{"title":"Low-Frequency Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Based On Intra-Cavity Nonlinear Mixing","authors":"K. Fujita","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717855","url":null,"abstract":"Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intracavity difference frequency generation are currently the only electrically-pumped monolithic semiconductor light sources operating at room temperature in the 1–6 THz spectral range. These devices demonstrated drastic improvements in performance in the past several years. Recent efforts in the wavefunction engineering using an active region design based on a dual-upper-state concept led to a significant enhancement of the optical nonlinearity of the active region for efficient terahertz generation.1 Our terahertz quantum cascade laser sources packaged in butterfly modules exhibit the power of >0.3 mW, with octave spanning comb-like terahertz emission spectra. In this presentation, we discuss low frequency generation from terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity nonlinear frequency mixing. In order to obtain higher nonlinear susceptibility in low frequency region, we design a long wavelength dual-upper-state active region in which transition dipole moments are increased.2 A fabricated device with distributed feedback grating demonstrates a THz peak output power of $40 mu mathrm{W}$ at room temperature, with multi-mode THz emission at a frequency of 1.4 THz. Besides, a device produces THz output power of $> 250 mu mathrm{W}$ at 110 K, which is higher output power, compared to low-frequency (1.2-1.6 THz) THz-QCLs at liquid helium temperature (10 K). Furthermore, we have recently expanded their operation frequency ranges to sub-THz. This is the lowest frequency (longest wavelength) electrically pumped monolithic semiconductor laser source.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131686744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Rososhek, S. Efimov, A. Virozub, D. Maler, Y. Krasik
{"title":"Enhanced Convergence of a Cylindrical Shockwave","authors":"A. Rososhek, S. Efimov, A. Virozub, D. Maler, Y. Krasik","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717716","url":null,"abstract":"The observation and analysis of shockwaves generated by the electrical explosion of cylindrical wire arrays made of either copper or aluminum wires in water and water-peroxide solutions are reported. Experiments were carried out using a us-timescale/sub-µs-timescale generators delivering ∼370/520 kA pulse with $1.2/0.33 mu mathrm{s}$ rise-time at ∼ 10/17 nH inductive load. In the experiments, almost critically damped or fast decayed under-damped discharges were tested for wire explosions by changing the wire's diameter and keeping the wire's length constant.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132256882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Bhuyan, M. Escalona, S. Ibacache, M. J. Retamal, J. Valenzuela, F. Veloso, M. Favre, E. Wyndham, P. Saikia, C. Borgohain
{"title":"Study on the Dual RF Plasma Enhanced Pulsed Laser Deposition of Titanium Nitride Thin Film","authors":"H. Bhuyan, M. Escalona, S. Ibacache, M. J. Retamal, J. Valenzuela, F. Veloso, M. Favre, E. Wyndham, P. Saikia, C. Borgohain","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717829","url":null,"abstract":"Physics and application of a dual radio frequency plasma enhanced pulsed laser deposition (RFPE-PLD) system will be presented. Titanium nitride (TiN) thin films are prepared using the RFPE-PLD system at different experimental conditions to investigate the effect of the background dual RF plasma during PLD deposition. The feasibility of obtaining control over the thin film characteristics at different experimental conditions including surface topography, nitrogen concentration and the deposition rate will be discussed. In order to investigate the correlation between the deposited film properties and the plasma parameters, the electron density and plasma temperature are estimated by using an RF compensated Langmuir probe.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134298666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Measurement of Permittivity Using TE01 Mode in a Cylindrical Waveguide Beyond 300GHz Frquency Band","authors":"Hong Eun Choi, E. Choi","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717774","url":null,"abstract":"As the use of Terahertz (THz) frequency band in various research area such as natural science, material science, and communications system increases, the material permittivity which is one of important properties of material in high-frequency region becomes essential. However, accurate complex permittivity measurement in the frequency band beyond 100GHz is very difficult, therefore, references of permittivity data of materials are still lacking.1 One of the measurement methods in low-frequency uses a fundamental TE10 mode in the rectangular waveguide. However, it cannot be used in high frequency region because the dimension of experimental setup becomes diminishing, therefore, the air gap effect which causes disruption of resonance peaks grows bigger. In comparison to the TE10 mode, the TE01 mode has proven to provide very accurate measurement due to its low fields at surface of waveguide.2 Furthermore, the measurement using the TE01. mode is also easier from sample size limitation. In this paper, we present the extended research on the permittivity measurement by using the TE01 mode in the frequency beyond 300GHz from our previous work in W-band. Detail study will be performed with various samples for demonstrating the reliability of the TE01. mode measurement in THz frequency region.