Periodical rocking long period gratings in PANDA fibers for high temperature and refractive index sensing

We report periodical rocking long period gratings (PR-LPGs) in PANDA fibers fabricated with CO2 laser. The PR-LPGs achieve very high coupling efficiency of 19 dB with 12 periods and a 3.5° twist angle in just one scanning cycle, which is much more effective than the conventional CO2 laser fabrication technique. This type of LPGs exhibits polarization-selective resonance dips which demonstrate different sensitivities to environmental parameters. The high temperature and external refractive index sensitivities are measured simultaneously, so it can be used as a wavelength-selective polarization filter and sensor. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61605168), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No.F2016203392), the College and University Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No.QN2016078), the Science and Technology Project of Qinhuangdao City (No.201601B050), and the Intramural Doctoral Foundation of Yanshan Universtiy (No.B1011). E-mail:jinwa@ysu.edu.cn      

The nonlinear optical properties of P3HT under picosecond laser irradiation

The nonlinear optical properties of P3HT in orthodichlorobenzene were investigated by Z-scan technique using second harmonic generation(532 nm) of mode-locked Nd:YAG laser in the picosecond domain. The experimental results show the magnitude of their nonlinear refraction indices was up to the order of 10^-11 esu. The reverse saturable absorption of P3HT solution was observed and their nonlinear absorption coefficients reach up to 3.4 cm/GW. The strong optical nonlinearity of P3HT may find its new application in the photoclectric field.     

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser

A widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter with adjustable bandwidth based on multi-wavelength fiber laser is proposed and demonstrated. The multi-wavelength fiber laser generates the multi-taps of the microwave photonic filter (MPF). In order to obtain notch frequency response, a Fourier-domain optical processor (FD-OP) is introduced to control the amplitude and phase of the optical carrier and phase modulation sidebands. By adjusting the polarization controller (PC), different numbers of taps are got, such as 6, 8, 10 and 12. And the wavelength spacing of the multi-wavelength laser is 0.4 nm. The bandwidth of the notch filter is changed by adjusting the number of taps and the corresponding bandwidths are 4.41 GHz, 3.30 GHz, 2.64 GHz and 2.19 GHz, respectively. With the additional phase shift introduced by FD-OP, the notch position is continuously tuned in the whole free spectral range (FSR) of 27.94 GHz. The center frequency of the notch filter can be continuously tuned from 13.97 GHz to 41.91 GHz. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11444001), and the Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin in China (No.14JCYBJC16500). E-mail:cynever@163.com      

Optical fiber magnetic field sensors with peanut-shape structure cascaded with LPFG

An optical fiber magnetic field sensor for the dual-parameter simultaneous measurement is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor head is constructed by a peanut-shape structure and long period fiber grating (LPFG) coated by magnetic fluid (MF). The external magnetic field intensity can be measured by the variation of characteristic wavelength (Dip1 and Dip2) in interference spectrum since the effective refractive index of MF changes with external magnetic field intensity. When the external magnetic field intensity changes from 0 mT to 20 mT, the magnetic field sensitivities of Dip1 and Dip2 are ?0.064 nm/mT and ?0.041 nm/mT, respectively. Experimental results show that the temperature sensitivities of the Dip1 and Dip2 are 0.233 nm/°C and 0.186 nm/°C, respectively. Therefore, the simultaneous measurement of the magnetic field intensity and temperature is demonstrated based on the sensitive matrix. It has some potential applications in aerospace, environmental monitoring and medical sensing fields.     

Three-dimensional integral imaging display system based on negative lens array

An integral imaging display system based on negative lens array in real mode is proposed in this letter. Compared with the conventional integral imaging system with positive lens array, the negative one has a huge advantage on viewing angle. The minimum viewing angle of the imaging display system based on negative lens array is the maximum viewing angle of the positive one with the same parameters. And the imaging display system based on negative lens array can enhance the viewing angle to 180° with special parameters. Other parameters, such as resolution and depth-of-field, are the same in both systems. Another advantage is that the proposed imaging display system based on negative lens array can fill the image area gap between 0 and 2f. The feasibility of our proposed method is experimentally proved. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11474169) and the Hebei Provincial Science Foundation for Youths (No.F2016402115). E-mail:XXJiao@hebeu.edu.cn      

