超宽带双脉冲辐射天线

研究了一种高功率超宽带双脉冲辐射天线,其设计思想为:辐射天线辐射两路不同脉宽的超宽谱电磁脉冲,且两路脉冲在时间上有一定延时,从而达到拓宽辐射场频谱宽度的目的。设计了一种采用三馈源的半抛物反射面超宽带天线,并对其进行了数值模拟与实验研究。采用短时傅里叶变换对辐射组合脉冲进行了联合时频分析,结果表明该天线能有效辐射双路不同脉宽的超宽谱脉冲,双脉冲辐射场的频谱宽度比单脉冲辐射场有了明显的拓宽,验证了采用双脉冲辐射是拓宽辐射场频谱的有效方法。     

Effect of parameters on Si plasma emission in collinear double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Collinear dual-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy was carried out on Si crystal by using a pair of nanosecond Nd:YAG laser sources emitting at 1064 nm. The spectral intensities and signalto-noise ratios of selected Si atomic and ionic lines were used to evaluate the optical emission. The optical emission intensity was recorded while varying the interpulse delay time and energy ratio of the two pulsed lasers. The effects of the data acquisition delay time on the line intensity and signal-to-noise ratio have been investigated as well. Based on the results, the optimal interpulse delay time, energy ratio of the two pulsed lasers, and data acquisition delay time for achieving the maximum atomic and ionic line intensities were found for generation of Si plasma with the collinear dual-pulse laser approach. The dominant mechanism for the observed line intensity variation was also discussed. In addition, the plasma temperature and electron number density at different gate delay times and different interpulse delay times were derived. A significant influence of plasma shielding on the electron temperature and electron number density at shorter interpulse delay times was observed.     

Drilling enhancement by nanosecond-nanosecond collinear dual-pulse laser ablation of titanium in vacuum

Laser ablation of titanium in vacuum was performed using single- and dual-pulse regime in order to study crater formation. Crater profiles were analyzed by optical microscopy. It was found that the repetition-rate plays an important role in a process of laser ablation. The drilling is most effective for the highest repetition-rate. For the same total number of laser pulses clear drilling enhancement was achieved by dual-pulse regime of ablation in comparison to single-pulse regime. The strongest ablation rate in dual-pulse regime was achieved for the delay time between the pulses τ = 370 ns. Results are discussed in terms of decreased ablation threshold due to continuous heating of the target during the experiment.     

fs/ns dual-pulse LIBS analytic survey for copper-based alloys

The quantitative analytic capability of a fs/ns dual-pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy technique, based on the orthogonal reheating of a fs-laser ablation plume by a ns-laser pulse, is presented. In this work, it is shown how the effect played by the delay times between the two laser beams can vary the analytical response of this dual-pulse LIBS configuration. In order to address this task, the Sn, Pb and Zn calibration curves of five certified copper-based samples have been investigated. These calibration curves have been obtained, in air at atmospheric pressure, by integrating the emission data collected in two different inter-pulse delay zones, one in the delay interval of 1-41 μs, the other within the range of 46-196 μs. For drawing the species calibration curves, the emission intensities of the considered Pb(I), Sn(I) and Zn(I) electronic transitions have been normalized with a non-resonant Cu(I) emission line. The experimental results have shown that, by varying the inter-pulse delay between the two laser beams, complementary analytical results can be induced. By considering at once all data acquired within the inter-pulse delay time of 1-196 μs, this hypothesis has been strengthened. The calibration curves obtained in this way are characterized by excellent linear regression coefficients (0.988-0.999) despite of the large Sn, Pb and Zn compositional variation of the targets employed. The results presented reveal, for the first time, that, by taking into account the role played by the inter-pulse delay time between the two laser beams, the fs/ns dual-pulse LIBS configuration here used can be improved and provide very good opportunities for performing quantitative analysis of copper-based alloys.     

