Optical and Thermal Properties of Nickel-Azo Dyes for Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable

We investigate the absorption spectra, optical constants and thermal decomposition as well as red-light (650nm) static recording properties of three novel nickel-azo dye films based on 4-methylthiazole, beuzothiazole and 6-methylbenzothiazole. Particularly, we obtain the nickel-azo complex film based on 4-methylthiazole, peaking at 562nm and 613nm, with higher refractive index (n = 2.46) and lower extinction coefficient (k = 0.18) at the wavelength 650nm and a sharp threshold of thermal decomposition at 330℃. The results of the static optical recording test of this dye film indicate that high reflectivity contrast of 51% can be observed at a laser writing power of 5.9mW and pulse width of 350ns. These results imply that the nickel-azo complex based on 4-methvlthiazole is a uromising candidate for a recordinz medium of digital versatile disc-recordable.     

Intracavity—Doubled Self—Q—Switched Nd,Cr：YAG 946／473nm Microchip Laser

We carried out the operation of an intracavity frequency-doubled self-Q-switched Nd,Cr:YAG/NHbO3 946/473nm microchip laser pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser.The overall cavity length was about 4mm.The maximum average blue power of 12mW was achieved with a repetition rate of 13kHz at an absorbed pump ower of 545mW.The pulses of the 473nm laser had a duration of 7ns and a peak power of 132W at this pump level.The conversion efficiency was 2.2% with respect to the absorbed pump power of a 808nm laser.     

Optical Recording Properties of Metal-Azo Dye as Recording Medium with Super-Resolution Near-Field Structure

A novel metallized azo dye has been synthesized. The absorption spectra of the thin film and thermal characteristic are measured. Static optical recording properties with and without the Bi mask layer super-resolution near-field structure （Super-RENS） of the metal-azo dye are investigated. The results show that the metal-azo dye film has a broad absorbance band in the region of 450-650 nm and the maximum absorbance wavelength is located at 603 nm. It is also found that the new metallized azo dye occupies excellent thermal stability, initiatory decomposition temperature is at 270℃ and the mass loss is about 48% in a narrow temperature region （15℃）. The complex refractive index N （N = n ＋ iκ） is measured. High refractive index （n = 2.45） and low extinction coefficient （κ = 0.2） at the recording wavelength 65Ohm are attained. Static optical recording tests with and without Super-RENS are carried out using a 65Ohm semiconductor diode laser with recording power of 7mW and laser pulse duration of 200ns. The AFM images show that the diameter of recording mark on the dye film with the Bi mask layer is reduced about 42%, compared to that of recorded mark on the dye film without Super-RENS. It is indicated that Bi can well performed as a mask layer of the dye recording layer and the metallized azo dye can be a promising candidate for recording media with the super-resolution near-field structure.     

Cooling and Trapping 88Sr Atoms with 461nm Laser

We report the experimental realization of a ^88Sr magneto-optical trap （MOT） operating at the wavelength of 461 nm. The MOT is loaded via a 32 cm long spin-flip type Zeeman slower which enhances the MOT population by a factor of 22. The total laser power available in our experiment is about 300mW. We have trapped 1.6 × 10^8 ^88 Sr atoms with a 679nm and 707nm repumping laser. The two repumping lasers enhance the trap population and trap lifetime by factors of 11 and 7, respectively. The ^88 Sr cloud has a temperature of about 2.3 mK, measured by recording the time evolution of the absorption signal.     

Write-Once Medium with Fe-Doped BiOx Thin Films for Blue Laser Recording

Fe：BiOx films are fabricated on K9 glass substrates by rf-magnetron sputtering of a BiFeO target under argon atmosphere with increasing sputtering power from 80 to 200 W at room temperature. It is found that the thin films grown at the sputtering power of 160 W can be formed at an appropriate deposition rate and have an improved surface morphology. The XPS result reveals that the films investigated are comprised of Bi, Fe and O elements. A typical XRD pattern shows that no phase transition occurs in the films up to 400℃. The results of the blue laser recording test demonstrate that the Fe：BiOx films have good writing sensitivity for blue laser beam （406.7nm） and good stability after reading 10000 times. The recording marks of 200nm or less are obtained. These results indicate that the introduction of Fe into BiOx films can reduce the mark size and improve the stability of the films.     

Nonvolatile two-color holographic recording in near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals gated by incoherent ultraviolet light

Nonvolatile two-color holographic recording gated by incoherent ultraviolet （UV） light centered at 365 nm is investigated in near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals. The influence of thermal treatment on the two-color recording is studied. The results show that thermal reduction tends to improve the two-color recording performance, whereas thermal oxidation degrades the two-color recording. With an incoherent 0.2-W/cm2 UV gating light and a 0.25-W/cm2 semiconductor recording laser at 780 nm, a two-color recording sensitivity of 4 × 10^-3 cm/J and a recording dynamic range characterized by M/# of 0.12 are achieved in a 2.2-mm thermally reduced near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystal. We attribute the improvement to the prolonged lifetime of small polarons and the increased absorption at the gating wavelength due to thermal reduction.     

