A new circulating two-cell structure for stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugation mirrors with 1-J load and 10-Hz repetition rate

A new approach to realize high-energy and high-power stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugation mirrors （SBS-PCMs） is described.The reflectivity of SBS-PCM is investigated under a 10-Hz repetition rate and a high energy load.The relationship between reflectivity and input energy is examined experimentally with different PCM structures,focus lengths,and medium cell structures.A medium cell with a circulating structure is designed,and its advantage is demonstrated through an experimental comparison with traditional PCM structures.The 30-cm focus lens and 150-cm collimation lens are optimized when the input energy reaches 1010 mJ at 10-Hz repetition rate.Therefore,a reflectivity of 84.7% and a higher energy load using the circulating two-cell structure are achieved.     

Investigation on high power phase compensation of strong aberrations via stimulated Brillouin scattering

The strong wave-front aberrations compensated by stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugate mirror (SBS-PCM) in a high power laser were investigated experimentally. The wave-front fluctuation of the 10 Hz 500 mJ Nd:YAG laser is 0.5λ. Transmitting through a random phase plate (RPP), it increases to 8.6λ. While using SBS-PCM in place of a high reflection mirror, the distortion induced by the RPP is compensated, and the wave-front fluctuation becomes 0.9λ. At the same time, obvious breakdown phenomena in the SBS cell were observed, and the reflectivity is unstable. A rotating wedge plate is introduced into the phase conjugating mirror to make the focus of the SBS cell rotate and optical breakdown is avoided effectively. The reflectivity becomes stable around about 70% and the instability is changed from ±4.1% to ±0.9%. Besides, the compensated wave-front fluctuation is only 0.6λ, which is near to the original wave-front distribution. The results show that the reflectivity of the SBS-PCM is very high and stable when there are no other nonlinear effects such as optical breakdown. Thus the compensating effects for strong wave-front errors are perfect.     

Investigation on pulse compression based on stimulated Brillouin scattering and optical breakdown

Pulse compression based on the combination of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and optical breakdown is investigated in this paper. The first pulse compression based on SBS features a sharp rising edge while the second based on optical breakdown is characterized by a sharp falling edge, therefore a symmetrical narrow pulse can be produced with this approach. In the experiment, FC-72 is used as the Brillouin medium in the first pulse compression, while HT-270 is chosen as the solvent for optical breakdown in the second pulse compression. A 12-ns pump pulse is first compressed to 6 ns by SBS and then further to about 2 ns with comparatively symmetrical edges after optical breakdown.     

选用混合介质优化介质和控制受激布里渊散射特性的研究

本文提出了选用混合介质优化介质和控制其SBS特性的方案.分析了全氟碳化合物系列液体介质具有良好互溶性的缘故,数值模拟了HT-230/FC-72混合介质的增益系数、声子寿命和布里渊频移随混合比的变化曲线.在Countinuum Nd:YAG种子注入激光系统中测定了HT-230/FC-72混合介质的吸收系数和光学击穿阈值随混合比的变化,并实验研究了混合介质的能量反射率和Stokes光脉冲波形随混合比的变化.通过选用混合介质不仅优化介质,而且在一定范围之内可控制其SBS特性. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 混合介质 优化介质 控制SBS特性     

杂质颗粒对受激布里渊散射介质光学击穿阈值影响的研究

建立了受激布里渊散射介质中热作用破坏的物理模型, 数值模拟了杂质颗粒的温度随其半径的变化曲线.结果显示,杂质颗粒存在一个最大热作用半径, 介质所含颗粒的尺寸在此半径附近时,介质最容易发生光学击穿现象, 其光学击穿阈值最低.在Continuum Nd: YAG种子注入式激光系统中,选取FC-3283, GF-180和HFE-7100介质, 通过不同孔径的过滤膜进行过滤,并研究了过滤前后的光学击穿阈值和能量反射率. 结果表明,随着过滤孔径的变小,介质光学击穿阈值逐渐提高, 且过滤之后介质的能量反射率有了明显的提高.介绍了一种利用He-Ne激光透射光光斑变化来判断是否发生光学击穿现象的方法,该方法具有方便、 准确的特点,可有效地减小由于肉眼观测引起的误差.     

基于受激布里渊散射的高能高功率相位共轭激光

受激布里渊散射是一种三阶非线性光学过程,具有完全背向散射的相位共轭特性,利用这种特性,可以补偿高能高功率激光系统中强泵浦而引起的相位畸变,从而实现高光束质量激光输出。过去几十年开展了大量理论和实验研究以提升受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜（SBS-PCM）的作用效果,一部分研究集中在研究适合高功率激光系统应用的液体介质和介质纯化,一部分集中在SBS-PCM的结构优化（包括双池结构、结构参数优化、旋转楔板结构等）。回顾了影响SBS-PCM作用效果的主要因素,以及SBS-PCM在高功率激光系统中的应用,总结了近年来的一些应用成果,为SBS-PCM的实验研究提供了参考。     

Novel Design of Laser with SBS Phase Conjugation Mirror

The beam quality of a single-rod Nd: YAG laser with wavelength of 1.06 m was improved almost up to the diffraction limit by using a phase-conjugating mirror (PCM) based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) with acetone as the SBS medium. The new start cavity, which is the concave-convex cavity operating near the limit of stability in the g diagram, and the phase conjugation cavity of the SBS oscillator were designed. The thermal lens of the material with focal lengths of less than 140 m at pump powers of 60 J was compensated by the PCM. The laser is Q-switched by the nonlinear reflectivity of the PCM and the system works with an average repetition rate of about 5 kHz and single Q-switch pulse showed a width of 10 ns. It is demonstrated that if the start cavity is fit for SBS and the SBS phase conjugation mirror can be optimized, the beam quality of solid laser can be surely enhanced because of this technology of nonlinear optics.     

