Surface enhanced Raman scattering(SERS)is an efficient technique to detect low concentration molecules.In this work,periodical silicon nanowires(Si NWs)integrated with metal-insulator-metal(MIM)layers are employed as ...Surface enhanced Raman scattering(SERS)is an efficient technique to detect low concentration molecules.In this work,periodical silicon nanowires(Si NWs)integrated with metal-insulator-metal(MIM)layers are employed as SERS substrates.Laser interference lithography(LIL)combined with reactive ion etching(RIE)is used to fabricate large-area periodic nanostructures,followed by decorating the MIM layers.Compared to MIM disks array on Si surface,the SERS enhancement factor(EF)of the MIM structures on the Si NWs array can be increased up to 5 times,which is attributed to the enhanced electric field at the boundary of the MIM disks.Furthermore,high density of nanoparticles and nanogaps serving as hot spots on sidewall surfaces also contribute to the enhanced SERS signals.Via changing the thickness of the insulator layer,the plasmonic resonance can be tuned,which provides a new localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR)characteristic for SERS applications.展开更多
Sensitivity loop shaping using add-on peak filters is a simple and effective method to reject narrow-band disturbances in hard disk drive （HDD） servo systems. The parallel peak filter is introduced to provide high-g...Sensitivity loop shaping using add-on peak filters is a simple and effective method to reject narrow-band disturbances in hard disk drive （HDD） servo systems. The parallel peak filter is introduced to provide high-gain magnitude in the concerned frequency range of open-loop transfer function. Different from almost all the known peak filters that possess second-order structures, we explore in this paper bow high-order peak filters can be designed to improve the loop shaping performance. The main idea is to replace some of the constant coefficients of common second-order peak filter by frequency-related transfer functions, and then differential evolution （DE） algorithm is adopted to perform optimal design. We creatively introduce chromosome coding and fitness function design, which are original and the key steps that lead to the success of DE applications in control system design. In other words, DE is modified to achieve a novel design for hard disk drive control. Owing to the remarkable searching ability of DE, the expected shape of sensitivity function can be achieved by incorporating the resultant high-order peak filter in parallel with baseline feedback controller. As a result, a seventh-order peak filter is designed to compensate for contact-induced vibration in a high-density HDD servo system, where the benefits of high-order filter are clearly demonstrated.展开更多
The structural, energetic, and electronic properties of lattice highly mismatched ZnY1-xOx （Y = S, Se, Te） ternary alloys with dilute O concentrations are calculated from first principles within the density function...The structural, energetic, and electronic properties of lattice highly mismatched ZnY1-xOx （Y = S, Se, Te） ternary alloys with dilute O concentrations are calculated from first principles within the density functional theory. We demonstrate the formation of an isolated intermediate electronic band structure through diluted O-substitute in zinc-blende ZnY （Y = S, Se, Te） at octahedral sites in a semiconductor by the calculations of density of states （DOS）, leading to a significant absorption below the band gap of the parent semiconductor and an enhancement of the optical absorption in the whole energy range of the solar spectrum. It is found that the intermediate band states should be described as a result of the coupling between impurity O 2p states with the conduction band states. Moreover, the intermediate bands （IBs） in ZnTeO show high stabilization with the change of O concentration resulting from the largest electronegativity difference between O and Te compared with in the other ZnSO and ZnSeO.展开更多
In this paper, we present an adaptive neuro-fuzzy controller design for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in the perturbed chained form with unknown virtual control coefficients and strong drift nonlinearities...In this paper, we present an adaptive neuro-fuzzy controller design for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in the perturbed chained form with unknown virtual control coefficients and strong drift nonlinearities. The robust adaptive neuro-fuzzy control laws are developed using state scaling and backstepping. Semiglobal uniform ultimate bound-edness of all the signals in the closed-loop are guaranteed, and the system states are proven to converge to a small neigh-borhood of zero. The control performance of the closed-loop system is guaranteed by appropriately choosing the design parameters. By using fuzzy logic approximation, the proposed control is free of control singularity problem. An adaptive control-based switching strategy is proposed to overcome the uncontrollability problem associated with x 0 (t 0 ) = 0.展开更多
