Laser photolysis as applied to the determination of the two-photon absorption cross section of <Emphasis Type="Italic">trans</Emphasis>-stilbene

The two-photon absorption (TPA) cross section of an ethanol solution of trans-stilbene exposed to radiation of the second harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser (532 nm) of nanosecond duration has been determined using the method based on the measurement of the photodecomposition of trans-stilbene molecules, characterized by a low photostability. The measured TPA cross section of trans-stilbene in ethanol amounts to 25 ± 5 GM, and the photodecomposition quantum yield determined upon excitation by radiation of the fourth harmonic of the Nd:YAG laser (266 nm) is found to be γ = 0.10 ± 0.01. The obtained value of the TPA cross section has been compared with the experimental and theoretical data of other authors. The method of photodecomposition can be successfully used for the experimental determination of the TPA cross section of compounds unstable under the photoexcitation such as photochromic molecules, biological objects, and radical photoinitiators.     

Yb–Er doped composite fiber with silicate clad and phosphate core prepared by stack-and-draw method

We report on a single-clad fiber with heavily Yb–Er-doped phosphate core and silicate clad. The calculated core NA is ~0.11. The diffusion is slight between the core and clad due to the small drawing temperature contrast between the phosphate and silicate glass. A strong ASE was obtained with central wavelength of 1534 nm.     

Stimulated emission from PbS‐quantum dots in glass matrix

The luminescence behavior of PbS‐quantum dots in glass matrix (PbS:Glass) is investigated. Steady‐state and time‐resolved photoluminescence are applied in a wide range of excitation densities up to pulse energies exceeding 50 µJ/cm². While perfect linear recombination is observed across four orders of magnitude, an additional radiative recombination mechanism emerges at an excitation density of 1 µ J/cm² per pulse at 390 nm excitation and increases the external quantum efficiency. The time constant of this process is ∼20–40 ps. It is ascribed to stimulated emission. No hint to any non‐linear non‐radiative processes such as Auger recombination is observed. Thermal effects, however, still set limits. This is encouraging news for PbS:Glass as potential laser material.     

High Quantum Efficiency of Nd3+ Ions in a Phosphate Glass System using the Judd–Ofelt Theory

The optical properties of trivalent neodymium embedded in a P₂O₅–Al₂O₃–Na₂O–K₂O phosphate glass system, synthesized by the fusion method, are studied. Absorption, luminescence, lifetime, and Raman spectroscopy measurements were performed and the Judd–Ofelt theory was applied to determine optical parameters such as the quantum efficiency and the stimulated emission cross section of the Nd³⁺-doped glass system. This structure has high quantum efficiency at low Nd³⁺ concentrations, comparable to the efficiency of a commercial YAG:Nd³⁺ crystal. We discuss the mechanisms responsible for the high quantum efficiency observed in the proposed phosphate glass system.     

Efficient quasi-three-level Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm pumped by a tunable external cavity tapered diode laser

Using a tunable external cavity tapered diode laser (ECDL) pumped quasi-three-level Nd:YAG laser, a fivefold reduction in threshold and twofold increase in slope efficiency is demonstrated when compared to a traditional broad area diode laser pump source. A TEM₀₀ power of 800 mW with 65% slope efficiency is obtained, the highest reported TEM₀₀ power from any 946 nm Nd:YAG laser pumped by a single emitter diode laser pump source. A quantum efficiency of 0.85 has been estimated from experimental data using a simple quasi-three-level model. The reported value is in good agreement with published values, suggesting that the model is adequate. Improvement of the 946 nm laser due to the ECDL's narrow spectrum proves to be less significant when compared to its spatial quality, inferring a broad spectrum tapered diode laser pump source may be most practical. Experimental confirmation of such setup is given.     

A study of cathodoluminescent characteristics of YAG:Nd3+

The following cathodoluminescent characteristics of a YAG:Nd³⁺ crystal are studied at room and liquid-nitrogen temperatures: the decay times of cathodoluminescence of the transitions upon termination of excitation and the Nd-concentration dependence of the cathodoluminescent properties of the crystal. Detailed cathodoluminescent spectra are obtained in the visible and near-UV spectral ranges (≈260–800 nm) with a resolution of 0.1 nm and the band positions are determined to an accuracy of 0.4 nm. The YAG:Nd³⁺ emission spectrum is interpreted according to the obtained data.     

用光线量子论研究掺铒磷酸盐玻璃微球发光的形貌共振

介绍微腔研究理论的发展和微球腔中的光线量子论。测试了488nm激光激发下掺铒磷酸盐玻璃微球的1533nm荧光光谱，分析其谱线中的形貌共振现象及形成机制，并将掺铒磷酸盐玻璃微球的荧光光谱和掺铒磷酸盐体玻璃的荧光光谱进行比较。从实验中得到了掺铒磷酸盐玻璃微球产生的单模振荡幅度。     

Study of polarized luminescence in erbium-doped laser glasses

A partial polarization of luminescence in laser phosphate and silicate erbium-doped glasses was found to take place for the fundamental laser transition ⁴ I _13/2→⁴ I _15/2 (λ=1.55 μm) under excitation by linearly polarized laser radiation (532 and 790–990 nm). The shape of the luminescence spectrum depends on the wavelength of the exciting light and on the composition of the glass matrix. The degree of polarization of the luminescence depends on the spectral range of both the excitation and the detection, attaining a maximum of ～1%. The concentration dependence of the degree of polarization is studied.     

