非对称波形激光驱动的氢原子高次谐波频移及控制

提出了一种利用非对称波形激光脉冲与原子相互作用在隧穿区发射高次谐波谱的大频移方案.通过数值求解偶极近似下的三维含时薛定谔方程,研究了该激光驱动氢原子发射的高次谐波特性.结果表明,利用上升沿与下降沿不同的非对称激光驱动氢原子所发射的高次谐波在截止位置附近发生了大的频率红移和蓝移,通过改变激光脉冲的上升沿或下降沿,能调控谐波的频移量.产生频移的原因是激光脉冲上升沿或下降沿对谐波贡献的不同所致,当下降沿发射谐波的贡献大于上升沿的贡献时,谐波发生红移,反之则发生蓝移.通过改变激光脉冲波形,在隧穿电离区能够调控截止位置附近原子发射的高次谐波频率,对于给定的某一阶谐波,调控的范围可从奇次阶到邻近偶次阶之间的任意频率处.     

超短脉冲强激光与固体靶作用产生的高次谐波红移

用一维粒子模拟程序研究了超短脉冲强激光与超临界密度等离子体平板作用产生的高次谐波。分析了振荡镜面模型所不能解释的伴随高次谐波出现的频率红移现象。通常激光与固体靶作用中的高次谐波是由于激光从振荡靶面的反射产生的.除此之外，相对论光强的激光与固体靶作用还应考虑光压对靶的烧蚀推进作用，这时激光相当于从一个移动的振荡靶面反射，所以产生了带有红移的高次谐波. 关键词： 红移 超短脉冲强激光 高次谐波 粒子模拟     

相对传播的双脉冲激光与薄膜靶作用产生的强单色谐波

研究了相对传播的双脉冲激光与薄膜靶的作用,观察到很强的谐波产生.其物理图像是:圆偏振高对比度强激光脉冲作用于薄膜靶,由光压推动产生的高密度等离子体靶向前运动,同时由于电荷分离场的作用,使得离子束和电子束在纵向上都有好的聚束,从而产生以相对论速度向前运动的等离子体镜;反向入射一个探测光到已被加速的等离子体镜上,由多普勒频移产生强的单色N次谐波,探测光脉冲被"压缩"至原来的1/N.还讨论了激光和等离子体参数对等离子体镜的运动和谐波级次的影响,以及相对论运动等离子体镜的稳定性对谐波的影响.     

相对论圆偏振激光与固体靶作用产生高次谐波

超短超强激光与固体靶表面等离子体相互作用可以通过高次谐波的方式产生从极紫外到软X射线波段的相干辐射,获得飞秒甚至阿秒量级的超短脉冲,可用于观测原子或分子中的电子运动等超快动力学过程.本文实验研究了相对论圆偏振飞秒激光与固体靶相互作用的高次谐波产生过程,实验结果表明,在较大入射角下,圆偏振激光也可以有效地产生高次谐波辐射.通过预脉冲控制靶表面的预等离子体密度标长,发现高次谐波的产生效率随密度标长的增加而单调下降.进一步通过二维粒子模拟程序,分析了激光的偏振以及预等离子体密度标长对高次谐波产生的影响,很好地解释了实验观测结果.     

等离子体密度标长对高次谐波转换效率的影响

通过等离子体粒子模拟研究了在强激光与等离子体相互作用产生高次谐波的过程中,等离子体密度标长对转换效率的影响,计算了在不同密度标长下p偏振非相对论强度激光与高密度等离子体相互作用产生高次谐波的转换效率,发现等离子体密度标长对转换效率有重要的影响,这种影响与谐波级次,等离子体密度,激光脉冲宽度有关。     

空气中激光等离子体通道的三次谐波光谱特性研究

对不同条件下强激光在空气中形成等离子体通道的三次谐波光谱特性进行了研究。单脉冲能量12 mJ,脉宽30 fs,重复频率10 Hz,中心波长795 nm的飞秒激光脉冲经0.5 m焦距的凹面镜聚焦,在空气中形成了等离子体通道, 并在前 向观测到谱线半峰全宽（FWHM）为15 nm的三次谐波。随着脉冲啁啾的变化,三次谐波的光谱出现红移或兰移,当激光脉冲附带+1.3×105fs2的二阶色散时,三次谐波谱线红移且谱峰强度增长了两倍。同时 ,通过改变可编程声光色散滤波器（AOPDF）光谱调制的位置（Hole position）,三次谐波的光谱也发生频移。     