We investigate the light scattering through small particles and its applications in nanostructuring, such as nanobumping, nanopatterning and dry laser cleaning. The theoretical calculation based on Mie theory provides...We investigate the light scattering through small particles and its applications in nanostructuring, such as nanobumping, nanopatterning and dry laser cleaning. The theoretical calculation based on Mie theory provides an exact solution for sphere cavity resonance and plasmon resonance, which are two mechanisms for dielectric and metallic particles assisted surface nanostructuring in near field. The experimental results indicate that nanobumps on glass surface and subwavelength holes array on silicon surface can be formed without cracks with the self-assembly of 1 μm silica particle mask under laser irradiation. It is also found that the scattering wave by 40 nm gold particles can propagate 200 times away in terms of particle radius as recorded by photoresist under the UV light irradiation. Meanwhile, dry laser cleaning of 40nm gold particle on silicon wafer is demonstrated at plasmonic resonance frequency. The total cleaning efficiency is estimated to be 80%.展开更多
Nonlinear optical absorption of glassy thin films containing InSb nanocrystals was measured by Z-scan technique using Gaussian beam of He-Ne laser(632.8 nm).Both two-photon and saturation absorptions were observed in ...Nonlinear optical absorption of glassy thin films containing InSb nanocrystals was measured by Z-scan technique using Gaussian beam of He-Ne laser(632.8 nm).Both two-photon and saturation absorptions were observed in the composite thin films containing InSb nanocrystals with different average sizes.An enhanced nonlinear optical coefficient was achieved.展开更多
This paper presents an analytical model suitable for analyzing Permanent Magnet Synchronous motors. The difference between mass eccentricity and magnet eccentricity is described. The full derived vibration mathematica...This paper presents an analytical model suitable for analyzing Permanent Magnet Synchronous motors. The difference between mass eccentricity and magnet eccentricity is described. The full derived vibration mathematical model incorporates both the electrical domain and mechanical domain. The shaft bending force, mass eccentricity exciting force, aerodynamic exciting force, and unbalanced-Magnet-Pull (UMP) are introduced in this three-dimensional motor model. The relative displacement between rotor and stator is calculated in order to avoid rotor to stator rub. The experiments were conducted with Laser Vibrometer for verifying the analysis results. The measurement results prove the effectiveness of the proposed analytic method.展开更多
Neurons are believed to be the brain computational engines of the brain. A recent discovery in neurophysiology reveals that interneurons can slowly integrate spiking, share the output across a coupled network of axons...Neurons are believed to be the brain computational engines of the brain. A recent discovery in neurophysiology reveals that interneurons can slowly integrate spiking, share the output across a coupled network of axons and respond with persistent firing even in the absence of input to the soma or dendrites, which has not been understood and could be very important for exploring the mechanism of human cognition. The conventional models are incapable of simulating the important newly-discovered phenomenon of persistent firing induced by axonal slow integration. In this paper, we propose a computationally efficient model of neurons through modeling the axon as a slow leaky integrator, which captures almost all-known neural behaviors. The model controls the switching of axonal firing dynamics between passive conduction mode and persistent firing mode. The interplay between the axonal integrated potential and its multiple thresholds in axon precisely determines the persistent firing dynamics of neurons. We also present a persistent firing polychronous spiking network which exhibits asynchronous dynamics indicating that this computationally efficient model is not only bio-plausible, but also suitable for large scale spiking network simulations. The implications of this network and the analog circuit design for exploring the relationship between working memory and persistent firing enable developing a spiking network-based memory and bio-inspired computer systems.展开更多
This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupli...This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupling approach was used, where the fluid and structural components were solved sequentially. The result obtained was a ratio of 0.65 between the vibration amplitudes of a fixed head stack assembly (HSA) and a moving HSA. The ratio was next applied on a real 3.5 inch HDD, to allow the parameter to be further improved upon. A new benchmark index of 0.69 was developed from this. This parameter may allow future researchers to model the out of plane vibrations of a HSA easily, saving precious time. A 31% more accurate simulation of FSI within 3.5 inch HDD at 15000 rpm is achieved by the use of this new coupling method and benchmark index.展开更多
