The detectability of kissing bonds in adhesive joints using ultrasonic techniques

This paper concerns a study of the detectability of dry contact kissing bonds in adhesive joints using three ultrasonic inspection techniques. Conventional normal incidence longitudinal and shear wave inspection were conducted on dry contact kissing bonds using a standard damped ultrasonic transducer and an electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) respectively. The detectability of the dry contact kissing bonds was assessed by calculating the reflection coefficient of the imperfect interface at varying loads for a number of surface roughnesses. A high power ultrasonic method was also employed to determine the non-linear behavior of the adhesive interface. The non-linearity of the interface was determined by the ratio of the amplitudes of the first harmonic and fundamental frequencies of the transmitted waveform. It was found that the high power technique showed the greatest sensitivity to these kissing bonds at low contact pressures, however at high loads conventional longitudinal wave testing was more sensitive. It was also noted that a combination of two or more techniques could provide enhanced information about the kissing bond compared to a single technique alone.     

A semi-analytical model for predicting multiple propagating axially symmetric modes in cylindrical waveguides

A semi-analytical model for multiple mode axially symmetric wave propagation in finite solid cylindrical waveguides is presented. The model is designed as a tool for predicting and interpreting experimental signals. The model is based on a common experimental configuration and considers the excitation, propagation and reception of the ultrasonic signal in the waveguide. The Pochhammer-Chree solution for an infinite cylinder is the basis for the model. Extensions are made to enable comparison to experimental results. Comparisons with experiment are performed in the time, frequency and joint-time frequency domain for both narrow band and broad band excitation of the piezo-electric transducer.     

Analysis of Transverse Mode Formation in Quasi-Three-Level Microchip Lasers

The effects of gain guiding and thermal guiding on the cavity mode formation for quasi-three-level microchip lasers are investigated. A parameter describing the dominant guiding mechanisms at the lasing threshold is defined. Paraxial wave propagation equation for the field envelope in the gain medium with thermal-induced refractive index profile and gain profile is derived. A comparison between the calculated results and those of experiments reveals that this model is quite reasonable and applicable not only to the Yb:YAG microchip laser, but also to other quasi-three-level microchip lasers.     

Numerical Simulation of a Diode-Laser-Pumped Self-Q-Switched Cr,Yb:YAG Microchip Laser

The dynamic and laser characteristics of the self-Q-switched Cr,Yb:YAG laser were studied by solving the coupled rate equations; the effects of the pump rate, reflectivity of the output couplers and the concentrations of the saturable absorbers on the laser performance were investigated in detail and the numerical simulation of the Cr,Yb:YAG lasers was in good agreement with the experimental data. Better laser performance of the Cr,Yb:YAG self-Q-switched laser can be obtained by using high pump rate, higher concentration of the saturable absorber and suitable reflectivity of the output coupler according to our numerical calculations. A typical self-Q-switched laser pulse of 269.5 J pulse energy with 319 ps pulse width (FWHM) at a repetition rate of 3.1 kHz can be obtained with a monolithic laser cavity, which results in 843.5 kW peak power.     

Er3+单掺及Yb3+/Er3+双掺LaLiP4O12玻璃光谱性质研究

制备了Er3 +单掺杂及Yb3+/Er3+双掺杂四磷酸盐玻璃 ,测量了吸收光谱、荧光光谱 ,用McCumber理论计算Er3 +的发射截面 ,研究了其荧光特性、浓度猝灭及其机制、以及OH基对荧光强度和能量传递的影响 ,研究发现对四磷酸盐玻璃Yb3+的最佳浓度约为 1.82× 10 2 1ions/cm3,Er3+最佳浓度约为 0 .96× 10 2 0 ions/cm3。     

氟氧化物玻璃中稀土ErYb与HoYb能量上转换特性研究

在特定恒温环境下烧结Er与Yb,Ho与Yb共掺杂氟氧化物两样品。用930nm激光激发,测得两样品的发光射荧光光谱,发现两样品发射荧光光谱中都分别有红光带和绿光带。由Er2O3,Ho2O3,Yb2O3的吸收谱及能级跃迁原理说明了两样品能量上转移机制及特性。     

Raman spectroscopic investigation of pure and ytterbium‐doped rare earth silicate crystals

Raman spectroscopy was used to study the molecular structure of a series of selected rare earth (RE) silicate crystals including Y₂SiO₅ (YSO), Lu₂SiO₅ (LSO), (Lu_0.5Y_0.5)₂SiO₅ (LYSO) and their ytterbium‐doped samples. Raman spectra show resolved bands below 500 cm⁻¹ region assigned to the modes of SiO₄ and oxygen vibrations. Multiple bands indicate the nonequivalence of the RE O bonds and the lifting of the degeneracy of the RE ion vibration. Low intensity bands below 500 cm⁻¹ are an indication of impurities. The (SiO₄)⁴⁻ tetrahedra are characterized by bands near 200 cm⁻¹ which show a separation of the components of ν₄ and ν₂, in the 500–700 cm⁻¹ region which are attributed to the distorting bending vibration and in the 880–1000 cm⁻¹ region which are attributed to the symmetric and antisymmetric stretching vibrational modes. The majority of the bands in the 300–610 cm⁻¹ region of Re₂SiO₅ were found to arise from vibrations involving both Si and RE ions, indicating that there is considerable mixing of Si displacements with Si O bending modes and RE O stretching modes. The Raman spectra of RE silicate crystals were analyzed in terms of the molecular structure of the crystals, which enabled separation of the bands attributed to distinct vibrational units. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Yb:YCOB晶体制备及其光谱与激光二极管抽运激光特性

研究了Ｙｂ：ＹＣＡ４Ｏ（ＢＯ３）（简称Ｙｂ：ＹＣＯＢ）的多晶制备和单晶生长,成功地合成了光学质量优良、掺Ｙｂ原子数分数为２０％的Ｙｂ：ＹＣＯＢ单晶。测量了该晶体的吸收光谱、荧光光谱和荧光寿命。并进行了激光二极管（ＬＤ）为抽运源的激光实验。实现了Ｙｂ：ＹＣＯＢ晶体１０ｍＷ的红外激光输出。观测并记录到自倍频二次谐波。     

高发射截面掺镱氧化物玻璃

在国外报道的一些掺镱(Yb^3 )激发玻璃基上,实验研究得到发射截面更大的掺Yb^3 玻璃.其中掺Yb^3 锗碲酸盐`硼酸盐和硅铌酸盐玻璃的发射截面大于1.9pm^2;磷酸盐玻璃的发射截面较小但有较长的荧光寿命.优良的光谱性质使这些玻璃有望成为高平均功率和高峰值功率激光器增益介质的候选基质.     

Yb~(3+)/Tm~(3+)共掺杂Sb_2O_4荧光粉的制备及上转换发光性质研究

高温固相法制备了Yb3+/Tm3+共掺的Sb2O4发光粉体,研究了其上转换发光性质。在980nm半导体激光器的激发下,样品发射较强的近红外(800nm)和较弱的蓝色(480nm)及红色(680nm)上转换发光。粉末样品中稀土Yb3+及Tm3+浓度对上转换发光性质具有显著的影响,随着Yb3+或Tm3+浓度的增加,上转换发光增强;Tm3+掺杂浓度达0.8%时其上转换发光强度达到最大,之后上转换发光随Tm3+浓度的增加而减弱,这是由于浓度猝灭引起的。探讨了粉末样品的上转换发光机理,在980nm激发下Tm3+的蓝光和近红外上转换发光均属于二光子的上转换发光过程。