The effect of concentration on the thermo-optical properties of colloidal silver nanoparticles

The thermo-optical properties of colloidal silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are investigated under a low power laser irradiation at 532 nm. Colloidal AgNPs are synthesized by nanosecond pulsed laser ablation of a pure silver plate in distilled water. The morphology and size of the AgNPs are determined by transmission electron microscopy. Closed Z-scan measurements reveal that nonlocal thermo-optic process is responsible for the nonlinear refractive index of colloid containing different concentrations of silver nanoparticles. The Z-scan behavior of the nanoparticle samples has been investigated based on a nonlocal thermo-optic process and it is shown that the aberrant thermal lens model is in excellent agreement with the experimental results. Z-scan measurement fits have allowed the values of nonlinear refractive index (n₂) and thermo-optic coefficients (dn/dt) to be determined at different concentrations of silver nanoparticles. Large enhancement factors were measured for values of n₂ and dn/dt of the colloids at higher silver nanoparticle volume fraction. Our results suggest that nonlocal thermal nonlinear processes will play an important role in the development of photonic applications involving metal nanoparticle colloids.     

反常色散介质“超光速”现象研究的新进展

文章介绍了王力军等人的光脉冲在反常色散介质传播实验的测量结果，说明了实验测量的不完全性，因而它不能在是否超光速的问题的答案，文章还介绍了近一年来相应的理论研究工作，文章作者依据物理概念和理论研究结果论证了该实验所得的负群速度本身并不超光速；如果把负群速度看成是某种能量的传播那私超光速出现在负群速度开始时间间，因而它是超距作用，违反能量守恒或动量守恒，因此，负群速度只是表观速度，能流的研究结果也证明了这一点。这就是说，该实验并没有观察 到超观察到超光速传播。     

Enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in a negative refractive atomic medium

The Kerr nonlinearity of a left-handed material is analyzed in a four-level atomic system.It is shown that,due to the effect of quantum interference,a large enhanced Kerr nonlinearity accompanied by vanishing absorption can be realized via choosing appropriate parameters in this negative refraction atomic medium.It not only shows the large nonlinearity but also acts as the phase and amplitude compensating effects.     

用计算机显示单轴晶体的双折射

根据晶体中电的各向异性，利用计算机图形化编程技术，准确显示单轴晶体的双折射现象及规律。可以应用于辅助教学。     

Optimal Gerschgorin‐type inclusion intervals of singular values

In this paper, some optimal inclusion intervals of matrix singular values are discussed in the set Ω_A of matrices equimodular with matrix A. These intervals can be obtained by extensions of the Gerschgorin‐type theorem for singular values, based only on the use of positive scale vectors and their intersections. Theoretic analysis and numerical examples show that upper bounds of these intervals are optimal in some cases and lower bounds may be non‐trivial (i.e. positive) when PA is a H‐matrix, where P is a permutation matrix, which improves the conjecture in Reference (Linear Algebra Appl 1984; 56 :105‐119). Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Why is isotropy so prevalent in spatial statistics?

There are many reasons for the popular use of the isotropic or geometrically anisotropic covariance function and variogram in spatial statistics. A less known reason demonstrated in this paper is that an isotropic or geometrically anisotropic model would be the only choice in certain circumstances, for instance, when the underlying random field is smooth enough.

     

有负顾客的M/G/1有限源重试排队系统

采用补充变量法，本文研究了有负顾客的M/G/1有限源重试排队系统。与前人的研究相比，本文考虑了干预因素，即负顾客对系统的影响，其中负顾客的机制是带走系统中所有正顾客。文中给出了两种解决系统微分方程组的递归方法，得到了重试组的平均人数，平均等待时间，系统忙期和工作周期分布的L变换等重要指标的递归公式。在特殊情况下，求出以上指标的具体表达式并得到与前人一致的结果。     

负折射指数物质

介绍负折射指数物质(NRM)基本概念,然后说明负折射指数物质研究的最新发展,对其金属谐振环、光子晶体、和电感电容集总元件等典型结构进行分类说明,归纳研究的最新进展与发展方向.     

负啁啾高强度飞秒脉冲在正常色散材料中传输特性研究

利用块状正常色散材料作非线性介质，实验研究了负啁啾强激光飞秒脉冲在正常色散材料的传输过程中，脉冲波形及频谱随入射脉冲能量的变化特性.实验发现，负啁啾脉冲经过材料后激光光谱在被整形和压缩的同时，脉冲宽度也被压缩.实验获得的压缩脉冲宽度短于相等光谱宽度下的双曲正割转换极限脉冲宽度.数值模拟结果显示，在实验条件下模拟结果具有同样的变化特性. 关键词： 飞秒脉冲 自压缩 负啁啾 自聚焦