光学参变啁啾脉冲放大相位失配啁啾脉冲频谱整形新方法

相位匹配是实现高效光学参变啁啾脉冲放大(OPCPA)能量转换的关键之一,通过对几种常用非线性晶体的光学参变啁啾脉冲放大过程进行数值模拟研究,结果表明一定程度的相位失配不但能增加光学参变啁啾脉冲放大增益带宽,而且会使啁啾脉冲光谱强度分布中间凹陷。提出利用光学参变啁啾脉冲放大相位失配放大作为啁啾脉冲频谱整形的新方法,通过理论分析和模拟计算,找到了光学参变啁啾脉冲放大相位失配啁啾脉冲频谱整形效果的控制量;并对几种常用非线性晶体在简并、近简并、非简并等条件下的光学参变啁啾脉冲放大相位失配放大特性进行了比较。     

啁啾脉冲激光放大的数值分析

 从Maxwell波动方程出发,建立了描述脉冲在啁啾放大系统中传播的非线性薛定谔方程;采用数值计算,系统地分析研究了放大过程中的各种效应对脉冲的影响,给出了啁啾脉冲在频域、时域内及放大压缩后脉冲信噪比的动态演化特征;讨论了展宽器附加色散量在放大过程中的影响。     

BBO-I非共线光学参变啁啾脉冲放大增益带宽的实验研究

以纳秒级调Q倍频的Nd:YAG激光器为抽运源,以自锁模钛宝石激光器输出并经光栅展宽的800nm啁啾脉冲为信号光,实验研究了其宽带BBO－I非共线相位匹配光学啁啾脉冲放大（OPCPA）的增益谱,研究结果表明,非共线夹角的变化对BBO－I非共线相位匹配光学参变啁啾脉冲放大的增益谱有很大的影响。     

色散缓变光纤中初始啁啾对超高斯脉冲传输特性的影响

从非线性薛定谔方程出发,采用变分法,导出了色散缓变光纤中超高斯脉冲参数随传输距离的演化方程组及其解,讨论了初始啁啾对色散缓变光纤中超高斯脉冲传输特性的影响.求出了振幅与脉宽、频率与啁啾、脉宽与啁啾之间的三个解析约束关系,得出了脉宽随传输距离演化的解析解,用龙格-库塔法进行数值求解描绘了初始啁啾和脉冲前后沿锐度对呈指数变化的色散缓变光纤中超高斯脉冲的脉宽的影响.结果表明:初始嘣啾、色散缓变和脉冲前后沿锐度对超高斯脉冲的振幅、脉宽、唰啾和相位有直接影响,脉冲前后沿锐度对超高斯脉冲中心位置没有影响,超高斯脉冲传输过程中会产生唰啾,但脉冲中心的等效频率保持为常数.     

啁啾高斯脉冲光束在正色散介质中的自聚焦特性

 采用分步法结合Hankel变换对修正薛定谔方程进行数值求解,通过数值计算对飞秒脉冲在非线性正色散介质中的自聚焦特性进行了简要分析。在此基础上,针对啁啾脉冲放大系统(CPA)中的啁啾高斯脉冲,对其全光束自聚焦特性进行了计算模拟和分析讨论。研究结果表明,群速度色散(GVD)对大啁啾脉冲的影响很小,谱宽对自聚集的影响可以忽略。因此,具有大啁啾的脉冲在非线性正色散介质中的自聚焦特性不同于飞秒脉冲,而与纳秒脉冲相似。     

类明孤子在光纤中传输特性的变分研究

应用变分法,研究了微扰对类明孤子在光纤巾非线性传输特性的影响,导出了类明孤子脉冲参量演化的动力学方程。它统一了在单模光纤、色散缓变光纤或色散控制光纤中类明孤子脉冲参量演化的动力学方程。在此基础上,计算了色散缓变光纤中的线性高阶色散微扰。结果表明：线性高阶色散对类明孤子脉冲的位置和相位有影响,而对振幅、宽度和啁啾没有影响;光纤色散缓变对类明孤子脉冲的所有参量均有影响。     

高功率钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统光谱整形

增益窄化效应限制了啁啾脉冲放大系统输出的最短脉冲宽度,需要对注入放大系统的种子啁啾脉冲进行光谱整形,以保证放大后的啁啾脉冲光具有足够的带宽并满足特定的光谱分布.理论上假定放大后啁啾脉冲的光谱分布为高斯分布或超高斯分布,对"百焦耳级钕玻璃啁啾脉冲放大系统"进行逆运算.研究发现,所需种子啁啾光的能量、带宽以及压缩后脉冲的信噪比都与该分布密切相关.通过光谱整形,使放大后的啁啾脉冲光的光谱分布为二阶超高斯分布.能够获得小于400 fs高信噪比的超短脉冲输出,此时所需种子啁啾脉冲能量仅为33μJ,带宽14 nm,在装置前级注入能力的范围之内.为百焦耳装置光谱整形实验的开展提供了理论指导.     

