A Phase-Controlled Optical Parametric Amplifier Pumped by Two Phase-Distorted Laser Beams

We theoretically study the phase characteristic of optical parametric amplification （OPA） or chirped pulse OPA （OPCPA） pumped by two phase-distorted laser beams. In the two-beam-pumped optical parametric amplification （TBOPA）, due to spatial walk-off, both of the pump phase distortions will be partly transferred to signal in a single crystal so as to degrade the signal beam-quality, which will be more serious in high-energy OPCPA. An OPA configuration with a walkoff-compensated crystal pair is demonstrated for reducing the signal phase distortion experienced in the first stage and ensuring the signal phase independent of two pump phase distortions through the second crystal, hence maintaining the signal beam-quality. Such a TBOPA is similar to the conventional quantum laser amplifier by means of eliminating its sensitivity to the phase and number of the pump beams.     

Quantum analysis on the four-photon interference

We present a theory for quantum interference of four photons generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion. Detailed investigation of the dependence of fourfold coincidence count rate on time delay between the incident and the reflective pump laser pulses is carried out. Gaussian type dependence is found, and good agreement between our theoretical results and experimental data reported in the literature is achieved.     

Widely tunable dual-pump parametric amplifiers with photonic crystal fibres

This paper theoretically studies the double-pumped fibre-optical parametric amplifiers （FOPAs） in photonic crystal fibres. Two distinct working regimes of FOPAs are researched, which depend on the dispersion at the central wavelength of the two pumps. Extremely broad tuning range can be obtained when the central pump wavelength is in the normal dispersion regime and is insensitive to the wavelength separation between the two pumps, while the tuning range is narrow in the anomalous dispersion regime and can be significantly enhanced by increasing the wavelength separation. Impacts of higher-order dispersions and temporal walk-off on the gain spectra are also discussed.     

Parametric resonance and cooling on an atom chip

This paper observes the parametric excitation on atom chip by measuring the trap loss when applying a parametric modulation. By modulating the current in chip wires, it modulates not only the trap frequency but also the trap position. It shows that the strongest resonance occurs when the modulation frequency equals to the trap frequency. The resonance amplitude increases exponentially with modulation depth. Because the Z-trap is an anharmonic trap, there exists energy selective excitation which would cause parametric cooling. We confirm this effect by observing the temperature of atom cloud dropping.     

OPCPA系统中光栅对不平行度对脉冲时间波形的影响

 利用光线追迹法和四阶龙格-库塔法分析了光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统中实际展宽器和压缩器所带来的各阶色散，并将其代入放大过程数值模拟了脉冲变化的情况，讨论了压缩器光栅对表面不平行、刻线不平行、信号光强度、泵浦光强度等因素对输出脉冲宽度和时间波形的影响。结果表明，光栅对表面不平行将引起脉冲宽度变大，且光栅顺时针旋转对脉冲宽度和波形影响更大。而光栅刻线不平行时，当仅考虑二阶色散时，夹角为0.8°时脉宽最小，考虑到三阶色散时，夹角为1°脉宽最小，且光栅顺时针和逆时针旋转对脉冲的作用相同。对实际OPCPA系统，当放大晶体材料及长度一定时，尽量调整压缩器光栅平行，信号光强度和泵浦光强度有一最佳值能使输出脉冲宽度达到最小。     

激光传输大气参量测量精度要求的数值分析

 就激光大气传输湍流热晕相互作用下大气参量测量误差对激光传输效果（平均功率密度）的影响进行了数值分析，并以典型的激光传输条件为例，分析了对激光大气传输影响最为敏感的3个大气参量——风速、吸收系数以及湍流结构常数的测量精度要求。综合不同传输距离下大气参量测量误差对传输效果的影响，大气风速的测量精度要求为±10%，吸收系数及湍流结构常数的测量精度要求分别为±5%和±15%。     

血液中声参量测量值与混合定则的比较

本文测量了猪、羊、牛血液的声速和非线性声参量以及血液中水、蛋白质、脂肪的含量.把结果与Apfel和Sehgal声参量混合定则作了比较.指出两个混合定则能够反映血液声参量与其水、蛋白质、脂肪含量的关系,但在精确定量上与实验尚有距离.     

啁啾脉冲激光放大中的自相位调制效应

利用光与物质相互作用的半经典理论建立了啁啾脉冲激光放大的输运方程,数值分析了多程放大过程中自相位调制对啁啾脉冲时域特性和频域特性的影响研究结果表明,由于自相位调制引起附加频率啁啾产生,啁啾脉冲瞬时频率发生变化,放大特性受到影响.通过对增益饱和状态下自相位调制效应的研究,提出利用入射脉冲的线性频率啁啾抑制自相位调制的影响. 关键词：