An improved indirect scheme for laser positron generation is proposed. The positron yields in high-ZZ metal targets irradiated by laser produced electrons from near-critical density plasmas and underdense plasma are i...An improved indirect scheme for laser positron generation is proposed. The positron yields in high-ZZ metal targets irradiated by laser produced electrons from near-critical density plasmas and underdense plasma are investigated numerically. It is found that the positron yield is mainly affected by the number of electrons of energies up to several hundreds of MeV. Using near-critical density targets for electron acceleration, the number of high energy electrons can be increased dramatically. Through start-to-end simulations, it is shown that up to 6.78×10106.78×1010 positrons can be generated with state-of-the-art Joule-class femtosecond laser systems.展开更多
A high-power and high-effciency GaAs/A1GaAs-based terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser structure emitting at 3.3 THz is presented. The structure is based on a hybrid bound-to-continuum transition and resonant-phono...A high-power and high-effciency GaAs/A1GaAs-based terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser structure emitting at 3.3 THz is presented. The structure is based on a hybrid bound-to-continuum transition and resonant-phonon extraction active region combined with a semi-insulating surface-plasmon waveguide. By optimizing material structure and device processing, the peak optical output power of 758mW with a threshold current density of 120 A/cm2 and a wall-plug effciency of 0.92% at 10K and 404mW at 77K are obtained in pulsed operation. The maximum operating temperature is as high as llS K. In the cw mode, a record optical output power of 160roW with a threshold current density of 178A/cm2 and a wall-plug efficiency of 1.32% is achieved at 1OK.展开更多
Supercapacitors,with the merits of both capacitors for safe and fast charge and batteries for high energy storage have drawn tremendous attention.Recently,laser scribed graphene has been increasingly studied for super...Supercapacitors,with the merits of both capacitors for safe and fast charge and batteries for high energy storage have drawn tremendous attention.Recently,laser scribed graphene has been increasingly studied for supercapacitor applications due to its unique properties,such as flexible fabrication,large surface area and high electrical conductivity.With the laser direct writing process,graphene can be directly fabricated and patterned as the supercapacitor electrodes.In this review,facile laser direct writing methods for graphene were firstly summarized.Various precursors,mainly graphene oxide and polyimide were employed for laser scribed graphene and the modifications of graphene properties were also discussed.This laser scribed graphene was applied for electrochemical double-layer capacitors,pseudo-capacitors and hybrid supercapacitors.Diverse strategies including doping,composite materials and pattern design were utilized to enhance the electrochemical performances of supercapacitors.Featured supercapacitors with excellent flexible,ultrafinestructured and integrated functions were also reviewed.展开更多
Increasing both clean water and green energy demands for survival and development are the grand challenges of our age.Here,we successfully fabricate a novel multifunctional 3D graphene-based catalytic membrane(3D-GCM)...Increasing both clean water and green energy demands for survival and development are the grand challenges of our age.Here,we successfully fabricate a novel multifunctional 3D graphene-based catalytic membrane(3D-GCM)with active metal nanoparticles(AMNs)loading for simultaneously obtaining the water purification and clean energy generation,via a“green”one-step laser scribing technology.The as-prepared 3D-GCM shows high porosity and uniform distribution with AMNs,which exhibits high permeated fluxes(over 100 L m^(−2) h^(−1))and versatile super-adsorption capacities for the removal of tricky organic pollutants from wastewater under ultra-low pressure-driving(0.1 bar).After adsorption saturating,the AMNs in 3D-GCM actuates the advanced oxidization process to self-clean the fouled membrane via the catalysis,and restores the adsorption capacity well for the next time membrane separation.Most importantly,the 3D-GCM with the welding of laser scribing overcomes the lateral shear force damaging during the long-term separation.Moreover,the 3D-GCM could emit plentiful of hot electrons from AMNs under light irradiation,realizing the membrane catalytic hydrolysis reactions for hydrogen energy generation.This“green”precision manufacturing with laser scribing technology provides a feasible technology to fabricate high-efficient and robust 3D-GCM microreactor in the tricky wastewater purification and sustainable clean energy production as well.展开更多
MXene is a promising energy storage material for miniaturized microbatteries and microsupercapacitors(MSCs).Despite its superior electrochemical performance,only a few studies have reported MXene-based ultrahigh-rate(...MXene is a promising energy storage material for miniaturized microbatteries and microsupercapacitors(MSCs).Despite its superior electrochemical performance,only a few studies have reported MXene-based ultrahigh-rate(>1000 mV s^(−1))on-paper MSCs,mainly due to the reduced electrical conductance of MXene films deposited on paper.Herein,ultrahigh-rate metal-free on-paper MSCs based on heterogeneous MXene/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS)-stack electrodes are fabricated through the combination of direct ink writing and femtosecond laser scribing.With a footprint area of only 20 mm^(2),the on-paper MSCs exhibit excellent high-rate capacitive behavior with an areal capacitance of 5.7 mF cm^(−2)and long cycle life(>95%capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles)at a high scan rate of 1000 mV s^(−1),outperforming most of the present on-paper MSCs.Furthermore,the heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS electrodes can interconnect individual MSCs into metal-free on-paper MSC arrays,which can also be simultaneously charged/discharged at 1000 mV s^(−1),showing scalable capacitive performance.The heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS stacks are a promising electrode structure for on-paper MSCs to serve as ultrafast miniaturized energy storage components for emerging paper electronics.展开更多
