中波红外微型静态傅里叶变换光谱仪的设计与分析

提出一种基于微光学元件的空间调制微型傅里叶变换红外光谱仪,通过引入红外微结构衍射光学元件、多级微反射镜和微透镜阵列,实现仪器的微型化.介绍了微型傅里叶变换红外光谱仪的结构及基本原理,分析了微型准直系统和聚焦耦合光学系统的设计理论,研究了单片折衍混合准直透镜的残存像差、衍射面的衍射效率、多级微反射镜的衍射、微透镜阵列的孔径衍射和中继系统的轴向装配误差对光谱复原的影响.最后,对中波红外微型傅里叶变换光谱仪进行了建模仿真,得到的复原光谱与理想的光谱曲线比较符合,实际的光谱复原误差为2.89%.该中波红外微型静态傅里叶变换光谱仪无可动部件,且采用了微光学元件取代了传统的红外镜头,不仅稳定性良好,而且体积小、重量轻,有利于在线监测应用.     

连续表面微透镜列阵元件检测

系统分析了连续表面微透镜列阵的几何参量和光学性能的检测方法和评价标准,针对典型的折射型聚焦列阵元件,给出其结构尺寸及光学性能的测试结果,两者结果一致.从而建立了一套通过测试元件的几何参量、加工误差及光学性能指标来综合评估微光学元件性能的方法.     

用电子束光刻术制造矩形孔菲涅尔微透镜阵列

本文提出一种矩形孔菲涅尔微透镜阵列。这些微透镜阵列的制作采用了专为制造微光学元件而研制的电子束写入系统。实验表明,这种透镜阵列具有聚焦均匀的特性,以及每一透镜具有衍射限聚焦特性,其效率为74％。     

微透镜列阵提高红外探测器探测能力的方法研究

研究用微光学方法提高红外探测器探测能力的机理,通过实验将锗微透镜列阵耦合到180元HgCdTe焦平面红外探测器上,使耦合组件探测率提高到原来的2．8倍,提出的光学耦合效应概念为客观评价微光学聚能元件综合质量及耦合机构性能提供了一种新的方法。还对微透镜列阵的冷屏效应进行了讨论。     

微球透镜对亚波长表面结构的显微成像研究

为了研究微球透镜对亚波长物体的成像特性,利用直径为3.4μm的二氧化硅微球透镜对刻录蓝光光碟的亚波长表面结构进行了显微成像实验,观察了不同排列方式和液体浸没深度下微球透镜的成像特性。实验结果表明:微球透镜在不同浸没深度下对亚波长表面结构具有放大作用,放大率为1.2~1.8倍,并且通过微球透镜的密排列,可以获得更大的视场;浸没液体深度增大时,图像的放大率减小,视场增大。基于时域有限差分的电场仿真表明,微球透镜可以将光场汇聚成半高全宽为260nm,纵向可持续几个微米的高强度光区域,引起强的背景散射,从而获得普通光学显微镜不能分辨的亚波长表面结构图像。     

光盘上集成的液体微透镜阵列与可重构超分辨成像

微透镜辅助显微镜实现超分辨成像观测,具有免标记、无损伤、实时、定域和环境兼容性好等优势.液体微透镜阵列具有均一、易操控的特性,可实现无复杂机械扫描与驱动的超分辨成像.然而,简单高效地精确控制成像距离是微透镜实现超分辨成像的关键技术挑战.本文利用紫外曝光技术,实现了光盘上光刻胶微孔深度的均一性.结合液体自组装技术,在微孔中填充甘油液滴,保证微透镜辅助超分辨的成像距离.在光学显微镜下实现了对226 nm光栅栅线的可重构超分辨观测与1.59倍成像放大.本文从液体微透镜的阿贝显微成像原理出发,通过理论与模拟解释了液体微透镜的成像放大与超分辨特性.由此可见,光盘上集成的液体微透镜阵列在光学纳米测量与传感等器件中展现了巨大的应用潜力.     

集成微光机电系统中的矢量光学问题

集成微光机电(MOEM) 系统是近年来迅速地发展起来的一门新兴的综合学科,它融合了微光学元件、微电子器件和微机械结构的优点.不但在技术上有重要的应用,还蕴涵着与小尺寸器件有关的力学、热学、电学、光学,以及材料科学等丰富的基础科学研究课题.文章探讨了MOEM 系统中典型的微光学元件,如衍射微透镜、折射微透镜和微光栅中的矢量光学问题,简要地介绍了相应的求解方法.     

