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During a process of cooling a hypereutectic Al—Si alloy melt, ultrasonic vibration is applied to the melt to crystallize primary crystal α-Al using, in combination, an ultrasonic transducer (8) that generates the ultrasonic vibration, an ultrasonic horn (7) that is connected to the ultrasonic transducer (8) and transmits the ultrasonic vibration in a specified direction, a treatment vessel (2) that holds the melt and is in contact with the ultrasonic horn (7), and a treatment vessel fixing device (3) that fixes the treatment vessel (2) by pressing the treatment vessel toward the ultrasonic horn (7).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact, power storage type semiconductor device.SOLUTION: The semiconductor device comprises: a first junction in which a wideband gap layer and a narrowband gap layer are laminated and joined together in a first direction; a laminate including one or a plurality of double junction structures having a second junction in which a narrowband gap layer and a wideband gap layer are laminated and joined together in a first direction; and an electrode semiconductor layer extending in a second and a third direction intersecting the first direction and joined to each layer of the laminate. In the double junction structure, at least one pair of a first region having a negative fixed charge and a second region having a positive fixed charge is included. The first region is included not at a middle position in the first direction of the wideband gap layer joined in the first junction, but on a side closer to the first junction than that. The second region is included not at a middle position in the first direction of the wideband gap layer joined in the second junction, but on a side closer to the second junction than that.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nitriding treatment method capable of increasing hardness of a surface and improving durability while maintaining characteristics of toughness or the like that a nitriding treatment target object has.SOLUTION: The nitriding treatment method is used for performing nitriding treatment by irradiating a surface of a nitriding treatment target object 16 with nitrogen plasma and forming a thin diffusion layer of nitrogen atoms on the surface of the nitriding treatment target object 16. For instance, an electron beam is pulled out from argon plasma 21, nitrogen plasma 24 is generated from a nitrogen gas by the electron beam, the nitrogen atoms are diffused from the surface of the nitriding treatment target object 16 to the inside by the nitrogen plasma 24, and the diffusion layer of the nitrogen atoms having a thickness of 10 μm or less is formed. It is preferable that a temperature of the nitriding treatment is 350-600°C, and it is preferable that the time of the nitriding treatment is 1-8 hours. Also, it is preferable that a bias voltage to be applied to the nitriding treatment target object 16 is -50 to -5 V.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact and highly-accurate optical gyro.SOLUTION: The optical gyro comprises a laser oscillator 12 and a waveguide 13 for detection which are disposed on one surface of a substrate 11. The laser oscillator 12 comprises: excitation light sources 20 for outputting excitation lights; an optical resonator 22 which has a ring-shaped waveguide; and a laser medium member 21 which has a ring-shaped waveguide formed by using a laser medium having a refractive index higher than that of the optical resonator 22, and generates lights having a wavelength different from that of the excitation lights by the nonlinear optical effect after receiving the excitation lights, and also guides the generated lights to the optical resonator 22. The waveguide 13 for detection is optically coupled to the waveguide of the optical resonator 22. Lights CW and CCW, which are generated by the laser medium member 21, resonate at the waveguides of the laser medium member 21 and the optical resonator 22, and propagate in the waveguides of the optical resonator 22 and the laser medium member 21, which are optically coupled, in opposite directions to each other, are respectively extracted from the waveguide of the optical resonator 22 so that they will be overlapped.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an infrared light source that is excellent in energy utilization efficiency and can emit a specified wavelength with sharp wavelength selectivity utilizing a diffraction grating of a shallow groove which can be manufactured with large allowable width in patterning using proximity exposure, etching for forming irregularity, thickness control of a reflection film, etc.SOLUTION: An infrared light source has a reflective diffraction grating and an element that is warmed up with a heating element. Only a portion of the reflective diffraction grating is facing the element warmed up with the heating element.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical fiber whose conversion efficiency is not lowered by a thermal effect (heat dispersion) and a nonlinear effect and which has optimum absorption characteristics and to provide its producing method. SOLUTION: The optical fiber 1 comprises: a core 2 added with a rare earth element which acts as a gain medium; and a clad 3 formed on the outer periphery of the core 2, wherein the fictive temperature of the core 2 is 1,500°C or lower. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoplastic resin composition which has a thermoplastic resin phase dispersed with a plate crystal having a high aspect ratio; and an effective manufacturing method of the same.SOLUTION: The manufacturing method of a thermoplastic resin composition comprises: a first step for solid-phase mixing one powder comprising a lamellar compound such as montmorillonite and mica with another powder comprising a thermoplastic resin such as an olefin-based resin, at a temperature of the softening point of the thermoplastic resin or below and at a shear speed of 20-400 sec; and a second step for melting to blend the solid-phase mixture thus obtained, wherein the plate crystal dispersed in the phase of the thermoplastic resin has an aspect ratio of 5-100 and a thickness of 1-100 nm.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a heat load of a porous plate-made electrode by devising a shape of the porous plate-made electrode to achieve the high densification of electron beam excited plasma and service life prolongation of the electrode. SOLUTION: In the electron beam generating device 5, the outer shape of each electrode part 10 held at an electrode holding part of a cooling chamber, shows a rectangular shape. The electrode part 10 includes a porous discharge anode 15, a porous accelerating electrode 16, a first insulating plate 17, a second insulating plate 18, a lead wire 19, and a frame-like metal plate 20. The first insulating plate 17 and the second insulating plate 18 are constituted of a heat-conductive electric insulating material, having a thermal conductivity of 5W/(m×K) or higher. The heat load of the porous discharge anode 15 and the porous accelerating electrode 16 can be reduced, and efficient cooling of the center part of a first center porous part 151 of the porous discharge anode 15, that particularly becomes high temperature. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for adequately controlling the operation of a power assist device by executing the determination taking into consideration the intention of an operator. SOLUTION: The control technology is provided for a device which is provided with an operation interface to be operated by the hand of an operator while a part including the operation interface is movable with respect to the operator. There are provided a first distance sensor capable of measuring at least the distance to an arm part of the operator, a second distance sensor capable of measuring at least the distance to a lower limb of the operator, and a computation processing means which executes the predetermined computation to the measured value by the first and second distance sensors, and outputs the first signal based on the result of the computation. The measured value by the sensors is processed by using the pre-examined data pattern when the operator extends his hand to the operation interface so that the predetermined computation operates the approaching operation interface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT