四磺酸基苯基卟啉荧光增强苯的高阶受激拉曼散射

报道了在液芯光纤内利用四磺酸基苯基卟啉荧光增强苯的高阶受激拉曼散射实验研究. 实验表明:利用荧光效应显著增强苯的高阶受激拉曼谱线的强度;高阶Stokes谱线的阈值明显降低;随着Stokes谱线阶数的增加,Stokes谱线宽度变窄. 用3.55 mJ小能量激光实现了液芯光纤内生物分子荧光增强受激拉曼散射. 此技术对实现宽带受激辐射、种子激光、生物大分子结构研究和生物分子的非生物利用等领域有广阔的应用前景. 关键词： 受激拉曼散射 荧光 液芯光纤     

超强激光在均匀等离子体中的背向拉曼散射放大机制

使用等离子体背向受激拉曼散射对激光进行放大时,等离子体的密度、温度和长度都会对激光的放大效果产生影响.为了探究等离子体密度对结果的影响,本文使用一维粒子模拟程序模拟了波长为800 nm的泵浦激光入射到均匀等离子体中,等离子体密度和泵浦光光强对散射光光谱的影响.模拟结果表明,等离子体密度降低会导致散射光的波长变短,而泵浦光的光强在一定范围内降低会增加散射光中背向散射光的比例.通过分析散射光的光强和等离子体的密度,发现前向拉曼散射是等离子体密度变化的原因.模拟结果对等离子体背向受激拉曼散射放大的实验研究具有重要的指导意义.     

驱动激光束间相干性以及对背向散射影响的研究

早期的研究表明, 束匀滑技术能够有效地抑制高功率激光与等离子体相互作用中产生的各种参量不稳定性, 大大减少受激布里渊散射和受激拉曼散射. 但在NIF最近的实验研究中发现, 受激布里渊散射和受激拉曼散射份额远远高于预期, 原因可能与驱动激光束间的相干性有关. 本文利用"神光II"装置两路倍频纳秒激光辐照金平面靶, 研究了小口径取样情况下两者背向散射的能量和光谱在不同驱动激光相干条件下的变化情况. 初步结果表明, 激光束间存在着较强的相干性, 并且随着束间相干程度的增加, 背向散射也逐渐增强.     

受激布里渊散射的非线性增强和饱和

针对典型激光聚变等离子体参数条件，利用弗拉索夫程序研究非均匀流等离子体中受激布里渊散射的非线性行为。在动理学效应占主导的参数区域，观察到受激布里渊散射激发的离子声波由于非线性动理学频移和非均匀流空间失谐相互补偿引起的离子声波自共振增长，这会导致受激布里渊水平量级的增强；提出用光束时间去相干抑制这种绝对增长。在流体非线性占主导的参数区域，观察到由于离子声波谐波导致的孤立波产生、离子加热以及受激布里渊散射饱和现象。     

强度调制宽带激光对受激拉曼散射动理学爆发的抑制

激光等离子体不稳定性是困扰惯性约束聚变的难题之一.宽带激光作为抑制激光等离子体不稳定性的有效手段,近年来受到广泛关注.然而,宽带激光在动理学区域驱动的受激拉曼散射等高频不稳定性存在非线性爆发,使抑制效果不及预期.本文提出一种外加强度调制的宽带激光模型.通过选择适当的强度调制包络,能够打断背散光在强脉冲中的放大过程,降低高强度脉冲诱发剧烈爆发的概率,并大幅减少背散光份额和热电子产额.数值模拟表明,强度调制激光对受激拉曼散射具有较好的抑制能力.对于平均功率为1.0×10¹⁵W/cm²,带宽为0.6%的二倍频宽带激光,使用强度调制技术后,反射率下降了1个数量级, 20 keV以上热电子能量份额也由7.34%下降至0.31%.上述研究证实了使用强度调制宽带激光抑制高频不稳定性的可行性,并有望为后续宽带激光驱动聚变实验设计提供参考.     

利用一维Vlasov和Maxwell方程模拟激光等离子体相互作用

应用一维Vlasov和Maxwell耦合程序详细研究了激光等离子体相互作用中的基本问题——受激拉曼散射(SRS). 通过研究发现, SRS的产生与电子速度分布函数在相空间中的结构密切相关, 当电子速度分布函数形成相空间涡旋时,背向SRS光大幅增加,而当电子等离子体波相速度附近的电子速度分布函数曲线变平坦后, 背向SRS光基本停止发生. 在模拟中观测到了SRS的爆发、电子速度分布函数形成相空间涡旋、电子俘获等清晰的物理图像. 关键词： Vlasov-Maxwell模拟 受激拉曼散射     

水中受激拉曼散射的能量增强及受激布里渊散射的光学抑制

为提高液体介质中受激拉曼散射的输出能量,提出了通过温度调控来抑制受激布里渊散射的方法,设计了532 nm多纵模宽带脉冲激光泵浦的受激拉曼散射发生系统,测量了不同温度下水中前向受激拉曼散射及后向受激布里渊散射的输出能量,分析了水温、泵浦激光线宽及热散焦效应对受激拉曼散射输出能量影响的物理机制.实验结果表明:通过降低水温可实现对受激布里渊散射过程的有效抑制,同时减小热散焦效应带来的光束畸变,从而有效提高受激拉曼散射的输出能量.研究结果对液体介质中的受激拉曼散射多波长转换具有重要意义.     

