高重复频率激光脉冲作用下KTP晶体中的灰迹

采用波长为1 064 nm/532 nm、脉宽6 ns(FWHM)的高重复频率调Q激光,研究了磷酸氧钛钾(KTP)晶体中灰迹的产生机理,以及色心密度对灰迹的影响。晶体透过率表征了色心密度,根据透过率与色心密度的关系以及色心密度对灰迹产生的决定作用,定义临界灰迹密度,当晶体透过率高于此值时可安全运行,而低于此值时,为避免晶体发生灾难性损伤应立即停止运行。实验结果表明:灰迹不仅大量吸收紫外及可见光能量,而且大量吸收近红外波段能量,这为灰迹的在线监测提供了一种监测方法。     

High repetition rate laser pulse induced damage in KTP crystal: Gray-tracking and catastrophic damage

The evolution of gray-tracking damage due to high repetition rate laser pulses was experimentally studied. “Dark track” owing to Ti³⁺ + O²⁻ centers induced by multi-photon absorption was found on the damaged KTP crystal. Moreover, the accumulative process of gray-tracking was simulated through iterating the equation of the number of color centers produced during an arbitrary laser pulse and the method for decreasing gray-tracking based on the simulated results is proposed. The color center model in combination with broken bonds model successfully explains the catastrophic damage, and the hole-like damage pattern can be interpreted by the pressure distribution of laser-supported detonation wave (LSDW).     

Relativistic Distorted-Wave Calculations of Electron Impact Excitation Cross Sections of Be-Like C2＋ Ions

A fully relativistic distorted-wave program is developed based on the Grasp92 and Ratip packages to calculate electron impact excitation （EIE） cross sections. As a first application of the program, the EIE cross sections of Be-like C^α＋ ions from the metastable 1s^22s2p^3 p to 1s^22p^2 ^3 p excitation and the inner-shell excitations are calculated systematically. Meanwhile, the correlation effects of target states are discussed. It is found that the correlation effects play an important role in the low energy EIE cross sections. An excellent agreement is found when the results are compared with previous calculations and recent measurements.     

Efficient 532 nm laser using high gray-tracking resistance KTP crystal

A LD end-pumped acoustic-optic Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YVO₄ laser was demonstrated. It uses a high gray-tracking resistance KTP crystal as nonlinear optical crystal. The output characteristics of 532 nm green laser using different doping concentrations and cavity configurations were investigated. With the pump power of 27.5 W, a maximum average power of 13 W at 532 nm was achieved at a pulse repetition rate of 80 kHz, corresponding to the optical-to-optical efficiency of 47.3%. The pulse width is 30 ns and single pulse energy is up to 162.5 μJ. This work is a significant exploration for using a high gray-tracking resistance KTP crystal to generate highly efficient frequency-doubled green laser.     

Flutter of Finite-Span Flexible Plates in Uniform Flow

The flutter instability and response of finite-span flexible plates in uniform flow are investigated experimentally. The effects of the plate aspect ratio on its dynamic responses are mainly analyzed. A hysteretic phenomenon is observed and can be described such that the plate flutters spontaneously as the flow velocity is greater than a critical value UC and the plate returns to its stable state as the flow velocity is slowly decreased to another critical one UD. We find that the aspect ratio has a greater effect on UC than on UD. The flutter frequency decreases and the amplitude increases with the increase in the flow velocity. When the flutter instability of the plate occurs, three typical flutter modes are identified and are associated with the aspect ratio and the flow velocity.     

Ionizing Dose Effect of Thermal Oxides Implanted with Si^＋ Ions

Total ionizing dose effects of Si^＋ ion implanted thermal oxides are studied by 10keV x-ray irradiation. Photoluminescence （PL） method is engaged to investigate nanostructures of samples. Ar^＋ implanted samples are also studied by the same way to provide a comparison. The results show that Si^＋ implantation following with high temperature annealing can significantly reduce the radiation induced flatband shift, which is caused by net posi- tive charge accumulation in oxides. This reduction is attributed to the formation of Si nanoscale structures. Ar^＋ implantation is also found to reduce the radiation induced flatband shift, while it is different that the reduction with Si^＋ implantation shows little dependence on implant dose of Ar^＋ ions. This is explained by possible increase of recombination centres.     

A New Empirical Model for Estimation of sp^3 Fraction in Diamond-Like Carbon Films

A new empirical model to estimate the content of sp^3 in diamond-like carbon （DLC） films is presented, based on the conventional Raman spectra excited by 488nm or 514nm visible light for different carbons. It is found that bandwidth of the G peak is related to the sp^3 fraction. A wider bandwidth of the G peak shows a higher sp^3 fraction in DLC films.     

