Driving and analysis of micro-objects by digital holographic microscope in microfluidics

We propose an optical configuration in which floating particles in a microfluidic chamber can be characterized by an interference microscopy configuration to obtain quantitative phase-contrast maps. The configuration is simply made by two laser beams from the same laser source. One beam provides the optical forces for driving the particle along appropriate paths, but at same time works as the object illumination beam in the holographic microscope. The second beam plays the role of the reference beam, allowing recording of an interference fringe pattern (i.e., the digital hologram) in an out-of-focus image plane. The system and method are illustrated and experimental results are offered for polymeric particles as well as for in vitro cells with the aim to demonstrate the approach.     

Efficient laser performance of Nd:GdVO4 crystals grown by the floating zone method

Efficient laser performance is demonstrated with Nd:GdVO4 crystals grown by the floating zone method. With a 2-at. % Nd-doped crystal a slope efficiency of 67% is achieved with pumping at 808 nm. We also find that pumping at 879 nm with a bandwidth of 1.8 nm is practical for laser diode pumping. With this pumping level the slope efficiency reaches 78%. High-quality Nd:GdVO4 crystals are successfully grown with as much as 15-at.% Nd concentration by the floating zone method without inclusions or macroscopic defects. Homogeneity and high reproducibility of crystal growth are confirmed.     

Laser Micro-beam Manipulation System for Cells

This paper introduces a laser micro-beam system for cells manipulation. The laser micro-beam system comprises a laser scissors and a laser tweezers, which are focused by a Nd∶YAG laser and a He-Ne laser through a microscope objective, respectively. Not only the overall design of the laser micro-beam system is discussed, but also the design and choice of the critical components. A laser micro-beam system was constructed and anticipated experiment results were gained. Yeast cells can be successfully manipulated with the laser tweezers. Chromosomes can be successfully incised with the laser scissors.     

Laser Micro-beam Manipulation System for Cells

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一个通用的记忆器件模拟器

本文根据惠普忆阻器模型提出了一个新的接地忆阻器模拟等效电路.并以此为基础,采用常规的电子元件构建了一个通用的记忆器件模拟器.该模拟器能在电路拓扑结构不变的情况下,通过改变接入元件的性质能将接地忆阻器分别转化为浮地忆阻器、浮地忆感器和浮地忆容器.由于该模拟器是浮地的,因而可以方便的与其他电子器件实现灵活的连接形式.Pspice仿真实验验证了模拟器的真确性和有效性.     

A poly-Si thin film transistor fabricated by new excimer laser recrystallization employing floating active structure

We fabricated a high-performance polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film transistor (TFT) by new excimer laser annealing (ELA) method employing floating active structure. The new simple ELA method produces large lateral grains exceeding 4 μm. A novel poly-Si TFT that exhibits very high mobility (μ_FE=331 cm²/V s) and low leakage current has been successfully fabricated by single laser irradiation on selectively floating a-Si layer. Uniform lateral grains have been obtained with wide ELA process window.     

基于正交偏振双纵模的氦氖激光器纳米测尺系统

提出一种基于正交偏振双纵模的氦氖激光器纳米测尺系统,将双折射元件插入He-Ne激光器谐振腔内产生频率分裂效应,使激光器变成了频差可调的双频激光器。运用频率分裂、模竞争、双纵模功率调谐等激光物理效应和设定浮动阈值,研制了新型的激光器纳米测尺。以激光波长为尺子,具有可溯源性,在没有任何电细分的条件下达到了纳米量级的分辨率,与激光干涉仪的比对实验表明,该系统的分辨率为79 nm,量程为15 mm,线性度为5.4×10-5,标准差为380 nm。     

Diode-pumped efficient continuous-wave Yb:Y3Ga5O12 laser at 1035 nm

An efficient diode-pumped Yb:Y3Ga5O12 (Yb:YGG) laser was demonstrated by using a high-quality Yb:YGG crystal grown by the optical floating zone method. Continuous-wave laser power up to 2.65?W had been obtained under an incident pump power of 6.71?W at 970?nm, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 39.5% and maximum slope efficiency of 84.5%. A modeling calculation of the Yb:YGG laser was also performed, and the theoretical results were consistent with the experimental results.     

Two-stage melting in systems of strongly interacting Rydberg atoms

We analyze the ground state properties of a one-dimensional cold atomic system in a lattice, where Rydberg excitations are created by an external laser drive. In the classical limit, the ground state is characterized by a complete devil's staircase for the commensurate solid structures of Rydberg excitations. Using perturbation theory and a mapping onto an effective low-energy Hamiltonian, we find a transition of these commensurate solids into a floating solid with algebraic correlations. For stronger quantum fluctuations the floating solid eventually melts within a second quantum phase transition and the ground state becomes paramagnetic.     

