Crystal monochromator with a resolution beyond 10(8)

Monochromatization with crystal diffraction has been achieved to a resolution (lambda/delta lambda) beyond 10(8). The monchromator is specifically designed for 23.880 keV synchrotron radiation (lambda = 51.9 pm) for applications involving nuclear resonant scattering from 119Sn. The design uses asymmetrically cut silicon (12 12 12) crystal reflections from two single-crystalline monoliths oriented in a dispersive geometry. A transmitted energy bandwidth of 140 +/- 20 mu eV was measured, corresponding to a resolution of 1.7 x 10(8). Methods of improving efficiency, wavelength stability and resolution are discussed.     

三维荧光指纹光谱用于污染河流溶解性有机物来源示踪研究

采用三维荧光指纹光谱技术对河流溶解性有机物荧光特征进行了研究。结果表明,污染河流中的溶解性有机物主要有腐殖质和蛋白质两类,类腐殖质荧光峰λ_激发/λ_发射为250/460 nm(A1),220/400 nm(A2)和325/420 nm(C);类蛋白质荧光峰λ_激发/λ_发射为285/357 nm(T1),230/360 nm(T2)。支流的类蛋白质荧光峰T1和T2由于生活污水的排放,其荧光强度都有明显增强。Fe3+离子在支流与干流汇合后浓度增加到支流的30倍,相应的类腐殖质荧光峰A1也发生了明显蓝移现象,而其他荧光峰则没有明显的偏移。激发波长较长的类腐殖质C,A1和类蛋白质T1荧光强度由于稀释及Fe3+等金属离子猝灭而明显降低,以至荧光峰消失。而较低激发波长的类蛋白质T2和UV类腐殖质A2荧光强度和荧光峰位置相对比较稳定,不容易受到溶液化学条件影响。激发波长220～230 nm荧光团可以用来示踪污染河流溶解性有机物。     

Theoretical simulations of emission spectra of Fe^7＋ and Fe^＋8

The energy levels, oscillator strengths, spontaneous radiative decay rates, and electron impact collision strengths are calculated for Fe VIII and Fe IX using the recently developed flexible atomic code （FAC）. These atomic data are used to analyse the emission spectra of both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. The nf-3d emission lines have been simulated for Fe VIII and Fe IX in a wavelength range of 6-14 nm. For Fe VIII, the predicted relative intensities of lines are insensitive to temperature. For Fe IX, however, the intensity ratios are very sensitive to temperature, implying that the information of temperature in the experiment can be inferred. Detailed line analyses have also been carried out in a wavelength range of 60-80 nm for Fe VIII, where the solar ultraviolet measurements of emitted radiation spectrometer records a large number of spectra. More lines can be identified with the aid of present atomic data. A complete dataset is available electronically from http：//www.astrnomy.csdb.cn/EIE/.     

Single crystal diffraction under high pressure with synchrotron radiation and a diamond anvil cell

Abstract

A single crystal study on AlPO₄ was performed at 2.90 GPa with synchrotron radiation with a wavelength of only 0.54 ?. The diffracted intensity was high enough to measure even weak reflections with sufficient counting statistics. However, the search for the reflections needed to setup the orientation matrix required a lot of beamtime. A feasibility study was carried out using a proportional area counter to reduce this search time. The results demonstrate that such counters can considerably reduce the time needed for the orientation of the crystal and the data collection.

Presented at the IUCr Workshop on ‘Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation for High Pressure Crystallography’. Daresbury Laboratory 20-21 July 1991     

Beam-foil lifetimes of n = 3 levels in Fe XIII to Fe XVI I. Experiment using position sensitive detection

Positron-sensitive detection was used to measure the spatial decay in intensity of twelve transitions in Fe XIII to Fe XVI. A two-meter grazing incidence spectrometer was equipped with a 25 mm microchannel plate coupled to a resistive anode encoder and was positioned to simultaneously record all EUV radiation in the wavelength range from 24.5 to 31 nm. Data for foil-excited Fe ions at 35 MeV was accumulated at each of 37 foil positions until a fixed amount of beam charge had been collected in a Faraday cup. The considerable advantages of this improved beam-foil time-of-flight technique are discussed.     

