Emission of Ag2 dimers from a substrate during vacuum deposition of the mixture of silver and water vapor

The work presents calculation of Ag₂ dimers emission from the substrate into the vapor medium in case of joint deposition of silver and water vapors on ideal substrate formally modeling the crystal of water ice in terms of energy properties. It is assumed that the dimers are formed on the condensation surface as a result of random collisions of atoms at their surface migration, and the dimers emission is conditioned by thermal fluctuations of crystal lattice of water ice. The calculations based on the modified Langmuir adsorption model allowed concluding that emission of silver and water dimers takes place in the entire range of the studied water vapor pressure, binding energy of silver-water, and crystal temperature. Dynamics of emission from the beginning of deposition and dependence of dimers emission on micro-roughness of the condensate surface have been investigated. Statistical processing of results has shown that the probability of dimers emission from the condensate surface is determined not only by the value of the binding energy between the dimer and condensate but by configuration of the nearest dimer environment on the condensation surface. It has been found that there is a certain value of micro-roughness of condensation surface providing the maximal intensity of dimer emission. Dimers emission from the surfaces bordering on the flows of vapor mixtures contaminates the flows with unsuspected admixtures. The latter one makes investigation of this phenomenon important for aeromechanics of vapor and gas mixtures.     

高能量激光诱导铝等离子体的发射光谱研究

用钕玻璃激光器 (～ 2 5J)烧蚀铝靶获得等离子体 ,以氩气作为保护气体 ,分析了环境气压、等离子体的观测高度、工作电压、激光功率密度对谱线强度的影响 ,并进行了简短的讨论。实验结果表明 ,环境气压为 88kPa时谱线强度最大 ;相同气压下随着观测高度的增大 ,谱线强度明显减弱 ,在气压为 88kPa观测位置距样品表面 1 5～ 2mm时谱线强度较强 ;并且随着激光工作电压、功率密度的增大 ,谱线强度逐渐提高。     

On the influence of the Reynolds number on the intensity of vortex sound flowing around a cylindrical profile

Regularities of the emission of vortex sound (eolian tone) during air flow around stationary and rotating cylindrical profiles have been investigated. The influence of the flow Reynolds number on the intensity of vortex sound emission has been estimated from results of measuring the pressure fluctuation distribution on the surface of stationary cylindrical rods flowed around by air, as well as in the wake behind them. It is shown that the emission intensity depends on the location of the point of flow detachment from the profile surface and the track width near the profile. The ranges of the flow Reynolds numbers where the emission intensity increases with different flow velocities have been determined by analyzing the dependence of the profile lift coefficient on the Reynolds number. An independent way of determining the profile lift coefficient by measuring the vortex sound intensity is proposed. The results explain contradictions between the results of some authors, who experimentally observed different dependences of emission intensity on the flow velocity. The influence of the profile diameter on the vortex sound emission intensity has been investigated. The boundary Reynolds number above which the profile diameter does not affect emission has been established for stationary and rotating cylindrical profiles. It is shown that deposition of rough coatings on the rod surface may reduce the vortex sound emission intensity by affecting the point of flow detachment from the surface.     

A first study of the infrared emission in argon excited by ionizing particles

We report on the study of infrared emission from gaseous argon excited by MeV protons in the wavelength range 0.7–1.8 μm. The dependence of the light yield on the applied electric field has been measured at different pressures. At zero field (prompt emission) the yield does not depend on pressure. When a field is applied the light emission increases linearly with the field strength above a critical value (drift emission) and a dependence from pressure is observed. Prompt and drift emission are consistent with transitions between the lowest atomic states of neutral argon. Drift emission is generated by electrons which gain energy from the electric field and excite atoms through collisions.     

The acoustic emission of a distributed mode loudspeaker near a porous layer

Experimental and theoretical modeling of the vibro-acoustic performance of a distributed mode loudspeaker (DML) suggest that their acoustic emission can be significantly affected by the presence of a porous layer. The amplitude of the surface velocity of the panel and the acoustic pressure on the porous surface are reduced largely in the vicinity of structural resonances due to the additional radiation damping and visco-thermal absorption phenomenon in the porous layer. The experimental results suggest that a porous layer between a rigid base and a DML panel can considerably alter its acoustic emission in the near field and in the far field. This is illustrated by a reduction in the level of fluctuations in the emitted acoustic pressure spectra. These fluctuations are normally associated with the interference between the sound emitted by the front surface of the speaker and that emitted from the back. Another contribution comes from the pronounced structural resonances in the surface velocity spectrum. The results of this work suggest that the acoustic boundary conditions near a DML can be modified by the porous layer so that a desired acoustic output can be attained.     

