Molecular beam epitaxy of metamorphic buffer for InGaAs/InP photodetectors with high photosensitivity in the range of 2.2–2.6 um

The present work is concerned with finding optimal technological conditions for the synthesis of heterostructures with a metamorphic buffer for InGaAs/InP photodetectors in the wavelength range of 2.2–2.6 um using molecular beam epitaxy. Three choices of buffer structure differing in design and growth parameters were proposed. The internal structure of the grown samples was investigated by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Experimental data analysis has shown that the greatest degree of elastic strain relaxation in the InGaAs active layer was achieved in the sample where the metamorphic buffer formation ended with a consecutive increase and decrease in temperature. The said buffer also had InAs/InAlAs superlattice inserts. The dislocation density in this sample turned out to be minimal out of three, which allowed us to conclude that the described heterostructure configuration appears to be the most appropriate for manufacturing of short wavelength infrared range pin-photodetectors with high photosensitivity

Study of semi-polar gallium nitride grown on m-sapphire by chloride vapor-phase epitaxy

In this study, we analyzed the result of the influence of the non-polar plane of a sapphire substrate on the structural, morphological, and optical properties and Raman scattering of the grown epitaxial GaN film. It was found that selected technological conditions for the performed chloride-hydride epitaxy let us obtain the samples of structurally qualitative semi-polar wurtzite gallium nitride with (11¯22) orientation on m-sapphire. Using a set of structural and spectral methods of analysis the structural, morphological, and optical properties of the films were studied and the value of residual bi-axial stresses was determined. A complex of the obtained results means a high structural and optical quality of the epitaxial gallium nitride film. Optimization of the applied technological technique in the future can be a promising approach for the growth of the qualitative GaN structures on m-sapphire substrates

Experimental Study Into Rotational-oscillatory Vibrations of a Vibration Machine Platform Excited by the Ball Auto-balancer

We have experimentally investigated the rotational-oscillatory vibrations of vibratory machine platform excited by the ball auto-balancer.The law of change in the vibration accelerations at a platform was studied using the accelerometer sensors, a board of the analog-to-digital converter with an USB interface and a PC. The amplitude of rapid and slow vibratory displacements of the platform was investigated employing a laser beam.It was established that the resonance frequency (frequency of natural oscillations) of the platform is: 62.006 rad/s for the platform with a mass of 2,000 gm; 58.644 rad/s ‒ of 2,180 gm; 55.755 rad/s ‒ of 2,360 gm. An error in determining the frequencies does not exceed 0.2 %.The ball auto-balancer excites almost perfect dual-frequency vibrations of a vibratory machine platform. Slow frequency corresponds to the rotational speed of the center of balls around the longitudinal axis of the shaft, while the Fast one ‒ to the shaft rotation speed, with the unbalanced mass attached to it. A dual-frequency mode occurs in a wide range of change in the parameters and it is possible to alter its basic characteristics by changing the mass of balls and the unbalanced mass, the angular velocity of shaft rotation.It has been established experimentally that the balls get stuck at a frequency that is approximately 1 % lower than the resonance frequency of platform oscillations.Assuming the platform executes the dual frequency oscillations, we employed the software package for statistical analysis Statistica to select coefficients for the respective law. It was found that:– the process for determining the magnitudes of coefficients is steady (robust); coefficients almost do no change when altering the time interval for measuring the law of a platform motion;– the amplitude of accelerations due to the low oscillations is directly proportional to the total mass of the balls and the square of the frequency at which balls get stuck;– the amplitude of rapid oscillations is directly proportional to the unbalanced mass at the auto-balancer's casing and to the square of angular velocity of shaft rotation.The discrepancy between the law of motion, obtained experimentally, and the law, obtained using the methods of statistical analysis, is less than 3 %. The results obtained add relevance to both the analytical studies into dynamics of the examined vibratory machine and to the creation of the prototype a vibratory machine

An Increase of the Balancing Capacity of Ball or Roller-type Auto-balancers with Reduction of TIME of Achieving Auto-balancing

The study has revealed an influence of the parameters of corrective weights (balls and cylindrical rollers) in auto-balancers on the balancing capacity and the duration of the transition processes of auto-balancing in Fast-rotating rotors.A compact analytical function has been obtained to determine the balancing capacity of an auto-balancer (for any quantity of corrective weights – balls or rollers), with a subsequent analysis thereof.It is shown that the process of approach of the auto-balancing can be accelerated if the auto-balancer contains at least three corrective weights.It has been proved that at a fixed radius of the corrective weights the highest balancing capacity of an auto-balancer is achieved when the corrective weights occupy nearly half of the racetrack.The study has revealed that it is technically incorrect to formulate a problem of finding a radius of the corrective weights that would maximize the balancing capacity of the auto-balancer. The statement implies that if it is a ball auto-balancer, the racetrack is a sphere, but if it is a roller-type balancer, the racetrack is a cylinder. This leads to a practically useless result, suggesting that the highest balancing capacity is achieved by auto-balancers with one corrective weight. Besides, with n≥5 for balls and n≥8 for rollers, there happens a false optimization, which consists in several corrective weights being “excess”. Their removal increases the balancing capacity of the auto-balancer.It is correct (from the engineering point of view) that the mathematical task is to optimize the balancing capacity of an auto-balancer. Herewith, it is taken into account that the racetrack of the auto-balancer is torus-shaped, which restricts the radius of the corrective weights from the top. It is shown that the balancing capacity of an automatic balancer can be maximized if in a fixed volume the corrective weights have the largest possible radius and occupy almost a half of the racetrack.The research on the duration of the transition processes for the smallest value has produced the following conclusions:– to accelerate the achieving auto-balancing, the corrective weights should occupy nearly half of the racetrack;– the shortest time of the auto-balancing is achieved with three balls or five cylindrical rollers

Gadolinium-Doped Carbon Nanoparticles with Red Fluorescence and Enhanced Proton Relaxivity as Bimodal Nanoprobes for Bioimaging Applications

Carbon-based nanoparticles (CNPs) have demonstrated great potential in biomedical applications because of their unique physical and chemical properties, and excellent biocompatibility. Herein, we have studied two types of CNPs with gadolinium (Gd) impurities (Gd-CNPs), which were prepared by microwave synthesis (MWS) and hydrothermal synthesis (HTS), for potential applications as photoluminescent (PL) labels and contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The prepared Gd-CNPs were investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, UV–visible absorption spectroscopy, and magnetic-resonance relaxometry, which allowed us to reveal specific features and functional properties of the prepared samples. While the TEM data showed similar size distributions of both types of Gd-CNPs with mean sizes of 4–5 nm, the optical absorption spectroscopy showed higher absorption in the visible spectral region and stronger PL in the red and near-infrared (NIR) spectral regions for the MWS samples in comparison with those prepared by HTS. Under green light excitation the former samples exhibited the bright red-NIR PL with quantum efficiency of the order of 10%. The proton relaxometry measurements demonstrated that the HTS samples possessed longitudinal and transverse relaxivities of about 42 and 70 mM−1s−1, whereas the corresponding values for the MWS samples were about 8 and 13 mM−1s−1, respectively. The obtained results can be useful for the selection of appropriate synthesis conditions for carbon-based nanoparticles for bimodal bioimaging applications