Improving the precision of fluorescence lifetime measurement using a streak camera

Streak camera has high temporal resolution and high sensitivity, and is a powerful tool in biomedical study to measure fluorescence lifetime and perform fluorescence lifetime imaging. However, nonuniformity of the gain in the streak tube and nonlinearity of the sweeping speed limit the precision of fluorescence lifetime measurement, particularly when fluorescence lifetimes are short. We have constructed a two-photon excitation fluorescence lifetime measurement system that is based on a synchroscan streak camera and have developed accordingly a method to correct the effect of gain nonuniformity and nonlinearity of sweeping speed on the measurement precision. A continuous-wave laser of high stability is used to calibrate the gain of the streak camera, and a Fabry-Perot etalon is used to calibrate the nonlinearity of the sweeping speed. Fitting algorithms are used to correct the gain of the streak camera and nonlinearity of the sweeping speed respectively, which significantly improves the measurement precision of the system, as characterized through the fluorescence lifetime of the short-lived fluorescence dye, Rose Bengal. Experimental results show that the measurement fluctuation of the lifetime has been improved from more than 10% to 2% after correcting the effects of gain nonuniformity and sweeping speed nonlinearity.     

Effect of sintering atmosphere on Ni/PTC composites ceramics

In order to prepare lead-free BaTiO₃-based PTC (positive temperature coefficient) with low room temperature resistivity, metal Ni is added to BaTiO₃-based PTC samples that contain 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20 wt% of Ni. The sintering temperature is from 1240 °C to 1260 °C. The sintering atmosphere of Ni/PTC composites ceramics was studied. Two sintering atmospheres were adopted in this experiment; full reducing sintering atmosphere and part reducing sintering atmosphere. Controlling the dose of graphite powder can make these two reducing atmospheres. The experiment data show that the optimal sintering atmosphere is a part-reducing atmosphere. Under on the conditions mentioned above, the room temperature resistivity of the samples can drop to under 10 Ω cm and the PTC jump can reach 10³, which represents a good PTC characteristic.     

Paraxial propagation of cosh-Airy vortex beams in chiral medium

Propagation dynamics of the cosh-Airy vortex(CAiV) beams in a chiral medium is investigated analytically with Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral formula. The results show that the CAiV beams are split into the left circularly polarized vortex(LCPV) beams and the right circularly polarized vortex(RCPV) beams with different propagation trajectories in the chiral medium. We mainly investigate the effect of the cosh parameter on the propagation process of the CAiV beams.The propagation characteristics, including intensity distribution, propagation trajectory, peak intensity, main lobe's intensity, Poynting vector, and angular momentum are discussed in detail. We find that the cosh parameter affects the intensity distribution of the CAiV beams but not its propagation trajectory. As the cosh parameter increases, the distribution areas of the LCPV and RCPV beams become wider, and the side lobe's intensity and peak intensity become larger. Besides, the main lobe's intensity of the LCPV and RCPV beams increase with the increase of the cosh parameter at a farther propagation distance, which is confirmed by the variation trend of the Poynting vector. It is significant that we can vary the cosh parameter to control the intensity distribution, main lobe's intensity, and peak intensity of the CAiV beams without changing the propagation trajectory. Our results may provide some support for applications of the CAiV beams in optical micromanipulation.     

DYNAMICS of H+2 in TWO-COLOR ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE

Numerical simulations of ionization and dissociation processes of hydrogen molecular ion H₂⁺ interacting with two-color intense ( 10¹⁴W/cm²-10¹⁵W/cm²) ultrashort (the duration ≈ 22fs) laser pulse are made. The result shows that the ionization and dissociation processes are strongly dependent upon the relative phase between the two color fields. It means that, in the case of ultrashort pulse, the phase coherence control of ionization and dissociation processes can be realized.     

