溶胶-凝胶法制备高折射率TiO2薄膜

 采用溶胶- 凝胶法制备了TiO₂纳米晶溶胶,并以旋涂法（spin-coating）镀制了高折射率光学薄膜。借助光散射技术和透射电镜研究了溶胶的微结构。采用原子力显微镜、场发射扫描电镜、紫外-可见-近红外光谱仪、椭偏仪、漫反射吸收光谱及强激光辐照实验,对膜层的结构、光学性能及抗激光损伤性能进行了系统的表征。结果显示:纳米晶薄膜的折射率达到了1.9,而传统的溶胶-凝胶薄膜折射率只有1.6;同时纳米晶薄膜的抗激光损伤阈值与传统的溶胶-凝胶薄膜相差不大,在1 064 nm处分别为16.3 J/cm²(3 ns脉冲) 和16.6 J/cm²(3 ns脉冲);纳米晶溶胶薄膜可以在保持较高抗激光损伤阈值情况下,大幅度提高薄膜折射率。     

化学法制备的HfO2薄膜的激光损伤阈值研究

 采用化学法制备了HfO₂介质膜，研究了热处理、紫外辐照以及Al₂O₃复合对HfO₂介质膜激光损伤阈值的影响。采用红外光谱（FTIR）和X射线衍射仪对薄膜进行了表征，并用输出波长为1.064 μm、脉宽为10 ns的电光调Q激光系统测试薄膜的激光损伤阈值。实验结果表明：采用150 ℃左右的温度对薄膜进行热处理可以提高薄膜的激光损伤阈值，所获得的薄膜的激光损伤阈值高达42.32 J/cm²，比热处理前的激光损伤阈值提高了82%；无机材料Al₂O₃的适量添加能够提高薄膜的激光损伤阈值，其中HfO₂与Al₂O₃的最佳质量配比约为95∶5；另外，对薄膜进行适当的紫外辐照也可改善HfO₂ 薄膜以及HfO₂-Al₂O₃复合薄膜的抗激光损伤性能。紫外辐照对提高HfO₂-Al₂O₃复合薄膜的激光损伤阈值效果尤为显著，辐照40 min后的激光损伤阈值达到44.33 J/cm²，比紫外辐照前的激光损伤阈值提高了90%。     

物理法和化学法制备的单层ZrO2膜的激光损伤行为差异

 分别采用电子束热蒸发技术和溶胶-凝胶技术在K9基片上镀制了光学厚度相近的ZrO₂单层薄膜,测试了两类薄膜的激光损伤阈值。分别采用透射式光热透镜技术、椭偏仪、原子力显微镜和光学显微镜研究了两类薄膜的热吸收、孔隙率、微观表面形貌、激光辐照前薄膜的杂质和缺陷状况以及激光辐照后薄膜的损伤形貌。实验结果表明：两类薄膜的不同损伤形貌与薄膜的热吸收与微观结构有关， 物理法制备的ZrO₂膜结构致密紧凑，膜层的杂质和缺陷多；化学法制备的ZrO₂膜结构疏松多孔，膜层纯净杂质少，激光损伤阈值达26.9 J/cm²；因物理法制备的ZrO₂膜拥有更大的热吸收(115.10×10^-6)和更小的孔隙率(0.20)，其激光损伤阈值较小(18.8 J/cm²)，损伤主要为溅射和应力破坏，而化学法制备的ZrO₂膜的损伤主要为剥层。理论上对实验结果进行了解释。     

ZrO2薄膜的改性与抗激光损伤研究

 采用水热合成技术，制备了ZrO₂胶体，用旋涂法镀制了单层ZrO₂介质膜以及添加了有机粘合剂PVP的复合ZrO₂-PVP薄膜。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、椭偏仪、红外分光光度计（FTIR）、原子力显微镜（AFM）等仪器对干凝胶及薄膜进行了性能测试和表征，并用输出波长为1.064 μm、脉宽为10 ns的电光调Q激光系统产生的强激光测试其激光损伤阈值。测得ZrO₂和ZrO₂-PVP薄膜在300 ℃热处理60 min后的激光损伤阈值分别为24.5 J/cm²和37.8 J/cm²。研究表明：添加有机粘合剂后的复合薄膜具有平整的表面结构；有机粘合剂的添加有助于提高薄膜的折射率和激光损伤阈值，其中，ZrO₂-PVP 复合薄膜的折射率可高达1.75，激光损伤阈值达到37.8 J/cm²，比ZrO₂单层膜的激光损伤阈值提高50%。     

