简介:Weproposethatnanomaterialsareusedforfibers.Anovelnano-InPdopedfiberhasbeenfabricatedbythemethodofmodifiedchemicalvapordeposition(MCVD).Ithasbeenmeasuredthatthedopingconcentrationofphosphoruselementis0.1%.TherelationshipbetweenrefractiveindexandthewavelengthisobtainedbyfittingexperimentaldatatoSellmeierequation.Dispersionofthefiberhasbeencalculatedinthewavelengthrangeof1.2-1.6μm.Asthewavelengthvariesfrom1.20μmto1.60μm,dispersionparamete...
简介:Inrecentyears,thepotentialofrenewablegreenenergysourceshasbeenextensivelystudied.Theproventechnologywhichisphotovoltaicsolarcellsstrictlydependsondaylightandproduceslow-efficiently.Toovercometherestrictions,onetechnologystudiedisthroughharvestingthethermalradiationenergywhichcanprovidea24-hourenergysource.Thecontinuityofenergysourcespromisesverygoodenergyconversionespeciallyformilitaryapplications.Thisarticlepresentsanewstructurethatcanharvesttheabundantthermalradiationenergyintousableenergyatthewavelengthof10μm.Arectangularstructurewithaperturbationslitwasdesignedtointegratewitharectifiercircuitforgreenenergyconversion.Theslittunneljunctionguidedtheelectromagneticfieldintoajunctionwheretheenergycouldbecollectedandconverted.Anenhancementfactorofapproximately110.6canbeachievedbyaperturbationslitlengthof1.0μm.Theresultsextractedfromtheproposeddesignpromiseabettercandidatetoovercomethedisadvantagesofphotovoltaicsolarcellsforenergyharvestingdevices.
简介:Opticalmicroscopeisoneofthemostpopularcharacterizationtechniquesforgeneralpurposesinmanyfields.Itisdistinguishedfromthevacuumortip-basedimagingtechniquesforitsflexibility,lowcost,andfastspeed.However,itsresolutionlimitsthefunctionalityofcurrentopticalimagingperformance.Whilemicrosphereshavebeendemonstratedforimprovingtheobservationpowerofopticalmicroscope,theyaredirectlydepositedonthesamplesurfaceandthustheapplicationsaregreatlylimited.Wedeveloparemote-modemicrospherenano-imagingplatformwhichcanscanfreelyandinreal-timeacrossthesamplesurfaces.Itgreatlyincreasestheobservationpowerandsuccessfullycharacterizesvariouspracticalsampleswiththesmallestfeaturesizedownto23nm.Thismethodoffersmanyuniqueadvantages,suchasenablingthedetectiontobenon-invasive,dynamic,real-time,andlabel-free,aswellasleadingtomorefunctionalitiesinambientairandliquidenvironments,whichextendsthenano-scaleobservationpowertoabroadscopeinourlife.
简介:Remote-modemicrospherenanoscopecanobservethenano-structureswith23nmfeaturesize.Itdoesnotrequiresamplepreparationandfunctionsinbothambientairandliquidenvironments.ComparedwiththescientificcharacterizationtoolslistedinTableS1,thesimpleandportablenaturemakesthemicrospherenanoscopeafavorablesolutionforgeneralpurposeimaginginpracticalfields,likehospitals,foodindustry,semiconductorproductionlines,schoolsandenvironmentagencies.
简介:Cadmiumzincleadsulfide[Cd0.8(Zn1-x,Pbx)0.2S]nano-powderswerepreparedbyanimprovedcoprecipitationmethod.TheeffectofPb2+concentrationat500ConthephaseandcrystallinestructureoftheCd0.8(Zn1-x,Pbx)0.2SpowderswereinvestigatedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD).Accordingtothetransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)images,theparticlessizeareintherangeof58nmto72nm.Inaddition,opticalbandgapenergyandopticalconstantsofnano-powdersweredeterminedusingtheultraviolet(UV)spectrum,Fourniertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),andKramers-Kroniganalysis,respectively.Wecalculatetherefractiveindexn,extinctioncoefficientk,anddielectricfunctionεasafunctionofthewavenumber.TheexperimentresultsdemonstratethattheamountofPb+2hasbeenplayinganincreasinglyimportantroleonopticalpropertiesofCZPSnanocrystals.
简介:Asimplemethodtofabricateone-dimensional(1-D)andtwo-dimensional(2-D)orderedmicro-andnano-scalepatternsisdevelopedbasedontheoriginalmastersfromopticaldiscs,usingnanoimprinttechnologyandsoftstamps.Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)wasusedtoreplicatethenegativeimageofthe1-DgratingpatternonthemastersofCD-R,DVD-RandBD-Ropticaldiscs,respectively,andthenthe1-DpatternononeofthePDMSstampswastransferredtoablankpolycarbonate(PC)substratebynanoimprint.The2-DorderedpatternswerefabricatedbythesecondimprintingusinganotherPDMSstamp.Different2-DperiodicpatternswereobtaineddependingonthePDMSstampsandtheanglebetweenthetwotimesofimprints.Thismethodmayprovideawayforthefabricationofcomplex2-Dpatternsusingsimple1-Dmasters.
简介:Thepropagationoffemtosecondlaserpulseswithwavelengthsof1550nm,1064nm,800nmand700nm,respectively,whichareinthenormaldispersionregionofthenano-structuredphotoniccrystalfiber(N-PCF)withinterestingbroadbandnormaldispersionandhighlynonlinearproperties,isstudied.Fortheeffectofchirpvariationmainlyinducedbygroupvelocitydispersion(GVD)andself-phasemodulation(SPM),afterpropagationoverashortlength,thewavebreakingoccurs.Namely,oscillatorystructuresarepresentednearpulseedgesandsidelobesappearinthepulsespectrum.Inthecaseof800nm,afterthepropagationof20mm,asuperflatspectrumisobtained.Thebandwidthofthesuperflatspectrumisassociatedwiththedispersionlengthandthenonlinearlength.BychoosingN-PCFandlaserpulsewithappropriateparameters,abroadbandsuperflatspectruminashortlengthcanbeachieved.