New Spectroscopy for Photo-Induced Phenomena Using Combination of Synchrotron Radiation and Laser

The new experimental systems for investigating the photo-induced phenomena have been constructed. They consist of the photoelectron spectroscopy system based on the synchrotron radiation, the laser system based on the mode-locked pulse lasers, and the experimental system for time-resolved measurements. The systems have been applied to study the surface photo-voltage (SPV) effects on the surfaces of GaAs (100) and GaAs-GaAsP superlattice. The results showed that the temporal profiles of the surface photo-voltage effects have several components in the nano- and micro-second ranges, which depend on the surface conditions.     

Multiple interactions of muons in BUST

Analysis of the experimental data for a long period of Baksan underground scintillation telescope (BUST) operation to search for very-high-energy muons is presented. The phenomenological parameters and the sensitivity of the method of multiple interactions, based on the concepts of the pair-meter technique, are discussed. The experimental distributions are compared with the results of calculations for a “conventional” muon spectrum, based on 3D simulation of muon passage through the telescope.     

Silver Nanocube Aggregates in Cylindrical Pores for Higher Refractive Index Plasmonic Sensing

We report on silver nanocubes (AgNCs) infiltrated into cylindrical nanopores of porous alumina membranes (PAM) with an outstanding chemical sensitivity based on refractive index sensing (RIS) measurements. Numerical simulations performed using the finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) method suggested that the enhanced sensitivity is based mainly on the inter‐pore coupling plasmonic effect. This effect is related to plasmonic amplification based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) coupling between AgNCs located at the pore walls of neighboring cylindrical pores and separated by a nanoscale wall. Results are discussed for different aggregation scenarios ranging from individual nanocubes through pentamers on a flat glass surface, a flat alumina surface, and a concave local shape representing the experimental conditions. An experimental RIS sensitivity of about 770 nm per refractive index unit was found to be more than an order of magnitude higher for silver nanocube aggregates within cylindrical pores than that observed for ordinary planar substrates.     

基于相关光子的光辐射定标方法研究

为提高定标精度,提出一种基于相关光子的光辐射定标方法,它是一种独立于基于辐射源和基于探测器的定标方法。利用351．1 nm的激光抽运BBO晶体产生的相关光子,建立了一套基于相关光子的光辐射定标系统,分析了它的原理和实验装置,给出符合测量系统,并对结果进行了讨论。结果表明,该系统定标的光电倍增管(R2949)在702．2 nm的量子效率为(5．960±0．003)%,与其在这一波长的量子效率典型值的相对误差约为1．0%,测量结果的相对合成标准不确定度为2．61%。     

The photoelectron spectrum and molecular geometry of bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane

The He(I) photoelectron spectrum of bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane shows excellent correlation with a theoretical spectrum based on the eigenvalues obtained in an ab initio calculation at the theoretical molecular geometry. By contrast, a calculation performed at the experimental geometry exhibits an effect of enhanced ring strain in showing a first ionization energy which is considerably lower than the experimental value. This observation offers experimental support for the recent claim that the published structure for bicyclo [2.1.1]hexane based on electron-diffraction measurements is incorrect. It also accounts for inconsistencies observed in the calculated values of some spin—spin coupling constants for substituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes.     

An artificial neural networks approach to model and predict the relationship between the grounding resistance and length of buried electrode in the soil

This paper presents a technique based on the development of an artificial neural network (ANN) model for modeling and predicting the relationship between the grounding resistance and length of an electrode buried in the soil based on experimental data. The results indicate the strong agreement between the model prediction and experimental values. The statistical analysis shows that the R² values were 0.995 and 0.925 for the training and testing sets, respectively.     

Optoelectronic Butterfly Interconnection Implementation of an n-bit Parallel Full Addition and Subtraction

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Scale-up of vortex based hydrodynamic cavitation devices: A case of degradation of di-chloro aniline in water

Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is being increasingly used in a wide range of applications. Unlike ultrasonic cavitation, HC is scalable and has been used at large scale industrial applications. However, no information about influence of scale on performance of HC is available in the open literature. In this work, we present for the first time, experimental data on use of HC for degradation of complex organic pollutants in water on four different scales (~200 times scale-up in terms of capacity). Vortex based HC devices offer various advantages like early inception, high cavitational yield and significantly lower propensity to clogging and erosion. We have used vortex based HC devices in this work. 2,4 dichloroaniline (DCA) – an aromatic compound with multiple functional groups was considered as a model pollutant. Degradation of DCA in water was performed using vortex-based HC devices with characteristic throat dimension, d_t as 3, 6, 12 and 38 mm with scale-up of almost 200 time based on the flow rates (1.3 to 247 LPM). Considering the experimental constraints on operating the largest scale HC device, the experimental data is presented here at only one value of pressure drop across HC device (280 kPa). A previously used per-pass degradation model was extended to describe the experimental data for the pollutant used in this study and a generalised form is presented. The degradation performance was found to decrease with increase in the scale and then plateaus. Appropriate correlation was developed based on the experimental data. The developed approach and presented results provide a sound basis and a data set for further development of comprehensive multi-scale modelling of HC devices.     