As a typical erasure coding choice, Reed-Solomon （RS） codes have such high repair cost that there is a penaltyfor high reliability and storage efficiency, thereby they are not suitable in geo-distributed storage sys...As a typical erasure coding choice, Reed-Solomon （RS） codes have such high repair cost that there is a penaltyfor high reliability and storage efficiency, thereby they are not suitable in geo-distributed storage systems. We present anovel family of concurrent regeneration codes with local reconstruction （CRL） in this paper. The CRL codes enjoy threebenefits. Firstly, they are able to minimize the network bandwidth for node repair. Secondly, they can reduce the numberof accessed nodes by calculating parities from a subset of data chunks and using an implied parity chunk. Thirdly, they arefaster than existing erasure codes for reconstruction in geo-distributed storage systems. In addition, we demonstrate howthe CRL codes overcome the limitations of the Reed-Solomon codes. We also illustrate analytically that they are excellent inthe trade-off between chunk locality and minimum distance. Furthermore, we present theoretical analysis including latencyanalysis and reliability analysis for the CRL codes. By using quantity comparisons, we prove that CRL（6, 2, 2） is only0.657x of Azure LRC（6, 2, 2）, where there are six data chunks, two global parities, and two local parities, and CRL（10,4, 2） is only 0.656x of HDFS-Xorbas（10, 4, 2）, where there are 10 data chunks, four local parities, and two global paritiesrespectively, in terms of data reconstruction times. Our experimental results show the performance of CRL by conductingperformance evaluations in both two kinds of environments： 1） it is at least 57.25% and 66.85% more than its competitorsin terms of encoding and decoding throughputs in memory, and 2） it has at least 1.46x and 1.21x higher encoding anddecoding throughputs than its competitors in JBOD （Just a Bunch Of Disks）. We also illustrate that CRL is 28.79% and30.19% more than LRC on encoding and decoding throughputs in a geo-distributed environment.展开更多
Big data is an emerging term in the storage indus- try, and it is data analytics on big storage, i.e., Cloud-scale storage. In Cloud-scale （or EB-scale） file systems, load bal- ancing in request workloads across a m...Big data is an emerging term in the storage indus- try, and it is data analytics on big storage, i.e., Cloud-scale storage. In Cloud-scale （or EB-scale） file systems, load bal- ancing in request workloads across a metadata server cluster is critical for avoiding performance bottlenecks and improv- ing quality of services. Many good approaches have been pro- posed for load balancing in distributed file systems. Some of them pay attention to global namespace balancing, making metadata distribution across metadata servers as uniform as possible. However, they do not work well in skew request dis- tributions, which impair load balancing but simultaneously increase the effectiveness of caching and replication, in this paper, we propose Cloud Cache （C2）, an adaptive and scal- able load balancing scheme for metadata server cluster in EB-scale file systems. It combines adaptive cache diffusion and replication scheme to cope with the request load balanc- ing problem, and it can be integrated into existing distributed metadata management approaches to efficiently improve their load balancing performance. C2 runs as follows： 1） to run adaptive cache diffusion first, if a node is overloaded, load- shedding will be used; otherwise, load-stealing will be used; and 2） to run adaptive replication scheme second, if there is a very popular metadata item （or at least two items） causing a node be overloaded, adaptive replication scheme will be used,in which the very popular item is not split into several nodes using adaptive cache diffusion because of its knapsack prop- erty. By conducting performance evaluation in trace-driven simulations, experimental results demonstrate the efficiency and scalability of C2.展开更多
Zinc oxide(ZnO)thin film as a piezoelectric material for microelectromechanical system(MEMS)actuators and sensors was evaluated.ZnO thin films were deposited using radio frequency(RF)magnetron sputtering.Process param...Zinc oxide(ZnO)thin film as a piezoelectric material for microelectromechanical system(MEMS)actuators and sensors was evaluated.ZnO thin films were deposited using radio frequency(RF)magnetron sputtering.Process parameters such as gas ratio,working pressure,and RF power were optimized for crystalline structure.The ZnO thin films were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).Good quality of ZnO thin films was further confirmed by a high transverse piezoelectric coefficient d31.A microcantilever was then designed,fabricated,and characterized.Design formulas of resonant frequency,actuation,and sensing sensitivities were derived.The resonant frequency was determined by an impedance analyzer.Tip deflection on nanometer level was demonstrated with the cantilever used as an actuator.The actuation sensitivity was found to be 12.2 nm/V.As a sensor,the cantilever was calibrated against a reference accelerometer.The sensing sensitivity was characterized to be 46 mV/g.The characterization results were compared with design specifications.The differences were caused mainly by thickness control in etching.This study showed that ZnO is a promising piezoelectric material for MEMS actuators and sensors in terms of excellent process compatibility and good piezoelectric performance.展开更多