Absorption and emission properties of Bi-doped Mg–Al–Si oxide glass system

A new Bi-doped Mg–Al–silicate glass is suggested and investigated. It can be fabricated by moderate-temperature routine technology. The characteristic relaxation time of 300–800 μs in combination with the high quantum yield (up to 85%) and wide excitation spectrum makes this glass a promising laser material. The obtained quadratic dependence of the visible absorption intensity is an argument in favor of the hypothesis that the absorption and infrared luminescence in Bi-doped glasses are caused by Bi₂ dimers.     

白光LED用硅酸盐基质发光粉的制备及其封装特性

在还原气氛下采用高温固相法合成了Eu²⁺激活的硅酸盐基质白光LED用发光粉,运用扫描电子显微镜和荧光分光光度计分别对发光粉的形貌和激发、发射光谱进行了表征,并对其与YAG发光粉的封装特性进行了对比研究。结果表明,合成的硅酸盐基质白光LED用发光粉其激发光谱覆盖范围宽。采用不同波段的LED芯片进行封装时,和YAG发光粉相比,其色坐标、显色指数和流明效率波动不大,尤其是流明效率波动仅在8%左右,而且其老化性能也和YAG发光粉差别不大。对其和YAG LED的相对发射光谱研究表明,硅酸盐更适合暖白光LED的封装,硅酸盐发光粉粒径与封装流明效率规律变化的研究结果表明,较大粒径的硅酸盐发光粉有可能在大功率LED上有潜在的应用前景。     

Laser-induced fluorescence temperature determination in fuel–air mixtures without additional fluorescence tracers

A concept for temperature determination of fuel–air mixtures using Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) is presented. For this purpose the fluorescence spectra of gasoline were measured after excitation by frequency quadrupled Nd:YAG laser light at 266 nm in a temperature range between 373 K and 448 K. Experiments were performed with colorless near-standard gasoline conforming to the Euro-super specifications. It is shown that the intensities of two fluorescence bands (290–302 nm and 332–344 nm) can be used to determine the temperature.     

Fluorescence quantum yield of carbon dioxide for quantitative UV laser-induced fluorescence in high-pressure flames

The fluorescence quantum yield for ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence of CO₂ is determined for selected excitation wavelengths in the range 215–250 nm. Wavelength-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of CO₂, NO, and O₂ are measured in the burned gases of a laminar CH₄/air flame (φ=0.9 and 1.1) at 20 bar with additional NO seeded into the flow. The fluorescence spectra are fit to determine the relative contribution of the three species to infer an estimate of fluorescence quantum yield for CO₂ that ranges from 2–8×10^?6 depending on temperature and excitation wavelength with an estimated uncertainty of ±0.5×10^?6. The CO₂ fluorescence signal increases linearly with gas pressure for flames with constant CO₂ mole fraction for the 10 to 60 bar range, indicating that collisional quenching is not an important contributor to the CO₂ fluorescence quantum yield. Spectral simulation calculations are used to choose two wavelengths for excitation of CO₂, 239.34 and 242.14 nm, which minimize interference from LIF of NO and O₂. Quantitative LIF images of CO₂ are demonstrated using these two excitation wavelengths and the measured fluorescence quantum yield.     

Glucose-induced changes in the optical properties of Intralipid

Photoacoustic and optical measurement techniques were used in this paper to study glucose-induced changes in Intralipid suspensions. Optical energy was provided by a Nd:YAG laser at 1064 and 532 nm and a picosecond laser module at 906 nm. As detectors, the setup employed a photoacoustic detector, PIN diode, and streak camera. Increasing the glucose content of the suspensions increased the refractive indices of the studied media. This served to decrease the refractive index mismatch between the background and the scattering particles and led consequently to decreased scattering, which then affected both the peak-to-peak value of the photoacoustic signals and the transmitted optical pulses. At 1064 nm, glucose changed the peak-to-peak value of the photoacoustic signal more in 1% than in 2% Intralipid. In addition, the glucose-induced change in the transmitted pulse amplitude was less noticeable at 532 than at 1064 nm in 1% Intralipid. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

掺铜磷酸盐和氟磷酸盐玻璃的光谱研究

本文对掺铜Ca-Al磷酸盐玻璃和、Na-Mg-Ca-Sr-Ba-Al氟磷酸盐玻璃分别作了吸收光谱、ESR谱、激发光谱、荧光光谱和荧光寿命测定。实验结果表明,玻璃中的Cu2+在近红外有一吸收带,属于畸变0h格位中2Eg→2T2g的跃迁。Cu+在紫外区有一吸收带,属于3d10→3d94s1跃迁。用紫外激发,玻璃中Cu+在可见区有一较宽的发光带。磷酸盐玻璃中,荧光峰值位于458nm。氟磷酸盐玻璃中,荧光峰值位于420nm。前者荧光寿命为26μs,后者为60μs。     

