空气中单个激光等离子体通道的形成条件

利用皮秒和飞秒激光研究了激光在空气中聚焦产生单个等离子体通道的条件.研究发现，能量为8—12mJ皮秒激光被焦距为15cm的透镜聚焦后，可以产生较为稳定的单个通道.通过横向纵向阴影成像分析发现，通道的管壁对聚焦产生的自发光具有箍缩作用，而通道内部却有利于光的传输.同时还发现，当采用短焦距透镜时，能量低于10mJ的飞秒激光在空气中较易形成单个等离子通道. 关键词： 等离子体通道 皮秒激光 飞秒激光 阴影成像     

激光诱导等离子体开关控制脉宽实验研究

 利用激光诱导等离子体开关技术，在1 064 nm的Nd：YAG固体激光器上获得了脉宽4.4~6.4 ns的短脉冲激光输出。激光电离空气产生的等离子体开关控制脉冲宽度时，聚焦透镜焦距越短，压缩后的脉宽越窄，但激光能量损耗越大。压缩后的激光脉宽与激光能量近似成双曲线关系。在控制脉宽光路的焦点处放置带孔的Cu薄片可抑制等离子体的扩散，得到了脉宽最短可达4.4 ns的激光输出。     

128×128元频率驱动变焦液晶透镜阵列

理论上分析并从实验上验证了通过改变外加电场的频率来驱动的128×128元变焦液晶透镜阵列。将上电极设计为圆孔阵列,由于圆孔电极在单元区域内形成的非均匀电场分布,从而使液晶分子在不同位置处旋转角度不同,在液晶层内形成了折射率梯度分布,由此单元区域具有了光学聚焦特性。分析了由于外加电场频率改变引起液晶介电常数变化给液晶透镜阵列焦距带来的影响。实验中制作的液晶透镜阵列的焦距调节范围为20～600μm,焦点尺寸为10μm,响应时间为微秒量级,可以呈清晰的多重影像。通过使用外加电场的频率可以得到变焦液晶透镜阵列,降低了液晶透镜阵列的工作电压,提升了液晶透镜阵列工作响应速度。     

激光多模式毛细管电泳检测器的光学设计及优化

提出一种基于毛细管电泳的激光多模式检测器.为设计并优化其光路构型，进行了理论分析和数学推导，并采用Matlab仿真，得到光路中各参量优化取值范围.在热透镜通道，激发光束腰半径越小，则热透镜效应越强.而探测激光束腰半径、束腰与样品距离、样品与探测面距离三个参量综合决定检出信号强度；在回射干涉通道，聚焦透镜焦距应较短，它与毛细管距离对检测影响很大，而与激光器、与探测面的两距离对检测影响相对较小；热透镜效应对回射干涉检测影响不明显，如要严格消除，可将两通道错开一适当距离.     

非线性介质中会聚高功率激光的焦点位置控制

为了控制激光束的传输,使激光光束能根据实际情况在特定的位置聚焦,并且保证在传输过程中光束质量不退化,根据透镜聚焦和非线性介质的自聚焦理论,研究了高功率会聚激光光束在两者共同作用下焦点位置的变化.分析了各种因素对高功率激光光束的焦点位置的影响,并通过数值求解光束在非线性Kerr介质中所遵循的非线性薛定谔方程,得到焦点的位置变化和光束初始束宽,输入功率以及透镜焦距的关系,从而找到了控制焦点位置的方法.基于非线性薛定谔方程,对理论分析进行了相应的模拟验证,结果相互吻合.     

采用曲率传感器测量热透镜焦距

 分析了用光栅型波前曲率传感器测量热透镜焦距的基本原理，针对高功率固体激光器的工作特点，结合实验现象推导了在热透镜效应较强时热透镜焦距变化的计算公式。对半导体二极管(LD)侧面泵浦的百W级Nd:YAG激光棒在泵浦电流为15~25 A时的热透镜焦距值进行了测量，讨论了可能存在的误差。实验现象和理论分析一致，测量的热透镜焦距值与理论值符合得较好。     

交流作用下电润湿液体透镜动态过程的测试与分析

基于高斯光束传输理论,研制了一种透镜焦距动态变化的测试装置,给出了测试机理.并采用该测试装置测试了自制的基于电润湿技术的液体透镜焦距随交流信号的动态变化过程,结果表明,液体透镜的焦距随着工作电压幅值和极性的变化而发生相应变化.在一个周期内,依次出现了4个频率为50 Hz的峰值信号1,2,3和4,峰值1和2分别是由工作电压极性引起的,峰值3和4是由振荡模态引起的,且峰值的幅度随电压的增大而增大.这是由于在低压时液体透镜液面的形状随时间按球形变化,高压时液面的形状不再按球形变化,而是会产生新的振荡模态.     

