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Static and dynamic Raman excitation mapping of chirality-pure carbon nanotube films

Raman spectroscopy is a powerful method for probing electronic and vibrational properties of materials, particularly nanomaterials such as single-wall carbon nanotubes. Typically, Raman spectroscopy is conducted at a single, or few, excitation wavelengths, but that provides limited information about excitation resonance structure, and their dynamical evolution. Here, we extend a sensitive full-spectrum technique to rapidly obtain two-dimensional Raman excitation maps both statically and dynamically for chirality-pure single-wall carbon nanotube films. We demonstrate sensitive evaluation of structured resonance profiles even from weak vibrational modes, and sub-second time resolution of the dynamics of photo-driven defect production. Findings include the direct observation of bands and their profiles – including bands which could be missed in conventional Raman spectroscopy – and demonstration of differences for odd vs. even defect band combinations. This opens up possibilities to investigate the coupling of electronic states with vibrational modes in nanomaterials and track their dynamical evolution subject to intentional modulation.

Elastic trapping by acoustoelastically induced transparency

Elastic bound states in the continuum (BICs) have recently attracted significant interests due to their exceptionally high-Q-factor, which enables  the confined mode to be completely decoupled from spectrally coexisting radiative channels. We report on the emergence of a state that induces a slow vibration phenomenon, which exhibits a multiphysics analogy to the notion of slow light observed in electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Such a state can be achieved through the interaction of acoustoelastic coupling. Our proposed design involves a composite with two acoustic cavities encased in an elastic bar, making quasi-BICs feasible with high spatial efficiency in a localized area while allowing for the tunability of the Purcell factor by around six orders of magnitude. The observation of quasi-BICs with acoustoelastically induced transparency (AEIT) lineshapes, which are manifested by the coupling of two disparate physics domains, will expand the BIC family and enable applications in areas such as lasing, sensing, screening, and energy storage platforms where ultrahigh-Q-factor modes and radiative channels coexist.

Semantic embeddings reveal and address taxonomic incommensurability in psychological measurement

Taxonomic incommensurability denotes the difficulty in comparing scientific theories due to different uses of concepts and operationalizations. To tackle this problem in psychology, here we use language models to obtain semantic embeddings representing psychometric items, scales and construct labels in a vector space. This approach allows us to analyse different datasets (for example, the International Personality Item Pool) spanning thousands of items and hundreds of scales and constructs and show that embeddings can be used to predict empirical relations between measures, automatically detect taxonomic fallacies and suggest more parsimonious taxonomies. These findings suggest that semantic embeddings constitute a powerful tool for tackling taxonomic incommensurability in the psychological sciences.

Fabrication and modulation of flexible electromagnetic metamaterials

Flexible electromagnetic metamaterials are a potential candidate for the ideal material for electromagnetic control due to their unique physical properties and structure. Flexible electromagnetic metamaterials can be designed to exhibit specific responses to electromagnetic waves within a particular frequency range. Research shows that flexible electromagnetic metamaterials exhibit significant electromagnetic control characteristics in microwave, terahertz, infrared and other frequency bands. It has a wide range of applications in the fields of electromagnetic wave absorption and stealth, antennas and microwave devices, communication information and other fields. In this review, the currently popular fabrication methods of flexible electromagnetic metamaterials are first summarized, highlighting the electromagnetic modulation capability in different frequency bands. Then, the applications of flexible electromagnetic metamaterials in four aspects, namely electromagnetic stealth, temperature modulation, electromagnetic shielding, and wearable sensors, are elaborated and summarized in detail. In addition, this review also discusses the shortcomings and limitations of flexible electromagnetic metamaterials for electromagnetic control. Finally, the conclusion and perspective of the electromagnetic properties of flexible electromagnetic metamaterials are presented.

Incommensurable matter-wave jets in quasi-1D geometry

Bose-Einstein condensates subjected to modulation of the interaction between atoms exhibit the emergence of density waves and matter-wave jets with a velocity proportional to the square root of the modulation frequency. Matter-wave jets have been studied in two- and one-dimensional systems showing that for sufficiently strong modulation additional higher harmonic matter-wave jets emerge. Here we report the experimental observation of incommensurable “golden” (frac{1+sqrt{5}}{2}) matter-wave jets in a Bose-Einstein condensate exposed to a single frequency interaction modulation. We study the formation of higher-order jets in quasi-one-dimensional geometry with numerical one dimensional (1D) Gross-Pitaevskii equation simulation. We explore the process of jet formation experimentally and theoretically for a wide range of modulation amplitudes and frequencies and establish a phase diagram delineating different regimes of jet formation. The observation of incommensurate jets provides a new route to an aperiodic density modulation of the condensate without employing an external potential.

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