基于角色散的非共线匹配宽带三倍频技术

宽带光打靶可以有效降低激光等离子体相互作用过程中非线性效应。提出一种基于角色散的非共线匹配宽带三倍频方案,利用宽带基频与窄带二倍频的非共线和频产生宽带三倍频,和频过程中通过特殊设计的渐变光栅实现不同频率的基频光束以特定角度入射,补偿了波长差异引入的位相失配使得全波段满足位相匹配条件。理论模拟表明,采用KDP晶体Ⅱ类位相匹配,将中心波长为1058 nm、带宽10 nm的宽带基频光与526.5 nm的二倍频光进行非共线匹配和频,可以实现高效宽带三倍频转换。     

新型光学晶体KABO的非线性频率变换特性

简述了新型非线性晶体KABO的光学特性.根据相位匹配角公式、非线性有效系数公式、走离角公式和允许角公式,详细计算了KABO晶体倍频时的相位匹配角、非线性有效系数、倍频时谐波走离角、允许角随波长变化的理论曲线.特别是对LD泵浦掺钕的全固态激光器532 nm输出时,得到了KABO晶体采用I类相位匹配进行四倍频的相位匹配角、非线性有效系数、倍频时谐波走离角、允许角分别为:58.1°、0.254×10^-12m/V、2.8°、1.8233 mrad·mm;并将该晶体与目前可应用于紫外倍频的晶体比较,在考虑走离效应的情况下,研究了四倍频转换效率随KABO晶体长度、基频光光斑半径的变化规律.     

双轴晶体主平面上倍频的相位匹配参量

根据折射率椭球方程及双光轴晶体中光波的传播与偏振特性，分析双轴晶体在主平面内激光倍频相位匹配的特性与方法，导出光波在主平面上传播时倍频的相位失配关系；给出双轴晶体中容许相位匹配倍频的相位匹配角及混频的有效非线性系数deff的表达式。利用可相位匹配的类型、相位匹配角公式和有效非线性系数deff表达式的表，容易对任意一具体晶体在一给定波长求出实际能实现相位匹配的类型或偏振组合，算出相位匹配角，比较不同的相位匹配类型或偏振组合的有效非线性系数，选择最佳的相位匹配类型与方向。从相位失配关系可以计算晶体主平面内倍频的接收角、接收光谱宽度等特性参量。     

激光热效应对PPLN晶体倍频效率的影响

从准相位失配关系出发,研究了PPLN晶体倍频效率与温度的关系,针对温度对折射率与极化周期的影响,分析了激光热效应对准相位匹配系统谐波转换过程的影响。采用有限元分析法计算了PPLN材料内部温度分布状况,并对热效应影响下晶体内部倍频效率变化情况进行了计算。计算结果表明:在不同基频光功率密度下,在倍频过程中晶体温度及通光方向截面折射率的分布不同,在倍频晶体出射面倍频效率的分布也不同;随基频光功率密度增大,晶体整体温度与折射率增大,出射端面倍频效率分布随基频光功率密度变化而变化;与理想条件倍频系统相比,激光热效应对晶体倍频效率有一定的影响。     

PDLC调制法测试研究非线性材料的相关性能

针对粉末倍频测试过程中的信号溢出,根据Kurtz理论和聚合物分散型液晶薄膜(polymer dispersed liquid crystal,简称PDLC)的透光率对所加电场电压的响应原理,提出PDLC调制入射基频光强,进而控制测试信号的溢出。利用这一方法分别对碘酸钾、钒酸铯和钒酸铷等几种粉末样品的非线性倍频效应进行了测试分析。计算分析结果为:碘酸钾能够实现相位匹配,钒酸铯和钒酸铷不能实现相位匹配;钒酸铯、钒酸铷的倍频效应分别约为氘化磷酸二氢钾(DKDP)的8.13倍和1.78倍。结果表明,使用PDLC调制法所得的测试结果准确且操作简便。更重要的是,此方法应用于定量测试倍频系数中,可以有效提高测试精确度,并且可应用于其他晶体非线性特性的测试研究。     

低对称性非线性光学晶体BIBO的倍频性质

测量了BIBO晶体的主轴折射率.对BIBO晶体在整个空间内的倍频性质进行了系统讨论.当基频 光为Nd:YAG激光时（λ=1064nm），发现最大的有效非线性光学系数位于（168.9°，90°） 的Ⅰ类相位匹配方向上.测量了BIBO晶体的容限角、容限温度、光损伤阈值，以及1064nm的 腔外、腔内倍频性质.实验中，最大腔外倍频转换效率达到68%，腔内倍频输出达到1.06W. 关键词： 低对称性 BIBO晶体 倍频     

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 )。     

Nd:GdCOB晶体1331.0 nm基频光运转和自倍频红光的观察

Nd:Ca4GdO(BO3)3(简称Nd:GdCOB)是一种新型自倍频晶体[1]. 利用该晶体实现1060.0 nm的自倍频绿光输出, 因内外均已有报道[2]. 我们利用Datachrom-5000型染料激光器泵浦该晶体成功地实现了1331.0 nm基频光和665.5 nm自倍频红光的输出.     