CMOS platforms with a high nonlinear figure of merit are highly sought after for high photonic quantum efficiencies, enabling functionalities not possible from purely linear effects and ease of integration with CMOS e...CMOS platforms with a high nonlinear figure of merit are highly sought after for high photonic quantum efficiencies, enabling functionalities not possible from purely linear effects and ease of integration with CMOS electronics. Silicon-based platforms have been prolific amongst the suite of advanced nonlinear optical signal processes demonstrated to date. These include crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, Hydex glass, and stoichio- metric silicon nitride. Residing between stoichiometric silicon nitride and amorphous silicon in composition, silicon-rich nitride films of various formulations have emerged recently as promising nonlinear platforms for high nonlinear figure of merit nonlinear optics. Silicon-rich nitride films are compositionally engineered to create bandgaps that are sufficiently large to eliminate two-photon absorption at telecommunications wavelengths while enabling much larger nonlinear waveguide parameters （5x-500x） than those in stoichiometric silicon uitride. This paper reviews recent developments in the field of nonlinear optics using silicon-rich nitride platforms, as well as the outlook and future opportunities in this burgeoning field.展开更多
With the rapid progress in computer science,including artificial intelligence,big data and cloud computing,full-space spot generation can be pivotal to many practical applications,such as facial recognition,motion det...With the rapid progress in computer science,including artificial intelligence,big data and cloud computing,full-space spot generation can be pivotal to many practical applications,such as facial recognition,motion detection,augmented reality,etc.These opportunities may be achieved by using diffractive optical elements(DOEs)or light detection and ranging(LIDAR).However,DOEs suffer from intrinsic limitations,such as demanding depth-controlled fabrication techniques,large thicknesses(more than the wavelength),Lambertian operation only in half space,etc.LIDAR nevertheless relies on complex and bulky scanning systems,which hinders the miniaturization of the spot generator.Here,inspired by a Lambertian scatterer,we report a Hermitian-conjugate metasurface scrambling the incident light to a cloud of random points in full space with compressed information density,functioning in both transmission and reflection spaces.Over 4044 random spots are experimentally observed in the entire space,covering angles at nearly 90°.Our scrambling metasurface is made of amorphous silicon with a uniform subwavelength height,a nearly continuous phase coverage,a lightweight,flexible design,and low-heat dissipation.Thus,it may be mass produced by and integrated into existing semiconductor foundry designs.Our work opens important directions for emerging 3D recognition sensors,such as motion sensing,facial recognition,and other applications.展开更多
基金financial support from A*STAR,SERC 2014 Public Sector Research Funding (PSF) Grant (SERC Project No. 1421200080)
文摘Surface enhanced Raman scattering(SERS)is an efficient technique to detect low concentration molecules.In this work,periodical silicon nanowires(Si NWs)integrated with metal-insulator-metal(MIM)layers are employed as SERS substrates.Laser interference lithography(LIL)combined with reactive ion etching(RIE)is used to fabricate large-area periodic nanostructures,followed by decorating the MIM layers.Compared to MIM disks array on Si surface,the SERS enhancement factor(EF)of the MIM structures on the Si NWs array can be increased up to 5 times,which is attributed to the enhanced electric field at the boundary of the MIM disks.Furthermore,high density of nanoparticles and nanogaps serving as hot spots on sidewall surfaces also contribute to the enhanced SERS signals.Via changing the thickness of the insulator layer,the plasmonic resonance can be tuned,which provides a new localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR)characteristic for SERS applications.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61640310 and 61433011)
文摘Sensitivity loop shaping using add-on peak filters is a simple and effective method to reject narrow-band disturbances in hard disk drive （HDD） servo systems. The parallel peak filter is introduced to provide high-gain magnitude in the concerned frequency range of open-loop transfer function. Different from almost all the known peak filters that possess second-order structures, we explore in this paper bow high-order peak filters can be designed to improve the loop shaping performance. The main idea is to replace some of the constant coefficients of common second-order peak filter by frequency-related transfer functions, and then differential evolution （DE） algorithm is adopted to perform optimal design. We creatively introduce chromosome coding and fitness function design, which are original and the key steps that lead to the success of DE applications in control system design. In other words, DE is modified to achieve a novel design for hard disk drive control. Owing to the remarkable searching ability of DE, the expected shape of sensitivity function can be achieved by incorporating the resultant high-order peak filter in parallel with baseline feedback controller. As a result, a seventh-order peak filter is designed to compensate for contact-induced vibration in a high-density HDD servo system, where the benefits of high-order filter are clearly demonstrated.