高折射率光学薄膜的化学法制备研究

 报道了一种以ZrOC₁₂·8H₂O为源,溶胶-凝胶法制备高激光负载高折射率薄膜的新方法。薄膜采用旋转镀膜法制备,对薄膜的结构、光学特性及激光损伤阈值进行了测量,有机粘接剂对薄膜折射率及机械强度的影响也作了探讨。以该薄膜与SiO₂溶胶凝胶膜交替涂覆制成的多层高反膜,剩余透过率仅0.98%,激光损伤阈值达16J/cm²（3ns）。     

氧分压对ZrO2薄膜激光损伤阈值的影响

 在不同的氧分压下用电子束热蒸发的方法制备了ZrO₂薄膜。分别通过X射线衍射、光学光谱、热透镜技术、抗激光辐照等测试，对所制备样品的微结构、折射率、吸收率及激光损伤阈值进行了测量。实验结果表明，薄膜中晶粒主要是四方相为主的多晶结构，并且随着氧分压的增加，结晶度、折射率以及弱吸收均逐渐降低。薄膜的激光损伤阈值开始随着氧分压增加从18.5J/cm²逐渐增加，氧分压为9×10^-3Pa时达到最大，值为26.7 J/cm²，氧分压再增加时则又降低到17.5 J/cm²。由此可见，氧分压引起的薄膜微结构变化是ZrO₂薄膜激光损伤阈值变化的主要原因。     

用1064nm激光增强HfO2/SiO2薄膜的抗激光损伤能力的实验研究

 用1 064nm激光实验研究了HfO₂/SiO₂薄膜的激光损伤增强效应，实验以薄膜激光损伤阈值70%的激光能量开始，采用N-ON-1方式处理薄膜，激光脉冲的能量增量为5J/cm²。实验结果表明，激光处理薄膜表面能使激光损伤阈值平均提高到3倍左右，并且薄膜的损伤尺度也明显减小。对有缺陷的薄膜，其缺陷经低能量激光后熔和消除，其抗激光损伤能力得到增强，但增强得并不显著，而薄膜本身的激光预处理，可以使其激光损伤阈值大大提高。     

高抗激光损伤阈值介孔SiO2 减反射膜

 用P123作模板剂,通过正硅酸乙酯的水解缩聚和溶剂蒸发自组装过程在K9玻璃上制备介孔SiO₂膜。应用FT-IR,XRD,N₂ 吸附-脱附,AFM和UV-Vis表征手段研究了薄膜的介孔结构和光学性能,并使用“R-on-1”模式,以Nd:YAG脉冲激光（9.2 ns, 1 064 nm）测试了薄膜的激光损伤阈值。结果表明:所镀制单层介孔SiO₂膜具有规整的2D p6 mm长周期结构,为SBA-15型,膜层表面比较平整（均方根粗糙度为2.923 nm）,在1 064 nm处的透过率为99.5%, 换算为激光脉宽为1 ns时,膜层的激光损伤阈值为21.6 J/cm²,显示出了较好的减反性能和抗激光损伤性能。     

真空退火对355nm Al2O3/MgF2高反射薄膜性能的影响

 采用电子束蒸发沉积技术制备了355nm Al₂O₃/MgF₂ 高反射薄膜，并在真空中进行不同温度梯度的退火，用X射线衍射（XRD）观察了薄膜微结构的变化，用355nm Nd：YAG脉冲激光测试了薄膜的激光损伤阈值，用Lambda 900光谱仪测试了薄膜的透过和反射光谱。结果表明在工艺条件相同的条件下真空退火过程对薄膜的性能有很大的影响，退火温度梯度越小的样品，吸收越小，阈值越大，并且是非晶结构。选择合适的真空退火过程可以减少355nm Al₂O₃/MgF₂ 高反射膜的膜层吸收，提高薄膜的激光损伤阈值。     

层间热处理对SiO2/ZrO2双层膜的影响

 以正硅酸乙酯和丙醇锆为前驱体,用溶胶-凝胶法在K9基片上提拉镀制SiO₂/ZrO₂双层膜。采用不同实验步骤制备了2个样品,样品1镀完SiO₂后直接镀ZrO₂ ,样品2镀完SiO₂经热处理后再镀ZrO₂。采用原子力显微镜、椭偏仪、紫外-可见分光光度计对薄膜进行表征。针对SiO₂/ZrO₂双层膜,考虑到膜间渗透的影响,采用３层Cauchy模型进行椭偏模拟,椭偏参数的模拟值曲线与椭偏仪的测量值曲线十分吻合,进而发现热处理可以使SiO₂/ZrO₂双层膜之间的渗透减少近23 nm,从而提高其峰值透射率。利用输出波长1.064 mm,脉宽8.1 ns的激光束对样品进行了损伤阈值的测试,用光学显微镜观察损伤形貌,结果发现两者损伤阈值分别为13.6 J/c2和14.18 J/cm²,均为膜的本征损伤。     

