Second harmonic generation of a self-focused Hermite-Gaussian laser in plasma

Second harmonic generation (SHG) using intense Hermite-Gaussian laser beam (HGLB) propagating through the plasma for mode-indices m = 0 and m = 1 is reported in the present work. Ponderomotive force induced density perturbation beats with the oscillatory velocity of electrons at incident laser frequency, generate the second harmonic nonlinear current that give rise to SHG. Using paraxial approximations, we have derived the coupled equations for the beam width parameter of HGLB and second harmonic's normalized amplitude. Resonance condition is obtained by considering wiggler magnetic field which providing an extra momentum to the second harmonic photon and this result a significant increase in the amplitude of SHG. Our analysis shows the prominent rise in normalized amplitude of second harmonic on increasing the value of the intensity of fundamental laser pulse, normalized wiggler magnetic field and normalized density of plasma. It is notified that the gain of SHG is more prominent for m = 1. Dependency of laser and plasma parameters on SHG is also reported in the current work.     

激光热效应对PPLN晶体倍频效率的影响

从准相位失配关系出发,研究了PPLN晶体倍频效率与温度的关系,针对温度对折射率与极化周期的影响,分析了激光热效应对准相位匹配系统谐波转换过程的影响。采用有限元分析法计算了PPLN材料内部温度分布状况,并对热效应影响下晶体内部倍频效率变化情况进行了计算。计算结果表明:在不同基频光功率密度下,在倍频过程中晶体温度及通光方向截面折射率的分布不同,在倍频晶体出射面倍频效率的分布也不同;随基频光功率密度增大,晶体整体温度与折射率增大,出射端面倍频效率分布随基频光功率密度变化而变化;与理想条件倍频系统相比,激光热效应对晶体倍频效率有一定的影响。     

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。     

Mechanisms for second harmonic generation in the interaction of a superintense ultrashort laser pulse with cluster plasma

The effects of the interaction of an intense femtosecond laser pulse with large atomic clusters are considered. The pulse intensity is of the order of 10¹⁸ W cm^?2. New effects appear when the magnetic component of the Lorentz force is taken into account. The second harmonic of laser radiation is generated. The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency is proportional to the square of the number of atoms in a cluster and the square of the laser radiation intensity. The resonance increase in the SHG efficiency at the Mie frequencies (both at the second harmonic frequency and fundamental frequency) proved to be insignificant because of the fast passage through the resonance during cluster expansion. The mechanisms of the expansion and accumulation of energy by electrons and ions in the cluster are discussed in detail. The energy accumulation by electrons mainly occurs due to stimulated inverse bremsstrahlung upon elastic reflection of the electrons from the cluster surface. The equations describing the cluster expansion take into account both the hydrodynamic pressure of heated electrons and the Coulomb explosion of the ionized cluster caused by outer shell ionization. It is assumed that both inner shell and outer shell ionization is described by the over barrier mechanism. It is shown that atomic clusters are more attractive for the generation of even harmonics than compared to solid and gas targets.     

利用椭圆高斯光束产生266nm紫外连续激光

本文采用商用532 nm激光器作为基频光源,利用偏硼酸钡(β-BBO)晶体进行外腔倍频,实现了266 nm连续激光的高效输出.文中详细模拟了BBO晶体中的束腰形状对倍频效率的影响,仿真和实验结果均表明椭圆高斯光束可以有效改善走离效应,提高倍频转换效率.通过优化蝶形倍频腔,可以使椭圆高斯光束在腔内共振,当1 W基频光输入时可输出约180 mW的266 nm紫外连续激光,倍频转换效率达到18%.     

Second Harmonic Generation in 1D Nonlinear Plasma Photonic Crystals

In this paper, a 1D nonlinear plasma photonic crystal (NPPC) structure composed of polarized ferroelectric crystals and nonlinear plasma periodic alternation is proposed. The transfer matrix method is employed to analyze the second harmonic generation (SHG) problem of this structure. In the designed NPPCs, the fundamental wave (FW) operates in the gigahertz (GHz) band and the nonlinear plasma is controlled by an external high-intensity control wave (CW). Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of different incident angles and external CW intensities on the total conversion efficiency (T-con) of the second harmonic wave (SHW). Additionally, the internal electric field distribution and incident light intensity within the nonlinear structure are analyzed. The importance of the relationship between the FW frequency and photonic band gap (PBG) in enhancing SHG is summarized. The results demonstrate that the optimal structure can be obtained by changing the structural parameters, such that the FW and SHW are tuned to the edge of the PBG. At this point, the electromagnetic field density is large, the group velocity is small, the local field is enhanced, and the nonlinear optical interaction is increased, resulting in a significant increase in the T-con of the SHW.     

