Analysis of broadband third harmonic generation with non-collinear angular dispersion in KDP crystals

A new scheme with non-collinear sum frequency generation (SFG) process of broadband third harmonic generation (THG) with two KDP crystals (one doubler and one mixer) using angular dispersion was proposed. The principle of broadband harmonic generation with non-collinear angular dispersion was presented. The comparison between the schemes of non-collinear and collinear SFG process was performed. The effects of the angular dispersion on the conversion efficiency, the pulse shape and the spectrum of the third harmonic field were discussed. The results show that, if proper angular dispersion is added to the fundamental and the second harmonic field outside the mixing KDP crystal, respectively, the broadband third harmonic conversion efficiency can be improved significantly. However, the difficulty of this scheme arises due to the requirement of two gratings with different angular dispersion outside the mixer. With the new scheme, it can be simpler that only one grating is needed to realize the broadband phase matching in the non-collinear SFG process. Although the fundamental and the second harmonic field inside the mixing crystal are non-collinear except the center wavelength, a blazing grating with proper angular dispersion for the fundamental field (twice as that for second harmonic field) can yield the well compensation for phase mismatching in the SFG process. Consequently, the conversion efficiency and the characteristics of the third harmonic field for the broadband third harmonic generation can be improved significantly.     

啁啾脉冲堆积的宽带整形脉冲三倍频方案分析

针对啁啾脉冲堆积方法获得的宽带整形激光脉冲，采用KDP晶体Ⅰ／Ⅱ类角度失谐的三倍频方案，定量分析了影响其三倍频转换效率的主要因素，并对三倍频前后的时间波形及频谱分布进行了比较分析。在此基础上，与时间相位调制的宽带整形脉冲三倍频的相应结果进行了比较。研究结果表明，对于啁啾脉冲堆积方法获得的宽带整形激光脉冲，在实现较高的三倍频转换效率的同时，其时间波形和频谱分布基本保持不变。对于具有相同带宽和波形的时间位相调制整形脉冲，其三倍频转换效率明显低于啁啾脉冲堆积宽带整形脉冲。     

晶体级联方式宽带三倍频方案的参数优化

 针对时间位相调制的宽带激光,采用分步离散傅里叶变换及四阶龙格－库塔算法进行数值模拟计算。讨论了采用KDP晶体级联方式时,入射基频光的光强、带宽以及晶体厚度对三倍频转换效率的影响。对采用一块РⅠ类二倍频晶体、一块Ⅱ类和一块Ⅰ类双混频晶体的级联宽带三倍频方式进行了晶体参数的优化。研究结果表明,使用两块级联的KDP晶体作为混频晶体,不仅能有效地提高带宽较宽条件下三倍频光的转换效率,还可以显著增大宽带三倍频的动态范围。经优化后,带宽1.11 nm时入射基频光强在3～8 GW/cm²范围内的三倍频转换效率可保持在60％～70％,比采用单倍频单混频方案时增大了30％～40％。     

超短强激光作用下空气的三次谐波辐射

进行了飞秒强激光与自由空气和充气毛细管相互作用产生三次谐波的实验研究，成功地获得了功率达0.17GW、重复频率为10Hz的紫外三次谐波信号，谐波的转换效率达到0.04%。对自由空气和充气毛细管中的谐波转换效率和谐波空间分布特性进行了比较。实验表明微毛细管虽然使谐波转换效率略有降低，但能有效地改善谐波的空间分布，使其更好地满足实际应用的需要。     

Third harmonic generation by ultrashort laser pulses tightly focused in air

The influence of focusing conditions (numerical apertures from 0.004 to 0.06) on absolute energetic characteristics of third harmonic generation (THG) in air was experimentally studied for pumping 1R (744 nm wavelength) femtosecond laser pulses. THG was observed both for sub-critical and super-critical laser pulses in the linear and non-linear propagation modes, respectively. The maximum THG efficiency of 1.6 × 10⁻³ was obtained in our experiments at the tight focusing conditions and the sub-critical pulse powers.     

高效腔外频率变换紫外激光器

 为了得到高效的腔外频率变换355 nm紫外激光输出,提出了一种利用３块LBO作为非线性频率变换晶体的新方案。采用LD端面泵浦Nd：YAG声光Q开关激光器作为基波源,当入射泵浦功率为25 W、调制频率12 kHz时,获得了6.2 W的1 064 nm激光输出,经过非线性频率变换后,获得了2.7 W的紫外355 nm激光输出,光-光转换率43.4%。     

Investigation on high efficiency temporal phase modulated broadband second harmonic laser

In this paper, it is the first time to experimentally demonstrate the second harmonic generation (SHG) of temporal phase modulated broadband laser. The SHG conversion efficiency and the characteristic of SHG spectrum are investigated in detail and the relation between SHG conversion efficiency and incident fundamental light intensity is obtained. The highest efficiency of nearly 70% is achieved at the fundamental pulse intensity of 1.6 GW/cm². The experimental results show that the SHG spectrum widths under high and low intensity are both half of the incident fundamental lights, and don’t result in the spectrum narrowing. The obtained results are very useful for operation at the second harmonic wavelength in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) laser facility.     

High efficiency generation of 355 nm radiation by extra-cavity frequency conversion

High efficiency extra-cavity third harmonic generation (THG) of 355 nm has been developed. A laser diode (LD) end-pumped, acoustic-optical Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used as the fundamental wave source. With an input pump power of 25 W, average power of 6.75 W at 1064 nm was generated with the repetition rate 12 kHz and pulse duration 10 ns. Using the extra-cavity frequency conversion of three critical phase match (CPM) LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystals, 3.2 W third harmonic radiation at 355 nm was obtained. The optical-to-optical (1064 nm to 355 nm) conversion efficiency was up to 47.4%.     

双波长双脉冲激光三次谐波的产生方法

提出双波长双脉冲激光产生三次谐波的方法。波长不同的两脉冲激光束由反射使它们合拢后通过两块非线性的BBO晶体 ,激光脉冲第一次通过BBO晶体产生两波长的二次谐波 (SHG) ,它们由各自的反射镜反射再次通过BBO又产生了二次谐波 ,这两次产生的二次谐波和基波通过用于产生三次谐波的BBO晶体可产生双波长的三次谐波 ,它们由 45°斜置的耦合镜输出。文中分析了满足二次谐波和三次谐波的四个相位匹配的条件 ,该方法也可用于腔内双波长双脉冲的三次谐波激光的产生 ,给出了相应的实验结果。     

Idler-free photonic microwave mixer using a broadband optical source and cascaded phase modulators

A method of all-optical microwave mixing and bandpass filtering is proposed to achieve idler-free RF frequency conversion based on cascaded phase modulation of a broadband optical source. The variable optical carrier time-shift method is employed to selectively generate the desired RF mixing components and highly suppress the other idler frequencies. An experimental system that can perform idler-free fundamental and harmonic RF upconversions is demonstrated, and the conversion efficiency is investigated both theoretically and experimentally.     

局域表面等离激元诱导的三次谐波增强效应

本文研究了二维金三角形纳米颗粒阵列的三次谐波非线性光学效应. 金三 角纳米颗粒阵列是基于微球刻印技术制成. 采用反射式光学系统, 观察到该纳米结构在光谱分辨的飞秒激光照射下产生明显的三次谐波. 研究表明, 当激光抽运频率接近金纳米颗粒的局域表面等离激元共振位置时, 三次谐波信号得到增强; 三次谐波辐射方向满足动量匹配条件. 关键词： 微球刻印 三次谐波产生 表面等离激元     

Enhanced Third-Order Nonlinearity in Semiconductors Giving Rise to 1 THz Radiation

Third harmonic generation (THG) efficiency is shown to be a greatly enhanced at the onset of inelastic scattering of electrons on optic phonons. Scaling experiments are performed on n-type InP at the pump wave frequency of 9.43 GHz at 80 K. Monte Carlo modeling is employed for scaling the effect to the 3rd harmonic frequency of 1 THz. The THG efficiency in n-type GaAs and InP as well as in the wurtzite phase of n-type InN and GaN compound crystals is compared to that in n-type Si. The efficiency maximum is found to weaken due to the quasi-elastic scattering on acoustic phonons and elastic scattering on ionized impurities. Nevertheless, the THG efficiency at 1 THz in InP crystals cooled down to liquid nitrogen temperatures is predicted to be 2 orders of magnitude higher than the reference value of 0.1% experimentally recorded up to now in n-type Si.     

Impact of spatial modulation on the third harmonic wave propagation and far-field focal spot in frequency conversion system

Third harmonic generation (THG) of high power laser is discussed in KDP crystals utilized in frequency conversion systems of large laser facilities. The far-field focal spot of the third harmonic wave is presented based on numerical simulation of the nonlinear coupled-wave equations, in which the walk-off and paraxial diffraction are taken into account and the electric field of the fundamental wave (1053 nm, 1ω) pulse is phase and amplitude modulated in spatial domain. Impact of the modulation depth and frequency on the focal spot energy, the side lobes location and conversion efficiency are analyzed in detail. The results show that the side lobes location is equivalently determined by the modulation frequency of both phase modulation and amplitude modulation, while the energy-concentration is decreased mostly because of the 1ω modulation depth. Relatively, the phase modulation plays a more important role than the amplitude modulation in decreasing main lobe energy for different reasons. The phase modulation makes the energy flowing from the main lobe to side lobes, while amplitude modulation not only makes the energy flowing but also decreases tripling efficiency significantly.     

