Enhanced nonlinear optical absorption of Au/SiO2 nano-composite thin films

Nano metal-particle dispersed glasses are the attractive candidates for nonlinear optical material applications.Au/SiO 2 nano-composite thin films with 3 vol% to 65 vol% Au are prepared by inductively coupled plasma sputtering.Au particles as perfect spheres with diameters between 10 nm and 30 nm are uniformly dispersed in the SiO 2 matrix.Optical absorption peaks due to the surface plasmon resonance of Au particles are observed.The absorption property is enhanced with the increase of Au content,showing a maximum value in the films with 37 vol% Au.The absorption curves of the Au/SiO 2 thin films with 3 vol% to 37 vol% Au accord well with the theoretical optical absorption spectra obtained from Mie resonance theory.Increasing Au content over 37 vol% results in the partial connection of Au particles,whereby the intensity of the absorption peak is weakened and ultimately replaced by the optical absorption of the bulk.The band gap decreases with Au content increasing from 3 vol% to 37 vol % but increases as Au content further increases.     

A theory of the magnetic susceptibility of composites

The absorption of ac magnetic field energy by nonconducting composites made with fillers consisting of microscopic magnetic inclusions with various shapes is investigated over a wide range of frequencies and temperatures. It is predicted that the temperature dependence of the susceptibility χ(ω,T) of these structures is nonstandard only when the interaction between particles of the finely dispersed phase is included. The effect of the magnetic particles is taken into account by introducing a stochastic force into the Boltzmann equation, and using the resulting equation to calculate the susceptibility χ, which is a complicated function of the concentration p of the added dispersed phase. It is shown that the susceptibility should have a singularity near the point p=p _cr. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1622–1627 (September 1997)     

Resonance phenomena in domain boundary movement in ferrites

The frequency dependence of magnetic losses in certain ferrites over the frequency range 20–110 MHz is studied. A series of absorption lines was observed in many ferrites. On the basis of an investigation of the change in absorption spectrum as a function of the magnetic history of the specimen, the size of the powder particles, and the external magnetic field, it was concluded that the resonance lines observed are produced by domain boundary resonance.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 41–45, July, 1973.     

外加磁场微波等离子体喷流对平面电磁波衰减的实验研究

采用空间透射波测量方法,实验研究透波密闭石英玻璃容器内等离子体喷流对垂直和水平极化电磁波的衰减,在有和无外加磁场条件下分析实验参数对等离子吸波效应的影响,分析等离子体的吸波机理.实验结果表明在非磁和本实验条件下,平面电磁波在等离子体中的衰减机理为碰撞吸收;在有磁和本实验条件下,平面电磁波在磁等离子体中的衰减机理同样为碰撞吸收,但是外加磁场的存在有限地改善了等离子体的吸波效应.为了使磁等离子体最有效地吸收电磁波,应该提高磁场感应强度,把高频混杂频率提高到测试微波频率范围内,或降低微波测试频率至本实验中的高混 关键词： 等离子体相互作用 电磁波 电磁波在等离子体中的传输     

不同模态沙尘暴对太赫兹波的衰减分析

太赫兹波空间传输特性研究对于太赫兹波在空间中的应用具有重要意义.为研究太赫兹波在沙尘暴天气中的传输特性,本文根据沙尘粒子尺度的对数正态分布,应用Mie散射理论和Monte Carlo方法,分析了国内不同地域的六种干沙模态沙尘暴对1—10 THz频段太赫兹波的衰减特性,给出了消光参量和衰减率与频率的关系.结果表明,随着频率的增大,1—10 THz频段太赫兹波的衰减率呈先增加后减小的趋势,沙尘暴的模态不同,太赫兹波衰减较强的频段范围有所不同.为了分析沙粒含水量对太赫兹波传输衰减的影响,计算了不同尺寸的沙尘粒子3个效率因子与含水量的关系,发现粒子尺寸不同,含水量对消光的影响也不同;应用Monte Carlo方法计算了两种湿沙模态的沙尘暴对1—10 THz频段太赫兹波的衰减,给出了衰减率与含水量及频率的关系.结果表明,随沙粒含水量增大,沙尘暴对太赫兹波衰减较强的频段向低频方向移动,含水量小于5%时,太赫兹波衰减率随含水量增大显著增强,湿度较大的沙尘暴天气对太赫兹波的传输衰减影响更大.     

Ultrasonic attenuation in a LiIO3 crystal

The temperature dependences of the attenuation of longitudinal acoustic waves along the x axis of a LiIO₃ crystal are studied experimentally by the method of Bragg diffraction of light by ultrasound. The measurements are performed in the temperature range from 215 to 335 K at frequencies of 400–690 MHz. Above 260 K, the attenuation is found to exhibit a frequency-independent growth of a relaxational character, which is used to calculate the enthalpy of the activation of ionic motion in the direction normal to the hexagonal axis. In addition, resonance attenuation peaks are observed; as the frequency increases, the peaks are shifted toward lower temperatures. A phenomenological model is proposed to explain the origin of the resonance absorption.     