铁基K0.8Fe2-ySe2体系的单晶生长与结构研究

本文报道了采用自助溶剂法对不同组分K0.8Fe2-ySe2单晶生长和结构研究的实验结果.X-射线衍射XRD(Cu靶和同步辐射)结构分析表明样品中存在两套衍射峰(分别对应相1和相2),相1能够用ThCr2Si2结构,空间群I4/mmm(No.139)指标化,对应超导相.而相2能够用单一米勒指数(0 0l)标定,可能对应一个新的物相.相2的存在能够在不同组分的KxFe2-ySe2单晶样品中很好的重复.利用高分辨透射电子显微镜(TEM)研究了K0.8Fe2Se2样品的"结构相分离"特征,结果表明样品中存在明显的位错缺陷,可能与两相结构的竞争有关.对K0.8Fe2Se2单晶样品直流磁化测量表明相2可能为弱铁磁性,从而引起高温Tp～125K的ZFC与FC磁性反常.     

Observation of spin-polarized surface states on ultrathin bct Mn(001) films by spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy

We report the observation of a magnetic contrast of up to 20% in the scanning tunneling spectroscopy dI/dV maps obtained with Fe-coated tips on Mn(001) layers grown on an Fe(001) whisker at 370 K. These nanometer resolution microscopy results show that the layers couple antiferromagnetically. By normalizing the dI/dV curves by tunneling probability functions, we found a spin-dependent peak on the body-centered-tetragonal (bct) Mn(001) surface at +0.8 V, whose high spin polarization gives rise to the dI/dV map contrast. Band structure calculations allow one to identify the +0.8 V peak as due to two spin-polarized d(z(2)) surface states.     

Assessing the Maturity of Crude Petroleum Oils Using Total Synchronous Fluorescence Scan Spectra

There have been many applications of fluorescence methods for the analysis of crude petroleum oils down through the years. However, none of these studies has yielded a robust qualitative or quantitative method for quantifying the chemical composition, or assessing the maturity of crude oils. Simple fluorescence parameters such as lifetime, intensity, and intensity ratios do not correlate well with chemical composition particularly for medium weight crude oils [A. G. Ryder, T. J. Glynn, and M. Feely (2003). Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 4876, 1188-1195.]. A better approach may be to use the Total Synchronous Fluorescence Scan (TSFS) method to fully interrogate the complex chemical composition of the oils [D. Patra and A. K. Mishra (2002). Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 373, 304-309.]. We present TSFS spectra from 18 crude petroleum oils of varying composition, sourced from around the world. The TSFS plots of these oils are very complex, with the contours being spread over the full 250-700 nm wavelength range (lambda(ex)) and 40-200 nm wavelength interval (delta lambda) sampled. The 3-D contour maps tend to two contour concentrations one at lambda(em) < 300 nm, delta lambda = 120-200 nm, and a second near lambda(ex) approximately 380-400 nm, delta lambda = 40-60 nm. The first feature represents fluorescence emission originating mainly from energy transfer processes with the second, longer wavelength feature originating from fluorescence emission generated by a higher proportion of direct excitation as opposed to emission resulting from energy transfer. The topography of the 3D contour plots is therefore influenced by the balance between energy transfer and direct fluorescence emission, which is governed by the chemical composition of the crude oils. We discuss how the gross chemical composition affects TSFS spectra and how TSFS can be used to assess oil maturity with a view to developing quantitative methods.     

Second-harmonic generation in Langmuir Blodgett waveguide overlays on single-mode optical fiber

Second-harmonic radiation has been obtained from Langmuir-Blodgett films of E-N -octadecyl-4-[2-(4-dibutylaminophenyl)ethenyl]quinolinium octadecylsulfate, deposited as a waveguide overlay upon optical fiber that is single mode at the pump wavelength (lambda=1064 nm) . A quadratic relationship between the pump power and second-harmonic intensity was observed.     

Pulse compression of difference frequency radiation by liquid crystal phase transparent

The results of theoretical research and numerical simulation of the difference frequency radiation (DFR) pulse generation in 5–25 μm wavelength range in the field of the pumping femtosecond laser pulse are presented. The pulse has the following characteristics: the central wavelength is 2 μm, duration is 34 fs and electric field amplitude is 70.71 MV/m. The pulse propagates in the ZnTe/air periodic structure with the number of periods along the normal to the (110) plane of the ZnTe crystal equal to 13; and the efficiency of the DFR generation is 1.11 × 10^–4. It is shown that the use of the liquid crystal phase transparent, placed in the focal plane of the frequencyspatial shaping system, allows one to realize the DFR pulse compression at which the maximum intensity is increased by a factor of six.     

