基于多形貌银纳米颗粒的多波长相干随机激光研究

采用溶剂热法分别制备了球形银纳米颗粒和多形貌银纳米颗粒,其中球形银纳米颗粒具有400 nm的窄带等离激元共振峰,而多形貌银纳米颗粒的共振区间在400～700 nm之间,将它们分别掺入R6G与PVP的混合溶液中,利用旋涂法在玻璃基板上制备银纳米颗粒嵌入染料掺杂聚合物薄膜随机激光器。采用纳秒脉冲激光进行随机激光泵浦实验,实验结果表明球形银纳米颗粒染料掺杂聚合物薄膜只有自发辐射峰,而多形貌银纳米颗粒染料掺杂聚合物薄膜具有线宽<0.8 nm的相干随机激光发射光谱,其阈值为1.9 mJ·cm-2, 这可能是由于银纳米颗粒的等离激元共振区间与R6G的发射光谱重叠,支持局域等离激元效应的形成,明显的局域场增强有效地改善了与附近分子的相互作用,从而激发了更多的辐射光子,促进了高增益的形成。进一步,利用多形貌银纳米颗粒在银纳米颗粒染料掺杂聚合物薄膜中随机分布的特性,通过改变泵浦位置,实现了20 nm范围内的随机激光输出波长的调控,具体输出范围为590.1～610.4 nm。认为这是由于多形貌银纳米颗粒在不同位置的组成和分布不同,改变了表面等离激元的相互作用和光子的散射能力,从而形成不同的增益效应和不同的封闭光振荡路径。此外,考虑到多形貌银纳米颗粒的共振波长较宽,探究了其用于输出其他颜色光的可能性。以与上述银纳米颗粒R6G染料掺杂聚合物薄膜相似的制备方法,制备了多形貌银纳米颗粒掺杂DCJTB染料聚合物薄膜,并且进行随机激光泵浦实验。结果表明,可以有效的产生波长为675 nm,半高宽<0.8 nm的相干红光随机激光,并且阈值仅为0.98 mJ·cm-2。研究结果在宽带可调谐随机激光器研究以及多色随机激光器研究领域具有重要的参考价值。     

Emission of electromagnetic pulses from laser wakefields through linear mode conversion

Powerful coherent emission around the plasma oscillation frequency can be produced from a laser wakefield through linear mode conversion. This occurs when the laser pulse is incident obliquely to the density gradient of inhomogeneous plasmas. The emission spectrum and conversion efficiency are obtained analytically, which are in agreement with particle-in-cell simulations. The emission can be tuned to be a radiation source in the terahertz region and with field strengths as large as a few GV/m, suitable for high-field applications. The emission also provides a simple way to measure the wakefield produced for particle acceleration.     

Refractive-index saturation-mediated multiple line emission in polymer thin-film distributed-feedback lasers

We report experimental and theoretical investigations of multiple laser-line emission in a distributed-feedback dye laser pumped by two coherent optical beams. We have used a Lloyd interferometer configuration with second- and third-order Bragg reflections to study the interaction between the two incident pumps in an organic thin film. We demonstrated theoretically that the number of laser emission lines can be interpreted with reference to the saturation effect in the refractive index.     

金属杂质粒子诱导薄膜的损伤机理研究

薄膜内的杂质粒子极易诱导薄膜损伤,研究了金属粒子诱导HfO₂薄膜损伤的特征,并基于金属粒子的热力学过程进行了分析。金属粒子对激光的强烈吸收将引起薄膜的熔化、气化以及电离,从而引起薄膜的剥离和脱落,形成圆状坑点;金属粒子对激光的吸收、热扩散以及热膨胀效应与其尺寸等密切相关;从温升规律分析,在相同激光能量辐照下,粒子大小引起的温升不同,从而形成大小不一的点坑状破坏点,且存在一个温升效应最强的粒径,最易引起薄膜的损伤;从金属粒子激光等离子体的辐射效应分析,金属粒子的辐射谱主要集中在紫外部分,辐射光子能量比入射激光光子能量强,具有更强的电离能力,从而加剧了薄膜的去除。     

