Difference in effect of temperature on absorption and Raman spectra between all-trans-β-carotene and all-trans-retinol

<正>Temperature dependencies(81℃-18℃) of visible absorption and Raman spectra of all-trans-β-carotene and all-trans-retinol extremely diluted in dimethyl sulfoxide are investigated in order to clarify temperature effects on different polyenes.Their absorption spectra are identified to be redshifted with temperature decreasing.Moreover, all-trans-β-carotene is more sensitive to temperature due to the presence of a longer length of conjugated system.The characteristic energy responsible for the conformational changes in all-trans-β-carotene is smaller than that in all-transretinol. Both of the Raman scattering cross sections increase with temperature decreasing.The results are explained with electron-phonon coupling theory and coherent weakly damped electron-lattice vibrations model.     

Influence of the ordered structure of short-chain polymer molecule all-trans-β-carotene on Raman scattering cross section in liquid

We measured the resonant Raman spectra of all-trans-β-carotene in solvents with different densities and concentrations at different temperatures.The results demonstrated that the Raman scattering cross section(RSCS) of short-chain polymer all-trans-β-carotene is extremely high in liquid.Resonance and strong coherent weakly damped CC bond vibrating properties play important roles under these conditions.Coherent weakly damped CC bond vibration strength is associated with molecular ordered structure.All-trans-β-carotene has highly ordered structure and strong coherent weakly damped CC bond vibrating properties,which lead to large RSCS in the solvent with large density and low concentration at low temperature.     

Stimulated supercontinuum-radiation generation of carbon disulfide by all-trans-β-carotene fluorescence enhancement effect in liquid core optical fibre

We demonstrate stimulated supercontinuum-radiation of carbon disulfide (CS₂) influenced by biological molecules all-trans-β -carotene in liquid core optical fibre (LCOF). By virtue of the broad fluorescence characteristics and large third-order optical nonlinearities of all-{trans}-β-carotene,the high-order Stokes lines of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and the multi-order Stokes lines of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) excitated by SRS are observed at low input-laser energies. The results indicate that the fluorescence not only enhances the SRS, but also the SBS. These Stokes lines generate the SRS--SBS supercontinuum radiation (RBSR). A flat-amplitude bandwidth of 110 nm from 515nm to 625nm is observed when a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser at 532nm with an energy of 0.86mJ is used. This result is expected to be useful for the multi-wavelength fibre laser.     

Cluster-assisted generation of multicharged ions in nanosecond laser ionization of carbon bisulfide clusters at 1064nm

The photoionization of seeded carbon bisulfide molecular beam by a 1064\,nm nanosecond Nd-YAG laser with intensities varying from $0.8\times10^{11}$ to $5.6\times10^{11}$\,W/cm$^{2}$ have been studied by time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Multiply charged ions of S$^{q + }$ ($q$ = 2--6) and C$^{q +}$ ($q$ = 2--4) with kinetic energy of hundreds of electron volts have been observed, and there are strong experimental evidences indicating that those multicharged ions originate from the ionization of CS$_{2}$ neat clusters in the beam. An electron recolliding ionization model is proposed to explain the appearance of those multiply charged atomic ions under such low laser intensities.     

Pulse Amplification in Dispersion-Decreasing Fibers with Symbolic Computation

The pulse amplification in the dispersion-decreasing fiber （DDF） is investigated via symbolic computation to solve the variable-coefficient higher-order nonlinear Schrfdinger equation with the effects of third-order dispersion, self-steepening, and stimulated Raman scattering. The analytic one-soliton solution of this model is obtained with a set of parametric conditions. Based on this solution, the fundamental soliton is shown to be amplified in the DDF. The comparison of the amplitude of pulses for different dispersion profiles of the DDF is also performed through the graphical analysis. The results of this paper would be of certain value to the study of signal amplification and pulse compression.     