Electronic Curves Crossing in Methyl Iodide by Spin--Orbit Ab Initio Calculation

An ab initio investigation of electronic curve crossing in a methyl iodide molecule is carried out using spin-orbit multiconfigurational quasidegenerate perturbation theory. The one-dimensional rigid potential curves and optimized effective curves of low-lying states, including spin-orbit coupling and relativistic effects, are calculated. The spin-orbit electronic curve crossing between ^3Qo＋ and ^1Q1, and the shadow minimum in potential energy curve of ^3Qo＋ at large internuclear distance are found in both sets of the curves according to the present calcu- lations. The crossing position is in the range of Re-1 = 0.2370 3：0.0001 nm. Comparisons with other reports are presented.     

Frequency Stability of Atomic Clocks Based on Coherent Population Trapping Resonance in ^85Rb

An atomic clock system based on coherent population trapping （CPT） resonance in 85Rb is reported, while most past works about the CPT clock are in ST Rb. A new modulation method （full-hyperfine-frequency-splitting modulation） is presented to reduce the effect of light shift to improve the frequency stability of the CPT clock in SSRb. The experimental results show that the short-term frequency stability of the CPT clock in SSRb is in the order of 10^-10/s and the long-term frequency stability can achieve 1.5 × 10^-11/80000s, which performs as well as 87 Rb in CPT resonance. This very good frequency stability performance associated with the low-cost and low-power properties of SSRb indicates that an atomic clock based on CPT in SSRb should be a promising candidate for making the chip scale atomic clock.     

1.9-W flash-lamp-pumped solid-state 266-nm ultraviolet laser

Deep ultraviolet lasers have various applications in industries and scientific researches. For 266-nm ultra- violet （UV） laser generation, the good beam quality of 1064-nm laser and the elimination of gray-tracking effect of KTP crystal are two key factors. Using a dynamically stable resonator design, 1064-nm laser with an average power of 52 W is realized with repetition rate of 16 kHz. The measured M^2 factor characterizing the beam quality is 1.5. By the elimination of gray-tracking effect of KTP crystal, an 18-W green laser is realized with the M2 factor of 1.6. Using a BBO crystal for the fourth harmonic generation, a 1.9-W 266-nm UV laser is achieved.     

Three-Step Growth Optimization of AlN Epilayers by MOCVD

A three-step growth process is developed for depositing high-quality aluminium-nitride （AlN） epilayers on （001） sapphire by low pressure metalorganic chemical vapour deposition （LP-MOCVD）. We adopt a low temperature （LT） A1N nucleation layer （NL）, and two high temperature （HT） A1N layers with different V/Ⅲ ratios. Our results reveal that the optimal NL temperature is 840-880℃, and there exists a proper growth switching from low to high V/Ⅲ ratio for further reducing threading dislocations （TDs）. The screw-type TD density of the optimized AIN film is just 7.86×10^6 cm^-2, about three orders lower than its edge-type one of 2×10^9 cm^-2 estimated by high-resolution x-ray diffraction （HRXRD） and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy （TEM）.     

Experimental Improvement of Signal of a Single Laser-Cooled Trapped ^40Ca^＋ Ion

A single ^40Ca^＋ ion is loaded in a miniature Paul trap and the probability of directly loading a single ion is above 50%. The signal-to-noise ratio and the storage time for a single ion have been improved by minimizing the ion micromotion and locking a 397nm cooling laser to a Fabry-Perot interferometer and optogalvanic signal. From the fluorescence spectrum, the ion temperature is estimated to be about 5mK.     

Calculation of Interaction Potentials between Spherical and Deformed Nuclei

The interaction potential for spherical-deformed reaction partners is calculated. The shape, separation and orientation dependence of the interaction potential and fusion cross section of the system ^32S＋^154Sm are investigated within the double-folding model of the deformed nuclei. The effective nucleon-nucleon interaction is taken to be the M3Y-Reid potential. The density is considered for three terms of the expansion using the truncated multipole expansion method, which is a deformed Fermi shape With quadrupole and hexadecapole for the density distribution of ^154Sm. It is found for the interaction potential that the height and the position of barrier strongly depend on the deformations, the orientation angle of the deformed nucleus, and hence produce great effects on fusion cross section. The integrated fusion cross section is in good agreement with the experimental data.     

Frequency Response of Near-Wall Coherent Structures to Localized Periodic Blowing and Suction in Turbulent Boundary Layer

We experimentally investigate the frequency response of near-wall coherent structures to localized periodic blow- ing and suction through a spanwise slot in a turbulent boundary layer by changing the frequency of periodic disturbance at similar velocities of free stream. The effects of blowing and suction disturbance on energy redistri- bution, turbulent intensity U^＋ rums over y^＋ and waveforms of phase-averaged velocity during sweeping process are respectively discussed under three frequencies of periodic blowing and suction in near-wall region of turbulent boundary layer, compared with those in a standard turbulent boundary layer. The most effective disturbance frequency is figured out in this system.     

