简介:Core-shellstructurednanosphereswithmesoporoussilicashellandNicore(denotedasNi@meso-SiO2)arepreparedthroughathree-stepprocess.MonodispersedNiprecursorsarefirstprepared,andthencoatedwithmesoporousSiO2.FinalNi@meso-SiO2spheresareobtainedaftercalcination.TheproductsarecharacterizedbyX-raypowderdiffraction,transmissionelectronmicroscopyandN2adsorption-desorptionmethods.Thesesphereshaveahighsurfaceareaandarewelldispersedinwater,showingahighcatalyticactivitywithaTOFvalueof18.5,andoutstandingstabilityinhydrolyticdehydrogenationofammoniaboraneatroomtemperature.
简介:'Giant'CdSe/CdScore/shellnanocrystals(NCs)weresynthesizedwiththickCdSshell(15monolayers),andthex-raydiffraction(XRD)measurementindicatesthereisazincblendephaseinthethickCdSshell,whereasittransformedintowurtzitephaseunder5minradiationwitha400nm,594μJ∕cm2femtosecond(fs)laserbeam.TheevolutionoftheNCs’spontaneousemissionunderthefslaserradiationwasrecordedwithaHamamatsustreakcamera.Theas-synthesizedNCsexhibitanamplifiedspontaneousemission(ASE)at530nm,whichcomesfromabulk-likeCdSshellduetotheinterfacialpotentialbarrier,whichcouldslowdowntherelaxationofholesfromtheshelltothecore.Afterbeingannealedbyanfslaser,theASEoftheg-NCsistransferredfromabulk-likeCdSshelltoaquantum-confinedCdSecorebecausethephasetransformationdeterminedwiththeXRDmeasurementcouldremovetheinterfacialbarrier.BesidestheASEat643nm,twoshorter-wavelengthASEpeaksat589and541nm,correspondingtoopticaltransitionsofthesecond(1P)andthird(1D)electronquantizationshellsoftheCdSecore,alsoappear,thusindicatingthatAugerrecombinationiseffectivelysuppressed.
简介:Coremodecutoffisausefulconceptnotonlyforataperedsingle-corefiber(SCF)butalsoforataperedmulticorefiber(MCF)torealizecladdingmodetransmission.Inthispaper,cut-offconditionsofeithercoremodefortaperedSCFsorsupermodesforMCFsaretheoreticallyinvestigated.RigorousanalyticalformulasarederivedforthemodesofSCFbyathree-layerwaveguidemodel,andanapproximationformulaofthecut-offconditionisgivenfortheLP01mode.ThesupermodesofMCFsareanalyzedbythecouplingmodetheory,andthecut-offconditioniscalculatedbyanumericalmethod.Simulationresultsshowthatthein-phasesupermodeofMCFshasasimilarcut-offconditionwiththatofSCF.Basedonthisproperty,aconvenientapproximateformulaisgiventoestimatethecut-offconditionofthein-phasesupermodefortaperedMCFs.
简介:Wereviewtheuseofhollow-corephotoniccrystalfibre(HC-PCF)forhighpowerlaserbeamdelivery.AcomparisonofbandgapHC-PCFwithKagome-latticeHC-PCFonthegeometry,guidancemechanism,andopticalpropertiesshowsthattheKagome-typeHC-PCFisanidealhostforhighpowerlaserbeamtransportationbecauseofitslargecoresize,lowattenuation,broadbandtransmission,single-modeguidance,lowdispersionandtheultra-lowopticaloverlapbetweenthecore-guidedmodesandthesilicacore-surround.ThepowerhandlingcapabilityofKagome-typeHC-PCFisfurtherexperimentallydemonstratedbymillijoulenanosecondlasersparkignitionand~100μJsub-picosecondlaserpulsetransportationandcompression.
简介:Wepresentapolarization-maintainingPANDAring-corefiber(PM-PRCF)characterizedbythecombinationofaring-corestructurewithtwostress-applyingrods.Thisspecialfiberdesignseparatestheadjacentmodesandavoidsthecutoffofthehigher-ordermodes,whichisacommonprobleminellipticalcorepolarization-maintainingfew-modefibers.Usingahigh-contrastindexringandstress-inducedbirefringence,thePM-PRCFfeaturessupportfor10vectormodes,witheffectiverefractiveindexseparationsfromtheiradjacentmodes>10-4.Broadbandperformanceisinvestigatedsubsequentlyoverawidewavelengthrangefrom1500to1630nm.Theproposedfiberistargetedatapplicationsinspace-divisionmultiplexingwhileeliminatingthecomplexmultiple-inputmultiple-outputsignalprocessing.
简介:Weproposeanddemonstrateataperedhollowannularcorefiber(HACF)couplerforexcitationofwhisperinggallerymodes(WGMs)ofanembeddedmicrosphereresonator.ThecouplerissimplyfabricatedbyfusionsplicingofasegmentofHACFwiththesingle-modefiber(SMF),andthenimprovedbytaperingthesplicingjointtoreducethecone-apexangle.Therefore,thecouplingefficiencyfromtheSMFtotheHACFisenhancedtoexcitevariousWGMsviaevanescentfieldcoupling.Normalpositive,negativesymmetricalLorentzianandasymmetricFanolineshapescanbeobtainedbyvaryingtheresonatorsizeandlocation.AnotherinterestingphenomenonisobservedthatahigherQ-factormodeinalowerQ-factormodehasacontrastashighas58.Temperaturesensingwithgoodstabilityisalsodemonstrated.ThisembeddedWGMmicrosphereresonatorinthetaperedHACFisexpectedtopromoteenvironmentaladaptabilityinpracticalapplicationsduetoitssimplicityandrobustness.
