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Abstract: In this paper, microwave characteristics of conventional optoelectronic devices, with emphasis on devices with microstrip (MS) and coplanar waveguide (CPW) electrode structures, are obtained. This analysis is essential for any improvement in the structure of the conventional optoelectronic devices so as to obtain a high performance. Microwave loss is one of the important bandwidth limitation factors in microwave and millimeter-wave (mmW) optical devices. Different sources of loss including ohmic, dielectric and radiating loss in MS and CPW of conventional optical devices are analyzed and compared. The results show that the total microwave loss increases with frequency in conventional MS and CPW waveguides. Also, in traveling-wave optoelectronic devices, the bandwidth is limited in the optical part by effects such as the carrier transit time effect and in the microwave part by factors such as length of the devices in active and non-active sections. In addition, validation of the results in the paper is performed with published theoretical and/or measurement results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electronic structure of silicene on Ag(111) is studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A flat band at 0.9 eV below the Fermi level is revealed. We find that the flat band is strongly suppressed near atomic defects, domain boundaries and step edges compared to that on the flat terraces. The discovery of the flat band and its sensitivity to local perturbations provides a new way to manipulate the electronic structure and properties of silicene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To understand the molecular and electronic structure of alkali metal ions, we carry out the MP2 calculation and demonstrate that the maximal coordinator numbers for the hydrated K+ and Rb+ are 8, while those for the hydrated Cs+ and Fr+ are 10. Furthermore, on the basis of the binding energy, the HOMO-LUMO gap and the electron affinity, the stability of the molecular and electronic structures of M+ (H2O)8 (M = K, Rb, Cs, Fr) decreases with the increasing alkali metal atomic number and the stability of the molecular structures of M+ (H2O)8-10 (M = Cs, Fr) decreases with the increasing cluster size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]