To improve the energy resolution（？E） of Nb/Al superconducting tunnel junctions（STJs）, an ozone（O3） oxidation process has been developed to fabricate a thin defect-free tunnel barrier that simultaneously shows h...To improve the energy resolution（？E） of Nb/Al superconducting tunnel junctions（STJs）, an ozone（O3） oxidation process has been developed to fabricate a thin defect-free tunnel barrier that simultaneously shows high critical current JC〉 1000 A/cm^2 and high normalized dynamic resistance RDA 〉 100 MΩ·μm^2, where A is the size of the STJ. The 50-μm^2 STJs produced by O3 exposure of 0.26 Pa·min with an indirect spray of O3 gas, which is a much lower level of exposure than the O2 exposure used in a conventional O2 oxidation process, exhibit a maximum JC= 800 A/cm^2 and a high RDA = 372 MΩ ·μm^2. The 100-pixel array of the 100-μm^2STJs produced using the same O3 oxidation conditions exhibits a constant leak current I leak= 14.9 ± 3.2 n A at a bias point around △ /e（where e is half the energy gap of an STJ）,and a high fabrication yield of 87%. Although the I leak values are slightly larger than those of STJs produced using the conventional O2 oxidation process, the STJ produced using O3 oxidation shows a ？E = 10 eV for the C-Kα line, which is the best value of our Nb/Al STJ x-ray detectors.展开更多
The finite element polycrystal model (FEPM) was extended and applied to simulate the development of the cold rolling textures of matrix aluminum in deformation processed two-phase 10% and 20%Nb/Al(in volume fraction) ...The finite element polycrystal model (FEPM) was extended and applied to simulate the development of the cold rolling textures of matrix aluminum in deformation processed two-phase 10% and 20%Nb/Al(in volume fraction) metal-metal composites on the basis of slip deformation of individual grains. This simulation method can assure the continuity of stress and displacement at the boundary during heterogeneous deformation and take arbitrary boundary conditions into consideration. The starting hot-extruded textures, as initial input condition, were taken into account in the FEPM simulation. The simulation results show that the main texture components and their evolution after various cold rolling reductions in 10% and 20%Nb/Al metal-metal composites are well qualitatively in agreement with the experimental ones. The initially extruded textures are rather weak, so they have no much influence on the simulated final cold rolling textures of the matrix aluminum for Nb/Al composites.展开更多
激光定向能量沉积(laser-directed energy deposition,LDED)成形Ti-Al合金的微观组织通常表现为贯穿多个熔池的粗大柱状晶,使得该合金较难获得均匀的力学性能。本文选用Nb作为Ti-Al二元合金的添加元素,通过LDED技术成形一系列Ti-6Al-x N...激光定向能量沉积(laser-directed energy deposition,LDED)成形Ti-Al合金的微观组织通常表现为贯穿多个熔池的粗大柱状晶,使得该合金较难获得均匀的力学性能。本文选用Nb作为Ti-Al二元合金的添加元素,通过LDED技术成形一系列Ti-6Al-x Nb(x=5、6.5、7.5,质量分数)三元合金,采用光学显微镜、X射线衍射仪、扫描电镜和电子背散射衍射仪对合金的微观形貌、室温拉伸性能以及变形机制进行研究,探究Nb含量对LDED成形Ti合金微观组织及拉伸性能的影响。结果表明:不同Nb含量合金的微观组织形貌较为接近,均主要由细长的针状或片层状α/α′相组成,且存在少量的残余β相。当Nb质量分数为6.5%时,合金具有最高的极限抗拉强度((902±35)MPa)和屈服强度((849±20)MPa),这主要归因于晶粒尺寸的减小。此外,随Nb含量增加,合金的伸长率逐渐降低。当Nb质量分数为7.5%时,合金的伸长率最低,为(10.2±1.4)%。展开更多
文摘To improve the energy resolution（？E） of Nb/Al superconducting tunnel junctions（STJs）, an ozone（O3） oxidation process has been developed to fabricate a thin defect-free tunnel barrier that simultaneously shows high critical current JC〉 1000 A/cm^2 and high normalized dynamic resistance RDA 〉 100 MΩ·μm^2, where A is the size of the STJ. The 50-μm^2 STJs produced by O3 exposure of 0.26 Pa·min with an indirect spray of O3 gas, which is a much lower level of exposure than the O2 exposure used in a conventional O2 oxidation process, exhibit a maximum JC= 800 A/cm^2 and a high RDA = 372 MΩ ·μm^2. The 100-pixel array of the 100-μm^2STJs produced using the same O3 oxidation conditions exhibits a constant leak current I leak= 14.9 ± 3.2 n A at a bias point around △ /e（where e is half the energy gap of an STJ）,and a high fabrication yield of 87%. Although the I leak values are slightly larger than those of STJs produced using the conventional O2 oxidation process, the STJ produced using O3 oxidation shows a ？E = 10 eV for the C-Kα line, which is the best value of our Nb/Al STJ x-ray detectors.
文摘The finite element polycrystal model (FEPM) was extended and applied to simulate the development of the cold rolling textures of matrix aluminum in deformation processed two-phase 10% and 20%Nb/Al(in volume fraction) metal-metal composites on the basis of slip deformation of individual grains. This simulation method can assure the continuity of stress and displacement at the boundary during heterogeneous deformation and take arbitrary boundary conditions into consideration. The starting hot-extruded textures, as initial input condition, were taken into account in the FEPM simulation. The simulation results show that the main texture components and their evolution after various cold rolling reductions in 10% and 20%Nb/Al metal-metal composites are well qualitatively in agreement with the experimental ones. The initially extruded textures are rather weak, so they have no much influence on the simulated final cold rolling textures of the matrix aluminum for Nb/Al composites.
文摘激光定向能量沉积(laser-directed energy deposition,LDED)成形Ti-Al合金的微观组织通常表现为贯穿多个熔池的粗大柱状晶,使得该合金较难获得均匀的力学性能。本文选用Nb作为Ti-Al二元合金的添加元素,通过LDED技术成形一系列Ti-6Al-x Nb(x=5、6.5、7.5,质量分数)三元合金,采用光学显微镜、X射线衍射仪、扫描电镜和电子背散射衍射仪对合金的微观形貌、室温拉伸性能以及变形机制进行研究,探究Nb含量对LDED成形Ti合金微观组织及拉伸性能的影响。结果表明:不同Nb含量合金的微观组织形貌较为接近,均主要由细长的针状或片层状α/α′相组成,且存在少量的残余β相。当Nb质量分数为6.5%时,合金具有最高的极限抗拉强度((902±35)MPa)和屈服强度((849±20)MPa),这主要归因于晶粒尺寸的减小。此外,随Nb含量增加,合金的伸长率逐渐降低。当Nb质量分数为7.5%时,合金的伸长率最低,为(10.2±1.4)%。
