染料掺杂聚合物分散胆甾相液晶薄膜激光特性研究

采用激光染料DCM、向列相液晶TEB30A、手性剂S-811、聚乙烯醇(PVA), 通过微胶囊法制备了聚合物分散胆甾相液晶薄膜, 测量激光辐射谱, 研究了其激光辐射机理和温度调谐特性. 利用正交偏光显微镜观察器件织构, 看到液晶微滴分散均匀, 尺寸较大, 约为80 μm, 并且微滴中液晶分子呈现平面态排列织构. 以532 nm的Nd:YAG固体激光器作为抽运源, 测得在634.5 nm和680.2 nm波长处出现了尖锐的激光辐射峰, 线宽分别约为0.25 nm, 0.29 nm. 并与染料掺杂胆甾相液晶激光器件进行比较. 升高器件温度, 其输出激光波长蓝移, 获得666.7 nm至643.9 nm共22.8 nm的调谐范围. 由实验结果分析得出, 激光辐射机理为光子禁带末端激光, 出射波长分别对应光子禁带的两个边沿.     

电场作用下染料掺杂手性向列相液晶器件激光辐射谱研究

研究了电场作用下染料掺杂手性向列相液晶器件激光辐射谱。设计了两种电极结构,分别对正性和负性液晶器件施加横向和纵向电场,采用532 nm的Nd∶YAG脉冲固体激光器泵浦样品。对正性液晶器件施加电场,在 630～660 nm范围获得多波长的激光输出。对负性液晶激光器件施加电场,获得调谐范围为18.5 nm的激光输出。由器件织构和光子禁带的变化,进行了深入的分析。正性液晶器件,在电场力矩与扭曲力矩相互竞争过程中,引起液晶的流动,光子禁带上下浮动,因此不仅在禁带边沿,禁带内也出现激光辐射。而负性液晶器件随着电场强度增大,液晶螺距收缩,禁带蓝移,输出激光波长从681.0 nm蓝移到662.5 nm,出射激光波长为光子禁带边沿处。负性液晶器件在电场作用下的稳定性较好。     

高能量高转换效率355 nm紫外激光器

为了得到一种三倍频效率高达60%的355 nm脉冲激光器,采用曲率半径分别为2 m的凹凸高斯镜和9 m的平凹全反镜组合作为谐振腔,加以电光调Q,得到1 064 nm高光束质量激光输出,再将其进行行波放大,获得重复频率10 Hz、脉宽7.3 ns、单脉冲能量1.01 J的1 064 nm基频光输出。利用Ⅰ类相位匹配LBO晶体进行二倍频、Ⅱ类相位匹配LBO晶体进行三倍频以得到波长为355 nm的紫外光输出。通过二倍频和三倍频输出特性和非线性晶体参数的分析和实验调试,最终获得了单脉冲能量为608 mJ、脉宽为5.7 ns、线宽为2 nm的紫外激光输出。通过优化二倍频的转换效率,可使1 064 nm基频光到三倍频得到的355 nm紫外光的转换效率达60%。     

光子晶体液晶光纤随机激光研究

将掺杂激光染料DCM的手性向列相液晶注入全反射型光子晶体光纤微孔中,研究了激光辐射行为。采用固体Nd∶YAG倍频532 nm激光作为抽运光,室温下,在各个方向上均能探测到随机激光辐射谱。当抽运光的入射方向与样品轴向成30°,光纤光谱仪沿样品轴向方向以及垂直样品轴向方向探测时,在600~650 nm范围内不同波段测得多个离散的尖锐随机激光辐射峰,其线宽约为0.2~0.3 nm。当加热样品至各向同性温度时,激光辐射峰消失。光子晶体光纤的微孔中,作为较强散射介质的手性向列相液晶在不同温度下呈现不同分子取向和折射率分布,这是随机激光产生和关闭的根本原因。     

Random lasing in dye-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal film

A dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film was designed and fabricated,and random lasing action was studied.A mixture of laser dye,nematic liquid crystal,chiral dopant,and PVA was used to prepare the dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film by means of microcapsules.Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed that most liquid crystal droplets in the polymer matrix ranged from 30 μm to 40 μm,the size of the liquid crystal droplets was small.Under frequency doubled 532 nm Nd:YAG laser-pumped optical excitation,a plurality of discrete and sharp random laser radiation peaks could be measured in the range of 575–590 nm.The line-width of the lasing peak was 0.2 nm and the threshold of the random lasing was 9 m J.Under heating,the emission peaks of random lasing disappeared.By detecting the emission light spot energy distribution,the mechanism of radiation was found to be random lasing.The random lasing radiation mechanism was then analyzed and discussed.Experimental results indicated that the size of the liquid crystal droplets is the decisive factor that influences the lasing mechanism.The surface anchor role can be ignored when the size of the liquid crystal droplets in the polymer matrix is small,which is beneficial to form multiple scattering.The transmission path of photons is similar to that in a ring cavity,providing feedback to obtain random lasing output.