New photopolymer with trifunctional monomer for holographic applications

New holographic recording materials based on photopolymerizable systems have contributed significantly to the recent growth of holographic applications. Previously, we reported that in photopolymerizable systems with a difunctional monomer, Ethylene Glycol DiMethAcrylate (EGDMA) improves the behaviour of the system and explains the role played by an eosin ester that has an oxo-oxime group in the production of amine initiator radicals. This comparative study was carried out in our laboratory using differential scanning photo-calorimetry and holography. The results of the new photosensitive recording materials for holography indicate that this system can be used for the formulation of very promising photopolymers that have a better performance. The aim of this study was to change the crosslinking monomer in order to increase the energetic sensitivity and discover the rest of the behavior. The new photo-polymerizable mixture contains PentaErythritol TriAcrylate (PETA) in a 1:1 ratio of volume and a 2-Hydroxy-Ethylene MethAcrylate monomer (HEMA). A diffraction efficiency of 80% is achieved with an energetic sensitivity of 3 J/cm² at 514 nm, and the spatial resolution is up to 2000 lines/mm.Part of this paper was presented at the IS&T/SPIE Symposium in Electronic Imaging, Science and Technology (Holographic Materials), February 5–10, San Jose, CA, USA     

Study on the thermal sensitivity of β-NaYF4: Yb3+-Er3+ nano-thermometers based on luminescence ratiometric technology

It is demonstrated here that relative sensitivity should gain more concern than absolute sensitivity when designing a new type of nano-thermometer based on luminescence ratiometric technology. Following the NIR excitation by a 980 nm laser diode, the 520/527 and 540/547 nm upconversion luminescence bands, which are respectively ascribed to the ²H_11/2–⁴I_15/2 and ⁴S_3/2–⁴I_15/2 transitions of Er³⁺ ions embedded in NaYF₄ nanocrystals, are investigated as a function of temperature between 303 and 483 K. It is found that the 520/540, 520/547, 527/540 and 527/547 nm emission lines can constitute four pairs of thermally coupled energy levels. These four pairs of lines own the different absolute sensitivities. However, the relative sensitivities for them are identical at the same temperature. A third parameter, that is, temperature resolution, is then introduced to identify the difference between the two sensitivities. It is found that these four pairs of lines own the same temperature resolution, suggesting that absolute sensitivity is an intermediate parameter and relative sensitivity reflects the fundamental nature of sensors.     

Dye-doped liquid crystals as high-resolution recording media

Light-induced anchoring of the molecular director is reported to be an efficient method for writing permanent holographic gratings in dye-doped liquid crystals. We have achieved higher sensitivity and spatial resolution in these materials with other methods. An energy density as low as 10(-1) J/cm(2) was sufficient to write gratings with a resolution higher than 100 lines/mm.     

可擦写俘精酸酐/PMMA薄膜的全息记录特性研究

对一种新型可擦写有机光致变色材料-吡咯俘精酸酐的光全息记录特性进行了实验研究.用涂布法制成厚度约10 μm 的吡咯俘精酸酐/PMMA聚合物薄膜.样品无色态吸收峰在373 nm处,经紫外光照射发色后,变为呈色态,其吸收峰移动到626 nm处,呈色态在氦氖激光照射下可以重返为无色态.无色态和呈色态在室温下都是稳定的.以呈色态吡咯俘精酸酐/PMMA薄膜作为记录材料,以氦氖激光作为记录光,分别建立了双光束干涉衍射记录装置和四波耦合实验系统.实验测得该薄膜的空间分辨率至少可以达到1680 lines/mm,一级衍射效率大于2%,全息记录中的最佳曝光量约为1 J/cm².实验测量了衍射效率与曝光量的特性曲线,分析了衍射光强度和光斑模式随曝光时间的变化关系.     

番红花红T光敏感光致聚合物全息存储材料

制备了一种以番红花红T为光敏剂的新型全息存储材料,主要用Ar⁺激光器的514.5nm波长的绿光研究材料的全息特性.研究表明,该材料具有较高的衍射效率、曝光灵敏度和较大的折射率调制度,衍射效率近40%,灵敏度为7.22×10^-4cm²/mJ,折射率调制度为3.65×10^-4,同时,在读出时必须考虑布拉格偏移对全息存储的影响.在介质膜中存储了全息图像,再现图像较为清晰,说明该材料适合用作高密度全息存储介质. 关键词： 全息存储 光致聚合物 衍射效率 布拉格偏移     

Fast optical recording in dye-doped liquid crystals

Light-induced director reorientation in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals was recently reported to be an efficient method of writing permanent holographic gratings with high sensitivity [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1855 (1999)]. We report the achievement of stable director reorientation in the same materials by means of a single 4-ns pulse of the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser. Fast recording of high-resolution holographic gratings (more than 500 lines/mm) can be obtained with an energy density as low as 7x10(-3)J /cm(2) .     

