A picosecond widely tunable deep-ultraviolet laser for angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

We develop a picosecond widely tunable laser in a deep-ultraviolet region from 175 nm to 210 nm,generated by two stages of frequency doubling of a 80-MHz mode-locked picosecond Ti:sapphire laser.A β-BaB2O4 walk-off compensation configuration and a KBe2BO3F2 prism-coupled device are adopted for the generation of second harmonic and fourth harmonics,respectively.The highest power is 3.72 mW at 193 nm,and the fluctuation at 2.85 mW in 130 min is less than ±2%.     

Disappearance of Superconductivity and a Concomitant Lifshitz Transition in Heavily Overdoped Bi_2Sr_2CuO_6 Superconductor Revealed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

By partially doping Pb to effectively suppress the superstructure in single-layered cuprate Bi_2Sr_2CuO_(6+δ)(Pb-Bi2201) and annealing them in vacuum or in high pressure oxygen atmosphere, a series of high quality Pb-Bi2201 single crystals are obtained with T_c covering from 17 K to non-superconducting in the overdoped region. High resolution angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements are carried out on these samples to investigate the evolution of the Fermi surface topology with doping in the normal state. Clear and complete Fermi surfaces are observed and quantitatively analyzed in all of these overdoped Pb-Bi2201 samples. A Lifshitz transition from holelike Fermi surface to electron-like Fermi surface with increasing doping is observed at a doping level of ~0.35. This transition coincides with the change that the sample undergoes superconducting-to-non-superconducting states.Our results reveal the emergence of an electron-like Fermi surface and the existence of a Lifshitz transition in heavily overdoped Bi2201 samples. This provides important information in understanding the connection between the disappearance of superconductivity and the Lifshitz transition in the overdoped region.     

基于等离子体腔表面增强拉曼效应的研究

金属离子水滴与液态聚二甲基硅氧烷（PDMS）自发形成的等离子体腔作为一种新型的表面增强拉曼（SERS）基底将等离子体纳米颗粒整合到光学装置中，提高了SERS检测的实用性与可靠性，然而，与其他基底相比，对其最佳生长条件的研究很少。在此，用禁用兽药孔雀石绿（MG）作为探测分子，检验不同生长条件下等离子体腔的特性，包括生长温度和金属离子浓度，以研究等离子体腔的最佳生长条件。金属离子水溶液滴加到互不相容的液态PDMS上时，在表面张力和重力的共同作用下自发形成带开口的球形腔体。同时金属离子扩散到未固化的PDMS中并与残留的Si-H基团反应，金属离子逐渐还原成金属纳米颗粒，并随着PDMS的固化过程在腔体表面逐渐累积，最终形成等离子体腔。其不但能作为角度反射器将入射光限制在腔体中，而且可作为纳米级光子源将吸收的光散射到腔体中，这两个功能共同作用可在基底原本增强作用的基础上进一步提高对MG的拉曼增强效果。较高的生长温度在加快金属离子生长的同时也会加速PDMS的固化，以至于提前结束金属纳米粒子的生长过程。离子浓度越高，形成的金属离子颗粒越大，然而颗粒直径过大，等离子体腔表面的热点数量反而会减少，MG的拉曼增强减弱，因而，必定存在最优化的等离子体腔制备条件使基底对MG的增强效果达到最佳。设置了15，20，25和30 ℃的生长温度以及0.05，0.5，5和50 μg·mL-1的离子浓度，结果表明，在温度为25 ℃，0.5 μg·mL-1的生长条件下等离子体腔实现了对MG的最佳拉曼增强。对等离子体腔生长条件的优化，可为提高该类型基底的SERS增强效果，及可重复制备奠定基础。     

33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D_(2a) laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO

We demonstrate an all-solid quasi-continuous-wave （QCW） narrow-band source tunable to sodium D2a line at 589.159 nm. The source is based on sum-frequency mixing between lasers at 1064 nm and 1319 nm in a LBO crystal. The 1064 nm and 1319 nm lasers are produced from two diode side-pumped Nd：YAG master oscillator power amplifier （MOPA） laser systems, respectively. A 33 W output of 589 nm laser is obtained with beam quality factor M^2 = 1.25, frequency stability better than ±0.2 GHz and linewidth less than 0.44 GHz. A prototype 589 nm laser system is assembled, and a sodium laser guided star has been successfully observed in the field test.     

Conservation of the particle-hole symmetry in the pseudogap state in optimally-doped Bi2Sr2CuO6+δ superconductor

The pseudogap state is one of the most enigmatic characteristics in the anomalous normal state properties of the high temperature cuprate superconductors. A central issue is to reveal whether there is a symmetry breaking and which symmetries are broken across the pseudogap transition. By performing high resolution laser-based angle-resolved photoemission measurements on the optimally-doped Bi₂Sr_1.6La_0.4CuO_6+δ superconductor, we report the observations of the particle-hole symmetry conservation in both the superconducting state and the pseudogap state along the entire Fermi surface. These results provide key insights in understanding the nature of the pseudogap and its relation with high temperature superconductivity.     

Distinct Superconducting Gap on Two Bilayer-Split Fermi Surface Sheets in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_(8+δ) Superconductor

High resolution laser-based angle-resolved photoemission measurements are carried out on an overdoped superconductor Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_(8+)with a_(c )of 75 K.Two Fermi surface sheets caused by bilayer splitting are clearly identified with rather different doping levels:the bonding sheet corresponds to a doping level of 0.14,which is slightly underdoped while the antibonding sheet has a doping of 0.27 that is heavily overdoped,giving an overall doping level of 0.20 for the sample.Different superconducting gap sizes on the two Fermi surface sheets are revealed.The superconducting gap on the antibonding Fermi surface sheet follows a standard d-wave form while it deviates from the standard d-wave form for the bonding Fermi surface sheet.The maximum gap difference between the two Fermi surface sheets near the antinodal region is～2 meV.These observations provide important information for studying the relationship between the Fermi surface topology and superconductivity,and the layer-dependent superconductivity in high temperature cuprate superconductors.