Third‐order nonlinear optical properties of dendritic molecular aggregates: Effects of fractal architecture

We investigate the microscopic third‐order nonlinear optical properties, i.e., the second hyperpolarizabilities (γ), of two different sizes of molecular aggregates with a dendritic, i.e., Bethe‐lattice, structure. One possesses a nonfractal structure, while the other has a fractal structure. The aggregate is treated in a two‐exciton model composed of two‐state monomers coupled to each other by the dipole–dipole interaction. The off‐resonant γ of the aggregates are calculated by the numerical Liouville approach, including relaxation effects. The total γ value is partitioned into the contribution of virtual exciton generation, and its spatial contribution to γ is analyzed in relation to the virtual excitation processes in the perturbation theory. It is found that the intermolecular‐interaction effect enhances both one‐ and two‐exciton‐generation contributions, while the relaxation effect reduces those, although the one‐ and two‐exciton‐generation contributions have mutually opposite signs. From the comparison of spatial contributions to γ between the nonfractal and fractal aggregates, an enhancement of the contribution to γ from the periphery to the core is observed in the fractal structure, while such a feature is not observed in the nonfractal structure. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2001     

6He中t+t结构的实验研究

在25MeV/u ⁶He轰击⁹Be靶的反应中,用探测器望远镜测得氚碎片,得到了5个角度的能谱,经过仔细的分析取得了高能直接破碎成分的角分布.利用Serber模型进行了破碎反应的理论计算,证实了实验中高能成分的t来自于⁶He的直接破碎反应.利用Fermi破碎模型计算了⁶He中各破碎反应道基于相空间的百分比产额,进而估算出⁶He初态中t+t结构的概率约占1/3, 而⁴He核心加价中子的组态约占2/3.     

A method for prediction of listening score and psychological impression in an actual noise environment

The authors discuss a method for estimating and/or predicting the listening score and two psychological impressions of speech audibility and annoyance, when listening to audio signals, in an actual noise environment. The method introduced the instantaneous spectral distance that reflects the relationship between the spectral level of the speech peaks and that of noise within a short time scale. The validity and the applicability of the proposed method were confirmed experimentally, and reasonable results were obtained. Specifically, it is necessary to predict a psychological impression of the noise as a whole over a long period of time, after a certain amount of exposure to noise, taking the period of higher sound pressure level of the noise into consideration.     

High temperature superconductor micro SQUID magnetometer for molecular-based magnets

We have developed a high temperature superconductor (HTS) micro SQUID magnetometer for molecular-based magnets. By employing the dipole approximation, we verified the flux value of 40Φ₀ from the saturation magnetic moment of the ferrimagnetic microcrystal of [Mn₂(H₂O)₂(CH₃COO)][W(CN)₈] · 2H₂O (15 × 15 × 13 μm). Considering the relative arrangement of the sample and the SQUID loop, including the influence of the film and grease, the calculated the flux values were Φ = 71Φ₀ and 31Φ₀ at distances of 20 and 30 μm between the sample bottom face and the SQUID plane, respectively. Thus, the experimentally obtained flux value is reasonable.     

Integration System of Head,Eye, and Retinal Position Signals for Perceptual Direction

This study investigates the integration system of head (-to-trunk), eye (-to-head), and retinal position signals for hand pointing. In experiment 1, subjects changed their head and eye positions and pointed at a fixated visual stimulus by using an unseen pointer. In experiment 2, subjects fixated a visual stimulus and pointed at another visual stimulus. The results show that the head and eye position signals contributed linearly to perceptual direction (experiments 1 and 2), and that the coefficients of these signals decrease with peripheral vision and are smaller than the coefficient of the retinal position signal (experiment 2). These results collectively suggest that the integration algorithm of the position signals might be described by the linear summation equation and that the retinal position signal serves a more important role than the other position signals in the visual system.     

Electric Field Enhancement of Nano Gap of Silver Prisms

Using numerical calculation, we examine the effects of gap distance of a pair of nano gap silver prisms with rounded corners on the local light intensity enhancement. Two peaks due to localized surface plasmon （LSP） excitation are observed in a wavelength range from 900nm to 300nm. The results demonstrate that peaks at a longer and a shorter wavelength corresponded to dipole-like and quadrupole-like LSP resonances, respectively. It is found that a gap distance up to 20 nm provides larger light intensity enhancement than that of a single silver nano prism with rounded corners. Furthermore, nano gap silver prisms are fabricated by direct focused ion beam processing, and we measure the scattering light spectrum of a pair of nano prisms by a confocal optical system. However, the two LSP peaks are not observed in visible range because the sizes of the nano gap and prisms are too large.     

Estimation of soft X‐ray and EUV transition radiation power emitted from the MIRRORCLE‐type tabletop synchrotron

The tabletop synchrotron light sources MIRRORCLE‐6X and MIRRORCLE‐20SX, operating at electron energies E_el = 6 MeV and E_el = 20 MeV, respectively, can emit powerful transition radiation (TR) in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and the soft X‐ray regions. To clarify the applicability of these soft X‐ray and EUV sources, the total TR power has been determined. A TR experiment was performed using a 385 nm‐thick Al foil target in MIRRORCLE‐6X. The angular distribution of the emitted power was measured using a detector assembly based on an NE102 scintillator, an optical bundle and a photomultiplier. The maximal measured total TR power for MIRRORCLE‐6X is P_max? 2.95 mW at full power operation. Introduction of an analytical expression for the lifetime of the electron beam allows calculation of the emitted TR power by a tabletop synchrotron light source. Using the above measurement result, and the theoretically determined ratio between the TR power for MIRRORCLE‐6X and MIRRORCLE‐20SX, the total TR power for MIRRORCLE‐20SX can be obtained. The one‐foil TR target thickness is optimized for the 20 MeV electron energy. P_max? 810 mW for MIRRORCLE‐20SX is obtained with a single foil of 240 nm‐thick Be target. The emitted bremsstrahlung is negligible with respect to the emitted TR for optimized TR targets. From a theoretically known TR spectrum it is concluded that MIRRORCLE‐20SX can emit 150 mW of photons with E > 500 eV, which makes it applicable as a source for performing X‐ray lithography. The average wavelength, = 13.6 nm, of the TR emission of MIRRORCLE‐20SX, with a 200 nm Al target, could provide of the order of 1 W EUV.