{"title":"Development of pulse-type skin friction balance use in shock tunnel.","authors":"Penghao Zhang, Yue Wang, Yunpeng Wang","doi":"10.1063/5.0246911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The wall shear stress significantly affects the aerodynamic characteristics and flight safety of hypersonic aircraft. More accurate and reliable diagnostic instruments are required to fully understand and optimize the distribution of wall shear stress in hypersonic high-enthalpy flow. Two types of assembled and integrated skin friction balances for high-enthalpy impulse facilities were developed. The integrated balance was processed using additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing. The static calibration uncertainty of the two types of skin friction balances is lower than 0.2% FS at 95% confidence. The first-order vibration frequency is about 50 Hz. The applicability and reliability of the developed skin friction balance were verified in the JF-12 shock tunnel built by the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A series of wall shear measurement tests for flat-plate boundary layers were carried out, in a freestream with a nominal Mach number of 7 and a unit Reynolds number of about 106. The wall shear results were in good agreement with the numerical simulation and empirical formula results. The minimum deviation can reach 3.67% of the measured value, which verifies the applicability and reliability of the two types of skin friction balances for accurate wall shear stress in high-enthalpy pulse flow, especially providing experimental support for the feasibility of the additive-manufactured balance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P J Ritter, M-A Tucholke, M Neumann, J F Mumme, A Meyer, R Roederer, Z Guo, A Pawlak, V Issakov, M Schilling, B Hampel
{"title":"Measurement setup for the characterization of integrated semiconductor circuits at cryogenic temperatures.","authors":"P J Ritter, M-A Tucholke, M Neumann, J F Mumme, A Meyer, R Roederer, Z Guo, A Pawlak, V Issakov, M Schilling, B Hampel","doi":"10.1063/5.0245525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0245525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Integrated semiconductor circuits operating at cryogenic temperatures can play a crucial role in scaling quantum computing architectures based on trapped-ion and superconducting qubits. Other technologies, such as low-temperature detectors, can also benefit significantly from these circuits. These applications demand high-frequency, cryogenic temperature measurement systems for the thorough characterization of semiconductor components and circuits. This work presents a customizable, high-frequency, fast, and reliable cryogenic measurement setup for measurement temperatures ranging from room temperature to 4.2 K. It features up to two dc probes or two ground-signal-ground probes for frequencies of up to 67 GHz, which can be configured in a 180° or 90° configuration. In addition, up to 48 BeCu wires configured as twisted pairs provide supply and control signals. Furthermore, up to four rf connections can be mounted directly to a printed circuit board. The setup features an optical microscope in the vacuum chamber to position the probes, which is further utilized by a machine vision algorithm, allowing the detection of pads and automatic positioning of the probes over the pads. The hardware is located in a 550 × 500 × 500 mm3 large vacuum chamber with two independent pulse tube cryocoolers with cooling powers of up to 0.9 and 0.4 W at 4.2 K. Exemplary room temperature and cryogenic S-parameter, transient frequency (fT), time-domain, capacitance-voltage, and dc measurements of single transistors and integrated circuits fabricated by Infineon are presented, demonstrating the system's measurement capability for quantum computing and other applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of collimator thickness on the imaging performance of coded-aperture gamma camera.","authors":"Donghai Fan, Tingting Tan, Gangqiang Zha","doi":"10.1063/5.0239695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The coded-aperture gamma camera has significant applications in the fields of space exploration, nuclear security, nuclear industry, and nuclear medicine. The coded-aperture collimator is a key component for modulating gamma rays, and its parameters are important factors to optimize the performance of gamma cameras. In this paper, the impact of collimator thickness on the fully coded field of view and angular resolution was determined through Monte Carlo simulation and experimental verification. By introducing the equivalent thickness, the conventional calculation formulas were modified to improve the calculation accuracy. In addition, the variation in the reconstructed image quality with the collimator thickness was quantitatively evaluated by the contrast-to-noise ratio and normalized mean squared error, thereby establishing the relationship between the gamma-ray transmittance and the imaging quality. The results indicate that for medium- and high-energy gamma rays, the optimal imaging quality is achieved when the gamma-ray transmittance corresponding to collimator thicknesses ranges from 12% to 16%. These research findings provide reference standards for the design of coded-aperture collimators to meet the requirements of different applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P J Adrian, M Gatu Johnson, N Kabadi, C K Li, R D Petrasso, F H Séguin, G D Sutcliffe, J A Frenje
