Silver thiogallate (AgGaS2)--Part 1: Nonlinear optical properties

The first part of a collaborative survey of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of silver thiogallate, carried out by the Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications (Bagneux) and the Department of Electronics of the University of Southampton, is presented. A detailed study of second-harmonic generation (SHG) in silver thiogallate is presented. Careful experiments in the near and medium infrared lead to a new determination of the coefficient|d_{36}|. Comparison is made with previously published values. Crystal quality is discussed and the nature of the visible twinning defects elucidated.     

Dependence of the X-ray Sensitivity of AgGaS2 Single Crystals on Faces (001) and (100) on Dose and Hardness of Radiation

Russian Microelectronics - The data of X-ray diffraction characteristics of silver thiogallate (AgGaS2) single crystals grown by the Bridgman–Stockbarger (BS) method on the (001) face and...     

不同制备工艺下氧化硅和氧化铪薄膜的椭偏光谱

椭偏技术是一种分析表面的光学方法,通过测量被测对象(样品)反射出的光线的偏振状态的变化情况来研究被测物质的性质。结合XRD和原子力显微镜等方法,利用椭圆偏振光谱仪测试了单层SiO2薄膜(K9基片)和单层HfO2薄膜(K9基片)的椭偏参数,并用Sellmeier模型和Cauchy模型对两种薄膜进行拟合,获得了SiO2薄膜和HfO2薄膜在300～800 nm波段内的色散关系。用X射线衍射仪确定薄膜结构,用原子力显微镜观察薄膜的微观形貌,分析表明:SiO2薄膜晶相结构呈现无定型结构,HfO2薄膜的晶相结构呈现单斜相结构;薄膜光学常数的大小和薄膜的表面形貌有关;Sellmeier和Cauchy模型较好地描述了该波段内薄膜的光学性能,并得到薄膜的折射率和消光系数等光学常数随波长的变化规律。     

导波法测量光通信波段液晶的折射率

用导波法对光通信波段下液晶的折射率进行了测量，给出了5CB液晶从可见光波段到光通信波段的色散曲线及对应的Sellmeier公式的系数。详细介绍了实验原理、装置、结果及其分析。还初步探索了液晶在光通信波段的双折射特性与其分子结构之间的关系，为寻找高双折射液晶提供一些建议。     

Painting and Direct Writing of Silver Nanostructures on Phosphate Glass with Electron Beam Irradiation

Surfaces with silver nanostructures are useful, due to their potential to resonate strongly with visible light. This report demonstrates a process for the directed extraction of silver at the surface of a transparent superionic conductor. A focused electron beam incident on superionic AgIAgPO₃ glass results in localized negative charge deposition, which is neutralized by the electrochemical reduction of free silver ions. This process was characterized for beam energies ranging from 1 to 12 kV and primary beam fluence ranging from 50 pC μm^?2 to 35 nC μm^?2. For electron fluence less than 2.5 nC μm^?2 the process produces vibrant coloration of the glass which can be tuned throughout the entire visible spectrum. Fluence greater than 2.5 nC μm^?2 results in the controlled writing of bulk silver on the surface, with a minimum line width as small as 400 nm and narrow gaps as small as 50 nm. The high ionic conductivity of the substrate is shown to be a vital component to the process, allowing the wide range of colors to be produced along with the controlled, nondendritic growth of silver structures.     

Optical properties of lithium-rich lithium niobate fabricated byvapor transport equilibration

Lithium-rich lithium niobate of excellent optical homogeneity can be fabricated by a vapor transport equilibration (VTE) technique. The high-optical-quality, uniformly birefringent crystals noncritically phase match for second-harmonic generation of 532-nm radiation from 1064-nm Nd:YAG radiation at 238°C. The refractive indexes and their temperature dependence have been measured and used to derive temperature-dependent Sellmeier equations, which predict noncritical phase matching for wavelengths as short as 976 nm to generate blue at 488 nm at room temperature. The Sellmeier equations accurately predict experimental phase-matching temperatures over a wide temperature range     

激光诱导银纳米颗粒薄膜和微结构

利用可见激光诱导化学沉积方法在玻璃基底上制备纳米银薄膜和微结构。玻璃样品池中装满柠檬酸钠和硝酸银的混合透明溶液,当一束可见连续激光正入射样品池一段时间后,在辐照区域的玻璃内壁上便可以形成一层光亮的银膜。银膜沉积的速度受到激光功率密度、激光波长、辐照时间以及混合溶液的浓度等条件的影响。利用X射线衍射、原子力显微镜和拉曼光谱仪等手段对制备的薄膜的成分、表面形貌和拉曼活性等性质进行了表征和分析。利用此方法制备的银膜具有良好的表面增强拉曼散射活性。同时,利用双光束干涉的方法在玻璃基底上诱导出不同周期的银纳米颗粒光栅。     

High voltage preparation, characterization, and optical properties of silver dendrites in PVA matrix

In this paper, we present a room-temperature synthesis of silver dendrites in a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-Ag composite system with the assistance of high voltage. In the silver dendrites, the nanounits are platelike,thus the surface plasmon absorption bands of silver dendrites are tuned from visible to～800 nm, which is due to the template function of PVA and the assistance of high voltage. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) data confirm that the structures are crystalline silver embedded in PVA. The absorption results indicate that the ratio of PVA and Ag do not influence the position but the intensity of the near-infrared (NIR) absorption. This material has potential use in the field of bio-application and infrared sensors.     