ZnO薄膜的激光辐照效应研究

研究了KrF准分子激光辐照对ZnO薄膜的本征缺陷.紫外（UV）发光以及表面形貌的影响,并对室温下ZnO的UV发射机理进行了详细探讨.结果表明激光辐照打断了薄膜内Zn—O键,氧空位（锌填隙）增多,导致表面电阻率下降,载流子浓度升高,调节激光辐照能量密度,可在较大范围内调控ZnO薄膜中的施主缺陷浓度;同时在激光热效应作用下,薄膜晶粒熔融长大,表面粗糙度大大降低;室温下ZnO薄膜的UV发光包括自由激子复合发光（FX）及其声子伴线（FX-LO）,缺陷浓度决定了FX与FX-LO的相对强度比,进而影响UV发射峰的强度以及位置.因此,激光辐照可以快速、有效地对ZnO薄膜内的缺陷浓度进行调控,从而控制其室温下的UV发射强度,这对于提高ZnO基光电器件的性能具有重要意义. 关键词： ZnO薄膜 激光辐照 紫外发光 缺陷浓度     

硅掺杂铝镓氮薄膜场发射性能研究

利用脉冲激光沉积,分别制备了一系列不同Si掺杂浓度的铝镓氮(AlGaN)薄膜.对此薄膜进行场致电子发射测试表明,Si掺杂浓度为1％的AlGaN薄膜具有最好的场发射特性.相对于非掺杂样品,其场发射电流明显增加,场发射开启电场显著降低.掺杂带来载流子浓度的提升,为场发射提供足够的电子源,使样品的场发射性能提升.但掺杂浓度的进一步提高,薄膜缺陷增加,电子迁移率降低,其薄膜内部电子输运能力降低大于电子浓度的增加对场电子发射的贡献,导致场发射性能开始变差.     

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis: Enhanced Detection of Transparent Materials

This study proposes a novel and simple in-house design of a nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) device for the online characterization of nanoparticles in an aqueous solution. The particle size distribution of two sets of model nanoparticles, for example, transparent (SiO₂) and opaque (TiO₂) materials with respect to water as a dispersion medium could be successfully analyzed. Experiments are conducted using two different laser wavelengths of 632.8 (red) and 510 nm (green) and a range of concentrations. The accuracy of the green laser is larger compared to the red laser for all particle concentrations used. The measured average diameter using the presented in-house NTA setup is in the acceptable range compared to the electron microscopy data. The average diameter of the transparent (SiO₂) and opaque (TiO₂) samples is calculated as 36.29 and 27.26 nm using NTA, 36.44 and 27.8 nm analyzing field emission scanning electron microscopy images, and 23.97 and 19.7 nm analyzing transmission electron microscopy images. In the new viewing sample holder, nanoparticles undergo mere Brownian motion with no bulk drift velocity. The effect of solid concentration and wavelength of the laser light on the performance of the NTA sensor is investigated, and the optimal concentration range for model particles is reported.     

UV laser irradiation of IR laser generated particles ablated from nitrobenzyl alcohol

Particles generated by 2.94 μm pulsed IR laser ablation of liquid 3-nitrobenzyl alcohol were irradiated with a 351 nm UV laser 3.5 mm above and parallel to the sample target. The size and concentration of the ablated particles were measured with a light scattering particle sizer. The application of the UV laser resulted in a reduction in the average particle size by one-half and an increase in the total particle concentration by a factor of nine. The optimum delay between the IR and UV lasers was between 16 and 26 μs and was dependent on the fluence of the IR laser: higher fluence led to a more rapid appearance of particulate. The ejection velocity of the particle plume, as determined by the delay time corresponding to the maximum two-laser particle concentration signal, was 130 m/s at 1600 J/m² IR laser fluence and increased to 220 m/s at 2700 J/m². The emission of particles extended for several ms. The observations are consistent with a rapid phase change and emission of particulate, followed by an extended emission of particles ablated from the target surface.     