Study of far-infrared reflection and Raman scattering spectra in reactive ion, etched ZnTe

Far-infrared reflection and Raman scattering measurements have been carried out on reactive ion, etched p-ZnTe samples. The averaged thickness of the surface damaged layer is found to be in the range of 1.0－1.5μm, and the, etch-induced defect density is in the order of 10^{18}cm^{-3}. The Raman intensity ratio between the second-order Raman peaks and the first-order longitudinal optical phonons reveals an increase trend with the radio frequency (rf) power. With the aid of related theories, we discuss the effects of the rf plasma power and the concentration of CH_4/H_2 on the damage, disorder, and the second-order Raman structures in p-ZnTe samples.     

Orientation-enhanced nonlinear optical properties and phase-conjugate reflective system of a novel Azobenzene doped polymer film

This paper reports that the nonlinear refractive index of a novel organic optical storage film doped azo-diphenylamine polymer is measured by using the $Z$-scan technique. The nonlinear refractive index up to $3.7\times 10 ^{ - 6 }$~cm$^{2}$/W induced by thermo-optical effect is obtained. It indicates that the sample has excellent optical nonlinear properties. The physical mechanism of the great nonlinear optical effect is analysed and the optical conjugate characteristic is also discussed with degenerate four-wave-mixing. The phase conjugate wave diffracted from the formative refractive index grating in the sample is acquired and its equivalent reflectivity reaches about 22{\%}. On this basis, the reflective wave phase-conjugated mirror system was designed, and the image aberration experienced in propagation in the storage experiment is corrected by using the system.     

Characterization of doped hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon films prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition

The B- and P-doped hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon films (nc-Si\jz{0.2ex}{:}H) are prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD). The microstructures of doped nc-Si\jz{0.2ex}{:}H films are carefully and systematically characterized by using high resolution electron microscopy (HREM), Raman scattering, x-ray diffraction (XRD), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and resonant nucleus reaction (RNR). The results show that as the doping concentration of PH₃ increases, the average grain size (d) tends to decrease and the crystalline volume percentage (X_c) increases simultaneously. For the B-doped samples, as the doping concentration of B₂H\xj{6} increases, no obvious change in the value of d is observed, but the value of X_c is found to decrease. This is especially apparent in the case of heavy B₂H₂ doped samples, where the films change from nanocrystalline to amorphous.     

Bubble nonlinear dynamics and stimulated scattering process

A complete understanding of the bubble dynamics is deemed necessary in order to achieve their full potential applications in industry and medicine. For this purpose it is first needed to expand our knowledge of a single bubble behavior under different possible conditions including the frequency and pressure variations of the sound field. In addition, stimulated scattering of sound on a bubble is a special effect in sound field, and its characteristics are associated with bubble oscillation mode. A bubble in liquid can be considered as a representative example of nonlinear dynamical system theory with its resonance, and its dynamics characteristics can be described by the Keller–Miksis equation. The nonlinear dynamics of an acoustically excited gas bubble in water is investigated by using theoretical and numerical analysis methods. Our results show its strongly nonlinear behavior with respect to the pressure amplitude and excitation frequency as the control parameters, and give an intuitive insight into stimulated sound scattering on a bubble. It is seen that the stimulated sound scattering is different from common dynamical behaviors, such as bifurcation and chaos, which is the result of the nonlinear resonance of a bubble under the excitation of a high amplitude acoustic sound wave essentially. The numerical analysis results show that the threshold of stimulated sound scattering is smaller than those of bifurcation and chaos in the common condition.     

$\Lambda$ resonances studied in $K^-p\rightarrow \Sigma^0\pi^0$ in a chiral quark model

A chiral quark-model approach is extended to the study of the $\bar{K}N$ scattering at low energies. The process of $K^-p\rightarrow \Sigma^0\pi^0$ at $P_K\lesssim 800$ MeV/c (i.e. the center mass energy $W\lesssim 1.7$ GeV) is investigated. The $\Lambda(1405)S_{01}$ dominates the reactions over the energy region considered here. Around $P_K\simeq 400$ MeV/c, the $\Lambda(1520)D_{03}$ is responsible for a strong resonant peak in the cross section. Our analysis suggests that there exist configuration mixings within the $\Lambda(1405)S_{01}$ and $\Lambda(1670)S_{01}$ as admixtures of the $[\textbf{70},^2\textbf{1},1/2]$ and $[\textbf{70},^2\textbf{8},1/2]$ configurations. The $\Lambda(1405)S_{01}$ is dominated by $[\textbf{70},^2\textbf{1},1/2]$, and $\Lambda(1670)S_{01}$ by $[\textbf{70},^2\textbf{8},1/2]$. The non-resonant background contributions, i.e. $u$-channel and $t$-channel, also play important roles in the explanation of the angular distributions due to amplitude interferences.     

