高压H_2受激喇曼散射的阈值与能量转换效率

我们着重研究了高压H_2气Q(1)振动跃迁(4155cm~(-1))受激喇曼散射(SRS)中,参与非线性相互作用的几个参数(介质分子密度、跃迁线宽、泵浦光子密度以及非线性作用长度)对受激阈值与能量转换效率的影响。给出了自零到24atm H_2气压范围内阈值随H_2气压变化的实验结果,它与根据Dicke-Doppler展宽和碰撞展宽的联合效应的分析是一致的。讨论了由于受激喇曼过程(SRP)和四波混频参量过程(FWPP)共同影响下能量转换效率、压力-色散效应对高阶反斯托克斯的能量输出的重要影响。     

高压H2的SRS中的参量与非参量过程

本文报道了在数十气压H₂中输出三级Stokes和六级anti-Stokes受激喇曼散射。着重研究了SRS能量转移中的受激喇曼过程(SRP)和四波参量过程(FWPP)。对前人报道得很少的高压H₂中的离轴Stokes圆环与轴上anti-Stokes圆斑进行了较系统的实验研究,并用非线性光学参量与非参量过程的有关理论对实验结果进行了讨论。 关键词：     

紫外激光离解四氯化钛产生的钛原子的受激喇曼散射

紫外激光(259—300nm)离解四氯化钛产生了大量钛原子,它们主要处于钛原子的基态a³F₂和亚稳态a³F_3,4上。通过近共振跃迁对处于a³F_2,3,4态上的钛原子进行泵浦,观测到一系列钛原子的受激喇曼散射和受激辐射,并对所有谱线进行了认证。钛原子的受激喇曼散射的脉宽和时间分辨谱表明,紫外激光离解四氯化钛产生钛原子的过程非常迅速,估计所需时间≤1ns。 关键词：     

高效率受激喇曼散射源

本文报道在有机溶液(CH₃)₂SO中,用宽带5314埃激光泵浦,得到强6296埃斯托克斯相干受激喇曼辐射的实验。在中等泵浦功率密度下,受激喇曼斯托克斯辐射前向波能量转换效率达38％,观察到了后向斯托克斯受激辐射,后向波强度是前向散射波强度的80％,测量了前向散射的增益为2.5×10^-3厘米/兆瓦,测量了前向、后向散射光束的空间分布。论证了后向散射光束方向性的改善。 关键词：     

宽频带聚焦泵浦准稳态受激电子喇曼散射的增益因子和能量转换效率

本文采用Raman-Maxwell-Bloch方程,计算了宽频带聚焦泵浦准稳态受激电子喇曼散射的增益因子和能量转换效率.在计算中考虑了泵浦抽空、喇曼介质对泵浦光的吸收和喇曼介质的泡和效应.计算结果与XeCl激光在钡蒸汽中的受激喇曼散射实验基本上符合.     

皮秒激光瞬态受激喇曼散射的实验研究

本文采用对撞脉冲锁模Nd:YAG激光器输出10ps脉冲串,经KTP非线性晶体腔外倍频,泵浦喇曼介质为二甲亚砜(DMSO)液体.实验研究了不同透镜焦长、焦点位置及不同喇曼介质氏度对瞬态受激喇曼散射的影响,获得了能量转换效率分别为45.6%和10.5%的前、后向一阶斯托克斯-喇曼散射光,并对实验结果进行了讨论.     

铯蒸汽中受激电子喇曼散射

本文报导了利用微微秒脉冲系列在铯原子蒸汽中产生受激电子喇曼散射,得到强微微秒红外脉冲的实验结果.波长为527nm的绿光经喇曼频移产生2.28μm的红外输出,最大能量达1mJ,量子转换效率为16%.实验测量了红外辐射强度及受激电子喇曼散射的阈值对蒸汽压、泵浦光强度的依赖关系,并进行了分析和讨论.     

