BFEL自由电子激光研究取得重大突破

正当“第一次亚洲自由电子激光学术研讨会”在中国科学院高能物理研究所召开之际,由该所承担的国家“863”高技术项目——北京自由电子激光装置(BFEL)传来喜讯,在亚洲地区研制的同类近十台红外谱区的自由电子激光(FEL)装置中,第一个产生了激光信号(见图).     

拉曼自由电子激光器

文章介绍了拉曼自由电子激光器的应用，概述了我们在拉曼自由电子激光器调谐、新型小周期波荡器、具有分布反馈谐振腔的拉曼自由电子激光振荡器和虚火花放电等方面的研究进展。     

耦合腔结构可调谐双频固体激光器的研究

研究了一种激光二极管(LD)抽运的频差可调谐双频固体激光器,对耦合腔实现双频的方法进行了分析。实验中使用输入镜与腔内插入标准具形成耦合腔实现单频运转,双λ/4波片使单纵模激光频率分裂,通过改变两个λ/4波片快轴之间的夹角来实现频差调谐。在LD抽运光功率为290mW的条件下,获得了频差在0～1.1GHz范围内可调、功率为34mW的双频激光输出。     

新型Wiggler谐波自由电子激光

用单粒子方法推导出了Pinhas提出的一种新型摆动器的谐波自由电子激光的小信号增益．结果表明，它与普通平面摆动器自由电子激光的小信号增益有非常相似的形式 关键词：     

远红外契伦柯夫FEL的动力学理论

契伦柯夫自由电子激光可以产生远红外相干受激辐射。本文建立了契伦柯夫自由电子激光的动力学理论并详细研究了初始信号频率,电子束电压和束—介质膜间隙对器件性能的影响。与自由电子激光,回旋自谐振脉塞比较,指出了短波契伦柯夫自由电子激光的几个显著特点。     

电光晶体调谐的外腔反馈半导体激光器

报道一种用电光晶体实现快速调谐和凋制激光频率的方法.在Littrow型外腔反馈半导体激光中插入LiNbO3晶体,利用LiNbO3晶体的电光效应,通过改变晶体电压来调节激光器的有效腔长,可以对激光频率进行快速的调谐和调制.采用该方法,自制外腔反馈半导体激光器的调谐频率可达到2 kHz,它的调谐范围为350 MHz,激光频率调谐系数约为1.06 MHz/V,用饱和吸收光谱观测频率调谐的效果.快速激光频率调制可以应用在稳频技术上,将外腔反馈半导体激光器调制在5～100 kHz频率下,均获得了87Rb原子D2线的饱和吸收光谱的色散信号,并实现了激光频率在饱和吸收峰上的长期稳定.     

激光二极管抽运(Tm,Ho)∶YLF激光器光谱特性实验分析

Ho∶YLF晶体的5I7和5I8斯塔克能级分裂数较多,形成2047~2070nm宽的增益谱带,对于可调谐2μm激光及宽带激光放大器研究具有重要意义。理论上分析了(Tm,Ho)∶YLF晶体的能级结构,并对晶体掺杂浓度和长度进行了优化。实验研究了激光二极管抽运微片Tm(原子数分数0.06),Ho(原子数分数0.004)∶YLF激光谱线可调谐特性,调谐范围2.0656~2.0671μm。利用(Tm,Ho)∶YLF晶体的宽增益谱特性,将其作为激光二极管抽运激光放大器,成功地将2.048μm(Tm,Ho)∶GdVO4激光功率放大了2.5倍。实验上测量了(Tm,Ho)∶YLF晶体在强抽运条件下480~492nm及530~550nm可见波段的上转换蓝绿光荧光谱。     

激光二极管抽运(Tm,Ho):YLF激光器光谱特性实验分析

Ho：YLF晶体的^5I7和^5I8斯塔克能级分裂数较多。形成2047～2070nm宽的增益谱带,对于可调谐2μm激光及宽带激光放大器研究具有重要意义。理论上分析了(Tm,Ho)：YLF晶体的能级结构。并对晶体掺杂浓度和长度进行了优化。实验研究了激光二极管抽运微片Tm(原子数分数0．06)．Ho(原子数分数0．004)：YLF激光谱线可调谐特性。调谐范围2．0656～2．0671μm。利用(Tm,Ho)：YLF晶体的宽增益谱特性．将其作为激光二极管抽运激光放大器。成功地将2．048μm(Tm,Ho)：GdVO1激光功率放大了2．5倍。实验上测量了(Tm,Ho)：YLF晶体在强抽运条件下480～492nm及530～550nm可见波段的上转换蓝绿光荧光谱。     

