X射线衍射的发现

简单介绍了埃瓦尔德(Ewald P P)、劳厄(von Laue M)和布拉格父子(Bragg W H及Bragg W L)在1912年发现X射线衍射方面的贡献．1911年埃瓦尔德在索末菲的指导下在慕尼黑大学从事博士论文研究，劳厄在与他的讨论中了解到晶格的平移周期与X射线的波长属于同一量级，因此想到在二维光栅的两个衍射方程组中再加一个类似的方程，就可以描述X射线在三维晶体中的衍射．在此假设的指导下，Friedrieh W和Knipping P在1912年4月开始用CuSO4后来用闪锌矿(立方ZnS)进行实验，很快就得到X射线衍射的证据．这不但证明了X射线的波动性，还确定了晶体的三维周期性．老布拉格在1912年夏得知这个消息，与他儿子小布拉格一道尝试用X射线的粒子性解释它，并由小布拉格在剑桥大学重复这个实验．根据衍射斑点的椭圆形状和从Pope与Below那里学到的晶格理论(由此得知ZnS具有面心立方晶格)，小布拉格将X射线在晶体中的衍射看作是X射线从一些晶格平面的反射，从而推导出著名的布拉格方程．布拉格父子开拓了X射线晶体结构分析这门新兴学科，从简单的无机化合物和矿物，逐渐发展到有机化合物和生物大分子．劳厄和布拉格父子分别强调慕尼黑和剑桥的优良科学环境对发现X射线衍射的重要性．鉴于埃瓦尔德在发现X射线衍射的作用及他后来在倒易格子及动力学衍射理论方面的贡献，不少晶体学家认为他也应获得诺贝尔物理奖．     

小布拉格（Bragg，Sir William Lawrence，1890-1971）英国物理学家（Physicist，England）

他在测定晶体结构的基础上，提出X射线衍射的布拉格公式，因此他和父亲共获1915年诺贝尔物理学奖。他生于澳大利亚，在阿德莱德大学求学，1909年到英国剑桥大学三一学院学物理学、1912年他在劳厄发现X射线通过晶体产生衍射的基础上，进行了一系列实验。1913年发表布拉格公式，这是用X射线衍射分析晶体结构的基本公式，他还用他父亲设计的X射线分光计精确测出X射线的波长。     

X射线晶体学的起源

1912年是值得纪念的一年.在这一年里,先是劳厄(M.Laue,1879—1960)等发现了X射线的晶体衍射现象并给出了一个解释,此后不久布拉格(W.L.Bragg,1890—1971,后简称小布拉格)又作了重新解释并借此获得了有关晶体结构的信息,从而开始了X射线晶体学发展艰难但成果辉煌的历史.作为整个X射线晶体学史研究的第一步,本文先对其起源作一全面的历史考查. 一、X射线晶体衍射现象 的发现和劳厄的解释 发现X射线晶体衍射现象的直接起因还得先从厄瓦耳说起.1912年初,他正在慕尼黑大学著名理论物理学家索末菲教授的指导下撰写《各向同性共振子的各向异性…     

现代物理百家短文

 M·劳厄(Max Theodor Felix＇VonLaue),德国物理学家,因发现X射线在晶体中衍射而荣获1914年诺贝尔物理学奖,这里选登的短文,是从他的题为《关于X射线干涉的发现》获奖演讲中摘录的.它所谈论困难、运气与荣誉这三者之间的关系,是值得深思的.     

纪念劳厄发现晶体X射线衍射100周年

文章从劳厄发现晶体X射线衍射的前因后果谈起.劳厄的这个发现产生了两个新学科,即X射线晶体学和X射线光谱学.文章中还回顾了布拉格父子对开展这两个新学科研究所作出的卓越贡献,并略述了X射线晶体学所产生的深远影响.     

