Correlation of cytotoxicity and depth of necrosis of the photoproducts of photogem®

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an approved modality for cancer treatment, which involves the administration of a photosensitive drug (PS) that is selectively accumulated in neoplastic tissues and their vasculature and subsequently can be activated with light at the appropriate wavelength to generate reactive molecular species that are toxic to tissues. In PDT, a great part of the used PS suffers degradation by light (photobleaching) that involves a decrease in the absorption and intensity of fluorescence of the photosensitizer as well as photoproduct formation evidenced by the appearance of a new absorption band. In this study, we investigated the correlation of cytotoxicity and depth of necrosis of Photogem and its photoproducts obtained previously by irradiation at 514 and 630 nm. The cytotoxicity for degraded Photogem decreases with the previous irradiation time of Photogem solution suggesting that the photoproducts of Photogem are less cytotoxics than the original formulation. A transition between the necrosed epithelium and healthy epithelium of normal liver of rats after irradiation at 630 nm was observed with irradiated and nonirradiated PS. It is observed that the depth of necrosis only at irradiation dose of 150 J/cm² in both concentrations is greater for Photogem followed by Photogem degradated previously at 514 and then at 630 nm. The results obtained suggest that the threshold of necrosis values is lower for Photogem followed by its photoproducts formed, suggesting that the photoproducts present a low photodynamic activity. If the photosensitizer degradation happens at the same time as tumor destruction, the drug degradation can be complete before reaching the threshold of necrosis; then it is very important to control the drug concentration and light intensity of irradiation during PDT.     

低强度激光辐照HeLa细胞诱导增殖效应的可见光谱特性

比较研究了可见波段405,514,633和785nm低强度激光辐照HeLa细胞的促增殖效应。实验采用100和1 000J.m-2两种有效能量密度的可见光波辐照细胞,照射后24,48,72h采用MTT法检测细胞活性。结果表明,405,633,785nm激光均能促进HeLa细胞增殖,且呈波长和时间依赖性;633nm激光辐照对细胞促增殖效应最显著;514nm激光辐照对HeLa细胞促增殖效应较不明显。不同光剂量对细胞增殖效应不同,405,633,785nm激光辐照时能量密度为1 000J.m-2的辐照组细胞增殖均较100J.m-2辐照组明显,而514nm激光辐照时1 000J.m-2辐照组与100J.m-2辐照组细胞增殖的差异不明显。     

Ge：SiO2的光敏缺陷的研究

研究了Ｇｅ；ＳｉＯ２光敏缺陷的特性，分别在４８８ｎｍＡｒ离子激光与１９３ｎｍＡｒ准分子激光作用下，由紫外吸收带，激光荧光的测量实验及电子自旋共振实验，发现光纤中５．１ｅＶ锗缺陷吸收带实验上是由５．０６ｅＶ可光致漂白带与５．１７ｅＶ不可漂白带组成；２９５ｎｍ的激发荧光与５．０６ｅＶ的缺氧锗缺陷对应，随５．０６ｅＶ缺陷吸收带的漂白而衰减；     

激光辐照PC型HgCdTe探测器的实验研究

 分别用连续波1.319μm激光和10.6μm激光辐照PC型HgCdTe红外探测器时，得到了不同辐照光功率密度下，探测器输出的一系列实验结果。给出了在波长为1.319μm的波段内激光辐照下PC型HgCdTe探测器的饱和阈值；用波长为10.6μm的波段外CO₂激光辐照探测器时，发现了一些与波段内激光辐照探测器时大不相同的实验现象；对实验结果进行了分析。简要总结了PC型HgCdTe探测器对于波段内和波段外激光辐照的响应机制。     