Properties of a surface contaminated by gaseous products of polymer composition materials under vacuum conditions

Optical properties and chemical composition of a surface that is contaminated by molecular flows consisting of gaseous products of polymer composition materials (e.g., EKOM-2 enamel) are experimentally studied. The polymer materials are irradiated using a short-wavelength source with a luminous intensity of 6 × 10^?4 W/cm² sr in the wavelength interval 90–320 nm in a vacuum chamber that is evacuated to a pressure of 10^?4–10^?3 Pa. An analytical solution is obtained for the problem of radiation fluxes in scattering and absorbing medium of precipitate on a mirror surface, and a relation of model absorption and scattering coefficients for optical radiation in such medium and transport coefficients of the Gurevich theory of turbid medium is demonstrated.     

Near IR laser light visualizators using nonlinear GaSe and other layered crystallites

Two methods of preparation of the devices for visualization of pulsed and continuous near-IR (near infrared) are described and the results of conversion of pulsed and continuous IR (800–1360 nm) laser radiation into the visible range of spectra (400–680 nm) by using a transparent substrate covered with the particles (including nanoparticles) of effective nonlinear materials of GaSe _x S_{1 − x} (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) are presented. Converted light can be detected in transmission or reflection geometry as a visible spot corresponding to the real size of the incident laser beam. Developed device structures can be used for checking if the laser is working or not, for optical adjustment, for visualization of distribution of laser radiation over the cross of the beam and for investigation of the content of the laser radiation. Low energy (power density) limit for visualization of the IR laser pulses with 2–3 ps duration for these device structures are: between 4.6–2.1 μJ (3 × 10⁻⁴−1 × 10⁻⁴ W/cm²) at 1200 nm; between 8.4–2.6 μJ (4.7 × 10⁻⁴−1.5 × 10⁻⁴ W/cm²) at 1300 nm; between 14.4–8.1 μJ (8.2 × 10⁻⁴–4.6 × 10⁻⁴ W/cm²) at 1360 nm. Threshold damage density is more than 10 MW/cm² at λ = 1060 nm, pulse duration τ = 35 ps. The results are compared with commercially existing laser light visualizators.     

Superior tolerance of Ag/Ni multilayers against Kr ion irradiation: an in situ study

Monolithic Ag and Ni films and Ag/Ni multilayers with individual layer thickness of 5 and 50?nm were subjected to in situ Kr ion irradiation at room temperature to 1 displacement-per-atom (a fluence of 2?×?10¹⁴?ions/cm²). Monolithic Ag has high density of small loops (4?nm in diameter), whereas Ni has fewer but much greater loops (exceeding 20?nm). In comparison, dislocation loops, ～4?nm in diameter, were the major defects in the irradiated Ag/Ni 50?nm film, while the loops were barely observed in the Ag/Ni 5?nm film. At 0.2?dpa (0.4?×?10¹⁴?ions/cm), defect density in both monolithic Ag and Ni saturated at 1.6 and 0.2?×?10²³/m³, compared with 0.8?×?10²³/m³ in Ag/Ni 50?nm multilayer at a saturation fluence of ～1?dpa (2?×?10¹⁴?ions/cm²). Direct observations of frequent loop absorption by layer interfaces suggest that these interfaces are efficient defect sinks. Ag/Ni 5?nm multilayer showed a superior morphological stability against radiation compared to Ag/Ni 50?nm film.     

Mid-infrared generation and spectroscopy with a PPLN ridge waveguide

We have utilised a periodically poled LiNbO₃ crystal with a waveguide structure to produce up to 146 μW of mid-IR radiation around 2976 cm^-1 by difference frequency mixing of 1064 nm pump radiation with 1558 nm signal radiation. A conversion efficiency of 45% W^-1 is achieved within a crystal of length 50 mm, and temperature tuning curves are reported. The resultant idler radiation is exploited for high resolution absorption studies of both methane and methanethiol. The absorption cross-sections for methanethiol in the region of 2979 cm^-1 are measured and found to be ∼10^-19 cm², the relevance of these results to breath and headspace analysis of clinical samples containing volatile sulphur compounds is briefly discussed. PACS 42.62.Fi; 42.65.Ky     

