飞秒强激光在充气毛细管中产生三次谐波的效率

利用描写飞秒强激光在充气毛细管中产生三次谐波的一个理论模型讨论了三次谐波产生的信号-压强曲线.结果发现：在毛细管参量和激光参量确定的条件下，三次谐波效率受管内气压，三次谐波模式，走离效应（walk-off）和相调制效应的影响.同时，发现，得到的三次谐波效率接近实验值. 关键词： 效率 三次谐波 飞秒激光 充气毛细管     

碳化硅晶体产生中红外飞秒激光研究获进展

中红外激光(3~5μm)在环境监控、气体分子识别、相干断层成像、军事等领域有着重要应用,特别是近年来在高次谐波产生单个阿秒脉冲的研究中,由于周期量级中红外飞秒激光能获得更高截止能量的谐波阶次,有望获得更短的阿秒脉冲和更高的时间分辨率,因此倍受人们的青睐。但受限于激光增益介质,目前较难在室温下直接获得中红外波段的飞秒激光,为此广泛应用的方案是基于非线性晶     

晶体环境下高次谐波谱的截止频率分析

通过数值求解中红外飞秒光脉冲与一维单电子多阱势相互作用的含时薛定谔方程, 研究了晶体环境下的高次谐波发射光谱, 发现了晶体谐波谱的截止位置公式.研究发现, 不同于气体环境下的谐波谱截止频率规律, 晶体谐波谱的截止频率与激光电场的峰值振幅及晶格参数成线性关系. 鉴于准经典力学的三步模型对于气体谐波截止频率的解释, 进一步采用准经典力学方法验证了晶体谐波截止位置规律的正确性. 关键词： 中红外飞秒光脉冲 晶体 高次谐波 截止频率     

脉冲激光偏振方向对氧分子高次谐波的影响——基于含时密度泛函理论的模拟

采用含时密度泛函方法,结合赝势模型和电子交换相关作用的广义梯度近似,模拟了氧分子在超强飞秒激光脉冲作用下的高次谐波产生现象,并研究了激光脉冲偏振方向对氧分子高次谐波的影响.结果表明氧分子的高次谐波谱具有典型原子谐波谱的特征;当θ=45°(激光偏振方向与分子轴向夹角)时,谐波谱强度最大.这与文献报道的实验结果基本一致.     

利用氩获得795 nm飞秒激光在静态气室中的高次谐波

报道了120 fs/795 nm的Ti∶sapphire飞秒激光在静态气体靶室中利用稀有气体氩作为非线性介质的高次谐波辐射,在静态靶室中获得高次谐波辐射,较常用的气体喷嘴具有结构简单,实验容易操作等优点,实验中在42 mJ和7. 5 mJ线偏振激光驱动下观察了谐波辐射谱随气压变化情况     

脉冲形状对氢原子高次谐波的影响

在含时密度泛函理论框架下,采用经典和量子相结合的模型,模拟了氢原子在超强飞秒激光脉冲作用下的高次谐波产生现象,并研究了激光脉冲形状对氢原子高次谐波的影响.结果表明,氢原子的高次谐波谱具有典型的原子谐波谱的特征;具有“下降－平台－截止”的结构和偶次谐波被禁闭仅出现奇次谐波的选择性特征;不同的脉冲形状会导致高次谐波的截止频率和谱线强度的变化.     

氩气中高次谐波辐射的研究

报道了在４５ｆｓ－２ＴＷ激光装置上以Ａｒ惰性气体为介质产生高次谐波的实验结果,实验中通过研究气体密度和激光能量对谐波辐射的影响,找到了适当的气体密度和激光能量范围,并在Ａｒ气中观察到８１次（９．７ｎｍ）的皆波辐射,这时迄今为止,人们在Ａｒ气中所能观测到的最短波长的谐波辐射,经分析表明,高于５７次的谐波是由Ａｒ离子产生的。     

飞秒强激光与欠稠密等离子体相互作用中的二次谐波辐射

对超短超强激光脉冲 (45fs,6× 10 17W /cm2 )与光致电离氦气形成的欠稠密等离子体相互作用中的二次谐波辐射进行了实验研究。测量了多种打靶强度的飞秒激光脉冲与不同气体密度氦气相互作用的二次谐波光谱 ,得到在欠稠密等离子体中二次谐波辐射与打靶激光能量的关系 ,分析了产生二次谐波辐射产生的物理机制 ,在考虑了强短脉冲激光电离气体产生的等离子体径向电子密度梯度因素 ,基于非线性作用过程的理论预期曲线与实验结果较好地吻合     

用反射式达曼光栅产生飞秒激光双脉冲

采用反射式达曼光栅建立了一种产生飞秒激光双脉冲的新装置.由于采用反射式结构，避免了材料色散和吸收导致的脉冲畸变，并构建了一台二次谐波-频率分辨光学开关装置对产生的双脉冲进行了测量.实验结果表明可以实现脉冲强度相等、时间宽度相同、不同间隔的双脉冲输出.产生双脉冲的装置在飞秒激光领域有着应用的价值. 关键词： 飞秒激光双脉冲 达曼光栅 二次谐波-频率分辨光学开关     

脉冲激光偏振方向对氮分子高次谐波的影响－－基于含时密度泛函理论的模拟

采用含时密度泛函方法，结合赝势模型和电子交换相关作用的广义梯度近似，模拟了氮分子在超强飞秒激光脉冲作用下的高次谐波产生现象，并研究了激光脉冲偏振方向对氮分子高次谐波的影响.结果表明氮分子的高次谐波谱具有典型原子谐波谱的特征；谐波谱强度随着θ(激光偏振方向与分子轴向夹角)的增大而减小.这与J.Itatanl在Nature上报道的实验结果基本一致. 关键词： 含时密度泛函理论 激光偏振方向 高次谐波 氮分子     

Enhancing the brilliance of high-harmonic generation

Both the gas jet and the capillary setup have remarkable features for high-harmonic generation (HHG). We demonstrated both the ability of the capillary to tailor its spectral XUV output in unique ways, as well as the feasibility of the jet and its ability to produce photon energies up to the keV range. For maximizing the brilliance in both schemes we have successfully applied the concept of self-learning loops to several of our experiments. We present current results on the focusability of capillary high-harmonic radiation, a wave front measurement on gas jet high harmonics and measurements of the influence of gas pressure and laser focus position on the divergence of gas jet high harmonics. This is embedded in an overview of selected previous and current work of our group.     