基金Project supported by the State Key Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No.2011CB302003)the Project of High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2007AA03Z404)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.60990312,61274058,61025020,and 61073101)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province,China (Grant No.1208085QF116)
文摘The structural, energetic, and electronic properties of lattice highly mismatched ZnY1-xOx （Y = S, Se, Te） ternary alloys with dilute O concentrations are calculated from first principles within the density functional theory. We demonstrate the formation of an isolated intermediate electronic band structure through diluted O-substitute in zinc-blende ZnY （Y = S, Se, Te） at octahedral sites in a semiconductor by the calculations of density of states （DOS）, leading to a significant absorption below the band gap of the parent semiconductor and an enhancement of the optical absorption in the whole energy range of the solar spectrum. It is found that the intermediate band states should be described as a result of the coupling between impurity O 2p states with the conduction band states. Moreover, the intermediate bands （IBs） in ZnTeO show high stabilization with the change of O concentration resulting from the largest electronegativity difference between O and Te compared with in the other ZnSO and ZnSeO.
文摘In this paper, we present an adaptive neuro-fuzzy controller design for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in the perturbed chained form with unknown virtual control coefficients and strong drift nonlinearities. The robust adaptive neuro-fuzzy control laws are developed using state scaling and backstepping. Semiglobal uniform ultimate bound-edness of all the signals in the closed-loop are guaranteed, and the system states are proven to converge to a small neigh-borhood of zero. The control performance of the closed-loop system is guaranteed by appropriately choosing the design parameters. By using fuzzy logic approximation, the proposed control is free of control singularity problem. An adaptive control-based switching strategy is proposed to overcome the uncontrollability problem associated with x 0 (t 0 ) = 0.
文摘We investigate the light scattering through small particles and its applications in nanostructuring, such as nanobumping, nanopatterning and dry laser cleaning. The theoretical calculation based on Mie theory provides an exact solution for sphere cavity resonance and plasmon resonance, which are two mechanisms for dielectric and metallic particles assisted surface nanostructuring in near field. The experimental results indicate that nanobumps on glass surface and subwavelength holes array on silicon surface can be formed without cracks with the self-assembly of 1 μm silica particle mask under laser irradiation. It is also found that the scattering wave by 40 nm gold particles can propagate 200 times away in terms of particle radius as recorded by photoresist under the UV light irradiation. Meanwhile, dry laser cleaning of 40nm gold particle on silicon wafer is demonstrated at plasmonic resonance frequency. The total cleaning efficiency is estimated to be 80%.
文摘Nonlinear optical absorption of glassy thin films containing InSb nanocrystals was measured by Z-scan technique using Gaussian beam of He-Ne laser(632.8 nm).Both two-photon and saturation absorptions were observed in the composite thin films containing InSb nanocrystals with different average sizes.An enhanced nonlinear optical coefficient was achieved.
文摘This paper presents an analytical model suitable for analyzing Permanent Magnet Synchronous motors. The difference between mass eccentricity and magnet eccentricity is described. The full derived vibration mathematical model incorporates both the electrical domain and mechanical domain. The shaft bending force, mass eccentricity exciting force, aerodynamic exciting force, and unbalanced-Magnet-Pull (UMP) are introduced in this three-dimensional motor model. The relative displacement between rotor and stator is calculated in order to avoid rotor to stator rub. The experiments were conducted with Laser Vibrometer for verifying the analysis results. The measurement results prove the effectiveness of the proposed analytic method.
文摘Neurons are believed to be the brain computational engines of the brain. A recent discovery in neurophysiology reveals that interneurons can slowly integrate spiking, share the output across a coupled network of axons and respond with persistent firing even in the absence of input to the soma or dendrites, which has not been understood and could be very important for exploring the mechanism of human cognition. The conventional models are incapable of simulating the important newly-discovered phenomenon of persistent firing induced by axonal slow integration. In this paper, we propose a computationally efficient model of neurons through modeling the axon as a slow leaky integrator, which captures almost all-known neural behaviors. The model controls the switching of axonal firing dynamics between passive conduction mode and persistent firing mode. The interplay between the axonal integrated potential and its multiple thresholds in axon precisely determines the persistent firing dynamics of neurons. We also present a persistent firing polychronous spiking network which exhibits asynchronous dynamics indicating that this computationally efficient model is not only bio-plausible, but also suitable for large scale spiking network simulations. The implications of this network and the analog circuit design for exploring the relationship between working memory and persistent firing enable developing a spiking network-based memory and bio-inspired computer systems.
