在固体透明材料中利用级联四波混频方法获得宽带多色飞秒激光脉冲的研究

飞秒激光光谱学实验研究的深入与拓展对飞秒激光脉冲的要求也越来越高.比如多色抽运探测实验需要同时用到多个不同频率的超短飞秒激光脉冲.本文设计了一个更加简单紧凑的实验装置,对两束不同中心频率的入射光引入相反啁啾,在厚度为0.5 mm的CaF2晶体中利用级联四波混频获得了光谱半高全宽近100nm,支持傅里叶转换极限脉宽小于10 fs的多色飞秒激光脉冲.这一结果将为拓展飞秒激光光谱学研究和应用发挥重要作用.     

时域飞秒散斑的特性与测量

阐述了飞秒激光脉冲在随机介质传播过程中产生时域散斑的原理,并对时域飞秒散斑进行了测量. 时域飞秒散斑的产生是飞秒脉冲在随机介质中经历多重散射形成的随机干涉现象在时域的体现. 初步讨论了时域散斑的统计特性并给出了相应的实验结果. 关键词： 时域散斑 飞秒脉冲 随机介质     

飞秒激光双光子微细加工技术及研究现状

飞秒激光双光子微细加工技术以其特有的高精度三维微加工优势,成为微型机械加工领域新的发展方向之一。介绍了飞秒激光双光子微细加工技术的原理和应用的现状。结合目前已有的微细加工技术,对双光子微细加工技术的特点加以评述。简要报道了利用飞秒激光双光子微细加工技术的一些研究进展。探讨了飞秒激光双光子微细加工技术今后的发展方向及其存在的基本问题。     

飞秒激光脉冲整形技术及其应用

通过频域上控制飞秒激光脉冲幅度、相位和偏振在时域上可以获得几乎任意形状的飞秒激光脉冲,这种飞秒激光脉冲整形技术可为研究光与原子分子非线性相互作用提供一种全新实验技术手段.本文介绍飞秒激光脉冲整形发展历史、技术方法、控制方式及其相关应用,并展望飞秒激光脉冲整形技术未来的发展方向.     

Research progress of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton

As the combination of surface plasmon polariton and femtosecond laser pulse,femtosecond surface plasmon polariton has both nanoscale spatial resolution and femtosecond temporal resolution,and thus provides promising methods for light field manipulation and light-matter interaction in extreme small spatiotemporal scales.Nowadays,the research on femtosecond surface plasmon polariton is mainly concentrated on two aspects:one is investigation and characterization of excitation,propagation,and dispersion properties of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton in different structures or materials;the other one is developing new applications based on its unique properties in the fields of nonlinear enhancement,pulse shaping,spatiotemporal super-resolved imaging,and others.Here,we introduce the research progress of properties and applications of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton,and prospect its future research trends.With the further development of femtosecond surface plasmon polariton research,it will have a profound impact on nano-optoelectronics,molecular dynamics,biomedicine and other fields.     

Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses

The Talbot effect under illumination of double femtosecond laser pulses has been reported. Spectrums of double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are quite different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Therefore, the Talbot images of the double femtosecond laser pulses with phase differences are different from that of one single femtosecond laser pulse. Specifically, for the phase difference corresponding to π, the Talbot image shows the largest difference from that of one single pulse. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. The behaviors of Talbot images under double femtosecond laser pulses illumination cannot be obtained under one femtosecond laser pulse, monochromatic or polychromatic light illumination. Therefore, it is a new interesting optical phenomenon for the Talbot effect which should have potential applications.     

Multiphoton polymerization with the holographic control of femtosecond and continuous laser radiation

A unit in which two lasers, one with femtosecond and the other continuous radiation, were used was designed and manufactured. Both lasers worked under holographic control conditions provided by two spatial optic modulators. Experiments with creating several polymer structures by several femtosecond optical “traps” simultaneously were performed. The possibility of the production of one polymer article by simultaneous displacement of several femtosecond optical traps was demonstrated. A polymer article was also prepared by several femtosecond traps and manipulated with the use of several continuous traps. The possibility of focusing femtosecond radiation onto an extended object (“thread” 13 μm long) and the preparation of a polymer object by controlling a femtosecond optical trap in three-dimensional space was demonstrated.     