简并量子拍激光

Λ和V型系统都由于原子相干性既可显示无反转有激光又可显示有反转无激光。原子相消干涉可抑制Λ型激光的相位噪声,相长干涉则可抑制V型激光的相位噪声。 关键词：     

Stationary entanglement between two spatially separated atoms driven by a coherent laser field

This paper studies quantum entanglement between two spatially separated atoms driven by a coherent laser field in the dissipative process of spontaneous emission. It is shown that the entanglement strongly depends on the detuning of the laser frequency from atomic transition frequency, the interatomic separation and the Rabi frequency of the coherent laser field. A considerable amount of steady state entanglement can be obtained near Δ=-α (i.e., the dipole--dipole interaction and the detuning cancel out mutually) for small atomic separation and large Rabi frequency of the coherent laser field.     

Photoinduced formation and aggregation of silver nanoparticles at the surface of carboxymethylcellulose films

Formation and aggregation of photolytic silver nanoparticles at the surface of silver salt of carboxymethylcellulose films (CMCAg films) have been investigated. Detailed X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study and field emission type scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) observation have been carried out to characterize silver nanoparticles at the film surface. When the CMCAg films were irradiated with UV light in wet air at room temperature for 30–60 min, silver nanoparticles of ca. 10 nm size were formed at the irradiated surface. According to the FE-SEM observation, the growth of the particle diameter and aggregation of nanoparticles took place after prolonged irradiation, and finally, the irradiated side of the film surface was densely covered with the silver nanoparticles of ca. 35 nm size. Chemical composition analysis by the XPS measurements has confirmed the increase in the atomic concentration of silver with irradiation time. It is suggested that silver atoms and clusters can move in the film and precipitate at the irradiated surface.     

Preparation of nanocone ZnO thin film and its aging effect of photoluminescence

In this work, a nanocone ZnO thin film was prepared by electron beam evaporation on a Si (1 0 0) substrate. The structural properties of the film were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy and laser Raman scattering, respectively. The aging effect of the nanocone ZnO thin film was studied by photoluminescence spectra. The structural analyses show that the prepared ZnO thin film has a hexagonal wurtzite structure and is preferentially oriented along the c-axis perpendicular to the substrate surface. The photoluminescence spectra show that with the increase of aging time, the green emission of the nanocone ZnO thin film gradually decreases while the ultraviolet emission somewhat increases. The reason for this phenomenon is likely that the green-emission-related oxygen vacancies in the film are gradually filled up. The Raman scattering analyses also suggest that the intensity of the Raman peak related to oxygen vacancies in the nanocone ZnO thin film declines after the film is aged in air for a year. Therefore, the authors think the green emission is mainly connected with oxygen vacancy defects.     

Light emitting CdS quantum dots in PMMA: Synthesis and optical studies

Freshly prepared CdS-quantum dots (QDs) in DMF (clear pale solution) when loaded in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) lead to excellent optical properties. The tuning of the absorption and emission wavelengths via experimentally control parameters is considered novel and significant. The absorption band for CdS was observed at about 370 nm in polymeric matrix. The blue, green and orange light emissions from such composite solution were tuned and stabilized by simply varying the concentration of CdS, cadmium and sulphur in the final product. Photoluminescence (PL) measurement with 2% CdS loading showed band-edge emissions from the composite with only about 20-25 nm Stokes shift in emission wavelength. Observation of such optical properties indicated that the composite has narrow particle size distribution and particle diameter may well be below 10 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the film with higher loading of CdS showed broad pattern for hexagonal CdS. Thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) of CdS/PMMA composite film revealed that it has better thermal stability than PMMA alone. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed agglomerated tiny dots in nano-meter regime.     

Random laser from engineered nanostructures obtained by surface tension driven lithography

The random laser emission from the functionalized thienyl‐S,S‐dioxide quinquethiophene (T5OCx) in confined patterns with different shapes is demonstrated. Functional patterning of the light emitter organic material in well defined features is obtained by spontaneous molecular self‐assembly guided by surface tension driven (STD) lithography. Such controlled supramolecular nano‐aggregates act as scattering centers allowing the fabrication of one‐component organic lasers with no external resonator and with desired shape and efficiency. Atomic force microscopy shows that different geometric pattern with different supramolecular organization obtained by the lithographic process tailors the coherent emission properties by controlling the distribution and the size of the random scatterers.     

