台式拉曼自由电子激光器建议

提出台式拉曼自由电子激光器的建议，新型台式拉曼自由电子激光器由马克斯发生器、虚火花放电电子束源和小周期波荡器等部分组成。外形尺寸将为传统的拉曼自由电子激光器的１／４至１／５。     

能发光世界上最强激光的新型中红外超快激光器CSCD

奥地利维也纳科技大学光子学研究所和德国马克斯玻恩研究所的电气工程师们合作开发了一款中红外超快激光器,大幅度增加了台式激光驱动x射线源的硬x射线光子通量。无论何时想要调查研究材料的原子结构都需要使用x射线。     

能发光世界上最强激光的新型中红外超快激光器

奥地利维也纳科技大学光子学研究所和德国马克斯玻恩研究所的电气工程师们合作开发了一款中红外超快激光器,大幅度增加了台式激光驱动X射线源的硬X射线光子通量。无论何时想要调查研究材料的原子结构都需要使用X射线。由于新的X射线源不产生连续光而是短脉冲,所以可以用于时间     

用半导体环形激光器产生混沌信号

提出了一种由一个分布式反馈激光器为主激光器和一个半导体环形激光器为从激光器组成的主从式激光混沌系统方案,主激光器产生的光单向注入到从激光器中,通过调整注入系数、主从激光器的失谐频率和从激光器的偏置电流,使从激光器工作在混沌状态,输出混沌信号。从基于光注入条件下的环形激光器的速率方程组入手,数值模拟了主从激光器的失谐频率、注入系数和从激光器的偏置电流3个工作参量对从激光器输出动态的影响。研究表明:外光注入条件下,半导体环形激光器可以产生混沌信号。通过分析得出:当失谐频率为3.9 GHz、注入系数为0.07、偏置电流为81 mA时,环形激光器可以产生功率谱平坦、带宽较宽的高质量混沌信号。     

高能激光技术进展与面临的挑战

文章分析和比较了几种高能激光器技术发展现状和面临的挑战,以及各自可能适用的范围.特别对二极管抽运固体激光器和光纤激光器的几种束相干合成方法和光束质量评价方法进行了分析和讨论.二极管抽运固体激光器和光纤激光器近十年来异军突起,被人们看作是继化学激光器后的第二代高能激光器.光纤激光器进展要比二极管抽运固体激光器滞后5到10年.对几十万瓦以上的激光器来说,在相当长的时间内仍然要靠化学激光器.     

微热通道电极结构宽条形半导体激光器输出特性

为了抑制宽条形半导体激光器的热透镜效应,提高慢轴光束质量,本文提出并制作了一种微热通道电极结构激光器。该芯片p面注入区电极处被设计为较厚的高热导率的电极结构,封装后激光器两侧与热沉之间形成空气间隙,抑制激光器有源区横向热流,使激光器内温度分布均匀,有效地降低慢轴发散角。对该激光器的封装模型进行了稳态热分析,优化了微热通道电极结构的厚度和宽度,并制作了波长为940 nm的微热通道电极结构激光器。测试结果表明,在注入电流为2 A时,微热通道电极结构激光器的发散角相对于普通电极结构激光器降低了24%,有效地降低了激光器慢轴光束发散角。     

光纤激光宽温度范围运行研究进展

简要回顾了高功率掺镱光纤激光器的发展历程,指出宽温运行光纤激光器的需求与应用场景。综述已有关于光纤激光器在变温条件下的研究成果,在高功率光纤激光器的发展中,工作温度对光纤激光器造成的影响将进一步显现。介绍了利用现有光纤器件以及传统光纤激光器设计的宽温运行光纤激光器案例。通过系统设计和结构优化,本课题组已成功实现千瓦级的宽温运行光纤激光器,整机运行温度从常温拓展到-30℃。进一步的功率提升和温度范围拓展还需要对光纤激光器工作机理、光纤器件温度特性等方面进行深入研究。此外,展望了宽温运行光纤激光器的发展趋势,研究结果为高功率宽温运行光纤激光器的发展提供了参考。     

高能掺镱离子光纤激光器的研究

从激光器的速率方程出发,对光纤激光器的工作原理以及输出特性进行了研究,得到了光纤激光器在稳态条件下阈值条件和激光器输出功率的表达式.利用数值模拟结果对光纤激光器基本参量进行分析和论证.为光纤激光器的优化设计提供理论依据.并提出了全光纤型光纤激光器的实验方法.获得了最大功率7.5 W、波长1080 nm、峰值半宽0.11 nm的连续单模激光输出.     

线性调频半导体激光器自混频干涉理论模型

使用半导体激光器在弱反馈条件下的动力学理论,建立了线性调频半导体激光器的自混频干涉理论模型.基于该模型,分析了激光器振荡频率偏移与输出功率变化特性.通过测量激光器输出功率谱,可以得到激光器前端面与被测目标之间的距离.     

