Abstract: Provided are an alloy having high hardness at high temperatures and high crack resistance, a powder consisting of the alloy, and an alloy member and a composite member including the alloy. The alloy includes, in % by mass, Cr at 10% to 20%, C at 1.0% to 2.5%, Ti at 3% to 8%, either or both of Nb and Ta at 8% to 15% in total, B at less than 0.5%, Al at 2% or less, Mo at 8% or less, W at 8% or less, a total of Mo and W being less than 10%, and a balance consisting of Ni and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of a total number of Ti, Nb, and Ta atoms to a number of C atoms is more than 1.5.

Abstract: A laser device includes a first optical comb laser, a second optical comb laser having a repetition frequency different from the first optical comb laser, a detection unit that detects interfering light between light output from the first optical comb laser and light output from the second optical comb laser and a control circuit. The control circuit controls at least one of a first CEO frequency, which is a carrier-envelope offset frequency of the first optical comb laser, or a second CEO frequency, which is a carrier-envelope offset frequency of the second optical comb laser, on the basis of output of the detection unit and thus changes a difference frequency, which is a difference between the first CEO frequency and the second CEO frequency.

Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an alloy layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body and which has a lower work function than the nanostructure body, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer. The nanostructure body is composed of one selected from the group consisting of elemental metals, alloys, metal nitrides, and conductive oxides. The alloy layer is composed of at least two metals.

Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an oxide layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body, an alloy layer which is in contact with the oxide layer and which is made of an alloy containing a first metal and a second metal that are different in work function from each other, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer.

Abstract: This Fe-based alloy has an alloy structure including C, Cr, W, Mo, and V, with the remainder made up by Fe and unavoidable impurities, and including a Fe—BCC phase and a W—Mo-concentrated phase. By mass, the Fe—BCC phase contains 3-7% of C, 2-6% of Cr, 0.5-8% of W, 3-8% of Mo, 2-20% of V, and 60-90% of Fe, and the W—Mo-concentrated phase contains 5-13% of C, 2-12% of Cr, 7-17% of W, 11-22% of Mo, 3-19% of V, and 40-50% of Fe. The W—Mo-concentrated phase is formed so as to surround the Fe—BCC phase.

Abstract: This invention provides a composite material that is durable in a hot environment and easily produced. The composite material according to the invention has an overlaid part comprising high-melting-point metal in at least a part on the surface of a low-melting-point alloy member having a melting point of 1600° C. or lower. The overlaid part comprising high-melting-point metal comprises high-melting-point metal particles comprising high-melting-point metal elements having a melting point of 2400° C. or higher scattered therein and comprises the high-melting-point metal elements that account for 50% by mass to 95% by mass thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides a composite material that is durable in a hot environment and easily produced. The composite material according to the invention has an overlaid part comprising high-melting-point metal in at least a part on the surface of a low-melting-point alloy member having a melting point of 1600° C. or lower. The overlaid part comprising high-melting-point metal comprises high-melting-point metal particles comprising high-melting-point metal elements having a melting point of 2400° C. or higher scattered therein, and 40% or more of the high-melting-point metal particles has a roundness of 0.7 or higher. The low-melting-point alloy member comprises one type of a low-melting-point alloy selected from among a Fe-based alloy, a Ni-based alloy, a Co-based alloy, a Ti-based alloy, a Cr-based alloy, and a high-entropy alloy and the high-melting-point metal particles comprise at least one type of high-melting-point metal element selected from among W, Ta, Mo, and Nb.

Abstract: The invention provides a cermet composite material that can improve a bond strength between a cermet part and a non-cermet part without heat treatment at high temperature. The cermet composite material according to the invention comprises a cermet part including hard carbides dispersed in a metallic phase and a non-cermet part consisting of a Ni-based alloy including 50% by mass or more of Ni with the cermet part being formed on the non-cermet part by additive manufacturing, wherein the cermet composite material comprises an intermediate layer including both components of the cermet part and components of the non-cermet part between the cermet part and the non-cermet part, and the non-cermet part consists of the Ni-based alloy including 3.0% by mass to 15.0% by mass of Ti or the Ni-based alloy including 0.5% by mass to less than 3.0% by mass of Ti and 4% by mass to 15% by mass of Nb and Ta in total.

Abstract: Provided are a WC-based cemented carbide powder from which a WC-based cemented carbide member excellent in high thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance can be manufactured, a WC-based cemented carbide member, and a manufacturing method for a WC-based cemented carbide member. The WC-based cemented carbide powder of the present invention includes WC, Cu, and at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr. The content of WC is equal to or more than 40 mass %, the content of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr is equal to or more than 25 mass % and less than 60 mass %, and the ratio a/b of the content ‘a’ of Cu and the content ‘b’ of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr satisfies 0.070?a/b?1.000.

