Investigation of stimulated Brillouin scattering for broadband KrF laser

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) numerical mode for broadband multimode KrF laser pump with optical breakdown has been built up in this paper. The basic premises of the model are that KrF spectrum is composed of an umber of lines and SBS arises from these lines with coupling to some extent. The broadband SBS threshold strongly depends on pump bandwidth. SBS and optical breakdown occur nearly simultaneously when broadband SBS and breakdown have the same threshold. The decrease of saturation reflectivity for broadband pump radiation is explained with this model. Experimental results agree well with the model.     

Effect of impurities on laser-induced air breakdown at 1.06 μ

Experiments have been performed to determine the reduction of the laser-induced breakdown threshold of 1 atmosphere air due to the presence of particulate matter. SiO₂ and carbon fibers with diameters ranging from 6.6 μ to 68 μ were placed in the focal volume and irradiated by 30 nsec, 1.06 μ laser pulses. The reduction in breakdown threshold is found to be comparable to that previously reported for 10.6 μ radiation. Within the experimental accuracy, the breakdown threshold scales as λ^-2.     

Interaction of intense IR laser radiation with a-C:H protective coatings

The results of a determination of the optical breakdown thresholds of air near the surface of copper laser mirrors with a-C:H protective coating by intense pulsed 10.6 μm radiation are analyzed and systematized. It is shown that there is no correlation between the breakdown threshold of a coated mirror, the reflectance of the coating, and the breakdown threshold of the initial copper surface. Experimental dependences of the threshold of optical breakdown of coated mirrors on the a-C:H thickness and deposition rate as well as the storage time of the mirrors are given. Estimates are made of the rise in the surface temperature in the irradiation zone for the case of an ideal adhesive contact and calculations are made of the damage threshold of the coating in the case that the adhesive contact between the mirror and the coating is impaired. The effect of the a-C:H coating properties and the conditions at the polished metal surface-protective coating interface on the optical breakdown threshold is discussed. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 59–66 (September 1998)     

放射性物质^(137)Cs对微波大气击穿特性的影响北大核心CSCD

针对现有的放射性物质探测手段有效距离近和效率较低等局限性,考虑到高功率微波(HPM)良好的空间辐射特性,研究放射性物质对微波大气击穿特性的影响,以实现利用HPM远距离探测放射性物质的设想。阐释了微波脉冲等离子体击穿原理和自由电子对击穿特性影响,分析了放射性物质^(137)Cs射线产生自由电子的过程,在此基础上分析了HPM大气击穿时间和击穿阈值。基于HPM大气击穿等离子体实验装置,分别在6000 Pa、7000 Pa和8000 Pa的低气压环境对有、无放射源存在情形开展多次HPM辐照实验。实验结果表明:放射源的存在降低了约10%的HPM大气击穿阈值,缩短约50%的击穿时间。     

Laser-induced ionization and intrinsic breakdown of wide band-gap solids

A simple scaling of bulk laser-induced breakdown threshold for wide band-gap solids is derived on the basis of a recent modification of the Keldysh photo-ionization model [43, 46]. Contrary to most traditional models, the modification is based on rigorous energy dependence of reduced effective electron–hole mass. The dependence leads to a specific ionization regime with an extremely high ionization rate resulting in intensive generation of conduction-band electrons. The regime is characterized by a well-determined threshold intensity that is proposed to be associated with the threshold of bulk intrinsic laser-induced breakdown (LIB) by visible and near-infra-red laser radiation. That allows deriving dependence of LIB threshold on laser and material parameters. The presented model provides explanation for the experimental results on LIB thresholds that have not received theoretical interpretation. In particular, it reproduces empirical dependence of breakdown threshold on the average inter-atomic spacing derived from the experimental data. The LIB threshold evaluated from the presented model is very close to experimental data on bulk LIB by tightly focused beams in wide band-gap solids. PACS 78.47.+p; 42.50.Hz; 42.50.Ct     

Effect of photon density with varying transverse electro-magnetic modes in laser-guided discharges

Experiments have been carried out to investigate the characteristics of a breakdown threshold voltage as a function of various transverse electro-magnetic modes (TEM) in laser-guided discharges (LGD). The electrical breakdown was effectively guided to the location of the laser focal spot on a metallic target by using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser radiation. It is found that the minimum breakdown voltage in LGD depends upon the average density of photons reaching the electrode surface as a function of the mode of the injected laser beam.     

