飞秒光谱技术的现状与展望

自１９８１年Ｒ．Ｌ．Ｆｏｒｋ等人利用环型腔可饱和吸收体的对撞锁模技术首次产生了飞秒（１０－１５ｓ）激光脉冲后，多频段飞秒光脉冲的产生、放大、频率扩展及光脉冲压缩等技术的发展十分迅速．目前在物理学、生物学和化学等各领域中，利用飞秒光谱技术观测各种原初过程以及超快速现象，巳经成为一种崭新而有效的研究手段，越来越受到各国科学家的高度重视．本文介绍了飞秒光源的现状、飞秒光谱的主要测量方法以及飞秒光脉冲放大、压缩等技术的基本原理，并对飞秒光谱技术的未来发展及应用前景进行了讨论．     

采用光谱展宽技术的钛宝石飞秒激光放大器

报道了飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大器中的激光脉冲光谱展宽技术，实验中使用了几种光谱展宽元件，结果表明使用激光光谱展宽元件能有效地将飞秒激光脉冲 光谱展宽，抑制了飞秒激光放大器中常见的激光脉冲光谱增益窄化现象，从飞秒放大系统的振荡级输出28fs种子脉冲，放大后得到了重复频率为10Hz、峰值功率为1．6TW、脉冲宽度37．5fs的超短强飞秒激光脉冲 。     

基于瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关法测量飞秒脉冲的研究

超宽光谱的飞秒脉冲测量一直是超快激光领域的重要研究方向之一.常规的飞秒脉冲自相关方法是通过测量自相关倍频信号来获得,而倍频信号具有波长选择性,不同中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量需要更换不同的倍频晶体,十分不方便.因此,提出了一种改进型的瞬态光栅频率分辨光学开关(TG-FROG)方法用于测量飞秒脉冲.该方法结合四波混频和频率分辨光学开关方法,其基本过程是将待测脉冲分为三束,其中两束脉冲经过精密的延时控制并聚焦在光学介质上达到时空重合,利用三阶非线性效应产生稳定的瞬态光栅作为开关光;另一束脉冲作为探测光与产生的瞬态光栅进行相互作用产生一个信号光,使用光谱仪对该信号光的光谱与延迟时间进行测量,并通过反演迭代算法处理而获取待测飞秒脉冲的光谱与电场信息.该方法只需要待测光的功率密度达到三阶非线性效应就可以实现测量,因此可以应用于任意中心波长的飞秒脉冲测量.利用该方法对中心波长分别为800 nm, 400 nm的飞秒脉冲,以及超连续亚10 fs的周期量级超宽光谱飞秒脉冲进行了测量,并与常规的干涉自相关仪器测量结果进行了比较,所得测量结果基本一致.实验结果表明,建立的基于TG-FROG方法对不同中心波长,不同脉冲宽度的飞秒脉冲测量是十分有效的.     

光谱扫描滤波法提升飞秒激光信噪比的理论分析

在时间--频率域中,啁啾脉冲被淹没在放大自发辐射等噪声中,且其瞬时频率线性分布,基于此,提出采用光谱扫描滤波的办法来提升高功率飞秒激光系统的信噪比,并以法布里--珀罗干涉仪作为光谱扫描滤波器,对该法提升信噪比的效果进行了详细的理论分析.采用短时傅里叶变换方法,研究了光谱扫描滤波器对自发辐射放大(ASE)的滤波效果,数值分析表明,在时间抖动为-2 ps到2 ps之间、光谱扫描滤波器的通带宽度为0.4 nm条件下,该法能将飞秒激光系统的信噪比提升2个量级,而啁啾信号光以超过90%的透光率通过光谱扫描滤波器;级联光谱扫描滤波方式能进一步提升飞秒激光信噪比.     

