increases from close to 20 nm to around 30 nm.Meanwhile,the size and number of amorphous carbon spheres and Ta-containing compounds between the graphene layers gradually increase.As the annealing temperature continues to rise to 1100℃,a significant aggregation of Ta-containing compounds is observed in the samples,with no diamond structure detected.This further confirms that monodisperse Ta atoms play a key role in graphene phase transition into 2D-diamond.This study provides a novel method for the ambient-pressure phase transition of graphene into 2D-diamond.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U1532113,11475170,11905041)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2208085MA18)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.JZ2022HGTB0244)。
文摘In x-ray dark-field imaging using dual phase grating interferometer,multi-contrast signals are extracted from a set of acquired phase-stepping data by using the least-squares fitting algorithm.The extracted mean intensity,amplitude and visibility signals may be intrinsically biased.However,it is still unclear how large these biases are and how the data acquisition parameters influence the biases in the extracted signals.This work set out to address these questions.Analytical expressions of the biases of the extracted signals were theoretically derived by using a second-order Taylor series expansion.Extensive numerical simulations were performed to validate the theoretical results.It is illustrated that while the estimated mean intensity signal is always unbiased,the estimated amplitude and visibility signals are both positively biased.While the biases of the estimated amplitude signals are proportional to the inverse of the total number of phase steps,the biases of the estimated visibility signals are inversely proportional to the product of the total number of phase steps and the mean number of photons counted per phase step.Meanwhile,it is demonstrated that the dependence of the biases on the mean visibility is quite different from that of Talbot-Lau interferometer due to the difference in the intensity model.We expect that these results can be useful for data acquisition optimizations and interpretation of x-ray dark-field images.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11674232,62075141,and 12075156)the Foundation of Shenzhen Science and Technology Bureau,China(Grant No.20200812122925001)。
文摘Dual phase grating interferometer may simultaneously achieve large field of view and high x-ray dose efficiency.Here,we develop a simple theoretical method to better understand the imaging process of the dual phase grating interferometer.The derivation process of fringe period and the optimal visibility conditions of the dual phase grating interferometer are given in detail.Then,we theoretically prove that the fringe period and optimal visibility conditions of the dual phase grating interferometer include that of the Talbot interferometer.By comparing our experimental results with those of other researchers,we find that when the positions of phase gratings are far away from the positions where the fringe visibility is optimal,the fringe period of the dualπ-phase grating interferometer is twice the theoretical results under the illumination of polychromatic x-ray.This conclusion may explain the contradictory research results of dual phase grating interferometer among different researchers.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11474095,11654005,and 11234003)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0302000)
文摘We theoretically study the quantum Fisher information(QFI) of the SU(1,1) interferometer with phase shifts in two arms by coherent squeezed vacuum state input, and give the comparison with the result of phase shift only in one arm.Different from the traditional Mach–Zehnder interferometer, the QFI of single-arm case for an SU(1,1) interferometer can be slightly higher or lower than that of two-arm case, which depends on the intensities of the two arms of the interferometer.For coherent squeezed vacuum state input with a fixed mean photon number, the optimal sensitivity is achieved with a squeezed vacuum input in one mode and the vacuum input in the other.
基金financially supported by the Key Grant for Special Professors in Jiangsu Province(No.RK030STP18001)the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications(No.NY218150)“1311 Talents Program”of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(No.BX20190156)。
文摘Hydrogen(H2)is considered to be a promising substitute for fossil fuels.Two-dimensional(2D)nanomaterials have exhibited an efficient electrocatalytic capacity to catalyze hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Particularly,phase engineering of 2D nanomaterials is opening a novel research direction to endow 2D nanostructures with fascinating properties for deep applications in catalyzing HER.In this review,we briefly summarize the research progress and present the current challenges on phase engineering of 2D nanomaterials for their applications in electrocatalytic HER.Our summary will be of significance to provide fundamental understanding for designing novel 2D nanomaterials with unconventional phases to electrochemically catalyze HER.
