Determination of the optimal excitation frequency range in background flows

The chaotization of a vortical flow caused by a nonstationary incident flow is studied by the examples of several dynamically consistent models. It is shown that for relatively small values of excitation amplitude, the chaotization of such flows and, correspondingly, chaotic transport of passive scalars is determined by a small number of nonlinear resonances with frequencies close to the excitation frequency. Hence, the analysis of locations and overlaps of these resonances in the considered models makes it possible to derive fairly good estimates of excitation frequencies that are optimal for the chaotic transport.     

Storing optical information as a mechanical excitation in a silica optomechanical resonator

We report the experimental demonstration of storing optical information as a mechanical excitation in a silica optomechanical resonator. We use writing and readout laser pulses tuned to one mechanical frequency below an optical cavity resonance to control the coupling between the mechanical displacement and the optical field at the cavity resonance. The writing pulse maps a signal pulse at the cavity resonance to a mechanical excitation. The readout pulse later converts the mechanical excitation back to an optical pulse. The storage lifetime is determined by the relatively long damping time of the mechanical excitation.     

A method for imaging of chemical shift or magnetic field distributions

A phase encoding method for imaging of chemical shift or magnetic field distributions is described. The method utilizes the spin-echo principle and the time period between signal collection and excitation is constant but the time period between excitation and the 180 degrees pulse is varied by constant steps. The method is relatively easy to apply with the Fourier or projection reconstruction methods.     

The influence of spread of excitation on the detection of amplitude modulation imposed on sinusoidal carriers at high levels

The improvement in amplitude modulation (AM) detection thresholds with increasing level of a sinusoidal carrier has been attributed to listening on the high-frequency side of the excitation pattern, where the growth of excitation is more linear, or to an increase in the number of "channels" via spread of excitation. In the present study, AM detection thresholds were measured using a 1000-Hz sinusoidal carrier. Thresholds for modulation frequencies of 4-64 Hz improved by about 10-20 dB as the carrier level increased from 10 dB SL (14.5 dB SPL on average) to 80 dB SPL. To minimize the use of spread of excitation with an 80-dB carrier, tonal "restrictors" with frequencies of 501, 801, 1210, and 1510 Hz were used alone and in combination. High-frequency restrictors elevated AM detection thresholds, whereas low-frequency restrictors did not, indicating that excitation on the high side is more important for detecting AM. Results of modeling suggest that the improvement in AM detection thresholds at high levels is likely due to the use of a relatively linear growth of response on the high-frequency side of the excitation pattern.     

Phase control of the excitation of a two-level system with short laser pulses

The possibility of the phase control for the excitation of a quantum system in the discrete spectrum under the action of a short high-intensity laser pulse with a controlled phase is theoretically analyzed. The analysis is performed using the example of the simplest two-level system (TLS) employing a numerical solution to equations for the optical Bloch vector. It is demonstrated that the excitation probability and the mean dipole moment of the quantum system, which determine the normal luminescence and the superradiance in the TLS ensemble, respectively, substantially depend on the phase of the laser pulse for relatively short and powerful laser pulses.     

Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of an Aqueous Solution of Uranyl Cloride upon Laser and LED Excitation

The excitation of an aqueous solution of uranyl chloride by a 410-nm semiconductor LED and 266- and 448-nm lasers is found to induce intense photoluminescence: several bands in the blue-green spectral range (494 to 565 nm). Upon excitation of uranyl chloride aqueous solution by a 468-nm LED, the photoluminescence spectrum is a relatively narrow strong band peaking at 508 nm, which was interpreted as the transition from spontaneous photoluminescence to superluminescence. A lasing scheme (similar to that for dye lasers) has been proposed.     

UV excitation spectra of thermoluminescence in quartz

Thermoluminescence was excited at 300 K in natural quartz crystals by monochromatic ultraviolet radiation. The excitation spectra of the main glow peaks were measured in the spectral region 1150–2000 Å. A strong excitation maximum appeared for all measured glow peaks in the region of high absorbance on the long wavelength tail of a sharp reflectance peak at 1275 Å. Some glow peaks showed excitation maxima also at photon energies smaller than the absorption edge of the material. The dependence of the TL intensities on the dose of the exciting radiation was investigated for various glow peaks and excitation wavelengths. A sublinear dependence was recorded for some peaks by excitation at 1275 Å, while the same peaks showed a strictly linear dependence up to relatively high radiation doses, when excited at 1600 Å.     

