Anisotropic laser-induced evaporation of graphite films

An experimental investigation of the effect of linearly polarized high-energy pulsed laser light, normally incident on a carbon thin film, is reported. The material under study consists of platelike graphite crystallites with basal crystallographic planes mostly oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface. An increase is revealed in the fraction of the graphite crystallites oriented perpendicular to the polarization plane. Laser light is found to cause significant anisotropy in diffuse scattering by the film surface. Experimental observations are explained by a model of anisotropic evaporation of graphite-like carbon material due to polarization dependence of the absorption and reflection coefficients for a rough surface.     

Experimental analysis of the effects of orientation and location of the Pockels cell in an Nd:YAG laser resonator

We report an experimental study on the effects of the orientation and location of a Pockels cell used as electro-optic Q-switch in a laser resonator. Out of the four resonator configurations studied, it was found that in two resonator configurations a high cavity-Q value of the resonator was maintained in Q-switched operation, irrespective of the orientation of the crystallographic axis of the Pockels cell with respect to the incident plane of polarization. Further, analysis of the polarization state of the output in one of the configurations showed that it is always linearly polarized in the plane of the pass axis of the intra-cavity polarizer. In the other configuration it was observed that, as the Pockels cell was rotated, the plane of the linearly polarized output light was rotated correspondingly. For all of the resonator configurations, our experimental results are in good agreement with a Jones matrix analysis     

Synchrotron radiation studies of the orientation of thin silicon phthalocyanine dichloride film on HOPG substrate

Thin silicon Phthalocyanine dichloride films on HOPG were prepared and the sample was heated in the vacuum with laser.The thickness of the thin sample on HOPG was checked by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy.The orientation of the molecules in respect to the substrate plane Was investigated by measuring the silicon K-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure(NEXAFS).In the NEXAFS spectra of the thin sample,two clear peaks which were assigned to 1s→σ*Si-N and 1s→σ*Si-C1 appeared around 1847.2 eV and 1843.1 eV respectively.The intensities of the resonance peaks showed strong polarization dependence.A quantitative analysis of the polarization dependence revealed that the Si-N bond tended to lie down while the Si-C1 bond was out of the molecular plane.     

黄藤细胞壁微纤丝取向偏振光拉曼光谱研究

采用532 nm共聚焦显微拉曼光谱技术原位状态下研究了黄藤藤茎纤维及导管细胞壁中纤维素微纤丝空间取向差异。在高数值孔径（NA=1.25）物镜测试条件下,C-H伸缩振动（2 771~3 000 cm-1）特征峰峰面积拉曼成像成功的区分出细胞角隅、复合胞间层以及次生壁。进一步发现纤维细胞次生壁呈宽窄交替的同心层状结构,而导管次生壁无明显的分层结构。采用平行于细胞径向壁的拉曼偏振激光进行光谱成像发现纤维细胞次生壁窄层纤维素C-O-C（1 097 cm-1）拉曼信号强度明显高于宽层,即窄层中微纤丝取向更加平行于入射激光偏振方向,与细胞轴夹角更大,而导管次生壁中微纤丝取向较为均一。细胞壁不同形态区域拉曼光谱分析发现纤维素C-O-C特征峰以及CH和CH₂特征峰的拉曼信号强度与入射激光的偏振方向存在明显的相关性。当入射偏振激光的电矢量方向从平行变化到垂直于微纤丝方向时,其糖苷键C-O-C非对称伸缩振动信号减弱,而CH和CH₂的取向在与入射偏振激光的电矢量方向垂直时,其拉曼信号强度相较于平行状态略微降低,表明纤维素特征峰中的糖苷键C-O-C的非对称伸缩振动比CH和CH₂伸缩振动对拉曼偏振光的方向改变更为敏感。比较纤维细胞宽层与窄层的拉曼光谱发现径向次生壁窄层1 097 cm-1处拉曼信号强度明显高于弦向次生壁窄层,而径向次生壁宽层的2 897 cm-1处拉曼信号强度低于弦向次生壁宽层。拉曼特征峰比值（I_{1 095}/I_{2 897}）可用来定性研究细胞壁微纤丝角,结果发现这一比值在导管次生壁、纤维细胞窄层和纤维细胞宽层中分别为1.32~1.10,0.92~0.55和0.42~0.33,表明导管次生壁具有最大的微纤丝角,纤维细胞窄层次之,宽层最小。该研究为解析藤材细胞壁骨架空间结构、化学成分分布以及微力学特性提供了新型的分析手段和重要的理论指导。     

