向列型液晶中简并四波混频相位共轭的理论研究

研究向列型液晶中由光致分子重取向引起的简并四波混频光学相位共轭现象,着重讨论液晶薄膜厚度d、探测光与一泵浦光之间的夹角θ_ω以及光的入射面和液晶指向矢之间的夹角β对相位共轭光产生效率的影响.     

Sb掺和对TeOx薄膜光学和静态记录特性的影响

以真空蒸镀法在K9玻璃基底上制备了TeO_x:Sb单层薄膜,对薄膜的结构、光学和静态记录特性进行了研究.结果表明,Sb掺和后TeO_x薄膜的结构、反射光谱和光学常量均发生了明显变化.TeO_x:Sb薄膜具有良好的写入灵敏性并具有了一定的可擦除性能,该类薄膜有望作为可擦除光存储介质.     

半导体材料AAl2C4(A=Zn, Cd, Hg; C=S, Se)的电子结构和光学性质

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法, 对具有缺陷型黄铜矿结构的半导体材料A^ⅡAl₂C₄^Ⅵ(A=Zn, Cd, Hg; C =S, Se)的构型和电子结构进行研究, 并系统考察了各晶体的光学性质. 对于线性光学性质, 五种晶体在红外区和部分可见光区具有良好的透光性能, 其中HgAl₂S₄和HgAl₂Se₄晶体具有适中的双折射率. 在非线性光学性质方面, 该类晶体倍频效应较强, 理论预测得到的二阶静态倍频系数均较大(>20 pm/V). 体系的倍频效应主要来源于价带顶附近以S/Se 价p轨道为主要成分的能带向含有较多Al/Hg 价p成分的空带之间的跃迁. 通过与已商业化的AgGaC₂晶体光学性质的对比, 结果表明HgAl₂S₄和HgAl₂Se₄是一类性能优良的红外非线性光学晶体材料.     

基于周期极化LiTaO3晶体的高增益简并啁啾脉冲参量放大

根据准相位匹配理论计算了周期极化LiTaO₃(PPLT)晶体中0类准相位匹配过程(e+e→e)的增益曲线.在此基础上，使用数百μJ的低抽运能量获得了～10⁶的增益和～10.3%的转换效率，实现了中心波长位于1064nm的基于简并光学啁啾脉冲参量放大(OPCPA)技术的高增益放大，为产生超短超强激光脉冲提供了新的技术手段.实验结果与理论预期基本符合.     

GeS2-Ga2S3-CsCl玻璃的三阶非线性光学性能研究

用传统的熔融急冷法制备了组分为(100-2x) GeS₂-xGa₂S₃-xCsCl (x= 15, 20, 25 mol%)系列硫卤玻璃, 测试了样品玻璃的吸收光谱. 采用Z-扫描方法测试了样品的三阶非线性光学特性. 分析了激光光子能量与玻璃三阶非线性光学特性的关系,并研究了组分变化对玻璃的三阶非线性性能的影响. 研究结果表明,光子能量的少许改变可以使非线性吸收系数在一个较大的范围内变化,随着光子能量的增大, 玻璃的非线性吸收系数β 增大;当光子能量趋近于0.5E_g时, β值趋近于0,玻璃有最佳的品质因子; 玻璃样品中CsCl含量的增加使得玻璃的光学带隙E_g增大,短波截止边蓝移,非线性吸收系数β 减小. 但是由于结构与带隙对光学非线性的影响相反,非线性折射率γ 值变化不大. 该结果表明样品的光学非线性性能由光学带隙和结构两方面因素共同决定,对今后研究全光开关用硫系玻璃具有一定的指导意义和参考价值.     

对基于磁控溅射方法沉积的HfO2薄膜的紫外光学特性及薄膜结构的研究

本文基于磁控溅射方法，功率从160 W增加到240 W，在石英衬底上沉积氧化铪薄膜(HfO₂)，并对沉积后的薄膜进行退火处理. 利用X射线衍射谱、X射线光电子能谱、紫外-可见-近红外透射谱和椭圆偏振仪对HfO₂薄膜进行研究，对比了退火前后HfO₂薄膜的光学特性及薄膜结构的变化. 实验结果显示，HfO₂薄膜对波长大于200 nm的入射光具有很低的吸收系数. 优化退火温度和时间，可以将沉积后的HfO₂薄膜从非晶态转化成多晶态. 退火有助于结晶生成和内应力的增加，同时退火可以优化薄膜的化学计量比，提升薄膜的光学密度及折射率. 对功率在220 W左右沉积的薄膜进行退火，获得的HfO₂薄膜具有较高并且稳定的光学折射率(>2)和紫外光透射率，可在紫外波段减反膜系统中得到应用.     