文摘This paper studies the flow structural interaction (FSI) within a hard disk drive (HDD) through the use of a novel coupling method. The interaction studied was the fluid induced vibration in the HDD. A two step coupling approach was used, where the fluid and structural components were solved sequentially. The result obtained was a ratio of 0.65 between the vibration amplitudes of a fixed head stack assembly (HSA) and a moving HSA. The ratio was next applied on a real 3.5 inch HDD, to allow the parameter to be further improved upon. A new benchmark index of 0.69 was developed from this. This parameter may allow future researchers to model the out of plane vibrations of a HSA easily, saving precious time. A 31% more accurate simulation of FSI within 3.5 inch HDD at 15000 rpm is achieved by the use of this new coupling method and benchmark index.
文摘As a typical erasure coding choice, Reed-Solomon （RS） codes have such high repair cost that there is a penaltyfor high reliability and storage efficiency, thereby they are not suitable in geo-distributed storage systems. We present anovel family of concurrent regeneration codes with local reconstruction （CRL） in this paper. The CRL codes enjoy threebenefits. Firstly, they are able to minimize the network bandwidth for node repair. Secondly, they can reduce the numberof accessed nodes by calculating parities from a subset of data chunks and using an implied parity chunk. Thirdly, they arefaster than existing erasure codes for reconstruction in geo-distributed storage systems. In addition, we demonstrate howthe CRL codes overcome the limitations of the Reed-Solomon codes. We also illustrate analytically that they are excellent inthe trade-off between chunk locality and minimum distance. Furthermore, we present theoretical analysis including latencyanalysis and reliability analysis for the CRL codes. By using quantity comparisons, we prove that CRL（6, 2, 2） is only0.657x of Azure LRC（6, 2, 2）, where there are six data chunks, two global parities, and two local parities, and CRL（10,4, 2） is only 0.656x of HDFS-Xorbas（10, 4, 2）, where there are 10 data chunks, four local parities, and two global paritiesrespectively, in terms of data reconstruction times. Our experimental results show the performance of CRL by conductingperformance evaluations in both two kinds of environments： 1） it is at least 57.25% and 66.85% more than its competitorsin terms of encoding and decoding throughputs in memory, and 2） it has at least 1.46x and 1.21x higher encoding anddecoding throughputs than its competitors in JBOD （Just a Bunch Of Disks）. We also illustrate that CRL is 28.79% and30.19% more than LRC on encoding and decoding throughputs in a geo-distributed environment.
文摘Big data is an emerging term in the storage indus- try, and it is data analytics on big storage, i.e., Cloud-scale storage. In Cloud-scale （or EB-scale） file systems, load bal- ancing in request workloads across a metadata server cluster is critical for avoiding performance bottlenecks and improv- ing quality of services. Many good approaches have been pro- posed for load balancing in distributed file systems. Some of them pay attention to global namespace balancing, making metadata distribution across metadata servers as uniform as possible. However, they do not work well in skew request dis- tributions, which impair load balancing but simultaneously increase the effectiveness of caching and replication, in this paper, we propose Cloud Cache （C2）, an adaptive and scal- able load balancing scheme for metadata server cluster in EB-scale file systems. It combines adaptive cache diffusion and replication scheme to cope with the request load balanc- ing problem, and it can be integrated into existing distributed metadata management approaches to efficiently improve their load balancing performance. C2 runs as follows： 1） to run adaptive cache diffusion first, if a node is overloaded, load- shedding will be used; otherwise, load-stealing will be used; and 2） to run adaptive replication scheme second, if there is a very popular metadata item （or at least two items） causing a node be overloaded, adaptive replication scheme will be used,in which the very popular item is not split into several nodes using adaptive cache diffusion because of its knapsack prop- erty. By conducting performance evaluation in trace-driven simulations, experimental results demonstrate the efficiency and scalability of C2.