Dynamical control of directional nonlinear scattering from metallic nanoantennas by three-dimensional focal polarization orientation

We demonstrate that the directionality of far-field second harmonic(SH) emission generated from individual gold nanosphere can be flexibly engineered by manipulating three-dimensional(3D) focal polarization orientation of the excitation field, which is explained by the coherent interference between SH dipolar and quadrupolar emission modes. The SH dipolar emission mode is independent of the polarization direction of the fundamental field whereas the evolution of the focal polarization orientation can dramatically modify the quadrupolar emission pattern. Therefore, the resultant SH emission pattern has a polarization-dependent behavior and side scattering almost perpendicular to the propagation direction of the incident light can be observed under a specific condition. Our findings provide a novel degree of freedom for all-optical control of directional nonlinear scattering from single nanoantenna, thereby opening new possibilities for future potential applications.     

Holographic grating fabrication for wide angular bandwidth using polymer thin films

To increase the angular bandwidth of volume holographic grating, we fabricate holographic gratings based on grating multiplexing technique by using thin films of photopolymers and polymer dispersed liquid crystals. Experimental results confirm that the liquid crystal materials increase the refractive index modulation of the grating, enabling high diffraction efficiency with wide angular response compared to pure polymer materials. We observe that the fabricated holographic grating has near 80% of diffraction efficiency and about 18° of angular bandwidth, which can be further improved by modifying the liquid crystal/polymer mixtures and the grating multiplexing technique. The grating can be used to fabricate holographic waveguide structures for emerging applications in the near-eye display systems.     

An optical fiber magnetic field sensor based on fiber spherical structure interferometer coated by magnetic fluid

A novel magnetic field sensor based on optical fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) coated by magnetic fluid (MF) is proposed. The MZI consists of two spherical structures formed on standard single mode fiber (SMF). The interference wavelength and the power of the sensing structure are sensitive to the external refractive index (RI). Since RI of the MF is sensitive to the magnetic field, the magnetic field measurement can be realized by detecting the variation of the interference spectrum. Experimental results show that the wavelength and the power of interference dip both increase with the increase of magnetic field intensity.     

Thermal analysis and an improved heat-dissipation structure design for an AlGaInP-LED micro-array device

This paper describes a novel finite element thermal analysis model for an AlGaInP-LED micro-array device. We also conduct a transient analysis for the internal temperature field distribution of a 5×5 array device when a 3×3 unit is driven by pulse current. In addition, for broader applications, a simplified thermal analysis model is introduced and its accuracy is verified. The internal temperature field distribution of 100×100 units is calculated using the simplified model. The temperature at the device center reaches 360.6 °C after 1.5 s. In order to solve the heat dissipation problem of the device, an optimized heat dissipation structure is designed, and the effects of the number and size of the heat dissipation fins on the thermal characteristics of the device are analyzed. This work has been supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61204055). E-mail:gaofl@jlu.edu.cn       

An FBG impact location system based on broadband light source and improved TDoA algorithm

When a structure material is damaged by impact events, the reliability and lifetime of the material will be severely affected. So impact location is considered as the prime approach for structural health and damage monitoring. In this study, a novel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) impact location system based on broadband light source is designed, aiming at the shortcoming of existing location systems based on FBG. An improved localization algorithm based on the time difference of arrival (TDoA) is proposed for impact location. According to this algorithm, the impact position can be accurately predicted without wave velocity. Impact planar location experiments are carried out for verification of the FBG impact location system and algorithm on a400 mm×400 mm×3 mm aluminum alloy plate. The resulted locating error shows high precision and good stability of the proposed system. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61503218, 61403233, 61573226 and 61473176), the Excellent Young and Middle-Aged Scientist Award Grant of Shandong Province of China (No.BS2013DX018), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province for Outstanding Young Talents (No.ZR2015JL021). E-mail:pangdan@163.com      

A novel soft reliability-based iterative majority-logic decoding algorithm with uniform quantization