晶体级联方式的宽带三倍频方案分析

 讨论了入射基频光频谱宽度、两块和频晶体失谐角对KDP晶体Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅱ类角度失谐级联方式的三倍频光功率谱分布的影响，分析了影响三倍频效率的因素。研究结果表明，第二块和频晶体得到的三倍频光的功率谱分布与基频光功率谱分布及失谐角有关，三倍频光频谱宽度近似为基频光的3倍，采用该方案的三倍频可有效抑制由于基频光时间相位调制导致的三倍频光强随时间分布的不均匀，并能有效提高大带宽条件下的三倍频转换效率。同时，采用该方案的三倍频，对级联的两块和频晶体厚度及失谐角调整精度要求不高，在实验上有很大的可操作性。     

基于级联倍频机制无啁啾激光脉宽随晶体位相失配量的非线性变化

在无啁啾激光脉冲的非线性压缩过程中,基于级联倍频机制,对影响脉冲压缩的敏感因素——晶体位相失配量进行了理论分析和实验验证。当入射基频激光(即1ω光,波长为800nm,脉宽为278fs)进入I类二倍频β-BaB2O4(BBO)晶体后,随着晶体位相失配量的增加,基频光的输出脉宽先降后升,这种趋势可总结为"U"字形非线性变化;当位相失配量为40mm-1时,脉宽缩至最小,此时脉宽压缩比最大。     

Efficient intracavity second-harmonic generation at 1.06 μm in a BiB3O6 (BIBO) crystal

We report, for the first time, efficient intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) at 1.06 μm in a non-linear optical crystal, BiB₃O₆ (BIBO), at a type-I phase-matching direction of (θ,ϕ)=(168.9°,90°), performed with a LD end-pumped cw Nd:YVO₄ laser. A cw SHG output power of 364 mW has been obtained using a 1.9-mm-thick BIBO crystal. The optical conversion efficiency was 12.2% and the corresponding effective intracavity SHG efficiency was determined to be 32.4%. It was found that the intracavity SHG efficiency is greater than that obtained with a type-II phase-matching KTiOPO₄ (KTP) crystal with a thickness of 3 mm. The effective non-linear optical coefficient (d_eff) ratio of BIBO to that of KTP, determined experimentally, is 1.23:1. Received: 7 May 2001 / Revised version: 6 July 2001 / Published online: 19 September 2001     

Intracavity second-harmonic generation of 1.06 μm in GdCa4O(BO3)3 crystals

The characteristics of intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) at 1.06 μm in GdCa₄O(BO₃)₃ (GdCOB) crystals cut for different type I phase-matching (PM) directions of (θ,φ)=(66.8°, 132.3°); (19.4°, 0°); (90°, 46°) have been investigated. It was found that the intracavity SHG was significantly efficient in the PM direction of (66.8°, 132.3°), and that the intrinsic lower effective nonlinear coefficient (d_eff) was responsible for the less-efficient SHG in the other two directions. A maximum CW SHG output power of 2.81 W was obtained with an optical conversion efficiency of 18.7%, while the corresponding effective intracavity SHG efficiency was determined to be 41.3%. The intracavity SHG efficiency of GdCOB has been found to reach two-thirds of that obtained with type II phase-matching KTiOPO₄ (KTP). Received: 26 April 2000 / Revised version: 3 July 2000 / Published online: 5 October 2000     

掺杂晶体Cd0.35Hg0.65Ga2S4的光学特性

研究了掺杂非线性晶体Cd0.35Hg0.65Ga2S4的线性和非线性光学特性以及相位匹配.在相同的实验条件下，与已知的中红外晶体相比较，测定了该晶体的损伤阈值.实现了CO2激光二次谐波产生实验，与理论预测相一致. 关键词： 掺杂非线性晶体 Cd0.35Hg0.65Ga2S4 二次谐波产生 CO2激光     

掺杂晶体Cd_(0.35)Hg_(0.65)Ga_2S_4的光学特性

研究了掺杂非线性晶体Cd0 35Hg0 6 5Ga2 S4 的线性和非线性光学特性以及相位匹配 .在相同的实验条件下 ,与已知的中红外晶体相比较 ,测定了该晶体的损伤阈值 .实现了CO2 激光二次谐波产生实验 ,与理论预测相一致     

Automatically tunable second-harmonic generation of dye lasers

A new technique which realizes the phase-matching of second harmonic generation (SHG) over a wide spectral range without mechanical or temperature tuning of the SHG crystal is developed. The phase-matching is achieved by changing the angle of the laser beam incident on the SHG crystal using dispersive components such as gratings or prisms. Over the entire spectral range of a Rhodamine-6G dye laser, the phase-matching is realized with a KDP crystal using this technique. This system is capable of producing tunable coherent ultraviolet light from 2300 Å to 3500 Å with an extremely fast scanning rate, if the dispersion of the prism and the SHG crystal is carefully matched.     

