Second Harmonic Generation in Microstructured Barium Titanate

We investigate the second harmonic generation under femtosecond pulse-periodic laser radiation in barium titanate in the form of ceramics, in pores of a globular photonic crystal, and in a water colloidal suspension. We measure the dependence of the second harmonic radiation intensity on the incident laser power. Excitation of the second harmonic was carried out by powerful (10⁸ W) pulses of a solid-state Yb:KGW laser (wavelength, 1,026 nm) operating at 200 kHz. We estimate the efficiency of the second harmonic generation in various microstructured phases of barium titanate and show that the threshold of plasma formation in a suspension of barium titanate microparticles in water is substantially higher than in ceramics and in the ferroelectric photonic crystal. The second-harmonicgeneration power can be significantly increased in a water suspension of barium titanate microparticles.     

Transmission Spectra and Optical Properties of a Mesoporous Photonic Crystal Based on Anodic Aluminum Oxide

Optical properties of a one-dimensional photonic-crystal film with a lattice period of ≈380 nm formed by electrochemical etching of an aluminum foil are investigated. Experimental data on the spectra of transmission and reflection in the region of the first, second, and third stop bands of anodic photonic crystal of aluminum oxide are compared with a theoretical dependence obtained from the well-known dispersion relation. The possibility of creating selective narrow-band optical filters based on mesoporous one-dimensional photonic crystals is analyzed. The conditions of enhancement of an electromagnetic field of laser radiation at 532 nm under normal incidence on a photonic-crystal surface are established. The possibility of generation of optical harmonics under the conditions of sharp increase in the effective field of the driving radiation in a mesoporous photonic crystal of anodic aluminum oxide filled with lithium iodate is analyzed.     

Second-harmonic conversion of partially coherent radiation of neodymium glass laser

The experimental results on the conversion of multimode radiation of a neodymium glass laser with controlled spatial and temporal coherence to the second optical harmonic in nonlinear KDP crystal during the oee interaction implementation are presented. The dependence of the efficiency of the conversion to the second harmonic on the fundamental radiation power density on the crystal in the range I = 0.2 ? 5 GW/cm² is studied at the number of transverse modes in the cavity N = 1000; the radiation divergence φ = 3.5, 4.7, and 5 mrad; the emission spectral width δλ = 5and 42 Å; and the pulse duration of 2.5 ns. The breakdown power density of the KDP crystal is determined, the interference properties of the converted radiation of the second harmonic are studied.     

Advantages of plasma harmonic generation using high pulse repetition rate lasers: Review of recent studies

The studies of coherence properties of the harmonics generating in laser-produced plasmas, the analysis of the optical nonlinearities of deoxyribonucleic acid components, the resonance enhancement of harmonic in the cases of excitation of indium plasma by multi- and few-cycle pulses, and the application of nanoparticle-based emitters of harmonics using high-pulse repetition rate lasers are reviewed. The analysis of various aspects of plasma harmonic generation at the conditions of optimal excitation of the ablated targets irradiating by 1 kHz lasers is presented. The growth of plasma harmonic conversion efficiency, single harmonic emission, nonlinear spectroscopy of complex organic components, as well as high coherency of harmonic radiation show the advantages of using plasma harmonic technique for optimization of the sources of coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation and for the material science studies. These studies allowed a significant growth of the average power of harmonics compared with the case of 10 Hz lasers.     

Optics of globular photonic crystals

Recent experimental and theoretical results on the optical properties of globular photonic crystals coauthored by the author are presented. The dispersion relation for electromagnetic waves in a 1D photonic crystal that simulates the properties of a selected direction in the globular photonic crystal is calculated. The spectral ranges that are characterized by the anomalous slowing of electromagnetic waves in the photonic crystal and correspond to the stop-band edges are determined. A method for the measurement of the transmission and reflection spectra of the broadband radiation in photonic crystals is proposed. The method enables one to find the characteristics of the stop bands. The features of the secondary emission that emerges in opals due to the UV and visible excitation are reported. The conditions for the low-threshold lasing in opals filled with rareearth elements are presented. The experimental results on the induced-globular light scattering are demonstrated. Such a scattering implies the coherent excitation of vibrational states of the globules in a globular photonic crystal. A new phenomenon (slow light scattering) which involves the excitation of slow photons (slowtons) that correspond to the stop-band edges of the photonic crystal is observed. The conditions for the measurement of the slow light scattering in opals excited using the ruby and nitrogen lasers are experimentally determined. The experimental and theoretical results open up the prospects for low-threshold nonlinear optical processes in material media.     

