中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (8): 84206-084206.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab9435

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Ultracold atom and its application in precision measurement • 上一篇    下一篇

Measurement and verification of concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient: Ray tracing imagery of diffusion process

Li Wei(魏利), Wei-Dong Meng(孟伟东), Li-Cun Sun(孙丽存), Xin-Fei Cao(曹新飞), Xiao-Yun Pu(普小云)   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China;
    3 Department of Physics, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650504, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-02-25 修回日期:2020-04-20 出版日期:2020-08-05 发布日期:2020-08-05
  • 通讯作者: Xiao-Yun Pu E-mail:xypu@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11804296), the Joint Key Project of Yunnan Province, China (Grant Nos. 2018FY001-020 and 2018ZI002), and the Fund from the Educational Department of Yunnan Province, China (Grant No. 2016CYH05).

Measurement and verification of concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient: Ray tracing imagery of diffusion process

Li Wei(魏利)1, Wei-Dong Meng(孟伟东)1,2, Li-Cun Sun(孙丽存)3, Xin-Fei Cao(曹新飞)1, Xiao-Yun Pu(普小云)1,2   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China;
    2 Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China;
    3 Department of Physics, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650504, China
  • Received:2020-02-25 Revised:2020-04-20 Online:2020-08-05 Published:2020-08-05
  • Contact: Xiao-Yun Pu E-mail:xypu@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11804296), the Joint Key Project of Yunnan Province, China (Grant Nos. 2018FY001-020 and 2018ZI002), and the Fund from the Educational Department of Yunnan Province, China (Grant No. 2016CYH05).

摘要: Ray tracing method is used to study the propagation of collimated beams in a liquid-core cylindrical lens (LCL), which has dual functions of diffusion cell and image formation. The diffusion images on the focal plane of the used LCL are simulated by establishing and solving both linear and nonlinear ray equations, the calculated results indicate that the complex imaging results of LCL in inhomogeneous media can be treated by the law of ray propagation in homogeneous media under the condition of small refractive index gradient of diffusion solution. Guided by the calculation conditions, the diffusion process of triethylene glycol aqueous solution is experimentally studied at room temperature by using the LCL in this paper. The spatial and temporal concentration profile Ce(z, t) of diffusion solution is obtained by analyzing diffusion image appearing on the focal plane of the LCL; Then, the concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient is assumed to be a polynomial D(C)=D0×(1+α1C+α2C2+α3C3+…). The finite difference method is used to solve the Fick diffusion equation for calculating numerically the concentration profiles Cn(z, t). The D(C) of triethylene glycol aqueous solution is obtained by comparing the Cn(z,t) with Ce(z, t). Finally, the obtained polynomial D(C) is used to calculate the refractive index profiles nn(z, t)s of diffusion solution in the used LCL. Based on the ray propagation law in inhomogeneous media and the calculated n(z,t), the ray tracing method is used again to simulate the dynamic images of the whole experimental diffusion process to varify the correctness of the calculated D(C). The method presented in this work opens up a new way for both measuring and verifying the concentration-dependent liquid diffusion coefficients.

关键词: concentration-dependent liquid diffusion coefficients, liquid-core cylindrical lens, nonlinear ray equation, ray tracing method

Abstract: Ray tracing method is used to study the propagation of collimated beams in a liquid-core cylindrical lens (LCL), which has dual functions of diffusion cell and image formation. The diffusion images on the focal plane of the used LCL are simulated by establishing and solving both linear and nonlinear ray equations, the calculated results indicate that the complex imaging results of LCL in inhomogeneous media can be treated by the law of ray propagation in homogeneous media under the condition of small refractive index gradient of diffusion solution. Guided by the calculation conditions, the diffusion process of triethylene glycol aqueous solution is experimentally studied at room temperature by using the LCL in this paper. The spatial and temporal concentration profile Ce(z, t) of diffusion solution is obtained by analyzing diffusion image appearing on the focal plane of the LCL; Then, the concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient is assumed to be a polynomial D(C)=D0×(1+α1C+α2C2+α3C3+…). The finite difference method is used to solve the Fick diffusion equation for calculating numerically the concentration profiles Cn(z, t). The D(C) of triethylene glycol aqueous solution is obtained by comparing the Cn(z,t) with Ce(z, t). Finally, the obtained polynomial D(C) is used to calculate the refractive index profiles nn(z, t)s of diffusion solution in the used LCL. Based on the ray propagation law in inhomogeneous media and the calculated n(z,t), the ray tracing method is used again to simulate the dynamic images of the whole experimental diffusion process to varify the correctness of the calculated D(C). The method presented in this work opens up a new way for both measuring and verifying the concentration-dependent liquid diffusion coefficients.

Key words: concentration-dependent liquid diffusion coefficients, liquid-core cylindrical lens, nonlinear ray equation, ray tracing method

中图分类号:  (Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy)

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07.60.-j (Optical instruments and equipment) 42.25.Dd (Wave propagation in random media) 42.15.Dp (Wave fronts and ray tracing)