Analysis of directional emission via surface modes on photonic crystals

Directional emission of light exiting a photonic crystal waveguide by a coherent action of radiative surface modes was recently demonstrated [E. Moreno et al., Phys. Rev. B 69 (2004) 121402], and subsequently the substantial enhancement of the directional emission was achieved by engineering the surface and adjusting relevant parameters [S.K. Morrison et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (2005) 081110]. Here we present the analysis of surface modes causing directional emission by the plane wave expansion method and the finite-difference time-domain method. Then we numerically investigate the effects of surface termination on directional emission. We find another surface termination condition with a positive surface displacement. Our surface termination is more effective than the original structure, and nearly as effective as the termination for the enhancement. Besides, our termination is simpler than that for the enhancement. We confirm its effectiveness in the far-field beam profile and radiation intensity distribution of directional emission from our termination.     

Atomic engineering of photon emission with a scanning tunneling microscope

We present measurements of photon emission from individual several-atom silver chains on the NiAl(110) surface, excited by tunneling electrons in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The chains were assembled by manipulating single silver atoms on the NiAl(110) surface with the STM. The photon energy of this emission can be tuned by appending a single atom to the chain. These changes in photon emission result from changes in the electronic structure of the silver chain, each electronic state inside the chain being associated with a distinct channel of emission.     

脉冲激光烧蚀碲镉汞材料的等离子体发射谱

脉冲激光辐照处于不同背景气压下的Hg0.8Cd0.2Te材料表面,用时间和空间分辨诊断技术探测了激光照射后产生的等离子体发射谱,根据所获得的飞行时间谱测量了等离子体中粒子的出射速度,结果表明粒子速度随着出射距离的增加迅速减小,且背景气压对出射速度有很大的影响,而激光能量对粒子速度的影响不大。另外根据谱线的展宽计算了等离子体中的电子密度,结果表明,电子密度在激光辐照样品后的短时间内迅速减小,且电子密度最大的位置不是出现在靶的表面而是在距表面一定距离处。     

激光诱导Al等离子体在背景气体中的流体现象

调Q-YAG脉冲激光（波长1.06μm,脉宽10ns,能量为250mJ/pu1se）烧蚀Al靶,用短焦距照相系统和光学多道分析仪（OMA）记录了等离子体在氩气背景气体及不同压强下所呈现的流体现象及其等离子体辐射的空间分辨光谱。实验发现,当背景气压为400Pa以下时,在靶面上存在一个明亮的发光球体,球体直径远大于激光烧蚀斑的大小,此球体向四周辐射等离子体光谱,只是在垂直靶面的方向辐射相对较强。在气压约为400Pa,等离子体辐射才以较为明显的羽状体形态向前喷散,且随气压增高,喷散的立体角变小。随着背景气压的继续升高,等离子体羽被压缩,成为一个明亮的发光小羽状体,当气压达20～30kPa,发光羽状体开始出现分解的迹象,在羽状体前端形成一个光球。气压继续升高,等离子体羽完全变成一串发光球。离开靶面越远,发光球的半径越大。用光学多道分析系统分析这些发光球的光谱特征,发现在靶面附近主要是Al等离子体的谱线,而较远的发光球,其主要谱线则来自背景气体。在气压为20kPa左右,等离子休羽呈现烧蚀点为明亮的白色亮点,而羽端为鲜艳绿色（氩的514nm）的彩色羽。     

Surface effects on photoluminescence of single ZnO nanowires

The influence of surface effects on the temperature dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectra from individual ZnO nanowires has been studied. It is found that the surface effects of the nanowire are very important in both ultraviolet (UV) and visible emission. We propose a new luminescence mechanism based on the recombination related to oxygen vacancies to explain the temperature dependent visible emission, which is significantly influenced by the carrier depletion and band bending caused by surface effects. In addition, the observed attenuation of UV emission with increasing temperature is ascribed to the decreasing depletion region and the increasing surface states related nonradiative recombination.     

Investigations of the ignition of arc spots on cold cathodes in anoble gas atmosphere

To investigate the ignition of arc spots on cold cathodes under defined conditions, a special experimental setup was developed. An arc ignited between horn electrodes in a pure argon gas atmosphere is blown magnetically against a third so called commutation electrode, which is negatively biased against the arc plasma. The ignition of arc spots on this cathode was investigated by electrical measurements and high-speed photography. The arc traces of short current pulses were examined by in situ optical microscopy of the cathode surface. Two different modes of arc-spot ignition were observed: an initiation by a diffuse glow discharge, which may pass into a constricted arc spot, and an immediate formation of a constricted arc spot. The two modes of arc-spot ignition at atmospheric pressure were attributed to different surface structures, which are characterized by broad or narrow distributions of local ion current density enhancement factors. Ion current density enhancement may raise the field strength and temperature on the tips of microprotrusions so far that they emit electrons. A sufficiently high density of small emission sites produces locally such a high average current density that a plasma channel and an arc spot on the cathode surface arc formed. With lower pressure, the influence of the surface structure is reduced and pushed back by Townsend-γ emission     

Influence of additional external pressure on optical emission intensity in liquid-phase laser ablation

We examined the influence of additional external pressure on the optical emission intensity from plasmas produced by laser ablation of a Ti target immersed in distilled water. We adopted two methods for applying the external pressure. When ambient water was pressurized by connecting the ablation chamber to N₂ gas at a pressure range of 0.1-0.9 MPa, we observed the increase in the optical emission intensity with the pressure. This increase was considered to be caused by the change in the amount of dissolved N₂ gas in the water. On the other hand, when an external pressure of 30 MPa was applied to ambient water by using a mechanical pump, we observed the compression of the spatial distribution of the optical emission intensity. These experimental results suggest a possibility that chemical reactions and physical states (pressure and temperature) of liquid-phase laser-ablation plasmas can be controlled by adding external pressure to ambient liquid.     

