Realization of MMI power splitter by UV-light imprinting technique using hybrid sol-gel SiO2 materials

An efficient fabrication scheme of buried ridge waveguide devices is demonstrated by UV-light imprinting technique using organic-in organic hybrid sol-gel Zr-doped SiO2 materials. The refractive indices of a guiding layer and a cladding layer for the buried ridge waveguide structure are 1.537 and 1.492 measured at 1550 nm, respectively. The tested results show more circular mode profiles clue to existence of the cladding layer. A buried ridge single-mode waveguide operating at 1550 nm has a low propagation loss (0.088 dB/cm) and the 1 x 2 MMI power splitter exhibits uniform outputs, with a very low splitting loss of 0.029 dB at 1549 nm.

Fabrication of 1.55-mu m Si-based resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors using sol-gel bonding

In this work, a novel bonding method using silicate gel as the bonding medium was developed to fabricate an InGaAs narrow-band response resonant cavity enhanced photodetector on a silicon substrate. The bonding was performed at a low temperature of 350 degreesC without any special treatment on bonding surfaces and a Si-based narrow-band response InGaAs photodetector was successfully fabricated, with a quantum efficiency of 34.4% at the resonance wavelength of 1.54 mum, and a full-width at half-maximum of about 27 nm. The photodetector has a linear photoresponse up to 4-mW optical power under 1.5 V or higher reverse bias. The low temperature wafer bonding process demonstrates a great potential in device fabrication.

Effect of fabrication conditions on I-V properties for ZnO varistor with high concentration additives by sol-gel technique

Polycrystalline nano-grain-boundary multi-doping ZnO-based nonlinear varistors with higher concentration additives have been fabricated by sol-gel and standard solid-state reaction method, of which the best sample has a very high threshold voltage of E-b = 3300 V/mm. The effect of sintering processes, sintering temperature and sintering time, and that of additive concentration of Bi2O3 on E-b of the samples are systematically investigated. The results show that the great merit of sol-gel method is its high threshold voltage obtained by a lower sintering temperature than the solid-state reaction method. The present work also shows that five phases including solid-state sintering, rich Bi liquid phase formation and ZnO as well as other additive dissolution, ZnO grain growth, the secondary phase sufficient formation and evolution have been experienced at different sintering temperatures. The hole type defect and nonhomogeneity of the microstructure will lead to the decrease of threshold voltage, i.e., the grain size and the homogeneity of the material will be important factors and directly affect the characteristic of the varistor. The sintering characteristic and the influence of Bi2O3 content on the threshold voltage are also discussed. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Optical responses of ZnSe quantum dots in silica gel glasses

The characteristic features of the absorption and photoluminescence spectra of ZnSe quantum dots (QDs) inside a silica matrix derived from a sol-gel method were studied at room temperature. Compared with the bulk materials, the absorption edges of ZnSe QDs in silica gel glass were shifted to higher energies and the spectra exhibited the discrete excitonic features due to the quantum confinement effects. Besides the band-edge emission, photoluminescence at ultraviolet excitation also showed the emissions related to the higher excitonic states. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Sol-gel matrix modified microstructured optical fibre towards a fluoride sensitive optical probe

In this article, we report an optical fluoride probe based on microstructured polymer optical fibers (MPOFs) which is modified with morin-Al complex doped silica gel film. This probe is fabricated by sol-gel fluxion coating process. Sol solution doped with morin-Al is directly inhaled into array holes of MPOF and then forms morin-Al-gel matrix film in them. The sensing probe shows different fluorescence intensity to different fluoride ion concentrations in the aqueous solution. The range of response is 550 mmol/L, under the condition of pH 4.6. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Preparation and characterization of erbium doped sol-gel silica glasses

