超短光脉冲波形对门模单光子探测的影响

采用两种不同的皮秒光脉冲波形进行了门模单光子探测实验.测量了单光子探测效率随探测器和超短脉冲光源之间的同步延迟细微调节时的变化曲线.结果表明:光脉冲波形直接影响光子到达时间与门脉冲时间窗口之间的精确同步和探测效率,使用其中一种脉宽较短的皮秒光脉冲时探测效率比使用另一种脉冲提高了约9%.     

基于探针光调制的皮秒分辨X-ray探测方法与实验

高能密度物理研究中涉及许多单次皮秒现象的诊断测量, 然而对单次X-ray脉冲形状、X-ray与激光脉冲的皮秒精度同步依然是极具挑战的课题. 传统行波选通分幅相机受电子渡越时间限制, 难以突破40 ps时间分辨极限. 本文围绕半导体中光学探针光的全光调制效应, 提出一种以低温GaAs材料为基础, 实现皮秒时间分辨X-ray探测的新方法, 详细阐述了该探测器的工作机理、器件参数设计和时间分辨能力. 通过飞秒激光打靶实验, 验证了其概念设计的正确性. 结果表明该探测器具有约1.5 ps时间响应和10 ps时间分辨能力, 通过材料优化可将时间分辨提升 至1 ps以内.     

啁啾匹配和同步抖动对光参量啁啾脉冲放大的影响

 通过研究光参量啁啾脉冲放大过程转换效率随泵浦光啁啾参数的变化,以及信号光和泵浦光波长的对应关系,确立了信号光和泵浦光同步时实现线性啁啾匹配的方法。以磷酸二氢钾作为非线性晶体,研究了信号光和泵浦光之间的线性啁啾匹配和时间同步抖动对光参量啁啾脉冲放大后信号光脉冲波形和转换效率的影响。结果表明：在时间同步的情况下,线性啁啾匹配时的信号光脉冲波形很对称,转换效率也较高;在同步抖动程度一定的情况下,不同泵浦光啁啾参数时,信号光的增益及放大后的脉冲波形差异较大;在线性啁啾匹配程度一定时,信号光和泵浦光时间同步抖动越严重,放大信号光的脉冲波形变化越大,信号光增益越小,且转换效率也越低。     

X射线脉冲星导航探测器性能研究

为研究用于X射线脉冲星导航的探测系统性能,推导了在光子计数模式下探测系统的信噪比和最小可探测功率的关系表达式,并搭建测量信噪比和最小可探测功率的实验装置.测量了系统的最小可探测功率以及在不同光功率、不同累积时间和不同阈值电压条件下探测系统的信噪比.通过对X射线光子到达时间的测量,构造了X射线脉冲累积轮廓.实验表明:随着光功率和累积时间的增加,累积脉冲轮廓的信噪比提高,累积脉冲轮廓趋于光滑;当阈值电压为-150mV时,信噪比为26.3,累积脉冲轮廓最优;系统的最小可探测功率为3.5×10-16W.     

假根羽藻外周天线LHCⅡ寡聚体的瞬态吸收光谱(英文)

采用时间分辨瞬态吸收光谱技术研究了假根羽藻外周天线寡聚体的光保护机制.分别以667nm飞秒激光脉冲和白光脉冲作为泵浦光和探测光,探测光与泵浦光之间的延时范围和准确度分别为340ps和134fs.实验结果表明在泵浦光激发之后外周天线对探测光的吸收是动态变化的.对瞬态吸收光谱进行多指数拟合,并结合外周天线的荧光发射谱和激发谱进行分析,结果表明:500~600nm的瞬态吸收谱主要来源于类胡萝卜素分子,外周天线寡聚体至少包含四种具有光保护作用的类胡萝卜素分子,对应的S0→Sn跃迁光谱为511nm和554nm,522nm和541nm,530nm和563nm(对应管藻黄素),536nm和575nm;类胡萝卜素分子以两种方式参与到光保护过程中:一种是直接方式,在几皮秒范围内猝灭叶绿素三重态;另一种是间接方式,在几百皮秒范围内猝灭从叶绿素分子获得能量的单线态氧.     

