InAsSb/InAsSbP current-tunable laser with narrow spectral line width

The article describes the manufacture and testing of a new type of semiconductor laser working at low temperatures (12–100 K) in the wavelength range 3200–3300 cm^-1. This kind of laser can be tuned in the modal range up to 6 cm^-1 and is characterized by a narrow spectral line width (about 7 MHz). Received: 12 September 2002 / Final version: 29 January 2003 / Published online: 22 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +420-286/591-766, E-mail: civis@jh-inst.cas.cz     

Estimates of the solutions of two-point boundary-value problems for systems of first-order integrodifferential equations and the method of lines

One proves theorems on the estimates of the solutions of the systems of first-order integrodifferential equations with the boundary conditions On the basis of these theorems, one suggests a method for estimating the norms of integrodifferential equations by the method of the lines for the solutions of the periodic boundary-value problems for second-order integrodifferential equations of parabolic type. On the basis of the established theorem, on the solvability and on the estimate of the solution of the nonlinear equation $$Tx + F\left( x \right) = 0$$ in a Banach space X, where T is a linear unbounded operator, one investigates the convergence of the method of lines for solving the periodic boundary-value problem for a second-order nonlinear integrodifferential equation of parabolic type.     

100-TW femtosecond laser based on parametric amplification

In experiments on the parametrical amplification of femtosecond pulses in wide-aperture DKDP crystals, a power of more than 100 TW has been reached, which is much higher than the record level achieved in such lasers. The energy efficiency obtained for the parametric amplifier is equal to 27%. The energy of a 72-fs pulse is equal to 10 J.     

Thermoelectrical regime of a vertical electrolyzer. Part 2: Numerical modeling of two-phase electrolyte convection

The results of numerical modeling of two-phase electrolyte thermo-and hydrodynamics in the working space of a separate electrolyzer cell with vertical electrode arrangement are presented. The problem is solved in a self-consistent formulation taking into account the electric current, Joule heat evolution, gas evolution, gas and liquid flows, and electric conductivity of the disperse phase. Within the framework of the proposed two-liquid approach, near-wall bubbly flow is calculated using a model of expanding gas plume, which is based on the introduction of an effective force acting upon the gas phase. The results of several variants of such calculations are compared. The numerical solution is also compared to approximate analytical solutions of the problem. The results of this study can be used to calculate estimations of the electrical and thermal regimes of vertical electrolyzers.     

Spectral and luminescent properties of jet-cooled dinaphthofuran

The fluorescence and fluorescence excitation spectra of jet-cooled dinaphtho[2,1-b:1′,2′-d]furan (dinaphthofuran) molecules, as well as their complexation with inert gases Ar, Kr, and Xe, are studied. The indicatrices of the degree of polarization of fluorescence of dinaphthofuran molecules upon excitation of the electronic transitions S ₀?S ₁ and S ₀?S ₂ are calculated as functions of the intramolecular orientation of the transition dipole moments. The fluorescence polarization spectrum is measured under excitation within the rotational contour of the line of the purely electronic transition v ₀ ⁰ = 29 294 cm^?1. In contrast to complex planar molecules, the S ₀?S ₂ fluorescence excitation spectrum of dinaphthofuran is found to be continuous, with the Q branch of the rotational contour being absent. The fluorescence excitation spectra of van der Waals complexes of dinaphthofuran with inert gases exhibit multiplet lines, which is associated with the helical structure of the molecules studied.     

Ellipsometric technique for determining in situ the absorption coefficient of semiconducting nanolayers

An algorithm that makes it possible to solve the inverse problem of ellipsometry aimed at determining the absorption coefficient on the basis of a single-zone ellipsometric experiment during the growth of thin semiconducting films is developed and implemented. The technique is based on analysis of the variation of ellipsometric parameters Ψ and Δ directly during the growth. The algorithm is tested in synthesis of Si/SiO₂/Si(100) and Hg_{1 ? x} Cd _x Te structures.     

Vibronic spectra, ab initio calculations, and structures of conformationally non-rigid molecules of oxalyl halides in the ground and lowest excited electronic states - Part VI: Oxalyl bromide (COBr)2 and summary

The structure of oxalyl bromide (COBr)₂ in the ground and four lowest excited electronic states was theoretically investigated using the CASPT2/cc-pVTZ-DK method. Structural information obtained allowed the reassignment of the and vibronic absorption spectra. Generalization of oxalyl halide structural data for the ground and excited electronic states is presented.     

Ground state of the 4α + Λ nucleus within the 4α+Λ cluster model

The s-wave bound state of the 4α+Λ system is investigated. The relevant solution to the Schrödinger equation is expanded in the basis formed by the eigenfunctions of Hamiltonian for the 4α subsystem. Differential equations for Yakubovsky components are employed to calculate basis functions. Phenomenological potentials for αα and αΛ interactions are used. In the 4α system, additional three-particle potentials for the interaction between α clusters are introduced in such a way as to reproduce the experimental data on the binding energies, the root-mean-square radii, and the charge form factors for the ¹²C and the ¹⁶O nucleus. The binding energy, the root-mean-square radius, and the hyperon distribution in the ground state of the _Λ ¹⁷ O nucleus are calculated. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with those obtained on the basis of the ¹⁶O+Λ two-particle model with the phenomenological Woods-Saxon potential.