A picosecond widely tunable deep-ultraviolet laser for angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

We develop a picosecond widely tunable laser in a deep-ultraviolet region from 175 nm to 210 nm,generated by two stages of frequency doubling of a 80-MHz mode-locked picosecond Ti:sapphire laser.A β-BaB2O4 walk-off compensation configuration and a KBe2BO3F2 prism-coupled device are adopted for the generation of second harmonic and fourth harmonics,respectively.The highest power is 3.72 mW at 193 nm,and the fluctuation at 2.85 mW in 130 min is less than ±2%.     

单个原子中的量子跳跃

量子力学试图描述一个激发态原子在退激发过程中发射光子的自发辐射的动态过程.通常,由于在测量发光时收集到的是许多原子的发光,这些引人注目的量子效应往往变得模糊了.但是,在测量单个原子的荧光时,可以观察到这种量子效应.在原子发生“量子跳跃”时,荧光的突然“开”和“关”就是最近观察到的这种效应的一个例子. 1985年,Cook和Kimble[1]发现.对于具有“V”型结构的三能级系统(即两个激发态可以退激发到同一个基态的情况),如果其中有一个激发态自发辐射寿命很短,而另一个激发态自发辐射寿命很长.则这样的系统非常适合用来研究原子的光…     

钠蒸汽中通过四波参量过程产生紫外相干辐射的光谱特性

本文报告在钠蒸汽中,通过四波参量过程在327nm,328nm,330nm及333nm处得到紫外相干辐射及对它们光谱特性的研究结果。其中333nm信号的可调谐范围较宽,是一可能应用的紫外相干光源。 关键词：     

直流外电场诱导的MgI高里德堡态的混合

在直流外电场存在时,观察到MgI的经双光子禁戒跃迁3s~2 ~1S→3mp ~(1P)的多光子电离和倍频效应并解释为外电场引起的里德堡(Rydberg)态之间轨道角动量的混合.实验结果与理论解释一致.     

33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D_(2a) laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO

We demonstrate an all-solid quasi-continuous-wave （QCW） narrow-band source tunable to sodium D2a line at 589.159 nm. The source is based on sum-frequency mixing between lasers at 1064 nm and 1319 nm in a LBO crystal. The 1064 nm and 1319 nm lasers are produced from two diode side-pumped Nd：YAG master oscillator power amplifier （MOPA） laser systems, respectively. A 33 W output of 589 nm laser is obtained with beam quality factor M^2 = 1.25, frequency stability better than ±0.2 GHz and linewidth less than 0.44 GHz. A prototype 589 nm laser system is assembled, and a sodium laser guided star has been successfully observed in the field test.     

Generation of broadly tunable picosecond mid-infrared laser and sensitive detection of a mid-infrared signal by parametric frequency up-conversion in MgO:LiNbO3 optical parametric amplifiers

Picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in the near-infrared region within 1.361-1.656 μm and the mid-infrared region within 2.976-4.875 μm is constructed on the basis of bulk MgO：LiNbO 3 crystals pumped at 1.064 μm.The maximum pulse energy reaches 1.3 mJ at 1.464 μm and 0.47 mJ at 3.894 μm,corresponding to a pumpto-idler photon conversion efficiency of 25%.By seeding the hard-to-measure mid-infrared radiation as the idler in the optical parametric amplification and measuring the amplified and frequency up-converted signal in the near-infrared or even visible region,one can measure very week mid-infrared radiation with ordinary detectors,which are insensitive to mid-infrared radiation,with a very high gain.A maximum gain factor of about 7 脳 10 7 is achieved at the mid-infrared wavelength of 3.374 μm and the corresponding energy detection limit is as low as about 390 aJ per pulse.     

Generation of broadly tunable picosecond mid-infrared laser and sensitive detection of a mid-infrared signal by parametric frequency up-conversion in MgO:LiNbO₃ optical parametric amplifiers

Picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in the near-infrared region within 1.361-1.656 μm and the mid-infrared region within 2.976-4.875 μm is constructed on the basis of bulk MgO:LiNbO 3 crystals pumped at 1.064 μm.The maximum pulse energy reaches 1.3 mJ at 1.464 μm and 0.47 mJ at 3.894 μm,corresponding to a pumpto-idler photon conversion efficiency of 25%.By seeding the hard-to-measure mid-infrared radiation as the idler in the optical parametric amplification and measuring the amplified and frequency up-converted signal in the near-infrared or even visible region,one can measure very week mid-infrared radiation with ordinary detectors,which are insensitive to mid-infrared radiation,with a very high gain.A maximum gain factor of about 7 × 10 7 is achieved at the mid-infrared wavelength of 3.374 μm and the corresponding energy detection limit is as low as about 390 aJ per pulse.     

Amplification of fluorescence using collinear picosecond optical parametric amplification at degeneracy

We demonstrate the output characteristic of broadband parametric amplification of incoherent light pulses in a 355-nm pumped degenerate picosecond optical parametric amplification with either saturated or unsaturated amplification.The optical parametric amplifier is seeded by the fluorescence generated in a solution of pyridine-1 dye in ethanol.With the saturated amplification,we can obtain high energy incoherent light pulses,whose full width at half maximum bandwidth varies from 16 nm to 53 nm for the different phase matching angles near degeneracy.Moreover,the unsaturated bandwidth of the amplified pulses fits well to the calculated result at degeneracy.Selecting s-polarized fluorescence with a Glan-Taylor prism,the maximum bandwidth of the amplified fluorescence is found to be 59 nm for a purely s-polarized seed.The maximum output energy is 0.67 mJ for the optical parametric amplifier.By using an optical filter and compressor,the generated high energy incoherent light has great potential as the incoherent pump,signal or idler wave of a parametric down-conversion process,so that a wave with a high degree of coherence can be generated from an incoherent pump light.     

基于光参量放大相位共轭特性的图像修复与增强

非线性光学相位共轭技术可将经过散射介质后产生畸变的光学波前进行修复.本文基于光参量放大(OPA)过程的光学相位共轭(OPC)特性,进行了光学相位共轭图像修复和增强的实验研究.基于大能量532 nm皮秒抽运激光和大口径非线性光学晶体KTiOPO_4(KTP)(Ⅱ类相位匹配),对经过牛奶乳浊液后已无法识别的1064 nm近红外光学图像,进行相位共轭修复,修复后的图像分辨率达12线/mm,此外,结合OPA过程的光学增益特性,实现了超过17 dB的光学图像增强,为现有三波混频光学相位共轭修复畸变所获图像增益的最大值.在此基础上,峰值信噪比较修复之前有160%的提升.考虑到光参量过程所具有的波长可调谐特性,在实际应用中,可根据需要,选择与生物组织的光学治疗窗口相匹配的成像波长,从而保证更长的穿透深度,提升生物组织成像和医学无损检测的效果.     

原子中宇称的不守恒

弱电理论是理论物理最成功的理论之一.它描述在一个统一的框架中的弱力和电磁力.弱电理论预言:在原子中电子和核之间存在着一个小的作用力,这一作用力使空间对称性(即宇称)不守恒.如果宇称不守恒,这就意味着原子具有某种“左右旋”,从而使它不同于它的镜面映射.这种“左右旋”或宇称不守恒大小的测量,可以用来检验弱电相互作用理论的正确性.由于这种“左右旋”所体现的原子形状的畸变大约只有1011分之一.因此这一测量特别困难. 尽管困难很多,但在若干不同原子中已观察到了这种宇称的不守恒,并且在过去十年中,测量精度已有稳步提高[1].在最近…