Influence of the quantum-confined Stark effect on the temperature-induced photoluminescence blueshift of In GaN/GaN quantum wells in laser diode structures

Measurements of the excitation power-dependence and temperature-dependence photoluminescence(PL) are performed to investigate the emission mechanisms of In Ga N/Ga N quantum wells(QWs) in laser diode structures. The PL spectral peak is blueshifted with increasing temperature over a certain temperature range. It is found that the blueshift range was larger when the PL excitation power is smaller. This particular behavior indicates that carriers are thermally activated from localized states and partially screen the piezoelectric field present in the QWs. The small blueshift range corresponds to a weak quantum-confined Stark effect(QCSE) and a relatively high internal quantum efficiency(IQE) of the QWs.     

Very fast MR imaging by field echoes and small angle excitation

An MR imaging technique has been developed producing head and body images of diagnostic quality in only a few seconds acquisition time. The Fourier type imaging technique uses excitation with relatively small excitation angels, echoes produced by gradient inversion, and extremely fast profile repetition. A typical result at 0.5 T is an artifact-free head image of 128 x 128 resolution, 10 mm slice thickness in an acquisition time of 2 seconds.     

Conditions for the indistinguishability of thermal equilibrium and single atomic collision relative level populations

Single atomic collision and thermodynamic equilibrium level populations are compared. The population distributions for relatively cascade free levels with similar lifetimes are shown to be easily described by a Boltzmann relation even if the excitation mechanism is non-thermal.     

Coherence and correlation in laser excitation of semiconductor quantum wells

Il Nuovo Cimento D - The concept of coherence due to optical excitation of an ensemble of two-level atoms is relatively simple and well established. For the laser-excited electron-hole pairs or...     

Excitation characteristics of the IR luminescence in CU2O

Detailed luminescence excitation characteristics of the long-wave (0.93 μm), medium-wave (0.82 μm), and short-wave (0.72 μm) emission peaks in cuprous oxide were studied under pulsed dye laser excitation. The results show that the emission spectrum at 193 K contains only two peaks at 0.93 and 0.72 μm for excitation wavelenghts less than 5800 Å, and that for excitation wavelengths 5800 Å and longer an emission peak also appears at 0.82 μm. This medium wave band increases relatively faster with increase in wavelength until it becomes the dominant luminescent peak at an excitation wavelength of 6350 Å. All three emission peaks have much narrower excitation curves at 300 K than at 77 K, with the peak excitation wavelength shifting to longer wavelengths at higher temperature.     

The measurement of sound transmission at structural junctions by an impulse method

With short duration impulsive signals used to provide the excitation the vibration level difference across a T-junction of Perspex plates has been measured both as a function of frequency and angle of incidence. Problems associated with high velocity waves and relatively short path differences have been reduced or eliminated by suitable choice of material and geometry, and by use of spatial as well as temporal averaging. Problems associated with the dispersive nature of bending waves have been reduced by use of low pass filtering. Results are presented for point source excitation and comparison is made with plane wave excitation theory. In addition, plane wave excitation has been simulated by means of line averages of the plate response to a point source and these results are also presented and compared with the theoretical ones.     

Properties of magnetically coupled metamaterial elements

The birth of the subject of metamaterials, including many early contributions, is briefly reviewed. More specifically, a relatively new topic, the properties of waves on magnetically coupled metamaterial elements are discussed with particular reference to their dispersion characteristics, excitation and applications.     

Noncontact modal analysis of a pipe organ reed using airborne ultrasound stimulated vibrometry

The goal of this study was to excite and measure, in a noncontact manner, the vibrational modes of the reed from a reed organ pipe. To perform ultrasound stimulated excitation, the audio-range difference frequency between a pair of ultrasound beams produced a radiation force that induced vibrations. The resulting vibrational deflection shapes were measured with a scanning laser vibrometer. The resonances of any relatively small object can be studied in air using this technique. For a 36 mm x 6 mm brass reed, displacements and velocities in excess of 5 microm and 4 mm/s could be imparted at the fundamental frequency of 145 Hz. Using the same ultrasound transducer, excitation across the entire range of audio frequencies was obtained. Since the beam was focused on the reed, ultrasound stimulated excitation eliminated background effects observed during mechanical shaker excitation, such as vibrations of clamps and supports. The results obtained using single, dual and confocal ultrasound transducers in AM and two-beam modes, along with results obtained using a mechanical shaker and audio excitation using a speaker are discussed.     

