{"title":"The role of windows in sonic boom indoor transmission","authors":"A.A. Valishina, L.R. Gareev, K.A. Zhidyaev, V.V. Vedeneev","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents the results of a numerical simulation of a sonic boom indoor transmission through a building window and its validation based on experimental data. To obtain validation data, we use field measurements of the sonic boom generated by a supersonic aircraft flying at cruising altitude. The sensitivity of the sonic boom transmission with respect to stiffness and damping in the window frame fastenings is studied. It is established that increasing any of these parameters effectively reduces the indoor sonic boom amplitude.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"238 ","pages":"Article 110746"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01230
T. V. Raziman, Anna Fischer, Riccardo Nori, Anthony Chan, Wai Kit Ng, Dhruv Saxena, Ortwin Hess, Korneel Molkens, Ivo Tanghe, Pieter Geiregat, Dries Van Thourhout, Mauricio Barahona, Riccardo Sapienza
{"title":"Single-Mode Emission by Phase-Delayed Coupling Between Nanolasers","authors":"T. V. Raziman, Anna Fischer, Riccardo Nori, Anthony Chan, Wai Kit Ng, Dhruv Saxena, Ortwin Hess, Korneel Molkens, Ivo Tanghe, Pieter Geiregat, Dries Van Thourhout, Mauricio Barahona, Riccardo Sapienza","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01230","url":null,"abstract":"Near-field coupling between nanolasers enables collective high-power lasing but leads to complex spectral reshaping and multimode operation, limiting the emission brightness, spatial coherence, and temporal stability. Many lasing architectures have been proposed to circumvent this limitation based on symmetries, topology, or interference. We show that a much simpler and robust method exploiting phase-delayed coupling, where light exchanged by the lasers carries a phase, can enable stable single-mode operation. Phase-delayed coupling changes the modal amplification: for pump powers close to the anyonic parity-time (PT) symmetric exceptional point, a high phase delay completely separates the mode thresholds, leading to single-mode operation. This is shown by stability analysis with nonlinear coupled mode theory and stochastic differential equations for two coupled nanolasers and confirmed by a realistic semianalytical treatment of a dimer of lasing nanospheres. Finally, we extend the mode control to large arrays of nanolasers featuring lowered thresholds and higher power. Our work promises a novel solution to engineer bright and stable single-mode lasing from nanolaser arrays with important applications in photonic chips for communication and LIDAR.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisca Aldape , Javier Flores-Maldonado , Javier Flores-Aldape , Olivia Rivera-Hernández
{"title":"Atmospheric pollution derived from PM2.5 particles produced in fireworks burning events in Mexico City","authors":"Francisca Aldape , Javier Flores-Maldonado , Javier Flores-Aldape , Olivia Rivera-Hernández","doi":"10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165699","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165699","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fireworks (FW) burnings have attracted the attention of the scientific community because of the potential risks they pose to the environment and human health. In the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) and in its surroundings, FW burnings are displayed during local celebrations, depositing large amounts of smoke and fine particles into the atmosphere. That is the case of Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations, when FW are sequentially displayed in many countries around the world according to their time zones, causing a global effect. In this study, PM<sub>2.5</sub> samples were collected simultaneously from seven strategic sampling sites in the MCMA during Christmas and New Year’s Eve from 2005 to 2010, when FW burning events occurred, and most of the mass concentrations exceeded by a factor of 2–3 times the Mexican Air Quality Standard (NOM) of 65 μg/m<sup>3</sup> in 24 h (value level at the time of sampling). A set of 77 samples were analyzed by Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) to determine their elemental concentrations. Fifteen elements (S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Br, Ba, Pb) were identified in the samples, six of them (Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Cu, Ba) with high concentrations in comparison to samples collected during normal days, when no pyrotechnics were displayed. Ba was found with very high concentrations during these events in comparison with ordinary days, when it barely reached its minimum detection limit. So, it was recognized as the best FW tracer for this study. Several pairs of elements showed good correlations in most of the years under study, which allowed us to infer the presence of some characteristic chemical compounds of the gunpowder used locally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19380,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms","volume":"564 ","pages":"Article 165699"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remarks on the (mathbb {Z}/p) Dijkgraaf-Witten Invariants of 3D Mapping Tori","authors":"William Chen, Alex Kontorovich, Shehryar Sikander","doi":"10.1007/s00220-025-05279-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00220-025-05279-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We make some remarks on the <span>(mathbb {Z}/p)</span> Dijkgraaf-Witten invariants of 3D mapping tori and determine the asymptotic behavior of their sum over all diffeomorphism classes of 3D mapping tori of genus one.