单模激光系统输入信号后的稳态平均光强相对涨落

研究了具有实虚部间关联的量子噪声和抽运噪声驱动的单模激光系统输入信号后的统计性质,采用线性化近似方法计算了系统的稳态平均光强相对涨落,分析了量子噪声实虚部间关联系数、量子噪声强度、抽运噪声强度、输入信号振幅和频率、净增益等对稳态平均光强相对涨落的影响,发现在量子噪声实虚部间弱关联、小噪声、远离阚值、信号振幅不大和频率较高的条件下激光场的统计涨落较小。     

全正色散高阶谐波锁模掺Yb光纤激光器

在全正色散(ANDi)系统中,报道了最高为21阶的被动谐波锁模(HML)掺Yb光纤激光器。利用级联长周期光纤光栅(C-LPFG)作为全光纤结构的光谱滤波器,以非线性偏振演化(NPE)效应作为锁模机理,得到了重复频率可调谐的被动谐波锁模掺Yb激光输出,实现输出脉冲重复频率1.544~32.42MHz的可调谐。并进一步论证了谐波阶次的提高不仅与抽运功率有关,而且与光纤的长度有关。     

A free-electron laser pumped by the soliton laser

We propose a scheme for building a free-electron laser in the soft X-ray region pumped by the soliton laser. Making use of soliton laser wave evolution shape and single-pass small signal analysis, we find that this laser has two special advantages over the previous electromagnetic wave undulator free-electron lasers. One is a very small mass-shift effect because of the special characteristics of soliton laser; the other is that it has an additional frequency tuning effect based on the conventional free-electron laser's tunability. We also obtain the small signal gain and present some discussion.     

Analysis of the uniform magnetic field free-electron laser with scalarized photons in the microwave-spectral region

The recently developed concept of scalarized photons (formally photons of any polarization) is used to analyze the spontaneous and stimulated emission in the uniform magnetic field free-electron laser in the microwave spectral region. In fact, this free-electron laser is the simplest of many other, wiggler and wiggler-free free-electron lasers whose analyses could be done with scalarized photons in the small signal regime and whose physical parameters can be conveniently chosen for radiation to be generated in the microwave spectral region. As to the uniform magnetic field free-electron laser, which is treated here in some detail, with the electron beam energy of up to 10 MeV and the uniform magnetic field of up to 4 Tesla, the radiation (occurring with the fundamental and higher harmonic frequencies) can cover easily a 10 to 10,000 GHz spectral region.     

孤子激光器及其发展

激光和孤子研究的进展,导致一种新型的、输出脉宽及形状可控的超短光脉冲激光器——孤子激光器的诞生。孤子激光器在光通讯、光计算、超高速现象的研究、超高速光电子器件的研制等方面有其独特的应用。它也使我们有可能对孤子效应本身进行深入研究。本文将叙述在单模光纤中形成孤子的机制,孤子激光及喇曼孤子激光原理,孤子及孤子激光研究的进展,包括孤子激光的稳定性、孤子自频移以及孤子间的相互作用力等。最后介绍一些已经出现的或将来可能出现的应用,并指出这是一个正在迅速发展的研究领域。     

自由电子激光器中的电子阻尼运动

建立了有阻尼项的摆方程,在小信号情况下,对方程进行了迭代求解.由解得的结果得到了增益函数的表达式.特别对弱阻尼和过阻尼情况进行了计算,分别得到了相应的增益函数简化公式.对阻尼项的来源和物理意义进行了详细的讨论. 关键词：     

Optical microwave generation using two parallel DFB lasers integrated with Y-branch waveguide coupler

A new device of two parallel distributed feedback (DFB) lasers integrated monolithically with Y-branch waveguide coupler was fabricated by means of quantum well intermixing. Optical microwave signal was generated in the Y-branch waveguide coupler through frequency beating of the two laser modes coming from two DFB laser in parallel, which had a small difference in frequency. Continuous rapid tuning of optical microwave signal from 13 to 42GHz were realized by adjusting independently the driving currents injected into the two DFB lasers.     

