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Electric field strength-dependent accuracy of TiAlN thin film composition measurements by laser-assisted atom probe tomography
摘要： Accurate quantification of absolute concentrations represents a major challenge for atom probe tomography (APT) since the field evaporation process is affected significantly by the measurement parameters. In the present work we investigate systematically the effect of laser pulse parameters on the accuracy of laser-assisted APT for a TiAlN thin film previously quantified by ion beam analysis, combining Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and time-of-flight elastic recoil detection analysis. The electric field strength is estimated from the Al2+/Al+ charge state ratio for all systematically varied measurement parameters. Subsequently, the absolute concentrations from laser-assisted APT are compared to ion beam analysis data. An increase of the electric field strength from approximately 25–28 V nm?1 improves the accuracy of absolute concentrations measured by laser-assisted APT from 11.4 to 4.1 at% for N, from 8.8 to 3.0 at% for Al and from 2.8 to 0.9 at% for Ti. Our data emphasize that the measurement accuracy of laser-assisted APT for TiAlN is governed by the electric field strength. It is shown that the smallest compositional discrepancies between ion beam analysis and APT are obtained for the maximum electric field strength of approximately 28 V nm?1 at 10 pJ laser pulse energy. This can be rationalized by considering the enhanced ionization of neutral fragments caused by the increased electric field strength.
关键词： accuracy,chemical composition,atom probe tomography,TiAlN,electric field strength
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Quantum Rotation Sensing with Dual Sagnac Interferometers in an Atom-Optical Waveguide
摘要： We describe a Sagnac interferometer suitable for rotation sensing, implemented using an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a harmonic magnetic trap. The atom wave packets are split and recombined by standing-wave Bragg lasers, and the trapping potential steers the packets along circular trajectories with a radius of 0.2 mm. Two conjugate interferometers are implemented simultaneously to provide common-mode rejection of noise and to isolate the rotation signal. With interference visibilities of about 50%, we achieve a rotation sensitivity comparable to Earth’s rate in about 10 min of operation. Gyroscope operation was demonstrated by rotating the optical table on which the experiment was performed.
关键词： Sagnac Interferometers,Quantum Rotation Sensing,Rotation Sensitivity,Atom-Optical Waveguide,Bose-Einstein Condensate
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Deep Learning Enabled Strain Mapping of Single-Atom Defects in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Sub-picometer Precision
摘要： 2D materials offer an ideal platform to study the strain fields induced by individual atomic defects, yet challenges associated with radiation damage have so-far limited electron microscopy methods to probe these atomic-scale strain fields. Here, we demonstrate an approach to probe single-atom defects with sub-picometer precision in a monolayer 2D transition metal dichalcogenide, WSe2-2xTe2x. We utilize deep learning to mine large datasets of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy images to locate and classify point defects. By combining hundreds of images of nominally identical defects, we generate high signal-to-noise class averages which allow us to measure 2D atomic spacings with up to 0.2 pm precision. Our methods reveal that Se vacancies introduce complex, oscillating strain fields in the WSe2-2xTe2x lattice that correspond to alternating rings of lattice expansion and contraction. These results indicate the potential impact of computer vision for the development of high-precision electron microscopy methods for beam-sensitive materials.
关键词： scanning transmission electron microscopy,strain mapping,single-atom defects,Deep learning,fully convolutional network (FCN),2D materials
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Comparison of quantitative analyses using SIMS, atom probe tomography, and femtosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with Si <sub/>1a??X</sub> Ge <sub/>X</sub> and Fe <sub/>1a??X</sub> Ni <sub/>X</sub> binary alloys
摘要： Due to their electrical and physical properties, Si1?XGeX materials are widely used in microelectronic devices. In particular, the Ge component found within Si1?XGeX compounds is important for enhancing carrier mobility and altering the lattice constant of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors. In this study, magnetic sector secondary ion mass spectrometry (magnetic sector SIMS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) were used to determine the accurate concentrations of major compositions present within binary alloy samples. However, quantitative SIMS analysis is limited by the matrix effect, which influences the sputter yield of an element in a compound and alters the secondary ionization yields. Quantitative deviations that were due to the matrix effect were reduced by using Cs cluster ions (MCs+ and MCs2+) instead of elemental ions; the SIMS results using the elements were, therefore, compared with those using MCs+ and MCs2+ cluster ions. In the case of Fe1?XNiX alloys that have a less matrix effect compared to Si1?XGeX alloys, both the Cs primary ion beam (Cs+) and an oxygen primary ion beam (O2+) were used to measure the Fe1?XNiX compositions. The quantitative results from the two different primary ion beams were then compared to understand the ionization process. Deviations in the quantitative values gained with the O2+ beam were lower than those obtained using the Cs+ primary ions, meaning that using oxygen as the primary ion improves the accuracy in quantifying Fe1?XNiX compounds. Other reliable tools for analysis such as atom probe tomography and femtosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were also used in the quantitative analysis, with results that were consistent with the most accurate results obtained using magnetic sector SIMS and ToF-SIMS.
关键词： Si1?XGeX,femtosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry,atom probe tomography,SIMS,Fe1?XNiX,binary alloys
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Tailoring Bond Topologies in Open-Shell Graphene Nanostructures
摘要： Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exhibit a rich spectrum of physico-chemical properties depending on the size, and more critically, on the edge and bond topologies. Among them, open-shell systems – molecules hosting unpaired electron densities – represent an important class of materials for organic electronic, spintronic and optoelectronic devices, but remain challenging to synthesize in solution. We report the on-surface synthesis and scanning tunneling microscopy- and spectroscopy-based study of two ultra-low-gap open-shell molecules, namely peri-tetracene, a benzenoid graphene fragment with zigzag edge topology, and dibenzo[a,m]dicyclohepta[bcde,nopq]rubicene, a non-benzenoid non-alternant structural isomer of peri-tetracene with two embedded azulene units. Our results provide an understanding of the ramifications of altered bond topologies at the single-molecule scale, with the prospect of designing functionalities in carbon-based nanostructures via engineering of bond topology.