掺铥光纤γ射线辐照效应实验研究

面向2μm掺铥光纤激光器的空间应用,本文针对典型商用掺铥光纤(TDF)开展了γ射线辐照效应实验研究。利用~(60)Co源放射的γ射线,对由5段同批次Nufern公司SM-TDF-10P/130-HE型TDF样品搭建的2μm光纤激光器进行总剂量为9.0 krad(Si)、剂量率为0.5~3.0 rad/s的辐照效应在线测试。结果表明,TDF的出光性能在辐照过程中出现了显著衰减,衰减幅度随着剂量率的上升而增大。通过对TDF样品在辐照前和辐照后的吸收光谱进行对比测试,观察到在经过总剂量9 krad(Si)的γ射线辐照后,TDF对793 nm泵浦光的吸收峰接近消失。对前述经历γ辐照之后的TDF样品进行2 h的793 nm泵浦光漂白实验测试,未见其出现性能恢复现象。可见,面向空间应用的该典型掺铥光纤需大力提高耐空间辐射性能。     

准分子激光辐照HgCdTe半导体材料的损伤机理研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对248 nm准分子脉冲强激光辐照的HgCdTe晶片表面进行了观察,观察到一些与红外波段内激光辐照HgCdTe晶片时大不相同的实验现象.研究表明,红外波段内1 064nm激光辐照HgCdTe半导体材料的损伤机制主要为光热作用,而紫外波段248 nm准分子激光对HgCdTe材料的损伤机制既包含光化学作用也包含光热作用.分析了准分子激光对晶体的机械破坏现象,同时对HgCdTe材料在激光辐照区的条纹产生机理进行了探讨,发现激光驱动声波理论模型比光学模型和热导波模型能更好地解释HgCdTe晶体表面的条纹现象.     

Influence of pH on the phototransformation process of Photogem®

Photogem® is a hematoporphyrin derivative that has been used as a photosensitizer in experimental and clinical Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in Brazil. Photosensitizers are degraded under illumination. This process, usually called photobleaching, can be monitored by decreasing in fluorescence intensities and includes the following photoprocesses: photodegradation, phototransformation, and photorelocalization. Photobleaching of hematoporphyrin-type sensitizers during illumination in aqueous solution is related not only to photodegradation but is also followed by the formation of photoproducts with a new fluorescence band at around 640–650 nm and with increased light absorption in the red spectral region at 640 nm. In this study, the influence of pH on the phototransformation process was investigated. Photogem® solutions, 40 μg/ml, were irradiated at 514 nm with intensity of 100 mW/cm² for 20 min with different pH environments. The controls were performed with the samples in the absence of light. The Photogem® photodegradation is dependent on the pH. The behavior of photodegradation and photoproducts formation (monitored at 640 nm) is distinct and depends on the photosensitizer concentration. The processes of degradation and photoproducts formation were monitored with Photogemin the concentration of 40 μg/mL since that demonstrated the best visualization of both processes. While below pH 5 the photodegradation occurred, there was no detectable presence of photoproducts. The increase of pH led to increase of photoproducts formation rate with photodegradation reaching the highest value at pH 10. The increase of photoproducts formation and instability of Photogem® from pH 6 to pH 10 are in agreement with the desired properties of an ideal photosensitizer since there are significant differences in pH between normal (7.0 < pH < 8.6) and tumor (5.8 < pH < 7.9) tissues. It is important to know the effect of pH in the process of phototransformation (degradation and photoproduct formation) of the molecule since low pH values promotes increase in the proportion of aggregates species in solution and high pH values promotes increase in the proportion of monomeric species. There must be an ideal pH interval which favors the phototransformation process that is correlated with the singlet oxygen formation responsible by the photodynamic effect. These differences in pH between normal and tumor cells can explain the presence of photosensitizers in target tumor cells, making PDT a selective therapy.     

Photoexpansion and photobleaching effects in oxysulfide thin films of the GeS2+Ga2O3 system

Oxysulfide systems undergo structural transformations upon illumination with laser light of near bandgap energy, as well as chalcogenide materials (glasses and films). In this paper, photoinduced effects such as photoexpansion and photobleaching were observed in GeS₂+Ga₂O₃ (GGSO) films synthesized by electron beam evaporation. A surface expansion of the thin films and a shift to shorter wavelengths of the optical absorption edge were observed as a result of UV laser irradiation (wavelength of 351 nm) and they are dependent on laser power density, exposure time and film composition. These parameters were varied to evaluate and enhance the observed effects. In addition, the irradiated GGSO samples exhibited a decrease in refractive index, measured with a prism-coupling technique, which makes these films suitable candidates for applications as gratings and waveguides in integrated optics.     