{"title":"A compact x-ray spectrometer for measurements of electron temperature distributions in inertial confinement fusion implosions at OMEGA.","authors":"P J Adrian, M Gatu Johnson, N Kabadi, C K Li, R D Petrasso, F H Séguin, G D Sutcliffe, J A Frenje","doi":"10.1063/5.0233330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0233330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Wedge Range Filter (WRF), commonly used for proton spectroscopy at the OMEGA Laser Facility and National Ignition Facility, is adapted to measure the x-ray continuum spectrum through transmission measurement using a continuous-gradient filter. Continuum x rays emitted from the hotspot of an implosion contain information about the plasma composition and electron temperature. The WRF data are leveraged to probe this distribution, specifically the electron temperature distribution. In this work, the data recorded with the WRF are forward modeled using a temperature distribution model folded with the WRF response function. An uncertainty analysis is conducted through a Bayesian regression algorithm using a Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampler. This analysis enables the uncertainties in the instrument response to be folded into the uncertainty estimation of the electron temperature and absolute x-ray emission. Data analysis for a series of OMEGA implosions is presented and compared with radiation hydrodynamic simulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143773188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A disposable frame in a multianvil 6-6 assembly for a cubic-type multianvil press.","authors":"Kazuhiro Fuchizaki, Tomoyuki Wada, Hiroki Naruta, Katsumi Nakamura, Masamichi Tanaka, Akio Suzuki","doi":"10.1063/5.0240279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0240279","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have recently developed a unique frame for high-pressure experiments using a multianvil press in a 6-6 compression assembly. This provides breakthrough efficiency (a 90% reduction in time) when setting up (or exchanging) a sample. Such improvement is of critical importance when using joint-research facilities, such as a synchrotron radiation facility, where machine time is severely limited. The critical ingredient of the assembly was a plastic frame employed as a substitute for a previously used metallic frame. However, unlike a metallic frame, a plastic frame was found to deteriorate and be not reusable after a blowout. This situation led us to develop an inexpensive frame (a 40% reduction in cost) suitable for experiments, in which a blowout finish may be anticipated. We propose the adoption of both the previous and the newly developed frames as the situation demands.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144010009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a photoelectric hybrid phase reference line system for super tau-charm facility-beam test platform.","authors":"Hongjin Wang, Ziyu Xiong, Chunjie Xie, Tengjun Guo, Jian Pang, Lin Wang, Zeran Zhou","doi":"10.1063/5.0255739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Super Tau-Charm Facility-Beam Test Platform (STCF-BTP) is a platform developed to validate and optimize the design and feasibility of the Super Tau-Charm Facility. It requires precise synchronization of accelerating fields to achieve the desired high beam luminosity. We propose a novel phase reference line system that incorporates a phase reference distribution system based on a photoelectric hybrid approach and a control measurement system leveraging low-level radio-frequency systems. In the distribution system, phase-compensated signals are transmitted through optical fibers for drift stability, while low-noise microwave signals are delivered via coaxial cables. The receiver modules perform phase calibration between these dual paths to output optimized reference signals. Laboratory tests over a 50-m transmission path demonstrated that the system achieves <15 fs additional jitter (10 Hz to 10 MHz) and maintains phase drift of below 20 fs RMS over 24 h across all receivers, meeting stringent requirements of the STCF-BTP. This hybrid approach offers a robust solution for precise phase reference distribution in accelerator facilities requiring femtosecond-level synchronization across multiple stations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144044798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanyuan Wei, Haitao Chen, Xianchu Li, Zhuofei Wang, Tao Song
{"title":"A magneto-optical microscopic control system for analysis of magnetotaxis and phototaxis sensing in magnetotactic bacteria.","authors":"Yuanyuan Wei, Haitao Chen, Xianchu Li, Zhuofei Wang, Tao Song","doi":"10.1063/5.0254144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0254144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A magneto-optical microscopic control system (MO-MCS) was developed for analyzing the magnetotaxis and phototaxis sensing in magnetotactic bacteria (MTB). The system includes a microscopic image acquisition device, a planar magnetic field generator, a multi-wavelength illumination device, and a host computer control system. The MO-MCS can accurately adjust parameters such as the magnetic field intensity, direction, and the duration and intensity of illumination. Using the system, we analyzed the motion characteristics of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 wild-type and corresponding mutant strains under various illumination conditions when the magnetic field was reversed. The experiments indicated that the photoreceptor protein Amb2291 and the magnetosensitive protein Amb0994 play complementary roles in the motion behavior of bacteria in response to magnetic field changes under blue light. The MO-MCS provides a valuable tool for investigating the response mechanisms of