关键词： open-shell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,atom manipulation,non-alternant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,scanning tunneling microscopy,density functional theory,scanning tunneling spectroscopy
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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A Novel Single-Atom Electrocatalyst Ti <sub/>1</sub> /rGO for Efficient Cathodic Reduction in Hybrid Photovoltaics
摘要： Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are a frontier research topic in the catalysis community. Carbon materials decorated with atomically dispersed Ti are theoretically predicted with many attractive applications. However, such material has not been achieved so far. Herein, a Ti-based SAC, consisting of isolated Ti anchored by oxygen atoms on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) (termed as Ti1/rGO), is successfully synthesized. The structure of Ti1/rGO is characterized by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, being determined to have a five coordinated local structure TiO5. When serving as non-Pt cathode material in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs), Ti1/rGO exhibits high electrocatalytic activity toward the tri-iodide reduction reaction. The power conversion efficiency of DSCs based on Ti1/rGO is comparable to that using conventional Pt cathode. The unique structure of TiO5 moieties and the crucial role of atomically dispersed Ti in Ti1/rGO are well understood by experiments and density functional theory calculations. This emerging material shows potential applications in energy conversion and storage devices.
关键词： reduced graphene oxide,titanium,single-atom catalysts,dye-sensitized solar cells,cathode reaction
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Electron-atom potential scattering in a corotating bicircular laser field
摘要： S-matrix theory is used in order to analyze the energy spectra of electron-atom potential scattering assisted by a bicircular (two-component circularly polarized) laser field having corotating field components. The double scattering (rescattering) is also included in the analysis by applying the second Born approximation in the expansion of the S-matrix element. We have investigated how the energy spectrum of scattered electrons is affected by the scattering angle. We have also analyzed the sensitivity of the energy spectrum to the relative phase and intensity ratio of the laser-field components. The calculated energy spectra are characterized by the plateau-like oscillatory structures with abrupt cutoffs. Positions of these cutoffs in the energy spectra are confirmed by a classical analysis. Rescattering effects can be observed in the calculated energy spectra for certain values of the scattering angle. These effects are represented by the second plateau in the energy spectrum. This is different from the process of above-threshold ionization/detachment by a bicircular laser field, where the (re)scattering effects in the photoelectron energy spectra cannot be observed in the case of corotating laser-field components.
关键词： bicircular laser field,relative phase,electron-atom scattering,rescattering effects,intensity ratio
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Photophysical Properties of Nitrated and Halogenated Phosphorus Tritolylcorrole Complexes: Insights from Theory
摘要： The photophysical properties of a series of nitrated and halogenated phosphorus tritolylcorrole complexes were studied in dichloromethane solvent by using the density functional theory. Particular emphasis was given to the absorption spectra, the energy gap between the excited singlet and triplet states, and the magnitude of the spin-orbit couplings for a series of possible intersystem crossing channels between those excited states. The proposed study provides a better description of the photophysical properties of these systems while giving insights into their possible use as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy.
关键词： photodynamic therapy,phosphorus tritolylcorrole,heavy atom effect,density functional theory,spin-orbit coupling
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Pathways to excitation of atoms with bicircular laser pulses
摘要： We study the excitation of the hydrogen atom by bichromatic circularly polarized laser pulses using numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schr?dinger equation. The results are in agreement with the selection rules for multiphoton processes in such fields, namely, excited states are populated in which orbital angular momentum and magnetic quantum numbers are either both odd or both even, independent of the relative helicity, peak intensity, and pulse duration of the pulses. For co-rotating pulses the results show that excitation predominantly proceeds to states with magnetic quantum number of the same helicity as the laser pulses. Besides pathways via direct photon absorption from the ground state our results indicate that a transfer of population among the Rydberg states occurs via (cid:2)-type transitions. In the case of counter-rotating pulses the largest excitation probability is found for Rydberg states that differ in magnetic quantum number by (cid:3)m = ±3. This pattern allows us to estimate how many photons from each of the two bichromatic fields have been absorbed. Finally, we confirm that a population in Rydberg states beyond a maximum orbital angular quantum number is unlikely.
关键词： Rydberg states,hydrogen atom,bichromatic circularly polarized laser pulses,time-dependent Schr?dinger equation,multiphoton processes
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Near optimal discrimination of binary coherent signals via atom–light interaction
摘要： We study the discrimination of weak coherent states of light with significant overlaps by nondestructive measurements on the light states through measuring atomic states that are entangled to the coherent states via dipole coupling. In this way, the problem of measuring and discriminating coherent light states is shifted to finding the appropriate atom–light interaction and atomic measurements. We show that this scheme allows us to attain a probability of error extremely close to the Helstrom bound, the ultimate quantum limit for discriminating binary quantum states, through the simple Jaynes–Cummings interaction between the field and ancilla with optimized light–atom coupling and projective measurements on the atomic states. Moreover, since the measurement is nondestructive on the light state, information that is not detected by one measurement can be extracted from the post-measurement light states through subsequent measurements.
关键词： Helstrom bound,state discrimination,atom–light interaction,nondestructive measurement,quantum communication,coherent state
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01