超短脉冲在光学介质中传输的B积分特性

 从非线性薛定谔方程出发,利用分步傅里叶算法对其进行求解,数值模拟了在超短脉冲激光系统中几种光学介质中的B积分传输规律,并对其特性进行了简要分析。数值计算结果表明,初始脉冲的输入光强与光学介质的增益系数的增大会使B积分值增加。脉冲形状对B积分值有一定影响,与飞秒高斯脉冲比较,当输入为ps级的啁啾脉冲时,B积分较小。针对所选计算模型,适当的群速色散与高阶色散可以减小B积分值。这对超短脉冲放大系统的设计有参考意义。     

大口径啁啾脉冲放大激光系统光的谱剪切分析

啁啾脉冲放大（CPA）技术为获得拍瓦级峰值功率和102^20W／cm^2高峰值聚焦功率密度提供了技术手段，从而使“快点火”成为可能。啁啾脉冲放大的原理是：超短脉冲激光先经过展宽器展宽，再进入放大器放大，最后放大脉冲经过压缩器压缩输出超短脉冲。展宽器和压缩器均由光栅对构成，展宽器通过引入正色散获得正啁啾脉冲，压缩器与展宽器共轭引入负色散补偿正啁啾获得超短脉冲输出。啁啾脉冲在展宽、放大和压缩中存在光谱剪切（或称光谱变化）和高阶分布，从而对输出脉冲时空特性产生影响。     

色散平坦渐减光纤中非线性啁啾脉冲的传输及超连续谱的产生

基于非线性薛定谔方程,数值研究了色散平坦渐减光纤中非线性啁啾脉冲的传输及超连续谱的产生。研究结果表明,初始啁啾对脉冲传输及超连续谱产生的影响与泵浦条件和光纤参量的选取有很大关系。当色散平坦渐减光纤具有小的归一化二次色散系数时,适当的正啁啾能显著增强超连续谱的带宽,而负啁啾和太大的正啁啾抑制超连续谱的带宽。能增强超连续谱带宽的正啁啾有一个较宽的范围,但随着输入脉冲孤子阶数的降低,该范围将变窄。当色散平坦渐减光纤具有大的归一化二次色散系数同时输入脉冲为低阶孤子时,初始啁啾对超连续谱带宽的增强效果不明显,初始啁啾接近为0时可产生最宽的超连续谱。     

基于光束偏转的扫描式宽带光参量啁啾脉冲放大

光参量啁啾脉冲放大(OPCPA)是超短激光脉冲领域的重要技术之一,增大增益带宽对提高OPCPA的转换效率、实现宽带光参量放大具有重要的意义.本文将光束偏转和非共线OPCPA有机结合,提出了基于光束偏转的扫描式宽带OPCPA模型.分析了通过光束偏转来时刻改变非共线角,以保证各频率成分的相位匹配,从而增大增益带宽的基本原理.采用提出的扫描式宽带OPCPA,针对800 nm中心波长、带宽约为100 nm信号光的光参量放大进行了数值计算.结果表明:经过扫描式OPCPA后,信号光的带宽与放大之前几乎相同,光谱没有窄化;扫描式OPCPA比固定非共线角方式的放大极大地增加了增益带宽和转换效率,实现了宽带的光参量放大;要满足信号光各频率成分的相位匹配,达到最大的增益带宽和转换效率,需要尽量减小加载到钽铌酸钾(KTa_(1-x) Nb_xO_3, KTN)电光晶体上的电压抖动和电压延时.     

Demonstration of highly efficient broadband amplification in a optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier system

We have demonstrated highly efficient broadband amplification by an optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) system that uses high energy seed pulses. The OPCPA consists of three type I B-barium borate (BBO) crystals pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. We successfully amplified the microjoule level seed pulses to 78 mJ with a pump-to-signal optical conversion efficiency of 26% at a 10 Hz repetition rate. To our knowledge these results represent the most optically efficient OPCPA to date pumped by a typical Q-switched laser.     

Frontend light source for short-pulse pumped OPCPA system

We present the development of a light source for generating optically synchronized seed pulses both for the parametric amplifier chain and the pump-laser chain of the Petawatt Field Synthesizer (PFS), which is currently under construction at MPQ. The PFS system aims at delivering waveform-controlled few-cycle laser pulses with PW-scale peak power using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA). Methods of generating the broadband near-infrared (NIR) seed pulses for the OPCPA chain by spectral broadening using few-cycle pulses are presented. We also demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum spanning up to three octaves (270–1500 nm) using cascaded hollow-core fibers which supports sub-cycle pulse duration.     

