飞秒钛宝石放大激光脉冲的载波包络相位测量与控制

通过对重复频率为1 kHz的放大飞秒激光脉冲的光谱干涉实验,结合傅里叶变换进行了载波包络相位漂移的实验研究.在此基础上利用锁相环反馈控制技术实现了对载波包络相位的精密锁定,锁定后的激光脉冲稳态相位均方根误差小于80mrad,锁定时间超过3h.同时在理论上分析了光谱干涉测量放大激光脉冲载波包络相位的原理,给出了光谱干涉信号与载波包络相位的关系. 关键词： 飞秒钛宝石放大器 载波包络相位 光谱干涉 超连续     

应用波分复用技术实现飞秒级超快动态过程的脉冲数字显微全息记录

采用波分复用方法实现飞秒级超快动态过程的脉冲数字显微全息记录和再现。在全息记录过程中,利用BBO倍频晶体对入射激光进行倍频,将基波和谐波分光,并经时间延迟后进入迈克耳孙干涉仪,从而可应用波分复用技术,先后在CCD的一帧图像上记录两张具有不同空间频率的子全息图。采用这种方法,实现了对单脉冲飞秒激光激发空气电离的超快动态过程的全息记录,并通过数字傅里叶变换和数字滤波的方法,分别再现出每张子全息图记录的波前,从而获得了具有飞秒时间分辨的空气等离子体形成和传播过程的动态振幅和相位图像,其单次曝光时间为50 fs,曝光时间间隔为400 fs,相应的曝光频率约为2.5×1012f/s。     

Fourier Spectrometer based on Wide-range and Phase-locked Michelson Interferometer with Femtosecond Laser Excitation

介绍了一种大行程相位锁定迈克尔逊干涉仪技术的实现与特性,采用飞秒激光为光源与此技术结合对稀土离子光谱进行了测量,实现了大行程的相位锁定高信噪比干涉图的采样,其傅立叶光谱分辨率明显优于利用岛津uv-3101pc分光光度计得到的吸收光谱,而且包含更加丰富的能级演化信息.     

量子光力系统中激光额外噪声的高效抑制（英文）

采用级联非平衡马赫-曾德光纤干涉仪来降低激光额外噪声,并实验证明了其可行性及激光噪声抑制效果.当光纤干涉仪两臂长度差为127m时,通过自制的自动相位锁定装置,可以长时间稳定地将干涉仪两臂的相对相位锁定在零相位,此时激光光场在800kHz及其整数倍频率处的额外噪声得到高效地抑制,降低幅度可达45dB以上.调节干涉仪的两臂差,可以改变噪声过滤的频段.基于该方法的噪声抑制装置结构紧凑、成本低,可应用于量子光力系统中散粒噪声极限光场的获得.     

超连续谱干涉方法测量古依相移

利用两束超连续光干涉得到的信号,测量了透镜焦点附近飞秒激光脉冲的古依(Gouy)相移。根据得到的光谱干涉信号,利用傅里叶变换得到相对相位值。激光光束在聚焦透镜后的束腰半径可以由成像方法测得。根据测量得到的激光光束束腰半径,用非线性拟合的方法得到了古依相移曲线,拟合曲线与实验结果符合得非常好。给出了古依相位在焦点前后1 mm区域内的移动量。     

基于旋转相干光谱的整形飞秒激光转动动力学调控

我们实验上发展了基于飞秒激光旋转相干光谱的整形飞秒激光转动动力学调控方法，通过脉冲整形技术调控激发脉冲的光谱相位，从而实现对飞秒激光作用下转动态相干激发过程中复原信号及转动布居数的调控. 研究了飞秒激光旋转相干光谱对激光频谱相位的响应机制，突出了飞秒激光频谱相位在气相分子转动态相干激发中的重要作用. 为飞秒激光作用下生物大分子和团簇鉴别及结构探测研究提供了新的参考.     

