固体激光器中正交偏振模式间增益竞争的研究

由兰姆半经典激光理论可知,固体激光器中两个模式能否同时振荡取决于两个模式之间的耦合程度,其定义为增益竞争引起的互饱和系数与自饱和系数之比。实验中,利用两个四分之一波片搭建了双频Nd…YAG固体激光器,实现了频差从30 MHz到1.3GHz连续可调的双频激光输出,在此基础上,测量了两正交偏振模式在不同频差输出条件下的噪声功率谱密度,计算出表征两个模式间增益竞争程度的耦合系数。理论上,根据兰姆半经典理论推导出耦合系数的表达式,验证了实验中耦合系数随着频差增加而减小的变化趋势,分析了影响耦合系数的因素,为进一步优化双频固体激光器提供理论基础。     

双频复合腔染料激光器中的模式耦合

本文将染料激光器的模式耦合方程应用于双频复合腔染料激光器,得到双频稳定运转条件,双频抑制宽度条件和双频强度比等.利用一种图解法可知,这类激光器有四种典型的调频过程,并可方便地得到若干参量,本文还报导了两种新构型的双频复合腔闪光灯泵浦的染料激光器,实验结果与理论基本吻合.     

温度调谐技术测量CO2在6320～6336cm-1波段的吸收光谱

针对当前可调谐半导体激光器吸收光谱(TDLAS)技术中调谐范围、调谐时间以及系统复杂性方面存在的不足,提出了利用激光器模块中的热电制冷器(TEC)和负温度系数(NTC)热敏电阻等元件对激光二极管(LD)进行温度宽谱调谐的方法,并在快速温度调谐过程中精确计算激光器的辐射波长。利用温度调谐二极管吸收光谱技术在3s的时间内测得了CO2气体在6320～6336cm-1波段的高分辨率吸收光谱。在此波段共测得8个较强吸收线。将得到的光谱参数与HITRAN 2008中的数据比较,吸收线位置、线强以及半峰全宽(FWHM)的偏差分别小于1%,3%以及6%。另外,测得的14条较弱的吸收谱线也与谱库中的谱线参数吻合。     

染料掺杂液晶可调谐光纤荧光光源的研究

本文提出了染料掺杂液晶填充空心光纤构造荧光可调谐光源.基于染料分子能级结构理论分析B4400荧光光谱依赖温度的变化特性,采用脉宽8 ns,波长为532 nm YAG倍频脉冲激光器抽运,向列相液晶作基体,实验分析染料B4400掺杂液晶填充空心光纤荧光光谱选择性荧光放大规律及温度调谐特性.结果表明:通过控制染料浓度可控制荧光输出功率水平;当温度升高时,中心波长发生红移,中心波长调谐范围为590—605 nm;荧光谱宽呈单调展宽,调制范围为228—236 nm;染料掺杂液晶填充空心光纤荧光光源可实现一定范围内的温度调谐.     

电负反馈半导体激光器中网络截止频率的影响及改进方案

计算机模拟表明半导体激光器非理想调频响应对反馈网络低频截止频率f_c的限制,阻碍提高线宽压窄率.半经典理论分析表明,用双电极非均匀线宽展览因子半导体激光器不仅能压窄谱线而且可以取消对f_c的限制,大大提高线宽压窄率.本文提出了电负反馈半导体激光器的改进方案.     

利用增益饱和及频率锁定效应产生可调谐毫微秒脉冲串

本文提出了在闪光灯泵浦染料激光器中利用增益饱和及频率锁定效应产生毫微秒脉冲串的新方法.实验中获得了脉冲宽度为3ns和<0.1(?)谱宽的可调谐脉冲串.     

XeF,KrF准分子激光泵浦染料激光器

在各种波长的可调谐激光器中,染料激光器具有设备简单、制作方便、价格低廉、调谐范围宽等一系列优点,受到研究和应用方面的普遍重视.激光泵浦是获得染料激射作用的重要而有效途径.迄今为止,用来泵浦染料的激光器主要有以下几种:YAG的高次谐波[1],红宝石激光器及其二次谐波[2],Ar离子激光器[3],N2分子激光器[4]及准分子激光器[5,6]等. N2分子激光器因其结构简单.已成为许多染料的泵浦源,用N2激光泵浦的染料激光器已做到从355nm到655um的调谐输出和100kw的峰值功率.然而欲进一步提高输出功率和扩大调谐到更短波长区,却受到N2激光器本身可…     