Twinning and “natural quasi-phase matching” in Yb:YAB

Defects obtained during crystal growth of many laser and nonlinear crystals limit their commercial potential, as is the case of the yttrium aluminium borate family. Typically, in Yb:YAB, birefringent phase-matching is used to obtain self frequency doubled output from a fundamental laser operating near 1 μm. Many crystals however show signs of twin inversion defects during crystal growth resulting in the reversal of the sign of the nonlinear coefficient and hence can result in quasi-phase-matched-like structures. In this report we examine the second harmonic conversion characteristics of a 3.8 mm thick birefringently phase matched Yb:YAB crystal which is then examined in more detail by slicing into four thinner sections each approximately 400 μm thick. Etching of crystal surfaces reveals clear boundaries between reversed domains, which under illumination with a laser at 1.064 μm shows a cancellation of the nonlinear conversion along the interface of the two regions. PACS 42.55.-f; 42.65.Ky; 42.70.Mp     

高功率半导体激光器倍频实现紫外光输出

采用中心波长780 nm、线宽0.13 nm的体布拉格光栅外腔半导体激光作为基频光,基于Ⅰ类相位匹配的三硼酸锂晶体(LBO),获得了中心波长为390 nm的倍频光输出,输出功率30 μW,转换效率0.01%,为高功率紫外光束的实现提供了新的技术路线。     

宽带准连续光纤激光在周期极化铌酸锂中倍频特性的研究

双包层光纤激光器和非线性光学材料(如周期性极化的铌酸锂晶体,PPLN)相结合,开辟了实用性非线性光学器件的一个新领域。研究了准相位匹配周期性极化反转铌酸锂晶体对宽带准连续光纤激光倍频的温度特性和频谱特性。在理论上,从准相位匹配相位失配关系出发,推导了晶体温度与抽运源中心波长的关系以及温度响应带宽,并和已报道实验结果进行了比较,二者符合得很好。此外,还推导了倍频周期极化铌酸锂晶体对抽运基频光源的响应谱线带宽。在实验上,采用长度20mm,极化周期6．5μm,厚度0．5mm的周期极化铌酸锂晶体光纤激光器准连续宽带输出进行了倍频,获得了在不同控制温度下的倍频光光谱,并对此进行了详细分析。     

Tolerance and tuning properties of the optical parametric processes using periodically poled RbTiOAsO4

The maximal tolerance parameters of poling period and phase-matching, temperature in second harmonic generation (SHG) using periodically poled RbTiOAsO₄(PPRTA) as a function of the fundamental wavelength are investigated theoretically. The tolerance of the poling period ΔΛ of PPRTA is found larger than that of PPLN and PPKTP when the fundamental wavelength is beyond 2 μm, which reaches its maximum ΔΛ_max for PPRTA at a fundamental wavelength of 2.7433 μm. However, the tolerance for the phase-matching temperature ΔT of PPRTA is found smaller than that of PPLN and PPKTP with an exception that PPRTA has a larger tolerance of the temperature or a larger temperature phase-matching bandwidth at fundamental wavelength of 2.2474 μm, where the maximum of ΔT(ΔT_max) is obtained. Furthermore, the tuning characteristics of the optical parametric processes using PPRTA for collinear quasi-phase-matching (CQPM) is analyzed. The combination of temperature tuning and poling period tuning enables a quasi-continuous wavelength tuning range of 1493.2-1593.7 nm for the signal and 3201.8-3699.2 nm for the idler, where poling period of 39 μm, 39.5 μm and 40 μm and a temperature between 20 and 120° have been employed in the corresponding theoretical analysis.     

Crystal growth and characterization of L-valine cadmium acetate a semiorganic NLO crystals

A new semiorganic nonlinear optical material, L-valine cadmium acetate, was grown successfully from aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. The grown crystals characterized by using Powder X-ray diffraction analysis confirms the structure of the grown title compound. The functional groups have been identified using FTIR spectral data. Transmittance compound was analyzed by using UV-vis spectrum. The thermal behavior of the grown crystal was determined with the aid of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The dielectric constant was studied as a function of frequency for various temperatures. The grown crystal has positive photoconductivity nature. The fluorescence spectrum of the crystal was recorded and its optical band gap is about 3.4479 eV. Second order nonlinear optical property of the grown crystal has been confirmed by modified Kurtz–Perry powder second harmonic generation (SHG) test.