Emittance-dominated long bunches in dual harmonic RF system

The storage of long bunches for long time intervals needs flattened stationary buckets with a large bucket height. The longitudinal motion of the initially mismatched beam has been studied for both the single and dual harmonic RF systems. The RF amplitude is determined to be r.m.s wise matched. The bucket height of the single harmonic system is too small even for shorter bunch with only 20% increased energy spread. The Halo formation and even debunching can be seen after a few synchrotron periods for single particles with large amplitude. In the case of small energy spread for a cooled beam, Coulomb interaction cannot be ignored. The external voltage has to be increased to keep the r.m.s bunch length unchanged. The new voltage ratio R(N) simplifies physics for the emittance-dominated bunches with modest particle number N. For the single harmonic system, substantial amount of debunching occurs without increasing the external voltage, but very little if the RF amplitude is doubled. Results from the ORBIT tracking code are presented for the 1 GeV bunch in the HESR synchrotron, part of the GSI FAIR project.     

Single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor with high detection resolution

A versatile and low-cost single-beam self-referenced phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance(SPR)sensing system with ultra-high resolution performance is presented.The system exhibits a root-mean-square phase fluctuation of ±0.0028.over a period of 45 min.i.e.a resolution of±5.2×10-9 refractive index units.The enhanced performance has been achieved through the incorporation of three design elements:a true single-beam configuration enabling complete self-referencing so that only the phase change associated with SPR gets detected,a differential measurement scheme to eliminate spurious signals not related to the sensor response,and the elimination of retardation drifts by incorporating temperature stabilization in the liquid crystal phase modulato .Our design should bring the detection sensitivity of non-labeling SPR biosensing closer to that achievable by conventional fluorescence-based techniques.     

Spectral luminescent properties of monomeric and associated molecular forms of acridine dyes in polymer matrices

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 38–46, March–April, 1995.     

Speech enhancement by array crosstalk resistant ANC and spectrum subtraction

Microphone array-based speech enhancement has great importance for speech communications and speech recognition. To reduce the aperture of the microphone array and to increase the effect of the speech enhancement will greatly broaden the application areas of the microphone array. An array crosstalk resistant adaptive noise cancellation method is therefore presented. And then an improved spectral subtraction algorithm is further cascaded to obtain better enhancement results. Theoretic analysis and experiments indicate that the proposed scheme needs only a very small microphone array while it simultaneously achieves a higher SNR improvement. Besides, the proposed scheme can be used in many noisy environments and is easy for real-time implementation.     

Effect ofγ-radiation on the spectral luminescence characteristics of impure cadmium tungstate crystals

Results of a study of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of cadmium tungstate crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations are presented. Spectral characteristics of the nondnnnoped crystals are briefly described. Absorption and photo and X-ray luminescence spectra of the crystals taken before and after exposure to γ-radiation (5.5·10⁴ Gy) are compared. It is found that the spectral characteristics of the crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations do not change markedly after the exposure. The relation between the type of impurity-induced defects, individual characteristics of the impurity cations, and the character of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of impure crystals is analyzed (preliminarily). Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 55–60, January–February, 1997.     

A new tuning procedure for the DTL RF field pattern

The DTL tank is a multi-cell cavity.In a fabricated tank,the measured average axial field E0 for each cell may obviously deviate from the designed value.It is generally thought the deviation is due to the errors in fabrication and assembly.But it is not always true.In this paper,it is shown that the deviation may already exist before fabrication in some cases.It is partly due to the imperfection of the current design procedures.A new design method is introduced to reduce the deviation in the design stage.     

The effect of complexing processes on energy transfer Tl+→Gd3+ and Tl+→Tb3+ in glass

T. Shevchenko Kiev University, 252022 Kiev, Pr. Akad. Glushakova, 6, Ukraine. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 192–196, May–June, 1995.     

ß-Correction spectrophotometry and its application to determination of a trace metal and its chelate composition: Cd(II) with dithizone

Huaibei Environmental Monitoring Center, Huaibei, Anhui Province, 235000, P. R. China. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 62, No. 6, pp. 76–80, November–December, 1995.     

Cavitation in trees

Sap is transported under tension (i.e. negative pressure) in trees, according to the tension-cohesion theory. Since water is physically instable under negative pressure, a risk of cavitation is possible. Techniques have been developed during the past two decennia to study cavitation in trees. Trees appear remarkably immune to cavitation events. Cavities form only when extreme water stresses occur or when sap freezes. Nucleation is heterogeneous in trees, presumably caused by the aspiration of air bubbles through conduit walls. Threshold xylem pressures for cavitation vary greatly between species, in concordance with the great functional and ecological diversity of trees. To cite this article: H. Cochard, C. R. Physique 7 (2006).