Reverse orbiting of microparticles in optical vortices

We report the observation of particles trapped at an air-water surface orbiting in a reverse direction with respect to the orbital angular momentum of the light field. The effect is explained by a combination of asymmetric particle shape and confinement of the particle on the 2D air-water interface. The experiment highlights the strong influence of the particle shape on the momentum transfer, an effect that is often not considered in optical trapping experiments.     

共轴双涡旋声束形成离轴多涡旋的定位

涡旋声束具有螺旋的相位波前,中轴线上形成声强为零的相位奇点,其所携带的轨道角动量在粒子操控领域有着广阔的应用前景。传统声涡旋只在传播轴线上形成一个拓扑荷可控的涡旋波束,这限制了声涡旋的应用灵活性。基于环形点声源阵列和相位编码技术,利用奇偶声源分别产生共轴双涡旋声束的声场叠加,在传播截面上形成了具有中心涡旋和子涡旋的离轴多涡旋声场;研究了双涡旋拓扑参数对离轴涡旋的个数、位置及拓扑荷的影响,基于声涡旋的径向声压和相位分布,确定了离轴涡旋的离轴半径,并结合声源位置推导子涡旋中心方位角的计算公式,实现离轴涡旋的精确定位。本研究突破了沿轴分布的涡旋声场只能形成单点涡旋势阱的操控局限,为利用离轴多涡旋实现多点粒子捕获提供了理论依据,促进涡旋声场在精确粒子操控和传输方面的高效应用。     

共轴双涡旋声束形成离轴多涡旋的定位

涡旋声束具有螺旋的相位波前,中轴线上形成声强为零的相位奇点,其所携带的轨道角动量在粒子操控领域有着广阔的应用前景。传统声涡旋只在传播轴线上形成一个拓扑荷可控的涡旋波束,这限制了声涡旋的应用灵活性。基于环形点声源阵列和相位编码技术,利用奇偶声源分别产生共轴双涡旋声束的声场叠加,在传播截面上形成了具有中心涡旋和子涡旋的离轴多涡旋声场;研究了双涡旋拓扑参数对离轴涡旋的个数、位置及拓扑荷的影响,基于声涡旋的径向声压和相位分布,确定了离轴涡旋的离轴半径,并结合声源位置推导子涡旋中心方位角的计算公式,实现离轴涡旋的精确定位。本研究突破了沿轴分布的涡旋声场只能形成单点涡旋势阱的操控局限,为利用离轴多涡旋实现多点粒子捕获提供了理论依据,促进涡旋声场在精确粒子操控和传输方面的高效应用。     

离轴平顶高斯涡旋光束形成的合成光涡旋及其在自由空间中的传输

对两束拓扑电荷m_1,2=±1的平行、离轴平顶高斯涡旋光束在束腰面叠加形成的合成光涡旋及其在自由空间的传输做了研究.详细的数值计算和分析表明,合光涡旋的位置、数目和净拓扑电荷与光束的控制参数,包括相对位相,振幅比,束腰宽度比,相对离轴参数,光束阶数,以及传输距离有关,但拓扑电荷不总是守恒. 关键词： 奇点光学 合成光涡旋 平顶高斯涡旋光束 拓扑电荷     

Weak electrolytes,Brownian motion,vortices in superfluid films,and Odins Aker

A brief sketch of the author's days at Yale as Lars Onsager's last physics student is followed by the contributions of the Onsager school to our current understanding of persistent current decays and vortex pinning in very thin superfluid films. The resulting theory is an interplay of three subjects that were dear to Onsager's heart: electrolytes, vortices in superfluids, and Brownian motion. The discussion also surveys a topic of current interest, the role played by defects and boundaries in producing the stiffness that characterizes superfluids. The article ends with a few words about the author's connection to Norway.     

