The fuel consumption associated with some interplanetary transfer trajectories using chemical propulsion is not affordable. A solar sail is a method of propulsion that does not consume fuel. Transfer time is one of th...The fuel consumption associated with some interplanetary transfer trajectories using chemical propulsion is not affordable. A solar sail is a method of propulsion that does not consume fuel. Transfer time is one of the most pressing problems of solar sail transfer trajectory design. This paper investigates the time-optimal interplanetary transfer trajectories to a circular orbit of given inclination and radius. The optimal control law is derived from the principle of maximization. An indirect method is used to solve the optimal control problem by selecting values for the initial adjoint vari- ables, which are normalized within a unit sphere. The conditions for the existence of the time-optimal transfer are dependent on the lightness number of the sail and the inclination and radius of the target orbit. A numerical method is used to obtain the boundary values for the time-optimal transfer trajectories. For the cases where no time-optimal transfer trajectories exist, first-order necessary conditions of the optimal control are proposed to obtain feasible solutions. The results show that the transfer time decreases as the minimum distance from the Sun decreases during the transfer duration. For a solar sail with a small lightness number, the transfer time may be evaluated analytically for a three-phase transfer trajectory. The analytical results are compared with previous results and the associated numerical results. The transfer time of the numerical result here is smaller than the transfer time from previous results and is larger than the analytical result.展开更多
This report presents a first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, and optical properties of perovskite oxynitrides BaTaO2 N by means of density functional theory(DFT) calculations using the full-p...This report presents a first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, and optical properties of perovskite oxynitrides BaTaO2 N by means of density functional theory(DFT) calculations using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave(FP-LAPW) method. Three possible structures(P4mm, I4/mmm, and Pmma) are considered according to the TaO4N2 octahedral configurations. The calculated structural parameters are found to be in good agreement with the previous theoretical and experimental results. Moreover, the electronic band structure dispersion, total, and partial densities of electron states are investigated to explain the origin of bandgaps and the contribution of each orbital's species in the valence and the conduction bands. The calculated minimum bandgaps of the P4 mm, I4/mmm, and Pmma structures are 1.83 e V, 1.59 e V, and 1.49 e V, respectively. Furthermore, the optical properties represented by the dielectric functions calculated for BaTaO2 N show that the I4/mmm phase absorbs the light at a large window in both the visible and UV regions,whereas the other two structures(P4mm and Pmma) are more active in the UV region. Our investigations provide important information for the potential application of this material.展开更多
It was announced at the Symposium for FY Satellite Development that by2025,China will launch 14 more meteorological satellites,developed by CASC,into orbit.The 14 satellites include one FY-2 satellite,four FY-3 satell...It was announced at the Symposium for FY Satellite Development that by2025,China will launch 14 more meteorological satellites,developed by CASC,into orbit.The 14 satellites include one FY-2 satellite,four FY-3 satellites,three FY-4 satellites,two precipitation measurement radar satellites,one earlymorning-orbit satellite,one geostationary atmospheric microwave sounding satellite,展开更多
A few-mode erbium-doped fiber(FM-EDF) is fabricated using modified chemical vapor deposition in combination with liquid solution. The core and cladding diameters of the fiber are approximately 19.44 and 124.12 μm,r...A few-mode erbium-doped fiber(FM-EDF) is fabricated using modified chemical vapor deposition in combination with liquid solution. The core and cladding diameters of the fiber are approximately 19.44 and 124.12 μm,respectively. The refractive index difference is 0.98%, numerical aperture(NA) is 0.17, and normalized cut-off frequency at 1550 nm is 6.81. Therefore, it is a five-mode fiber, and can be used as a higher-order mode gain medium. Furthermore, a long period fiber grating(LPFG) is fabricated, which can convert LP〈01 mode to LP11 mode, and its conversion efficiency is up to 99%. The first-order orbital angular momentum(OAM) is also generated by combining the LPFG and polarization controller(PC). Then, an all-fiber amplification system based on the FM-EDF and LPFG, for LP11 mode and first-order OAM beams, is built up. Its on-off gain of the LP11 mode beam is 37.2 d B at 1521.2 nm. The variation, whose transverse mode field intensity of first-order OAM is increased with the increase of pumping power, is obvious. These show that both the LP11 mode and first-order OAM beams are amplified in the all-fiber amplification system. This is a novel all-fiber amplification scheme,which can be used in the optical communication fields.展开更多