Nonlinear resonance in an acoustic system with a coagulating gas suspension

The occurrence of resonance in an acoustic system as a result of a change of the dispersion of a gas suspension filling a resonator with fixed external excitation parameters was studied. The dynamics of the medium is described by a system of equations of motion of a multi-velocity multi temperature continuum taking into account pulse and energy exchange between the carrier phase and the disperse fractions. Coagulation of different particle fractions is simulated by Smolukhovskii’s Lagrangian model, which takes into account pair collisions. Resonance occurs as a result of the resonance frequency of the system approaching a fixed external excitation frequency as a result of a change in the dispersion of the gas suspension during coagulation initiated by the addition of a small amount of the large particle fraction to the finely dispersed gas suspension. As a result of calculations, an estimate for the time of the change in dispersion of the system and the generation of resonance oscillations were obtained.     

Concentrated suspension theory of sound attenuation in marine sediments—linear dependence of absorption coefficient on frequency

Statistical averages of acoustic scattering and attenuation in sea bed sediments, and of the corresponding sea bed absorption coefficients, are obtained. The multiple scattering interactions among the particles in concentrated suspension are taken into account. The suspensions are assumed to be a collection of spherical particles of various sizes, and for which the masses corresponding to various radii follow a normal distribution. The numerical results obtained show that the absorption coefficient has a linear dependence on frequency if there is a sufficiently broad distribution of the particle radii. However, if βR ? 1, where R is particle radius and β is the viscous wavenumber, the absorption may be proportional to the frequency raised to a power higher than unity. Comparisons of results with some published experimental data are presented.     

The use of mössbauer scattering spectroscopy for the determination of physical parameters

The procedures for the determination of the linewidth of the scatterer, the surface density of the scattering layer, the angular correlation function, the interference parameter, the Debye-Waller factor for Rayleigh scattering, Lamb-Mössbauer factors for the absorption and reemission of Mössbauer radiation, the mass resonance absorption coefficient of Mössbauer radiation, and attenuation coefficients for Rayleight and Compton scattering are considered. It is shown that for the conversion of experimentally determined reduced attenuation coefficients of different absorption or scattering processes to the cross sections or mass attenuation coefficients, one needs to know the photoelectric absorption cross section or mass photoelectric absorption coefficient of Mössbauer radiation in the K-shell of Fe, which can be determined experimentally.     

Magnetic and electric dipole absorption in the dispersed plasma of a laser jet

Experimental results are presented of a study of the magnetic and electric dipole absorption of microwave radiation by a laser plasma which accompanying the evaporation of various metals. An analysis is made of the influence of the finely dispersed fraction on the absorption and it is shown that the model of a percolation cluster provides a good explanation for the entire set of experimental results. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 116, 1979–1989 (December 1999)     

Sound Absorption of Locally Resonant Sonic Materials

The acoustic properties of locally resonant sonic materials with viscosity are theoretically investigated by using the multiple-scattering approach. We find that the absorption of a two-layer slab dominates the wave attenuation in the resonant frequency region under the condition of moderate or high viscous level. The fundamental mechanism operating in local resonance for absorption is investigated for the viability by the mode translation in the scattering process of a single scatterer. Finally the absorption performance in a multi-layer system is discussed.     

The edges and terrace effect of Ag particles on optical resonance absorption property

Alternative Ag and SiO₂ multilayers are prepared by using radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The Ag particles are found to diffuse toward and mostly accumulate near the surface of the Ag—SiO₂ composite film via a rapid thermal treatment. Different shapes of the Ag particles are obtained by changing the thickness of each Ag and SiO₂ layer. The response absorption property of the Ag composite film is also investigated. We relate the resonance absorption to the surface level and the Fermi level. To induce the obvious resonance absorption in an Ag composite film, it is necessary to maintain special shapes with sharp edges and wide terraces and to maintain the particle sizes ranging from 0 nm to 100 nm.     

Alloying of cold-sprayed Al-Ni composite coatings by post-annealing

A new cold spray coating technique for thick Al coating with finely dispersed Al-Ni intermetallic compounds was tested. For easy powder preparation and high yield, rather than using of Al/compound mixture feed stock, the spraying of pure Al and Ni powders mixture followed by post-annealing was suggested. The powder composition of Al and Ni was 75:25, and 90:10 (wt.%) to expect full consumption of pure Ni into intermetallic compounds. After Al-Ni composite coatings, the Ni particles were finely dispersed and embedded in the Al matrix with a good coating yield. Above 450 °C of post-annealing temperature, the Al₃Ni and Al₃Ni₂ phases were observed in the cold-sprayed Al-Ni coatings. The Ni particles in the Al matrix were fully consumed via compounding reaction with Al at 550 °C of the annealing temperature.     

