Controlling subsurface damage in neodymium-doped phosphate glass

We investigate the removal mechanism of neodymium-doped phosphate glass dominated in loose abrasive grinding and bound abrasive grinding. Moreover, we investigate the surface roughness and subsurface damage change with optical fabrication parameters, such as different spindle speed, load and abrasive size under different grinding processes in details. For a range of experimental conditions, we find that fracture is the principal removal mechanism for loose abrasive grinding, while plastic scratching is the dominating mechanism for bound abrasive grinding. The load has more influence on subsurface damage for bound abrasive grinding than for loose abrasive grinding. However, the spindle speed has different effect on subsurface damage produced with loose abrasive grinding and bound abrasive grinding. Moderate spindle speed and low load is preferred to produce smaller subsurface damage for loose abrasive grinding. Moreover, higher spindle speed and lower load are preferred to plastic scratching for bound abrasive grinding. Bound abrasive grinding produces 4 times lower surface roughness and 3 times lower subsurface damage than loose abrasive grinding.     

Real time NDE of laser shock processing with time-of-flight of laser induced plasma shock wave in air by acoustic emission sensor

Acoustic emission sensor is used to research the time-of-flight of the shock wave induced by laser-plasma in air for real time nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of laser shock processing. The time-of-flight of the shock wave propagating from the source to the sensor declines nonlinearly and similarly at the different distances for different laser energies. The velocity of the shock wave at the distance of 30 mm increases faster than that of the distance of 35 mm. The relationship between the laser energy and the distance is almost linearly when the signal with distortion is measured by acoustic emission sensor. Finally, Taylor solution is used to analyze the experimental results, and the empirical formula between the energy of the shock wave and the laser energy is established, which will provide a theoretical basis for real time NDE of laser shock processing.     

Intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy of HDO between 12 145 and 13 160 cm

The high resolution absorption spectrum of monodeuterated water, HDO, has been recorded by Intracavity Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (ICLAS) in the 12 145-13 160 cm⁻¹ region. The achieved sensitivity (noise equivalent absorption on the order of α_min ∼ 10⁻⁹ cm⁻¹) allowed detecting transitions with line strengths as weak as 10⁻²⁷ cm/molecule which is about 50 times lower than the weakest line intensities previously detected in the considered region.The rovibrational assignment of the 1179 lines attributed to the HDO isotopologue was based on the results of the variational calculations of Schwenke and Partridge as well as the recent calculations based on a new HDO potential energy surface refined from the fitting to the available experimental data. The overall agreement between these new calculations and the observed spectrum is very good, the rms deviation of the differences between the calculated and observed energy values being 0.05 cm⁻¹. A set of 304 new experimental HDO energy levels was obtained. In particular, band origins for the (1 2 2), (2 0 2), and (3 1 1) vibrational states, at 12 568.190, 12 644.652, and 12 919.938 cm⁻¹, respectively, and their rotational sublevels are derived for the first time. A detailed HDO database of 1337 transitions was constructed and is provided as Supplementary Material.     

Z-扫描参量对薄膜材料三阶非线性光学特性的影响

采用数值计算方法对薄膜材料的Z-扫描参量进行研究.对不同激光脉宽下Z-扫描的三阶非线性折射系数和吸收系数进行分析,结果显示不同等级的脉宽激光器对计算结果的数量级影响很大.对不同小孔光阑半径的Z-扫描闭孔曲线进行仿真,结果显示光阑小孔越小,获得特征曲线的峰谷值越明显.对不同光阑离透镜焦点的距离值进行Z-扫描闭孔曲线仿真,结果显示距离为1/2透镜焦距值时闭孔Z-扫描曲线能得到相对较大的峰谷差值.数值分析结果与相关文献报道的实验结果基本一致.     

