Effect of size and morphology of Au nanostructures on boosting performance of organic photovoltaic devices: Plasmonic and non-plasmonic effects

We fabricated organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices containing various Au nanostructures mixed with hole-collecting buffer layer. The presence of the Au nanostructures results in enhancement of the external quantum efficiencies (EQE) at dissimilar wavelengths of visible light, which can be attributed to the modulated plasmonic absorption frequency of the Au nanostructures. In addition to this plasmonic effect induced by visible light absorption, an increase in the EQE was also found upon UV excitation, which can be attributed to scattering effects induced by Au particles. The optical response pattern of organic photovoltaic devices can be modulated in a wide range of visible and UV wavelengths, by controlling sizes and shapes of the Au nanostructures.     

VUV超短脉冲的产生及其在超快动力学中的应用

真空紫外超短脉冲激光具有波长短、单光子能量高、脉宽小等特点,在飞秒化学以及超快动力学等方面具有相当广泛的应用前景.由于直接利用受激辐射获得真空紫外超短脉冲是相当困难,因此利用非线性频率转换技术,超短脉冲与惰性气体相互作用,将红外、可见或紫外光波段的超短脉冲转换到真空紫外波段是目前获得紫外超短脉冲最快捷有效的方式.围绕真空紫外超短脉冲的产生及其在超短动力学中应用展开,介绍了产生真空紫外超短脉冲的高斯谐波、空心光纤四波混频和光丝四波混频的方法,对其优缺点作了评述,并对真空紫外超短脉冲激光在超快动力学过程中的应用进行了简单的总结.     

2.1GeV?Kr离子在聚碳酸酯膜中引起的辐照效应研究

用傅立叶变换红外光(FTIR)谱仪和紫外/可见光(UV/VIS)谱仪研究了2.1GeVKr离子在聚碳酸酯(PC)膜中产生的效应.研究结果表明,在高能Kr离子辐照下,PC膜中发生了断键、断链和键的重组,炔基的出现是键的断裂和重组的结果.这些效应与辐照剂量和电子能损有关.辐照也使PC膜中发生了从氢化非晶态碳向非晶态碳的转变,在UV/VIS中,波长为380,450和500nm处的相对吸光度随能量沉积密度的增加近似按线性变化.     

Conversion of radiation from high-power UV lasers in gases and vapors by stimulated Raman scattering

We have systematized experimental data on conversion of high-power UV radiation in gases and vapors by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). We consider the features of nonlinear processes mediated by UV photons. We formulate the requirements for the pump beam parameters and describe specific laser systems satisfying these requirements. We analyze in detail ways to optimize the SRS conversion process in hydrogen and methane from the viewpoint of both overall efficiency and the efficiency of conversion to a specified SRS component. We present results obtained in SRS experiments in vapors of different metals. We discuss in detail the optimal conditions for conversion of UV radiation to the visible range in lead vapors. We show the effect of other nonlinear processes on the SRS process, and indicate conditions in which this effect is minimal. We describe some effects observed in the experiments. In conclusion, we present data on the wavelengths and conversion efficiencies for radiation from different lasers in different gases and vapors, and briefly describe possible applications of lasers with SRS cells. Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 90–116, March, 1998.     

准分子激光束的喇曼整形

受激喇曼散射可以将紫外准分子激光辐射频移到特定的近紫外和可见光波长.采用喇曼整形技术还可以获得衍射极限发散角的斯托克斯输出.本文研究了注入光束质量对喇曼整形的影响,并求得不同氢压力下的喇曼增益系数和饱和参量.     

Discretely tunable, all-solid-state laser in the green, yellow, and red

We report an all-solid-state intracavity Raman laser with intracavity nonlinear sum-frequency generation providing visible output wavelengths selected from second harmonics and sum frequencies of the fundamental and Stokes fields. The laser comprises a diode end-pumped Nd:YAG laser, an acousto-optic Q switch, a KGd(WO4)2 Raman crystal, and a lithium borate nonlinear converter in a resonator designed to accommodate dynamic thermal lensing. For 20 W of pump power, output powers up to 1.8 W are demonstrated at wavelengths of 532, 555, 579, and 606 nm, selectable by angle and temperature tuning of the nonlinear medium.     

Characterisation of fulgides in a solid matrix as recording materials for optical components

The optical properties of solid samples of polymethyl-methacrylate doped with fulgide photochromic molecules were studied. The transmittance of a thin plate sample was measured when both the activation (UV) and bleaching wavelengths are employed. The samples were used as an optical switch where an UV pulse switches a visible signal beam. The behaviour of these compounds as holographic materials, studied by efficiency measurements at varying grating steps, is reported.     

