Integrating sphere effective optical path length calibration by gas absorption spectroscopy

A method of integrating sphere effective optical path length (EOPL) evaluation using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy for gas detection was demonstrated. Oxygen was used as a sample gas for an 8.38 cm diameter integrating sphere calibration; 393.7 ± 1.3 cm EOPL was obtained from the wavelength modulation spectroscopy with second harmonic calibration by measuring oxygen P11 line at 764 nm, which is in agreement with that of 393 cm by using direct absorption spectroscopy calibration. The EOPL calibration accuracy of this method can reach 0.33 %. It has been justified that the EOPL of an integrating sphere is independent of the incident light intensity.     

Heat-pipe oven for large column densities with a well-defined optical path length

A concentric heat-pipe oven of improved design is presented which provides a metal-vapor inert-gas mixture of large column density and simultaneously with a stable, well-defined optical path length. It is applied to the efficient sum-frequency mixing in a metal-vapor inert-gas mixture containing magnesium and krypton. The corresponding phase-matching curves, the intensity profiles around the two-photon resonance and the conversion efficiencies are presented.     

Effective optical path length investigation for cubic diffuse cavity as gas absorption cell

A simple cubic-shaped cavity with a high-diffuse-reflectivity inner coating as a novel gas detection cell was developed. The effective optical path length (EOPL) was evaluated by comparing the oxygen absorption signal in the cavity and in air based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The law for a spherical cavity was applied and modified to a cubic cavity as a function of reflectivity ρ, port fraction f, and the side length. Single-pass average path length of the cubic cavity was 0.723(7) times the side length. EOPL can be modified conveniently by adjusting the parameters of the cavity.     

血清中胆固醇的近红外光谱测量及模型适用性研究

使用近红外光谱分析方法进行了血清中胆固醇含量的快速、无试剂测最研究,并考察、分析了模型的适用性.利用傅里叶光谱仪测量1,2和6.5mm 厚血清的近红外光谱,在合频与第一、第二倍频波段内,结合偏最小二乘方法(PLS)对胆固醇建立了模型.1,2,6.5mm 厚血清模型的预测标准差(RMSEP)分别是0.15,0.16,0....     

偏稳健M回归在人体血糖浓度近红外无创检测中的应用

采用偏稳健M回归方法有效地解决了人体血糖浓度近红外无创检测研究过程中由于样本奇异值影响模型稳健性的问题。该方法源于现有的迭代变权偏最小二乘法,计算快、易于实现,具有M估计的所有性质,且当权函数选择合适时,能降低奇异值的影响,建立具有稳健性的校正模型。采用该方法对近红外光谱实验数据进行了处理,并与传统的偏最小二乘(partialleast squares,PLS)建模方法进行了比较。结果表明,与PLS相比,该方法可建立稳健的校正模型提高预测精度,更适合复杂样品建模,对于人体血糖浓度近红外无创检测的进一步研究具有应用价值。     

Change in optical path length of saturable absorbing dye-doped polymer films under laser irradiation

The cause of the change in the optical path lengthΔ(nd) of the saturable absorbing dye-doped polymer films under laser irradiation is investigated using polyvinyl alcohol and gelatin films doped with erythrosin B. The temperature rise of the dye-doped films, the changes in optical path length, film thickness, the refractive index and the optical density of the dye-doped films are measured under laser irradiation. The thermal expansion due to the temperature rise of the dye-doped films caused by the irradiation has greater effect on theΔ(nd) than the fading of dye molecules due to the irradiation of laser beams.     

On the path length of an excess electron interacted with optical phonons in a molecular chain

We show that in a molecular chain with dispersionless phonons at zero temperature, a “quasistationary” moving soliton state of an excess electron is possible. As the soliton velocity vanishes, the path length of the excess electron exponentially tends to infinity. It is demonstrated that in the presence of dispersion, when the soliton initial velocity exceeds the maximum group velocity of the chain, the soliton slows down until it reaches the maximum group velocity and then moves stationarily at this maximum group velocity. A conclusion is made of the fallacy of some works were the existence of moving polarons in a dispersionless medium is considered infeasible.     

