Consistency and variations in optical characteristics of four-layer polymeric waveguides

In the present work, four-layer polymeric waveguides have been fabricated and characterized by interchanging the film layer. Using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and styrene acrylonitrile (SAN) polymer it has been shown that polymers do not loose their own property in multilayer structure and better efficiency can be achieved in the form of low propagation losses and mode filtration. Due to high contrast of PVA and SAN films, a broad spectrum of refractive index in four-layer structure has been achieved.     

Diffusion-limited energy transfer from Tb3+ → Nd3+ and Tb3+ → Ho3+ in DMSO

The energy transfer phenomenon has been studied from Tb³⁺ → Nd³⁺ and Tb³⁺ → Ho³⁺ in DMSO. A diffusion limited dipole-dipole mechanism of energy transfer is suggested for both systems. At high acceptor concentrations, P_da depends linearly on C² consistent with the Fong and Diestler theory of energy transfer. However, at low acceptor concentrations the observations of time evolutions of Tb³⁺ luminescence decay following flash excitation has enabled us to examine diffusion limited energy transfer from Tb³⁺ to Nd³⁺ and Tb³⁺ to Ho³⁺ in DMSO.     

THE ESTIMATION OF PRIOR FROM FISHER INFORMATION

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Demonstration of a 1/4-cycle phase shift in the radiation-induced oscillatory magnetoresistance in GaAs/AlGaAs devices

We examine the phase and the period of the radiation-induced oscillatory magnetoresistance in GaAs/AlGaAs devices utilizing in situ magnetic field calibration by electron spin resonance of diphenyl-picryl-hydrazal. The results confirm a f-independent 1/4-cycle phase shift with respect to the hf=j variant Planck's over 2pi omega(c) condition for j>/=1, and they also suggest a small ( approximately 2%) reduction in the effective mass ratio, m(*)/m, with respect to the standard value for GaAs/AlGaAs devices.     

p-sd Shell gap reduction in neutron-rich systems and cross-shell excitations in 20 O

Excited states in 20O were populated in the reaction 10Be(14C,alpha) at Florida State University (FSU). Charged particles were detected with a particle telescope consisting of 4 annularly segmented Si surface barrier detectors and gamma radiation was detected with the FSU gamma detector array. Five new states were observed below 6 MeV from the alpha-gamma and alpha-gamma-gamma coincidence data. Shell model calculations suggest that most of the newly observed states are core-excited 1p-1h excitations across the N=Z=8 shell gap. Comparisons between experimental data and calculations for the neutron-rich O and F isotopes imply a steady reduction of the p-sd shell gap as neutrons are added.     

Photoluminescence properties of SHI induced F2 and F3 color centers in nano-granular LiF thin films

Photoluminescence (PL) properties of swift heavy ions-induced F₂ and F₃⁺ color centers in nano-granular lithium fluoride (LiF) thin film were studied. LiF films were deposited on glass and silica substrates and irradiated with various ion species (Ag, Ni and Au) at different irradiation temperatures. The role of ion species, their fluence and the irradiation temperature on the PL intensity of color centers induced in LiF thin films is discussed.     

57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of (25−x)MnO–xZnO–15Fe2O3–60B2O3 glasses

The ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer technique has been used to investigate the effect of zinc oxide substitution in (25???x)MnO–xZnO–15Fe₂O₃–60B₂O₃ glass system (x?=?0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mol% of ZnO ). Mössbauer absorption spectra for all the samples recorded at room temperature suggest the existence of the two paramagnetic quadrupole doublets. The observed variations in hyperfine parameters have been explained on the basis of cations distribution and exchange interaction at the lattice sites and it is concluded that B–B interaction increases while the metal–metal interaction decreases due to replacement of manganese oxide by zinc oxide. These results suggest that the present glass system exhibits a paramagnetic behaviour that changes towards the weak paramagnetic when manganese oxide was replaced with zinc oxide.     

Engineering of hydrophilic and plasmonic properties of Ag thin film by atom beam irradiation

Hydrophilic Ag nanostructures were synthesized by physical vapour deposition of 5 nm Ag thin films followed by irradiation with 1.5 keV Ar atoms. Optical absorbance measurements show a characteristic surface plasmon resonance absorption band in visible region. A blue-shift in absorbance from 532 to 450 nm is observed with increasing fluence from 1 × 10¹⁶ to 3 × 10¹⁶ atoms/cm². Atomic force microscopy was performed for the pristine and irradiated samples to study the surface morphology. The atom beam irradiation induced sputtering and surface diffusion lead to the formation of plasmonic surface. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy of the pristine and irradiated film indicates that metal content in the film decreases with ion fluence, which is attributed to the sputtering of Ag by Ar atoms. The contact angle measurement demonstrates the possibility of engineering the hydrophilicity by atom beam irradiation.     

A comparative study of ion-induced damages in C60 and C70 fullerenes

The stability of fullerenes (C₆₀ and C₇₀) under swift heavy ion irradiation is investigated. C₆₀ and C₇₀ thin films were irradiated with 120 MeV Ag ions at fluences from 1×10¹² to 3×10¹³ ions/cm². The damage cross-section and radius of damaged cylindrical zone were found to be higher for C₆₀ than C₇₀ as evaluated by Raman spectroscopy, which shows that the C₇₀ molecule is more stable under energetic ion impact. The higher damage cross-section of the C₆₀ molecule compared with that of the C₇₀ molecule is explained on the basis of thermal conductivity in the framework of the thermal spike model. The surface morphology of pristine C₆₀ and C₇₀ films is studied by atomic force microscopy. UV-visible absorption studies revealed that band gap for C₆₀ and C₇₀ fullerenes thin films decreases with increasing ion fluence. Resistivity of C₆₀ and C₇₀ thin films decreases with increasing ion fluence but the decrease is faster for C₆₀ than C₇₀, indicating higher damage in C₆₀. Irradiation at a fluence of 3×10¹³ ions/cm² results in complete damage of fullerenes (C₆₀ and C₇₀) into amorphous carbon.