Continuous-wave operation of InAs/InP quantum dot tunable external-cavity laser grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

We demonstrate high-performance broadband tunable external-cavity lasers(ECLs) with the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) grown In As/In P quantum dots(QDs) structures. Without cavity facet coatings, the 3-d B spectral bandwidth of the Fabry–Perot(FP) laser is approximately 10.8 nm, while the tuning bandwidth of ECLs is 45 nm.Combined with the anti-reflection(AR)/high-reflection(HR) facet coating, a 92 nm bandwidth tuning range has been obtained with the wavelength covering from 1414 nm to 1506 nm. In most of the tuning range, the threshold current density is lower than 1.5 k A/cm2. The maximum output power of 6.5 m W was achieved under a 500 m A injection current.All achievements mentioned above were obtained under continuous-wave(CW) mode at room temperature(RT).     

Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of Pyran Annulated Heterocyclic Compounds

Two novel pyran annulated heterocyclic compounds(1 and 2) were synthesized and characterized via IR, 1H NMR and H RMS. The structure of compound 1 was verified by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The in vitro antibacterial activities of the two compounds against Staphylococcus aureus(S. aureus ATCC 29213), methicillin-resistant S. aureus(MRSA XJ 75302), vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus(Mu50 ATCC 700699), and USA 300(Los Angeles County clone, LAC) were evaluated by observing the minimum inhibitory concentration.     

Interaction between Two-Dimensional White-Light Photovoltaic Dark Spatial Solitons

Using fully incoherent white light emitted from an incandescent bulb （a line source） and amplitude mask, we study experimentally the interaction between two 21） white-light photovoltaic dark spatial solitons with three different separations （40μm, 50μm and 60μm） and arrangement directions （parallel to, perpendicular to and tilted at 45° with respect to the crystalline c axis） propagating in parallel in close proximity in seff-defocusing LiNbO3：Fe crystal. Experimental results reveal that a 21） white-light dark soliton pair only experiences attractive forces when their mutual separation is sufflciently small （〈 60 μm）, and the degree of the attraction depends on their mutual separation and their arrangement direction. When the separation is larger than 60 μm, the interaction is not evident.