透镜到靶材的距离对脉冲激光诱导等离子体的影响机理研究

采用高功率抽运调Q激光器分别在真空和空气中烧蚀Ti-Al合金靶材激发等离子体,研究了在不同气体压强下透镜到靶材的距离对等离子体参数的影响机理对于焦距为111mm的聚焦透镜,当透镜到靶材距离小于透镜焦距时,随着距离逐渐接近焦距,真空和空气中电子温度、电子密度和谱线强度均逐渐增强.当透镜到靶材距离大于透镜焦距时,真空中,电子温度和电子密度仍然继续升高,而谱线强度却变化不大.空气中,等离子体参数却有不同的演化特性:等离子体的电子温度、电子密度和谱线强度在透镜到靶材距离为107 mm时达到最大值,当距离继续增大时,均呈现出迅速下降的趋势,当透镜到靶材距离大于112mm时,电子温度和电子密度又有明显上升,特征谱线强度却大幅下降.     

部分相干光被环形透镜聚焦而产生的焦移

 从理论上研究部分相干光被一环形透镜聚焦,在焦点附近的轴上点的光强分布。研究结果表明,当部分相干光被一环形透镜聚焦时,最大聚焦光强不在几何焦点,而是位于透镜与几何焦点之间,出现焦移现象。并且,焦移量不仅依赖于透镜外半径的菲涅耳数,还依赖于部分相干光的空间相干度和中心拦截比。透镜的菲涅耳数越小,焦移越大;部分相干光的空间相干度越低,焦移越大。当菲涅耳数一定时,环形透镜的中心拦截比越大,焦移越大;当空间相干度很小时,情况就变得比较复杂。     

受激布里渊散射相位共轭波的阈值性能

本文报道了在CCl_4液体中受激布里渊散射的阈值性能.研究了产生受激布里渊散射相位共轭波的阈值是随所用聚焦透镜的焦距,泵浦激光的脉宽和发散角等的变化而变化.实验表明,适当地增加聚焦透镜的焦距,即提高受激布里渊散射的阈值能量可以显著地消除受激布里渊散射与其它非线性效应的竞争.     

Analysis of plasma characteristics and conductive mechanism of laser assisted pulsed arc welding

This study aims to investigate the arc plasma shape and the spectral characteristics during the laser assisted pulsed arc welding process. The arc plasma shape was synchronously observed using a high speed camera, and the emission spectrum of plasma was obtained by spectrometer. The well-known Boltzmann plot method and Stark broadening were used to calculate the electron temperature and density respectively. The conductive mechanism of arc ignition in laser assisted arc hybrid welding was investigated, and it was found that the plasma current moved to the arc anode under the action of electric field. Thus, a significant parabolic channel was formed between the keyhole and the wire tip. This channel became the main method of energy transformation between the arc and the molten pool. The calculation results of plasma resistivity show that the laser plasma has low resistivity as the starting point of conductive channel formation. When the laser pulse duration increases, the intensity of the plasma radiation spectrum and the plasma electron density will increase, and the electron temperature will decrease.     

Current Collection by a Long Wire in Near-Earth Orbit

Investigation of the current collected by a long wire in space has application to long antennas and the proposed space shuttle tethered subsatellite. Langmuir's result for current collection by a moving probe in a plasma is used to obtain expressions for the voltage and current as functions of position along a wire. Two cases are considered: firstly, one end of the wire is grounded to the plasma and secondly, the wire is allowed to assume a natural grounding point. Results are obtained as a function of the wire resistivity, length and diameter for various particle densities. Calculations for a 2mm diameter copper wire show that a current of 0.066 amperes of oxygen ions will be collected by a tether of 10 km in length.     

Competition between multiphoton/tunnel ionization and filamentation induced by powerful femtosecond laser pulses in air

In this work we present experiments by focusing 42 femtosecond laser pulses in air using three differentfocal length lenses: f=100, 30 and 5 cm. For the longest focal length, only the filament, which is aweak plasma column,is observed. When the shorter focal length lens is used, a high density plasma isgenerated near the geometrical focus and coexists with a weak plasma channel of the filamemt. Under thetightest focusing condition, filamentation is prevented and only a strong plasma volume appears at tehgeometrical focus.     

Formation of extended directional breakdown channels produced by a copper wire exploding in the atmosphere

Experimental data for switching initiated by the electrical breakdown of air gaps up to 1.9 m long with an arbitrary geometry that are produced by an exploding copper wire 90 μm in diameter are presented. At an initial voltage of 11 kV, the stored energy equals 100–2100 J. Two channel formation conditions are possible: explosion of a wire without electrical breakdown and electrical breakdown in a channel produced by an exploding wire with a delay (current pause) no longer than 250 μs. Current and voltage waveforms across the discharge gap, as well as the resistivity values, under the electrical breakdown conditions are shown. Mechanisms and conditions for streamer initiation at a mean electric field strength in the discharge gap of 5.3–17.0 kV/m are discussed. The geometrical dimensions of plasma objects in the forming channel, the run of the electrical current under breakdown, and the formation mechanism of wire explosion products are found from color microphotographs. The formation mechanism of large aerosols in the form of tiny spherical copper and copper oxide (CuO, Cu₂O) particles under wire explosion conditions is discussed.     

