真空中微波等离子体喷流电子数密度分布规律实验研究

为了准确诊断真空中微波等离子体喷流的电子数密度，利用统一的发射和单郎缪尔探针测量等离子体的空间电位，再测量等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线.根据空间电位测量结果，在等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线上能准确地获取饱和电流，从而处理出电子数密度.最后的诊断实验表明，当真空环境压强为2—6 Pa、等离子体发生器以60 W以下的微波功率击穿流量范围是42—106 mg/s的氩气时，所产生的微波等离子体喷流中电子数密度分布在1×10¹⁶—7.2×10¹⁶/m³范围内.     

用光学记录速度干涉仪测量自由面速度

 建立了一套光学记录速度干涉仪系统(ORVIS)，用于测量强激光产生的冲击波状态方程中的自由面速度。该光学记录速度干涉仪系统的时间分辨率为179 ps，可以测量自由面速度随时间变化的整个过程。在天光KrF高功率准分子激光装置上进行激光打靶实验，激光波长248.4 nm，脉冲宽度25 ns，最大输出能量158 J。在激光功率密度为6.24×10¹¹W·cm^-2的条件下，测得厚20 μm铁膜的自由面速度可达3.86 km/s；在激光功率密度为7.28×10¹¹W·cm^-2条件下，100 μm铝膜（靶前有100 μm的CH膜作为烧蚀层）的自由面速度可以达到2.87 km/s。     

利用侧向阴影照相技术探测靶的飞行速度

 建立起一套侧向阴影照相的光学系统,利用可见光作为探测光,在状态方程实验中对靶的飞行速度进行探测。在天光KrF准分子激光装置上进行激光打靶实验,激光波长为248.4 nm。在激光功率密度为8.3×10¹¹ W/cm²的条件下,测得50 μm厚铝靶的飞行速度为3.28 km/s;在激光功率密度为4.7×1010¹¹ W/cm²的条件下,测得带100 μm厚烧蚀层的13 μm厚铝靶的飞行速度为2.52 km/s。最后进行了误差分析计算,实验中探测激光与靶表面偏离角度最大不会超过2.06°,偏离角对实验精度产生的影响可以被忽略。     

电子回旋共振离子源等离子体的密度测量

 诊断电子回旋共振离子源等离子体的传统方法是采用传统的单探针无发射时测量伏安曲线,并根据曲线的拐点由理论公式计算出的等离子体密度。本文设计并研制了等离子体密度的测量装置。采用单根朗缪尔探针（该探针可以用来发射电子）测量等离子体的伏安特性。在探针有发射和无发射两种状态下测量得到两条伏安曲线,根据这两条曲线的"分叉点"得到等离子体电位,然后根据该电位直接由计算机计算出电子温度、电子密度。采用该新方法,测量得到的等离子体参量空间电位约为17 V,悬浮电位约为-5 V,电子温度约为4.4 eV,离子密度为1.10×10¹¹cm^-3,与传统方法计算出的等离子体1.12×10¹¹cm^-3相比,两者相差仅1.8％,但新方法效率和精度更高。     

预-主短脉冲激光驱动的高增益类氖氩软X射线激光

 用数值模拟程序计算了脉宽1.5ps预脉冲和主脉冲激光，经1.2ns的时间延迟先后泵浦喷射的密度为6.632×10^-3g/cm³的氩气柱，以获得高增益的类氖离子电子碰撞激发3p-3s跃迁激光的可能性。结果表明：在等离子体中能够形成宽的类氖离子丰度大于50%的区域，并且具有大于10²⁰ cm^-3的自由电子密度。主脉冲到达之后迅速加热自由电子，高密度的自由电子与类氖离子碰撞激发形成具有很高增益系数的增益区，增益区的半高宽度大约100μm，一维理论计算的增益系数为200~300cm^－1，持续时间大约相当于泵浦激光的时间宽度，在1~2ps之间。     

线形C5H自由基A2Δ电子态的自选轨道分裂和寿命展宽

重新研究了C₅H和C₅D自由基A²Δ-X2Π电子吸收谱带. 利用乙炔/氦混合气脉冲直流放电产生的碳氢等离子体制备气相C5H和C5D自由基,利用光腔衰荡光谱记录碳氢等离子体束的直接吸收光谱. 与之前工作相比,实验光谱的波长校准得到了改进. 通过对实验光谱的分析,首次实验确定了C₅H自由基A²Δ电子态的自旋-轨道分裂常数为-0.7(3) cm^-1. 这为标识A2￠电子态的提供了有力的实验证据. 通过对谱带寿命展宽的分析,A²Δ电子态的寿命估测为1.6±0.3 ps.     