LD侧面抽运Nd:YAP腔内三倍频蓝光激光器

研制了一台LD侧面抽运Nd:YAP腔内三倍频447.1 nm脉冲蓝光激光器.采用列阵高频激光二极管侧面抽运Nd:YAP晶体,使用V型折叠腔,LN晶体电光调Q,输出高峰值功率的1 341.4 nm偏振基频光.选取KTP晶体Ⅱ类临界相位匹配倍频,获得670.7 nm红光.使用LBO晶体Ⅰ类临界相位匹配把670.7 nm的倍频光与1 341.4 nm的基频光进行和频,获得三倍频447.1 nm的蓝光输出.实验结果表明：优化后的V型折叠腔,可提高非线性转换效率,在平均抽运功率92.4 W时,获得了平均功率887 mW、峰值功率17.7 kW、脉宽50 ns的偏振蓝光输出,光-光转换效率为0.96%.     

LD抽运Nd:Gd1-xYxVO4连续波激光器的实验研究

报道了一种半导体二极管(LD)抽运Nd:Gd1-xYxVO4晶体,采用简单、结构紧凑的平-平腔设计,实现了1.06 μm连续波激光输出,在8 W的注入功率下,获得3.25 W的1.06 μm连续波激光输出,光-光转换效率为41%,斜效率为45%.KTP腔内倍频实现了稳定的连续波532 nm绿光激光运转,当注入功率为8 W时,单向获得了621 mW的单模绿光输出.     

Multi-wavelength generation based on cascaded Raman scattering and self-frequency-doubling in KTA

A multi-wavelength laser is developed based on cascaded stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and self-frequency-doubling in an x-cut KTA crystal pumped by an A-O Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The generation of 1178 nm from cascaded SRS of 234 and 671 cm⁻¹ Raman modes is observed. The six wavelengths, including the fundamental 1064 nm, four Stokes waves at 1091, 1120, 1146, 1178 nm, and the second harmonic generation (SHG) of 1146 nm, are tens to hundreds of millwatts for each at 10 kHz, corresponding to a total conversion efficiency of 8.72%.     

Frequency doubling of phase-modulated femtosecond laser pulses in periodically poled and chirped nonlinear crystals

The second harmonic generation (SHG) at a wavelength of 0.8 μm by 50-and 10-fs pulses with and without phase modulation (PM) was systematically studied in LiNbO₃ crystals with regular domain structure and linearly varied domain thickness. The main results were obtained by numerical method, taking into account the difference between group velocities of interacting pulses and the group-velocity dispersion. In the approximation of the given field of the fundamental radiation, an analytical expression was derived for the spectral density of the second harmonic in the periodically poled nonlinear crystal (PPNC) under nonstationary excitation conditions. It was numerically found that the conversion efficiency of about 90% can be achieved by doubling the frequency of 50-fs laser pulses without PM in the LiNbO₃ PPNC. The maximum conversion efficiency for the SHG by PM pulses is achieved at a certain optimum chirp step in the crystal domain length, which depends on both the value and sign of frequency modulation.     

Broadband second harmonic generation in a tapered isotropic semiconductor slab using total internal reflection quasi phase matching

This paper analytically describes the concept of enhancing the bandwidth of second-harmonic generation in the mid-infrared region in an isotropic tapered semiconductor slab configuration. In this slab geometry, the lengths between successive reflection points due to total internal reflection of the incident laser radiation increase when it propagates through the slab. A computer aided simulation has been carried out to determine the possibility of generating broadband second harmonic intensity for broadband fundamental laser radiations as they are allowed to undergo total internal reflection inside the tapered isotropic semiconductor crystal slab made of either gallium arsenide (GaAs) or zinc selenide (ZnSe). The simulated results indicate wide 3 dB bandwidths of 187 nm and 196 nm in a 30 mm long tapered slab of GaAs and ZnSe respectively. The conversion efficiency, after considering the absorption and reflection losses, is quite satisfactory (≈ 1%). The effects of variations in temperature, incident angle of the fundamental laser radiations at the air-slab interface, length and tapering angle of the semiconductor slab have been studied for generated second harmonic radiations in both GaAs and ZnSe crystals. Optimising these parameters a wider broadband frequency converter with appreciable conversion efficiency can be designed.     