Erbium-doped silica glasses were made by sol-gel process. Intensive photoluminescence (PL) spectra from the Er-doped silica glasses at room temperature were measured. A broadband peak at 1535 ma, corresponding to the I-4(13/2)-I-4(15/2) transition, its full width at half-maximum (FWHM) of 10 nm, and a shoulder at 1546 nm in the PL spectra were observed. At lower temperatures, main line of 1535 nm and another line of 1552 Mn instead of 1546 nm appear. So two types of luminescence centers must exist in the samples at different temperature. The intensity of main line does not decrease obviously with increasing temperature. By varying the Er ion concentration in the range of 0.2 wt% - 5wt%, the highest photoluminescence intensity was obtained at 0.2wt% erbium doped concentration. Luminescence intensity decreases with increasing erbium concentration. Cooperative upconversion was used to explain the concentration quenching of luminescence from silica glass with high erbium concentration. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements were carried out. It was found that the majority of the erbium impurities in the glasses have a local structure of eight first neighbor oxygen atoms at a mean distance of 0.255 nm, which is consistent with the typical coordination structure of rare earth ion.

石油污染土壤微生物多样性分析及芘降解菌的鉴定

石油污染是目前最严重的环境问题之一，我国有近千万亩的耕地受到程度不同的石油污染。沈抚灌区位于辽宁省沈阳市和抚顺市之间，全长70多千米，是我国最大的石油污染灌区之一，有四五十年的污灌历史，已对当地的生态环境造成了严重的影响。随着人们对污水灌溉危害的认识，从20世纪80年代起，逐步停止了污水灌溉，开始了清水灌溉和改为旱田耕作，但污染问题仍然存在。目前，由于对该地区污染土壤微生物类群、原位降解菌及它们对环境条件变化的响应等信息缺乏了解，限制了对该地区污染土壤的生物修复。 分子生物学研究手段及稳定同位素分析技术，为污染土壤微生物生态学研究提供了全新的研究手段，为突破当前石油污染土壤生物修复研究止步不前的局面指引了方向。本论文采用变性梯度凝胶电泳（Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, DGGE）和磷脂脂肪酸分析（Phospholipid Fatty-acid Analysis, PLFA）分析技术，对沈抚灌区水改旱田石油污染土壤的微生物多样性与环境指标的相关规律进行了分析；以PLFA为生物标示物，结合气相色谱-稳定同位素比率质谱（Gas Chromatography Combustion Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, GC-c-IRMS）分析技术，对石油污染土壤和相对清洁土壤中多环芳烃菲和芘的土著降解菌群进行了鉴定；并以不同的吸附性载体为介质，富集、筛选了芘的降解菌。 研究结果表明，石油污染土壤中的微生物群落结构主要与其相对地理位置有关，当污染物的浓度达到一定程度，土壤中的微生物群落结构会发生明显的改变。以13C标记的稳定同位素菲和芘为代谢底物，对污染土壤中菲和芘的土著降解菌群进行了鉴定。 13C-PLFA- GC-c-IRMS分析结果显示，参与菲降解的微生物有G-、G+细菌和放线菌，其中以G-细菌为主；污染土壤和相对清洁土壤两种土壤都未检出有真菌参与；参与芘降解的微生物有放线菌、G-细菌和真菌，其中以G-细菌为主，同时，也检测到有真菌的参与；污染土壤中的降解菌群较清洁土壤丰富。研究还发现，芘在土壤中的降解可能存在不经过菲为中间产物的代谢途径。采用不同的吸附性载体所富集的优势细菌显著不同。从不同的吸附性载体上最终得到8株芘的降解菌，其中鉴定出的三株菌中Sp-A56，Sp-A21为多食鞘氨醇杆菌（Sphingobacterium multivorum）；Sp-B05氨基杆菌属的一个亚种（Aminobacter sp.），未见有关该菌株芘降解能力的报道，可能是一株新的芘降解菌。

