一种X射线聚焦光学及其在X射线通信中的应用

基于栅控脉冲发射X射线源与单光子探测技术的X射线通信已经实现了实验室语音通信验证,并对通信系统的误码率性能进行了分析,为探索未来X射线深空应用打下了坚实的基础.针对目前X射线通信面临的信号发散角大、通信距离短、难以实现工程化应用的情况,迫切需要对X射线通信天线系统进行深入研究.为了提高信号增益、增大X射线通信的距离,提出了多层嵌套式X射线聚焦光学作为X射线通信的"收发天线",理论分析了X射线聚焦光学用于X射线通信"收发天线"的可行性,分析了X射线聚焦光学的理论基础与结构设计,对"发射天线"发散角、"接收天线"有效面积与焦斑尺寸、信号增益等性能做了探讨.结果表明:在信号发射端,"天线"的发散角为3 mrad左右,发射增益23 d B;在信号接收端,"接收天线"的有效面积5700 mm2@1.5 keV,焦斑直径为4.5 mm,接收增益为25 d B,通信系统总的增益可达48 d B.     

Wigner optics in the metaxial regime

A consistent methodology is developed, using the Wigner matrix associated with the Helmholtz equation, to treat metaxial optical systems. The propagation equation of this matrix is derived and its relationship with the corresponding paraxial propagation equation is clarified.     

大口径光学平面瑞奇-康芒检测技术的研究

在瑞奇-康芒定量检测中,被检数据中除了被检平面本身所固有的像散以外,还存在由于大曲率所造成的像散,这样就很难得到准确的被测平面面形误差,给指导镜面加工带来困难。对瑞奇-康芒检测法中由于瑞奇角产生的压缩图像进行展开,同时旋转被测平面进行推导,该方法将被检平面高低误差和被检平面本身的像散进行分离,使得检测结果更加准确地反映被检平面面形。通过与其它检测方法的比对,可以证明此方法的可行性、可靠性。给出了大天区面积多目标光纤光谱望远镜(LAMOST)项目中的MA大口径平面子镜的检测实例。     

Isotope separation via atom optics in the Bragg regime

We study the resonant interaction of a beam of mono-velocity two-level atoms with a standing-wave light field in the Bragg regime. The atomic beam consists of two different isotopes, and the density is sufficiently small so that at most one atom is inside the cavity at a time. The momentum transfer between the atoms and photons in the process significantly effects the center-of-mass motion of the atoms, thus separating the isotopes in different directions.     

主动光学中阻尼最小二乘法的精度估计

阻尼最小二乘法在主动光学研究中有重要的作用。针对主动光学的需要,就阻尼最小二乘法求解过程中参数进行精度估计,对待求量进行精度估计,以及将待求量代入原方程后的所得进行精度估计,对它们的方差进行了推导。     

抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜聚焦性能的理论与实验研究

结合衍射理论和矩阵光学方法得出抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜的光学性能指标(包括其焦距的严格表达式、薄透镜近似的判定准则、透过率和有效孔径,以及极限聚焦光斑尺寸等).采用X射线深度光刻技术实际制作了PMMA材料抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜并给出了工艺测试结果.最后在北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)上,实际构建了基于3种不同结构参数的PMMA材料抛物面型X射线组合折射透镜的微束聚焦实验系统.并实际测试了其聚焦性能,均获得了良好的聚焦效果,给出实测结果并对实测结果进行了分析和讨论.     

X射线脉冲星导航系统导航精度的研究

为提高X射线脉冲星导航系统的导航精度,提出了一种基于低通滤波器的恒比定时方法,以提高X射线脉冲星导航系统中X射线脉冲到达时间的测量精度.通过设计测量方案,对原有的峰值定时方法和改进后的恒比定时系统的定时精度和死时间进行测量.测量结果表明,峰值定时系统的定时精度和死时间分别为18和4750 ns,恒比定时系统的定时精度和死时间分别为0.78和105 ns,与原有的峰值定时系统相比,采用恒比定时系统的定时精度和死时间均得到明显的提高.在X射线脉冲星导航系统中,通过利用这两种不同定时系统来测量X射线光子的到达时间以构造累积脉冲轮廓.实验结果表明,与峰值定时系统相比,采用改进的恒比定时系统获得的累积脉冲轮廓的信噪比得到明显改善,因此,采用恒比定时系统的导航精度可得到提高.     

