Polarization phase-shifting interferometer by rotating azo-polymer film with photo-induced optical anisotropy

A new type of phase-shifting interferometer was presented by rotating an azo-polymer film with photo-induced optical anisotropy in the light path of orthogonal polarization interferometry. By changing the angle of the optical axis of the azo-polymer film, four phase-shifted fringe patterns were obtained, from which phase difference between orthogonal polarized light could be calculated. The polarization states and the formation of the interferograms were analyzed theoretically using Jones matrix calculations and the experimental verification of the proposed method was also given. This method has a simple optical configuration which utilizes commercially available polarization devices and anisotropic azo-polymer film of low cost. The phase-shifting interferometer also demonstrates a new application of azo-polymer film.     

Mechanism of reversible photo-induced magnetization in prussian blue analogues

Photo-induced magnetic phase transitions observed in Co—Fe Prussian blue analogues are discussed from a theoretical point of view. In this material a magnetization is induced by visible light, and the induced magnetization can be completely diminished not only by thermal annealing but also by irradiation of infra red light. After a brief survey of relevant experiments, we present an overview of our theoretical approaches to clarify the underlying mechanism of this interesting phenomenon. The ligand field at the Co site is shown to be the most relevant variable controlling spin states. The presence of Fe vacancies and the resultant ligand substitution by water molecules turns to be an essential prerequisite for the photoinduced magnetization.     

Photonic crystal fibers with material anisotropy

In this paper we are modeling the interplay of material and form birefringence in photonic crystal fibers. We introduce an efficient numerical method for the calculation of the modal structure. Our approach relies solving the fully vectorial wave equation for the transverse magnetic field and the respective propagation constants using a plane wave expansion. The method accounts for a simple form of material anisotropy. Our analysis is relevant to certain application areas, and in particular to fiber sensing, where material birefringence arises for instance due to transversally applied mechanical stress. We analyze the influence of material birefringence on the modal birefringence and the state of polarization of the fundamental mode.     

Competition between anchoring and reversible photo-induced alignment of a nematic liquid crystal

We investigated the alignment induced on a nematic liquid crystal (LC) by a photo-aligned polymer film with azo-dye side groups. The orientation of the LC molecules can be manipulated in a reversible manner by irradiating the film with polarized light. We analyzed the competition between the orientation induced by the main chain, through rubbing of the film and that induced by the photo-aligned polymer. Anchoring strength for the different processing conditions are reported. The changes in film morphology caused by rubbing or photo-alignment could be captured by atomic force microscopy. The reversibility of the photo-induced alignment and the competition between the two anchoring mechanisms may allow recording and erasing of information in a LC display. PACS 61.30.-v; 61.30.Gd     

Electrical conductivity of a two-dimensional model for a composite material with structural anisotropy

The electrical conductivity of a structurally anisotropic two-dimensional model for a composite material is considered. The model represents an isotropic matrix with a system of nonconducting inclusions in the form of mutually perpendicular scratches of various lengths. The centers of the scratches are chaotically distributed in plane (x, y). The approximate effective medium method is used to derive an expression for effective conductivity tensor $\hat \sigma _e$ that satisfactorily describes the electrical conductivity of this model over a wide concentration range. The model conductivity in the critical region is considered in terms of the similarity hypothesis.     

一种测量微量有机材料磁化率各向异性的光学方法

提出了一种测量有机材料的磁化率各向异性的方法。原理是利用掺杂对丝状液晶磁场扭曲费雷德里克兹转变影响的现象,将待测有机材料作为掺杂物,采用光学相位延迟法测量掺杂丝状液晶磁场扭曲费雷德里克兹转变阈值和过程,从而获得待测有机材料的磁化率各向异性。通过实验测量,从原理和方法上验证了测量方法的可行性。测得有机材料磁化率各向异性的同时也为有机材料的表征提供了一种方法。测量方法适用于无固有磁矩的有机材料。     

Effect of scattering anisotropy and material optical anisotropy of oriented fiber layers on the transmitted light polarization

The effect of polarization-dependent attenuation and birefringence of media composed of oriented fibers on the transmitted light polarization has been experimentally investigated in the visible and IR regions using the polarimetric technique based on the rotational-invariant representation. A comparison of the experimental results obtained for structures composed of layers of oriented glass and 30-μm polypropylene fibers suggests that the contributions of the polarization-dependent attenuation and birefringence of the medium to the transmitted-light polarization parameters can be differentiated. For rat-skin tissue samples, the contribution of the polarization-dependent attenuation to the polarization parameters in the visible and near-IR spectral regions is negligible.     

High-sensitivity fiber-tip pressure sensor with graphene diaphragm

A miniature fiber-tip pressure sensor was built by using an extremely thin graphene film as the diaphragm. The graphene also acts as a light reflector, which, in conjunction with the reflection at the fiber end-air interface, forms a low finesse Fabry-Perot interferometer. The graphene based sensor demonstrated pressure sensitivity over 39.4 nm/kPa with a diaphragm diameter of 25 μm. The use of graphene as diaphragm material would allow highly sensitive and compact fiber-tip sensors.     

In situ X-ray absorption fine structure detection of reversible photoinduced anisotropy in amorphous selenium

Photoinduced anisotropy in amorphous selenium ( a-Se) has been studied by in situ x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. It is found that upon irradiation with linearly polarized light the chainlike fragments in a-Se are oriented with their c-axis perpendicular to the polarization plane of the inducing light. This chain orientation is reversible, correlates with optical anisotropy, and acts as a prelude to photoinduced anisotropic crystallization. This optically controlled reorientation of molecular fragments in a solid can be a basis for future novel devices.     

