New and simple method for fabricating polymer-coated silver hollow fibers with large mechanical strength

A new method is proposed for fabricating polymer-coated silver hollow glass fibers to avoid the flexibility deterioration after the curing process. Transmission properties of fibers made by the two procedures with and without curing process are compared. Little difference was observed in the transmission properties at the wavelength 2.94 μm of Er:YAG laser light and 10.6 μm of CO₂ laser light. The polymer layer is shown to be stable after 2-h, 5-W, continuous wave CO₂ laser light transmission.     

Polymer surface patterning by laser scanning

Proposed work develops method of polymer surface patterning, suggested in our laboratory. Surface structures with different symmetry and shape are prepared on PMMA and photoresist (Su-8) surface. For surface modification, periodic laser scanning from confocal microscope was used. For optical response improvement meso tetraphenylporphyrine was added either in the polymer bulk or on the top of pristine polymer by vacuum evaporation method. Applications of vacuum deposition methods allow increasing applicability of the technique and preparation of more complex structure. Parameters of the created structures were studied with the aim to better understand the driving forces of the surface modification. Application of prepared structures in photonics as diffraction grating or light coupling elements is also given.     

Effect of the Protonation and Chemical Doping of Poly(o-toludine) with Copper Sulfate on the Spectral and Electrical Properties of the Host Polymer

Poly(o-toluidine) (POT) and its samples doped with copper sulfate, a transition metal salt, were synthesized by a chemical oxidative polymerization technique using potassium dichromate as oxidant in aqueous hydrochloric acid medium and chemical doping with copper sulfate. The prepared polymeric samples were characterized by ultraviolet (UV)-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and DC conductivity measurement techniques. The UV-visible spectra of doped polymer displayed peaks indicating the presence of charged particles/polarons and/or formation of conducting POT. The characteristic FTIR peaks of the doped polymer provided information regarding structural changes in the backbone of POT and were consistent with the interaction of the benzenoid groups of the polymer with metal ions. X-ray diffraction patterns of powdered doped polymer showed an amorphous nature, as exhibited by most conducting polymers. The DC conductivity of doped polymer was measured by a two-probe method in the temperature range of 300–400 K; a significant enhancement in DC conductivity was observed with an increase in temperature, showing the semiconductor nature of the synthesized doped polymer.     

偏振和衍射双重效应影响的Schmidt棱镜特性

一束偏振光经过Schmidt棱镜的两个不同路径,成为两个不同的偏振状态,使得出射光束的偏振态呈现非均匀分布.为了探索偏振态非均匀分布对Schmidt棱镜传光质量的影响机理,将两个路径对应的光波函数引入屋脊衍射积分方程,得到了偏振效应影响的屋脊衍射场强分布.场强分布的数字计算表明:在偏振效应和衍射效应的双重影响下,经Schmidt棱镜出射的光场分布出现了严重变形;对应同一入射线偏振光出现的P、S两分量位相差的差异,使得P、S分量的屋脊衍射光强分布I_P、I_S有很大差异,这种差异在入射线偏振光方位角为0°和90°时达到最大;而合光波的衍射光强I_P+I_S是分裂为有一定空间间距的多峰分布,但多峰分布随入射线偏振光方位角的变化比较小.实验拍摄了He-Ne激光经Schmidt棱镜衍射后出射光强分布图.实验结果和理论分析一致性表明:Schmidt棱镜中的偏振效应和屋脊衍射效应导致了一束入射线偏振光分裂为有一定空间间距的多峰光束,严重破坏了Schmidt棱镜的传光特性.     

偏振和衍射双重效应影响的Schmidt棱镜特性

一束偏振光经过Schmidt棱镜的两个不同路径,成为两个不同的偏振状态,使得出射光束的偏振态呈现非均匀分布.为了探索偏振态非均匀分布对Schmidt棱镜传光质量的影响机理,将两个路径对应的光波函数引入屋脊衍射积分方程,得到了偏振效应影响的屋脊衍射场强分布.场强分布的数字计算表明:在偏振效应和衍射效应的双重影响下,经Schmidt棱镜出射的光场分布出现了严重变形;对应同一入射线偏振光出现的P、S两分量位相差的差异,使得P、S分量的屋脊衍射光强分布IP、IS有很大差异,这种差异在入射线偏振光方位角为0°和90°时达到最大;而合光波的衍射光强IP+IS是分裂为有一定空间间距的多峰分布,但多峰分布随入射线偏振光方位角的变化比较小.实验拍摄了He-Ne激光经Schmidt棱镜衍射后出射光强分布图.实验结果和理论分析一致性表明:Schmidt棱镜中的偏振效应和屋脊衍射效应导致了一束入射线偏振光分裂为有一定空间间距的多峰光束,严重破坏了Schmidt棱镜的传光特性.     

