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Abstract The coherence of cold atom trapped and cooled by the partially coherent light (PCL) is investigated experimentally through Rabi oscillations. We control the degree of the spatial coherence of the laser beams by the modulation of electro-optic crystal. The experimental results show that the cold atoms captured by the different coherent degree of light have little different coherence properties and almost the same capacity of resisting disturbance, which indicates that the coherence of cold atom is affected weakly by the coherence of cooling field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: A new anhydrous proton conducting membrane for solid-state electrochromic device (ECD) based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), imidazole (Imi), and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (NH4H2PO4) was prepared. The structure of PVA/Imi/NH4H2PO4 composite membrane was studied by X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The transmittance of the membrane always decreases with increasing content of the imidazolium. Compared with the PVA/NH4H2PO4 membrane, the addition of proper amount of Imi can enhance the proton conductivity to a certain extent. At low PVA content, equal molar ratio of Imi and NH4H2PO4 is favorable for high proton conductivity, while higher molar ratio of Imi and NH4H2PO4 is beneficial at high PVA content. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

• A method of promoting the axial feature size of PPI-DLW is proposed. • A 3D hollow focus was generated using one beam without light field superposition. • Two-focus parallel scanning using 3D hollow focus was realized without hardware updating based on a classic method. • The isotropic 30 nm feature size was realized. • This work will improve the ability of PPI-DLW to fabricate arbitrary 3D structures. Peripheral-photoinhibition (PPI)-based direct laser writing (DLW) inspired by simulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy has improved the fabrication resolution of three-dimensional (3D) structures on the nano-scale. However, most previous studies have focused on the lateral feature size, neglecting axial-feature-size enhancement. This article proposes a novel method to simultaneously reduce the axial and lateral feature sizes of PPI-DLW. By employing a pseudo 3D hollow focus, a suspended nanowire with an isotropic 30-nm feature size was realized. Such an isotropic 3D hollow focus for photoinhibition is generated using a single beam instead of two-beam superposition, thus it does not increase the system complexity of a PPI-DIW system. Owing to the reduced feature size in all three dimensions and the low systematic complexity, the proposed method improves the capabilities of PPI-DLW for fabricating arbitrary 3D structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]