高功率高重复频率多波长飞秒激光系统的研究

以大模场面积光子晶体光纤飞秒激光系统为基频光源,利用非线性频率上转换的方法,获得了高功率高重复频率多波长的飞秒激光脉冲.理论分析并实验验证了聚焦透镜的焦距对倍频光横向模场分布的影响,透镜焦距越长,模场质量越好.在基频光平均功率为218 W,脉冲宽度为110 fs,重复频率为50 MHz的条件下,经过二倍频、三倍频和四倍频获得波长分别为520,347和261 nm的飞秒激光,其平均功率分别达105,47和214 W.二倍频和三倍频的转换效率分别为482%和216%,二倍频到四倍频的转换效率为20 关键词： 超快光学 紫外飞秒激光 频率上转换 光子晶体光纤激光器     

Second Harmonic Generation in 1D Nonlinear Plasma Photonic Crystals

In this paper, a 1D nonlinear plasma photonic crystal (NPPC) structure composed of polarized ferroelectric crystals and nonlinear plasma periodic alternation is proposed. The transfer matrix method is employed to analyze the second harmonic generation (SHG) problem of this structure. In the designed NPPCs, the fundamental wave (FW) operates in the gigahertz (GHz) band and the nonlinear plasma is controlled by an external high-intensity control wave (CW). Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of different incident angles and external CW intensities on the total conversion efficiency (T-con) of the second harmonic wave (SHW). Additionally, the internal electric field distribution and incident light intensity within the nonlinear structure are analyzed. The importance of the relationship between the FW frequency and photonic band gap (PBG) in enhancing SHG is summarized. The results demonstrate that the optimal structure can be obtained by changing the structural parameters, such that the FW and SHW are tuned to the edge of the PBG. At this point, the electromagnetic field density is large, the group velocity is small, the local field is enhanced, and the nonlinear optical interaction is increased, resulting in a significant increase in the T-con of the SHW.     

高功率高效率三次谐波二维数值模拟研究

 对大口径、高功率情况下的三次谐波转换,选择KDP晶体TypeⅠ/TypeⅡ匹配角度失谐的三倍频方案,并从非线性三波耦合方程组出发,采用离散傅立叶变换和四阶龙格库塔(R-K)积分方法,编制了二维模拟三次谐波转换的计算程序。计算了各种晶体厚度和不同失谐角条件下,二、三次谐波的转换特性和效率。并对入射基频光为六阶超高斯分布时的三倍频器进行了优化,三倍频转换效率达80%,此时具有较大的动态范围和较高的三倍频转换效率。     

Generation of lower and higher harmonics in different plasma media with small <Emphasis Type="Italic">Z</Emphasis>

The generation of lower (third) and higher harmonics of femtosecond laser radiation in plasmas produced by laser ablation of different targets with a small atomic number Z (B, Be, Li) has been investigated. The high (10⁻³) efficiency of third-harmonic generation was observed in plasma produced on the boron surface. Efficient third-harmonic generation was also observed in beryllium plasma using femtosecond pulses of Ti:sapphire laser radiation (λ = 790 nm) and its second harmonic (395 nm). We could tune the higher harmonics generation spectrum by tuning the crystal converter when using 395-nm radiation to be converted. It is shown that, in plasmas formed on targets with small Z, the conversion efficiency and limiting generated harmonic order depend on the delay between the ablation pulse and the pulse to be converted.     

Generation of femtosecond laser pulses at 396 nm in K_3B_6O_(10)Cl crystal

K_3B_6O_(10)Cl(KBOC), a new nonlinear optical crystal, shows potential advantages for the generation of deep ultraviolet(UV) light compared with other borate crystals. In this paper we study for the first time the second harmonic generation(SHG) of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire amplifier with this crystal. Laser power is obtained to be as high as 220 m W at the central wavelength of 396 nm with a 1-mm-long crystal, and the maximum SHG conversion efficiency reaches 39.3%. The typical pulse duration is 83 fs. The results show that second harmonic(SH) conversion efficiency has the room to be further improved and that the new nonlinear crystal is very suited to generate the high efficiency deep ultraviolet laser radiation below 266 nm.     

Highly efficient deep ultraviolet generation by sum-frequency mixing in a BBO crystal pair

Generation of deep ultraviolet radiation at 210 nm by Type-I third harmonic generation is achieved in a pair of BBO crystals with conversion efficiency as high as 36%. The fundamental source is the dye laser radiation pumped by the second harmonic of a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser. A walk-off compensated configuration with the BBO crystal pair has enabled us to realize such a high conversion efficiency in the interaction.     

Spectral narrowing and lasing threshold in self-assembled active photonic crystal

Laser-induced emission from rhodamine-B dye embedded in pseudo band gap opaline photonic crystals is discussed. The photonic crystals are fabricated using rhodamine-B doped polystyrene colloids and show 65% reflectance at the stop band centered at 604 nm. The reflectance of the crystal is increased to 74% by coating with a thin layer of gold. Both spontaneous and stimulated emissions of the dye are observed in the photonic stop band environment by exciting the crystal with the second harmonic (532 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The thin layer of gold functioned as a high reflecting end mirror to the dye-doped cavity when the crystal is pumped from the substrate side. Angle-dependent suppression at the stop band wavelength is observed in the spontaneous emission of the dye. Spectrally narrow stimulated emission and lasing is achieved in the gold coated dyed PhC at a threshold pump power of 60 mW in a selective direction of 22° from the direction of excitation. By studying emission from several photonic crystals with different number of layers, it is concluded that a sharp threshold for lasing is not observed in uncoated photonic crystals when they contained fewer than 30 ordered layers and lesser than 70% reflectance.     

