Subdiffraction resolution in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy with a grating substrate

We propose a fluorescence surface imaging system that presents a power of resolution beyond that of the diffraction limit without resorting to saturation effects or probe scanning. This is achieved by depositing the sample on an optimized periodically nanostructured substrate in a standard total internal reflection fluorescence microscope. The grating generates a high-spatial-frequency light grid that can be moved throughout the sample by changing the incident angle. An appropriate reconstruction procedure permits one to recover the fluorescence amplitude from the images obtained for various incidences. Simulations of this imaging system show that the resolution is not limited by diffraction but by the period of the grating.     

湖南砂矿金刚石中石墨包裹体拉曼光谱原位测定：形成条件及成因指示

石墨是天然金刚石中最常见的包裹体之一,按其形成顺序可分为原生、同生、次生,原生/同生与次生石墨包裹体的存在指示了金刚石形成的环境及形成后可能经历的变化。对湖南沅水流域产出的13粒宝石级-半宝石级砂矿金刚石中的原生/同生石墨包裹体及次生石墨包裹体进行显微激光拉曼光谱的原位测试。测试显示,湖南沅水流域金刚石中原生/同生石墨包裹体与次生石墨包裹体的G带与D带拉曼位移均存在漂移,其中原生/同生石墨包裹体G带的漂移范围为1 591～1 600 cm-1,次生石墨的漂移范围为1 575～1 588 cm-1,显示其形成压力较低,结晶压力变化范围大。原生/同生石墨漂移程度估算出该区域压力范围为4.01～5.88 GPa,估算结果与利用橄榄石包裹体拉曼位移估算的源区压力范围基本一致。该区域内金刚石中原生/同生石墨包裹体的D带拉曼位移在1 350～1 368 cm-1之间,D带与G带的强度比(I_D/I_G值)值位于0.36～0.82之间,具有较低有序度结构/结晶程度与橄榄岩型金刚石的高结晶度石墨明显不同指示该区域部分砂矿来源的金刚石的形成深度较浅,成因与榴辉岩关系更为密切,形成过程极可能曾位于石墨-金刚石稳定域附近。研究结果表明,金刚石石墨包裹体拉曼位移的漂移程度可成为探索金刚石原生源区形成环境的有效方法之一。     

The perception of entropy in rapidly moving sparse dot arrays: a nonlinear dynamic perspective

In visual fields composed of dots spatially randomly distributed but moving rigidly, the percept of coherent motion is lost once D_max is exceeded, resulting in an incoherent, random percept. We have investigated this transition both from a psychophysics perspective and in the development of a dynamic model of the visual system based on a spatially coupled array of nonlinear damped mass-springs cells. We present results of experiments using rigidly moving arrays of dots of different levels of sparseness and differing displacement magnitudes. Results show that the perception of randomness can be reliably judged and displays a transition from coherent to non-coherent motion as the motion amplitude is increased. Using standard psychophysical just noticeable difference (JND) judgements, we noted that the threshold JND was a function of displacement magnitude and sparseness and could not be explained by extant spatiotemporal filtering models. Our model qualitatively explains the important features of the data, reproducing the experimental D_max and entropy perception effects with increased stimuli motion amplitude at different spatial sparseness levels. We have then performed some numerical simulations of the model when the masses in the array are randomly distributed. Results show that sparseness plays different role if close or far from D_max in terms of motion coherence discrimination.     

Jack Polynomials in Superspace

This work initiates the study of orthogonal symmetric polynomials in superspace. Here we present two approaches leading to a family of orthogonal polynomials in superspace that generalize the Jack polynomials. The first approach relies on previous work by the authors in which eigenfunctions of the supersymmetric extension of the trigonometric Calogero-Moser-Sutherland Hamiltonian were constructed. Orthogonal eigenfunctions are now obtained by diagonalizing the first nontrivial element of a bosonic tower of commuting conserved charges not containing this Hamiltonian. Quite remarkably, the expansion coefficients of these orthogonal eigenfunctions in the supermonomial basis are stable with respect to the number of variables. The second and more direct approach amounts to symmetrize products of non-symmetric Jack polynomials with monomials in the fermionic variables. This time, the orthogonality is inherited from the orthogonality of the non-symmetric Jack polynomials, and the value of the norm is given explicitly.     

