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

作　　者：Li Wei Wei-Dong Meng Li-Cun Sun Xin-Fei Cao Xiao-Yun Pu 魏利;孟伟东;孙丽存;曹新飞;普小云(Department of Physics,Yunnan University,Kunming 650091,China;Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of Yunnan Province,Yunnan University,Kunming 650091,China;Department of Physics,Yunnan Normal University,Kunming 650504,China)

机构地区：[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

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2020年第8期292-301,共10页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11804296);the Joint Key Project of Yunnan Province,China(Grant Nos.2018FY001-020 and 2018ZI002);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 

分 类 号：O439[机械工程—光学工程]