啁啾激光脉冲受激拉曼散射理论和粒子模拟

从入射光波、散射光波和等离子体波的三波耦合方程出发,推导小带宽频率啁啾对拉曼散射的影响.得到频率啁啾对拉曼背向散射有抑制作用,且背向散射不依赖于啁啾符号;正(负)啁啾对拉曼前向散射有微弱的增强(减弱)的作用.最后采用1D3V粒子模拟程序观测了不同啁啾参数下的受激拉曼散射现象,得到与理论分析一致的结果.     

激光等离子体相互作用的受激拉曼散射饱和效应

在激光等离子体相互作用过程中,受激拉曼散射（SRS）会通过Langmuir波衰减不稳定性（LDI）和电子俘获两种机理饱和.文章给出均匀一维等离子体和低强度非相对论激光作用中,LDI和电子俘获两种机理下的SRS饱和时间的解析表达式.SRS饱和时间与入射激光强度,电子密度,电子温度,初始电子密度微扰等参数有关.解析理论计算得到了与模拟和实验相符的结果. 关键词： 受激拉曼散射 饱和 Langmuir波衰变不稳定性（LDI） 电子俘获     

激光等离子体受激散射的线性理论研究

利用包含两种阻尼(Landau阻尼和碰撞阻尼)成分的受激拉曼散射(SRS)、受激布里渊散射线性分析程序LIP,在给定的等离子体状态下分析了阻尼成分、激光强度以及等离子体组分对点火尺度等离子体中受激散射不稳定性发展的影响.详细评估了碰撞阻尼的效应,发现碰撞阻尼在接近1/4临界密度处能有效抑制受激散射的增长,从而造成SRS光谱上的"缝"现象.同时,电子温度的升高会在特定的密度区域促进SRS的发展.研究结果可为点火实验的设计提供参考.     

Electron kinetic effects in the nonlinear evolution of a driven ion-acoustic wave

The electron kinetic effects are shown to play an important role in the nonlinear evolution of a driven ion-acoustic wave. The numerical simulation results obtained (i) with a hybrid code, in which the electrons behave as a fluid and the ions are described along the particle-in-cell (PIC) method, are compared with those obtained (ii) with a full-PIC code, in which the kinetic effects on both species are retained. The electron kinetic effects interplay with the usual fluid-type nonlinearity to give rise to a broadband spectrum of ion-acoustic waves saturated at a low level, even in the case of a strong excitation. This low asymptotic level might solve the long-standing problem of the small stimulated Brillouin scattering reflectivity observed in laser-plasma interaction experiments.     

Driven spatially autoresonant stimulated Raman scattering in the kinetic regime

The autoresonant behavior of Langmuir waves excited by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) is clearly identified in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations in an inhomogeneous plasma. As previously shown via a 3-wave coupling model [T. Chapman et al., Phys. Plasmas 17, 122317 (2010)], weakly kinetic effects such as trapping can be described via an amplitude-dependent frequency shift that compensates the dephasing of the resonance of SRS due to the inhomogeneity. The autoresonance (AR) leads to phase locking and to growth of the Langmuir wave beyond the spatial amplification expected from Rosenbluth's model in an inhomogeneous profile [M. N. Rosenbluth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 29, 565 (1972)]. Results from PIC simulations and from a 3-wave coupling code show very good agreement, leading to the conclusion that AR arises even beyond the so-called weakly kinetic regime.     

Transient development of backward stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering on a picosecond time scale measured by subpicosecond thomson diagnostic

The excitation and the relaxation of the plasma waves and ion acoustic waves (IAW), respectively, driven by stimulated Raman (SRS) and Brillouin (SBS) backscatterings have been experimentally investigated with short-pulse lasers. The spectra have been obtained with a 0.3 ps time resolution. It is shown that SRS develops before SBS and suddenly decays around the peak of the pump, as the IAW reaches saturation. On this short time scale, electron kinetic effects play a major role for SRS saturation, contrary to ion dynamics. These results are supported by particle-in-cell simulations.     