压强对β胡萝卜素分子的电子-声子耦合常数的影响

电子-声子耦合常数不仅可以反映出分子中π电子离域程度的强弱, 有效共轭长度的大小, 同时也可以表征分子中的原子和电子在外界环境作用下的相互振动耦合程度的强弱。在一些研究中电子-声子耦合常数被定义为无量纲的系数。应用R.Tubino等引用的一种有量纲的电子-声子耦合常数, 建立其与黄昆因子的关系式, 进而可以计算出共轭键中单个振动模的数值。压强对多烯分子吸收光谱、拉曼光谱频移影响的研究已有报道, 但对拉曼散射截面、黄昆因子、电子-声子耦合常数的研究还没有报道。测量了β胡萝卜素分子在二硫化碳溶液中0.04～0.60 GPa的压强范围内的紫外-可见吸收光谱和共振拉曼光谱。实验结果表明, 随着压强的增加, CS₂溶液中的β胡萝卜素分子的紫外-可见吸收光谱的吸收带发生明显的红移现象, 而拉曼光谱的特征谱线却发生蓝移的现象, 拉曼散射截面减小, 电子-声子耦合常数增加。其机理是随着压强的增加, β胡萝卜素分子被压缩又结构有序性下降, 导致电子能隙变窄, 有效共轭长度变短, π电子离域范围减小, 拉曼散射截面减小, 黄昆因子、电子-声子耦合常数增加。     

A measurement of the branching ratio∑ +→pγ/∑ +→pπ 0⋆

In an experiment performed in the CERN SPS hyperon beam we have obtained a value for the branching ratio $${{\Sigma ^ + \to p\gamma } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Sigma ^ + \to p\gamma } {\Sigma ^ + \to p\pi }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\Sigma ^ + \to p\pi }}^0 of\left( {2.46_{ - 0.35}^{ + 0.30} } \right) \times 10^{ - 3} ,$$ corresponding to a branching ratio $${{\Sigma ^ + \to p\gamma } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\Sigma ^ + \to p\gamma } {\Sigma ^ + \to all}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\Sigma ^ + \to all}}of\left( {1.27_{ - 0.18}^{ + 0.16} } \right) \times 10^{ - 3} .$$ This result is discussed in the context of present understanding of hyperon radiative decays.     

Elastic scattering of two ground-state N atoms

An interaction potential for an N₂(X¹σ_g⁺) molecule is constructed by using the highly accurate valence internally contracted multireference configuration interaction method and the largest basis set, aug-cc-pV6Z, in the valence range. The potential is used to investigate the elastic scattering of two N atoms at energies from 1.0× 10^-11 to 1.0× 10^-4 a.u. The derived total elastic cross sections are very large and almost constant at ultralow temperatures, and the shape of total elastic cross section curve is mainly dominated by the s-partial wave at very low collision energies. Three shape resonances are found in the total elastic cross sections. Concretely, the first one is very sharp and strong. It results from the g-partial-wave contribution and the resonant energy is 3.645× 10^-6 a.u. The second one is contributed by the h-partial wave and the resonant energy is 1.752× 10^-5 a.u. This resonance is broadened by those from the d- and f-partial waves. The third one comes from the l = 6 partial wave contribution and the resonant energy is 3.522× 10^-5 a.u. This resonance is broadened by those from the g- and h-partial waves. The N₂(X¹σ_g⁺) molecular parameters, which are determined at the current theoretical level, achieve very high accuracy due to the employment of the largest correlation-consistent basis set in the valence range.     