In-situ Raman spectroscopic study of domain switching of PLZT ceramics

A specially designed apparatus was used to observe in-situ domain switching in lanthanum-doped lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) ceramics by Raman spectroscopy. Using the established technique, the variations in measured Raman spectrum of unpoled and appropriately poled PLZT ceramics under the application of dc voltage and during the process of electric fatigue were examined. It was confirmed that the intensity change in the soft mode of the Raman band is highly dependent on the orientation of the domain switching with respect to the polarization direction of Raman incident light. When the orientation of the specimen with respect to propagation directions (including polarization direction) of incident light and scattered light is appropriate, the Raman spectroscopy can allow a non-destructive and in-situ measurement of the domain switching in a microscopic scale. The relation between the domain switching and the measured Raman spectrum change is discussed for PLZT polycrystalline materials by developing criteria extended from a single-crystal model. PACS 81.70.Fy; 78.30.-j; 62.20.Mk     

碳纳米管应变传感测量与偏振拉曼控制方法研究

面向微尺度平面变形的精细测量对碳纳米管应变传感测量方法进行了理论与实验研究。利用碳纳米管的拉曼应变敏感性及其偏振选择性,针对各种典型的拉曼光谱系统偏振构型,推导建立了适于各种偏振拉曼构型的碳纳米管平面应变传感解析关系式。从测量学角度出发,对不同偏振构型下的应变传感进行了对比分析,得出入射与散射光偏振方向皆能够连续控制且始终保持平行的双偏协同构型最适合于平面应变传感,并进一步提出易于实现的双偏协同构型光路配置方式与控制方法。通过实验应用证明,所提出的方法能够有效的实现基于偏振拉曼的碳纳米管平面应变传感测量。     

利用表面散射光偏振差异的目标识别技术

 分析了不同物体散射场偏振特性的差异,依据消光定理的矢量微扰解方法将物体散射场分为零阶和高阶解,零阶反射光可完全保持入射光的偏振度,高阶散射则会导致偏振度的降低,因而总散射光的偏振度依赖于散射表面的粗糙程度。提出了利用斯托克斯-穆勒体系测量物体消偏特性的方法并通过实验对一些物体作了测量,实验结果表明：光滑表面可以较好地保留入射光偏振度,而粗糙表面则有很强的消偏作用,因此偏振成像方法可有效地提高目标探测和识别效率。     

Propagation of polarized light in opals: Amplitude and phase anisotropy

The interaction of linearly polarized light with photonic crystals based on bulk and thin-film synthetic opals is studied. Experimental transmission spectra and spectra showing the polarization state of light transmitted through opals are discussed. A change in polarization is found for waves experiencing Bragg diffraction from systems of crystallographic planes of the opal lattice. It is shown that the polarization plane of the incident linearly polarized wave at the exit from photonic crystals can be considerably rotated. In addition, incident linearly polarized light can be transformed to elliptically polarized light with the turned major axis of the polarization ellipse. Analysis of polarization states of transmitted light by using the transfer-matrix theory and homogenization theory revealed good agreement between calculated and experimental spectra.     

Polarization of four-wave mixing with electromagnetically induced transparency

The dependence of four-wave mixing (FWM) generated in Rubidium (Rb) vapor with electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) window on polarizations of the incident fields is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The polarization properties of FWM signal under diverse laser polarization configurations are studied and compared. The results indicate that FWM signal is linear polarized when all incident fields are linear polarized. However, FWM becomes elliptical polarized if any incident field is elliptical polarized. Moreover, the polarizations of the incident fields also influence the dressing effect of the coupling field on FWM process. As the polarization of coupling field (or probe field) varying from linear to circular, the dressing effect gets stronger. By controlling the polarizations of the incident beams polarizations, we can manipulate the polarization state of FWM signal and the dressing effect as well.     

