紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转

对紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转进行了实验研究。波长为351 nm的连续紫外激光被聚焦在近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体的-z表面,同时沿与晶体自发极化相反的方向施加均匀外电场。实验证实紫外激光辐照可以有效地降低晶体畴反转所需的矫顽电场,采用数字全息干涉测量技术检测证实在激光辐照区域实现局域畴反转。研究表明采用紫外激光诱导可以实现对近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转的局域控制。提出了物理机理的理论分析,认为外电场和激光辐照场的共同作用在晶体内部产生高浓度、大尺寸的缺陷结构,缺陷一定程度上降低畴体成核和畴壁运动所需要克服的退极化能和畴壁能,实现激光诱导畴反转。     

铁电体中新畴成核经典模型的改进

新畴成核是外加低场下铁电体中铁电畴反转的一个重要的过程.首先介绍了新畴成核的经典模型,采用该模型研究了铁电畴反转的新畴成核过程,发现理论计算的成核速率与外场关系和实验观测结果不一致.在Tagantsev模型的基础上,选取不同的成核形状对新畴成核的经典模型进行了改进,并获得了和实验观测相符的理论计算结果. 关键词： 铁电体 铁电畴 成核速率     

Light-Induced Domain Inversion in Mg-Doped near Stoichiometric Lithium Niobate Crystals

We investigate the influence of visible light on domain inversion in Mg-doped near stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals and find that the switching electric field decreases about 70% above a threshold light intensity. This effect helps us optically control domain switching and produce bulk domain structures on the micrometre scale. Finally, we introduce a model of photo-induced carriers to explain the origin of the reduction of switching electric field.     

Polarization switching without domain formation at the intrinsic coercive field in ultrathin ferroelectric PbTiO₃

Polarization switching in ferroelectrics has been thought to occur only through the nucleation and growth of new domains. Here we use in situ synchrotron x-ray scattering to monitor switching controlled by applied chemical potential. In sufficiently thin PbTiO? films, nucleation is suppressed and switching occurs by a continuous mechanism, i.e., by uniform decrease and inversion of the polarization without domain formation. The observed lattice parameter shows that the electric field in the film during switching reaches the theoretical intrinsic coercive field.     

Laser induced self-phase modulation in nematic liquid crystals and effects of applied dc electric field

We investigated the ring-pattern characteristic of self-phase modulation in a homeotropic nematic liquid crystal cell induced by a focused Ar-ion laser beam. Laser induced self-phase retardation versus incident angle was experimentally studied, and good agreement with theory was found. Effects of applied dc electric field on the ring-pattern were studied, to our knowledge, for the first time. When the electric field was below a critical value, laser induced self-phase retardation could be varied by changing the electric field strength. Above this value, irregular shaped diffraction pattern accompanied by intense light scattering was observed, which is attributable to honeycomb-like domain formation.     

Comparison of ferroelectric domain delineation in triglycine sulphate by the etching technique and the pyroelectric laser technique. Application to the study of polarization reversal

It is shown that the well-known etch technique and the newly developed pyroelectric laser technique can reveal similar domains. However the latter technique is so fast that it appears as the best one to study problems such as nucleation and domain wall motion.

In the case of an alanine doped TGS crystal it is shown that domain wall motions started at a given nucleation field E₁ stop at some characteristic boundary lines in the crystal. To carry on the polarization reversal, we have to increase the electric field up to some higher value E₂ which is the minimum value of the nucleation field in the next area. Then a new domain is growing very rapidly by wall motions until the characteristic boundary lines of this area are reached. These lines are probably dislocation lines. It is shown that a direct side observation of domains is possible. Conical and cylindrical domains are clearly visible.     

Switching current noise and relaxation of ferroelectric domains

We simulate field-induced nucleation and switching of domains in a three-dimensional model of ferroelectrics with quenched disorder and varying domain sizes. We study (1) bursts of the switching current at slow driving along the hysteresis loop (electrical Barkhausen noise) and (2) the polarization reversal when a strong electric field was applied and back-switching after the field was removed. We show how these processes are related to the underlying structure of domain walls, which in turn is controlled by the pinning at quenched local electric fields. When the depolarization fields of bound charges are properly screened we find that the fractal switching current noise may appear with two distinct universal behaviors. The critical depinning of plane domain walls determines the universality class in the case of weak random fields, whereas for large randomness the massive nucleation of domains in the bulk leads to different scaling properties. In both cases the scaling exponents decay logarithmically when the driving frequency is increased. The polarization reverses in the applied field as a power-law, while its relaxation in zero field is a stretch exponential function of time. The stretching exponent depends on the strength of pinning. The results may be applicable for uniaxial relaxor ferroelectrics, such as doped SBN:Ce. Received 7 February 2002 / Received in final form 10 April 2002 Published online 9 July 2002     

Three-dimensional numerical investigations of the laser-beam interactions in an undulator

Laser-beam interaction in an undulator is commonly suggested in the development of free electron laser(FEL)schemes. In this paper, a three-dimensional algorithm is developed to assist in laser-beam interaction simulation in an undulator, which is built on the basis of the fundamentals of electrodynamics, i.e.the electron's behavior is determined by the magnetic field and the laser electric field in the time domain. On the basis of the algorithm, the detuning effect in a laser heater, the carrier envelope phase effect of a few-cycle laser in attosecond X-ray FEL schemes and output wavelength tuning in a high gain harmonic generation FEL are numerically discussed.     

