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Conduction mechanisms of epitaxial EuTiO3 thin films
To investigate leakage current density versus electric field characteristics,
epitaxial EuTiO3 thin films were deposited on (001) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed
laser deposition and were post-annealed in a reducing atmosphere. This
investigation found that conduction mechanisms are strongly related to
temperature and voltage polarity. It was determined that from 50 to 150 K the
dominant conduction mechanism was a space-charge-limited current under both
negative and positive biases. From 200 to 300 K, the conduction mechanism shows
Schottky emission and Fowler-Nordheim tunneling behaviors for the negative and
positive biases, respectively. This work demonstrates that Eu3+ is one source
of leakage current in EuTiO3 thin films.Comment: 17 pages,4 figures, conferenc
The structural, mechanical, electronic, optical and thermodynamic properties of t-XAs (X Si, Ge and Sn) by first-principles calculations
The structural, mechanical, electronic, optical and thermodynamic properties
of the t-XAs (X Si, Ge and Sn) with
tetragonal structure have been investigated by first principles calculations.
Our calculated results show that these compounds are mechanically and
dynamically stable. By the study of elastic anisotropy, it is found that the
anisotropic of the t-SnAs is stronger than that
of t-SiAs and
t-GeAs. The band structures and density of states
show that the t-XAs (Si, Ge and Sn) are
semiconductors with narrow band gaps. Based on the analyses of electron density
difference, in t-XAs As atoms get electrons, X
atoms lose electrons. The calculated static dielectric constants,
, are 15.5, 20.0 and 15.1 eV for
t-XAs (X Si, Ge and Sn), respectively. The
Dulong-Petit limit of t-XAs is about 10 J
molK. The thermodynamic stability successively
decreases from t-SiAs to
t-GeAs to t-SnAs.Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures, 6 table
Broadband RCS Reduction of Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Bandstop Frequency Selective Surface
In this article, a simple and effective approach is presented to reduce the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of microstrip patch antenna in ultra broad frequency band. This approach substitutes a metallic ground plane of a conventional patch antenna with a hybrid ground consisting of bandstop Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) cells with partial metallic plane. To demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach, the influence of different ground planes on antenna’s performance is investigated. Thus, a patch antenna with miniaturized FSS cells is proposed. The results suggest that this antenna shows 3dB RCS reduction almost in the whole out-of operating band within 1-20GHz for wide incident angles when compared to conventional antenna, while its radiation characteristics are sustained simultaneously. The reasonable agreement between the measured and the simulated results verifies the efficiency of the proposed approach. Moreover, this approach doesn’t alter the lightweight, low-profile, easy conformal and easy manufacturing nature of the original antenna and can be extended to obtain low-RCS antennas with metallic planes in broadband that are quite suitable for the applications which are sensitive to the variation of frequencies
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