The design of spin-orbit torque properties in two-dimensional(2D)materials presents one of the challenges of modern spintronics.In this context,2D layers involving rare-earth ions−which give rise to robust magnetism,e...The design of spin-orbit torque properties in two-dimensional(2D)materials presents one of the challenges of modern spintronics.In this context,2D layers involving rare-earth ions−which give rise to robust magnetism,exhibit pronounced orbital polarization of the states,and carry strong spin-orbit interaction—hold particular promise.Here,we investigate ferromagnetic Janus H-phase monolayers of 4f-Eu rare-earth dichalcogenides EuSP,EuSSe,and EuSCl using first-principles calculations.We demonstrate that all compounds exhibit significant spin-orbit torques which originate predominantly in the colossal current-induced orbital response on the Eu f-electrons.Moreover,we demonstrate that the corresponding orbital torques can be used to drive strong in-plane currents of orbital angular momentum with non-trivial direction of orbital polarization,constituting the effect of in-plane orbital pumping.We provide an interpretation of this effect in terms of orbital-to-orbital-curent conversion,and draw a simple qualitative picture of orbital pumping by magnetization dynamics in two dimensional systems.Our findings promote f-orbital-based 2D materials as a promising platform for in-plane orbital pumping and spin-orbit torque applications,and motivate further research on educated design of orbital properties for orbitronics with 2D materials.展开更多
Density functional theory (DFT) and its extensions, such as DFT+U and DFT+dynamical mean-field theory, are invaluable for studying magnetic properties in solids. However, rare-earth (R) materials remain challenging du...Density functional theory (DFT) and its extensions, such as DFT+U and DFT+dynamical mean-field theory, are invaluable for studying magnetic properties in solids. However, rare-earth (R) materials remain challenging due to self-interaction errors and the lack of proper orbital polarization. We show how the orbital dependence of self-interaction error contradicts Hund’s rules and plagues magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MA) calculations, and how analyzing DFT states that respect Hund’s rules can mitigate this issue. We benchmark MA in RCo_(5), R_(2)Fe_(14)B, and RFe1_(2), extending prior work on RMn_(6)Sn_(6), achieving excellent agreement with experiments. Additionally, we illustrate a semi-analytical perturbation approach that treats crystal fields as a perturbation in the large spin-orbit coupling limit. Using Gd-4f crystal-field splitting, this method provides a microscopic understanding of MA and enables rapid screening of high-MA materials.展开更多
Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(L...Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(LP-OAM)modes,and circularly polarized OAM(CP-OAM)modes.Nevertheless,which kind of mode bases is more appropriate to be utilized in fiber still remains unclear.Here,we aim to find the superior mode basis in MDM fiber-optic communications via a system-level comparison in air-core fiber(ACF).We first investigate the walk-off effect of four spatial mode bases over 1-km ACF,where LP and LP-OAM modes show intrinsic mode walk-off,while it is negligible for vector and CP-OAM modes.We then study the mode coupling effect of degenerate vector and CP-OAM modes over 1-km ACF under fiber perturbations,where degenerate even and odd vector modes suffer severe mode cross talk,while negligible for highorder degenerate CP-OAM modes based on the laws of angular momentum conservation.Moreover,we comprehensively evaluate the system-level performance for data-carrying single-channel and two-channel MDM transmission with different spatial mode bases under various kinds of fiber perturbations(bending,twisting,pressing,winding,and out-of-plane moving).The obtained results indicate that the CP-OAM mode basis shows superiority compared to other mode bases in MDM fiber-optic communications without using multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.Our findings may pave the way for robust shortreach MDM optical interconnects for data centers and high-performance computing.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos. 10902056 and 10832004)
文摘The fuel consumption associated with some interplanetary transfer trajectories using chemical propulsion is not affordable. A solar sail is a method of propulsion that does not consume fuel. Transfer time is one of the most pressing problems of solar sail transfer trajectory design. This paper investigates the time-optimal interplanetary transfer trajectories to a circular orbit of given inclination and radius. The optimal control law is derived from the principle of maximization. An indirect method is used to solve the optimal control problem by selecting values for the initial adjoint vari- ables, which are normalized within a unit sphere. The conditions for the existence of the time-optimal transfer are dependent on the lightness number of the sail and the inclination and radius of the target orbit. A numerical method is used to obtain the boundary values for the time-optimal transfer trajectories. For the cases where no time-optimal transfer trajectories exist, first-order necessary conditions of the optimal control are proposed to obtain feasible solutions. The results show that the transfer time decreases as the minimum distance from the Sun decreases during the transfer duration. For a solar sail with a small lightness number, the transfer time may be evaluated analytically for a three-phase transfer trajectory. The analytical results are compared with previous results and the associated numerical results. The transfer time of the numerical result here is smaller than the transfer time from previous results and is larger than the analytical result.