Measurement of Secular Motion Frequency in Miniature Paul Trap to Ascertain the Stability Parameters

40Ca＋ ions are trapped and laser cooled in a miniature Paul trap. The secular motion was observed by the radio-frequency resonance of the ion cloud and Zeeman profile sidebands of a single ion experimentally. The trap stability parameters a and q are determined with an uncertainty under 1% by the secular motion frequency measurement. The trap efficiency is 0.75. A practicable suggestion is given for the benefits of a new trap design.     

Demonstration of a 4H SiC Betavoltaic Nuclear Battery Based on Schottky Barrier Diode

A 4H SiC betavoltaic nuclear battery is demonstrated. A Schottky barrier diode is utilized for carrier separation. Under illumination of Ni-63 source with an apparent activity of 4mCi/cm^2, an open circuit voltage of 0.49 V and a short circuit current density of 29.44nA/cm^2 are measured. A power conversion efficiency of 1.2% is obtained. The performance of the device is limited by low shunt resistance, backscattering and attenuation of electron energy in air and Schottky electrode. It is expected to be significantly improved by optimizing the design and processing technology of the device.     

Demonstration of Mo Soft X-Ray Lasers with a Grazing Incidence Pumping Scheme in the XL-II Facility

A Ni-like Mo soft x-ray laser （SXRLs） operating at 18.9nm has been demonstrated by employing a grazing incidence pumping scheme with 120m^3 in the 200ps pre-pulse and 140mJ in the 200fs main pulse. The SXRL gain is estimated to be 1.5-3cm^-1 when a grazing incidence angle of 14° is applied. Numerical simulations are also performed to investigate the dynamics of the ion distribution. It is found that a high intensity at 2.4× 10^14 W/cm^2 of the 200fs main pulse could heat the pre-plasma rapidly to an appropriate temperature for population inversion, and could compensate for the shortage of the total pump energy to a certain extent.     

Calculation of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Q-switched Yb^3＋：YAG Laser with an Unstable Cavity and a Super-Gaussian Mirror

A numerical simulation used to compute the spatio-temporal dynamics of pulse formation of diode-pumped Q- switched Yb： YA G laser is carried out. The model takes the laser amplification and gain saturation, the properties of the laser cavity, and the diffractive effects of the laser disc into account. The numerical calculation is performed for a confocal positive-branch unstable resonator with a super Gaussian coupling mirror. The simulation results show that the laser pulse starts from a Gaussian intensity distribution and becomes rapidly non-Gaussian. The corresponding beam quality M^2 factor is seen to vary approximately from 1.5 at the beginning of the formation of pulse to more than 10 in the tail of the pulse, with a value of 11.6 at the peak of the pulse.     

Synchronized Anti-Phase and In-Phase Oscillations of Intracellular Calcium Ions in Two Coupled Hepatocytes System

We study the dynamic behaviour of two intracellufar calcium oscillators that are coupled through gap junctions both to Ca^2＋ and inositol（1,4,5）-trisphosphate （IP3）. It is found that synchronized anti-phase and in-phase oscillations of cytoplasmic cadcium coexist in parameters space. Especially, synchronized anti-phase oscillations only occur near the onset of a Hopf bifurcation point when the velocity of IP3 synthesis is increased. In addition, two kinds of coupling effects, i.e., the diffusions of Ca^2＋ and IP3 among cells on synchronous behaviour, are considered. We fnd that small coupling of Ca^2＋ and large coupling of IP3 facilitate the emergence of synchronized anti-phase oscillations. However, the result is contrary for the synchronized in-phase case. Our findings may provide a qualitative understanding about the mechanism of synchronous behaviour of intercellular calcium signalling.     

Simultaneous Generation of Multi-Wavelength Laser from Nd:YAG Crystals in a Cruciform Cavity

A cruciform cavity is presented for multi-wavelength laser generation. On the basis of considering the optimal power ratio and good spatial overlap of the two fundamental beams, the maximum output power of 589 nm laser reaches 3.5 W when the pumping power of Nd：YAG A and Nd：YAG B are 311.5 W and 261.8 W, respectively. At the same time, the other wavelength lasers are also obtained with the output power distribution of 2.5 W at 66Onto, 15 W at 532nm, lOOmW at 1319nm and 240mW at 1064nm. The corresponding beam quality factors are M^2 x = 4.93, M^2 y = 5.01 at 589nm, M^2z = 4.51, M^2 y = 4.85 at 660hm, and M^2 x = 4.12, M^2 y = 3.96 at 532nm, respectively. The instabilities of the three visible lights are measured, which are also less than 2% within three hours.