Light level control in birefringent fibres through thermal stress effects caused by the absorption of broadside incident light: a single-ended fibre-optic system

In this paper, light level control is demonstrated using optically induced thermal stress effects in a polarization-maintaining optical fibre. The controlling light beam is absorbed by a blackened segment of the fibre and produces local heating. Light control is demonstrated in the single-ended sensor configuration, which displays a response that cannot be explained from phase delays only, but requires the addition of the coupled mode theory.     

准弹性激光光散射在血细胞检测中的应用

本文利用准弹性激光散射法和细胞电泳法对不同哺乳动物的红细胞,淋巴细胞、粒细胞进行检测,结果表明在一定条件下,不同类型的血细胞平均电泳速度有明显差别。这一结果为光散射法应用于血细胞检测提供了可能性。     

Light traffic for workload in queues

General exact light traffic limit theorems are given for the distribution of steadystate workloadV, in open queueing networks having as input a general stationary ergodic marked point process {(t _n ,K _n )n0 (where t_n denotes the arrival time and K_n the routing and service times of the nth customer). No independence assumptions of any kind are required of the input. As the light traffic regime, it is only required that the Palm distribution for the exogenous interarrival time converges weakly to infinity (while the service mechanism is not allowed to change much). As is already known in the context of a single-server queue, work is much easier to deal with mathematically in light traffic than is customer delayD, and consequently, our results are far more general than existing results forD. We obtain analogous results for multi-channel and infinite-channel queues. In the context of open queueing networks, we handle both the total workload in the network as well as the workload at isolated nodes.Research supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science during the author's fellowship in Tokyo, and by NSF Grant DDM 895 7825.     

Light Scattering Changes in Isolated Brain Mitochondria during Anoxia - Magnesium Effect on Morphological Changes and Respiration -

Under pathological conditions, morphological changes of the cells and tissues may differ from those of normal conditions, which can be reflected by changes in light scattering (LS). Consequently, LS has been recognized as a potential non-invasive tool for optical diagnosis of living tissue. This paper aimed to identify the basic properties of LS of isolated brain mitochondria in vitro under normoxic and anoxic conditions in the presence and absence of Mg²⁺. An increase in LS was observed during anoxia in both the presence and absence of Mg²⁺. In both cases, the changes in LS initiated by anoxia and reoxygenation started concomitantly with the reduction of heme aa₃. The rates of LS changes were slower than those of heme aa₃, particularly in the presence of Mg²⁺. Mg²⁺ inhibited the morphological responses of mitochondria caused by the addition of ADP and ATP, and significantly reduced the oxygen consumption rate in state 4. These results are due to modulation of the K⁺/H⁺ antiporter affected by Mg²⁺. In addition, the mitochondria were well coupled, although the basal level of LS fell after addition of Mg²⁺. Therefore, the observed responses of mitochondria at anoxia were physiological and independent of the presence or absence of Mg²⁺. The relationship between LS and redox state of cytochrome c oxidase, an anoxic indicator, provides a basis to assess the tissue conditions in vivo.     

Bending of Light and Gravitational Signals in Certain On-Brane and Bulk Geometries

In this article, we first investigate the bending of light rays in 4D line elements representing spherically symmetric, static on–brane geometries. The amount of bending in these four dimensional, strong and weak field solutions is derived. Signatures, which appear in the bending formulae, due to the presence of extra dimensions are discussed. Subsequently, as a separate exercise, we calculate the bending of null geodesic trajectories in a bulk five dimensional spacetime with a Schwarzschild line element on the 3-brane section. We interpret the deviation of null trajectories as that of gravitational signals or five dimensional photons, which are, unlike light rays confined to four dimensions, allowed to propagate along the fifth (extra) dimension. Features of the presence of extra dimensions in the effective potentials and the bending formula are analysed in this context.     

Oblique-Incidence Characteristics of a Parallel-Aligned Nematic-Liquid-Crystal Spatial Light Modulator

We have developed optically-addressed and electrically-addressed liquid crystal spatial phase-only light modulators having no pixelized structures. We obtained a large depth of phase-only modulation and high diffraction efficiency based on the electro-optical characteristics of a parallel-aligned nematic liquid crystal. These spatial light modulators (SLM) are of the reflection type, so there would be a loss of power in the readout light from the half mirror, which was set up so as to separate the incident and reflected lights. To optimize the characteristics of a reflection type spatial phase-only light modulator, we have proposed an oblique incident optical readout setup. We have examined the effect of conditions such as the polarization direction and the incidence angle of the readout light, and the orientation of liquid crystal molecules in the SLM. High diffraction efficiency close to the theoretical maximum value was obtained by adjusting the above conditions. The simulation analysis can well explain the experimental results of phase modulation.     

基于散射模型设计外遮光罩

通过对粗糙表面散射情况的分析发现,普通金属材料的表面散射能量主要集中在10°散射角内。针对这种现象,提出了基于该散射特性的光学系统外遮光罩设计方法,该遮光罩的杂散光抑制角比基于反射理论计算的大5°,具有良好的散射杂散光的抑制作用。最后以Ritchey-Chirtien(R-C)光学系统为例,为其设计了合适的遮光罩,并在TracePro软件中对比性地建模、分析。结果证明了该模型的正确性,且该遮光罩对抑制杂散光起到了很好的效果,点源透射比(PST)相对较低。     

用于位置灵敏型中子探测器的6LiF/ZnS（Ag）闪烁体性能研究

研究了掺杂6LiF的ZnS(Ag)闪烁体对中子、γ射线的发光特性和EJ426闪烁体样品的热中子探测效率、出射光产额和γ灵敏度。EJ426的热中子探测效率为32.4%,出射光产额为8.01×103光子/中子,70 mV阈值时的γ灵敏度小于10-7,表明EJ426是较理想的闪烁体型位置灵敏中子探测器材料。     

梯度磁场作用下光纤中磁流体光透射特性研究的建模与分析

对光纤中磁流体在梯度磁场作用下的光透射特性进行了研究,提出光纤中磁流体的光透射率变化主要来源于梯度磁场引起的磁流体密度分布变化。根据郎之万函数和流体理论,推导了光纤中磁流体在梯度磁场作用下的密度分布,并根据Beer-Lambert定律,得到磁流体光功率透射衰减和纳米粒子局部密度的关系,从而建立光纤中磁流体在梯度磁场作用下光透射特性的理论模型。进而对光纤中磁流体在不同梯度磁场作用下的光透射功率进行数值分析,得到不同磁场强度和磁场梯度下光纤中磁流体透射功率的变化规律。最后将数值分析的结果和实验数据进行对比,验证了模型的合理性, 同时也验证了梯度磁场作用下磁流体光透射功率的变化主要来源于磁流体密度分布变化的推论。     

高电荷态Krq+与Al表面碰撞发射可见光的研究

利用低速(V≈0.01 V_Bohr)高电荷态Kr^q+ (q=8, 10, 13, 15, 17)离子轰击金属Al表面, 获得了碰撞过程产生的300–600 nm的光谱. 实验结果表明: 低能大流强(μA/cm²量级)离子束入射金属表面, 可产生溅射原子、离子和入射离子中性化后发射的可见光. 随着入射离子势能(电荷态)增加, 碰撞过程中发射谱线的强度增强. 与激发态3d能级相比, 较高的势能可以有效地激发Al原子的电子到较高4s能级. 关键词： 高电荷态离子 可见光发射 离子与表面作用