第三代同步辐射光源X射线相干性测量研究

随着高性能第三代同步辐射光源的建成开放,基于X射线相干特性的实验方法得到了快速发展和广泛应用.作为一个典型的例子,X射线相位衬度成像已经成为常规的X射线实验方法并向用户开放.相干散射、相干衍射成像、光子关联谱等X射线实验方法正日益受到重视,在高空间分辨、时间分辨等研究领域已显示出其独特的优越性.因此,研究和测量第三代同步辐射的空间相干特性对进一步发展这些新的实验方法具有重要意义.基于Talbot自成像原理成功测量了上海光源X射线成像线站发射的X射线的空间相干长度,并进而测得了相应光源的空间尺度.光子能量为33.2 keV时,测得的X射线光束垂直方向空间相干长度为8.84μm,对应的光源尺寸为23μm,测量结果与理论分析相符.     

X-ray diffraction in AT-cut quartz single crystal at acoustic excitation at the fundamental frequency

X-ray diffraction on different atomic planes of an AT-cut quartz crystal is studied experimentally in the Laue geometry in case of excitation by acoustic waves at the first resonant (fundamental) frequency. Acoustic waves lead to an increase in the integral intensity of the reflection-diffracted beam. The amplification coefficients in reflection are measured in dependence on the amplitude of a.c. voltage applied to the crystal at the resonant frequency. The frontal distributions of the intensity of the beam diffracted in the reflection direction are obtained for different atomic planes.     

Complementary use of neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering for problems of interest in condensed matter physics

We discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering for studying problems in magnetism, highly correlated systems and superconductors, and problems where both techniques can be applied to obtain complementary information.     

Exact results for systems of electrons in the fractional quantum Hall regime

There has been a great deal of interest over the last two decades on the fractional quantum Hall effect, a novel quantum many-body liquid state of strongly correlated two-dimensional electronic systems in a strong perpendicular magnetic field. The most pronounced fractional quantum Hall states occur at odd denominator filling factors of the lowest Landau level and are described by the Laughlin wave function. It is well known that exact closed-form solutions for many-body wave functions, including the Laughlin wave function, are generally very rare and hard to obtain. In this work we present some exact results corresponding to small systems of electrons in the fractional quantum Hall regime at odd denominator filling factors. Use of Jacobi coordinates is the key tool that facilitates the exact calculation of various quantities. Expressions involving integrals over many variables are considerably simplified with the help of Jacobi coordinates allowing us to calculate exactly various quantities corresponding to systems with several electrons.     

A Monte Carlo model for seeded atomic flows in the transition regime

A simple model for the numerical determination of separation effects in seeded atomic gas flows is presented. The model is based on the known possibility to provide a statistically convergent estimate of the exact solution for a linear transport equation using the test particle Monte Carlo method. Accordingly, the flow field of the main gas is preliminary calculated and as a second step the linear transport equations obtained by fixing the target distribution in the collision term of the Boltzmann equation for both main and minority components are solved. Both solutions are based on appropriately devised test particle Monte Carlo methods. The second step, the critical one in evaluating the separation effects, is exact and thereby completely free of numerical diffusion. The model is described in details and illustrated by 2D test cases of atomic separation in shock fronts.     

