A flexible ultra-broadband multi-layered absorber working at 2 GHz-40 GHz printed by resistive ink

A flexible extra broadband metamaterial absorber(MMA)stacked with five layers working at 2 GHz–40 GHz is investigated.Each layer is composed of polyvinyl chloride(PVC),polyimide(PI),and a frequency selective surface(FSS),which is printed on PI using conductive ink.To investigate this absorber,both one-dimensional analogous circuit analysis and three-dimensional full-wave simulation based on a physical model are provided.Various crucial electromagnetic properties,such as absorption,effective impedance,complex permittivity and permeability,electric current distribution and magnetic field distribution at resonant peak points,are studied in detail.Analysis shows that the working frequency of this absorber covers entire S,C,X,Ku,K and Ka bands with a minimum thickness of 0.098λ_(max)(λ_(max) is the maximum wavelength in the absorption band),and the fractional bandwidth(FBW)reaches 181.1%.Moreover,the reflection coefficient is less than-10 dB at 1.998 GHz–40.056 GHz at normal incidence,and the absorptivity of the plane wave is greater than 80%when the incident angle is smaller than 50°.Furthermore,the proposed absorber is experimentally validated,and the experimental results show good agreement with the simulation results,which demonstrates the potential applicability of this absorber at 2 GHz–40 GHz.

Effect of Spectral Power Distribution on the Resolution Enhancement in Surface Plasmon Resonance

For wavelength interrogation based surface plasmon resonance （SPR） sensors, refractive index （RI） resolution is an important parameter to evaluate the performance of the system. In this paper, we explore the influence of spectral power distribution on the refractive index （RI） resolution of the SPR system by simulating the reflectivity curve corresponding to different incident angles of the classical Kretschmann structure and several different spectral power distribution curves. A wavelength interrogation based SPR system is built, and commercial micro-spectrometers （USB2000 and USB4000） are used as the detection components, respectively. The RI resolutions of the SPR system in these two cases are measured, respectively. Both theoretical and experimental results show that the spectral power distribution has a significant effect on the RI resolution of the SPR system.

Effects of transparent MPTMS/Ag/MoO_3 structure as anode on the performance of green organic light-emitting diodes

A transparent 3-mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane(MPTMS)/Ag/MoO3 composite anode is introduced to fabricate green organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs). Effects of the composite anode on brightness and operating voltage of OLEDs are researched. By optimizing the thickness of each layer of the MPTMS/Ag/MoO3 structure, the transmittance of MPTMS/Ag(8 nm)/Mo O3(30 nm) reaches over 75% at about 520 nm. The sheet resistance is 3.78 ?/□, corresponding to this MPTMS/Ag(8 nm)/MoO3(30 nm) structure. For the OLEDs with the optimized anode, the maximum electroluminescence(EL) current efficiency reaches 4.5 cd/A, and the maximum brightness is 37 036 cd/m2. Moreover, the OLEDs with the optimized anode exhibit a very low operating voltage(2.6 V) for obtaining brightness of 100 cd/m2. We consider that the improved device performance is mainly attributed to the enhanced hole injection resulting from the reduced hole injection barrier height. Our results indicate that employing the MPTMS/Ag/MoO3 as a composite anode can be a simple and promising technique in the fabrication of low-operating voltage and high-brightness OLEDs.

Serrated periodic electrode for high energy efficiency and large bandwidth acousto-optic modulators

In an acousto-optic modulator,the electrode shape plays an important role in performance,since it affects the distribution of the acoustic field.The acousto-optic modulator based on the conventional rectangular electrode has the problems of low energy efficiency and small modulation bandwidth due to an imperfect acoustic field.In this paper,a new serrated periodic electrode has been proposed for using acousto-optic modulator transducers.The proposed electrode has the following advantages.By using serrated periodic electrodes to suppress the sidelobes,the collimation of the acoustic field in the direction perpendicular to the light incidence is improved.This makes the acousto-optic modulator have a stable diffraction efficiency fluctuation and high energy efficiency.In addition,the electrode has a large divergence angle in the direction of light incidence,so a large bandwidth can be obtained.The simulations and experiments demonstrate that the serrated periodic electrode has an increased bandwidth and high energy efficiency.

Improved Baseline Correction Method Based on Polynomial Fitting for Raman Spectroscopy

Raman spectrum, as a kind of scattering spectrum, has been widely used in many fields because it can characterize the special properties of materials. However, Raman signal is so weak that the noise distorts the real signals seriously. Polynomial fitting has been proved to be the most convenient and simplest method for baseline correction. It is hard to choose the order of polynomial because it may be so high that Runge phenomenon appears or so low that inaccuracy fitting happens. This paper proposes an improved approach for baseline correction, namely the piecewise polynomial fitting （PPF）. The spectral data are segmented, and then the proper orders are fitted, respectively. The iterative optimization method is used to eliminate discontinuities between piecewise points. The experimental results demonstrate that this approach improves the fitting accuracy.

Transparent conductive PVP/AgNWs films for flexible organic light emitting diodes by spraying method

In this study, a simple spraying method is used to prepare the transparent conductive films （TCFs） based on Ag nanowires （AgNWs）. Polyvinylpyrrolidone （PVP） is introduced to modify the interface of substrate. The transmittance and bending performance are improved by optimizing the number of spraying times and the solution concentration and controlling the annealing time. The spraying times of 20, the concentration of 2 mg/mL and the annealing time of 10 min are chosen to fabricate the PVP/AgNWs films. The transmittance of PVP/AgNWs films is 53.4%----67.9% at 380---780 nm, and the sheet resistance is 30 f~/n which is equivalent to that of commercial indium tin oxide （1TO）. During cyclic bending tests to 500 cycles with bending radius of 5 ram, the changes of resistivity are negligible. The performance of PVP/AgNW transparent electrodes has little change after being exposed to the normal environment for 1 000 h. The adhesion to polymeric substrate and the ability to endure bending stress in AgNWs network films are both significantly improved by introducing PVP. Spraying method makes AgNWs form a stratified structure on large-area polymer substrates, and the vacuum annealing method is used to weld the AgNWs together at junctions and substrates, which can improve the electrical conductivity. The experimental results indicate that PVP/AgNW transpar- ent electrodes can be used as transparent conductive electrodes in flexible organic light emitting diodes （OLEDs）.