三共振准相位匹配光学参量振荡器反射抽运场的正交位相压缩

利用全固化单频Nd∶YVO₄激光器抽运由periodically poled lithium niobate(PPLN)准相位匹配晶体组成的光学参量振荡器,通过调节晶体的温度,在信号模与闲置模近简并的情况下,完成了抽运场与两个亚谐波模在腔内同时共振,实现了光学参量振荡器的极低阈值运转(阈值为1.2mW);当抽运功率为阈值抽运功率的2.8倍时,观察到反射抽运光的正交位相压缩,压缩度达1.1dB.数值计算与实验结果一致     

SrF2-CaF2混合物薄膜的物理及红外光学特性研究

采用热蒸发和电子束蒸发两种沉积方式分别沉积了相同厚度的SrF₂-CaF₂ (比例为1∶1) 的混合物薄膜,对其物理和光学特性进行了研究,并定量地给出了其在红外波段的光学常数,填补了这一数据的空白. 同时提供了一种获得不同低折射率薄膜的方法.文中还以该比例的混合物作为低折射率材料,研制出具有很好的光学性能的长波红外宽光谱增透膜.     

ECR-PECVD制备Si3N4薄膜的光学特性研究

本文研究了ECR-PECVD制备的Si₃N₄薄膜的光学特性.得到的Si₃N₄薄膜具有光致发光效应,在280℃沉积制备的Si₃N₄薄膜的光致发光波长为400nm,具有较好的单色性.测试分析了Si₃N₄薄膜对可见光、红外光具有较高的透射性能,Si₃N₄薄膜可作为红外光的增速减反射膜.     

氧化还原对SrVOx外延膜晶相及物性的可逆调控

本文揭示了SrVO₃和Sr₂V₂O₇薄膜通过氧气或真空气氛中热处理来相互转化的现象. 基于该现象，高质量的Sr₂V₂O₇外延薄膜被间接合成. 性能表征结果显示半透明金属性的SrVO₃与透明绝缘的Sr₂V₂O₇可以实现可逆转换，该现象在可控的电学、光学器件中具有潜在应用价值.     

Ultraslow Gaussian pulse propagation induced by a dispersive phase coupling in photorefractive bismuth silicon oxide crystals at room temperature

By use of the highly dispersive phase coupling effect in a photorefractive wave mixing process, we have observed ultraslow propagation of a single Gaussian light pulse with a group velocity ∼0.5 m/s in a photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystal at room temperature. The ultraslow Gaussian pulse is amplified due to an intensity coupling effect but keeping its Gaussian profile with high fidelity. The group velocity of the Gaussian pulse can be controlled to a large extent. This technique is useful for controllable optical delay lines.     

Feedback method of the noise suppression in wave-mixing amplifiers based on non-linear materials with photorefractive response in a reflection grating configuration

In the photorefractive wave-mixing system, fluctuation in the signal beam intensity of the photorefractive output with a reflection grating has been analyzed by employing pump feedback method. In this method, fluctuations of the photorefractive wave-mixing process not only induce the intensity fluctuation of the mixing waves but also induce phase fluctuation of the mixing waves. Thus, the phase of the pump and signal beams at the output surface fluctuates in time around a mean value. Using such a positive feedback method of a pump beams, the relative fluctuation in the photorefractive output signal beam intensity with respect to its mean intensity can be minimized significantly without reducing its mean intensity. The factors that control the fluctuation in the signal beam intensity, such as the phase fluctuation of the output pump beam, absorption strength of the material and the feedback reflectivity of the cavity mirrors, on the relative fluctuation of the output signal intensity in the photorefractive wave-mixing systems have been studied in detail. It has been found that the fluctuation of the output signal intensity relative to its mean intensity in the photorefractive wave-mixing system can be suppressed to larger extent by taking lower value of feedback reflectivity of the cavity mirrors which could exist at a higher value of absorption strength of the photorefractive materials.     