基金supported by the National Natural Science of Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.20674014, 20425415,20274010,50103003,20221402)
文摘The generalized two-dimensional correlation analysis based on time-resolved light scattering patterns (2D TRLS) has been employed to study the phase separation process of an epoxy-amine-polyethersulfone blend in which the secondary phase separation takes place. The results of the 2D TRLS provided more detailed information that was not readily observed in the 1D TRLS patterns. (i) During the first process of phase separation, the sequential order of coarsening in size of the domains among the larger and smaller ones has been reversed between the diffusion regime and the hydrodynamic regime. (ii) The change of the larger domains in size, due to the hydrodynamic flow in the late stage of the first phase separation process, keeps on taking place earlier than that of the new domains appeared in the secondary phase separation process. (iii) During the secondary phase separation process the size growth of the smaller domains takes place earlier than that of the larger ones, probably due to the assumption that the coarsening mode could decrease the interface tension more quickly.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(No.2020J01705)the School Foundation of Jimei University(No.C150345)。
文摘In this paper,we present a phase multiplication algorithm(PMA)to obtain scalable fringe precision in laser self-mixing interferometer under a weak feedback regime.Merely by applying the double angle formula on the self-mixing signal multiple times,the continuously improved fringe precision will be obtained.Theoretical analysis shows that the precision of the fringe could be improved toλ/2^(n+1).The validity of the proposed method is demonstrated by means of simulated SMI signals and confirmed by experiments under different amplitudes.A fringe precision ofλ/128 at a sampling rate of 500 k S/s has been achieved after doing 6 th the PMA.Finally,an amplitude of 50 nm has been proved to be measurable and the absolute error is 3.07 nm,which is within the theoretical error range.The proposed method for vibration measurement has the advantage of high accuracy and reliable without adding any additional optical elements in the optical path,thus it will play an important role in nanoscale measurement field.
文摘According to the measurement principle of the traditional interferometer,a narrowband signal model is established and used,however,for wideband signals or multiple signals,this model is invalid.For the problems of direction finding with interferometer for wideband signals and multiple signals scene,a frequency domain phase interferometer is proposed and the concrete implementation scheme is given.The proposed method computes the phase difference in frequency domain,and finds multi-target results with judging the spectrum amplitude changing,and uses the frequency phase difference to compute the arrival angle.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed method effectively solves the problem of the angle estimation with phase interferometer for wideband signals,and has good performance in multiple signals scene with nonoverlapping spectrum or partially overlapping.In addition,the wider the signal bandwidth,the better direction finding performance of this algorithm.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11574092,61775062,61378012,91121023,and 60978009)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB921804)the Innovation Project of Graduate School of South China Normal University(Grant No.2017LKXM088)
文摘Both the negativity of Wigner function and the phase sensitivity of an SU(1,1) interferometer are investigated in this paper. In the case that the even coherent state and squeezed vacuum state are input into the interferometer, the Heisenberg limit can be approached with parity detection. At the same time, the negativity volume of Wigner function of detection mode comes entirely from the input state and varies periodically with the encoding phase. In addition, the negativity volume of Wigner function is positively correlated with the phase sensitivity of the SU(1,1) interferometer. The positive correlation may mean that the non-classicality indicated by negative Wigner function is a kind of resource that can verify some related research results of phase estimation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174249 and 61475139)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2011AA060504)+1 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB329501)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.2015FZA3002)
文摘Generally, the phase of the cold-atom interferometer is extracted from the atomic interference fringe, which can be obtained by scanning the chirp rate of the Raman lasers at a given interrogation time T. If mapping the phase shift for each T with a series of measurements, the extraction time is limited by the protocol of each T measurement, and therefore increases dramatically when doing fine mapping with a small step of T. Here we present a new method for rapid extraction of the phase shift via phase demodulation. By using this method, the systematic shifts can be mapped though the whole interference area. This method enables quick diagnostics of the potential cause of the phase shift in specific time. We demonstrate experimentally that this method is effective for the evaluation of the systematic errors of the cold atomic gravimeter. The systematic phase error induced by the quadratic Zeeman effect in the free-falling region is extracted by this method. The measured results correspond well with the theoretic prediction and also agree with the results obtained by the fringe fitting method for each T.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61306131)the Science Foundation of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education,China(Grant No.14JK1682)
