Evaluation of downstream-mixing scheme for 9.4-µm CO2 gasdynamic laser

A theoretical analysis of a downstream-mixing 16-μm CO₂ gasdynamic laser revealed the possibility of utilizing the downstream-mixing scheme for the generation of 9.4-μm radiation using a CO₂ gasdynamic laser. The flow-field has been analyzed using complete two-dimensional, unsteady laminar form of Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the finite rate vibrational kinetic equations. The analysis showed that integrated small-signal gain of 11.5m⁻¹ for Lorentzian broadening and 4.8m⁻¹ considering Voigt function can be obtained for N₂ reservoir temperature of 2000°K and velocity ratio 1:1 between the CO₂ and N₂ mixing streams. These results (presented in graphs) clearly highlight the large potential of downstream-mixing CO₂ gasdynamic laser for 9.4-μm laser generation.     

Probing the interactions of charmed mesons with nuclei in ¯p-induced reactions

We study the perspectives of resonant and nonresonant charmed-meson production in ˉp + A reactions within the Multiple Scattering Monte Carlo (MSMC) approach. We calculate the production of the resonances Ψ(3770),Ψ(4040) and Ψ(4160) on various nuclei, their propagation and decay to D,ˉD, D ^*,ˉD^*, D _s,ˉD_s in the medium and vacuum, respectively. The modifications of the open charm vector mesons in the nuclear medium are found to be rather moderate or even small such that dilepton spectroscopy will require an invariant mass resolution of a few MeV. Furthermore, the elastic and inelastic interactions of the open charm mesons in the medium are taken into account, which can be related to (u, d )-, s- or c-quark exchange with nucleons. It is found that by studying the D/ˉD ratio for low momenta in the laboratory ( ? 2 - 2.2 GeV/c) as a function of the target mass A stringent constraints on the c-quark exchange cross-section can be obtained. On the other hand, the ratios D ^- _s/D ⁺ _s as well as D/D ^- _s and D/D ⁺ _s at low momenta as a function of A will permit to fix independently the strength of the s-quark exchange reaction in D ^- _s N scattering. Received: 1 March 2002 / Accepted: 21 March 2002     

Third harmonic generation of CO2 laser radiation in AgGaSe2 crystal

Generation of third harmonic of CO₂ laser radiation has been obtained in a type-II, ϑ=57° cut 9 mm thick AgGaSe₂ crystal for the first time by sum-frequency-mixing of the fundamental with its second harmonic, the latter being obtained using another type-I, ϑ=55° cut 11 mm thick AgGaSe₂ crystal. The energy conversion efficiencies obtained for second harmonic and third harmonic generations are 6.3% and 2.4% respectively with the input fundamental pump power density of 5.9 MW/cm² only. The wavelength of the fundamental CO₂ laser radiation used for the generation of harmonics is 10.6 μm, P(20) line. A compact TEA CO₂ laser source has been built in the laboratory.     

Optically pumped submillimeter laser lines from CD2Cl2 using a large tunability CW CO2 laser

Twenty-five new laser lines have been obtained in the wavelength region from 155 to 830 μm by optically pumping the CD₂Cl₂ (deuterated dichloromethane) molecule with a CW CO₂ laser having a tunability range of 300 MHz. The wavelength, polarization relative to that of CO₂ pumping radiation, and offset relative to the CO₂ center frequency were determined for all of the new lines and some other already known laser emissions. For all of them we give also the relative intensity and the optimum pressure of operation. Permanent address: Depto de Física e Química da FEIS — UNESP 15.378-000 Ilha Solteira-SP, Brazil     

CuH分子A1∑+态的寿命和预解离研究

A combined cavity ringdown (CRD) and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopic study on the A¹∑⁺-X¹∑⁺ transition of CuH has been presented.The CuH molecule,as well as its deuterated isotopologue CuD,are produced in a supersonic jet expansion by discharging H₂(or D₂) and Ar gas mixtures using two copper needles.Different profiles of relative line intensities are observed between the measured LIF and CRD spectra,providing an experimental evidence for the predissociation behavior in the A¹∑⁺ state of CuH.The lifetimes of individual upper rotational levels are measured by LIF,in which the J''-dependent predissociation rates are obtained.Based on the previous theoretical calculations,a predissociation mechanism is concluded due to the strong spin-orbit coupling between the A¹∑⁺ state and the lowest-lying triplet ³∑⁺ state,and a tunneling effect may also be involved in the predissociation.Similar experiments are also performed for CuD,showing that the A¹∑⁺ state of CuD does not undergo a predissociation process.     