利用锁相环和TV-Rb钟控制飞秒激光脉冲的载波包络相移

为了实现对锁模飞秒钛宝石激光器的相位控制，采用改进的相移测量装置，使载波包络频移信号的信噪比提高到了40 dB以上.在此优化测量结果的基础上，利用电子锁相环技术，通过PZT改变激光器腔内端镜的倾斜将飞秒激光脉冲的载波包络相位锁定到了微波参考源TV-Rb钟10 MHz标准信号上，同时激光脉冲重复频率也采用另一个PZT控制激光腔长锁定到了同一个TV-Rb钟10 MHz信号上.锁定后的结果显示重复频率的锁定达到了TV-Rb钟本身的稳定度，而载波包络相位锁定后比锁定前稳定度提高了三个数量级.     

BBO晶体中级联非线性效应的实验研究

采用800 nm和400 nm两束飞秒激光脉冲在BBO晶体中同时满足相位匹配条件,产生差频、和频及其级联效应.实验运用了中心波长800 nm、重复频率10 Hz、脉宽60 fs及光斑直径7 mm的钛蓝宝石再生放大飞秒激光,输出约为10 mJ的能量以7:3分束.其中7 mJ光脉冲用一块非线性晶体BBO倍频至400 nm获得1.45 mJ能量,然后与另一束800 nm的3 mJ基频激光以非共线方式注入到另一块BBO中,在兼顾和频与差频的相位匹配条件下,即晶体对于和频与差频相位匹配状态同时存在少量失谐时,会同时产生267 nm与800 nm的和频与差频效应,新产生光波与原入射激光脉冲又经过进一步非线性混频作用,最终得到多达10余束可见、紫外的一维列阵.分析了此级联非线性效应的产生机理并讨论了入射光强度,啁啾,延迟等因素对级联效果的影响.     

自相关法测量飞秒激光双脉冲若干参量的研究

飞秒激光双脉冲在研究光泵浦的超快瞬态过程领域具有重要的应用价值,如何实现高准确度的飞秒激光双脉冲的实时测量显得尤为重要.本文提出了一种基于自相关法的飞秒激光双脉冲参量的测量方法,可实现对共光路传输、具有飞秒至皮秒级时间间隔的飞秒激光双脉冲的脉冲间隔、脉冲宽度和强度比的实时测量.实验中采用自相关仪测得了双折射晶体(钒酸钇)分束出的飞秒激光双脉冲的自相关曲线,并用非线性拟合算法求得了飞秒激光双脉冲的脉冲间隔、脉冲宽度和强度比参量.实验结果表明,本文方法与互相关测量方法相比,克服了参考脉冲参量的不确定性对检测准确度的影响,使测量平均准确度提高了48%以上.     

自相关法测量飞秒激光双脉冲若干参量的研究EI北大核心CSCD

飞秒激光双脉冲在研究光泵浦的超快瞬态过程领域具有重要的应用价值,如何实现高准确度的飞秒激光双脉冲的实时测量显得尤为重要.本文提出了一种基于自相关法的飞秒激光双脉冲参量的测量方法,可实现对共光路传输、具有飞秒至皮秒级时间间隔的飞秒激光双脉冲的脉冲间隔、脉冲宽度和强度比的实时测量.实验中采用自相关仪测得了双折射晶体(钒酸钇)分束出的飞秒激光双脉冲的自相关曲线,并用非线性拟合算法求得了飞秒激光双脉冲的脉冲间隔、脉冲宽度和强度比参量.实验结果表明,本文方法与互相关测量方法相比,克服了参考脉冲参量的不确定性对检测准确度的影响,使测量平均准确度提高了48%以上.     