文摘Zinc oxide(ZnO)thin film as a piezoelectric material for microelectromechanical system(MEMS)actuators and sensors was evaluated.ZnO thin films were deposited using radio frequency(RF)magnetron sputtering.Process parameters such as gas ratio,working pressure,and RF power were optimized for crystalline structure.The ZnO thin films were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).Good quality of ZnO thin films was further confirmed by a high transverse piezoelectric coefficient d31.A microcantilever was then designed,fabricated,and characterized.Design formulas of resonant frequency,actuation,and sensing sensitivities were derived.The resonant frequency was determined by an impedance analyzer.Tip deflection on nanometer level was demonstrated with the cantilever used as an actuator.The actuation sensitivity was found to be 12.2 nm/V.As a sensor,the cantilever was calibrated against a reference accelerometer.The sensing sensitivity was characterized to be 46 mV/g.The characterization results were compared with design specifications.The differences were caused mainly by thickness control in etching.This study showed that ZnO is a promising piezoelectric material for MEMS actuators and sensors in terms of excellent process compatibility and good piezoelectric performance.
基金MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 GrantNational Research Foundation Competitive Research Grant+3 种基金National Research Foundation Land and Liveability National Innovation Challenge GrantSUTD-MIT International Design CenterTemasek Laboratories grantNational Research Foundation,Prime Minister’s Office,Singapore,under its Medium Sized Centre Program
文摘CMOS platforms with a high nonlinear figure of merit are highly sought after for high photonic quantum efficiencies, enabling functionalities not possible from purely linear effects and ease of integration with CMOS electronics. Silicon-based platforms have been prolific amongst the suite of advanced nonlinear optical signal processes demonstrated to date. These include crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, Hydex glass, and stoichio- metric silicon nitride. Residing between stoichiometric silicon nitride and amorphous silicon in composition, silicon-rich nitride films of various formulations have emerged recently as promising nonlinear platforms for high nonlinear figure of merit nonlinear optics. Silicon-rich nitride films are compositionally engineered to create bandgaps that are sufficiently large to eliminate two-photon absorption at telecommunications wavelengths while enabling much larger nonlinear waveguide parameters （5x-500x） than those in stoichiometric silicon uitride. This paper reviews recent developments in the field of nonlinear optics using silicon-rich nitride platforms, as well as the outlook and future opportunities in this burgeoning field.
基金supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Numbers 11574240 and 11774273)the Outstanding Youth Funds of Hubei Province(Number 2016CFA034)+4 种基金the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks,Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications(Number OCTN-201605)the financial supports from the Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program of China(BX20180221)the Global Ph.D.fellowship from the Korean government(NRF-2016H1A2A1906519)the financial support from the National Research Foundation(NRF)grants(NRF-2017R1E1A1A03070501,NRF-2017R1E1A2A01076613,NRF-2018M3D1A1058998,NRF-2015R1A5A1037668,and CAMM-2014M3A6B3063708)funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT)of the Korean governmentthe financial support from the National Research Foundation,Prime Minister’s Office,Singapore under its Competitive Research Program(CRP award NRF CRP15-2015-03).
文摘With the rapid progress in computer science,including artificial intelligence,big data and cloud computing,full-space spot generation can be pivotal to many practical applications,such as facial recognition,motion detection,augmented reality,etc.These opportunities may be achieved by using diffractive optical elements(DOEs)or light detection and ranging(LIDAR).However,DOEs suffer from intrinsic limitations,such as demanding depth-controlled fabrication techniques,large thicknesses(more than the wavelength),Lambertian operation only in half space,etc.LIDAR nevertheless relies on complex and bulky scanning systems,which hinders the miniaturization of the spot generator.Here,inspired by a Lambertian scatterer,we report a Hermitian-conjugate metasurface scrambling the incident light to a cloud of random points in full space with compressed information density,functioning in both transmission and reflection spaces.Over 4044 random spots are experimentally observed in the entire space,covering angles at nearly 90°.Our scrambling metasurface is made of amorphous silicon with a uniform subwavelength height,a nearly continuous phase coverage,a lightweight,flexible design,and low-heat dissipation.Thus,it may be mass produced by and integrated into existing semiconductor foundry designs.Our work opens important directions for emerging 3D recognition sensors,such as motion sensing,facial recognition,and other applications.
