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Third-order nonlinear optical effects of silver nanoparticles and third harmonic generation from their plasma plumes
2021
Abstract We investigated the third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of the silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) of various sizes, which were produced by disintegration of commercially available 20 and 100 nm NPs in different solvents. It is observed that NPs with the sizes less or greater than 30 nm possess saturable absorption or reverse saturable absorption (or two-photon absorption), respectively. The NPs suspensions show a self-focusing effect. In addition, the third harmonic generation from the plasma plumes produced by nanosecond laser ablation of bulk Ag and Ag NPs of 100 nm and 20 nm sizes is reported. The third harmonic efficiency from the plasmas containing NPs was higher compa…
Nuclear shell model applied to metallic clusters
1993
We apply the nuclear shell model to jellium clusters of up to twenty-one Na atoms. Binding energies, ionization potentials, and photoabsorption cross sections are calculated and compared with mean-field results.
Trace detection of radiotoxic isotopes by resonance ionization mass spectrometry
1995
Resonance ionization spectroscopy combined with mass spectrometry (RIMS) has become an important technique for ultratrace environmental analysis, and is particularly well suited for the detection of long-lived radio-toxic isotopes. A variety of experimental approaches have been developed to address the specific requirements posed by individual isotopes, which have widely differing physical, chemical, and environmental properties. In this paper we discuss the principles and recent progress in the development of three different methods that are being used for the analysis of radiotoxic species. These include measurement of actinides using triple-resonance ionization and time-of-flight mass sp…
Isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in the transitions of gadolinium
2000
High-resolution resonance ionization mass spectrometry has been used to measure isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in all (J = 2-6) and the transitions of gadolinium (Gd I). Gadolinium atoms in an atomic beam were excited with a tunable single-frequency laser in the wavelength range of 422-429 nm. Resonant excitation was followed by photoionization with the 363.8 nm line of an argon ion laser and resulting ions were mass separated and detected with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. Isotope shifts for all stable gadolinium isotopes in these transitions have been measured for the first time. Additionally, the hyperfine structure constants of the upper states have been derived for the isotop…
A New Sensitive Technique for Laser Spectroscopic Studies of Radioactive Rare-Gas Isotopes
1987
The concept of laser ionization has been widely used in spectroscopy studies and for the detection of minute samples of atoms. Being based on ion counting, it avoids the sensitivity problems of conventional fluorescence spectroscopy, which are due to low detection efficiency and large background from scattered laser light. We report the first application of an alternative ionization scheme which we have developed for collinear laser spectroscopy on fast atomic beams /1/. Here the increase in sensitivity has considerably enlarged the range of isotopes very far from stability, for which nuclear moments and radii can be investigated in hyperfine structure and isotope shift measurements.
Investigation of gaseous discharge ion sources for isotope separation on-line
1976
Abstract Gaseous discharge ion sources with circular end extraction have been investigated with the aim of meeting the special requirements of on-line isotope separation. The studies represent an attempt to increase lifetime, temperature and ionization efficiency of the ion source under stable discharge conditions and to reduce the ion current density of usually 1–100 mA/cm2 of low intensity separator sources. The detailed investigation of a modified Nielsen Ion Source is described. The source yields in oscillating electron are operation reproducible ionization efficiencies of 32% for krypton and 45% for xenon. It was found that minor variations of geometry and potentials in a Nielsen-type …
Continuously tunable diamond Raman laser for resonance ionization experiments at CERN
2019
We demonstrate a highly efficient, continuously tunable, diamond Raman laser operating in the blue region of the spectrum. The linewidth and tunability characteristics of a frequency-doubled Ti:Sapphire laser were transferred directly to the Stokes output, offering great potential for spectroscopic applications using an all-solid-state platform.
Multi-color resonance ionization of laser ablated gadolinium at high laser power
2005
Abstract Spectroscopic and analytical properties of a trace analytical method using multi-step resonance ionization at high laser intensities (>kW/cm 2 ) have been investigated with gadolinium as a test element. Strongly saturated transitions are observed, which have been used for a temperature determination of the atoms in the laser ablated plume. Regimes of multi-step resonance ionization and multiphoton ionization could be distinguished. Analytical performances due to resonance enhancement and resulting discrimination against non-resonant background, precision in isotope ratio determination and overall detection efficiency are discussed.
Influence of hole transport material ionization energy on the performance of perovskite solar cells
2019
Halide perovskites have shown excellent photophysical properties for solar cell applications which led to a rapid increase of the device efficiency. Understanding the charge carrier dynamics within the active perovskite absorber and at its interfaces will be key to further progress in their development. Here we present a series of fully evaporated devices employing hole transport materials with different ionization energies. The open circuit voltage of the devices, along with their ideality factors, confirm that the former is mainly determined by the bulk and surface recombination in the perovskite, rather than by the energetic offset between the valence band of the perovskite and the highe…
Electronic functionality of Gd-bisphthalocyanine: Charge carrier concentration, charge mobility, and influence of local magnetic field
2018
Abstract Gadolinium bisphthalocyanine (GdPc2) has been placed among the highest ranked molecular materials considered namely for modern optoelectronic applications including organic solar cells. To improve understanding of the correlation between GdPc2 magnetic properties and its electronic functionality, we experimentally and theoretically studied charge carrier concentration, charge mobility, and influence of local magnetic field on charge carrier transport. For better clearance, all the main studied properties of GdPc2 bisphthalocyanine were compared with Zn phthalocyanine (ZnPc) as a reference material. Conductivity and charge carrier mobility were measured in materials incorporated in …