Direct Fabrication of Surface Relief Holographic Diffusers in Azobenzene Polymer Films

We propose a direct fabrication of light diffusers using azobenzene polymer films. Holographic recordings of surface relief diffusers are formed on the polymer film by exposure to an Nd:YAG laser (532 nm) through source diffusion materials. No post-treatment is needed, and it can be erased by heating or irradiating uniform laser beam. Diffusion pattern can be controlled by the polarization of the laser. Transmittance of over 88% is obtained at the wavelength of 633 nm.     

新型聚合物分散液晶相位光栅的制备

把具有光敏特性的预聚物与向列相液晶按一定比例混合 ,注入表面经过取向处理的液晶盒中。以紫外灯为光源 ,通过光掩膜法 ,使混合物在光场的引发下发生相分离 ,形成液晶 /聚合物相位光栅。由于相分离后液晶在取向膜的作用下沿液晶盒面方向旋转 180° ,克服了传统液晶光栅器件对入射光偏振方向的依赖 ,提高了光的有效利用率。采用光学显微镜和He Ne激光器进行测试 ,结果表明所制样品具有较好的栅结构 ,其衍射效率不受入射光偏振方向的影响且具有电场可调性。该光栅制作方法简便 ,驱动电压低 ,在光通信器件、衍射光学、投影显示、光开关等领域有广泛的应用前景     

Enhanced dielectric permittivity in poly (vinylidene) fluoride/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition

The fabrication of high quality thin films of poly (vinylidene fluoride) embedded with multiwalled carbon nanotubes using pulsed laser deposition technique is reported. The prepared films were characterized for structural, morphology and dielectric properties. The morphology analysis revealed uniform dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes throughout the polymer matrix. X-ray diffraction results suggested that the poly (vinylidene fluoride) film is in amorphous phase while addition of multiwalled carbon nanotubes showed presence of crystalline peaks in the nanocomposites films. It was interesting to note that the nanocomposite films exhibits significant enhancement of the ferroelectric β-phase as evidenced by the X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results. The dielectric analysis shows a remarkable enhancement in the dielectric permittivity of nanocomposites with lower loss and conductivity level. The results can be attributed to the formation of minicapacitor network and relatively higher percolation threshold in the nanocomposites.     

Dispersion and nonlinear phase-shift compensation in high-peak-power short-pulse fiber laser sources using photonic-crystal fibers

Photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) with a specifically designed dispersion profile and nonlinearity are shown to enable an accurate broadband compensation of the stretcher-compressor dispersion in fiber laser sources of high-peak-power ultrashort light pulses. We demonstrate that the nonlinear phase shift in such systems can partially compensate for the fourth-order dispersion, allowing the stretcher—compression group delay to be compensated up to the fourth-order dispersion terms by using a sequence of only two fibers—a standard optical fiber and a PCF.     

Role of dispersion profile in controlling emission of dispersive waves by solitons in supercontinuum generation

We study the supercontinuum process in optical fibers numerically for a variety of dispersion profiles to investigate how a specific dispersion profile controls the emission of dispersive waves. We conclude that the number of zero-dispersion points in the dispersion profile of a fiber is an excellent predictor of the dispersive-wave peaks when it is pumped with femtosecond pulses in the anomalous dispersion regime. Our study reveals that two or more such peaks can form on the same side of the input wavelength in specially designed and practically achievable dispersion profiles. We show that dispersive waves are emitted even in the case of normal dispersion where soliton fission does not occur. We suggest that a phenomenon related to soliton spectral tunneling is responsible for this radiation. Distinct dispersive peaks may also appear when an optical pulse, launched in the normal dispersion region, later begins to propagate in the anomalous dispersion regime because of its spectral broadening. Several dispersion profiles are numerically employed to show how the soliton fission process creates non-solitonic radiation even under normal dispersion pumping. A time-domain picture clearly shows this radiation when the conventional phase matching condition is satisfied. We also propose a realistic photonic crystal fiber with a dispersion profile that supports dispersive-wave generation in the normal-dispersion region. Our study should prove useful for experiments designed to control the generation of blue light by launching femtosecond pulses into optical fibers.     

