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Group delay in THz spectroscopy with ultra-wideband log-spiral antennae
We report on the group delay observed in continuous-wave terahertz
spectroscopy based on photomixing with phase-sensitive homodyne detection. We
discuss the different contributions of the experimental setup to the phase
difference \Delta\phi(\nu) between transmitter arm and receiver arm. A simple
model based on three contributions yields a quantitative description of the
overall behavior of \Delta\phi(\nu). Firstly, the optical path-length
difference gives rise to a term linear in frequency. Secondly, the
ultra-wideband log-spiral antennae effectively radiate and receive in a
frequency-dependent active region, which in the most simple model is an annular
area with a circumference equal to the wavelength. The corresponding term
changes by roughly 6 pi between 100 GHz and 1 THz. The third contribution stems
from the photomixer impedance. In contrast, the derivative (d\Delta\phi / d\nu)
is dominated by the contribution of periodic modulations of \Delta\phi(\nu)
caused by standing waves, e.g., in the photomixers' Si lenses. Furthermore, we
discuss the Fourier-transformed spectra, which are equivalent to the waveform
in a time-domain experiment. In the time domain, the group delay introduced by
the log-spiral antennae gives rise to strongly chirped signals, in which low
frequencies are delayed. Correcting for the contributions of antennae and
photomixers yields sharp peaks or "pulses" and thus facilitates a
time-domain-like analysis of our continuous-wave data.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Donor-acceptor polymers for applications in organic electronics and photovoltaics
We have synthesized a new series of high-mobility polymeric semiconductors with good processability and excellent environmental stability for organic electronics and photovoltaics. Using these materials, solar cells were fabricated with power conversion efficiencies of up to 8.7% and remarkable fill factors of 76-80%.MINECO, Junta de Andalucí
How much dark matter is there inside early-type galaxies?
We study the luminous mass as a function of the dynamical mass inside the
effective radius (r_e) of early-type galaxies (ETGs) to search for differences
between these masses. We assume Newtonian dynamics and that any difference
between these masses is due to the presence of dark matter. We use several
samples of ETGs -ranging from 19 000 to 98 000 objects- from the ninth data
release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We perform Monte Carlo (MC)
simulations of galaxy samples and compare them with real samples. The main
results are: i) MC simulations show that the distribution of the dynamical vs.
luminous mass depends on the mass range where the ETGs are distributed
(geometric effect). This dependence is caused by selection effects and
intrinsic properties of the ETGs. ii) The amount of dark matter inside r_e is
approximately 7% +- 22%. iii) This amount of dark matter is lower than the
minimum estimate (10%) found in the literature and four times lower than the
average (30%) of literature estimates. However, if we consider the associated
error, our estimate is of the order of the literature average.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures. MNRAS accepte
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