Scanning Electron Acoustic Microscopy of GaInAsSb by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Scanning electron acoustic microscopy (SEAM) is a new technique for imasing and characterization ofthermal, elastic and pyroelectric property variations on a microscale resolution. The signal generation mechanisms and the application of scanning electron acoustic microscopy in GalnAsSb alloy grown by MOCVD wereinvestigated. Defects below the surface of GalnAsSb alloy were found by SEAM images and cathodelumi-nescence. The results show that electronacoustic imaging has its own features over secondary electron imag-ing.

（2＋1）-Dimensional Electron Acoustic Solitary Waves in an Unmagnetized Collisionless Plasma with Vortex-Like Hot Electrons

In this paper, （2＋1）-dimensional electron acoustic waves （EAW） in an unmagnetized collisionless plasma have been studied by the linearized method and the reductive perturbation technique, respectively. The dispersion relation and a modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili （KP） equation have been obtained for the EAW in the plasma considering a cold electron fluid and a vortex-like hot electrons. It is found from some numerical results that the parameter β（the ratio of the free hot electron temperature to the hot trapped electron temperature） effects on the amplitude and the Width of the electron acoustic solitary waves （EASW）. It can be indicated that the free hot electron temperature and the hot trapped electron temperature have very important effect on the characters of the propagation for the EASW.

Electron–acoustic phonon interaction and mobility in stressed rectangular silicon nanowires

We investigate the effects of pre-stress and surface tension on the electron–acoustic phonon scattering rate and the mobility of rectangular silicon nanowires. With the elastic theory and the interaction Hamiltonian for the deformation potential, which considers both the surface energy and the acoustoelastic effects, the phonon dispersion relation for a stressed nanowire under spatial confinement is derived. The subsequent analysis indicates that both surface tension and pre-stress can dramatically change the electron–acoustic phonon interaction. Under a negative（positive） surface tension and a tensile（compressive） pre-stress, the electron mobility is reduced（enhanced） due to the decrease（increase） of the phonon energy as well as the deformation-potential scattering rate. This study suggests an alternative approach based on the strain engineering to tune the speed and the drive current of low-dimensional electronic devices.

On the Time Fractional Modulation for Electron Acoustic Shock Waves

Nonlinear features of electron-acoustic shock waves are studied. The Burgers equation is derived and converted to the time fractional Burgers equation by Agrawal＇s method. Using the Adomian decomposition method, the shock wave solutions of the time fractional Burgers equation are constructed. The effect of time fractional parameter on the shock wave properties in auroral plasma ＆ investigated.

Characteristics of dust acoustic waves in dissipative dusty plasma in the presence of trapped electrons

The formation and propagation of nonlinear dust acoustic waves（DAWs） as solitary and solitary/shock waves in an unmagnetized, homogeneous, dissipative and collisionless dusty plasma comprising negatively charged micron sized dust grains in the presence of free and trapped electrons with singly charged non-thermal positive ions is discussed in detail. The evolution characteristics of the solitary and shock waves are studied by deriving a modified Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers（mKdV–Burgers） equation using the reductive perturbation method. The mKdV–Burgers equation is solved considering the presence（absence） of dissipation. In the absence of dissipation the system admits a solitary wave solution, whereas in the presence of dissipation the system admits shock waves（both monotonic and oscillatory） as well as a combination of solitary and shock wave solutions. Standard methods of solving the evolution equation of shock（solitary） waves are used. The results are discussed numerically using standard values of plasma parameters. The findings may be useful for better understanding of formation and propagation of waves in astrophysical plasma.

Ferroic domain characterization of Ni_(55)Mn_(20.6)Ga_(24.4) ferromagnetic shape memory alloy

The microstructure and coupling between structural and magnetic domains of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Ni55Mn20.6Ga24.4 were investigated by scanning electron acoustic microscopy （SEAM）. Stripe ferroelastic domains （martensite variants） exist in every grain, and exhibit the configurations of the typical self-accommodation arrangement. Magnetic domain structure of Ni55Mn20.6Ga24.4 was observed by the Bitter method and magnetic force microscopy （MFM）. Due to the unique subsurface imaging capability of SEAM, combined with the Bitter method, the ferroelastic domain structure can be compared with in situ ferromagnetic domain structure. It is found that the martensitic variant boundaries coincide well with the ferromagnetic domain walls, which is beneficial for the understanding of the correlation between two kinds of ferroic domains.

Lower order three-dimensional Burgers equation having non-Maxwellian ions in dusty plasmas

The dust acoustic（DA） shock wave with dust charge fluctuations, non-Maxwellian ions, and non-isothermal electrons is studied theoretically. The perturbation technique is employed to derive the lower order three-dimensional（3D） Burgers equation, and shock wave solution is explored by the tan-hyperbolic method. The effects of flat trapped and trapped electron distributions in the presence of Maxwellian and non-Maxwellian ions on characteristics shock waves are observed. The temperature ratio of non-Maxwellian ion temperature and non-isothermal electron temperature is found to play an important role in forming the shock-like structure.

Unconventional bound states in the continuum from metamaterial-induced electron acoustic waves

Photonic bound states in the continuum(BICs)are spatially localized modes with infinitely long lifetimes,which exist within a radiation continuum at discrete energy levels.These states have been explored in various systems,including photonic and phononic crystal slabs,metasurfaces,waveguides,and integrated circuits.Robustness and availability of the BICs are important aspects for fully taming the BICs toward practical applications.Here,we propose a generic mechanism to realize BICs that exist by first principles free of fine parameter tuning based on non-Maxwellian double-net metamaterials(DNMs).An ideal warm hydrodynamic double plasma(HDP)fluid model provides a homogenized description of DNMs and explains the robustness of the BICs found herein.In the HDP model,these are standing wave formations made of electron acoustic waves(EAWs),which are pure charge oscillations with vanishing electromagnetic fields.EAW BICs have various advantages,such as(i)frequency-comb-like collection of BICs free from normal resonances;(ii)robustness to symmetry-breaking perturbations and formation of quasi-BICs with an ultrahigh Q-factor even if subject to disorder;and(iii)giving rise to subwavelength microcavity resonators hosting quasi-BIC modes with an ultrahigh Q-factor.

Electron acoustic solitary waves in unmagnetized nonthermal plasmas

Electron acoustic(EA)solitary waves(SWs)are studied in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of hot electrons(following Cairns-Tsalli distribution),inertial cold electrons,and stationary ions.By employing a reductive perturbation technique(RPT),the nonlinear Korteweg–de Vries(KdV)equation is derived and its SW solution is analyzed.Here,the effects of plasma parameters such as the nonextensivity parameter(q),the nonthermality of electrons(α),and the cold-to-hot electron density ratio(β)are investigated.

An experimental research on the instability of ion acoustic wave with electron drift

As electron temperature Te is much higher than ion temperature Ti, and electron driftspeed Vd is larger than the critical value Vdc of Vd, the ω=KVφ mode ion acoustic wave（IAW） will be instable. Under a long wave condition （KλD【【1, where λD is Deby length,K is weve number）, the growing rate γ（K） of the IAW may be written