• Terahertz sensing of highly absorptive water-methanol mixtures with multiple resonances in metamaterials

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Ultrasensitive terahertz sensing of highly absorptive aqueous solutions remains challenging due to strong absorption of water in the terahertz regime. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a cost-effective metamaterial-based sensor integrated with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for highly absorptive water-methanol mixture sensing. This metamaterial has simple asymmetric wire structures that support multiple resonances including a fundamental Fano resonance and higher order dipolar resonance in the terahertz regime. Both the resonance modes have strong intensity in the transmission spectra which we exploit for detection of the highly absorptive water-methanol mixtures. The experimentally characterized sensitivities of the Fano and dipole resonances for the water-methanol mixtures are found to be 160 and 305 GHz/RIU, respectively. This method provides a route for readily available metamaterial-assisted terahertz spectroscopy for ultrasensitive sensing of highly absorptive chemical and biochemical materials with multiple resonances and high accuracy.

  • The Dynamics Beamline at SSRF

    分类: 核科学技术 >> 核科学与技术 提交时间: 2024-05-11

    摘要: The Dynamics beamline (D-Line), which combines synchrotron radiation infrared spectroscopy (SR-IR) and energy-dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (ED-XAS), is the first beamline in the world to realize concurrent ED-XAS and SR-IR measurements at the same sample position on a millisecond time-resolved scale. This combined technique is effective for investigating rapid structural changes in atoms, electrons, and molecules in complicated disorder systems, such as those used in physics, chemistry, materials science, and extreme conditions. Moreover, ED-XAS and SR-IR can be used independently in the two branches of the D-Line. The ED-XAS branch is the first ED-XAS beamline in China, which uses a tapered undulator light source and can achieve approximately 2.5 × 1012 photons/s•300 eV BW@7.2 keV at the sample position. An exchangeable polychromator operating in the Bragg-reflection or Laue-transmission configuration is used in different energy ranges to satisfy the requirements for beam size and energy resolution. The focused beam size is approximately 3.5 μm (H) × 21.5 μm (V), and the X-ray energy range is 5–25 keV. Using one- and two-dimensional position-sensitive detectors with frame rates of up to 400 kHz enables time resolutions of tens of microseconds to be realized. Several distinctive techniques, such as the concurrent measurement of in-situ ED-XAS and infrared spectroscopy, time-resolved ED-XAS, high-pressure ED-XAS, XMCD, and pump–probe ED-XAS, can be applied to achieve different scientific goals.

  • Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline BL06B at SSRF

    分类: 核科学技术 >> 辐射物理与技术 提交时间: 2023-12-22

    摘要: The infrared microspectroscopy beamline (BL06B) is a phase II beamline project at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF). The construction and optical alignment of BL06B were completed by the end of 2020. By 2021, it became accessible to users. The synchrotron radiation infrared (SRIR) source included edge radiation (ER) and bending-magnet radiation (BMR). The extracted angles in the horizontal and vertical directions were 40 and 20 mrad, respectively. The photon flux, spectral resolution, and focused spot size were measured at the BL06B end station, and the experimental results were consistent with theoretical calculations. SRIR light has a small divergence angle, high brightness, and a wide wavelength range. As a source of IR microscopy, it can easily focus on a diffraction-limited spatial resolution with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The BL06B end station can be applied in a wide range of research fields, including materials, chemistry, biology, geophysics, and pharmacology.

  • Ideal Nodal Rings of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals in the Visible Region

    分类: 光学 >> 量子光学 提交时间: 2023-02-19

    摘要: Three-dimensional (3D) artificial metacrystals host rich topological phases, such as Weyl points, nodal rings and 3D photonic topological insulators. These topological states enable a wide range of applications, including 3D robust waveguide, one-way fiber and negative refraction of surface wave. However, these carefully designed metacrystals are usually very complex, hindering their extension to nanoscale photonic systems. Here, we theoretically proposed and experimentally realized an ideal nodal ring in visible region using a simple 1D photonic crystal. The pi Berry phase around the ring is manifested by a 2pi reflection phase's winding and the resultant drumhead surface states. By breaking the inversion symmetry, the nodal ring can be gapped and the pi-Berry phase would diffuse into a toroidal shaped Berry flux, resulting in photonic ridge states (the 3D extension of quantum valley Hall states). Our results provide a simple and feasible platform for exploring 3D topological physics and their potential applications in nanophotonics.

  • 多相单原子催化剂:一种新型的人工酶

    分类: 化学 >> 无机化学 提交时间: 2018-10-04

    摘要: 在这里,我们报告了一种高温气体迁移策略来制备多相的单原子铁催化剂,并展示其优良的类天然酶的活性(定义为单原子酶,SAE)。 结果表明,Fe SAE的局部定义明确的FeN4位点与含血红素的天然酶的活性金属中心高度相似。 Fe SAE表现出超级高的类过氧化物酶,氧化酶和过氧化氢酶的活性,超过了Fe3O4纳米酶40倍。更重要的是,Fe SAE可以有效活化过氧化氢(H2O2)产生羟基自由基(•OH)。 这使得其可以作为一种多相化的类Fenton系统,可以应对不断增加的环境污染。 我们的研究结果开辟了一个新的人造材料家族-模仿天然