啁啾超短脉冲光波照射下光栅Talbot效应的研究

应用傅里叶频谱分析法，给出了光栅在啁啾超短脉冲光波照射下菲涅耳衍射方程并分析了其Talbot效应. 数值计算表明，在Talbot距离处的衍射光强不仅与照射的超短脉冲光波的宽度有关，而且与脉冲光波的啁啾有关. 根据光栅在Talbot距离处衍射光强的变化，给出了一种检验超短脉冲光波是否含有啁啾的简单方法. 关键词： 光栅 菲涅耳衍射 Talbot效应 啁啾超短脉冲激光     

啁啾飞秒激光脉冲形成的光纤光栅的Bragg反射特性

在800nm飞秒脉冲激光照射下光敏玻璃As₂S₃光纤具有双光子吸收 现象，当一束超短激光脉冲与另一束啁啾超短激光脉冲在As₂S₃光纤相遇时，干涉图案将 永久地记录一个空间啁啾光栅.研究了该光栅结构与入射超短脉冲激光脉冲参数的关系，数值计算表明该光栅具有较大的Bragg反射带宽. 关键词： 啁啾光纤光栅 飞秒激光脉冲 双光子吸收效应     

基于分数Talbot效应的棋盘格状阵列照明器北大核心CSCD

基于分数Talbot效应,利用纯位相光栅设计了一种二维棋盘格状阵列照明器。利用菲涅尔衍射理论分析了平面光波照射下纯位相光栅衍射光场,得到位相调制为(0,π/2)的二阶纯位相光栅可以实现压缩比为2的棋盘格状阵列照明。利用二元光学器件制作技术,在光学玻璃基底上制作了位相光栅。在扩束激光光束照射下,在分数Talbot距离处获得了效率为83.2%的棋盘格状明暗相间光斑阵列。实验结果很好地验证了理论分析结论。研究结果对于光互连、光通信、光电混合处理领域中阵列微光束生成和应用都具有较高的理论和实用价值。     

在超短脉冲照射下光栅的瞬时Talbot效应的研究

本文给出了光栅在超短脉冲照射下其瞬时Fresnel衍射光场的解析解.对该解析解的数值计算表明:当脉冲光波的半极大值全宽Δτ在几十个fs内,光栅的瞬时Talbot自成象现象消失,且Δτ越小或距离越远,瞬时光强波形与初始波形差异较大.而当Δτ达到ps的数值级时,瞬时Talbot自成象现象是存在的.     

多层介质膜脉冲宽度压缩光栅与超短脉冲作用时的性能分析

基于啁啾脉冲放大技术的超短脉冲激光系统是提供超快、超强激光的重要途径，具有良好输出波形和高损伤阈值的多层介质膜脉冲宽度压缩光栅是获得高峰值功率脉冲激光的关键. 基于傅里叶谱变换方法和严格模式理论，分析了多层介质膜光栅(MDG)在超短脉冲作用下的光学特性. 结果表明，当MDG的反射带宽小于具有高斯分布的入射脉冲的频谱宽度时，-1级反射脉冲呈非对称高斯分布，其前沿出现振荡，并且-1级反射脉冲能量开始剧烈下降. 讨论了MDG结构参数对其反射带宽的影响. 分析了MDG与超短脉冲作用时的近场光分布，对提高其抗激光损 关键词： 脉冲压缩光栅 傅里叶谱变换 模式理论 损伤阈值     

利用Talbot效应实现图像振幅相减的一种方法

本文提出了在相干会聚光照明下利用光栅的Talbot自成像效应实现图像振幅相减的一种方法.文中对这种方法的原理进行了理论分析,并给出与理论一致的实验结果.     

超短激光脉冲的空间展宽及其啁啾特性研究

本文讨论了具有一定频谱宽度的超短激光脉冲经过一对平行光栅后的空间展宽特性.首先应用经典的光栅方程推导了脉冲光经过光栅对后在空间上展宽的计算公式.结果表明随着光栅对之间距离的增加,输出脉冲光斑的横轴长度会随之增加,理论结果与实验结果基本一致.最后利用光纤光谱仪逐点测量了展宽后脉冲光斑的空间光谱分布特性,验证了其空间啁啾特征的出现.     

超短激光脉冲对宽带光学物质的微加工

通过讨论超快飞秒激光脉冲和长脉冲宽度的激光脉冲紧导致宽能隙透明电介质的损伤机理和比较超短激光脉冲与长激光脉冲对宽能隙透明电介质的损伤程度，得出超短激光脉冲是一种可对透明宽带电介质进行加工的有效工具的结论。当波长为800nm，脉冲宽度为150fs的激光脉冲紧聚焦到不同的宽能隙透明电介质（K9玻璃和ZK6玻璃）体内时，可制作不同光栅常数的光栅，并在波长为635nm的He-Ne连续激光的垂直照射下，对光栅的远场相对衍射效率和光栅的衍射效率进行了测量。     

XPW技术在提高超短激光脉冲对比度中的作用

有效提高激光脉冲对比度是推动超短超强激光技术发展的一个关键问题。交叉偏振波（XPW）滤波技术基于非线性晶体的三阶非线性特性,可显著提高超短激光脉冲对比度。结合国际上有关XPW滤波技术研究的最新进展,介绍了XPW滤波特性及实验研究结果。最新研究结果表明,采用这种技术可以将超短激光脉冲对比度提高4个量级。内部转换效率提高到50％。     

