Oversized helical waveguides for optically pumped far-infrared lasers

The feasibility and the theory of oversized helical waveguides for optically pumped far-infrared lasers are studied. The dispersion relation and the relevant pass bands are shown.     

Optical propagation of the HE11 mode and Gaussian beams in hollow circular waveguides

The propagation of the HE₁₁ mode and Gaussian beams in hollow oversized circular waveguides is analyzed using optical theories. Different types of waveguides are considered : hollow dielectric or conducting waveguides, dielectric-lined waveguides, corrugated waveguides. General formulas are derived which give the power transmission through these different guides. The best wall materials and structures are determined from a comparison of the waveguide transmissions, at the infrared and millimeter wavelengths. The question of the coupling between the HE₁₁ mode and Gaussian beams is discussed and from a review of coupling coefficients derived before, an optimum value is pointed out. The problem of matching a Gaussian beam into circular waveguides in order to achieve the maximum power transmission is analyzed. These results are of interest for infrared lasers or waveguide applications and for Electron Cyclotron Wave (ECW) systems at the millimeter wavelength.     

Polarization characteristics in optically pumped,far-infrared rectangular waveguide lasers

It has been shown that a linearly polarized, comparatively strong output power can be obtained from optically pumped, far-infrared rectangular waveguide lasers when the rectangular, metallic oversized waveguide is used as a tall guide instead of a standard guide.     

高斯光束通过非线性介质层的限幅效应

本文用数值分析的方法研究了两维高斯光束通过一定厚度的非线性折射介质后在线性空间传播的状态,分析了光束的近场和远场横向强度分布及通过一定孔径光阑的功率.结果表明,在考虑到光束经过非线性介质时,相位与横向分布都会发生变化后,仅在非线性折射效应作用下,在远场就存在限幅效应.在一定的强度范围之内,近场也存在限幅利用的可能性.     

Gain of a CW optically pumped far-infrared laser with sandwich resonator

The FIR laser gain of CW optically pumped HCOOH was measured and compared to theoretical calculations. Since the laser has a transversely pumped parallel-plate (or sandwich) waveguide, the pump field is the same for oscillating and amplifying operation. Therefore, true FIR-gains were measured. The theory takes into account several phenomena, that are frequently simplified when considering FIR lasers, such as the pump and the FIR beam's spatial distribution, power broadening of the pump absorption, as well as heat and molecular diffusion. As a result, good quantitative agreement between theory and measurement was achieved.     

Mode propagation constants in hollow oversized circular waveguides with low-conductivity wall material

Using convenient parameters, the mode propagation constants in hollow circular waveguides with low-conductivity wall material are derived into practical formulas. The variations of these propagation constants versus electrical characteristics of the wall material are studied. The results allow the determination of optimal materials for low-loss mode transmission and the improvements achieved with these optimal materials compared to the usual dielectrical materials are pointed out. Application to the particular case of ordinary glass as a guide wall material is made. The condition to have the fundamental EH₁₁ mode the less attanuated is given.     

横向激发线偏振高斯光束的非傍轴传输

文章提出一种横向激发的任意线偏振高斯光束,该光束场量的模与传统的任意线偏振高斯光束具有相同的模,在源场区,其满足自由空间无源场的场方程。同时利用瑞利—索末菲衍射积分对该高斯光束的非傍轴传输特性进行了解析研究,给出了空间光强分布、束腰和远场发散角的解析通式,发现该类光束的远场光强呈一平顶空心光束。     

Application of the opto-acoustic effect to the operation of optically pumped far-infrared gas lasers

A method is reported which allows the operation of optically pumped farinfrared (FIR) gas lasers in a simple way: A spectrophone is used to control and to stabilize the pump laser frequency in order to achieve most efficient optical pumping of the FIR laser gas.     

Generalized beam propagation factor of hard-edged circular apertured diffracted Bessel–Gaussian beams

Based on the truncated second-order moments method on the cylindrical coordinate systems and the incomplete gamma function, an analytical expression of the generalized beam propagation factor (M_G² factor) of hard-edged circular apertured diffracted Bessel–Gaussian beams is derived and illustrated numerically. It is shown that the M_G² factor of hard-edged diffracted BGBs mainly depends on the truncation parameter δ and the beam parameters m and η. The results can be reduced to that for the non-truncated Bessel–Gaussian beams case and that for the truncated fundamental Gaussian beams case under certain conditions, respectively. The power fraction is also discussed analytically and numerically.     

高斯光束通过非线性折射和吸收介质的光强分布

以衍射理论为基础,推导并模拟了高斯光束通过非线性折射和吸收效应介质后的远场光强分布。结果表明:入射高斯光束引起的介质折射率变化和光束波前曲率影响介质出射面光束的径向调制相位,安装在焦点前的有自聚焦效应的介质和安装在焦点后的有自散焦效应的介质具有闪耀光栅的能力,使远场出现中心为暗斑外侧为亮环的衍射图样。非线性折射效应为主的介质,其非线性吸收效应的变化同时改变远场衍射图样的数目和光强值,但对于非线性吸收效应为主的介质,衍射图样的数目随吸收效应的变化不明显,吸收效应只影响光强值。     

Three-photon contributions in optically pumped lasers

A signal flow graph representation of the density matrix equations appropriate to a serial three-wave interaction is introduced, from which perturbation theory and AC Stark shift information may be extracted. The conditions for a large interaction cross section for the three-photon transition are deduced and applied to selected experimental situations with the main conclusion being that the effect may be present in a large number of CW and pulsed experiments.Work supported by the Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, and the Joint Services Electronics Program.Also with the Coordinated Science Laboratory.     