皮秒双脉冲LA-LIBS对合金样品的微损元素分析

研究了基于一台皮秒Nd∶YAG激光器实现合金样品的双脉冲激光剥离-激光诱导击穿光谱(LA-LIBS)微损元素分析。实验采用低能量的532 nm二倍频激光烧蚀并剥离出微量样品,然后采用较高能量的延时1064 nm激光对剥离出的样品进行二次激发,以增强等离子体中的原子辐射强度和提高光谱检测灵敏度。实验分别研究了烧蚀激光脉冲和二次激发光脉冲的能量对信号强度的影响。在烧蚀激光脉冲能量为10 μJ,二次激发光脉冲能量为2.5 mJ的条件下,LA-LIBS中Cu Ⅰ 324.75 nm原子谱线的强度与单脉冲LIBS相比改善了86倍,激光烧蚀坑洞的直径小于10 μm。研究表明：基于一台皮秒Nd∶YAG激光器,采用双脉冲LA-LIBS技术可以较好地实现对固体样品的微损元素分析。该技术在贵重样品分析和高空间分辨的二维元素显微分析中具有一定的应用价值。     

Morphology control of laser-induced periodic surface structure on the surface of nickel by femtosecond laser

An interesting transition between low spatial frequency laser-induced periodic surface structure(LIPSS) and high spatial frequency LIPSS(HSFL) on the surface of nickel is revealed by changing the scanning speed and the laser fluence. The experimental results show the proportion of HSFL area in the overall LIPSS(i.e., K) presents a quasi-parabola function trend with the polarization orientation under a femtosecond(fs) laser single-pulse train.Moreover, an obvious fluctuation dependence of K on the pulse delay is observed under a fs laser dual-pulse train.The peak value of the fluctuation is found to be determined by the polarization orientation of the dual-pulse train.     

Short-pulse high-intensity excimer lasers — A powerful tool for the generation of coherent VUV and XUV radiation

Different approaches for the generation of coherent VUV and XUV radiation with a 400 fs KrF excimer-laser system are studied. In nonlinear optical experiments it is shown that four-wave difference-frequency mixing in Xe, using a near two-photon resonance with the KrF laser radiation, is well suited for the generation of tunable VUV radiation in the range 130–200 nm. Conversion efficiencies of 2% and output energies up to 260 J have been demonstrated. Further prospects to achieve J energies are discussed. Using this VUV source and the KrF laser, powerful XUV radiation can be generated by different low-order frequency mixing processes. In first experiments on this subject, direct frequency tripling of the KrF laser pulse has resulted in 14 J XUV radiation at 83 nm.For the realization of soft-X-ray lasers, specific advantages of short-pulse KrF drivers are discussed. Novel scenarios based on a hybrid KrF/Ti: sapphire laser system and multiphoton resonant excitation are considered.Prof. F. P. Schäfer on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Emission spectra investigation of fs induced NPs probed by the ns laser pulse of a fs/ns DP-LIBS orthogonal configuration

A dual-pulse fs/ns laser induced breakdown spectroscopy configuration, where an initial 250 fs ablating pulsed laser followed by a delayed ns laser beam placed at a fixed distance, orthogonally with the expanding plasma plume, has been used in air on a Al₆₅Cu₂₃Fe₁₂ quasicrystal. The obtained emission data were acquired with a set-up arrangement providing space detections, with a resolution up to 15 μm, of the ns laser pulse generated signals. Assuming the fulfillment of local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions, the role played by the time lag between the two laser beams on the induced plasma excitation temperatures and electronic densities, as well as a space resolved process survey, has been followed. The spatial and time resolved spectra show, almost, steady values of the determined elementary plasma features with the development of nanoparticles occurring during the fs laser pulsed ablation process. The ns laser probe of the dual-pulse LIBS configuration here presented confirms that the nanoparticles induced can be largely widespread in both space and time whose compositions, overall, could retain the starting target stoichiometry. It is shown that these nanoparticles formation can actually take place at different times following the initial ultra-short laser beam incidence and that, especially at long inter-pulse delays (>100 μs), modest compositional changes can be observed.     

Application of Geometrical Form Factor in Differential Absorption Lidar Measurement

The peak position for a lidar return signal is calculated and measured for the horizontal path with variation of the laser beam divergence angle (θ), and the inclination angle (δ) between the telescope and laser axes. This work shows that θ and δ are very important parameters to use in the design or alignment of a lidar system receiving a good lidar signal. This paper describes an experimental determination of geometrical form factors in the lidar equation. We receive the signals and determine the geometrical form factors by slope method in a homogeneous atmosphere. The differential absorption lidar equation is evaluated for the dual-pulse lidar system. A method using a geometrical form factor determined by the experiment is introduced to correct the error in C₂H₄ measurement. This method shows good correction of measurement error in lidar dual-pulse operation, especially in the short range.     

