A simple jitter-free picosecond streak camera

Using a DC-biased room-temperature photoconductive switching element, a picosecond resolution optical streak camera is operated at sweep rates up to 7 ps/mm. Single-shot jitter is 2 ps with complete absence of short and long-term drift characteristic of all other sweep drivers. This high accuracy allows the streak camera to be used in a single-shot averaging mode which leads to a sub-picosecond absolute timing accuracy. When operated in this manner, the streak camera becomes a highly reliable and accurate device for measuring transient events on a time scale of single picoseconds. The simplicity of this method makes it highly attractive for many applications in laser fusion and picosecond chemistry and photophysics studies where reliable no-drift operation is highly desirable.     

条纹相机测量中的光束取样

从实验上探讨了用条纹相机测量大口径高功率固体激光束的脉冲波形时,取样光斑的大小对波形的精细结构与脉宽的影响。     

Hot photoluminescence of GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum well structures under high excitation by a single shot of 30 ps, 532 nm laser

Energy-resolved decay times and time-resolved spectra of hot photoluminescence of GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum well structures at 77 K under high excitation (50 MW/cm²) were measured by single shot experiments with the use of a 30 ps, 532 nm laser, a streak camera, and an optical multichannel analyzer. It was found that the transition between higher subbands (n=2 e-hh) appears and its intensity relaxes with a decay time of about 200 ps. The theoretical expression for carrier relaxation in a two-dimensional quantum well was obtained. We found that the calculated energy loss rate due to Lo-phonon scattering (10 meV/ps) is at least four times larger than the observed one (2.7 meV/ps).     

一种用于荧光皮秒时间分辨光谱的测试系统

本文详细描述了一种由氩离子锁模激光器、样品池、分光系统及微微秒条纹相机构成的用于测试低强度荧光微微秒时间分辨光谱的系统。给出了典型样品的测试结果:时间分辨率为10ps,光谱范围为500Å—800Å。最后对测量结果进行了分析讨论。     

变像管皮秒分幅和飞秒扫描相机的实验研究

本文将描述两种变像管皮秒分幅相机和一种飞秒扫描相机的设计特点、动态测试方法和实验结果。第一种变像管皮秒分幅相机采用了交叉点扫描多光栏分幅的方法,其变像管具有长加速电极和短阳极的静电弱聚焦系统与偏转灵敏度高、偏转像质好的偏转群体结构;其超快速控制电路只需一个光电开关斜坡电压脉冲发生器和一个特殊设计的脉冲成形网络即可送出具有合适时间关联的4对正负极性三角波和一对正负极性的单台阶液电压脉冲。实验表明,该相机在提供6幅分幅图像的情况下,每幅图像全曝光时间为80ps,除 3～4幅图像间的时间间隔为680ps外,其余均为160ps,动态空间分辨率达到5.51p/mm。第二种变像管皮秒分幅相机采用快门式分幅方法;其变像管采用行波偏转系统,内增强MCP做成带状线结构,并具有输入输出阻抗变换器,其三台阶波和快门脉冲序列均由光电开关电路和脉冲成形网络产生。该相机在提供三幅分幅图像的情况下,每幅图像全曝光时间为660ps,画幅之间的时间间隔均为4ns,动态空间分辨率为5.5lp/mm。飞秒扫描相机采用MCP内增强飞秒扫描变像管、具有负时间畸变的中继透镜和无触发晃动的光电开关扫描电路。实验证明,该相机在时间分辨率为500fs时,其动态范围为30;当时间分辨率为1.2ps时,其动态范围可达500;无扫描图像弯曲现象,触发晃动为±2ps.     

Ultrafast x-ray diffraction using a streak-camera detector in averaging mode

We demonstrate an apparatus for measuring time-dependent x-ray diffraction. X-ray pulses from a synchrotron are diffracted by a pair of Si(111) crystals and detected with an x-ray streak camera that has single-shot resolution of better than 1 ps. The streak camera is driven by a photoconductive switch, which is triggered by 100-fs laser pulses at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The laser and the streak camera are synchronized with the synchrotron pulses. In the averaging mode, trigger jitter results in 2-ps temporal resolution. We measured the duration of 5-keV pulses from the Advanced Light Source synchrotron to be 70ps.     

X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机时空分辨率测量

X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机是一种应用变象管技术测量X射线波段脉冲辐射而能达到皮秒级时间分辨率和微米级空间分辨率的时空测试系统,是高功率激光打靶产生等离子体诊断的有力工具。时间分辨率和空间分辨率是X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机最基本的性能参数。这些参数的测量有其不同于可见光扫描相机的特殊性。     

Simultaneous autocorrelation and synchroscan streak camera measurement of cavity length detuning effects in a synchronously pumped cw dye laser

The cavity matching condition for optimum stable, picosecond pulse generation in a synchronously pumped c.w. mode locked dye laser has been achieved with an accuracy of 2 μm using a synchronously operated streak camera exhibiting a modest temporal resolution of 9 ps. This was possible because of the observed distinct asymmetry of the pulses generated under conditions of cavity mismatch about the zero position. Simultaneous autocorrelation measurements confirmed the streak camera observations.     