Trends in ultrashort and ultrahigh power laser pulses based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Since the proof-of-principle demonstration of optical parametric amplification to efficiently amplify chirped laser pulses in 1992,optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)became the most promising method for the amplification of broadband optical pulses.In the meantime,we are witnessing an exciting progress in the development of powerful and ultrashort pulse laser systems that employ chirped pulse parametric amplifiers.The output power and pulse duration of these systems have ranged from a few gigawatts to hundreds of terawatts with a potential of tens of petawatts power level.Meanwhile,the output pulse duration based on optical parametric amplification has entered the range of fewoptical-cycle field.In this paper,we overview the basic principles,trends in development,and current state of the ultrashort and laser systems based on OPCPA,respectively.     

Femtosecond pulse parametric amplification at narrowband high power gas laser pumping

In ultrashort pulse amplification a narrowband gas pump pulse laser has been used for the first time. An all-stage optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) was driven by a single-shot iodine photodissociation laser. For the first time a broadband amplification was achieved in potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal at 800 nm seeding. Ti:sapphire laser pulses stretched from 12.5 fs to 250 ps were amplified and compressed to 27 fs at a 0.5 TW output power. The results suggest using narrowband high power gas lasers as OPCPA drivers to generate petawatt beams.     

Improvement of contrast ratio in saturated OPCPA system by using pump pulse shaping and time delay control

We theoretically investigated the temporal profile of a background pedestal in a single-stage optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) system, and showed that the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) prepulse in the saturation regime degrades the contrast ratio. To improve the contrast ratio in a saturated OPCPA system, a method using pump pulse shaping and the time delay control between pump and seed pulses was utilized. Through numerical simulations, the effect of the rising time and the time delay of a pump pulse on the background pedestal was subsequently investigated in terms of the contrast ratio. From the simulation results, it was determined that an optimal rising time and the time delay of the pump pulse are critical for obtaining a high-contrast broadband laser pulse from a saturated OPCPA system.     

1.5 mJ, 6.4 fs parametric chirped-pulse amplification system at 1 kHz

We demonstrate an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) system with the pulse energy of 1.5 mJ at a 1 kHz repetition rate. The newly developed 100 ps Ti:sapphire pump laser system, which was optically synchronized with OPCPA seed pulses, delivered 10 mJ, 400 nm pump pulses. After three-stage parametric amplification, recompression of the amplifier output from 45 ps to 6.4 fs was performed. The pulse width of 6.4 fs is, to our knowledge, the shortest ever obtained by OPCPA, and the average power of 1.5 W (1.5 mJ, 1 kHz) is believed to be the highest among few-cycle OPCPA systems.     

High-power output from a compact OPCPA laser system

With a tabletop hybrid Nd:YAG-Nd:glass laser as pump source, a compact optical parametric chirpedpulse amplification(OPCPA)laser system with a peak output power of 16.7 TW and a pulse duration of120 fs has been demonstrated.Chirped pulses are amplified from 50 pJ to more than 3.1 J with an energygain of above 6×10~(10)by three LBO optical parametric amplifiers with a pump energy of 12.4 J at 532nm.After compression, a final output of 2.0-J/120-fs pulse is obtained. To the best of our knowledge,itis the highest peak output power from an OPCPA laser so far.In addition, a practical design of 1-PWlaser system based on the technique of OPCPA is also proposed.     

Iodine photodissociation laser SOFIA with MOPO-HF as?a?solid-state oscillator

The hybrid iodine photodissociation laser SOFIA has been constructed. The pulse feeding the amplifier chain is the idler wave of an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) tuned to the atomic iodine transition at 1315 nm. This solid-state oscillator enables ps-synchronization to other laser systems. A homemade automatic stabilization of the OPO idler wave as to wavelength and pointing ensures long-term stable operation of the whole system. The active medium of the SOFIA amplifiers is a mixture of C₃F₇I and He. The SOFIA pulses are frequency-tripled in two KD*P crystals and then serve as the driver in a two-stage optical parametric amplification scheme in which chirped broadband Ti:sapphire laser pulses are amplified (OPCPA).     

Multi-millijoule, nonlinear preamplifier for high intensity femtosecond Yb:YAG chirped-pulse amplification lasers at 1030 nm

We report the highest energy broadband laser pulses at a center wavelength of 1030 nm based on optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA). We have demonstrated amplification of 1030 nm femtosecond laser pulses from a broadband Yb oscillator to over 6.5 mJ with a total gain of greater than 10⁷ achieved in a single pass through only 56 mm of gain material at a 10 Hz repetition rate. The amplified spectral bandwidth of 10.8 nm affords recompression to a 230 fs pulse duration following amplification. As an alternative to the regenerative amplifier (RA) this system is one of the more promising candidates for realizing compact, high intensity, direct diode-pumped, high repetition rate femtosecond Yb:YAG chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) in laser systems.