A model for the three lepton decay mode of the proton

An extension of the left-right symmetric model has been constructed which gives in a natural way the three lepton decay modes of the proton which have been suggested as an explanation for the atmospheric neutrino anomaly. We write down the potential which after minimization gives the proper choice of the Higgs spectrum. With this Higgs spectrum we then study the evolution of the gauge coupling constants and point out that for consistency one has to include effects of gravity.     

Properties of a three-dimensional photonic jet

By focusing light with a sphere several wavelengths in diameter, we can obtain a photonic nanojet [Opt. Express 13, 526 (2005)]: if light is focused on the surface of the sphere, the width of the beam stays smaller than the wavelength along a distance of propagation of approximately two wavelengths and reaches a high intensity. We use the rigorous Mie theory to analyze the basic properties of the photonic jet in the general three-dimensional polarized case. This fast algorithm allows us to determine the influence of the radius and the refractive index of the sphere on the photonic jet. The polarization response is also studied. We observe that high-intensity concentrations and subwavelength focusing are two different effects. Their basic properties are analyzed, and explanations are proposed.     

Improvement of the inverse-gated-decoupling sequence for a faster quantitative analysis of various samples by 13C NMR spectroscopy

The inverse-gated-decoupling sequence enables quantitative (1)H decoupled (13)C spectra to be obtained. We modified this sequence so as to obtain the same result in less time for molecules containing carbons with various relaxation properties. For that, we determined the optimal (13)C longitudinal-magnetization initial value for a faster relaxation while (1)H decoupler is stopped. This value can be calculated precisely via the nuclear Overhauser effects, the longitudinal relaxation times, together with the determination of the relaxation rate constants of carbons while (1)H are out of equilibrium. A supplementary delay of (1)H decoupling and/or a series of selective pulses applied at the beginning of the recovery delay allow an acceleration of (13)C longitudinal relaxation. We applied this method to the molecule of vanillin. The simultaneous quantification of all carbons was carried out with a recovery delay divided by two compared to the usual sequence.     

双菱体λ/4消色差相位延迟器的设计

根据菲涅尔全内反射相变理论,给出了双菱体λ/4消色差器的结构设计、性能分析和测量方法.由有效通光孔径和光线追迹设计出BK7玻璃在波长532 nm时相位延迟λ/4的双菱体的结构,用作532 nm至1 064 nm波长范围的标准λ/4相位延迟器.理论分析了入射角变化和波长变化对双菱体相位延迟的影响,当入射角变化限制在±4.3°以内时,其影响得到补偿;波长从532 nm到1 064 nm产生的误差为－0.65°.采用椭偏法中的消光技术,分别实测了双菱体在532 nm和1 064 nm波长下的相位延迟为：90.08±0.14°和88.99±0.1°,可知两不同波长产生的相位延迟误差为－1.09°.     

The contribution of high frequencies to human brain activity underlying horizontal localization of natural spatial sounds

Background  

In the field of auditory neuroscience, much research has focused on the neural processes underlying human sound localization. A recent magnetoencephalography (MEG) study investigated localization-related brain activity by measuring the N1m event-related response originating in the auditory cortex. It was found that the dynamic range of the right-hemispheric N1m response, defined as the mean difference in response magnitude between contralateral and ipsilateral stimulation, reflects cortical activity related to the discrimination of horizontal sound direction. Interestingly, the results also suggested that the presence of realistic spectral information within horizontally located spatial sounds resulted in a larger right-hemispheric N1m dynamic range. Spectral cues being predominant at high frequencies, the present study further investigated the issue by removing frequencies from the spatial stimuli with low-pass filtering. This resulted in a stepwise elimination of direction-specific spectral information. Interaural time and level differences were kept constant. The original, unfiltered stimuli were broadband noise signals presented from five frontal horizontal directions and binaurally recorded for eight human subjects with miniature microphones placed in each subject's ear canals. Stimuli were presented to the subjects during MEG registration and in a behavioral listening experiment.     

高效率激光二极管泵浦100 Hz 3.5 J Nd∶YAG MOPA激光器

研制了结构简单、高效率激光二极管泵浦Nd∶YAGM0PA激光器.振荡级输出单脉冲能量1.13 J,重复频率为100HZ.MOPA系统输出最大单脉冲能量2.35 J,光-光转换效率为39%.实验结果和理论计算符合较好.