Synthesis of nanocrystalline cubic zirconia using femtosecond laser ablation

We report on the synthesis of nanocrystalline zirconia in liquid using femtosecond laser ablation. Nanocrystalline cubic zirconia has been prepared by femtosecond laser ablation of zirconium in ammonia, while nanocrystalline tetragonal and monoclinic zirconia was synthesized in water. The physical and chemical mechanisms of the formation of nanocrystalline metastable zirconia are discussed. The intrinsic properties of femtosecond laser ablation in liquid and OH⁻¹ may be responsible for the synthesis of cubic zirconia. It is suggested that the femtosecond laser pulse can create higher temperature and pressure conditions at a localized area in the liquid than the nanosecond laser pulse and the cooling is also faster in the femtosecond laser ablation process, which determined the difference between the products synthesized with femtosecond and nanosecond-pulsed laser ablation.     

Numerical modeling and theoretical analysis of femtosecond laser tweezers

Optical trapping (also called optical tweezers) is a widespread technique, with a large number of applications in biology and other fields. Taking femtosecond laser pulses as a sampling of CW light, we theoretically demonstrate the feasibility of femtosecond laser tweezers and present the formulae of the induced forces which femtosecond laser pulses exert on micrometer-sized spheres. We also demonstrate the stability condition for femtosecond laser tweezers. As an example, we present the numerical results for a sphere with a radius of 10 mm.     

采用光谱展宽技术的钛宝石飞秒激光放大器

报道了飞秒激光啁啾脉冲放大器中的激光脉冲光谱展宽技术，实验中使用了几种光谱展宽元件，结果表明使用激光光谱展宽元件能有效地将飞秒激光脉冲 光谱展宽，抑制了飞秒激光放大器中常见的激光脉冲光谱增益窄化现象，从飞秒放大系统的振荡级输出28fs种子脉冲，放大后得到了重复频率为10Hz、峰值功率为1．6TW、脉冲宽度37．5fs的超短强飞秒激光脉冲 。     

基于多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描法对飞秒激光脉冲进行相位测量和补偿的研究

研制了一套基于多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描方法的可以同时对飞秒激光脉冲进行相位测量和补偿的实验系统装置.实验中,通过自主研发的LabVIEW程序控制液晶空间光调制器和光纤光谱仪,对待测飞秒激光脉冲施加相位扫描,并同时记录受到调制的飞秒激光脉冲的倍频光谱,得到了多光子脉冲内干涉相位扫描(MIIPS)轨迹图.通过MIIPS轨迹图的三次测量和迭代运算,还原出了经过预先啁啾调制的中心波长约为810 nm、重复频率为1 kHz的飞秒激光脉冲的光谱相位,测量精度在0.1 rad以内.根据测量结果,利用液晶空间光调制器对该飞秒激光脉冲进行相位补偿,得到了近似傅里叶变换极限的飞秒激光脉冲.这一装置将在多光子显微成像、脉冲整形、飞秒激光光谱学等众多领域发挥重要作用.     

利用棱镜减小自衍射信号光角色散的研究

自衍射效应在飞秒激光领域有非常重要的应用,如提高飞秒脉冲的时域对比度、作为自参考光谱干涉脉冲测量法的参考光、作为频率分辨光学开关法的信号光等.然而,具有较宽光谱带宽的飞秒激光在自衍射效应过程中产生的信号光存在明显的角色散,这给自衍射效应的应用带来不利影响.本文研究发现通过在自衍射效应的一个光路中加入等腰直角棱镜,当到棱镜的入射角为23fi时可以明显地减小飞秒激光脉冲自衍射信号的角色散.这就为以后将自衍射效应更好的应用到飞秒激光脉冲的研究提供了有用的参考.     

Characteristic of femtosecond laser-pulsed digital holography

Digital holography can be applied to ultrafast detection when a femtosecond laser pulse is used. In this paper, the interference process of two femtosecond laser pulses is studied and the recording process of the femtosecond laser pulsed digital hologram is simulated. Holograms at different recording angles are generated by integrating the instantaneous interference field. By analyzing the distribution of the reconstructed phase error, the characteristics of femtosecond laser pulsed digital holography are discussed.     

Generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses via laser–electron beam interaction

The generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses will have important scientific applications by enabling the direct measurement of atomic motion and structural dynamics in condensed matter on the fundamental time scale of a vibrational period. Interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with relativistic electron beams is an effective approach to generating femtosecond pulses of X-rays. In this paper we present recent results from proof-of-principle experiments in which 300 fs pulses are generated from a synchrotron storage ring by using an ultrashort optical pulse to create femtosecond time structure on the stored electron bunch. A previously demonstrated approach for generating femtosecond X-rays via Thomson scattering between terawatt laser pulses and relativistic electrons is reviewed and compared with storage-ring based schemes.     

Femtosecond laser induced microripple on PDMS surface

We find the femtosecond laser induced microripple beside the focused femtosecond laser spot and along the movement direction of the laser spot on polydimethylsiloxane （PDMS） surface. The microripple may be due to the melting of PDMS induced by femtosecond laser pulses and the subsequent cool-down solidification of the melting PDMS along with the movement of the femtosecond laser spot. This result will be helpful to understand the interaction between the femtosecond laser and the polymer.     

Multiframe observation of an intense femtosecond optical pulse propagating in air

We have demonstrated femtosecond time-resolved and picosecond time-interval successive observations of a single femtosecond optical pulse propagating in air with ultrafast self-modulation such as filamentation. A quadruple femtosecond probe pulse crossing an intense propagating pulse at picosecond intervals was able to capture directly four successive images of the propagating pulse as in a movie but with femtosecond time resolution. From this observation, we can directly analyze and recognize the propagation process, which is significantly affected by pulse-energy fluctuation, and (or) atmospheric turbulence from shot to shot.     

Fabrication of an integrated Raman sensor by selective surface metallization using a femtosecond laser oscillator

We demonstrate that a Raman sensor integrated with a micro-heater, a microfluidic chamber, and a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate can be fabricated in a glass chip by femtosecond laser micromachining. The micro-heater and the SERS substrate are fabricated by selective metallization on the glass surface using a femtosecond laser oscillator, whereas the microfluidic chamber embedded in the glass sample is fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation using a femtosecond laser amplifier. We believed that this new strategy for fabricating multifunctional integrated microchips has great potential application for lab-on-a-chips.     

掺镱飞秒激光晶体研究进展

飞秒激光在军事、医学、通讯、加工等领域有着重要应用,已经成为新世纪激光技术领域的研究热点。得益于激光二极管(LD)的快速发展,以LD作为泵浦源成为新型全固态飞秒激光器的发展趋势。Yb^3+离子掺杂的激光晶体材料因其独特的能级结构、宽带吸收与发射等优势,逐渐成为LD直接泵浦并实现1.0μm飞秒激光输出的重要增益介质。详细总结了当前掺Yb^3+飞秒激光晶体的研究进展,分析了目前存在的主要问题,给出了未来飞秒激光晶体发展的两个建议方向:高效率小功率飞秒激光和大功率高能量飞秒激光。以Yb^3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4晶体为例,详细研究了其晶体生长、光谱、连续与飞秒激光性能,并实现了中心波长在1060 nm处脉宽为116 fs,平均输出功率为1.08 W,光光转换效率为33.1%的高效率飞秒激光输出,表明Yb^3+:Sr3Y2(BO3)4及其同体系晶体是一类优异的高效率飞秒激光材料。     

啁啾飞秒激光脉冲形成的光纤光栅的Bragg反射特性

在800nm飞秒脉冲激光照射下光敏玻璃As₂S₃光纤具有双光子吸收 现象，当一束超短激光脉冲与另一束啁啾超短激光脉冲在As₂S₃光纤相遇时，干涉图案将 永久地记录一个空间啁啾光栅.研究了该光栅结构与入射超短脉冲激光脉冲参数的关系，数值计算表明该光栅具有较大的Bragg反射带宽. 关键词： 啁啾光纤光栅 飞秒激光脉冲 双光子吸收效应     

飞秒激光烧蚀金属靶的冲击温度

在明确飞秒激光与物质相互作用过程冲击温度概念的基础上, 讨论了飞秒激光烧蚀铝靶和铜靶过程中的冲击温度与其他物理量的关系, 利用飞秒激光烧蚀金属的双温模型提取了冲击温度的绝对值, 基于非傅里叶热传导模型计算了冲击温度的分布. 此项研究结果对飞秒激光安全加工含能材料有借鉴意义. 关键词： 飞秒激光 含能材料 烧蚀 冲击温度