introduction: the aim of the present in vitro study was to evaluate the disinfection ability of 980-nm diode laser in comparison with sodium hypochlorite (naocl) as a common root canal irrigant in canals infected with enterococcus faecalis ( e. faecalis ). methods and materials: the root canals of 18 extracted single-rooted premolars were prepared by rotary system. after decoronation, the roots...

We report on the influence of pinning potentials on current-driven skyrmion dynamics and demonstrate that skyrmions can be gated via either magnetic or electric fields. When encountering pinning potentials, skyrmions are well known to simply skirt around them. However, we show that skyrmions can be depinned much more easily when their driving force is oriented against the pinning site rather th...

An optical model based on classical electrodyanmics has beeb exploited to simulate the optical effects for the top-emitting organic light emitting diodes. The optical performance of the devices can be obtained through calculation of the power density in each planar thin film. The far field emission profile and spectrum are derived base on this model. Predicated optical performance is compared w...

A high-performance organic active matrix pixel was fabricated by using a metal oxide sV2O5d coupling layer that effectively integrates an organic light-emitting diode sOLEDd on top of an organic field-effect transistor sOFETd. The field-effect mobility of the OFET approached 0.5 cm2 V−1 s−1 and the ON/OFF current ratio was .103. The brightness of the OLED was on the order of 2000 cd/m2, with an...

The electrical characteristics of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are considered. The standard circuits used for creating LED pulses in the nanosecond region are reviewed. Additional design work on the electronic circuits has been carried out and the results from the developed circuits are shown.

The triplet to singlet exciton formation ratio in a MEH-PPV light-emitting diode is measured by comparing the triplet-induced absorptions with optical and electric excitations at the same singlet exciton density. The ratio is a strong universal decreasing function of the averaged electric field. Using 4 ns for singlet to triplet intersystem crossing time, the ratio is significantly larger than ...

Diode lasers have many benefits, but it is very hard to make diode lasers that have both high spectral purity and high intensity. In this masters thesis a diode laser amplifier with a gain of G=4 is constructed. The amplifier is a double-pass semiconductor laser amplifier and the active region is 100 ~m broad. The amplifier is operated at 793 nm using an external cavity diode laser as master la...

Vertically aligned p-type silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays were fabricated through metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) of Si wafers. An indium tin oxide/indium zinc oxide/silicon nanowire (ITO/IZO/SiNW) heterojunction diode was formed by depositing ITO and IZO thin films on the vertically aligned SiNW arrays. The structural and electrical properties of the resulting ITO/IZO/SiNW heterojunction...

Different methods of stabilization of diode lasers are reviewed with the emphasis on stabilization to atomic transitions. The stabilization methods to Doppler-broadened and Doppler-free resonances are presented. A novel method of stabilization using the saturated dichroism of atomic vapours is described. An example of stability transfer from the diode laser onto the reference Fabry–Perot cavity...

BACKGROUND/AIM Enlargement of laser scars after retinal argon laser photocoagulation can give rise to deterioration in visual acuity. Subthreshold micropulse diode laser may decrease this risk. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of subthreshold micropulse diode laser (810 nm) and conventional argon laser (514 nm) photocoagulation for the treatment of clinically significant m...