Subpicosecond time-resolved Mott transition in CuCl

The Mott transition in CuCl from a metallic phase of free electrons and holes towards an insulating phase of bound particles (excitons or biexcitons) has been studied by time-resolved luminescence with a resolution slightly better than 1 ps. The phase change takes place in a very short but finite time (about 3 ps) at a carrier density N 10¹⁹ cm^-3.     

Exploring nanomagnetism with soft X-ray microscopy

Magnetic soft X-ray microscopy images magnetism in nanoscale systems with a spatial resolution down to 15 nm provided by state-of-the-art Fresnel zone plate optics. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (X-MCD) is used as the element-specific magnetic contrast mechanism similar to photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM), however, with volume sensitivity and the ability to record the images in varying applied magnetic fields which allows study of magnetization reversal processes at fundamental length scales. Utilizing a stroboscopic pump-probe scheme one can investigate fast spin dynamics with a time resolution down to 70 ps which gives access to precessional and relaxation phenomena as well as spin torque driven domain wall dynamics in nanoscale systems. Current developments in zone plate optics aim for a spatial resolution towards 10 nm and at next generation X-ray sources a time resolution in the fs regime can be envisioned.     

变像管皮秒分幅和飞秒扫描相机的实验研究

本文将描述两种变像管皮秒分幅相机和一种飞秒扫描相机的设计特点、动态测试方法和实验结果。第一种变像管皮秒分幅相机采用了交叉点扫描多光栏分幅的方法,其变像管具有长加速电极和短阳极的静电弱聚焦系统与偏转灵敏度高、偏转像质好的偏转群体结构;其超快速控制电路只需一个光电开关斜坡电压脉冲发生器和一个特殊设计的脉冲成形网络即可送出具有合适时间关联的4对正负极性三角波和一对正负极性的单台阶液电压脉冲。实验表明,该相机在提供6幅分幅图像的情况下,每幅图像全曝光时间为80ps,除 3～4幅图像间的时间间隔为680ps外,其余均为160ps,动态空间分辨率达到5.51p/mm。第二种变像管皮秒分幅相机采用快门式分幅方法;其变像管采用行波偏转系统,内增强MCP做成带状线结构,并具有输入输出阻抗变换器,其三台阶波和快门脉冲序列均由光电开关电路和脉冲成形网络产生。该相机在提供三幅分幅图像的情况下,每幅图像全曝光时间为660ps,画幅之间的时间间隔均为4ns,动态空间分辨率为5.5lp/mm。飞秒扫描相机采用MCP内增强飞秒扫描变像管、具有负时间畸变的中继透镜和无触发晃动的光电开关扫描电路。实验证明,该相机在时间分辨率为500fs时,其动态范围为30;当时间分辨率为1.2ps时,其动态范围可达500;无扫描图像弯曲现象,触发晃动为±2ps.     

A role of solvent in vibrational energy relaxation of metalloporphyrins

The formation of a vibrationally excited photoproduct of metalloporphyrins upon (π, π*) excitation and its subsequent vibrational energy relaxation were monitored by picosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy. Stokes Raman bands due to a photoproduct of nickel octaethylporphyrin (NiOEP) instantaneously appeared upon the photoexcitation. Their intensities decayed with a time constant of 300 ps, which indicates electronic relaxation from the (d, d) excited state (B_1g) to the ground state (A_1g), being consistent with the results of transient absorption measurements by Holten and coworkers. Anti-Stokes ν₄ and ν₇ bands for vibrationally excited (d, d) state of NiOEP decayed with time constants of 10 and 300 ps. The former is ascribed to vibrational relaxation, while the latter corresponds to the electronic relaxation from the (d, d) excited state to the electronic ground state. While the rise of anti-Stokes ν₄ intensity was instrument-limited, the rise of anti-Stokes ν₇ intensity was delayed by 2.6±0.5 ps, which indicates that intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution has not been completed in subpicosecond time regime. To study a mechanism of intermolecular energy transfer, solvent dependence of the time constants of anti-Stokes kinetics was investigated using various solvents. No significant solvent dependence of the rise and decay constants was observed for NiOEP. For an iron porphyrin, we observed two phases in intermolecular energy transfer. The fast phase was insensitive to solvent and the slow phase depended on solvents. A model of classical thermal diffusion qualitatively reproduced this behavior. For solute-solvent energy transfer process, low-frequency modes of proteins seem to be less important.     

Polaron dynamics in thin polythiophene films studied with time-resolved photoemission

Femtosecond time-resolved two-photon photoemission spectroscopy is employed to study the dynamics of an excited state in a thin regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (RR-P3HT) film deposited on a conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene): poly-(styrenesulfonate) (PEDT:PSS) electrode following optical excitation at 2.1 eV. We found that the biexponential decay of this excited state has a fast component (2.6 ps) assigned to bound polaron pairs which recombine quickly or separate to be added to the slow component (7.6 ps). The latter is attributed to polarons generated via charge transfer between adjacent polymer chains.     