文摘This paper theoretically explores the effect of PM2.5 air pollution on the phase precision of a Mach-Zehnder inter- ferometer. With the increasing of PM2.5 concentration, phase precision for inputs of coherent state & vacuum state and inputs of coherent state & squeezed vacuum state will gradually decrease and be lower than the standard quantum limit. When the value of relative humidity is increasing, the precision of two input cases is decreasing much faster. We also find that the precision for inputs of coherent state & squeezed state is better than that of coherent state & vacuum state when PM2.5 concentration is lower. As PM2.5 concentration increases, the precision for inputs of coherent state & squeezed state decreases faster, and then the two precisions tend to be the same while the concentration is higher.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11747161 and 11974189the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No.2018M642293
文摘We theoretically study the phase sensitivities of two different phase-shift configurations in an SU(1,1)interferometer with coherent■squeezed vacuum states.According to quantum Cramér-Rao theorem,we analytically obtain the ultimate phase sensitivities for two types of phase shift accumulating in one-and two-arm.Compared with the case of one-arm phase shift,the model with phase shift encoding in both arms may provide a better sensitivity when the strength of squeezed vacuum state is large enough.Furthermore,we discuss the achievable sensitivities with the homodyne measurement by invoking of error-propagation formula.In addition,we study the effect of internal and outernal photon losses on the phase sensitivity of the SU(1,1)interferometer and find that the unbalanced interferometer is helpful to improve precision even with high external losses.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12027812 and 11804356)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2021362).
文摘A general theoretical framework is presented to explain the formation of the phase signal in an x-ray microscope integrated with a grating interferometer,which simultaneously enables the high spatial resolution imaging and the improved image contrast.By using this theory,several key parameters of phase contrast imaging can be predicted,for instance,the fringe visibility and period,and the conversion condition from the differential phase imaging(DPI)to the phase difference imaging(PDI).Additionally,numerical simulations are performed with certain x-ray optical components and imaging geometry.Comparison with the available experimental measurement[Appl.Phys.Lett.113063105(2018)]demonstrates the accuracy of this developed quantitative analysis method of x-ray phase-sensitive microscope imaging.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62004080)Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Supporting Program(Grant No.BX20190143)+1 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M670834)Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Program,China(Grant No.20190201016JC)。
文摘GaTe is a two-dimensionalⅢ-Ⅵsemiconductor with suitable direct bandgap of~1.65 eV and high photoresponsivity,which makes it a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications.GaTe exists in two crystalline phases:monoclinic(m-GaTe,with space group C2/m)and hexagonal(h-GaTe,with space group P63/mmc).The phase transition between the two phases was reported under temperature-varying conditions,such as annealing,laser irradiation,etc.The explicit phase transition temperature and energy barrier during the temperature-induced phase transition have not been explored.In this work,we present a comprehensive study of the phase transition process by using first-principles energetic and phonon calculations within the quasi-harmonic approximation framework.We predicted that the phase transition from h-GaTe to m-GaTe occurs at the temperature decreasing to 261 K.This is in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations.It is a two-step transition process with energy barriers 199 meV and 288 meV,respectively.The relatively high energy barriers demonstrate the irreversible nature of the phase transition.The electronic and phonon properties of the two phases were further investigated by comparison with available experimental and theoretical results.Our results provide insightful understanding on the process of temperature-induced phase transition of GaTe.
基金This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFA0303700 and No.2018YFA0209101)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21922302,No.21873047,No.11904168,No.91833305,and No.91850105)+1 种基金the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutionsthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University.
