一维随机介质内光波模式的频率微分特性研究

本文用数值方法在有限尺寸的随机介质中求解麦克斯韦方程组,对一维随机激光器的频率微分特性进行了研究.结果表明每个随机散射颗粒都对介质内光波模式的频率形成有不同的贡献,散射颗粒尺寸和位置的微小变化会使介质内光波频率发生变化.处于局域化中心位置的介质膜,它们厚度的变化对输出频率的影响较大,局域化区域以外位置处的薄膜,它们的厚度的变化对频率的影响则非常微小.     

二维随机介质中准态模的频谱时间演化特性

采用时域有限差分法数值求解Maxwell方程组，分析了平面随机介质中光波模式的频谱时间演化特性.随机介质的特征可以用散射颗粒的随机构形、介质参数（如颗粒的尺寸和填充率等）以及介质形态等因素来描述.这些因素决定了随机介质在准稳态下模式的频率特性与数量，但具有不同因素的随机介质中模式的产生、选择与演化，具有大致相同的特征与速度.平面随机介质的这些冷腔特性，与传统光腔中模式的产生、选择和演化的特征非常相似. 关键词： 激光物理 随机激光器 无序介质中的光学特性     

波导随机散射系统的激光发射

提出在随机分布的散射微粒中嵌入环形波导结构以改善随机激光器的随机发射特性。利用时域有限差分法(FDTD),数值模拟了内嵌环形波导的随机散射系统及其对比结构中光场的分布,得到了各结构的模式频谱。结果显示,本结构只在中心处有激光出射,表明环形波导的存在可以影响随机系统的激光发射,减少激光的模式输出,并在一定程度上增强了出射激光的强度。     

极弱散射结构中的随机激光器

提出了一种基于空间散斑的极弱散射随机激光系统,并用该系统在不同抽运条件下分别实现了相干反馈输出和非相干反馈输出.结果表明,两种反馈机制存在内在的联系.提出了随机腔耦合的概念,对弱散射随机激光器的模式特性给出了合理的解释.     

超宽频带THz脉冲在随机散射介质中传播的理论研究

研究了超宽频带THz脉冲入射到散射介质中时其透射脉冲的时空特性.根据Mie理论计算出随机散射介质的散射系数和各向异性因子,用时间分辨Monte Carlo方法模拟了超宽频带的THz脉冲在随机散射介质中的传播,研究了在不同散射颗粒半径,不同频宽的THz入射脉冲对透射脉冲的影响和散射对成像分辨率的影响.结果表明:散射会降低THz脉冲在随机散射介质中的成像分辨率,散射颗粒越小,散射介质越厚,其成像分辨率越差.     

实际加工表面红外激光散射特性的实验研究

为了研究激光在实际加工表面的散射特性,利用分辨率为10 nW的激光功率计PM100D,波长为1550 nm的激光器和精密转台,自行设计并搭建了半球空间中目标表面散射特性的测量系统. 以典型的刨床加工的若干标准粗糙度比较样块为被测目标,在1550 nm红外激光以不同方位照射下,测量了微观具有V形槽结构的不同粗糙度的样块表面的散射功率分布. 实验结果转换成双向反射分布函数后,对比分析了入射光方位、入射角和表面粗糙度对此类典型表面散射特性的影响,并分析了特殊散射场形成的原因. 结果表明,表面纹理、入射角以及粗糙度均对目标表面的散射特性有规律性影响,这一结果对于具有规律性加工纹理表面的散射特性的研究和建模有一定的参考价值,对激光技术在实际加工表面的应用研究提供了一定的基础. 关键词： 散射特性 双向反射分布函数 红外激光 实际加工表面     

随机散射屏的原子力显微镜形貌分析及其光散射特性

用原子力显微镜对三种不同粗糙度的随机散射屏的表面形貌进行了测量分析,发现它们在短程范围内具有明显的分形特征.对于粗糙度较大和较小的散射屏,分形特征分别以无规则的 高度调制和无特征大小的小颗粒的形式存在.用自仿射分形表面模型对散射屏的统计特性进 行了描述和拟合.光散射测量发现,散射光强在远轴区域按负幂函数下降,理论分析证明这 源于表面的分形结构;在近轴区域有散射亮环存在,用自仿射分形表面模型尚不能给出理论解释. 关键词： 随机散射屏 光散射 自仿射分形表面     

