Method of self-consistent evaluation of absolute emission probabilities of particles and gamma rays

In assumption of well installed decay scheme the method provides a) exact balance relationships, b) lower (compared to the traditional techniques) uncertainties of recommended absolute emission probabilities of particles and gamma rays, c) evaluation of correlations between the recommended emission probabilities (for the same and different decay modes). Application of the method for the decay data evaluation for even curium isotopes led to paradoxical results. The multidimensional confidence regions for the probabilities of the most intensive alpha transitions constructed on the basis of present and the ENDF/B-VII.1, JEFF-3.1, DDEP evaluations are inconsistent whereas the confidence intervals for the evaluated probabilities of single transitions agree with each other

Structural and vibrational study of pseudocubic CdIn2Se4 under compression

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5077565We report a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of the structural and vibrational properties of a-CdIn2Se4 under compression. Angle-dispersive synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy evidence that this ordered-vacancy compound with pseudocubic structure undergoes a phase transition (7 GPa) toward a disordered rocksalt structure as observed in many other ordered-vacancy compounds. The equation of state and the pressure dependence of the Raman-active modes of this semiconductor have been determined and compared both to ab initio total energy and lattice dynamics calculations and to related compounds. Interestingly, on decreasing pressure, at similar to 2 GPa, CdIn2Se4 transforms into a spinel structure which, according to calculations, is energetically competitive with the initial pseudocubic phase. The phase behavior of this compound under compression and the structural and compressibility trends in AB(2)Se(4) selenides are discussed.This study was supported by the Spanish government MEC under Grant Nos: MAT2013-46649-C4-3-P, MAT2013-46649-C4-2-P, MAT2010-21270-C04-03/04, and CTQ2009-14596-C02-01, by MALTA Consolider Ingenio 2010 Project (CSD2007-00045) and by Generalitat Valenciana (GVA-ACOMP-2013-1012). A.M. and P.R-H. acknowledge computing time provided by Red Espanola de Supercomputacion (RES) and MALTA-Cluster, and also to S. Munoz-Rodriguez for providing a data-parsing application. J.A.S. acknowledges Juan de la Cierva fellowship program for financial support.Santamaría Pérez, D.; Gomis, O.; Pereira, ALJ.; Vilaplana Cerda, RI.; Popescu, C.; Sans Tresserras, JÁ.; Manjón Herrera, FJ.... (2014). Structural and vibrational study of pseudocubic CdIn2Se4 under compression. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(46):26987-26999. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5077565S26987269991184

Optical damage studies of mercury thiogallate nonlinear crystals for use in 1-μ m pumped optical parametric oscillators

We investigated optical damage (surface and bulk) in one of the most promising wide bandgap nonoxide nonlinear crystals, HgGa2S 4, that can be used in ~1-μ m pumped optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and synchronously pumped OPOs (SPOPOs) for generation of idler pulses above 4 μ m without two-photon absorption losses at the pump wavelength. The optical damage has been characterized at the pump wavelength for different repetition rates using uncoated and antireflectioncoated (mainly with a single layer for pump and signal wavelengths) samples. HgGa2S 4 is the most successful nonlinear crystal (both in terms of output energy and average power) for such OPOs, but optical damage inside the OPO has a lower threshold and represents at present the principal limitation for the achievable output. It is related to peak pulse and not to average intensity, and bulk damage in the form of scattering centers occurs before surface damage. Such bulk damage formation is faster at higher repetition rates. Lower repetition rates increase the lifetime of the crystal but do not solve the problem. The safe pump fluence in extracavity measurements is © 2013 SPIE

HgGa2S4-based RISTRA OPO pumped at 1064 nm

Idler beam quality at 6.3 μm from HgGa2S4 OPO is compared for linear, planar ring and RISTRA cavities. The last one produces smooth, circular profile and much higher focal fluence. © 2014 OSA

Mid-IR RISTRA OPO based on HgGa2S4 and pumped at 1064 nm

We compare linear, planar ring, and rotated image singly resonant twisted rectangle (RISTRA) type nanosecond optical parametric oscillator cavities using HgGa2S4 nonlinear crystal pumped by 8 ns pulses at 1064 nm from a low beam quality pump source. The input–output characteristics and the output idler beam quality at 6300 nm are compared for two values of the pump beam diameter presenting different cavity Fresnel numbers and magnitudes of the spatial walk-off effect due to birefringence. The RISTRA cavity ensures in all cases a circular output beam profile but is advantageous in terms of beam quality with respect to the planar ring only at a large pump beam diameter

Mid-infrared rotated image singly resonant twisted rectangle optical parametric oscillator based on HgGa2S4 pumped at 1064 nm

We compare linear, planar ring, and rotated image singly resonant twisted rectangle (RISTRA) type nanosecond optical parametric oscillator cavities using HgGa2S4 nonlinear crystal pumped by 8 ns pulses at 1064 nm from a low beam quality pump source. The input-output characteristics and the output idler beam quality at 6300 nm are compared for two values of the pump beam diameter presenting different cavity Fresnel numbers and magnitudes of the spatial walk-off effect due to birefringence. The RISTRA cavity ensures in all cases a circular output beam profile but is advantageous in terms of beam quality with respect to the planar ring only at a large pump beam diameter

Mid-infrared rotated image singly resonant twisted rectangle optical parametric oscillator based on HgGa_2S_4 pumped at 1064 nm

We compare linear, planar ring, and rotated image singly resonant twisted rectangle (RISTRA) type nanosecond optical parametric oscillator cavities using HgGa2S4 nonlinear crystal pumped by 8 ns pulses at 1064 nm from a low beam quality pump source. The input–output characteristics and the output idler beam quality at 6300 nm are compared for two values of the pump beam diameter presenting different cavity Fresnel numbers and magnitudes of the spatial walk-off effect due to birefringence. The RISTRA cavity ensures in all cases a circular output beam profile but is advantageous in terms of beam quality with respect to the planar ring only at a large pump beam diameter

HgGa2S4–based RISTRA OPO pumped at 1064 nm

Idler beam quality at 6.3 µm from HgGa2S4 OPO is compared for linear, planar ring and RISTRA cavities. The last one produces smooth, circular profile and much higher focal fluence