Engineering topics

Kimura, Shigeru

Publications and source records attributed to Kimura, Shigeru.

8 records

DOE OSTI2016

Characterization of domain structure in one-dimensional SrRuO{sub 3} nanostructure using synchrotron x-ray microdiffraction

SrRuO{sub 3} (SRO) thin films with a geometric shape of one-dimensional stripes can be epitaxially grown on a SrTiO{sub 3} (STO) substrate. Conventional X-ray reciprocal space map (RSM) measurements revealed that the stripes consist of multiple crystallographic domains. We performed synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction measurements to determine whether the single stripe of the SRO has a single crystallographic domain or not. Spacing between stripes is ~200 nm that is comparable to a beam size available for the microdiffraction. The synchrotron X-ray microdiffraction experiment was performed at BL13XU, SPring-8. RSMs of asymmetric diffractions around STO 204 reflection were measured by a broad-beam (200 × 200 µm{sup 2}) and the sub-micro-beam (250(h) × 190(v) nm{sup 2}). Both SRO 260 and 620 are seen in the RSM measured by the broad-beam due to the crystallographic twinning. On the other hand, only SRO 620 is observed in the RSM measured by the sub-micro-beam. The result shows the domain length of the single stripe SRO thin film is longer than the vertical beam size of 190 nm.

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY↗

DOE OSTI2013

System of laser pump and synchrotron radiation probe microdiffraction to investigate optical recording process

We have developed a system of laser-pump and synchrotron radiation probe microdiffraction to investigate the phase-change process on a nanosecond time scale of Ge{sub 2}Sb{sub 2}Te{sub 5} film embedded in multi-layer structures, which corresponds to real optical recording media. The measurements were achieved by combining (i) the pump-laser system with a pulse width of 300 ps, (ii) a highly brilliant focused microbeam with wide peak-energy width ({Delta}E/E {approx} 2%) made by focusing helical undulator radiation without monochromatization, and (iii) a precise sample rotation stage to make repetitive measurements. We successfully detected a very weak time-resolved diffraction signal by using this system from 100-nm-thick Ge{sub 2}Sb{sub 2}Te{sub 5} phase-change layers. This enabled us to find the dependence of the crystal-amorphous phase change process of the Ge{sub 2}Sb{sub 2}Te{sub 5} layers on laser power.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗

DOE OSTI2011

Synthesis of submicron metastable phase of silicon using femtosecond laser-driven shock wave

We measured the grain size of metastable phase of Si synthesized by shock compression. We analyzed the crystalline structures of the femtosecond laser-driven shock compressed silicon with x-ray diffraction measurements. We found that submicron grains of metastable Si-VIII exist in the silicon. We suggest that the pressure loading time is too short for the nucleated high-pressure phases to grow in case of the femtosecond laser-driven shock compression, therefore Si-VIII grains of submicron size are obtained. We are expecting to discover other unique crystalline structures induced by the femtosecond laser-driven shock wave.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗

DOE OSTI2010

Submicrometer Single Crystal Diffractometry for Highly Accurate Structure Determination

Submicrometer single crystal diffractometry for highly accurate structure determination was developed using the extremely stable and highly brilliant synchrotron radiation from SPring-8. This was achieved using a microbeam focusing system and the submicrometer precision low-eccentric goniometer system. We demonstrated the structure analyses with 2x2x2 {mu}m{sup 3} cytidine, 600x600x300 nm{sup 3} BaTiO{sub 3}, and 1x1x1 {mu}m{sup 3} silicon. The observed structure factors of the silicon crystal were in agreement with the structure factors determined by the Pendelloesung method and do not require absorption and extinction corrections.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗

DOE OSTI2010

Pump-probe X-ray Diffraction Technique for Irreversible Phase Change Materials

We have developed a pump-probe X-ray diffraction measurement system for a sample with irreversible reaction at BL40XU in the SPring-8. The system mainly consists of a time-resolved measurement system, a sample disk rotation system, and an X-ray microbeam system. The time-resolved measurement system gives time resolution of 50 ps in laser-pump and X-ray probe method. A sample disk rotation system for repetitive measurements was made to give a virgin sample for every measurement. The number of repetitions for one sample disk was increased by using the X-ray microbeam technique. To keep the overlap of the X-ray microbeam and the laser beam on the sample surface during the disk rotation, the sample disk rotation system was constructed by a low-eccentric spindle motor. By using this system, the pump-probe X-ray diffraction measurement was demonstrated for a crystallization process of a DVD material.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗

DOE OSTI2010

High-Precision Time Delay Control with Continuous Phase Shifter for Pump-Probe Experiments Using Synchrotron Radiation Pulses

Brilliant pulsed x-ray synchrotron radiation (SR) is useful for pump-probe experiment such as time-resolved x-ray diffraction, x-ray absorption fine structure, and x-ray spectroscopy. For laser pump-SR x-ray probe experiments, short pulsed lasers are generally synchronized to the SR master oscillator controlling the voltage for acceleration of electron bunches in an accelerator, and the interval between the laser and the SR pulses is changed around the time scale of target phenomenon. Ideal delay control produces any time delay as keeping the time-precision and pointing-stability of optical pulses at a sample position. We constructed the time delay control module using a continuous phase shifter of radio frequency signal and a frequency divider, which can produce the delayed trigger pulses to the laser without degradation of the time precision and the pointing stability. A picoseconds time-resolved x-ray diffraction experiment was demonstrated at SPring-8 storage ring for fast lattice response by femtosecond pulsed laser irradiation, and suggested the possibility of accurate sound velocity measurement. A delay control unit operating with subpicosecond precision has also been designed for femtosecond pump-probe experiments using a free electron laser at SPring-8 campus.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗

DOE OSTI2010

High-Angular-Resolution Microbeam X-Ray Diffraction with CCD Detector

We have introduced a CCD-type two-dimensional X-ray detector for a microbeam X-ray diffraction system using synchrotron radiation, so that we can measure local reciprocal space maps (RSM) of samples rapidly. A local RSM of a strain-relaxed SiGe 004 grown on a Si (001) substrate was measured in higher-angular-resolution and faster than a conventional way. The measurement was achieved in 1 h 40 min. with the 2theta resolution of 80 murad and the spatial resolution of 1.4(h)x0.5(v) {mu}m{sup 2}. The introduction of the CCD enabled us to measure RSMs at many points in a sample, that is, the distribution of strain fields and lattice tilts can be revealed in high-angular- and high-spatial-resolution.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗

NASA NTRS1991

Experimental millimeter-wave personal satellite communications system

Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) has investigated an advanced millimeter (mm)-wave satellite communications system for personal use. Experiments in mm-wave personal satellite communication are to be conducted for 3 years using Japan's Engineering Test Satellite VI (ETS-VI). This paper describes an experimental mm-wave (43/38 GHz) personal satellite communication system, including an onboard transponder and an earth terminal. The on-board transponder is almost completed, and the ground experiment system is still in the design stage. The transponder employs advanced mm-wave solid state technology. It uses 38 GHz high power solid state amplifiers to accelerate the development of mm-wave solid state devices which are indispensable to personal earth terminals. The transponder consists of a 43 GHz receiver with a built-in low noise amplifier, an IF filter section with very narrow bandwidth to improve the carrier-to-noise power ratio of the weak personal communication signal, and two high power amplifiers using newly developed high power Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) metal-semiconductor field effect transistors (MESFETs).

Suzuki, Yoshiaki↗