Visible continuum generation using a femtosecond erbium-doped fiber laser and a silica nonlinear fiber

Supercontinuum extending to visible wavelengths is generated in a hybrid silica nonlinear fiber pumped at 1560 nm by a femtosecond, erbium-doped fiber laser. The hybrid nonlinear fiber consists of a short length of highly nonlinear, germano-silicate fiber (HNLF) spliced to a length of photonic crystal fiber (PCF). A 2 cm length of HNLF provides an initial stage of continuum generation due to higher-order soliton compression and dispersive wave generation before launching into the PCF. The visible radiation is generated in the fundamental mode of the PCF.     

Application of the nonlinear crystal SrB4O7 for ultrafast diagnostics converting to wavelengths as short as 125 nm

We used non-phase-matched second-harmonic generation (SHG) in the highly nonlinear but low-birefringence crystal SrB4O7 for temporal characterization (autocorrelation) of femtosecond UV pulses to convert these pulses to wavelengths as low as 125 nm, close to the transparency limit of SrB4O7. The sensitivity of this method was approximately 1 microJ at the fundamental for a repetition rate of 1 kHz. We also used SHG at longer wavelengths to estimate the three nonlinear coefficients of SrB4O7.     

紫外可见光谱的水产养殖水体有机物浓度快速检测研究

应用紫外可见（ultraviolet/visible,UV/Vis）光谱技术对表征水产养殖水体中有机物浓度的指标化学需氧量（chemical oxygen demand,COD）进行快速测量,对采集到的135份甲鱼养殖水样进行UV/Vis波段全光谱扫描,采用无信息变量消除（uninformative variable elimination,UVE）和连续投影算法（successive projections algorithm,SPA）相结合的变量选择算法选取全波段光谱中的特征波长,从201个UV/Vis光谱变量中选取了7个特征波长,只占全波段光谱变量的3.48%,降低了建模的时间和模型的复杂度。结合最小二乘支持向量机（least-square support vector machine,LS-SVM）算法进行COD预测建模,结果表明：使用特征波长建模的预测效果（相关系数r（correlation coefficient）=0.89,预测均方根误差（root mean square error of prediction,RMSEP）=15.46 mg·L-1）好于使用全波段光谱建模的预测效果（r=0.88,RMSEP = 15.71 mg·L-1）。使用UVE-SPA变量选择算法获取UV/Vis光谱特征波长,结合LS-SVM建模,可以快速、准确的测量水产养殖水体中的COD浓度,为进一步实现水产养殖水质的在线检测以及其他水质参数的快速测定奠定了基础。     

Mid-infrared high-frequency high-resolution reflective acousto-optic filters in mercury halides

Due to the long optical wavelengths of the mid-infrared region and to the low acoustic shear wave velocities of mercury halides, the high acoustic frequency solution of the acousto-optic wave-vector diagram can be used to design new high resolution acousto-optic filters, such as reflective AOTFs and AOPDFs, which are technically impossible to realize in the UV, visible and near-infrared regions.     

β-BaB2O4 deep UV monolithic walk-off compensating tandem

The generation of watt-level cw narrow-linewidth sources at specific deep-UV wavelengths corresponding to atomic cooling transitions usually employs external cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation (SHG) of moderate-power visible lasers in birefringent materials. Among the oxo-borate materials, barium borate (β-BaB₂O₄ or BBO) combines the highest UV band edge and largest nonlinearity but suffers from large walk-off angles that limits the nonlinear interaction length. Alternative quasi-phase-matched (QPM) ferroelectrics are hardly suited for cavity-enhanced operation due to their much larger UV absorption and associated photo-refractive and thermal lensing effects, in addition to the difficult fabrication of fine-pitch domain gratings for short UV coherence lengths. In this work, we investigate an alternative approach to cw deep-UV generation by employing the low-loss BBO in a monolithic walk-off compensating structure [J.-J. Zondy, Ch. Bonnin, D. Lupinski, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20 (2003) 1675] to simultaneously enhance the effective nonlinear coefficient while minimizing the UV beam ellipticity under tight focusing. As a preliminary step to cavity-enhanced operation, and in order to apprehend the design difficulties stemming from the extremely low acceptance angle of BBO, we investigate and analyze the single-pass performance of a L_c = 8 mm monolithic walk-off compensating structure made of 2 optically-contacted BBO plates cut for type-I critically phase-matched SHG of a cw λ = 570.4 nm dye laser. As compared with a bulk crystal of identical length, a sharp UV efficiency enhancement factor of 1.65 has been evidenced with the tandem structure, but at ∼−1 nm from the targeted fundamental wavelength, highlighting the sensitivity of this technique when applied to a highly birefringent material such as BBO. Solutions to angle cut residual errors are identified so as to match accurately more complex periodic-tandem structure performance to any target UV wavelength, opening the prospect for high-power, good beam quality deep-UV cw laser sources for atom cooling and trapping.     