利用激光感应瞬态光栅技术测量超短激光脉冲宽度

描述了利用激光感应瞬态光栅技术测量超短脉冲激光的脉冲宽度和相干时间的方法，来自同一光源的两束激光在非线性介质中相干形成积分光栅，测量光栅自衍射强度与两束光脉冲之间的延迟时间关系，利用相干光束的四阶相干函数关系，可以求出光源的脉冲宽度和相干时间。     

Talbot effect of a high-density grating under femtosecond laser illumination

The Talbot effect of a high-density grating under femtosecond laser illumination is analyzed with rigorous electromagnetic theory which is based on the Fourier decomposition and the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA). Numerical simulations show that the contrast of the Talbot images steadily decreases as the transmitted femtosecond laser pulses propagate forward and with wider spectrum width of the femtosecond laser pulses. The Talbot images of high-density gratings have much higher sensitivity of the spectrum widths of the incident laser pulses than those of the traditional low-density gratings. In experiments, the spectrums and the pulse widths of the incident pulses are measured with a frequency-resolved optical grating (FROG) apparatus. The Talbot images are detected by using a Talbot scanning near-field optical microscopy (Talbot-SNOM) technique, which are in coincidence with the numerical simulations. This effect should be useful for developing new femtosecond laser techniques and devices.     

Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses

The Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses has been reported. Spectrums of double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are quite different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Therefore, the Talbot images of the double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Specifically, for the phase difference corresponding to π, the Talbot image shows the largest difference from that of one single pulse. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The behaviors of Talbot images under double femtosecond laser pulses illumination cannot be obtained under one femtosecond laser pulse, monochromatic or polychromatic light illumination. Therefore, it is a new interesting optical phenomenon for the Talbot effect which should have potential applications.     

Experimental study of the Talbot effect under femtosecond laser illumination

Experimental results of the Talbot effect of an amplitude grating under femtosecond laser illumination are reported. Compared with Talbot image under continuous wave (CW) illumination, Talbot images under femtosecond laser illumination are different due to the wide spectral bandwidth and the Talbot images are more distorted at longer Talbot distances. The spectrums and the pulsewidths of femtosecond laser pulses are measured with the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) apparatus. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.     

Experimental generation of high-contrast Talbot images with an ultrashort laser pulse

A femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser oscillator emitting pulses with 800 nm central wavelength, 10.9 fs pulse width, and 75 MHz repetition rate, combined with a dispersion-compensated diffractive system, was used to implement a large-area, high-contrast, broadband optical interference technique based on the Talbot effect. Chromatic artifacts associated with the huge spectrum of the optical source (approximately 150 nm) are compensated for with an air-separated hybrid diffractive-refractive lens doublet. The spatial resolution of the chromatically compensated Talbot images under femtosecond illumination is nearly identical to that achieved under continuous wave monochromatic illumination. Furthermore, the temporal width of the signal at the Talbot planes is limited by the group-delay-dispersion coefficient which is shown to be small. High-contrast one-dimensional periodic structures of 96.1 μm spacing generated by Talbot diffractometry are experimentally demonstrated.     

Ultrafast x-ray pulses emitted from a liquid mercury laser target

We report the generation of ultrashort, hard-x-ray pulses from a liquid mercury target irradiated by 5 kHz laser pulses. The new x-ray source is designed for time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy as well as imaging applications. This marks the first laser-driven plasma x-ray source that continuously recycles the target material, facilitating maintenance-free operation. Theoretical calculations show mercury targets emit shorter x-ray pulses than targets of lighter elements under identical illumination and x-ray detection conditions.     

Nonlinear Talbot self-healing in periodically poled LiNbO_3 crystal [Invited]

The nonlinear Talbot effect is a near-field nonlinear diffraction phenomenon in which the self-imaging of periodic objects is formed by the second harmonics of the incident laser beam. We demonstrate the first, to the best of our knowledge, example of nonlinear Talbot self-healing, i.e., the capability of creating defect-free images from faulty nonlinear optical structures. In particular, we employ the tightly focused femtosecond infrared optical pulses to fabricate Li Nb O_3 nonlinear photonic crystals and show that the defects in the form of the missing points of two-dimensional square and hexagonal periodic structures are restored in the second harmonic images at the first nonlinear Talbot plane. The observed nonlinear Talbot self-healing opens up new possibilities for defect-tolerant optical lithography and printing.     

Theory of laser ion acceleration from a foil target of nanometer thickness

A theory for ion acceleration by ultrashort laser pulses is presented to evaluate the maximum ion energy in the interaction of ultrahigh contrast (UHC) intense laser pulses with a nanometer-scale foil. In this regime, the ion energy may be directly related to the laser intensity and subsequent electron dynamics. This leads to a simple analytical expression for the ion energy gain under the laser irradiation of thin targets. Significantly higher energies for thin targets than for thicker targets are predicted. The theory is concretized with a view to compare with the results and their details of recent experiments.     

Fractional Talbot effect in a Selfoc gradient-index lens

The fractional Talbot effect is demonstrated inside a standard 0.25-pitch Selfoc gradient-index lens under uniform illumination. Comparisons with theoretical expressions of positions and magnification of fractional Talbot images are given.