micro-organisms to environmental physical factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143995756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of copper former on the DC and AC transmission losses for conductor on round core cables.","authors":"Liangyu Wei, Jun Zhou, Cong Liu","doi":"10.1063/5.0249732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0249732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conductor on round core (CORC) cables have become one of the most promising superconducting cables for power applications. AC loss is a crucial parameter in determining cryogenic maintenance costs. In this work, CORC cable models were built, and the effects of copper formers with different wall thicknesses on the critical current measurements and AC transition loss were studied. It was found that the voltage on the copper former emerged when the total applied currents were below the critical current, Ic, of the cable sample, causing a DC loss as high as 3.3 mW/cm within the former for the original cable samples. An improved approach by secondary soldering is proposed to eliminate voltage in the copper former for the reason that the secondary-soldering reduced contact resistance, thereby facilitating the current transfer from the former to CCs. AC loss of copper formers shows highly frequency dependent behavior with increased wall thickness because of the skin effect. Experimental results demonstrate that the AC losses of CORC cable samples with copper formers of different wall thicknesses are all frequency dependent. The AC loss of the sample with a copper bar is larger than that with a copper tube of the same diameter at low frequencies, while the contrary behavior is observed at high frequencies, suggesting copper tubes as former cores are good for CORC cables to reduce the AC loss at low frequencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143780586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Syed Asad Maqbool, Muhammad Touqeer, Behnam Esmaeilzadeh, Shiwei Yang, Wenjie Meng, Jihao Wang, Qiyuan Feng, Yubin Hou, Qingyou Lu
{"title":"A compact multi-degree-of-freedom piezoelectric motor with large travel capability.","authors":"Syed Asad Maqbool, Muhammad Touqeer, Behnam Esmaeilzadeh, Shiwei Yang, Wenjie Meng, Jihao Wang, Qiyuan Feng, Yubin Hou, Qingyou Lu","doi":"10.1063/5.0240886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0240886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study introduces a novel multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) piezoelectric motor (PEM) for high precision and a 10 × 10 mm2 large travel range within a rigid and compact structure (33 × 33 × 30 mm3). The motor consists of four piezoelectric tubes (PTs) arranged and mounted parallel to each other to enable controlled movement along both the X and Y axes by using a sawtooth waveform with a time-delay control strategy. The design features a moving plate clamped between two upper and two lower sapphire balls, with the balls supported by CuBe springs, ensuring symmetric and precise movement. Applying individual driving signals to each PT induces bending deformation sequentially in the same direction, followed by simultaneous recovery to the original position, thereby enabling the movement of the moving plate. Experimental results demonstrated that the motor operated effectively at a signal frequency of 150 Hz, with a minimum driving voltage of 18 V required for detectable motion. The motor exhibited the capability to produce step sizes from 0.53 to 6.23 µm with a linear relationship between driving voltage (±30 to ±180 V) and step size, ensuring consistent performance. The hysteresis analysis revealed minimal energy loss, with hysteresis ratios of 5.2% on the X axis and 4.16% on the Y axis, indicating the motor's high precision and efficiency. Additionally, the motor sustained a load of 120 g while traversing a 10 × 10 mm2 area, and continuous operation for 12 h revealed no significant performance degradation. The compact and reliable design of this novel MDOF PEM holds potential for applications in confined spaces, such as small-bore superconducting magnets, enabling precise large-area atomic resolution imaging and magnetic property measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demonstration of closed shell breeding of cesium ions with an electron beam ion source.","authors":"R Vondrasek, J McLain, R Scott","doi":"10.1063/5.0239631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An electron beam ion source serves as a charge breeder for the Californium Rare Isotope Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU) at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS). The source accepts radioactive beams of 1+ or 2+ ions and raises their charge state for post-acceleration by ATLAS. The efficiency of this process impacts the length of each experiment and, hence, the type and number of experiments that can be run in each program cycle. Recent efforts to improve the charge breeding efficiency for the 80 < A < 160 species typical of CARIBU have focused on utilizing the closed shell breeding technique. With this technique, the electron beam energy is manipulated to take advantage of the large gap in ionization energies at shell closures and selectively populate a single charge state. Charge breeding studies with stable cesium ions have demonstrated an absolute efficiency of 72% for Cs27+ and a total efficiency of 93%. The Cs27+ efficiency result represents a factor of 3 improvement over the previous best charge breeding result of 23% for Cs27+.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143981112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}