基于叶绿素荧光光谱分析的黄瓜霜霉病害预测模型

为了实现对黄瓜病害的快速无损准确预测,基于激光诱导叶绿素荧光光谱分析技术,建立了温室黄瓜霜霉病害的预测模型.通过测定健康叶片、病菌接种3d叶片和接种6d叶片的光谱曲线,采用一阶导数光谱预处理方法,结合主成分分析数据降维方法对三组光谱数据进行特征信息提取后,建立主成分得分散点图,依据累积贡献率选取10个主成分代替导数光谱...     

Thermoelectric properties and electronic structure of Al-doped ZnO

Impure ZnO materials are of great interest for high temperature thermoelectric application. In this work, we present the effects of Al-doping on the thermoelectric properties and electronic structures of a ZnO system. We find that, with increasing Al concentrations, the electrical conductivity increases and the thermal conductivity decreases significantly, whereas, the Seebeck coefficient decreases slightly. Nevertheless, the figure of merit (ZT) increases owing to high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. On the other hand, the electronic band structures show that the position of the Fermi level is moved upwards and the bands split near the valence-band top and conduction-band bottom. This is due to the interaction between the Al3p and Zn4s orbitals, which drive the system towards semimetal. Besides, the Density Of States (DOS) analysis shows that the introduction of Al atom obviously reduces the slope d(DOS)/dE near the Fermi level. Based on the calculated band structures, we are able to explain qualitatively the measured transport properties of the Al-doped ZnO system.     

Luminescent properties of La2LiTaO6:Mn4+ and its application as red emission LEDs phosphor

A novel phosphor, Mn⁴⁺ doped La₂LiTaO₆, was developed by solid-state reaction method. The luminescent spectra and emission efficiencies of La₂LiTaO₆:Mn _x ⁴⁺ (x = 0.001, 0.003, 0.005 and 0.01) were discussed. The effects of co-doped charge compensation ions, M = Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Na⁺, were investigated, respectively. The excitation spectra indicated that La₂LiTaO₆:Mn⁴⁺ could be effectively excited by both NUV light and blue light. The emission spectra of the phosphor exhibit a broadband ranging from 670 to 720 nm with the maximum at about 709 nm in deep red region. The co-doping of Mg²⁺ could significantly improve the luminescent properties of La₂LiTaO₆:Mn⁴⁺. Thus, phosphor La₂LiTaO₆:Mn⁴⁺, Mg²⁺ can serve as a key component to improve color rendering of blue-chip white-LEDs.     

Quantum confinement in graphene quantum dots

By performing density functional theory calculations, we studied the quantum confinement in charged graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which is found to be clearly edge and shape dependent. It is found that the excess charges have a large distribution at the edges of the GQD. The resulting energy spectrum shift is very nonuniform and hence the Coulomb diamonds in the charge stability diagram vary irregularly, in good agreement with the observed nonperiodic Coulomb blockade oscillation. We also illustrate that the level statistics of the GQDs can be described by a Gaussian distribution, as predicted for chaotic Dirac billiards.

     

High order harmonic generation by non-linear reflection of a pedestal-free intense laser pulse on a plasma

We demonstrate the influence of the prepulses and ASE of ultrashort pulses interacting with a solid target by addressing the direct comparison of the harmonic spectra generated by reflection onto a solid target with and without the introduction of a plasma mirror system. Harmonics up to the 20th of the fundamental of the Ti-Sa laser are clearly visible in a situation free from any plasma expansion. PACS 42.65. Ky; 52.38.-r; 52.38.Ph; 52.50.Jm     

Parity-violating electron deuteron scattering and the proton's neutral weak axial vector form factor

We report on a new measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry in quasielastic electron scattering from the deuteron at backward angles at Q2=0.038 (GeV/c)2. This quantity provides a determination of the neutral weak axial vector form factor of the nucleon, which can potentially receive large electroweak corrections. The measured asymmetry A=-3.51+/-0.57 (stat)+/-0.58 (syst) ppm is consistent with theoretical predictions. We also report on updated results of the previous experiment at Q2=0.091 (GeV/c)2, which are also consistent with theoretical predictions.