A detailed description is presented for a tunable far infrared laser spectrometer based on frequency mixing of an optically pumped molecular gas laser with tunable microwave radiation in a Schottky point contact diode. The system has been operated on over 30 laser lines in the range 10-100 cmi and exhibits a maximum absorption sensitivity near one part in 106. Each laser line can be tuned by f ...

We propose a scheme for coupling laser light into graphene plasmons with the help of electrically generated surface acoustic waves. The surface acoustic wave forms a diffraction grating which allows us to excite the long lived phononlike branch of the hybridized graphene plasmon-phonon dispersion with infrared laser light. Our approach avoids patterning the graphene sheet, does not rely on comp...

A novel quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) trace gas detection scheme is reported in this paper. A cylindrical lens was employed for near-infrared laser focusing. The laser beam was shaped as a planar line laser between the gap of the quartz tuning fork (QTF) prongs. Compared with a spherical lens-based QEPAS sensor, the cylindrical lens-based QEPAS sensor has the advantages of ...

Direct synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes SWNTs bridging prepatterned Mo electrodes has been achieved using laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition LCVD . The synthesized SWNTs are found predominantly semiconducting. By controlling the spot size of the focused laser beam, synthesis of SWNTs can be achieved in a localized manner, which is governed by the thermal and optical properties ...

The complete Dirac-Volkov relativistic treatment of the first Born limit of laser-assisted potential scattering of electrons within a circularly polarized laser field has been compared to the nonrelativistic Bunkin-Fedorov approach. The dependence of the quiver energy on the electron four-momentum in an ultrastrong laser field leads to different energy transfer cross sections depending on the s...