锥形透镜光纤聚焦特性研究

锥形透镜光纤(TLF)是实现光纤与平面光波光路(PLC)芯片高效耦合的核心元件。了解和掌握其聚焦特性是指导平面光波光路尾纤封装技术的关键。给出了表征锥形透镜光纤聚焦特性的两个参量出射光斑直径和远场发散角的理论分析模型,其误差小于1.14%;采用光束传播法数值模拟了锥形透镜光纤中的光波传输和模斑的演化,确定了锥形透镜光纤端面出射光斑的大小;优化锥形透镜光纤结构参量为:拉锥长度300μm,锥角0.733°,透镜曲率半径13.485μm;建立了基于数字摄像机的锥形透镜光纤出射光场测试系统,提出了物理光学反向推演法,计算出锥形透镜光纤聚焦光斑尺寸和远场发散角。理论与实验结果有着良好的一致:对于相同结构参量的锥形透镜光纤,实验反推法得到的出射光斑尺寸与理论值相比误差为3.15%,远场发散角误差为3.67%。     

Monoenergetic proton beams accelerated by a radiation pressure driven shock

We report on the acceleration of impurity-free quasimononenergetic proton beams from an initially gaseous hydrogen target driven by an intense infrared (λ=10 μm) laser. The front surface of the target was observed by optical probing to be driven forward by the radiation pressure of the laser. A proton beam of ～MeV energy was simultaneously recorded with narrow energy spread (σ～4%), low normalized emittance (～8 nm), and negligible background. The scaling of proton energy with the ratio of intensity over density (I/n) confirms that the acceleration is due to the radiation pressure driven shock.     

Dynamic control of laser-produced proton beams

The emission characteristics of intense laser driven protons are controlled using ultrastrong (of the order of 10(9) V/m) electrostatic fields varying on a few ps time scale. The field structures are achieved by exploiting the high potential of the target (reaching multi-MV during the laser interaction). Suitably shaped targets result in a reduction in the proton beam divergence, and hence an increase in proton flux while preserving the high beam quality. The peak focusing power and its temporal variation are shown to depend on the target characteristics, allowing for the collimation of the inherently highly divergent beam and the design of achromatic electrostatic lenses.     

基于带电粒子活化法开展的SGⅡ-U皮秒激光质子加速实验研究

基于带电粒子活化测谱方法在SGⅡ-U装置上开展了皮秒激光靶背鞘场机制质子加速实验研究,对靶参数进行了优化.利用带电粒子活化测谱方法测量了相同激光条件、不同Cu薄膜靶厚度情况下靶背鞘场加速质子的最高截止能量、角分布、总产额以及激光能量到质子的转化效率等关键参数.实验发现,SGⅡ-U皮秒激光靶背鞘场加速机制的最佳Cu薄膜靶厚度为10 μm,对应质子最高能量接近40 MeV,质子（>4 MeV）总产额约4×10¹²个,激光能量到质子的转化效率约2%.薄膜靶更厚或者更薄都会降低加速质子的最高截止能量;当靶厚减薄至1 μm时,皮秒激光的预脉冲开始对靶背鞘场产生显著影响,质子最高截止能量急剧下降,高能质子束斑呈现空心结构;而当靶厚增加至35 μm时,虽然质子束的能量有所降低,但是质子束斑的均匀性更好.     

通道靶对超强激光加速质子束的聚焦效应

发散角过大是制约超强激光与固体靶相互作用加速产生高能质子束应用的一个重大物理难题.本文提出了一种结构化的通道靶型,与超强激光相互作用可提高质子束的发散特性,通道壁上产生的横向电荷分离静电场可对质子有效聚焦.采用二维particle-in-cell粒子模拟程序对激光通道靶相互作用过程进行了研究,分析了加速质子束的性能特点.模拟结果表明,与传统平面靶相比,通道靶可以在不过多损失能量的情况下产生具有更好准直性的质子束,尤其当通道靶的直径与激光焦斑尺寸和质子源尺寸相当时,横向静电场能够有效聚焦质子束,并且可保证相对较高的激光能量利用率.     

