An integrating current transformer for fast extraction from the HIRFL-CSR main ring

For any experiment that uses the beam of an accelerator, monitoring the beam intensity is always an important concern. It is particularly useful if one can continuously measure the beam current without disturbing the beam. We report here on test experiments for an Integrating Current Transformer （ICT） used to measure fast extraction beams from the HIRFL-CSR main ring （CSRm）. The laboratory tests and beam intensity measurement results are presented in this paper. The influence of the kicker noise is also analyzed.     

A fast emittance measurement unit for high intensity DC beam

A combined unit, which has the ability to measure the current and emittance of the high intensity direct current(DC)ion beam, is developed at Peking University(PKU). It is a multi-slit single-wire(MSSW)-type beam emittance meter combined with a water-cooled Faraday Cup, named high intensity beam emittance measurement unit-6(HIBEMU-6). It takes about 15 seconds to complete one measurement of the beam current and its emittance. The emittance of a 50-mA@50-kV DC proton beam is measured.     

Influence of the intensity gradient upon HHG from free electrons scattered by an intense laser beam

When an electron is scattered by a tightly focused laser beam in vacuum, the intensity gradient is a critical factor to influence the electron dynamics. In this paper, we have further investigated its influence upon the electron high-harmonic generation (HHG) by treating the spacial gradient of the laser intensity as a ponderomotive potential. Based upon perturbative quantum electrodynamics calculations, it has been found that the main effect of the intensity gradient is the broadening of the originally line HHG spectra. A one-to-one relationship can be built between the beam width and the corresponding line width. Hence, this finding may provide us a promising way to measure the beam width of intense lasers in experiments. In addition, for a laser pulse, we have also studied the different influences from transverse and longitudinal intensity gradients upon HHG.     

高斯光束斜入射非平行法布里-珀罗干涉仪后的透射光强分布

基于多光束干涉原理,推导出了高斯光束斜入射非平行法布里-珀罗干涉仪射后的透射光强表达式,在此基础上,着重研究了高斯光束入射角的大小以及法布里-珀罗干涉仪两反射端面的不平行度对透射光强分布的影响。研究结果表明：入射角的大小和干涉仪的不平行度对透射光的强度分布、峰值强度的大小和峰值强度的位置有很大的影响;在入射高斯光束具有较小的腰斑半径或法布里-珀罗干涉仪的两端面的反射率较大时,必须考虑高斯光束沿传输轴线的衍射效应;楔角为负的非平行法布里珀罗出射光斑的光强在“反跳”处急剧下降到零,可利用这一特点对距离进行精确测量。     

Experimental investigation of spatiotemporal evolution of femtosecond laser pulses during small-scale self-focusing

Small-scale self-focusing (SF) causes rapid increase in the partial spatial intensity, breaking up the spatial profile of the beam into an intensity increasing zone (IZ) and a non-increasing zone (NIZ). We measure the evolutions of the pulse width at the IZ and NIZ with small-scale SF, and our results show that the pulse width at the IZ becomes narrower with increasing partial spatial intensity. The pulse width at the NIZ is almost unchanged with increasing laser power. We find that our experimental results are in good agreement with an approximate theoretical analysis.     

CSRm束流累积阶段闭轨校正系统设计

为测量兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环主环(CSRm)束流累积阶段的闭轨畸变并进行闭轨校正,开发了闭轨校正系统,该系统由轨道测量系统、闭轨控制系统和校正磁铁系统构成。轨道测量系统实现对束流轨道的实时监测;闭轨控制系统读取束流轨道信息,然后进行闭轨校正计算,并将计算后的校正值传输给校正磁铁系统;校正磁铁系统通过改变校正电源的值,改变校正磁铁的强度,实现对束流轨道的调整,完成闭轨校正。模拟测试结果表明,束流轨道水平方向的最大畸变由校正前的3.37 mm减小为校正后的0.39 mm,垂直方向的最大畸变由校正前的4.21 mm减小为校正后的0.31 mm。该系统能够实现响应矩阵的自动测量和束流轨道的自动校正,满足设计要求。     

A sinusoidal phase-modulating fiber-optic interferometer insensitive to the intensity change of the light source

In a conventional laser-diode sinusoidal phase-modulating (LD-SPM) interferometer, the wavelength of the LD is modulated by varying its injection current. The intensity modulation concurrent with the wavelength modulation leads to measurement errors. A photothermal-modulation method has been proposed to decrease the intensity change of the LD; however, this method cannot be used to measure vibration with a high frequency, and the beam diameter is too large to be used to measure minute objects. In this paper, we propose LD-SPM fiber-optic interferometer, in which the effect of the intensity change of the light source on measurement is eliminated. The diameter of the light beam is less than 0.5 mm. Using this interferometer, we measured displacements of a mirror driven by a piezoelectric transducer. The measurement repeatability is less than 1 nm.     

