Erbium-Doped Zirconia-Alumina Silica Glass-Based Fiber as a Saturable Absorber for High Repetition Rate Q-Switched All-Fiber Laser Generation

We propose and demonstrate a Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser （EDFL） using an erbium-doped zirconia-alumina silica glass-based fiber （Zr-EDF） as a saturable absorber. As a 16-cm-long Zr-EDF is incorporated into a ring EDFL cavity, a stable Q-switching pulse train operating at 1565？nm wavelength is successfully obtained. The repetition rate is tunable from 33.97？kHz to 71.23？kHz by increasing the pump power from the threshold of 26？mW to the maximum of 74？mW. The highest pulse energy of 26.67？nJ is obtained at the maximum pump power.

Current progress in glass-based nanochannels

Glass-based nanochannels have become powerful tools for chemi-cal and biological sensing due to their advantages of easy prepara-tion,flexible modification,and high sensitivity.Lately,research on ion transport behaviors in glass-based nanochannels and their applications in nanofluidic iontronics has gradually become a focus,including various ion transport behaviors such as resistive-pulse,ion rectification,ionic current memory,etc.In this review,we summarize the progress of manufacturing methods for glass-based nanochannels and discuss several typical ion transport behaviors of glass-based nanochannels,as well as the main application scenarios of glass-based nanochannels in terms of biosensing,detection,and neuromorphic functions.The enormous assistance of artificial intel-ligence in the standardized manufacturing process of glass-based nanochannels was anticipated,and the potential development of glass-based nanochannels in achieving neuromorphic functions was expected.

Study on the Real Time pH Measurement System Using for Wireless Technology

The application of Bluetooth on the pH sensor was accomplished.Based on the experimental results,Bluetooth technology was used to measure pH values without limiting the distance.Moreover,Biuetooth technology provides low power, low cost and small volume,therefore,it can increase the practicability of the system.In this investigation,the pH value was detected by the SnO_2/ITO glass-based pH sensor.During the signal progress,the detected signal was transferred to the microchip PIC18.After that,the microchip was able to communicate with PC by the Bluetooth.Moreover,the microchip can diagnose the sensing signal and sends the warning signal by alert function.In addition,the part of PC has the ability to record the information,builds the database for analyzing the pH values,and provides a better long-distance monitoring system.

Synthesis of metallic glasses and metallic glass based composites in the Cu-Mo-Hf system by ion beam mixing

Single-phase and dual-phase metallic glasses as well as metallic glass based composites were synthesized in the Cu-Mo-Hf ternary metal system by 200 keV xenon ion beam mixing of far-from-equilibrium. It was found that Mo-Hf-based and Cu-Mo-based single-phase metallic glasses could be obtained at compositions around CulTMo20Hf63 and Cu34Mo57Hf9, respectively. Interestingly, at the nearly equal-atomic stoichiometry of Cu38Mo31Hf3i, a dual-phase Cu-Mo-Hf metallic glass, consisting both of the Mo-Hf-based and Cu-Mo-based phases, was first obtained at relatively low irradiation doses ranging from （1-5）×10^15 Xe＋/cm2, and a single-phase metallic glass was eventually obtained at a dose of 7×10^15 Xe＋/cm2. In addition, two glass-based composites were obtained at the compositions of Cu14Mo62Hf24 and Cu77Mo14Hf9, and they consisted of the Mo-Hf based and Cu-Mo based metallic glasses, dissolved with some uniformly distributed BCC Mo-based and FCC Cu-based crystalline solid solutions, respectively. The formation mechanism of the above described non-equilibrium alloy phases was also discussed in terms of the atomic collision theory.