Pulsed laser performance at 1.06 μm from Nd:SGGM

A single Xe gas filled flash lamp has been used to pump a Nd-doped SGGM rod 5 mm in diameter and 80 mm in length. Laser emission has been observed at 1.06 m in the free running mode of operation in the input energy range of 1–25 J. The laser performance has been evaluated using two different diffuse/filter combinations to block the ultraviolet radiation from the Xe lamp and the results have been compared. The intrinsic slope efficiency was determined to be approximately 1.5% with an 80% output coupler and a spectralon diffuser.     

Effects of pulse energy ratios on plasma characteristics of dual-pulse fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Laser-induced plasmas of dual-pulse fiber-optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with different pulse energy ratios are studied by using the optical emission spectroscopy(OES)and fast imaging.The energy of the two laser pulses is independently adjusted within 0–30 m J with the total energy fixed at 30 m J.The inter-pulse delay remains 450 ns constantly.As the energy share of the first pulse increases,a similar bimodal variation trend of line intensities is observed.The two peaks are obtained at the point where the first pulse is half or twice of the second one,and the maximum spectral enhancement is at the first peak.The bimodal variation trend is induced by the change in the dominated mechanism of dual-pulse excitation with the trough between the two peaks caused by the weak coupling between the two mechanisms.By increasing the first pulse energy,there is a transition from the ablation enhancement dominance near the first peak to the plasma reheating dominance near the second peak.The calculations of plasma temperature and electron number density are consistent with the bimodal trend,which have the values of 17024.47 K,2.75×10¹⁷cm;and 12215.93 K,1.17×10¹⁷cm;at a time delay of 550 ns.In addition,the difference between the two peaks decreases with time delay.With the increase in the first pulse energy share,the plasma morphology undergoes a transformation from hemispherical to shiny-dot and to oblate-cylinder structure during the second laser irradiation from the recorded images by using an intensified charge-coupled device(ICCD)camera.Correspondingly,the peak expansion distance of the plasma front first decreases significantly from 1.99 mm in the single-pulse case to 1.34 mm at 12/18(dominated by ablation enhancement)and then increases slightly with increasing the plasma reheating effect.The variations in plasma dynamics verify that the change of pulse energy ratios leads to a transformation in the dual-pulse excitation mechanism.     

单脉冲和再加热正交双脉冲激光诱导击穿光谱对比研究

为了提高激光诱导击穿光谱技术(LIBS)的检测灵敏度和辐射光谱特性,采用再加热正交双脉冲结构对样品中的4种元素Fe,Pb,Ca和Mg以及含有不同浓度重金属元素Cr的土壤样品进行分析。研究了4条特征谱线FeⅠ：404.581 nm,PbⅠ：405.78 nm,CaⅠ：422.67 nm和MgⅠ：518.361 nm的光谱强度和信背比随两激光脉冲之间时间间隔的变化关系,获得了两激光脉冲之间最佳的时间间隔为1.0 μs。在单脉冲和双脉冲条件下,得到了4条特征谱线FeⅠ：404.581 nm,PbⅠ：405.78 nm,CaⅠ：422.67 nm和MgⅠ：518.361 nm光谱强度的增强倍数分别为2.23,2.31,2.42和2.10;分析了特征谱线FeⅠ：404.581 nm和CaⅠ：422.67 nm谱线强度随时间的演化特性以及4条特征谱线信背比随光谱采集延时的变化关系,双脉冲能有效延长光谱强度的衰减时间以及提高特征谱线的信背比;比较分析了等离子体温度和电子密度随时间的演化特性,在双脉冲条件下,等离子体温度最大升高了730 K,电子密度最大增加了1.8×1016 cm-3。单脉冲和双脉冲条件下获得重金属元素Cr的检测限分别为38和20 μg·g-1,再加热正交双脉冲技术使元素检测限下降近2倍。以上结果表明：再加热正交双脉冲能有效地提升LIBS技术的检测灵敏度和光谱特性,为进一步降低元素的检测限提供了有效的方法。     

微水射流导引激光打孔的传热分析

微水射流导引激光加工是一种热影响区小,具有高加工精度的新型技术.本文基于有限体积法建立了微水射流导引激光束对硅片打孔过程的传热模型,将打孔过程分为三个阶段模拟其间的热量传递、相变过程和相边界的移动;探索了微水射流导引双脉冲激光打孔过程,进行了双脉冲不同延迟时间下的传热过程的数值模拟,得到了最佳延迟时间.结果表明:在初始...     