Read—out of a read—only super—resolution optical disc with a Si mask

A novel read-only super-resolution optical disc structure (substrate/mask layer/dielectric layer) is proposed in this paper. By using a Si thin film as the mask layer, the recording pits with a diameter 380nm and a depth 50nm are read out on the dynamic measuring equipment; the laser wavelength α is 632.8nm and the numerical aperture is 0.40. In the course of reproduction, the laser power is 5mW and the rotation velocity of the disc is 4m·s^-1. The optimum thickness of the Si thin film is 18nm and the signal-to-noise ratio is 32dB.     

Reversible,electical and optical switching on silver 3—phenyl—1—ureidonitrile complex thin films

We report on the reversible, electrical and optical switching on silver 3-phenyl-1-ureidonitrile complex thin films. The films can switch from a high impedance state to a low impedance state with an applied electric field at the threshold of 3.5×10⁷V/m. Furthermore, the films can be switched back to the original state by treating the samples at about 80℃. The optical recording is fulfilled using a semiconductor laser with a wavelength of 780 nm. Erasure can be accomplished by bulk heating or by the laser working with the power beneath the threshold. No loss of the organic was found in the experiments. This material may have a potential application in ultrahigh data density storage.     

Picosecond supercontinuum generation seeded by a weak continuous wave

We experimentally investigate the spectral details of a picosecond supercontinuum pumped at 1064 nm and seeded by a weak continuous wave (～20000 times weaker than the pulse peak power) at several power levels in photonic crystal fibers. Seeding at different wavelengths leads to different spectral details and the effects to the bandwidth of supercontinuum are also distinct. Spectra can be widened when seeded by a continuous wave at 1070 nm and narrowed by ～100 nm when seeded at 1080 nm. The influence is enhanced by increasing the average seeded power.     

Wavelength tunable ultra-short pulses based on a flat broadband spectrum generated in a nonlinear ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier

We present a nonlinear ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier based on enhanced nonlinear effects that can produce a flat broadband spectrum ranging from 1050–1225 nm with a maximum average output power of 7.8 W at 14 W pump power.Its repetition rate is 89 MHz. Using a pair of gratings and two knife edges as a filter, wavelength tunable picosecond pulses of tens to hundreds of milliwatts can be obtained in the broadband spectrum range. The output power, pulse width, and spectrum(center wavelength and linewidth) are adjusted by tuning the distance of the grating pair and/or the knife edges.Fixing the distance between the two gratings at 15 mm and keeping the output spectrum linewidth at approximately 20 nm,the shortest pulse width obtained is less than 1 ps centered at 1080 nm. The longest wavelength of the short pulses is around1200 nm, and its output power and pulse width are 40 m W and 5.79 ps, respectively. The generation of a flat broadband spectrum is also discussed in this paper.     

Holographic grating recorded by He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in polymer film containing push–pull azo dye

Holographic gratings were optically recorded by two beams from a He–Ne laser operating at 632.8 nm in poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film containing push–pull azo dye. The holographic characteristics of the recorded gratings were dependent on the polarization direction of the recording beams and the relationship between the diffractive signals and the power density of recording beams was investigated. The formation of holographic gratings accompanied by 532 nm (double-frequency of Nd:YAG laser) irradiation was studied in detail. It was found that the effect of 532 nm laser to the holographic grating lay in two aspects. The acceleration effect of 532 nm laser to the formation of holographic grating is predominant when the power density of 532 nm laser is low. While at relatively high power density of 532 nm laser, the erasure is the main factor to the holographic grating. Moreover, the holographic grating was probed by 532 nm laser at low power density and the dependence of the first order diffractive signal on the recording beam power density was also presented.     

AgInSbTe薄膜的短波长记录性能分析

采用自制的装置研究了Ag5In5Sb47Te33薄膜的静态记录性能与记录激光的功率和脉冲宽度的关系，并对其记录畴形貌特点进行了直接观察。结果表明只有记录激光的功率和脉冲宽度在一定范围之内才能起到信息记录的作用，所得的记录畴形貌十分清晰，基本为非晶态Ag5In5Sb47Te33；小于该范围的激光能量不能使材料结构发生较大的变化，所得的记录畴形貌模糊，反射率对比度低于2％；大于该范围所得的记录畴由烧蚀区和其周围的非晶态Ag5In5Sb47Te33组成。另外，得到了记录激光功率为12mW、脉冲宽度为90ns的Ag5In5Sb47Te33薄膜的短波长最佳记录条件，其记录畴的反射率对比度为22％，直径为380nm-400nm。     

偶氮染料掺杂高分子薄膜的光谱和光存储性质研究

利用旋涂法,制备了以二乙基胺基〖Ｎ（ＣＨ２ＣＨ３）２〗作为推电子基因、以具有强电负性的羧基（ＣＯＯＨ）作为拉电子基团的推－拉型偶氮染料掺杂的高分子（ＰＭＭＡ）薄膜。在室温下测试了该偶氮染料在溶液和薄膜态的吸收光谱、薄膜态的反射光谱和透过光,发现该薄膜在４００～５５０ｎｍ波长范围内具有强的吸收。在５１４．５ｎｍ光盘静脉测试仪上测试了膜片的静脉光存储性能,结果表明,用低功率Ａｒ＾＋激光（５１４．５ｎ     

