飞秒激光烧蚀铝靶产生喷射物的超快脉冲数字全息诊断

采用脉冲数字显微全息技术,对50 fs单脉冲激光烧蚀铝靶过程中的物质喷射以及等离子体演化的动态过程进行了实验研究,获得了高时空分辨的动态数字全息图.由全息图观察到了热弹力波引起的二次喷射现象,并且报道了大延迟下喷射物质对400 nm探测光所引起的干涉条纹的反常移动现象.通过对全息图进行数字再现,得到了不同延迟下探测光穿过等离子体后的二维相位分布,并运用逆Abel变换算法获得了等离子体折射率以及等效电子密度的时空演化动态过程.根据实验以及计算所得到的有关于喷射物的光学性质,对喷射物的结构和成分进行了分析. 关键词： 脉冲数字全息 飞秒激光烧蚀 超快时间分辨 等离子体     

超短脉冲照射下氟化锂的烧蚀机理及其超快动力学研究

研究了超短脉冲激光照射下LiF晶体的破坏机理及其超快动力学过程,利用扫描电镜和原子力显微镜等测试手段,观测了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体的烧蚀形貌。利用烧蚀面积与激光脉冲能量的对数关系确定了LiF晶体的破坏阈值,并利用非线性玻璃棒展宽脉宽,得到了800nm激光作用下LiF破坏阈值对激光脉宽（50～1000fs）的依赖关系;利用抽运一探针超快探测平台,探测了LiF烧蚀过程中反射率的变化。采用雪崩击穿模型,并根据晶体材料反射率与材料的介电常量的依赖关系,通过数值计算,模拟了材料烧蚀阈值与脉宽的依赖关系及材料激发过程中反射率的变化关系。结果表明,理论结果与实验结果符合较好。讨论了飞秒激光照射下LiF晶体中导带电子数密度的变化规律,并解释了相应的实验结果。     

利用飞秒泵浦-探测技术对分子超快动力学过程研究的新进展

本刊讯 飞秒泵浦-探测技术是一种可以在原子运动时间尺度上实时观测化学反应的有力手段,在飞秒泵浦-探测技术基础上发展起来的分子超快动力学是当前分子反应动力学研究领域的热点和焦点之一。武汉国家光电实验室张冰团队一直从事分子超快动力学方面的研究。最近,该团队利用飞秒泵浦-探测技术与飞行时间质谱和光电子影像技术相结合,对碘甲烷分子的B带预解离超快动力学过程进行了研究并取得重大进展。     

双光路测量红外飞秒激光脉冲的载波包络相位稳定性

描述了利用双光路自参考技术测量红外飞秒脉冲载波包络相移的方法,并通过建立的红外飞秒脉冲载波包络相移测量装置,实验测量了自主搭建的可调谐光学参量放大系统输出的红外飞秒激光脉冲的载波包络相移.对于1.6 μm的激光脉冲,测量得到在100 s内其相位抖动为115 mrad（rms）.实验结果表明双光路法具有易于调节、测量方便、应用性强等优点. 关键词： 飞秒激光测量 自参考技术 双光路 载波包络相位     

The influence of nonparaxiality on the spectral behavior in Young's experiment illuminated by partially coherent light

Starting from the Rayleigh--Sommerfeld diffraction integral, this paper studies the spectral behavior in Young's experiment illuminated by nonparaxial partially coherent light and compares with the paraxial case, where the influence of nonparaxiality of partially coherent light on the spectral shifts and spectral switches is stressed. It is shown that there is a spectral shift in the nonparaxial case relative to the paraxial one and the critical position changes, at which the spectral switch occurs. The ratio of the waist width to the central wavelength w₀/λ₀ and relative spatial correlation length \De affect the spectral difference. The smaller w₀/λ₀ is, the larger the difference between the nonparaxial and paraxial results appears. The effect of relative spatial correlation length Δ is relatively small.     

Investigation of KTiOPO4 nanocrystals by means of second-harmonic light emission

The finding of nonlinear nanometric-sized probes is of key importance for the development of nonlinear microscopy in physical as well as biological sciences. We isolate nonlinear KTiOPO4 nanocrystals and study them by second-harmonic generation microscopy （SHGM） and atomic force microscopy （AFM） independently. With both polarization analysis and defocused imaging of the emitted second harmonic field, we extract the Euler angles of the crystalline axes of a single nanocrystal. A balanced coherent optical homodyne detection shows the coherent nature of the nanocrystal nonlinear emission and allows a phase measurement of the emitted second-harmonic field. These features make the KTiOPO4 nanocrystal a good candidate for a vectorial probe of electromagnetic near fields.