相对论热等离子体中电子声波的非线性频移

研究了相对论电磁波在热等离子体中传播时的色散特性以及由于非线性电子声波激发引起的电子声波的非线性频移。基于相对论激光在热等离子体中传播的电磁流体物理模型,采用流体的非线性频移理论,利用微扰法得到了描述相对论激光与热等离子体相互作用时谐波产生的非线性频移方程。结果表明,等离子体密度、电子温度和一阶谐波振幅是决定相对论热等离子体中非线性频移的主要因素。在弱激发下,非线性频移随着电子温度和一阶谐波振幅的增大而增大,等离子体密度抑制非线性频移。电子声波非线性频移对等离子体密度和电子温度的依赖表现出了强烈的非线性特征。研究结果为深入理解高能量激光与热等离子体相互作用中谐波的产生及引起的非线性频移提供了理论依据。     

利用43飞秒的强激光脉冲实现单个阿秒脉冲输出的新机理

研究了多个光周期的长脉冲(43 fs)激光与氖原子相互作用产生的高次谐波的辐射特性. 通过计算机数值模拟，发现当激光场的强度超过饱和光强时，原子将会在几个光周期内被迅速电离，使得原子的高次谐波谱在截止区呈现出平滑的多平台结构. 同时，在高频波段离子产生的高次谐波的影响将变得十分显著. 通过选取合适的子平台进行频率叠加，在消除了离子的高次谐波的影响后，可以获得单个的阿秒软X射线脉冲. 关键词： 高次谐波 阿秒脉冲     

获取超短波长电磁辐射的新途径

在系统研究运动电子对迎面而来的圆偏振激光脉冲的汤姆逊散射的基础上，讨论了获取超短波长电磁辐射的两种新方案。其一是利用超强圆偏振激光在具有特定速度的电子的非线性散射所伴随的谐波频率上称，其二是利用激光在相对论电子反向散射所伴随的多普勒频移。     

势函数对强激光辐照下原子高次谐波辐射的影响

理论上研究了中红外强激光分别与长程库仑原子和短程势模型原子相互作用产生的高次谐波辐射.发现在相同激光参数条件下,与长程库仑原子的谐波辐射相比,短程原子具有更低的辐射效率,但在高频区域(接近cutoff位置),二者效率相似.通过对谐波辐射的时间频率分析发现,在短程模型原子谐波辐射中,长轨道发挥更重要的作用.利用其产生的高次谐波辐射,可以产生孤立阿秒脉冲.     

Temporal coherence of high-order harmonics generated at solid surfaces

We present interferometric measurements of the temporal coherence of high-order harmonics generated by reflection of a titanium sapphire laser off a solid surface. It is found that the coherence length of the harmonic emission is significantly reduced compared with the bandwidth limited case. To identify the responsible mechanism, the acquired data were analyzed by means of particle-in-cell simulations, whose results show good agreement between the calculated spectra and the measured coherence times. We show that the observed broadening can be understood consistently by the occurrence of a Doppler shift induced by the moving plasma surface, which is dented by the radiation pressure of the laser pulse. In this case, this Doppler effect would also lead to positive chirp of the emitted radiation.     

Generation of higher-order harmonics of chirped radiation from a titanium-sapphire laser in plasma generated by pulses of different durations

The frequency conversion of laser radiation in plasma created by pulses of different durations under conditions of the chirp variation of the radiation to be converted is investigated. It is shown that the chirp variation of the laser pulse during the generation of higher-order radiation harmonics of the femtosecond laser leads to a considerable change in the brightness, wavelength shift, and maximal order of generated harmonics. The long-and short-wavelength shifts of harmonics observed in these studies are attributed to the manifestation of a considerable concentration of free charge carriers in the plasma, as well as the self-modulation of the laser pulse. The generation of plasma by pulses whose durations vary from 160 fs to 20 ns is considered and it is shown that the generation efficiency of harmonics depends to a greater extent on the energy of the heating prepulse than on its intensity on the surface of a target to be ablated. The effect that the atomic number of the target has on the formation of optimal plasma at different delays between the heating prepulse and the femtosecond pulse to be converted is discussed.     

Doppler effect performance for multiple hops optical connections in LEO satellite constellations

Low earth orbit satellite constellations using laser inter-satellite links are recognized to be capable to satisfy the increasing broadband communication demands. However, Doppler in inter-satellite laser communications can degrade the performance of the optical space network. It is crucial to study the Doppler performance on the high precision system. The expression of Doppler wavelength shift for multiple hops laser inter-satellite links is proposed in the paper. The calculation of Doppler wavelength shift in multiple hops ISL is studied with the consideration of location, motion and onboard characters of the satellites. Theoretical and numerical analysis show different routing way between two certain distant satellites will lead to different Doppler wavelength shift and signal transmitting time, and the variation of Doppler wavelength shift is mostly depend on the number of laser inter-satellite links hops; reasonable onboard time delay can augment signal transmitting time with little influence to the Doppler wavelength shift. It is hoped that the study can help the routing selection of the optical space network and system compensation.     