熔融静电纺丝法制备单根聚合物微米纤维全可见光谱的放大自发发射特性研究

具有高能量转化效率的微纳尺度的激光光源的开发将极大地促进光电子系统的进一步集成。本文采用熔融静电纺丝方法成功制备了单根有机聚合物微米纤维，所制备的微米纤维表面光滑，成规范的圆柱形结构。我们通过在聚合物纤维中掺入不同的荧光染料，实现了在整个可见光范围内的光发射可调性。在光泵浦条件下，我们详细研究了单根聚合物微米纤维的放大自发发射特性，三种颜色的微米纤维均表现了较低的阈值和高增益的放大自发发射特性。采用时域有限差分法模拟微米纤维中的电场分布结果表明，纤维的柱状微结构有效地将光限制在圆柱体内，形成环形腔反馈，并沿着轴向传播，因而发射光表现了很好的方向性。这种可见光范围内可全色发射的单根的微米纤维的成功制备将为实现智能化、集成化、低成本和高可靠性的微纳激光光源器件提供可靠的技术支持。     

聚合物分散液晶光栅的衍射特性的研究

报道了一种由聚合物分散液晶膜与具有周期性条状电极结构板结合的新型光栅器件，借助于聚合物分散液晶膜的电光特性，这种栅对入射光的散射或衍射取决于对其施加的电压，即它是电场可调的，实验结果显示出当驱动电压超过器件器件阈值电压时，衍射光的强度和衍射斑的可见级次被电场调制，而且它能入射光的线性偏振态变为椭圆偏振态。     

Coherent light scattering from a two-dimensional Mott insulator

We experimentally demonstrate coherent light scattering from an atomic Mott insulator in a two-dimensional lattice. The far-field diffraction pattern of small clouds of a few hundred atoms was imaged while simultaneously laser cooling the atoms with the probe beams. We describe the position of the diffraction peaks and the scaling of the peak parameters by a simple analytic model. In contrast to Bragg scattering, scattering from a single plane yields diffraction peaks for any incidence angle. We demonstrate the feasibility of detecting spin correlations via light scattering by artificially creating a one-dimensional antiferromagnetic order as a density wave and observing the appearance of additional diffraction peaks.     

拼接光栅缝隙对激光脉冲光强分布的影响

以拼接光栅作为色散元件的激光脉冲压缩器中,要求脉冲压缩光栅表面光强分布均匀、能量输出效率高。利用菲涅耳-基尔霍夫衍射原理对脉冲压缩光栅表面光强和远场光强分布进行了研究。计算了拼接光栅缝隙宽度对光栅表面光强变化量和远场光强极大值的影响。在利特罗角附近入射时发现激光脉冲光强分布与拼接光栅缝隙宽度相关,得出了光栅拼接缝隙宽度应控制在0.5 mm以内。适当提高缝隙衍射效率能够改善光强分布均匀性和提高光能量输出,提出了对拼接缝隙采用两次重复曝光以提高其衍射效率的方法。     

高分子网络凝胶法制备ZnO超细粉体及其光学性能

采用高分子网络凝胶法制备球形ZnO超细粉体。通过聚乙烯醇(PVA)亚浓溶液交联网络的空间位阻作用,经过烧结,获得了具有球形形貌的粒径为1~3μm的ZnO粉体颗粒。利用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)分析了不同PVA浓度以及退火温度对产物形貌、结构的影响,发现在PVA溶液浓度为5%,并且经500℃热处理所形成的ZnO球形颗粒最为均匀规整。研究了球形ZnO粉体的光致发光性能,室温下经325nm波长激发,观察到两个中心波长分别位于407,468nm的微弱的荧光发射带,在合适温度下,在385nm处还出现了较强的紫外峰。PL光谱表明,退火温度对ZnO的光致发光影响较大,随着退火温度升高,由于表面缺陷和结晶性能发生变化,407nm处发射峰逐渐减弱消失,而紫外发光先增强后减弱,经500℃热处理样品的紫外发光性能达到最佳。     