铌酸锂晶体紫外激光诱导畴反转实验研究

报道了在铌酸锂晶体中实现紫外激光诱导畴反转的实验。在一定外加均匀电场下,铌酸锂晶体中通过波长365nm的紫外激光,由于紫外光的照射降低了矫顽电场只在通光区实现畴反转。研究表明,该方案可用于周期性极化铌酸锂的制备,并有望成为制作精细周期性畴结构的有效技术方案。     

Surface roughness assisted 100 kHz femtosecond laser induced nanostructure formation on silicon surface

Spontaneous nanostructure formations on roughened and smooth silicon surface by the femtosecond laser irradiation with the repetition rate of 100 kHz were systematically studied. In addition to the widely accepted so-called coarse ripple, which has the period analogous to the wavelength of the laser beam and aligns perpendicularly to the electric field of the incident laser beam, the ripple which has the period similar to the wavelength of the incident laser beam but aligns parallel to the electric field of the laser beam was observed on the roughened surface for the lower fluence and the higher number of pulse irradiation. Furthermore, the ensemble of dots formed by the enhancement of the local electric field was found on the roughened surface. This structure is preferentially formed around the scratches aligned perpendicularly to the electric field of the laser beam. These novel nanostructures are considered to be peculiar to the femtosecond laser irradiation and open the possibilities for precise control of the spontaneous nanostructure formation by femtosecond laser irradiation.     

基于MgO:QPLN的多光参量振荡器电场调谐特性理论与实验研究

报道了基于掺氧化镁准周期极化铌酸锂(MgO:QPLN)的多光参量振荡器电场调谐特性理论与实验研究. 通过对电场调谐能力与极化结构参数间关联性的理论分析, 确定了高正负晶畴比MgO:QPLN电场调谐的可行性, 并模拟得到跨周期参量光输出波长与加载电压的关系曲线. 实验中通过对MgO:QPLN有效的电场加载, 实现了3.84 μm波段参量光的电场调谐, 频谱调谐带宽约6 nm, 调谐速率接近1 nm/kV, 进一步结合温度调谐, 实现了参量光宽谱段高精度的连续调谐. 所获得实验结果与理论模拟结果基本符合, 电场调谐在精度控制、快速响应方面相比于传统温度调谐更具技术优势.     

Mechanism of Current Oscillations in Gallium ArsenidePhotoconductive Semiconductor Switches

Semi-insulating photoconductive semiconductor switch with an electrode gap of 4 mm, triggered by a laser pulse with energy of 0.5md, and applied bias of 2.5kV, the periodicity current oscillation with a cycle of 12ns is obtained. It is indicated that the current oscillation is one mode of transferred electron effect, namely quenched domain mode. This mode of trans-electron oscillator is obtained when the instantaneous bias electric field drops below the sustaining field （the minimum electric field required to support the domain） before the domain reaches the anode, which leads to the domain disappears somewhere in the bulk of the switch and away from the ohmic contacts. We mainly analyse the time-dependent characteristic of the mode, the theoretical analysis results are in excellent agreement with the experiment.     

Electric polarization of magnetic textures: New horizons of micromagnetism

A common scenario of magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics is the electric polarization induced by spatially modulated spin structures. It is shown in this paper that the same mechanism works in magnetic dielectrics with inhomogeneous magnetization distribution: the domain walls and magnetic vortexes can be the sources of electric polarization. The electric field driven magnetic domain wall motion is observed in iron garnet films. The electric field induced nucleation of vortex state of magnetic nanodots is theoretically predicted and numerically simulated. From the practical point of view the electric field control of micromagnetic structures suggests a low-power approach for spintronics and magnonics.     

静电场对强激光场非序列双电子电离的影响

利用半经典重碰模型计算并研究了He原子在强激光场与静电场的混合场下的非序列双电子电离过程. 由于静电场破坏了激光场电场的反演对称性,在平行于激光场偏振方向的He²⁺离子动量分布不再具有对称双峰结构. 由于超短脉冲具有相似的非对称性,研究静电场对原子在强场中非序列电离的影响,有助于分析超短脉冲非序列电离的过程,进一步了解非序列双电子电离的机理. 关键词： 非序列双电离 静电场 重碰 非对称性场     

静电场对强激光场非序列双电子电离的影响

利用半经典重碰模型计算并研究了He原子在强激光场与静电场的混合场下的非序列双电子电离过程. 由于静电场破坏了激光场电场的反演对称性，在平行于激光场偏振方向的He²⁺离子动量分布不再具有对称双峰结构. 由于超短脉冲具有相似的非对称性，研究静电场对原子在强场中非序列电离的影响，有助于分析超短脉冲非序列电离的过程，进一步了解非序列双电子电离的机理.     