Nonlinear optical parameters and optical limitation in cobalt-doped polyvinylpyrrolidone solutions

Nonlinear optical parameters (nonlinear refractive indices and nonlinear absorption coefficients) of solutions of polyvinylpyrrolidone doped by cobalt to various concentrations are measured at the lasing and second-harmonic wavelengths of a picosecond Nd:YAG laser (λ=1064 and 532 nm, respectively, and τ=35 ps). Data on optical limitation in these solutions are presented. The absence of nonlinear absorption in the IR spectral range and its significant effect in the visible range are demonstrated. Optical limitation at a wavelength of 1064 nm is related to defocusing, whereas at 532 nm, this effect is caused by two-photon absorption and partially by inverse saturated absorption and defocusing. Nonlinear optical parameters of metal-polymer complexes are reported.     

扩展Kalman滤波器同时测定苯酚和邻氯苯酚

提出了苯酚和邻氯苯酚混合体系非线性吸光度表示式。即非线性吸光度由两组分各自对吸光度的贡献、由于混合而导致的两组分各自贡献的改变以及交互作用项三部分构成。依据该式,利用非线性Kalman滤波紫外分光光度法同时测量了苯酚和邻氯苯酚混合体系。在250～290 nm 区间测量了32组浓度各自在1～15 mg·L-1范围的苯酚和邻氯苯酚标准混合溶液紫外吸收光谱图。利用偏最小二乘法,将其制作成扩展Kalman滤波标准工作系数矩阵。通过对非线性吸光度关系式Taylor级数展开进行线性化处理,得到其向量函数的Jacobi矩阵,从而完成了非线性Kalman滤波器的设置。回收实验显示出,扩展Kalman滤波同时测量苯酚和邻氯酚双组分体系是准确、稳定的。     

双零色散光子晶体光纤中超连续谱的产生及控制

 通过数值模拟飞秒脉冲在具有双零色散波长的光子晶体光纤中的传输过程,详细分析了超连续谱的产生和控制机制.结果表明：中心波长处于反常色散区的泵浦脉冲在高阶非线性和高阶色散等作用的调制下,将演化为基孤子和正常色散区的两个色散波|该色散波进而经与之相位匹配的基孤子相干加强而使频谱展宽形成超连续谱,同时两个色散波上出现了干涉引起的振荡现象.进一步对比三种结构的光子晶体光纤中超连续谱的特点,定量分析了两色散波对超连续谱的限制作用,阐述了结构参量对超连续谱的影响.基于上述结论,结合对色散波的中心波长与光子晶体光纤的色散曲线、结构参量之间关系的分析,提出了设计光子晶体光纤的结构来控制超连续谱的方法.作为例证,通过优化光子晶体光纤结构理论上实现了频谱分量覆盖可见光区的平坦超连续谱.     

稀土掺杂光学超晶格的自变频激光模型与应用

通过结合准相位匹配理论和空间分布自混频（或自倍频）激光模型提出了稀土掺杂光学超晶格材料自变频激光理论模型，该模型计入了弱聚焦的高斯光束空间分布，泵浦耦合以及非理想周期结构的影响，并应用该理论模型对Nd^3 离子掺杂非理想周期极化铌酸锂（Nd^3 :APLN)晶体同步自变频多波长激光进行了模拟计算，计算结果，尤其是阈值、可见激光总输出功率和同步可见激光谱线相对强度分布等与实验结果符合得很好，从而表明该模型的有效性。     

Third-order nonlinear optical properties of silver nanoparticles mediated by chitosan

Silver nanoparticles in chitosan medium were prepared by the chemical reduction method. Silver nitrate and hydrazine were used as the precursor and reducing agent in the present of chitosan as a natural host polymer. The samples are characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The measurements of nonlinear optical properties were defined by Z-scan technique using green CW laser beam operated at 532 nm wavelengths. Thermal effect has a dominant role in the overall material nonlinearity with CW laser. It is shown that the synthesized samples have a negative nonlinear refractive index.     

Suppression of background transmission of interference filters

The possibility of manufacturing interference filters with the transmission coefficient no less than 90% in fixed UV, visible or near IR spectral regions and completely opaque at longer wavelengths is shown. The operation of the filter is based on the method of residual rays. Angular dependences of the filter transmission bandshape on the parameters of multilayer coating, such as the thickness, refractive indices, and the number of the layers, are analyzed.