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":522,"journal":{"name":"Communications in Mathematical Physics","volume":"406 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Broadband Quantum-Junction Photodiode Achieving Ultralow-Noise Light Sensing","authors":"Hao Li, Xiaochen Guo, Yinglin Wang, Chao Wang, Xintong Zhang, Yichun Liu","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202500342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202500342","url":null,"abstract":"Low-noise photodetectors hold immense promise for advancing weak-light sensing in cutting-edge applications such as health monitoring, intelligent driving, and military surveillance. Quantum-junction photodiode (QJPD), composed solely of light-absorbing quantum dots, are highly expected to overcome the noise limitation of conventional narrow-bandgap semiconductor photodetectors due to their inherent advantages of low hot carrier density as well as weak inter-dot electronic coupling. However, the targeted device engineering of QJPD remains a critical exploration area to fully unlock their low-noise potential. Here, a low-noise, broadband QJPD is proposed through the strategic incorporation of an ultrathin ALD SnO<sub>x</sub> layer. This SnO<sub>x</sub> modification efficiently suppresses the interfacial barrier, reduces the interface resistance and minimizes dark current of QJPDs. Consequently, SnO<sub>x</sub>-modified QJPDs achieve an ultralow noise current of 4.85 × 10<sup>−14</sup> A Hz⁻<sup>1/2</sup> and a specific detectivity exceeding 10<sup>12</sup> Jones across a broad spectral range (350−1050 nm), significantly outperforming unmodified QJPDs (≈10<sup>10</sup> Jones) and other n-i-p quantum dot photodetectors (≈10<sup>9</sup> Jones). SnO<sub>x</sub>-modified QJPDs enable high-accuracy blood oxygen saturation measurements using near-infrared light and real-time heartbeat monitoring under weak ambient light conditions. This work establishes a foundation for the development of low-noise QJPDs, underscoring their potential for weak-light detection in challenging environments with strong hindering and ambient light.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi-Chen Weng, Henry Nameirakpam, Edvin K. W. Andersson, Elin Cartwright, M. Venkata Kamalakar, Maria Hahlin, Andreas Lindblad
{"title":"Determination of inelastic mean free path for solid polymer electrolytes: PTMC:LiBOB and PCL:LiBOB","authors":"Yi-Chen Weng, Henry Nameirakpam, Edvin K. W. Andersson, Elin Cartwright, M. Venkata Kamalakar, Maria Hahlin, Andreas Lindblad","doi":"10.1063/5.0254600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0254600","url":null,"abstract":"X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) has been widely applied in the field of battery studies. However, the lack of knowledge regarding the inelastic mean free path (IMFP) for studied systems limits the interpretation of spectroscopic results. In this work, the IMFP of poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), and the solid polymer electrolytes consisting of lithium bis(oxalate)borate (LiBOB) together with PTMC or PCL has been determined using PES at a photoelectron kinetic energy of 8.7 keV. Additionally, the surface roughness of these films was investigated by atomic force microscopy and correlated with calculated IMFP values. Our studies reveal that the IMFP of solid polymer electrolytes is higher than that of pure polymers. The presented IMFPs provide references for future spectroscopic studies involving these materials.","PeriodicalId":8094,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics Letters","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nipeng Wang, Wenhai Zhou, Rui Liang, Rongli Jia, Bingxu Su, Tingliang Chen, Leiwen Yue, Jiafeng Cao