Electron structure and electron dynamics at InSb(111)2×2 semiconductor surface

The conduction band electronic structure and the electron dynamics of the clean InSb(111)2×2 surface have been studied by laser based pump-and-probe photoemission. The results are compared to earlier studies of the InSb(110) surface. It is found that both the energy location and the time dependence of the photoexcited structures are very similar for the two surfaces. This indicates that the dominant part of the photoemission signal in the conduction band region is due to excitations of electrons in the bulk region and that the surface electronic states play a minor role. The fast decay of the excited state, τ∼12 ps, indicates that diffusion of hot electrons into the bulk is an important mechanism. Received: 9 May 2001 / Accepted: 9 July 2002 / Published online: 25 October 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +46-0824/913-1, E-mail: gm@matphys.kth.se     

一种新型皮秒同步扫描变像管

本文描述了一种新型皮秒同步扫描变像管的设计特点及实验结果。其静态空间分辨率为50lp/mm,时间分辨率为1.1ps。     

A compact positron annihilation lifetime spectrometer

Using LYSO scintillator coupled on HAMAMATSU R9800(a fast photomultiplier)to form the small size γ-ray detectors,a compact lifetime spectrometer has been built for the positron annihilation experiments.The system time resolution FWHM=193 ps and the coincidence counting rate -8 cps/μCi were achieved.A lifetime value of 219±1 ps of positron annihilation in well annealed Si was tested,which is in agreement with the typical values published in the previous lectures.     

Synchrotron scanning photoemission microscopy of homogeneous and heterogeneous metal sulfide minerals

Scanning photoemission microscopy (SPEM) has been applied to the investigation of homogeneous and heterogeneous metal sulfide mineral surfaces. Three mineral samples were investigated: homogeneous chalcopyrite, heterogeneous chalcopyrite with bornite, and heterogeneous chalcopyrite with pyrite. Sulfur, copper and iron SPEM images, i.e. surface‐selective elemental maps with high spatial resolution acquired using the signal from the S 2p and Cu and Fe 3p photoemission peaks, were obtained for the surfaces after exposure to different oxidation conditions (either exposed to air or oxidized in pH 9 solution), in addition to high‐resolution photoemission spectra from individual pixel areas of the images. Investigation of the homogeneous chalcopyrite sample allowed for the identification of step edges using the topography SPEM image, and high‐resolution S 2p spectra acquired from the different parts of the sample image revealed a similar rate of surface oxidation from solution exposure for both step edge and a nearby terrace site. SPEM was able to successfully distinguish between chalcopyrite and bornite on the heterogeneous sample containing both minerals, based upon sulfur imaging. The high‐resolution S 2p spectra acquired from the two regions highlighted the faster air oxidation of the bornite relative to the chalcopyrite. Differentiation between chalcopyrite and pyrite based upon contrast in SPEM images was not successful, owing to either the poor photoionization cross section of the Cu and Fe 3p electrons or issues with rough fracture of the composite surface. In spite of this, high‐resolution S 2p spectra from each mineral phase were successfully obtained using a step‐scan approach.     

Development of extended field Doppler velocimetry for turbomachinery applications

The development of a portable, single component Doppler global velocimetry (DGV) head, based around a wavelength-stabilised argonion laser and a fast digital image-processing system, is described. The normalised two-dimensional DGV image, in which intensities are linearly related to velocities, can be displayed and updated at the 25 Hz camera frame rate, greatly easing the problem of system alignment. The effect of each individual system component upon the velocity resolution achieved for the system as a whole is discussed, and correction factors are calculated to account for the finite aperture and field of view of real systems and for divergence of the illuminating light sheet. Axial velocities of up to 100 m/s in a straight duct flow have been measured, demonstrating an rms velocity resolution of 2.5 m/s. The potential of the technique for gas turbine applications has been demonstrated by measuring the position of a shock in a transonic flow. At a Mach number of 2.3 and mass flow rate of 0.79 kg/s the velocity change across the shock was measured to be approximately 130 m/s.     

一种变象管分幅/扫描的高时间分辨光谱测量方法

本文详细介绍了西安光机所正在研制中的一种变象管瞬时光谱测量系统,它由WDG30型光栅光谱头与JTG 305型变象管分幅/扫描摄影机组成。文中给出了系统的总体设计考虑、变象管及其控制和主要性能参数。     

利用BaF2晶体快速闪烁发光性质改进正电子湮没寿命谱仪

测量BaF2晶体闪烁发光长短两种寿命成分的光电子产额,利用它的短成分发光极快的特点研制核辐射探测中的定时探测器,采用于正电子湮没寿命谱仪中使谱仪的时间分辨率由FWHM=270ps(ps:微微秒)改进到190ps(计数效率不改变)或者使计数效率提高10倍(时间分辨率相同)。     

Femtosecond spectroscopic imaging by time-of-flight photoemission electron microscopy