掺钕保偏光纤放大器的研究

对掺钕双包层光纤放大器中抽运光和信号光沿光纤传播的功率分布进行了数值模拟,以808nm半导体激光器为抽运源,掺钕双包层保偏光纤为增益介质,对种子注入主振荡光纤放大器进行了理论分析和实验研究.利用实验室自制的皮秒锁模激光器为种子源,注入1064nm皮秒锁模脉冲,获得了稳定的放大脉冲.小信号时的放大倍数为300（增益为25dB）,获得了平均功率5W的皮秒脉冲.同时利用TDS5104型示波器探测信号光放大前后的波形,并用光谱分析仪得到输出脉冲激光的光谱图. 关键词： 光纤放大器 掺钕保偏光纤 种子注入 反向抽运     

基于双模式探测器的大动态范围激光测距EI北大核心CSCD

开发了一种基于双模式探测的大动态范围激光测距方法.使用基于硅雪崩光电二极管（APD）的单个探测器在线性模式与盖革模式之间切换,实现了平均光子数为1~105的大动态强度范围光信号探测.在此基础上,进行了30m的室内线性探测模式测距和500m的室外盖革探测模式测距实验,利用时间相关单光子计数设备记录的信号详细分析了两种模式测距的时间特性,证明了这种方法可以根据探测距离和背景环境进行探测模式切换,从而实现大动态范围激光测距.并且进一步分析了APD偏置电压的调节对测距系统测量精度以及探测背景噪声的影响.     

皮秒同步摄影技术的理论研究

本文主要阐述对皮秒同步摄影技术的理论研究结果。我们从大数定理出发,证明利用皮秒同步扫描相机可以获得皮秒弱光现象的真实照片。我们还利用卡逊定理和考虑了电子光学系统对空间噪声的空间滤波作用,导出了皮秒同步扫描相机的探测方程和它的最小可探测光功率密度的表达式。理论证明,皮秒同步扫描相机的最小可探测光功率密     

单发太赫兹时域光谱技术

太赫兹时域光谱技术(THz-TDS)广泛应用于材料、生物医学、化学、药学、安检等诸多领域。传统扫描式THz-TDS技术需要通过改变探测光延时逐点扫描并重构时域信号,仅适合于具有较高重复频率且稳定的太赫兹辐射源情形下的样品探测。在低重复频率或涨落较大的太赫兹辐射源情形下和不可逆过程中样品的探测,扫描式THz-TDS不再适用,需要使用单发THz-TDS技术,单发THz-TDS技术原则上仅需要一个激光脉冲就可以获取一个完整的太赫兹时域脉冲波形。介绍几种主要的单发THz-TDS探测技术,这些技术都利用了电光晶体的泡克尔斯效应,通过测量探测光的某个物理量的变化来提取太赫兹信号。根据探测方法不同可分为光谱编码、空间编码和互相关等技术。在光谱编码技术中,探测光不同频率成分在时间上发生分离,不同时间成分分别被太赫兹脉冲不同时刻电场调制,通过测量探测光各个频率被太赫兹脉冲调制前后的光谱的变化提取太赫兹脉冲波形。该方法光路简单,测量结果直观,有较高的信噪比,但其时间分辨率较低,且被测太赫兹信号容易产生失真。为提高被测信号的时间分辨率,有人提出了空间编码技术,即不同位置探测光分别被太赫兹脉冲不同时刻电场调制,通过测量探测光各个位置太赫兹脉冲调制前后的光强变化提取太赫兹脉冲波形。根据不同空间展开方法可分为一维空间编码技术和二维空间编码技术。空间编码技术中虽然有较高的时间分辨率,但由于探测光在空间展开能量分散使得其信噪比相对较低。此外,还有一种较高时间分辨率的技术即互相关技术,可分为共线互相关和非共线互相关技术。在非共线互相关技术中,被太赫兹脉冲调制的激光啁啾脉冲与短脉冲互相关作用产生二次谐波,通过太赫兹脉冲调制前后二次谐波空间分布变化来提取太赫兹信号;在共线互相关技术中被太赫兹脉冲调制的啁啾脉冲与短脉冲共线入射到光谱仪,通过干涉条纹提取太赫兹信号,该技术提高了时间分辨率和信噪比,但光路布置复杂,不能进行实时监测。回顾了这几种单发THz-TDS探测技术的发展历程,综述探测技术的原理、实验方案和测量结果,并讨论了这些探测技术的优势和不足。     

光参量啁啾脉冲放大中时间同步抖动对增益稳定性的影响

 在考虑了光参量啁啾脉冲放大中的脉冲波形、相位失配和时间同步抖动情况下,给出了计算光参量啁啾脉冲放大增益特性更为完善的三波耦合理论模型。并在1 ns的时间同步抖动情况下,对比分析了光参量放大在小信号放大及饱和放大时的增益稳定性。光参量放大的时间同步抖动对增益影响非常大,使放大信号光脉冲的增益光谱发生了明显的偏移,波形不对称和整个增益降低;并且信号光光谱越宽,光参量放大间的时间同步抖动对其增益影响越严重;但随着参量放大增益饱和的出现和加深,信号光和抽运光之间的同步时间抖动对放大信号光的输出强度影响减弱,即在饱和放大处可以获得更稳定的放大信号光输出。     

Impact of picosecond laser pulse waveform on detection efficiency of gated-mode avalanche photodiodes for quantum key distribution

Detection efficiency is one of the key parameters that affect the performance of gated-mode avalanche photodiodes in quantum key distribution. In this paper, the impact of the waveform of faint picosecond laser pulses on detection efficiency is investigated both experimentally and analytically. Two kinds of laser pulses are attenuated to the single photon level to measure and plot single photon detection efficiency versus synchronous delay between the detector and the laser source. The results show that the narrower laser pulse with single peak can be detected with about 9% higher detection efficiency and lead to a lower QBER than the pulse with subpeak and a broadened pedestal.     