吸收式气敏传感空芯光纤的设计和制备

研发了红外波段吸收式气敏传感空芯光纤.空芯光纤的内面镀有银膜和介质膜,在目标波长提高反射率从而降低损耗.银膜和介质膜分别采用化学银镜反应法和液相镀膜法成膜.优化介质膜的材料和膜厚.光纤在可见光到中红外波段实现了低损耗特性.空芯光纤不仅可以用作气体传感的光吸收气室,而且也可用作红外光的传输媒介.初步实验结果显示这种空芯光纤可以替代普通的气体吸收气室,实现传感系统小型化.     

One‐Step Synthesis of Conducting Polymer–Noble Metal Nanoparticle Composites using an Ionic Liquid

Conducting polymers containing incorporated gold or silver nanoparticles have been synthesized using ionic liquid solutions of gold chloride or silver nitrate. Use of the metal salts as the oxidant for monomers such as pyrrole and terthiophene allows the composites to be formed in one simple step, without the need for templates or capping agents. The incorporated metal nanoparticles are clearly visible by TEM, and the composites have been further analyzed by TGA, CV, UV‐Vis, Raman, XPS and scanning TEM coupled with EDS analysis. Utilization of an ionic liquid allows the full oxidizing power of the gold chloride to be accessed, resulting in incorporation of metallic gold into the polymers.     

Improved Sellmeier Equations and Phase-Matching Characteristics in Deep-Ultraviolet Region of ${hbox {KBe}}_{2}{hbox {BO}}_{3}{hbox {F}}_{2}$ Crystal

A 3.0-mm-thick KBe ₂BO₃F₂ (KBBF) crystal has been successfully grown and used to fabricate a right angle prism. Its refractive indices were accurately measured with a prism technique at seven wavelengths from 0.4047 to 0.6562 mum . Its phase-matching characteristics in deep-ultraviolet (UV) region were investigated. Using the measured indices and phase-matching angles from deep-UV to near infrared, improved Sellmeier equations for KBBF have been derived.     

A field theoretic foundation for the representation of quality factor in terms of reactance-slope parameters for electrically large three-dimensional arbitrarily shaped resonators

The use of reactance-slope parameters for the design of RF and microwave filters was drawn from lumped-element circuit representations. This paper provides a field-theoretic foundation for reactance-slope parameters based upon the treatment of arbitrarily shaped electrically large resonators comprised of electric and magnetic conducting enclosures. Traditional representations for these parameters in terms of the reactance for series-connected network elements and susceptance for parallel-connected network elements are related to electromagnetic fields. The resulting generalized expressions for reactance-slope parameters with utility for evaluating quality (Q) factor are developed for both electric and magnetic conducting resonators using strictly surface electromagnetic fields and sources. The generalized expressions are used to evaluate the unloaded Q for TE/sub 101/-mode rectangular resonators comprised of silver, copper, aluminum, and brass based upon two different standard rectangular waveguides with enclosed ends. Q results are also presented for TM/sub 011/-mode circular cylindrical resonators comprised of the same conducting materials. Results from the method here are compared to well-established results published in the literature. These expressions are useful for either analytically or numerically evaluating the reactance-slope parameter and Q factor.     

Investigation on a new silver photoimageable conductor

A new thick film photoimageable silver paste of improved properties has been elaborated. The paste is less sensitive to the visible light. Certain disadvantages of most commercially available materials, such as necessity of operating with the paste in the room illuminating with yellow, green or red light has been eliminated. Further improvement of conductive silver pastes to enable reducing lines width down to 10 μm has been done.     

Generalized Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method Utilizing Auxiliary Differential Equations for the Full-Vectorial Analysis of Photonic Crystal Fibers

We present the generalized finite-difference time-domain full-vectorial method by reformulating the time-dependent Maxwell's curl equations with electric flux density and magnetic field intensity, with auxiliary differential equations using complex-conjugate pole-residue pairs. The model is generic and robust to treat general frequency-dependent material and nonlinear material. The Sellmeier equation is implicitly incorporated as a special case of the general formulation to account for material dispersion of fused silica. The results are in good agreement with the results from the multipole method. Kerr nonlinearity is also incorporated in the model and demonstrated. Nonlinear solutions are provided for a one ring photonic crystal fiber as an example.     

Analytical approach to prediction of dispersion properties of step-index single mode optical fibres

The use of the Rudolph-Neumann approximation at later stages of the derivation yields a waveguide dispersion formula much more accurate than previously published results. Material dispersion for an arbitrary dopant content is estimated by interpolating derivatives of the Sellmeier equation. Overall dispersion is thus predicted on an analytical basis.     

