Simulating resonance-mediated two-photon absorption enhancement in rare-earth ions by a rectangle phase modulation

Improving the up-conversion luminescence efficiency of rare-earth ions via the multi-photon absorption process is crucial in several related application areas. In this work, we theoretically propose a feasible scheme to enhance the resonance-mediated two-photon absorption in Er~(3+) ions by shaping the femtosecond laser field with a rectangle phase modulation. Our theoretical results show that the resonance-mediated two-photon absorption can be decomposed into the on-resonant and near-resonant parts, and the on-resonant part mainly comes from the contribution of laser central frequency components, while the near-resonant part mainly results from the excitation of low and high laser frequency components.So, the rectangle phase modulation can induce a constructive interference between the two parts by properly designing the modulation depth and width, and finally realizes the resonance-mediated two-photon absorption enhancement. Moreover, our results also show that the enhancement efficiency of resonance-mediated two-photon absorption depends on the laser pulse width(or laser spectral bandwidth), final state transition frequency, and intermediate and final state absorption bandwidths. The enhancement efficiency modulation can be attributed to the relative weight manipulation of on-resonant and near-resonant two-photon absorption in the whole excitation process. This study presents a clear physical insight for the quantum control of resonance-mediated two-photon absorption in the rare-earth ions, and there will be an important significance for improving the up-conversion luminescence efficiency of rare-earthions.     

Achievement of Narrow-Band CARS Signal by Manipulating Broad-band Laser Spectrum

We theoretically demonstrate the achievement of narrow-band coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering （CARS） signal by manipulating broad-band probe spectrum. The narrowing of the CARS signal depends on the spectrum bandwidth of the probe beam, and thus high-resolution CARS signal for a complicated quantum system can be obtained by the simple spectrum manipulation. Furthermore, the energy-level diagram for the complicated quantum system can also be labelled by measuring the CARS signal at a given frequency.     

High-Resolution Selective Excitation of Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton-Ionization Photoelectron Spectroscopy by Shaping Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Femtosecond laser-induced resonance-enhanced multiphoton-ionization photoelectron spectroscopy （REMPI-PS） is faced with two drawbacks of low spectral resolution and poor selective excitation due to the broad spectral bandwidth. We propose a scheme to obtain a high-resolution selective excitation of （2＋1） REMPI-PS by com- bining 7r and cosinusoidal phase modulation. Our theoretical results indicate that the （2＋1） REMPI-PS signals related to neighboring excited states can be differentiated from their indistinguishable photoelectron spectra by the 7r phase modulation, and then their selective excitation can be realized by supplementally adding the cosi- nusoidal phase modulation. Furthermore, the physical mechanism of the high-resolution selective excitation of （2＋1） REMPI-PS is explained by considering the two-photon power spectrum.     

碰撞对钠分子梯形能级系统高位能级布居的影响

以氩气为缓冲气体,在实验上研究了碰撞过程对钠分子梯形能级系统高位能级两种布居过程的影响。对于双光子激发过程,由于消相碰撞,无多普勒加宽的洛伦兹尖峰随缓冲气体压力的增大而很快消失,加入少量缓冲气体时,碰撞激发过程对以多普勒宽度为特征的信号有一定的增强作用,但加入过量缓冲气体会由于消布居作用使信号减弱,对于主要通过碰撞实现高位能级布居的过程,加入缓冲气体对高位能级布居起关键作用,在速率方程近似下解释了上述结果。     

Plasma-induced spatiotemporal modulation of propagating femtosecond pulses

The dynamics of the femtosecond pulse propagation in a plasma channel is investigated by the pump-probe longitudinal diffractometry and second harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating (SHG-FROG) technique. The spatial characteristics, corresponding to the electronic density and the size of the channel, can be observed by the recorded ring pattern, and the spectral and temporal characteristics are recorded by the SHG-FROG traces. The spatiotemporal characteristics will help us to better understand the dynamics of the plasma induced by the femtosecond pulse and the femtosecond pulse propagating in the plasma channel.     

Constructive interference via collision—aided radiative excitation

We have studied theoretically constructive interference via collision-aided radiative excitation in an open four-level system using a density matrix approach. The four-level system consists of a Λ-type three-level quantum-beat configuration driven by one laser field and a fourth level coupled by a vacuum mode. It is shown that through the incoherent process (collision), coherence between widely-separated doublets and subsequent constructive interference can be realized. We analyse the effects of the collision-induced coherent and incoherent decay rates, laser intensity, and energy separation of the doublets on the interference. Meanwhile, the constructive interference between the two transition pathways 3P_1/2-4D and 3P_3/2-4D via equal-frequency hybrid excitation and collision-aided radiative excitation in an Na₂-Na system is experimentally observed. A good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results is obtained.     

温梯法生长的Ti:Al2O3晶体的光谱分析

本文研究了不同掺Ti^3＋浓度对温梯法生长的Ti：Al2O3晶体吸收光谱、荧光光谱和X射线衍射光谱的影响。根据吸收光谱提出了一个色心模型。对比了样品各处420nm荧光谱，发现掺Ti^3＋浓度越大，该处荧光强度越弱，同时解释了420肿处荧光峰的起源。对比了样品各处720nm处的荧光谱，发现掺Ti^3＋浓度越大，该处荧光强度越强。X射线衍射谱（XRD）表明，衍射峰强度随掺Ti^3＋浓度的增大而逐渐增强。     

Optimization of High-Order Harmonic by Genetic Algorithm for the Chirp and Phase of Few-Cycle Pulses

The brightness of a particular harmonic order is optimized for the chirp and initial phase of the laser pulse by genetic algorithm. The influences of the chirp and initial phase of the excitation pulse on the harmonic spectra are discussed in terms of the semi-classical model including the propagation effects. The results indicate that the harmonic intensity and cutoff have strong dependence on the chirp of the laser pulse, but slightly on its initial phase. The high-order harmonics can be enhanced by the optimal laser pulse and its cutoff can be tuned by optimization of the chirp and initial phase of the laser pulse.     

Carrier－Envelop Phase－Dependent Effect on Photoelectron Angular Distribution in Single－Cycle Laser Pulses ＊

Using a nonperturbative scattering theory, We study the photoelectron angular distributions (PADs) of Kr atoms irradiated by an infinite sequence of intense single-cycle pulses of circular polarization. We demonstrate the inversion asymmetry of PADs and the dependence of PADs on the carrier-envelop phase of the single-cycle pulses. The inversion asymmetry is caused by the interference between transition channels where the different channels are characterized by different combinations of absorbed-photon numbers in the ionization process. Our results provide a possible method to determine the value of carrier-envelop phase by the detected PADs.