Lifetime measurements in Tm I,Tm II,and Tm III by time-resolved laser spectroscopy

Natural radiative lifetimes of eight levels in Tm I ( 4f ¹³5d6p and 4f ¹²5d6s ² configurations), two levels in Tm II ( 4f ¹²5d6s configuration) and three levels in Tm III (4f ¹²5d configuration) have been measured by using time-resolved laser spectroscopy. Free thulium atoms, as well as singly and doubly ionized ions, were obtained in a laser-induced thulium plasma and the investigated states were selectively populated by a single-step excitation process with a tunable narrow-band laser pulse. Received 20 August 2002 / Received in final form 7 January 2003 Published online 4 March 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: huailiang.xu@fysik.lth.se     

Continuous-Time Controlled Markov Chains with Discounted Rewards

This paper studies denumerable state continuous-time controlled Markov chains with the discounted reward criterion and a Borel action space. The reward and transition rates are unbounded, and the reward rates are allowed to take positive or negative values. First, we present new conditions for a nonhomogeneous Q(t)-process to be regular. Then, using these conditions, we give a new set of mild hypotheses that ensure the existence of -optimal (0) stationary policies. We also present a martingale characterization of an optimal stationary policy. Our results are illustrated with controlled birth and death processes.     

A Point Balance Algorithm for the Spherical Code Problem

The Spherical Code (SC) problem has many important applications in such fields as physics, molecular biology, signal transmission, chemistry, engineering and mathematics. This paper presents a bilevel optimization formulation of the SC problem. Based on this formulation, the concept of balanced spherical code is introduced and a new approach, the Point Balance Algorithm (PBA), is presented to search for a 1-balanced spherical code. Since an optimal solution of the SC problem (an extremal spherical code) must be a 1-balanced spherical code, PBA can be applied easily to search for an extremal spherical code. In addition, given a certain criterion, PBA can generate efficiently an approximate optimal spherical code on a sphere in the n-dimensional space ⁿ. Some implementation issues of PBA are discussed and putative global optimal solutions of the Fekete problem in 3, 4 and 5-dimensional space are also reported. Finally, an open question about the geometry of Fekete points on the unit sphere in the 3-dimensional space is posed.     

Nontrivial Phase Transition in a Continuum Mirror Model

We consider a Poisson point process on with intensity , and at each Poisson point we place a two sided mirror of random length and orientation. The length and orientation of a mirror is taken from a fixed distribution, and is independent of the lengths and orientations of the other mirrors. We ask if light shone from the origin will remain in a bounded region. We find that there exists a with 0 < < for which, if < , light leaving the origin in all but a countable number of directions will travel arbitrariliy far from the origin with positive probability. Also, if > , light from the origin will almost surely remain in a bounded region.     

A novel approach to separating EPR lines arising from species with different transition moments

In pulsed EPR, spectral contributions from several species in one sample can be separated based on different EPR transition probabilities. This is usually done by monitoring the Rabi nutations in a 2D experiment. By using long pulses, the FID and echo shapes of species with different transition probabilities differ significantly, including temporal shifts of the observed echo signals in a two-pulse ESE experiment. These shifts can be used to disentangle spectral components in a 1D field-swept ESE experiment by choosing an appropriate detection time. This approach is demonstrated by experiments on a sample containing Mn(2+) and Cr(3+) centers as well as on an exchange-coupled Mn(III)/Mn(IV) system with Mn(2+) contaminations.     

各向异性超导体电阻转变的修正Kosterlitz-Thouless相变模型

从二维系统的Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) 相变理论出发，在关联长度中引入热激活能和平均钉扎高度，提出了修正的KT相变模型.该模型与库伦气体标度理论和Halperin-Nelson关系具有一致性.应用修正的KT相变模型研究磁场下Tl₂Ba₂CaCu₂O_x(Tl-2212)薄膜电阻转变的标度行为，发现由电阻转变计算得到的平均钉扎高度与温度具有线性依赖关系，实验结果支持修正的KT相变模型. 关键词： 标度行为 各向异性超导体 电阻转变     

粗糙微管道内液体流动特性的实验研究

利用实验方法研究了粗糙度对矩形截面微管道内液体流动阻力特性的影响，采用微观粒子图像测速技术测量了粗糙微管道内的流场结构.实验结果表明：在层流状态下，3%—7%的相对粗糙度可以导致微管道内流动阻力的明显增加，在粗糙单元附近形成的压差阻力是导致流动阻力增加的主要原因.粗糙单元还会引起微管道内的流动失稳，导致粗糙微管道内层流向湍流的转捩提前. 关键词： 微管道 粗糙度 微观粒子图像测速 转捩     

在玻璃转变温度及其以上温区聚苯乙烯/聚氧化乙烯共混物的动力学弛豫行为

用熔融共混法制备了不同组分的聚苯乙烯(PS)与聚氧化乙烯(PEO)共混物(PS/PEO).在玻璃转变温度T_g及其以上温区,利用相对能量耗散技术研究了该共混物的动力学行为.结果发现,在能量耗散-温度曲线上出现了两个弛豫型的耗散峰(α峰和α′峰).分析表明,α峰是与PS玻璃转变有关的特征耗散峰; α′峰则对应于一种“液-液转变”.两者的弛豫时间τ都不满足Arrhenius关系.此外,还研究了组分对这两个弛豫型耗散峰的影响,并给予了定性的解释. 关键词： 相对能量耗散 玻璃转变 力学弛豫     

超强飞秒激光与固体靶产生的超热电子加热机制

 在SILEX-1激光器上测量了超强飞秒激光与Ta靶相互作用产生的出射超热电子能谱及角分布，研究了出射超热电子加热机制。激光脉宽为 30 fs，激光功率密度为8.5×10¹⁸ W/cm²。靶前法线方向超热电子温度为550 keV。从实验结果可知：共振吸收是靶前法线方向超热电子主要加热机制，这与靶前存在大密度标长预等离子体的实验条件吻合。靶厚为6～50 μm时，靶后超热电子沿法线方向出射；靶厚为2 mm时，该发射峰消失。     

引入反比相关双曲余弦平方势描述超晶格量子阱的电子跃迁

 鉴于“方形”势阱过于简单和理想，引入了反比相关双曲余弦平方势描述超晶格量子阱中的电子运动行为。在量子力学框架内，把电子的Schrodinger方程化为了超几何方程, 并以Ga^1-xAl^xAs-GaAs- Ga^1-xAl^xAs量子阱为例计算了电子的带内跃迁和带间跃迁。结果表明，能级数目和跃迁能量与阱深、阱宽等系统参数有关，只需适当调节这些参数就可望实现对超晶格量子阱光电特征的调节与控制。