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Measurement of XeI and XeII velocity in the near exit plane of a low-power Hall effect thruster by light induced fluorescence spectroscopy
Near exit plane non-resonant light induced fluorescence spectroscopy is
performed in a Hall effect low-power Xenon thruster at discharge voltage of
250V and anode flow rate of 0.7mg/sec. Measurement of the axial and radial
velocity components are performed, exciting the 6s[3/2]_2-->6p[3/2]_2
transition at 823.16nm in XeI and the 5d[4]_(7/2)-->6p[3]_(5/2) transition at
834.724nm in XeII. No significant deviation from the thermal velocity is
observed for XeI. Two most probable ion velocities are registered at a given
position with respect to the thruster axis, which are mainly attributed to
different areas of creation of ions inside the acceleration channel. The
spatial resolution of the set-up is limited by the laser beam size (radius of
the order of 0.5mm) and the fluorescence collection optics, which have a view
spot diameter of 8mm.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figure
Omega_{ccc} production via fragmentation at LHC
In the framework of the leading order of perturbative QCD and the
nonrelativistic quark-diquark model of baryons we have obtained fragmentation
function for c-quark to split into Omega_{ccc} baryon. It is shown that at LHC
one can expect 3.5 10^3 events with Omega_{ccc} at p_t>5 GeV/c and -1<y<1 per
year.Comment: LaTex, 5 pages and 2 figures. Talk presented at XIV Workshop on High
Energy Physics and Quantum Field Theory, Moscow, May 27 - June 4, 199
Intrinsic defects in silicon carbide LED as a perspective room temperature single photon source in near infrared
Generation of single photons has been demonstrated in several systems.
However, none of them satisfies all the conditions, e.g. room temperature
functionality, telecom wavelength operation, high efficiency, as required for
practical applications. Here, we report the fabrication of light emitting
diodes (LEDs) based on intrinsic defects in silicon carbide (SiC). To fabricate
our devices we used a standard semiconductor manufacturing technology in
combination with high-energy electron irradiation. The room temperature
electroluminescence (EL) of our LEDs reveals two strong emission bands in
visible and near infrared (NIR), associated with two different intrinsic
defects. As these defects can potentially be generated at a low or even single
defect level, our approach can be used to realize electrically driven single
photon source for quantum telecommunication and information processing
Magnetic field and temperature sensing with atomic-scale spin defects in silicon carbide
Quantum systems can provide outstanding performance in various sensing
applications, ranging from bioscience to nanotechnology. Atomic-scale defects
in silicon carbide are very attractive in this respect because of the
technological advantages of this material and favorable optical and radio
frequency spectral ranges to control these defects. We identified several,
separately addressable spin-3/2 centers in the same silicon carbide crystal,
which are immune to nonaxial strain fluctuations. Some of them are
characterized by nearly temperature independent axial crystal fields, making
these centers very attractive for vector magnetometry. Contrarily, the
zero-field splitting of another center exhibits a giant thermal shift of -1.1
MHz/K at room temperature, which can be used for thermometry applications. We
also discuss a synchronized composite clock exploiting spin centers with
different thermal response.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Effect of the heliospheric interface on the distribution of interstellar hydrogen atom inside the heliosphere
This paper deals with the modeling of the interstellar hydrogen atoms (H
atoms) distribution in the heliosphere. We study influence of the heliospheric
interface, that is the region of the interaction between solar wind and local
interstellar medium, on the distribution of the hydrogen atoms in vicinity of
the Sun. The distribution of H atoms obtained in the frame of the
self-consistent kinetic-gasdynamic model of the heliospheric interface is
compared with a simplified model which assumes Maxwellian distribution of H
atoms at the termination shock and is called often as 'hot' model. This
comparison shows that the distribution of H atoms is significantly affected by
the heliospheric interface not only at large heliocentric distances, but also
in vicinity of the Sun at 1-5 AU. Hence, for analysis of experimental data
connected with direct or undirect measurements of the interstellar atoms one
necessarily needs to take into account effects of the heliospheric interface.
In this paper we propose a new model that is relatively simple but takes into
account all major effects of the heliospheric interface. This model can be
applied for analysis of backscattered Ly-alpha radiation data obtained on board
of different spacecraft.Comment: published in Astronomy Letter
Room-temperature near-infrared silicon carbide nanocrystalline emitters based on optically aligned spin defects
Bulk silicon carbide (SiC) is a very promising material system for
bio-applications and quantum sensing. However, its optical activity lies beyond
the near infrared spectral window for in-vivo imaging and fiber communications
due to a large forbidden energy gap. Here, we report the fabrication of SiC
nanocrystals and isolation of different nanocrystal fractions ranged from 600
nm down to 60 nm in size. The structural analysis reveals further fragmentation
of the smallest nanocrystals into ca. 10-nm-size clusters of high crystalline
quality, separated by amorphization areas. We use neutron irradiation to create
silicon vacancies, demonstrating near infrared photoluminescence. Finally, we
detect, for the first time, room-temperature spin resonances of these silicon
vacancies hosted in SiC nanocrystals. This opens intriguing perspectives to use
them not only as in-vivo luminescent markers, but also as magnetic field and
temperature sensors, allowing for monitoring various physical, chemical and
biological processes.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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