电子束放射照相的特性与参数优化

短脉冲强激光产生的电子束具有源尺寸小、脉宽窄、准单能谱等特点, 在放射照相诊断中具有独特作用. 本文通过分析电子在材料中散射并采用蒙特卡罗方法数值模拟, 研究了100 keV到几百MeV能量电子束对有厚度起伏或存在界面的靶的透视, 并与质子、X射线束透视结果比较, 给出了电子束放射照相的特性与参数优化: 基于电子在材料中非弹性散射或能量损失, 选用能量使其射程与靶厚度接近的电子束来诊断靶厚度不均匀性; 基于电子在材料中的弹性散射, 选用射程超过靶厚度的电子束来诊断靶界面.     

准相位匹配扇形光栅铌酸锂光波导倍频绿光输出

采用外加电场极化方式对具有扇形光栅的 0 .5mm厚Z切铌酸锂晶体进行极化反转 ,制成了退火质子交换光波导。极化反转周期为 5 .8μm～ 6 .2 μm ,采用Nd∶YAG激光器输出的 1.0 6 4 μm连续激光为基频光波 ,实现了0 .5 32 μm倍频绿光输出 ,相互作用长度为 4mm ,耦入波导的基频光波功率为 10mW ,获得了 2 0 μW的绿色倍频光输出 ,归一化转换效率为 12 5 % (W·cm2 )。     

Distribution uniformity of laser-accelerated proton beams

Compared with conventional accelerators,laser plasma accelerators can generate high energy ions at a greatly reduced scale,due to their TV/m acceleration gradient.A compact laser plasma accelerator(CLAPA) has been built at the Institute of Heavy Ion Physics at Peking University.It will be used for applied research like biological irradiation,astrophysics simulations,etc.A beamline system with multiple quadrupoles and an analyzing magnet for laser-accelerated ions is proposed here.Since laser-accelerated ion beams have broad energy spectra and large angular divergence,the parameters(beam waist position in the Y direction,beam line layout,drift distance,magnet angles etc.) of the beamline system are carefully designed and optimised to obtain a radially symmetric proton distribution at the irradiation platform.Requirements of energy selection and differences in focusing or defocusing in application systems greatly influence the evolution of proton distributions.With optimal parameters,radially symmetric proton distributions can be achieved and protons with different energy spread within ±5% have similar transverse areas at the experiment target.     

fs激光在靶背表面产生的质子束成丝

 介绍了利用3TW/60fs钛宝石超短超强激光与20μm铜薄膜靶相互作用的实验。实验观测到质子束的角分布随激光功率密度有所变化。在较高的功率密度（～1×10¹⁸ W/cm²）时，观测到环状的质子束分布，发散角较大。在较低的激光功率密度（～2×10¹⁷ W/cm²）时，质子束发散角减小，质子束出现成丝现象。质子束的角分布实际上反映了从靶前输运到靶背的超热电子电流横向分布。在输运过程中，由于Weibel不稳定性会使超热电子电流出现空心化并最后破裂成丝。     

Development of beam-pointing stabilizer on a 10-TW Ti:Al2O3 laser system JLITE-X for laser-excited ion accelerator research

We developed a beam-pointing stabilizer for a 10-TW Ti:sapphire laser system to study laser-induced ion acceleration. We confirmed the improvement in the laser beam pointing stability by using a 10-TW laser system (we call it JLITE-X) at JAERI-APRC. The original long-term pointing stability on a 10-TW laser system is ～70 μrad without beam stabilizing. By using a beam-pointing stabilizer, the laser beam stability was improved within 10 μrad. If f/1 focusing optics and a target which is tilted 45° to the target normal is used, the fluctuation of the laser intensity at the focus will be improved from 80% without stabilizing to <0.4% with it.     