Study of crystals in medium-and long-wavelength IR ranges by surface-electromagnetic-wave spectroscopy

First observation of excitation of surface electromagnetic waves (SEW) is reported in the reststrahlen region in for biaxial crystal KTiOPO₄ (KTP) using a tunable CO₂ laser around 10 μm, and for CaF₂, BaF₂, MgO (cubic crystals), and LiNbO₃ (uniaxial crystal) in the far IR using ith a free-electron laser. The parameters of SEW propagation in these crystals have been obtained by the interference method of SEW phase spectroscopy, and the possibility of determining the complex dielectric permittivity of crystals from the SEW propagation parameters demonstrated in the range of SEW existence. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 237–241 (February 1998)     

Spectroscopic Detection of Sulfur Oxides in the Aircraft Wake

The absorption/emission spectral regions of SO, SO₂, SO₃, S₂O and HSO are analyzed for the range from UV (λ ≥ 0.2 μm) to IR (λ < 30 μm) and are compared with the atmospheric transmission spectrum. It is shown that many vibrational bands of the compounds considered fall into atmospheric transmission windows. For the vibrational bands of SO, SO₂, SO₃, S₂O, and HSO molecules there are some gases which hinder the absorption diagnostics of the indicated compounds. These interfering gases are natural components of atmospheric air as well as specific gases of aircraft engine exhaust. It is found that the least influence of the interference takes place in the 2400–2700 cm⁻¹ IR region. The spectroscopic techniques used for the detection of aircraft engine exhaust compounds are briefly reviewed, with much consideration given to SO₂. The IR absorption spectra of SO₂ and other gases are calculated for the conditions of the aircraft engine nozzle exit. Narrow spectral intervals suitable for SO₂ detection in a hot flow are determined. An analysis is made for the detection capabilities of CO₂ lasers (including isotope CO₂ lasers) and CO lasers (both fundamental band and first-overtone ones) as applied to SO₂ detection in aircraft engine exhaust. Published in English as Preprint No. 5 of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (2004).     

LASER COOLING IN PHASE FLUCTUATING LASER FIELD

The influence of laser linewidth Γ₁ on laser cooling of atoms was investigated theoretically by using a diffusing phase model. The final tempe rature which can be achieved by Doppler cooling or sub Doppler cooling in phase fluctuating laser field is presented. It was found that the natural linewidth Γ_n of the transition used for cooling the atoms is an important quan tity in evaluating the influence of Γ₁ under Doppler cooling mechanis m, and the laser linewidth has little effect on the final temperature under sub-Doppler cooling mechanism because the laser detuning is very large in this case.     

200GeV AuAu碰撞中前快度区的微分椭圆流

Identified particle elliptic flow results are presented for the Au+Au reaction at s_NN=200GeV as a function of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity. Data at pseudorapidities η≈0,1, and 3.4 were obtained using the two BRAHMS spectrometers. Differential v₂ (η,p_t) values for a given particle type are found to be essentially constant over the covered pseudorapidity range, in contrast to the integral v₂ values which have previously been observed to decrease at forward rapidities. A softening of the particle spectra at forward angles is found to account for at least part of the integral v₂ falloff. The data are found to be consistent with existing constituent quark scaling systematics.     

Effective ionization coefficients and electron drift velocities in gasmixtures of CF3I with N2 and CO2 obtained from Boltzmannequation analysis

The electron swarm parameters including the density-normalized effective ionization coefficients (α-η)/N and the electron drift velocities V_e are calculated for the gas mixture of CF₃I with N₂ and CO₂ by solving the Boltzmann equation in the condition of steady-state Townsend (SST) experiment. The overall density-reduced electric field strength is from 100 Td to 1000 Td (1 Td=10^-17 V·cm²), while the CF₃I content k in the gas mixture can be varied over the range from 0% to 100%. From the variation of (α-η)/N with the CF₃I mixture ratio k, the limiting field strength (E/N)_lim for each CF₃I concentration is derived. It is found that for the mixtures with 70% CF₃I, the values of (E/N)_lim are essentially the same as that for pure SF₆. Additionally, the global warming potential (GWP) and the liquefaction temperature of the gas mixtures are also taken into account to evaluate the possibility of applying in the gas insulation of power equipment.     

