Coherent control of THz wave generation in ambient air

Our study of THz wave generation in the pulsed laser induced air plasma with individually controlled phase, polarization, and amplitude of the optical fundamental wave (omega) and its second harmonic (2omega) indicates that the third-order nonlinear optical process mixing the omega and 2omega beams in the ionized plasma is the main mechanism of the efficient THz wave generation. The polarity and the strength of the emitted THz field are completely controlled by the relative phase between the omega and 2omega waves. The measured THz field amplitude is proportional to the pulse energy of the fundamental beam and to the square root of the pulse energy of the second-harmonic beam once the total optical pulse energy exceeds the plasma formation threshold. The optimal THz field is achieved when all waves (omega, 2omega, and THz waves) are at the same polarization in the four-wave-mixing process.     

Two-electron linear intersubband light absorption in a biased quantum well

We point out a novel manifestation of many-body correlations in the linear optical response of electrons confined in a quantum well. Namely, we demonstrate that along with the conventional absorption peak at a frequency omega close to the intersubband energy delta, there exists an additional peak at frequency h omega approximately = 2delta. This new peak is solely due to electron-electron interactions, and can be understood as excitation of two electrons by a single photon. The actual peak line shape is comprised of a sharp feature, due to excitation of pairs of intersubband plasmons, on top of a broader band due to absorption by two single-particle excitations. The two-plasmon contribution allows us to infer intersubband plasmon dispersion from linear absorption experiments.     

Field-induced alignment of oxygen and nitrogen by intense femtosecond laser pulses

Field-induced alignment of O2 and N2 was experimentally studied with laser intensities varying from 10(13) to 10(15) W/cm2. When the laser intensity was below the ionization threshold for these molecules, the interaction between the induced dipole moment of molecules and the laser electric field aligned the molecules along the laser polarization direction. After extinction of the exciting laser, the transient alignment revived periodically. Thus macroscopic ensembles of highly aligned O2 and N2 molecules were obtained under field-free conditions. When the laser intensity exceeded the ionization threshold for these molecules, multielectron ionization and Coulomb explosion occurred. Using two linearly polarized laser pulses with crossed polarization, we demonstrated that the rising edge of the laser pulse aligned the molecules along the laser polarization direction prior to ionization, which resulted in strong anisotropic angular distributions of exploding fragments. These results suggest that the degree of alignment should be taken into account when qualitatively comparing the ion yield of these molecules with their companion atoms.     

Self-organized diffusion of congestion in complex networks

In this work, we propose and study a model for the diffusion of congestion in complex networks. According to the proposed model, the level of congestion on each node will be self-organized into the same value. The diffusion of congestion throughout various networks with different topologies is investigated analytically and by numerical tests. The flow fluctuations in complex networks are studied. We recover a power-law scaling relation between the standard deviation and mean flow, which is consistent with the previous studies. Finally, we extend our model by adding two constraints, which may be effective strategies for diffusing the local and the global congestion in complex networks, respectively.     

基于低分辨率色散型拉曼光谱仪的汽油苯含量快速分析

针对汽油苯含量的快速分析问题,提出了基于低分辨率色散型拉曼光谱仪的新的检测方法。由于色散型拉曼光谱中存在着严重的测量噪声和荧光背景干扰,应用多项式平滑滤波除噪声和迭代多项式拟合基线校正方法减少荧光背景的干扰。随后,分别采用岭回归、主成分回归、偏最小二乘回归方法,对炼油厂的汽油样本建立了三个苯含量的快速分析模型并对其进行验证。实验表明,基于低分辨率色散型拉曼光谱仪进行汽油苯含量分析,结合常规建模方法,重复性和再现性均满足SH/T0713—2002标准的要求,此外由于其具有低成本、小型易携带等优点,适用于日常快速分析。     

枪晶石变温拉曼光谱及其固液相微结构研究

枪晶石在传统冶金连铸保护渣中起着十分重要的作用。采用紫外激光光源和电荷耦合器件(CCD)探测器,测定了枪晶石晶体和高温拉曼光谱(温度范围:298~1 723 K),观察了其在变温状态(升温和降温过程)下的特征谱变化。谱图结果显示,枪晶石熔态微结构单元与固态的相比更为多元化,表明熔体状态下多种团簇结构共存。同时,利用枪晶石晶胞结构模型,通过Dmol3密度泛函(DFT)理论计算了其分子振动频率,将其与实验值相结合,确定了特征谱峰的归属,为进一步采用拉曼光谱法原位研究保护渣中枪晶石的结构变化与行为特征提供了重要依据。     

密闭微波消解-电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定烟用香精中多种微量元素

烟用香精对卷烟的香、吃味和质量稳定有重要影响,为了有效控制香精质量,降低卷烟主流烟气中有害元素的含量,采用密闭微波消解-电感耦合等离子体质谱法同时测定了烟用香精中铍、钒、铬、锰、镍、铜、锌、砷、硒、锶、钼、镉、铊和铅14种元素,方法的线性相关系数0.999 5~1.000 0,相对标准偏差1.3%~9.5%(n=5),检出限0.003~0.13μg.L-1,加标回收率88.1%~109.3%。结果表明方法能够满足微量元素的分析要求。用实验方法测定了38个牌号烟用香精中铍、钒等14种元素的含量。结果发现:(1)香精中锰、锌、锶的含量较高,硒、镍、铬、铜次之,铍、铊、钼、镉、钒、铅和砷的含量最低,其平均值均小于0.1μg.g-1。(2)锰、镉、锶的含量在不同香精之间差别较大,其变异系数分别为276.4%,238.7%,243.8%。