简介:Inthispaper,weproposeandexperimentallydemonstrateamethodtorealizeapolarizationdetectorbyusingacommerciallyavailablepolymethylmethacrylate(PMMA)pipe.Anasymmetricpolarization-relatedstructureisfabricatedbyetchingdifferentgratingstructuresontheexternalsurfaceofthepipe.Theresultsshowthatwhenthepiperotatesupto90°,thepeakofthetransmissionspectrumcanevidentlyshifttowardsthelowfrequency,whichmeansthepipewithgratingstructurescanserveasapolarizationdetector.Thisdesignpossessesthemeritsofasimplestructureandeasyfabrication.
简介:WedemonstratethegenerationofQ-switchedpulsesfromanytterbium-dopedfiberlaser(YDFL)usingquantumdot(QD)CdSeasapassivesaturableabsorber(SA).TheCdSeQDisfabricatedbythesynthesisofCdO,Se,andmanganeseacetateandparaffinoilandoleicacidasthesolventandsurfactant,respectively.TheCdSeQDisthendopedintopoly-methyl-methacrylate(PMMA)viaanemulsionpolymerizationprocess.APMMAhostedCdSeQDthinflakewithahomogeneousendsurfaceisthenformedandplacedbetweentwoferrulesandassembledinaYDFLcavitytoachievetheQ-switchingoperationwitharepetitionrateof24.45to40.50kHzwhilevaryingthepumppowerfrom975to1196mW.Thepulsewidthchangesfrom6.78to3.65μswithamaximumcalculatedpulseenergyat0.77μJatapumppowerof1101mW.ThisworkmaybethefirstdemonstrationofCdSeQD-basedQ-switchinginanall-fiberconfigurationthatshouldgiveproportionalinsightintosemiconductorQDmaterialsinphotonicsapplications.
简介:ThisarticleaddressesthesynthesisoforganicallytailoredNi-Allayereddoublehydroxide(ONi-AlLDH)anditsuseinthefabricationofexfoliatedpoly(methylmethacrylate)(PMMA)nanocomposites.ThepristineNi-AlLDHwasinitiallysynthesizedbyco-precipitationmethodandsubsequentlymodifiedusingsodiumdodecylsulfatetoobtainONi-AlLDH.NanocompositesofPMMAcontainingvariousamountsofmodifiedNi-AlLDH(3wt%?7wt%)weresynthesizedviasolventblendingmethodtoinvestigatetheinfluenceofLDHcontentonthepropertiesofPMMAmatrix.SeveralcharacterizationmethodssuchasX-raydiffraction(XRD),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),rheologicalanalysis,differentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC)andthermogravimetricanalysis(TGA),wereemployedtoexaminethestructural,viscoelasticandthermalpropertiesofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheresultsofXRDandTEMexaminationconfirmtheformationofpartiallyexfoliatedPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.TheFTIRresultselucidatethatthecharacteristicbandsforbothpurePMMAandmodifiedLDHarepresentinthespectraofPMMA/OLDHnanocomposites.Rheologicalanalyseswerecarriedouttoexaminetheadhesionbetweenpolymermatrixandfillerspresentinthenanocompositesample.TheTGAdataindicatethatthePMMAnanocompositesexhibithigherthermalstabilitywhencomparedtopurePMMA.ThethermaldecompositiontemperatureofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositesincreasesby28KcomparedtothatofpurePMMAat15%weightlossasapointofreference.IncomparisonwithpurePMMA,thePMMAnanocompositecontaining7wt%LDHdemonstratesimprovedglasstransitiontemperature(Tg)ofaround3K.Theactivationenergy(Ea),reactionorders(n)andreactionmechanismofthermaldegradationofPMMA/OLDHnanocompositeswereevaluatedusingdifferentkineticmodels.WateruptakecapacityofthePMMA/OLDHnanocompositesislessthanthatofthepurePMMA.