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Site-controlled formation of single Si nanocrystals in a buried SiO <sub/>2</sub> matrix using ion beam mixing
摘要： For future nanoelectronic devices – such as room-temperature single electron transistors – the site-controlled formation of single Si nanocrystals (NCs) is a crucial prerequisite. Here, we report an approach to fabricate single Si NCs via medium-energy Si+ or Ne+ ion beam mixing of Si into a buried SiO2 layer followed by thermally activated phase separation. Binary collision approximation and kinetic Monte Carlo methods are conducted to gain atomistic insight into the influence of relevant experimental parameters on the Si NC formation process. Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy is performed to obtain quantitative values on the Si NC size and distribution in dependence of the layer stack geometry, ion fluence and thermal budget. Employing a focused Ne+ beam from a helium ion microscope, we demonstrate site-controlled self-assembly of single Si NCs. Line irradiation with a fluence of 3000 Ne+/nm2 and a line width of 4 nm leads to the formation of a chain of Si NCs, and a single NC with 2.2 nm diameter is subsequently isolated and visualized in a few nanometer thin lamella prepared by a focused ion beam (FIB). The Si NC is centered between the SiO2 layers and perpendicular to the incident Ne+ beam.
关键词： phase separation,Monte Carlo simulations,single electron transistor,ion beam mixing,helium ion microscopy
更新于2025-11-21 11:20:48
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Molecular-beam resonance method with Zeeman-decelerated samples: Application to metastable helium molecules
摘要： We use a multistage Zeeman decelerator to generate slow beams (v ≈ 100 m/s) of translationally cold, spin-polarized metastable a 3Σ+u He2 molecules and perform a precision measurement of their spin-rotation fine structure. The spin polarization results from the elimination of the high-field-seeking J = N spin-rotational component of each rotational level (rotational quantum number N) by the Zeeman deceleration process. By repopulating the J = N component from the J = N ± 1 low-field-seeking components using radio-frequency radiation, we measured the spin-rotation fine structure of 13 rovibrational levels with v = 0, 1 and N = 1–21. The low beam velocity and the resulting long interaction times with the radio-frequency radiation were exploited to determine the transition frequencies with a precision of 300 Hz.
关键词： metastable helium molecules,precision spectroscopy,molecular-beam resonance,Zeeman deceleration,spin-rotation fine structure
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Formation of a Track Template during PETP Irradiation with High-Energy Helium Ions for the Template Synthesis of Regular Microstructures
摘要： The features of obtaining track membranes (TMs) with the help of a classical cyclotron situated at Tomsk Polytechnic University are discussed. It is demonstrated that TMs can be employed as templates. The results of research into columnar nanostructures formed with the help of a TM template are presented. The creation of regular microstructures is investigated using deep X-ray lithography with synchrotron radiation and templates made of track membranes.
关键词： track membrane,argon ions,synchrotron radiation,helium ions,polyethylene terephthalate
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Sustainable thermionic emission in CO2, helium and argon surroundings
摘要： Thermionic materials are commonly used in high vacuum (< 10?5 mbar). We measured thermionic emission of different doped metal-oxides cathodes – Zr doped Gd2O3 and Nb doped SrTiO3 (1 1 1) – in a CO2 surrounding, at T = 1300 °C and ～10?4 mbar ≤ p ≤ 300 mbar. Experimental setup validation and reference data were provided by measurements using cathodes made of CeB6, a commercial thermionic material, and by using either helium or argon as the surrounding gas. The study’s results could be used when examining enhancement of CO2 reduction to CO using vibration’s excitation. The thermionic emission of all cathodes decreased gradually as the pressure increased, as expected, but the exposure to CO2 did not cause a deterioration of the Zr doped Gd2O3 cathodes. They retained a reasonable emission, of ～60% and ～40% of the current in vacuum, at a CO2 pressure of 50 mbar and 300 mbar, respectively, over 20 operation hours. The data suggest that in the presence of significant gas pressure in the cathodes surrounding, the electric dipole of CO2 molecules and the cathode’s surface roughness may induce several mechanisms, which could affect the current emission.
关键词： Surface,CO2 helium argon,CO2 reduction,Thermionic emission
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Rydberg-state ionization dynamics and tunnel ionization rates in strong electric fields
摘要： Tunnel ionization rates of triplet Rydberg states in helium with principal quantum numbers close to 37 have been measured in electric fields at the classical ionization threshold of ～197 V/cm. The measurements were performed in the time domain by combining high-resolution continuous-wave laser photoexcitation and pulsed electric field ionization. The observed tunnel ionization rates range from 105 to 107 s?1 and have, together with the measured atomic energy-level structure in the corresponding electric fields, been compared to the results of calculations of the eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian matrix describing the atoms in the presence of the fields to which complex absorbing potentials have been introduced. The comparison of the measured tunnel ionization rates with the results of these, and additional calculations for hydrogenlike Rydberg states performed using semiempirical methods, have allowed the accuracy of these methods of calculation to be tested. For the particular eigenstates studied the measured ionization rates are ～5 times larger than those obtained from semiempirical expressions.
关键词： Rydberg states,tunnel ionization,electric field ionization,complex absorbing potentials,helium
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detectors for nuclear astrophysics studies with gamma beams
摘要： Gamma-Beams at the HI??S facility in the USA and anticipated at the ELI-NP facility, now constructed in Romania, present unique new opportunities to advance research in nuclear astrophysics; not the least of which is resolving open questions in oxygen formation during stellar helium burning via a precise measurement of the12C(??, ??) reaction. Time projection chamber (TPC) detectors operating with low pressure gas (as an active target) are ideally suited for such studies. We review the progress of the current research program and plans for the future at the HI??S facility with the optical readout TPC (O-TPC) and the development of an electronic readout TPC for the ELI-NP facility (ELITPC).