Ab initio simulation of resonant forbidden reflections in Ge crystals

Forbidden reflections are observed in the case of diffraction of synchrotron radiation with wave-lengths close to the absorption edges in crystals. A new method for calculating the intensity of thermal-motion-induced (TMI) forbidden reflections is proposed in this paper. It includes two stages: simulation of instantaneous thermal atomic displacements using ab initio molecular dynamics and subsequent quantum-mechanical calculations of the resonance scattering amplitude for various configurations. This procedure is used to calculate the temperature dependence of the 600 reflection intensity for Ge. The proposed method for simulating forbidden TMI reflections is suitable for any crystal structures and can explain many results so far obtained using synchrotron.     

The 57Fe Synchrotron Mössbauer Source at the ESRF

The design of a ⁵⁷Fe Synchrotron Mössbauer Source (SMS) for energy‐domain Mössbauer spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation at the Nuclear Resonance beamline (ID18) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility is described. The SMS is based on a nuclear resonant monochromator employing pure nuclear reflections of an iron borate (⁵⁷FeBO₃) crystal. The source provides ⁵⁷Fe resonant radiation at 14.4 keV within a bandwidth of 15 neV which is tunable in energy over a range of about ±0.6 µeV. In contrast to radioactive sources, the beam of γ‐radiation emitted by the SMS is almost fully resonant and fully polarized, has high brilliance and can be focused to a 10 µm × 5 µm spot size. Applications include, among others, the study of very small samples under extreme conditions, for example at ultrahigh pressure or combined high pressure and high temperature, and thin films under ultrahigh vacuum. The small cross section of the beam and its high intensity allow for rapid collection of Mössbauer data. For example, the measuring time of a spectrum for a sample in a diamond anvil cell at ～100 GPa is around 10 min, whereas such an experiment with a radioactive point source would take more than one week and the data quality would be considerably less. The SMS is optimized for highest intensity and best energy resolution, which is achieved by collimation of the incident synchrotron radiation beam and thus illumination of the high‐quality iron borate crystal within a narrow angular range around an optimal position of the rocking curve. The SMS is permanently located in an optics hutch and is operational immediately after moving it into the incident beam. The SMS is an in‐line monochromator, i.e. the beam emitted by the SMS is directed almost exactly along the incident synchrotron radiation beam. Thus, the SMS can be easily utilized with all existing sample environments in the experimental hutches of the beamline. Owing to a very strong suppression of electronic scattering for pure nuclear reflections (～10^?9), SMS operation does not required any gating of the prompt electronic scattering. Thus, the SMS can be utilized in any mode of storage ring operation.     

Infrared holographic recording in lithium tantalate crystals by means of the pyroelectric effect

Infrared holographic recording in a two-step process is demonstrated in stoichiometric iron-doped lithium tantalate crystals. Through absorption of two intersecting infrared pulses (A = 1064 nm) a temperature grating and thus a modulated pyroelectric field build up. Free electrons, excited by homogeneous light of a shorter wavelength (lambda = 532 nm) drift in this field, and a phase hologram is stored that can be read nondestructively. The change in refractive index depends mainly on the absorption coefficient at the wavelength of the recording light and on the intensity of the infrared light. The proposed method may be extended to telecommunication wavelengths by choice of suitable dopants.     

Effective wavelength scaling for optical antennas

In antenna theory, antenna parameters are directly related to the wavelength lambda of incident radiation, but this scaling fails at optical frequencies where metals behave as strongly coupled plasmas. In this Letter we show that antenna designs can be transferred to the optical frequency regime by replacing lambda by a linearly scaled effective wavelength lambda(eff)=n(1)+n(2)lambda/lambda(p), with lambda(p) being the plasma wavelength and n(1), n(2) being coefficients that depend on geometry and material properties. It is assumed that the antenna is made of linear segments with radii R < lambda. Optical antennas hold great promise for increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, and optical sensors.     

II. Spectral surface thermal emission and absorption of water

Conclusions In the present paper we succeeded to complete the problem consideration and to obtain numerical results of the temperature dependence of refraction and absorption indices of water for the wavelengths from 2 to 80 and temperatures from 0 to 75°C for every 5°C. Then these data were used in calculation of relative radiation factors and intensity of surface radiation of water for the ranges of wavelengths and temperatures considered above. The important result obtained is that a intensity of surface radiation of water within the most important short wavelength domain of the spectrum up to 11 is completely due a refraction index of water, and not to an absorption index. Besides that, it was succeeded to find out that in the short wavelength range separately and in a separate domain of the long wavelength range of the spectrum water radiant as a black body. The wavelength boundaries in both short wavelength and long wavelength domains where this phenomenon is observed when temperature is changing from 0 to 75°C at the step of 5°C, are determined. A new pecularity of water related to its surface radiant depending of temperature is found. When water temperature is changing from 0 to –5°C absolute values: of surface intensity of radiation integral emissive factor and radiosity of water radiation have minima at temperatures of 30 to 35°C.A new modification of the Stefan-Boltzman law is stated for grey bodies, where a degree in the index of temperature in the temperature dependence of radiosity of water is not equal to 4, as it is in the case of an absolutely black body, but is lesser, and this value is also depending on temperature. The numerical results of spectral intensity of radiometric quantity of water in wide range of wavelengths and temperatures, which are obtained in the present article, will be used in our next article in order to explain one most ancient anomalous physical property of water.Beginning see: Different way investigation of physical properties and inner structure of water (using middle and far IR waves). I Dependence of spectral indices of absorption and refraction upon temperature. Int'l J. of IR and MM Waves, 1994, vol. 15, N6, pp 1022–1064.     

