A new method for measuring the pulse-front distortion of arbitrary shapes in high-power ultrashort laser systems

We present a new method that can be used to calculate pulse-front distortion by measuring the spectral interference of two point-diffraction fields in their overlapped district.We demonstrate,for the first time,the measurement of the pulse-front distortion of the pulse from a complex multi-pass amplification system,which exists in almost all high-power laser systems,and obtain the irregular pulse-front distribution.The method presented does not need any reference light or assumption about the pulse-front distribution,and has an accuracy of several femtoseconds.     

大型短脉冲激光装置中脉冲前沿畸变效应的研究

阐述了短脉冲激光装置中脉冲前沿畸变效应的产生机理和可能的畸变源.利用Fourier光学方法,建立了一个基于单程压缩构型的研究脉冲前沿畸变效应的理论模型,分析不同种脉冲前沿畸变效应对于压缩器输出脉冲的近场时空特性的影响.基于此,对一个在建的大口径（300 mm）短脉冲装置中的各种畸变源（包括可编程声光光谱色散滤波器、透镜色差以及劈板等元件）进行了数值计算.研究表明：近场输出脉冲宽度显著加宽,输出脉冲前沿形状不同于输入时的畸变形状,只有中心部分区域的脉冲前沿形状与输入类似,该区域的大小由系统带宽决定. 关键词： 脉冲前沿畸变 角色散 单程压缩 透镜     

Distortion of ultrashort laser pulses in a spatial filter

By means of Collins diffraction integral, the propagation expression of an ultrashort laser pulse passing through a spatial filter is derived. The effects of the magnification of spatial filter on pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front for the ultrashort optical pulse are analytically deduced and numerically simulated. It is found that pulse broadening and propagation time difference of a laser pulse getting through spatial filter is proportional to the magnification. As a conclusion, in an ultrashort pulse laser system with a large aperture, the effect of pulse broadening and distortion of pulse-front should be considered.     

Adjusting pulse-front tilt and pulse duration by use of a single-shot autocorrelator

We present a method of adjusting the pulse duration and eliminating the pulse-front tilt of an ultrashort pulse in real time by use of a specially configured single-shot autocorrelator. Pulse-front tilt, or a temporal delay across the pulse front, is a common ultrashort-pulse phenomenon when dispersive elements are being used. We show the design of an autocorrelator that can be used to eliminate the pulse-front tilt and simultaneously adjust the pulse duration in real time by adjustment of the pulse compressor of a chirped-pulse amplified laser system.     

Temporal characterization of short-pulse third-harmonic generation in an atomic gas by a transmission-grating Michelson interferometer

By use of a transmission-grating-based Michelson interferometer, second-order interferometric as well as intensity autocorrelation traces of the third harmonic of a Ti:sapphire 50-fs laser beam produced in Ar have been measured. The duration of the harmonic is found to be that expected from lowest-order perturbation theory. At this wavelength, the performance of the interferometer with respect to pulse-front distortion and dispersion is found to be satisfactory. This result is a first step toward the use of the interferometer for the temporal characterization of higher harmonics or harmonic superposition forming attosecond pulse trains.     

Ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification by matching of both group-velocity and pulse-front

Ultra-broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification is analyzed based the compensation of phase-mismatch, which is achieved by matching of both group-velocity and pulse-front between signal and idler by the combination of the noncollinear-phase-match and pulse-front-tilt. The results show exactly matching of both group-velocity and pulse-front is the important criterion for constructing an UBOPCPA. Its general model is developed, in which the group velocities, noncollinear angles, spatial walk-off angles, linear angular spectral dispersion coefficients and pulse-front tilted angles are suitably linked to each other. Finally, specific numerical calculations and simulations are presented for β-barium borate OPCPA with type-I noncollinear angularly dispersed geometry.     

Matching of both group-velocity and pulse-front for ultrabroadband three-wave-mixing with noncollinear angularly dispersed geometry

Ultrabroadband three-wave-mixing is analyzed using the concept of pulse-front-tilt, which is achieved by means of angular dispersion. The results show exactly matching of both group-velocity and pulse-front is the important criterion for constructing an ultrabroadband TWM. A theoretical model is developed, in which the group velocities, noncollinear angles, spatial walk-off angles, linear angular spectral dispersion coefficients and pulse-front tilted angles are suitably linked to each other. Expressions for finding ideal phase matching angle, noncollinear angle and linear angular spectral dispersion coefficient are obtained. Specific numerical results are presented for crystals BBO and LBO with type-I noncollinear angularly dispersed geometry. The numerical simulations verify that our model is valid for designing a practicable ultrabroadband parametric process. PACS 42.65.Yj; 42.65.Lm; 42.65.Ky; 42.60.By     