Compression characteristics of two new SBS mediums to generate 100-ps pulse for shock ignition

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) provides a simple and effective method to compress pulses to 100 ps for shock ignition. This paper gives out two kinds of novel SBS mediums with excellent quality and superior performance, FC-43 and FC-70. The SBS parameters of FC-43 and FC-70 are calculated and measured. Both of these two mediums have the properties of lower absorption, higher optical loads and short phonon lifetime. The shortest pulse width achieved by SBS compressor was 235 ps for FC-43 and 175 ps for FC-70, and the highest energy reflectivity was more than 80 % for both of them. The compression efficiency and stability of FC-70 is better than FC-43, indicating FC-70 is more suitable to be used as the SBS medium to generate 100-ps pulses.     

A new method to improve the loading capacity of stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugating mirror

A new method based “Split-combined” principle is proposed to improve the load capacity of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) phase-conjugating mirror (PCM). The incident light is split into two beams by polarizer, which will respectively produce SBS in the same experimental conditions, and then the generated two beams of Stokes light are combined together so as to improve the system’s load capacity. The method is verified in Continuum Nd: YAG seed-injected laser system and use FC-72 as the SBS medium. The results show that this method not only has a simple structure and high efficiency characteristics, but also improves the system’s power-load capacity and acquires a better quality linearly-polarized beam, which is expected to provide a new program for the application of SBS phase-conjugating mirror in a high-power system.     

介质参数对受激布里渊散射特性的影响

 采用一维瞬态模型对受激布里渊散射（SBS）过程进行了数值模拟，研究了介质参数对SBS特性的影响规律；选取FC-72、FC-75、CCl₄、CS₂、丙酮、苯以及CCl₂/乙醇的混合溶液等作为散射介质，在Nd∶YAG调Q激光系统下进行了实验研究，比较了各种介质所产生的SBS脉宽、能量反射率和波形之间的差异，由此讨论了介质参数对SBS特性的影响。结果表明，介质增益系数越大，吸收系数越小，SBS能量反射率就越大；吸收系数越大，产生的SBS脉宽就越窄；声子寿命越短，SBS波形前沿就越陡，并且越容易出现调制现象。     

受激布里渊散射新介质——全氟胺的研究

本文从介质化学结构与受激布里渊散射(SBS)特性的关系入手,寻找出了SBS特性良好的全氟胺系列新介质——FC-131,FC-3283,FC-40,FC-43,FC-70等,并测定或计算出了新介质的SBS参数. 结果表明,新介质的吸收系数均小于10^-3 cm^-1,光学击穿阈值均高于100 GW/cm². 全氟胺系列新介质不仅具有良好的SBS特性,而且还具有无毒、低挥发性和高稳定性等一系列独特的物理化学性质. 新介质的发现不仅增加SBS介质的种类,而且能够有效提高SBS系统的性能,对于SBS相位共轭镜在高功率激光系统中的应用打下了良好的基础. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射(SBS) 全氟胺 吸收系数 光学击穿阈值     

Characteristics of perfluorinated amine media for stimulated Brillouin scattering in hundreds of picoseconds pulse compression at 532 nm

The characteristics of stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS) in perfluorinated amine media and the experimental structure used in hundreds of picoseconds pulse compression at 532 nm are demonstrated. A two-stage SBS pulse compression structure is adopted for this work. The compact double-cell SBS compression structure and the scattering media FC-70 are chosen to compress the incident light from 9.5 to about 1 ns in the first stage. Then,the light is used as the pumping source for the second pulse compression. In the second stage, using a single-cell SBS structure in a pulse compression system, perfluorinated amine media with different phonon lifetimes, such as FC-3283, FC-40, FC-43, and FC-70, are chosen to run the comparative experimental study. The narrowest compressed pulse times obtained are 294, 274, 277, and 194 ps; they respectively correspond to the above listed media. The average width of the compressed pulse width is 320 ps for FC-3283, with a fluctuation range of87 ps. For FC-40, the average pulse width is 320 ps, with a fluctuation range of 72 ps. And for FC-43, the average pulse width is 335 ps, with a fluctuation range of 88 ps. However, the average pulse width is only 280 ps for FC-70, with a fluctuation range of 57 ps. The highest energy reflectivity is more than 80% for all of the media. The experimental results show that a two-stage SBS pulse compression system has lower pump energy requirements, thus making it easier to achieve a compressed pulse waveform. The results also show that the shorter the phonon lifetime of the medium, the narrower the obtained compressed pulse width.     