Manipulation on human red blood cells with femtosecond optical tweezers

Different types of femtosecond optical tweezers have become a powerful tool in the modern biological field. However, how to control the irregular targets, including biological cells, using femtosecond optical tweezers remains to be explored. In this study, human red blood cells (hRBCs) are manipulated with femtosecond optical tweezers, and their states under different laser powers are investigated. The results indicate that optical potential traps only can capture the edge of hRBCs under the laser power from 1.4 to 2.8 mW, while it can make hRBCs turn over with the laser power more than 2.8 roW. It is suggested that femtosecond optical tweezers could not only manipulate biological cells, but also subtly control its states by adjusting the laser power.     

Efficient pulse operation of Nd:GdVO4 laser with AO Q-switch

We realized an efficient laser diode-pumped Nd:GdVO₄ laser with crystals grown by the floating zone method. In the lasing experiment, a slope efficiency of 78% was achieved with a 1 at.% Nd-doped crystal by pumping at 879 nm. Furthermore, excellent pulsed laser operation was demonstrated with the Nd:GdVO₄ crystal by using an acousto-optical (AO) Q-switch. A pulse width of 7 ns was observed when the pulse-repetition frequency was 40 kHz. It is the shortest pulse width recorded in the case of the AO Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ laser.     

Experimental investigation of oscillatory structures in laser-blow-off plasma plume

Temporal evolution of the floating potential of the laser-blow-off plasma plume and its variation with experimental conditions is studied using a triple Langmuir probe. Findings indicate that oscillatory structures are formed in the trailing portion of the plume in vacuum and their amplitudes vary with axial distance, laser fluence and ambient gas pressure. Spectral analysis suggests that an acoustic wave of specific frequency and phase velocity propagates. The neutral density gradient in the laser-blow-off plasma plume and its equilibration might be responsible for the above phenomenon.     

红细胞显微激光共焦拉曼散射光谱扫描技术研究

采用显微激光共焦拉曼散射光谱扫描系统对活态红细胞进行拉曼光谱(点测定、线扫描、二维扫描)测定及成像的技术与方法进行了研究,并对514 nm激光对红细胞在拉曼扫描中的影响进行了评价。通过扫描前后细胞的拉曼光谱变化和亮场图像变化确定了在不同扫描模式下既可获得较好的拉曼散射信号,又不会影响细胞生命活动与功能的合适扫描参数的设置。对于点扫描模式,样品激光功率是重点调节的参数,一般应小于1.5 mW。对于线扫描模式,照射激光功率和扫描间隔(步进)是要重点关注的参数。小扫描间隔意味着激光能量相对聚集,易对细胞造成损伤;大扫描间隔可以较好地降低激光对细胞的损伤,但是空间分辨率会因此而下降。对于线扫描,建议扫描间隔大于0.5 μm、照射激光功率小于0.7 mW。对于二维扫描,除照射激光功率、扫描间隔需要调节外,其他扫描参数也要作相应调节以降低激光对红细胞的影响,可适当降低样品温度和增加共焦孔径尺寸降低二维扫描过程中激光对红细胞的影响。1.0 μm扫描间隔、0.7 mW的照射激光功率和500 μm共焦孔径,以及样品温度适当调低可得到较好的二维红细胞拉曼图像。对于所有扫描模式,如果得到的红细胞的拉曼信号足够强,也可适当降低曝光积分时间以降低激光对红细胞的影响。实验前进行实验过程的优化对活态细胞的拉曼测试也非常重要。     

晶体生长角和凝固速率对贵金属电子束区域熔炼晶体生长的作用

基于电子束区域熔炼中熔区上力的平衡关系式, 计算获得了基座法、等径区熔法两种工艺下稳定成形熔区高度的表达式, 探讨了试样尺寸、晶体生长角和凝固速率等参数对六种贵金属稳定成形熔区高度的影响. 结果发现, 区熔相同尺寸试样时, 六种贵金属能够稳定成形熔区高度大小依次排序为 Ru> Pd> Ir> Pt> Ag> Au. 同时获得了这六种贵金属的晶体生长角在8.4°-10.7°之间, 而实际的晶体生长角与界面生长机制有关. 在基座法中, 连续生长机制所能支撑的熔区高度最小, 而等径区熔法中连续生长机制支撑的熔区高度大于位错生长机制和小面生长机制. 这三种晶体界面生长机制中连续生长方式对晶体生长角和区熔熔区高度影响较小, 有利于贵金属区熔单晶制备. 另外当凝固速率达到2.4 mm·min^-1, 位错和小面生长机制对区熔熔区高度的影响也变得很小, 预测的工艺参数与Ir和Ru单晶区熔实验报道结果基本符合.     