风沙流对高压绝缘子电位和电场分布的影响

研究风沙流对高压绝缘子电位和电场分布的影响,基于有限体积法建立绝缘子风沙气固两相流模型和风沙天气下绝缘子的风-沙-电耦合场模型,计算不同风沙天气下绝缘子表面沙尘的空间分布和沉积及其对绝缘子沿面电位和电场的影响,结果表明：风沙天气下绝缘子沿面电位和电场畸变受风速和粒径影响显著,电位的畸变幅度随风速和粒径的增加而升高,电场的畸变幅度随风速和粒径的增大而减少;风沙天气下绝缘子表面不同的沙尘空间分布和沉积导致绝缘子不同位置沿面电位和电场畸变不同.     

电场描绘实验中等位线平移畸变及消除方法的研究

通过分析电场描绘实验中等位线平移时产生畸变的原因,给出了消除等位线平移畸变的原理,并由此对平移装置和描绘方法进行了适当的改进,使之能够将模拟电场中的电位分布完整地平移到坐标纸上,消除等位线平移装置变形和描绘方法不尽完善所引起的等位线畸变和测量误差．     

基于载频条纹相位分析的畸变测量和校正

为了对图像畸变进行测量和校正,利用纵向朗奇(Ronchi)载频条纹作为测量模板,通过成像系统获取畸变光栅条纹.运用傅里叶变换对畸变条纹图像进行频谱分析、滤波提取基频信息,直接从畸变图像的中心无畸变区域提取理想条纹像信息.通过相位分析提取包裹相位并解包,获得畸变光栅条纹的径向畸变相位分布规律.将该分布规律转化为径向位置畸变分布规律,并结合双线性插值灰度重建对畸变图像进行校正.实验结果证明该方法是有效的.     

Group-velocity-matched three-wave mixing in birefringent crystals

It is shown that the combination of pulse-front slant, kappa -vector tilt, and crystal birefringence often permits exact matching of both phase and group velocities for three-wave mixing in birefringent crystals. This exact match makes possible more-efficient mixing of short light pulses, and it permits efficient mixing of chirped or broadband light. I analyze this process and present examples.     

The Measurement of Ultrashort Light Pulses—Simple Devices,Complex Pulses

We review the state of the art of ultrashort-light-pulse measurement using frequency-resolved-optical-gating (FROG). Recent developments have extended the state of the art considerably. FROG devices for measuring the intensity and phase of ultrashort laser pulses have become so simple that almost no alignment is required. In addition, such devices not only operate single shot, but they also yield the two most important spatio-temporal distortions, spatial chirp and pulse-front tilt. With other FROG variations, it is now possible to measure more general ultrashort light pulses (i.e., pulses much more complex than common laser pulses), with time-bandwidth products as large as several thousand and as weak as a few hundred photons, and despite other difficulties such as random absolute phase and poor spatial coherence.     

Pulse-front tilt created in misaligned dispersionless optical systems and correct interferometric autocorrelation

In this work we present a matrix analysis of the sensitivity of otherwise dispersionless 4f and 2f-2f optical systems to misalignments resulting in spatio-temporal distortions of ultrashort laser pulses. Special attention is given to the possible creation of a pulse-front tilt (PFT). The exact analytical expression for the second-harmonic interferometric autocorrelation signal of an inverted-field autocorrelator is calculated. It confirms the effective broadening of the ultrashort pulses in the presence of an arbitrary PFT.     

Traveling-wave Thomson scattering and optical undulators for high-yield EUV and X-ray sources

We present a novel high-yield Thomson scattering geometry that takes advantage of compact electron bunches, as available in advanced, low-emittance linear accelerators or laser wakefield accelerators. In order to avoid the restrictions on the X-ray photon yield imposed by the Rayleigh limit, we use ultrashort, pulse-front tilted laser pulses in a side-scattering geometry. Such a traveling-wave setup allows an overlap of electron and laser beams, even after propagating over distances much longer than the Rayleigh length. Experimental designs are discussed and optimized for different scattering angles. Specifically, to minimize group delay dispersion at large scattering angles >10°, we propose the use of varied-line spacing (VLS) gratings for spatio-temporal laser pulse shaping. Compared to head-on (180°) Thomson scattering, interaction lengths are in the centimeter to meter range and photon numbers for ultrashort X-ray pulses can increase by several orders of magnitudes.     