Tuning SERS for living erythrocytes: Focus on nanoparticle size and plasmon resonance position

Surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a unique technique to study submembrane hemoglobin (Hb_sm) in erythrocytes. We report the detailed design of SERS experiments on living erythrocytes to estimate dependence of the enhancemen t factor for main Raman bands of Hb_sm on silver nanoparticle (AgNP) properties. We demonstrate that the enhancement factor for ν 4/A1g, ν 10/B1g and A2g Raman bands of Hb_sm varies from 10⁵ to 10⁷ under proposed experimental conditions with 473 nm laser excitation. For the first time we show that the enhancement of Raman scattering increases with the increase in the relative amount of small NPs in colloids, with the decrease in AgNP size and with plasmon resonance shift to the shorter wavelength region. Obtained results can be explained by the ability of smaller AgNPs to get deeper into nano‐invaginations of the plasma membrane than larger AgNPs. This shortens the distance between small AgNPs and Hb_sm and, consequently, leads to the higher enhancement of Raman scattering of Hb_sm. The enhancement of higher wavenumber bands ν 10/B1g and A2g is more sensitive to AgNPs’ size and the relative amount of small AgNPs than the enhancement of the lower wavenumber band ν 4/A1g. This can be used for AgNP‐controlled enhancement of the desired Raman bands and should be taken into account in biomedical SERS experiments. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spectroscopic diagnostics of the laser erosion plasma of an AgGaS<Subscript>2</Subscript> polycrystalline target

Results are presented from experimental studies of the radiation emitted from a plasma produced in vacuum after irradiating a polycrystalline target by 1.06-μm laser radiation with an intensity of (3–5)×10⁸ W/cm². Plasma radiation from regions located at distances of 1 and 7 mm from the target is analyzed. It is shown that the main contribution to the plasma radiation in the 220–600 nm spectral range is made by transitions from the excited states of single-charged Ag⁺ and S⁺ ions. The atomic component of plasma radiation is represented by intense spectral lines corresponding to transitions from the Rydberg states of Ag and Ga atoms, whereas no resonance lines of these atoms are observed.     

Quenching kinetics and small signal gain spectrum of the ZnI photodissociation laser

By photodissociation ZnI₂ with 193 nm (ArF) laser radiation, the rate constants for quenching of the upper and lower energy levels of the ZnI (B → X) laser by ZnI₂ have been measured to be (1.7 ± 0.2) × 10^-9 and (1.4 ± 0.4) × 10^-9 cm³ s^-1, respectively. Although the former rate constant was found to be laser intensity-dependent for I ? 10⁵ W cm^-2, the ZnI(B) state radiative lifetime was determined to be 26 ± 4 ns. Also, the small signal gain coefficient, g₀, of this molecular laser has a peak value of ? 15% cm^-1 at λ ? 602 nm and exceeds 5% cm^-1 for 591 nm ≤ λ ≤ 608 nm for a potential tuning range of at least 170 Å.     

Formation of conductive layers inside diamond by hydrogen ion implantation and subsequent thermal treatment at low or high pressures

(111) synthetic HPTP diamond plates are irradiated by H ₂ ⁺ 50 keV ions in the range of the fluences of 1?13 × 10¹⁶ sm^?2 and annealed in vacuum at 1 mPa (VPHT, 500?C1600°C) or at high HPHT parameters (4.0?C7.5 GPa, 1200?C1550°C). It is shown by measuring the layer conductivity and Raman light scattering that after VPHT annealing, a buried layer of glassy carbon 10?C100 nm thick with low resistance (??1 kOhm/??) is formed, followed by HPHT with high resistance (??1 MOhm/??) and hopping transport along defects.     

Miniature piezoelectric polymer ultrasonic hydrophone probes

The advantages of using piezoelectric polymer (plastic) materials as the sensitive element in miniature ultrasonic hydrophone probes are described, and proposed designs are critically reviewed. A novel needle type of probe design is described in detail, together with calibration results of the sensitivity and directivity of 0.6 mm and 1 mm diameter probes. The former typically have an end of cable sensitivity of ?271 dBV μPa^?1 ± 2 dB between 1 and 10 MHz, the latter of ?264 dBV μPa^?1 ± 1.5 dB. The linearity, temporal stability and thermal stability of those probes are also discussed. They are shown to be small and reliable instruments for obtaining good spatial and temporal resolution in ultrasonic field measurements.     