超强激光与Ar团簇相互作用中X射线的研究

本文主要研究了超强超短激光与Ar团簇相互作用过程中X射线能谱、K壳层光子产额、能量转换效率以及激光对比度对X射线光子产额的影响.实验中得到K壳层的光子产额约为1× 10¹¹/发,能量转换效率约为2.8× 10^-5．同时观测到较强预脉冲离化团簇会导致预电离,产生膨胀等离子体,然而主脉冲与膨胀的等离子体相互作用的强度较未膨胀时降低了,从而导致K壳层光子产额降低,而使用高对比度的激光能增加X射线光子产额.     

ICF中子示波管的实验研究

 介绍了一个旨在将高时间分辨率和高探测灵敏度相结合、用于惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究的时间分辨的中子诊断技术的中子示波管，初步实验获得了技术时间分辨约40ps,可探测中子总产额10⁸。     

用云母弯晶谱仪探测Z箍缩等离子体X射线光谱

 为了研究Z箍缩等离子体辐射的X射线光谱,研制了可用于“阳”加速器上探测宽频谱范围的X射线椭圆弯曲晶体谱仪。该谱仪晶体分析器采用云母材料,椭圆焦距为1 350 mm,离心率为0.948 5,覆盖布拉格范围为30°~60°,可探测X射线波长范围为0.10~1.73 nm(0.86~1.00 nm除外),用X射线胶片接收光谱信号。探测实验在中国工程物理研究院“阳”加速器上进行,实验结果表明:谱仪获取了氩的类氢共振线L_ya及其伴线、类氦共振线(1s2p¹P₁-1s2¹S₀)w线及磁四级M₂2跃迁(1s2p³P₂-1s²¹S₀)x线、互组合跃迁(1s2p³P₁-1s²¹S­₀)y线、禁戒谱线(1s2p³S₁-1s²¹S₀)z线和K­_-a线,谱线分辨率达到564。实验证明弯晶谱仪适合于Z箍缩等离子体X射线光谱学诊断。     

利用离子-中性光解碎片符合成像研究离子光解动力学

本文对最近研制的低温离子阱-离子速度成像谱仪进行升级,实现了探测离子光解反应的离子产物和中性产物速度影像的符合探测. 实验上利用自制的低温圆柱形离子阱对制备的离子样品进行富集和冷却. 从离子阱中引出的离子束准直后进入一组电势切换电极和离子速度聚焦成像系统开展激光光解实验. 利用一组新设计的离子引出、加速和聚焦电场,离子束可以被加速至4500 eV以上,使中性解离产物获得足够的平动能而被位置灵敏的影像探测器直接探测. 本文利用Ar₂⁺离子的355 nm光解反应对升级后的装置进行测试. 结果表明,光解产生的中性Ar原子和Ar⁺离子产物的速度影像分辨率分别为Δv/v≈4.6%和1.5%.     

Spatial-temporal measurements of magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas

The results of an investigation of the electromagnetic wave polarization, probing high-temperature laser plasma, as well as spatial-temporal structure of the magnetic fields, electron density, current density, and electron drift velocity are presented. To create the plasma, plane massive Al targets were irradiated with the second harmonic of a phoenix Nd laser at intensities up to 5·10¹⁴ W/cm². It was shown that the magnetooptical Faraday effect is the main mechanism responsible for the changing polarization of the probing wave. Magnetic fields up to 0.4 MG with electron densities ∼10²⁰ cm⁻³ were measured. Analysis of the magnetic field spatial distribution showed that the current density achieved the value ∼90 MA/cm² on the laser axis. The radial structure of the magnetic field testified to the availability of the reversed current in the laser plasma. The spatial and temporal resolutions in these experiments were equaled to ∼5 μsec and ∼50 psec, respectively. Translated from Preprint No. 35 of the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1993.     

