激光尘埃粒子计数器微型光学传感器的研究

研制成功便携式激光尘埃粒子计数器的核心部件———微型光学传感器。该传感器采用直角散射光收集形式,以高功率半导体激光器作为光源,同时采用高性能的PIN型光电二极管作为光电探测器。散射光收集系统为单一大数值孔径的球面反射镜,其对粒子散射光的收集角范围从20°到160°。粒子散射光信号是脉冲信号,其频谱成份主要在高频段,所以在PIN型光电二极管后用一个带通式前置放大器来消除外界的低频噪声,根据米氏散射理论计算了该光学传感器的光散射响应特性,并用聚苯乙烯标准粒子实测了该光学传感器的性能。结果表明,该系统具有高的信噪比、计数效率和尺寸分辨本领。     

Laser removal of mold growth from paper

Femtosecond laser nano-processing by enhanced light scattered from nanospheres has received much attention. Enhanced scattered near field enables us to ablate nanoholes at nanometer scales below the diffraction limit. In addition, the interference between the scattered far field and the irradiated laser enables us to fabricate spatially controlled periodic surface structures. In this paper, we simulated the time evolution of scattered near field and far field during the free electron excitation in silicon (Si) by femtosecond laser irradiation. The optical property of Si changes from dielectric to metal-like Si due to the increase of the free electron number density excited by femtosecond laser pulse. It is elucidated that the scattered field of Si shifts from Mie scattering to plasmonic scattering during laser irradiation. We achieved the optimal free electron density and laser intensity for precisely controlled periodic surface structures fabrication. We explained the temporal behavior of the scattering near field and far field from the standpoint of dielectric function of the materials.     

Superfluorescent rayleigh scattering from suspensions of dielectric particles

We demonstrate that superfluorescent scattering of light can occur when laser light is incident on a collection of dielectric Rayleigh particles suspended in a viscous medium. Using a linear stability analysis, an expression for the spatiotemporal evolution of the scattered (probe) field is derived. An approximate condition for the progression of the interaction into the nonlinear regime is deduced and it is shown that, in the nonlinear regime, the scattered field intensity shows the characteristic quadratic dependence on particle density expected from a superfluorescent or superradiant process, once the effects of pump depletion are accounted for.     

Observation of laser light scattering by a turbulent gas without seeding

An experiment of laser light scattering by a turbulent highly subsonic free jet of air is presented. The originality of the method lies in the fact that no particle seeding is needed. The experimental scattering cross section, which can be interpreted from the three-dimensional spectral density of temperature fluctuations, is compared to the theoretical one obtained by turbulent mixing theories. The scattered field time correlations measured in the heterodyne mode are interpreted by considering the Doppler effect on moving turbulent eddies and compared with theory. The intensity time correlations measured in the homodyne mode are interpreted in terms of local properties of the turbulence.     

Scattering of spatially inhomogeneous sound waves by a spherical particle

The problem of monopole, dipole, and rotational scattering of a spatially inhomogeneous time-harmonic sound field by an arbitrary spherical particle is solved for the cases of the medium being a viscous compressible liquid or an isotropic elastic medium. Equations for the spherical mean fields at the particle are obtained. These equations are used to derive the formulas for the scattered fields. Different limiting cases of particle behavior are considered. In particular, it is shown that the dipole scattering is determined by two components of particle oscillations, one of which corresponds to translational oscillatory motion and the other to oscillations of two antiphase monopoles. For these types of particle oscillations, a scattering matrix, which determines the scattering of an arbitrary field by a particle, is constructed. The matrix allows the formalization of the processes of multiple sound scattering by particles and is valid for any distances between the particles down to their contact.     

球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中的散射特性研究

研究了球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中的散射特性. 根据广义Mie理论, 推导出球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中散射系数的解析公式. 针对光束的电场分布及粒子散射强度进行了数值仿真, 讨论了散射强度随散射角、散射球粒子半径和拓扑荷的变化特性, 并通过散射系数解释了散射强度分布的振荡现象. 结果表明, 在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束照射下, 球形粒子的后向散射强度随着粒子半径的增大而逐渐增大; 后向散射强度开始增大时对应的粒子半径与拓扑荷有关. 通过与高斯光束的对比, 可以看出球形粒子在聚焦拉盖尔-高斯光束中散射特性的差异, 使其在粒径测量、光通信和大气后向散射探测等方面具有潜在应用价值.     