纪念劳厄发现晶体X射线衍射90周年编者的话

20 0 2年和 2 0 0 3年分别是劳厄 (vonLaueMax)发现X射线晶体衍射和布拉格 (BaggWL)建立布拉格方程90周年 .劳厄和布拉格的发现是 2 0世纪物理学意义深远的大事 .1895年伦琴发现X射线后 ,关于X射线的本质是不清楚的 ,一种观点认为是穿透性很强的中性微粒 (粒子学说 ) ,另一种观点认为是波长较短的电磁波 (波动学说 ) .应该说 ,劳厄的发现 ,除了他本人具备坚实的物理基础 ,敏锐的洞察能力以及当时劳厄所在的慕尼黑大学高水平的学术研究环境等因素外 ,还直接得益于与埃瓦尔德 (EwaldPP)的一次谈话 .通过与埃瓦尔德的讨论 ,劳厄酝酿出一个…     

邮票上的物理学史(38)

X射线发现之后,人们对其本性展开了热烈的争论.伦琴本人猜想X射线是以太中的某种纵波.斯托克斯和J.J.汤姆孙认为X射线是电磁波脉冲.W.H.布拉格则根据射线在电场和磁场中不偏转以及在物质中穿透力强等事实,认为γ射线和X射线是电子和正电荷组成的中性粒子对.1912年,在发现X射线16年之后,德国物理学家劳厄通过X射线在晶体中衍射的实验,才确证X射线也是与可见光相似的电磁波,只不过波长更短,穿透力更强.     

纪念劳厄发现射线衍射周年

100年前,德国人劳厄发现X射线通过晶体时可以发生衍射效应.随后,英国的布拉格父子等人发展出一系列实验和分析方法,利用X射线晶体衍射解析出具有原子分辨率的分子结构.在过去的100年中,X射线衍射分析对世界的科学发展乃至人们的生活都产生了至关重要的影响,并且在这100年间,X射线衍射实验方法和分析方法也有了长足进步.硬X射线自由电子激光的出现为X射线衍射分析进一步发展提供了更广阔的空间,可以预期,基于自由电子激光的X射线衍射分析会进一步在物理、化学、生物等学科中发挥更为重要的影响.     

从劳厄发现晶体X射线衍射谈起

文章从劳厄发现晶体X射线衍射的前因后果谈起．劳厄的这个发现产生了两个新学科，即X射线谱学和X射线晶体学．文中还回顾了布拉格父子对这两个新学科所作的重大贡献，并阐述了X射线晶体学的深远影响．     

布拉格（Bragg，Sir William Henrg，1862—1942）英国物理学家（Physicist，England）

由于用X射线研究晶体内原子和分子结构的贡献，布拉格和儿子小布拉格共获1915年诺贝尔物理学奖。1882年取得剑桥三一学院的奖学金，1885年以优异的成绩通过数学毕业考试，同年就任澳大利亚阿德莱德大学数学和物理教授。1912年回伦敦，发明布拉格电离分光计，为现代X射线衍射计的雏形，用它可精确测定X射线波长和晶体的各项数据。     

Guided-Wave Two-Dimensional Acousto-Optic Scanner Using Proton-Exchanged Lithium Niobate Waveguide

Two-dimensional scanning of a 0.6328 mum guided-light beam has been realized using noncolinear acousto-optic (AO) coplanar Bragg diffraction together with colinear AO guided-mode to substrate radiation-mode conversion in a Z-cut Xpropagation LiNbO3 proton-exchanged (PE) waveguide. The two surface acoustic (SAW) waves utilized are at the center frequencies of 500 and 200 MHz, propagating in the Y and X axes, respectively. Two-dimensional scanning of approximately 720 resolvable light beam spots, namely, 18 40 (horizontal vertical) scanning, has been demonstrated using a light beam of 1.0 mm aperture. The total number of resolvable beam spots can be greatly increased from 720 by simply utilizing SAW transducers of larger bandwidth and a light beam of greater aperture. It should also be possible to significantly increase the diffraction efficiency from 3 % by optimizing the parameters of the PE waveguide and the SAWs.     

Femtosecond Transform-Limited Pulse Generation by Compensating for the Linear Chirp of SPM Spectra in Dispersion Shifted Fibers

A simple technique of pulse compression, based on the linear chirp compensation of self-phase modulation (SPM) spectra in dispersion shifted fibers, is demonstrated. The optimization procedure is carried out, for a short span of a single-mode fiber, using a parabolic law, which describes the behavior of the squared output pulse width versus the pump peak power in the case of Gaussian pulses. The experimental results give a minimum pulse duration of 233 fs, which is in good agreement with the model. Shorter and coherent pulses, down to 90 fs, have been obtained by inserting an interference filter at the optical output.     