Diagnostics of picosecond laser pulse absorption in preformed plasma

We present results where highly supersonic plasma jets and accelerated plasma fragments are generated by interaction of an intense picosecond laser pulse with a metallic target (Al, Cu, W, and Ta) in gas atmosphere. The formation of jets and well-localized massive plasma fragments occurs when a strong forward shock from a main laser pulse and a reverse shock from a pre-pulse meet to. Interferometric and shadow graphic measurements with high temporal (100 ps) and spatial (1 μm) resolution yield information about the formation and evolution of plasma jets and plasma fragments. The excitation of the electric and self-generated magnetic field by ponderomotive force during propagation of the laser pulse in a gas atmosphere was investigated as well. It had been shown previously that under certain conditions a hollow current channel can be generated in laser-produced plasma. The azimuthal magnetic field in such a micro-channel was determined by Faraday rotation of a probing laser beam to be 7.6 MGauss (MG). Ion acceleration in a pinched annular current channel up to 8 MeV analogous to micro-“plasma focus” conditions, may be realized at lengths of 100 μm. Self-generated magnetic fields of 4-7 MG have also been measured in thin skin layers in front of shock waves, where well-collimated plasma blocks were separated and accelerated away from the plasma body. The velocity of dense plasma blocks reaches values of order of 3 × 10⁸ cm/s and they are stable during acceleration and propagation in gas.     

Control of the clustering process in molecular beams using IR lasers

The prebreakdown stage of a gas discharge in a diode with strongly overloaded cathode is studied by laser methods (by simultaneous use of multiframe interferometry and shadow and schlieren photographing) at atmospheric pressure. The spatial resolution of the methods is about 20 μm. A probing pulse of a laser (LS-2151 Nd: YAG laser with a half amplitude duration of 70 ps and a pulse energy of up to 40 mJ) is synchronized with a voltage pulse with accuracy of about 1 ns. High field strength at the cathode is achieved due to the use of thin individual metal tips on the electrodes. It is shown that the initial stage of breakdown of a discharge gap is accompanied by the emergence of a dense plasma cloud at the end of a tip with electron density of about 5 × 10¹⁹ cm^–3 with a size of tens of microns, as well as by a sharp increase in the total current through the diode. After the emergence of a dense plasma cloud at the end of a cathode tip, a similar cloud is formed on the surface of the anode; sometime later, these clouds join together and form a tubular current channel. The dynamics of the breakdown, as well as the parameters of the plasma are studied by the abovementioned techniques in three independent optical channels.     

Detection of C2H2 and HCl using mid-infrared degenerate four-wave mixing with stable beam alignment: towards practical in situ sensing of trace molecular species

A stable and convenient optical system to realize the forward phase-matching geometry for degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) is demonstrated in the mid-infrared spectral region by measuring DFWM signals generated in acetylene (C₂H₂) and hydrogen chloride (HCl) molecules by probing the fundamental ro-vibrational transitions. IR laser pulses tunable from 2900 cm^?1 to 3350 cm^?1 with a 0.025 cm^?1 linewidth were obtained using a laser system composed of an injection seeded Nd:YAG laser, a dye laser, and a frequency mixing unit. At room temperature and atmospheric pressure, a detection limit of 35 ppm (～ 9.5×10¹⁴ molecules/cm³) for C₂H₂ was achieved in a gas flow of a C₂H₂/N₂ mixture by scanning the P(11) line of the (010(11)⁰)–(0000⁰0⁰) band. The detection limit of the HCl molecule was measured to be 25 ppm (～6.8×10¹⁴ molecules/cm³) in the same environment by probing the R(4) line. The dependences of signal intensities on molecular concentrations and laser pulse energies were demonstrated using C₂H₂ as the target species. The variations of the signal line shapes with changes in the buffer gas pressures and laser intensities were recorded and analyzed. The experimental setup demonstrated in this work facilitates the practical implementation of in situ, sensitive molecular species sensing with species-specific, spatial and temporal resolution in the spectral region of 2.7–3.3 μm (3000–3700 in cm^?1), where various molecular species important in combustion have absorption bands.     

Laser magnetic resonance spectra of NH2 in the 9-μm region: Observation of weak ΔKa = −3 transitions in the ν2 band

Laser magnetic resonance spectra of the ν₂ band of the NH₂ radical have been observed with a CO₂ laser in the 1030–1108-cm^?1 range. The measurements of these weak ΔN = ?1, ΔK_a = ?3 transitions, involving levels with 5 ≤ N ≤ 10, should complement measurements in the higher frequency half of the band (1500–1900 cm^?1) made using CO lasers.     