基于增益诱导光纤激光器的实验研究及理论分析

利用非线性偏振旋转技术,实现了正色散掺铒光纤激光器的自启动锁模,产生了一种新型的增益诱导孤子脉冲输出.该类型脉冲的光谱近似为矩形,半高全宽光谱宽度可达19 nm以上,脉宽为皮秒量级.增益诱导孤子脉冲的形成是增益饱和、光谱滤波效应、腔内色散和各种非线性效应共同作用的结果.同时还分析了脉冲啁啾特性及峰值功率等参数.当抽运功率增加时,该激光器还可以实现双脉冲模式下运转. 关键词： 光纤激光器 增益诱导孤子 啁啾     

Energy distribution of ions in plasma formed by laser ablation of metallic Nb and Ta targets

The laser plasma plume expansion induced by UV nanosecond irradiation from metallic Nb and Ta targets has been studied using Langmuir probe time-of-flight measurements. The ion current shape was measured as a function of the laser radiation flux at various probe-to-target distances. The ion velocity distribution and the ion energy spectra have been determined by measuring the time of flight of ions reaching the Langmuir probe. A multi-mode velocity distribution of ions has been revealed. The dependence of the amplitudes of the plume energy components on the plume scatter time and on the laser radiation flux has been investigated. The experimental time-of-flight data have been compared with a Maxwell velocity distribution. The threshold values of the laser intensity were determined for different distribution modes in the ion energy spectrum.     

Tunable cw infrared radiation by noncollinear difference-frequency mixing

Tunable cw infrared radiation has been generated by non-collinear difference-frequency mixing in LiJO₃, using the intracavity radiation of a Nd:YAG laser and the output of a Rhodamine 6G dye laser. Infrared powers of ∽35 μW tunable from 1.28 μm to 1.62 μm have been obtained.     

Two-dimensional diffraction calculations for a fast-flow CO laser

Conclusion We have developed, a two-dimensional diffractive model of a free-flow CO:N₂ laser, using a detailed kinetic model of the active medium.We have shown that the constant-gain model and the diffractive model yield practically the same calculated energy characteristics of a free-flow CO laser. Calculation of the spectral characteristics has shown that the diffractive model yield the same numbers and intensities of the rotational-vibrational transitions on the cavity axis as the model with constant gain. We have determined the errors incurred in calculations by the constant-gain model.At an active-medium density 0.25 Amagat the angular divergence of the radiation is determined by the large-scale inhomogeneity of the subsonic gas flow while the radiation directivity in the far zone is manifested by a noticeable angular shift and is split.Translated from Preprint IAE-5724/11, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, 1990.     

Posibilities of Channelling Radiation as γ-Laser

In this paper the electron axial channeling radiation has been compared with a free electron laser (FEL),and the possibility of reforming this type of radiation as γ–laser has been discussed.introducing equivalent magnetic field to describe ~electron’s motion,the pendulum equation and energy gain of the electron longitudial motion have been obtained using interaction of the electron with the radiation field. it shows that the channeling radiation is very similar to fel, if there exists standing wave field in the crystal.     

Spatial, temporal and spectral emission characteristics from electron oscillation driven by an intense circularly polarized few-cycle laser pulse

The spatial, temporal and spectral emission characteristics of radiation generated from electron oscillations driven by an intense circularly polarized few-cycle laser pulse have been investigated theoretically and numerically using a single electron model. For a femtosecond driving laser pulse with duration of one optical cycle, the maximal radiation emitted by the electron comprises only one electromagnetic pulse having durations much shorter than the optical cycle and belonging to the attosecond range. It is discovered that the influence of the initial phase on the process of full spatial characteristics of the radiation is apparent for intense few-cycle laser pulse. The characteristics can be used to measure the initial phase of intense circularly polarized few-cycle laser pulse in experiments.