Effect ofγ-radiation on the spectral luminescence characteristics of impure cadmium tungstate crystals

Results of a study of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of cadmium tungstate crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations are presented. Spectral characteristics of the nondnnnoped crystals are briefly described. Absorption and photo and X-ray luminescence spectra of the crystals taken before and after exposure to γ-radiation (5.5·10⁴ Gy) are compared. It is found that the spectral characteristics of the crystals doped with silver, bismuth, and molybdenum cations do not change markedly after the exposure. The relation between the type of impurity-induced defects, individual characteristics of the impurity cations, and the character of the effect of γ-radiation on the spectral luminescence properties of impure crystals is analyzed (preliminarily). Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 55–60, January–February, 1997.     

Theoretical analysis and simulation of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO system in lidar

A multi-conjugate adaptive optics （MCAO） can offer a possibility of widening field of view （FOV） characterized by the isoplanatic angle, and the choose of conjugate height becomes a basic problem for MCAO, which influences the size of iosplanatic angle. Considering the application of lidar, the isoplanatic angle＇s expressions of two deformable mirrors （DMs） MCAO for uplink and downlink are deduced. The effects of conjugate heights for dual-conjugate AO are thoughtfully discussed, and the isoplanatic angles are further analyzed. The results show that the isopanatic angle varies with the conjugate height and reaches the maximum as the conjugate height is at the optimal altitude. Moreover, the optimal conjugate height changes with the propagation distance.     

Quick single-photon detector with many avalanche photo diodes working on the time division

Due to the limit of response speed of the present single-photon detector, the code rate is still too low to come into practical use for the present quantum key distribution (QKD) system.A new idea is put up to design a quick single-photon detector.This quick single-photon detector is composed of a multi-port optic-fiber splitter and many avalanche photo diodes (APDs).Au of the ports with APDs work on the time division and cooperate with a logic discriminating and deciding unit driven by the clock signal.The operation frequency lies on the number N of ports, and can reach N times of the conventional single-photon detector.The single-photon prompt detection can come true for high repetition-rate pulses.The applying of this detector will largely raise the code rate of the QKD, and boost the commercial use.     

Sorting of bending magnets for the SSRF booster

The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF)booster ring,a full energy injector for the storage ring,is deigned to accelerate the electron beam energy from 150MeV to 3.5GeV that demands high extraction efficiency at the extraction energy with low beam loss rate when electrons are ramping.Closed orbit distortion(COD)caused by bending magnet field uniformity errors which affects the machine performance harmfully could be effectively reduced by bending magnet location sorting.Considering the affections of random errors in measurement,both ideal sorting and realistic sorting are studied based on measured bending magnet field uniformity errors and one reasonable combination of bending magnets which can reduce the horizontal COD by a factor of 5is given as the final installation sequence of the booster bending magnets in this paper.     

Improvement of four-wave mixing-based wavelength conversion efficiency in dispersion shifted fiber by 40-GHz clock pumping

40-GHz clock modulated signal as a pump to improve the efficiency of four-wave mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion in a 26.5-km dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) is investigated. The experimental results demonstrate that the conjugated FWM component has higher intensity with the clock pumping than that with the continuous-wave (CW) light pumping. The improvement of FWM-based wavelength conversion efficiency is negligible when the pump power is less than Brillouin threshold. But when the pump power is greater than Brillouin threshold, the improvement becomes significant and increases with the increment of pump power. The improvement can increase up to 9 dB if pump power reaches 17 dBm.     

Characterization of PolyA and PolyC mismatches by Raman spectroscopy

A.C mismatches are studied by Raman spectral characterization of PolyA, PolyC, and their equimolar complex in solution of 0.14 mol/L Na ,pH7.0.Experimental results show that A·C mismatches occur to be A/B (mainly A) conformers, and unlike Watson-Crick base pairing, this kind of mismatches is stabilized by only one hydrogen bond involving cytosine N4H2 and adenine N7.The formation of A·C complex makes the base stacking interactions much stronger, and conformation of the backbone more ordered, which leads to obvious Raman hypochromic effect with some shifts in corresponding bands.