飞秒强激光场中大尺寸氩团簇爆炸机理的实验研究

利用飞行时间谱，研究了在飞秒强激光场（60 fs，2×1016 W/cm2）作用下，大尺寸氩原子团簇Arn（n—=3×103—3×106原子/每团簇）的电离爆炸过程，测量了 团簇爆炸所产生的氩离子的平均能量与团簇尺寸（气体背压）的关系.实验发现，随着气体 背压的升高（团簇尺寸增大），氩离子的平均能量也相应升高.通过分析两个不同几何尺寸 锥形超声喷嘴所产生团簇爆炸后的离子能量，结合Hagena团簇尺寸规律，发现在激光参数保 持不变的情况下，离子的平均能量由团簇尺寸唯一确定.分析表明，团簇尺寸在3×105原 子/每团簇以下时，团簇膨胀的主要机理是库仑爆炸.随着团簇尺寸的进一步增大，团簇膨胀 机理将由库仑爆炸向流体动力学膨胀过渡，在3×105关键词： 原子团簇 飞秒强激光 库仑爆炸 流体动力学膨胀     

飞秒强激光脉冲中氩团簇库仑爆炸特性研究

利用Bathe模型,理论模拟了氩团簇在飞秒强激光中(100 fs, 1016 W/cm2)的电离和爆炸过程.研究结果显示,在团簇尺寸较小时,离子平均能量与团簇初始半径平方成正比,爆炸机制为典型的库仑爆炸.随着团簇尺寸的增加,能量增加的速度趋缓并在一定团簇尺寸后趋于饱和.模拟结果与实验数据有较好的吻合.     

原子团簇对飞秒激光的吸收

使用800nm飞秒脉冲激光研究了Xe,Ar,He等原子团簇对激光的吸收.实验结果表明,脉冲阀门的工作压力、所使用的气体种类等因素对团簇的尺寸及团簇对激光的吸收影响很大.在阀门工作压力为20×10⁵Pa、激光功率密度为1×10¹⁵W/cm²的条件下,Xe团簇对激光的吸收高达45%.激光预脉冲的存在会降低原子团簇对激光能量的吸收.离子能量测量结果表明,团簇对激光的高效吸收导致较高离子温度等离子体的生 关键词： 原子团簇 飞秒激光 能量吸收效率 高能离子     

低密度大尺寸团簇形成的诊断研究

利用线性啁啾散射光谱测量法,研究了背压对团簇尺寸的影响以及团簇形成过程中尺寸的变化过程. 同时发现低密度大尺寸团簇的形成,可以作为相关实验需要的干净且重要的团簇靶. 关键词： 团簇 飞秒强激光 尺寸测量 线性啁啾光谱散射     

飞秒激光氘团簇库仑爆炸引发核聚变的机理研究

在超强飞秒激光与氘团簇的相互作用中，利用库仑爆炸模型，分析了可以引发核聚变的高能氘核产生的机理，提出了氘离子团簇膨胀尺寸与时间的关系式，计算了多种尺寸的氘团簇库仑爆炸时氘核的动能以及氘团簇的解体时间． 关键词： 飞秒强激光 氘团簇 库仑爆炸 核聚变     

Ar原子团簇与飞秒强激光相互作用产生的高能离子计算

利用改进的“等离子体球”模型模拟了Ar原子团簇与飞秒强激光相互作用的物理过程.改进后的模型弱化了原模型在共振吸收附近团簇内部屏蔽电场的异常增强行为，从而使其更为合理，计算得到的Ar离子平均动能与以往的实验结果符合.还定量地研究了Ar离子平均动能及其平均电荷态与团簇尺寸以及激光参数之间的变化关系. 关键词： 团簇 飞秒激光 高能离子 共振吸收     

A1等离子体与甲醇团簇的反应

利用激光烧蚀-分子束法(LA-MB)对激光烧蚀金属铝靶产生的Al等离子体与脉冲分子束超声膨胀产生的(CH3OH)n团簇在气相条件下的反应进行了研究.烧蚀激光相对于脉冲分子束之间的延时不同,观测到团簇离子序列及团簇尺寸的变化,反映出脉冲分子束状态对反应条件及激光烧蚀等离子体状态的影响.在激光烧蚀发生于脉冲分子束的前段,主要反应产物为Al (CH3OH)n,但团簇尺寸较小;在烧蚀发生于脉冲分子束的中段,主要产物为H (CH3OH)n,团簇尺寸增大,强度减弱;在烧蚀发生于脉冲分子束的后段,观测到尺寸更大的水合质子化团簇H (H2O)m(CH3OH)n.结合团簇离子速度分布的特征,对团簇的产生机理进行了讨论.     

基于旋转相干光谱的整形飞秒激光转动动力学调控

我们实验上发展了基于飞秒激光旋转相干光谱的整形飞秒激光转动动力学调控方法，通过脉冲整形技术调控激发脉冲的光谱相位，从而实现对飞秒激光作用下转动态相干激发过程中复原信号及转动布居数的调控. 研究了飞秒激光旋转相干光谱对激光频谱相位的响应机制，突出了飞秒激光频谱相位在气相分子转动态相干激发中的重要作用. 为飞秒激光作用下生物大分子和团簇鉴别及结构探测研究提供了新的参考.     

氢团簇在飞秒强激光场中的动力学行为

利用分子动力学方法研究了氢团簇在飞秒强激光场中的动力学行为. 与库仑爆炸模型所预言的不同, 团簇的膨胀是各向异性的, 质子平均动能沿激光场极化方向上的分量要明显大于垂直于激光场极化方向上的分量. 讨论了团簇各向异性膨胀产生的原因, 分析了激光和团簇参数对各向异性程度的影响.     