扩束准直光学系统中光学元件失调对高斯光束传输变换的影响分析

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅尔衍射积分公式, 以高斯光束为激光束模型,推导了激光光束通过失调扩束准直光学系统的传输公式,分析了光学元件失调对扩束准直光学系统输出光束传输特性的影响,并在此基础上进行了仿真。实验结果表明,高斯光束通过失调扩束准直光学系统时,出射光束变为偏心高斯光束,光学元件失调程度越大,输出光束越偏离光轴,光束质量越差。在同样的失调下,长焦距光学元件对输出光束影响更大,因此在激光扩束准直光学系统中,调整长焦距光学元件更为重要。     

椭圆平顶高斯光束及其传输特性

 用张量光学方法定义了三维不可分离变量的椭圆平顶高斯光束(EFGB),导出了这种光束经过非轴对称光学系统的传输公式及相应的张量ABCD定律, 并对EFGB经过自由空间的传输作了数值计算。结果表明, EFGB的传输特性依赖于阶次, 而且耦合EFGB的光强分布在传输过程中会发生旋转。     

椭圆高斯光束在强非局域非线性介质中的传输特性

研究了傍轴椭圆高斯光束在强非局域非线性介质中的传输特性，得到了其各参量的演化方程 及其精确解析解.通过对束宽演化方程及其精确解析解的进一步分析，发现傍轴椭圆高斯光 束在强非局域非线性介质中传输时，两横向方向束宽作周期性变化.不管初始功率为多大， 光束都将周期性的由椭圆高斯光束演化为圆对称高斯光束，再由圆对称高斯光束演化为椭圆 高斯光束；并且在演化的过程中，椭圆的半长轴和半短轴会作周期性交替变化.另外，在一 定初始功率下，傍轴椭圆高斯光束可以保持某一横向方向的束宽不变，得到光孤子. 关键词： 强非局域非线性介质 非局域非线性薛定谔方程 椭圆高斯光束 参量演化方程 空间孤子     

Mode transformation in very oversized circular waveguides

Very oversized waveguides used in FIR lasers have an unexpected electromagnetic behavior. For high frequencies, situated between IR and FIR, the classical equations are no longer valid.     

光纤激光器频谱组束的理论研究

 建立了由光纤激光器阵列、薄透镜和衍射光栅组成的频谱叠加理论模型,基于高斯光束的变换和衍射理论,推导出远场光强分布的关系式,探讨了系统参量的优化设计并进行了数值模拟。结果表明：当中心波长激光器的-1级干涉主极大与槽面衍射主极大重合、零级干涉主极大刚好落在槽面衍射的+1级零值极小上、其它波长激光器的-1级干涉主极大与中心波长激光器的槽面衍射主极大重合时,输出光束的衍射效率较高;当光栅平面法线与薄透镜光轴的夹角为衍射光栅槽形角的一半时,输出光束的半角宽度较小。     

Collapse arrest in a two-dimensional Airy Gaussian beam and Airy Gaussian vortex beam in nonlocal nonlinear media

Propagation dynamics of a two-dimensional Airy Gaussian beam and Airy Gaussian vortex beam are investigated numerically in local and nonlocal nonlinear media. The self-healing and collapse of the beam crucially depend on the distribution factor b and the topological charge m. With the aid of nonlocality, a stable Airy Gaussian beam and an Airy Gaussian vortex beam with larger amplitude can be obtained, which always collapse in local nonlinear media. When the distribution factor b is large enough, the Airy Gaussian vortex beam will transfer into quasi-vortex solitons in nonlocal nonlinear media.     

基于柱坐标系下的空心高斯光束的分数傅里叶变换

推导出分数傅里叶变换基于柱坐标系下的解析表达式,应用此解析表达式对空心高斯光束进行分析,得到其分数傅里叶变换的解析表达式。讨论其在分数傅里叶变换平面的光强分布与各种光束参数之间的变换关系,并进行数值计算,从而得出基于柱坐标系下的空心高斯光束的分数傅里叶变换的传输性质。所得结果为分析和计算这种光束的分数傅里叶变换提供了方便,同时对此类光束的传输控制提供了基础理论支持。     

Improving the efficiency of certain optically pumped lasers

It is shown that for certain optically excited symmetric top molecules which lase in the far-infrared that it is possible to increase their lasing efficiency through resonant pumping of the higher k quantum number transitions which have increased statistical weights due to increased molecular symmetry.     

任意线偏振高斯光束的非傍轴传输

运用非傍轴光束传输的矢量矩理论，对任意线偏振高斯光束的非傍轴传输进行了系统的研究，给出了定量计算偏振对束腰、横向远场发散角和光束传输因子贡献的解析通式. 并对高度非傍轴和傍轴两种极端情形，简化了相应的计算式. 在高斯光源线度趋向于零的极限情形下，两个横向的最大发散角均为90°，与偏振态无关. 在高度非傍轴情形下，可以通过所给出的解析通式设计高斯光源的半宽度与激射光波长之比值以及线偏振态来达到所期望的光束传输特性. 对于傍轴情形，不同偏振对束腰和横向远场发散角稍有影响，但这种影响一般可以忽略不计；而光束传输因子却始终保持不变，与偏振态无关. 若介于这两种极端情形之间，则可以根据高斯光源的半宽度之值和所期望的计算精度，确定解析式中级数的项数进而确定任意线偏振高斯光束的非傍轴传输特性. 关键词： 高斯光束 非傍轴传输 偏振 二阶矩