光谱开关与多色光场的奇点光学效应

推导出多色高斯光束和高斯-谢尔模型光束通过杨氏实验双缝传输的谱强度公式.对完全空间相干光和部分空间相干光照明杨氏实验装置出现的光谱开关作了详细研究,并判断其是否属于奇点光学效应. 结果表明：多色场奇点光学效应的判据应当是光谱开关出现时的谱强度极小值S_min=0,而不是总光强极小值I_min=0. 当用多色高斯-谢尔模型光束照明杨氏实验装置时,在近场和远场产生的光谱开关都不属于奇点光学效应. 当用多色高斯光束照明杨氏实验装置时,只有远场产 关键词： 光谱开关 奇点光学效应 完全相干和部分相干 多色光场     

杨氏实验远场的光谱位移和光谱开关

从部分相干光的传输定律出发，研究了杨氏双缝实验远场的光谱变化。指出杨氏实验中光谱开关在远场也会出现.缝的衍射和光的空间相干性是产生光谱开关的物理原因，增大缝参量ε和源的空间相关度△光谱开关效应越显著。作了详细的数值计算以说明远场光谱位移和光谱开关的特性，并与已有的工作进行了比较。     

飞秒钛宝石放大激光脉冲的载波包络相位测量与控制

通过对重复频率为1 kHz的放大飞秒激光脉冲的光谱干涉实验,结合傅里叶变换进行了载波包络相位漂移的实验研究.在此基础上利用锁相环反馈控制技术实现了对载波包络相位的精密锁定,锁定后的激光脉冲稳态相位均方根误差小于80mrad,锁定时间超过3h.同时在理论上分析了光谱干涉测量放大激光脉冲载波包络相位的原理,给出了光谱干涉信号与载波包络相位的关系. 关键词： 飞秒钛宝石放大器 载波包络相位 光谱干涉 超连续     

利用棱镜减小自衍射信号光角色散的研究

自衍射效应在飞秒激光领域有非常重要的应用,如提高飞秒脉冲的时域对比度、作为自参考光谱干涉脉冲测量法的参考光、作为频率分辨光学开关法的信号光等.然而,具有较宽光谱带宽的飞秒激光在自衍射效应过程中产生的信号光存在明显的角色散,这给自衍射效应的应用带来不利影响.本文研究发现通过在自衍射效应的一个光路中加入等腰直角棱镜,当到棱镜的入射角为23fi时可以明显地减小飞秒激光脉冲自衍射信号的角色散.这就为以后将自衍射效应更好的应用到飞秒激光脉冲的研究提供了有用的参考.     

部分空间和部分光谱相干高斯-谢尔模型脉冲光束在自由空间中的光谱和时间特性

 对部分空间和部分光谱相干２维高斯-谢尔模型脉冲光束在自由空间传输的光谱和时间特性做了详细的数值研究。结果表明,部分空间和部分光谱相干高斯-谢尔模型脉冲光束在自由空间传输中发生了光谱移动,光谱移动与场点位置、空间相关长度和时间相干长度有关。在轴上,光谱出现蓝移,相对光谱移动随传输距离的增加而增大,随空间相关长度和时间相干长度的增加而减小,并逐渐趋于一定值。在轴外,光谱出现蓝移和红移,并与空间相关长度和时间相干长度有关。脉冲时间波形不变,对所得主要结果做了物理解释。     

飞秒频率梳和单频激光干涉光谱的实验研究

本文研究了光学频率梳输出的整形后飞秒脉冲激光和单频激光的干涉光谱。实验中光学频率梳和单频激光干涉的信号包括直流项、光学频率梳输出的脉冲激光相邻模式之间的干涉项和光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光之间的干涉项。实验上研究了光学频率梳脉冲激光与单频激光干涉信号间距和单频激光频率的关系,提供了一种快速直接测量单频激光频率的有效方法。研究了光学频率梳输出的飞秒脉冲光经过铷泡后与单频激光干涉信号和单频激光频率的关系,获得铷原子吸收光谱。该研究工作对于原子分子高精密光谱测量具有一定的意义。     

Spectral shifts and spectral switches of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams in Young’s interference experiment

Taking the Gaussian Schell-model pulsed (GSMP) beam as a typical example of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams, an analytical expression for the far-field spectrum of diffracted GSMP beams in Young’s interference experiment is derived, and used to study the spectral shifts and spectral switches of GSMP beams in the far field. Numerical calculation results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral shifts and spectral switches on the obscuration ratio ε, temporal coherent length T_c, spatial correlation parameter β and diffraction angle α. It is shown that the critical angle α_c of the first- and second-order spectral switches moves away from the z axis with increasing T_c, but α_c of the third-order spectral switch moves towards the z axis with increasing T_c. The spectral transition height Δ decreases and spectral minimum S_min increases as T_c increases. α_c decreases, Δ increases and S_min decreases as β increases. The potential application of spectral switches of spatially and spectrally partially coherent pulsed beams in information encoding and transmission is proposed.     