偶氮苯聚合物薄膜光致六角对称微结构

利用前向箭并四波混频光路,在偶氮苯聚合物薄膜表面制作出六角对称的晶体微结构,观察到多个相位共轭波,当三束入射光都处在p偏振态时,在样品表面可得到一维光栅,当三束入射光中有一束在p偏振态,另两束在s偏振态时,在样品表面上得到的是六角对称微结构,这一结果表明,光场强度周期性变化及光场偏振态对晶格微结构的形成非常重要。     

激光烧蚀制备分布反馈式有机激光器件

采用激光烧蚀的方法结合激光全息技术,直接在高分子聚合物MEH-PPV薄膜表面烧蚀光栅结构,制备了分布反馈式有机激光器。这一方法具有工艺简单、光栅参数的可控性和重复性好等优点。器件MEH-PPV的膜厚是400 nm。利用波长为355 nm的Nd-YAG纳秒激光器进行单脉冲烧蚀,获得的光栅周期和光栅高度分别为370 nm和 100 nm。利用飞秒激光放大器作为泵浦源激射DFB激光器件,得到激射阈值约为182 μJ·cm^-2·pulse^-1,光谱的波峰约在609 nm处,半高宽为4.2 nm。通过改变两光束的夹角获得了周期为360, 370, 380, 390 nm的光栅,它们对应的激光波峰分别为602.91, 609.24, 613.26, 619.01 nm。     

铕高分子配合物红色薄膜电致发光特性

合成了三价铕的高分子配合物,主链高分子采用丙烯酸和甲基丙烯酸甲酯的共聚物,引入邻菲咯啉（ｐｈｅｎ）和二苯甲酰基甲烷（ＤＢＭ）作为第二配体。研制了结构为ＩＴＯ／ＰＶＫ／Ｅｒ＾３＋－ｐｏｌｙｍｅｒ／Ａｌ的器件,起亮电压为８．５Ｖ,在１６Ｖ下看到了明显的红色发光。研究了它的光致发光和电致发光性质,发现电致发光和光致发光的光谱有显示不同的特征,对其可能的机理作了探讨。     

Melt-Processed,Electrically Conductive Ternary Polymer Blends Containing Polyaniline

Conductive binary and ternary blends containing polyaniline (PANI) were developed through melt blending. The investigation of the binary blends focused on their morphology in light of the interactions between their components and on the resulting electrical conductivity. Similar solubility parameters of PANI and a constituting polymer lead to a fine PANI particle segregated dispersion within that polymer and to the formation of conducting paths at low PANI contents. In ternary blends consisting of PANI and two immiscible polymers, the PANI preferentially locates in one of the phases due to increased interactions between PANI and the preferred polymer. This concentration magnification effect leads to increased electrical conductivity at lower PANI nominal contents. The electrical conductivity of a ternary blend is mainly determined by the effective PANI content in the preferred phase, by the level of PANI fracturing in this phase, and by the details of the conductive network structure created in the co-continuous structure blend.     

基于液晶/聚合物光栅的高转化效率有机半导体激光器

采用有机半导体发光材料聚[2-甲氧基-5-(2-乙基己氧基)-1,4-苯乙炔]作为增益介质,低官能度光敏单体制备的液晶/聚合物光栅作为外部反馈谐振腔,制备出参数可独立控制的分离式结构的有机半导体激光器.液晶/聚合物光栅中液晶分子的取向影响光栅折射率调制量,从而影响光栅的反馈能力,最终影响激光器出射激光的性能.通过研究发现决定液晶分子取向的主要有两种与光栅周期有关的作用力,利用这一原理制备不同周期的光栅,光栅周期小于450 nm时,相分离出的液晶分子取向由光栅矢量方向变为光栅沟槽方向,此时光栅的折射率调制量增加,光反馈能力增强.采用周期为395 nm的液晶/聚合物光栅制备二级布拉格散射的有机半导体激光器,相较于大周期光栅(593 nm)制备的激光器,激光阈值由0.70μJ/pulse降低至0.18μJ/pulse,转化效率由2.5%提高到6.4%,且出射激光垂直于基板表面发射,有利于后续的处理及应用.