Acousto-Optic Diffraction in Paratellurite by a Slow Acoustic Mode. Increase of Diffraction Efficiency of Divergent Light

Peculiarities of anisotropic acousto-optic Bragg diffraction in paratellurite by a slow acoustic wave have been considered. The ranges of frequency-angular dependences have been found, in which effective diffraction occurs, and their practical relevance has been formulated. The numerical values for light radiation with a wavelength of 1.06 μm have been obtained. We have proposed the method of enhancement of a diffraction efficiency of divergent optical radiation, which in turn leads to the increase of the response time of an acousto-optical modulator. The method is based on a multifrequency electric control of the acousto-optical modulator. We have shown experimentally that, as distinct from the single-frequency control, a considerable intensity suppression of the zero diffraction order from 30 to 8% is achieved.     

Some aspects of image processing using foams

We have explored some concepts of chaotic dynamics and wave light transport in foams. Using some experiments, we have obtained the main features of light intensity distribution through foams. We are proposing a model for this phenomenon, based on the combination of two processes: a diffusive process and another one derived from chaotic dynamics. We have presented a short outline of the chaotic dynamics involving light scattering in foams. We also have studied the existence of caustics from scattering of light from foams, with typical patterns observed in the light diffraction in transparent films. The nonlinear geometry of the foam structure was explored in order to create optical elements, such as hyperbolic prisms and filters.     

Equations of motion and orbit perturbations of a neutral particle in a quasi-isotropic Kerr metric

In this paper, using a quasi-isotropic from the Kerr metric, we have deduced the equations of motion of a neutral test particle in the gravitational field of a spherical homogeneous rotating body. The perturbation equations of the particle's orbit have also been derived.On leave from Shanghai Observatory, China     

ORGANOMETALLIC SYNTHESIS AND QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT OF CdSe NANOCRYSTALLITES

We have prepared nearly monodisperse CdSe nanocrystallites with diameters of 1-4 nm from the rapid pyrolysis of organometallic precursors in a hot coordinating solvent. The nanocrystal structures have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction. From the absorption spectrum, we have observed the prominent peak of 1S-1S excitonic transition, which is obviously blue-shifted from the bulk bandgap and the largest shift is about 1.25 eV. We have used a theoretical model based on the tight binding approximation to analyze the quantum size effect of these nanocrystallites. The results have been compared with those of the effective mass approximation model.     

Order and fluctuations in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of two-dimensional fluids

Finite systems of hard disks placed in a temperature gradient and in an external constant field have been studied, simulating a fluid heated from below. We used the methods of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics. The goal was to observe the onset of convection in the fluid. Systems of more than 5000 particles have been considered and the choice of parameters has been made in order to have a Rayleigh number larger than the critical one calculated from the hydrodynamic equations. The appearance of rolls and the large fluctuations in the velocity field are the main features of these simulations.     

Phonon anomalies in transition metal nitrides: δ-NbN

The phonon dispersion curves in δ-NbN have been measured at room temperature in the high symmetry directions Δ, Σ, and ? by coherent inelastic neutron scattering. Anomalies in the dispersion of the acoustic branches have been detected which are quite different from those which have already been reported for superconducting transition metal compounds with 9 valence electrons. In the 10 valence electron compound δ-NbN the soft mode region has moved from the middle of the Σ-direction to the zone boundary. The experimental results are well described by a double shell model which has also been used to calculate the density of states. Using the formalism of Varma and Weber the measured dispersion curves have been reproduced. This shows that the change in the anomalies when going from 9 to 10 valence electrons, is due to a shift in Fermi energy in an essentially rigid band scheme.     

Hemoglobin oxidative stress

Venous blood obtained from healthy donors and from patients suffering from breast cancer have been treated with acetylphenylhydrazine (APH) for different time. Mössbauer spectra of the packed red cells have been recorded and compared. The largest difference occurs after 50 min of treatment with APH where the patient samples show a broad spectral pattern indicating an advanced hemoglobin oxidation. These results may have some relevance in early cancer diagnosis.     