微纳尺度热能调控的声子学元器件研究进展

声子是半导体材料中热能的主要载体.通过对声子调控的深入研究,人们可以为微纳电子器件散热和热能转换提供有效的解决方案.文章介绍了热能调控声子学元器件的研究进展,重点阐述了理论上如何利用微纳米结构材料构建声子学基本单元——热二极管/热整流器.此外,文章还介绍了该领域的关键测量技术和实验进展,包括热整流器和热存储器的设计与实现.最后对声子学研究的发展趋势进行了展望,并提出了存在的困难和挑战.     

基于微机电系统技术的投影型微光学编码器

对投影型微光学编码器的原理进行了分析，结合微机电系统集成技术，提出并实现了投影型微光学编码器。它是利用微机电系统集成技术将标尺光栅、指示光栅、光电二极管集成化构成投影型光栅微编码器。它具有体积小、光路调整容易的特点。实验结果表明，利用微细加工制作微光学编码器是完全可行的。该器件较之传统的光学编码器在经济性及小型化等方面具有非常明显的优势。     

飞秒激光湿法刻蚀微纳制造

飞秒激光微加工作为一种新型微纳制造技术,在复杂三维构型制作方面具有其独特的优势,但激光加工效率问题严重制约了飞秒激光微加工技术走向实际工程应用,提出一种飞秒激光湿法刻蚀微纳制造方法,以提高飞秒激光微加工的效率为突破口,通过调控激光与物质相互作用获得材料的目标靶向改性,进而结合化学湿法刻蚀实现硬质材料上的高效和高精度三维微加工,采用这一方法制作出的微透镜尺寸为80 m,球冠高6.7 m,表面粗糙度小于10 nm。利用这种方法,实现了不同结构与特性的高质量微透镜阵列的超精密制备,在石英内部也实现了螺旋微通道的复杂三维结构,螺旋通道直径为20 m,长径比超过100。     

Liquid deformable mirror for high-order wavefront correction

We propose and demonstrate a novel liquid deformable mirror, based on electrocapillary actuation, for high-order wavefront correction. The device consists of a two-dimensional array of vertically oriented microchannels filled with two immiscible liquids, an aqueous electrolyte, and a viscous dielectric liquid, where the dielectric liquid overfills the top end of the channel and forms a thin layer on top. To remedy the poor reflectivity of pure liquids, a free-floating reflective membrane or a dye-coated liquid can be used. The proposed device offers several advantages for adaptive optics applications. These advantages include a high number of actuators, high stroke dynamic range, low power dissipation, fast response time, an initially flat surface, and low cost. However, the device is mainly suitable for dynamic wavefront correction and is limited by its orientation.     

In situ characterization of liquid network structures at high pressure and temperature using X-ray absorption spectroscopy coupled with the Paris-Edinburgh press

ABSTRACT

We review recent progress in studying structural properties of liquids using X-ray absorption spectroscopy coupled with the Paris-Edinburgh press at third-generation synchrotron facilities. This experimental method allows for detecting subtle changes in atomic arrangements of melts over a wide pressure–temperature range. It has been also employed to monitor variations of the local coordination environment of diluted species contained in glasses, liquids and crystalline phases as a function of the pressure and temperature. Such information is of great importance for gaining deeper insights into the physico-chemical properties of liquids at extreme condition, including the understanding of such phenomena as liquid–liquid phase transitions, viscosity drops and various transport properties of geological melts. Here, we describe the experimental approach and discuss its potential in structural characterization on selected scientific highlights. Finally, the current ongoing instrumental developments and future scientific opportunities are discussed.     

Laser spectroscopy of gas in scattering media at scales ranging from kilometers to millimeters

Free gases are characterized by their narrow line width, and they can conveniently be studied by laser spectroscopy. The present paper discusses the monitoring of such ambient pressure gases, which are dispersed in scattering media such as aerosol-laden atmospheres, solids, or liquids. Atmospheric work basically constitutes the well-known field of differential absorption lidar (DIAL), while the study of free gas in solids and liquids was initiated more recently under the name of GASMAS (GAs in Scattering Media Absorption Spectroscopy). We discuss the connections between the two techniques, which are extensively used in our labortory. Thus, we span the field from trace-gas mapping of gases in the lower atmosphere to gas studies in construction materials, food products, and the human body. We show that the basic ideas are very similar, while the spatial and temporal scales vary greatly.     

Fast relaxation of carbon nanotubes in polymer composite actuators

Silicone elastomer composites containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes have been irradiated with near-infrared light to study their mechanical actuation response. We show that the speed of the stimulated response is faster than Debye relaxation, instead following a compressed-exponential law. However, the relaxation after switching off the light source follows the simple-exponential relaxation, as does the stimulated response at very low nanotube concentration. We discuss possible models and explanations to account for the fast photomechanical response.     

