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Albian ammonites of the Benguela Basin (Angola): a biostratigraphic framework.
2007
20 pages; The study of the Albian ammonite fauna of the sedimentary series in the Benguela Basin (Angola) allows a major revision of the biostratigraphy of the south Atlantic area. The new biostratigraphic approach allows the recognition of 17 horizons distributed in 8 subzones correlated with the ammonite zonation of the Tethyan Province. The Lower Albian is characterized by the Douvilleiceras inaequinodum Subzone (including the D. mammillatum aequinodum Horizon). The Middle Albian is represented by the Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) buarquianum Subzone (subdivided into O. (M.) buarquianum and O. (M.) sergipense horizons). The Upper Albian is characterized by the Dipoloceras sp. Subzone (defi…
The Jurassic ammonite Coelocerus: an atypical example of dimorphic progenesis elucidated by cladistics
1994
Instances of convergence or parallelism among unrelated Lower Carixian ammonites are not uncommon. The case of polymorphitid-like ammonites is considered here, and the example of Coeloceras is investigated in detail. The small sexual dimorph (microconch) of Coeloceras pettos (Quensitedt) (Coeloceratidae), a progenetic species, provides a remarkable example of complex convergence with the microconch of Uptonia (Polymorphitidae). Homeomorphic morphology is here an amalgam of juvenile traits, of maturation-related transformations, and of completely new features bearing no obvious relation with either progenesis or maturation. A stratophenetic approach is hardly adequate for unravelling such an…
CCDC 1439196: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
2016
Related Article: Toni Mäkelä, Miia-Elina Minkkinen, and Kari Rissanen|2016|Inorg.Chem.|55|1339|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02780
Photonic-crystal silicon-nanocluster light-emitting device
2006
We report on enhanced light extraction from a light-emitting device based on amorphous silicon nanoclusters, suitable for very-large-scale integration, and operating at room temperature. Standard low-cost optical lithography is employed to fabricate a two-dimensional photonic crystal onto the device. We measured a vertical emission with the extracted radiation enhanced by over a factor of 4, without the aid of any buried reflector. These achievements demonstrate that a cost-effective exploitation of photonic crystals is indeed within the reach of semiconductor industry and open the way to a new generation of nanostructured silicon devices in which photonic and electronic functions are integ…
Three-dimensional photonic crystal intermediate reflectors for enhanced light-trapping in tandem solar cells
2011
A three-dimensional photonic crystal intermediate reflector for enhanced light trapping in tandem solar cells is presented. The intermediate reflector consists of a transparent and conductive ZnO:Al inverted opal sandwiched in between the top amorphous silicon and bottom microcrystalline silicon cell.
Control of signal coherence in parametric frequency mixing with incoherent pumps: Narrowband mid-infrared light generation by downconversion of broad…
2012
International audience; We study, with numerical simulations using the generalized nonlinear envelope equation, the processes of optical parametric and difference- and sum-frequency generation (SFG) with incoherent pumps in optical media with both quadratic and third-order nonlinearity, such as periodically poled lithium niobate. With ultrabroadband amplified spontaneous emission pumps or continua (spectral widths > 10 THz), group-velocity matching of a near-IR pump and a short-wavelength mid-IR (MIR) idler in optical parametric generation may lead to more than 15-fold relative spectral narrowing of the generated MIR signal. Moreover, the SFG process may also lead to 6-fold signal coherence…
Er-doped photonic crystal fibre characterization method based on McCumber theory
2009
Characterization and modeling of Er-doped fibres [1] allowed in the past years fruitful developments of amplifiers and lasers. Since in a conventional fibre monomodal propagation of light is achieved in a very short length (once energy of other modes has been radiated) the cutback technique has been successfully used to determine absorption cross sections at the pump and gain band wavelengths. Emission cross sections have been usually determined instead from the measurement of gain or amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum together with the use of theoretical models. In a photonic crystal fibre (PCF) the limited size of the air-holes lattice originates energy radiation from the highe…
Beneficial impact of wave-breaking for coherent continuum formation in normally dispersive nonlinear fibers
2008
International audience; We study the evolution of a pulse propagating in a normally dispersive fiber in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity. We review the temporal and spectral impact of optical wave-breaking in the development of a continuum. The impact of linear losses or gain is also investigated.
Amplified Spontaneous Emission in Thin Films of CsPbX3 Perovskite Nanocrystals
2019
During the last years, Metal Halide Perovskites (MHPs) have attracted special attention as an efficient conversion films for photovoltaics, or excellent gain media to construct optical sources. In spite of the fact that most of the works have been focussed on CH 3 NH 3 PbX 3 (X=Cl, Br, I) polycrystalline thin films, MHP can be also synthesized as colloidal nanocrystals. In particular, caesium lead halide perovskite CsPbX 3 nanocrystals (NCs) revealed extraordinary properties for optoelectronics. With a high quantum yield of emission (>90%) at room temperature and linewidths less than 100 meV, CsPbX 3 NCs have demonstrated favourable characteristics for active photonics. Indeed, thin films o…
First experimental demonstration of a plasmonic MMI switch in 10 Gb/s true data traffic conditions
2012
We report the first experimental performance evaluation of a 75 um long plasmonic MMI switch, hetero-integrated on a SOI platform, operating with 10Gb/s data signals. The switch exhibits 2.9μs response time and 44.5% modulation depth while its extinction ratio varies from 5.4 to -1.5 dB for 35mW switching power. Error-free performance was achieved.