Measurement of intensity difference squeezing via non-degenerate four-wave mixing process in an atomic vapor

We report the measurement of the intensity difference squeezing via the non-degenerate four-wave mixing process in a rubidium atomic vapor medium. Two pairs of balanced detection systems are employed to measure the probe and the conjugate beams, respectively. It is convenient to get the quantum shot noise limit, the squeezed and the amplified noise power spectra. We also investigate the influence of the input extra quadrature amplitude noise of the probe beam. The influence of the extra noise can be minimized and the squeezing can be optimized under the proper parameter condition. We measure the -3.7-dB intensity difference squeezing when the probe beam has a 3-dB extra quadrature amplitude noise. This result is slightly smaller than -4.1 dB when the ideal coherent light （no extra noise） for the probe beam is used.     

根据激光束横截面能量分布的变化测量大功率激光聚焦镜的像差

提出了一种实时测量大功率激光照射下聚焦镜产生的像差的新方法。该方法利用混合模激光束在传输过程中光束横截面能量分布的变化来进行测量。首先通过计算混合模激光束的光学参数来模拟其在传输过程中的光束横截面能量分布的变化,然后计算其通过聚焦镜后在焦点位置的光束横截面能量分布,通过对比计算所得的光束横截面能量分布和实际测量的焦点位置的光束横截面能量分布的差异,得到聚焦镜的像差。     

Direct near-field phase measurement of laser diodes employing a single-mode fiber interferometer

A method of direct measurement of near-field phase and intensity distribution of laser diodes employing a single-mode fiber interferometer is proposed and demonstrated. The phase and intensity of the output beam of the laser in the vicinity of the output facet are measured directly via interferometry. Using a 980 nm laser diode as an example, we obtained a beam width of 0.9 and 3.6 μm at the output facet in the vertical and horizontal axes, respectively. In addition, the phase information of the output beam was also obtained by using interferometry. This technique is particularly useful for laser diodes whose near-field phases are difficult to measure directly. The measured vertical and horizontal wavefront radius of curvatures of a laser diode are in good agreement with the calculation from Gaussian beam theory. Detailed understanding and measurement of the near-field phase and intensity distributions of light sources and optical components are essential for micro-optic designs with better mode matching to minimize the insertion loss.     

Development of a system for monitoring the shape,position, and intensity of the extracted relativistic ion beam at the Nuclotron-M accelerator complex at JINR

Test samples of detectors and electronics for them constructed for the purpose of monitoring the “intense” relativistic ion beams extracted from the accelerator of the Nuclotron-M accelerator complex in real time are described. The system was tested in a series of acceleration runs with deuteron beams with an intensity of up to 10¹⁰ 1/s and beams of carbon nuclei. The system allows one to perform multiple measurements of the two-dimensional distribution of the beam intensity in the plane perpendicular to it and the beam position in this plane during the beam dump and measure the two-dimensional distribution of the target irradiation dose after each beam dump.     

HLSⅡ新的注入器束流强度测量系统

合肥光源升级改造任务已基本完成,注入器实现满能量注入。为适应新的注入器束流强度的测量需求,设计了新的注入器束流强度测量系统,该系统利用安装在真空腔上的3个快速束流变压器(FCT)和2个积分束流变压器(ICT),能够实现束流流强和电荷量的非拦截实时测量。为了准确获取束流参数,首先对束流变压器(CT)传输电缆进行了在线和离线标定;由于ICT输出信号信号幅度较小,噪声大,设计了低噪声前置放大器以改善信噪比;考虑低频谐波噪声和Kicker噪声的干扰,软件中通过适当的算法对噪声进行了处理;最后给出了部分在线实验结果。实验结果表明,束流传输效率约为27.4%,注入效率约为44.3%。     

Measuring the topological charge of vortex beams by using an annular ellipse aperture

We theoretically and experimentally investigate the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a vortex beam passing through an annular ellipse aperture. It is found that the pattern of the far-field diffraction intensity distribution exhibits some dark spots, which become clearer with increasing the value of the ellipticity factor of the annular ellipse aperture. The diffraction phenomenon is more obvious with increasing the value of the ratio of the inner long axis (or short axis) to the outer side of the annular ellipse aperture. The number of the dark spots in the Fraunhofer diffraction intensity distribution is just equal to the topological charge value of the measured optical vortex, and the centre of each dark spot is just a phase-singularity point. Based on this property, we can measure the topological charge of an optical vortex beam.     