X-ray and optical studies of an isothiocyanato liquid crystal mixture

In this work, X-ray and optical studies have been carried out on a four-component isothiocyanato liquid crystal mixture with laterally substituted fluorine atoms. Molecular characteristics, such as effective inter molecular distances and apparent molecular length of the average-simulated molecule have been determined from X-ray studies at various temperatures in the liquid crystalline phase. From the nature of molecular alignment as envisaged from X-ray photographs, the orientational order parameter and its variation with temperature have been determined. Optical studies have also been conducted at various temperatures to investigate the thermal variations of birefringence. Macroscopic orientational order parameter and its thermal variation have been determined from these studies. The nature of order parameter variation obtained from the two studies, X-ray and optical have been compared.     

Ge(111)反射束的高次中子成分

在重水反应堆旁利用中子飞行时间方法测量了5—22meV中子能区内Ge(111)Bragg反射束中的高次中子成分,并与理论计算进行了比较,两者符合甚好。结果表明,在20meV以下,Ge(111)反射束的级次污染较严重。 关键词：     

Recent developments and on-line tests of uranium carbide targets for production of nuclides far from stability

The capacity of uranium carbide target materials of different structure and density for production of neutron-rich and heavy neutron-deficient nuclides have been investigated. The yields of Cs and Fr produced by a 1 GeV proton beam of the PNPI synchrocyclotron and release properties of different targets have been measured. Yields and release efficiencies of Cs and Fr produced from a high density UC target material and from low density UCx prepared by the ISOLDE method at IRIS in the collaboration with PARRNe group from Orsay are compared. The yields from ISOLDE original target are presented for comparison as well.     

Backscattering of Relativistic Electrons Incident on a Planar Foil at a Small Angle to Its Surface

Photographs of cross sections of an electron beam backscattered from a thin tungsten target have been obtained on a dosimetric film. The procession of images makes it possible to obtain the spatial distribution of backscattered particles. The angles of back reflection θ_br of electron beams from foils have been measured. A 7.4-MeV microtron has been used as a source of electrons. The experiments have been performed with a tungsten foil 386 mg/cm² (200 μm) thick and a tantalum foil 1328 mg/cm² (800 μm) thick. Particles have been injected at an angle of α = 10° to the foil surface. The Monte Carlo simulation of the scattering of relativistic electrons incident on a planar target at small angles to its surface has been performed. The spatial and energy distributions of backscattered particle fluxes both transmitted through the target and reflected from it have been calculated. The dependences of fluxes on the direction of injection of particles and on the material and thickness of the target have been considered.     

Method for producing graphite and alumina thin films

A simple comprehensible method for producing graphite and alumina films has been suggested. The optical properties of a graphite suspension in toluene and a suspension of natural clay with a high content of alumina particles in water have been studied. It has been found that the optical density of the suspensions varies from layer to layer, and the lowest optical density has been observed in upper layers. Graphite and aluminum films have been prepared by taking samples from different depths. The microstructure of the films has been examined. It has turned out that alumina particles coalesce into regularly shaped objects in the form of snowflakes. In addition, alumina films obtained from samples taken from different depths of the suspension have different thicknesses. In thin and thick films, the particle size is 0.29 and 2.81 μm or more, respectively.     

TiC lattice dynamics from ab initio calculations

Ab initio calculations and a direct method have been applied to derive the phonon dispersion curves and phonon density of states for the TiC crystal. The results are compared and found to be in a good agreement with the experimental neutron scattering data. The force constants have been determined from the Hellmann-Feynman forces induced by atomic displacements in a supercell. The calculated phonon density of states suggests that vibrations of Ti atoms form acoustic branches, whereas the motion of C atoms is confined to optic branches. The elastic constants have been found using the deformation method and compared with the results obtained from acoustic phonon slopes. Received 23 February 1998     

TiVI真空紫外光谱

用1m法向入射光谱仪观察三电极真空火花发射的Ti五次离化光谱。在24～200nm波段内观察到157条TiVI的新谱线。根据新归属的TiVI谱线定出11个新能级,并对5个有疑问的能级值作了修正。     

Laser Micro-Hole Drilling of Soda-Lime Glass with Femtosecond Pulses

Using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses, we have drilled micro-holes from the front and rear surface of soda-lime glass in ambient air. The machined holes have small aspect ratio or irregular inner walls. When the drilling is conducted from the rear surface in contact with distilled water, a good quality micro-hole with a high aspect ratio can be obtained. The corresponding formation mechanisms are investigated.     