基于空间啁啾的宽带激光倍频技术

提出一种新型的宽带倍频方案，利用时空耦合效应将宽带的时间啁啾光转换成空间啁啾光，采用多块晶体并联、各晶体独立调谐的技术途径对空间啁啾光进行谐波转换，因此倍频效率与窄带激光倍频相当。理论研究表明，采用KDP晶体I类位相匹配，对中心波长为1 053 nm的宽带基频光实现了带宽约30 nm、转换效率大于60%的高效率宽带二倍频。而且倍频光仍为线性啁啾宽带光，具备可压缩性。     

Design of the Seed Source for High Power KrF Excimer Laser System

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不同波长三倍频DKDP晶体的激光损伤

采用传统降温法,利用高纯原料从氘化程度为80%的溶液生长了四方相磷酸二氘钾(DKDP)晶体,并按Ⅱ类三倍频方式切割晶体。三倍频用DKDP晶体的最大问题在于其抗光伤阈值低于KDP晶体,严重限制了激光输出的能量密度和晶体使用寿命。考察了不同波长下三倍频DKDP晶体的损伤阈值,以及激光退火效应。实验表明,激光退火对于DKDP晶体的损伤阈值有显著的提升作用,基频、倍频、三倍频的提升效果分别达到1.4,1.9,2.7倍,是改善DKDP晶体抗光伤能力的有效途径。     

Generation of femtosecond laser pulses at 263 nm by K_3B_6O_(10)Cl crystal

The third harmonic generation(THG) of a linear cavity Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier by use of a K_3B_6O_(10)Cl(KBOC) crystal is studied for the first time. Output power up to 5.9 mW is obtained at a central wavelength of 263 nm,corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 4.5% to the second harmonic power. Our results show a tremendous potential for nonlinear frequency conversion into the deep ultraviolet range with the new crystal and the output laser power can be further improved.     

Spectra of secondary emission during generation of optical harmonics in globular photonic crystals

Secondary emission spectra of globular silica photonic crystals when their surfaces were exposed to laser pulses 250 fs long at a power density to 1 TW/cm² have been studied. Optical harmonics and plasma emission were detected in this case. For the opal matrix containing pores filled with air, in the reflection mode, the third optical harmonic with a conversion efficiency of ～10% arises. The highest conversion efficiency for exciting radiation with wavelengths of 1026 or 513 nm is implemented when the frequencies of the exciting radiation or the second harmonic are near the stop band edge. In globular photonic crystals filled with sodium nitrite or barium titanate ferroelectrics, the second optical harmonic is observed. The exciting radiation conversion efficiency to the second optical harmonic was a few percent and depended on the frequency of exciting radiation and photonic crystal globule diameters. It is found that the plasma emission intensity increases with the exciting radiation power density. The dependences of the intensity of the second and third optical harmonics on the pump intensity are constructed for various photonic crystal globule diameters.     

Generation of the third harmonic of near IR femtosecond laser radiation tightly focused into the bulk of a transparent dielectric in the regime of plasma formation

The generation of the third harmonic of femtosecond laser radiation with a wavelength of 1.24 μm tightly focused into the bulk of fused silica was simulated numerically for the regime with light intensity of 3 × 10¹³ W/cm², which is extreme for solid bodies. The efficiency of third harmonic generation (THG) was found to be restricted to 0.1% in the regime of plasma formation. This is determined by two competitive processes: a decrease of THG efficiency due to an increase of wave detuning and an increase of THG efficiency due to a growth of focusing asymmetry. In an isotropic medium, determination of the threshold of plasma formation by use of the third harmonic signal is shown to be a more sensitive method as compared with the standard scheme of nonlinear transmittance detection.     

La2CaB10O19晶体高效紫外激光输出研究

La2CaB10O19(LCB)为可通过Nd∶YAG激光三倍频产生355 nm紫外激光的非线性光学晶体,其光学性能可与商用化的LiB 3O 5(LBO)晶体媲美,但抗潮解特性优势明显。本文对用LCB晶体实现355 nm紫外激光输出的三倍频产生过程进行了优化设计,利用走离补偿方法来提高激光输出转换效率。通过在光路中加入沿θ=45°方向切割、厚度为1.2 mm的方解石晶体走离补偿片,在脉冲宽度为60 ns、重复频率10 kHz的激光参数下实现355 nm输出功率由12 W提升至20 W;在脉冲宽度为25 ps、重复频率为10 Hz的激光参数下355 nm转换效率由28.3%提升至35.2%。