Anomalies in the optical properties of nanocrystalline copper oxides CuO and Cu2O near the fundamental absorption edge

A 0.1–0.15-eV displacement of the fundamental absorption edge in the optical absorption spectra of nanocrystalline oxide n-CuO (relative to the position of the fundamental absorption edge in the spectra of CuO single crystals) towards lower energies (red shift) is observed against the background of strong blurring. Nanocrystalline n-Cu₂O exhibits a displacement of the fundamental absorption edge towards higher energies (blue shift) by approximately 0.35 eV. The size of crystallites in n-CuO and n-Cu₂O ranges from 10 to 90 nm. The blue shift of the fundamental absorption edge of n-Cu₂O is typical of classical wide-gap semiconductors and can be explained by size quantization upon a change in the particle size. The anomalous red shift of the fundamental absorption edge of the strongly correlated nanocrystalline oxide n-CuO can be attributed to the highly defective structure of n-CuO, anomalies in the electronic structure of strongly correlated compounds based on 3d metals, and their tendency to electronic phase separation with the formation of metal-like inclusions.     

Flexible coherent diffraction lithography by tunable phase arrays in lithium niobate crystals

Flexible coherent diffraction lithography is proposed and preliminarily tested by means of an optical phase mask. The phase mask consisted of a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of reversed ferroelectric domains engineered in a z-cut lithium niobate substrate and was electro-optically tunable. Appropriate phase shift values across adjacent reversed domains were induced by the application of an external electric field along the z-axis of the crystal via transparent electrodes. Photolithographic exposures of the self-imaging near-field diffraction intensity patterns, at various planes corresponding to the Talbot distances, were performed by using different values of the driving electric field signal.     

Coherent signal beam amplification in two-wave mixing experiments with photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

The amplification of the input signal beam in two-wave mixing experiments with photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals is achieved when an additional phase shift is established between the photoinduced index modulation (phase volume hologram) and the incident fringe pattern. This stationary phase shift is introduced by either moving the crystal or the interference fringes at a constant speed. The transferred intensity is measured versus the applied electric field, fringe spacing and crystal velocity. The crystallographic orientation and the relative displacement with respect to the applied electric field polarity determine the amplitude of the energy transfer. For the first time in this crystal, signal beam amplification is reached for an applied field E₀ > 8 kV cm^?1 and a crystal or fringe displacement speed around 5 μm s^?1 at the green line (λ = 514 nm) of an argon laser.     

Tuning the transmission phase by the dot size

The phase shift of the electron's wave function after a tunneling event (i.e. the transmission phase) was at first measured for its fundamental or applicative relevance for quantum circuitry, but later the phase study self-motivated due to a number of unexpected results. One such result was the reduced increment of the phase on some resonances - with only fractions of π - in the few-electrons “mesoscopic” regime. In this paper we address such a regime for a rectangular quantum dot and compute the total phase increase on the first four resonances by means of accurate configuration–interaction method and a generalized Friedel sum rule as proposed by Rontani (2006) [17]. Our findings confirm that the electronic correlations reduce the on-resonance phase growth which is also found to decrease quasi–linearly with the dot size, the decrease being more pronounced as the number of electrons on the dot is raised. Sudden jumps (of small amplitude) of the phase are found to accompany ground states spin transitions.     

Chirped Bloch oscillations in strain-balanced InGaAs/InGaAs superlattices

Bloch oscillations excited in a strain-balanced In_xGa_1 − xAs/In_yGa_1 − yAs superlattice by fs optical pulses at 1.55 μ m are investigated in time-resolved transmission spectroscopy. The transition from the coherent oscillatory motion to an incoherent drift transport of the electrons is observed via a transient frequency shift of the Bloch oscillations due to the associated screening of the applied electric field. These electric field changes are analyzed quantitatively as a function of the initial field strengths and excitation densities. The incoherent transport can be described by a drift-diffusion model. As a result, the carrier mobility in the superlattice is obtained on a picosecond timescale.     

