Amplifiers and Lasers in PCF Configurations

In this paper we will present an overview of the use of photonic crystal fibers as fiber amplifiers. We will describe the basic concepts of optical amplification, and how to do numerical modelling of such components. We will then identify advantages and disadvantages of amplifiers based on PCF technology compared to conventional fibers, and then go into greater detail on some of these specific applications, such as low pump power amplifiers, and high-power double-clad amplifiers and lasers.     

A marker method for the solution of the damped Burgers' equation

A new method for the solution of the damped Burgers' equation is described. The marker method relies on the definition of a convective field associated with the underlying partial differential equation; the information about the approximate solution is associated with the response of an ensemble of markers to this convective field. Some key aspects of the method, such as the selection of the shape function and the initial loading, are discussed in some details. The marker method is applicable to a general class of nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2006     

Block copolymers of acrylic acid and butyl acrylate prepared by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization: Synthesis,characterization, and use in emulsion polymerization

Amphiphilic block copolymers of poly(acrylic acid‐b‐butyl acrylate) were prepared by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization in a one‐pot reaction. These copolymers were characterized by NMR, static and dynamic light scattering, tensiometry, and size exclusion chromatography. The aggregation characteristics of the copolymers corresponded to those theoretically predicted for a star micelle. In a butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate emulsion polymerization, low amounts of these copolymers could stabilize latices with solid contents up to 50%. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 684–698, 2003     

Promotion by phosphorus compounds of ruthenium-catalyzed methyl formate homologation

Trivalent phosphorus compounds are promoters for methyl formate homologation to ethanol and ethyl formate catalyzed by ruthenium compounds in the presence of iodide at 220°C and 27 MPa of synthesis gas. Under these conditions the phosphines are quaternized, but decomposition of phosphonium salts occurs during the reaction. Promotion is also observed for methyltriphenyl-phosphonium bromide and triphenylphosphine sulfide, but benzyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide, triphenylarsine, and triphenylantimony are not effective. The major ruthenium species present is Ru(CO)₃I₃^- but with triphenylantimony a trimethylantimony complex, Ru(CO)₂(Sb(CH₃)₃)₂I₂, can be isolated in high yield.     

Macromlecular engineering of polylactones and polylactides. XVI. On the way to the synthesis of ω-aliphatic primary amine poly (ϵ-caprolactone) and polylactides

Since bromides are well-known precursors of primary amines, diethylaluminum 12 bromo-1-dodecyl oxide has been prepared and used as an initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of ?-caprolactone and L-lactide. Uner strictly controlled conditions, the end-functionalization of the polyesters in quantitative and the bromo end-group is easily converted into an azide group whatever the polymeric backbone. The subsequent reduction of the azide into the expected primary amine has been investigated by catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) in DMF and by hydrolysis in the presence of triphenylphosphine in THF, respectively.The hydrolysis reaction (PΦ₃/H₂O) is perturbed by a coupling reaction, which involves a protonate secondary amine and leads to a twofold increase in the polyester molecular weight. The CTH method gives rise to the expected ω-NH₂ poly (?-caprolactone), in contrast to polylactide which seems to be unstable toward the nascent amine end group. Whatever the polarity of the medium (DMF or THF), aminolysis of polylactides is observed to occur and leads to the formation of an internal amide. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Polymerization and characterization of nitrile-terminated diacetylene materials

A family of nitrile-terminated diacetylene materials were synthesized. Samples were prepared in various forms and polymerization was performed photochemically and thermally. The resulting materials exhibited low molecular weights and were obtained in low yields. Although the diacetylene group had oligomerized, no evidence was found in support of ? C?N? chain formation. Thermochromism was exhibited by the irradiated 8-nitrile sample and a molecular interpretation of this chromic transition was discussed. Diffraction data implied that strong intermolecular interactions were present between adjacent nitrile groups in the low temperature phase. It is suggested that stresses are built up during polymerization which cause the low degree of polymerization and yield.     

