Heteronuclear Cross‐Relaxation Effects in the NMR Spectroscopy of Hyperpolarized Targets

Dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enables high‐sensitivity solution‐phase NMR experiments on long‐lived nuclear spin species such as ¹⁵N and ¹³C. This report explores certain features arising in solution‐state ¹H NMR upon polarizing low‐γ nuclear species. Following solid‐state hyperpolarization of both ¹³C and ¹H, solution‐phase ¹H NMR experiments on dissolved samples revealed transient effects, whereby peaks arising from protons bonded to the naturally occurring ¹³C nuclei appeared larger than the typically dominant ¹²C‐bonded ¹H resonances. This enhancement of the satellite peaks was examined in detail with respect to a variety of mechanisms that could potentially explain this observation. Both two‐ and three‐spin phenomena active in the solid state could lead to this kind of effect; still, experimental observations revealed that the enhancement originates from ¹³C→¹H polarization‐transfer processes active in the liquid state. Kinetic equations based on modified heteronuclear cross‐relaxation models were examined, and found to well describe the distinct patterns of growth and decay shown by the ¹³C‐bound ¹H NMR satellite resonances. The dynamics of these novel cross‐relaxation phenomena were determined, and their potential usefulness as tools for investigating hyperpolarized ensembles and for obtaining enhanced‐sensitivity ¹H NMR traces was explored.     

A discussion on mass resolution in secondary ion mass spectrometry

Mass resolution is a very important parameter for mass spectrometry. It is necessary to compare the mass resolution between the newly developed TOF-SIMS and the conventionally high-performance magnetic SIMS. However, the definitions of mass resolution for these two types of instruments are quite different. Whether it is possible to compare mass resolution and how to do such comparison is a challenge. This problem was raised officially during the 2012 ISO/TC 201 meeting at Tampa, Florida, the United States and the long-term cooperation with ISO started afterwards. The definition of mass resolution is one of the most important and fundamental problems for mass spectrometry and should attract significant attention. Here, some detail discussions on mass resolution as well as the related experimental studies in the past few years, including the collaborations with ISO/TC 201/SC6 and SC1 are summarized. This summary covers the common problem for almost all the current existing and still used definitions of mass resolution. A reasonable new definition for mass resolution considering the peak shape or resolution function has been proposed, which has also been confirmed by using experimental studies of the mass resolution comparison between TOF and magnetic SIMS. This study lays a foundation for the future mass resolution comparisons between different mass spectrometry.     

Compromising Science by Ignorant Instrument Calibration—Need to Revisit Half a Century of Published XPS Data

X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is an indispensable technique in modern materials science for the determination of chemical bonding as evidenced by more than 10 000 XPS papers published annually. A literature survey reveals that in the vast majority of cases an incorrect referencing of the binding energy scale is used, neglecting warnings that have been formulated from the early days of the technique. Consequences for the data reliability are disastrous and decades of XPS work require revisiting. The purpose of this Viewpoint is to highlight the existing problems, review the criticism and suggest ways forward.     

Wavelet transforms in separation science for denoising and peak overlap detection

Wavelet transform is a versatile time‐frequency analysis technique, which allows localization of useful signals in time or space and separates them from noise. The detector output from any analytical instrument is mathematically equivalent to a digital image. Signals obtained in chemical separations that vary in time (e.g., high‐performance liquid chromatography) or space (e.g., planar chromatography) are amenable to wavelet analysis. This article gives an overview of wavelet analysis, and graphically explains all the relevant concepts. Continuous wavelet transform and discrete wavelet transform concepts are pictorially explained along with their chromatographic applications. An example is shown for qualitative peak overlap detection in a noisy chromatogram using continuous wavelet transform. The concept of signal decomposition, denoising, and then signal reconstruction is graphically discussed for discrete wavelet transform. All the digital filters in chromatographic instruments used today potentially broaden and distort narrow peaks. Finally, a low signal‐to‐noise ratio chromatogram is denoised using the procedure. Significant gains (>tenfold) in signal‐to‐noise ratio are shown with wavelet analysis. Peaks that were not initially visible were recovered with good accuracy. Since discrete wavelet transform denoising analysis applies to any detector used in separation science, researchers should strongly consider using wavelets for their research.     

