Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Fluoride K2(Ta0.9I0.1)F7 with the Micro-Isomorphic Substitution in the Ta Cationic Position

Crystallography Reports - Fluoride crystals K2(Ta0.9I0.1)F7 (sp. gr. Р21/c) complementary to the K2TaF7 and K2NbF7 fluoride family have been obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. Their...     

Experimental observation of superradiance in the stimulated scattering of an intense microwave pump wave by a counterpropagating subnanosecond high-current relativistic electron bunch

The generation of ultrashort superradiant pulses in the stimulated scattering of an intense microwave (38 GHz) pump wave by a counterpropagating high-current relativistic electron bunch has been observed. Scattered radiation is a single ～200-ps pulse with a peak power of about 1 MW. Owing to the Doppler shift of the radiation frequency, frequencies up to 150 GHz are present in the spectrum of the scattered pulse.     

Electro- and photoluminescence of compounds based on doped zinc sulfide in the 500–750-nm range

The influence of atmospheric passivation on the electro- and photoluminescent properties of ZnS powders doped with In and/or CuCl is investigated. The processes proceeding in the material during thermal doping with In and/or CuCl as well as participation of oxygen in forming the electro- and photoluminescent radiation centers are discussed. The possibility of creating electro- and photoluminophors based on ZnS that have a continuous spectrum in the visible range with the same spectral density is shown. An electroluminophor based on ZnS:In,Cu,Cl that emits radiation with practically the same spectral density in the 550–750-nm range has been created as well as a photoluminophor based on ZnS:In that emits similarly within the range 500 < < 700 nm.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 90–93, January–February, 2005.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of New Iodate Na3Fe[IO3]6 of the A3M[IO3]6 Structural Family (A = Na,K, Rb,Cs, Tl; M = Ti,Fe, Ge,In, Pt)

Crystallography Reports - Crystals of new iodate Na3Fe[IO3]6 were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis (the unit cell parameters a = 6.6886(2) Å, b = 6.7756(3) Å, c = 10.1396(6) Å,...     

Generator of picosecond laser pulses

The design of the generator of picosecond laser pulses and the results on semiconductor target (ZnSe, CdS, and others) excitation by electric field and electron beam pulses are presented. The maximum power of laser radiation reached 10 kW at pulse durations of 100–200 ps.     

Weak-pulse transparency enhancement in an optically dense three-level medium induced by a 2π pulse in a neighboring transition (V-scheme)

The coherent V-configuration interaction between an optically dense resonantly-absorbing three-level medium (neon) and two ultrashort superradiance pulses with converging wave fronts is investigated experimentally and theoretically. Both separate and combined propagation of pulses with wavelengths λ ₁=614.3 nm (strong field, θ ₁⩾π) and λ ₃=594.5 nm (weak field, θ ₃≈/20) are studied. For propagation of a separate strong-field pulse, supertransparency of the absorbing medium was observed, which is associated with the generation of a soliton-like pulse at the difference frequency (Δν≈1700 MHz) and the dispersion-diffraction stabilization effect. Under these conditions a weak-field pulse is completely absorbed. Combined propagation of the pulses leads to novel effects. A below-threshold pulse (weak field) was observed to pass through the absorber while interacting coherently with a strong-field pulse at a neighboring transition. It is shown theoretically that absorption of the weak pulse is reduced for two reasons: first, as a result of incoherent transparency of the resonance transition caused by emptying of the lower level by the field of the strong pulse, and second, as a result of coherent transfer of polarization between the upper levels via the two-photon processes. When the conditions for combined propagation are met, the latter mechanism ensures inversionless amplification of a weak pulse over a wide band of frequencies. In this case, the gain can even exceed the linear absorption coefficient in absolute value. A difference in propagation velocities of the weak and strong pulses was recorded experimentally, along with a shift in the carrier frequency of the weak field towards the red (≈600 MHz). A mechanism for transfer of phase modulation from a strong pulse to a weak pulse via the common lower level is discussed theoretically. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 71–88 (January 1998)     

Silicogermanate Ba2K2In2[(Si0.8Ge0.2)6O18] · 2H2O As an Analogue of the Natural Zirconosilicate Kostylevite K4Zr2[Si6O18] · 2H2O

Crystallography Reports - Crystals of new silicogermanate Ba2K2In2[(Si0.8Ge0.2)6O18] · 2H2O were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis; sp. gr. P21/n, a = 6.5548(6) Å, b = 11.6946(10)...     

Effect of the nonlinear compression of ultrashort microwave pulses in the process of the amplification by quasistationary electron beams

An effect of the nonlinear compression of ultrashort microwave pulses has been observed in the process of the amplification of quasistationary electron beams. The Cherenkov mechanism of the interaction of a rectangular electron beam with a decelerated wave in a waveguide partially filled with an insulator is used. The experiment has been conducted on a setup consisting of two synchronized RADAN high-current accelerators. The first accelerator supplied a generator of 37-GHz superradiance pulses with a duration of about 300 ps. The second accelerator with a beam current of up to 1.2 kA and an electron energy of about 300 keV was used in an amplifying section. The theoretical analysis shows that the amplification of the electromagnetic pulses (at least by a factor of 4 in the power) is accompanied by a strong decrease in their duration (down to 100 ps).     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Iodate (Pb0.6Ba0.4)(Pb0.4Ba0.6)[IO3]4 Analogous to Sr[IO3]2

Crystallography Reports - Crystals of a new triclinic iodate with the formula (Pb0.6Ba0.4)(Pb0.4Ba0.6)[IO3]4 (sp. gr. P$$\bar {1}$$) were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. These crystals are...