Thermal and optical properties of femtosecond-laser-structured PMMA

Thermal diffusivity of laser micro- and nano-structured regions in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) was measured by the temperature wave method with a lateral resolution reduced to ～10 μm using an array of micro-sensors. The volume fraction of laser modified phase was maximized by implementing tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses inside PMMA and maintaining distance of few micrometers between the irradiation spots. The absolute value of thermal diffusivity of PMMA 1.066±0.08×10^?7 m²/s was reliably determined with the miniaturized sensors. Regions laser structured by single pulses had no trace of carbonization, almost the same thermal diffusivity as the host PMMA, and a stress-induced birefringence Δn～10^?4 modulated with period ～2 μm.     

Triple-Mode Action of a Broad-Band Laser from the Viewpoint of Intracavity Frequency-Dispersion Spectroscopy

For the beat spectrum of a triple-mode dye laser, there exists a component with a frequency equal to the difference in intervals between adjacent modes. The correlated technical fluctuations of these intervals compensate each other. This experimental fact is considered as promising for the development of a new spectroscopy method with a detection limit of the order of 10^-10–10^-11 cm^-1 with respect to absorption in the probing volume. It is based on different changes in adjacent-mode intervals due to dispersion of the resonance line of the intracavity absorber. Thus the low frequency signal appearing in the beat spectrum can be detected. The latter is proportional to the density of absorbing particles.     

Direct observation of phase transitions by time-resolved pyro/reflectometry of KrF laser-irradiated metal oxides and metals

New experimental results are obtained by coupling both time-resolved reflectivity and rapid infrared pyrometry under a hemispherical reactor. The heating source KrF laser beam (28 ns, 248 nm) is homogenized and as for probing, a CW He-Ne laser beam (10 mW, 633 nm) is used.Using both methods infrared pyrometry with an IR detector cooled with liquid nitrogen and sensitive in the spectral range 1-12 μm, and time-resolved reflectivity with a rapid photodiode, we were able to study complex thermodynamic transitions with nanosecond time resolution. Three different materials are studied by varying the KrF fluence (energy/surface) from 100 to 2000 mJ/cm²: thin films melting (Au/Ni), the threshold of plasma formation (Ti), and complex liquid phase segregation under semi-conductor state (ZnO). The formation of a liquid Zn film induced by temperature gradient is well evidenced by our signals. Also melting of thin films irradiated by low laser fluences (less than 500 mJ/cm²) translates the typical thermodynamic behavior. Finally, wide fluence dynamic (400-2000 mJ/cm²) is analyzed in the case of Ti surface, and results show two distinguished regimes: first one bellow 1000 mJ/cm² corresponding to the early stage plasma initiation, and second one over 1000 mJ/cm² to the dynamics of plasma expansion.     

软X射线激光背光阴影成像技术的空间分辨研究

软X射线激光阴影成像技术是一种诊断高温稠密等离子体临界面附近阴影轮廓的诊断技术,具有测量视场大、空间分辨能力高的特点,具有重要的应用前景.对该技术的空间分辨具体能够达到什么程度则没有进行过系统研究.本文分别从光路几何、衍射极限、成像像差三个方面进行了仔细分析,结果表明目前采用该技术的诊断系统能够达到约2μm的空间分辨.主要受限是光路几何因素,通过增加放大倍数、选择单元尺寸更小的接收元器件等方式,有希望达到优于1μm的空间分辨.     

Plasma formation by high-repetition rate pulsed periodic laser irradiation of metals in air at atmospheric and reduced pressures

High-speed spectroscopy with spatial and temporal resolution is used to determine the basic plasma parameters and to examine the shift from an air plasma to an erosion plasma during multipulse laser irradiation of various metals at repetition rates ranging from 5 to 50 kHz with irradiances q > 2∙10⁸ W/cm². The formation of a distinctive surface plasma structure is observed which (a) facilitates the expulsion of the shielding layer of "air" plasma produced during the first of a series of laser pulses by vapor from the target and (b) inhibits the propagation of a metal vapor plasma front into the air during the subsequent pulses.