Oxyhemoglobin photodissociation efficiency in biological tissue exposed to laser radiation

We have obtained quantitative data on the differential (with respect to depth) and the integrated oxyhemoglobin photodissociation efficiency in the dermis when the skin surface is exposed to a light beam in the wavelength range 300–650 nm. With this aim, we have used our own previously developed optical model for skin tissue and analytical procedure for calculating the characteristics of optical fields in a medium. We have estimated the number of oxygen molecules formed at different depths in the medium, and also their integrated number over the entire thickness of the dermis as a function of the irradiation wavelength. We consider models for a dermis that is homogeneous with respect to depth and a dermis that has a layered structure. We show that the spectral photodissociation efficiency has a number of maxima associated with the absorption spectrum of oxyhemoglobin and the optical properties of all the layers of skin tissue. We discuss the effect of the epidermis on these maxima.     

Spectroscopic measurement of blood volume and its oxygenation in a small volume of tissue using red laser lights and differential calculation between two point detections

An optical method for measuring blood volume and its oxygenation in a small volume of tissue (<1 cm³) based on the Beer–Lambert law is proposed. Three red laser lights are used because the difference of absorption by oxy- and deoxy-haemoglobin is large, but the absorption of the light by tissue itself causes a large offset value. The scattered light was detected at two receiving points, and the differential calculation between the values obtained from the receiving points were examined to eliminate the offset value. The result shows that the blood volume in skin is obtained from the regression analysis without the offset value. This method was evaluated by using a simple model which contained real blood. The relationship between the concentration of erythrocyte and the output of this method shows good linearity. Also, measuring depth as a function of the distance between incident and receiving points was estimated by using plastic plates having similar optical properties to skin. The maximum measuring depth was almost linear to the distance.     

果皮厚度对水果组织中光传输特性的影响

水果产品品质检测技术在水果的生产和消费中起着十分重要的作用。利用水果产品的光学特性进行无损检测是水果品质无损检测与分级技术中最实用的和最成功的技术之一。深入研究光在水果组织中的输运规律,对于水果产品品质的光学检测有着十分重要的意义。本文以仁果类薄皮水果苹果和厚皮水果柑橘为例,建立果皮和果肉两层组织模型,利用蒙特卡罗法模拟了808 nm的波长下高斯光束在水果组织中传输的光学特性,揭示了水果果皮厚度对光在组织中的传输特性如漫反射率、透射率、内部吸收率和穿透深度等特性的影响,分析了果肉组织的检测效率。研究结果表明,果皮越厚,透射率和穿透深度越小,果皮比果肉的光吸收能量密度在径向距离上的分布范围更广,随着水果组织内部深度的增加,光吸收能量密度逐渐减小,径向方向减弱的更快。而对于漫反射率,在径向距离0.2～1.2 cm之间,果皮越薄漫反射率越小,在1.2～4.0 cm之间,果皮越厚漫反射率越小。此研究结果表明在用光学检测方法对水果进行无损检测和分级时,无论是透射或反射测量,果皮厚度和光束的相互作用都不应忽视,也为不同类型的水果产品设计更为有效的光学检测装置(如光源的强度、检测器的大小以及位置等)提供了理论基础,对于水果产品品质的光学检测有着十分重要的意义。     

Design and tolerance analysis of optical interleaver based on retardant crystals

A set of recursion equations was developed for the design of an optical interleaver based on retardant crystals and a third-order optical interleaver with maximally flat passband was designed accordingly. The fabrication tolerance for the retardant crystals was simulated based on crosstalk consideration. Given crosstalk requirement of −25 dB, the tolerance for the crystal thickness and axis orientation was obtained as 0.91 μm and 0.51°, respectively.     

Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a quantized four-level graphene nanostructure

In this paper, a new model is proposed for manipulating the Kerr nonlinearity of right-hand circular probe light in a monolayer of graphene nanostructure. By using the density matrix equations and quantum optical approach, the third-order susceptibility of probe light is explored numerically. It is realized that the enhanced Kerr nonlinearity with zero linear absorption can be provided by selecting the appropriate quantities of controllable parameters, such as Rabi frequency and elliptical parameter of elliptical polarized coupling field. Our results may be useful applications in future all-optical system devices in nanostructures.     

Wave field localization in a prestressed functionally graded layer

Characteristic features of wave field formation caused by a surface source of harmonic vibration in a prestressed functionally graded layer are investigated. It is assumed that the elastic moduli and the density of the material vary with depth according to arbitrary laws. The initial material of the medium is represented by a model hyperelastic material with third-order elastic moduli. The boundary-value problem for a set of Lamè equations is reduced to a set of Cauchy problems with initial conditions, which is solved by the Runge–Kutta–Merson method modified to fit the specific problem under study. Considering shear vibrations of a functionally graded layer as an example, effects of the type of its inhomogeneity, variations in its properties, and nature of its initial stressed state on the displacement distribution in depth are investigated. Special attention is paid to characteristic features of displacement localization in a layer with an interface-type inclusion near critical frequencies. A direct relation between the inhomogeneous layer structure and the type of displacement localization in depth is demonstrated. It is found that the role of initial stresses and variations in material parameters considerably increases in the vicinities of critical frequencies.     

