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Improved circularly polarized antenna
Antenna includes two sets of linearly polarized elements. Each set contains slots in parallel array. Sets are mutually orthogonal and are driven in phase quadrature. By changing lengths of slots or their separations, antenna beamwidth can be changed over wide range. Similar results are achieved with dipole configuration
Nearly defect-free dynamical models of disordered solids: The case of amorphous silicon
It is widely accepted in the materials modeling community that defect-free
realistic networks of amorphous silicon cannot be prepared by quenching from a
molten state of silicon using classical or ab initio molecular-dynamics (MD)
simulations. In this work, we address this long-standing problem by producing
nearly defect-free ultra-large models of amorphous silicon, consisting of up to
half-a-million atoms, using classical molecular-dynamics simulations. The
structural, topological, electronic, and vibrational properties of the models
are presented and compared with experimental data. A comparison of the models
with those obtained from using the modified Wooten-Winer-Weaire bond-switching
algorithm shows that the models are on par with the latter, which were
generated via event-based total-energy relaxations of atomistic networks in the
configuration space. The MD models produced in this work represent the highest
quality of amorphous-silicon networks so far reported in the literature using
molecular-dynamics simulations.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure
Study and determination of an optimum design for space utilized lithium doped solar cells Quarterly report
Hall coefficient measurements for lithium doped solar cell
Study of radiation effects in Li-doped silicon solar cells Quarterly report
Irradiation and annealing of lithium doped silicon solar cell
Charged particle radiation damage in semiconductors, 15 - Study and determination of an optimum design for space utilized lithium doped solar cells, part 1 Interim final report
Hall coefficient measurements of irradiated lithium doped solar cell
Charged particle radiation damage in semiconductors. Part 14 - Study of radiation effects in lithium doped silicon solar cells
Lithium doped silicon solar cells under electron irradiation and determination of semiconductor parameter
Experimentally Constrained Molecular Relaxation: The case of hydrogenated amorphous silicon
We have extended our experimentally constrained molecular relaxation
technique (P. Biswas {\it et al}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 71} 54204 (2005)) to
hydrogenated amorphous silicon: a 540-atom model with 7.4 % hydrogen and a
611-atom model with 22 % hydrogen were constructed. Starting from a random
configuration, using physically relevant constraints, {\it ab initio}
interactions and the experimental static structure factor, we construct
realistic models of hydrogenated amorphous silicon. Our models confirm the
presence of a high frequency localized band in the vibrational density of
states due to Si-H vibration that has been observed in a recent vibrational
transient grating measurements on plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposited
films of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
A high efficiency input/output coupler for small silicon photonic devices
Coupling light from an optical fibre to small optical waveguides is particularly problematic in semiconductors, since the refractive index of the silica fibre is very different from that of a semiconductor waveguide. There have been several published methods of achieving such coupling, but none are sufficiently efficient whilst being robust enough for commercial applications. In this paper experimental results of our approach called a Dual-Grating Assisted Directional Coupler, are presented. The principle of coupling by this novel method has been successfully demonstrated, and a coupling efficiency of 55% measured
A Density Functional Study of Atomic Hydrogen and Oxygen Chemisorption on the Relaxed (0001) Surface of Double Hexagonal Close Packed Americium
Ab initio total energy calculations within the framework of density
functional theory have been performed for atomic hydrogen and oxygen
chemisorption on the (0001) surface of double hexagonal packed americium using
a full-potential all-electron linearized augmented plane wave plus local
orbitals method. Chemisorption energies were optimized with respect to the
distance of the adatom from the relaxed surface for three adsorption sites,
namely top, bridge, and hollow hcp sites, the adlayer structure corresponding
to coverage of a 0.25 monolayer in all cases. Chemisorption energies were
computed at the scalar-relativistic level (no spin-orbit coupling NSOC) and at
the fully relativistic level (with spin-orbit coupling SOC). The two-fold
bridge adsorption site was found to be the most stable site for O at both the
NSOC and SOC theoretical levels with chemisorption energies of 8.204 eV and
8.368 eV respectively, while the three-fold hollow hcp adsorption site was
found to be the most stable site for H with chemisorption energies of 3.136 eV
at the NSOC level and 3.217 eV at the SOC level. The respective distances of
the H and O adatoms from the surface were found to be 1.196 Ang. and 1.164 Ang.
Overall our calculations indicate that chemisorption energies in cases with SOC
are slightly more stable than the cases with NSOC in the 0.049-0.238 eV range.
The work functions and net magnetic moments respectively increased and
decreased in all cases compared with the corresponding quantities of bare dhcp
Am (0001) surface. The partial charges inside the muffin-tins, difference
charge density distributions, and the local density of states have been used to
analyze the Am-adatom bond interactions in detail. The implications of
chemisorption on Am 5f electron localization-delocalization are also discussed.Comment: 9 Tables, 5 figure
Measuring the BDARX architecture by agent oriented system a case study
Distributed systems are progressively designed as multi-agent systems that are helpful in designing high strength complex industrial software. Recently, distributed systems cooperative applications are openly access, dynamic and large scales. Nowadays, it hardly seems necessary to emphasis on the potential of decentralized software solutions. This is because the main benefit lies in the distributed nature of information, resources and action. On the other hand, the progression in multi agent systems creates new challenges to the traditional methodologies of fault-tolerance that typically relies on centralized and offline solution. Research on multi-agent systems had gained attention for designing software that operates in distributed and open environments, such as the Internet. DARX (Dynamic Agent Replication eXtension) is one of the architecture which aimed at building reliable software that would prove to be both flexible and scalable and also aimed to provide adaptive fault tolerance by using dynamic replication methodologies. Therefore, the enhancement of DARX known as BDARX can provide dynamic solution of byzantine faults for the agent based systems that embedded DARX. The BDARX architecture improves the fault tolerance ability of multi-agent systems in long run and strengthens the software to be more robust against such arbitrary faults. The BDARX provide the solution for the Byzantine fault tolerance in DARX by making replicas on the both sides of communication agents by using BFT protocol for agent systems instead of making replicas only on server end and assuming client as failure free. This paper shows that the dynamic behaviour of agents avoid us from making discrimination between server and client replicas
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