Size and Shape Prediction of Colloidal Metal Oxide MgBaFeO Particles from Light Scattering Measurements

The size and structure of colloidal metal oxide (MgBaFeO) particles are determined using an Elliptically Polarized Light Scattering (EPLS) technique. The approach is based on a hybrid experimental/theoretical study where the experimental data are compared against predictions obtained using a T-Matrix model that accounts for particle shape irregularities. A power-law distribution function with two parameters is employed to account for the particle size distribution. The refractive index of the particles in ethyl alcohol is calculated based on the Maxwell-Garnet formula. The experiments are conducted using a second-generation nephelometer. It is shown that the current EPLS measurements can effectively be used for identification of both the shape and the size of the colloids.     

低相干光断层扫描系统的噪声分析与研究

低相干光断层扫描,是近十几年来发展起来集多种前沿科学和技术为一体的超高精度成像技术。介绍了该技术的理论原理及本实验室建立的基于时域线性调制和光纤迈克耳孙干涉仪的低相干光断层扫描系统并给出了初步的实验结果。重点对光源谱型和参考臂扫描速度不均匀性对系统输出信噪比的影响进行了理论模拟计算和实验研究。通过运用傅里叶频谱的分析方法,从工程设计的角度出发给出了基于实验结果的参量特性分析以及这些特性将会给实际光学相干层析系统测量结果带来的影响,从而获得了低相干光断层扫描系统改进的方法。     

Frozen waves: experimental generation

Frozen waves (FWs) are very interesting particular cases of nondiffracting beams whose envelopes are static and whose longitudinal intensity patterns can be chosen a priori. We present here for the first time (that we know of) the experimental generation of FWs. The experimental realization of these FWs was obtained using a holographic setup for the optical reconstruction of computer generated holograms (CGH), based on a 4-f Fourier filtering system and a nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator (LC-SLM), where FW CGHs were first computationally implemented, and later electronically implemented, on the LC-SLM for optical reconstruction. The experimental results are in agreement with the corresponding theoretical analytical solutions and hold excellent prospects for implementation in scientific and technological applications.     

Organic insulator layer influence on the electrical properties of N,N’-di (2-ethylhexyl) - 3, 4, 9, 10-perylene diimide organic thin-film transistors: Experiment and modeling

In this work, n- type organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) based on different kinds of organic dielectrics were fabricated, characterized and theoretically investigated. Three kinds of organic insulators were applied as dielectric gate which are: divinyl tetramethyl disiloxane-bis (benzo-cyclobutene) (BCB), poly(vinylalcohol) (PVA) and poly (4-vinyl phenol) (PVP). Analytical model was applied to describe the electrical behavior of the fabricated OTFTs and to explain the absence of saturation of the drain current for the device based on PVA dielectric. In addition, Meyer–Neldel rule-grain boundary model was applied for the calculation of total resistance of OTFTs based on different dielectrics materials. The theoretical results of output characteristics and total resistance showed an excellent agreement with the experimental measurements. The experimental and theoretical calculations revealed that the n-channel OTFTs based on BCB as an insulator layer exhibited superior electrical characteristics in terms of threshold voltage, mobility and drain current compared with the devices based on PVA and PVP as a gate insulator layer. The device based on BCB organic insulator layer has the largest mobility of 4?×?10^?3 cm² V^?1 s^?1, the smallest leakage current relative to the devices based on PVA and PVP. While, the device fabricated with PVP organic insulator gate has a large trap density on the PVP-EHPDI interface which causes a pronounced decrease in field effect mobility and consequently drain current.     

Inverse solutions to radiative-transfer problems based on the binomial or the Henyey-Greenstein scattering law

Analytical techniques are used to solve two inverse radiative-transfer problems, for a finite plane-parallel medium, that are (i) based on the binomial scattering law and (ii) based on the Henyey-Greenstein scattering law. In addition, previously reported analytical results (valid for isotropic scattering) that yield an analytical inverse solution for the unknown optical thickness of the medium are extended to the case of anisotropic scattering. The algorithms for the inversions are verified numerically, and some effects of noise on the simulated experimental data are observed.     