Fluorescence Enhancement of CdSe Q-Dots with Intense Femtosecond Laser Irradiation

Effects of intense femtosecond (fs) laser irradiation on the optical properties of cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals are studied. We present the changes in emission and absorption of laser (800 nm, 110 fs, Ti–Sapphire) irradiated CdSe nanocrystals dispersed in dimethylformamide (DMF). It is observed that the absorbance of CdSe nanocrystals capped with trioctylphosphine (TOP) increases with the number of laser pulses. The trap state luminescence intensity of these crystals degrades, whereas the band edge luminescence intensity shows an increase as a function of the fs laser irradiation. We also report strong two photon absorption and reduction in the trap state luminescence intensity after irradiation with the laser pulses.     

Experiments and analysis of gold disk targets irradiated by smoothing beams of Xingguang II facilities with 350 nm wavelength

Gold disk targets were irradiated using focusing and beam smoothing methods on Xingguang (XG-II) laser facilities with 350 nm wavelength, 0.6 ns pulse width and 20-80 Joules energies. Laser absorption, light scattering and X-ray conversion were experimentally investigated. The experimental results showed that laser absorption and scattered light were about 90% and 10%, respectively, under focusing irradiation, but the laser absorption increased 5%-10% and the scattered light about 1% under the condition of beam smoothing. Compared with the case of focusing irradiation, the laser absorption was effectively improved and the scattered light remarkably dropped under uniform irradiation; then due to the decrease in laser intensity, X-ray conversion increased. This is highly advantageous to the inertial confinement fusion. However, X-ray conversion mechanism basically did not change and X-ray conversion efficiency under beam smoothing and focusing irradiation was basically the same.     

Anisotropic photonic lattices and discrete solitons in photorefractive media

Table grapes were irradiated with UV nanosecond laser pulses in searching for resonant photo-elicitation of trans-resveratrol, a known antioxidant compound naturally produced by grapevines and other plants. To this end, the irradiation time as well as the wavelength dependence of the induced trans-resveratrol content was investigated by comparing the elicitation level of this compound at two laser wavelengths. One wavelength was selected right at the maximum of the absorption band (302.1 nm, the resonant wavelength for this compound) while the second was selected (300 nm, a non-resonant wavelength) such that trans-resveratrol absorption is negligible. It was found that the resonant irradiation enhances the resveratrol content in grapes by up to six times more than that of non-resonant irradiation, the rest of the conditions being the same. This work demonstrates how selective laser excitation of fruits can open new possibilities for the development of functional foods with enhanced nutritional and beneficial properties. PACS 42.62.-b; 82.50.Hp     

Gold nano-wires and nano-layers at laser-induced nano-ripples on PET

Gold nano-layers were deposited onto laser irradiated polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) surfaces. For irradiation, we used the linearly polarized light of a pulsed 248 nm KrF and 157 nm F₂ laser, respectively. In a certain range of irradiation parameters, the irradiation resulted in the formation of coherent ripples patterns with a lateral periodicity in the order of the wavelength of the laser light and with a corrugation height of several 10 nm. The deposited layers were then prepared by sputtering. The layers were analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM), focused ion beam (FIB) cuts, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and angular resolved X-ray induced photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS). Gold sputtering on KrF laser irradiated PET led to the formation of separated “nano-wires” at the ridges of the nano-patterns and not to a continuous metal layer, as we obtained in case of gold sputtering onto F₂ irradiated PET. The results of the XPS analysis indicated, that the KrF irradiation caused degradation on the ridge of the ripples, whereas no noticeable degradation occurred for F₂ laser treatment. We attribute the different growth mechanisms of the deposited gold layers mainly to the difference in surface chemical composition of laser irradiated PET with the two different lasers employed.     

