[en] Radiant heat conversion performance dominated by the active layer of Ga_0.84In_0.16As_0.14Sb_0.86 diode has been systematically investigated based on an analytic absorption spectrum, which is suggested here by numerically fitting the limited experimental data. For the concerned diode configuration, our calculation demonstrates that the optimal base doping is 3–4 × 10¹⁷ cm⁻³, which is less sensitive to the variation of the external radiation spectrum. Given the scarcity of the alloy elements, an economical device configuration of the 0.2–0.6 µm emitter and the 4–6 µm base would be particularly acceptable because the corresponding conversion efficiency cannot exhibit discouraging degradation in comparison to the one for the optimal structure, the thickness of which may be up to 10 µm. More importantly, the method we suggested here to calculate alloy absorption can be easily transferred to other composition, thus bringing great convenience for design or optimization of the optoelectronic device formed by these alloys

[en] Short communication

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[en] We show that the third-order optical response of disordered linear J-aggregates can be calculated by considering only a limited number of transitions between (multi-) exciton states. We calculate the pump-probe absorption spectrum resulting from the truncated set of transitions and show that, apart from the blue wing of the induced absorption peak, it agrees well with the exact spectrum

[en] We investigate the influence of the vacuum-induced coherence on one- and two-photon absorption of the transient process in a four-level Y-type atomic system. We find that the one- and two-photon transient absorption and amplification properties are quite sensitive to the vacuum-induced coherence. It is also shown that the one- and two-photon absorption spectra of the transient process can be dramatically affected by modulating the relative phase of the applied fields. By appropriately choosing the relative phase, the amplification of the probe field can be achieved.

[en] We present results from multi-epoch neutral hydrogen (H I) absorption observations of six bright pulsars with the Arecibo telescope. Moving through the interstellar medium (ISM) with transverse velocities of 10-150 AU yr^-1, these pulsars have swept across 1-200 AU over the course of our experiment, allowing us to probe the existence and properties of the tiny-scale atomic structure (TSAS) in the cold neutral medium (CNM). While most of the observed pulsars show no significant change in their H I absorption spectra, we have identified at least two clear TSAS-induced opacity variations in the direction of B1929+10. These observations require strong spatial inhomogeneities in either the TSAS clouds' physical properties themselves or else in the clouds' galactic distribution. While TSAS is occasionally detected on spatial scales down to 10 AU, it is too rare to be characterized by a spectrum of turbulent CNM fluctuations on scales of 10¹-10³ AU, as previously suggested by some work. In the direction of B1929+10, an apparent correlation between TSAS and interstellar clouds inside the warm Local Bubble (LB) indicates that TSAS may be tracing the fragmentation of the LB wall via hydrodynamic instabilities. While similar fragmentation events occur frequently throughout the ISM, the warm medium surrounding these cold cloudlets induces a natural selection effect wherein small TSAS clouds evaporate quickly and are rare, while large clouds survive longer and become a general property of the ISM.

[en] The absorption spectrum of ¹³CH₄ has been recorded at 296 K and 80 K by differential absorption spectroscopy (DAS) in the high energy part of the tetradecad (5853–6201 cm⁻¹) dominated by the 2ν₃ band near 5988 cm⁻¹. The achieved noise equivalent absorption of the spectra (α_min≈1×10⁻⁷ cm⁻¹) allowed us to double the number of ¹³CH₄ lines previously measured in the region (our lists include about 7200 and 3700 lines at 296 and 80 K, respectively). Empirical values of the lower state energy level, E_emp, were systematically derived from the intensity ratios of the lines measured at 80 K and 296 K. Overall 2782 E_emp values were determined extending significantly the previous set of about 1200 E_emp values available in the literature. The corresponding empirical values of the rotational quantum number, J_emp, show a clear propensity to be close to an integer, illustrating the validity of the method. The line lists at 296 K and 80 K, provided as Supplementary material, are discussed in relation with line lists and rovibrational assignments available in the literature. - Highlights: • Spectra of “pure” ¹³CH₄ recorded in the 2ν₃ region at 80 K and 296 K. • Empirical list of 7207 and 3717 lines are constructed at 296 and 80 K, respectively. • The 2-Temperature method is applied. • 2782 Empirical lower state energy values are determined

[en] Absorption spectra and fluorescence parameters (spectra, quantum yields, and lifetimes) were obtained for a number of branched oligophenylenes (OPh) with long-wavelength chromophores such as p-quaterphenyl (OPh4-2), p-pentaphenyl (OPh5), and p-hexaphenyl (OPh6) and for oligofluorenylphenylenes (OFl) in solutions and films. It is demonstrated that the absorption spectrum of OPh4-2 is a superposition of p-quaterphenyl, p-terphenyl, and diphenyl absorption bands taken in a ∼3:2:2 ratio. The obtained OPh5 and OPh6 absorption and fluorescence spectra are shown to be determined mainly by the longest-wavelength chromophores, p-pentaphenyl and p-hexaphenyl, respectively. It is demonstrated that the obtained compounds contain traces of impurities with fluorescence at longer wavelengths than that of the base material. The branched oligomers exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields in solutions, those for OPh5 and OPh6 reaching 1. Transparent fluorescent films were produced from all of the synthesized oligomers. (authors)

[en] Short communication

[en] We propose a multiplexed absorption tomography technique, which uses calibration-free wavelength modulation spectroscopy with tunable semiconductor lasers for the simultaneous imaging of temperature and species concentration in harsh combustion environments. Compared with the commonly used direct absorption spectroscopy (DAS) counterpart, the present variant enjoys better signal-to-noise ratios and requires no baseline fitting, a particularly desirable feature for high-pressure applications, where adjacent absorption features overlap and interfere severely. We present proof-of-concept numerical demonstrations of the technique using realistic phantom models of harsh combustion environments and prove that the proposed techniques outperform currently available tomography techniques based on DAS