关键词： Gamma-beams,Time Projection Chamber,Optical readout,Stellar helium burning,Nuclear astrophysics,Electronic readout
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped 4He magnetometers at ambient temperature
摘要： In this paper, we present the first proof of concept confirming the possibility to record magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals with Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) based on the parametric resonance of 4He atoms. The main advantage of this kind of OPM is the possibility to provide a tri-axis vector measurement of the magnetic field at room-temperature (the 4He vapor is neither cooled nor heated). The sensor achieves a sensitivity of 210 fT/√Hz in the bandwidth [2 Hz - 300 Hz]. MEG simulation studies with a brain phantom were cross-validated with real MEG measurements on a healthy subject. For both studies, MEG signal was recorded consecutively with OPMs and Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) used as reference sensors. For healthy subject MEG recordings, three MEG proofs of concept were carried out: auditory and visual evoked fields (AEF, VEF), and spontaneous activity. M100 peaks have been detected on evoked responses recorded by both OPMs and SQUIDs with no latency. Concerning spontaneous activity, an attenuation of the signal power between 8-12 Hz (alpha band) related to eyes opening has been observed with OPM similarly to SQUID. All these results confirm that the room temperature vector 4He OPMs can record MEG signals and provide reliable information on brain activity.
关键词： visual evoked field,Optically pumped magnetometer,vector measurement,magnetoencephalography,spontaneous activity,auditory evoked field,room temperature,Helium 4
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Analysis of helium used as protective gas in Laser Metal Deposition of Ti6Al4V highly reactive material
摘要： Laser Material Deposition (LMD) is an additive manufacturing near-net-shape process. Metal powder particles are molten by means of a laser heat source and added to a substrate creating geometries. This technology offers the possibility of generating coatings, repairing damaged high-added-value parts, and manufacturing components with complex 3D geometries. Many industrial sectors, including aerospace and die and mold industries, are interested in this process due to its capabilities and the wide range of materials that can be used with it. Previous works aimed to develop a protective gas module to be able to process highly reactive materials without the necessity of a complete inert atmosphere inside the machine. Additionally, the influence of a mixture of argon and helium on the LMD process for other non-highly reactive alloys was evaluated. Hence, the present work aims to broaden the understanding of how the combination of these two factors may affect the LMD process, combining these previous studies and evaluating the phenomenon for a highly reactive alloy like Ti6Al4V. The study involves the melt-pool temperature measurement and characterization of the deposited clads variating not only the composition of the protective gas but also the flow rates.
关键词： LMD,Ti6Al4V,Helium,Titanium,Shielding gas,protective atmosphere,He,Laser Metal Deposition,Argon,Ar
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Laser spectroscopy of pionic helium atoms
摘要： Charged pions are the lightest and longest-lived mesons. Mesonic atoms are formed when an orbital electron in an atom is replaced by a negatively charged meson. Laser spectroscopy of these atoms should permit the mass and other properties of the meson to be determined with high precision and could place upper limits on exotic forces involving mesons (as has been done in other experiments on antiprotons). Determining the mass of the π? meson in particular could help to place direct experimental constraints on the mass of the muon antineutrino. However, laser excitations of mesonic atoms have not been previously achieved because of the small number of atoms that can be synthesized and their typically short (less than one picosecond) lifetimes against absorption of the mesons into the nuclei. Metastable pionic helium (π4He+) is a hypothetical three-body atom composed of a helium-4 nucleus, an electron and a π? occupying a Rydberg state of large principal (n ≈ 16) and orbital angular momentum (l ≈ n ? 1) quantum numbers. The π4He+ atom is predicted to have an anomalously long nanosecond-scale lifetime, which could allow laser spectroscopy to be carried out. Its atomic structure is unique owing to the absence of hyperfine interactions between the spin-0 π? and the 4He nucleus. Here we synthesize π4He+ in a superfluid-helium target and excite the transition (n, l) = (17, 16) → (17, 15) of the π?-occupied π4He+ orbital at a near-infrared resonance frequency of 183,760 gigahertz. The laser initiates electromagnetic cascade processes that end with the nucleus absorbing the π? and undergoing fission. The detection of emerging neutron, proton and deuteron fragments signals the laser-induced resonance in the atom, thereby confirming the presence of π4He+. This work enables the use of the experimental techniques of quantum optics to study a meson.
关键词： pionic helium atoms,Laser spectroscopy,mesons,quantum optics
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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One-Step Plasma Synthesis of Nb <sub/>2</sub> O <sub/>5</sub> Nanofibers and their Enhanced Photocatalytic activity
摘要： Fiberform nanostructured niobium (Nb) was fabricated by one step helium (He) plasma irradiation. He ion implantation formed He nano-bubbles on a Nb plate and led to formation of protrusions while migrating in Nb matrix; fiberform nanostructures (FN) were grown when the fluence became high (> 1026 m?2). The necessary conditions for the formation of Nb FN were revealed to be the surface temperature range of 900–1100 K and the incident ion energy higher than 70 eV. The sample was oxidized at 573–773 K in an air atmosphere, and Pt nanoparticles were photo-deposited on the Nb2O5 samples. The surface was analyzed by scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry. Photocatalytic activity of the fabricated materials was studied using methylene blue (MB) decolorization process. An enhanced photocatalytic performance was identified on FN Nb2O5 substrate with Pt deposition.
关键词： helium bubble,photocatalysis,niobium oxide,plasmas
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01