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.     

Excitation Transfer for K2 in High-Lying States by N2

A K-N2 mixture is irradiated in a glass fluorescence cell with pulses of 710hm radiation from an OPO laser, populated K2 （^1∧g） state by two-photon absorption. The cross section for ^1∧g →^3∧g transfer in K2 is determined using molecular fluorescence spectrometry. The cell temperature is kept constant at 553K. The N2 pressure is varied between 40 Pa and 400 Pa. The effects of K2-K collisions could not be neglected. These effects are subtracted out by using the results of the pure K experiment. The cross sections are （3.8 ± 1.5） ×10^-15 cm^2 for K2 （^1∧g） ＋ N2 → K2（^3∧g） ＋N2 and （8.9 ± 3.5） × 10^-15 cm^2 for K2 （^3∧g） collisions with N2.     

Two-Photon Fluorescence Property and Ultrafast Dynamics of Two Dipolar Compounds with Dipicolinate as Electron Acceptor

Linear and nonlinear photophysical properties of two novel dipolar compounds named as trans- dimethyl-4-[4＇-（N,N-dimethylamino）-styry1]-pyridin-2,6-dicarboxylate （Xiao-1） and trans-dimethyl-4-[4＇-（N,N-diphenylamino）-styry1]-pyridin-2,6-dicarboxylate （Xiao-2） are investigated by steady-state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, Z-scan and two-photon excited fluorescence measurements. Strong two-photon fluorescence emission and the pronounced positive solvatochromism are observed from two compounds. The two-photon absorption cross section of Xiao-2 is about 1.5 times larger than that of Xiao-1. One-color and two-color femtosecond pump-probe experiments are employed to investigate the excited state dynamics of two compounds. The relaxation lifetime of the intra-molecular charge transfer state is determined to be in the hundreds of picosecond domain for both the compounds in THF, and several tens of picosecond in DMSO solutions.     

水溶性CdTe:Mn量子点的双光子吸收

采用激发波长800 nm、脉宽50 fs、重复频率1 kHz的Ti:sapphire放大飞秒激光器作为激发光源,利用开孔Z扫描技术研究了不同粒径的CdTe:Mn量子点的非线性吸收性质。理论计算结果表明,同一生长时间CdTe:Mn量子点的双光子吸收系数是CdTe量子点的1.1倍,其双光子吸收系数随量子点尺寸的减小而增大,这是由于CdTe:Mn量子点非线性吸收属于反饱和吸收,掺杂了Mn元素,减小了表面缺陷浓度,表明掺杂量子点具有很好的双光子吸收现象。     

纳米中心合成氮掺杂石墨烯量子点

双光子荧光成像技术具有近红外激发、避免光毒作用和光漂白、自发荧光干扰弱及较深的组织穿透深度等优点,在生物医药领域研究中受到极大关注。开发具有高双光子吸收截面、生物相溶性好的材料作为双光子荧光探针,是活细胞和深层组织成像研究领域的关键和热点。国家纳米科学中心宫建茹研究组以氧化石墨烯为前驱体,N,N-二甲基甲酰胺作氮源,合成了氮掺杂的     

多维度信息记录与再现技术的进展

随着信息技术的高速发展和大数据时代的到来,有效存储和管理海量数据的要求对数据存储技术提出了严峻挑战。光存储技术在能耗、容量、成本、寿命、安全等方面的优势,使其正逐渐成为未来数据存储的主流技术。本文围绕光存储技术的维度展开论述,纵向介绍了几种常用的光存储技术。目前以光盘为代表的二维面存储技术,存储容量已接近其理论存储极限（23.5 GB/disc）;以双光子吸收技术、全息存储技术为代表的三维体存储技术,其存储容量相较二维存储技术提升了2~4个数量级;五维存储技术进一步扩展了数据存储的维度。可以预见,未来光存储技术会在大存储容量、超高存取速度、高性能存储材料、多维度存储技术等方面取得突破和进展。     

三苯胺衍生物分子非线性光学性质的理论研究

在密度泛函理论水平上,利用响应函数方法,研究了1-{(1E)-2-[4-(二苯胺基)苯基]乙烯基}-4-[4-N,N-二甲胺]苯(PVMB)和1-[(1E)-2-(4-(1E)-2-{4-[4-N,N-二甲胺]苯基}乙烯基)苯基]苯胺}苯基)乙烯基]-4-[4-N,N-二甲胺]苯(DPVMB)两分子的双光子吸收特性.计算结果表明,这两个化合物都具有较好的双光子吸收特性,且具有两分支结构的DPVMB分子比具有单支结构的PVMB分子有更强的双光子吸收强度.计算数值结果和实验结果符合地较好.     

水溶性CdTe量子点的三阶光学非线性极化特性

利用超短脉冲Z扫描技术和光学Kerr效应研究了以巯基丙酸为稳定剂的CdTe量子点水溶液的三阶光学非线性极化特性. 在532nm,30ps和800nm,130fs脉冲激光激发下, 发现分别具有正负相反取值的三阶光学非线性折射率,自由载流子吸收和双光子吸收分别是这两种脉冲激光激发下三阶光学非线性吸收的起因. 测量得到CdTe量子点的三阶光学非线性极化率约为CS₂的32倍, 在520—700nm光谱区的CdTe量子点的光学响应时间小于400fs. 关键词： CdTe量子点(QDs) Z扫描 三阶光学非线性极化特性 双光子吸收     

变频率光场与二能级原子的相互作用：双光子过程

研究了二能级原子与单模电磁场相互作用时的双光子过程,主要考虑了在相干态初始条件下场频率发生变化时的情况,讨论了场频率随时间作正弦缓慢变化对原子布居数反转、光场压缩与原子压缩等特性的影响.结果显示,场频率的改变将使得原子布居数反转的崩塌回复周期增大,回复值减小,而光场及原子压缩效应减弱. 关键词： 布居数反转 光场压缩 原子压缩 双光子过程     

双光子吸收表征及相关光物理机制

双光子吸收材料在高分辨生物成像、光动力学治疗和光限幅等领域备受关注。新型双光子吸收材料创制涉及非线性光学性质表征、光物理机制解析和构效关系构建。本文探讨了双光子吸收相关的光物理跃迁机制、开孔Z-扫描与双光子激发荧光方法的区别联系以及激光光源特性对双光子吸收性能测试结果的影响,最后对该领域进行展望。