Effect of Cr doping on secondary phases and electrical properties of zinc oxide ceramic thick film varistors

In order to get high-performance low voltage varistors,Cr2O3 doped ZnO ceramic thick films were fabricated by modified sol-gel process. The precursors were fabricated by dispersing doped-ZnO ceramic nano-powders in the sols,which were prepared by dissolving zinc acetate dihydrate into 2-methoxyethanol and stabilized by diethanolamine and glacial acetic acid and doped with a concentrated solution of bismuth nitrate,phenylstibonic acid,cobalt nitrate,manganese acetate and chromium nitrate. The results show that ZnCr2O4 phase can form in ZnO based ceramic films doped 1.0%(mole fraction) Cr2O3. Three secondary phases,such as Bi2O3,Zn7Sb2O12,and ZnCr2O4 phases,are detected in the thick films. The Raman spectra show that the intensity and the position of Raman bands of Zn7Sb2O12 and ZnCr2O4 phases change obviously with increasing Cr2O3 doping. The nonlinearity coefficient α of ZnO thick films is 7.0,the nonlinear voltage is 6 V,and the leakage current density is 0.7 μA/mm2.

Spoof surface plasmons resonance effect and tunable electric response of improved metamaterial in the terahertz regime

We propose an improved design and numerical study of an optimized tunable plasmonics artificial material resonator in the terahertz regime. We demonstrate that tunability can be realized with a transmission intensity as much as - 61% in the lower frequency resonance, which is implemented through the effect of photoconductive switching under photoexcitation.In the higher frequency resonance, we show that spoof surface plasmons along the interface of metal/dielectric provide new types of electromagnetic resonances. Our approach opens up possibilities for the interface of metamaterial and plasmonics to be applied to optically tunable THz switching.

Electromagnetic scattering of the carbon nanotubes excited by an electric line source

An analytical solution is presented for the electromagnetic scattering from an infinite-length metallic carbon nanotube and a carbon nanotube bundle. The scattering field and scattering cross section are predicted using a modal technique based on a Bessel and Hankel function for the electric line source and a quantum conductance function for the carbon nanotube. For the particular case of an isolated armchair （10, 10） carbon nanotube, the scattered field predicted from this technique is in excellent agreement with the measured result. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that the scattering pattern of an isolated carbon nanotube differs from that of the carbon nanotube bundle of identical index （m, n） metallic carbon nanotubes.

Terahertz radiation from armchair carbon nanotube dipole antenna

This paper investigates the electromagnetic radiation characteristics of a metallic, large aspect ratio single walled carbon nanotube antenna in the terahertz frequency region below 12.5 THz. The key features of terahertz pulse have been revealed on the carbon nanotube antenna in comparison with conventional photoconductive switching. The terahertz waveforms, radiation power and their field distributions have been evaluated and are analysed. The Fourier transformed spectra over the whole frequency range demonstrate that the carbon nanotube antenna can be used as radiation source for broadband terahertz applications.

Properties of terahertz wave generated by the metallic carbon nanotube antenna

The properties of terahertz （THz） radiation pulses emitted by a metallic, large aspect ratio carbon nanotube antenna have been studied both in the THz waveforms and field distribution. The peak THz field up to 2.66 and 1.26 kV/cm are observed at the probe points. The proposed antenna is designed to operate for dual frequency applications from 2.36 to 2.58 THz and from 7.27 to 7.5 THz for less than -10 dB return loss.