Discrete time method for the problem interaction electromagnetic wave-atom at very high frequencies

In this Letter considers a new method to the solution of time-dependent Schrödinger equation specially arising in interaction laser radiation-atom at very high frequencies. The discrete time is introduced and the problem with the time-dependent Schrödinger equation is reduced to solving the eigenvalue equation. Constant phase δ corresponding the origin of time becomes, in this way, an important unknown parameter. The physical reason for such approach is the model for laser phase noise. It is present in reality and usually not included into considerations. The sodium atom in the ground state is immersed in alternating (AC) electromagnetic field with frequency in extreme ultraviolet (XUV, wavelengths shorter than 100 nm) region. The AC Stark shift and polarizability are considered and the estimation of the AC Stark shift is given. Our examinations show that energy shift has anomalously strong dependence of δ and laser phase noise introduces significant uncertainty in experimental observation of AC Stark shift. Modification of 3s atomic wave function at high enough strength of electric filed due the phase noise is also shown.     

Diffraction of light by adjacent fundamental and second or fourth harmonic ultrasound beams: Comparison of exact and simplified formulae with experiment

Theoretical expressions and their approximate formulae for the intensities of light diffracted by two adjacent ultrasonic beams are discussed and compared with experimental data for the case when the second beam is an even harmonic of the first (fundamental). In the special case of the fundamental and its second or fourth harmonic, relatively simple formulae are found for the first and second diffraction orders describing the variation of light intensity with phase shift and intensity ratio.The approximate formulae describe the experiments satisfactorily only for small values of ζ₁ and α_n. For higher values the exact formulae give better agreement. Only the Raman-Nath region is considered.     

Observations on the determination of electron mean free paths from RF size effect measurements

Numerical calculations of the line shape of the rf size effect for 0.1 mm thick potassium plates in the transmission geometry at 1.25 MHz, show that the amplitude of the fundamental resonance is proportional to exp (?1.22d/l), while that of the second resonance is proportional to exp (?0.92d/l), whered andl are the plate thickness and electron mean-free path, respectively. In the case of the fundamental, our result differs significantly from the exp (?1.57d/l) dependence usually assumed for the purpose of determiningl, and indicates that the conventional analysis leads to an overestimate ofl by approximately 30%. The amplitude dependence found here can be explained physically in terms of the finite skin depth, and in the case of the second resonance, in terms of the strength of the electric field splash at the center of the plate.     

On Close Relationship Between Classical Time-Dependent Harmonic Oscillator and Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics in One Dimension

In this paper, I present a mapping between representation of some quantum phenomena in one dimension and behavior of a classical time-dependent harmonic oscillator. For the first time, it is demonstrated that quantum tunneling can be described in terms of classical physics without invoking violations of the energy conservation law at any time instance. A formula is presented that generates a wide class of potential barrier shapes with the desirable reflection (transmission) coefficient and transmission phase shift along with the corresponding exact solutions of the time-independent Schrödinger’s equation. These results, with support from numerical simulations, strongly suggest that two uncoupled classical harmonic oscillators, which initially have a 90° relative phase shift and then are simultaneously disturbed by the same parametric perturbation of a finite duration, manifest behavior which can be mapped to that of a single quantum particle, with classical ‘range relations’ analogous to the uncertainty relations of quantum physics.     

Field properties and vacuum electron acceleration in a laser beam of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian mode

The electric field intensity distribution and the phase velocity distribution of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian (LGρ?) mode laser beams are analyzed. Using three-dimensional test particle simulation, the numerical results of electrons accelerated by LG00, LG40 and LG41 mode laser beams are presented. Compared with the LG00 mode (the fundamental mode) laser beam, low-energy injection electrons can be more favorably accelerated in a high-order LG mode laser beam. Contrary to anticipation, a high-order LG mode laser beam with intense axial electric field distribution is inferior to the LG00 mode in capture acceleration for electrons with high injection energy.     