Theoretical study of stereodynamics for the reaction O(3P) +D2 (v=0, j=0) to OD+D and isotope effect

Quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) calculations have been performed to study the product polarization behaviours in the reaction O(³P) + D₂ (v= 0, j= 0)→OD + D. By running trajectories on the ³A′ and ³A″ potential energy surfaces (PESs), vector correlations such as the distributions of the polarization-dependent differential cross sections (PDDCSs), the angular distributions of P(θ_r) and P(ø_r) are presented. Isotope effect is discussed in this work by a comprehensive comparison with the reaction O(³P) + H₂ (v= 0, j= 0) → H + H. Common characteristics as well as differences are discussed in product alignment and orientation for the two reactions. The isotope mass effect differs on the two potential energy surfaces: the isotope mass effect has stronger influence on P(θ_r) and PDDCSs of the ³A′ PES while the opposite on P(ø_r) of the ³A″ potential energy surface.     

Visible luminescence of Er2O3 induced by CO2 laser radiation with a wavelength of 10.6 µm

The visible luminescence of Er₂O₃ powder induced by CO₂ laser radiation with a wavelength of 10.6 μm is observed and spectrally studied. The mechanisms for the CO₂ laser radiation’s conversion into the luminescence are discussed. The experimental results can be used for the creation of large-screen devices for displaying, visualization, and digital photo and video detection of the intensity distributions, spectra, and interferograms of laser radiation. Original Text ? Astro, Ltd., 2006.     

Bipolar resistive switching in Cr-doped TiOx thin films

The electric-pulse-induced resistive switching effect is studied for Ti_0.85Cr_0.15O_x (TCO) films grown on Ir—Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Such a TCO device exhibits bipolar switching behaviour with an electric-pulse-induced resistance ratio as large as about 1000% and threshold voltages smaller than 2 V. The resistive switching characteristics may be understood by resistance changes of a Schottky junction composed of a metal and an n-type semiconductor, and its nonvolatility is attributed to the movement of oxygen vacancies near the interface.     

SiO2表面双酚A中空分子印迹纳米球的制备及识别性能

A novel and effective approach was developed to synthesize monodisperse hollow molecularly imprinted polymers (MHMIPs) with unfunctionalized SiO₂ spheres in a mixture of toluene and CH₃CN.The factors that affected the synthesis of MHMIPs were systematically investigated.It was determined that a suitable ratio of toluene to CH₃CN and the use of a functional monomer that can generate double H-bonding interactions were the critical factors to obtain MHMIPs with high uniformity and monodispersion.The obtained MHMIPs exhibited a fast adsorption rate and high adsorption capacity (270 μmol/g) for bisphenol A.As the shell thickness increased from 90 nm to 130 nm,the binding capacity of the imprinted shells decreased gradually.The relative selectivity coefficients of MHMIPs for tetra-bromobisphenol A (TBBPA),phenol and p-tert-butylphenol (PTBP) were calculated as 1.53,1.83 and 1.90,respectively.These findings indicate that MHMIPs have good adsorption performances and suggest applications in the selective removal or sensitive analysis of bisphenol A.     

Flow phase diagrams for concentration-coupled shear banding

After surveying the experimental evidence for concentration coupling in the shear banding of wormlike micellar surfactant systems, we present flow phase diagrams spanned by shear stress Σ (or strain rate ) and concentration, calculated within the two-fluid, non-local Johnson-Segalman (d-JS-φ) model. We also give results for the macroscopic flow curves Σ(ˉ,ˉφ) for a range of (average) concentrations ˉφ. For any concentration that is high enough to give shear banding, the flow curve shows the usual non-analytic kink at the onset of banding, followed by a coexistence “plateau” that slopes upwards, dΣ/dˉ > 0. As the concentration is reduced, the width of the coexistence regime diminishes and eventually terminates at a non-equilibrium critical point [Σ_c,ˉφ_c,ˉ_c]. We outline the way in which the flow phase diagram can be reconstructed from a family of such flow curves, Σ(ˉ,ˉφ), measured for several different values of ˉφ. This reconstruction could be used to check new measurements of concentration differences between the coexisting bands. Our d-JS-φ model contains two different spatial gradient terms that describe the interface between the shear bands. The first is in the viscoelastic constitutive equation, with a characteristic (mesh) length l. The second is in the (generalised) Cahn-Hilliard equation, with the characteristic length ξ for equilibrium concentration-fluctuations. We show that the phase diagrams (and so also the flow curves) depend on the ratio r ≡ l /ξ, with loss of unique state selection at r = 0. We also give results for the full shear-banded profiles, and study the divergence of the interfacial width (relative to l and ξ) at the critical point. Received: 20 December 2002 / Accepted: 24 April 2003 / Published online: 11 June 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: physf@irc.leeds.ac.uk RID="b" ID="b"e-mail: p.d.olmsted@leeds.ac.uk     