飞秒强激光能量在Ar原子团簇中的沉积

飞秒强激光与团簇的相互作用是一个十分活跃的研究领域, 本文采用一种新的理论模型, 研究了飞秒激光在团簇中的传输的过程, 计算了Ar原子团簇对超强激光能量的吸收, 并通过解析计算连续曲折射程、最大穿透深度和特征时间三个重要的物理参量来重新估算了这一模型的可行性.     

氩团簇高信噪比13—23nm软x射线辐射谱实验观察

用150fs的掺钛蓝宝石激光系统, 在功率密度约为5×10¹⁵ W/cm²时 激励氩(Ar)团簇，利用具有空间分辨能力的平场光栅谱仪观察到13—23nm波段Ar的软x射线谱，并观察到Ar的11阶离子谱线.在较宽的激光脉宽和较低的激光功率密度情况下，通过激励Ar团簇，获得 了Ar的高阶电离度的实验结果，且谱线的信噪比明显好于光场感应电离的情况，说明团簇的 形成大幅度地提高了激光能量的吸收效率. 关键词： Ar团簇 超短强激光 软x射线辐射     

超强激光与Ar团簇相互作用中X射线的研究

本文主要研究了超强超短激光与Ar团簇相互作用过程中X射线能谱、K壳层光子产额、能量转换效率以及激光对比度对X射线光子产额的影响.实验中得到K壳层的光子产额约为1× 10¹¹/发,能量转换效率约为2.8× 10^-5．同时观测到较强预脉冲离化团簇会导致预电离,产生膨胀等离子体,然而主脉冲与膨胀的等离子体相互作用的强度较未膨胀时降低了,从而导致K壳层光子产额降低,而使用高对比度的激光能增加X射线光子产额.     

Femtosecond time-resolved optical polarigraphy: imaging of the propagation dynamics of intense light in a medium

A time-resolved imaging technique for visualizing ultrafast propagation dynamics of intense light pulses in a medium has been demonstrated. The method probes the instantaneous birefringence induced by a pulse in the medium. Through consecutive femtosecond snapshot images of intense femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air, ultrafast temporal changes in the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the optical pulse intensity were clearly seen.     

Controlling the coulomb explosion of silver clusters by femtosecond dual-pulse laser excitation

Silver clusters grown in helium nanodroplets are excited by intense femtosecond laser pulses resulting in the formation of a hot electron plasma far from equilibrium. The ultrafast dynamics is studied by applying optically delayed dual pulses, which allows us to pursue and control the coupling of the laser field to the clusters on a femtosecond time scale. A distinct influence of the optical delay on the ionization efficiency gives strong evidence that a significant contribution of collective dipolar electron motion is present, which is verified by corresponding Vlasov dynamics simulations on a model system. The microscopic approach demonstrates the outstanding role of giant resonances in clusters also in intense laser fields.     

Probing angular correlations in sequential double ionization

We study electron correlation in sequential double ionization of noble gas atoms and HCl in intense, femtosecond laser pulses. We measure the photoelectron angular distributions of Ne+ relative to the first electron in a pump-probe experiment with 8 fs, 800 nm, circularly polarized laser pulses at a peak intensity of a few 10(15) W/cm2. Using a linear-linear pump-probe setup, we further study He, Ar, and HCl. We find a clear angular correlation between the two ionization steps in the sequential double ionization intensity regime.     

Interaction of intense laser pulses with atomic clusters at different gas densities

The interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with rare gas clusters was studied experimentally,the time-of-flight spectra of ions from exploding clusters at different gas densities have been measured. It is found that while the relative components of ions inlow and high energy of the ion energy spectrum decrease with the increase of the gas density,the average ion energies are the same for different gas densities,which indicates that the effect of gas density on laser-cluster interaction is not important under our experimental conditions.     

Guiding of intense laser pulses in plasma waveguides produced from efficient, femtosecond end-pumped heating of clustered gases

We demonstrate intense pulse guiding in efficient femtosecond end-pumped waveguides generated in clustered gases. This novel scheme provides a route to significantly lower on-axis plasma density (< 10(18) cm(-3)) more than is feasible in conventional hydrodynamic plasma waveguides. Self-focused propagation and strong absorption of intense femtosecond laser pulses are used to produce long centimeter scale channels in an argon cluster jet, and a subsequent pulse is guided with 3 x 10(17) W cm(-2) intensity and approximately 50% coupling efficiency. Preliminary results with hydrogen clusters also show guiding.     

Generation and detection of superstrong shock waves during ablation of an aluminum surface by intense femtosecond laser pulses

Superstrong shock waves of multimegabar level generated during ablation of an aluminum surface by intense (<1 PW/cm²) femtosecond laser pulses have been detected by observing the propagation of a shock wave in air from the ablated surface to a broadband piezoelectric receiver. The estimated initial pressure and velocity of the shock wave (ablation plume) agree well with data obtained earlier by various methods for shock waves propagating inside ablated targets.     

Emission of thermally activated electrons from rare gas clusters irradiated with intense VUV light pulses from a free electron laser

The ionization dynamics of Ar and Xe clusters irradiated with intense vacuum ultraviolet light from a free-electron laser is investigated using photoelectron spectroscopy. Clusters comprising between 70 and 900 atoms were irradiated with femtosecond pulses at 95 nm wavelength (approximately 13 eV photon energy) and a peak intensity of approximately 4 x 10(12) W/cm2. A broad thermal distribution of emitted electrons from clusters with a maximum kinetic energy up to 30-40 eV is observed. The observation of relatively low-energy photoelectrons is in good agreement with calculations using a time-dependent Thomas-Fermi model and gives experimental evidence of an outer ionization process of the clusters, due to delayed thermoelectronic emission.