On the theory of Wien dissociation for weak electrolytes

Onsager's integral expression for the distribution function of oppositely charged ion pairs in a weak electrolyte in the presence of a uniform external electric field is rewritten as a sum of ordinary Bessel functions ranging from order zero to order plus infinity. Starting from this result a derivation of Onsager's expression for the dependence of the electrolyte's dissociation constant on the field intensity is given. It is shown that this requires only the zero order term in the above summation. Further, it is proved rigorously that the remaining higher order terms make no contribution to the dissociation constant. A non-zero contribution from these higher order terms would have implied dependence on the choice of the surface over which integration is performed at an intermediate stage of the analysis.     

Specific features of mass and heat transfer in microparticles and nanoparticles formed upon electrocrystallization of copper

A crystal growth model that accounts for the specific features of electrocrystallization under conditions where mass and heat transfer play a significant role is considered. The evolution of the temperature of a growing island at the initial stages of electrocrystallization is investigated as a function of the chosen mode of deposition on substrates with a weak adhesion. Possible scenarios of the development of the processes occurring in a growing island and leading, in particular, to the formation of pentagonal small particles are analyzed.     

Lattice vortices induced by noncommutativity

We show that the Moyal ?-product on the algebra of fields induces an effective lattice structure on vortex dynamics which can be explicitly constructed using recent asymptotic results.     

Photon-mass bound destroyed by vortices

The Particle Data Group gives an upper bound on the photon mass m < 2 x 10(-16) eV from a laboratory experiment and lists, but does not adopt, an astronomical bound m < 3 x 10(-27) eV, both of which are based on the plausible assumption of large galactic vector potential. We argue that the interpretations of these experiments should be changed, which alters significantly the bounds on m. If m arises from a Higgs effect, both limits are invalid because the Proca vector potential of the galactic magnetic field may be neutralized by vortices giving a large-scale magnetic field that is effectively Maxwellian. If, on the other hand, the galactic magnetic field is in the Proca regime, the very existence of the observed large-scale magnetic field gives m(-1) > or = 1 kpc, or m < or = 10(-26) eV.     

Velocity field vortices and Mermin-Ho vortices in two-component spinor BEC

In light of the φ-mapping topological current theory, two important vortex structures in two-component spinor BEC—the velocity field vortices and the Mermin-Ho vortices are discussed. It is revealed that these two different kinds of vortices are created respectively from the zero points of two different order parameter configurations in the condensates, and both their topological charges, locations and motions can be determined by the φ-mapping theory.     

Characteristic of microarc oxidized coatings on titanium alloy formed in electrolytes containing chelate complex and nano-HA

Microarc oxidized (MAO) TiO₂-based coatings containing Ca and P on titanium alloy were formed in electrolytes containing nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HA), calcium and phosphate salts. The effects of HA concentration on the thickness, micropore size and number of the MAO coatings were not pronounced. However, the surfaces of the MAO coatings become rough and the crystallinity of anatase increases with increasing HA concentration. In addition, the Ca and P concentrations on the surfaces of the MAO coatings decrease, since the chelate complex of CaY²⁻ (Y = [₂(OOC)NCH₂CH₂N(COO)₂]⁴⁻) and phosphate ions are hindered to be incorporated into the MAO coatings by HA. In vitro experiments indicate that the apatite-forming abilities of the MAO coatings decrease with increasing HA concentration. Furthermore, with increasing HA concentration, the solubility of Ca and P of the MAO coatings decreases, which could lower the supersaturation of the SBF with respect to apatite near the surfaces of the MAO coatings, further leading to the decreased apatite-forming ability. The results indicate that the HA addition in the electrolytes has an important effect on the structure and in vitro bioactivity of the MAO coatings.     

Confining string formed by P vortices in the indirect Z(2) projection of SU(2) lattice gauge theory

We study the distribution of P vortices near the confining string in the indirect _Z(2) projection of SU(2) lattice gauge theory. We find that the density of vortices approaches the vacuum value at large distances and is strongly suppressed near the line connecting the test quark-antiquark pair. This implies that the condensate of P vortices is broken inside the confining string. The width of the _P-vortex density distribution increases with increasing distance between the quark and antiquark. Our best fit indicates the logarithmic dependence of this width on q q? separation.     