High-dynamic-range laser-pulse-contrast measurement with a plasma-shuttered streak camera

The dynamic range of a picosecond visible streak camera has been improved by the combination of a plasma shutter and multishot averaging performed with a photoconductive switch sweep circuit. We use this technique to measure the contrast of a 100-fs laser pulse over 2 ns with a dynamic range of 7 orders of magnitude.     

条纹相机系统在激光脉冲整形测量中的应用

针对采用脉冲堆积法进行激光脉冲整形后获取的宏脉冲,介绍了基于条纹相机观测其纵向分布的基本原理。阐述了测量系统中的硬件配置功能以及脉冲堆积原理,并描述了使用条纹相机专用软件测量激光脉冲的详细步骤和操作界面。研究了测量系统中时序控制的调试对观测脉冲堆积后的宏脉冲的影响并给出了测量结果和测量误差分析。结果表明:采用脉冲堆积法所获得的激光脉冲整形效果非常理想,整形前激光脉冲的半高全宽值约为3.82 ps,整形后约为15.3 ps,且平顶部分的脉宽为11.5 ps,上升沿和下降沿均为1.9 ps。     

X射线条纹相机紫外光时标研究

 报导了一种采用超短紫外光脉冲作为X 射线条纹相机时标系统的方法。时标光脉冲来自用多模石英光纤耦合的波长为1.06μm 四倍频超短紫外光脉冲激光系统。时标光脉冲与打靶产生的X 射线均被X 射线条纹相机接收, 以用来测定激光打靶时X 射线产生的相对时间关系或相机之间同步的时间关系。实验得到通过光纤引导的时标光脉冲宽度约为30ps。     

Laser-induced incandescence of flame-generated soot on a picosecond time scale

This paper presents measurements of time-resolved laser-induced incandescence (LII) from soot recorded on a picosecond time scale. The 532-nm output from a picosecond Nd:YAG laser was used to heat the soot, and a streak camera was used to record the LII signal. The results are compared with data collected on a nanosecond time scale and with a time-dependent model that solves the energy- and mass-balance rate equations. Relative to the laser timing, the picosecond and nanosecond results are very similar. Signals increase during the laser pulse as soot temperatures increase and decrease after the laser pulse. The signal decay rates increase significantly with increasing laser fluence. The LII model gives good agreement with the nanosecond data at fluences ≤0.2 J/cm² and underpredicts the signal decay rates at higher fluences. The picosecond temporal profiles increase significantly faster and earlier in the laser pulse than predicted by the model. This disagreement between the model and picosecond LII data may be attributable to perturbations to the signal by laser-induced fluorescence from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or other large organic species. The excited state or states responsible for this fluorescence appear to be accessed via a two-photon transition and have an effective lifetime of 55 ps. PACS 44.40.+a; 78.67.Bf; 78.47.+p     

Surface second-harmonic generation: A novel technique for ps-pulse duration measurements

Second-harmonic generation from dye adsorbates has been successfully used to measure the duration of ps pulses. In the red and in the blue-green spectral range pulse durations of 2.4 and 6.1 ps—in agreement with streak camera measurements — have been obtained from collinear, slow autocorrelation traces.     

Relaxation and quantum beat of picosecond backward echo in Na vapor

The backward photon echo has been realized for the first time in the picosecond regime on the Na D line, and used to measure collisional relaxation of the Na-Ar system. The separations of the successive 10 ps excitation pulses were varied from 300 to 1500 ps. By means of a streak camera, we directly observed a quantum beat of the echo pulse arising from the hyperfine splitting of the 3S_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} ground state of Na.     

单模光纤脉冲展宽效应实验研究

利用时间分辨率为2ps的扫描相机和实时处理系统研究了当脉宽为15ps波长为1.06μm的Nd:YAG激光脉冲在单模光纤中传输时,光纤中自相位调制(SPM),正群速色散(GVD)和受激喇曼散射(SRS)引起的联合非线性效应。     