Statistics of random lasing modes in weakly scattering systems

We investigated the statistics of random lasing modes in colloidal solutions with local pumping. The ensemble-averaged spectral correlation function of single-shot emission spectra exhibits regular oscillations. The statistical distribution of laser emission intensity follows a power-law decay, in comparison with an exponential decay of the statistical distribution of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) intensity. The dramatic difference between the statistics of lasing peaks and that of the stochastic ASE spikes illustrates their distinct mechanisms.     

Stochastic resonance in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

We report a detailed experimental investigation of stochastic resonance (SR) in the polarized emission of a pump-modulated vertical cavity surface emitting laser. We characterize SR in the time and frequency domains, with a quantitative agreement with existing theories. We further report a statistical analysis of SR in terms of residence-time probability distributions exhibiting alternative features which are fully explained here. By using an accurate choice of the indicator, we are also able to give clear evidence of bona fide resonance.     

常压射流等离子体发射光谱研究

使用改进介质阻挡放电装置生成常压射流等离子体,采用光纤光栅光谱仪在300～1 000 nm范围记录了不同放电电压的氩气发射光谱,并比较了空气和氩气常压介质阻挡放电等离子体发射光谱,分析发现氩气发射光谱中的谱线都是氩原子的发射谱线,表明常压射流装置产生的等离子体全部为氩等离子体,而无其他空气成分参与放电。为测量电子激发温度,选用相距较近的763.51和772.42 nm两条光谱线对电子温度进行分析,结果表明电子激发温度的范围在0.1～0.3 eV,而且它还随着放电电压的增加而增加。初步使用“红外测温仪”测量被处理材料表面温度,结果发现材料表面的温度也随着放电电压的增加而增加,范围在50～100 ℃,材料表面温度的变化趋势可以近似表征等离子体宏观温度变化趋势。通过分析常压射流等离子体的温度特性,探讨了常压射流等离子体温度对材料改性研究的意义。     

Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation: quantum generation of coherent surface plasmons in nanosystems

We make a step towards quantum nanoplasmonics: surface plasmon fields of a nanosystem are quantized and their stimulated emission is considered. We introduce a quantum generator for surface plasmon quanta and consider the phenomenon of surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (spaser). Spaser generates temporally coherent high-intensity fields of selected surface plasmon modes that can be strongly localized on the nanoscale, including dark modes that do not couple to far-zone electromagnetic fields. Applications and related phenomena are discussed.     

Temporal coherence of high-order harmonics generated at solid surfaces

We present interferometric measurements of the temporal coherence of high-order harmonics generated by reflection of a titanium sapphire laser off a solid surface. It is found that the coherence length of the harmonic emission is significantly reduced compared with the bandwidth limited case. To identify the responsible mechanism, the acquired data were analyzed by means of particle-in-cell simulations, whose results show good agreement between the calculated spectra and the measured coherence times. We show that the observed broadening can be understood consistently by the occurrence of a Doppler shift induced by the moving plasma surface, which is dented by the radiation pressure of the laser pulse. In this case, this Doppler effect would also lead to positive chirp of the emitted radiation.     

常压介质阻挡放电等离子体发射光谱的检测分析

以常压介质阻挡放电等离子体作为研究对象,在常温常压条件下使用介质阻挡放电光谱诊断装置,得到N2第二正系跃迁和Ar原子发射谱线。通过对放电光谱的检测分析,可以察知常压介质阻挡放电等离子体的特性,并可运用同一元素谱线的相对强度来诊断电子激发温度等物理参量,以达到对材料表面改性过程的实时监控,工作的结果对常压介质阻挡放电及其在材料改性的应用中具有重要的意义。     

Ion-electron emission: The effect of oxidation

We have studied electron emission from Al and Mo surfaces by 4–60 keV Ar⁺ ions under ultrahigh-vacuum conditions and as a function of oxygen exposure. We found that the dependence of the electron yield γ on oxygen exposure, for a given metal, is similar to that of φ, the work function of the surface. Comparison of the results for Al and Mo shows, however, that the magnitude of the change in γ cannot be attributed solely to a change in φ. We propose that the effect of oxygen exposure on electron emission induced by ions, and by extension by photons and electrons, is related to a change in the escape probability of the electrons over the modified surface barrier, and to the emission of electrons from the oxide layer in the presence of the surface dipole field.