Numerical study of the current conduction in single-layer organic light-emitting devices

A numerical model for the current conduction in single-layer organic light-emitting devices is established under the basis of trapped charge-limited conduction with an exponential trap distribution. The dependences of the current density on the operation voltage, the thickness of the organic layer, and the trap properties are numerically studied. The current density decreases nearly exponentially with the thickness of the organic layer and the relative trap depth (l), and it is inversely proportional to the lth power of the total trap density. The results from simulations for the current–voltage characteristics agree very well with those from experiments. PACS 78.60.Fi; 75.40.Mg; 73.21.Ac     

悬浮二维晶体材料反射光谱和光致发光光谱的周期性振荡现象

研究了在二氧化硅/硅衬底上制备的悬浮石墨烯以及二硫化钼的反射光谱以及悬浮二硫化钼的光致发光光谱.研究发现:悬浮多层石墨烯的反射光谱表现出明显的振荡现象,并且该振荡具有一定的周期性;振荡周期的大小不依赖于悬浮多层石墨烯的层数,而是随着衬底上沉孔深度(空气层厚度)的增加而减小.利用多重光学干涉模型可以解释这种振荡现象以及振荡周期随沉孔深度改变的变化趋势.该模型计算结果表明,只有当沉孔深度达到微米量级时这种振荡现象才会显著出现;并且可由振荡周期定量地确定出沉孔深度.对于悬浮的二硫化钼样品,其反射光谱和光致发光光谱也出现了类似的振荡现象.这表明这种振荡现象是在各种衬底上悬浮二维材料反射光谱和光致发光光谱的一种普遍性结果,也预示悬浮二维材料器件的电致发光光谱也会出现类似的振荡现象,对悬浮二维晶体材料的物理性质和器件性能研究具有一定的参考价值.     

具有三种颜色的白癜风皮肤的荧光光谱

将荧光光谱方法应用于具有三种颜色的白癜风皮肤特性的研究,在对荧光测量以及皮肤组织病理检查的基础上,建立了三色白癜风皮肤的光学模型,分析了皮肤黑色素的含量与分布,并进行了蒙特卡罗计算,其结果与实测结果基本一致。研究表明:具有三种颜色的白癜风皮肤可作为一个较好的皮肤黑色素含量与分布的模型;荧光光谱法可以探测到皮肤较深层(真皮层)的黑色素分布或其他组织光学特性;所建立的白癜风皮肤的光学模型及建模方法,所采用的光谱比率法等可以在皮肤光学的其他研究中应用。     

Light propagation for time-domain fluorescence diffuse optical tomography by convolution using lifetime function

Time-domain light propagation in biological tissue is studied by solving the forward problem for fluorescence diffuse optical tomography using a convolution of the zero-lifetime emission light and the exponential function for a finite lifetime. We firstly formulate the fundamental equations in a time-domain assuming that the fluorescence lifetime is equal to zero, and then the solution including the lifetime is obtained by convolving the emission light and the lifetime function. The model is a two-dimensional (2-D) 10 mm-radius circle with the optical properties simulating biological tissue for the near infrared light, and contains some inclusions with fluorophores. Temporal and spatial profiles of excitation and emission light are calculated and discussed for several models with different inclusions. The results are physically reasonable and will be used for the inverse problem of fluorescence diffuse optical tomography.     

Sensitive measurement of radiation trapping in cold-atom clouds by intensity correlation detection

We present experimental evidence that the intensity correlations of light scattered from a cold-atom cloud are sensitive to the presence of small amounts of radiation trapping in an atomic sample of density 6 x 10(8)/cm3, with an optical depth (for a resonant light beam) of 0.4. This density and optical depth are approximately an order of magnitude less than the density and on-resonance optical depth at which effects of multiple scattering in cold-atom clouds have been previously observed [Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 408 (1990)].     

加偏置电场的双曲线量子阱中线性与三阶非线性光学吸收系数的计算

利用紧致密度矩阵近似方法,研究了加偏置电场双曲线量子阱中的线性与三阶非线性光学吸收系数. 得到了该系统中的线性与三阶非线性光学吸收系数的解析表达式.分析了势阱的形状、外加电场的大小以及入射光场的强度对吸收系数的影响规律. 文章以典型的AlxGa1－xAs/ GaAs双曲线量子阱为例作了数值计算.结果表明：随着势阱宽度的增加,系统的吸收系数将减小;随着外加电场的增加,系统的非对称性增加,系统的吸收系数将增加;随着外加光场强度的增加,系统的吸收系数将减小,并且当光强增加到一定值时会出现明显的饱和吸收现象,这一结论为进一步的实验研究提供了相应的理论依据.     