Gas-mediated impact dynamics in fine-grained granular materials

Noncohesive granular media exhibit complex responses to sudden impact that often differ from those of ordinary solids and liquids. We investigate how this response is mediated by the presence of interstitial gas between the grains. Using high-speed x-ray radiography we track the motion of a steel sphere through the interior of a bed of fine, loose granular material. We find a crossover from nearly incompressible, fluidlike behavior at atmospheric pressure to a highly compressible, dissipative response once most of the gas is evacuated. We discuss these results in light of recent proposals for the drag force in granular media.     

Nonlinear ion transport in liquid and solid electrolytes

This paper describes nonlinear ion transport properties of liquid and solid electrolytes. Typically, the relation between ionic current density and electric field becomes nonlinear at electric fields above 50–100?kV/cm. We review the 1st and 2nd Wien effect found in classical strong and weak electrolyte solutions as well as the strong nonlinear ion transport effects observed for inorganic glasses and for polymer electrolytes. Furthermore, we give an overview over models describing nonlinear ion transport in electrolyte solutions, in glasses and in polymers. Recent results are presented for the nonlinear ionic conductivity of supercooled ionic liquids. We show that supercooled ionic liquids exhibit anomalous Wien effects, which are clearly distinct from the classical Wien effects. We also discuss the frequency dependence of higher-order conductivity and permittivity spectra of these liquids.     

Kinetics of Membrane Flux Decline: The Role of Natural Colloids and Mitigation via Membrane Surface Modification

Applications of membrane technologies for potable water production have been expanding significantly, leading to increased efforts to control membrane fouling, which can significantly reduce membrane performance, increase operating costs, and shorten membrane life. Natural organic matter is ubiquitous in all water supplies and has been implicated as a major contributor to fouling during filtration of natural water. In this review, we discuss factors that influence NOM fouling, including hydrodynamics; properties of the feed constituents such as size, hydrophobicity, charge density and isoelectric point; properties of the membrane including hydrophobicity, charge density, surface roughness, and porosity; and properties of the solution phase such as pH, ionic strength and concentration of metals. We review approaches to identify and mathematically describe fouling kinetics, including effects of pore blockage, cake formation, and osmotic pressure. Finally, we discuss strategies to mitigate fouling, with a focus on strategies that involve a modification of the nanostructure of membrane surfaces, via UV-assisted graft polymerization of hydrophilic monomers to increase surface wettability and reduce interactions between NOM and the membrane surface.     

Memory effects in nuclear Fermi-liquid

The kinetic theory is applied to the nuclear Fermi liquid. The nuclear collective dynamics is treated in terms of the observable variables: particle density, current density, pressure etc. The influence of Fermi-surface distortion, relaxation processes and memory effects on the nuclear dynamics is studied. We show that the presence of the dynamic Fermi-surface distortion gives rise to some important consequences in the nuclear dynamics which are absent in classical liquids. We discuss the nuclear small amplitude excitations, the spinodal instability, the nuclear fission and the bubble instability in heated Fermi-liquid in presence of the memory effects.     

Optical switch based on hydraulic actuation

In this paper we demonstrate an optical switch based on hydraulic actuation. Two chambers are filled with dyed oil and water, respectively. The oil–water interface changes as the external pressure is applied to the chamber. A transparent pillar shaped platform with a round dome is fixed on the top substrate and submerged in the oil. When pressure is increased, the shape of the oil–water interface can be changed from concave to convex and the oil is pushed aside. As a result, the water touches the transparent pillar thus forming a light channel which allows the incident light to pass through. Our experiments show that the device can obtain a wide optical attenuation from ∼1 dB to ∼29 dB. The diameter of the aperture can be tuned between 0∼5.1 mm by changing the external pressure. The switchable aperture ratio of the device is ∼39%. By using two immiscible liquids with matched densities, the gravity effect can be overcome. The proposed optical switch has potential applications in variable optical attenuators and adaptive irises.     

液体-液体相变与反常特性

绝大多数物质的液态密度随温度降低而增大,即常见的热胀冷缩现象.但存在一类物质,如水及第四主族的硅、锗等,其液态密度在一定温度范围内随温度的升高而增大,即密度反常现象.此外,该类物质还存在动力学反常(密度越大粒子运动越快)、热力学反常(热力学量的涨落随温度降低而升高)等其他反常特性.这类材料的化学性质千差万别,但却具有相似的物理反常特性.进一步的理论研究发现部分材料具有两种液态,即高密度液态和低密度液态,两者之间存在一级相变.因此,反常特性与液体-液体相变是否有直接关联是一个值得深入研究的课题.本文主要介绍了具有液体-液体相变的一类材料及其反常特性,包括高温高压下氢的液体-液体相变及其超临界现象,镓的反常特性及其与液体-液体相变的关联等.