太阳能光伏光热扁管式蒸发器性能分析

根据太阳能光伏光热蒸发器与制冷系统之间的能量平衡,建立了光伏光热扁管式蒸发器性能的数理模型。该模型考虑了光伏光热扁管式蒸发器的传热系数变化,并分析了太阳辐射强度、环境温度、制冷循环的蒸发温度对光伏光热扁管式蒸发器的电池板温度、电池板光电转换效率、电池板发电功率以及光伏光热蒸发器散热量的影响。     

Damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal under single and multiple femtosecond laser pulses: theoretical and experimental study

The damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal under single and multiple femtosecond laser pulses has been studied theoretically and experimentally. Firstly, the model for the damage threshold prediction of crystal materials based on the improved rate equation has been proposed. Then, the experimental measure method of the damage threshold of crystal materials has been given in detail. On the basis, the variation of the damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal with the pulse duration has also been analyzed quantitatively. Finally, the damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal under multiple laser pulses has been measured and compared to the theoretical results. The results show that the transmittance of lithium niobate crystal is almost a constant when the laser pulse fluence is relative low, whereas it decreases linearly with the increase in the laser pulse fluence below the damage threshold. The damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal increases with the increase in the duration of the femtosecond laser pulse. And the damage threshold of lithium niobate crystal under multiple laser pulses is obviously lower than that irradiated by a single laser pulse. The theoretical data fall in good agreement with the experimental results.     

A simple and comprehensive electromagnetic theory uncovering complete picture of light transport in birefringent crystals

Birefringence production of light by natural birefringent crystal has long been studied and well understood. Here, we develop a simple and comprehensive rigorous electromagnetic theory that allows one to build up the complete picture about the optics of crystals in a friendly way. This theory not only yields the well-known refraction angle and index of ellipse for birefringence crystal, but also discloses many relevant physical and optical quantities that are rarely studied and less understood. We obtain the reflection and transmission coefficient for amplitude and intensity of light at the crystal surface under a given incident angle and show the electromagnetic field distribution within the crystal. We derive the wavefront and energy flux refraction angle of light and the corresponding phase and ray refractive index. We find big difference between them, where the phase refractive index satisfies the classical index of ellipse and Snell's law, while the ray refractive index does not. Moreover, we disclose the explicit expressions for the zero-reflection Brewster angle and the critical angle for total internal reflection. For better concept demonstration, we take a weak birefringent crystal of lithium niobate and a strong birefringent crystal tellurium as examples and perform simple theoretical calculations. In addition, we perform experimental measurement upon z-cut lithium niobate plate and find excellent agreement between theory and experiment in regard to the Brewster angle. Our theoretical and experimental results can help to construct a clear and complete picture about light transport characteristics in birefringent crystals, and may greatly facilitate people to find rigorous solution to many light-matter interaction processes happening within birefringent crystals, e.g., nonlinear optical interactions, with electromagnetic theory.     

热光耦合作用下的光纤传输特性

通过求解电磁波束包络方程和能量方程的耦合方程组,考虑温度对材料介电系数的影响及传输损耗产热的耦合作用,求解了复合热边界条件下光纤的基模态传输和损耗问题。研究表明:随着纤芯半径的增大,电场强度、能量耗散密度减小,传播常数增大;环境温度降低、对流换热系数增大和表面发射率升高都会使得传播常数减小,电场强度、能量耗散密度增大;能量耗散密度和电场强度随截面曲率的变化并不是线性的,还受到其他因素的共同作用。     

LiNbO3:Fe晶体二波耦合弱光放大的物理机理

对LiNbO₃: Fe晶体中二波耦合过程进行了动态观测.进一步探讨了LiNbO ₃:Fe晶 体中弱光放大的物理机理.发现LiNbO₃ : Fe晶体中二波耦合过程的弱光放大 对c轴指 向有明显的依赖关系，虽然光生伏打效应对光生载流子的迁移有主要贡献，但扩散机理的贡 献仍不可忽略.弱光最终得到放大是瞬态能量转移与扩散机理引起的能量转移的共同贡献.弱 光放大达到准稳态之后的下降过程为瞬态能量转移的时间指数衰减过程与光散射引起的能量 耗散的共同贡献. 关键词： 光折变效应 光放大 掺杂铌酸锂     

c向切割掺杂LiNbO3晶体中的光耦合

实验研究了三种c向切割的不同掺杂的LiNbO3：Fe晶体中入射光与反射光的耦合情况.发现沿-c轴方向入射时透射光与反射光强的准周期振荡行为是光生伏打机制占优势的瞬态能量转移和扩散机制引起的相反方向的能量转移所致，不是光生伏打场的表面击穿引起的.当入射光沿+c方向入射时，由于两种机制引起的能量转移方向相同，因而不会产生这种振荡. 关键词： 准周期振荡 反射光栅 瞬态能量转移 扩散机制     

