Optical Trapping with Focused Surface Waves

Near-field optical trapping can be realized with focused evanescent waves that are excited at the water–glass interface due to the total internal reflection, or with focused plasmonic waves excited on the water–gold interface. Herein, the performance of these two kinds of near-field optical trapping techniques is compared using the same optical microscope configuration. Experimental results show that only a single-micron polystyrene bead can be trapped by the focused evanescent waves, whereas many beads are simultaneously attracted to the center of the excited region by focused plasmonic waves. This difference in trapping behavior is analyzed from the electric field intensity distributions of these two kinds of focused surface waves and the difference in trapping behavior is attributed to photothermal effects due to the light absorption by the gold film.     

Terahertz-dependent PM2.5 monitoring and grading in the atmosphere

Rapid industrialization and economic development have led to serious pollution in the form of fine particulate matter(PM2.5,particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm). In China, PM2.5 has been one of the most debated topics in councils of government and issues of public concern. Terahertz(THz) radiation was employed to measure the PM2.5 in the atmosphere from September 2014 to April 2015 in Beijing. Comparison of the PM2.5 level from the website with THz absorbance revealed a significant phenomenon: THz radiation can be used to monitor PM2.5 in the atmosphere. During Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) 2014, "APEC Blue" was also recorded in a THz system. The relationship between absorbance and PM2.5 demonstrates that THz radiation is an effective selection for air pollution grading. Based on the absorbance spectra, the elemental compositions were studied by two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy(2 DCOS) in conjunction with X-ray fluorescence.Several single absorption peaks were revealed and caused by sulphate from coal combustion, vehicle exhaust emissions and secondary reactions. Furthermore, mathematical algorithms, such as the BPANN and SVM, can process the THz absorbance data and greatly improve the precision of the estimation of PM2.5 mass. Our results suggest that THz spectroscopy can not only reveal the component information for pollution source determination, but quantitatively monitor the PM2.5 content for pollution level evaluation. Therefore, the use of THz radiation is a new method for future air pollution monitoring and grading systems.     

Review of recent UV–Vis and infrared spectroscopy researches on wine detection and discrimination

Wine has become a commodity of significant commercial value, and the demand for high quality wine by consumers has been increasing. Suitable analytical techniques are needed for its quality control. Ultraviolet, Visible, Near-infrared and infrared spectroscopy is by far one of the most important techniques for determining the wine quality, including its components and characterization. This review will overview the available most recent applications of spectroscopic techniques in the past decade for wine quality prediction and discrimination both quantitatively and qualitatively. The fundamental principles of these techniques will be introduced briefly, and some innovative setups/instrumentations will also be illustrated. At last the limitations and prospects of spectroscopic techniques for wine industry will be discussed.     

Investigation on crystalline structure and dielectric relaxation behaviors of hot pressed poly(vinylidene fluoride) film

The dielectric relaxation behaviors of hot pressed poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) film have been studied using dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency domain from 20 Hz to 5 MHz at temperatures between 20 °C and 200 °C. Crystalline/amorphous interphase is suggested with methods of FTIR, XRD, and DSC. Frequency and temperature dependence of dielectric spectroscopy reveals the relaxation behavior and structural dynamics of the samples, and three types of relaxation processes are suggested, α_Ac relaxation process contributed by the hopping transport process near the periphery of conduction band or valence zones at Fermi energy, α_c relaxation process related to the structure change of crystal lattice trapped dipoles in crystalline regions, and α_a relaxation process arising from segmental dipole rearrangement of interphases in amorphous regions. Cole-Cole and Havriliak-Negami experimental equations were utilized to analyze these relaxation processes, and differences of Arrhenius parameters for α_Ac and α_c relaxation processes obtained from Cole-Cole and Havriliak-Negami equations were discussed in detail. Activity energy of different relaxation processes obtained from Arrhenius equation and VFT equation indicates non-single thermal activation mechanism for hot pressed PVDF film.     