LCAO-MO-SCF-CI semi-empirical π-electron calculations on heteroaromatic systems

The electronic spectra and structure for phenol, the three dihydroxybenzene isomers, and - and -naphthol have been calculated using a modification of the Pariser-Parr-Pople method. Core integrals are defined to be essentially independent of geometry and orthogonalized atomic orbitals are used. The electronic transitions considered involve singlet-singlet and triplet-triplet ^* excitations. A limited configuration interaction has been included, involving either single electron excitations or both single and double electron excitations between the two highest occupied and the two lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals. Agreement between calculated and experimental values is good, and calculated values for oscillator strengths are considerably improved when double electron excitations are admitted.

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Zusammenfassung Die Elektronenspektren und Struktur von Phenol, den drei Isomeren des Dihydroxybenzols und - und -Naphthol wurden mit einer Modifikation der PPP-Methode berechnet. Die Rumpfintegrale werden so definiert, daß sie im wesentlichen unabhängig von der Geometrie sind; es werden orthogonalisierte Atomorbitale benutzt. Die betrachteten Elektronenübergänge enthalten Singulett-Singulett- und Triplett-Triplett- ^*-Übergänge. Es wurde eine begrenzte Konfigurationswechselwirkung eingeschlossen, die nur Einelektronen- oder Ein- und Zweielektronenanregung zwischen den beiden höchsten besetzten und den beiden niedrigsten unbesetzten MO's enthält. Es besteht gute Übereinstimmung von berechneten und experimentellen Daten. Die berechneten Werte für Oszillatorenstärken werden erheblich verbessert, wenn man Zweielektronenanregung einbezieht.

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Résumé Les spectres électroniques et les structures du phénol, des trois dihydroxybenzènes isomères, de l' et du naphtol ont été calculé pour une variante de la méthode de Pariser-Parr-Pople. Les intégrales de coeur sont définies de manière à être indépendantes de la géométrie et des orbitales atomiques orthogonalisées sont employées. On considère les transitions électroniques ^* singulet-singulet et triplet-triplet. Une interaction de configuration limitée a été effectuée en considérant soit des minoexcitations soit des mono et des diexcitations de la plus haute orbitale occupée aux deux orbitales libres les plus basses. L'accord entre les valeurs calculées et les valeurs expérimentales est bon, et les valeurs calculées des forces oscillatrices sont considérablement améliorées lorsque l'on tient compte des états diexcités.

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This investigation was supported by a National Science Foundation grant, No. GB-4065. Abstracted in part from the Ph. D. thesis of G. W. Pukanic, Duquesne University, 1967.     

EVENTS SURROUNDING THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF EUGLENA CHLOROPLASTS. 12. SPECTROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE PROTOCHLOROPHYLL(IDE) PHOTOTRANSFORMATION IN INTACT CELLS*

Abstract— Absorption measurements in the 600–720 nm region of dark-grown cells of Euglena gracilis Klebs var. bacillaris Cori were made in vivo at room temperature using computer-assisted spectrophotometry. Dark-grown wild-type cells have a prominent absorption maximum at 634 nm due to protochlorophyll(ide) absorption. Upon illumination, the absorption at 634nm decreases and a peak appears at 674nm, representing the phototransformation of protochlorophyll(ide) to chlorophyll(ide). Using difference spectroscopy, the resynthesis in the dark of protochlorophyll(ide) by previously-illuminated wild-type dark-grown cells was found to begin at about 10min after illumination and reached completion by about 25 min, the amount of protochlorophyll(ide) resynthesized being equivalent to that of dark-grown cells. Resynthesis of protochlorophyll(ide) following a second illumination follows the same kinetics, indicating that protochlorophyll(ide) resynthesis is under tight regulation, possibly via feedback control. Cells of dark-grown wild-type and W₃BUL, a mutant lacking protochlorophyll(ide) contain a component absorbing at 658 nm which does not undergo phototransformation when examined by difference spectroscopy at room and liquid N₂ temperatures. Following the phototransformation of protochlorophyll(ide) 634 to chlorophyll(ide) 674, the chlorophyll(ide) 674 shifts to shorter wavelengths, ultimately to 671 nm. Possible relationships among the various spectroscopic forms of protochlorophyll(ide) and chlorophyll(ide) at room temperature and liquid N₂ temperature in Euglena and higher plants are presented. It is concluded that Euglena, unlike older, etiolated higher plants, contains only protochlorophyll(ide) 634, making it an excellent system in which to examine the phototransformation of this pigment species in the absence of other forms.