Theoretical studies of surface diffusion: Self-diffusion in the bcc (211) system

Surface self-diffusion in the bcc (211) system is studied using numerical molecular dynamics simulations. Calculations based on Lennard-Jones pair potentials extracted from fits to bulk thermodynamic data produce self-diffusion constants in excellent agreement with available experimental data. These same potentials have been shown previously to yield similar agreement with experimental self-diffusion data for the bcc (110) system.     

螺旋型爆磁压缩脉冲发生器电阻及磁通损失的数值计算

基于电流和磁扩散方程,讨论了螺旋型爆磁压缩脉冲发生器(MFCG)中的电阻与磁通损耗问题,将相关的接触电阻模型、欧姆电阻的趋肤效应与邻近效应模型具体应用到2维爆轰磁流体力学程序MF-CG-Ⅳ中,进一步完善了程序的物理功能。并选用美国德克萨斯理工大学简单绕制的螺旋型爆磁压缩脉冲发生器的实验结果对新增模块进行了考证,计算结果符合物理规律,且与实验测量吻合较好。     

鲜肉水分近红外漫反射方法及实验研究

研究鲜肉深层水分的快速、无损检测方法,并用于鲜肉深层水分检测仪器的研制,具有很重要的现实意义,也是市场迫切的需求。以猪鲜肉为样品,采用近红外离散式光源,应用基于稳态空间分辨方法的漫反射方式解决了检测深度问题,测量鲜肉水分含量,得到了比较好的实验结果,r均达到0.90以上。用变异系数calculation of coefficient of variability(CV)和组内相关系数intra class correlation(ICC)检验测量的可靠性,CV≤5%,ICC达到0.83,表明方法稳定可靠。     

The formation of different structures in the interaction between a single femtosecond laser pulse and a thin Au film

The interactions between femtosecond (fs) laser pulses and a thin Au film deposited on a silica glass substrate were systematically investigated based on experimental data. Different structures, including microholes, nanoholes, and nanobumps, are obtained when pulses with different energies are incident on the surface of a gold film. The experimental results are discussed according to specific experimental parameters. Two physical models were constructed in order to explain the experimental results. The formation of nanoholes in a silica substrate is attributed to etching by higher order harmonic generations (HHG) when the femtosecond laser pulse interacts with the generated plasma layer, while the formation of nanobumps on the surface of an Au film is attributed to the elastic and plastic characteristics of the metal film under laser pulse irradiation.     

红外通信波段SAGM APD单光子探测应用技术研究

研究采用由过度层间隔吸收区与倍增区的InGaAs/InP雪崩光电二极管(SAGM APD)在红外通信波段实现单光子探测的方法,包括管型的选择、特性分析、工作参数以及根据实验结果提出的对这类APD设计制作的改进建议.特别研究目前市售的APD器件用作单光子探测时的实用技术.     

An experimental investigation of convective heat transfer at evaporation of kerosene and water in the closed volume

An evaporation of kerosene and water was investigated based on convective heat transfer in the experimental setup simulating a typical volume of the fuel tank of the launch vehicle. Basic criteria of similarity used in choosing the design parameters of the setup, parameters of the coolant and model liquids, were numbers of Reynolds, Prandtl, Biot, and Nusselt. The used coolants were gases, including air and nitrogen; in addition, at the stage of preliminary experiments, products of combustion of hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) were considered. Boundary conditions were taken for the liquid located on the plate in the form of “drop” and at its uniform film spread in the experimental model setup. On the basis of experimental investigations, the temperature values were obtained for the system “gas-liquid-wall”, and areas of mass transfer surface and heat transfer coefficients of “gas-liquid” and “gas-plate” were determined for coolants (air and nitrogen) and for liquids (water and kerosene). The comparative analysis of the obtained results and the known data was carried out. Proposals for experiments using coolants based on HTPB combustion products have been formulated.     

Design and characteristics of a differential Helmholtz resonant photoacoustic cell for infrared gas detection

The Helmholtz resonant photoacoustic (PA) cell is a very convenient design of PA system for air pollution monitoring based on infrared molecular absorption. A simple differential Helmholtz resonator designed for flow measurements is presented in this work. The investigation of the PA systems characteristics based on this design includes experimental study of the responsitivity both of the separate photoacoustic cell and the whole photoacoustic system applied to trace gases detection. The experimental observations are compared to the theoretical predictions. A simple arrangement to enhance the photoacoustic signal of the whole system by a factor of 2 is presented.