浅析影响康普顿谱线位置的因素

康普顿散射中影响康普顿谱线位置的因素是十分复杂的,文章主要针对影响康普顿谱线位置的几个因素作了理论探讨,得出影响因素主要在于:电子具有初速度会增大散射波长的改变量;束缚能的存在要减小峰值波长的改变量;双光子散射和二次散射与谱线峰值位置的关系不大,二者对峰值波长的改变是不确定的、复杂的、在连续的范围内变化的.最后对康普顿谱线位置和康普顿轮廓的理论研究和应用前景作了展望.     

体相位全息光栅式波分复用器的研究

利用体相位全息光栅的优良特性,研制光栅式密集型波分复用器(DWDM)。准直后的信道波长通过体相位全息光栅两次衍射,在焦面上实现信道波长的分复用。阐述了体相位全息光栅的独特结构特点,给出了体相位全息光栅式密集型光波分复用器件的原理图,计算出各个信道的位置及间隔,用Zemax仿真出设计模型。相比于薄膜滤光片式器件而言,具有许多独特的优良特性,能够实现更密集更多信道数量的分复用。     

低泵浦功率的遥泵放大在超长跨距密集波分复用系统中的应用

针对长跨距密集波分复用系统中喇曼放大入纤泵浦功率过大的问题,将遥泵放大器（RP-EDFA）引入到系统中,通过对共纤RP-EDFA的噪音性能及其优化设计的研究,在理论上计算比较了RP-EDFA系统和后向喇曼放大系统在不同泵浦功率水平下的光信噪比和非线性相移,表明遥泵放大技术有效降低了入纤泵浦的功率水平,更适合长跨距应用.运用遥泵放大技术,对一个典型的长跨距系统进行系统Q值的模拟,结果表明：在 220 mW泵浦功率水平下可以实现跨距为 167 km的40×11.6 Gbit/s系统1000 km传输,Q值裕量4.4 dB.     

银盐干板的皱缩控制及其在彩色反射全息上的应用

分析了影响全息干板银盐乳胶在处理过程中收缩的几个因素,并通过实验,找出了在拍摄及处理体积反射全息图过程中,曝光量、漂白液温度及脱水的方式对乳胶收缩影响的规律.在此基础上提出控制乳胶的收缩,即控制反射全息图衍射波长的方法,从而达到彩色反射全息图的实现.实验结果表明该方法做出的全息图效果良好.     

敏化光波长对(Fe,Ni):LiNbO3晶体全息记录性能的影响

分别采用514 nm绿光、488 nm蓝光和390 nm紫外光作为敏化光,633 nm红光作为记录光,详细研究了敏化光波长对氧化(Fe,Ni):LiNbO3晶体全息记录性能的影响.结果表明:随着敏化光波长的逐渐减小,氧化(Fe,Ni):LiNbO3晶体的非挥发全息记录性能逐渐优化,390 nm紫外光是这三种敏化光中最优的敏化光.考虑敏化光的吸收,为了在双中心全息记录中获得最优的性能,应当选择合适波长的敏化光:一方面短波长敏化光能有效地敏化深中心;另一方面短波长敏化光的吸收太强(如对光折变效应无用的基质吸收),不能沿厚度方向有效地敏化晶体,所以实际上需折衷考虑,并从理论上给予了解释.     

直接出射白光的新型发光二极管

介绍了实现出射白光发光二极管的几种方法,包括波长转化产生白光,多有源区级联合成白光以及单个有源区直接出射白光.并从芯片结构、材料选取、白光形成机理以及器件性能等四个方面对这几种方法进行了分析比较.最后指出了实现直接出射白光的发光二极管存在的问题及今后的研究重点.