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A plasmonic infrared (IR) filter was experimentally and theoretically investigated. A localized surface plasmon polariton (LSPP) mode which was angle-independent in almost fully incident angle was observed. Through the use of the LSPP mode, an IR reflection-type notch filter with an ultrahigh immunity for the angular deviation was realized. An angle-independent reflection dip was designed at = 6:2 m with a full-width at half-maximum of 0.5 m. The experimental result shows that the position and the line shape of the resonant dip at = 6:2 m remain the same for an increasing incident angle from 20 to 60 . The optical properties can be engineered by tuning thickness of the cavity layer. The proposed notch filter presents a large angular tolerance means that the superior angular stability makes it more feasible as it is put into practical applications.

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In this work, the investigation of transmission electron microscopy has elucidated the morphologies of the interphase precipitated carbides in an experimental Ti-Mo-bearing steel into three types: (1) planar interphase precipitation with regular sheet spacing (designated as PIP), (2) curved interphase precipitation with regular sheet spacing (designated as Regular CIP), and (3) curved interphase precipitation with irregular sheet spacing (designated as Irregular CIP). The planar sheets of carbides have also been analyzed and found to be oriented close to ferrite planes {211}, {210} and {111}; the results of transmission electron microscopy provide strong evidence to suggest that the development of interphase-precipitated carbides can be associated with the growth of incoherent ferrite/austenite interface by the ledge mechanism. The sheet spacing and inter-carbide spacing in the sheet have been measured and estimated in this work. The sheet spacing is found to be finer than the inter-carbide spacing in the sheet for all samples investigated. The result reflects that the distribution of interphase-precipitated carbides is anisotropic and cannot be considered random distribution. The relevance of the Orowan mechanism to the non-random distribution of interphase-precipitated carbides has been considered. The contribution of the dispersion of interphase-precipitated carbides to the yield strength of the steel studied has been estimated. It is revealed that an optimum component about 400 MPa contributed by interphase-precipitated carbides can be achieved, and the finding is consistent with the hardness data. Other examples of the different alloy steels are also addressed.