文摘This report presents a first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, and optical properties of perovskite oxynitrides BaTaO2 N by means of density functional theory(DFT) calculations using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave(FP-LAPW) method. Three possible structures(P4mm, I4/mmm, and Pmma) are considered according to the TaO4N2 octahedral configurations. The calculated structural parameters are found to be in good agreement with the previous theoretical and experimental results. Moreover, the electronic band structure dispersion, total, and partial densities of electron states are investigated to explain the origin of bandgaps and the contribution of each orbital's species in the valence and the conduction bands. The calculated minimum bandgaps of the P4 mm, I4/mmm, and Pmma structures are 1.83 e V, 1.59 e V, and 1.49 e V, respectively. Furthermore, the optical properties represented by the dielectric functions calculated for BaTaO2 N show that the I4/mmm phase absorbs the light at a large window in both the visible and UV regions,whereas the other two structures(P4mm and Pmma) are more active in the UV region. Our investigations provide important information for the potential application of this material.
文摘It was announced at the Symposium for FY Satellite Development that by2025,China will launch 14 more meteorological satellites,developed by CASC,into orbit.The 14 satellites include one FY-2 satellite,four FY-3 satellites,three FY-4 satellites,two precipitation measurement radar satellites,one earlymorning-orbit satellite,one geostationary atmospheric microwave sounding satellite,
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61635006,61520106014,61475096,61422507,and 61635006)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.15220721500)
文摘A few-mode erbium-doped fiber(FM-EDF) is fabricated using modified chemical vapor deposition in combination with liquid solution. The core and cladding diameters of the fiber are approximately 19.44 and 124.12 μm,respectively. The refractive index difference is 0.98%, numerical aperture(NA) is 0.17, and normalized cut-off frequency at 1550 nm is 6.81. Therefore, it is a five-mode fiber, and can be used as a higher-order mode gain medium. Furthermore, a long period fiber grating(LPFG) is fabricated, which can convert LP〈01 mode to LP11 mode, and its conversion efficiency is up to 99%. The first-order orbital angular momentum(OAM) is also generated by combining the LPFG and polarization controller(PC). Then, an all-fiber amplification system based on the FM-EDF and LPFG, for LP11 mode and first-order OAM beams, is built up. Its on-off gain of the LP11 mode beam is 37.2 d B at 1521.2 nm. The variation, whose transverse mode field intensity of first-order OAM is increased with the increase of pumping power, is obvious. These show that both the LP11 mode and first-order OAM beams are amplified in the all-fiber amplification system. This is a novel all-fiber amplification scheme,which can be used in the optical communication fields.