傅里叶变换轮廓术中相位失真的预矫正方法

介绍了一种基于傅里叶变换轮廓术的三维面形测量系统中相位失真的预矫正方法。由于投影系统和成像系统的空间三角位置关系、投影仪的发散照明和两套系统蕴含的光学畸变,投影一幅相位与空间坐标成理想线性关系的标准正弦光场,拍摄到的条纹相位和空间坐标不再呈线性分布,引起相位失真,甚至会影响系统测量精度。该方法借鉴反向条纹投影的思想,计算拍摄光场的非线性相位分布与理想的线性相位分布之间的关系,预先矫正,反算出一个新的待投影光场。实验结果表明这种方法能有效地减小该类相位失真所导致的测量误差,获得了更好的测量结果．     

Performance evaluation of GRIN lenses by ray tracing method

Plastic gradient-index lenses produce clear images with negligible aberration and distortion. One of the methods for fabricating these lenses involves pulling up the core fiber vertically from a polymer solution whose refractive index has been adjusted to the desired value. Since the molecules from the solution diffuse into the inner layer, the monomer components are distributed in the radial direction. The monomer distribution is fixed in the photopolymerization process, and this forming process is repeated several times with adjusting the composition of the solution; hence, a specific refractive index distribution is obtained. We considered a numerical model of the interdiffusion process and analyzed refractive index distribution that could well reproduce the experimental results. Moreover, we employed the ray tracing method to calculate the modulation transfer function and used the transfer function to evaluate the GRIN lens performance. Simulation results showed that our evaluation method well duplicates the experimental results. We thus developed an integrated simulation method for the fabrication and performance evaluation of GRIN lenses.     

高斯型激光圆孔衍射中的光束畸变调控研究北大核心CSCD

从光波衍射的基本理论出发,利用高斯型分布的激光束,研究开普勒望远镜系统在衍射过程中光束畸变调控方法。利用中阶Zernike多项式构建像差函数法来模拟望远镜系统中的四叶畸变现象,并将该Zernike因子引入光学系统中弥补畸变效果。研究发现,波长和孔径会对奇异光强的分布产生明显的影响,波长增大的时候会改变光斑的形状,孔径会影响光斑强度和尺寸,11阶的Zernike四叶形变因子可以抵消望远镜系统的畸变现象。     

A calibration method of lens distortion for line scan cameras

We present a practical method to calibrate the lens distortion in line scan cameras. The distortion correction software based on this method has been designed and implemented in the digital protection of cultural relics. In this paper, a lens distortion model which applies to line scan cameras is derived from the widely used array camera distortion model. Then, a new calibration method which utilizes the imaging characteristic of equidistant collinear feature points is proposed to calibrate the model. Experiment results show the proposed calibration method is stable and effective.     

基于背景纹影波前传感技术的气动光学波前重构与校正

背景纹影波前传感(backgroud oriented schlieren based wavefront sensing, BOS-WS) 是利用背景纹影技术测量光学波前二维分布的新型实验手段, 可定量测量光线通过干扰场后产生的光学畸变并给出光程差. 为了利用BOS-WS技术获得光线因气动光学效应产生的畸变信息, 并通过已知畸变信息还原原始图像, 进而探索一种新型的超声速成像制导方法, 本文通过理论分析, 验证了利用背景纹影技术测量光学波前的方法, 探索了利用已知波前信息预测畸变位移场以及利用已知位移场进行波前重构的计算方法. 通过数值模拟比较了一阶梯形积分算法和Southwell方法在波前重构上的误差大小和结果合理性, 并通过误差分析证明了Southwell方法更加精确合理. 通过蜡烛火焰上方流场畸变实验和透镜对波前的扰动实验, 创造性地探索了利用已知光学光程差还原畸变位移场及用其校正畸变图像的方法, 并通过验证性实验证明了校正方法的有效性.     

利用分形法表征光学元件中高频相位畸变

针对神光Ⅲ主机装置使用的光学元件,基于分形理论,分析中高频相位畸变的统计分布特征,指出其满足分数布朗随机场,并利用结构函数法对分形维数进行计算,统计结果显示,大口径钕玻璃片的分形维数在2.34~2.43之间。利用局部稳态的随机中点位移法,提出一种新的表征光学元件相位的方法,将分形维数作为参数,可衡量中高频相位畸变,对高功率激光光学元件的评价有参考意义。