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12. The role of hydroxyl ions in the evolution of optical nonlinearity of CuO : a Z scan studyRiya Sebastian, Mohanachandran Nair Sindhu Swapna, H. V. Saritha Devi, Vimal Raj, Misha Hari, Sankaranarayana Iyer Sankararaman, 2019, original scientific article Keywords: hydroxyl ions, optical nonlinearity, Z scan, copper oxide Published in RUNG: 05.07.2022; Views: 1627; Downloads: 59 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
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14. Optical emission diagnosis of carbon nanoparticle incorporated chlorophyll for sensing applicationsMohanachandran Nair Sindhu Swapna, RAJ VIMAL, SARITHA DEVI H V, Sankararaman S, 2019, original scientific article Abstract: Chlorophyll fluorescence (Chl F) is widely used in sensing applications to understand terrestrial vegetation
and environmental and climatic variations. The increasing rates of industrialization and carbon emission
from internal combustion engines (ICEs) pose a threat to sustainable development. This study analyses
the impact of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) from ICEs on the optical absorption and fluorescence emission of leaf pigments. Leaf pigments without and with CNPs were subjected to UV-visible and photo-luminescence (PL) spectroscopy analyses. The field emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of CNPs showed their morphology. The Jablonski diagram of the CNP-incorporated chlorophyll system helped in understanding the fluorescence emission,internal conversion, and the exchange of energy between them. The variations in (i) total chlorophyll, (ii)
optical absorbance by total chlorophyll, (iii) PL emission peak (at 675 nm and 718 nm) intensities for different excitation wavelengths, and (iv) normalized absorbance at the PL emission peaks with different CNP concentrations were analysed by dividing into three regions. In Region I (0–0.625 mg ml−1 ), the
radiative component dominated the nonradiative component as a result of energy transfer from CNPs to chlorophyll. In Region II (0.625–1.2 mg ml−1 ), the increase in CNP concentration initiated diffusion into chloroplasts, resulting in the increase in the nonradiative part of total energy and decrease in PL peak
intensity. In Region III (1.2–2.5 mg ml−1
), the energy absorbed by the CNPs dissipated more nonradiatively, leading to a slow rate of increase in the radiative part. The visual response of PL emission, color purity,
and the distribution of the emitted energy over the spectrum studied with the help of CIE plots, power spectrum, and confocal fluorescence microscopy revealed the fluorescence emission in the red region. This study suggests the possibility of employing Chl F in agricultural, environmental, and biological fields
for sensing applications. Keywords: carbon nanoparticle, optical emission, fluorescence Published in RUNG: 05.07.2022; Views: 1626; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
15. O[sub]2 loaded germanosilicate optical fibers : experimental in situ investigation and ab initio simulation study of GLPC evolution under irradiationImène Reghioua, Luigi Giacomazzi, Antonino Alessi, Blaž Winkler, Layla Martin-Samos, Sylvain Girard, Diego Di Francesca, Mattia Fanetti, Nicolas Richard, Matjaž Valant, 2022, original scientific article Keywords: optical fiber, O2 loading, point defects Published in RUNG: 25.04.2022; Views: 2238; Downloads: 30 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
16. Tidal Disruption Events seen through the eyes of Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryKatja Bučar Bricman, 2021, doctoral dissertation Abstract: Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) are rare transients, which are considered to be promising tools in probing supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their environments in quiescent galaxies, accretion physics, and jet formation mechanisms. The majority of $\approx$ 60 detected TDEs has been discovered with large field of view time-domain surveys in the last two decades. Currently, about 10 TDEs are discovered per year, and we expect this number will increase largely once the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins its observations.
In this work we demonstrate and explore the capabilities of the LSST to study TDEs. To begin with, we simulate LSST observations of TDEs over $10$ years of survey duration by including realistic SED models from MOSFiT into the simulation framework of the LSST. SEDs are then converted into observed fluxes and light curves are simulated with the LSST observing strategy minion_1016. Simulated observations are used to estimate the number of TDEs the LSST is expected to observe and to assess the possibility of probing the SMBH mass distribution in the Universe with the observed TDE sample. We find that the LSST has a potential of observing ~1000 TDEs per year, the exact number depending on the SMBH mass distribution and the adopted observing strategy. In spite of this large number, we find that probing the SMBH mass distribution with LSST observed TDEs will not be straightforward, especially at the low-mass end. This is largely attributed to the fact that TDEs caused by low-mass black holes ($\le 10^6 M_\odot$) are less luminous and shorter than TDEs by heavier SMBHs ($> 10^6 M_\odot$), and the probability of observationally missing them with LSST is higher.
Second, we built a MAF TDE metric for photometric identification of TDEs based on LSST data. We use the metric to evaluate the performance of different proposed survey strategies in identifying TDEs with pre-defined identification requirements. Since TDEs are blue in color for months after peak light, which separates them well from SNe and AGN, we include u-band observations as one of the criteria for a positive identification. We find that the number of identified TDEs strongly depends of the observing strategy and the number of u-band visits to a given field in the sky. Observing strategies with a larger number of u-band observations perform significantly better. For these strategies up to 10% of LSST observed TDEs satisfy the identification requirements. Keywords: Ground-based ultraviolet, optical and infrared telescopes
Astronomical catalogs, atlases, sky surveys, databases, retrieval systems, archives, Black holes, Galactic nuclei (including black holes), circumnuclear matter, and bulges, Infall, accretion, and accretion disks Published in RUNG: 03.01.2022; Views: 3525; Downloads: 78 Full text (124,61 MB) |
17. The role of substrate on thermal evolution of Ag/TiO[sub]2 nanogranular thin filmsVincenzo Balzano, Emanuele Cavaliere, Mattia Fanetti, Sandra Gardonio, Luca Gavioli, 2021, original scientific article Keywords: nanogranular composite thin film, substrate driven properties, morphology, optical absorption, Ag/TiO2 Published in RUNG: 03.12.2021; Views: 2752; Downloads: 144 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
18. Detection of mineral dust concentration in Mediterranean and Central Europe by measuring optical absorption of dust particlesMatic Ivančič, Irena Ježek, Martin Rigler, Asta Gregorič, Balint Alfoldy, Luka Drinovec, JEAN SCIARE, Michael Pikridas, FLORIN UNGA, Andrés Alastuey, Marco Pandolfi, Jesús Yus-Díez, Griša Močnik, 2020, unpublished conference contribution Keywords: mineral dust, optical absorption, virtual impactor Published in RUNG: 22.11.2021; Views: 2728; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
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20. Silica coated Bi[sub]2Se[sub]3 topological insulator nanoplatelets : the way of making them colloidally stable but preserving their optical propertiesBlaž Belec, Nina Kostevšek, Sebastjan Nemec, Slavko Kralj, Sandra Gardonio, Mattia Fanetti, Matjaž Valant, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: topological insulator, optical properties, topological surface states, silica-coated Published in RUNG: 27.09.2021; Views: 3116; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |