激光驻波场中电子运动与能量分析

采用相对论Lorentz方程,数值计算了高能电子在线极化激光驻波场中的运动过程。计算结果表明,电子能量存在一个临界值,能量超过临界值的入射电子在驻波场中振荡运动的稳定平衡位置由波节变成波腹。在波腹处平行于电场入射的高能电子在强电场作用下速度和能量快速振荡,其振幅包络近似为余弦函数。而在波节处垂直于磁场入射的电子仅在Lorentz力作用下快速振荡,在穿过驻波中心前获得能量,穿过中心后失去能量,电子出射后能量均保持不变。     

电子在激光驻波场中运动产生的太赫兹及X射线辐射研究

采用单电子模型和经典辐射理论分别对低能和高能电子在线偏振激光驻波场中的运动和辐射过程进行了研究. 结果表明: 垂直于激光电场方向入射的低速电子在激光驻波场中随着光强的增大, 逐渐从一维近周期运动演变为二维折叠运动, 并产生强的微米量级波长的太赫兹辐射; 高能电子垂直或者平行于激光电场方向入射到激光驻波场中, 都会产生波长在几个纳米的高频辐射; 低能电子与激光驻波场作用中, 激光强度影响着电子的运动形式、辐射频率以及辐射强度; 高能电子入射时, 激光强度影响了电子高频辐射的强度, 电子初始能量影响着辐射的频率; 电子能量越高, 产生的辐射频率越大. 研究表明可以由激光加速电子的方式得到不同能量的电子束, 并利用电子束在激光驻波场的辐射使之成为太赫兹和X射线波段的小型辐射源. 研究结果可以为实验研究和利用激光驻波场中的电子辐射提供依据.     

声驻波场中空化泡的动力学特性

以水为工作介质, 考虑了液体的可压缩性, 研究了驻波声场中空化泡的运动特性, 模拟了驻波场中各位置处空化泡的运动状态以及相关参数对各位置处空化泡在主Bjerknes力作用下运动方向的影响. 结果表明: 驻波声场中, 空化泡的运动状态分为三个区域, 即在声压波腹附近空化泡做稳态空化, 在偏离波腹处空化泡做瞬态空化, 在声压波节附近, 空化泡在主Bjerknes 力作用下, 一直向声压波节处移动, 显示不发生空化现象; 驻波场中声压幅值增加有利于空化的发生, 但声压幅值增加到一定上限时, 压力波腹区域将排斥空化泡, 并驱赶空化泡向压力波节移动, 不利于空化现象的发生; 当声频率小于初始空化泡的共振频率时, 声频率越高, 由于主Bjerknes 力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生, 尤其是驻波场液面的高度不应是声波波长的1/4; 当声频率一定时, 空化泡初始半径越大越有利于空化现象的发生, 但当空化泡的初始半径超过声频率的共振半径时, 由于主Bjerknes力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生.     

高次谐波发射中的超拉曼发射

本文研究了单电子分子离子与强激光场相互作用下的高次谐波发射谱。从光谱中观察到除了存在入射激光频率奇数倍的谐波谱线外,还存在其他频率的超拉曼谱线。在理论上阐明了超拉曼谱线不同于高次谐波谱线的物理产生机制。研究发现当体系初态为基态和较高激发态的叠加态时能够较清晰的观察到超拉曼谱线,从而说明激发态电子的布居对超拉曼谱线的产生起着关键作用。因此在实验上,制备一个叠加态使得电子从激发态电离,是观察到超拉曼谱线的重要条件。     

外加电场对激光诱导Al等离子体发射光谱的影响

在低压环境下,由Nd：YAG脉冲激光器产生的1.06μm激光烧蚀金属Al靶产生等离子体,观测了外加电场下其空间分辨发射光谱,并由此分析了谱线相对强度、谱线展宽随外加电压的演化特性。结果发现：原子谱线强度及其半高全宽随外加电压的增加均有明显增大,而离子谱线受外加电压的影响较小。从微观机制上分析推断：外加电场使非稳态等离子体中的电子作定向运动,加剧电子与原子之间的碰撞是上述结果的主要原因。此外,由发射光谱线的Stark展宽计算了等离子体电子密度,并由实验结果讨论电子密度随外加电压的演化特性和空间演化特性。     

外加电场对激光诱导Al等离子体发射光谱的影响

在低压环境下,由Nd:YAG脉冲激光器产生的1.06 μm激光烧蚀金属Al靶产生等离子体,观测了外加电场下其空间分辨发射光谱,并由此分析了谱线相对强度、谱线展宽随外加电压的演化特性.结果发现:原子谱线强度及其半高全宽随外加电压的增加均有明显增大,而离子谱线受外加电压的影响较小.从微观机制上分析推断:外加电场使非稳态等离子体中的电子作定向运动,加剧电子与原子之间的碰撞是上述结果的主要原因.此外,由发射光谱线的Stark展宽计算了等离子体电子密度,并由实验结果讨论电子密度随外加电压的演化特性和空间演化特性.     

气体火焰驻波演示实验的理论分析

对通过声场使可燃气体产生火焰驻波的波形进行研究,得出火焰驻波在波节处(固定反射端)出现火焰,在波腹处几乎不出现火焰的结论,理论分析与实验观测相符.     

压缩真空中的三能级原子的自发辐射强场高次谐波时间特性的理论分析

对压缩真空与V型三能级原子的相互作用作了理论分析, 探讨了量子干涉效应对压缩真空中原子自发辐射的影响。当原子的上能级简并时强的量子干涉效应影响原子的定态和定态出射光谱, 使它们对原子的初态敏感。这种情况下, 压缩使谱线趋于关于压缩真空中心频率对称, 量子干涉使谱线趋于不对称。通过用单电子近似求解含时薛定谔方程, 用加窗傅里叶分析的方法, 分析了单原子产生的高次谐波的时间特性。理论分析表明, 基态粒子数消耗对不同级次谐波辐射的影响程度不一样; 谐波辐射随着入射激光场强度的增加会出现饱和; 随着谐波级次的增加, 谐波辐射越来越趋向于集中在更短的时间间隔内, 相应的线宽也随着谐波级次的增加而增加。     

电子在线极化相对论强度驻波场中的散射研究

研究了线极化相对论激光驻波场中的电子运动,分析了偏振面内入射的电子在激光驻波场中的散射与电子初始位置、能量以及激光强度的关系.结果表明,电子在驻波场中的散射情况与电子对激光的相对能量γ₀/a₀密切相关.对于同样的激光强度,电子初始能量存在一个能够发生前向或背向散射的临界值.光强越大,电子发生前向散射的初始能量临界值越大.用电子相对能量来衡量,这个临界值大约在1.0一1.25范围内.当相对能量超过该值,电子运动会从背向变为前向散射.电子在驻波场中的振荡中心和有质动力逆转效应的存在也是有条件的,二者只有电子相对能量γ₀/a₀在一定取值范围内才可能存在.相对能量越小,电子能发生前向散射的入射驻波面越小,而低能电子更倾向于从波节透过.在偏振面内入射的电子在高强度驻波场中会发生非弹性散射,电子与场会发生高能量交换.     

太赫兹波段微腔器件的设计及其特性研究

采用磁控溅射法制备了金属Cr膜, 并利用太赫兹时域光谱法获得了其光学参数. 利用Cr膜的光学参数计算了其相位穿透深度, 设计了基于低温GaAs 的全金属平面微腔光电导太赫兹辐射器件. 模拟结果表明: 器件的谐振频率分别为0.32, 0.65, 0.98, 1.31和1.65 THz, 与自由空间的光电导太赫兹谱相比, 在谐振频率为0.32 THz处的峰值强度提高了25倍, 光谱半高全宽压缩了50倍. 讨论了辐射偶极子与腔内驻波场之间的耦合强度对器件辐射强度的影响, 发现当辐射中心位于驻波场波腹处时, 器件辐射最强, 位于波节处时辐射被严重抑制. 太赫兹波段微腔效应的研究对于实现单色性好, 连续调谐, 高效高辐射强度的太赫兹源具有一定的理论意义.     

Electron dynamics and harmonics radiation due to electron oscillation driven by laser standing wave

The electron dynamics and harmonics radiation spectra due to electron oscillation driven by laser standing wave (SW) have been investigated considering a single electron mode. It is found that electron can pass through or be reflected from laser SW as electron is shot into laser SW from antinodes plane with initial velocity parallel to electric field of SW, and for electron incidence at arbitrary plane the attraction plane of electron trajectories will transfer from nodes plane to antinodes plane if initial electron kinetic energy exceeds a critical value. Further, the harmonics emission due to electron oscillation during passing through laser SW is considered in two cases of electron incidence plane at nodes and antinodes. In case of electron incidence at nodes, the spectrum of radiation is redshifted for backward radiation and blueshifted for forward radiation, and broadening of spectrum is noticed. These effects are much more pronounced at higher laser intensities. However, for case with electron incidence at antinodes, these phenomena vanish.     

Plasma radiation spectra in the presence of static electric and high-frequency radiation fields

Harmonics generation of high-frequency radiation in a plasma embedded in a constant electric field is investigated theoretically. It is shown that the electron directed motion due to the static electric field yields the appearance in the plasma emission spectrum of high-frequency radiation even harmonics. The conditions are established when the even harmonics generation is as effective as that of the odd ones. At variance with the odd harmonics, the even harmonics polarization plane is found to rotate with respect to that of the fundamental field. The basic dependencies concerning the rotation angle and the generation efficiency on the plasma and field parameters are established.Received: 3 May 2004, Published online: 14 September 2004PACS: 52.50.Jm Plasma production and heating by laser beams (laser-foil, laser-cluster, etc.) - 52.38.Dx Laser light absorption in plasmas (collisional, parametric, etc.)     