非线性光学晶体铌酸钾锂的二次谐波产生

研究铌酸钾锂晶体的近经这过光谱：利用铌酸钾锂晶体对８９０￣９６０ｎｍ的Ｔｉ：ｓａｐｐｈｉｒｅ近红外激光进行倍频,获得蓝得蓝绿光输出;研究了晶体的倍频特性,探讨了提高晶体倍频效率的方法。     

Optimum convective heat transfer coefficient for diode-pumped laser slabs

It is important for laser designers to study the characteristics of heat transfer from the laser crystal slab to the coolant in high-power DPSS laser operations. We have simulated and obtained the optimum heat transfer coefficient and coolant flow rate for our cavity design, in which the circulating coolant is maintained at a constant temperature. It has been determined that the coolant temperature and the convective heat transfer coefficient (h) are important parameters in the thermal analysis. The coefficient h is affected by the coolant flow rate, the physical properties of the laser slab and the coolant and the pumping cavity geometry. Using analytical heat transfer equation, for cooling water temperature of 300 K, the optimum flow rate for our cavity geometry is found to be 390 cm³/s, corresponding to h=5 W/cm² K.     

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.     

Compact continuous-wave blue lasers by direct frequency doubling of laser diodes with periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide crystals

A compact continuous-wave blue laser has been demonstrated by direct frequency doubling of a laser diode with a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide crystal. The optimum PPLN temperature is near 28 degrees C, and the dependence of waveguide crystals on crystal temperature is less sensitive than that of bulk crystals. A total of 14.8 mW of 488-nm laser power has been achieved.     

Monolithic carrier-envelope phase-stabilization scheme

A new scheme for stabilizing the carrier-envelope (CE) phase of a few-cycle laser pulse train is demonstrated. Self-phase modulation and difference-frequency generation in a single periodically poled lithium niobate crystal that transmits the main laser beam allows CE phase locking directly in the usable output. The monolithic scheme obviates the need for splitting off a fraction of the laser output for CE phase control, coupling into microstructured fiber, and separation and recombination of spectral components. As a consequence, the output yields 6-fs, 800-nm pulses with an unprecedented degree of short- and long-term reproducibility of the electric field waveform.     

采用解析法对Nd:YAG单晶光纤的温度场研究

采用解析法对Nd:YAG单晶光纤激光器热效应相关的光纤温度场分布进行研究。建立了Nd:YAG单晶光纤热模型,在单晶光纤所满足的边界条件下通过解析求解热传导方程,得到在高功率808 nm泵浦光抽运下产生946 nm激光的单晶光纤温度场分布,并与传统Nd∶YAG激光晶体的温度场进行比较,然后分别与同泵浦条件下的有限元数值方法的分析结果进行研究对比,最后分析泵浦光参数、单晶光纤参数等对温度场的影响。结果表明,功率为86 W的泵浦光入射至单晶光纤端面的最高温升仅为30.98℃,明显优于同泵浦条件下传统Nd∶YAG晶体的端面温升结果94.37℃,与有限元数值法得到的Nd:YAG单晶光纤19℃温升结果相比,该解析法结果更接近于实验的测量值31℃,能够更精确描述晶体光纤温度场。本文可对单晶光纤激光器热效应的精确研究提供一定参考,进而有利于提高单晶光纤激光器的性能。     

Analytical solution of hyperbolic heat conduction equation in relation to laser short-pulse heating

In the present study, the hyperbolic heat conduction equation is derived from the Boltzmann transport equation and the analytical solution of the resulting equation appropriate to the laser short-pulse heating of a solid surface is presented. The time exponentially decaying pulse is incorporated as a volumetric heat source in the hyperbolic equation to account for the absorption of the incident laser energy. The Fourier transformation is used to simplify the hyperbolic equation and the analytical solution of the simplified equation is obtained using the Laplace transformation method. Temperature distribution in space and time are computed in steel for two laser pulse parameters. It is found that internal energy gain from the irradiated field, due to the presence of the volumetric heat source in the hyperbolic equation, results in rapid rise of temperature in the surface region during the early heating period. In addition, temperature decay is gradual in the surface region and as the depth below the surface increases beyond the absorption depth, temperature decay becomes sharp.     