脉冲CO2激光器注入锁定特性的数值模拟

扩展了脉冲CO2激光器的多频动力学理论。将多频动力学模型中的光强方程用光场方程代替,建立了脉冲CO2激光器注入锁定的理论计算模型。采用四阶经典龙格库塔(Runge-Kutta)算法,计算了不同注入信号强度和失谐频率下的激光输出功率、瞬时频率和增益系数。研究了注入锁定宽调谐横向激励大气压(TEA)CO2激光器模式锁定的稳定性问题。研究结果表明,当频率偏离谱线中心600 MHz时,为了实现稳定的模式锁定所需要的注入信号强度应比在谱线中心处高出两个数量级。理论结果和已发表的实验数据符合得很好。研究进一步预示:当激光器气压增大至10倍大气压时,对于同样调谐范围所需的注入信号强度仅比在谱线中心处高出10%左右。     

1μm波段宽带可调谐锁模光纤激光器

报道了一种工作于1μm波段、正常色散区、基于半导体可饱和吸收镜(SESAM)的被动锁模光纤激光器。激光器以高掺杂Yb光纤为增益物质,结合可调谐滤波器,形成环形腔结构。采用976nm半导体激光器抽运,当抽运功率大于16dBm时,激光器可实现1033～1069nm波长范围内重复频率为25.4MHz的宽带可调谐输出,性能稳定,在调谐范围内均可观测到非常规则的矩形输出光谱。在固定抽运功率下,对调谐范围内输出功率、光谱带宽、时域脉宽进行了实验测量和分析。在波长为1064nm时,用单通道光栅对将谱宽为1.745nm、时域脉宽为34.85ps的脉冲压缩至15.45ps。     

可调谐掺铥光纤激光器线宽压缩及其超光谱吸收应用

可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术是一种应用非常广泛的吸收光谱测量技术.利用宽带可调谐窄线宽光源进行吸收光谱测量的超光谱吸收技术可以在单次扫描中获取一段连续光谱的所有吸收数据,可大大提高可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术的数据信息容量和光谱诊断能力.分析了在2μm波段对水进行超光谱吸收测量时对激光器输出线宽的具体要求.利用掺铥光纤在2μm波段较宽的发射谱,采用可调谐法布里-珀罗滤波器和光纤可饱和吸收体相结合的技术方案搭建了一台宽带调谐窄线宽的2μm光纤激光器.获得了1840—1900 nm约60 nm范围的调谐光谱输出,激光器静态线宽仅为0.05 nm.利用该光源对空气中水在2μm波段的吸收光谱数据进行了超光谱吸收测量,在1856—1886 nm约30 nm的光谱范围内分辨了35条水的吸收谱线.通过对不同线宽条件下1870—1880 nm范围内的理论吸收光谱数据进行对比发现,测量数据无法有效分辨分别位于1873 nm和1877 nm处与强吸收线相邻的两条吸收谱线,且测量结果与激光线宽在0.08 nm条件下的HITRAN2012光谱数据库最为接近.这表明,在动态扫描过程中激光器的线宽得到了展宽.     

Angularly resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy (ARCS)

This new crossed beam configuration produces an angularly separated Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman spectrum, eliminating the need for a spectrometer. Since one of the driving laser beams is always linearly opposed to the dye laser, it may also be used as a dye pump and the experiment performed within the dye cavity for efficient laser energy utilization. With this arrangement, a broad bandwidth dye laser produces a several wavenumber resolution spectrum from a small volume with relatively simple alignment. The spectrum is scanned by varying the incidence angle of the probe beam or taken is a single pulse using a fan shaped probe beam.     

Dye laser spectrum narrowing by “double pulse” flashlamp pumping

A novel simple “two-step lasing” technique for flashlamp dye laser spectrum narrowing is proposed. The laser spectrum is locked by double pulse pumping at the preliminary narrowed prepulse emission. Experimental check on the example of waveguide flashlamp pumped dye laser is reported.     