上海光源XAFS线站时间分辨X射线激发发光谱实验系统

介绍了上海光源XAFS线站（BL14W1）的时间分辨X射线激发发光光谱（TRXEOL）实验系统。该系统基于时间相关单光子计数法的原理设计,以同步辐射光源的脉冲特性及其良好的时间结构为基础,通过集成定时系统、光谱仪系统和核电子学系统,在国内同步辐射装置上首次实现了TRXEOL实验方法。定时系统提供同步触发电脉冲,用来标志X射线脉冲打到样品上的时刻,同步精度约6 ps,延时分辨率5 ps;光谱仪经光电探测器把样品发光信号转换成电脉冲,核电子学系统对定时电脉冲和发光电脉冲之间的时间差进行统计分析,可得到样品的发光衰减曲线,再结合光谱仪的扫描控制和数据获取系统,可得到样品的TRXEOL光谱。利用该实验系统可以测量发光样品的普通XEOL光谱、发光衰减曲线和TRXEOL光谱。用ZnO纳米线样品,进行了实验验证。实验得到的普通XEOL光谱能够明显区分该样品在390和500 nm处的两个发光中心;得到的发光衰减曲线能够区分小于2 ns的快发光过程和200 ns的慢发光过程;分别在0～1, 2～200和0～200 ns时间窗口内测量得到了ZnO纳米线样品的TRXEOL光谱,在这3个发光时间带内得到了对应的发光信息;ZnO纳米线样品发光衰减曲线快发光峰的半高宽约为0.5 ns,证明了TRXEOL系统的最小时间分辨率小于1 ns。该系统在国内同步辐射装置上提供了用于研究发光材料的TRXEOL实验方法,该方法与发光模式的XAFS方法相结合,可更深入的研究发光材料的发光行为。整个实验平台操作简便、工作稳定可靠,不仅为发光材料的研究提供了研究手段,还为进一步开展发光模式XAFS和TRXEOL成像等实验方法提供技术前提。     

皮秒级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱

介绍了一种利用光电摄谱法和条纹管相结合测量ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱的方法。论述了条纹相机工作原理和平面衍射光栅的分光原理,分析指出利用介绍的装置,可以实现波长300 nm ～1 600 nm、脉宽＞2 ps超快高能脉冲激光的光谱测量。采用1 054 nm超快高能脉冲激光器,实验得到了条纹像,对条纹像进行数据处理后得到测量光谱曲线,通过能量标定后,得到了超快高能脉冲激光器实际光谱曲线,验证了ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱方法。讨论了系统中耦合透镜组对光谱测量和光纤色散角对条纹图像的影响,论述了ps级时间分辨超快高能脉冲激光光谱的作用。随着条纹管制造技术的飞速发展,该方法可用于fs级激光光谱的测量。     

软X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机

软X射线皮秒变象管扫描相机技术是一种用变象管扫描相机测量X射线脉冲而能达到皮秒时间分辨率和一维微米级空间分辨率的技术。X射线扫描相机是研究伴有X射线辐射的一切高速瞬变过程的极为重要的测量工具。例如在激光核聚变的研究中,加热压缩期间靶球发生内爆过程中高温高密度等离子体的光谱辐射主要为软X射线,对这些软X射线的研究,可以获得有关等离子体的电子温度、电子能量分布、各种不稳定性的形态及这些参量随时间变化的资料。     

基于物联网的智能化条纹相机控制系统的研制

为满足条纹相机便携化、智能化的发展需要,研制了一种高适用性的分布式智能控制系统,实现了对条纹相机工作参量的监测,对电极电压、扫描工作模式的精确控制以及对图像的采集与处理.基于物联网技术框架与客户端-服务器的结构模式,实现了有线及无线设备扩展的多机协作功能与移动监控功能.并针对该控制系统,设计了具有自保护功能的自激型反激式可调高压电源模块,基于自激式拓扑的简单结构,实现了电源的小型化,且线性调整准确度可达1%.采用Nd∶YLF脉冲激光器(脉宽8ps,波长526.5nm)对应用该控制系统的可见光皮秒条纹相机进行标定,测试得到动态分辨率为12.75Lp/mm(CTF=14%),动态范围为234∶1,时间分辨率达到14ps.     

神光Ⅲ主机X射线条纹相机设计

根据神光Ⅲ激光器的运作方式和靶室结构,配套建设的X射线条纹相机在结构和性能上同以往有很大不同,建成后不仅应用于高时间分辨的实验诊断,也将用于神光Ⅲ主机各束激光同步性能的检验.设计的X射线条纹相机将全部采用模块化组件,拥有优于10 ps的时间分辨、15 lp/mm以上的空间分辨以及100 eV-10 keY能区的光阴极响应.相机在结构方面采用了非常独特的密闭气室结构,变像管、CCD,所有的电气控制设备都寄宿在气室内并保持常温和一个大气压的工作状态.整个相机系统内嵌了计算机工控设备,通过一根以太网线获得相机所有功能的远程控制.相机其它的特性还包括拥有完善的安全互锁系统以确保相机远程控制的安全;满足严格的EMI/EMP屏蔽要求以避免神光Ⅲ主机高能量激光发射带来的电磁干扰,并可采用光纤引入紫外时标光建立信号的绝对时间基准.