简介:Inthispaper,wepresentamode-selectivecouplerbasedonadual-coreall-solidphotonicbandgapfiber(AS-PBGF).Becausetheyareall-solid,AS-PBGF-basedmodeconvertersareeasiertosplicetootherfibersthanthosebasedonair-holephotoniccrystalfibers.ModeconversionsbetweentheLP01andLP11modes,LP01andLP21modes,andLP01andLP02modesareobtainedatthewavelengthλ=1550nm.The3dBwavelengthbandwidthofthesemodeconvertersare47.8,20.3,and20.3nm,respectively.
简介:Au-core/Pt-shellnanorods(Au@PtNR)被一个Au调停nanorod的生长方法准备了,并且他们在联合条件下面展出高电磁的地改进。由Au核心产生的高电磁的领域的远程的效果增加了,电磁的领域改进能被改变nanostructures的形态学控制。在这研究,我们用有限差别时间域(FDTD)在电磁的领域改进的模拟上报导结果方法,考虑Au@PtNR的真实形状。由于热点效果,电磁的领域能在磅nanodots之间是局部性的。电磁的领域改进被发现相当独立于磅内容,而本地粗糙和小锋利的特征力量显著地修改近地。当电磁的领域改进能被磅nanodots的分发在Au核心上调节,Au@PtNR能在相关区域发现潜在的应用。
简介:Thermodynamicpropertiesandphasediagramsofamixedspin-(1,2)Isingferrimagneticsystemwithsingleionanisotropyonhexagonalnanowirearestudiedbyusingeffective-fieldtheorywithcorrelations.Thesusceptibility,internalenergyandspecificheatofthesystemarenumericallyexaminedandsomeinterestingphenomenainthesequantitiesarefound.TheeffectoftheHamiltonianparametersonphasediagramsareexaminedindetail.Besidessecond-orderphasetransition,linesoffirst-ordertransitionandtricriticalpointsarefound.Inparticular,wefoundthatforsomenegativevaluesofsingle-ionanisotropies,thereexistfirst-orderphasetransitions.
简介:Understandingbendlossinsingle-ringhollow-corephotoniccrystalfibers(PCFs)isbecomingofincreasingimportanceasthefibersenterpracticalapplications.Whilepurelynumericalapproachesareuseful,thereisaneedforasimpleranalyticalformalismthatprovidesphysicalinsightandcanbedirectlyusedinthedesignofPCFswithlowbendloss.Weshowtheoreticallyandexperimentallythatawavelength-dependentcriticalbendradiusexistsbelowwhichthebendlossreachesamaximum,andthatthiscanbecalculatedfromthestructuralparametersofafiberusingasimpleanalyticalformula.Thisallowsstraightforwarddesignofsingle-ringPCFsthatarebend-insensitiveforspecifiedrangesofbendradiusandwavelength.Italsocanbeusedtoderiveanexpressionforthebendradiusthatyieldsoptimalhigher-ordermodesuppressionforagivenfiberstructure.
简介:Fiber-opticlaser–ultrasoundgenerationisbeingusedinanincreasingnumberofapplications,includingmedicaldiagnosis,materialcharacterization,andstructuralhealthmonitoring.However,mostcurrentlyusedfiber-opticultrasonictransducersalloweffectiveultrasoundgenerationatonlyasinglelocation,namely,atthefibertip,althoughtherehavebeenafewlimitedproposalsforachievingmultipointultrasoundgenerationalongthelengthofafiber.Herewepresentanovelfiber-opticultrasoundtransducerthatusesthecore-offsetsplicingoffiberstoeffectivelygenerateultrasoundatmultiplelocationsalongthefiber.Theproposedlaser–ultrasonictransducercanproduceabalancedstrengthsignalbetweenultrasonicgenerationpointsbyreasonablycontrollingtheoffsetsofthefibers.Theproposedtransducerhasotheroutstandingcharacteristics,includingsimplefabricationandlowcost.
简介:Weproposeanovelwaveguidedesignofpolarization-maintainingfewmodefiber(PM-FMF)supporting≥10non-degeneratemodes,utilizingacentralcircularairholeandacircumjacentelliptical-ringcore.Thestructureendowsanewdegreeoffreedomtoadjustthebirefringenceofalltheguidedmodes,includingthefundamentalpolarizationmode.Numericalsimulationsdemonstratethat,byoptimizingtheairholeandelliptical-ringcore,aPM-FMFsupporting10distinctivepolarizationmodeshasbeenachieved,andtheeffectiveindexdifferenceΔneffbetweentheadjacentguidedmodescouldbekeptlargerthan1.32×10-4overthewholeC+Lband.TheproposedfiberstructurecanflexiblytailoredtosupportanevenlargernumberofmodesinPM-FMF(14-modePM-FMFhasbeendemonstratedasanexample),whichcanbereadilyapplicabletoascalablemodedivisionmultiplexingsystem.