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Nanopositioning with detection of a standing wave
Holá, M. ; Hrabina, J. ; Číp, O. ; Fejfar, Antonín ; Stuchlík, Jiří ; Kočka, Jan ; Oulehla, J. ; Lazar, J.
A measuring technique is intended for displacement and position sensing over a limited range with detection of standing-wave pattern inside of a passive Fabry-Perot cavity. In this concept we consider locking of the laser optical frequency and the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity in resonance. Fixing the length of the cavity to e.g. a highly stable mechanical reference allows stabilizing wavelength of the laser in air and thus to eliminate especially the faster fluctuations of refractive index of air due to air flow and inhomogeneity. Detection of the interference maxima and minima within the Fabry-Perot cavity along the beam axis has been tested and proven with a low loss transparent photodetector with very low reflectivity. The transparent photodetector is based on a thin polycrystalline silicon layer. Reduction of losses was achieved thanks to a design as an optimized set of interference layers acting as an antireflection coating. The principle is demonstrated on an experimental setup.
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The optical spectra of carbon-based thin films measured by the photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS)
Remeš, Zdeněk ; Pham, T.T. ; Varga, Marián ; Kromka, Alexander ; Stuchlík, Jiří ; Mao, H.B.
Our photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) setup allows to measure simultaneously the absolute values of the optical transmittance T, reflectance R and absorptance A spectra of thin layers on glass substrates in the spectral range from ultraviolet to near infrared light with the typical spectral resolution 5 nm in the ultraviolet, 10 nm in visible and 20 nm in the near infrared region. The PDS setup provides the dynamic detection range in the optical absorptance up to 4 orders of magnitude. Here we demonstrate the usability of this setup by comparing the optical absorbance on a series of the carbon layer and nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) thin layers deposited on glass substrates by using the magnetron sputtering and the microwave based surface wave discharge in linear antenna chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes, respectively. The defect-induced localized states in the energy gap are observed in all carbon layers as well as in NCD.
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Comparativ study on functionalization of NCD films with amine groups
Artemenko, Anna ; Kozak, Halyna ; Stuchlík, Jiří ; Biederman, H. ; Kromka, Alexander
Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films are considered as highly attractive material for biosensing due to its unique semiconducting properties. This can be achieved by modification of NCD films surface on molecular level. Typically chemical immobilization of biomoleculs requires the presence of active functional groups on the diamond surface. This was achieved by attachment of -NH2 functional groups on the surface of H- or O-terminated NCD surface via two plasma-based processes. The first process, deposition of thin amine containing polymer by RF magnetron sputtering of Nylon target in Ar/N2 gas mixture. The second process employs RF plasma treatment in NH3 for 10 minutes. Chemical derivatization (CD) XPS analysis revealed that polymeric coating exhibits a higher amount of amino groups than the diamond surface treated in NH3 RF plasma. Results of I-V measurements showed that surface conductivity of H-terminated NCD films was preserved only after the RF sputtering.
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Displacement Interferometry in Passive Fabry-Perot Cavity
Lazar, Josef ; Číp, Ondřej ; Oulehla, Jindřich ; Pokorný, Pavel ; Fejfar, Antonín ; Stuchlík, Jiří
We present techniques oriented to improvement of precision in incremental interferometric measurements of displacements over a limited range where the atmospheric wavelength of the coherent laser source is either directly stabilized to a mechanical reference or is corrected to fit to the reference. This may represent a reduction of uncertainty linking the laser wavelength not to indirectly evaluated refractive index but to the setup mechanics which cannot be completely eliminated. Here we suggest an approach where the traditional interferometers are replaced by a passive Fabry-Perot cavity with position sensing using an intracavity transparent photodetector.
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Actual Trends of Worldwide and Czech Insurance Industry
Stuchlík, Jiří ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Dobrovolný, Marek (referee)
The diploma thesis summarizes the history of the insurance industry in the world with a detailed focus on the Czech Republic. The thesis continues to discuss the situation on insurance markets in the last twenty years. It is described how insurance companies deal with natural disasters and a new type of risk - terorism. The thesis proceeds with actual trends in the insurance industry and supervision in insurance.
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Life Insurance and Pension Reform
Stuchlík, Jiří ; Daňhel, Jaroslav (advisor)
Bachelor thesis is about current pension system in Czech Republic. It focuses on necessity of pension reform with a special part about demografic factor. The following section is about life insurance. It shows basic types of life insurance in Czech Republic and describes them.
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