Abstract Active manipulation of Fano resonance at visible and near-IR wavelengths in metal nanodevices is one of the important challenges for applications such as chemical and biological sensing. Here, we theoretically research an active manipulation of Fano resonance at visible and near-IR wavelengths in gold plasmonic nanodevices with graphene. The surface plasmon resonance of the gold plasmonic nanodevice with graphene has three resonance peaks, and this can be explained by the distribution of the electric field in the nanodevice. The Fano resonance wavelength of the gold plasmonic nanodevice with graphene has a significant blue-shift compared with the gold nanodevices without graphene. Moreover, the Fano resonance dependens on the length and position of Au nanorods and the environment refractive index. The figure of merit of the gold nanodevice with graphene can be as high as 41.3, which makes the system suitable for high sensitivity applications. Finally, we actively manipulate the absorption spectrum and the reflected light phase through changing the Fermi energy of graphene. These results suggest an original method for the design of an actively manipulated Fano resonance nanodevice.
In this article, we report a low-threshold random laser enhanced by TiN nanoparticles (NPs) suspended randomly in gain solutions. Results show that the random laser with TiN NPs has a lower threshold than the random laser with TiO2 NPs and the underlying mechanisms are discussed in detail. The localized surface plasmon resonance of individual TiN NPs increases the pump efficiency and strengthens the fluorescence amplification efficiency of the DCM. The multiple scattering of integral TiN NPs extends the dwelling time of light in random systems, which provides more possibilities for the light amplification in the gain medium. Then, the random laser threshold as a function of the number density of TiN NPs is studied. Results show that the optimum number density of TiN NPs for the lowest-threshold random lasers is about 1.468 × 1012ml-1. When we substitute the ethanol solution with the nematic liquid crystal (NLC), the random laser threshold can be further decreased to 5.11 µJ/pulse, which is about 7.7 times lower than that of DCM dye solution with TiN NPs under the same conditions. These findings provide a cost-effective strategy for the realization of low-threshold random lasers with high-quality.
To observe oxygen uptake efficiency plateau (OUEP, i.e.highest V˙O2/V˙E) and carbon dioxide output efficiency (lowest V˙E/V˙CO2) parameter changes during exercise in normal subjects.Five healthy volunteers performed the symptom limited maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. V˙O2/V˙E and V˙E/V˙CO2 were determined by both arterial and central venous catheters. After blood gas analysis of arterial and venous sampling at the last 30 seconds of every exercise stage and every minute of incremental loading, the continuous parameter changes of hemodynamics, pulmonary ventilation were monitored and oxygen uptake ventilatory efficiency (V˙O2/V˙E and V˙E/V˙CO2) was calculated.During CPET, as the loading gradually increased, cardiac output, heart rate, mixed venous oxygen saturation, arteriovenous oxygen difference, minute ventilation, minute alveolar ventilation, tidal volume, alveolar ventilation and pulmonary ventilation perfusion ratio increased near-linearly (P < 0.05-0.01, vs.resting); arterial oxygen concentration maintained at a high level without significant change (P > 0.05); stroke volume, respiratory rate, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide, arterial blood hydrogen ion concentration and dead space ventilation ratio significantly changed none-linearly (compare resting state P < 0.05-0.01).OUE during exercise increased from 30.9 ± 3.3 at resting state to the highest plateau 46.0 ± 4.7 (P < 0.05 vs.resting state), then, declined gradually after anaerobic threshold (P < 0.05-0.01, vs.OUEP) and reached 36.6 ± 4.4 at peak exercise. The V˙E/V˙CO2 during exercise decreased from the resting state (39.2 ± 6.5) to the minimum value (24.2 ± 2.4) after AT for a few minutes (P > 0.05 vs.earlier stage), then gradually increased after the ventilatory compensation point (P < 0.05 vs.earlier stage) and reached to 25.9 ± 2.7 at peak exercise.Cardiac and lung function as well as metabolism change during CPET is synchronous.In the absence of pulmonary limit, appearing before and after anaerobic threshold, OUEP and lowest V˙E/V˙CO2 could be used as reliable parameters representing the circulatory function.
In most cases, in situ online composition detection is highly desirable for the iron and steel industry. High-precision prediction of the iron content of an iron ore is quite difficult due to the complexity of ore composition. Herein, an online composition analysis system based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is built up for real-time Fe concentration determination. Subsequently, using the support vector machine (SVM) combined with multivariate partial least-squares regression (PLSR) to establish a linear relationship between the spectral data and typical element content, the iron content in the standard ore tablet is used as the true value to train the model, and the iron content in the raw ore block is predicted, with an error of 1.6%. By studying the elemental distribution content of the raw ore with repeated laser ablation, it is found that the internal element content of the ore changes at different depths from the surface, and the element content quickly stabilizes. The results demonstrate that the method can accurately and effectively predict iron content online, allowing the application of online detection of industrial ore composition.
Online component detection is highly desirable for monitoring industrial raw materials and imported raw materials in customs. Raman spectroscopy is a possible route for in situ monitoring. However, so far, few qualitative estimations for online solid-state materials such as ore are reported due to the low accuracy of the measurements. Herein, a kind of potential online portable shifted-frequency excitation differential Raman spectroscopy (SEDRS) system was built for the first time to quantitatively determine the iron content in hematite samples with merits of no background noise and a high signal-to-noise ratio. The Raman spectra of hematite generally have strong A1g mode at 230 and 498 cm–1, and band intensity analysis illustrates a good positive correlation with iron content, which are used for quantitative analysis via principal component analysis and partial least squares regression. In contrast to the quantitative results based on single-frequency excitation Raman spectra, the average relative error of the differential data treated with SEDRS was only 1.20%. The distribution of particle size for solid-state material is proven to have been the main factor for impacting the accuracy by comparing the peak intensity at 230 cm–1 of powders with different particle sizes. These findings confirm that SEDRS analysis is a high-accuracy reliable tool for analyzing iron content in hematite with uniform particle size, providing a feasible method to remotely detect the iron content of ore online.