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Dabrowska A, Lindner S, Schwaighofer A, Lendl B. Mid-IR dispersion spectroscopy - A new avenue for liquid phase analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 286:122014. [PMID: 36323085 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.122014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Mid-IR dispersion spectroscopy is an attractive, novel approach to liquid phase analysis that extends the possibilities of traditional methods based on the detection of absorption via intensity attenuation. This technique detects inherent refractive index changes (phase shifts) induced by IR light interaction with absorbing matter. In contrast to classic absorption spectroscopy, it provides extended dynamic range, baseline-free detection, constant sensitivity, and inherent immunity to power fluctuation. In this paper, we provide a detailed experimental and theoretical characterization and verification of this method with special focus on broadband liquid sample analysis. For this purpose, we develop a compact benchtop dispersion spectroscopy setup based on an EC-QCL coupled to a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Phase-locked interferometric detection enables to fully harness the advantages of the technique. By instrument operation in the quadrature point combined with balanced detection, the full immunity towards laser power fluctuations and the environmental noise can be achieved. On the example of ethanol (0.5-50% v/v) dissolved in water, it is experimentally demonstrated that changes of the refractive index function are linearly related to concentration also for strongly absorbing, highly concentrated samples beyond the validity of the Beer-Lambert law. Characterization of the sensitivity and noise behavior indicates that the optimum applicable pathlength for liquid analysis can be extended beyond the ones for absorption spectroscopy. Experimental demonstration of the advantages over classical absorption spectroscopy illuminates the potential of dispersion spectroscopy as upcoming robust and sensitive way of recording IR spectra of liquid samples.
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- Alicja Dabrowska
- Research Division of Environmental Analytics, Process Analytics and Sensors, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-UPA, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Division of Environmental Analytics, Process Analytics and Sensors, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-UPA, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Research Division of Environmental Analytics, Process Analytics and Sensors, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-UPA, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division of Environmental Analytics, Process Analytics and Sensors, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/164-UPA, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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Hu Y, Wang Z, Hao Q. Circular Subaperture Stitching Interferometry Based on Polarization Grating and Virtual-Real Combination Interferometer. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:9129. [PMID: 36501832 PMCID: PMC9737840 DOI: 10.3390/s22239129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This paper presents a polarization grating based circular subaperture stitching interferometer. The system can be used for small F/# concave surface tests with a large F/# transmission sphere, where F/# is the ratio of focal length to aperture. A polarization grating was employed to deflect the incident beam for subaperture scanning by its axial rotation instead of a multi-axis motion-control system. Compared with the traditional subaperture stitching interferometric system, the system proposed in this paper is smaller in size and reduces the measurement error introduced by mechanical adjustment. Using a virtual interferometer model and a virtual-real combination algorithm to remove the retrace error, the full-aperture figure error can be directly obtained without the need for a complex stitching algorithm. The feasibility of the algorithm was verified, and the measurement error caused by the modeling error was analyzed by simulation. The capability of the polarization grating to scan subapertures was experimentally confirmed, and possible solutions to some engineering challenges were pointed out. The research in this paper has pioneering and guiding significance for the application of polarization grating in interferometry.
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- Yao Hu
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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Mouthaan R, Christopher PJ, Kadis A, Gordon GSD, Wilkinson TD, Euser TG. Effects of measurement noise on the construction of a transmission matrix. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2022; 39:2026-2034. [PMID: 36520699 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.464916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The effects of time-varying measurement noise on transmission matrix acquisition processes are considered for the first time, to our knowledge. Dominant noise sources are discussed, and the noise properties of a typical interferometer system used for characterizing a multimode fiber transmission matrix are quantified. It is demonstrated that an appropriate choice of measurement basis allows a more accurate transmission matrix to be more quickly obtained in the presence of measurement noise. Finally, it is shown that characterizing the noise figure of the experimental system allows the inverse transmission matrix to be constructed with an ideal amount of regularization, which can in turn be used for optimal image acquisition.