Advances in electron optics and fast-pulsed light sources have enabled the imaging of nanoscale structures with simultaneous energy and time resolutions. We present the results obtained from a time-resolved time-of-flight photoemission electron microscopy (TR-TOF-PEEM) system. This system combined the spatial resolution of conventional PEEM with the time resolution of a femtosecond-pulsed laser and the energy resolution of a TOF energy analyzer. The TOF-PEEM system consists of three electrostatic lenses in front, a drift tube for the measurement of TOF, and a delay line detector (DLD) at the end of the optics. The excitation source is femtosecond pulses from a cavity-dumped Ti:sapphire oscillator that is frequency-doubled to 400 nm using a β-barium borate (BBO) crystal. Using a pump-probe two-photon photoemission technique, we demonstrate an example of sub-100 nm space-resolved ultrafast time evolution of the electron energy spectra for the plasmon resonance of an Ag-coated Si nanostructure, which exhibited unexpectedly intense high energy photoemission signals that show different time evolution between bright and dark regions in a PEEM image.     

Accessing fast magnetization dynamics by XPEEM: Status and perspectives

Being already well established as a versatile technique for high-resolution static magnetic domain imaging, X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM) is now also capturing the field of time-resolved magnetic investigations. Using appropriate operation modes at synchrotron radiation sources, a time resolution of 10 ps and less can be achieved in recent magnetodynamics studies, giving access even to phenomena involving precessional processes.     

大动态范围长狭缝条纹相机系统

 为了满足ICF实验等离子体诊断需要,研制了一种大动态范围长狭缝软X射线条纹相机系统。该系统在保证30 mm的长狭缝的情况下,通过设计一种短聚焦区高压电子光学系统大大缩短电子的渡越时间、提高阳极工作电压至16.5 kV、弃用MCP内增强器、采用光纤面板耦合和使用制冷CCD等一系列措施,达到改善扫描变像管条纹相机动态范围的目的,同时保证具有较高的时间分辨力。动态测试表明,该系统动态空间分辨力为15 lp/mm,时间分辨力优于31 ps,动态范围大于922。     

A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETER FOR HEAVY IONS

A heavy-ion time-of-flight spectrometer has been constructed and operated successfully in our experiments. The trigger detector consists of a thin plastic scientillator foil located at the focus of a perabolic mirror which is coupled to a fast photomultiplier with high light collection efficiency. The time resolution obtained for the system is around 500ps. The mass resolution for A=12 elastically scattered ¹²C line is ~0.3.     

Lateral resolving power of a time-of-flight photoemission electron microscope

The lateral resolution of a time-of-flight photoemission electron microscope has been theoretically analyzed. It has been shown that the resolution limit can reach a few nanometers. The lateral resolution will be higher if the photoelectrons forming the image are characterized by a smaller acceptance angle obtained with the help of diaphragms in the crossover plane, a higher initial energy and a narrower interval of electron energies. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. PACS 68.37.Xy     

Magneto-optical linear dichroism in threshold photoemission electron microscopy of polycrystalline Fe films

Magnetic linear dichroism in threshold photoemission has been exploited to obtain magnetic contrast in a photoemission electron microscope using a mercury arc lamp. The dichroism at threshold can be described similar to the magneto-optical Kerr effect in the region of visible light. The asymmetry of electron intensity observed for a 100 nm polycrystalline Fe film on silicon is A=(0.37+/-0.05)%. The asymmetry occurs for the geometry of the transverse Kerr effect. For unpolarized light the asymmetry was about half the value observed for linearly polarized light. Threshold photoemission microscopy has a large potential for high resolution magnetic domain imaging with fast data acquisition.     

4p-4d fano-like resonance in rhodium

Photoemission measurements of Rh films in the photon energy range 40–120 eV show that the 4p-4d intrashell interaction has a Fano-like resonance. The 4d photoemission intensity goes through a sharp dip in the vicinity of the 4p⁶4dⁿ+hv → 4p⁵4dⁿ⁺¹ threshold followed by a resonant enhancement before decreasing again. All parts of the 4d band show the same resonant behavior in contrast to previous resonant photoemission results. The resonant behavior of Rh is compared with Co which is the 3d analog of Rh.     

基于光场一阶关联的时域成像

与通常利用二阶强度关联测量实现时域鬼成像不同,本文利用时域热光源借助干涉仪通过一阶关联实现时域成像.基于空域光束的近轴衍射和时域窄带脉冲在色散介质中色散之间的空间-时间二象性,在时域脉冲响应函数的基础上得到了表征一阶关联时域成像的强度表达式,分析研究了光源脉冲宽度和相干时间对成像可见度和分辨率的影响.结果一方面表明基于热光场一阶关联的时域成像在不需要额外色散补偿或消除条件下可以实现时域物体信号的再现,另一方面表明当光源脉冲宽度一定时,成像可见度随光源脉冲相干时间的增加而增加,但是成像分辨率逐渐降低,其中当光源脉冲宽度约为100 ps,相干时间约为0.5 ps时,间隔为20 ps,宽度为8 ps的时域矩形波型物体的成像质量(兼顾可见度和分辨率)较好.该结果对于基于热光一阶关联的时域成像在时序信号测量中的应用具有重要意义.