Active stabilization studies at the sub-nanometer level for future linear colliders

The next collider which will be able to contribute significantly to the comprehension of matter is a high energy linear collider. The luminosity of this collider will have to be of 1035cm-2s-1, which imposes a vertical beam size of 0,7nm. The relative motion between the last two focusing magnets should not exceed a third of the beam size above 4Hz. Ground motion and acoustic noise can induce vibrations that have to be compensated with active stabilisation. In this paper, we describe the three aspects needed for such a development. We have assessed sensors capable of measuring sub-nanometre displacements, performed numerical calculations using finite element models to get the dynamic response of the structure, and developed a feedback loop for the active stabilisation. Combining the expertise into a mecatronics project made it possible to obtain a displacement RMS at 5Hz of 0.13nm at the free end of our prototype

Highly efficient multilayer organic pure-blue-light emitting diodes with substituted carbazoles compounds in the emitting layer

Bright blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on 1,4,5,8,N-pentamethylcarbazole (PMC) and on dimer of N-ethylcarbazole (N,N'-diethyl-3,3'-bicarbazyl) (DEC) as emitting layers or as dopants in a 4,4'-bis(2,2'-diphenylvinyl)-1,1'-biphenyl (DPVBi) matrix are described. Pure blue-light with the C.I.E. coordinates x = 0.153 y = 0.100, electroluminescence efficiency \eta_{EL} of 0.4 cd/A, external quantum efficiency \eta_{ext.} of 0.6% and luminance L of 236 cd/m2 (at 60 mA/cm2) were obtained with PMC as an emitter and the 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenantroline (BCP) as a hole-blocking material in five-layer emitting devices. The highest efficiencies \eta_{EL.} of 4.7 cd/A, and \eta_{ext} = 3.3% were obtained with a four-layer structure and a DPVBi DEC-doped active layer (CIE coordinates x = 0.158, y=0.169, \lambda_{peak} = 456 nm). The \eta_{ext.} value is one the highest reported at this wavelength for blue OLEDs and is related to an internal quantum efficiency up to 20%

Active stabilization of a mechanical structure

This article [1] refers to a particular stage of our attempt to reach the stabilization of the linear collider final focus quadrupole. All along this final focus, an absolute displacement has to be lower than the third of nanometre above a few hertz. The presented intermediary step consists in doing active vibrations control of an elemen-tary mechanical structure in cantilever mode which is similar to the final focus. We consider mainly the active compensation and the latest results on a large prototype. Other aspects are also treated such as modelling, active isolation and instrumentation dedicated to the ground motion

Vibration stabilization for a cantilever magnet prototype at the subnanometer scale

In the future linear colliders, the size of the beams is in the nanometer range, which requires stabilization of the final magnets before the interaction point. In order to guarantee the desired luminosity, an absolute displacement lower than 1/3 of the beam size, above a few hertz, has to be obtained. This paper describes an adapted instrumentation, the developed feedback loops dedicated to the active compensation and an adapted modelling able to simulate the behaviour of the structure. The obtained results at the subnanometer scale at the free end of a cantilever magnet prototype with a combination of the developed active compensation method and a commercial active isolation system are described

Study of supports for the final doublets of ATF2

We investigated supports for the final doublets of ATF2 with vertical relative motion to the floor of final doublets below 10nm. Our calculations of relative motion were done by using data of ATF ground motion. We studied the vibratory behaviour of a steel lightweight honeycomb table as a base for fixing magnets. First, the table was fixed to the floor by four steel feet at its corners. Its first vertical resonance was at 41Hz, which induces a non negligible relative motion (5.7nm) compared to ATF2 tolerances. Modal shape measurements show that the six first resonances of the table (below 150Hz) are rigid body modes in the six degrees of freedom. The conclusion of these measurements is that the table is very rigid and well adapted for ATF2 project but the rigidity of the four steel feet is not sufficient compared to the rigidity of the table. Consequently, the table was fixed to the floor on one entire face to break these six rigid body modes by three large steel plates. The first vertical resonance was then at higher frequencies (92Hz), which show that good boundary conditions were chosen for the table. The relative motion was then low (3.5nm above 0.1Hz) compared to ATF2 tolerances. To finish, we studied the vibratory behaviour of one ATF2 FD sextupole and one ATF2 FD quadrupole with their intermediary supports made at LAPP and used to fix these magnets to the honeycomb table. The measurements showed that the final doublets with their intermediary supports were well designed because the first resonance of sextupoles and quadrupoles was at high frequency (above 100 Hz and at 76Hz respectively), which induced a small relative motion of final doublets to the floor compared to ATF2 tolerances