Amplitude to phase conversion of InGaAs pin photo-diodes for femtosecond lasers microwave signal generation

When a photo-diode is illuminated by a pulse train from a femtosecond laser, it generates microwaves components at the harmonics of the repetition rate within its bandwidth. The phase of these components (relative to the optical pulse train) is known to be dependent on the optical energy per pulse. We present an experimental study of this dependence in InGaAs pin photo-diodes illuminated with ultra-short pulses generated by an Erbium-doped fiber based femtosecond laser. The energy to phase dependence is measured over a large range of impinging pulse energies near and above saturation for two typical detectors, commonly used in optical frequency metrology with femtosecond laser based optical frequency combs. When scanning the optical pulse energy, the coefficient which relates phase variations to energy variations is found to alternate between positive and negative values, with many (for high harmonics of the repetition rate) vanishing points. By operating the system near one of these vanishing points, the typical amplitude noise level of commercial-core fiber-based femtosecond lasers is sufficiently low to generate state-of-the-art ultra-low phase noise microwave signals, virtually immune to amplitude to phase conversion related noise.     

双重复频率锁模Yb:YAG陶瓷激光器

近年来,双重复频率锁模激光器在诸如双光梳光谱和异步光学采样等应用领域吸引了广泛关注.基于单一激光腔的双梳系统能大大降低成本,简化系统结构,且性能优异.双重复频率锁模激光器为发展紧凑型和实用型双梳装置开辟了道路.本文报道了一种可用作双光梳光谱系统光源的双重复频率锁模Yb:YAG陶瓷激光器.该激光器基于半导体可饱和吸收镜锁模技术,采用双通道抽运结构,利用新型非水基流延成型制备的Yb:YAG透明陶瓷,在单一的五镜腔中,当吸收抽运光功率为5.6 W时,实现了自启动、稳定运转的双重复频率锁模脉冲Pulse1和Pulse2,其重复频率分别为448.918和448.923 MHz,重复频率差为5 kHz.在吸收抽运功率为7 W时,得到最大的总平均输出功率170 mW,其中Pulse1和Pulse2的功率分别为89和81 mW,相应的光谱宽度分别为1和1.16 nm.性能相似的双重复频率脉冲彼此间保持了良好的相干性,实验结果证明了双通道抽运在双重复频率锁模激光器应用中的可行性,此种新型双重复频率激光器在双光梳光谱和测距等领域具有较好的应用潜力.     

Few‐cycle,broadband, mid‐infrared optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 20‐fs Ti:sapphire laser

A few‐cycle, broadband, singly‐resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for the mid‐infrared based on MgO‐doped periodically‐poled LiNbO₃ (MgO:PPLN), synchronously pumped by a 20‐fs Ti:sapphire laser is reported. By using crystal interaction lengths as short as 250 µm, and careful dispersion management of input pump pulses and the OPO resonator, near‐transform‐limited, few‐cycle idler pulses tunable across the mid‐infrared have been generated, with as few as 3.7 optical cycles at 2682 nm. The OPO can be continuously tuned over 2179‐3732 nm (4589‐2680 cm^‐1) by cavity delay tuning, providing up to 33 mW of output power at 3723 nm. The idler spectra exhibit stable broadband profiles with bandwidths spanning over 422 nm (FWHM) recorded at 3732 nm. The effect of crystal length on spectral bandwidth and pulse duration is investigated at a fixed wavelength, confirming near‐transform‐limited idler pulses for all grating interaction lengths. By locking the repetition frequency of the pump laser to a radio‐frequency reference, and without active stabilization of the OPO cavity length, an idler power stability better than 1.6% rms over >2.75 hours is obtained when operating at maximum output power, in excellent spatial beam quality with TEM₀₀ mode profile. Photograph shows a multigrating MgO:PPLN crystal used as a nonlinear gain medium in the few‐cycle femtosecond mid‐IR OPO. The visible light is the result of non‐phase‐matched sum‐frequency mixing between the interacting beams.     

Wavelength-Tunable Laser-Diode Interferometer

Laser diodes (LDs) have been applied to a phase-measuring interferometer through the wavelength tunability of LDs by controlling their currents. Laser-diode interferometers based on a heterodyne technique are reviewed. A two-wavelength laser-diode interferometer is demonstrated with current control of dual LDs in opposite directions. A synthetic wavelength makes it possible to extend the range of interferometric measurements. The wavelength is controlled by the laser injection current and is stepwise or rampwise changed to introduce a time-varying phase difference between the two beams of an interferometer with unbalanced optical path lengths. The optical output is demodulated with a phase-extraction algorithm. Systematic phase errors caused by the LD-power variation and by the difference between the beat frequency and ramp frequency are analyzed. A feedback interferometer with electronics is used to eliminate the phase error by locking the interferometer on a preset phase. Typical experimental results are shown.     