文摘Two-dimensional elec tronic spec troscopy(2DES)is a powerful met hod to probe the coherent electron dynamics in complicated systems.Stabilizing the phase difference of the incident ultrashort pulses is the mos t challenging par t for experimen tal demonstration of 2DES.Here,we present a tuto rial review on the 2DES proto cols based on active phase managements which are originally developed for quantum optics experiments.We introduce the 2DES techniques in box and pump-probe geometries with phase stabilization realized by interferometry,and outline the fully collinear 2DES approach with the frequency tagging by acoustic optical modulators and frequency combs.The combination of active phase managements,ultrashort pulses and other spectroscopic methods may open new opportunities to tackle essential challenges related to excited states.
文摘Gaseous phases of carbon-containing and metastable oxides will be resulted from the carbonization of phenolic resin binders and the reduced reactions between C and oxides at high temperatures in carbon-containing refractories. With the in-situ catalysis technique, these gaseous phases can be transformed to one-or two-dimensional bonding phases by deposition,which is favorable for the improvement on strength and toughness of carboncontaining refractories,especially low carbon refractories. The research results reveal that:( 1) the amorphous carbon resulted from phenolic resin can be transformed to carbon nanotubes,thus,the oxidation peak temperature is raised from 506 to 664. 6 ℃;( 2) onedimensional whiskers of MgO or Mg Al2 O4 can be in-situ formed in MgO-C refractories, and their CMOR,CCS,rupture displacement and residual CCS( two water quenching cycles,1 100 ℃) are increased by 66%,47%,13% and 26%,respectively;( 3) two-dimensional array structure of flake β-SiAlON can be in-situ formed in Al2 O3-C refractories,which improves the material strength by 60% and decreases the residual strength after thermal shock by only 4. 5 MPa. It is believed that the in-situ formation of one-or two-dimensional bonding phases at high temperatures can improvethe comprehensive thermal physical properties of carboncontaining refractories,and will be the developing trend of the strengthening and toughening of low carbon-containing refractories.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10174057, 90201011) and the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No.105148).
文摘To suppress the dispersion effect, an improved scheme was proposed for Mach-Zehnder intefferometer (MZI) based interleaver. The device consists of an MZI, a fiber loop (FL), and a phase shifter inserted in FL. The introduction of π phase shifter into FI, dramatically suppresses the dispersion effiect. Then the transmission response remains square-like shape, with low frequency deviation and high extinction ratio. Moreover, the lower frequency deviation is achieved by reducing the dispersion coefficient. For 100GHz-spacing interleaver, the 0.08nm deviation is reduced to 0.02nm by replacing G.652 with G.655.
基金the funding support from the Start-Up Grant(No.9610495)from City University of Hong KongNational Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22005259)the funding support from JSPS-KAKENHI(Nos.19K15399,21K04839)。
文摘Two-dimensional(2D)transition metal dichalcogenide(TMD)nanosheets have attracted considerable attention owing to their diverse properties and great potential in a wide range of applications.In order to further tune their properties and then broaden their application domain,large efforts have been devoted into engineering the structures of 2D TMD nanosheets at atomic scale,especially the alloying technology.Alloying different 2D TMD nanosheets into 2D alloys not only offers the opportunities to fine-tune their physical/chemical properties,but also opens up some unique properties,which are highly desirable for wide applications including electronics,optoelectronics and catalysis.This review summarizes the recent progress in the preparation,characterization and applications of 2D alloyed TMD nanosheets.
基金Project supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10490194 and 10734070) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10504033,10774144 and 10979055)+2 种基金the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJCX2-YW-N42)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2009CB930804)the National Outstanding Youth Fund(Grant No.10125523)
文摘Two phase extraction methods which are based separately on phase-stepping and shifting curve are mainly used in phase-sensitive imaging in gating interferometry to determine the x-ray phase shift induced by an object in the beam. In this paper, the authors perform a full comparative analysis and present the main virtues and limitations of these two methods according to the theoretical analysis of the grating interferometry.