Shadowgraph investigation of plasma shock wave evolution from Al target under 355-nm laser ablation

The propagation of a plasma shock wave generated from an Al target surface ablated by a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser operating at 355 nm in air is investigated at the different focusing positions of the laser beam by using a time-resolved shadowgraph imaging technique. The results show that in the case of a target surface set at the off-focus position, the condition of the focal point behind or in front of the target surface greatly influences the evolution of an Al plasma shock wave, and an ionization channel forms in the case of the focal point set in front of the target surface. Moreover, it is found that the shadowgraph with the evolution time around 100 ns shows that a protrusion appears at the front tip of the shock wave if the focal point is at the target surface. In addition, the calculated results of the expanding velocity of the shock wave front, the mass density, and pressure just behind the shock wave front are presented based on the shadowgraphs.     

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采用纳秒脉冲电源,在静止空气条件下,开展了不同气压、放电距离和电压条件下的大体积纳秒脉冲放电实验研究.研究表明,当长度固定为200mm时,气压为250Pa时,随着电压的增大,放电区域从圆锥电极附近扩展到整个通道.当电压为12kV时,放电布满整个通道;随气压升高,初始放电电压增大.实验中发现在电压升高到一定程度时纳秒脉冲电离出现不稳定性,表现在气压相对较低时等离子体出现径向波动,气压相对较高时非平衡等离子体放电向电弧放电转变.分析认为,为了实现大体积均匀放电等离子体的产生,阻止放电不稳定性发生,应该采用上升沿时间更短,脉宽更小,电压更高的纳秒脉冲电源.     

Study on a New Ignition Method of the Spark Gap Based on Plasma Ejection in Air

A new ignition method of the spark gap based on plasma ejection is proposed in this paper, as the conventional trigatron spark gap performs poorly under the low working coefficient (the ratio of the charging voltage to the self‐breakdown voltage) in air. The plasma is generated by the capillary discharge, which has high pressure, high temperature and high velocity. The capillary discharge device is placed inside the low voltage electrode. As long as the triggering signal is sent to the device, a column of the plasma flow is ejected in axial direction and develops rapidly towards the high voltage electrode. Subsequently, the gap is broken down and a high resistive channel is formed, where the thermal ionization takes place and the arc across the whole gap is generated and develops into a well conductive channel. The process of the thermal ionization of the high resistive channel varies with the change of the spark gap distance. The breakdown delay and the delay jitter of the spark gap increase with the spark gap distance, as both parameters are mainly determined by the developing process of the plasma ejection. The characteristics of the plasma flow determine the possibility of the breakdown of the spark gap under the low working coefficient. The ignition method based on capillary plasma ejection has been proved by the preliminary experiments, which indicate that under the gap length of 8 cm and the working coefficient of less than 3%, the effective ignition is still achievable.     

激光触发多级多通道开关研究

 研究了200kV激光触发多级多通道开关的运行机理，该开关在直流电压下以四倍频Nd:YAG激光器为触发源进行的实验结果表明：开关触发延迟时间及其抖动随开关电压、激光能量和充气压力上升呈指数下降趋势，对混合气体则随气体密度上升而上升。随透镜焦距的增大延迟时间及其抖动呈上升趋势。该开关实现了多通道放电。     

激光等离子体相互作用的数值模拟

 基于激光等离子体相互作用的复杂物理过程的数学模型，采用PIC方法分别研究了P极化和S极化非均匀短脉冲强激光入射均匀分布的稠密等离子体时引起的空泡、成丝等物理现象。模拟了激光脉冲在真空中的3维传播形貌。由3维密度分布图发现：激光产生的巨大的有质动力向两侧推动粒子，形成等离子体密度通道；当激光脉冲入射等离子体区域后，纵向加速的电子速度峰值出现在电流峰值处。     

Fresnel light modulator with an array of channel waveguides

One-dimensional focusing and optical modulation have been achieved using a Fresnel light modulator (FLM) based on a Fresnel lens consisting of Ti-diffused channel waveguides on LiNbO₃. By this device, the height of diffraction pattern near the focal point is modulated with an applied voltage while the focusing effect is almost kept. The experimental results obtained from the FLM with 13 zones at 633 nm are as follows: the focal length is 12.4 cm, the full width of beam at half power 47 μm, the half-wave voltage 28 V, the extinction ratio 10.9 dB and the insertion loss 11.6 dB.