High-performance,transparent conducting oxides based on cadmium stannate

We discuss the modeling of thin films of transparent conducting oxides and we compare the predictions with the observed properties of cadmium stannate. Thin films of this material were deposited using radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The Drude free-carrier model is used to model the optical and electrical properties. The model demonstrates the need for high mobilities. The free-carrier absorbance in the visible spectrum is used as a comparative figure-of-merit for cadmium stannate and tin oxide. This shows that free-carrier absorbance is much less in cadmium stannate than in tin oxide. X-ray diffraction shows that annealed films consist of a single-phase spinel structure. The post-deposition annealing sequence is shown to be crucial to forming a single phase, which is vital for optimal optical and electrical properties. The films are typically high mobility (up to 65 cm² V^?1 s^?1) and have carrier concentrations as high as 10²¹ cm^?3. Resistivities are as low as 1.3 10^?4 Ω. cm, the lowest values reported for cadmium stannate. Atomic force microscopy indicates that the root-mean-square surface roughness is approximately ±15Å. Cadmium stannate etches readily in both hydrofluoric and hydrochloric acid, which is a commanding advantage over tin oxide.     

Rotation and gray-scale transform-invariant texture classificationusing spiral resampling, subband decomposition, and hidden Markov model

This paper proposes a new texture classification algorithm that is invariant to rotation and gray-scale transformation. First, we convert two-dimensional (2-D) texture images to one-dimensional (1-D) signals by spiral resampling. Then, we use a quadrature mirror filter (QMF) bank to decompose sampled signals into subbands. In each band, we take high-order autocorrelation functions as features. Features in different bands, which form a vector sequence, are then modeled as a hidden Markov model (BMM). During classification, the unknown texture is matched against all the models and the best match is taken as the classification result. Simulations showed that the highest correct classification rate for 16 kinds of texture was 95.14%     

A millimeter-wave omnidirectional dielectric rod metallic gratingantenna

A new millimeter-wave omnidirectional dielectric rod metallic grating antenna is investigated theoretically and experimentally, in this paper. The radiation characteristics of the antenna are carefully investigated by a rigorous formulation for the TE₀₁-mode and TM₀₁-mode excitation in the Ka-band frequency range. Based on the analysis, an omnidirectional antenna excited by the TE₀₁ mode is designed and measured. The measured results are compared with theoretical predictions and good agreement is found. Extensive numerical results are given to establish some useful guidelines for the design of the omnidirectional antenna     

Enhanced resonant tunneling real-space transfer in δ-dopedGaAs/InGaAs gated dual-channel transistors grown by MOCVD

We report the observation of pronounced N-shaped negative differential resistance (NDR) and negative transconductance at high drain and gate fields in δ-doped GaAs/InGaAs gated dual-channel transistors (DCTs) by tunneling real-space transfer (TRST). By virtue of varying the sheet density of the δ-doping layer as well as the thickness of the GaAs barrier, pronounced multiple-state NDR characteristics were obtained accompanying the gate current characteristic at room temperature. A peak-to-valley current ratio (PVR) of 15 was obtained which, to our knowledge, is the highest among the reported TRST devices at room temperature. The proposed devices possess potential advantages of ease of growth and fabrication     

Fast optical switching in Sm/sup 3+/-doped fibers

We report an experimental investigation of the fast optical switching in a Sm/sup 3+/-doped fiber. We discovered that this fiber can effect a fast switching speed less than 5 ns. However, the required switching power is 472 W with pulsewidth 10 ns.     

Adjustable frequency dielectric resonator antenna

An easy method of tuning the resonant frequency of cylindrical and ring dielectric resonator (DR) antennas using different diameters of conducting plates is presented. This technique can tune a DR antenna to operate at the design frequency without changing antenna performance. The maximum frequency tuning range can reach up to 300-500 MHz     

New nonlinear algorithms for estimating and suppressing narrowbandinterference in DS spread spectrum systems

It has been shown that the narrowband (NB) interference suppression capability of a direct-sequence (DS) spread spectrum system can be enhanced considerably by processing the received signal via a prediction error filter. The conventional approach to this problem makes use of a linear filter. However, the binary DS signal, that acts as noise in the prediction process, is highly non-Gaussian. Thus, linear filtering is not optimal. Vijayan and Poor (1990) first proposed using a nonlinear approximate conditional mean (ACM) filter of the Masreliez (1975) type and obtained significant results. This paper proposes a number of new nonlinear algorithms. Our work consists of three parts. (1) We develop a decision-directed Kalman (DDK) filter, that has the same performance as the ACM filter but a simpler structure. (2) Using the nonlinear function in the ACM and the DDK filters, we develop other nonlinear least mean square (LMS) filters with improved performance. (3) We further use the nonlinear functions to develop nonlinear recursive least squares (RLS) filters that can be used independently as predictors or as interference identifiers so that the ACM or the DDK filter can be applied. Simulations show that our nonlinear algorithms outperform conventional ones     

Nanofabrication of 1-D photonic bandgap structures along a photonic wire

A strongly-guided one-dimensional (1-D) waveguide called a photonic wire has high spontaneous emission coupling efficiency, enabling one to realize low-threshold lasers. Combined with the use of 1-D photonic bandgap structures consisting of arrays of holes etched within the photonic wire, novel microcavity lasers can be realized. We report the nanofabrication of a photonic bandgap structure for 1.5 /spl mu/m wavelength along a InGaAsP photonic wire, and discuss numerical simulations for its electrodynamics.     

Modeling lossy anisotropic dielectric waveguides with the method oflines

This paper presents a new formulation useful for modeling waveguides constructed from lossy inhomogeneous anisotropic media. Our approach is based on a pair of Sturm-Liouville type wave equations that have been derived to handle inhomogeneous, diagonalized complex permittivity and permeability tensors. The method of lines is then applied to these wave equations, and related field equations, creating an indirect eigenvalue problem that correctly models this class of structure. Some refinements to the method of lines are also proposed, particularly, regarding the construction of the modal matrices found in the eigenvalue problem. Using our approach, modal dispersion curves have been computed for millimeter-wave and optical structures. Comparisons made with results available from the literature validate our approach     

Effect of high-power microwave on indicator bacteria forsterilization

According to the superiority sterilization, a specially-designed microwave disinfector using high-power microwave energy was made. A series of sterilizing experiments have been made to determine the effect of microwave energy on several typical indicator bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis var. nigar, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus pumilus E₆₀₁, Staphylococcus aureas, Bacillus cereus. Under the conditions of different sterilization duration and unequal intensity of microwave power irradiation onto the bacteria, a useful result of killing bacteria has been observed, i.e., the Bacillus subtilis can be considered as an optimum indicator bacterium for microwave sterilization