Coherence properties of the scattered electromagnetic field generated by anisotropic quasi-homogeneous media

The coherence properties of the scattered field generated by linearly polarized and uniformly unpolarized electromagnetic plane waves incident on anisotropic quasi-homogeneous media are studied. The analytical expressions for the spectral density and the spectral degree of coherence of the three dimensional scattered field are derived. The results of the numerical simulations indicate that not only the properties of the anisotropic media have a great effect on the coherence properties of the scattered field, but also the polarization of the incident wave. And most important, the effect of the polarization of the incident wave on the coherence properties of the scattered field nearly concerns the properties of the anisotropic media. There are also close and interesting relations between the coherence properties of the scattered field that generated by the anisotropic media and by the corresponding isotropic media.     

X-ray double phase retarders to compensate for off-axis aberration

An X-ray double phase retarder system composed of two transmission-type phase retarders is proposed and developed in order to compensate for off-axis aberration (phase-shift inhomogeneity due to angular divergence of incident X-rays). The scattering planes of the two phase retarders are set to be inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the plane of incident polarization, but the two phase retarders give Bragg reflections in opposite directions. By using this X-ray optical system, vertically polarized X-rays with a 0.99 degree of linear polarization were obtained from horizontally polarized synchrotron radiation with a horizontal beam divergence of 20 arcsec (0.1 mrad). This value is favorably compared with the value of 0.87 which was obtained using a conventional single phase retarder of identical total thickness, 627 microns. The comparison was made at the nickel K-absorption edge (8333 eV) with the condition that 47% of incident X-rays were transmitted through the two phase retarder crystals. The crystals were (100)-oriented diamond plates giving asymmetric 111 Laue reflections.     

In situ X-ray absorption fine structure detection of reversible photoinduced anisotropy in amorphous selenium

Photoinduced anisotropy in amorphous selenium ( a-Se) has been studied by in situ x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. It is found that upon irradiation with linearly polarized light the chainlike fragments in a-Se are oriented with their c-axis perpendicular to the polarization plane of the inducing light. This chain orientation is reversible, correlates with optical anisotropy, and acts as a prelude to photoinduced anisotropic crystallization. This optically controlled reorientation of molecular fragments in a solid can be a basis for future novel devices.     

折叠式角锥棱镜谐振腔的偏振特性理论与实验研究

建立了角锥棱镜的偏振模型,分析了角锥棱镜对入射线偏振光的偏振态的影响,分析表明角锥棱镜的单个入射区域存在特殊的偏振方向,该方向的线偏振光被角锥棱镜反射后仍然是线偏振光。利用角锥棱镜的该特性设计了腔内存在线偏振光振荡的角锥棱镜激光谐振腔,能够使用电光开关调Q,在振动环境中具有较好的抗失调稳定性。研制了激光器样机并进行了实验,在重复频率为10 Hz时,输出激光单脉冲能量大于300 mJ,光束质量因子β值在2左右,实验结果也表明角锥棱镜的棱和顶点并不影响输出激光的光束质量。     

STM analysis of triosmium carbonyl cluster adsorption at HOPG

The study of metallic carbonyl clusters as precursors in tailoring the heterogeneous metal catalysts has been of great importance. The catalytic nature of the adsorbed clusters in thin film form depends on the chemical properties of the substrate used. The metal-support interaction will determine various properties such as the surface morphology, adsorption features and the structural orientations. We report a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study of an osmium carbonyl cluster (Os₃(CO)₁₁(NCCH₃)) adsorbed on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). STM measurements showed that the osmium carbonyl cluster interacts with HOPG in such a way that it adsorbs on the basal plane showing regular lattice structure, whereas the axial planes of the HOPG surface shows no ordered structure. The regular cluster lattice structure of the carbonyl cluster on the basal plane of the graphite has lattice parameters of a=1.4 nm and b=1.5 nm. We believe that the regular orientation of the cluster indicates a monolayer adsorption of the cluster on the graphite basal planes. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements also indicated an insulating behavior for the cluster molecules on HOPG, with a significant energy gap value of ca. 300 mV. The cluster interaction at the active sites, i.e. axial planes of the graphite, was also observed by in situ STM measurements.     

