Femtosecond second-order solitons in optical fiber transmission

A propagation of the femtosecond second-order solitons in an optical fiber is studied. We show that a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation well describes the propagation of the second-order soliton even containing only a few optical cycles. The propagations of a 50 fs and a 10 fs second-order soliton in an optical fiber are numerically simulated. It is found that, for the case of 10 fs second-order soliton, the soliton decay is dominated by the third-order dispersion, in contrast to the case of 50 fs second-order solitons, where the soliton decay is dominated by the delayed Raman response. It is also found that the exact delayed Raman response form must be used for the propagation of the 50 fs or less than 50 fs second-order soliton.     

长链脂肪酸影响胆红素-人血清蛋白复合物的激发态分化

胆红素与人血清白蛋白结合后会发生光异构和光诱导环化反应,其中后一反应将最终形成一种名为光红素的产物,这些光诱导化学反应是临床上治疗新生儿黄疸的基本原理. 据前人研究报道,长链脂肪酸的加入有利于光红素的生成,但其背后的机理,特别是其激发态动力学尚不明确. 本文利用飞秒瞬态吸收和飞秒荧光转换技术,探究了棕榈酸对胆红素在血清蛋白中的光化学反应的影响. 研究表明,随着棕榈酸的加入,光激发后的胆红素更倾向于通过4 ps的衰减通道返回热基态,而不是通过固有的超快激发态衰减途径(小于1 ps). 这一效应促进了热基态的胆红素发生由Z-Z到E-Z构型的异构化,从而提高了光红素的产率. 这是首次利用飞秒时间分辨光谱技术对长链脂肪酸在光疗过程中的作用进行表征,其结果可为相关临床研究提供有利的信息.     

基于飞秒激光引导高压放电的SF6分解物原位检测

气体绝缘开关设备(GIS)绝缘缺陷引发的放电会导致SF₆分解,分解产生的低氟硫化物与设备内的微量H₂O和O₂反应生成具有腐蚀性的物质,影响设备正常运行,因此,研究SF₆分解机理对GIS的安全运行具有重要意义。由于部分分解物在采样过程中发生转化,因此,实现SF₆分解物的原位检测对于研究SF₆分解机理是十分必要的。采用飞秒激光引导高压放电实现了高压放电空间和时间的精确控制,并利用飞秒激光引导高压放电产生的空间分辨光谱实现了SF₆分解物的原位测量。首先研究证明了飞秒激光不会引起SF₆的分解;其次,利用飞秒激光产生的等离子体通道实现了放电空间和时间的精确控制;最后,发现分解物中包含由于高能电子碰撞直接或间接产生的大量S和F的离子和原子。研究证明了基于飞秒激光引导高压放电可以实现SF₆分解物的原位检测,为开展高压放电下SF₆分解机理研究提供了一种新的研究手段。     

As(III) Determination in the Presence of Pb(II) by Differential Alternative Pulses Voltammetry

Differential Alternative Pulses Voltammetry (DAPV), introduced by the authors earlier, was applied with HMDE for direct As(III) determination in the presence of Pb(II) in natural water without sample pretreatment. Distinguishable peaks of As(III) and Pb(II) were registered in 1 M HCl supporting electrolyte at a concentration ratio as high as 1 : 6, while complete peak overlapping occurs applying DPP at any concentration ratio at the same experimental conditions. In‐situ As(III) determinations in the presence of Pb(II) in contaminated ground waters in Mexico were performed, using especially designed disposable safe mercury drop electrodes.     

飞秒光学外差光学克尔效应和低频拉曼光谱技术研究离子液体[bmim][PF6]的低频光谱

利用飞秒光学外差光学克尔效应技术获得了咪唑类离子液体1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐([bmim][PF6])体系中反映分子间相互作用的低频光谱. 结果分析中, 利用Brownian振子时间相关函数的精确表达式对光学克尔效应动力学数据中的核振动部分进行模拟, 在时域上获得各个振动组分的时间演化行为, 并进而通过快速Fourier变换获得各个振动组分的频域光谱和总加和光谱. 此外还利用低频拉曼光谱技术测量了离子液体[bmim][PF6]的低频光谱, 并和飞秒光学外差光学克尔效应实验的结果进行对比, 发现两种方法获得的低频光谱相近. 实验结果表明Brownian振子时间相关函数的精确表达式可用来解析离子液体体系中低频振动的时间演化行为.     