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Abbas Kadhim Hamzah, Forat Abd Al-Hamzah. Effect of Laser Radiation on the Phenotypic Mutations of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera:Drosophilidae). JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ZOOLOGY 2022; 43:104-110. [DOI: 10.17762/jaz.v43i1.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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This study was conducted to find out the effect of 5 periods of exposure to laser rays (0,15,10,5,20) minutes on the phenotypic mutations of Drosophila melanogaster, as well as calculating the percentage of mortality and the percentage of larval failure. The results showed that laser beams had significant effects in causing mutations, especially in the 15-minute period, which amounted to 0.33 and thus formed significant differences compared to the control group. The periods of exposure to laser rays also caused clear effects in the rate of larval mortality, as the death rate was 100% for the period of 20 minutes, while this rate decreased to 27% and 34% for the periods 5 and 10 minutes, respectively, while the lowest failure rate was 0% at the period 20, which led to the death of all the larvae.
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Forsyth PWF, Hayward KS, Roberts LE, Cox SF, Shaddock DA, Slagmolen BJJ. Large dynamic range, high resolution optical heterodyne readout for high velocity slip events. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:064503. [PMID: 35778025 DOI: 10.1063/5.0082970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We present a free-space optical displacement sensor for measuring geological slip event displacements within a laboratory setting. This sensor utilizes a fiberized Mach-Zehnder based optical heterodyne system coupled with a digital phase lock loop, providing a large dynamic range (multiple centimeters), high displacement resolution (with an amplitude spectral density of <10-10 m/Hz for frequencies above 100 Hz), and high velocity tracking capabilities (up to 4.96 m/s). This displacement sensor is used to increase the displacement and the time sensitivity for measuring laboratory-scale earthquakes induced in geological samples by using a triaxial compression apparatus. The sensor architecture provides an improved displacement and time resolution for the millisecond-duration slip events, at high containment and loading pressure and high temperatures. Alternatively, the sensor implementation can be used for other non-contact displacement readouts that required high velocity tracking with low noise and large dynamic range sensing. We use 13 high-velocity slip events in Fontainebleau sandstone to show the large dynamic range displacement tracking ability and displacement amplitude spectral densities to demonstrate the optical readout's unique sensing capabilities.
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- Perry W F Forsyth
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research School of Physics, and of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research School of Physics, and of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research School of Physics, and of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research School of Physics, and of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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Koptsov DV, Prokhorov LG, Mitrofanov VP. Measurement of fluctuations of electrostatic force acting between a dielectric plate and an electrostatic drive. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:044701. [PMID: 28456264 DOI: 10.1063/1.4979707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A setup for the measurement of the noise associated with the interaction of an electrostatic field produced by an electrostatic drive with a fused silica plate is presented. The fused silica plate is a part of a 63 Hz high-Q torsional oscillator. Its oscillations are measured by an optical interferometric sensor. The measurements are PC-controlled and fully automated. A digital post-processing scheme is described, allowing the calculation of the plate rotation angle fluctuations and the evolution of the charge distribution on the surface of the fused silica plate. The characteristic surface charge relaxation time has been purposely kept small on the order 103-104 s. The upper limit of the investigated noise has been obtained. We used this result to estimate the electrostatic drive noise in the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) gravitational wave detector at frequencies of about 18 Hz. The obtained upper limit of the strain amplitude spectral density is (1±0.13)⋅10-22Hz-1/2.
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- D V Koptsov
- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Hrabina J, Šarbort M, Acef O, Burck FD, Chiodo N, Holá M, Číp O, Lazar J. Spectral properties of molecular iodine in absorption cells filled to specified saturation pressure. APPLIED OPTICS 2014; 53:7435-7441. [PMID: 25402909 DOI: 10.1364/ao.53.007435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present the results of measurement and evaluation of spectral properties of iodine absorption cells filled at certain saturation pressure. A set of cells made of borosilicate glass instead of common fused silica was tested for their spectral properties in greater detail with special care for the long-term development of the absorption media purity. The results were compared with standard fused silica cells and the high quality of iodine was verified. A measurement method based on an approach relying on measurement of linewidth of the hyperfine transitions is proposed as a novel technique for iodine cell absorption media purity evaluation. A potential application in laser metrology of length is also discussed.
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