杨氏双缝干涉实验的光谱变化

从理论和实验上研究了当部分相干光照射在双缝上时,杨氏双缝干涉实验干涉场中的光谱变化.指出干涉场中的归一化光谱在某些空间点处出现了蓝移,在另外一些空间点处出现了红移,而在这些空间点的中间,光谱分裂为等值的两条,出现了光谱开关现象.发现当观察点从轴上向轴外移动的过程中,在很多空间观察点处都出现了光谱开关现象.此外,研究结果还表明光谱相干度将对光谱的移动和光谱开关现象产生重要的影响.     

Spectral behavior of partially coherent beam passing through an aperture

Based on the Rayleigh diffraction integral and the expansion of the hard-aperture function into a finite series of complex Gaussian functions, an approximate analytical spectrum expression for a Gaussian schell-model (GSM) beam passing through an aperture is given. The spectral shifts and spectral switches of near-zone off-axis are studied. The effect of the coherence and hard-edge on the spectral behavior are also presented.     

Spectral switches of partially coherent nonparaxial beams diffracted at an aperture

Based on the generalized Rayleigh diffraction integral, the spectral shifts and spectral switches of nonparaxial partially coherent beams diffracted at an aperture are studied. Our main attention is paid to the effect of beam nonparaxiality on the spectral switches of partially coherent beams. It is shown that the spatial coherent parameter β, trunction parameter δ and waist width-to-central wavelength ratio w₀/λ₀ affect the behavior of spectral switches. Only when β, δ and w₀/λ₀ satisfy certain conditions, can the difference between the nonparaxial and paraxial results be negligible. The discrepancy arises physically from the change of the spectral modifier by using the paraxial approximation.     

Spectral shifts and spectral switches of elliptical Gaussian beam propagating through turbulent atmosphere

Based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle, the spectrum of elliptical Gaussian beam (EGB) propagating through turbulent atmosphere can be derived analytically by tensor method. It can avoid time-consuming numerical integral that was commonly used in the previous study of spectral changes. Analytical results show that the on-axis normalized spectrum S(ω) of EGB propagating through turbulent atmosphere is different from the original spectrum S₀(ω) and there exist spectral shifts and spectral switches for EGB propagating through turbulent atmosphere. Besides, spectral shifts and spectral switches of EGB are closely related with the structure constant of the turbulent atmosphere, the beam parameters and the coordinate of observation point. Compared with the Gaussian beam, there are two spectral switches for EGB propagating through turbulent atmosphere.     

Spectral anomalies of focused hollow Gaussian beams at the geometrical focal plane

On the basis of diffraction integral and the expansion of the hard-aperture function into a finite series of complex Gaussian functions, an approximate expression for spatially fully coherent polychromatic hollow Gaussian beams passing through aperture lens is obtained. Detailed numerical results indicate that remarkable spectral changes always occurs near the points where the field amplitude has zero value. The effects of truncation parameter, Fresnel number and the beam order on spectral shifts and spectral switches are investigated numerically.     

Spectral shifts and spectral switches in diffraction of ultrashort pulsed beams passing through a circular aperture

Based on the Fourier transform method, a simple closed-form expression for the on-axis power spectrum of ultrashort Gaussian pulsed beams in diffraction at a circular aperture is derived, which permits us to study spectral changes both analytically and numerically. It is shown that for diffracted pulsed beams there exist spectral red and blue shifts, spectral narrowing, and spectral switches in the near field. The aperture diffraction plays an important role in spectral switching, but both the truncation parameter and bandwidth (or equally, Fourier transform limited pulse duration) affect the behavior of spectral switches.     

衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束在远场的光谱移动和光谱开关

从部分相干光的传输理论出发,研究了被光阑衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束远场的光谱变化规律。结果表明,扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束在远场也会出现光谱移动和光谱开关效应。与衍射高斯-谢尔模型光束情况相比,光谱移动和光谱开关效应不仅与光束空间相关性、截断参量和源光谱谱宽有关,光束的扭曲因子也会对衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型光束远场的光谱移动和光谱开关效应产生影响。通过数值计算结果详细讨论了光束扭曲因子影响衍射扭曲高斯-谢尔模型远场光谱的规律。