Ultrasonic sizing of short surface cracks

This paper presents a method for ultrasonic sizing of surface cracks based on time domain and frequency domain Rayleigh wave near-field analysis. The procedure allows for the entire range of ratio of crack depth to Rayleigh wavelength a/λ to be covered with one single measurement. In the time domain the time-of-flight method was extended to cracks smaller than the wavelength by correlation of the time delay of the transmitted Rayleigh wave with the crack depth. In the frequency domain, the inverse scattering problem was solved by comparison of the measured scattering coefficients and central frequencies of the reflected and transmitted Rayleigh waves with theoretical curves. The sizing procedure was demonstrated experimentally with narrow slots and real fatigue cracks. The out-of-plane displacement component was measured pointwise in the scattered near field by means of laser interferometry. The determination of the scattering parameters in the near field was enabled by a procedure that allows for the Rayleigh wave to be separated from the other modes scattered at the defect. The experimental results showed good accuracy and repeatability down to the smallest available ratio of crack depth to Rayleigh wavelength a/λ = 0.15.     

调谐激光吸收光谱波长偏移修正算法研究

可调谐半导体激光器具有线宽窄、波长扫描快、室温工作等特点,基于可调谐半导体激光器构成的激光吸收光谱气体测量系统在大气环境检测、工业生产过程在线检测中得到了广泛的应用。在实际测量系统中,由于可调谐半导体激光器中心波长受温度等因素的影响发生偏移,如不进行中心波长校正,将造成序列光谱数据重叠,处理后的光谱线型发生展宽,进而影响后续的光谱线型拟合,对气体浓度的反演精度产生影响。一般采用参考光谱吸收谱线寻峰方法进行序列光谱数据偏移的对齐,但光谱数据中的随机噪声、背景噪声、漂移噪声等因素影响峰线波长的精度。为了降低上述因素的影响,提出一种改进的时域相关光谱修正算法,首先对光谱信号进行自相关,在一定程度上提高光谱信号的信噪比,然后再进行时域互相关处理,能够准确的计算出激光器波长偏移量,减少由此造成的光谱线型展宽的影响,提高了浓度反演精度和测量稳定性。在激光吸收光谱气体浓度检测实验系统中进行了实验验证,评估结果中,原始数据标准差为1.482 8,谱线寻峰方法与时域相关方法修正后数据标准差分别为0.433 9和0.293 6,改进的时域相关修正方法修正后数据标准差为0.132 5,改进的时域相关修正方法相关系数均优于0.992,欧式距离的标准差为1.726 4。系统稳定性评估中改进方法波长漂移修正后标准偏差为0.144 3。     

Design of High-Efficiency Diffraction Gratings Based on Rigorous Coupled-Wave Analysis for 800nm Wavelength

We report on the design of a high diffraction efficiency multi-layer dielectric grating with wide incident angle and broad bandwidth for 80Ohm. The optimized grating can achieve 〉 95% diffraction efficiency in the first order at an incident angle of 5° from Littrow and a wavelength from 77Ohm to 83Ohm, with peak diffraction efieieney of 〉 99.5% at 80Ohm. The electric field distribution of the optimized multi-layer dielectric grating within the gratings ridge is 1.3 times enhancement of the incidence light, which presents potential high laser resistance ability. Because of its high-effieieney, wide incident, broad bandwidth and potential high resistance ability, the multi-layer dielectric grating should have practical application in Ti：sapphire laser systems.     

带有多孔二氧化硅间隔层的导模共振光栅实现染料激光器发射增强

导模共振光栅是一种典型的平面波导共振结构,可在光栅表面或波导层内形成较强的局域电场,能增强光与物质的相互作用.本文在导模共振结构的光栅层和基底层之间,引入低折射率的多孔二氧化硅间隔层,显著增强了局域电场与增益介质的接触度.结果表明,引入多孔二氧化硅后,共振产生的电场增强区域上移至激光染料层,增加了激光染料与电场的相互作用,实现了激光出射增强.本文基于时域有限差分法,对结构参数进行分析优化,研究了820 nm共振波长激发下的出射激光特性,得到了连续的激光出射,其能量阈值约为2.5 mJ/cm^2,线宽约为0.3 nm.本文提出的结构实现了对表面局域电场的有效调控,增强了激发光与增益介质的相互作用,不但可应用于激光器,还为其它发光器件的设计提供了参考.     

梯度膜作为高功率激光反射膜的初步研究

 对渐变折射率薄膜替代均匀膜系作为高功率激光反射膜的可行性进行了理论研究。以较容易获得的线性共蒸法制备的光学膜在中心波长为1 064 nm的激光作用为例，分析了薄膜与基体之间波长的匹配、场强分布等问题。提出了通过改变微小单元获得梯度膜匹配厚度的数值方法，将之运用在14个周期结构的梯度膜中，并由膜系计算软件验证了所获得结果。最后通过分析Maxwell方程，计算了梯度膜中与薄膜损伤密切相关的电场强度分布。结果表明：周期性结构梯度高反射膜中的电场分布与传统高反射膜具有相似性，但相对于传统高反射膜容易在界面处出现损伤的情形而言，梯度膜更容易在表面出现损伤，使梯度膜表面反射相移接近π是高功率梯度高反射膜的设计方向。