Effect of femtosecond laser radiation on mammalian oocytes

Nucleolus-like bodies (NLBs) of mammalian oocytes are a convenient object for studying the effects of laser radiation on cellular organelles during laser surgery operations. NLBs in mouse germinal vesicle oocytes (GV oocytes) were subject to nanosurgery by means of tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses at near-infrared wavelength. The damage threshold of the NLB material was one-half orders of magnitude below the threshold for the water breakdown by femtosecond pulses. An incision of NLB material with submicron resolution was obtained at a threshold pulse energy. At the pulse energy one order of magnitude higher than the threshold level, significant deformation and rupture of NLBs were observed. Anisotropic deformations of the NLBs and the dynamics of their relaxation indicate the presence of granular structure in these organelles. Mechanical strain and the formation of cavitation and steam-gas bubbles in the place of impact of laser pulses can be described with the help of a model of the laser breakdown of medium.     

Electromagnetic response of broken-symmetry nanoscale clusters

A microscopic, nonlocal response theory is developed to model the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with inhomogeneous nanoscale clusters. The breakdown of classical continuum-field Mie theory is demonstrated at a critical coarse-graining threshold, below which macroscopic plasmon resonances are replaced by molecular excitations with suppressed spectral intensity.     

激光大气击穿阈值的数值分析

 针对大气中飞行器的等离子体隐身问题,数值计算了ns量级强激光击穿大气的阈值,讨论了一些相关条件对阈值的影响。结果表明：对于ns量级的入射激光,波长越长,大气的击穿阈值越小;气压越大,击穿阈值也越小;气体中存在的初始电子对不易产生光电离的长波长入射激光的击穿阈值,有明显的减少作用,但对短波长入射激光的击穿阈值几乎没有影响;脉宽越宽,激光辐照的时间越长,大气击穿的阈值越小。     

Comparative investigation of the resistance and ability to trigger high voltage discharge for single and multiple femtosecond filaments in air

A comparative investigation of the resistance and ability to trigger high voltage(HV) discharge for a single filament(SF) and multiple filaments(MFs) has been carried out.The experimental results show that the trend of the breakdown threshold of the SF exactly follows that of its resistance,but this is not the case for the MF.The MF’s resistance is much smaller than the SF’s.However,the MF shows a slightly higher HV breakdown threshold than the SF.The underlying physics is that the measured resistance of the MF is collectively contributed by every filament in the MF while the HV breakdown threshold is determined by only one single discharging path.     

Comparative investigation of resistance and ability to trigger high voltage discharge for single and multiple femtosecond filaments in air

A comparative investigation of resistance and ability to trigger high voltage (HV) discharge for single filament (SF) and multiple filaments (MF) has been carried out. The experimental results show that the trend of the breakdown threshold of the SF exactly follows that of its resistance, but this is not the case for the MF. The MF's resistance is much smaller than SF's. However, the MF shows a bit higher HV breakdown threshold than the SF. The underlying physics is that the measured resistance of the MF is collectively contributed by every filament in the MF while the HV breakdown threshold is determined by only one single discharging path.     

Microwave breakdown in slots

The properties of microwave-induced breakdown of air in narrow metallic slots are investigated, both theoretically and experimentally, with emphasis on factors important for protection against transmission of incident high-power microwave radiation. The key factors investigated are breakdown power threshold, breakdown time, peak-leakage power, and total transmitted energy, as functions of incident pulse shape and power density. The theoretical investigation includes estimates of the electric field intensification in narrow slots and basic breakdown plasma modeling. New results important for application to the high-power microwave field, such as the influence of pulse shape on breakdown time and peak-leakage power, are presented. The experimental investigation comprises a set of slot breakdown experiments at atmospheric pressure, which are analyzed to extract key parameters, such as transmission cross section, breakdown time, peak leakage power, and transmitted energy. The experimental data is compared and shown to be in good agreement with results obtained in the theoretical investigation.     

KrF Laser-Triggered SF6 Spark Gap for Low Jitter Timing

KrF laser-triggered spark gaps exploit the high dc-dielectric strength and low ultraviolet (UV) breakdown threshold of SF6 gas. Detailed measurements using a dc-charged pulser demonstrate subnanosecond jitter for switching a 0.5-cm gap operated at 80 kV with 7 mJ in 20 ns of 248-nm KrF radiation. A 200-kV pulse-charged 0.7-cm gap gives similar performance.     

Enhancement of the electric field threshold for microwave breakdown by crossed magnetic field

The enhancement of breakdown threshold is of benefit to the high power microwave transmission. We propose a magnetic field in the transverse direction to the electric field to enhance the breakdown threshold. A theory of electric field threshold with crossed magnetic field for short pulse is developed, and verified by particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision (PIC/MCC) simulations. The result shows that the crossed magnetic field can enhance the breakdown threshold significantly.     