Effective anisotropy and coercivity in nanocrystalline single-phase NdFeB permanent magnetic material

The effect of exchange-coupling interaction on the effective anisotropy and its varying tendency in nanocrystalline single-phase NdFeB permanent magnetic material have been investigated. The results show that the exchange-coupling interaction between grains makes the effective anisotropy of material, Keff, decrease with the reduction of grain size. The variation of Keff is basically the same as that of coercivity. The decrease in effective anisotropy is the main reason of the reduction of coercivity for nanocrystalline single-phase NdFeB permanent magnetic material. In order to get high anisotropy and coercivity in nanocrystalline single-phase NdFeB permanent material, the grain size should be larger than 35 nm.     

Theoretical insight into the carrier mobility anisotropy of hole transport material Spiro-OMeTAD

All-solid-state organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted wide attention due to the rapid progress of power conversion efficiency in recent years. Hole transport material (HTM) in PSCs plays the role of extracting and transporting photo-excited holes. Anisotropy of carrier mobility is one important property for semiconductors, however, which still remains unclear for the dominant HTM spiro-OMeTAD used in PSCs. Based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Marcus theory, we for the first time conducted investigations on the anisotropy of carrier mobility along representative crystal planes of spiro-OMeTAD by recombination energy λ and electronic coupling integral V. Results indicate that the holes and electrons show transport orientations consistency parallel to the (010), (101) and (111) crystal planes while inconsistency was found parallel to (100), (110), (011) and (001) crystal planes (with an angle ranged from 40° to 70° between the hole and electron transport directions). Our work embodies the theoretical significance of controllable and oriented fabrication of HTM in PSCs.     

Transverse elastic-wave absorption due to reversible rotation in a triaxial magnetic material

Calculations have been performed on the energy absorption related to rotation of the spontaneous-magnetization vectors due to external shearing sign-varying stresses applied to a multidomain magnetic material, where allowance is made for the magnetic-phase concentrations. The perturbation solution for a system of six equations for the rotational moments is found together with the wave equation to derive the deviations of the magnetization vectors from the easy directions in the stress wave field. The absorption coefficients and internal friction have been derived, together with the defect of the shearing modulus, including the frequency dependence, which are determined via the magnetic, magnetoelastic and elastic constants of the crystal in relation to the orientation of the X and Y axes of the tensor for the stresses _xy with respect to the 100 easy axes. When the domain boundaries are fixed, the main contribution to this type of absorption in a ferromagnetic arises from the micro-eddy currents, while in a ferrite, it is due to the spin viscosity and the radiational friction.Kursk Polytechnical Institute. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 59–62, June, 1995.     

Non-linear photo-induced desorption of GaP

Laser-induced desorption of P from GaP at various photon energies near the absorption edge has been measured. The desorption yield is found to start increasing above a certain threshold laser fluence, of which the dependence on the photon energy exhibits a sharp dip near the indirect band gap besides a gradually decreasing component from the indirect band gap to the direct band gap energy. The sharp dip is ascribed to desorption induced by dense excitation of the surface states.     

High-sensitivity bunch charge monitor

The conceptual design for a high-sensitivity bunch charge monitor is presented. The device operates with short, spaced bunches. For optimal performance, the bunch duration should be less than 10 ns and bunch spacing should be more than 100 ns. Sensitivity of the monitor is close to 10 V per nanocoulomb. The equivalent scheme and the output signal shape are also presented. Such a monitor seems to be promising for the bunch charge measurements of beams like those in TESLA or ILC projects. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

High-sensitivity near-field laser microscopy

We propose a new method of laser spectroscopy, which combines high subwavelength space resolution, high sensitivity, and spectral resolution. The method is based on using a fiber laser near the generation threshold instead of a fiber optical near-field microscope. The near-field subwavelength aperture in the “active” fiber is employed for probing. Absorption on the objects under consideration (atoms, molecules, nanostructure, etc.) leads to the failure of oscillations in the fiber laser. We make a computer simulation of the system under consideration and analyze the method’s sensitivity.     

聚合物封装的高灵敏度光纤Bragg光栅温度传感器

将光纤光栅封装于一种有机聚合物基底中,制成温敏元件,测量了20～100℃不同温度下光纤光栅的反射谱.由于基底材料的带动作用,封装后的光纤光栅温度灵敏度为83.07×10-6/℃,是相应裸光纤光栅的12.3倍.     

高灵敏度的快中子照相系统

快中子照相系统由闪烁光纤阵列和科学级可见光CCD等元件组成. 14 MeVD-T聚变中子在穿透样品后进入50 mm×50 mm闪烁光纤阵列，中子辐射转换为中心波长496 nm的绿光. 光纤阵列长100 mm，光纤截面500 μm×500 μm，100×100根闪烁体光纤组成阵列. 阵列对14 MeV中子探测效率经估算可达21.4%. CCD与光纤阵列之间采用反射镜和透镜耦合方式，使CCD避开中子源直接辐照. 综合考虑光纤尺寸、CCD记录噪声及中子源与受照样品几何关系等因素，理论上系统可获得整体分辨率1.5 mm的中子图像. 在K400直流加速器中子源上进行了初步实验，获得了中子图像.