Laser in the axial electric field as a tool to search for P-, T- invariance violation

We consider rotation of polarization plane of the laser light when a gas laser is placed in a longitudinal electric field (10~kV/cm). It is shown that residual anisotropy of the laser cavity 10^{-6} and the sensitivity to the angle of polarization plane rotation about 10^{-11} -10^{-12} rad allows one to measure an electron EDM with the sensitivity about 10^{-30} e cm.Comment: 12 page

High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for gravitational-wave interferometers

Faraday isolators play a key role in the operation of large-scale gravitational-wave detectors. Second-generation gravitational-wave interferometers such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Advanced Virgo will use high-average-power cw lasers (up to 200 W) requiring specially designed Faraday isolators that are immune to the effects resulting from the laser beam absorption–degraded isolation ratio, thermal lensing, and thermally induced beam steering. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Faraday isolators designed specifically for high-performance operation in high-power gravitational-wave interferometers

Plasmon oscillations in ellipsoid nanoparticles: beyond dipole approximation

The plasmon oscillations of a metallic triaxial ellipsoid nanoparticle have been studied within the framework of the quasistatic approximation. A general method has been proposed for finding the analytical expressions describing the potential and frequencies of the plasmon oscillations of an arbitrary multipolarity order. The analytical expressions have been derived for an electric potential and plasmon oscillation frequencies of the first 24 modes. Other higher orders plasmon modes are investigated numerically.Comment: 33 pages, 12 figure

thermoluminescence in lif crystals and the role of impurities

Eight nominally pure lithium fluoride crystals, obtained from a single LiF crystal containing less than 100 ppm impurities, were irradiated by gamma-rays from a 60 Co source at room temperature, with doses from 8.4 to 2.5 x 10 5 Gy, but one at -60 °C. Optical density measurements were performed to investigate the radiation-induced color centres (CCs) and to evaluate their concentrations. Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curves were collected and simulated by a first-order kinetics approach, and from the best-fit procedure ten glow peaks (GPs) spanning from 100 to 450 °C were highlighted. A comparative analysis of GP intensities and CC concentrations as a function of the irradiation dose has questioned their association as obtained in previous measurements, showing the impurities, less than 10 18 cm -3 , still playing a predominant role in TL spectra. New measurements on LiF crystals more pure, at least an order of magnitude, are required to establish for sure the association of GPs to CCs

INFLUENCE OF SILVER SURFACE STRUCTURE ON LUMINESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS OF EUROPIUM DOPED POLYMER FILMS

The luminesceuce characteristics of Eu 3+ ions in Eu(ΝO 3 ) 3 . 6Η2O salt contained in polymer films coating the silver metallic surfaces were studied. The surfaces were specially prepared to consist of silver tip arrays with the height of tips in micron and surface density in 10 -8 cm -2 ranges. The eval-. uation of enhancement per one europium ion gave a value 3.5 x 10 2 for one polymer layer coating of tip array silver surface in comparison with the case of glass substrate coating