脉冲激光作用下气溶胶导致大气击穿研究

 利用锁模Nd:YAG激光及其倍频激光照射漂浮在大气中的Al₂O₂、ZnO、ZrO₂、18号玻璃粉等气溶胶粒子，在不同光学参数下对光致大气击穿阈值进行了测量。测量结果表明：空气中含较大粒子(d >30 μm)的光致击穿阈值比含较小粒子(d <1μm)的空气击穿阈值低2~3个数量级；含杂空气的击穿阈值随入射激光束直径的增大而下降，随气溶胶粒子直径的增大而减小，且随气溶胶成份的不同而不同；光致击穿阈值随波长的减小而增大。     

微波大气击穿阈值的理论研究

本文通过对使用有效场强(或均方根场强)得到的微波大气击穿阈值表达式进行讨论, 指出其推导中所做的假设及这些假设应用到微波大气击穿过程中存在的问题. 然后分别使用解析理论和数值模拟对微波大气击穿过程中的有效电子温度变化过程和击穿阈值进行研究, 并将其与直流电场进行比较. 分析发现在高气压下, 电子能量转移频率高, 有效电子温度随电场大幅振荡, 由于电离频率随有效电子温度的增长率大于电子能量损失随有效电子温度的增长率, 因此在高气压时, 微波大气击穿阈值低于使用有效场强的击穿阈值. 通过大量分析, 给出了理论推导和数值模拟得到的微波大气击穿阈值拟合表达式.     

激光诱导煤粉发射光谱的基体效应研究

激光诱导发射光谱分析技术是目前正被广泛发展的一种元素定量检测手段,其分析结果的准确性与精度和分析基体的物理化学特性紧密相关.本文采用波长为1064nm的激光烧蚀煤样,以中阶梯光谱仪和ICCD分析诱导产生的等离子体发射光谱.通过试验基体的不同形态特性对各种元素定量分析特征光谱的强度、稳定性以及元素分析探测限的影响,研究激光诱导煤粉发射光谱的基体效应规律,并从激光等离子体形成的理论机制上进行实验分析.研究表明,适中的煤粉颗粒尺寸与样品密度更有利于激光诱导煤粉发射光谱的定量分析.     

A study of the deterministic character of optical damage by femtosecond laser pulses and applications to nanomachining

A remarkable feature of material damage induced by short-pulsed lasers is that the energy threshold becomes deterministic for sub-picosecond pulses. This effect, coupled with the advent of kHz and higher repetition rate chirped pulse amplification systems, has opened the field of femtosecond machining. Yet the mechanism of optical breakdown remains unclear. By examining the damage threshold as a function of polarization, we find that, contrary to established belief, multiphoton ionization plays an insignificant role in optical breakdown. The polarization independence, combined with the observed precise and uniform dielectric breakdown threshold even for nanometer-scale features, leads us to conclude that the fundamental mechanism is self-terminated Zener-impact ionization, and that the deterministic and uniform damage threshold throughout the sample threshold stems from the uniform valence-electron density found in good-quality optical materials. By systematically exploring optical breakdown near threshold, we find that we can consistently machine features as small as 20 nm, demonstrating great promise for applications ranging from Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) construction and microelectronics, to targeted disruption of cellular structures and genetic material. PACS 32.80.Rm; 77.22.Jp; 81.16.-c     

Theoretical and experimental investigations on the threshold of a laser-induced breakdown of air

The threshold of a laser-induced breakdown of air is determined experimentally and theoretically. We find that the ionization of air has two steps: the first step is a multi-photon ionization process, which provides enough"seed electrons" to initiate the next step, and the second one is predominated by cascade ionization, which continues to produce free electrons geometrically until the critical free-electron density for breakdown is reached. So a two-step model based on the Morgan ionization model is established to describe the breakdown process. It is found that the time node dividing the two steps is about 9.8 ns in atmospheric air, and the threshold derived from the two-step model proposed here is more consistent with the experimental results than traditional ionization model.     

基于混合大气传输模型的单脉冲高功率微波大气击穿理论与实验研究

综合考虑高功率微波强电场作用下的热致快速电子效应、碰撞频率、电离频率等充分体现高功率微波特性的参量模型,基于高功率微波混合大气传输模型,提出了单脉冲高功率微波混合大气统一非线性击穿模型,定义了单脉冲高功率微波击穿阈值.理论研究结果表明:考虑中性气体分子极化作用以及电子的碰撞热效应后,大气击穿时对应的等离子体频率明显变大;大气击穿阈值随高度的增加先逐渐减小然后增大,在30-60 km区域存在一个极小值.开展了X波段窄带高功率微波单脉冲大气击穿实验研究,得到了典型条件下的高功率微波击穿现象、波形和阈值,且与理论结果一致性较好.