Abstract: A distance measurement system includes a light source, a wavelength conversion module that generates a harmonic G1 with which a target S is to be irradiated as guide light by converting a wavelength of a part of a fundamental wave L1 of light L0 emitted from the light source, a photodetector that detects reflected light L1r generated by reflection, on the target S, the fundamental wave L1 that has passed through the wavelength conversion module, and a signal processing unit that calculates a distance to the target S on the basis of a detection result of the photodetector.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: an iron-chromium-cobalt alloy magnet having improved magnetic characteristics, especially maximum energy product; and a method for producing the same. Provided is an iron-chromium-cobalt alloy magnet, wherein: the iron-chromium-cobalt alloy magnet includes titanium; the number density of Ti-enriched phases having a maximum diameter of 3 ?m or greater in a cross-section is, on average, less than 1.0 per 10,000 ?m2; and the squareness ratio represented by (BH)ma×/(Br×HcB) exceeds 0.72.

Abstract: The present invention is a windshield for an automobile on which an information acquisition device configured to acquire information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be arranged. The windshield includes: a laminated glass including an information acquisition region that is opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes; and an antifog sheet in which at least a sticky layer, a substrate film, and an antifog layer are layered in this order, the sticky layer being attached to at least a surface on a vehicle interior side of the information acquisition region. The laminated glass includes at least one glass plate in which surface concentrations of tin oxide in two principal surfaces are different, and a surface of the glass plate in which the concentration of tin oxide is higher faces the vehicle interior side.

Abstract: The present invention is a windshield for an automobile on which an information acquisition device configured to acquire information from the outside of a vehicle by emitting and/or receiving light can be arranged. The windshield includes: a laminated glass including an information acquisition region that is opposite to the information acquisition device and through which the light passes; and an antifog sheet in which at least a sticky layer, a substrate film, and an antifog layer are layered in this order, the sticky layer being attached to at least a surface on a vehicle interior side of the information acquisition region. The laminated glass includes at least one glass plate in which surface concentrations of tin oxide in two principal surfaces are different, and a surface of the glass plate in which the concentration of tin oxide is higher faces the vehicle interior side.

Abstract: An optical device includes an intermetallic compound of a first metal and a second metal having a lower work function than the first metal, or a solid-solution alloy of the first metal and the second metal and includes an n-type semiconductor in Schottky junction with the intermetallic compound or the solid-solution alloy.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a silicon substrate in which a plane direction of a crystal plane of a principal surface is a (111) plane, the principal surface having an uneven structure; and a conductor that is joined to the silicon substrate by Schottky junction, in which the conductor is directly joined to a (111) plane of at least one of a protruding portion or a depressed portion in the uneven structure.

Abstract: Provided are a WC-based cemented carbide powder from which a WC-based cemented carbide member excellent in high thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance can be manufactured, a WC-based cemented carbide member, and a manufacturing method for a WC-based cemented carbide member. The WC-based cemented carbide powder of the present invention includes WC, Cu, and at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr. The content of WC is equal to or more than 40 mass %, the content of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr is equal to or more than 25 mass % and less than 60 mass %, and the ratio a/b of the content ‘a’ of Cu and the content ‘b’ of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr satisfies 0.070?a/b?1.000.

Abstract: There is provided a hollow composite magnetic member obtained by partially reforming a hollow member which is formed of a ferromagnetic material containing Cr of 15 mass % or more and 18 mass % or less, in which the reformed portion includes an alloy containing Cr of 8 mass % or more and 18 mass % and Ni of 6.5 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less. Accordingly, a hollow composite magnetic member having a small width of the nonmagnetic portion and a fuel injection valve having the same can be provided.

Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an alloy layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body and which has a lower work function than the nanostructure body, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer. The nanostructure body is composed of one selected from the group consisting of elemental metals, alloys, metal nitrides, and conductive oxides. The alloy layer is composed of at least two metals.

Abstract: An optical device includes a nanostructure body which induces surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with light, an oxide layer which is in contact with the nanostructure body, an alloy layer which is in contact with the oxide layer and which is made of an alloy containing a first metal and a second metal that are different in work function from each other, and an n-type semiconductor which is in Schottky contact with the alloy layer.

Abstract: A solenoid pipe is formed of a ferromagnetic material containing 15-18 mass % of Cr, an electromagnetic coil, and a valve body. The pipe includes a reform portion, having a composition in which a component of the ferromagnetic material is mixed with a component of a Ni-containing material. A ratio, e/d, of a maximum deformation, e, of an outer circumferential surface side of the reform portion of the pipe with respect to a thickness, d, of the pipe near the reform portion is 0.5 or less, and a ratio, c/d, of a maximum deformation, c, of an inner circumferential surface side of the reform portion of the pipe with respect to the thickness, d, of the pipe is 0.5 or less.