Polydispersed Powders (Nd3+:YVO4) for Ultra Efficient Random Lasers

Random lasers hold the potential for cheap, coherent light sources that can be miniaturized and molded into any shape with several other added benefits such as speckle‐free imaging; however, they require improvements specifically in terms of efficiency. This paper details for the first time a strategy for increasing the efficiency of a random laser that consists in using smaller particles, trapped between large particles to serve as absorption and gain centers whereas the large particles control mainly the light diffusion into the sample. Measurements of backscattering cone, sample absorption, reflection, and laser emission are used to determine the samples' transport mean free path, fill fractions, laser efficiency, and the average photon path lengths inside the scattering medium for backscattered pump photons. A record slope efficiency of 50% is reached by optimizing pump photon diffusion and absorption in a powder pellet composed by a polydispersed particle size distribution (smaller particles between bigger ones) from a grinded and sieved 1.33 mol% yttrium vanadate doped with neodymium crystal with mean particle size of 54 µ m.     

相干谐波辐射的测量方法和系统

 研究了光学速调管自发辐射谱,其调制率已达0.80,即将进行相干谐波辐射实验。介绍了相干谐波辐射实验的主要考虑因素、相干增强因子的测量方法和测量系统以及种子激光与电子束的准直和同步。     

一种新的非相干-相干光学转换方法

报道了一种新的非相干-相干光学转换方法,该方法是基于对介质中光致双折射的局部擦除.所用样品为一种含偶氮基侧链聚合物液晶薄膜,该液晶薄膜具有显着的光致双折射和永久光学存储特性.将样品放置在两块相互正交的偏振片之间,用线偏振光在样品中产生稳定的双折射,然后通过入射的非相干图象进行局部地擦除,相干图象由一束He-Ne激光读出.所得相干图象为入射的非相干图象的负片.     

Amplified spontaneous emission and power amplification in high-power DF laser systems

Amplified spontaneous emission （ASE） always occurs in high-power DF laser systems with master oscillator-power amplifier （MOPA） configuration. ASE not only reduces the energy extraction efficiency of the laser system, but also negatively influences its heat management. The interaction between the ASE flux and the coherent laser flux, as well as the effect of ASE on cuboid DF amplifiers, is studied using a finite difference method and an iterative arithmetic. In addition, the influence of ASE on coherent laser amplification is discussed in detail.     

Simulation of thermionic emission optimization in femtosecond laser irradiation metal film by two-layer structure

The thermionic emission of the single-layer gold thin film and the two-layer film was assembled by gold padded with other metals (Ag, Cu, and Ni) and irradiated by the femtosecond laser pulse. Additionally, the emission was simulated by a two-temperature model combined with the Richardson–Dushman equation. It was found that the two-layer metal structure can change the electron temperature of the gold surface and control the thermionic emission compared with the single-layer gold film. With the same laser fluence, the two-layer film structure may shorten the duration of thermionic emission, and the duration of the thermionic emission can be further optimized by changing the proportion of thin film thickness with gold layer in the two-layer structure. The result can be especially beneficial in the context of ultrafast electron emission induced by femtosecond laser.     

Photoluminescence of ZnO nanoparticles generated by laser ablation in deionized water

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized using pulsed laser ablation of a Zn metal plate in deionized water without using surfactant. The beam of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser of 1064-nm and 532-nm wavelengths at 6-ns pulse width and different fluences is employed to irradiate the solid target in water. Transmission electron microscopy images revealed that the size of the ZnO nanoparticles formed by the 532-nm wavelength laser beam is smaller than that of the nanoparticles generated by the 1064-nm wavelength laser beam. The room-temperature photoluminescence spectra of the ZnO nanoparticles show intense violet emission along with emission in blue and green bands. The excellent ultraviolet emission indicates that the ZnO nanostructures have a low defect concentration.