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Crystals, Volume 11, Issue 6

June 2021 - 145 articles

Cover Story: The generation of nonclassical light of about 2 µm has good potential in emerging fields such as high-sensitivity metrology and free-space quantum communication. We investigated, theoretically and numerically, type II spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a potassium niobate (KNbO3, KN) crystal for generating photon pairs in the 2 µm range. Based on the frequency-degenerate SPDC under type II extended phase matching, we showed that this is practically feasible for a 1064 nm pumped SPDC under moderate temperature conditions. Our results verify that the effective nonlinear optic coefficient of KN is at least four times larger than those of other SPDC crystals; a pair of photons can be generated with a high purity of 0.995 through proper pump filtering. View this paper
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Articles (145)

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,469 Views
16 Pages

21 June 2021

In this work, three deposited metals with different nickel (Ni) contents were produced by active gas metal arc welding (GMAW) in order to explore the influence of Ni on the microstructure evolution and toughness of 800 MPa grade low carbon bainite de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,206 Views
10 Pages

21 June 2021

Here, we report the rotational stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of hydrogen molecules in an all-fiber cavity based on hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs). The gas cavity consists of a 49 m long HC-PCF filled with 18 bar high-pressure hydro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,184 Views
13 Pages

21 June 2021

Vacuum crystallization with subsequent solid–liquid separation is a suitable method to produce and separate the temperature-sensitive protein lysozyme. The conventional process is performed batch-wise and on different devices, which in turn leads to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,211 Views
22 Pages

21 June 2021

Using van der Pauw method, the conductivity of disk samples of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3±δ (LSM) and La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) in a Ce0.9Gd0.1O2−δ (GDC) matrix was accurately quasi-continuously measured over 800 °C to −73 °C, and the transition points in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,957 Views
17 Pages

Simultaneous Hydrolysis and Detection of Organophosphate by Benzimidazole Containing Ligand-Based Zinc(II) Complexes

  • Gaber A. M. Mersal,
  • Hamdy S. El-Sheshtawy,
  • Mohammed A. Amin,
  • Nasser Y. Mostafa,
  • Amine Mezni,
  • Sarah Alharthi,
  • Rabah Boukherroub and
  • Mohamed M. Ibrahim

21 June 2021

The agricultural use of organophosphorus pesticides is a widespread practice with significant advantages in crop health and product yield. An undesirable consequence is the contamination of soil and groundwater by these neurotoxins resulting from ove...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,280 Views
10 Pages

Multi-View 2D/3D Switchable Display with Cylindrical Liquid Crystal Lens Array

  • Fan Chu,
  • Di Wang,
  • Chao Liu,
  • Lei Li and
  • Qiong-Hua Wang

21 June 2021

We propose a multi-view 2D/3D switchable display by using cylindrical liquid crystal (LC) lens array with a low operating voltage and fast response time. The cylindrical LC lens array is composed of three parts: the LC layer, a top-plane indium tin o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,937 Views
16 Pages

21 June 2021

The propagation properties of waves in finite Timoshenko locally resonant (LR) beams resting on forced vibrations and periodically attached two-degree-of-freedom force-type resonators are studied by the wave-based analysis approach. By calculating th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,373 Views
14 Pages

21 June 2021

A low-cost and simple drop-casting method was used to fabricate a carbon nanodot (C-dot)/all-inorganic perovskite (CsPbBr3) nanosheet bilayer heterojunction photodetector on a SiO2/Si substrate. The C-dot/perovskite bilayer heterojunction photodetect...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,566 Views
34 Pages

21 June 2021

The construction industry has a significant environmental impact, contributing considerably to CO2 emissions, natural resource depletion, and energy consumption. The construction industry is currently trending towards using alternative construction m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,879 Views
10 Pages

20 June 2021

The microstructure of the Si phase in Al-20Si alloys solidified under high pressure was investigated. The results demonstrate that the morphology of Si phase transformed (bulk→short rod→long needle) with the increase of superheat temperature under hi...

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