拼接光栅压缩器的时域特性

在拼接光栅和拼接光栅压缩器的设计中,子光栅调节偏差不可避免,各维偏差与拼接光栅的时间特性之间的关系很关键。通过脉冲压缩理论分析得到各维偏差和聚焦脉冲时间宽度展宽之间的解析关系,从数值计算结果分析,面平行左右偏差对脉冲的时间宽度影响较大,必须控制在21.08μrad内;条纹密度差异对脉冲宽度的影响很显著,相对条纹密度的比值应控制在10-5以内;从消除角色散的角度分析,面平行俯仰偏差和条纹平行度偏差可以相互补偿,条纹密度差异和面平行左右偏差也可以相互补偿。     

拼接光栅的偏差对光束空间特性的影响

用拼接小尺寸多层介质膜衍射介质膜衍射光栅的办法制作大口径的高破坏阈值光栅成为解决拍瓦激光系统输出能量的关键技术———光栅拼接技术。拼接的每个光栅都存在五维自由度的偏差,对激光脉冲的空间特性和时间特性产生影响。用夫琅禾费衍射的方法分析了拼接光栅的偏差对光束空间特性的影响,建立了偏差和远场强度分布之间的函数关系并用数值方法进行模拟,得出角度偏差对光束远场分布的影响可以忽略,而位移偏差:光栅间拼缝和前后位移偏差是影响光束远场分布的关键因素。     

拼接光栅缝隙对激光脉冲光强分布的影响

以拼接光栅作为色散元件的激光脉冲压缩器中,要求脉冲压缩光栅表面光强分布均匀、能量输出效率高。利用菲涅耳-基尔霍夫衍射原理对脉冲压缩光栅表面光强和远场光强分布进行了研究。计算了拼接光栅缝隙宽度对光栅表面光强变化量和远场光强极大值的影响。在利特罗角附近入射时发现激光脉冲光强分布与拼接光栅缝隙宽度相关,得出了光栅拼接缝隙宽度应控制在0.5 mm以内。适当提高缝隙衍射效率能够改善光强分布均匀性和提高光能量输出,提出了对拼接缝隙采用两次重复曝光以提高其衍射效率的方法。     

三类构型激光脉冲压缩器光栅拼接误差容限比较

建立了包含拼接光栅的三类典型构型(双程Z型、X型及菱型)激光脉冲压缩器的理论模型. 利用光线追迹法计算压缩器引入的相位变化,结合傅里叶变换的方法仿真分析并比较了各压缩器相应的光栅拼接误差容限. 以远场焦斑峰值能量下降到理想值的0.9倍为限确定了三类压缩器光栅拼接误差容限,明确了不同构型激光脉冲压缩器对拼接误差的敏感程度. 这对脉冲压缩器的选型和设计具有指导意义. 关键词： 光栅拼接 脉冲压缩 误差容限 光线追迹     

单程拼接光栅压缩池系统中光栅缝隙的衍射效应

利用傅里叶光学方法，建立了一个基于远场的高斯光束数学模型.该模型能够分析单程拼接光栅压缩池系统中拼接光栅的缝隙对远场时空特性的影响.数值模拟得到了不同系统参数时远场时空特性关于缝隙宽度的变化曲线.揭示了光栅缝隙对远场的影响规律：对于双光栅拼接的压缩池系统，若只是压缩池中第二块光栅为拼接光栅，则光栅缝隙导致远场时域略微变窄；若压缩池中的两块光栅都是拼接光栅，则缝隙导致远场时域展宽或者变窄，依赖于入射脉冲的傅里叶变换极限型脉宽大小；光栅缝隙对于远场强度分布的影响是导致中央主峰能量下降，并且出现两个子峰，子峰的峰值随缝宽的增大而增大.     

拼接光栅压缩器中光栅拼缝对脉冲信噪比的影响

针对平行光栅对结构的压缩器和圆形入射光束,建立了光栅拼缝所引起的光谱剪切的数学模型,并模拟了该光谱剪切对压缩脉冲信噪比的影响.与双曲正割型脉冲相比,光栅拼缝对高斯型脉冲信噪比的影响较小.随着光栅拼缝宽度的减小与光束口径的增大,压缩脉冲信噪比得到提高.对于确定的拼接光栅压缩器和光束直径,当脉冲中心波长与光谱剪切中心波长(...     

大面积拼接光栅的远场衍射分析

针对大面积光栅制作过程易出现的拼接偏差问题,基于标量衍射理论推导拼接光栅远场衍射的光强分布,计算分析几种常见拼接误差对拼接光栅性能的影响,以确定光栅拼接过程的误差容限.研究表明:拼接光栅的远场衍射光场随纵向和横向平移误差的变化呈周期性,且这两种平移误差带来的影响可相互补偿;而拼接光栅的旋转误差对远场衍射光场分布的影响较严重,当旋转误差增大到9.5875×10－5度时,衍射光场的峰值光强降为0.9,且两光栅各自峰值出现的方向成9.5875×10－5度.     