Relativistic effects of laser doppler velocimeters using one light beam with two frequencies

Relativistic effects of laser Doppler velocimeters (LDV's) are discussed and novel LDV systems are proposed. If the direction of the scattered light makes a right angle with the flow direction, relativistic effects completely disappear no matter how high the velocity of a moving particle becomes. The proposed LDV's involve that the velocity can be measured from one scattered light beam with two different single frequencies. It is also predicted that the usual optical heterodyne-detection techniques can be made applicable to measure even ultra-high velocities up to the region where relativistic effects should be taken into account.     

透过散射介质对直线运动目标的全光成像及追踪技术

光散射是限制光传输以及降低和破坏光学成像性能的主要因素,透过复杂散射介质对运动目标的全光成像是光学领域极具挑战性的技术之一.本文提出一种利用散斑差值自相关透过散射介质对运动目标进行实时追踪的方法.采用赝热光照明,基于光学记忆效应理论,通过对运动目标采集的两帧散斑做差值,然后做自相关运算,计算目标移动的距离,实现对目标的实时追踪,并且利用相位恢复算法进行简单处理就可以重建隐藏目标.对该方法进行了实验验证,成功地对隐藏的运动目标实现了成像与追踪.这种透过散射介质对运动目标的全光成像及实时追踪技术,在生物医学等领域具有重要应用潜力.     

Ray-wave approximation for the calculation of laser light scattering by transparent dielectric particles,mimicking red blood cells or their aggregates

A theoretical model is presented for the fast calculation of light scattering by transparent dielectric particles with sizes much larger than the wavelength. In this model, the light incident onto the particle and the light propagating inside the particle are represented by sets of rays while the scattered light is represented by a set of spherical waves emitted by different elements of the particle surface (ray-wave approximation, RWA). It is shown that RWA is comparable in precision with the discrete-dipole approximation but significantly exceeds the latter in the calculation rate for the particles with size parameters higher than 50.     

Light scattering by closely packed clusters: Shielding of particles by each other in the near field

Equations of the theory of light scattering by clusters (aggregates) of spherical particles are analyzed, and peculiarities of interaction of scatterers in the near field are discussed. It is shown that one of the manifestations of the near field is a mutual shielding of particles. For simple clusters consisting of two identical spherical particles (bisphere), the mutual shielding leads to a decrease in the intensity of light scattered along the axis of the bisphere. If the bispheres are small as compared to the wavelength, shielding is caused by electrostatic interaction of charges induced in the particles by the external field. Calculations of the intensity of light scattered by randomly oriented clusters of spherical particles show that for the model ignoring the near field the intensity is significantly larger than for the model with the near field taken into account.     

Frequency shifts of spectral lines induced by scattering from a rotational anisotropic particle

We investigate the scattering of a polychromatic plane light wave incident upon an anisotropic particle. It is different from light wave scattered by an isotropic particle that the frequency shifts of spectral lines will be induced by the rotation of the anisotropic particle. The analytical expression for the spectrum of the scattered field is derived and numerical examples are also illustrated. We suggest an application that the angular speed of rotation of the anisotropic scatterer can be scaled by measurement of the spectrum of the scattered field.     

Dynamic Light Scattering Measurement of Nanometer Particles in Liquids

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques for studying sizes and shapes of nanoparticles in liquids are reviewed. In photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS), the time fluctuations in the intensity of light scattered by the particle dispersion are monitored. For dilute dispersions of spherical nanoparticles, the decay rate of the time autocorrelation function of these intensity fluctuations is used to directly measure the particle translational diffusion coefficient, which is in turn related to the particle hydrodynamic radius. For a spherical particle, the hydrodynamic radius is essentially the same as the geometric particle radius (including any possible solvation layers). PCS is one of the most commonly used methods for measuring radii of submicron size particles in liquid dispersions. Depolarized Fabry-Perot interferometry (FPI) is a less common dynamic light scattering technique that is applicable to optically anisotropic nanoparticles. In FPI the frequency broadening of laser light scattered by the particles is analyzed. This broadening is proportional to the particle rotational diffusion coefficient, which is in turn related to the particle dimensions. The translational diffusion coefficient measured by PCS and the rotational diffusion coefficient measured by depolarized FPI may be combined to obtain the dimensions of non-spherical particles. DLS studies of liquid dispersions of nanometer-sized oligonucleotides in a water-based buffer are used as examples.     

