Radiation background due to radioactive sources in a luminescence dating laboratory

For practical reasons, usually, luminescence dating laboratories contain in the same room (or in adjacent rooms) the equipment and the radioactive sources, as well as the storage cabinet for the samples. It is generally assumed that the absorbed dose due to ambient radioactivity is null or at least negligible in terms of human health (below the dose limit).To test the actual dose rate inside our laboratory room, an investigation combining portable dose rate meter, portable NaI(Tl) gamma spectrometry, and blue-OSL dosimetry using Al₂O₃:C pellets was made. Although our measurements show the presence of X-rays as far as 3 m from the sources, the dose rates are below the safety regulation and does not affect the dating of the sample stored in the same room as the radioactive sources.     

Effect of the Cu co-activator on the charge-carrier trapping efficiency in CaSO4:Tm,Cu

Rare earth doped CaSO₄ materials are well known thermoluminescent dosimeters with friendly properties. They are used in the practice for a long while. New phosphors based on CaSO₄:Tm were synthesized using a modified preparation method for adding Cu as co-dopant. The produced materials have several favorable new characteristics. Larger linear dose response range, simpler glow-curve structure and a small diminution in the sensitivity are the consequences of the copper addition. Trapping efficiency of samples containing different amounts of Tm and Cu was investigated as the function of the composition using a consecutive RL/TL measuring technique. It was cleared up that the Cu addition, depending on its amount, reduced this value. This plays the main role in the sensitivity loss and forms one of the factors in the explanation of the linear dose range widening.     

Raman spectroscopic study on classification of cervical cell specimens

Cervix-cancer is the third most common female cancer worldwide. Papanicolaou (Pap) test, a well-recognized screening tool, is labor intensive, time consuming and prone to subjective interpretations. Optical spectroscopic methods, sensitive to molecular changes are being pursued as potential diagnostics tool. In this study we have explored Raman spectroscopic approach to differentiate exfoliated cell pellets using 94 cervical cell specimens (45-normal and 49-abnormal specimens). Study was carried out by two approaches. In the first approach, spectral data from 37 cell specimens were acquired and analyzed by Principal Component-Linear Discriminant Analysis (PC-LDA), which yielded classification efficiencies of 86% and 84% for normal and abnormal specimens, respectively. Mean and difference spectra suggest presence of blood in abnormal specimen as a major cause of discrimination. However, as tumor is vascular, bleeding was observed during abnormal sample collection. Hence, spectra of abnormal specimens show heme and fibrin features, and this can lead to false interpretations, as bleeding also occur in several non-cancerous conditions. Therefore, remaining 57 specimens were treated with Red Blood Corpuscles (RBC) lysis buffer in order to remove the RBC influence. PC-LDA resulted classification efficiency of about 79% and 78% for normal and abnormal smear, respectively – comparable to Pap test. Thus finding of the study suggests feasibility of Raman spectroscopic classification of normal and cancerous exfoliated cervical cell specimens.     

OADM环网的实验研究

研究了光分插复用器(OADM)的关键技术,重点分析了相关的实现技术,完成了利用OADM构建全光环网的实验研究,给出了重要的实验数据,包括眼图、光谱图、光信噪比、保护与恢复等,并对这些实验数据进行了分析,为光传送网的设计与构建提供了重要的参考依据.     

微球动态涂敷状态实时监测光学系统的设计

 介绍了一种可用于实时监测直径0.2～1.0 mm激光核聚变靶球涂敷状态的光学系统的设计,系统采用环形LED照明系统以适合特殊的照明要求,用Petzval型物镜使500 mm处的微球清晰成像于CCD像面上,CCD输出的图像电信号经图像采集卡转换成数字信号,最后该数字信号由计算机进行处理,实现了系统对靶球膜层涂敷作业的自动监控,大大提高了涂敷效率。所设计的系统轴上点最大弥散斑直径为12.6 mm,轴外最大弥散斑直径为15.8 mm,整个视场的像质比较均匀,分辨率较高,对于波长522 nm的光线,场曲和畸变分别小于15 mm和0.012%,像质优良。     

具有时间分辨能力的强流电子束束剖面测量系统

 高能强流电子束的束参数测量是加速器研制过程中重要的一项测量工作,由于光学渡越辐射具有时间响应快、分辨率高等特点而被用于测量电子束的具有时间分辨能力的束剖面、发散角、能量等多个参数;通过电子束束参数的时间分辨测量则能够了解电子束产生、输运中的问题,非常有利于加速器的研究与调试。一种具有时间分辨能力的、利用光学渡越辐射进行高能强流电子束束斑测量的系统在中国工程物理研究院被建立起来,并在12 MeV LIA的电子束束斑的测量中用于电子束传输研究,该系统拍摄图像的间隔时间最小为10 ns,最小的曝光时间为3 ns,具有一次可以拍摄8幅图像的能力,并获得了12 MeV LIA约100 ns内相应的时间分辨的束斑变化情况,观察到了一些过去未观察到的现象,为加速器的研究提供了又一个新测试方法。     

微机构可调谐阵列滤光片的设计与模型分析

提出一种新颖的采用薄膜技术在玻璃基底上构造微机可调谐二维窄带滤光片阵列的方法,对器件进行了膜系设计及光谱响应模拟,通过器件的电动力学模型分析,设计出器件的形状与尺寸。     

强非线性吸收下高斯光束Z-扫描衍射理论模型

 摘要：在同时考虑非线性折射和非线性吸收的情况下，借助光的衍射理论，研究了Z-扫描技术的衍射理论模型，分析了非线性折射和非线性吸收同时存在时Z-扫描曲线的形状特征和变化规律。数值计算表明，非线性吸收相移和非线性折射相移的比值是影响接收小孔输出光功率的重要因素。要想得到好的光限幅效果，应选取非线性相移比值远小于1或远大于2的非线性材料。     

The Semiquantitative Determination of Impurities in High-Purity Molybdenum Metal by Optical Emission Spectrography

Abstract

A method is reported for the determination of Ni, Co, Bi, Al, V, Ti, Cu, Si, Pb, Cr, Mg, Sn, and Fe in molybdenum metal by optical emission spectrography. The procedure consists of dissolving the metal in HNO₃ and HCl, evaporating to dryness, and igniting at 500–550°C to MoO₃. The MoO₃ is mixed with an equal weight of GeO₂, which acts as an inert collector, and ignited at 700–750°C to volatilize the MoO₃. This double ignition method concentrates the impurities on the GeO₂ thereby placing the trace elements within the range of the spectrograph. The residue is excited in a d c are at 10 amps and the spectra are recorded on a photographic emulsion.     

Some MnIII-porphyrins with de-polymerization activity toward humic acid

Four Mn^III-porphyrin complexes, chloro(tetraphenylporphinato)Mn^III(1,6-diaminohexane), bromo(tetraphenylporphinato)Mn^III(1,6-diaminohexane), azido(tetraphenylporphinato)Mn^III(1,6-diaminohexane), and thiocyanato(tetraphenylporphinato)Mn^III(1,6-diaminohexane), have been synthesized. These complexes have been characterized using UV-Vis, IR, ESI-mass spectra, elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and conductivity measurement. The molar conductance values of these complexes in ethanol indicate non-electrolytes. The utility of these complexes in de-polymerization of coal using humic acid as the coal model has been tested by the optical density method.