自由电子激光中空间电荷波的单电子分析

从单粒子模型理论出发,对考虑空间电荷的自由电子激光进行了分析,并提出了迭代计算方法,计算结果表明,自由电子激光中三波耦合的一次迭代解与已有结果一致,二次迭代解显示了空间电荷波有更复杂的结构. 关键词：     

Wavelength calibration of narrowband ArF laser with iron hollow cathode lamp

Accurate and precise wavelength controlling of narrowband excimer lasers is essential for the lithography of an integrated circuit. High-precision wavelength tuning and calibration of a line-narrowed Ar F laser are presented in this work. The laser spectrum is narrowed to a sub-picometer with a line narrowing system. Absolute wavelength calibration of the line-narrowed laser is performed based on the optogalvanic(OG) effect using iron hollow cathode discharge(HCD). An sccuracy of better than 0.1 pm for wavelength tuning and calibration is achieved with our homemade wavemeter.     

可调谐半导体激光器的瞬时光谱测量方法研究

可调谐半导体激光器在调谐过程中的瞬时光谱特性,如瞬时的波长、调谐率、功率、线型和线宽等参数影响着以激光器为光源的光学测量和光相干通信系统的精度。然而,能够同时测量这些瞬变参数的技术至今未见报道。提出了一个基于时频分析的测量半导体激光器在调谐过程中瞬时光谱参数的方法,利用一个短时延外差测量系统,利用激光器瞬时光谱参数与差拍信号瞬时参数的关系,最终获得了半导体激光器在连续电流调谐过程中的瞬时光谱。测量系统采用了10 cm光程差的Mach-Zehnder干涉仪,调谐电流是幅度为20~120 mA、频率是1 kHz的锯齿波,差拍信号可视为直流信号、载波信号与噪声的叠加,按照短时延相干光测量原理,差拍信号中的直流分量幅度的大小反映了激光器输出光信号的功率;载波信号是一种多项式相位信号,由其频率可以推算激光器输出光谱的中心频率或波长;噪声信号则与激光器输出光谱的线型和线宽相关,通过对噪声信号进行时频分析,可以获知激光器在连续电流调谐过程中每一时刻或每个电流下的瞬时线型、线宽。采用了趋势局部均值分解方法对差拍信号进行了准确分离,并对分离信号分别进行处理,同时获知了半导体激光器在调谐过程中的瞬时输出光功率、光波长、调谐率及线型、线宽。在去掉弛豫部分后截取的整周期差拍信号对应的调谐电流60~115 mA变化范围内,半导体激光器(FRL15DDR0A31-18950, Furukawa)瞬时输出光功率变化范围是5.16~10.6 mW,瞬时光波长变化范围为1 579.2~1 579.6 nm;激光器的瞬时调谐率在0.004 8~0.011 5 nm·mA-1范围内单调变化;线宽是852.55~954.95 kHz,呈非线性随机分布。基于短时延、局部均值分解和时频分析方法的瞬时光谱参数测量系统可以准确得到各瞬时光谱参数,测量结果与激光器的静特性相符,且测量系统结构简单,使我们更深入地理解激光器的工作原理,具有广阔的应用前景。     

Amplification of monochromatic short-wavelength radiation during the stochastic deceleration of a relativistic electron stream in an incoherent pump field

The use of incoherent multiwave pump radiation or randomly varying magnetostatic fields (stochastic undulators) for improving the energy conversion efficiency in free-electron lasers based on stimulated wave scattering and the stimulated undulator emission of relativistic electron beams is proposed. It is shown within the quasilinear approximation that the electronic efficiency increases in proportion to the width of the pump spectrum due to enrichment of the spectrum of combination waves which are synchronous with the electron beam and realization of a mechanism of stochastic particle deceleration when the signal wave is monochromatic. At the same time, the efficiency scarcely depends on the spread of the beam parameters, making the use of the method promising for improving the efficiency of free-electron lasers powered by intense relativistic electron beams. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 77–81 (July 1997)     

Diamagnetic and Paramagnetic Effects in Free-Electron Lasers

The effect of high-current relativistic electron beams (REB's) on the undulator field amplitude in free-electron lasers (FEL's) is investigated. Two mechanisms of excitation of periodic magnetostatic self-fields by REB are considered: 1) a static mechanism that is realized at stationary motion of REB in the undulator field; and 2) a dynamic mechanism that is realized at signal wave amplification. The static mechanism in the absence of an axial magnetic field leads to a decrease of the total undulator field amplitude (a diamagnetic effect). The dynamic mechanism for low-density beams leads to an increase of the total undulator field amplitude (a paramagnetic effect), with a subsequent increase of electron efficiency. For high-density beams, the effect of the phase shift of the total undulator field is most essential, due to which the growth of the signal wave amplitude is limited by nonlinear mismatch of synchronism.