Mutually pumped phase conjugate mirror using cross polarized photorefractive coupling

This paper presents a new proposal for a mutually pumped phase conjugate mirror (MPPCM) using cross polarization. In the cross polarized MPPCM, two light beams, whose polarizations are orthogonal to each other, incident on a photorefractive crystal, causing photorefractive interaction to generate phase conjugate waves with an orthogonal polarization to an incident beam. The use of Ar⁺ laser and BaTiO₃ crystal in an experiment for the cross polarized MPPCM found that diffraction efficiency for an extraordinary beam is about 20%. As opposed to a conventional parallel polarized MPPCM in which the use of a beam splitter is required to separate a diffraction beam, the cross polarized MPPCM can efficiently extract phase conjugate waves by means of a polarized beam splitter, demonstrating the advantage of substantially improved efficiency.     

SBN:Cr晶体的光折变四波混频相位共轭特性实验研究

从实验上研究了同成分SBN:Cr晶体在He-Ne激光照射下的四波混频相位共轭特性.首先测量了在不同泵浦光与信号光光强比m及不同光束夹角2θ的情况下,晶体的四波混频相位共轭反射率R随泵浦光强比p的变化关系.其次测量了泵浦光束与信号光束耦合方向对SBN:Cr晶体的四波混频相位共轭特性的影响,并就两种不同掺杂浓度的晶体样品进行了对比,所得实验结果与理论分析基本一致.最后,利用SBN:Cr晶体四波混频相位共轭特性进行了图象畸变消除实验.     

利用光感应自泵浦方法实现图象的色彩转换

首次报道一种利用光折变晶体的光感应自泵浦实现图象色彩转换的方法。用此方法可得到具有相位共轭的正转换图象,其分辩率可达到281p/mm,同样的方法可用于将非相干图象转换成相干图象。     

Detection of small phase modulation using two-wave mixing in photorefractive crystals

Two-wave mixing of phase-modulated beams in photorefractive crystals under a dc electric field is studied both theoretically and experimentally. Based on the vectorial theory of light diffraction in crystals of cubic symmetry, we derived an analytical expression that describes the phase demodulation in crystals with an arbitrarily oriented electric field. The phase-demodulation technique was used for estimation of the space-charge field created in photorefractive crystals. It is shown that the space-charge-field grating created in GaP and Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ crystals is much smaller than that predicted from the one-level band-transport model of the photorefractive effect. Received: 12 December 2000 / Revised version: 8 February 2001 / Published online: 27 April 2001     

Holographic recording by excitation of metastable electronic states in Na2[Fe(CN)5NO]·2H2O: a new photorefractive effect

Elementary holographic phase gratings can be written in single crystals of Na₂[Fe(CN)₅NO]·2H₂O, sodiumnitroprusside, by excitation of metastable electronic states in the blue–green spectral range. For light polarized parallel to the crystallographic a and b axes of the orthorhombic crystal the light-induced modulation of the refractive index reaches Δn≈2×10^-3 at λ=514.5 nm. Although the largest population of the metastable states is reached for light polarized parallel to the crystallographic c axis, a photorefractive response is not observed. In contrast to electro-optic photorefractive materials the photorefractive effect depends mono-exponentially on the exposure and on the modulation of the incident light interference pattern. Beam-coupling experiments demonstrate that written gratings are in phase with the interference pattern in correspondence with the fact that the excitation of the metastable electronic states is local. The width of the rocking curve shows that the holographic gratings are written completely over the volume of the crystal. Variations of the wavelengths within the excitation range as well as of the crystal thickness do not influence the maximum photorefractive response. Investigations on the grating vector of the written gratings show unambiguously that charge migration is not responsible for the photorefractive effect. Received: 18 November 1998 / Revised version: 26 January 1999 / Published online: 12 April 1999     

“Running” holograms in photorefractive Bi12SiO20 crystals

It is shown that under uniform illumination and application of an external electric field, a phase volume hologram in a photorefractive crystal exists in the form of relaxing running wave. Effective recording of such a running hologram is possible only by an interference pattern moving synchronously with the recorded grating. The physical nature of this phenomenon, the possible enhancement of the hologram diffraction efficiency upon recording of a running pattern and the main factors limiting its value are discussed for the case of photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals.     

Light-induced scattering in photorefractive crystals

Light-induced scattering features in LiNbO₃- and BaTiO₃-crytals are compared with theories on holographic writing in photorefractive crystals. It is shown that they describe the experimental facts concerning the expected main scattering directions for a given incident polarization, the time development, the thickness and the wavelength dependence. Time records of the transmission offer a useful alternative for the determination of the photoconductivity. Furthermore, a new method for birefringence measurements is established. The high accuracy of this method is based on the automatic fulfillment of a phase matching condition by the anisotropically scattered radiation.