基于配对误差补偿方法的拼接光栅压缩池理论研究

利用傅里叶光学方法，研究了一个基于配对误差补偿方法的单程拼接光栅压缩池系统，得到远场时域关于系统拼接误差的积分表达式，揭示了配对误差补偿方案下系统的群延迟、脉冲前沿倾斜、剩余啁啾效应对叠加后远场时域的影响规律.数值模拟表明：随着带宽增加，配对补偿法将导致脉冲远场时域展宽；对一个利用配对误差补偿的单程拼接光栅压缩池系统进行计算，得到该方案下各种拼接误差的容限；同时考虑所有误差的情况下得到系统的允许带宽曲线. 关键词： 拼接光栅压缩池 配对补偿 相干叠加 远场     

拼接型光栅对压缩器中刻线密度差对输出脉冲的影响及补偿方案

拼接型光栅对压缩器中子光栅的刻线密度不一致会降低压缩器的品质,补偿刻线密度差的影响对于提高输出脉冲的性能具有十分重要的意义.基于光线追迹的方法建立了理论模型,数值分析了刻线密度差所导致的出射光角度偏移及输出脉冲展宽程度.提出同时用水平角偏误差和纵向错位误差来补偿光栅刻线密度差影响的方案,给出不同刻线密度差时的理论光栅偏转角度和对应的平移距离以及该方案的补偿范围.利用空谱干涉测量方法,验证了该方案在一定范围内可校正出射光的角度偏转,较好地补偿二、三阶色散误差,且实验与理论结果较为符合.本研究可为拼接光栅压缩器的设计与调整提供指导.     

基于远场的拼接光栅压缩池的设计

 利用傅里叶光学方法得到了失调拼接光栅压缩池输出光束的远场振幅表达式，建立了分析拼接光栅的各种误差的理论模型，得到了拼接误差对脉冲的影响是附加相位延迟和角度偏转。在要求远场的一倍衍射极限区域的积分能量分布达到理想情况下的90％的条件下，对于含有口径为40 cm、脉宽为0.1~10 ps脉冲的系统进行分析并分别得到了各种误差的容限。     

Role of the longitudinal piston error in a tiled-grating compressor in second and high-order harmonic generation

In this work, we study the limitations for overcoming the longitudinal piston error in a femtosecond tiled-grating compressor using nonlinear measurements like second harmonic generation. In particular, we observe the influence of this error when developing high-power laser experiments such as high-order harmonic generation. The generation of nonlinear processes with femtosecond pulses compressed in tiled-grating systems is studied. Special attention is paid to the role of the longitudinal piston error which is the most difficult to overcome in the compressor alignment. A complex spatio-temporal structure is expected to appear due to that misalignment. Both second harmonic generation in nonlinear crystals and high-order harmonic generation in gases are studied and a strong dependence with piston error is found, thus leading to a sub-micron modulation in the generated signal. In particular, the high sensitivity of the high-order harmonics to the longitudinal position allows one to use this processes for the accurate alignment of the compressor to few tens of nanometers.     

Coherent addition of gratings for chirped-pulse-amplified lasers based on near-field and far-field measurements

The development of phased-array grating compressor is a crucial issue for high-energy,ultra-short pulse petawatt-class lasers.Almost all systems have adopted a tiled-grating approach to meet the size requirements for the compression gratings.We present a computer-control test system utilizing near-field interference and far-field focusing capable of monitoring and fast correcting tiled errors of the grating compressor.In this system,the tilt/tip errors between the two gratings are determined by the Fourier transform (FT) of the individual interference fringe,and the piston errors are determined by the ratio of the two primary peaks formed in the far-field pattern as a function of the piston difference.Monochromatic grating phasing is achieved experimentally and pulse compression is demonstrated with a tiled grating system.     

Phase-locked control of tiled-grating assemblies for chirped-pulse-amplified lasers using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Multikilojoule petawatt lasers using chirped-pulse amplification are being constructed worldwide. Several systems have adopted a tiled-grating approach to meet the size requirements for the compression gratings. Grating tiles need to be precisely phased to ensure a transform-limited focal spot when focusing high-energy laser pulses in the target plane. A computer-control test system that uses a Mach-Zehnder interferometer capable of monitoring and correcting drift in the tiled-grating assemblies within the compressor is described. The differential errors due to eight gratings, within a compressor with four grating assemblies, were compensated by adjusting a single grating.     

Eliminating the longitudinal piston error between tiled gratings by angle tuning

In a tiled-grating system, it is difficult to make two tiled gratings strictly coplanar. We propose and demonstrate for the first time, as far as we know, a simple method by which the longitudinal piston error between two tiled gratings can be reduced below lambda/10, close to the influence of the environmental factors. The alignment precision of the method increases with the tiled-grating system's stability to environmental factors.     

Tiled-grating compressor with uncompensated dispersion for near-field-intensity smoothing

A tiled-grating compressor, in which the spatial dispersion is not completely compensated, reduces the near-field-intensity modulation caused by tiling gaps and provides near-field spatial filtering of the input laser beam, thus reducing the laser damage to the final optics.     

Demonstration of large-aperture tiled-grating compressors for high-energy, petawatt-class, chirped-pulse amplification systems

Two large-aperture tiled-grating (1.5 m) compressors, each consisting of four sets of tiled-grating assemblies, have been built for the OMEGA EP high-energy petawatt-class laser system. The techniques used for tiling individual tiled-grating assemblies and for optimizing the overall performance of a tiled-grating compressor are described. Both compressors achieved subpicosecond pulse duration without tiling-induced temporal degradation. A ray-tracing model predicted that the static wavefront of the grating tiles dominated focal-spot degradations when submicroradian tiling accuracy is achieved. The tiled-grating compressors delivered a tighter focal spot compared with subaperture grating compressors with single central tiles.