The results on the low-frequency photo-conductivity of the thin randomly inhomogeneous WO3 layers are presented. The layers were formed using deposition of water-suspended WO3 micro-particles onto the glass substrates with flat interdigital electrode systems. The wavelength-dependent photo-conductivity was analyzed in the spectral interval covering the edge of the fundamental absorption band (from 440 nm to 520 nm). The estimated Urbach energy of the examined system occurred equal to ≈ 0.13 eV at 308 K.
Numerical model for calculations of spatio-temporal variations of amplitudes of counter-propagating pulses in a standing-wave laser cavity is proposed. Proposed model is based on the transport-type equations for the envelopes of oppositely running pulses, spatial discretization along the cavity axis, and calculation of temporal variations both electric field amplitude and active media polarization/inversion at these points.
Photo-conductance of quasi-2D layers of molybdenum disilicide nanoparticles was studied under pulse-periodic laser pumping in the spectral range from 355 nm to 480 nm. The layers were prepared using deposition of the nanoparticles from the water suspensions onto the interdigital electrode systems. The influence of the temperature on the photoconductance is examined.
Non-linear optical properties of titanium nitride nanoparticles were examined using the modified z-scan technique with simultaneous acquisition of the Rayleigh scattering at the direct angle to the polarization plane of a probe laser beam. The real and imaginary parts of the effective dielectric function of nanoparticles, depending on the pump intensity, at the wavelength of 355 nm and the laser pulse energy of 5.8 mJ were reconstructed from the obtained experimental data and displayed using the Cole-Cole diagram technique.
The interpretation of OCT signals from layered strongly scattering media in the form of the sum of a diffuse and lowstep- scattered components is discussed. It is shown that when the latter component dominates over the diffuse contribution, the depth distribution of the backscattering efficiency can be recovered using the detrending of exponential attenuation of the OCT signal. The feasibility conditions for such detrending are discussed. Examples of experimental verification of this approach are presented.
The DC conductivity of thin random layers of anatase nanospheroids deposited onto the insulating substrates with interdigital electrode systems was experimentally studied using pulse-periodic laser irradiation near the edge of the fundamental absorption band of anatase. Evaluation of the conductivity slew rate at the beginning of laser irradiation depending on the laser wavelength was used for estimation of the Urbach energy of the examined system at various temperatures. Obtained results are compared with the previously reported data relating the Urbach energy of the densely packed ensembles of anatase nanotubes at room temperature.
The theoretical possibility of retrieving the additional information on the dielectric properties of the nanoparticles material by single scattering in suspensions was studied. We have demonstrated a method of recreating the dielectric function of the material in the fundamental absorption band using the closed aperture z-scanning with the simultaneous Rayleigh scattering intensity measurements and the polarization control of an input laser beam. A possibility to recreate the form factor of the non-spherical particles or anisotropic nonlinear sensitivity for the sphere-like particles was also observed.
Dielectric function of wide-zone semiconductor nanoparticles (titanium dioxide) was studied under the condition of laser pumping at various wavelengths. A closed-aperture z-scan method with simultaneous measurements of the right-anglescattered intensity was used to retrieve the real and imaginary parts of dielectric function in the dependence on the pump intensity. It was found that the efficiency of dielectric function modulation by pumping light strongly depends on detuning of the wavelength of pumping light with respect to the fundamental absorption band of nanoparticles. The ColeCole diagrammatic technique was applied for interpretation of the pump-induced changes of the dielectric function in the optical range. Applicability of the Kramers-Kronig relations for description of the observed behavior of the dielectric function is discussed.
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