{"title":"Prediction and Application of Critical Current in 2G HTS Conductors Based on GA-BP Algorithm","authors":"Nipeng Wang, Wenhai Zhou, Rui Liang, Rongli Jia, Bingxu Su, Tingliang Chen, Leiwen Yue, Jiafeng Cao","doi":"10.1007/s10948-025-06975-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10948-025-06975-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Critical current, as a key parameter distinguishing superconductors from ordinary conductors, determines the stability of superconducting devices and systems during operation. To accurately assess the critical performance of superconductors, a genetic algorithm (GA)–optimized back-propagation (BP) neural network model is introduced and used in this paper to predict the critical currents of second-generation high-temperature superconductors (2G HTS). Firstly, a staged optimization is carried out for the neural network structure and hyper-parameters, and the GA-BP model is established by constructing different fitness functions. Next, the prediction accuracy and generalization ability of the GA-BP model are validated by comparing the relative errors between the predicted values from two models in the 180° to 240° anti-angle region. Eventually, the critical current at a specific temperature is predicted by the GA-BP model, and the corresponding <i>J</i><sub><i>c</i>0</sub> is calculated for the finite element calculation of superconducting strips. The calculation results show that the relative error between the maximum current density obtained based on the predicted <i>J</i><sub><i>c</i>0</sub> and the experimental <i>J</i><sub><i>c</i>0</sub> is only 0.907%, indicating that the model can be used to accurately determine the operating state of the superconducting equipment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism","volume":"38 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultra-broadband incoherent sources based on laser-sustained plasma","authors":"He Hu , Shichao Yang , Zhaojiang Shi , Xia Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.113098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.113098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Laser-sustained plasma (LSP) featured by intense radiation in the ultra-broadband spectral range from vacuum ultraviolet to mid infrared, has attracted general interest in high resolution imaging, spectroscopy, and precision inspection. As high power fiber lasers have advanced in recent years, LSP-based techniques for broadband incoherent sources have emerged. However, despite numerous research efforts over the decades, there is still a lack of a comprehensive review of the influence of both gas parameters and laser parameters on LSP and their underlying mechanism. In this review, we summarized the state-of-the-art research results based on LSP techniques. Starting from the physical processes of absorption and radiation, key characteristics of LSP have been analyzed by considering critical parameters including plasma density, laser absorption coefficient and radiation coefficient. Subsequently, the effect of laser parameters on LSP characteristics and the possible mechanism are analyzed in detail. Moreover, the optical diagnostics methodologies of these parameters are compared and evaluated. Essential applications of LSP technology as a light source, in material processing and laser propulsion are summarized. Finally, we discuss the existing problems, possible solutions and future research outlook of LSP technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19511,"journal":{"name":"Optics and Laser Technology","volume":"189 ","pages":"Article 113098"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does the Meissner effect require radial charge flow?","authors":"J.E. Hirsch","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2025.1354724","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2025.1354724","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The conventional theory of superconductivity is believed to account for the Meissner effect without radial charge flow. Instead, we have argued in earlier work that the Meissner effect is impossible in the absence of radial flow of charge because of Alfven’s theorem. Here I discuss different sample geometries that could help to determine experimentally whether or not radial charge flow is necessary for superconductors to expel magnetic fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"633 ","pages":"Article 1354724"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Zhou, Renwei Zou, Junjie Zhan, Yubo Wang, Daoxin Dai, Pankaj K. Choudhury, Andrew Forbes, Yungui Ma
{"title":"Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum on Dislocated Bilayer Metal Gratings for Spatiotemporal Vortex Pulse Generation (Laser Photonics Rev. 19(9)/2025)","authors":"Yi Zhou, Renwei Zou, Junjie Zhan, Yubo Wang, Daoxin Dai, Pankaj K. Choudhury, Andrew Forbes, Yungui Ma","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202570034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202570034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Spatiotemporal Vortex Pulses</b></p><p>The cover image illustrates the research findings of Yungui Ma and co-workers. In article 2401391, they present an ultra-compact metasurface approach for the efficient generation of spatiotemporal vortex pulses (STVPs) by using quasi-bound states in the continuum. By slightly dislocating two sublayer gratings, incoming waves are converted into unidirectional surface modes, yielding high-fidelity STVPs, thus paving the way for future ultra-compact STVP multiplexing devices.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"19 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lpor.202570034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}