Growth,characterization and upconversion properties of erbium-doped potassium lithium tantalate niobate single crystals under 975 nm laser excitation

Potassium lithium tantalate niobate single crystals doped with erbium ions are grown by top-seeded solution growth method. The crystals are characterized by X-ray diffraction and differential thermal analysis. The refractive indices of the crystal are measured using ellipsometry method and fitted by Sellmeier equation. The as-grown crystals are tetragonal phase tungsten bronze-type structure with Curie temperature of 271.3 °C. Characteristic Er^3 + absorption bands are observed from 350 to 1100 nm in ultraviolet–visible-near infrared absorption spectra. These crystals emit brightly green and red upconversion fluorescence under 975 nm LD laser excitation, and the steady state upconversion spectra are obtained at room temperature. The red emission intensity increases as the erbium ions concentration increases in crystals. Processes of excited state absorption and energy transfer are responsible for upconversion luminescence. The emission intensities are quadratic dependences on pump power from pump power dependence analyses and deduction of transition rate equation model.     

周期极化铌酸锂制作与应用

详细介绍了一种波长转换效率很高的周期极化铌酸锂(PPLN)的原理、制作及应用。周期极化铌酸锂以其有效非线性系数大于常用块状晶体一个数量级的特点得到迅速发展，PPLN可通过外加电场极化法、质子交换法等方法制备。近年来其制备工艺和光光转化效率有了很大的提高。周期极化铌酸锂可用于固体激光倍频。半导体激光直接倍频光参量振荡和放大等方面。使用PPLN与否。很大程度上已经成为传统非线性激光光源能否继续发展的决定性因素。     

Optical spectra of lithium niobate

The specific features revealed in the optical spectra of lithium niobate crystals at temperatures of 90 and 120–125°C can be attributed to the change in the electronic subsystem and the related isostructural transformation of the crystal lattice. In the near-IR range, the optical absorption spectra of lithium niobate crystals exhibit bands (1.43 eV) assigned to polarons of large radius with a binding energy of 0.48 eV. The decrease observed in the absorption coefficient at the maxima of these bands with an increase in the temperature to 160°C can be explained by the decay of polarons of large radius at these temperatures.     

Discrete spatial solitons formed in periodically poled lithium niobate by electro-optical effect

We report the numerical observation of discrete spatial solitons in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide array by applying an electrical field through electro-optical effect. We show that discrete spatial soliton can be controlled by applied voltage in the periodically poled lithium niobate.     

Diffraction grating fabrication in lithium niobate and KDP crystals with femtosecond laser pulses

We report studies of the modifications induced inside lithium niobate and KDP crystals by Yb:KGW ultrafast laser pulses, having 300-fs pulse duration and operating at 100-kHz repetition rate. By focusing the laser beam with a 0.42 numerical-aperture objective, we have recorded homogeneous volume Bragg gratings in the bulk of the niobate crystal that showed excellent diffraction efficiencies, reaching up to 87%, and remained permanent after thermal annealing for one hour at 150°C. The refractive index modification level was found to be 0.002 in lithium niobate. The results show that lithium niobate is a very promising crystal candidate for microphotonics applications. On the contrary, in the KDP crystal no smoothly modified refractive index zones were created.     

基于中红外DFG光源的甲烷气体光谱检测方法研究

基于中红外光源的气体光谱检测是新的痕量气体监测与分析方法,在大气监测领域具有重要的应用。构建了一套基于中红外DFG光源的甲烷气体光谱检测系统。该系统以1 550 nm和1 060 nm波段可调谐半导体激光器作为基频光源,采用PPLN晶体作为差频非线性变频器件,实现了3.3 μm处的窄线宽可调谐中红外光源输出。实验结果表明,当PPLN晶体工作温度为99.5℃时,闲频光的输出功率为112 μW,差频转换效率达到1.246 mW/W2。晶体的温度接受带宽为4.3℃,泵浦光波长接受带宽为5.3 nm。在此基础上,分别利用直接吸收法和谐波检测法获得了3 028.751 cm-1处的甲烷气体吸收光谱和二次谐波检测信号。     

Optimization of highly efficient terahertz generation in lithium niobate driven by Ti:sapphire laser pulses with 30 fs pulse duration

We systematically study the optimization of highly efficient terahertz(THz) generation in lithium niobate(LN)crystal pumped by 800 nm laser pulses with 30 fs pulse duration. At room temperature, we obtain a record optical-to-THz energy conversion efficiency of 0.43% by chirping the pump laser pulses. Our method provides a new technique for producing millijoule THz radiation in LN via optical rectification driven by joule-level Ti:sapphire laser systems, which deliver sub-50-fs pulse durations.