Fabrication of high-efficiency Yb:Y2O3 laser ceramics without photodarkening

High-efficiency Yb:Y₂O₃ laser ceramics were fabricated using the vacuum-sintering plus hot isostatic pressing (HIP) without sintering additives. High-purity well-dispersed nanocrystalline Yb:Y₂O₃ powder was synthesized using a modified co-precipitation method in-house. The green bodies were first vacuum sintered at a temperature as low as 1430°C and then HIPed at 1450°C. Finally, the samples were air annealed at 800°C for 10 h. Although no sintering aids were used, full density of the samples with excellent optical homogeneity and an inline transmission of 80% at 400 nm could be obtained. Moreover, photodarkening phenomenon was not detected in the ceramics. Preliminary laser experiment with the fabricated ceramics in a two-mirror cavity has demonstrated 32 W continuous-wave (CW) output at ∼1077 nm with an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 58.2%. To the best of our knowledge, this is so far the highest CW output power and optical-to-optical conversion efficiency achieved with the Yb³⁺-doped sesquioxide ceramics in a simple two-mirror cavity.     

磁齿轮复合永磁电机拓扑及应用综述

磁齿轮复合电机（MGM）是一种自带减速效应的新型多气隙磁场调制型永磁电机，因其转矩密度大、功率因数高，近年来在混动/电动汽车、低速大转矩直驱、航空航天等领域的应用前景获得了业界的广泛关注；MGM非接触传动的特点使其在医药食品、新能源发电、石油化工等方面具有发展潜力。该文首先介绍磁力齿轮及多种磁齿轮复合电机的工作原理，介绍和比较磁齿轮与电机常见的复合方式及其特点；按照单元排布方式、调制结构、电机及磁齿轮类型等分类梳理近年来MGM在拓扑结构上的研究和创新，介绍各类磁通方向及运行方式MGM的研究。然后介绍MGM近年来在高减速比、低成本、无级变速等一些关键问题上的进展。最后总结磁齿轮复合电机的业界应用现状，并对其应用前景进行展望。     

Facial-sketch Synthesis: A New Challenge

Machine Intelligence Research - This paper aims to conduct a comprehensive study on facial-sketch synthesis (FSS). However, due to the high cost of obtaining hand-drawn sketch datasets, there is a...     

Study on Runoff Control Effect of Different Drainage Schemes in Sponge Airport

Water Resources Management - The low impact development (LID) concept aims to control storm runoff and pollution through decentralized, small-scale source control to bring the development area as...