Theory of two-photon photothermal deflection spectroscopy in stationary and flowing media for arbitrary optical pulse length

A general theory of pulsed two-photon photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PTDS) is presented. We find that there are significant enough differences in the amplitude and temporal evolution of PTDS signals between the results of the single- and two-photon theories that if one tries to interpret two-photon data with single-photon theory, the extracted values may be considerably in error. Our theory is sufficiently general that it incorporates both stationary and flowing media and considers optical pulses of arbitrary length. Moreover, the temporal profile of the optical pulse is explicitly taken into account. The two-photon absorption coefficient is explicitly expressed in terms of oscillator strengths and Clebsch–Gordan coefficients, and the Doppler width for both co-propagating and counter-propagating beams is taken into account. Although the theory is primarily developed for atomic and molecular vapors, it can easily be adapted for condensed matter by expressing the absorption coefficient in terms of the properties of the liquid or solid under investigation. PACS 82.80.Kq; 42.62.Fi; 39.30.+w     

Enhancement of optical absorption in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells with periodical nanorods to increase optical path length

In this paper, we demonstrate an amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film solar cell (TFSC) with a homogeneous layer of a-Si to absorb short wavelength photons and periodical a-Si nanorod structures for light trapping enhancement for longer wavelength photons. In such a design, the total absorption can be greatly improved. The periodicity and duty ratio of the nanorods were optimized to enhance the total optical absorption within 500 nanometer (nm) to 1000 nm in the hybrid TFSC structure. The best overall absorption can be achieved when period of nanorods is about 500 nm. When the duty ratio of nanorods is 0.6, the average absorption can reach 80% which represents an improvement by 40% compared to the conventional thin film a-Si solar cell without nanorod structures.     

漫反射立方腔单次反射平均光程的理论和实验研究

根据Beer-Lambert定律可知,增加气体池的有效光程是提高气体监测灵敏度最直接而有效的途径.通过实验研究和分析,漫反射立方腔作为气体池能显著地增加有效光程,因此研究其内部的光线传播规律具有重要意义.基于对漫反射立方腔内光线传播规律的理论分析,得到了单次反射平均光程的理论值,建立了漫反射立方腔内光线传播的理论近似模型,并通过有限元法仿真获得了单次反射平均光程的模拟值.利用可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术得到了立方腔的有效光程,间接求得了单次反射平均光程的实验值.对理论值、模拟值和实验值进行比较分析,验证了理论近似模型和有限元法仿真的准确性和稳定性.     

Analysing the structure of the optical path length of a supersonic mixing layer by using wavelet methods

The nano-particle-based planar laser scattering(NPLS) technique is used to measure the density distribution in the supersonic mixing layer of the convective Mach number 0.12,and the optical path difference(OPL),which is quite crucial for the study of aero-optics,is obtained by post processing.Based on the high spatiotemporal resolutions of the NPLS,the structure of the OPL is analysed using wavelet methods.The coherent structures of the OPL are extracted using three methods,including the methods of thresholding the coefficients of the orthogonal wavelet transform and the wavelet packet transform,and preserving a number of wavelet packet coefficients with the largest amplitudes determined by the entropy dimension.Their performances are compared,and the method using the wavelet packet is the best.Based on the viewpoint of multifractals,we study the OPL by the wavelet transform maxima method(WTMM),and the result indicates that its scaling behaviour is evident.     

基于光纤耦合长光程LED-DOAS技术的大气NO_2测量研究

大气中NO2的含量在10-9量级。研究了一种以发光二极管(LED)为光源的光纤耦合长光程差分吸收光谱(DOAS)系统,用于测量大气NO2。对比了四种不同类型和波段的蓝光LED,确定以中心波长451nm的CREE宝蓝LED为测量光源。在0.8km的测量光程、2min的测量时间分辨率的情况下,在445nm~465nm光谱反演波段内得到NO2的探测限为3.36×10-9。利用系统对大气NO2的浓度进行了一整天的连续观测,通过对吸收光谱的分析计算,反演出的大气NO2浓度在(7~31)×10-9之间变化。测量结果表明,将光纤耦合技术与LED光源的长光程DOAS系统相结合后,可实现大气NO2的高灵敏、高时间分辨率探测。     

Fourier transform emission spectroscopy of YbO in the near-infrared region

The emission spectrum of gas-phase YbO has been investigated using a Fourier transform spectrometer. Chemiluminescence was observed from excited YbO molecules produced in a Broida-type oven by the reaction of ytterbium metal vapor with N₂O. A total of eight red-degraded bands in the range 9800-11 300 cm⁻¹ were recorded at a resolution of 0.04 cm⁻¹. Because of the multiple isotopomers present in the spectra, only three bands were rotationally analyzed. Perturbations were identified in two of these bands and all three transitions were found to terminate at the X1Σ+ ground electronic state. The electronic configurations that give rise to the observed states are discussed and molecular parameters for all of the analyzed bands are reported.     