A high-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL) side-pumped rod Nd:YAG laser with temperature adaptability are demonstrated. The VCSEL side-pumped laser module is designed and optimized....A high-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL) side-pumped rod Nd:YAG laser with temperature adaptability are demonstrated. The VCSEL side-pumped laser module is designed and optimized. Five VCSEL arrays are symmetrically located around the laser rod and a large size diffused reflection chamber is designed to ensure a uniform pump distribution. Furthermore, the absorbed pump power distribution of the rod is simulated to verify the uniformity of the pump absorption. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is performed in short linear cavity laser with single laser module. A continuous-wave output power of 658 W at 1064 nm is obtained, the corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency is 52.6%, and the power variations are ±0.7% over 400 s and ±3.1% over the temperature range from 16 ℃ to 26 ℃. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power and the highest optical-to-optical efficiency ever reported for VCSEL pumped solid-state lasers. By inserting a telescopic module into the cavity and optimizing the TEM_(00) mode volume, the average beam quality is measured to be M~2= 1.34 under an output power of 102 W. The experimental results reveal that such a high power rod laser module with temperature stability is appropriate for field applications.展开更多
High-throughput laser micro-machining demands precise control of the laser beam position to achieve optimal efficiency,but existing methods can be both time-consuming and cost-prohibitive.In this paper,we demonstrate ...High-throughput laser micro-machining demands precise control of the laser beam position to achieve optimal efficiency,but existing methods can be both time-consuming and cost-prohibitive.In this paper,we demonstrate a new high-throughput micromachining technique based on rapidly scanning the laser focal point along the optical axis using an acoustically driven variable focal length lens.Our results show that this scanning method enables higher machining rates over a range of defocus distances and that the effect becomes more significant as the laser energy is increased.In a specific example of silicon,we achieve a nearly threefold increase in the machining rate,while maintaining sharp side walls and a small spot size.This method has great potential for improving the micro-machining efficiency of conventional systems and also opens the door to applying laser machining to workpieces with uneven topography that have been traditionally difficult to process.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2013CBA01502the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11575011 and 11535001+1 种基金the National Grand Instrument Project under Grant No2012YQ030142the UK EPSRC under Grant Nos EP/G054950/1,EP/G056803/1,EP/G055165/1 and EP/M022463/1
文摘An improved indirect scheme for laser positron generation is proposed. The positron yields in high-ZZ metal targets irradiated by laser produced electrons from near-critical density plasmas and underdense plasma are investigated numerically. It is found that the positron yield is mainly affected by the number of electrons of energies up to several hundreds of MeV. Using near-critical density targets for electron acceleration, the number of high energy electrons can be increased dramatically. Through start-to-end simulations, it is shown that up to 6.78×10106.78×1010 positrons can be generated with state-of-the-art Joule-class femtosecond laser systems.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos 2014CB339803 and 2013CB632801the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61376051
文摘A high-power and high-effciency GaAs/A1GaAs-based terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser structure emitting at 3.3 THz is presented. The structure is based on a hybrid bound-to-continuum transition and resonant-phonon extraction active region combined with a semi-insulating surface-plasmon waveguide. By optimizing material structure and device processing, the peak optical output power of 758mW with a threshold current density of 120 A/cm2 and a wall-plug effciency of 0.92% at 10K and 404mW at 77K are obtained in pulsed operation. The maximum operating temperature is as high as llS K. In the cw mode, a record optical output power of 160roW with a threshold current density of 178A/cm2 and a wall-plug efficiency of 1.32% is achieved at 1OK.
基金the funding support of Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone(ZJ2019-ZD-005)the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11974247)the support of Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Incentive Programand and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021M692137)。
文摘Supercapacitors,with the merits of both capacitors for safe and fast charge and batteries for high energy storage have drawn tremendous attention.Recently,laser scribed graphene has been increasingly studied for supercapacitor applications due to its unique properties,such as flexible fabrication,large surface area and high electrical conductivity.With the laser direct writing process,graphene can be directly fabricated and patterned as the supercapacitor electrodes.In this review,facile laser direct writing methods for graphene were firstly summarized.Various precursors,mainly graphene oxide and polyimide were employed for laser scribed graphene and the modifications of graphene properties were also discussed.This laser scribed graphene was applied for electrochemical double-layer capacitors,pseudo-capacitors and hybrid supercapacitors.Diverse strategies including doping,composite materials and pattern design were utilized to enhance the electrochemical performances of supercapacitors.Featured supercapacitors with excellent flexible,ultrafinestructured and integrated functions were also reviewed.