Experimental investigation on the improvement of SBS characteristics by purifying the mediums

The influence of optical breakdown on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process is investigated with purified CCl4, acetone, and CS2 mediums which are obtained through 0.22-μm pore-size filter. Experiments are conducted with a Nd:YAG Q-switched laser system. The optical breakdown threshold, the reflectivity and the stability of SBS in both purified and unpurified mediums are determined and compared. The improvement of optical breakdown threshold is observed more or less in all purified mediums.In the condition that optical breakdown does not occur after the medium purified, the energy reflectivity and the stability of SBS both show improvement. Therefore, the characteristics of SBS can be improved by purifying the mediums to obtain higher optical breakdown threshold which reduces the influence of optical breakdown on SBS process.     

全氟碳化合物新介质SBS相位共轭镜和光限幅器选取原则的研究

介绍了低吸收高负载特性的全氟碳化合物SBS新介质,研究了SBS相位共轭镜和SBS光限幅器对新介质的选取原则,并在Nd: YAG调Q激光器中进行了实验验证.结果表明,SBS相位共轭镜需要平均分子量小,运动黏度小,增益系数大的介质;而SBS光限幅器需要平均分子量大,运动黏度大,增益系数小的介质.新介质的发现增加了SBS介质的种类,而介质的选取原则对新介质的选用打下了良好的基础. 关键词： SBS新介质 选取原则 平均分子量 运动黏度     

混合介质的SBS参数随混合比变化的研究

从混合介质的折射率、黏度、密度和声速等物理量随混合比的变化关系入手,推导出了混合介质的布里渊线宽、声子寿命和增益系数等受激布里渊散射(SBS)参数随混合比的变化关系.数值模拟了HT-70/FC-72混合介质的布里渊线宽、声子寿命和增益系数随FC-72体积分数的变化关系,并测定了该混合介质的吸收系数和光学击穿阈值随FC-72体积分数的变化关系.结果表明,HT-70/FC-72混合介质的SBS参数随FC-72体积分数单调变化,不出现极值现象.混合介质的选用不仅增加了SBS介质的种类,而且能够满足SBS系统对不 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 混合介质 SBS参数     

利用受激布里渊散射改善偏振抽取腔光束质量的研究

在理论上分析了受激布里渊散射相位共轭效应和阈值效应对后向受激布里渊散射光束发散角的影响。在实验上，用受激布里渊散射相位共轭镜（SBS PCM）代替普通反射镜构成Nd:YAG激光器的偏振抽取腔，补偿了激活介质和光学元件造成的波前畸变，压缩了发散角，改善了光束质量。研究了抽运能量、透镜焦距等因素对受激布里渊散射偏振抽取腔输出光光束质量的影响。     

A new method for measuring the threshold of stimulated Brillouin scattering

A new method for measuring the threshold of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) based on the generation location of a Stokes beam is proposed for the first time to our knowledge. The length of the medium cell is selected to be longer than the free gain length of pump pulses in the Brillouin medium. The reflected light from a certain mirror in front of the medium cell is chosen as the reference beam, and the SBS threshold is measured by the "jump" of the delay between the Stokes beam and the reference beam. An 8-ns Q-switched single-longitudinal-mode pulse is used as the pump and the typical SBS medium FC-72 is selected as the nonlinear medium in our experiment. The SBS threshold intensity is measured to be 173-178 mW/cm 2 , which is consistent with existing results measured with the transmitted energy limiting method.     

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.     

光学击穿对受激布里渊散射特性的影响

把雪崩电离模型引入受激布里渊散射模型中，数值模拟了无光学击穿和有光学击穿时受激布里渊散射能量反射率随输入光功率密度的变化规律.实验上选取净化和未净化的CCl₄作为散射介质，在Nd:YAG调Q激光系统中进行了验证，理论与实验符合得很好.结果表明：当无光学击穿时，随着输入光功率密度的增大，能量反射率先是非线性增大，然后缓慢增大趋于饱和；而当有光学击穿时，随着输入光功率密度的增大，能量反射率先是非线性增大，达到最高值之后开始下降，最终趋于零.无光学击穿时的能量反射率及其稳定度明显高于有光学击穿时的情况. 关键词： 受激布里渊散射 光学击穿 雪崩电离     

宽带KrF激光抽运的受激布里渊散射反射率研究

实验上研究了宽带KrF激光抽运的受激布里渊散射(SBS)随抽运功率密度、介质气压和透镜焦距这三个实验参数的变化规律.在较低的抽运功率密度情况下，SBS反射率随抽运功率密度呈非线性增长；当抽运功率密度提高到一定程度，SBS反射率接近饱和；当功率密度继续增大，SBS 反射率随之下降.介质气压提高能够促进SBS的转换.透镜焦距长度的变化使SBS饱和反射率存在一峰值.理论上建立了宽带多模SBS模型，数值模拟结果与实验结果符合得很好，解释了宽带SBS反射率对实验参数的变化规律. 关键词： 宽带 KrF激光 受激布里渊散射(SBS) 反射率