Tunable and highly sensitive temperature sensor based on graphene photonic crystal fiber

Optical fiber temperature sensors have been widely employed in enormous areas ranging from electric power industry, medical treatment, ocean dynamics to aerospace. Recently, graphene optical fiber temperature sensors attract tremendous attention for their merits of simple structure and direct power detecting ability. However, these sensors based on transfer techniques still have limitations in the relatively low sensitivity or distortion of the transmission characteristics, due to the unsuitable Fermi level of graphene and the destruction of fiber structure, respectively. Here, we propose a tunable and highly sensitive temperature sensor based on graphene photonic crystal fiber (Gr-PCF) with the non-destructive integration of graphene into the holes of PCF. This hybrid structure promises the intact fiber structure and transmission mode, which efficiently enhances the temperature detection ability of graphene. From our simulation, we find that the temperature sensitivity can be electrically tuned over four orders of magnitude and achieve up to ～ 3.34×10^-3 dB/(cm·℃) when the graphene Fermi level is ～ 35 meV higher than half the incident photon energy. Additionally, this sensitivity can be further improved by ～ 10 times through optimizing the PCF structure (such as the fiber hole diameter) to enhance the light-matter interaction. Our results provide a new way for the design of the highly sensitive temperature sensors and broaden applications in all-fiber optoelectronic devices.     

铁的自旋转变对菱镁矿热力学性质的影响

含铁菱镁矿(Mg,Fe)CO3是碳进入地球深部的主要载体之一,铁的进入会引起矿物物理性质的变化。采用第一性原理计算方法,研究了菱镁矿含铁及铁的自旋转变对菱镁矿热力学性质的影响。含铁菱镁矿的低自旋态体积比不含铁菱镁矿小;高自旋态在低温端的体积比不含铁菱镁矿略微增大,在高温端却减小;在所研究的温压范围内,低自旋态的体积始终比高自旋态的体积小。含铁菱镁矿高自旋态的热膨胀系数减小,而自旋转变会导致热膨胀系数增加。考虑高低两种自旋态共存时的热力学性质时,计算结果表明:自旋态共存时的热膨胀系数、速度在自旋共存区间内分别呈现异常增大峰和异常减小峰,并且这些异常变化峰随着温度的升高向高压方向移动。     

基于硒化镓纳米片填充的空芯光纤超高二次谐波增强

与传统的光学晶体相比,全光纤功能器件由于和光纤系统的天然兼容性,被认为是下一代集成光学的重要研究方向,吸引了人们的广泛关注。然而,由于二氧化硅固有的中心反演对称性质,光纤中的二阶非线性光学过程仍有待探索,这在可调谐超快激光、全光信号处理、成像和光通信等商业全光纤非线性光学应用中具有重要意义。因此,我们提出了一种新的溶液填充方法,可有效地将具有高非线性的硒化镓纳米片直接沉积在长度达半米的空芯光纤(HCF)的内孔壁上。此外,采用制备的硒化镓纳米片-空芯光纤(GaSe-HCF)作为光频率转换器,其二次谐波(SHG)比嵌入MoS₂的HCF和普通HCF分别提高了2个数量级和3个数量级。我们的研究成果将拓展其它非线性材料在全光纤高端非线性光学和光电子学中的应用,并提供新的制备思路。     

红外成像波门形心跟踪算法的误差分析

介绍了红外成像波门形心跟踪算法的原理,通过建立跟踪误差模型,讨论分析了红外成像波门形心跟踪算法的误差,当误判概率越小,波门内目标像素越多,背景像素越少时,形心跟踪误差越小;当信噪比越大,相关搜索的次数越少,相关运算的像素总数越多时,正确匹配系数越高。试验证明,该算法不仅能减小跟踪误差,而且能提高跟踪的精确度和稳定性。     

Tuning energy transfer efficiency in quantum dots mixture by controling donor/acceptor ratio

Improving the emission performance of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) is of paramount importance for their applications on light-emitting diodes (LEDs), displays and lasers. A highly promising approach is to tune the carrier recombination channels and lifetime by exploiting the energy transfer process. However, to achieve this precise emission optimization, quantitative modulation on energy transfer efficiency is highly desirable but still challenging. Here, we demonstrate a convenient approach to realize tunable energy transfer efficiency by forming QDs mixture with controllable donor/acceptor (D/A) ratio. With the mixing ratio ranging from 16/1 to 1/16, the energy transfer efficiency could be effectively tuned from near zero to ~70%. For the high mixing ratio of 16/1, acceptors obtain adequate energy supplied by closely surrounding donors, leading to~2.4-fold PL enhancement. While for the low mixing ratio, the ultrafast and efficient energy extraction process directly suppresses the multi-exciton and Auger recombination in the donor, bringing about a higher threshold. The facile modulation of emission performance by controllably designed mixing ratio and quantitatively tunable energy transfer efficiency will facilitate QD-based optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications.