Fluid and plastic flow dynamics of the critical state for a strongly pinned 2D superconductor

The frequency of the Raman active A_1g radial breathing mode has been widely used as a tool to estimate the distribution of diameters of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT). However, the relation between frequency and diameter is not straightforward and results are model-dependent. Because most of the experiments are performed on bundles and not on isolated tubes, the model should especially take into account the van der Waals intertube interactions. Here, we use a pair-potential approach to account for such interactions and we derive a nonlinear relation between the SWNT diameter and the frequency of the A_1g radial breathing modes. We demonstrate a good agreement between calculations and the diameters derived from diffraction experiments on the same samples. Received 22 December 1999 and Received in final form 17 July 2000     

Entangling atoms in photonic crystals

We propose a method for entangling a system of two-level atoms in photonic crystals. The atoms are assumed to move in void regions of a photonic crystal. The interaction between the atoms is mediated either via a defect mode or via a resonant dipole-dipole interaction. We show that these interactions can produce pure entangled atomic states. We analyze the problem with parameters typical for currently existing photonic crystals and Rydberg atoms and we show that the atoms can emerge from photonic crystals in entangled states. Depending on the linear dimensions of the crystal we estimate that a pair of atoms entangled in a photonic crystal can be separated by tens of centimeters. Receive 11 June 1999 and Received in final form 4 October 1999     

The scattering and transmission of elastic waves in quasi-two-dimensional planar waveguides with linear defect boundaries

The influence of linear defect boundaries on the transmission and scattering of elastic waves in quasi-two-dimensional wave-guides is studied using the matching method. A linear defect boundary separating two wave-guide crystalline lattice domains is characterised here by a linear chain of defect masses and by modified elastic constants in the boundary, different from their values in the bulk of the domains. In particular a square lattice is considered to model the domains of the two-dimensional planar wave-guide containing the linear defect. The reflection and transmission probabilities, and the total transmission probabilities are calculated numerically and presented for the scattering processes in a variety of cases. We show that the interaction between the localised modes introduced by the defect boundary and the propagating modes of the system leads to Fano resonances. These resonances shift to higher (lower) frequencies for smaller (larger) defect masses, and for the same mass as function of the angle of the incident wave. Other spectral features shown to exist are due to interference effects especially at oblique incidence and when modifying the boundary elastic constants. Received 8 November 1999 and Received in final form 14 January 2000     

Experimental study of the porosity of loose stacks of stiff cylindrical fibres: Influence of the aspect ratio of fibres

The aim of this work is to study the porosity of three-dimensional and two-dimensional packing of stiff cylindrical fibres according to their aspect ratio. First, we have carried out an experimental study of the porosity for 3D and 2D packing. In this last case, the elementary representative surfaces have been determined. Then, an attempt of interpretation of the porosity variations for 2D stacks has been realized on the basis of the excluded volume theory and a variation law has been proposed. To conclude, we have studied the relevance of a simplified packing model based on a single geometry of the defects. Received 12 April 1999 and Received in final form 4 August 1999     

Estimation of the Refractive Index Change in Glass Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

It is known that local refractive index change occurs when femtosecond laser pulses with extremely high peak power are launched into glass. We focused 130-femtosecond laser pulses of 800 nm into the bulk of glass and examined the shape of the induced refractive index change. We found that the length of the spot of the refractive index change along the optical axis reached about 30 μm despite the diameter being about 2 μm. To estimate the distribution of induced refractive index change, we fabricated Bragg grating by scanning the focused spot and calculated the amount of the change by applying Kogelnik’s coupled mode theory to the measured diffraction efficiencies of the higher order diffracted beams.     

