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Measurement of leakage neutron flux from reactor tank surface of AHWR-critical facility 测量 AHWR 临界设施反应堆贮箱表面的泄漏中子通量

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100193

Kapil Deo , A.K. Mallick , Deep Bhandari , Rajeev Kumar , Umasankari Kannan

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Design and performance analysis of alcohols sensing using photonic crystal fiber in terahertz spectrum 太赫兹光谱光子晶体光纤酒精传感的设计与性能分析

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100192

Rakib Hossen , Md Selim Hossain , Sabbir Ahmed , Mohammad Sayduzzaman , Marjia Sultana , Rokaia Laizu Naima , Shuvo Sen

{"title":"Design and performance analysis of alcohols sensing using photonic crystal fiber in terahertz spectrum","authors":"Rakib Hossen , Md Selim Hossain , Sabbir Ahmed , Mohammad Sayduzzaman , Marjia Sultana , Rokaia Laizu Naima , Shuvo Sen","doi":"10.1016/j.physo.2023.100192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physo.2023.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div>This research suggests an optical sensor to detect alcohol in beverages and liquids that is based on Zeonex backdrop material. The core of the sensor is made up of six hexahedron-shaped cores and heptagonal cladding with circular air holes. The development and implementation of a limited element evaluation to assess the sensing capabilities of sensor technology using PCF were executed using the COMSOL Multiphysics software. With negligible confinement losses, a highly sensitive H-PCF structure has been proposed for the THz range. With sensitivities of 89.50 %, 91.80 %, and 90.81 %, respectively, at the monitoring region of 1 THz, it can detect three distinct alcohols, including ethanol, butanol, and propanol. At a monitoring frequency of 1 THz, the confinement losses for the first alcohol are 5.45 × 10−08 dB/m, the second alcohol is 6.01 × 10−08 dB/m, and the third alcohol is 5.60 × 10−08 dB/m. Furthermore, the essential graphical representations of additional optical properties, including the effective mode index, effective area, and total power fraction, are extensively examined. Thus, it is evident that this sensor could be utilized to detect alcohol in a variety of environments, given that terahertz (THz) wave pulses are commonly employed in both chemical processes and the food and beverage industries.</div>","PeriodicalId":36067,"journal":{"name":"Physics Open","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666032623000571/pdfft?md5=b62251c045123527e3e2187256691f8d&pid=1-s2.0-S2666032623000571-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138454133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Revisiting one-dimensional discrete-time quantum walks with general coin 用一般硬币重温一维离散时间量子行走

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100189

Mahesh N. Jayakody , Chandrakala Meena , Priodyuti Pradhan

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Nano/micro-beam deflections: Investigation of subjected forces and applications 纳米/微光束偏转:受作用力和应用的研究

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100191

Nikta Shamsmohammadi , Hamid Samadi , Mohammad Rahimzadeh , Zohreh Asadi , Davood Domiri Ganji

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Improved semi-empirical formulae for Beta-decay 改进的β衰变半经验公式

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100187

Reddi Rani L. , H.S. Anushree , H.C. Manjunatha , N. Sowmya , L. Seenappa , K.N. Sridhar , P.S. Damodhara Gupta

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Simulation of random medium of fuel pebble with liquid salt coolant using PebMC code 用PebMC程序模拟含液盐冷却剂燃料球的随机介质

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100190

Indrajeet Singh , Amod Kishore Mallick , Anurag Gupta , Umasankari Kannan

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X-ray/gamma absorption and Anticancer Properties of Fe2O3 nanoparticles Fe2O3纳米颗粒的x射线/ γ吸收和抗癌性能

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100188

S. Deepthi , Y.S. Vidya , H.C. Manjunatha , R. Munirathnam , K.N. Sridhar , L. Seenappa , S. Manjunatha , T. Ganesh

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A study on light charged particle accompanied ternary fission of 253Cf 轻带电粒子伴随253Cf三元裂变的研究

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100185

A.V. Mahesh Babu , N. Sowmya , H.C. Manjunatha , N. Dhananjaya

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Gamma-ray spectrometric analysis of bore-well rock samples from agricultural area of Tamil Nadu 泰米尔纳德邦农业区钻孔岩石样品的伽马射线光谱分析

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100186

G. Poongodi , A. Chandrasekaran , V. Sathish , S. Karthikayini , A. Tamilarasi , Mayeen Uddin Khandaker

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Prepare-and-measure based QKD protocol under free-space losses 自由空间损失下基于准备和测量的QKD协议

Physics Open Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physo.2023.100184

Mitali Sisodia, Joyee Ghosh

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