Generation of bubbles in glass by a femtosecond laser

Permanent microscale bubbles with varied size and number density are induced in borosilicate glasses by adjusting the focusing depth (FD) of a tightly focused femtosecond laser. With continuously increasing of the focusing depth, the average size of generated bubbles experiences an increase-decrease process. However, the number density of generated bubbles experiences an opposite changing process compared to the change of the size. The possible mechanism for the bubble generation and changing with the focusing depth has been discussed.     

Nonlinear spectrum effect on the coherent control of molecular systems

This work demonstrates that the detuning of the fs-laser spectrum from the two-photon absorption band of organic materials can be used to reach further control of the two-photon absorption by pulse spectral phase manipulation. We investigate the coherent control of the two-photon absorption in imidazole-thiophene core compounds presenting distinct two-photon absorption spectra. The coherent control, performed using pulse phase shaping and genetic algorithm, exhibited different growth rates for each sample. Such distinct trends were explained by calculating the two-photon absorption probability considering the intrapulse interference mechanism, taking into account the two-photon absorption spectrum of the samples. Our results indicate that tuning the relative position between the nonlinear absorption and the pulse spectrum can be used as a novel strategy to optimize the two-photon absorption in broadband molecular systems.     

A detailed study through the focal region of near-threshold single-shot femtosecond laser ablation nano-holes in borosilicate glass

A detailed study of the morphology of nano-craters drilled in borosilicate glass by single shot femtosecond laser ablation near the ablation threshold has been performed by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy imaging after focused ion beam sectioning. The influence of the numerical aperture (NA = 0.4 and 0.8), the pulse energy (16 nJ < E_p < 600 nJ) and the position of the specimen surface into the focal region were systematically investigated, leading to nanometric or micrometric scales in every spatial dimension. The nanocrater’s size is not restricted by the diffraction limit but determined by the laser pulse stability and the material properties. If the beam is focused inside the glass, two craters are drilled, shaping very distinct morphologies. Their dimensions have been studied in details and different relationships have been proposed for the evolutions of the depths and of the various diameters of these craters as functions of the pulse energy, the numerical aperture and the position of specimen surface in the beam-material interaction region. It is suggested that the long, thin conical profile with very high aspect ratio of the secondary craters is due to a spontaneous reshaping of the beam which transforms the incoming Gaussian pulse into a Gaussian-Bessel pulse. As proposed in the developed model the geometry of the second craters seems to be connected with the one of the main craters.     

建筑物对微波脉冲响应仿真与实验

 建立了微波脉冲在建筑物内传播、反射及透射过程的3维仿真模型,提取了空间电场时域最大值进行统计分析。分析表明：不同入射角窄带调制方波脉冲激励下,场增强区域大小与微波通过窗户和门能直接照射到的区域大小呈正比,窗户的大小对建筑物内空间场强增强区域的大小有显著影响;同时在微波脉冲的传播方向上,窗沿后的区域场强幅值明显减小;脉冲宽度对建筑物内空间场强增强区域的大小及空间场强最大值影响很小;无上升下降沿的窄带调制方波脉冲激励下,空间电场叠加增强效应更强。测量了微波脉冲辐照下,建筑物内空间功率密度分布,验证了仿真结果。     

SERF-filtered experiments: new enantio-selective tools for deciphering complex spectra of racemic mixtures dissolved in chiral oriented media

The use of chiral liquid crystals as NMR solvent is a powerful tool to visualize and quantify enantiomers. This technique is much more robust than traditional liquid state techniques. Recent developments have been performed to simplify proton spectra obtained in these solvents which are usually complex to analyze. In the different published sequences the enantiomeric differentiation can be visualized but none of them rely the different (1)H-(1)H couplings to have a coherent set for each enantiomer especially in cases of racemic mixtures. In this work to overcome such limitations, we present a new NMR pulse sequence using semi-selective pulses to assign for each enantiomer the different (1)H-(1)H couplings. The aim is to obtain the signal of only one enantiomer, through a first Selective ReFocussing (SERF) filtering block implemented for the enantio-selection followed by a second SERF block for measuring a chosen coupling. The whole sequence is called (1)H SERF-filtered-SERF. These techniques permit for the first time to assign all dipolar couplings to each enantiomer of racemic mixtures dissolved in chiral oriented media. We demonstrate that using this experiment it is possible to visualize enantio-differentiation even in the case where the multiplets are not resolved in the SERF experiments, pushing back the limits of the enantiomeric visualization.