Polymeric waveguides based on photopolymerizing methacrylate compositions

Contact photolithography was used to fabricate three-layer polymeric waveguide structures with transverse dimensions of 50 × 90 μm on the basis of two photopolymerizing methacrylate compositions with different refractive indices. The optical loss on the wavelength of 632.8 nm was 0.37 ± 0.14 dB cm^?1. This loss is mostly due to the light scattering by the material of the waveguide layer produced by bulk polymerization.     

Induced refractive index in thin films of polymeric organosilanes under UV irradiation

Changes in the refractive indices of thin films of three polymeric organosilanes at wavelengths of 400-1500 nm, occurring under UV radiation, were examined.     

Spectral and optical properties of high-optical-quality organic glasses under prolonged ultraviolet irradiation

The effect of prolonged UV irradiation on optical and spectral luminescent properties of two types of high-quality optical organic glasses are studied by electronic absorption spectroscopy, spectrofluorimetry, IR spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Glasses 2.3 mm in thickness are obtained through the layer-by-layer photopolymerization of an oligo(epoxy diacrylate) mixture with benzyl methacrylate and oligo(carbonate dimethacrylate). After the addition of europium tris(benzoyltrifluoroacetonate) to the photopolymerizing compositions, glasses that luminesce in the red spectral region are produced. The action of light gives rise to a slow photodecomposition of the luminescent component and causes a decline in the intensity of the band due to ⁵ D ₀ → ⁷ F ₂ transition of the europium cation. The growth of absorption in the yellow-green spectral region favors formation of an internal light filter; as a result, the photodecomposition of the europium complex in deep layers proceeds at a smaller rate than that in surface layers. IR-spectroscopy measurements demonstrate the accumulation of hydroxyl groups in oligo(carbonate dimethacrylate) films during irradiation in air. In an inert atmosphere, practically no photodegradation products are evolved from the matrix material.     

Observed two-dimensional tunnel bifurcations in an external electric field

The controllability problem for two-dimensional dissipative tunneling in the system of tunnel-coupled quantum dots (a quantum molecule), interacting quantum molecules, and the system “ACM/CTM cantilever tip-quantum dot” simulated by a 2D oscillator potential in a heat bath and an external electric field is investigated. The obtained results qualitatively correspond to the separate experimental volt-ampere characteristics (VACs) for the system “platinized ACM/CTM cantilever tip-gold quantum dot” obtained at Scientific-Research Physical-Technical Institute with Nizhnii Novgorod State University. The previously-predicted 2D tunnel bifurcations with dissipation for the case of interacting particles tunneling in parallel are found to be experimentally observed and stable.     

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Stabilized Zirconia Films with Embedded Au Nanoparticles Formed under Irradiation with Gold Ions

Nanosized films of stabilized zirconia with Au nanoparticles formed by implanting Au ions are studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The effect of irradiation of films with Au ions and postimplantation annealing on the distribution of chemical elements and zirconium- containing ZrO _x compounds over the depth of the films is studied. Based on the data on the dimensional shift of the Au 4 f photoelectron line, the average value of the nanoparticle size is determined.

     

Resistive Switching of Memristors Based on Stabilized Zirconia by Complex Signals

Physics of the Solid State - The specific features of resistive switching, which was initiated by triangular pulses with a high-frequency sine signal imposed on them, in experimental memristor...