Spectrally Adjustable Picosecond Dye Laser Pulses Generated with Nanosecond Nitrogen Lasers

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Direct linear measurement of ultrashort light pulses with a picosecond streak camera

The durations of ultra-short (4–7 psec) laser pulses have been directly measured with an image tube streak camera designed for time resolution in the picosecond region. The camera was calibrated with simultaneously recorded two photon fluorescence pulse profiles and it is shown that a time resolution limit of ≈1 psec should be possible with this system.     

Production of picosecond, kilojoule, and petawatt laser pulses via Raman amplification of nanosecond pulses

Raman amplification in plasma has been promoted as a means of compressing picosecond optical laser pulses to femtosecond duration to explore the intensity frontier. Here we show for the first time that it can be used, with equal success, to compress laser pulses from nanosecond to picosecond duration. Simulations show up to 60% energy transfer from pump pulse to probe pulse, implying that multikilojoule ultraviolet petawatt laser pulses can be produced using this scheme. This has important consequences for the demonstration of fast-ignition inertial confinement fusion.     

激光脉冲波形对烧蚀Si靶表面温度的影响

利用双温方程对激光烧蚀Si靶的过程进行了数值模拟,并结合合适的初始条件和边界条件,研究了在飞秒、皮秒激光作用下,脉冲波形(矩形、梯形、三角形和高斯形)对Si靶表面载流子和晶格温度分布的影响。结果表明:激光功率密度是影响载流子温升的主要因素,矩形脉冲激光烧蚀Si靶表面载流子的峰值温度最高,而高斯分布的脉冲引起靶面载流子峰值温度最低。可见,激光脉冲波形对Si靶表面载流子的温度分布具有重要影响。所得结果可为制备高质量的薄膜提供理论依据。     

Simple generation of 400–700 nm picosecond dye laser pulses with nanosecond laser pumping

New results in the experimental study of the spectro-temporal selection (STS) method to produce picosecond dye laser pulses are presented. Adjustability of the picosecond pulse wavelength, possibility of extension of the STS method to different dyes and to UV pump wavelength, stability of the output pulse duration and intensity, and the concentration effect on pulse duration, are reported for the first time. From these results, production of high power picosecond (50–100 ps) dye laser pulses spectrally adjustable between 400 and 700 nm is obtained with a standard nanosecond pump laser, in a compact and simple device.     

High power tunable picosecond green laser pulse generation by frequency doubling of an Yb-doped fiber power amplifier seeded by a gain switch laser diode

A compact tunable high power picosecond green laser pulse source based on frequency doubling of an Yb-doped fiber amplifier seeded by a gain switch laser diode has been developed. The fiber amplifier generates the picosecond infrared pulses with average power of 10.3 W, repetition rate of 1 MHz, pulse duration of 150 ps, and tunable range of 20 nm around 1064 nm. For underwater use, the tunable output infrared pulses are frequency doubled into picosecond green laser pulses, which can be tuned from 527 to 537 nm with average power of more than 1.1 W, corresponding to an overall conversion efficiency of 10.7% by a BBO nonlinear crystal. This kind of laser source will have potential application for underwater optical communication.     

Determination of the shape and duration of picosecond light pulses by bleaching of dyes

A new method is developed to measure the shape and duration of picosecond light pulses in a single shot. A pump and probe technique in a dye sample is applied. Single picosecond light pulses at different frequencies were analysed with various absorbers. Asymmetric pulse shapes with leading edges steeper than the trailing edges were observed.     

Direct Generation of Tunable UV Picosecond Laser Pulses Using Spectrotemporal Selection

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Visualization of the spatio-temporal structure of a pulsed photoelectron beam formed by femtosecond laser radiation

A method based on an original electron microscope created for investigating photoelectron beams is presented. It ensures a nanometer spatial resolution and picosecond time resolution. Electrons appearing when a metal needle is irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses are transmitted through a dielectric microcapillary and are subjected to a ponderomotive potential created by femtosecond laser radiation focused near the capillary tip. The position-sensitive detection scheme allows for the detection of the spatial profile of a photo-electron beam with a magnification of K ≅ 4 × 10⁴. The time structure of the photoelectron beam is visualized by scanning the delay time between laser pulses irradiating the needle and a laser pulse focused near the capillary tip.