磁控溅射法制备的高反Ag_5In_5Te_(47)Sb_(33)相变薄膜的光谱性质及短波长静态记录性能

研究了磁控溅射制备的Ａｇ５Ｉｎ５Ｔｅ４７Ｓｂ３３相变薄膜的光谱及短波长静态记录性能。研究结果表明，晶态薄膜反射率较高，并在６００～９００ｎｍ波长范围内，晶态与非晶态的反射率和折射率相差很大。在ＣＤ－Ｅ系统的工作波长７８０ｎｍ处，晶态反射率高达５０％，光学常数为５．３４－１．０ｉ；非晶态反射率为２３％，光学常数为２．５－１．０３ｉ。从这一角度讲，Ａｇ５Ｉｎ５Ｔｅ４７Ｓｂ３３相变薄膜适于做ＣＤ－Ｅ系统的记录介质。另外，采用波长为５１４．４ｎｍ的短波长光学静态记录测试仪对Ａｇ５Ｉｎ５Ｔｅ４７Ｓｂ３３薄膜的记录性能进行了测试，结果表明，这种薄膜短波长记录性能较好，它在较低功率和短脉宽的激光束作用下就可得到较高的反射率对比度。     

Writing 40 nm marks by using a beaked metallic plate near-field optical probe

We have developed a near-field optical probe that uses a triangular metallic plate with a three-dimensionally tapered apex as a light source for thermally assisted magnetic recording. Numerical analysis using a finite-element method shows that the size of the optical spot generated at the apex is 15 nm x 20 nm, and the efficiency (defined as the ratio between the power of the optical near field at the surface of the recording medium and that of the incident light) is 15% when the incident light is focused by a lens with a numerical aperture of 0.8. The metallic plate was fabricated on the surface of a quartz slider and used for writing marks on a phase change recording medium. The marks were observed with a scanning electron microscope, and we confirmed that marks with a diameter of 40 nm were successfully written on the medium.     

新型AgInSbTe相变薄膜的光学及记录性能

利用直流磁控溅射法制备了一种新型AgInSbTe相变薄膜。示差扫描量热(DSC)实验测定的结晶峰温度为193．92℃。X射线衍射(XRD)表明未经热处理的沉积态薄膜是非晶态,而经过200℃热处理,X射线衍射图出现衍射峰,薄膜从非晶态转变到晶态。同时,研究了晶态和非晶态相变薄膜的吸收率、透射率和反射率随波长的变化。测定了650nm激光作用下的相变薄膜的记录性能,分析了记录功率、记录脉宽对薄膜反射率衬比度的影响,在同一记录脉宽条件下,记录功率越大,反射率衬比度也越大;在同一记录功率条件下,随记录脉宽的增加,反射率衬比度也增大。结果表明,新型AgInSbTe相变薄膜在激光作用下具有较高的反射率衬比度,可获得良好的记录性能。     

酞菁铜薄膜的光记录特性

研究了有机染料酞菁铜（ＣｕＰｃ）真空蒸镀薄膜在可见及近红外区域的吸收光谱和光学常数，发现酞菁铜薄膜在５５０－７５０ｎｍ波长范围内具有较强的吸收，在静态测试仪上测试了酞菁铜薄膜的光存储记录特性，发现用低功率氦氖激光照样品时薄膜反射率变化较大，在酞菁记录层上覆盖金属反射层将提高写入激光的阈值能量并且增大反射率的对比度。     

Single-longitudinal-mode optical parametric oscillator for spectroscopic applications

We have developed a tunable, narrow-bandwidth nanosecond optical parametric oscillator system and applied it to spectroscopic studies. The system consists of a narrow-bandwidth grazing-incidence oscillator and a seeded power oscillator, generating Fourier-transform-limited 1.5-ns pulses (bandwidth <500 MHz) in the wavelength range 435 to 2000 nm with energy of 3.5 mJ at a pump energy of 22 mJ. Continuous scanning over 30 to 100 GHz (depending on wavelength) is demonstrated by recording of the resonance line of the Hg atom at 253.7 nm and a vibrational transition of the CO (2) molecule at 1528 nm.     

Thermal and Optical Properties of Cyanine Dye for High Density Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable (DVD-R)

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High-intensity bowtie-shaped nano-aperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for near-field optics

We report a high-intensity nano-aperture vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) utilizing a bowtie-shaped aperture. A maximum power of 188 microW is achieved from a 180 nm bowtie aperture at a wavelength of 970 nm. The near-field full width at half-maximum intensity spot size 20 nm away from the bowtie aperture is 64 nm x 66 nm from simulation, and the peak near-field intensity is estimated to be as high as 47 mW/microm(2). This intensity is high enough to realize near-field optical recording, and the small spot size corresponds to storage densities up to 150 Gbits/in(2). The bowtie-aperture VCSEL also enables other applications, such as compact high-intensity probes for ultrahigh-resolution near-field imaging and single molecule fluorescence and spectroscopy.