Modifications in silver-doped silicate glasses induced by ns laser beams

Glass layers for planar light waveguides prepared by Ag-Na ion exchange of different silicate glasses in molten salt baths are annealed and/or irradiated with a laser beam in the UV region, with different energy density values and total pulse numbers. The samples are mainly characterized by optical absorption spectroscopy, luminescence spectroscopy, and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, in order to determine the role of irradiation parameters and of the host matrix structure in the aggregation phenomena. Photoluminescence spectroscopy gave information regarding the presence of Ag multimeric aggregates, the primal seeds for the growing (nano)crystals. The appearance of the plasmon resonance band in the optical absorption spectra proved the formation of Ag clusters and allowed the evolution steps of the clusterization process to be followed as a function of the energy deposited during the laser irradiation.     

人膀胱癌组织对不同波长的激光及其线偏振激光的衰减特性比较研究

采用双积分球系统和光辐射测量技术的基本原理以及运用生物组织的光学模型,研究了4765,488,4965,5145,532nm激光及其线偏振激光辐照人膀胱癌组织的光衰减特性。结果表明在5个不同的激光波长范围内,KubelkaMunktwoflux模型下的人膀胱癌组织对不同波长的激光及线偏振激光的衰减特性是不同的,人膀胱癌组织对4765,4965,532nm激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数或有效衰减系数均具有显著性差异(P<005),而对488,5145nm波长的激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数或有效衰减系数则均没有显著性差异(P>005),人膀胱癌组织对532nm激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数或有效衰减系数均明显大于其他4个波长的Ar 激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数或有效衰减系数。在传输理论下人膀胱癌组织对5个不同波长的激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数均随着波长的增大而减小,人膀胱癌组织对4765,4965,5145nm波长的激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数均有显著性差异(P<005),其对488,532nm波长的激光及其线偏振激光的总衰减系数均没有显著性差异(P>005)。     

Photopolymerization of C<Subscript>60</Subscript> and Li@C<Subscript>60</Subscript> studied by second-harmonic generation and infrared spectroscopy

The photopolymerization of C₆₀ and Li@C₆₀ films was investigated by means of optical second-harmonic generation. The films were deposited under ultra-high-vacuum conditions and irradiated in situ with an Ar⁺ laser at 514 nm. The second harmonic generated by a Nd:YAG laser working at 1064 nm was monitored after different steps of irradiation. Photopolymerization was observed after very low irradiation doses, of the order of 10²⁰ photons/cm², and confirmed with infrared absorption spectroscopy. Similar kinetics for C₆₀ and Li@C₆₀ were observed. The measurements give evidence for photopolymerization of the endohedral fullerene Li@C₆₀. PACS 78.30.Na; 82.50.Hp; 81.05.Tp     

Comparison of the influence of the fictive and the annealing temperature on the UV-transmission properties of synthetic fused silica

′ and NBOH). Samples with high OH content exhibit gradual recovery from the absorption band within several minutes after exposure to the KrF laser radiation. The formation of the KrF laser-induced 210 nm absorption band depends on the fictive temperature and on the OH content. Low fictive temperature, as a measure for the number of intrinsic defects, retards E^′ generation at the beginning of intense KrF excimer laser irradiation when the majority of defects are generated from precursor defects. However, for longer irradiation periods with pulse numbers of the order of 10⁵ pulses, a high OH content is the beneficial parameter. The accompanying atomic hydrogen is essential for the suppression of the 210 nm absorption band. This happens by transformation of the E^′ centers into Si-H defects. In contrast to a generally held view, annealing (decreasing of the fictive temperature) of fused silica does not always reduce UV induced defect generation. For example, annealing of the samples in an argon atmosphere causes a significantly higher 210 nm absorption increase during KrF excimer laser irradiation (240000 pulses) compared to nonannealed samples. Two spectroscopic methods to determine the OH content of fused silica were applied: Raman and infrared spectroscopy, which in this work lead to differing results. The energetics of the 210 nm absorption band generation and bleaching is summarized by a diagram explaining the interaction of the 248 nm laser radiation with fused silica. Received: 2 June 1997/Accepted: 13 June 1997     

Local crystallization in an oxyfluoride glass doped with Er3+ ions using a continuous argon laser