Modeling of Multiple Scattering Effects in Fraunhofer Diffraction Particle Size Analysis

A model for the direct problem of calculating the forward scattering signature of a multiple scattering medium is presented. The new formulation is optimized for integration into schemes for reconstructing the particle size distribution from laser diffraction (forward scattering) signatures obtained from optically thick media. The analysis is valid for media where the particle sizes and interparticle spacings are large (relative to the wavelength and the particle size, respectively) such that Fraunhofer diffraction theory adequately describes the properties of the forward scattered light from individual scattering events. The simulated performance of laser diffraction particle sizing instruments was then studied using predictions of the scattered light signatures which would be measured by laser diffraction instrument under multiple scattering conditions. The results were compared with experimental data and theoretical calculations based on other models.     

Scattering and Transmission by a Monolayer of Spheres: A Study on the Monolayer Structure

The angular distribution of scattered light and the transmission of radiation through a monolayer of monodisperse spherical particles at variable particle concentration are studied. The scattering of light by a single particle is calculated with the classical Lorentz‐Mie theory. For a monolayer of mono‐dispersed spherical particles, if the monolayer density is less than 0.5 and the particle size parameter is larger than 5, effects from multiple scattering and dependent scattering can be excluded so that only steric interactions are considered. It is found that the scattering pattern, especially in the forward and backward directions, and the transmission are strongly dependent on the monolayer density.     

Evidence for particle-shape sensitivity in the correlation between polarization states of light scattering

The cross correlation between polarization states of scattered laser speckle as a function of scattering angle is observed for a range of spherical and nonspherical particle suspensions. A variation in the degree of correlation between polarization states is observed, and this information is indicative of the particle shape. A comparison with a theoretical model for small particles is made, suggesting that variations in polarization correlation with angle originate from the nonisotropic polarizability of nonspheres. Experiments are also performed on large spheroids and random-shaped polydispersions, and the results indicate that the measurement method has significant potential for nonsphere detection and characterization.     

用脉冲激光全息术测量喷雾场中粒子的分布和运动速度

本文叙述了用脉冲激光全息术测量喷雾场中粒子的分布和运动速度的原理，阐明了同轴全息和离轴全息在测量雾场的应用范围，重点讨论了离轴全息。测量光学系统是４Ｆ系统，它可以测量粒子浓度大的雾场中大于５μｍ的粒子分布和运动速度。在平行光场区段，可进行不同装置、不同景深的喷雾研究，使每个粒子具有相同的放大倍数，它给再现、数据处理、粒子大小的标定都有很大的好处。文中还分析了在底片上形成干涉的各种情况；粒子直径ｄ，远场数Ｎ和从底片到粒子的距离Ｚ的关系。给出脉冲间隔为５μｓ；１０μｓ粗度为±０．１μｓ时不同直径粒子的分布和运动速度在电视屏幕上显示出来的照片。在上述实验结果的基础上讨论了粒子的识别，噪音的消除等问题。     

Dipole and quadrupole surface plasmon resonance contributions in formation of near-field images of a gold nanosphere

Multipolar plasmon optical excitations at spherical gold nanoparticles and their manifestations in the particle images formatted in the particle surface proximity are studied. The multipolar plasmon size characteristic: plasmon resonance frequencies and plasmon damping rates were obtained within rigorous size dependent modelling. The realistic, frequency dependent dielectric function of a metal was used. The distribution of light intensity and of electric field radial component at the flat square scanning plane scattered by a gold sphere of radius 95 nm was acquired. The images resulted from the spatial distribution of the full mean Poynting vector including near-field radial components of the scattered electromagnetic field. Monochromatic images at frequencies close to and equal to the plasmon dipole and quadrupole resonance frequencies are discussed. The changes in images and radial components of the scattered electromagnetic field distribution at the scanning plane moved away from the particle surface from near-field to far-field region are discussed.     

Scattering of a spherical wave by a statistically irregular dielectric surface

The scattering of a spherical wave by a static irregular dielectric surface, separating two subspaces with dielectric constant close to the permittivity of free space, is investigated by the Kirchhoff method. The irregularities of the surface — large-scale with small angles of inclination, and their heights are distributed according to a normal law. Self-shadowing and the set of spots associated with scattering on such a surface are taken into account. The polarization matrix of second moments of the components of the scattered field is calculated. The dependence of the matrix elements on the statistical parameters of a randomly irregular surface are discussed.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 7–10, May, 1974.     

微粗糙面上方球形粒子的光散射及其散射截面的计算

基于互易定理研究了光波入射时微粗糙面与其上方球形粒子复合模型的光散射。根据粗糙表面电流积分方程并利用表面微扰展开，得到了微粗糙面表面极化电流的迭代解，给出了耦合电场的计算方法。结合散射耦合场散射矩阵和已有的微粗糙面及球形粒子的散射矩阵，给出了复合模型散射截面的计算公式，数值计算了复合模型的后向散射截面并进行了详细讨论。