拟合法测量高斯光束的束腰半径

从高斯光束的横向光强分布特性出发,建立了小孔光阑透过功率与孔径的关系式.采用2种不同拟合方法对高斯光束的束腰半径进行了测量.为减小激光器功率不稳定带来的不利影响,实验中采用双光路进行测量.结果表明,用拟合法测量高斯光束的束腰半径不仅合理,而且可行.     

Ce∶KNSBN晶体两波耦合中的光扇效应

采用两波耦合非同时读出实验装置 ,测量了掺铈钾钠铌酸锶钡 (Ce∶KNSBN)晶体两波耦合过程中的信号光和抽运光非同时打开条件下两波耦合增益的时间变化规律 ,讨论了光扇的入射光强阈值及光扇效应对两波耦合动态过程的影响。结果表明 :6 32 .8nmHe Ne激光在Ce∶KNSBN晶体中写入体光栅时 ,光扇效应存在明显的写入光强阈值特性 ,当入射光强大于 30mW /cm2 时 ,才存在强烈的光扇效应。利用修正耦合波方程对Ce∶KNSBN晶体中的两波耦合动态过程、增益随着信号光和抽运光打开时间间隔Δt的变化进行了模拟计算 ,理论模拟结果与实验测量结果基本一致     

Performance analysis of field-of-view shifted Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor based on splitter

We report on a field-of-view shifted Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor based on a splitter designed to measure the wavefront information of object light with strong background. The analysis results indicate that increasing the ratio of the signal beam intensity to the incoming beam intensity and reducing the sampling frequency of CCD₂ (detecting the pure background light) can properly enhance the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) of the object light. A special noise removing algorithm was presented to enhance the centroid measuring accuracy, and it was proved to be effective against the residual noises caused by the differences between the two beam paths. The experimental results indicate that the field-of-view shifted Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor based on a splitter can exactly measure the wavefront information from the object with strong background. PACS 42.68.Bz; 47.50.Ef; 42.30.Wb     

CW-COIL激光束漂移和光斑的诊断

 利用光斑动态分析仪测试技术，对连续波氧碘化学激光器输出的光束不稳定性进行定量诊断，其中包括光束的漂移、低频抖动、光强分布、光斑直径随时间的变化等内容，并初步分析了激光输出不稳定的原因。诊断的结果为激光器的稳定输出及激光—材料实验研究提供了依据。     

Observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability with thomson scattering

We present the first direct experimental observation of the parametric two-ion decay instability of ion-acoustic waves driven by a high intensity (5 x 10(15) W cm(-2)) laser beam in a laser produced high-Z plasma. Using two separate Thomson scattering diagnostics simultaneously, we directly measure the scattering from thermal ion-acoustic fluctuations, the primary ion waves that are driven to large amplitudes by the high intensity beam, and the two-ion decay products. The decay products are shown to be present only where the interaction takes place and their k spectrum is broad.     

Precise measurement of the line width of the photoassociation spectra of ultracold molecules by using a frequency shifter

We propose a technique to precisely measure the line width of the photoassociation spectra of the excited cesium molecule by using a frequency shifter to generate two laser beams with a precise frequency difference. A series of photoassociation (PA) spectra are recorded with two laser beam induced molecular lines, whose peak separation serves as an accurate frequency ruler to measure the line width of the PA spectra. The full width half maximum line width was studied as a function of PA laser intensity. The extrapolated value at zero laser intensity is (34.84 ± 0.22) MHz. By analyzing other broadening mechanisms, a value of (32.02 ± 0.70) MHz was deduced. It is shown that this scheme is inexpensive, simple, robust, and is promising for applications in a variety of other atomic species.     

VUV信号强度与等离子体宏观参数相关性分析

东方超环(EAST)上高速真空紫外(VUV)成像系统是一套选择性测量中心波长为13.5 nm的等离子体线辐射的光学成像系统。此系统具有高时空分辨能力,主要用于边界(包括台基区)等离子体行为研究。该系统已经投入EAST等离子体物理实验并获得了大量的实验数据。基于这些数据,分析了VUV诊断系统的信号强度与等离子体宏观参数之间的相关性,着重研究了EAST上中性束注入(NBI)加热功率、杂质(碳和锂)水平、电子密度等因素对VUV信号强度的影响。结果与预期基本一致:随着NBI功率的增加,VUV信号强度随之增强;VUV信号强度与电子密度、杂质水平呈现线性关系。此外,本文还评估了由于NBI注入引起的电荷交换复合产生的C5+离子对VUV信号的贡献,结果表明这部分贡献可以忽略不计。