多针孔散射屏形成的散斑场分布特性的研究

利用多针孔孔径随机散射屏详细分析了夫琅禾费衍射区的散斑场中的相位和相位涡旋的统计特性,发现散斑相位涡旋的分布具有区域相似性和团簇现象,其中有2个、4个和6个正负相位涡旋形成的独立单元。这些新现象与普通单一孔径形成的散斑相位涡旋的分布完全不同。改变随机散射屏前孔径上小针孔的数量和间距,散斑颗粒和相位涡旋的密度随着改变。     

光在随机增益介质中的放大

 结合环形腔理论，运用蒙特卡罗法模拟了光子在介质中的随机行走。研究了倍频Nd:YAG（脉宽6 ns，频率20 Hz）脉冲激光器作为泵浦光，在TiO₂ / 若丹明 B有机增益介质中，散射微粒的颗粒密度和泵浦光面积对随机激光器阈值强度的影响。模拟结果表明：随机激光阈值和光子在增益介质中的随机行走路程长度和光子通过边界返回增益区和非增益区的几率有关。随着泵浦光面积的增加，随机激光器阈值降低；增益介质中散射颗粒密度的增加降低了随机激光器的阈值。     

掺杂硅石纳米粉末的染料随机激光发射

针对染料随机激光器特性与应用研究,讨论了无序介质中荧光粒子和额外散射粒子的发光性质、浓度变化以及颗粒尺寸与随机激光发射阈值之间的关系。采用时域有限差分法直接求解Maxwell方程组及速率方程组的方法,模拟仿真出了相应的发射谱线及浓度变化与激光发射阈值的关系曲线。所设计的样品中Rh6G-SiO2的质量分数为4%,其阈值大小为8.5 J/pulse时,额外微小散射体TiO2的加入对该介质随机激光发射产生的影响很小,可忽略不计。在此基础上,通过进一步模拟分析了处于不同条件和背景下随机激光的阈值特性。     

二维随机激光器的模式选择及阈值与饱和特性

基于将Maxwell方程与四能级原子系统速率方程相结合而建立起随机激光时域理论，并利用有限时域差分法，研究了二维随机介质中激光模式的输出特性与介质尺寸、外形及抽运速率等参数的关系.结果表明，与传统激光模式相似，随机激光模式的强度随抽运速率的变化不仅具有阈值特性，而且具有饱和特性.基于模式特性对介质及抽运参数的依赖关系，提出了二维随机激光器的选模方式，在很大程度上不同于传统激光器的选模方式. 关键词： 随机激光器 模式选择 无序介质中的光学特性     

二维随机增益介质中局域模的模面积和放大

随机激光形成于随机介质中局域模的放大,其放大特性依赖于局域模的空间分布。通过复折射率的虚部将光学增益引入系统,采用时域有限差分(FDTD)法,分析了增益介质中局域模的放大特性,并用模面积描述了局域模空间分布,着重对比分析了模面积对局域模放大特性的影响。模拟结果显示,局域模具有不同的空间分布,直接影响了局域模的放大特性,模面积较小的模式具有较低的损耗,能够获得更多能量,在介质中被优先放大,而模面积较大的模式,由于损耗较大,将获得较少的能量。     

Time evolution of power spectra from two-dimensional passive random media with different shapes

For a set of two-dimensional passive random media that have the same randomness and different shapes, the effects of morphology on the time evolution of the power spectrum of the localized modes supported by the media are investigated. The results demonstrate that the evolving process of the spectrum, the lifetime of short-lived modes and the amount of long-lived modes are morphological-dependent, while the lifetime of long-lived modes is morphological-independent. The denser the medium is, the quicker the evolving process and the shorter the lifetime of the short-lived modes are. Single-mode operation is more possible and occurs more early for a denser medium, which is of practical importance for proposing a mode-selecting technique for random lasers.     

Lasing in random media

A random laser is a non-conventional laser whose feedback mechanism is based on disorder-induced light scattering. Depending on whether the feedback supplied by scattering is intensity feedback or amplitude feedback, random lasers are classified into two categories: random lasers with incoherent feedback and random lasers with coherent feedback. A brief survey of random lasers with incoherent feedback is presented. It is followed by a review of our recent experimental work on random lasers with coherent feedback, including measurement of the lasing threshold, lasing spectra, emission pattern, dynamical response, photon statistics, speckle pattern and the investigation of relevant length scales. Large disorder leads to spatial confinement of the lasing modes, that is the foundation for the micro random laser. Some theoretical models of random lasers with coherent feedback are briefly introduced. The study of random lasers improves our understanding of the interplay between light localization and coherent amplification.     

