introduction: diode laser irradiation has recently shown promising results for treatment of gingival pigmentation. this study sought to compare the efficacy of 2 diode laser irradiation protocols for treatment of gingival pigmentations, namely the conventional method and the sieve method. methods: in this split-mouth clinical trial, 15 patients with gingival pigmentation were selected and their...

Despite the fact that electric dipole ordering plays a key role in unique physical properties of dielectric materials, configurations mostly appear simply as either parallel or antiparallel. Here, we report canting configuration La-doped Pb(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 perovskites based on advanced neutron, synchrotron X-ray and three-dimensional electron diffraction techniques. It is revealed that, arising fro...

We examine the interplay between organization and dynamics in bulk liquid acetonitrile. Using angularly resolved radial distribution functions, g(r,?), derived from molecular simulations, we identify a complex microscopic structure which most molecules are associated with one or more neighboring an antiparallel, “octupole-paired” configuration and/or offset, head-to-tail configuration. A detail...

The proposed thesis is to build a power build-up cavity pumped by a laser diode. In Raman spectroscopy there is a need for high power laser diode sources to be used in Raman gas monitoring applications. A high power laser source will allow the development of compact and low cost systems for use in any gas monitoring application where detection into the ppb is necessary. Gas detection can be acc...

A single-photon optical diode operates on individual photons and allows unidirectional propagation of photons. By exploiting the unique polarization configuration in a waveguide, we show here that a single-photon optical diode can be accomplished by coupling a quantum impurity to a passive, linear optical waveguide which possesses a locally planar, circular polarization. We further show that th...

We propose a technique to simultaneously stabilize relative wavelengths among multiple diode lasers by using multiplexed photorefractive gratings. Each grating is designed to be Bragg matched for the counter-propagating reflection at a specific diode laser wavelength. Experimental results from stabilization of two diode laser wavelengths by using two photorefractive gratings exhibit excellent s...

characteristics at 20°C. The threshold current (density) is 57mA (-3.2kA/cm2), which is as low as that for a 650nmband laser diode with a double-heterostructure (DH structure) [l]. We believe this to be the lowest ever value for a 630nmband AlGaInP laser diode. The maximum CW output power is -15mW, and this is limited by the C O D (catastrophic optical damage) of this structure. The slope effic...

A glycol nucleic acid (GNA) with an acyclic propylene glycol phosphodiester backbone forms stable antiparallel duplexes following the Watson-Crick base pairing rules.