Abstract:
A method and system(10) are presented for producing exciting radiation (P’) to be used in producing an output coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal of a medium (12). An input spectral phase coherent optical pulse (P), carrying a pump, a Stokes and a probe photon, is optically processed by adjusting spectral phase and polarization of wavelength components of the input pulse to produce a unitary optical exciting pulse (P’) that carries the pump photon, the Stokes photon and multiple probe photons and is capable of inducing interference between contributions from at least some of vibrational levels in the CARS signal.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a dye-sensitized photovoltaic device. The dye-sensitized photovoltaic device comprises a redox electrolyte and a semiconductor electrode structure placed in interaction with (e.g. immersed in) the redox electrolyte. The semiconductor electrode structure comprises an electrode carrying a quantum dots (QDs) containing structure embedded therein and comprises on its outer surface an overcoating formed by dye molecules on its outer surface. The QDs containing structure is thus embedded in the electrode and is therefore insulated from the electrolyte.
Abstract:
An optical system and method are presented for use in a multi-photon microscope. The system comprises an imaging lens arrangement, and a pulse manipulator arrangement. The pulse manipulator arrangement comprises a temporal pulse manipulator unit which is accommodated in an optical path of an input pulse of an initial profile, and is configured to affect trajectories of light components of the input pulse impinging thereon so as to direct the light components towards an optical axis of the lens arrangement along different optical paths, said temporal light manipulator unit being accommodated in a front focal plane of the imaging lens arrangement, thereby enabling to restore the input pulse profile at an imaging plane.
Abstract:
A method and system are presented for producing an output coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal of a medium. The method comprises generation of a unitary optical excitation pulse that carries a pump photon, a Stokes photon and a probe photon; and inducing a CARS process in the medium by exciting the medium by the at least one such unitary optical excitation pulse. Strong coherent non resonant background, a major problem in single-pulse CARS, is reduced by orders of magnitude by using phase-only pulse shaping or completely supressed by using phase-and-polarisation shaped pulses.
Abstract:
A method and system are presented for producing an output coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal of a medium. The method comprises generation of a unitary optical excitation pulse that carries a pump photon, a Stokes photon and a probe photon; and inducing a CARS process in the medium by exciting the medium by the at least one such unitary optical excitation pulse. Strong coherent non resonant background, a major problem in single-pulse CARS, is reduced by orders of magnitude by using phase-only pulse shaping or completely supressed by using phase-and-polarisation shaped pulses.
Abstract:
A method for fabrication of substrate having a nano-scale surface roughness is presented. The method comprises: patterning a surface of a substrate to create an array of spaced-apart regions of a light sensitive material; applying a controllable etching to the patterned surface, said controllable etching being of a predetermined duration selected so as to form a pattern with nano-scale features; and removing the light sensitive material, thereby creating a structure with the nano-scale surface roughness. Silanizing such nano-scale roughness surface with hydrophobic molecules results in the creation of super- hydrophobic properties characterized by both a large contact angle and a large tilting angle. Also, deposition of a photo-active material on the nano-scale roughness surface results in a photocathode with enhanced photoemission yield. This method also provides for fabrication of a photocathode insensitive to polarization of incident light.