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"167 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132066866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Atmospheric Pressure Air DBD Plasma on Physio-Chemical and Microbial Parameters of Groundwater and its Use in Agriculture","authors":"R. P. Guragain, B. Pandey, D. Subedi","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717467","url":null,"abstract":"Cold atmospheric pressure plasma generated at atmospheric air produces high energetic electrons, ions, UV radiations, reactive oxygen, and nitrogen species (RONS) which has a wide range of applications in biomedicine, agriculture, textiles, water treatment, etc. Recently, many research has been carried out on ozonation through DBD plasma in water treatment. However, direct plasma treatment on water hasn't been extensively studied yet. In this study, the change in physical, chemical and biological parameters by the means of direct DBD plasma activation was examined. The significant reduction in the concentration of biological parameters such as total coliform and E. coli with increasing treatment time was found. Besides that, DBD plasma also lowered down the concentration of physical parameters such as pH, turbidity, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, and increases electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen. In addition, the significant drop in the concentration of chemical parameters such as chromium, manganese, sodium, phosphorus, and calcium was found along with the reduction in heavy metals concentration such as iron, cadmium, lead, and zinc. However, the concentration of nitrite, nitrate, and sulfur augmented gradually. Soaking seeds in plasma activated water (PAW) not only serves as an anti-bacterial but also enhanced the seed germination and plant growth. In case of radish, the action of PAW contributed to the early seed germination, improved content of photosynthetic pigments in the leaves, plants growth, insect control and soil remediation, which altogether contributed towards an increased food production as compared to normal water. The increase in the nitrate and nitrite ions in PAW could be the main reason for the increase in plant growth.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132137807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Understanding of How Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treat Cancer","authors":"M. Keidar, D. Yan, J. Sherman","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717828","url":null,"abstract":"The chemical factors such as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) generated by cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) have been regarded as the main factors to cause cellular changes and cell death. These factors work mainly through apoptosis pathway during the CAP treatment in vitro and in vivo. Utilising new treatment approach that eliminate RONS, we observed the strong killing effect on melanoma and glioblastoma cells by the physical mechanisms. Such CAP treatment causes a novel cell death on the cancer cells. This new model of cell death is characterized by the leaking of bulk water from distinct points on the cellular membrane with the subsequent shrinkage of the cytoplasm. This discovery builds a foundation to use the CAP as an anti-cancer tool independent of the reactive species. Such a new observation may also have wide applications in other branches of medicine.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"282 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131769374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guofeng Yin, Yunfei Fan, H. Shi, Jian Wu, Xingwen Li, A. Qiu
{"title":"Effects of Circuit Inductance on Electrical and Shock Wave Characteristics During Underwater Copper wire Explosion","authors":"Guofeng Yin, Yunfei Fan, H. Shi, Jian Wu, Xingwen Li, A. Qiu","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717579","url":null,"abstract":"Circuit inductance is an important parameter at underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE) which is closely related to the energy deposition rate to the load wire. In this work, the circuit inductance was varied within a wide range from 1.55 $Boxmathrm{H}$ to 93.2 $Boxmathrm{H}$ by inserting inductive coils to study its effects on electrical and shock wave (SW) characteristics. Experimental results showed that SW peak pressure several-emaway from the wire is not sensitive to the increase of circuit inductance when properly choosing the diameter of load wire: the SW peak pressure obtained with varied diameter (with constant energy storage and wire length) only showed a decrease of 30% as the circuit inductance increased by 60 times from 1.55 $Boxmathrm{H}$ (0.3 mm diameter, 19 MPa) to 93.2 $Boxmathrm{H}$ (0.2 mm diameter, 13 MPa). Hydrodynamic calculations based on a coupled model were used to explain the experimental results. These results indicated that for a practical UEWE system, long cable can be used to transfer the pulse current so that the energy storage can be far away from the load while keeping an acceptable loss of the capability of generating strong SWs, which greatly improves the flexibility of system designing for example by enabling much larger energy storage for certain harsh working environments.