多周期激光相位对H2+谐波频移的影响

理论研究了多周期激光相位角对H2+谐波频移的影响。结果表明,在多周期激光驱动下H2+谐波光谱在零相位时呈现蓝移现象。随着激光相位增大,谐波光谱由蓝移转向红移。随着激光相位进一步增大,谐波红移减弱。理论分析表明谐波频移是由激光上升和下降区域谐波辐射强度变化引起的。并且谐波辐射强度变化对激光相位比较敏感。     

激光场中锂原子发射的电离阈值以下低阶谐波的研究

利用单电子近似下锂原子精确的模型势,通过数值求解三维含时薛定谔方程的方法,研究了锂原子在激光场中发射低阶谐波的性质,研究结果表明,对于锂原子电离阈值以下的低阶谐波,除了通常的奇次谐波外,还有侧峰结构出现,运用同步压缩变换技术(SST)分析这些低阶谐波的辐射特性,我们发现这些侧峰是由原子在激光场中的缀饰态之间的跃迁和无场下激发态到基态的跃迁组成的,如果当激光脉冲结束后,仍有发射的侧峰,其位置与主峰之间的能量差可以用来估算原子激发态在激光场中的最大Stark移动.     

基于半解析自洽理论研究相对论激光脉冲驱动下阿秒X射线源的产生

发展了一种描述相对论激光脉冲与稠密等离子体相互作用产生阿秒X射线源的半解析自洽理论.该理论模型不仅可以获得等离子体界面的振荡轨迹、振荡面电场和磁场等物理参数,而且能够精确计算出激光脉冲驱动下阿秒X射线源的频谱,结果与粒子模拟程序一致.理论计算结果表明阿秒X射线源的辐射特性与等离子体界面随时演化过程相关,在周期量级激光场驱动下等离子体界面振荡振幅呈现中心不对称,通过改变激光场的载波包络相位实现对等离子体界面振荡的控制,获得准单阿秒X射线源.     

Stable generation of high-order harmonics of femtosecond laser radiation from laser produced plasma plumes at 1 kHz pulse repetition rate

We present a method for the creation of stable weakly ionized plasmas from laser ablation of solid targets using a 1 kHz pulse repetition rate laser, which can be used for stable high-order harmonic generation from plasma plumes. The plasma plumes were generated from cylindrical rotating targets. Without target rotation the intensity of harmonics in the 40-80 nm range drops by more than one order of magnitude during less than 10(3) shots, while, with rotation of the target at typically 30 revolutions per minute, stable emission of high-order harmonics from aluminum plasma plumes with variation of less than 10% was maintained for >10(6) laser shots.     

Laser radiation frequency conversion in carbon- and cluster-containing plasma plumes under conditions of single and two-color pumping by pulses with a 10-Hz repetition rate

This work reviews a series of investigations of different plasma plumes using single- and two-color laser systems that emit femtosecond pulses with a 10-Hz repetition rate. Results of investigation of the resonant enhancement of harmonics in tin plasma with the use of two types of pumps are analyzed, and it is shown that the tuning of the wavelengths of harmonics to ion-resonance levels plays an important role in increasing the conversion efficiency to high-order harmonics of the radiation to be converted. Investigations of different carbon-containing plasma media (carbon nanotubes, graphite, carbon aerogel, etc.) exhibit attractive properties of the nonlinear medium of this type for efficient generation of high-order harmonics. The results of the first experiments on the use of nanoparticles produced directly in the course of laser ablation of metals for increasing the efficiency of harmonics generated in this cluster-containing medium are analyzed. It is shown that new approaches realized in these investigations give hope that the nonlinear optical response of plasma media in the far-ultraviolet range can be further increased.     

Tunable spectral shift of high-order harmonic generation in atoms using a sinusoidally phase-modulated pulse

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) from an atom illuminated by a sinusoidally phase-modulated pulse is investigated by solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The spectral shift that occurs in atomic HHG can be achieved easily using our laser pulse. It is shown that the photon energy of the generated harmonics is controllable within the range of 1 eV. The shift of the frequency peak position is rooted in the asymmetry of the rising and falling parts of the laser pulse. We also show that by varying the phase parameters in the frequency domain of the laser one can adjust and control the shift in atomic harmonic spectra.