Waveguide coupling gratings for high-sensitivity biochemical sensors

Grating coupling is now currently used in evanescent-wave biochemical sensors as a waveguide coupling element or as the sensing element. In most coupling cases of practical interest, the Rayleigh-Fourier method is valid, and leads to physically meaningful analytical solutions allowing grating coupling to be designed in simple terms. In the present paper the emphasis is placed on the grating as a waveguide coupling element

Explanation of ultra narrow-band reflection from a 1d grating based on a modal method and symmetry considerations

International audienceA 1D, high index contrast subwavelength binary corrugation can exhibit arbitrarily narrow reflection resonances. The necessary parameters are given analytically using the interference of the two involved grating modes and symmetry considerations of their reflection and transmission coefficients

Characterization of ZnSe nanocrystals grown by vapor phase epitaxy

This paper reports the application of scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and photoluminescence techniques for characterization of ZnSe nanocrystals grown on GaAs (100) substrate from the vapor phase. The applied characterization techniques show the evidence for coexistence of two sets of nanocrystals with rather different characteristic sizes. In addition, the lowest energy levels of spherically shaped nanocrystals are calculated in the framework of the effective-mass approximation and compared with photoluminescence data

Photoluminescence of ZnSe nanocrystals at high excitation level

The excitation-dependent photoluminescence (PL) of ZnSe nanocrystals (NC) grown on GaAs (100) substrate was studied. The PL spectra observed corroborate previous observations of a bimodal size distribution of NC grown, and, in addition, evidence the existence of spectral diffusion with extend dependent on excitation power. Besides, it was also shown that at relatively intense excitation an extra band has arose in luminescence spectra due to biexcitons confined in NC of 3.5–4.0 nm size. The binding energy of these biexcitons was as large as 23 meV

Визначення вмісту важких металів в органах і тканинах водних організмів з використанням фізичних методів елементного аналізу

Розглянуто використання методу РФА для визначення елементного складу біосубстратів (м’язи, печінка, зябра, кістки риб). Показана можливість виявлення накопичення специфічних елементів у органах і тканинах гідробіонтів та впливу навколишнього середовища на організми. Use of method X-ray analysis for definition of element structure of biosubstrata (a muscle, a liver, gills, bones of fishes) is considered. The opportunity of revealing of accumulation of specific elements in bodies and fabrics of hydrobionts and influences of an environment on organisms is shown

Spatially and polarization resolved plasmon mediated transmission through continuous metal films

The experimental demonstration and characterization is made of the plasmon-mediated resonant transmission through an embedded undulated continuous thin metal film under normal incidence. 1D undulations are shown to enable a spatially resolved polarisation filtering whereas 2D undulations lead to spatially resolved, polarization independent transmission. Whereas the needed submicron microstructure lends itself in principle to CD-like low-cost mass replication by means of injection moulding and embossing, the present paper demonstrates the expected transmission effects on experimental models based on metal-coated photoresist gratings. The spectral and angular dependence in the neighbourhood of resonance are investigated and the question of the excess losses exhibited by surface plasmons is discusse

RF photogun and Cherenkov decelerating system for a high power radiation source in sub-mm region

Some results of RF photogun and Cherenkov decelerating system research and design are discussed. This R&D is providing to construct a high power pulse radiation source in sub-mm region. It is well known that the conducting capillary filled by dielectric skin can be used as a Cherenkov radiation generator. One needs very short (less than 1 mm) and high brightness electron bunch to provide the coherent radiation. The short bunch can be generated by means of a photogun. The electrons should be accelerated to the energy equal to 1…4 MeV in compact section and injected to the decelerating structure. This radiation source can be used for inspection systems or as a laboratory generator.Рассмотрены некоторые результаты исследования и разработки СВЧ-фотокатода и черенковской замедляющей системы, предназначенных для генерации мощных импульсов излучения субмиллиметрового диапазона. Как известно, проводящий капилляр, покрытый изнутри слоем диэлектрика, может быть использован в качестве источника черенковского излучения. Для получения монохроматического излучения необходимо иметь очень короткий (меньше 1 мм) сгусток электронов, который может быть получен при использовании фотокатода. Электроны должны быть ускорены в короткой системе до энергии 1…4 МэВ и инжектированы в замедляющую систему. Такой источник излучения может быть использован в досмотровой системе или в качестве лабораторного генератора.Розглянуто деякі результати дослідження та розробки НВЧ-фотокатода і черенківської уповільнюючої системи, призначених для генерації потужних імпульсів випромінювання субміліметрового діапазону. Як відомо, проводячий капіляр, покритий зсередини шаром діелектрика, може бути використаний як джерело черенківського випромінювання. Для отримання монохроматичного випромінювання необхідно мати дуже короткий (менше 1 мм) згусток електронів, який може бути отриманий при використанні фотокатода. Електрони мають бути прискорені в короткій системі до енергії 1…4 МеВ і інжектовані в уповільнюючу систему. Таке джерело випромінювання може бути використано в оглядовій системі або в якості лабораторного генератора

Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU

The rapid development of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is allowing the implementation of highly-parallelized Monte Carlo simulation chains for particle physics experiments. This technique is particularly suitable for the simulation of a pixelated charge readout for time projection chambers, given the large number of channels that this technology employs. Here we present the first implementation of a full microphysical simulator of a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) equipped with light readout and pixelated charge readout, developed for the DUNE Near Detector. The software is implemented with an end-to-end set of GPU-optimized algorithms. The algorithms have been written in Python and translated into CUDA kernels using Numba, a just-in-time compiler for a subset of Python and NumPy instructions. The GPU implementation achieves a speed up of four orders of magnitude compared with the equivalent CPU version. The simulation of the current induced on 10^3 pixels takes around 1 ms on the GPU, compared with approximately 10 s on the CPU. The results of the simulation are compared against data from a pixel-readout LArTPC prototype

Normalized modal basis in 2D periodical lamellar structures

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