基金supported by the National Scientific Foundation of China(No.61974050,61704061,51805184,61974049)Key Laboratory of Non-ferrous Metals and New Materials Processing Technology of Ministry of Education/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices open Fund(20KF-9)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(No.2018TP2003)Excellent youth project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education(No.18B111)State Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization(No.17KFXN02).The authors thank the technical support from Analytical and Testing Center at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
文摘Increasing both clean water and green energy demands for survival and development are the grand challenges of our age.Here,we successfully fabricate a novel multifunctional 3D graphene-based catalytic membrane(3D-GCM)with active metal nanoparticles(AMNs)loading for simultaneously obtaining the water purification and clean energy generation,via a“green”one-step laser scribing technology.The as-prepared 3D-GCM shows high porosity and uniform distribution with AMNs,which exhibits high permeated fluxes(over 100 L m^(−2) h^(−1))and versatile super-adsorption capacities for the removal of tricky organic pollutants from wastewater under ultra-low pressure-driving(0.1 bar).After adsorption saturating,the AMNs in 3D-GCM actuates the advanced oxidization process to self-clean the fouled membrane via the catalysis,and restores the adsorption capacity well for the next time membrane separation.Most importantly,the 3D-GCM with the welding of laser scribing overcomes the lateral shear force damaging during the long-term separation.Moreover,the 3D-GCM could emit plentiful of hot electrons from AMNs under light irradiation,realizing the membrane catalytic hydrolysis reactions for hydrogen energy generation.This“green”precision manufacturing with laser scribing technology provides a feasible technology to fabricate high-efficient and robust 3D-GCM microreactor in the tricky wastewater purification and sustainable clean energy production as well.
基金China Scholarship Council,Grant/Award Number:201906230359Vetenskapsrådet,Grant/Award Number:2019-04731+4 种基金HORIZON EUROPE Digital,Industry and Space,Grant/Award Number:101070255Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare,Grant/Award Number:2014/799Swedish National Infrastructure in Advanced Electron Microscopy,Grant/Award Numbers:2021-00171,RIF21-0026KTH Energy Platform,Grant/Award Number:HT2021Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research,Grant/Award Number:STP19-0014。
文摘MXene is a promising energy storage material for miniaturized microbatteries and microsupercapacitors(MSCs).Despite its superior electrochemical performance,only a few studies have reported MXene-based ultrahigh-rate(>1000 mV s^(−1))on-paper MSCs,mainly due to the reduced electrical conductance of MXene films deposited on paper.Herein,ultrahigh-rate metal-free on-paper MSCs based on heterogeneous MXene/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS)-stack electrodes are fabricated through the combination of direct ink writing and femtosecond laser scribing.With a footprint area of only 20 mm^(2),the on-paper MSCs exhibit excellent high-rate capacitive behavior with an areal capacitance of 5.7 mF cm^(−2)and long cycle life(>95%capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles)at a high scan rate of 1000 mV s^(−1),outperforming most of the present on-paper MSCs.Furthermore,the heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS electrodes can interconnect individual MSCs into metal-free on-paper MSC arrays,which can also be simultaneously charged/discharged at 1000 mV s^(−1),showing scalable capacitive performance.The heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS stacks are a promising electrode structure for on-paper MSCs to serve as ultrafast miniaturized energy storage components for emerging paper electronics.
文摘A high-efficiency and high-power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL) side-pumped rod Nd:YAG laser with temperature adaptability are demonstrated. The VCSEL side-pumped laser module is designed and optimized. Five VCSEL arrays are symmetrically located around the laser rod and a large size diffused reflection chamber is designed to ensure a uniform pump distribution. Furthermore, the absorbed pump power distribution of the rod is simulated to verify the uniformity of the pump absorption. Finally, a proof-of-principle experiment is performed in short linear cavity laser with single laser module. A continuous-wave output power of 658 W at 1064 nm is obtained, the corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency is 52.6%, and the power variations are ±0.7% over 400 s and ±3.1% over the temperature range from 16 ℃ to 26 ℃. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power and the highest optical-to-optical efficiency ever reported for VCSEL pumped solid-state lasers. By inserting a telescopic module into the cavity and optimizing the TEM_(00) mode volume, the average beam quality is measured to be M~2= 1.34 under an output power of 102 W. The experimental results reveal that such a high power rod laser module with temperature stability is appropriate for field applications.
基金support from the NSF(Grant No.CMMI-1235291)Taiwan Authority of Education.
文摘High-throughput laser micro-machining demands precise control of the laser beam position to achieve optimal efficiency,but existing methods can be both time-consuming and cost-prohibitive.In this paper,we demonstrate a new high-throughput micromachining technique based on rapidly scanning the laser focal point along the optical axis using an acoustically driven variable focal length lens.Our results show that this scanning method enables higher machining rates over a range of defocus distances and that the effect becomes more significant as the laser energy is increased.In a specific example of silicon,we achieve a nearly threefold increase in the machining rate,while maintaining sharp side walls and a small spot size.This method has great potential for improving the micro-machining efficiency of conventional systems and also opens the door to applying laser machining to workpieces with uneven topography that have been traditionally difficult to process.