Triplet-triplet transfer of electronic energy upon nonequilibrium vibrational excitation of triplet molecules

The specific features of the triplet-triplet (T-T) transfer of electronic excitation energy in a gas phase upon nonequilibrium vibrational excitation of the triplet molecules of a donor were studied for an anthraquinone-diacetyl donor-acceptor pair using the time-resolved slow fluoresence of anthraquinone and sensitized phosphorescence of diacetyl. It is shown that in the gas phase, which allows regular control of the number of collisions, competition between the processes of T-T transfer and intermolecular vibrational relaxation is observed for nanosecond time resolution. The T-T transfer rate for the molecular system investigated exceeded the rate of intermolecular vibrational relaxation k_V in the triplet state T₁ of the donor. The effectiveness of the T-T transfer of energy by vibrationally excited molecules turned out to be higher than the effectiveness of transfer by thermalized ones, but even the highest of them was much less than unity. An increase in the equilibrium temperature of vapors led to a decrease in the effectiveness of transfer for both vibrationally excited and thermalized triplet molecules, thus indicating the importance of the collisional complex in the intermolecular process studied. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 474–479, July–August, 2000.     

Optical transmittance spectroscopy of concentric-shell fullerenes layers produced by carbon ion implantation

Concentric-shell fullerenes, also called carbon onions, produced by carbon ion implantation into silver thin films, and subsequently deposited on a silica substrate, were studied by optical transmission spectroscopy in the wavelength range 0.2 - 1.2 μm. In this interval, the strongest absorption is due to the π-plasmon of sp²-like carbon. The position of the plasmon absorption band clearly evolved from 265 nm at low fluence to 230 nm at high implantation fluences. A simulation of the optical spectra based on dielectric models of the concentric-shell fullerenes layer allowed us to identify the first peak as due to disordered graphite and the latter to the carbon onions. The concentration of residual graphite and the filling fraction of the carbon onions produced at high fluences could be estimated by fitting the optical spectra with computed transmittance curves. Received 13 July 2000     

Theoretical Calculations of Thermal Shifts of Ground-StateZero-Field-Splitting for Ruby

By taking into account all the irreducible representations and their components in the electron-phonon interaction (EPI) as well as all the levels and the admixtures of wavefunctions within d³ electronic configuration, the thermal shifts (TS) of the ground-state zero-field-splitting (GSZFS) due to EPI for ruby have microscopic-theoretically been calculated; the contribution to TS of GSZFS from thermal expansion has also been calculated. The results are in very good agreement with experiments. It is found that the contributions from the first-order perturbation of the second-order term in EPI Hamiltonian are dominant in the Raman term and optical-branch term for TS of GSZFS; the different between the TS due to EPI of t₂^{3 4}A₂±(1/2) e₂ (G₂) level and the TS due to EPI of t₂^{3 4}A₂±(3/2) e₂ (G₁) level gives rise to the TS due to EPI of GSZFS, which is very small in comparison with the TS due to EPI of G₂ or G₁ level. Among various terms in TS of GSZFS, Raman term is the largest one and the signs of the Raman term and optical-branch term are opposite to the sign of the thermal-expansion term; the optical-branch term plays an important role in TS of GSZFS and increases rapidly with temperature; all various contributions to TS of GSZFS have to be taken into account, since the subtle balance among them determines the total result. The comparison between the features of TS of GSZFS and those of TS of R₁ and R₂ lines has been made. For TS of GSZFS, the contribution from thermal expansion is especially important; the neighbor-level term is insignificant.     

互泵浦相位共轭器的阈值耦合强度的分析

从理论上计算具有两个作用区的互泵浦相位区轭器的阈值耦合强度（γＬ）ｔｈ，给出了（γＬ）ｔｈ与输入光强比ｑ、光折变晶体内部通道强度传输系数Ｔｔ的规律。     

次条纹积分干涉计量

叙述了次条纹积分干涉干时的原理，仅用一幅光载频干涉纹图获取全部位相信息。先用分段积分法求出条纹初始位相，再由最小二乘原理，迭代出信息的位相解。并讨论了条纹位相的算法，误差修正和测量面形的应用。