飞秒脉冲非对称互相关绝对测距

光学频率梳是一种重复频率与偏置频率锁定的新型光源,在频域上为频率间隔稳定的频率梳齿,在时域上为相对距离稳定的飞秒脉冲激光.光学频率梳在测距中的应用广泛,能够实现远距离高精度的测量.本实验使用飞秒激光脉冲作为光源,基于谐振腔扫描光学采样测距原理得到非对称的互相关干涉条纹,实现了远距离高精度的绝对测距.非对称互相关条纹可通过色散补偿与调节光学频率梳的重复频率得到,并通过得到的非对称的互相关干涉条纹对测距结果进行补偿.实验结果表明测距系统能够实现在50 m范围内误差为2 μm的绝对测距,测量相对误差为1.9×10^-7.     

与794nm飞秒激光精确同步的无直流背底的1064nm脉冲光的产生

基于非共线光参量放大(NOPA)，以宽带794nm飞秒激光的倍频光为抽运光，以连续的He-Ne激光为信号光，产生了与宽带794nm飞秒激光精确同步的无直流背底的1064nm的脉冲光.实验结果显示该1064nm的光脉冲可作为光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统的抽运激光链的种子光，从而实现用全光学方法实现OPCPA系统抽运光和信号光的精确同步.还将非共线光参量放大器置于经特殊设计的He-Ne激光腔内，也同样成功得到了无直流背底的1064nm的光脉冲.经一次光参量放大后所得到的1064nm光的光谱和空间啁啾特性与非共线光参量放大器置于He-Ne激光腔外时得到的1064nm的光脉冲相同，而其单脉冲能量约为腔外NOPA的10倍. 关键词： 非线性光参量放大 光参量啁啾脉冲放大 时间同步     

Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses

The Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses has been reported. Spectrums of double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are quite different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Therefore, the Talbot images of the double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Specifically, for the phase difference corresponding to π, the Talbot image shows the largest difference from that of one single pulse. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The behaviors of Talbot images under double femtosecond laser pulses illumination cannot be obtained under one femtosecond laser pulse, monochromatic or polychromatic light illumination. Therefore, it is a new interesting optical phenomenon for the Talbot effect which should have potential applications.     

基于高重复频率飞秒激光直写技术制作衍射光栅的研究

基于由光子晶体光纤飞秒激光器产生的高重复频率飞秒激光搭建了飞秒激光微加工系统,利用LabVIEW编写程序精密控制三维移动平台的移动路径和高速快门,在加工功率为1.5W、移动速率为1mm/s时,利用直写技术在无胶铬版上得到了微米量级的任意形状的平面衍射光栅。利用CCD相机对光栅制备过程进行实时监视,保证了光栅的加工质量。制备的光栅在显微镜下观察,条纹边缘清晰、线纹粗细均匀。使用He-Ne激光照射加工的光栅,可以获得清晰、稳定、与理论符合很好的夫琅和费(Frauhofer)衍射图样,显示了所加工的光栅具有良好的光学性能。实验结果也表明了光子晶体光纤飞秒激光在光栅制作过程中所具备的良好的加工性能。     

Loss of phase of collapsing beams

We experimentally investigate the phase of an optical field after it has undergone wave collapse. We confirm the theoretical prediction that it acquires a large cumulative nonlinear phase shift that is highly sensitive to small fluctuations of the laser input power. This results in an effective postcollapse "loss of phase," whereby the phase of the transmitted beam shows a significant increase in sensitivity to the input fluctuations of the pulse energy. We also investigate interactions between two beams that each undergoes collapse and observe large fluctuations in the output mode profiles, which are due to the postcollapse loss of their relative phase difference. Such effects should occur in all systems that exhibit wave collapse.