基于增益调制的激光成像准确度研究

微通道板电压与增益对数理论上呈线性关系,为了更接近实际情况,根据已知的微通道板电压与增益对数的函数关系选取一组线性数据点,并在其基础上加一组随机数作为波动,得到新的电压与增益对数的关系,获得指数拟合公式,用于还原目标的距离信息.对成像准确度进行理论分析,结果表明成像准确度与系统信噪比和增益调制函数有关,且信噪比越高,距离准确度越高.测量了微通道板增益与电压的关系曲线,在不同电压条件下照射同一距离同一目标得到回波图像,利用不同电压下回波图像灰度值之比得到相对增益之比.分别在恒定增益和调制增益下,对距离成像系统60m的目标进行成像,利用增益曲线对所得的图像进行处理,准确还原出目标的距离信息,准确度达到分米量级.     

消癌平诱导人肺腺癌(ASTC-a-1)细胞内caspase-3活化的荧光光谱分析

采用CCK-8技术检测发现传统中药消癌平（XAP）对人肺腺癌（ASTC-a-1）细胞的增殖活性具有显著的抑制作用。利用共聚焦扫描荧光显微成像、荧光共振能量转移（FRET）及其受体光漂白技术证实了基于FRET技术构建的SCAT3质粒在ASTC-a-1细胞中的稳定表达。将消癌平加入细胞培养液中培育细胞,并在不同的时间检测活细胞内SCAT3的荧光发射光谱,从而监测细胞中caspase-3的活化状态。实验结果表明：(1)消癌平可以有效抑制人肺腺癌（ASTC-a-1）细胞的增殖活性并诱导细胞的死亡,消癌平对细胞的抑制作用具有剂量依赖性。(2)消癌平处理细胞72 h后,细胞内大量的SCAT3被切割,表明细胞内caspase-3的活化水平明显升高。(3)将含消癌平的细胞培养液与细胞共同培养24 h,然后采用没有消癌平的细胞培养液培养细胞48和72 h后,细胞内SCAT3的光谱没有明显改变,表明消癌平作用细胞24 h内没有显著激活细胞内的caspase-3。     

Detection on micro-Doppler effect based on 1550 nm laser coherent radar

A laser coherent detection system of 1550 nm wavelength was presented, and experimental research on detecting micro-Doppler effect in a dynamic target was developed. In this paper, the return signal in the time domain is decomposed into a set of components in different wavelet-scales by multi-resolution analysis, and the components are associated with the vibrational motions in a target. The micro-Doppler signatures are extracted by applying the reconstruction (inverse wavelet transform). During the course of the final data processing frequency analysis and time–frequency analysis are applied to analyze the vibrational signals and estimate the motion parameters successfully. The experimental results indicate that the micro-Doppler information in a moving can be effectively detected, and tiny vibrational signatures also can be acquired effectively by wavelet multi-resolution analysis and time–frequency analysis.     

Optimisation of TA6V alloy surface laser texturing using an experimental design approach

Active surfaces of plastic injection moulds are nowadays textured using classical techniques (chemical etching or EDM). Replacement of these technologies by a laser technology introduces a big flexibility: absence of mechanical contact with the tool, decrease of the effluent's volume and a big machining precision, even in the case of the complex forms as injection moulds for example. This paper reports the experimental study of the surface laser texturing of TA6V alloy. The influence of the operating factors on the laser texturing process has been studied using two experimental approaches: Taguchi methodology and response surface methodology (RSM). Empirical models have been developed. They allowed us to determine a correlation between process operating factors and performance indicators, such as surface roughness and material removal rate. Results analysis shows that the laser pulse energy and frequency are the most important operating factors. Mathematical models, that have been developed, can be used for the selection of operating factors’ proper values in order to obtain the desired values of the objective functions.     

Feature tracking for projection registration in laboratory-scale reflective tomography laser radar imaging

In range-resolved reflective tomography laser radar imaging system, for accurate image reconstruction, all projections must be aligned to the center of target rotation. Due to the unknown location of the axis of rotation and random target translation, the center of target rotation in each projection cannot be measured accurately and images reconstructed based on range-resolved projections without registration would be dislocated. Here, we apply a feature tracking method to align projections data for tomographic reconstruction in laboratory-scale laser radar imaging. The target was placed on a spin table with an unknown and fixed axis, and the oscillatory motion of the target translation was simulated by a second order inertia filter to accord with the real satellites vibrations. The experimental simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of this method to improve images reconstruction equality. The application of this method to actual radar imaging in remote distance was discussed and the differences were compared with the lab setups.