准晶非线性光子晶体中二次谐波波长和温度调谐的研究

在八重准周期极化的铌酸锂非线性光子晶体中,通过调节基频光波长实现了多个波长的同时共线准相位匹配倍频,最高转换效率达36%.同时,测量了准晶非线性光子晶体中二次谐波转换效率随晶体温度以及入射波长的变化,结果表明二次谐波在长波处具有更宽的温度以及波长调谐带宽.该项研究对于准周期非线性光子晶体在实际工作中的运用具有重要的指导意义. 关键词： 准周期 非线性光子晶体 温度调谐 波长调谐     

Spectral characteristics of the radiation of artificial opal crystals in the presence of the photonic flame effect

The results of investigation of the spectral characteristics of radiation in the presence of the photonic flame effect recently discovered experimentally are presented. Radiation from a ruby laser operating in the Q-factor modulation regime with a generation wavelength of 694.3 nm is focused near the oriented surface of a globular photon crystal (artificial opal with a globule size of 230 nm) placed on a copper cold guide whose temperature is close to the liquid-nitrogen boiling point (77 K). The spectrum of long-term afterglow (with a duration of about several seconds when the duration of a pump pulse is equal to 20 ns) appearing in the photonic flame effect is detected using a fiber optic minispectrometer and consists of several comparatively narrow lines whose intensity strongly varies with the pumping power. A similar glow is observed in opal samples filled with acetone or ethanol.     

Second-harmonic conversion of neodymium glass laser radiation with controlled spatial coherence

The experimental results on the second optical harmonic conversion of neodymium glass laser radiation with controlled spatial coherence in a nonlinear KDP crystal are presented. The conversion efficiency is studied depending on the radiation power density on the crystal and the crystal rotation angle in the principal optical plane with respect to the radiation propagation direction. The experiments were performed in the radiation power density range I = 0.2–3 GW/cm² for the number of cavity transverse modes N = 100–1000, radiation divergence 2ч = 0.5–3.5 mrad, spectrum width of 26 Å, and pulse duration of 2.5 ns.     

Decay of a quantum dot in two-dimensional metallic photonic crystals

In this paper we have developed a theory for the decay of a quantum dot doped in a two-dimensional metallic photonic crystal consisting of two different metallic pillars in an air background medium. This crystal structure forms a full two-dimensional photonic band gap when the appropriate pillar sizes are chosen. The advantage of using two metals is that one can easily control the density of states and optical properties of these photonic crystals by changing the plasma energies of two metals rather than one. Using the Schrödinger equation method and the photonic density of states, we calculated the linewidth broadening and the spectral function of radiation due to spontaneous emission for two-level quantum dots doped in the system. Our results show that by changing the plasma energies one can control spontaneous emission of quantum dots doped in the metallic photonic crystal.     

Nanostructured one-and three-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals based on porous silicon and artificial opals

Nanostructured one-and three-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals are produced by infiltration of yttrium-iron garnet with bismuth into photonic crystals based on porous silicon and artificial opals. The magnetic properties of the resulting structures are studied by generation of the magnetically induced second harmonics. The magnetic contrast of the second harmonics intensity in the spectral region of the photonic gap edge of the photonic crystal is 10–15%.     

晶体面形畸变对三倍频转换效率的影响

在惯性约束聚变(ICF)领域,为了满足物理实验需求,需要采用短波长的紫外激光打靶。目前,国内外高功率固体激光装置普遍采用谐波转换的方式来获得三倍频紫外激光。高效的频率转换必须满足相位匹配条件,而晶体的反射面形畸变过大对准直精度和倍频效率均匀性都会产生不利影响。通过实验验证了晶体准直光斑的质量退化主要来源于晶体因夹持和重力导致的反射面形畸变,证明了改进晶体的夹持方式可以有效改善晶体面形,提高准直精度和准直光斑质量,并显著提升三倍频转换效率。     

Secondary emission of globular photonic crystals based on the opal-POPOP composite

The spectra of secondary emission of a globular photonic crystal such as the opal matrix filled with the POPOP aromatic compound (a known luminophore) and initial materials excited by semiconductor light-emitting diodes were studied. It was found that the luminescence spectrum of opal filled with POPOP significantly differs from luminescence spectra of POPOP itself and initial opal. It was shown that the observed luminescence in the visible region is mostly caused by three-photon parametric light scattering. In this case, the spectral shape is controlled by the photon density of states, differing from the photon density of states of pure opal. The shape of the secondary emission spectrum of artificial opal filled with POPOP was calculated. The effect of the photonic bandgap position on the intensity distribution of spontaneous emission of used luminophore was established.