Optical fiber long-period grating with solgel coating for gas sensor

The novel long-period fiber grating (LPFG) film sensor is composed of the long-period grating coated with solgel-derived sensitive films. The characteristics of the transmissivity of the LPFG film sensor are studied. By analyzing the relation among the sensitivity S-n, the thin film optical parameters, and the fiber grating parameters, the optimal design parameters of the LPFG film sensor are obtained. Data simulation shows that the resolution of the refractive index of this LPFG film sensor is predicted to be 10(-8). Experimentally, a LPFG film sensor for detection Of C2H5OH was fabricated, and a preliminary gas-sensing test was performed. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

掺铒磷酸盐玻璃反应气氛法除水的研究

制备了不同含水量的掺铒磷酸盐玻璃，研究了各种工艺参数对反应气氛法除水效果的影响。结果表明由鼓泡气体带入的除水剂是玻璃除水的主要动力；在通气最初阶段的除水速率最快，并且提高除水温度、增大通气流量均有助于提高除水效率；结合实验从反应热力学角度讨论了除水机理，并指出在玻璃熔体中除水反应受熔体“笼效应”影响，反应速率大小取决于OH与CCl4形成偶遇对概率的大小。

The brine and gas content of sea ice with attention to low salinities and high temperatures

Based on the well known sea ice phase diagram, equations are derived for determining the brine and gas content of sea Ice for high temperatures (range 0 to -2 °C) and low salinities. The presently widely used equations of Cox and Weeks (1982) are valid only for temperatures below -2°C. Fresh-water ice is used as a boundary condition for the equations. The relative salt concentrations in brine are_assumed to be the same as in normal (or standard) seawater. Two sets of equations are presented: 1) accurate formulae based on UNESCO standard sea water equations, and 2) approximate formulae based on general properties of weak solutions. The approximate formulae are not essentially different from the classical system which basically assumes the freezing point to be a linear function of fractional salt content. The agreement between the two approaches is excellent and the approximate system is good enough for most applications.