污水处理体系中的微生物群落特征研究

污水生物处理系统本质上是一种人工强化的工程化微生态系统。污水处理过程往往由多个功能互补的反应单元协同完成，例如因对污水中有机碳、氮和磷兼具良好的去除功能而在城市污水处理中被广泛应用的Anoxic / Oxic（A/O）生物处理工艺。不同反应单元特有的微生物群落之间的相互关系和相互作用与处理系统的稳定性和处理效率密切相关。所以对污水处理系统中微生物群落进行系统分析非常重要。研究系统中微生物群落的时空演替对于优化处理系统的设计和操作具有重要意义。但是，以往对于污水处理系统中微生态系统的解析多数针对实验室规模的其中个别反应器独立进行，还缺乏从系统水平对实际大规模运行的整个污水处理过程中所有反应单元群落进行分析的研究。 悬挂链移动曝气系统是对A / O工艺的完善和发展。悬挂链曝气工艺的实现是依靠悬挂链移动曝气设备和完善的自动控制系统来完成的。可以在系统中实现类似多级A/O的可能性，水力停留时间较长，污泥龄达到15天以上，能够完全实现A / O 工艺。 目前正被广泛应用在各种行业的污水处理项目中。 本文应用基于细菌16S rRNA中的PCR扩增方法（Polymerase Chain Reactor），结合变性梯度凝胶电泳指纹分离技术（Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis, DGGE），对实际规模的运用Anoxic / Oxic（A/O）工艺并采用悬挂链式移动曝气技术的污水生物处理系统中微生物群落特征，主要对细菌组成结构和群落动态，细菌优势菌群的多样性以及与系统功能稳定性的关系进行了研究，拟为更全面了解活性污泥处理系统中的优势菌群特征，以及细菌群落结构和功能动态变化关系，实现对活性污泥处理的优化操作，对污染物降解功能菌群的筛选，为运用现代培养技术实现分离培养并运用于环境修复实践奠定方法和理论基础。 首先，对影响PCR-DGGE分析的重要前操作步骤进行了优化和筛选，包括两个方面：细菌基因组DNA的高效提取和纯化；不同16S rRNA靶序列对PCR-DGGE分析的影响。从中选出适合于活性污泥样品的细菌基因组DNA提取方法和PCR-DGGE分析的最优靶序列组合。 其次，运用PCR-DGGE指纹图谱技术分析了该污水处理系统中不同功能反应单元中活性污泥的细菌种群结构特征，探讨了系统运行过程中细菌种群时间和空间上的动态特征。并将图谱中所显示的优势条带进行切割回收，重复扩增，电泳检测，序列测定并与GenaBank数据库中的微生物类群进行同源性比对，探讨活性污泥中细菌种群多样性，了解污泥中可能含有的主要具有污染物降解功能的类群信息。 在整个处理过程中，同一功能反应单元中不同位置的活性污泥微生物菌群结构不同。执行不同功能的处理单元活性污泥细菌多样性和组成结构各有不同。 在系统稳定运行的状态下，细菌组成结构的时间变化动态不显著。但是在系统的不同操作条件下，主要处理池的微生物群落的DGGE遗传指纹图谱较独特。 对该处理系统污泥中优势菌群的序列测定和同源性比对表明，优势菌群所对应的细菌的16S rDNA序列可以被归属于以下四个主要的细菌系：α, β, γ- Proteobacteria 以及厚壁菌门 phylum Firmicutes （low G+C Gram-positive）。 该处理系统的优势菌群的DGGE条带拥有潜在的具有异养硝化/好氧反硝化的除 N / P 类群。该类菌群中的大多数属于Pseudomonas spp.。另外，回收到两个与已鉴定的具有异养硝化和好氧反硝化能力的Pseudomonas stutzeri 和 Pseudomonas borbori 最相似的菌株的条带。γ-变形菌纲门（γ- Proteobacteria）的微生物类群在该缺氧-好氧处理厂中分布较广泛，尤其是和 N / P 去除紧密相关的具有脱氮除磷能力的Pseudomonas 类群，而且在好氧曝气处理池中分布较广，这可能和系统中表现的好氧反硝化现象相关。 不同的操作状况下微生物群落结构有差异。增加污泥回流比，增加DO（Dissolved oxygen）浓度，COD去除率和NH4+-N去除率显著增加，总N和总P的去除率改变不显著。 最后，对整个处理过程中微生物群落结构在系统正常调控改变范围内的长期动态和稳定性进行了探讨。整个处理系统的长期稳定性与体系中的每个处理环节相关，而不是仅与其中的单个主要反应池相关。污水处理体系的功能稳定性与其中的微生物群落稳定性相关，微生物群落结构决定了生态功能，群落结构变化能反应系统的运行状况及其降解效率。