高Q法布里-珀罗腔中二阶串级非线性相移

在高Q值法布里珀罗腔中研究了二阶串级非线性相移.结果表明,通过改变入射光强,可以全光学控制基频光束的透射率和它的相移.基频透射光束的非线性相移相对入射光强的变化率被提高了腔精细度的平方.这可用作光子学开关器件 关键词： 二阶串级效应 法布里珀罗腔 非线性相移     

Molecular-statistical approach to a behavior of ferroelectric,antiferroelectric and ferrielectric smectic phases in the electric field

The fundamental theoretical approach derived in A.V. Emelyanenko et al., Phys. Rev. E 74, 011705 (2006) is complemented by a consideration of the influence of the homogeneous electric field on Sm- C _A ^* , biaxial intermediate phases, and Sm-C ^* . The crucial role of the induced polarization is investigated for the first time. The evolution of any tilted smectic phase in the electric field is found to meet the two thresholds. The first threshold corresponds to the unwinding process, and the second one corresponds to the phase transition into the bi-domain structure of Sm-C ^* , where the tilt plane has some contribution either along or against the electric field, while the average direction may still be perpendicular to the electric field. The tilt plane in the monodomain (conventional) structure preceding the second threshold is the same in every unwound phase, and is perpendicular to the electric field. No 3D distortion in Sm- C _A ^* is predicted on application of the electric field. The entire electric-field-temperature phase diagrams including the possibility of existence of the maximal number of tilted smectic phases are plotted and compared with the experimental ones. The numerical calculations in the framework of this fundamental study are done with help of AFLC Phase Diagram Plotter software developed by the author and available at his web page.     

Dynamics of large-scale magnetic inhomogeneities in seignette-magnetics with linear magnetoelectric effect

The nonlinear dynamics of 180° domain walls in magnetics with linear magnetoelectric interaction is investigated. The features of oscillatory and drift motion of domains in variable magnetic and electric fields are discussed. The drift velocities of ac- and ab-types domain walls as functions of the frequency and phase shift of external fields are obtained. It is found that the velocities can reach several tens cm/s for resonance frequencies.     

Relationship between phase structure and electrical properties of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-LiTaO3 lead-free ceramics

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics of (1−x)K_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃-xLiTaO₃ (KNN-LT) system have been investigated in this work. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectra measurements, DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetric), and dielectric constant versus temperature provide direct evidence that the phase transition temperature between tetragonal and orthorhombic shift to lower temperature with the increasing of LT content. The KNN-0.05LT ceramics exhibit the highest high-field d₃₃ up to 220 pm/V. At the same time, we also investigated the relationship between phase structure and electric properties, showing that the orthorhombic phase presents better piezoelectric temperature stabilities than the tetragonal phase. The result may provide a new way for KNN-based lead-free ceramics.     

Shift and broadening of Na D lines at low pressure

The collision broadenings of the Na D lines were calculated from the transmission measurements of the vapor in sub-μTorr and μTorr regions by modeling the line shape with the Voigt profile. From the line shift, the average time between collisions is calculated. The ratio of the width to the shift is of the order of 10⁻⁴ implying that the impact approximation is valid. Expanding the line widths and shifts in powers of the product of number density and mean velocity of the atoms, the radiative transition probabilities, and the fundamental line shape constants: collision cross-sections and asymmetry of the lines are obtained. Moreover, from the line shifts and using the estimated value of the optical collision diameter obtained from the line widths, the average C₃ value, over the temperature ranges the experiment covers, is calculated.     