Detailed characterization of polycapillary focusing x-ray lenses by a charge-coupled device detector and a pinhole

A method to measure the detailed performance of polycapillary x-ray optics by a pinhole and charge coupled device (CCD) detector was proposed in this study. The pinhole was located between the x-ray source and the polycapillary x-ray optics to determine the illuminating region of the incident x-ray beam on the input side of the optics. The CCD detector placed downstream of the polycapillary x-ray optics ensured that the incident x-ray beam controlled by the pinhole irradiated a specific region of the input surface of the optics. The intensity of the output beam of the polycapillary x-ray optics was obtained from the far-field image of the output beam of the optics captured by CCD detector. As an application example, the focal spot size, gain in power density, transmission efficiency, and beam divergence of different parts of a polycapillary focusing x-ray lenses (PFXRL) were measured by a pinhole and CCD detector. Three pinholes with diameters of 500, 1000, and 2000 μm were used to adjust the diameter of the incident x-ray beam illuminating the PFXRL from 500 μm to the entire surface of the input side of the PFXRL. The focal spot size of the PFXRL, gain in power density, transmission efficiency, and beam divergence ranged from 27.1 μm to 34.6 μm, 400 to 3460, 26.70% to 5.38%, and 16.8 mrad to 84.86 mrad, respectively.     

Focusing crystal device for deflecting a divergent 50-GeV proton beam

At large accelerators, bent crystals are employed to deflect weakly divergent proton beams at the stages of extraction and collimation. We demonstrate that a divergent particle beam may be efficiently deflected using a crystal with a focusing edge. A proton beam with divergence near 1 mrad, which exceeds the Lindhard angle by a factor of 30, has been experimentally deflected by 1.8 mrad with efficiency near 15%. The proposed focusing crystal may serve as an element of a novel optical system for secondary-particle beams in the TeV energy region.     

Focusing of an intense neutralized proton beam

An intense low-energy (15–20 keV) proton beam is focused in two stages: ballistic focusing is followed by magnetic compression. The beam is formed by an MAIS wide-aperture source, in which a plasma is generated by many discharge elements via a discharge over the polyethylene surface. In the presence of an external magnetic field, the beam turns out to be overneutralized by electrons coming from the cathode grids of the source and from the target. The maximal focusing efficiency (>70%) is observed within 10 μs after the pulse has been applied if the target is negatively biased. The degree of beam compression in terms of cross-sectional area is 1.6×10³. The numerical simulation of the focusing agrees well with the results of measurement.     

红外探测器三波段高通滤光片的研制

红外探测器在空间探测以及目标发现和跟踪技术中具有极为重要的应用,其性能的优劣直接关系到获取数据的准确性和可信性。为了提高红外信号的分析灵敏度,降低探测器的噪声,在（CVD）ZnS基底上,采用电子束及离子辅助沉积技术,研制了3 m～5 m高透、1.064 m～2.5 m波段截止的高通滤光膜。为了有效防止1.064 m波段处的激光对探测器造成的激光损伤,以保证探测器的正常工作,根据激光器的输出功率制备了对1.064 m激光波段具有1%,0.1%,0.01%数量级衰减能力的系列高通滤光膜,使红外探测器更具灵活性与智能化的特征。     

Focusing of a high-energy particle beam at an extremely short distance

It has recently been realized that the focusing of high-energy particle beams at a distance of about 1 cm is promising. A new idea is proposed in this work to focus the beam at a short distance by using a bent plane–parallel silicon plate whose side edges are rotated at a small angle with respect to crystallographic planes. At the U-70 accelerator (IHEP, Protvino), a 50-GeV proton beam has been focused to a narrow line with a width of no more than 30 μm at a distance of 17 cm.     

Laue弯晶聚焦特性的光线追迹研究

由于可有效降低高热负载的影响, Laue弯晶是插入件辐射高通量密度硬X射线(30 keV以上)聚焦、 准直和单色化的最有效的光学元件.研究其聚焦光学特性,对发展高性能、高稳定的Laue弯晶单色器具有重要意义. 采用自行发展的光线追迹软件较为系统地研究了Laue弯晶的聚焦特性, 分析了入射光性质及弯晶参数对聚焦光斑、焦距、发散度等主要光学参数的影响. 结果表明,衍射能量越高,聚焦光斑越小,并趋于稳定值;弯曲半径越小,聚焦光斑越小, 并在其达到一阈值时得到聚焦光斑的极小值,之后随着弯曲半径的变小,由于像差等因素的影响, 聚焦光斑反而变大;晶体越厚,聚焦光斑越大,呈线性正比关系.对于衍射光发散度, 其随着衍射能量的增大而变小,并趋于稳定值;其与晶体曲率呈线性正比关系. 同时通过研究得到弯晶各参数的合理选择范围.     

A dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering beamline with a superconducting wiggler source at the NSRRC

At the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), which operates a 1.5 GeV storage ring, a dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) beamline has been installed with an in‐achromat superconducting wiggler insertion device of peak magnetic field 3.1 T. The vertical beam divergence from the X‐ray source is reduced significantly by a collimating mirror. Subsequently the beam is selectively monochromated by a double Si(111) crystal monochromator with high energy resolution (ΔE/E? 2 × 10^?4) in the energy range 5–23 keV, or by a double Mo/B₄C multilayer monochromator for 10–30 times higher flux (～10¹¹ photons s^?1) in the 6–15 keV range. These two monochromators are incorporated into one rotating cradle for fast exchange. The monochromated beam is focused by a toroidal mirror with 1:1 focusing for a small beam divergence and a beam size of ～0.9 mm × 0.3 mm (horizontal × vertical) at the focus point located 26.5 m from the radiation source. A plane mirror installed after the toroidal mirror is selectively used to deflect the beam downwards for grazing‐incidence SAXS (GISAXS) from liquid surfaces. Two online beam‐position monitors separated by 8 m provide an efficient feedback control for an overall beam‐position stability in the 10 µm range. The beam features measured, including the flux density, energy resolution, size and divergence, are consistent with those calculated using the ray‐tracing program SHADOW. With the deflectable beam of relatively high energy resolution and high flux, the new beamline meets the requirements for a wide range of SAXS applications, including anomalous SAXS for multiphase nanoparticles (e.g. semiconductor core‐shell quantum dots) and GISAXS from liquid surfaces.     

On the formation of X-ray microbeams utilizing a short-focus refractive lens and a laboratory radiation source

The possibility of focusing an X-ray beam from a laboratory radiation source using a short-focus refractive composite lens is shown. The lens consists of 161 spherical biconcave epoxy lenses, each with a curvature radius of 50 μm. A Metal Jet (Excillium^TM) microfocus X-ray tube, with a focal-spot size of 20 μm and containing a liquid helium anode, is used as a radiation source. The size of the focal spot in the image plane is 2.4 μm, which corresponds to the theoretical estimate. The possibility of using the composite refractive lens to form a parallel polychromatic X-ray beam is demonstrated. The results obtained allow discussion of the possibility of applying short-focus refractive X-ray lenses for X-ray microanalysis using laboratory sources; such microanalysis is currently a prerogative of synchrotron radiation sources only.     

Proton Beam Generated by Multi-Lasers Interaction with Rear-Holed Target

Multi-lasers are proposed to enhance the proton acceleration in laser plasma interaction. A rear-holed target is illuminated by three lasers from different directions. The scheme is demonstrated by two-dimensional particlein-cell simulations. The electron cloud shape is controlled well and the electron density is improved significantly. The electrons accelerated by the three lasers induce an enhanced target normal sheath acceleration(TNSA) which suppresses the proton beam divergence and improves the maximum proton energy. The maximum proton energy is 22.9 Me V, which increased significantly than that of a single-laser target interaction. Meanwhile, the average divergence angle(22.3?) is reduced. The dependence of the proton beam on the length of sidewall is investigated in detail and the optimal length is obtained.     

Analysis of generation of terahertz radiation by nonlinear mixing of laser frequencies in GaAs crystal

Generation of terahertz (THz) radiation by nonlinear mixing of laser frequencies in GaAs crystal is considered for the case of free and guided propagation of THz waves. In the first case the strong diffraction of the THz radiation leads to the deviation from the known square-law growth of the generator power with increasing crystal length, In the second case the spatial divergence of the exciting laser beam results in the appearance of a maximum in the generated power dependence on the radius of the nonlinear waveguide. According to estimations, the optimal radius of the laser beam is 18 μm for the waveguide length of 6 mm and the maximal generated THz power is ～27 W at the laser beam power of 10 kW.