Colloidal particles of silicon dioxide for the formation of opal-like structures

The conditions of synthesis of silicon dioxide particles with a high degree of monodispersity have been investigated. The particles have been synthesized using both the hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane in the presence of L-arginine and a combination of this technique with the traditional Stöber method. It has been shown that the use of SiO₂ particles synthesized by the heterogeneous hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane in the presence of the amino acid for their further growth according to the Stöber method makes it possible to obtain particles 100 nm and more in size with a narrow size distribution (the deviation of the diameter is less than 3%), a nearly perfect spherical shape, and a smooth surface.     

Stimulated emission at the second order stop-zone edge of the two-dimensional opal–zinc oxide photonic crystal

The fabrication of the 2D periodic structures in ZnO thin films by magnetron sputtering on the opal matrices was developed. The microstructures were characterized by AFM and SEM. The spontaneous and stimulated emissions of the ZnO layers on opal were studied at N₂ laser excitation (λ = 337 nm). The stimulated emission near 397 nm was observed at room temperature from ZnO–opal structure. The threshold of the electron–hole plasma recombination laser process was 300 kW/cm² for this structure. This threshold is two orders of magnitude smaller of that one for the flat ZnO–SiO₂ films owing to DFB resonator effect in 2D structure.     

Luminescence induced in diamond by He+ ion implantation into SiC/C composites with an inverse opal structure

The photoluminescence induced in diamond by helium ion implantation into SiC/C nanocomposite samples and their structure revealed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy have been investigated. It has been found that, apart from crystallites of silicon carbide, graphite, and amorphous carbon, in the structure of the composites there are spherical carbon particles containing concentric graphite-like shells (onion-like particles). It has been established that onion-like particles are formed during high-temperature treatment of SiC/C nanocomposites in the course of their preparation. It has been shown that, after the implantation with the subsequent thermal treatment, nanocomposite samples exhibit a luminescence characteristic of N-V centers in diamonds. The assumption has been made that the diamond crystallites are formed at the center of onion-like particles during high-temperature treatment of the composite.     

Spontaneous decay rates of the hyperfine structure atomic states into an optical nanofiber

Spontaneous decay rates of atoms into guided modes of an optical nanofiber are found for atomic transitions between the hyperfine structure sublevels. The decay rates are evaluated for the hyperfine structure transitions in Rb atoms. The efficiency of the guided mode excitation by spontaneous decay of the specific hyperfine atomic states is examined for both the fundamental fiber mode HE₁₁ and the higher-order modes TE₀₁, TM₀₁, and HE₂₁.     

Analysis of nonstationary signals and fields with the use of enclosed semi-Markov processes

In this study, the possibility to describe the signals scattered by various physical objects such as underlying surfaces of land and sea, the segments of “clear sky,” and processes of various physical natures, such as fluctuations of the refractive index of the troposphere and electromagnetic and acoustic radiation of a lithospheric nature, by enclosed semi-Markov processes is investigated. This approach makes it possible to construct statistic models for a broad class of signals and processes. In some cases, statistics based on atomic functions and WA systems of the Kravchenko-Rvachev functions show the best results.     

Relation between particle sizes and concentration in undiluted and diluted blood plasma according to light scattering data

Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute - The article is devoted to the study of dilution effect on the blood plasma particle concentrations and sizes, obtained by dynamic light scattering...     

Correlation spectroscopy measurements of particle size using an optical fiber probe

We propose measuring the size of particles suspended in a liquid by light beating spectroscopy of scattered light using an optical fiber probe inserted into a medium and consisting of three multimode optical fibers. One of them is used to transmit light, the other two — to transmit scattered light to a unit providing its spatial coherence and further to a photodetector. In very turbid media, the multiple-to-single light-scattering spectral line width ratio is determined by the ratio of line widths in two collecting optical fibers. Then the particle size is determined by the spectrum of multiple rather than single scattering.     

Spontaneous and stimulated red luminescence of Lu2O3: Eu nanocrystals

The spectra of spontaneous and stimulated luminescence of Lu₂O₃: Eu (7 at %) nanopowders at different optical pumping intensities have been investigated. The obtained results—changes in the shape of the red luminescence spectra and in the lifetime of the ⁵ D ₀ excited state of Eu³⁺ ions—indicate the onset of superluminescence with an increase in the excitation power. It has been found that an increase in the optical pumping intensity leads to a decrease in the luminescence decay time of the Lu₂O₃: Eu (7 at %) phosphor in the stimulated luminescence regime and to an increase in the quantum efficiency of red luminescence with a maximum at 611 nm.     

Synthesis of 5-aryl-2-alkoxyfuranes from 1-aroyl-2,2-dichlorocyclopropanes

The reaction of 1-aroyl-2,2-dichlorocyclopropanes with a mixture of potassium tertbutylate and potassium methylate (or ethylate) in tert-butyl alcohol gives 5-aryl-2-methoxy (or ethoxy) furanes in good yield.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1603–1605, December, 1984.