β-胡萝卜素分子的黄琨因子的温度特性

β-胡萝卜素具有光采集、光防护功能, 又是重要的光电材料, 它在外场下的分子结构和性能变化既有理论意义也有应用价值。测量了β-胡萝卜素在环己醇中68～26 ℃温度范围内的紫外-可见吸收、拉曼光谱。实验结果表明随着温度的降低, 黄琨因子和碳碳键每个振动模的电子-声子耦合常数减小, 紫外-可见吸收光谱红移, 碳碳键拉曼散射截面增加。用线性链状多烯分子的“相干弱阻尼电子-晶格振动模型”、“有效共轭长度模型”等理论给予了解释。随着温度的降低,β-胡萝卜素分子的热无序减小,分子结构有序性增加,π电子离域扩展,有效共轭长度增加,导致紫外-可见吸收光谱红移和强的拉曼活性。相干弱阻尼电子-晶格振动增强,使碳碳键拉曼散射截面增加。引用带有量纲的电子-声子相互作用常数,既可以与黄昆因子建立关系式,计算出碳碳键每个振动模的数值,也可以表征分子的有效共轭长度,π电子离域程度及拉曼散射截面的大小等。     

温度对β胡萝卜素结构有序的影响

本文测量了全反式β胡萝卜素在二甲基亚砜中81–25 ℃ 范围的紫外–可见吸收和拉曼光谱. 结果表明, 随温度降低, 紫外–可见吸收光谱、拉曼光谱都发生红移, 拉曼光谱线型变窄, 散射截面增加这些现象的发生是由于随温度降低, β胡萝卜素分子的热无序降低、分子结构有序性增加、π电子离域扩展, 有效共轭长度增加, 分子的电子能隙变窄. 另外, 随着温度的降低, 溶剂密度增加, 由Lorentz-Lorenz 关系得知相伴的折射率增加, 从而引起吸收光谱的红移. CC键键长增加, 使CC 键拉曼光谱红移; 振动弛豫时间变长, 各CC 键之间的键长差减小, 线宽变窄; 但由于声子, π电子耦合加强使CC键拉曼线型不对称程度增加, 低频端"肩"扩展, CC键的弱阻尼相干振动增加, 使拉曼散射截面增加. 关键词： β胡萝卜素 分子结构有序 红移 拉曼散射截面     

Investigation of third-order nonlinear optical properties of two azo-nickel chelate compounds

This paper investigates the third-order nonlinear optical properties of two azo-nickel chelate compounds by the optical Kerr gate method at 830 nm wavelength with pulse duration of 120 fs. Both of the two compounds exhibited large third-order optical nonlinearity. The second-order hyperpolarizability,γ, of Compound 1 is of 1.0 × 10^-31 esu. Due to the charge transfer, the γ of Compound 2 with electron donor and acceptor group is 4.9 × 10^-31 esu, which is a four-time enhancement in comparison with Compound i. The absorption spectra show that the electron push-pull effect, which induces intramolecular charge transfer, leads to the increased optical nonlinearity.     

Contribution of semi-hadronic states <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>γ, <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>γ, π<Superscript>+</Superscript>π<Superscript>−</Superscript>γ to amm of muon in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model

We calculate the contribution of semi-hadronic states with the pseudoscalar P = π⁰, η and scalar (σ(550)) meson accompanied with a real photon as an intermediate state of a heavy photon to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. We consider the intermediate states with π⁰ and σ as hadrons in the frame-work of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. The contribution of the π⁰γ state is in agreement with results obtained in previous theoretical considerations as well as with the experimental data $ a_\mu ^{\pi _0 \gamma } \approx 4.5 \times 10^{ - 10} $ a_\mu ^{\pi _0 \gamma } \approx 4.5 \times 10^{ - 10} , besides we estimate a _μ^ηγ = 0.7 × 10⁻¹⁰, a _μ^σγ ∼ 1.5 × 10⁻¹¹, $ a_\mu ^{\pi ^ + \pi ^ - \gamma } \sim 3.2 \times 10^{ - 10} $ a_\mu ^{\pi ^ + \pi ^ - \gamma } \sim 3.2 \times 10^{ - 10} . We also discuss the light-by-light (LbL) mechanism with a _μ ^lbl = 10.5 × 10⁻¹⁰.