Achieving variation of the optical path length by a few millimeters at millisecond rates for imaging of turbid media and optical interferometry: a new technique

A new technique that offers very high stability and repeatability in varying the optical path length by a few millimeters at a millisecond rate is demonstrated. The technique is simply based on a rotating optical cube with parallel facets. The optical path length is varied at a nonlinear rate, and the data can be presented in the frequency or the spatial domain.     

Measurements of atmospheric NO_3 radicals in Hefei using LED-based long path differential optical absorption spectroscopy

NO_3 radicals accumulate during the night, thereby being the most critical night oxidant. Owing to the low concentration and dramatic variation, the detection of atmospheric NO_3 radicals is still challenging. In this paper, an LED-based Long Path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy(LPDOAS) instrument is developed for measuring the atmospheric NO_3 radicals. This instrument is composed of a Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, a combined emitting and receiving fiber,and a red LED equipped with a thermostat, and has a center wavelength of 660 nm, covering the NO_3 strongest absorption peak(662 nm). The influence of LED temperature fluctuations is discussed. The temperature of the LED lamp with a home-made thermostat is tested, showing a stability of ±0.1℃. The principle and fitting analyses of LED-LPDOAS are presented. A retrieval example and a time series of NO_3 radical concentrations with good continuity for one night are shown. The detection limit of NO_3 for 2.6-km optical path is about 10 ppt.     

An estimation formula for the average path length of scale-free networks

A universal estimation formula for the average path length of scale free networks is given in this paper. Different from other estimation formulas, most of which use the size of network, $N$, as the only parameter, two parameters including $N$ and a second parameter $\alpha $ are included in our formula. The parameter $\alpha $ is the power-law exponent, which represents the local connectivity property of a network. Because of this, the formula captures an important property that the local connectivity property at a microscopic level can determine the global connectivity of the whole network. The use of this new parameter distinguishes this approach from the other estimation formulas, and makes it a universal estimation formula, which can be applied to all types of scale-free networks. The conclusion is made that the small world feature is a derivative feature of a scale free network. If a network follows the power-law degree distribution, it must be a small world network. The power-law degree distribution property, while making the network economical, preserves the efficiency through this small world property when the network is scaled up. In other words, a real scale-free network is scaled at a relatively small cost and a relatively high efficiency, and that is the desirable result of self-organization optimization.     

Rapid near-infrared Raman spectroscopy system for real-time in vivo skin measurements

A rapid dispersive-type near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectroscopy system and a Raman probe were developed to facilitate real-time, noninvasive, in vivo human skin measurements. Spectrograph image aberration was corrected by a parabolic-line fiber array, permitting complete CCD vertical binning, thereby yielding a 3.3-16-fold improvement in signal-to-noise ratio. Good quality in vivo cutaneous NIR Raman spectra free of interference from fiber fluorescence and silica Raman scattering can be acquired in less than 1 s, which greatly facilitates practical noninvasive tissue characterization and clinical diagnosis.     

Lifetime and path length of the virtual particle

The concepts of the lifetime and path length of a virtual particle are introduced. It is shown that, near the mass surface of the real particle, these quantities constitute a 4-vector. At very high energies, the virtual particle can propagate over considerable (evenmacroscopic) distances. The formulas for the lifetime and path length of an ultrarelativistic virtual electron in the process of bremsstrahlung in the Coulomb field of a nucleus are obtained. The lifetime and path length of the virtual photon at its conversion into an electron-positron pair are discussed. The connection between the path length of the virtual particle and the coherence length (formation length) is analyzed.     

Modeling of optical spectroscopy for the crystalline silicon

The paper is aimed at modeling optical spectra of silicon. Optical spectra of silicon are described with the Logistic function. A satisfactory agreement between the measured and the modeled optical spectra are obtained. The minimum magnitude of the correlation coefficient between experiment and theoretical results is 0.994, and the maximum average relative error is 4.21%. Meanwhile, it is found that the band gap of semiconductor may be determined by fitting absorption coefficient as a function of wavelength. Lastly, the mathematical relationships between the parameters, which are used to link the reflectance of silicon and wavelength, and radiation fluency, are obtained. Consequently, the change of reflectance for silicon can be predicted by both wavelength and dose radiation fluency only one function. All results in this paper are of interest from both optics and materials point of view.