Local crystalline formation in erbium doped oxyfluoride glass has been obtained under a cw Argon laser irradiation up to 1.8 W pumping power. By exciting at 514 nm, the emission from 800 nm and 850 nm corresponding to the ⁴S_3/2(²H_11/2)→⁴I_13/2 electronic transitions have been analyzed both inside and outside the irradiated area. The changes in the emission spectra indicate that the high power Ar laser irradiation has resulted in a localized desvitrification process. The temperature dependence of the fluorescence intensity ratio of the 800 nm and 850 nm emission bands has been used to determine the temperature of the irradiated zone. Moreover, the average lifetime of the ⁴S_3/2(²H_11/2) thermalized levels have been measured as a function of the excitation spot position. An important decrease is observed at the irradiated area. These results confirm that a localized cristalline phase has been created by the laser action.     

Nonlinear absorption properties correlated with the surface and structural changes of ultra short pulse laser irradiated CR-39

We have investigated femtosecond laser irradiation effects on the surface topography, structural changes and nonlinear absorption properties of CR-39. For this purpose, a CR-39 target was exposed in air to 25 fs, 800 nm Ti: sapphire laser radiation at fluences ranging from 0.25 J cm⁻² to 3.6 J cm⁻². The surface of irradiated CR-39 probed by an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) exhibits the formation of several topographical structures, like bumps, explosions and nano cavities. Raman spectroscopy is performed to explore chemical and structural modification of the irradiated target. The spectroscopy reveals changes such as cross linking, bond breaking, formation of new bonds etc. in the fundamental structure of the polymer after irradiation. In order to establish a correlation between morphological and structural changes with the changes in the nonlinear absorption of the irradiated CR-39, a Z-scan technique was employed. A comparison of experimentally obtained data from Z-scan measurements with our calculations predicts the dominance of three-photon absorption in the case of pristine CR-39, whereas for irradiated targets concurrence of three- and two-photon absorption is probable. Nonlinear absorption increases with increasing laser fluences and is well correlated by surface and structural changes revealed by AFM and Raman spectroscopy.     

Structural and optical properties of laser irradiated nano structured cadmium oxide thin film synthesized by sol-gel spin coating method

Cadmium oxide CdO nanostructured thin films are synthesized using sol-gel spin coating method. The prepared samples of CdO thin films are irradiated with 10 mJ laser from pulsed Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 and 532 nm wavelength. The samples were exposed to 45 pulses of 7 ns pulse duration. Morphology and structural analysis were carried out with scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. Optical investigations were obtained with spectrometer and fluorospectrometer from Shimadzu. SEM micrographs confirm the nanostructure of the CdO film and indicate agglomeration of nanoparticles with laser irradiation. XRD patterns show decrease in the intensity of orientation peaks after laser irradiation. Variation in band gap energy, absorption peaks, and photoluminescence spectra with laser irradiation are observed.     

高功率脉冲电子束辐照SiO$lt;sub$gt;2$lt;/sub$gt;的光学和激光损伤性能

研究了不同剂量的60 kW高功率脉冲电子束辐照对高纯熔石英玻璃的微观结构、光学性能和激光损伤特性的影响规律. 光学显微图像表明, 辐照后熔石英样品由于热效应导致表面破裂, 裂纹密度和尺寸随辐照剂量增加而增大, 采用原子力显微镜分析表面裂纹的微观形貌, 裂纹宽度约1 um, 同时样品表面分布着大量尺寸约0.1–1μm的碎片颗粒. 吸收光谱测试表明, 所有样品均在394 nm处出现微弱的吸收峰, 吸收强度随着电子束辐照剂量增大呈现先增加后减小的趋势. 荧光光谱测试发现辐照前后样品均有3个荧光带, 分别位于460, 494和520 nm, 荧光强度随辐照剂量的变化趋势与吸收光谱一致. 利用355 nm激光研究了不同剂量电子束辐照对熔石英激光损伤阈值的影响, 结果表明熔石英的损伤阈值随着辐照剂量的增加而降低. 在剂量较低时, 导致熔石英激光损伤阈值下降的原因主要是色心缺陷; 剂量较高时, 导致损伤阈值降低的原因主要是样品表面产生的大量微裂纹和碎片颗粒对激光的调制和吸收. 关键词： 熔石英 电子束辐照 色心 激光损伤阈值