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117200508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis Of Experimental Multipactor Observation Signals Using Spark3D Software","authors":"T. Sugai, Z. Shaw, J. Dickens, A. Neuber","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717525","url":null,"abstract":"Multipactor is a resonant nonlinear electron multiplication effect that may occur in high power microwave devices at very low pressures, such as those operating in particle accelerators and satellite subsystems. Its effects range from signal degradation to the damage and destruction of microwave components. Thus, multipactor physics has been studied through theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experiment. Previously, we developed a direct electron observation system using an Electron Multiplier Tube (EMT) and succeeded to directly detect multipactoring electrons in the center of the broadwall of rectangular waveguides 1, 2. Here, we provide a method for evaluating the electric charge density and secondary emission yield (SEY) in waveguides. The experimentally obtained EMT signal is analyzed with the extensive usage of the numerical simulation software Spark3D. The software was utilized to analyze multipactor onset in waveguide structures, where the electric field distribution without multipactor was carefully simulated, employing high-frequency solvers. The EMT signal and the charge density were simulated for the same conditions as the experiment. As a result, a calibration line indicating the proportional relation between the EMT voltage and the charge density, which is independent of some conditions, i.e., input power and gap size, was obtained. Further, after adjusting the SEY curve imported to Spark3D, the rising shape of the experimental EMT signal pulses fit with the simulated one, and the experimental threshold power for the EMT signal generation was consistent with the simulated multipactor threshold power. Since the simulation matches the experiment in threshold power and signal shape, one expects that the charge density and SEY curve deduced from the simulation are accurate.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117242520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Jain, M. Recchia, E. Gaio, A. Maistrello, G. Serianni, B. Zaniol
{"title":"Estimation of Plasma Electron Density Inside the Radio Frequency Inductively Coupled Driver of Spider","authors":"P. Jain, M. Recchia, E. Gaio, A. Maistrello, G. Serianni, B. Zaniol","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717701","url":null,"abstract":"SPIDER radio-frequency (RF) inductively coupled ion source is a full-size prototype of ITER Heating Neutral Beam Injector ion source, equipped with 100 keV accelerator system for the particles. It is in operation since June 2018 in the premises of Neutral Beam Test Facility located in Padova, Italy. The ion source includes a plasma source where plasma is generated and heated by 8 RF drivers operating with Hydrogen/Deuterium at a gas pressure of ∼ 0.3 Pa and maximum RF power of 100 kW per driver at 1 MHz frequency. There are 4 RF circuits present in SPIDER, each comprises of a RF oscillator and a RF load. The RF load is defined by a transmission line: a capacitor-based matching network and two driver coils connected in series.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120948330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Bland, S. Theocharous, D. Yanuka, A. Rososhek, S. Efimov, Y. Krasik, M. Olbinado, A. Rack
{"title":"Pulsed Power Driven Underwater Wire Array Explosions and Their Use to Propel High Speed Flyer Plates","authors":"S. Bland, S. Theocharous, D. Yanuka, A. Rososhek, S. Efimov, Y. Krasik, M. Olbinado, A. Rack","doi":"10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS37625.2020.9717648","url":null,"abstract":"The pulsed power driven explosion of underwater wires arrays is a highly efficient method to produce well controlled, easily shaped shockwaves. Several studies have demonstrated that both cylindrically and spherically convergent shockwaves can be launched into the water surrounding the wires, and on axis these shockwaves are calculated to produce multi-Mbar pressures, and ionization fractions >0.5, ideal for studies of Warm Dense Matter.","PeriodicalId":122132,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115600923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}