Optical limiting effect based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in CCl4

The optical limiting effect based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a nonlinear medium was investigated. We numerically treated the nonlinear propagation process with a theoretical model, which includes the spontaneous nature of the initiation of SBS, and obtained optical limiting effect in the process. Energy limiting, pulse reshaping and stabilization have been demonstrated on SBS mechanism with the nonlinear medium CCl_4. The input optical signals were Nd:YAG nanosecond laser pulses with width varying from 16ns to 7ns then to 2ns, the relationship between the transmitted signal and launched pump signal was shown. In the experimental regime, the most stable pulse and a superior energy stabilization of the transmitted pulse were obtained when the laser pulse-width became as short as 2ns. For the energy variation of laser pulses in a wide range of 14－88mJ, the output energy was limited in a quite narrow range 4.5－5.5mJ.     

Equal-amplitude optical comb generation using multi-frequency phase modulation in optical fibers

<正>We theoretically analyze and experimentally demonstrate a method of generating equal-amplitude optical comb exploiting multi-frequency phase modulation.The theoretical analysis shows that 4n-1 equal-amplitude spectral lines can be obtained when the modulation signal comprises n frequency components including the fundamental frequency and the odd harmonic frequencies,and 2n+1 equal-amplitude spectral lines can be obtained when the modulation signal comprises n frequency components including the fundamental frequency and the even harmonic frequencies.Then,we numerically simulate the spectra of 5,7,9,and 11 equal-amplitude spectral lines,respectively,which are also obtained in experiments with frequency separation of 30 MHz and flatness of better than 0.3 dB.     

染料掺杂液晶填充毛细管的激光发射特性研究

本文提出利用染料掺杂液晶填充PI光控取向膜毛细管获得可调谐激光.采用532 nm YAG倍频脉冲激光器抽运,实验及理论研究了有聚酰亚胺(PI)取向膜和无PI取向膜毛细管的激光发射特性,对比分析了两种情形的激光产生阈值以及随温度变化的特性.结果表明:经PI光控取向处理的染料掺杂胆甾相液晶毛细管的激光发射模式具有分布反馈模式和回音壁模式,同时,激光产生阈值为4.5 m J·mm~(-2);发现当温度升高时,发射光谱发生"蓝移",中心波长调谐范围为5.9 nm,温度升高到43℃时,形成质量非常好的回音壁模式,其自由光谱范围为1.05 nm.经PI光控取向处理的染料掺杂向列相液晶激光发射模式为随机激光,并且较无PI取向时激光发射峰减少.     

透镜焦距对受激布里渊散射光限幅特性的影响

采用受激布里渊散射(SBS)噪声起源理论模型，数值模拟了透镜焦距对SBS光限幅功率特性和能量特性的影响.结果表明，改变透镜焦距就可以方便的控制SBS光限幅的功率波形和输出能量.当采用焦距适中的透镜(f=15cm)时，可以得到较低的限幅输出能量；当采用短焦距的透镜(f=5cm)时，可以得到较理想的限幅功率波形.在实验上将波长1064nm、脉宽8ns、能量16mJ的Nd:YAG激光脉冲聚焦到CCl₄介质中，研究了限幅功率波形和限幅输出能量随透镜焦距的变化规律，实验结果与理论模拟相符合. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 光限幅 数值模拟     

受激布里渊散射介质CCl_4中脉冲传输与功率限幅特性

分析了受激布里渊散射介质CCl4 对纳秒激光脉冲的传输特性及功率限幅特性 .结果表明 :透射脉冲波形随抽运光能量增加而压缩变形 ,脉冲前沿保持高斯型 ,后沿被压缩成功率“平台” ,功率“平台”随抽运脉冲能量增加而逐渐变宽 ,但功率水平不变 ,表明该光学系统具有的功率限幅特性 .详细分析了功率限幅特性随抽运能量的变化规律和时间响应特性规律 ,采用脉宽为 10ns、波长为 1 0 6 μm的Nd :YAG激光脉冲进行实验验证 ,理论与实验结论相符合 .     

受激布里渊散射介质CCl4中脉冲传输与功率限幅特性

分析了受激布里渊散射介质CCl4对纳秒激光脉冲的传输特性及功率限幅特性. 结果表明：透射脉冲波形随抽运光能量增加而压缩变形，脉冲前沿保持高斯型，后沿被压缩成功率“平台”，功率“平台”随抽运脉冲能量增加而逐渐变宽，但功率水平不变，表明该光学系统具有的功率限幅特性. 详细分析了功率限幅特性随抽运能量的变化规律和时间响应特性规律，采用脉宽为10ns、波长为1.06μm的Nd:YAG激光脉冲进行实验验证，理论与实验结论相符合.  关键词： 受激布里渊散射 功率限幅     

利用染料片吸收控制受激布里渊散射功率限幅波形

理论研究了受激布里渊散射过程中功率限幅响应特性.采用高斯型入射脉冲，数值模拟了抽运参数(抽运峰值功率密度、抽运脉冲宽度)，介质参数(增益系数、声子寿命)和结构参数(聚焦透镜焦距、介质池长)等物理参数影响限幅输出波形中剩余峰的特性规律.对如何控制剩余峰进行了理论分析.研究表明，声子寿命较小、增益系数大的布里渊介质光限幅响应较好，声子寿命较大、增益系数小的布里渊介质光限幅响应较差；无法单纯通过控制布里渊介质参数来完全消除剩余峰.实验上采用染料片吸收剩余峰，获得接近平顶的限幅输出波形.     

抽运能量对受激布里渊散射光限幅特性的影响

采用布里渊噪声起源模型,数值模拟了受激布里渊散射介质CCl4对波长1064nm的Nd：YAG纳秒激光脉冲的传输特性及光限幅特性。入射抽运脉冲能量较低时,非线性介质对纳秒激光脉冲呈光学透明。入射抽运脉冲能量高于受激布里渊散射产生阈值后,透射脉冲峰值受限,脉宽压缩,能量趋于饱和,说明该光学系统同时具有光功率限幅和能量限幅的光限幅特性。利用理论模型模拟了如下光限幅参量：透射脉冲峰值功率、透射能量、能量透射率、脉宽压缩率依赖抽运光能量的变化关系。相应的理论模拟计算结果由实验进行验证,实验结果与理论模拟相符合。     

受激布里渊散射光限幅输出波形控制研究

数值模拟了种子场诱导受激布里渊散射光限幅过程的限幅输出波形特性.得到利用种子场控制限幅脉冲波形的规律：选取种子场脉冲宽度为抽运脉冲宽度的五倍，抽运脉冲相对于种子脉冲的延迟时间控制在与抽运脉冲宽度相当时，限幅输出波形最佳.限幅输出波形同时受抽运光功率影响，随抽运能量的增加，限幅脉冲功率不断下降，直至趋于0. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 限幅输出波形 注入种子     

Nonlinear optical properties of stimulated Brillouin scattering process in submerged object detection

Nonlinear optical properties of stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS)to signal detection in water are analyzed.With the threshold characteristics,SBS only occurs when the high power laser is focused in the SBS cell.When there is an object present in front of the focus,it leads to lower incident intensity and then SBS does not occur.The backward SBS signal depends on the focusing location.The nonlinear optical properties of SBS process in the focusing regime are analyzed theoretically.With the object coming near to the focusing center,the backward Stokes signal rises up from zero to a maximum,and then grows to saturation.The delay time of the echo signal to pump signal can give the object location.In experiment, the peak position of varying rate of energy can give object location.