Linear Collider Final Doublet Considerations: ATF2 Vibration Measurements

Original publication available at http://www.jacow.org/International audienceAt ATF2, to allow the Shintake Monitor located at the Interaction Point to measure the beam size with only 2% of error, vertical relative motion tolerance between SM (Shintake Monitor) and final doublet magnets (FD) is of 7nm for QD0 and 20nm for QF1 above 0.1Hz. Vibration transfer function of FD and SM with their supports has been measured and show a good rigidity. Vertical relative motion between the SM and QD0 (QF1) was thus measured to be only of 5.1nm (6.5nm) with high ground motion representative of a shift period. Same measurements done in horizontal directions showed that tolerances were also respected (much less strict). Moreover, relative motion tolerances should be released due to the good motion correlation measured between FD. Thus the FD and SM supports have been validated on site at ATF2 to be within the vibration specifications

All solution-processed organic photocathodes with increased efficiency and stability via the tuning of the hole-extracting layer †

International audiencePhotoelectrodes based on solution-processed organic semiconductors are emerging as low-cost alternatives to crystalline semiconductors and platinum. In this work, the performance and stability of P3HT:PCBM\MoS 3-based photocathodes are considerably improved by changing the hole-extracting layer (HEL). Oxides such as reduced graphene oxide, nickel oxide or molybdenum oxide are deposited via solution processes. With MoO x , a photocurrent density of 2 mA cm À2 during 1 h is obtained with the processing temperature lower than 150 C – thus compatible with flexible substrates. Furthermore, we show that the performances are directly correlated with the work function of the HEL material, and the comparison with solid-state solar cells shows that efficient HELs are not the same for the two types of devices

Effect of argon ion energy on the performance of silicon nitridemultilayer permeation barriers grown by hot-wire CVD on polymers

One of the authors (S.M.) acknowledges Direction des Relations Extérieures of Ecole Polytechnique for financial support.Permeation barriers for organic electronic devices on polymer flexible substrates were realized by combining stacked silicon nitride (SiNx) single layers (50 nm thick) deposited by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition process at low-temperature (~100°C) with a specific argon plasma treatment between two successive layers. Several plasma parameters (RF power density, pressure, treatment duration) as well as the number of single layers have been explored in order to improve the quality of permeation barriers deposited on polyethylene terephthalate. In this work, maximumion energy was highlighted as the crucial parameter making it possible to minimize water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), as determined by the electrical calcium test method, all the other parameters being kept fixed. Thus fixing the plasma treatment duration at 8 min for a stack of two SiNx single layers, a minimum WVTR of 5 × 10−4 g/(m2 day), measured at room temperature, was found for a maximum ion energy of ~30 eV. This minimum WVTR value was reduced to 7 × 10−5 g/(m2 day) for a stack of five SiNx single layers. The reduction in the permeability is interpreted as due to the rearrangement of atoms at the interfaces when average transferred ion energy to target atoms exceeds threshold displacement energy.The authors are grateful to Dr. R. Cortes (PMC, Ecole Polytechnique) for XRR analysis, to Dr. P. Chapon (HORIBA Jobin Yvon) for GD-OES analysis and Dr. J. Leroy (CEA Saclay) for XPS analysis. This work was partly supported by the PICS (FrenchPortuguese) project No. 5336. One of the authors (S.M.) acknowledges Direction des Relations Extérieures of Ecole Polytechnique for financial support

Red-emitting fluorescent Organic Light emitting Diodes with low sensitivity to self-quenching

International audienceConcentration quenching is a major impediment to efficient organic light-emitting devices. We herein report on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) based on a fluorescent amorphous red-emitting starbust triarylamine molecule (4-di(4'-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)amino-4'-dicyanovinylbenzene, named FVIN), exhibiting a very small sensitivity to concentration quenching. OLEDs are fabricated with various doping levels of FVIN into Alq3, and show a remarkably stable external quantum efficiency of 1.5% for doping rates ranging from 5% up to 40%, which strongly relaxes the technological constraints on the doping accuracy. An efficiency of 1% is obtained for a pure undoped active region, along with deep red emission (x=0.6; y=0.35 CIE coordinates). A comparison of FVIN with the archetypal DCM dye is presented in an identical multilayer OLED structure