磺基水杨酸的荧光光谱与荧光量子产率

报道了磺基水杨酸 (SSA)的荧光光谱和荧光量子产率。在 pH <2时 ,SSA无荧光 ,随pH升高 ,SSA荧光增强 ,在 pH 5～ 10 5之间 ,SSA有稳定的强荧光 ,最大发射波长为 4 0 2nm ,激发波长为 2 12 ,2 38和2 97nm。在 pH >13的强碱性条件下 ,SSA转变为另一种荧光型体 ,最大激发波长 2 6 1nm ,最大发射波长390nm。SSA浓度较高时 ,荧光激发光谱发生变化 ,但发射光谱不变。在近中性条件下 ,SSA稀溶液的荧光强度与浓度之间存在良好的线性关系 ,线性范围为 5～ 2 5 0ng·mL- 1 ,检测下限为 5ng·mL- 1 。以硫酸奎宁为参比 ,测量了SSA在不同波长下的荧光量子产率 ,在最大激发波长 2 97nm处的荧光量子产率为 0 5 4。     

Resonant radiationless excitation transfer to I2 molecules sorbed in pores of porous silicon

Resonant radiationless electronic excitation transfer to I₂ molecules sorbed in pores of porous silicon was observed. The mass-spectrometry technique was used to show that iodine excitation through the resonant transfer results in the desorption of sorbed I₂ molecules with relatively high kinetic energies (1?3 eV).     

Auto-tuning of a two-degree-of-freedom rotational pendulum absorber

A dynamic vibration absorber is effective in suppressing harmonic excitation by tuning its natural frequency to match the excitation frequency. The rotational pendulum absorber (RPA) has a wide-range of natural frequencies that are continuously tunable by setting a suitable rotational speed. In this paper it is shown how to automatically tune the rotational speed of a two-degree-of-freedom RPA by detecting the phase between the vibration of the primary structure and that of the RPA. For this purpose the speed response of the RPA is introduced in addition to the frequency response. It is seen that if the excitation frequency is above a critical value dependent on the parameters of the RPA, the second vibration mode of the RPA is effective, allowing a relatively low rotational speed for the pendulums. The speed tuning algorithm is tested on a flexible plate that is subject to excitations of around 80 Hz, which do not generate visible oscillations but emit audible noise instead. Experimental results confirm the noise-level reduction effect of the RPA.     

Tailored sinc pulses for uniform excitation and artifact-free radio frequency time-domain EPR imaging

A method to generate shaped radiofrequency pulses for uniform excitation of electron spins in time-domain radio frequency (RF) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) imaging is presented. A commercial waveform generator was integrated with the transmit arm of the existing time-domain RF-EPR spectrometer to generate tailored excitation pulses with sub-nano second resolution for excitation with a 90 degrees flip-angle. A truncated sinc [sin(x)/x] pulse, tailored to compensate for the Q-profile (RF frequency response) of the resonator, was shown to yield images from phantom objects as well as in vivo images, with minimal distortion. These studies point to the advantages in using shaped sinc pulses to achieve improved uniform excitation over a relatively wide bandwidth region in time-domain RF-EPR imaging (RF-FT-EPRI).     

原子数据库在研究同核异能态诱发辐射中的应用

如何人为地诱发同核异能态辐射,从而利用储存在其中的巨大能量,是个备受关注的交叉学科课题。利用原子物理过程进行触发是目前较为可行的方案,原子物理参数将在里面起到关键作用。介绍了一套高效率的原子数据库,目前该数据库可对原子序数小于96的元素所有电离度离子的能级结构信息进行快速扫描,从而筛选出一些可能通过原子过程触发的同核异能态体系。通过在197Au元素电子跃迁诱导核激发过程和178Hf元素电子俘获诱导核激发过程中的应用,展示了该数据库对寻找合适同核异能态体系的作用。