Stilbene 420激光染料的光谱特性分析

配制了Stilbene 420染料溶液。测量了其吸收光谱。以调Q倍频Nd∶YAG激光为抽运源,实现了对Stilbene 420染料的激光光谱和荧光光谱的分析。激光光谱在425 nm处获得最强峰值,半峰高宽(FWHM)为1 nm,光谱范围为420～440 nm。荧光光谱峰值在428.5 nm,与激光最强峰值相差3.5 nm。最高染料转换效率为9.26%。     

“波长等效激光”作用下铀原子的单色三光子共振电离谱测量

用Nd:YAG532nm激光泵浦的混合染料激光得到了在相当于铜蒸气激光器泵浦染料激光的某个波段上增强的激光输出，测得了铀原子在562-586nm波段内的单色三光子共振电离谱中140个能级，其中575.814和575.836nm两个峰很好地分开了，它们的相对强度也能测定，若用单一染料的激光是难以做到，因为目前尚无合适的染料在上述波段内能有强的激光输出。     

Laser dye mixtures

Properties necessary to obtain efficient laser action from laser dyes are reviewed. It is concluded that the dye added (booster dye) to a laser dye (active dye) solution to increase its efficiency need not necessarily be a laser dye. This is illustrated by considering different spectral locations of a triplet-triplet absorption band present in the booster dye relative to the location of the laser action region (part of the fluorescence spectrum) of the active laser dye. Conditions required for booster dyes to form efficient dye mixtures are given. These observations are used to explain why specific well known laser dye mixtures show efficient, little, or no laser action at all.     

A distributed feedback dye laser based on higher order Bragg scattering

A distributed feedback dye laser based on second order Bragg scattering due to a sinusoidal susceptibility modulation is reported. Rhodamine 6G dye solution in three different solvents; methanol, ethanol and benzyl alcohol is pumped by interference fringes produced by two beams from the second harmonic of Nd:YAG laser. Output power is plotted as a function of the pump power. The spectrum of dye laser shows a new type of modulation.     

光源稳定性对简并四波混频信噪比影响的实验研究

在碘蒸气中研究了染料激光稳定性对简并四波混频(DFWM)信噪比的影响。实验中采用多模Nd∶YAG激光器倍频的输出泵浦染料激光器(染料PM580溶于酒精)。在具有前向补偿分光系统和图像探测系统的帮助下,在常温常压条件下测得泵浦光在波长为554.013 nm时达到饱和光强为290 μJ。同时发现染料激光器的光稳定性(输出波长范围,光束质量和能量转换效率等)随使用时间,泵浦激光脉冲次数和能量的增加而逐渐减弱。另外通过对比发现在染料激光器输出不稳定时,光源单色性和指向性等指标的变化导致在同一泵浦强度不同时刻获得的DFWM信号强度相差很大,且DFWM信号信噪比低。染料激光器光源稳定性对DFWM信号影响的研究结果对物质的痕迹量探测以及无荧光物质光谱定标等方面的应用具有重要意义。     

超冷里德堡原子的产生以及探测

利用激光冷却与俘获技术获得冷原子,由双光子激发产生超冷里德堡原子,利用场电离法得到了里德堡原子ns和nd态的离子谱图;再将激光波长固定在6p3/2-34d态的共振跃迁线上,得到了离子和里德堡原子的TOF(Time of Flight)图,并对实验结果做了分析.     

Fluctuations in synchronously mode-locked dye lasers

We present detailed experimental data on random fluctuations of the pulse properties of a cw rhodamine 6G dye laser synchronously pumped by an acousto-optically mode-locked argon ion laser. It is shown that quantitative information about the fluctuations of the energy, the pulse repetition time and the duration of the pulses can be obtained from the power spectrum of the laser intensity which is measured with the use of an electronic spectrum analyser. This method is capable of revealing small, subpicosecond temporal pulse jitter. We show that the dye laser pulses exhibit an absolute r.m.s. jitter of 20 ps which is induced by the pump laser. The relative jitter in a dual system can be less than 1 ps because well defined correlations of the output fluctuations exist when two lasers are pumped by a common source.     

An interferometrically tuned and actively modelocked cw dye laser

An interferometer of the Michelson type is used to tune and to actively modelock an argon ion laser pumped cw dye laser. The interferometer constitutes a resonator mirror with a modulated reflecting coefficient. This modulation corresponds to a transient Fourier spectrum containing the whole emission band of the dye. In the center of this spectrum, a mode-locked train of picosecond pulses is generated. These pulses are tunable throughout the tuning range of the employed lasing medium in a simple and convenient way. Due to the inherent characteristic broad band output of the cw dye laser, the modulation envelope extends only for a fraction of the entire lasing period. Means of extending the said envelope to cover the complete laser output are discussed.