一维随机激光器中准态模的饱和特性研究

针对随机激光器的半经典理论是应用电磁场时域有限差分法数值求解半经典随机激光模型方程组，基于半经典理论数值研究了一维随机激光器中准态模式的饱和特性，获得了不同准态模的空间分布和频谱分布图。计算结果分析显示：准态模式的某些特征参数如局域程度将会影响系统的饱和特性。利用这一结果，可以通过单频抽运方法选择具有低阈值、高饱和强度的准态模式作为整个激光系统的稳态输出模式。     

Random lasing from dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystals in oriented and non-oriented cells

These are the experimental results describing random lasing in dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystals. A novel random lasing emission is studied in this article based on the helical domains of dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystals in oriented and non-oriented cells. Under frequency doubled 532 nm Nd:YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser-pumped optical excitation, we carefully observed and analysed random lasing from dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystals with wavelength ranges from 600 nm to 620 nm. In addition, the line-width of multi-mode peaks is less than 0.2 nm. The difference between the two random lasing behaviours in the oriented and non-oriented cells arises from the fact that random lasing appearing in the oriented cell results from stronger multiple scattering of light generated by the spiral domains of the liquid crystal molecules. Furthermore, chiral nematic liquid crystal micro-domains with different orientations can induce variation of the diffusion constant, thereby resulting in a decrease or increase in the lasing intensity of the random lasers, and an increase or decrease in their energy thresholds. In addition, a detailed comparison of the two experimental results is also presented in the article, showing the dependence of the lasing threshold and the number of lasing modes on the transport mean free path, the excited area, and the sample size. This process allows us to obtain a random laser by changing the structure of the sample, realising tunable random lasers at low cost.     

Unidirectional high intensity narrow-linewidth lasing from a planar random microcavity laser

Lasing was achieved in a new type of random laser: the planar random microcavity laser. The laser consists of a planar microcavity with a random gain layer. Optical confinement by the two-dimensional random cavity and the one-dimensional planar microcavity drastically reduces the number of resonant modes. As a result, the laser output is highly directional (the divergence angle is 1.68 degrees) with an extremely narrow-linewidth and ultralow threshold. All these phenomena are explained in terms of the coupling of random cavity modes and planar microcavity modes. The results demonstrate an important step towards applications of random lasers.     

Numerical study of random lasing in three dimensional amplifying disordered media

In this paper, the lasing action in three-dimensional active random systems has been numerically investigated. Here, random systems of spherical dielectric particles imbedded in an active medium are considered. The quasi steady state approximation for the population inversion of the active medium is applied to solve three dimensional governing equations. Results show that when the density of particles increases to an upper limit, the intensity of lasing modes is enhanced. Also, the effects of pumping rate and particle size on the number of lasing modes and their intensity are studied. Lasing threshold of laser modes in different disordered systems is calculated and it is shown that by an appropriate selection of the central frequency of gain line-shape, the output power intensity of random lasers increases. These results are in agreement with the experimental results observed by others.     

Effect of Pump Area on Lasing Modes in Active Random Media

We investigate the effect of pump area on lasing modes in an active random medium. Considering the structure characteristics in a real experimental system, the random medium is divided into two regions, i.e. pump and non-pump areas. The dependence of lasing modes on the pump area is qualitatively explained by means of the model in which the lasing is ascribed to the interaction of the complex localized modes in the active random medium with local aperiodic quasi-structure with appropriate pump light. There exist different pump sizes for lasing with different modes. As the pump size decreases in this random system, the pump threshold of the lasing modes increases. There are different lasing modes in different excitation regions in this random system. This gives us some information about the dependence of lasing modes on pump areas in active random media.     

一维随机介质中准态模式的局域化程度对其阈值的影响

基于将Maxweil方程与四能级原子系统速率方程相结合而建立起的随机激光时域理论,并利用有限时域差分法,研究了一维随机激活介质中激光模式的输出强度与抽运速率之间的关系.结果表明,与传统激光模式相似,随机激光模式的强度随抽运速率的变化不仅具有阈值特性,而且具有饱和特性.用模式的空间区域来表征模式的局域化程度,发现局域化程度越强的模式,阈值越低.不过,这种关系不是一一对应的.这表明模式的局域化程度是决定阈值大小的重要因素,但不是唯一的因素.