Measurement of the K shell X-ray production cross-sections and fluorescence yields for Nd,Eu, Gd,Dy and Ho using radioisotope X-ray fluorescence in the external magnetic field

The effect of external magnetic field on the K_α and K_β X-ray production cross-sections and K shell fluorescence yields for ferromagnetic elements Nd, Gd and Dy and paramagnetic elements Eu and Ho have been measured at the excitation energy of 59.5 keV γ -rays from ²⁴¹Am radioactive source of strength 100 mCi in the external magnetic field of intensities ±0.75 T. Furthermore, I_Kβ /I_Kα intensity ratios for these elements have been measured in the external magnetic field. The K X-rays from different targets were detected using a high resolution Si(Li) semiconductor detector. For B = 0, the measured K X-ray production cross-sections, K shell fluorescence yields and the I_Kβ /I_Kα intensity ratios were compared with the experimental and theoretical data in literature. The results have shown that the fluorescence parameters as photoionization cross section, fluorescence yield, radiation rates and spectral linewidth can change when the irradiation is conducted in a magnetic field.     

Universal scaling results for the plateau-insulator transition in the quantum Hall regime

The plateau-insulator (PI) transition in the quantum Hall regime, in remarkable contrast to the plateau-plateau (PP) transition, exhibits very special features that enable one for the first time to disentwine the quantum critical aspects of the electron gas (scaling functions, critical indices) from the sample dependent effects of macroscopic inhomogeneities (contact misalignments, density gradients). In this communication we report new experimental data taken from the PI transition of a low-mobility InGaAs/InP heterostructure and propose universal scaling functions for the transport coefficients. Our new findings elucidate fundamental theoretical aspects of quantum criticality that have so far remained inaccessible.     

Exact results for systems of electrons in the fractional quantum Hall regime II

In a previous work [O. Ciftja, Physica B 404 (2009) 227] we reported the exact calculation of energies for the fractional quantum Hall Laughlin state at filling factor for systems with up to N=4 electrons in a disk geometry. The purpose of this brief extension of the earlier work is to report similar exact results for the other Laughlin state at filling factor . We use the same method of orthogonal Jacobi variables adopted in the earlier work.     

用于高电荷态离子与表面相互作用研究的原子物理实验平台

在重离子加速器国家实验室ECR离子源上,成功组建了用于高电荷态离子与表面相互作用研究的原子物理实验平台;利用该实验平台,研究了用不同电荷态和不同速度的高电荷态离子与不同表面相互作用的可见光和X射线发射的情况,同时还研究了高电荷态Xe离子轰击晶体材料所引起的材料性质和表面结构变化的情况.     

X-ray solution structure of the native neuronal porosome-synaptic vesicle complex: Implication in neurotransmitter release

Nanoportals at the cell plasma membrane called porosomes, mediate secretion from cells. In neurons porosomes are 15 nm cup-shaped lipoprotein structure composed of nearly 40 proteins. The size and complexity of the porosome has precluded determination of its atomic structure. Here we report at nanometer resolution the native 3D structure of the neuronal porosome-synaptic vesicle complex within isolated nerve terminals using small-angle X-ray solution scattering. In addition to furthering our understanding of the porosome structure, results from the study suggests the molecular mechanism involved in neurotransmitter release at the nerve terminal.     

A QCD-Inspired Model for the Deuteron Form Factors in the Intermediate-Q2 Region

Based on a perturbative QCD analysis of the deuteron form factors a QCD-inspired model is suggested. The contributions of helicity-flip matrix elements to the deuteron form factors are discussed. Our numerical results are consistent with the data in the intermediate-Q² region.     

The competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers in the global market for fiber optics

U.S. manufacturers of fiber optic equipment continue to be major competitors in the world markets for these products. U.S. producers account for approximately half of the total worldwide production of optical fiber and cable. In active components for fiber optic transmission systems (transmitters, receivers, amplifiers, and related components), U.S. firms are beginning to recapture some of the market share previously lost to foreign competitors. This article provides a brief overview of the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers in the global market for fiber optic equipment, with particular focus on European and Japanese competitors.