Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators are widely applied in filters and gravimetric sensors for physical or biochemical sensing. In this work, a new architecture of BAW resonator is demonstrated, which introduces a pair of reflection layers onto the to...
By means of flat-heterojunction structures based on small semiconductor molecules (MSCs), an analysis of the indium(III) phthalocyanine chloride (In(III)PcCl) film as a constituent of optoelectronic devices was performed. The study included the behav...
We designed a tellurite microstructure fiber (TMF) and proposed a broadband optical frequency comb generation scheme that was based on electro-optical modulation and cascaded sign-alternated dispersion TMF (CSAD-TMF). In addition, the influence of di...
The properties of specialty optical fiber technology are determined by many aspects, such as the choice of material from which optical fibers are made, the refractive index profile, or the optical fiber manufacturing method. Typical optical fibers ar...
In recent decades, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) have attracted considerable interest in research laboratories worldwide, motivated by the gap between the growing interest in developing novel mixed matrix membranes by various research groups and the...
In conventional photonic crystal systems, extrinsic scattering resulting from random manufacturing defects or environmental changes is a major source of loss that causes performance degradation, and the backscattering loss is amplified as the group v...
The main scope of this work is to develop nano-carbon-based mixed matrix cellulose acetate membranes (MMMs) for the potential use in both gas and liquid separation processes. For this purpose, a variety of mixed matrix membranes, consisting of cellul...
We design a novel slow-light silicon photonic crystal waveguide which can operate over an extremely wide flat band for ultrafast integrated nonlinear photonics. By conveniently adjusting the radii and positions of the second air-holes rows, a flat sl...
In the current work, flexible diodes with flat heterojunction and dispersed heterojunction architecture were manufactured with to study the behavior of thin films of disodium phthalocyanine (Na2Pc). The thin film devices, using the electronic accepto...
Silver tabular hexagonal particles (<diagonal> = 200 nm) were prepared at 40 °C by the reduction of silver nitrate with ascorbic acid in a solution of a polynaphthalene sulphonic dispersant agent, Daxad 19, in strong acidic conditions. By varyi...
Shaping is very necessary in order to obtain a wide and flat supercontinuum (SC). Via numerical simulations, we accurately demonstrated shaping the SC using the fiber cascading method to significantly increase the width as well as the flatness of the...
The question of the microscopic origin of the M-superstructure and additional satellite peaks in the Zr-rich lead zirconate-titanate is discussed for nearly 50 years. Clear contradiction between the selection rules of the critical scattering and the...
We review our recent progress on the realisation of pulse shaping in passively-mode-locked fibre lasers by inclusion of an amplitude and/or phase spectral filter into the laser cavity. We numerically show that depending on the amplitude transfer func...
Detailed studies of the luminescent properties of the Si-based 2D photonic crystal (PhC) slabs with air holes of various depths are reported. Ge self-assembled quantum dots served as an internal light source. It was obtained that changing the air hol...
Understanding and modeling of a surface-plasmon phenomenon on lossy metals interfaces based on simplified models of dielectric function lead to problems when confronted with reality. For a realistic description of lossy metals, such as gold and silve...
The dispersion stability of carbon-based solid lubricants/lubricating oils remains a challenge to overcome. Recently, novel processing routes were developed to obtain 2D turbostratic graphite particles via solid-state reactions between B4C and Cr3C2...
Chromatic dispersion engineering of photonic waveguide is of great importance for Photonic Integrated Circuit in broad applications, including on-chip CD compensation, supercontinuum generation, Kerr-comb generation, micro resonator and mode-locked l...
In this work a photonic crystal fiber made of a heavy metal oxide glass with optimized dispersion profile is proposed for supercontinuum generation in a broad range of wavelengths in the near-infrared, when pumped by a mode-locked fiber-based laser....
This paper proposes a scheme to determine the optical dispersion properties of a medium using multiple localized surface plasmon resonances (SPR) in a D-shaped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) whose flat surface is covered by three adjacent gold layers o...
It is imperative to understand and systematically compare the initial interactions between bacteria genre and surface properties. Thus, we fabricated a flat, anodized with 80 nm TiO2 nanotubes (NTs), and a rough Ti6Al4V surface. The materials were ch...
The spectrally flat supercontinuum generation in the wavelength range of 900–2400 nm is demonstrated in silica-based fibers of variable core diameter and dispersion. It is shown that, in comparison with standard optical fibers of the same lengt...
We explore the spontaneous emission dynamics of a giant atom coupled to a photonic Creutz ladder, focusing on how flat-band frustration and synthetic gauge fields shape atom–photon interactions. The Creutz ladder exhibits perfectly flat bands,...
In order to investigate the causes of the large number of cracks and porosities formed in 33MnCrTiB fork flat steel produced by a special steel plant, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) analysis, and large sample...
We demonstrate mid-infrared ultraflat broadband supercontinuum (SC) generation in a 40 cm long tapered fluorotellurite fiber pumped by a Raman soliton source. By tapering the end of the large-core-diameter fluorotellurite fiber, the dispersion is reg...