BaTiO3和Ce:BaTiO3晶体极性声子和电磁激元的喇曼散射研究

从声子-电磁激元频率色散关系的普遍公式出发,推导出了单轴晶体的Merten方程和电磁激元的频率色散关系。测量了BaTiO₃和Ce:BaTiO₃晶体的简正模和斜声子的喇曼散射谱,并根据Merten方程,拟合出了斜声子的方向色散曲线;记录了A₁类电磁激元在不同波矢值下的喇曼谱,观察到其频率色散现象.根据以上结果,对A₁(TO)模喇曼谱中两个宽的非对称峰的归属和BaTiO₃晶体的结构相变机制进行了讨论;计算出了这两种晶体的受夹介电常数;分析了掺Ce对BaTiO₃晶体结构的影响。 关键词：     

钠蒸气中受激电子喇曼散射

本文报道了钠原子3S-4S跃迁的受激电子喇曼散射的首次观测。获得了2.38μm～2.65μm的可调谐红外输出;计算了受激电子喇曼散射的功率增益系数并测量了红外输出随染料激光频率调谐的变化,其结果符合较好;给出了泵浦功率阈值随钠蒸气压变化的实验曲线;测得光子转换效率约为30％。在此同时,观测到了钠原子4S-3P跃迁的放大自发辐射。     

光纤维中的喇曼混频

我们在656厘米^-1到1343厘米^-1的频率范围研究了光纤维的调谐喇曼混频(RM)效应。在实验中观察到下列现象:相干反斯托克斯喇曼散射(CARS)的大小与逆喇曼吸收(VRA)的大小成反比;RM对受激喇曼散射(SRS)的强度分布有强烈影响。除了观测到相干斯托克斯(CSRS)和CARS辐射,还观测到二级相干斯托克斯(SOCSRS)和相干反斯托克斯(SOCARS)辐射。对实验结果进行了讨论。 关键词：     

Enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in H<Subscript>2</Subscript> by seeding an SRS line into an H-ɛ Balmer line: Amplification-coupled laser wavelength shifter

The stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in H₂ gas above the dissociation energy limit was recorded using a 266-nm UV laser. All of the observed Stokes and anti-Stokes SRS lines showed a normal behavior except the third Stokes SRS lines at 397.8 nm, which showed a substantial intensity enhancement of about a 36%-conversion efficiency of the pump energy. This enhancement in the SRS line is attributed to the seeding of the SRS line into the Balmer H-? line at 397 nm in molecular hydrogen. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of any work on enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in H₂ by the seeding of the H-? Balmer line into the SRS line and attaining a very high intensity at the third Stokes SRS lines at 397.8 nm. The cell pressure and the laser pulse energy dependence of these SRS lines substantiate our explanation.     

The stimulated Raman scattering competition between solute and solvent in Rhodamine B solution

The competition between the stimulated resonance Raman scattering (SRRS) of Rhodamine B (RhB) and the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of ethanol (C₂H₅OH) is observed at the RhB in C₂H₅OH solution. For different concentrations of the solution, the peak wavelengths of the SRRS, the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), the fluorescence and the absorption of RhB are different. The SRRS of RhB and the SRS of C₂H₅OH are simultaneously generated when the concentration of the solution is 10^-5 mol/L and the energy of the excitation laser is 20.4 mJ. Otherwise, only either the SRRS of RhB or the SRS of C₂H₅OH is generated. The SRRS can be amplified by the ASE gain when the SRRS is near the peak of the ASE, and the peak wavelength of the SRRS coincides with the wavelength of the maximal intensity ASE.     

Continuous wave stimulated Raman scattering of benzene by fluorescence enhancement in hollow fused silica fiber

We present continuous wave stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of benzene (C₆H₆) influenced by the fluorescent dye m‐cresol purple in a hollow fused silica fiber (HFSF). Because of the transmission loss of the HFSF filled with C₆H₆, the SRS occurs when the Stokes gain equals the transmission loss, with the loss taken at the Stokes wavelength. The 992 cm⁻¹ stimulated Stokes line has been obtained at the pump wavelength 658 nm, which cannot be obtained at 532 nm because the Stokes wavelength (562 nm) does not locate in the transmission loss. Also, the pump power is 35 mW with m‐cresol purple which is much lower than 800 mW without the dye. The profile of the 992 cm⁻¹ stimulated Stokes is changed, and the weak shoulders of the profile are amplified by fluorescence. These results are expected to be of relevance in applications on the tunable Raman laser at new wavelengths. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Observation of intense stokes and anti-stokes lines in CH4 pumped by 355 nm of a Nd:YAG laser

The stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and four-wave mixing (FWM) processes have been studied in detail in CH₄ gas pumped by the third-harmonic of Nd:YAG laser at =355 nm. The conversion efficiency and average output energy have been measured for the various Stokes and anti-Stokes lines at different experimental conditions. The threshold input energy at various CH₄ pressures has been calculated for the unguided and capillary waveguide Raman cells. The calculated values for the capillary case have been compared with the measured values at different CH₄ pressures and the two results are in good agreement.     