In-medium spectral functions of charmonia studied by ¯p + A reactions<Superscript>a</Superscript>

We study the perspectives of resonant charmonium production in ˉp + A reactions within the Multiple Scattering Monte Carlo (MSMC) approach. We calculate the production of the resonances Ψ(2S) and Ψ(3770) on various nuclei, their propagation and decay to dileptons and D + ˉD in the medium and vacuum, respectively, employing parametrizations for the D,ˉD self-energies taken from QCD sum rule studies. The elastic and inelastic interactions of the charmonia and open-charm mesons in the medium are taken into account, too. It is found that the D,ˉD invariant-mass spectra from light and heavy nuclei are not sufficiently sensitive to the in-medium properties of the Ψ(2S) and Ψ(3770). However, a “suppression” of low-mass dileptons from the Ψ(3770) might be seen experimentally as well as a small broadening of the Ψ(2S) dilepton spectra. Received: 19 December 2002 / Accepted: 28 February 2003 / Published online: 5 June 2003     

CO2 laser photoacoustic spectra and vibrational modes of heroin, morphine and narcotine

Heroin, morphine and narcotine are very large molecules having 50, 40 and 53 atoms respectively. Moderately high resolution photoacoustic (PA) spectra have been recorded in 9.6 μm and 10.6 μm regions of CO₂ laser. It is very difficult to assign the modes of vibrations for PA bands by comparison with conventional low resolution IR spectra. The ab initio quantum chemical calculations were used for determining the molecular geometries and normal mode frequencies of vibrations of these molecules for assignments of PA spectra.     

Far-infrared hydrazine laser pumped by an N2O laser

We have used an N₂O laser to optically pump N₂H₄ molecules in a far-infrared cavity and observed 17 new laser lines in the wavelength range 93.0 to 374.2 μm, the 136.8 μm line pumped by 10P(16) being a doublet. We measured the frequencies of the laser lines by heterodyne mixing of the far-infrared radiation with radiation from two frequency-stabilized CO₂ lasers.     

Forward dispersion relations and Roy equations in <Emphasis Type="Italic">ππ</Emphasis> scattering

We first review the results of an analysis of ππ interactions in S, P and D waves for the two-pion effective mass from threshold to about 1.4GeV. In particular, we show a recent improvement of this analysis above the Kˉ threshold using more data for phase shifts and including the S0-wave inelasticity from ππ→Kˉ. In addition, we have improved the fit to the f ₂(1270)-resonance and used a more flexible P-wave parametrization above the Kˉ threshold and included an estimation of the D2-wave inelasticity. The better accuracy thus achieved also required a refinement of the Regge analysis above 1.42GeV. Finally, in this work we check that the ππ scattering amplitudes obtained in this approach satisfy remarkably well forward dispersion relations and Roy's equations.     

Local structure distortion and spin Hamiltonian parameters for Cr3＋-Vzn tetragonal defect centre in Cr3＋ doped KZnF3 crystal

The quantitative relationship between the spin Hamiltonian parameters (D, g_‖, Δg) and the crystal structure parameters for the Cr³⁺—V_Zn tetragonal defect centre in a Cr³⁺:KZnF₃ crystal is established by using the superposition model. On the above basis, the local structure distortion and the spin Hamiltonian parameter for the Cr³⁺—V_Zn tetragonal defect centre in the KZnF_3 crystal are systematically investigated using the complete diagonalization method. It is found that the V_Zn vacancy and the differences in mass, radius and charge between the Cr³⁺ and the Zn²⁺ ions induce the local lattice distortion of the Cr³⁺ centre ions in the KZnF₃ crystal. The local lattice distortion is shown to give rise to the tetragonal crystal field, which in turn results in the tetragonal zero-field splitting parameter D and the anisotropic g factor Δg. We find that the ligand F^- ion along [001] and the other five F^- ions move towards the central Cr³⁺ by distances of Δ₁ = 0.0121 nm and Δ₂ = 0.0026 nm, respectively. Our approach takes into account the spin—orbit interaction as well as the spin—spin, spin—other-orbit, and orbit—orbit interactions omitted in the previous studies. It is found that for the Cr³⁺ ions in the Cr³⁺:KZnF₃ crystal, although the spin—orbit mechanism is the most important one, the contribution to the spin Hamiltonian parameters from the other three mechanisms, including spin—spin, spin—other-orbit, and orbit—orbit magnetic interactions, is appreciable and should not be omitted, especially for the zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameter D.