Simple parametric representations of the polarization optical properties of birefringent biological tissues in reflection polarization spectroscopy

The use of polarization reflection spectroscopy for investigating complex scattering media, including orientationally ordered optically anisotropic elements, requires a special choice of output parameters (represented by spectra) that characterize polarized light scattering by objects under study because the standard characteristics, such as the Mueller matrices, depend on the azimuthal orientation of the medium. We propose compact and convenient sets of experimentally determined output parameters that involve separate detection of co- and cross-polarized components of light scattered by a sample irradiated by a normally incident linearly polarized beam and include characteristics invariant with respect to the azimuthal rotation of the sample.     

Self-diffraction of light waves by a nonlocal photorefractive grating in a crystal with the \bar 43m symmetry

A frequency-degenerate steady-state two-wave interaction on a dynamic transmitting phase grating formed in a cubic crystal of the $\bar 43m$ symmetry group with a nonlocal photorefractive response is considered in the paraxial approximation. The conservation laws for the nonlinear system of equations of coupled waves, derived for an arbitrary orientation of interaction relative to the crystallographic axes and the polarization of incident light waves, indicate that the contribution to energy exchange between the interacting waves may come from fluxes in different directions. The possibility of nonunidirectional energy pumping from one wave to the other upon a change in their polarization state due to the interaction is demonstrated. For the transverse configuration of the interaction and linear polarization of incident waves, explicit analytic expressions for the scalar amplitudes of the orthogonal components of the light field are derived in the linear approximation in the coefficient of modulation of the interference pattern of light. The possibility of rotation of the polarization planes of light waves without a change in their intensity is demonstrated. For three particular configurations, the dependence of the efficiency of interaction of linearly polarized waves on the reduced length, orientation of the polarization vectors of the incident light waves, and the ratio of their intensities are analyzed.     

各向异性蜂窝夹芯材料的电磁传输性能分析算法研究

蜂窝夹芯结构作为天线罩最常用的透波材料, 其电各向异性特征对电磁传输性能具有不可忽略的影响. 本文基于各向异性蜂窝夹芯材料对电磁波水平极化和垂直极化分量的有效介电常数, 建立了多层蜂窝夹芯材料的等效传输线网络传输方程, 并给出了其传输系数的计算公式.该计算公式由于考虑了材料的三维各向异性特征, 不仅理论上可以计算多层各向异性介质板对任意方向入射电磁波的传输系数, 而且能够揭示出材料方向角对传输性能的影响规律.同时, 通过传输线网络等效, 其计算效率远高于有限元等方法.数值算例表明, 本方法能够有效地揭示蜂窝夹芯材料的各向异性对其传输性能的影响, 计算结果在入射角为0°–80° 时与有限元法符合很好. 关键词： 电磁传输性能 电各向异性介质 蜂窝夹芯材料     

Manipulation of the overall polarization orientation in the focal volume of high numerical objectives

We propose an approach for tuning the three-dimensional polarization of a focusing subwavelength spot by a high numerical aperture objective. The incident beams are composed of a radially polarized beam, an azimuthally polarized beam, and a linearly polarized beam with three different weighting factors, respectively. A specially designed adjustable amplitude angular selector is also inserted at the back aperture of the objective for tuning the polarization azimuthally. It is shown that any desired overall polarization orientation can be obtained. We calculated the overall polarization orientation in the focal volume. It is found that the polar angle of the overall polarization orientation can be arbitrarily tuned by the combination of a radially polarized beam and a linearly polarized beam with different weighting factors, and the azimuthal angle can be tuned by rotating the orientation of the linearly polarized beam azimuthally.     

Polarization and power characteristics of pulsed dye lasers with transverse pumping

Starting from the classical theory on molecular luminescence in liquids, rate equation for two-polarization-mode laser oscillation under transverse pumping with intense excitation have been set forth neglecting the influence of orientational relaxation of the dye molecules. Hence, the laser output power and polarization under different configurations have been obtained. The results show that the dye laser is partially polarized even when the pump beam is unpolarized and no polarizing elements exist in the cavity. If we define a reference plane consisting of the axes of the pump beam and the dye laser, the laser system has to adopt the plane perpendicular to the reference plane as the polarization direction in order to yield a highly efficient, linearly polarized laser output. Experiments on a copper-vapor laser pumped dye laser verified these analytical results.