Improved direct bonding method of Nd:YVO4 and YVO4 laser crystals

We succeeded in the fabrication of bonded laser crystals composed of a neodymium-doped YVO₄ laser crystal (Nd:YVO₄) and its host crystals YVO₄ by a newly developed dry etching technique using an argon ion beam. The optical distortion caused by the bonded interface of size 5 mm × 6 mm was estimated to be 0.05λ at 633 nm. From the comparison of laser performance pumped by a laser diode, the bonded crystals could increase the laser output power by nearly twice that of the non-bonded crystals with the same degree of polarization of 99.2%. To analyze the mechanism of the enhanced reduction of the thermal load in the bonded crystals, numerical simulations with a finite-element method were also performed.     

机械合金化过程中Fe70B30粉末晶粒尺寸和微观应变的研究

用Ｘ射线和电镜研究了Ｆｅ＿（７０）Ｂ＿（３０）粉末经不同时间高能球磨后晶粒尺寸和微观应力的变化。在机械合金化过程中，粉末的Ｘ射线衍射谱的宽度随球磨时间的增加逐渐加宽，这是晶粒细化和内部微观应力共同作用的结果。Ｘ射线衍射结果表明：随着机械合金化的进行，粉末的晶粒尺寸逐渐减小，球磨初期晶粒尺寸下降较快，经１５ｈ球磨，晶粒尺寸为２５ｎｍ，机械合金化进行到一定时间后晶粒尺寸下降缓慢，８０ｈ球磨后晶粒尺寸可达５ｎｍ。在机械合金化过程中球磨所造成的微观应变不大，球磨初期粉末的内应力随球磨时间增加而增加，当粉末粒子尺寸很小时，随球磨的进行粉末中的微观应变显著下降。     

掺钛蓝宝石激光晶体中夹杂物的分析

本文用大视场光学显微镜、电子探针观察和分析了掺钛蓝宝石激光晶体中夹杂物的形状、尺寸大小及元素组成，并提出消除和减少这些夹杂物的方法．     

布里奇曼法生长碲镉汞晶体的固液界面形态研究

文中综述了布里奇曼法及加速坩埚旋转技术的布里奇曼法生工碲镉汞晶体过程中固液界面形态的研究结果，简单讨论了固液界面形态对组分分布的影响，并将两种技术所得的组分分布结果进行了比较，在分析影响固液界面形态因素的基础上，认为加速坩埚旋转技术是目前改善固液界面形态的有效方法。     

硼酸铝钕(NAB)晶体光学均匀性的测量

NAB晶体是一种综合性能较好的新型激光工作物质,有希望做成高效的小型固体激光器。本文介绍一种测量这种晶体光学均匀性的方法。 一般都采用在干涉仪上观测干涉图样来判定激光棒的光学均匀性。NAB晶体的吸收光谱曲线显示出其在可见光光谱区内有多个吸收峰。我们注意到:通常用做激光干涉仪光源的He-Ne激光器发射的632.8nm谱线正位于NAB晶体的一个吸收峰,并用输出约为45mW     

β—BBO晶体的电光性能

用干涉法测量了β－ＢＢＯ晶体的电光系数：γ２２＝２．６，γ３３＝０．２３，γ３１＝０．２５，γ５１＝－３．５×１０－１２ｍ／Ｖ。结果表明如果在Ｙ方向加电场，Ｚ方向通光，β—ＢＢＯ晶体可能制作成有应用价值的光开关。     

Sixty years of dislocations

It is well-known that with the appearance of three independent papers by Taylor, Polanyi and Orowan in the year 1934, the concept of crystal dislocations was born. Since then, dislocation theory has had many spectacular successes. It is quite appropriate therefore to be aware of the state of development of this exciting subject, sixty years after its discovery. A flavour for the vast subject of the applications of dislocation mechanisms to real materials is presented by choosing three examples, one each, drawn from metallurgy, physics and electronics. The topic of ‘Strength of metals and alloys’ is the first one, as this is also the author’s area of research. The phenomenon of solidification and crystal growth forms the next topic, especially in view of the seminal contributions made by A R Verma and his school from India. Dislocations play a useful role in the strengthening of solids, but how influential are they in affecting the performance of modern semiconductor devices? In the third example, the interesting and painstaking work done to settle this question is reviewed. Can we regard carbon fibre as thetransistor of dislocation theory? How shall we understand the long-established effects such as corrosion-fatigue, superplasticity and shape memory as well as the electrochemical and electro-mechanical properties of dislocations in semiconductor and non-metallic crystals? Answers to these questions belong to the realms of the future developments in dislocations. The talk is concluded with a discussion of these topics.     

Crystallization and Drying in Thin Sucrose Films During Panning

Sucrose crystallization in thin films (50–55 μm) was studied, using a videomicroscopy technique, at conditions encountered during hard panning processes. No nucleation occurred in unseeded films, while a linear increase in seeded crystals occurred during drying. Crystal growth rate increased with temperature (25–30°C) and with air velocity (2.4–12.5 m/sec), but did not change with varying sucrose concentrations (70–76% w/w) and relative humidities (0–66% at 30°C). FD & C Yellow No. 5 food coloring in the dye form (0.05–0.5 g/100 mL) showed no effects while similar concentrations in the lake form inhibited crystal growth rate.     

Growth and optical property of zinc oxide thornballs

A new microstructure, thornball, of zinc oxide (ZnO) was synthesized by a very simple solid vapor deposition process under lead oxide (PbO) atmosphere. The microthornballs consist of numerous needles, which extend outwards in all directions symmetrically. They have dimensions of 120 μm in diameter, while the average diameter of the needles is about 100-200 nm. The needles on the balls grow along the 〈0 0 0 1〉 orientation and have gradient compositions along radial. Control experiments proved that PbO played an important role in the growth. Additionally, photoluminescence property was observed and provided the evidence that PbO did not deteriorate the optical properties of ZnO thornballs. This kind of microstructures has potential applications in the field of photochemical catalysis.     

高频脉冲电铸Ni-Co纳米复合块体微观结构分析

采用高频脉冲电铸工艺制备出了镍钴纳米复合块体材料，利用场发射扫描电镜、能谱和X射线衍射的方法，重点研究了复合块体沉积层的表面形貌、相结构和结晶取向。结果表明．高频率和润湿剂的添加对沉积层的细化有重要影响，高频脉冲电铸能够获得微观组织致密、均匀的复合块体材料。