双色高频激光作用下原子低阶次谐波的理论研究

通过数值求解含时薛定谔方程,研究了高频双色激光脉冲与原子相互作用产生的光辐射.研究表明,光辐射谱中既有基频光的谐波,又可观测到谐波能量附近的多个频率的光辐射产生,且辐射的峰值强度随着入射激光强度的提高呈指数增强,相邻辐射频率差值为入射的两束激光脉冲频率差.     

Influence of an ambipolar field and target boundary blurring on transition radiation from fast electrons of laser plasma

It is shown that the blurring of the rear side of a thin laser target leads to a decrease in the intensity of higher harmonics in the spectrum of coherent transition radiation and that the scale of the boundary inhomogeneity can be estimated from the amplitude ratio of harmonics. Deceleration of the electron flow in an ambipolar electric field at the rear boundary of a target leads to a decrease in the intensity of lower harmonics in the spectrum of coherent transition radiation, and the strength of the ambipolar field can be estimated from the amplitude ratio of harmonics. A change in the permittivity of a dielectric laser target with frequency can lead to an increase in the intensity of some harmonics in the spectrum due to the Vavilov-Cherenkov mechanism.     

Generation of higher harmonics in laser plasma formed on the surface of a silver target

The results of investigation of the higher harmonics (from the 21st to the 61st order) of radiation of a femtosecond laser (793 nm, 48 fs) that are generated in silver plasma are presented. The changes in the shape and spectra of harmonics for different chirps of the laser radiation are studied. It is found that the wavelengths of harmonics generated in the region of the plateaulike distribution of the converted radiation intensity can be tuned. It is shown that the conditions of phase matching between harmonics and laser radiation are different for different modulations of the femtosecond pulse spectrum. The tuning range of the spectrum of the converted radiation in the region of lower harmonics, which lie in the beginning region of the plateau, is shown to amount to 0.8 nm.     

Nonlinear diffraction in a quantum-dot system with allowance for the Hubbard interaction

The propagation of monochromatic laser radiation in a volume system of quantum dots (QDs) that are tunnel-coupled along one axis is considered. The electron energy spectrum of the QD system is modeled in the tight-binding approximation with allowance for the Coulomb interaction of electrons in the Hubbard model. The electromagnetic field of laser radiation in a QD system is described quasi-classically by Maxwell equations; as applied to this problem, they are reduced to a non-one-dimensional wave equation for the vector potential. As a result of the analysis of the wave equation in the approximation of varying amplitudes and phases, an effective equation describing the electromagnetic field in a QD system is obtained and numerically solved. The influence of the parameters of the system and the amplitude and frequency of the field of incident laser radiation on the character of its propagation is investigated. Nonmonotonic dependences of the factor characterizing the laser beam diffraction spread on the parameters of the electron energy spectrum of the system are obtained.     

Spectral distributions of harmonic generation from electron oscillation driven by intense femtosecond laser pulses

The characteristics of harmonic radiation due to electron oscillation driven by an intense femtosecond laser pulse are analyzed considering a single electron model. An interesting modulated structure of the spectrum is observed and analyzed for different polarization. Higher order harmonic radiations are possible for a sufficiently intense driving laser pulse. We have shown that for a realistic pulsed photon beam, the spectrum of the radiation is red shifted as well as broadened because of changes in the longitudinal velocity of the electrons during the laser pulse. These effects are more pronounced at higher laser intensities giving rise to higher order harmonics that eventually leads to a continuous spectrum. Numerical simulations have further shown that by increasing the laser pulse width broadening of the high harmonic radiations can be limited.     

Natural orbitals of helium in linearly polarized laser fields

Practicable equations of motion for the natural orbitals of a spin-singlet helium atom in a linearly polarized laser field are presented. The cylindrical symmetry of the two-electron problem with quantum number M = 0 is shown to yield a sparse expansion of natural orbitals in spherical harmonics. This optimization facilitates the propagation of renormalized natural orbitals of the helium atom. As a demonstration, the equations of motion are solved for a high-harmonic-generation process. In addition to the expected plateau from the single-active-electron picture, the spectrum of emitted radiation features a second plateau at higher harmonic orders.     

Isolated attosecond pulse generation from atom radiated by a three-color laser pulse

We theoretically investigate high-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation from helium atom in a three-color laser field, which is synthesized by 10 fs/800 nm Ti-sapphire laser and a two-color field consisting of 30 fs/532 nm and30 fs/1330 nm pulses. Compared with harmonic spectrum generated by a monochromatic field, the harmonics generated from the synthesized three-color field show a supercontinuum spectrum with a bandwidth of 235 eV, ranging from the 154 th to the 306 th order harmonic. This phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that the ionization of atoms as well as motion of ionized electron can be effectively controlled in the three-color field. Therefore, an isolated 46-as pulse can be generated by superposing supercontinuum from the 160 th to the 210 th order harmonics.