This paper provides a comprehensive study of the nonlocality-influenced radiative modes above the light line in the plasmonic nonlocal flat surface, including the plasmonic/dielectric interface, ultrathin plasmonic slab, and plasmonic/dielectric mult...
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on a plasmonic channel waveguide is proposed for refractive index sensing. The structure, with a small physical footprint of 20 × 120 μm2, achieved a high figure of merit of 294. The cut-off frequency behaviour in...
Today, structural health monitoring (SHM) systems based on guided wave (GW) propagation represent an effective methodology for understating the structural integrity of primary and secondary structures, also made of composite materials. However, the s...
In this study, TiO2 thin films formed by dip-coating on an FTO substrate were obtained and characterized using surface, optical and electrochemical techniques. The impact of the dispersant (polyethylene glycol-PEG) on the surface (morphology, wettabi...
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different spatial scales. This paper reviews recent findings and progress in th...
In order to study the effects of notches on the creep behaviors of GH3230 superalloy, a series of creep tests were conducted on GH3230 superalloy sheets with edge notches at 900 °C and 1000 °C. The creep strain curves and creep life of smooth...
In this research, the wavy ice patterns that form due to the evolution of morphological perturbations on the water–ice phase transition interface in the presence of a fluid flow are studied. The mathematical model of heat transport from a relat...
Based on the theory of acoustic–solid coupling, the phase velocity-thickness product of a double-layer liquid-filled pipeline is analyzed, and the dispersion relationship between angular frequency and wavenumber–thickness product is analy...
The electronic band structure, namely energy band surfaces and densities-of-states (DoS), of a hypothetical flat and ideally perfect, i.e., without any type of holes, boron sheet with a triangular network is calculated within a quasi-classical approa...
An exceptionally high-performance, high-birefringent photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is meticulously designed. The core design features a unique arrangement in which the central row of circular air holes is substituted by three rows of smaller circular...
We designed a structure of dual-coupled ridge waveguide in thin-film lithium-niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) and numerically studied the highly efficient, broadband, and flattened dispersive wave-enhanced supercontinuum generation in the mid-infrared reg...
The supercontinuum generation and manipulation of Airy-Gaussian pulses in a photonic crystal fiber with three zero-dispersion points are studied using the split-step Fourier method. Firstly, the spectral evolution of Airy-Gaussian pulses in four phot...
Understanding the propagation of landslide-generated water waves is of great help against tsunami hazards. In order to investigate the effects of landslide shapes on the far-field leading wave generated by a submerged landslide at a constant depth, t...
Continuous thin platinum nanoplatelet networks and thin films were obtained on the flat surface of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) by high overpotential electrodeposition. By increasing the deposition time, the morphology of the Pt deposits...
The oxidation behavior and microstructural evolution of the nanostructure of Fe-Cr-Al oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloys prepared by spark plasma sintering were investigated by high-temperature oxidation experiments in air at 1200 °C for 100...
The dispersion of vapour of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is generally assumed to be from a liquid spill on the ground in hazard and risk analysis. However, this cold vapour could be discharged at height through cold venting. While there is similarity...
This study investigated the dust storm observation data from the Taklimakan Desert in 2018, focusing on analyzing horizontal dust flux (Q), vertical dust flux (F), their relationships with aerosol optical depth (AOD), and the relationship between HYS...
In this paper we report a two octave spanning supercontinuum generation in a bandwidth of 700–3000 nm in a single-mode photonic crystal fiber made of lead-bismuth-gallate glass. To our knowledge this is the broadest supercontinuum reported in heavy...
In this work, pumped currents of the adiabatically-driven double-barrier structure based on the pseudospin-1 Dirac–Weyl fermions are studied. As a result of the three-band dispersion and hence the unique properties of pseudospin-1 Dirac–W...
Liquid membranes based on nanoparticles follow a continuous development, both from obtaining methods and characterization of techniques points of view. Lately, osmium nanoparticles have been deposited either on flat membranes, with the aim of initiat...
Silicon nitride waveguides have emerged as an excellent platform for photonic applications, including nonlinear optical signal processing, owing to their relatively high Kerr nonlinearity, negligible two photon absorption, and wide transparent bandwi...
The aim of this work is to propose a numerical methodology based on the finite element (FE) method to investigate the dispersive behavior of guided waves transmitted, converted, and reflected by reinforced aluminum and composite structures, highlight...
The local structure, turbulence, and heat transfer in a flat ribbed duct during the evaporation of water droplets in a gas flow were studied numerically using the Eulerian approach. The structure of a turbulent two-phase flow underwent significant ch...
Integrated 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb geochronology, combined with microstructural analysis of Early Cretaceous volcanics from eastern China, challenge conventional interpretations of flat 40Ar/39Ar age spectra. K-feldspar sample JD-1K (122.12 ± 0.81...
A scheme for solving the problem of determining the probability of failure and probabilistic (statistical) characteristics of the failure loading magnitude of a composite material plate is considered. The plate structure is a flat homogeneous matrix...
Highly nonlinear suspended-core fibers (SCFs) with tunable dispersion have attracted much attention in the fields of Raman amplification, optical frequency combs, broadband and flat supercontinuum generation (SCG). To address the limitation of applic...
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