Dielectric and optical properties of Pb(Mg<Subscript>1/3</Subscript>Nb<Subscript>2/3</Subscript>)<Subscript>0.8</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>0.2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> (PMNT-0.2) ferroelectric relaxor single crystals

The dielectric and optical (optical transmission, small-angle light scattering, birefringence) properties of PMNT-0.2 single crystals and their variation induced by a dc electric field have been studied. The birefringence was found to increase anomalously at the transition from the rhombohedral ferroelectric to the inhomogeneous relaxor phase (the spontaneous ferroelectric transition temperature T_sp). Below T_sp, the dielectric and optical properties were observed to exhibit anomalies originating from reorientation and growth of domains in size. Unlike ferroelectric relaxors of the type of PbB′_1/3B′_2/3O₃ and PbB′_1/2B′_1/2O₃, in PMNT-0.2 neither induction of the ferroelectric phase by an electric field nor thermally stimulated destruction of the ferroelectric state occurs through the percolation mechanism (i.e., they are not accompanied by anomalously narrow maxima in small-angle light scattering). This is attributed to the inhomogeneous structure of the relaxor phase, as a result of which the phase transition does not take place simultaneously in various regions of the crystal.     

Effect of an electric field on ferroelastic phase transitions

The effect of an external electric field on the proper ferroelastic phase transitions described in a two-dimensional representation of the D _4h class is analyzed theoretically. The electric field induces a Lifshitz invariant. It is shown that this invariant does not lead to the formation of an incommensurate phase. The phase diagram for commensurate transitions occurring under the action of an electric field changes significantly. The second-order phase transition from the initial phase is split by an electric field of specific orientation into a sequence of two second-order phase transitions with close temperatures.     

Excimer laser processing as a tool for photocatalytic design of sol-gel TiO2 thin films

Nanostructured sol-gel TiO₂ thin films spin coated on silicate glass plates are subjected to excimer (KrF^*) pulsed laser irradiation in order to tailor their structure and photocatalytic properties. The surface morphology of virgin and laser-processed films are followed applying electron optical imaging and atomic force microscopy. The evolution of the surface roughness and pore formation are shown to be accompanied by optical absorption edge shift to infrared wavelength range. Conventional X-ray diffraction analysis and high-resolution transmission electron imaging are applied in order to obtain information on the phase composition. Co-existence of amorphous and anatase TiO₂ phases in nonirradiated sol-gel films is found. It is established that after laser processing the most intense XRD anatase peak is shifted to lower 2θ range. The analysis of high-resolution transmission electron images of film profiles evidences for the laser induced phase transitions. Formation of rutile and brookite TiO₂ accompanied by evolution of oxygen deficient Ti_nO_2n−1 phases are identified in the subsurface region. The contribution of laser processing for increasing the photocatalytic efficiency of laser-modified films toward the oxidation of methylene blue water solution is demonstrated. The results obtained reveal a novel-processing route for designing sol-gel titania films with improved photocatalytical activity.     

Impurity-related intraband absorption in coupled quantum dot-ring structure under lateral electric field

The effects of a lateral electric field on intraband absorption in GaAs/GaAlAs two-dimensional coupled quantum dot-ring structure with an on-center hydrogenic donor impurity are investigated. The confining potential of the system consists of two parabolas with various confinement energies. The calculations are made using the exact diagonalization technique. A selection rule for intraband transitions was found for x-polarized incident light. The absorption spectrum mainly exhibits a redshift with the increment of electric field strength. On the other hand, the absorption spectrum can exhibit either a blue- or redshift depending on the values of confinement energies of dot and ring. Additionally, electric field changes the energetic shift direction influenced by the variation of barrier thickness of the structure.     

Parametrization of the 1S0 two nucleon transition matrix

The ¹S₀ two-nucleon transition matrix T is constructed from the symmetric part σ of its half-shell elements. The on-shell component of σ is given by the phase shift, while a wide class of parametrizations is suggested for the off-shell part. Restrictions on the off-shell part of σ arising from the short range and the proper one-pion-exchange tail of the nucleon-nucleon interaction are investigated. Using σ in the ¹S₀ and the Reid soft-core potential in the other partial waves, the binding energy per particle in nuclear matter and ¹⁶O and the ¹⁸O shell-model spectrum are computed. The sensitivity of these nuclear-structure results is tested with respect to (i) smooth off-shell changes in σ, (ii) various assumptions on the high-energy phase shift, (iii) the charge dependence of the phase shift, and (iv) experimental uncertainties in the phase shift.