A high-sensitivity photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor for detection of density alteration in non-physiological cells (DANCE)

A highly sensitive photonic crystal fiber based on the surface plasmon resonance (PCF-SPR) biosensor for the detection of the density alteration in non-physiological cells (DANCE) is described. Human acute leukemia cells are determined by the discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation (DSGC) in which the cells are separated into several bands. The separated cells with different intracellular densities and refractive indexes (RI) ranging from 1.3342 to 1.3344 are distinguished in situ by means of the differential transmission spectrum. The biosensor shows a maximum amplitude sensitivity of 2000?nm/RIU and resolution as high as 5?×?10^?5?RIU. According to the wavelength interrogation method, a maximum spectral sensitivity of 9000?nm/RIU in the sensing range between 1.33 and 1.53 is achieved, corresponding to a resolution as high as 1.11?×?10^?5?RIU for the biosensor. The proposed PCF-SPR biosensor has promising application in biological and biochemical detection.     

感应磁场压缩下氢等离子体中巴耳末系谱线的斯塔克加宽

本工作研究感应磁场压缩下,氢等离子体中的巴耳末系谱线的斯塔克加宽。电容器对围绕在放电管外部的线圈放电,产生交变轴向磁场,使放电管中氢气离化、压缩与加热。放电周期14微秒,放电电压20千伏,最大电流165千安,初始工作气压2.0×10^-1毫米汞高。用照相方法研究H_β和H_γ的轮廓。这些谱线有显著的加宽。在整个发光阶段中,H_β的平均半宽度为14—16(埃),H_γ为18—19(埃),相应的离子密度为1.7—2.5×10¹⁶厘米^-3。实验轮廓与Griem,Kolb和Shen的理论较为接近,与Holtsmark理论相差较远。光电测量进一步表明:H_β的轮廓随着时间而改变,相应的离子密度亦在改变。在放电的第三半周期初级电流极大时,离子密度最大,达到3.2×1O¹⁶厘米^-3,为初始氢原子密度的2.2倍。     

Combining a DS-DBR laser with QPM-DFG for mid-infrared spectroscopy

Studies into the suitability of a novel, widely tunable telecom L-band (1563?C1613?nm) digital supermode distributed Bragg reflector (DS-DBR) laser for spectroscopy in the mid-IR are presented. Light from the DS-DBR laser was mixed with 1064?nm radiation in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal to generate mid-IR light by quasi phase matching difference frequency generation (QPM-DFG). The resultant continuous wave radiation covered the range 3000?C3200?cm^?1 with powers of up to 2.6???W. The use of such laser light for spectroscopic applications was illustrated by performing absorption experiments on both narrow-band and broad-band absorbers, namely methane (CH₄) and methanethiol (CH₃SH). Wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) on CH₄ demonstrated that the modulation characteristics of the DS-DBR laser observed in the near-IR were transposed to the mid-IR and yielded a sensitivity of 3.1×10^?6?cm^?1?Hz^?1/2 over a 47?cm path length. In the CH₃SH spectrum, the absorption feature at 3040?cm^?1 was identified as a potential useful region for monitoring this biomarker in exhaled breath at reduced pressures.     

Nonlinear laser UV photochemistry of maleic acid in aqueous solution

This work deals with photochemical transformations of maleic acid in an aqueous solution under powerful picosecond fourth-harmonic pulses of a YAG-Nd³⁺ laser with λ=266 nm and nanosecond pulses of an excimer KrF laser with λ-248 nm. It has been found that by changing the irradiation intensity only it is possible to produce selectively different products with a high quantum yield resulting from the following reactions of the ?C=C? bond of the maleic acid molecule: 1) cis-trans isomerization at radiation intensities up to 10⁸ W/cm² as a result of linear photochemistry; 2) radical dimerization of the maleic acid withJ=10⁸÷10⁹ W/cm² and water addition to the ?C=C? bond of the maleic acid withJ?10⁹ W/cm² as a result of nonlinear photochemistry.     

Characterization of Gafchromic EBT3 films for ultraviolet radiation dosimetry

A newly released processless Gafchromic EBT3 film was investigated for its response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) at three different wavelengths: 365 (UVA), 302 (UVB) and 254 nm (UVC). The change in the film's optical density was dependent on the radiance exposure and UV wavelength and was found to correlate with the UV intensity. The dynamic range of the EBT3 films is ～5 to ～60 J/cm² for UVA and UVB and ～5 to ～300 J/cm² for UVC. The dose sensitivity of EBT3 films for UVA and UVB radiation was approximately 10 times higher than that for UVC radiation. The results indicate the suitability of EBT3 films for quantitative and qualitative measurements of UVR exposure.