Sum-Frequency Generation from a Thin Cylindrical Layer

In the Rayleigh–Gans–Debye approximation, we have solved the problem of the sum-frequency generation by two plane elliptically polarized electromagnetic waves from the surface of a dielectric particle of a cylindrical shape that is coated by a thin layer possessing nonlinear optical properties. The formulas that describe the sum-frequency field have been presented in the tensor and vector forms for the second-order nonlinear dielectric susceptibility tensor, which was chosen in the general form, containing chiral components. Expressions describing the sum-frequency field from the cylindrical particle ends have been obtained for the case of a nonlinear layer possessing chiral properties. Three-dimensional directivity patterns of the sum-frequency radiation have been analyzed for different combinations of parameters (angles of incidence, degrees of ellipticity, orientations of polarization ellipses, cylindrical particle dimensions). The mathematical properties of the spatial distribution functions of the sum-frequency field, which characterize the symmetry of directivity patterns, have been revealed.     

Investigation of the ETA-BETA II plasma edge by surface analysis of collector probes

To investigate the ion flux escaping from the plasma and the impurity flux released by the wall, collector probes made of graphite, silicon and titanium have been exposed to the deuterium plasma confined in the toroidal device ETA BETA II. The damages on the collector surfaces have been surveyed by a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) apparatus. The deuterium and impurity retention have been measured by elastic recoil detection (ERD) and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) techniques respectively. The implantation build-up has been investigated as a function of the exposure time. The deuterium dose in graphite saturates after a few discharges, whereas the metal impurities exhibit a linear increase in time. The deuterium flux and its radial dependence, inferred from the implanted concentrations, have been compared with those measured by Langmuir probes. Metal impurities have been identified and their relative abundances have been compared with the material wall composition. The impurity flux is found consistent with the global content in the plasma derived by spectroscopic measurements. The deuterium dose measured in different samples has been related to the backscattering coefficient of the materials. Finally, to investigate the damage on sample probes facing the plasma particle flow, erosion probes made of vitreous graphite with silver implanted at a fixed depth have been exposed to the plasma and the thickness change after exposure recovered.     

Determining Eigenfrequencies and Homogeneous Widths of Lines of Intermolecular Vibrations in Water and in Aqueous Solutions of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Raman Spectroscopy

We have examined low-frequency Raman spectra of intermolecular vibrations of weak aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide and water. The differences between the observed Raman frequencies and the data from the literature on the IR-absorption frequencies of the same vibrations, as well as the interrelations between the frequencies and the widths of Lorentzian contours that approximate the vibrational spectra of the dynamic susceptibility, have been discussed. Based on a model of free damped vibrations of a classical oscillator with an inhomogeneous broadening, we have explained these effects for the first time. The homogeneous line widths and the damping times of the observed intermolecular vibrations have been determined. The eigenfrequencies of these vibrations have been calculated, and they have been shown to agree well with the data from the literature on the frequencies of IR absorption of water. We have shown that these parameters of intermolecular vibrations for water and for aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide differ from each other.     

Transport properties of Chitosan-Amikacin films

The transport properties of films based on chitosan and a drug have been studied, and sorption and diffusion characteristics of the films have been examined. The calculated diffusion coefficients and the abnormal kinetic curves of amikacin release have been discussed. An analysis of the obtained data showed that the process of drug transport from chitosan films deviated from the classical Fick’s laws due to structural changes in the polymer matrix induced by its chemical modification because of interaction with the drug.     

Variations in the counting rates of Cl-Ar and Ga-Ge solar neutrino detectors

Variations in the solar-neutrino counting rates have been searched for through joint analysis of the independent data from Cl-Ar (Davis’ experiment) and Ga-Ge (SAGE experiment) detectors. The measurement data from these two detectors cover the period from 1970 to 2005. Quasi-two-year variations in the counting rates of the Cl-Ar and Ga-Ge detectors and a correlation between their sessions with a high counting rate and intense cosmic-ray flares on the Sun have been found.