Optical Properties of Ag and Au Nanoparticles Dispersed within the Pores of Monolithic Mesoporous Silica

The optical absorption of silver and gold nanoparticles dispersed within the pores of monolithic mesoporous silica upon annealing at elevated temperatures has been investigated. With decreasing particle size, the surface plasmon resonance position of the particles blue-shifts first and then red-shifts for silver/silica samples, but only red-shifts for gold/silica samples. This size evolution of the resonance position is completely different from that previously reported for fully embedded particles. We assume a local porosity at the particle/matrix interface, such that free surface of particles within the pores may be in contact with ambient air, and present a two-layer core/shell model to calculate the optical properties. These calculations also consider deviations from the optical constants of bulk matter to account for corresponding effects below about 10 nm particle size. From the good agreement between experimental results and model calculations, we conclude a peculiar particle/ambience interaction dominating the size evolution of the resonance. Because of the difference of core electron structure, the relative importance of the effects of local porosity and free surface, respectively, are different for silver and gold. For silver, the effect of the local porosity is stronger, but for gold the opposite is found.     

The optimum configuration for the third-harmonic generation of 1.064 μm in a YCOB crystal

A method of determining the spatial configuration of a YCa₄O(BO₃)₃ (YCOB) crystal is introduced. The type-I phase-matching points for the sum-frequency of 1.064 μm and 0.532 μm, as well as the conversion efficiency for YCOB samples cut in different directions, have been measured. When the input intensity is 0.76 GW/cm², the third-harmonic generation (THG) conversion efficiency for the (106°, 77.2°)-cut YCOB crystal reaches 26.2%, which is the highest that we know so far. Both the calculations and the experiments show that the optimum THG configuration for a YCOB crystal is near (106°, 77.2°), or other equivalent directions in space. Received: 11 September 2000 / Revised version: 25 January 2001 / Published online: 27 April 2001     

Fabrication of high quality chirped fiber Bragg grating by establishing strain gradient

To fabricate chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) with high reflectivity and accurately controlled chirp profile with low cost, we develop the CFBG fabrication technique based on strain gradient: fabricating CFBG using fabricated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) by establishing strain gradient along the length of grating. We theoretically analyze the form of such CFBGs, and study the characteristics of gratings using piecewise-uniform approach. It is shown that increasing UV-induced index change or the length of the grating or both are the efficient ways to obtain high quality CFBG with high reflectivity and good reflection spectrum. The dispersion of this grating is decided by and varies inversely with the slope of the strain gradient along the length of the grating, not decided by UV-induced index change or by the length of grating. One can control the dispersion and the chirp profile by adjusting the slope of the strain gradient. Based on the theoretical analysis, we have fabricated CFBG whose reflectivity is maintained at 100% in a large range of strain gradients.     

Orientations of ZnO grown on GaN

On semipolar epitaxial ZnO grown by chemical vapor deposition consists of two distinct orientations as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction. The initially grown ZnO on GaN follows the GaN lattice with the epitaxial relationship of // and The other oriented ZnO domains then grow on faceted with and with good coherency with the ‐oriented grains. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Upgrade of beamline BL08B at Taiwan Light Source from a photon‐BPM to a double‐grating SGM beamline

During the last 20 years, beamline BL08B has been upgraded step by step from a photon beam‐position monitor (BPM) to a testing beamline and a single‐grating beamline that enables experiments to record X‐ray photo‐emission spectra (XPS) and X‐ray absorption spectra (XAS) for research in solar physics, organic semiconductor materials and spinel oxides, with soft X‐ray photon energies in the range 300–1000 eV. Demands for photon energy to extend to the extreme ultraviolet region for applications in nano‐fabrication and topological thin films are increasing. The basic spherical‐grating monochromator beamline was again upgraded by adding a second grating that delivers photons of energy from 80 to 420 eV. Four end‐stations were designed for experiments with XPS, XAS, interstellar photoprocess systems (IPS) and extreme‐ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) in the scheduled beam time. The data from these experiments show a large count rate in core levels probed and excellent statistics on background normalization in the L‐edge adsorption spectrum.     

线-铝箔电极电晕放电激励器的推力理论与实验研究

空气电晕放电离子风激励器无需旋转部件, 仅通过消耗电能就能直接产生驱动力, 它是一种新型的动力技术, 备受国内外航空航天界的广泛关注. 目前对空气电晕放电离子风激励器的推力产生机理虽有各种解释, 但是现有理论均不能统一各种条件下的实验结果, 仍需要开展进一步的分析与研究. 本文以线-铝箔电极电晕放电激励器为研究对象, 通过实验研究发现作用在线电极与铝箔电极上的静电力不对称, 而且改变铝箔电极纵向高度和气压均能影响激励器的推力大小; 通过理论分析, 考虑电晕层与空间电荷的影响, 建立了线-铝箔电极电晕放电激励器的推力计算模型, 其计算值与实测值比较一致. 基于上述实验现象与理论建模分析, 本文认为线-铝箔电极电晕放电激励器的推力主要来源于线电极电晕产生的空间电荷对电极系统产生了不对称静电力作用, 使激励器出现净静电力作用.     

双路激光混沌复用系统的混沌同步及安全性能研究

针对一种新型的双路激光混沌复用系统, 建立相应的速率方程模型, 详细分析了两个主激光器的单个参数失配、多个参数同时失配、反馈强度差异以及频率失谐对混沌同步性能的影响, 并对此复用系统的安全性能和频谱性能进行了研究. 研究结果表明: 采用参数失配方案, 通过合理选择两个主激光器的参数, 可以保证两个主激光器之间的同步性能较差而两对主从激光器间实现高品质的混沌同步, 因此满足双路激光混沌复用的条件; 两个主激光器之间的参数失配对它们之间的同步性能影响较大, 然而对配对主从激光器间同步性能的影响并不明显, 进一步说明参数失配方案的有效性和可行性. 另外, 通过自相关函数和频谱分别分析混沌复用信号的时域和频域特征, 发现双路激光混沌复用系统可提供更高的安全性.