1560 nm连续光半导体激光器经PPLN倍频及经铷吸收光谱稳频

将激光器锁定到合适的参考频率上,可以有效地改变激光器的频率稳定性。1560 nm的分布反馈式半导体激光器,可以通过倍频锁定于铷原子吸收线上。实验中我们利用PPLN准位相匹配晶体进行倍频,当输入光为1.6 W时可以获得25 mW的倍频光,非线性转换系数为0.96%/W。我们还将激光器的频率锁定于Rb原子的吸收线上,30 s内剩余频率起伏约为±3.5 MHz。     

以一定重复频率工作的KTP倍频效率的演化规律

基于导带电子密度和材料的有效介电函数的表达式,推导了KTP晶体对532 nm光波的吸收系数. 对比研究了不同峰值功率密度和重复频率下KTP晶体的导带电子密度和532 nm吸收系数的演化规律,以及倍频转换效率的演化规律. 结果表明,随着导带电子密度的增加,KTP晶体532 nm吸收系数随之增加,其倍频转换效率随之减小;当基频光入射功率密度一定时,不同重复频率脉冲作用引起的导带电子密度存在积累效应,导致KTP晶体532 nm透过率及倍频转换效率均随着作用时间的增加呈指数形式变化,随着脉冲重复频率的增加其积累效果更加明显,但随着作用时间的增加,导带电子密度、吸收系数均趋于同一稳定值. 关键词： KTP晶体 灰迹 倍频转换效率     

Thermally induced dephasing of high power second harmonic generation in MgO:LiNbO3 waveguides

High power second harmonic generation(SHG) in MgO-doped LiNbO3 waveguides is investigated using a three-dimensional(3D) coupled thermo-optical model.Simulations performed for a 1111.6-nm fundamental laser show the in?uence of the absorptions and the thermally induced dephasing on the conversion efficiencies of the different waveguides.The onset of the thermally induced dephasing effect for each waveguide is also indicated.As a result of high light intensity in the waveguide,nonlinear absorptions are identified as the possible main factors in efficiency losses in specific cases.     

Generation of femtosecond laser pulses at 396 nm in K_3B_6O_(10)Cl crystal

K_3B_6O_(10)Cl(KBOC), a new nonlinear optical crystal, shows potential advantages for the generation of deep ultraviolet(UV) light compared with other borate crystals. In this paper we study for the first time the second harmonic generation(SHG) of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire amplifier with this crystal. Laser power is obtained to be as high as 220 m W at the central wavelength of 396 nm with a 1-mm-long crystal, and the maximum SHG conversion efficiency reaches 39.3%. The typical pulse duration is 83 fs. The results show that second harmonic(SH) conversion efficiency has the room to be further improved and that the new nonlinear crystal is very suited to generate the high efficiency deep ultraviolet laser radiation below 266 nm.     

Quadrature Frequency Conversion Scheme Using CsLiB6O10 Crystals for the Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation of High Power Nd:YAG Laser

The ability of CsLiB_6O10 (CLBO) crystals for high power second-harmonic generation (SHG) of a 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser in a quadrature arrangement was experimentally demonstrated. A 532-nm second harmonic output pulse energy of 2.25 J was obtained with 3.21 J of an input 1064-nm fundamental pulse energy at a repetition rate of 10 Hz, corresponding to a power conversion efficiency in excess of 70%.     

LiNbO3波导中切伦科夫辐射型的倍频

对条波导中切伦科夫辐射型的倍频作了简要分析，着重分析了产生切伦科夫辐射倍频的，工从实验上实现了条波导中１．０６μｍ红外光到０．５３１ｍ绿光的倍频辐射，转换效率为的０．９％，对应的输入光功率为１０ｍＷ。     

Walk off compensation, multicrystal, cascaded, single pass, second harmonic generation in LBO

Walk off compensation and multi crystal (MC) cascaded single pass second harmonic generation (SP-SHG) in LBO was combined to improve the SHG conversion efficiency. We report a simple and compact implementation for (SP-SHG) of radiation, based on a cascaded multicrystal (MC) scheme that can provide high conversion efficiency without other focusing device, the enhancement factor of 2.9 was realized. At an incident pump power of 20 W, the average power of 6.1 W and pulse width of 12 ns green laser was obtained at a repetition rate of 42.4 kHz, corresponding to a peak power of 12 kW and single pulse energy of 144 ??J. The optical to optical conversion efficiency from diode to green and from IR to green laser are about 30.5 and 67.8%, the whole length of this system is about 150 mm, the output fluctuation of this system is less than 5% in 2 h.     

Efficient Nd:Y0.5Gd0.5VO4-KTiOPO4 green laser under diode pumping into the emitting level 4F3/2

We report a green laser at 532 nm generation by intracavity frequency doubling of a continuous wave (cw) laser operation of a 1064 nm Nd:Y_0.5Gd_0.5VO₄ laser under diode pumping into the emitting level ⁴ F _3/2. A KTiOPO₄ (KTP) crystal, cut for critical type-II phase matching at room temperature is used for second harmonic generation (SHG) of the laser. At an incident pump power of 17.8 W, as high as 4.21 W of cw output power at 532 nm is achieved. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is up to 23.6%, and the fluctuation of the green output power was better than 2.8% in the given 30 min.     

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％。