Graphene as an Electron Shuttle for Silver Deoxidation: Removing a Key Barrier to Plasmonics and Metamaterials for SERS in the Visible

The role of graphene in enabling deoxidation of silver nanostructures, thereby contributing to enhance plasmonic properties and to improve the temporal stability of graphene/silver hybrids for both general plasmonic and meta‐materials applications, as well as for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates, is demonstrated. The chemical mechanism occurring at the graphene–silver oxide interface is based on the reduction of silver oxide triggered by graphene that acts as a shuttle of electrons and as a kind of catalyst in the deoxidation. A mechanism is formulated, combining elements of electron transfer, role of defects in graphene, and electrochemical potentials of graphene, silver, and oxygen. Therefore, the formulated model represents a step forward from the simple view of graphene as barrier to oxygen diffusion proposed so far in literature. Single layer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition is transferred onto silver thin films, a periodic silver fishnet structure fabricated by nanoimprint lithography, and onto silver nanoparticle ensembles supporting a localized surface plasmon resonance in the visible range. Through the study of these nanostructured graphene/Ag hybrids, the effectiveness of graphene in preventing and reducing oxidation of silver plasmonic structures, keeping silver in a metallic state over months at air exposure, is demonstrated. The enhanced and stable plasmonic properties of the silver‐fishnet/graphene hybrids are evaluated through their SERS response for detecting benzyl mercaptane.     

Preparation and characterization of size controllable spherical silver nanoparticles

By adjusting pH values of reactant system, the mass ratio of stabilizer/water and aging temperature, size controllable spherical silver nanoparticles （NPs） were synthesized. The properties of silver NPs are characterized by X-ray diffrac- tion （XRD）, transmission electron microscope （TEM） and ultraviolet visible （UV-VIS） absorption spectra. Within the pH values of 7.0-11.0, the aging temperature of 80℃ is better to improve silver NPs in shape to nearly sphere, con- centrate size distribution and reduce aggregation than the aging temperature of 25 ℃. The shape and dispersibility of silver NPs are the best when the pH of the reactant system is within 7.0---8.0. With pH of 7.5, aging at 80 ℃, and sta- bilizer/water mass ratio of 1%, the spherical silver NPs with sizes of 50---70 nm were synthesized. The results are promising to be used to synthesize core/shell NPs when silver NPs are as core.     

Optical and Dielectric Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses at Terahertz Frequencies

Terahertz time‐domain spectroscopy has been used to study the optical and dielectric properties of three chalcogenide glasses: Ge₃₀As₈Ga₂Se₆₀, Ge₃₅Ga₅Se₆₀, and Ge₁₀As₂₀S₇₀. The absorption coefficients α(ν), complex refractive index n(ν), and complex dielectric constants ?(ν) were measured in a frequency range from 0.3 THz to 1.5 THz. The measured real refractive indices were fitted using a Sellmeier equation. The results show that the Sellmeier equation fits well with the data throughout the frequency range and imply that the phonon modes of glasses vary with the glass compositions. The theory of far‐infrared absorption in amorphous materials is used to analyze the results and to understand the differences in THz absorption among the sample glasses.     

MgO:LiNbO_3晶体中双波长Nd:YAP激光的和频作用

基于ＭｇＯＬｉＮｂＯ３（ＭｇＬＮ）晶体的Ｓｅｌｍｅｉｅｒ方程,计算了１０７９．５ｎｍ和１３４１．４ｎｍ激光在该晶体中和频的相位匹配条件和容承角,计算结果用１０７９．５ｎｍ和１３４１．４ｎｍ双波长ＮｄＹＡ－ｌＯ３（ＮｄＹＡＰ）连续激光在ＭｇＯＬｉＮｂＯ３晶体中的和频进行了实验论证,两者相当符合,并得到了连续的５９８．１ｎｍ橙色相干辐射。讨论了１０６４ｎｍ和１３１８ｎｍ双波长ＮｄＹＡＧ激光在ＭｇＯＬｉＮ－ｂＯ３晶体中实现双波长和频获得５８８．７ｎｍ橙色相干辐射的可能性。     

A first-order model for computation of laser-induced breakdownthresholds in ocular and aqueous media. I. Theory

An analytic, first-order model has been developed to calculate irradiance thresholds for laser-induced breakdown (LIB) in condensed media, including ocular and aqueous media. The model is derived from the simple rate equation formalism of Shen for cascade breakdown in solids and from the theory of multiphoton ionization in condensed media developed by Keldysh. Analytic expressions have been obtained for the irradiance thresholds corresponding to multiphoton breakdown, to cascade breakdown, and to initiation of cascade breakdown by multiphoton ionization of seed electrons (multiphoton initiation threshold). The model has been incorporated into a computer code and code results compared to experimentally measured irradiance thresholds for breakdown of ocular and aqueous media by nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond laser pulses in the visible and near-infrared. The code and comparison of code results to experiment have been documented in part II