We present what we believe to be the first evidence of nitrogen vacancy (NV) photoluminescence (PL) from a nanodiamond suspended in a free-space optical dipole trap at atmospheric pressure. The PL rates are shown to decrease with increasing trap laser power, but are inconsistent with a thermal quenching process. For a continuous-wave trap, the neutral charge state (NV(0)) appears to be suppress...

Due to their broadband saturable absorption and fast response, carbon nanotubes have proven to be an excellent material for the modelocking of fiber lasers and have become a promising device for the implementation of novel laser configurations. However, it is imperative to address the issue of their long-term reliability under intense optical pulses before they can be exploited in widespread co...

Laser-induced silicon microcolumn arrays (LISMA) were developed as matrix-free substrates for soft laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (SLDI-MS). When low-resistivity silicon wafers were irradiated in air, sulfur hexafluoride, or water environment with multiple pulses from a 3 x omega mode-locked Nd:YAG laser, columnar structures were formed on the surface. The radii of curvature of t...

Synthesis of carbon nitride has been an important topic in materials science since 1993. Ion-assisted pulsed laser deposition is proven to be a good method to deposit carbon nitride thin films. Both amorphous and crystal -C3N4 layers can be deposited on many substrates. A standard experimental set-up comprises a pulsed KrF excimer laser (wavelength 248 nm, duration ∼30 ns) that is used to ablat...

Chemical burns are slow healing injuries and their depth is difficult to assess. Tissue destruction continues as long as active material is present in the wound site. The routine therapy for treatment of full thickness chemical burns is early excision; it shortens hospitalization and reduces morbidity. However, presently there is no specific treatment for chemical burns of partial thickness. Th...

In this paper, we address two different aspects relevant to the growth of GaN. The first part concerns alternative nitrogen source whereas in the second part, we report experimental results on Mg doping. Several nitrogen precursors have been used for the growth of GaN in MOVPE. To produce active species from N2 or NH3, a remote Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (RPECVD) process has bee...

A fiber optic probe has been built and demonstrated that utilizes back scattered spontaneous Raman spectroscopy to detect and identify gaseous species. The small probe, coupled to the laser and data acquisition equipment with optical fibers, has applications in gaseous leak detection and process monitoring. The probe design and data acquisition system are described. Raman scattering theory has ...

The Raman intensity versus electrode voltage behavior of a series of substituted pyridines and saturated nitrogen heterocycUc compounds was studied at two laser excitation energies. The voltage (resonance) maximum shifts to more positive potential with increasing excitation energy for the substituted pyridines (case I) and to more negative potential with increasing excitation energy for the sat...

The laser produced plasma from the multi-component target YBa2Cu307 was analyzed using Michelson interferometry and time resolved emission spectroscopy. The interaction of 10 ns pulses of 1.06 #m radiation from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at laser power densities ranging from 0.55 GW cm 2 to 1.5 GW cm 2 has been studied. Time resolved spectral measurements of the plasma evolution show distinct fe...