ZnO对硫硒化镉量子点玻璃发光性能的影响

以CdS、Se、Zn粉和玻璃基质为原料,采用高温熔融法制备了CdS_xSe_(1-x)量子点硅酸盐玻璃,研究了ZnO含量对CdS_xSe_(1-x)量子点发光玻璃微观结构及发光性能的影响。结果表明:ZnO对CdS_xSe_(1-x)量子点玻璃的发光性能有显著的影响,紫外-可见吸收光谱和荧光光谱分析结果说明在470 nm蓝光激发下,掺Zn O的CdS_xSe_(1-x)量子点玻璃中CdS_xSe_(1-x)量子点处于强限域区,出现了强烈的带边激子发射现象,证明量子点具有明显的量子尺寸效应。当样品中ZnO的质量分数为13%时,荧光光谱峰强最大,半峰宽最窄。     

Luminescence quantum efficiency of Mn2+ states in ZnS as studied by photoacoustic spectroscopy

Photoacoustic spectroscopy is employed to determine the luminescence quantum efficiency of Mn²⁺ in ZnS. Three spectra, photoacoustic spectrum, luminescence excitation spectrum and absorption spectrum, are compared. It is observed that the photoacoustic spectrum and the excitation spectrum behave complementarily. Radiative quantum efficiencies of the five excited states for Mn²⁺ have been determined.     

Photoacoustic phase shift as a chemically selective spectroscopic parameter

The phase information obtained in photoacoustic experiments can be used to separate the signals originating from chemical species with overlapping absorption spectra. This approach was applied to quantify parts per million CO levels in propylene using quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy and a quantum cascade laser as an excitation source. The experimental data were used to evaluate V–T relaxation rates of CO and N₂O in propylene. PACS 42.62.Fi; 43.35.Sx     

Frequency shifting of sub-100 fs laser pulses by stimulated Raman scattering in a capillary filled with pressurized gas

The technique of Raman conversion of sub-100 fs laser pulses based on excitation of active medium by two orthogonally polarized pulses has been developed for Raman lasers with a glass capillary. 52 fs Stokes pulse at the wavelength of 1200 nm has been generated by stimulated Raman scattering of 48 fs Ti:sapphire laser pulse at the wavelength of 800 nm in hydrogen. 13% energy conversion efficiency has been achieved at pulse repetition rate up to 2 kHz.     

Comparison of FÖrster-Resonance-Energy-Transfer Acceptors for Tryptophan and Tyrosine Residues in Native Proteins as Donors

Homogenous bioaffinity analysis with tryptophan/tyrosine residues in native proteins as FÖrster-resonance-energy-transfer (FRET) donors is feasible when suitable fluorophors can act as FRET acceptors in ligands (FRET probes) and FRET efficiency in complexes of proteins and FRET probes is high enough. In complexes of proteins and FRET probes, suitable acceptors should have excitation peaks around 335 nm and high rotation freedom, are preferred to have sufficient quantum yields and excitation valleys around 280 nm. In protein binding sites mimicked with mixtures of neutral phosphate buffer and organic solvents, quantum yields of candidate acceptors are altered inconsistently but their excitation peaks show tiny changes. Fluorophores as acceptors in such FRET probes are buried inside glutathione-S-transferase and have low rotation freedom, but are localized on streptavidin surface and display high rotation freedom; FRET efficiency in complexes of streptavidin and its FRET probes is much stronger than that in complexes of glutathione-S-transferase and its FRET probes. Specially, the quantum yield is about 0.70 for free 1-naphthylamine probe in neutral phosphate buffer, about 0.50 for 1-naphthylamine probe bound by streptavidin, and about 0.15 for that bound by glutathione-S-transferase. The quantum yield is about 0.06 for free dansylamide probe, about 0.11 for dansylamide probe bound by streptavidin and about 0.27 for that bound by glutathione-S-transferase. Therefore, 1-naphthylamine and dansylamide are effective acceptors when they localize on surfaces of complexes of proteins and FRET probes.     

超声换能器带宽对光声成像的影响

研究了不同尺寸吸收体产生的光声压的频谱特性：对于厘米量级、毫米量级和几百个微米量级的吸收体,产生光声压频谱的主要范围分别约为20～300kHz、70kHz～2．5MHz和400kHz～20MHz;讨论了不同频率范围的光声信号对重建图像的影响,低频段的光声信号能反映物体的非边界区域,而高频段的光声信号能突出物体的细微结构,尤其是物体的边界特征。提出了不同尺寸的吸收体要选用或设计不同带宽范围的探测器进行检测的方法．当探测器的带宽范围与光声压频谱范围基本吻合时,损失的频率成份较少,重建的光声图像效果较好,这一结论在仿真和实验结果中都得到了证明。实验用的光源为YAG激光器,波长为532nm,重复频率为30Hz,脉宽为7ns,探测器为针状的PVDF膜水听器,接收面积的直径为1mm。