Absorption Related to Electrochromism in Cubic Boron Nitride Single Crystals

A unusual electrochromism is observed in amber cubic boron nitride （cBN） single crystals when breakdown possibly related to impurities and defects occurs. The electrochromism induces an abrupt increase in the absorption coefficient of the cBN crystals within the visible and infrared region. The change of the absorption coefficient of cBN crystal can be increased linearly by raising the current after the electrochromism occurs, whereas it is irrelevant to the polarization of the incident light. The absorption related to the electrochromism in the cBN single crystal has potential applications in designing and manufacturing electro-optical modulators, optical switches, and other optoelectric devices.     

Experimentally distinguishing electro-optic effects in silicon

Different electro-optic effects, such as Kerr effect, Pockels effect induced by the electric field or strain, and plasma dispersion effect exist in silicon. Experimentally distinguishing these effects is necessary for designing silicon-based electro-optic devices. According to their different polarization dependencies and frequency responses, these effects are measured and distinguished successfully via a transverse electro-optic modulation experiment based on the near-intrinsic silicon sample. The results indicate that Pockels effect induced by the electric field or strain is primary among these effects in the near-intrinsic silicon sample.     

Quadratic nonlinear response to 1.56-μm continuous wave laser in semi-insulating GaAs

The nonlinear photoresponse to a 1.56μm infrared continuous wave laser in semi-insulating （SI） galliu- marsenide （GaAs） is examined. The double-frequency absorption （DFA） is responsible for the nonlinear photoresponse based on the quadratic dependence of the photocurrent separately on the coupled optical power and bias voltage. The electric field-induced DFA remarkably affects the native DFA in SI GaAs. The surface electric field or the surface band-bending of SI GaAs significantly affects the magnitude variation of the Dhotocurrent and dark current     

Measurement of third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of synthetic diamonds

Diamonds are wide-gap semiconductors possessing excellent physical and chemical properties;thus,they are regarded as very appropriate materials for optoelectronic devices.Based on the Kerr effect,we introduce a simple and feasible method for measuring the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of synthetic diamonds.In the experiments,synthetic type I diamond samples and transverse electro-optic modulation systems are utilized.As for the laser with the wavelength of 650 nm,the third-order susceptibility and Kerr coefficient of the diamond samples are obtained at χ(3)1212= 2.17 × 10-23 m2/V2 and S44 = 1.93 × 10-23 m2/V2,respectively.     

Physical mechanism of two-photon response in semi-insulating GaAs

The physical mechanism of two-photon response （TPR） in semi-insulating GaAs is studied. The measured photocurrent generated from the fabricated hemispherical GaAs sample responding to 1.3μm continuous wave laser shows a quadratic dependence on the coupled optical power and no saturation with the bias. The angular dependence of the photocurrent on the azimuth is in agreement with the anisotropy of double-frequency absorption （DFA） in GaAs single crystals. These results demonstrate DFA is the dominant mechanism of TPR in GaAs.     

Measurement of the linear electro-optic tensor of cubic boron nitride single crystals

The transverse electro-optic(EO)modulation system is built based on cubic boron nitride(cBN)single crystals unintentionally doped and synthesized at a high pressure and high temperature.The photoelectric output of the system includes two parts that can be measured respectively and the value of elements in the linear EO tensor of the cBN crystal can be obtained.This method does not need to measure the absolute light intensity.All of the surfaces of the tiny cBN crystals whose hardness is next to the hardest diamonds are{111}planes.The rectangular parallelepiped cBN samples are obtained by cleaving along{110}planes and subsequently grinding and polishing{112}planes of the tiny octahedral cBN flakes.Three identical non-zero elements of the EO tensor of the cBN crystal are measured via two sample configurations,and the measured results are very close,about 3.68 and 3.95 pm/V,respectively,which are larger than the linear EO coefficients of the general III-V compounds.     

硅材料场致等效二阶极化率张量的研究

具有反演对称中心的硅单晶在电场作用下体内的反演对称中心消失,因而理论上应产生偶数阶非线性极化率。从理论上根据矢量与张量的作用,利用(eχf2f)=χ(3).E这一关系和张量变换理论系统地阐述了硅材料在内建电场或外加电场的作用下,具体在方向分别沿[111][、110]和[001]的电场作用下,得到的等效二阶极化率张量(eχf2f)分别与C3v、C2v和C4v点群的二阶极化率张量具有相同的形式,说明在物理性质方面,硅的对称性由Oh群在相应方向电场作用下分别被降低为C3v、C2v和C4v群,因此应该具有相应对称性晶体的二阶非线性光学性质;提出了电场E沿任意方向时硅的等效二阶极化率张量e(χf2f)的计算方法,对研究硅材料和其他具有反演对称中心材料的场致二阶非线性光学性质实验具有指导意义。     

以MCS—8098单片机为核心的声发射实验系统的研制

一、引言声发射是指材料或结构受外力或内力的作用发生变形或断裂，以弹性波的形式释放出应变能的现象”‘．声发射是一种常见的物理现象，大多数金属和非金属材料在一定条件下都有声发射发生，如在温度诱发的马氏体相变中就伴有声发射现象”‘．声发射检测是声学无损检测中的重要方法，它是使构件或材料的内部结构、缺陷或潜在缺陷处于运动变化的过程中进行无损检测，即动态无损检测”‘．所以，声发射检测系统在材料研究中具有重要作用．已有的声发射检测系统体积庞大，造价又高．本系统小巧轻便，造价低廉，为高校中的实验室或其他小单位…     

硅材料的场致线性电光效应

从经典的极化理论出发,分析了直流电场、低频调制电场和光波电场共同存在时硅材料折射率的变化,从理论上揭示了场致线性电光效应的物理实质.以近本征硅材料为样品,采用金属-绝缘体-半导体样品结构,搭建了由塞纳蒙(Senarmont)补偿器改进成的横向电光调制系统.在硅材料空间电荷区内观测到显著的线性电光调制效应,系统的半波电压小于170 V,从实验上直接证实了硅材料中内建电场诱导的场致线性电光效应的存在.此外还观测到由克尔效应引起的二次电光凋制信号.以及由场致光整流效应引起的、随线偏振光的方位角的二倍余弦变化的电信号.实验结果与经典极化理论的预期完全一致,也间接证实了硅材料中场致线性电光效应的存在.