基金supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany in the framework of the Palestinian-German Science Bridge (BMBF grant number 01DH16027)support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)—TRR 288—422213477 (projects B06 and A12), TRR 173/2—268565370 (projects A11 and A01), CRC 1238 - 277146847 (Project C01)+1 种基金the Sino-German research project DISTOMAT (MO 1731/10-1)This work was supported by the EIC Pathfinder OPEN grant 101129641 “OBELIX” and the king Abdullah university of science and technology (KAUST) under award 2024-CRG12-6480. We also gratefully acknowledge the Jülich Supercomputing Centre and RWTH Aachen University for providing computational resources under projects jiff40 and jara0062.
文摘The design of spin-orbit torque properties in two-dimensional(2D)materials presents one of the challenges of modern spintronics.In this context,2D layers involving rare-earth ions−which give rise to robust magnetism,exhibit pronounced orbital polarization of the states,and carry strong spin-orbit interaction—hold particular promise.Here,we investigate ferromagnetic Janus H-phase monolayers of 4f-Eu rare-earth dichalcogenides EuSP,EuSSe,and EuSCl using first-principles calculations.We demonstrate that all compounds exhibit significant spin-orbit torques which originate predominantly in the colossal current-induced orbital response on the Eu f-electrons.Moreover,we demonstrate that the corresponding orbital torques can be used to drive strong in-plane currents of orbital angular momentum with non-trivial direction of orbital polarization,constituting the effect of in-plane orbital pumping.We provide an interpretation of this effect in terms of orbital-to-orbital-curent conversion,and draw a simple qualitative picture of orbital pumping by magnetization dynamics in two dimensional systems.Our findings promote f-orbital-based 2D materials as a promising platform for in-plane orbital pumping and spin-orbit torque applications,and motivate further research on educated design of orbital properties for orbitronics with 2D materials.
基金supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and EngineeringThe initial work by L.K. were supported by the USDOE Early Career Research Program+1 种基金Ames National Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11358IIM acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation under Award No. DMR-2403804.
文摘Density functional theory (DFT) and its extensions, such as DFT+U and DFT+dynamical mean-field theory, are invaluable for studying magnetic properties in solids. However, rare-earth (R) materials remain challenging due to self-interaction errors and the lack of proper orbital polarization. We show how the orbital dependence of self-interaction error contradicts Hund’s rules and plagues magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MA) calculations, and how analyzing DFT states that respect Hund’s rules can mitigate this issue. We benchmark MA in RCo_(5), R_(2)Fe_(14)B, and RFe1_(2), extending prior work on RMn_(6)Sn_(6), achieving excellent agreement with experiments. Additionally, we illustrate a semi-analytical perturbation approach that treats crystal fields as a perturbation in the large spin-orbit coupling limit. Using Gd-4f crystal-field splitting, this method provides a microscopic understanding of MA and enables rapid screening of high-MA materials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62125503 and 62261160388)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFB2203604)+2 种基金the Key R&D Program of Hubei Province of China(Grant Nos.2020BAB001 and 2021BAA024)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.JCYJ20200109114018750)the Innovation Project of Optics Valley Laboratory(Grant No.OVL2021BG004)。
文摘Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(LP-OAM)modes,and circularly polarized OAM(CP-OAM)modes.Nevertheless,which kind of mode bases is more appropriate to be utilized in fiber still remains unclear.Here,we aim to find the superior mode basis in MDM fiber-optic communications via a system-level comparison in air-core fiber(ACF).We first investigate the walk-off effect of four spatial mode bases over 1-km ACF,where LP and LP-OAM modes show intrinsic mode walk-off,while it is negligible for vector and CP-OAM modes.We then study the mode coupling effect of degenerate vector and CP-OAM modes over 1-km ACF under fiber perturbations,where degenerate even and odd vector modes suffer severe mode cross talk,while negligible for highorder degenerate CP-OAM modes based on the laws of angular momentum conservation.Moreover,we comprehensively evaluate the system-level performance for data-carrying single-channel and two-channel MDM transmission with different spatial mode bases under various kinds of fiber perturbations(bending,twisting,pressing,winding,and out-of-plane moving).The obtained results indicate that the CP-OAM mode basis shows superiority compared to other mode bases in MDM fiber-optic communications without using multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.Our findings may pave the way for robust shortreach MDM optical interconnects for data centers and high-performance computing.