Monte Carlo simulation of spectral reflectance using a multilayered skin tissue model

A nine-layered skin tissue model is newly developed for the Monte Carlo simulation of spectral reflectance. The derivation of the necessary parameters for each of the nine layers in the simulation is presented, in which the parameters used in the conventional three-layered model are modified on the basis of some histological findings on skin and reported examples. Using appropriate optical and geometrical parameters, simulated spectra can be produced that agree well with measured spectra. This approach provides a flexible means of spectral fitting to measured results and of estimating changes in the parameters of skin tissue.     

Electrical pumping of a third-order mode semiconductor laser

AlGaAs-based quantum well laser structures with third-order waveguide mode emission at 775 nm are a promising route toward compact twin-photon sources at 1.55 μm based on the principle of modal phase matching between the pumping frequency and fundamental modes at half frequency in III–V semiconductor waveguides. Following the demonstration and characterization of an optically pumped third-order mode semiconductor laser, in this paper we present data of the corresponding structure under conditions of electrical pumping. By pumping electrically and optically the same sample made for current injection, identical transverse far-field angular laser mode profiles are measured and with very low parasitic losses. Although they do not follow the third-order mode emission pattern as it is expected, however this means that the different way of pumping, that of the electrical one as compared to optical pumping is not responsible for the absence of third-order mode emission. Furthermore, since the undoped optically pumped laser sample correctly emits on the third-order mode, it is concluded that the cladding layers of the structure still need to be optimized in doping and thickness, in order to reduce the internal losses for the third-order mode.     

Klein tunneling of a quasirelativistic Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice

A proof-of-principle experiment simulating effects predicted by relativistic wave equations with ultracold atoms in a bichromatic optical lattice that allows for a tailoring of the dispersion relation is reported. We observe the analog of Klein tunneling, the penetration of relativistic particles through a potential barrier without the exponential damping that is characteristic for nonrelativistic quantum tunneling. Both linear (relativistic) and quadratic (nonrelativistic) dispersion relations are investigated, and significant barrier transmission is observed only for the relativistic case.     

Nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in semiparabolic quantum wells

The linear and third-order nonlinear optical absorptions in semiparabolic quantum wells are studied in detail. Analytic formulas for the linear and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficients are obtained using the compact density matrix approach. Based on this model, numerical results are presented for typical GaAs/AlGaAs semiparabolic quantum wells. The results show that the factors of the incident optical intensity and the semiparabolic confinement frequency have great influences on the total optical absorption coefficients.     

In-situ dual-port polarization contrast imaging of Faraday rotation in a high optical depth ultracold 87Rb atomic ensemble

We study the effects of high optical depth and density on the performance of a light-atom quantum interface. An in-situ imaging method, a dual-port polarization contrast technique, is presented. This technique is able to compensate for image distortions due to refraction. We propose our imaging method as a tool to characterize atomic ensembles for high capacity spatial multimode quantum memories. Ultracold dense inhomogeneous rubidium samples are imaged and we find a resonant optical depth as high as 680 on the D1 line. The measurements are compared with light-atom interaction models based on Maxwell-Bloch equations. We find that an independent atom assumption is insufficient to explain our data and present corrections due to resonant dipole-dipole interactions.     

扬声器辐射体旋转薄壳的谐波失真

研究了扬声器辐射体旋转薄壳几何非线性引起的谐波失真。采用摄动法和有限元法确定了2次和3次谐波振型,计算了薄壳材料参数和几何参数对谐波失真的影响。结果表明扬声器薄壳谐波失真的机制是分割振动模态的基波共振和超谐波共振,以基波共振为主。采用高阻尼、大杨氏模量和低密度的振膜材料可以降低振膜谐波失真;厚度对谐波失真的峰值影响不大;锥壳半顶角过大,可使3次谐波明显增大。      

激光气象雷达多次后向散射信号特性分析

利用小角近似方法，分别给出了单次和多次后向散射激光雷达方程.通过引入的多次散射评价参量，分析了接收视场角和光学厚度等因素对多次后向散射信号的影响.理论研究表明:多次后向散射主要与接收视场角和光学厚度密切相关，当接收视场角比发射视场角大10倍，光学厚度超过3时, 多次后向散射信号逐渐增大并占主要优势，当接收视场角比发射视场角大100倍时，光学厚度超过1时，多次后向散射信号开始明显增强.     

Analysis of a widely tunable long-period grating by use of an ultrathin cladding layer and higher-order cladding mode coupling

A widely tunable long-period grating in single-mode fiber is analyzed by use of an ultrathin cladding layer and higher-order cladding mode coupling. The numerical simulation shows that a 225-nm tuning range in the newly designed ultrathin long-period grating (cladding thickness, 35 microm) with third-order cladding mode coupling can be obtained. The analyzed tuning range is seven times wider than those of the other known long-period gratings. We believe that the proposed highly sensitive long-period grating will be widely used as a gain-flattening filter for ultrawideband optical amplifiers and fast tunable filters in dynamic optical communication systems.