大功率半导体激光器研究进展

对半导体激光器的发展历史和发展现状进行了综述,并具体介绍了长春光学精密机械与物理研究所近年来在大功率半导体激光器方面所取得的主要进展,特别是在大功率半导体激光器的激光光源、垂直腔面发射激光器和新型激光器芯片等方面。     

Soft-x-ray laser interferometry of a pinch discharge using a tabletop laser

We have used a tabletop soft-x-ray laser and a wave-front division interferometer to probe the plasma of a pinch discharge. A very compact capillary discharge-pumped Ne-like Ar laser emitting at 46.9 nm was combined with a wave division interferometer based on Lloyd's mirror and Sc-Si multilayer-coated optics to map the electron density in the cathode region of the discharge. This demonstration of the use of tabletop soft-x-ray laser in plasma interferometry could lead to the widespread use of these lasers in the diagnostics of dense plasmas.     

Sub-38 nm resolution tabletop microscopy with 13 nm wavelength laser light

We have acquired images with a spatial resolution better than 38 nm by using a tabletop microscope that combines 13 nm wavelength light from a high-brightness tabletop laser and Fresnel zone plate optics. These results open a gateway to the development of compact and widely available extreme-ultraviolet imaging tools capable of inspecting samples in a variety of environments with a 15-20 nm spatial resolution and a picosecond time resolution.     

Capillary discharge tabletop soft X-ray lasers reach new wavelengths and applications

For many years, researchers have envisioned the development of compact high repetition rate tabletop soft X-ray lasers that could be routinely used in application in numerous disciplines. With demonstrated average powers of several mW and mJ-level pulse energy at 46.9 nm, capillary discharge-pumped lasers are the first compact lasers to reach this goal. In this paper we summarize the development status of high repetition rate tabletop soft X-ray lasers based on capillary discharge excitation, and give examples of their successful use in several applications. Results of the use of a capillary discharge pumped 46.9 nm laser in dense plasma interferometry, soft X-ray reflectometry for the determination of optical constants, and laser ablation are described. The observation of lasing at 53 nm line in Ne-like Cl with output pulse energy up to 10 μJ is also reported.     

Highly coherent injection-seeded 13.2 nm tabletop soft x-ray laser

We report a dramatic improvement of the spatial coherence and beam divergence (0.66 mrad) of a 13.2 nm wavelength Ni-like Cd tabletop laser by injection seeding the soft x-ray laser amplifier with high-harmonics pulses generated in a Ne gas jet. This phase coherent laser is an attractive light source for at-wavelength interferometry of extreme ultraviolet lithography optics and other applications.     

Soft-x-ray laser interferometry of a plasma with a tabletop laser and a Lloyd's mirror

We report what is believed to be the first demonstration of soft-x-ray interferometry of a plasma with a tabletop soft-x-ray laser. A Lloyd's mirror interferometer was used in combination with a very compact lambda = 46.9 nm capillary-discharge-pumped laser to map the electron density in the cathode region of a pinch plasma.     

Nonperturbative vacuum-polarization effects in proton-laser collisions

In the collision of a high-energy proton beam and a strong laser field, merging of laser photons can occur due to the polarization of vacuum. The probability of photon merging is calculated by exactly accounting for the laser field which involves a highly nonperturbative dependence on the laser intensity and frequency. It is shown that the nonperturbative vacuum-polarization effects can be experimentally measured by combining the next generation of tabletop petawatt lasers with proton accelerators presently available.     

Characterization of ultrashort electron pulses by electron-laser pulse cross correlation

An all-optical method to determine the duration of ultrashort electron pulses is presented. This technique makes use of the laser pulse ponderomotive potential to effectively sample the temporal envelope of the electron pulse by sequentially scattering different sections of the pulse out of the main beam. Using laser pulse parameters that are easily accessible with modern tabletop chirped-pulse amplification laser sources, it is possible to measure the instantaneous duration of electron pulses shorter than 100 fs in the energy range that is most useful for electron diffraction studies, 10-300 keV.     

Demonstration of a 10-muJ tabletop laser at 52.9 nm in neonlike chlorine

We report the demonstration of laser amplification at 52.9 nm in Ne-like Cl with a compact capillary discharge. Laser output pulses with energies of as much as 10 muJ have been obtained. The beam divergence was approximately 4 mrad. This new 23.4-eV tabletop laser is of particular interest for applications that require high peak fluxes of photons with energy slightly below the He photoionization threshold.     

All-optical excitation and detection of leaky Rayleigh waves

The results of experiments on all-optical monitoring of leaky Rayleigh waves are reported. Leaky Rayleigh waves were excited by pulsed laser action on a liquid-solid interface and were detected by the light-beam-deflection technique. Both the measured velocity of their propagation and the attenuation are in good agreement with theoretical predictions. Possible applications include acoustic spectroscopy of materials, depth profiling of layered structures, and tabletop modeling of seismic phenomena.     

Saturated high-repetition-rate 18.9-nm tabletop laser in nickellike molybdenum

We report saturated operation of an 18.9-nm laser at 5-Hz repetition rate. An amplification with a gain-length product GL of 15.5 is obtained in the 4d 1S0-4p 1P1 laser line of Ni-like Mo in plasmas heated at grazing incidence with approximately 1-J pulses of 8.1-ps duration from a tabletop laser system. Lasing is obtained over a broad range of time delays and pumping conditions. We also measure a GL of 13.5 in the 22.6-nm transition of the same ion. The results are of interest for numerous applications requiring high-repetition-rate lasers at wavelengths below 20 nm.