Raman-Nath diffraction by microparticles in water

In Raman-Nath diffraction by water, the intensities of even order light beams are selectively enhanced by suspension of microparticles. The diffracted beams remain for several seconds even after the ultrasonic oscillation stops. These phenomena are elucidated by assuming the laminar arrangement of micropaticles due to the ultrasonic wave.     

Production of materials with periodically arranged microparticles by photopolymerization of patterns formed at parametric excitation of capillary surface waves

It is experimentally demonstrated that parametric excitation of capillary waves in a liquid polymer can result in a spatially periodic distribution of microparticles. The distribution of the particles follows the pattern of the waves excited on the surface of the liquid. It is shown that photopolymerization allows positions of microparticles to be fixed and materials with controlled spatially periodic inhomogeneity to be produced.     

弱散射体产生的菲涅耳极深区散斑场相位涡旋演化的实验研究

实验提取了弱散射体产生的菲涅耳极深区的散斑场.发现当散射距离一定时,弱散射体光场的相位分布特征随散射体的粗糙度的变化而变化;对于某一弱散射体,相位分布特征随散射距离的变化而变化;当弱散射体的粗糙度大到一定程度时,才产生相位涡旋现象;散射体表面上存在相位涡旋;弱散射体产生的相位涡旋的密度随散射屏粗糙度的增大而增大,还随散射距离的增大而增大.研究结果对于认识弱散射体的相位及相位涡旋分布特征随粗糙度和散射距离的演化具有重要意义,而且对于认识散斑场随散射距离的演化有一定的帮助.     

Characterization of microarc oxidation coatings formed on AM60B magnesium alloy in silicate and phosphate electrolytes

Microarc oxidation coatings on AM60B magnesium alloy were prepared in silicate and phosphate electrolytes. Structure, composition, mechanical property, tribological, and corrosion resistant characteristics of the coatings was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and microhardness analyses, and by ball-on-disc friction and potentiodynamic corrosion testing. It is found that the coating produced from the silicate electrolyte is compact and uniform and is mainly composed of MgO and forsterite Mg₂SiO₄ phases, while the one formed in phosphate electrolyte is relatively porous and is mainly composed of MgO phase. The thick coating produced from a silicate electrolyte possesses a high hardness and provides a low wear rate (3.55 × 10⁻⁵ mm³/Nm) but a high friction coefficient against Si₃N₄ ball. A relatively low hardness and friction coefficient while a high wear rate (8.65 × 10⁻⁵ mm³/Nm) is recorded during the testing of the thick coating produced from a phosphate electrolyte. Both of these types of coatings provide effective protection for the corrosion resistance compared with the uncoated magnesium alloy. The coating prepared from the silicate electrolyte demonstrates better corrosion behavior due to the compacter microstructure.     

Dynamic and static phases of vortices under an applied drive in a superconducting stripe with an array of weak links

Static and dynamic properties of superconducting vortices in a superconducting stripe with a periodic array of weakly-superconducting (or normal metal) regions are studied in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields. The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory is used to describe the electronic transport, where the anisotropy is included through the spatially-dependent critical temperature T _c . Superconducting vortices penetrating into the weak-superconducting region with smaller T _c are more mobile than the ones in the strong superconducting regions. We observe periodic entrance and exit of vortices which reside in the weak link for some short interval. The mobility of the weakly-pinned vortices can be reduced by increasing the uniform applied magnetic field leading to distinct features in the voltage vs. magnetic field response of the system.     

Solitons and vortices in lasers

We give in this article the mathematical background for pattern formation in nonlinear active resonators, elucidating the relation of optics with other fields of physics, and demonstrate experimentally the existence, properties, and dynamics of: (i) vortices in lasers, (ii) bright spatial solitons in lasers with saturable absorber, and (iii) spatial solitons in degenerate parametric mixing. All these structures are by definition bistable so that they are potentially useful for parallel optical information processing. Received: 8 June 1998