利用原子层外延方法制备的ZnS:Er3+薄膜的交流电致发光特性

采用原子层外延方法(ALE)制备了ZnS:Er3+交流电致发光(ACEL)薄膜,得到了明亮的绿色EL。发现了随Er3+离子浓度增加,对应于4F9/2→4I15/2跃迁的谱线强度增加甚至超过2H11/2→4I15/2跃迁的谱线强度。通过对EL衰减的分析,发现了绿红比随外加电压的变化关系以及EL光谱与温度的关系。在Er3+离子浓度较高时,Er3+离子之间发生明显的能量传递。提出了Er3+离子间的交叉驰豫模型并计算了交叉弛豫速率,同拟合衰减曲线得到的值相比,两者符合得较好。     

Hybrid binary subtracted joint transform correlator for a large number of reference patterns using a Bi12SiO20(BSO) spatial light modulator and a laser scanner

A hybrid binary subtracted joint transform correlator was constructed using a Bi₁₂SiO₁₂ (BSO) spatial light modulator and a laser scanner. The usefulness of this system was confirmed experimentally using a large number of binary and halL-tone images as the reference patterns.     

Lorentz-Compton佯谬与一个双赢判决性散射实验设计

通过对“可见光区域是否存在Compton效应”的讨论而进一步深化到经典条件下“光的量子理论能否包含光的经典电磁理论”的实验验证,发现了Lorentz-Compton佯谬,并基于逆Compton散射设计了一个敏感而又可行的双赢判决性散射实验来解决此佯谬。     

Ultrafine optical-frequency tunable Brillouin fiber laser based on fiber strain

We present an ultrafine tunable single-frequency Brillouin fiber laser in which the fiber Brillouin gain also acts as a high-precision tunable filter. Controlling the strain on the fiber, the Stokes frequency shift may be precisely changed, and thus the lasing frequency can be tuned. Assisted by the frequency pulling effect, this method provides continuous ultrafine tuning ability for ~30% of the free spectral range without mode hopping, and can cover 271 MHz. The experiments showed that the laser achieves tuning step of 60 kHz.     

面向微穿孔板吸声结构和吸声特性混合设计的软件平台

微穿孔板吸声结构是由微穿孔板与板后空腔组成的共振吸声结构,被认为是继多孔吸声材料之后发展起来的最有吸引力的吸声结构,其吸声特性与结构参数孔径d、板厚t、孔距b及空腔深度D有关,如何按需设计一个有效的微穿孔板吸声结构已成为目前研究的热点。本文从微穿孔板吸声结构和吸声特性混合设计的角度出发,使用面向对象的编程语言C++开发了微穿孔板吸声结构设计平台。与以往设计方法不同,本文开发的软件平台综合考虑了结构参数和吸声特性参数两方面的限制,根据实际应用要求平衡微穿孔板吸声结构的最大吸声系数与吸声带宽之间的制约关系,并以饱满的吸声曲线为目标,提供满足混合设计要求的优化结构参数。     

Thickness and stacking geometry effects on high frequency overtone and combination Raman modes of graphene

We investigate two high frequency Raman overtone and combination modes of graphene named 2D' and 2D + G bands, and located at ~3240 and ~ 4260 cm^–1, respectively. The graphene thickness and stacking geometry effects for these two modes are systematically studied. The features of the 2D' band, which arises from intravalley double resonance, are not sensitive to the variation of thickness with single Lorentzian peak and fixed linewidth. We explain it theoretically by calculating the phonon dispersion mode in k‐space and find that the flat band region of longitudinal optical phonon near Γ point is the mechanism leading to the 2D' band nonsplit. With the thickness increasing, the band position exhibits blueshift and the linewidth increases for the 2D + G band. With changing thickness and stacking geometry of graphene, the intensities of these two high‐frequency bands show obvious different evolution compared with that of G band. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.