Effects of Evanescent Space-Harmonics on the Transmission Characteristics of a Gaussian Beam by Cylindrical Wire Grids

When electromagnetic waves propagate through a wire grid, there will be some evanescent space harmonics generated around the wire grid. In this paper, we mainly investigate their effects on the transmission characteristics of a Gaussian beam by cylindrical wire grids. The results are compared with those without taking account of evanescent space-harmonics.     

Dynamics of end-grafted polystyrene brushes in theta solvents

The dynamics of the concentration fluctuations in end-grafted polystyrene brushes in a theta solvent (cyclohexane) are probed by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering at different wavevectors q and temperatures. When the solvent quality changes from marginal to poor, the relaxation function C(q, t) exhibits strong effects as compared with the smooth variation of the brush density profile. From a single exponential above 50 °C, C(q, t) becomes a two-step decay function. The fast decay is still assigned to the cooperative diffusion albeit slower than in the good solvent regime whereas the slow nonexponential and nondiffusive process might relate to microsegragated and/or chain dynamics in the present polydisperse brush. The relaxation function of the present three brushes with different grafting density reveals similarities and disparities between wet brushes and semidilute polymer solutions. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3590–3597, 2006     

SPR棱镜传感器测量液体折射率的原理

推导了消失波函数的表达式,介绍了衰减全反射现象及SPR传感器测量液体折射率的原理,并利用SPR传感器测量了牛奶样品的反射系数及折射率与脂肪等主要成分含量的关系曲线.     

Surface-Plasmonic-Field-Induced Photoredox Catalysis and Mediated Electron Transfer for Washing-Free DNA Detection

Distance-dependent electromagnetic radiation and electron transfer have been commonly employed in washing-free fluorescence and electrochemical bioassays, respectively. In this study, we combined the two distance-dependent phenomena for sensitive washing-free DNA detection. A distance-dependent surface plasmonic field induces rapid photoredox catalysis of surface-bound catalytic labels, and distance-dependent mediated electron transfer allows for rapid electron transfer from the surface-bound labels to the electrode. An optimal system consists of a chemically reversible acceptor (Ru(NH₃)₆³⁺), a chemically reversible photoredox catalyst (eosin Y), and a chemically irreversible donor (triethanolamine). Side reactions with O₂ do not significantly decrease the efficiency of photoredox catalysis. Energy transfer quenching between the electrode and the label can be lowered by increasing the distance between them. Washing-free DNA detection had a detection limit of approximately 0.3 nm in buffer and 0.4 nm in serum without a washing step.     

Evanescent Wave-Guided Growth of an Organic Supramolecular Nanowire Array

The ordered assembly of molecules within a specific space of nanoscale, such as a surface, holds great promise in advanced micro-/nanostructure fabrication for various applications. Herein, we demonstrate the evanescent wave (EW)-guided organization of small molecules into a long-range ordered nanowire (NW) array. Experiment and simulation revealed that the orientation and periodicity of the NW array were feasibly regulated by altering the propagation direction and the wavelength of EW. The generality of this approach was demonstrated by using different molecule precursors. While existing studies on EW often took advantages of its near-field property for optical sensing, this work demonstrated the photochemical power of EW in the guided-assembly of small molecules for the first time. It also provides an enlightening avenue to periodic structure with fluorescence, promising for super-resolution microscopy and important devices applicable to optical and bio-related fields.     

基于阵列倏逝波荧光传感器的雌二醇免疫检测方法

近年来,环境内分泌干扰物愈来愈受到人们的关注。对其用传统的检测技术分析,过程复杂、耗时长、价格昂贵,因此急需发展灵敏度高、反应迅速快、价格低廉的检测手段。介绍了一种平面波导型阵列倏逝波荧光生物传感器,在对系统光路参数进行模拟优化的基础上,可实现24个传感位点的同步、快速、灵敏检测。基于此阵列倏逝波荧光传感器,运用间接竞争免疫检测模式,优化并建立环境内分泌干扰物雌二醇的标准检测条件。实验结果表明,入射角在61.8°时,系统灵敏度最高。该方法对雌二醇检测线性检测区间为0.08~2.52 μg·L-1,检测限为0.05 μg·L-1,半抑制浓度为0.46 μg·L-1,完成单次样品的检测时间为20 min。利用该传感器对污水处理厂出水进行加标回收测试,回收率在84%~120%之间,相对标准偏差小于15%,表明该方法能够用于实际水体中雌二醇的快速检测。     

Fiber optic evanescent field absorption sensor: Effect of fiber parameters and geometry of the probe

A comparative experimental study of the fiber-optic evanescent field absorption sensor based on straight and U-shaped probes is presented. The effects of numerical aperture and the core radius of the fiber on the sensitivity of the sensor are experimentally investigated. Increase in the numerical aperture of the fiber increases the sensitivity of the sensor in the case of both the probes. The effect of core radius on the sensitivity depends on the bending radius of the probe. In the case of straight probe (i.e. infinite bending radius) the fiber with smaller core radius has high sensitivity while in the case of U-shaped probe with 0.17 cm bending radius, the fiber with larger core radius has high sensitivity. Thus, which fiber (with small or large core radius) has maximum sensitivity depends on the bending radius of the probe. For a given fiber, decrease in the bending radius increases the sensitivity of the U-shaped probe. An inverse power law relationship between the bending radius and the evanescent absorbance and hence the sensitivity is established.     

Atom waveguide and 1D optical lattice using a two-color evanescent light field around an optical micro/nano-fiber

We propose a two-color scheme of atom waveguides and one-dimensional （1D） optical lattices using evanescent wave fields of different transverse modes around an optical micro/nano-fiber. The atom guide potential can be produced when the optical fiber carries a red-detuned light with TE01 mode and a blue-detuned light with HEll mode, and the 1D optical lattice potential can be produced when the red-detuned light is transformed to the superposition of the TE01 mode and HE11 mode. The two trapping potentials can be transformed to each other for accurately controlling mode transformation for the red-detuned light. This might provide a new approach to realize flexible transition between the guiding and trapping states of atoms.     

A virtual optical probe based on evanescent wave interference

A virtual probe is a novel immaterial tip based on the near-field evanescent wave interference and small aperture diffraction, which can be used in near-field high-density optical data storage, nano-lithography, near-field optical imaging and spectral detection, near-field optical manipulation of nano-scale specimen, etc. In this paper, the formation mechanism of the virtual probe is analysed, the evanescent wave interference discussed theoretically, and the sidelobe suppression by small aperture is simulated by the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. The simulation results of the optical distribution of the near-field virtual probe reveal that the transmission efficiency of the virtual probe is 10²－10⁴ times higher than that of the nano-aperture metal-coated fibre probe widely used in near-field optical systems. The full width at half maximum of the peak, in other words, the size of virtual probe, is constant whatever the distance in a certain range so that the critical nano-separation control in the near-field system can be relaxed. We give an example of the application of the virtual probe in ultrahigh-density optical data storage.     

一种增强LED光提取效率的新方法

本文从分析全内反射中的近场倏逝波出发,提出了在近场倏逝波衰减长度内置一金属Ag光栅的LED结构模型,同时基于时域有限差分(FDTD)方法计算了此模型的光谱特性,分析了此LED模型的光提取效率。结果表明置入的金属Ag光栅在特定的波段可以将近场倏逝波耦合为传播波模式辐射出去,从而有效地增强了LED的光提取效率。