In this paper, a novel soft reliability-based iterative majority-logic decoding algorithm with uniform quantization is proposed for regularly structured low density parity-check (LDPC) codes. A weighted measure is introduced for each check-sum of the parity-check matrix and a scaling factor is used to weaken the overestimation of extrinsic information. Furthermore, the updating process of the reliability measure takes advantage of turbo-like iterative decoding strategy. The main computational complexity of the proposed algorithm only includes logical and integer operations with the bit uniform quantization criterion. Simulation results show that the novel decoding algorithm can achieve excellent error-correction performance and a fast decoding convergence speed. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61472464, 61671091 and 61471075), the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (No.cstc2015jcyjA0554), the Program for Innovation Team Building at Institutions of Higher Education in Chongqing (No.J2013-46), and the Undergraduate Science Research Training Project for Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (No.A2016-61). E-mail:yuanjg@cqupt.edu.cn      

Impact of the dielectric duty factor on magnetic resonance in Ag-SiO2-Ag magnetic absorber

Magnetic absorber in optical frequency can be fulfilled through metamaterials designing. Therein, magnetic resonance in metal-dielectric-metal metasurfaces can be manipulated conveniently, and studying the parameters impacts is the primary for applications. In this work, through changing the grating width and the thickness of silica, the magnetic resonance modes have been studied, the conditions of the phase change zone from magnetic resonance(MR) to Fabry-Pérot(FP) are given out in Ag-SiO₂-Ag grating magnetic metasurfaces. The results indicate that the MR mode in metal-dielectric-metal configuration is mainly decided on the dielectric duty factor other than the sole behaviors of the thickness of dielectric and size of nanostructures. The physical mechanism is elucidated through simulated electromagnetic field distributions using finite difference time domain(FDTD) solution, and numerical analysis of effective refraction index of Ag-SiO₂-Ag magnetic metasurfaces. This study may prompt development of metamaterials in basic research in condensed physics and in optical devices applications.     

A compact tunable metamaterial filter based on split-ring resonators

A tunable metamaterial filter is designed based on split-ring resonators (SRRs) in this paper. The metamaterial filter has a compact size of 15 mm×20 mm, and miniaturization is realized by using the SRRs. By loading tunable devices, the continuous operation of the filter is realized at X band (from 10.7 GHz to 12 GHz), the bandwidth is about 13%, the minimum return loss is 35 dB, and the maximum insertion loss is 0.37 dB. The results illustrate that the metamaterial filter shows the compact size, wide bandwidth and good band pass characteristics. This work has been supported by the Key Laboratory Foundation of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (No.ZX15ZS391), the National Fund for International Cooperation in Science and Technology (No.2014DFR10020), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (Nos.2014021020-1 and 2015021083). E-mail:798710363@qq.com      

Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of Ti-6Al-4V melted by CW fiber laser at different pressures

The interaction of continuous wave (CW) fiber laser with Ti-6Al-4V alloy is investigated numerically and experimentally at different laser fluence values and ambient pressures of N2 atmosphere to determine the melting time threshold of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. A 2D-axisymmetric numerical model considering heat transfer and laminar flow is established to describe the melting process. The simulation results indicate that material melts earlier at lower pressure (8.0 Pa) than at higher pressure (8.8×104 Pa) in several milliseconds with the same laser fluence. The experimental results demonstrate that the melting time threshold at high laser fluence (above 1.89×108 W/m2) is shorter for lower pressure (vacuum), which is consistent with the simulation. While the melting time threshold at low laser fluence (below 1.89×108 W/m2) is shorter for higher pressure. The possible aspects which can affect the melting process include the increased heat loss induced by the heat conduction between the metal surface and the ambient gas with the increased pressure, and the absorption variation of the coarse surface resulted from the chemical reaction. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars (No.11402120), the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars (No.BK20140796), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.30915015104). E-mail:hanbing@njust.edu.cn      

A 3D video visual comfort evaluation method on the consistency of accommodation and convergence

With the development of three-dimensional (3D) technology, visual fatigue problems in 3D video have got more attention. In this paper, we combine the human vision characteristics and depth perception theory, and propose a 3D video visual comfort evaluation method on the consistency of accommodation and convergence, which evaluates the visual comfort from the quantitative perspective under different horizontal disparities and viewing distances. The experimental results show that the proposed evaluation method exhibits good consistency with the subjective assessment results. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61271315). E-mail:kanbc15@mails.jlu.edu.cn      

Experimental investigation of the CHSH-class inequality and its robustness in noisy environments

Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality and investigate the robustness of the CHSH-class inequality in the bit-flip noisy environment. We obtain the experimental results of CHSH inequalityand analog CHSH inequalityas SCHSH=2.64±0.02 and SanalogCHSH=2.76±0.02, respectively, and prove that the analog CHSH inequality is more robust against bit-flip noise than the CHSH inequality. It provides better advantages for the experimental study and application. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11174224, 11404246 and 11447225), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Nos.ZR2013FM001, BS2015DX015 and ZR2014JL029). E-mail:zhaojiaqiang@wfu.edu.cn      

Research on optical fiber magnetic field sensors based on multi-mode fiber and spherical structure

A magnetic field sensor with a magnetic fluid (MF)-coated intermodal interferometer is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The interferometer is formed by sandwiching a segment of single mode fiber (SMF) between a segment of multi-mode fiber (MMF) and a spherical structure. It can be considered as a cascade of the traditional SMF-MMF-SMF structure and MMF-SMF-sphere structure. The transmission spectral characteristics change with the variation of applied magnetic field. The experimental results exhibit that the magnetic field sensitivities for wavelength and transmission loss are 0.047 nm/mT and 0.215 dB/mT for the interference dip around 1 535.36 nm. For the interference dip around 1548.41nm, the sensitivities are 0.077 nm/mT and 0.243 dB/mT. Simultaneous measurement can be realized according to the different spectral responses.     

Green phosphorescent organic light-emitting devices based on different electron transport layers combining with fluorescent sub-monolayer

We report a small molecule host of 4,4(-N,N)-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP) doped with 8% tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium (Irppy3) for use in efficient green phosphorescent organic light-emitting devices (PHOLEDs) combined with different electron transport layers of Alq and BAlq. The PHOLEDs exhibit maximum current efficiency and power efficiency of 19.8 cd/A and 6.21 lm/W, respectively. The high performance of such PHOLEDs is attributed to the better electron mobile ability of BAlq and sub-monolayer quinacridone (QAD) as carrier trapping layer and equal charge carrier mobilities of hole and electron to form the broad carrier recombination zone in the emitting layer, which can reduce the triplet-triplet annihilation and improve the efficiency of the device. #$TABThis work has been supported by the Major Project of Science and Technology Office of Fujian Province of China (No.2014H0042), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (No.2015J01664), the Project of Science and Technology Research of Quanzhou in Fujian Province of China (Nos.2013Z125 and 2014Z137), and the 2016 Annual National or Ministries Preparatory Research Foundation Project in Quanzhou Normal University (No.2016YYKJ21). E-mail:yanghuishan1697@163.com      

Time constant optimization of solar irradiance absolute radiometer

We experimentally evaluate and optimize the time constant of solar irradiance absolute radiometer (SIAR). The systemic error introduced by variable time constant is studied by a finite element method. The results shown that, with a classic time constant of 30 s for SIAR, the systemic errors are 0.06% in the midday and 0.275% in the morning and afternoon. The uncertainty level which can be considered negligible for SIAR is also investigated, and it is suggested that the uncertainty level has to be less than 0.02%. Then, combining the requirement of international comparison with these two conclusions, we conclude that the suitable time constant for SIAR is 20 s. Thiswork has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41474161), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2015AA123703). E-mail:tanggxiao1022@126.com      

Effects of K ions doping on the structure, morphology and optical properties of Cu2FeSnS4 thin films prepared by blade-coating process

Quaternary chalcogenide Cu2FeSnS4 (CFTS) nanoparticles, as a kind of potential absorber layer material in thin film solar cells (TFSCs), were successfully synthesized by using a convenient solvothermal method. Alkali element K is incorporated into CFTS thin films in order to further improve the surface morphology and the optical properties of related films. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) were used to characterize the phase purity, morphology and composition of CFTS particles and thin films. The results show that the particle elemental ratios of Cu/(Fe+Sn) and Fe/Sn are 1.2 and 0.9, respectively, which are close to the characteristics of stoichiometric CFTS. The band gaps of CFTS films before and after doping K ions are estimated to be 1.44 eV and 1.4 eV with an error of ±0.02 eV. This work has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51674026), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in 2015 (No.FRF-BD-15-004A). E-mail:chywang@yeah.net