Self-similarity and pattern selection in the roughening of binary liquid films

Films of spinodally decomposing binary liquid mixtures show transient wetting of both confining interfaces by one of the phases, and rupture, with characteristic wavelength lambda(c) and time tau(rupture), leading to flat droplets of the nonwetting phase encapsulated by the wetting phase. Over the entire range of film thicknesses d approximately 100-3500 nm, we find tau(rupture)~d(1.01+/-0.08), indicating film structures that scale self-similarly with d, and find also that lambda(c) approximately 60d(0.97+/-0.03), the large prefactor suggesting a rupture wavelength which minimizes the interfacial tension of the roughened film.     

3d~5金属离子共掺杂NaYF_4:Yb,Er纳米晶的上转换发光

采用水热法制备了Mn~(2+)/Fe~(3+)共掺杂的NaYF_4上转换纳米晶,通过改变掺杂浓度来调控晶相、晶粒尺寸以及上转换荧光发射强度。以Fe~(3+)共掺杂的上转换纳米晶为晶核,通过改变反应时间来调控SiO_2壳厚度,观察到上转换荧光发射强度在反应4 h的条件下出现最大值。Mn~(2+)/Fe~(3+)共掺杂的上转换纳米晶样品整体上转换荧光强度分别提高到3.7倍和4.5倍,同时Fe~(3+)共掺样品的红色上转换荧光增强近7倍。基于近红外980 nm激光激发下的稳态光谱研究,提出Yb~(3+)-过渡族离子和Er~(3+)之间的能量传递以及晶场对称性的改变引起了这种增强效应,随着过渡族离子掺杂浓度的增加,过渡族离子之间的交换相互作用导致上转换荧光的猝灭。     

Optical-pyrometric diagnostics of the state of silicon during nanopulsed laser irradiation

The dynamics of the reflectivity at ?? = 0.53 ??m and the IR radiation of silicon in the wavelength range 0.9?C1.2 ??m is studied under the action of nanosecond ruby laser radiation pulses. When radiation energy density W is lower than the threshold of laser-induced melting of the surface of a semiconductor crystal, the major contribution to the IR radiation emitted by this crystal is made by edge photoluminescence. As the melting threshold is exceeded, the nanosecond dynamics of the detected IR radiation changes from photoluminescence to the thermal radiation of the forming Si phase melt with a high reflectivity. The results of pyrometric measurements of the peak melt surface temperature as a function of W obtained at an effective wavelength ?? _e = 1.04 ??m of the detected IR radiation agree with the data of analogous measurements performed at ?? _e = 0.53 and 0.86 ??m.     

Quasinondestructive holographic recording in photochromic LiNbO3

We have observed quasinondestructive holographic storage with a continuous-wave laser at lambda = 532 nm in near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 doped with Tb and Fe. This crystal showed an exceptionally long grating decay time and also exhibited a fast color change upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. It was demonstrated that the grating recorded from the UV-exposed, colored state can be continuously read out over 9 h at a reading intensity as high as 8 mW/cm(2). In addition, the written grating could be easily erased with UV illumination which returned the crystal back to the original colored state.     

Manifestation of gyrotropy upon light scattering in paratellurite

Upon scattering of laser radiation at different wavelengths, three optical effects—rotation of the plane of polarization of linearly polarized light, dependence of the specific rotation on the radiation wavelength, and the dependence of the scattered light intensity on the angle between the scattered and incident beams—are simultaneously observed. The intensity distributions of the scattered laser light at 0.488, 0.531 nm, and 0.633 μm along the optical axis of a thick sample of a TeO₂ single crystal are visualized. Based on the patterns obtained, the values of the specific rotation are calculated, and the curve of the optical rotation for the visible range is obtained.