Spectral features and modeling of high-order harmonics generated by sub-10-fs pulses

Harmonic radiation generated in a neon gas jet by sub-10-fs laser pulses was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The spectral profile of the harmonics with respect to the order, their intensity and relative spectral shifts were measured as a function of the position of the gas jet. The results point out spectral features typical of the quasi-single-cycle excitation regime. A nonadiabatic three-dimensional numerical model was developed, which provides harmonic spectra in remarkable agreement with the experiments.     

Characteristics of High Harmonics Generated in a Gas Filled Microcapillary

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Characteristics of High Harmonics Generated in a Gas Filled Microcapillary

The phase-match and amplitude characteristics of high harmonics generation in gas filled micro-capillary have been analyzed. The results show that the order of harmonic can be selected by adjusting the gas pressure, the laser intensity and the inner diameter of capillary. The adjustment is depended on the dispersion properties of gas media . The amplitude of harmonics generated in gas filled capillary is two orders higher than that of gas jet, and the spectrum is become more monochromatic when the radius of the capillary is smaller. A high brightness tunable coherent soft X-ray source can be produced through interaction of fs intense laser with gas filled microcapillary.     

Vacuum ultraviolet frequency combs generated by a femtosecond enhancement cavity in the visible

We present the first (to our best knowledge) femtosecond enhancement cavity in the visible wavelength range for ultraviolet frequency comb generation. The cavity is seeded at 518 nm by a frequency-doubled Yb fiber laser and operates at a peak intensity of 1.2×10(13) W/cm(2). High harmonics of up to the ninth order (~57 nm) are generated in an intracavity xenon gas jet. Intracavity high harmonic powers of several milliwatts for the third harmonic order and microwatts for the fifth harmonic order prove the potential of the "green cavity" as an efficient ultraviolet frequency comb source for future spectroscopic experiments. A limiting degradation effect of the cavity mirrors is avoided by operating at a constant oxygen background pressure.     

Probing hot and dense laser-induced plasmas with ultrafast XUV pulses

In this Letter, we demonstrate the instantaneous creation of a hot solid-density plasma generated by focusing an intense femtosecond, high temporal contrast laser on an ultrathin foil (100 nm) in the 10(18) W/cm2 intensity range. The use of high-order harmonics generated in a gas jet, providing a probe beam of sufficiently short wavelengths to penetrate such a medium, enables the study of the dynamics of this plasma on the 100 fs time scale. The comparison of the transmission of two successive harmonics permits us to determine the electronic density and the temperature with accuracies better than 15%, never achieved up to this date in the regime of laser pulses at relativistic intensity.     

Pulsed axisymmetric ejection of a dense plasma into a gas. 2. Conditions for the formation and stability of a plasma toroidal vortex

This work continues our previous investigations on pulsed ejection of a dense plasma into a gas. The conditions for the formation of high-temperature (plasma) and low-temperature gaseous toroidal vortices during pulsed axisymmetric ejection of a dense plasma/gas into air are investigated experimentally at different parameters of the ambient medium and jet generator. Quantitative criteria for the formation and stable propagation of such vortices are established using experimental data.     

Harmonic generation in an ionized gas medium with a 100-femtosecond, high repetition rate laser source at intermediate intensities

 We report the realization of a vacuum-ultraviolet radiation source based on high-order harmonic generation in noble-gas samples, operating at high repetition rate. In particular, we observed up to the 13th harmonic (λ=61 nm) of the fundamental frequency of a short pulse, high repetition rate titanium–sapphire laser after its interaction with a Xe gas jet. The effects of the propagation of the fundamental and harmonic beams through an ionized medium are studied by analysing the spectral profile of the 9th and 7th harmonics. Finally, we report a study of the dependence of the harmonic conversion efficiency on relative position of the focus and the gas target. Received: 29 March 1996/Revised version: 25 July 1996     

Electron acceleration in a gas-filled hot-channel diode under atmospheric pressure

A new method for electron acceleration in a gaseous medium is proposed and theoretically substantiated. The method is based on using a high-temperature gas domain (laser-induced jet, arc channel, etc.) as a source of runaway electrous with their subsequent acceleration in a dense low-temperature gas. It is shown feasible to obtain accelerated electron beams with currents as high as 1 kA and an average energy of approximately (2/3)eU (where U is the accelerating voltage), which is comparable to the parameters of the beams generated by accelerators on the basis of vacuum diodes.     

Effects of pressure and gas-jet thickness on the generation of attosecond pulse

We investigate how the intensity and duration of an attosecond pulse generated from high-order harmonic generation are affected by the pressure and thickness of the gas jet by taking into account the macroscopic propagation of both fundamental and harmonic fields. Our simulations show that, limited by the propagation effects, especially the absorption of harmonics, the intensity of an attosecond pulse cannot be improved by just independently increasing the gas pressure or the medium length. On the other hand, due to good phase-matching conditions, the duration of a generated attosecond pulse can be improved by changing the gas pressure.