Observations of wavefront reproduction by stimulated Brillouin and Raman scattering as a function of pump power and waveguide dimensions

Experimental investigations have been made of wavefront reproduction (WFR) by backward stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and backward stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in CS₂ and C₇H₆O using a linearly polarized ruby pump at λ=0.694 μm. The studies were carried out as a function of the length and cross-section of the optical waveguide and the pump power at the input to the nonlinear medium; curves showing the percentage of nonreproduced backscattered radiation versus power into the waveguide are presented. In all of the cases studied the degree of reproduction by SBS was higher than that by SRS and the efficiency of WFR for both SBS and SRS improved as the pump power into the waveguide was increased, the bore diameter of the lightpipe decreased, and the length of active media decreased.     

Improved conversion efficiency of XeCl radiation to the first stokes at high pump energy

An XeCl laser beam has been used to investigate stimulated Raman scattering in H₂ and in various H₂-foreign gas mixtures. Helium, neon, argon, and nitrogen have been tested as foreign gases. In all the investigated mixtures with 50% of H₂, the energy conversion efficiency to the first Stokes (353 nm) was more than 70% higher than that obtained in H₂ at the same total pressure (40 bar) and pump energy (60 mJ). The dependence of the energy conversion efficiency on pump beam divergence has also been investigated.     

The optical limitation effect and features of luminescence kinetics in hybrid nanosystems with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and organic agents

The optical limitation effect in three-component systems formed in colloidal solutions of semiconductor CdSe/ZnS quantum dots with participation of fullerene C₆₀ and perylene, has been experimentally investigated. The first and second harmonics of a YAG:Nd³⁺ laser operating in the single-shot mode with a pulse duration of 7 ns and laser pulses subjected to stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)-stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) compression with a duration of about 20 ps near 560 nm have been used as radiation sources. It is shown that the optical limitation efficiency in the systems studied is determined by electron transfer. This is confirmed by the analysis of luminescence quenching.     

Effect of buffer gas on the generation of eye-safe 1.54 μm radiation using the stimulated Raman scattering technique in CH4

Experimental results on the generation of 1.54 μm eye-safe radiation in pure CH₄, CH₄:He and CH₄:Ar mixtures pumped by the fundamental of an Nd:YAG laser, using the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) technique, are described. A decrease in the energy conversion efficiency and degradation in the beam quality of S₁ was observed in pure CH₄ at high pump energies. This problem was overcome in CH₄:He and CH₄:Ar mixtures. Compared with the first Stokes (1.54 μm) energy conversion efficiency in pure CH₄, at a pump energy of 126 mJ, an enhancement of 50% in energy conversion efficiency was observed in the CH₄:Ar mixture (60% argon concentration) and as much as 100% in the CH₄:He mixture (60% helium concentration). The use of these buffer gas mixtures improved the spatial beam quality of the Stokes radiation considerably and also resulted in raising the pump threshold for optical breakdown of the Raman gain medium.     

Effect of crystal orientation on picosecond-laser bulk microstructuring and Raman lasing in diamond

In the paper we report on picosecond-laser bulk microstructuring and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in type IIa single-crystal diamond in the course of multipulse irradiation at λ=532 nm wavelength using an advanced ps-laser system equipped with additional setups for on-line video imaging and photoluminescence spectra measurements. The effect of crystal orientation (relative to the incident laser beam) on (i) optical breakdown thresholds, (ii) character of bulk modifications, and (iii) generation of stimulated Raman scattering in diamond during irradiation with picosecond pulses of different durations (τ ₁=10 ps and τ ₂=44 ps) is studied. It is shown that the processes of laser-induced breakdown in the bulk of diamond (at the backside of the crystals) and bulk microstructure growth are governed by the dielectric breakdown mechanism. It is found that generation of high-order stimulated Raman scattering in diamond crystals has a considerable effect on the threshold of laser-induced breakdown and bulk microstructuring. Conditions of the efficient SRS lasing are determined, depending on the pulse duration and the direction ([100] and [110]) of the laser beam incidence. A method of local temperature measurements in the bulk of diamond based on the Stokes-to-anti-Stokes intensity ratio in the recorded SRS spectra is proposed, its applicability to determine a “pre-breakdown” temperature of diamond during multipulse ps-laser irradiation is discussed.