Collapse in the Stoner-Wohlfarth noninteracting-particle model

A theory of Mössbauer spectra of noninteracting Stoner-Wohlfarth (SW) particles interacting with rf magnetic fields is developed. The theory makes it possible to calculate the absorption spectra for arbitrary frequency and amplitude of the rf field. The main features of the Stoner-Wohlfarth model are discussed. The Liouville superoperator formalism is used to generalize the results to the case of arbitrarily time-varying hyperfine fields at a nucleus. To understand the qualitative features of the collapse effect that are observed in the Mössbauer spectra of SW particles the particular case of a circularly polarized hyperfine field is studied, and an analytical expression is obtained describing the Mössbauer spectra for this case. An analysis is also made for weak rf magnetic fields and in this case the resonance behavior of the Mössbauer lines is traced as a function of the frequency of the rf field.     

Attenuation properties of EM wave by magnetized nonuniform plasma slab coated on perfect conductor plane

The total amplitude reflection coefficient of EM wave in a nonuniform plasma slab coated on perfect conductor plane is newly derived by using the scattering matrix method (SMM), and the attenuation is calculated. Three types of plasma electron density profile, that is the hyperbolic, sinusoidal, and linear profiles, are used. The external magnetic field and plasma parameters such as the maximum electron density and collision frequencies are discussed to calculate the attenuation of EM wave. The calculation results show that the plasma electron density profile and maximum electron density exert a large effect to the attenuation of EM wave and the attenuation under the uniform external magnetic field is taken place by the electron cyclotron resonance absorption, the up hybrid resonance absorption and geometric resonances absorption.     

多重散射方法研究轴对称空腔覆盖层的声学特性

发展了一种多重散射方法研究声学覆盖层的半数值半解析模型,分析了影响轴对称空腔结构声学性能的主要能量耗散机制。在球坐标条件下推导出轴对称空腔结构的位移和应力场基函数,通过对空腔表面基函数的数值积分,得到散射波和入射波之间的传输矩阵方程,结合分层介质声传播理论计算了周期性空腔结构覆盖层的反射、透射和吸声性能。研究结果表明;空腔共振是低频能量耗散的主要形式,边界条件对材料空腔结构的谐振特性影响很大,利用双空腔耦合共振可以拓宽材料的低频吸声频带;背衬对材料的高频吸声影响较小,材料的高频能量损耗取决于空腔的散射和波型转换特性。      

Synthesis and microstructure of metal oxide thin films containing metal nanoparticles by liquid phase deposition (LPD) method

Au nanoparticles dispersed SiO₂-TiO₂ composite films have been prepared by a novel wet process, Liquid Phase Deposition (LPD) method. The composite films were characterized by XRD, XPS, TEM, ICP, SEM and UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy. The results showed that the SiO₂-TiO₂ composite films containing Au^III and Au^I ionic species were co-deposited from a mixed solution of ammonium silicofluoride, ammonium hexafluorotitanate, boric acid and tetrachloroauric acid. The heat treatment induced the reduction of Au ions and formation of Au nanoparticles in the film. TEM observation revealed that the Au nanoparticles with 5-10 nm in diameter were found to be dispersed uniformly in the SiO₂-TiO₂ matrix. The optical absorption band due to the surface plasmon resonance of dispersed Au particles were observed at the wavelength of 550 nm and shifted toward longer wavelength with increasing heat treatment temperature. Received 28 November 2000     

微波在带电沙粒中的衰减效应

 根据沙粒的等效介电常数模型和Rayleigh近似下带电球形粒子的前向散射振幅函数,给出了对数分布模型下的带电沙尘粒子引起微波的衰减计算模型,并进行了分析和仿真计算。结果表明:带电沙粒比不带电沙粒对微波信号衰减的影响明显增大,带电沙粒所带表面电荷越集中,对微波的衰减影响越大;微波衰减随能见度的增大而减小;对于相同含水量,频率小于35 GHz时,沙尘对电磁波衰减的影响较小,频率大于35 GHz时,沙尘对电磁波的衰减影响增大。     

Temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of magnetic dispersed nanosystems

The temperature dependence of the complex magnetic susceptibility of different magnetic nano-colloids and finely dispersed magnetite powder is studied. The results are explained with allowance for the magnetic moment relaxation in single-domain particles and phase transitions in a system of interacting dipoles.     

Ultrasound induced formation of paraffin emulsion droplets as template for the preparation of porous zirconia

The paraffin particles were prepared by quenching process after sonicating the solution of paraffin and water at 80 °C. The resultant paraffin particles were then used as template for the preparation of macroporous zirconia materials. For this, zirconium normal butoxide (ZNB) modified with triethanolamine (TEA) was first hydrolyzed by water containing the dispersed paraffin particles with the surfactant, Sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate. This resulted in the formation of a slurry consisting of hydrolyzed sol and paraffin particles. After centrifugation, a cake packed with hydrated sol and paraffin particles were obtained which was then subjected to heat treatment. The sample obtained after heat treatment contained finely dispersed pores in the size range from 40 nm to 2 μm. Moreover, using the present approach it has also been observed that, change in pore size of zirconia wall is possible with a change in size of the paraffin particles. Thus, the present approach is a novel way of producing porous materials as the particle size of the template could be changed and templates become hard when they were molded as compared to the conventional methods in which there is no change in phase for the templates under 100 °C.