Coupling Between the Discharge Plasma Instability and the Laser Oscillation in a He—Cd Laser

The investigation of the output of a He–Cd laser with electrically floating hollow electrodes shows that the discharge plasma instability plays an important role in the generation of the population inversion. The experimental evidence is presented and a qualitative interpretation is given by considering the plasma instability as equivalent to a radio frequency component of the discharge voltage.     

Intracavity polarization control in mode-locked Er-doped fibre lasers using liquid crystals

In this paper we present a novel configuration of an NPR mode-locked Er-doped laser. This new optical setup uses voltage controlled LC cells to replace standard retarders (quarter-and half-waveplates) inside the laser cavity. Using this novel, mechanical-adjustment-free setup a mode-locking was obtained with sub-500 fs pulse duration and an average power exceeding 40 mW. Presented results show that using simple LC cells, an optical layout of an NPR mode-locked laser can be greatly simplified.     

激光等离子体效应对细胞烧蚀特性研究

研究对比了激光直接辐照、聚焦辐照以及激光等离子体辐照三种辐照方式下,洋葱表皮细胞的烧蚀特征,并基于激光辐照的热力学特性对细胞的温升以及相变过程进行分析。观察发现： 直接辐照对细胞的杀伤效果很不明显;聚焦辐照会引起焦点附近细胞的断裂以及脱水;激光等离子体辐照作用下,细胞会呈现大面积的去除,断裂边缘粗糙,且细胞层有叠加现象。理论分析发现,激光等离子体具有热效应、辐射电离及冲击波效应等,会增加激光脉冲能量到细胞的沉积、以及对细胞冲击剥离等,从而会大大增加细胞的杀伤范围和效率,可用于对细胞进行大面积杀伤。     

Combined effects of cycling endurance and total ionizing dose on floating gate memory cells

The combined effects of cycling endurance and radiation on floating gate memory cell are investigated in detail, and the obtained results are listed below. (i) The programmed flash cells with a prior appropriate number of program and easing cycling stress exhibit much smaller threshold voltage shift than without those in response to radiation, which is ascribed mainly to the recombination of trapped electrons (introduced by cycling stress) and trapped holes (introduced by irradiation) in the oxide surrounding the floating gate. (ii) The radiation induced transconductance degradation in prior cycled flash cell is more severe than those without cycling stress in the programmed state or erased state. (iii) Radiation is more likely to set up the interface generation in programmed state than in erased state. This paper will be useful in understanding the issues involved in cycling endurance and radiation effects as well as in designing radiation hardened floating gate memory cells.     

Analysis of the current linearity at low illumination of high‐efficiency back‐junction back‐contact silicon solar cells

The relation between current and illumination intensity of three structures of high‐efficiency back‐junction back‐contact silicon solar cells was analyzed. Both, n‐type cells with non‐diffused front surface and p‐type cell with floating n‐emitter show a pronounced non‐linearity due to strong illumination dependence of the passivation quality of the non‐diffused surface and the floating junction respectively. Quantum efficiency (QE) of this cell type drops significantly for the illumination lower than 0.5 suns. In contrast the QE of n‐type cells with n⁺‐front surface field (FSF) is linear. Low illumination current characteristics of all three of the analyzed structures could be well described by physical models. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Targeted destruction of murine macrophage cells with bioconjugated gold nanorods

Gold nanorods manifest a readily tunable longitudinal plasmon resonance with light and consequently have potential for use in photothermal therapeutics. Recent work by others has shown how gold nanoshells and rods can be used to target cancer cells, which can then be destroyed using relatively high power laser radiation (∼1×10⁵ to 1×10¹⁰ W/m²). Here we extend this concept to demonstrate how gold nanorods can be modified to bind to target macrophage cells, and show that high intensity laser radiation is not necessary, with even 5×10² W/m² being sufficient, provided that a total fluence of ∼30 J/cm² is delivered. We used the murine cell line RAW 264.7 and the monoclonal antibody CD11b, raised against murine macrophages, as our model system and a 5 mW solid state diode laser as our energy source. Exposure of the cells labeled with gold nanorods to a laser fluence of 30 J/cm² resulted in 81% cell death compared to only 0.9% in the control, non-labeled cells.