• Cross section determination of 27Al(n,2n)26Al reaction induced by 14 MeV neutrons uniting with D-T neutron activation and AMS techniques

    分类: 核科学技术 >> 辐射物理与技术 提交时间: 2024-04-11

    摘要: Aluminum is the primary structural material in nuclear engineering, and its cross-section induced by 14 MeV neutrons is of great significance. To address the issue of insufficient accuracy for the 27Al(n,2n)26Al reaction cross-section, the activation method and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technique were used to determine the 27Al(n,2n)26Al cross-section, which could be used as a D-T plasma ion temperature monitor in fusion reactors. At the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), neutron activation was performed using a K-400 neutron generator produced by the T(d,n)4He reaction. The 26Al/27Al isotope ratios were measured using the newly installed GYIG 1 MV AMS at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The neutron flux was monitored by measuring the activity of 92mNb produced by the 93Nb(n,2n)92mNb reaction. The measured results were compared with available data in the experimental nuclear reaction database, and the measured values showed a reasonable degree of consistency with partially available literature data. Thenewly acquired cross-sectional data at 12 neutron energy points through systematic measurements clarified the divergence, which has two different growth trends from the existing experimental values. The obtained results are also compared with the corresponding evaluated database, and the newly calculated excitation functions with TALYS-1.95 and EMPIRE-3.2 codes, the agreement with CENDL-3.2, TENDL-2021 and EMPIRE-3.2 results are generally acceptable. A substantial improvement in the knowledge of the 27Al(n,2n)26Al reaction excitation function was obtained in the present work, which will lay the foundation for the diagnosis of the fusion ion temperature, testing of the nuclear physics model, and evaluation of nuclear data, etc.

  • Observation of Ultrafast Interfacial Exciton Formation and Recombination in Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructure

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: In this study,we combined time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy along with transient absorption spectroscopy to revisit the interlayer non-equilibrium carrier dynamics in largely lateral size Gr/MoS2 heterostructure fabricated with chemical vapor deposition method. Our experimental results reveal that, with photon-energy below the A-exciton of MoS2 monolayer, hot electrons transfer from graphene to MoS2 takes place in time scale of less than 0.5 ps, resulting in ultrafast formation of interfacial exciton in the heterostructure, subsequently, recombination relaxation of the interfacial exciton occurs in time scale of ~18 ps. A new model considering carrier heating and photogating effect in graphene is proposed to estimate the amount of carrier transfer in the heterostructure, which shows a good agreement with experimental result. Moreover, when the photon-energy is on-resonance with the A-exciton of MoS2, photogenerated holes in MoS2 are transferred to graphene layer within 0.5 ps, leading to the formation of interfacial exciton, the subsequent photoconductivity (PC) relaxation of graphene and bleaching recovery of A-exciton in MoS2 take place around ~10 ps time scale, ascribing to the interfacial exciton recombination. The faster recombination time of interfacial exciton with on-resonance excitation could come from the reduced interface barrier caused by bandgap renormalization effect. Our study provides deep insight into the understanding of interfacial charge transfer as well as the relaxation dynamics in graphene-based heterostructures, which are promising for the applications of graphene-based optoelectronic devices.