Backscatter reduction using combined spatial, temporal, and polarization beam smoothing in a long-scale-length laser plasma

Spatial, temporal, and polarization smoothing schemes are combined for the first time to reduce to a few percent the total stimulated backscatter of a NIF-like probe laser beam (2x10(15) W/cm (2), 351 nm, f/8) in a long-scale-length laser plasma. Combining temporal and polarization smoothing reduces simulated Brillouin scattering and simulated Raman scattering (SRS) up to an order of magnitude although neither smoothing scheme by itself is uniformly effective. The results agree with trends observed in simulations performed with the laser-plasma interaction code F3D simulations [R. L. Berger et al., Phys. Plasma 6, 1043 (1999)].     

Observation of a transition from fluid to kinetic nonlinearities for langmuir waves driven by stimulated Raman backscatter

Thomson scattering is used to measure Langmuir waves (LW) driven by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a diffraction limited laser focal spot. For SRS at wave numbers klambda(D) less similar 0.29, where k is the LW number and lambda(D) is the Debye length, multiple waves are detected and are attributed to the Langmuir decay instability (LDI) driven by the primary LW. At klambda(D) greater similar 0.29, a single wave, frequency-broadened spectrum is observed. The transition from the fluid to the kinetic regime is qualitatively consistent with particle-in-cell simulations and crossing of the LDI amplitude threshold above that for LW self-focusing.     

超短超强激光与稀薄等离子体相互作用背向受激Raman谱特性模拟

 利用LPIC++程序模拟了超短超强脉冲与稀薄等离子体相互作用产生的背向受激Raman谱。结果证明：在极端相对论条件下,背向受激Raman谱不再是通常所指的弱耦合模式,而进入强耦合模式。频谱加宽,并融合在一起;各谱峰之间的频移不再以等离子体波的频率为间隔,而是小于电子等离子体波的频率。模拟了各种条件下的背向散射Raman谱特性,结果显示：随着密度的提高,背向受激Raman谱的强度也将提高,这与理论结果符合得较好。     

探测激光等离子体电子温度的一种新方法——受激Raman散射光谱的短波截断

利用受激Ｒａｍａｎ散射（ＳＲＳ）三波相互作用理论导出探测激光等离子体电子温度的一种新方法．对我国神光ＬＦ１２^#激光器上的ＳＲＳ实验光谱进行了分析，由ＳＲＳ光谱短波截断波长λ_s自洽地计算出激光等离子体晕区电子温度Ｔ_c．这些结果与由Ｘ射线谱测得的结果合理地符合． 关键词：     

Saturation of backward stimulated scattering of a laser beam in the kinetic regime

Stimulated Raman (SRS) and Brillouin scattering (SBS) are examined in the kinetic regime using particle-in-cell simulations. Wave front bowing of electron-plasma waves (ion-acoustic waves) from trapped particle nonlinear frequency shift is observed in the SRS (SBS) regime for the first time. Self-focusing from trapped particle modulational instability (TPMI) is shown to occur in 2D and 3D SRS simulations. The key physics of SRS saturation is identified as a combination of wave front bowing, TPMI, and self-focusing: Bowing marks the beginning of SRS saturation and self-focusing terminates SRS. Ion-acoustic wave bowing also contributes to SBS saturation. Velocity diffusion by transverse modes and rapid loss of hot electrons in regions of small transverse extent formed from self-focusing dissipate wave energy and increase Landau damping, despite trapping that reduces Landau damping initially.     

Generation and characterization of millimeter-scale plasmas for the research of laser plasma interactions on Shenguang-III prototype

In order to produce millimeter-scale plasmas for the research of laser-plasma interactions （LPIs）, gasbag target is designed and tested on Shenguang-III prototype laser facility. The x-ray pinhole images show that millimeter-scale plasmas are produced with the gasbag. The electron temperature inferred from the stimulated Raman scattering （SRS） spectrum is about 1.6 keV. The SRS spectrum also indicates that the electron density has a fiat region within the duration of 200 ps. The obvious differences between the results of the gasbag and that of the void half hohlraum show the feasibility of the gasbag target in creating millimeter-scale plasmas. The LPIs in these millimeter-scale plasmas may partially mimic those in the ignition condition because the duration of the existence of a flat plasma density is much larger than the growth time of the two main instabilities, i.e., SRS and stimulated Brillouin scattering （SBS）. So we make the conclusion that the gasbag target can be used to research the large-scale LPIs.     

激光等离子体相互作用中Weibel不稳定性

利用粒子模拟法对超强激光与等离子体相互作用中产生的Weibel不稳定性及其产生机制进行了详细的研究。给出不稳定性的线性色散关系和饱和磁场与各向异性参数之间的函数关系,发现Weibel不稳定性的存在使超强激光在等离子体中激发的自生磁场饱和,饱和自生磁场的存在使粒子速度分布在激光传播方向上表现出各向异性。讨论了Weibel不稳定性的线性和非线性饱和过程,对更好地理解快点火物理中自生磁场的产生、快电子输运等过程有重要意义。