Optical power limiting of ultrashort hyper-Gaussian pulses in cascade three-level system

Propagation of strong femtosecond hyper-Gaussian pulses in a cascade three-level molecular system is studied by solving numerically the Maxwell–Bloch equations by the iterative predictor-corrector finite-difference time-domain method.Optical power limiting behavior induced by strong nonlinear two-photon absorption is observed for different orders of the femtosecond hyper-Gaussian pulses. Pulses of a higher order temporal profile are found to have a wider power range of optical limiting but a larger output saturation intensity. Both the output saturation value and the damage threshold of optical power limiting decrease with pulse duration increasing. The decrease of the pulse area along the pulse propagation is much slower than that obtained from the two-photon area theorem due to invalidity of the slowly varying amplitude approximation and the monochromatic field hypothesis.     

Optical limiting of high-repetition-rate laser pulses by carbon nanofibers suspended in polydimethylsiloxane

The mechanism of optical unidirectional (OUD) transmission in parallel subwavelength dual-metal gratings was investigated. It was found that this kind of OUD phenomenon originates from the coupling of the surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) between the front grating and a layer of metal film which replaces the rear grating. The higher the intensity of the coupled SPPs at the entrances of the rear grating, the higher the transmittance can be achieved. Basing on this property, an effective OUD example was achieved by exploring the intensity difference at the entrances of the rear gratings between the two incidences of opposite directions. In this kind of OUD, the positive transmittance can exceed 80 % and the difference between the transmittances of the two opposite directions can be as large as 63 %. The detailed design process was also presented.     

受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲光限幅规律

研究了受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲的光限幅效应。针对四氯化碳介质研究了受激布里渊散射对2ns激光脉冲的光限幅和稳定输出能量的特性,给出了光限幅特性及输出能量与光限幅介质的结构参数之间的关系。对于输入能量波动范围在 13%的激光脉冲,实验获得输出能量波动范围为 7%,与理论分析的结果基本符合。     

受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲光限幅规律

 研究了受激布里渊散射对纳秒激光脉冲的光限幅效应。针对四氯化碳介质研究了受激布里渊散射对2ns激光脉冲的光限幅和稳定输出能量的特性,给出了光限幅特性及输出能量与光限幅介质的结构参数之间的关系。对于输入能量波动范围在 13%的激光脉冲,实验获得输出能量波动范围为 7%,与理论分析的结果基本符合。     

Interaction of ultrashort light pulses with carbon nanotubes

The possibility of existence of electromagnetic solitons in carbon nanotubes is investigated on the basis of the coupled equations for the classical distribution function of electrons in such nanotubes and the Maxwell equations for electromagnetic fields. Solitons arise due to the matched change in the classical distribution function and the electric field formed by nonequilibrium electrons of a carbon nanotube. The data of numerical calculations, indicative of the existence of solitons, are reported.     

新型金属团簇(Et_4N)_3WOS_3Cu_3I_4的皮秒光限幅特性研究

应用波长为532nm,脉冲宽度为40ps的激光脉冲研究了新型金属团簇(Et4N)3WOS3Cu3I4的光限幅性能。实验结果表明,该金属团簇在皮秒激光脉冲的作用下,具有很强的光限幅特性。利用非线性吸收的唯象理论对实验结果进行了分析。     

Optical pulse compression of ultrashort laser pulses in a multi-hollow-core fiber

By numerical simulations and analysis, we proposed a fiber with multi-hollow-core structure for optical pulse compression of high energy ultrashort laser pulses. In this scheme, different parts of a high-energy flat-top pulse are coupled into different hollow cores of such fiber and each of the cores functions as an independent traditional hollow-core fiber compressor. After the multi-hollow-core fiber, the output beams are collimated and compressed to few-cycle level. Then they can be focused to ultra-high intensity. This method can easily be scaled to compressing pulses of large beam size with high energy without limit in principle.     

超短脉冲激光在DBASVP分子中传播时的双光子面积演化和光限幅效应

以一维不对称π共轭分子体系（DBASVP分子）为介质,在双光子共振条件下,从双光子面积定理和严格数值求解Maxwell-Bloch方程两方面出发,分别研究超短脉冲激光在该有机分子介质中的传播过程,从而探讨双光子面积的演化规律,并分析双光子面积定理的适用性.提出了一种数值模拟分子介质光限幅特性的理论方法.分子的电子结构和电偶极矩是基于密度泛函理论利用从头计算方法得到的.研究结果表明,基于慢变幅和慢变相近似以及单模场条件下的双光子面积定理不能很好地描述超短脉冲的双光子面积在该分子介质中的演化规律.基于双光子吸收的分子光限幅特性与分子介质的厚度有关. 关键词： 双光子吸收 光限幅效应 双光子面积定理 超短脉冲激光     

碳纳米管悬浮液对532nm激光限幅机理的实验研究

通过光限幅、Z扫描、非线性吸收和散射能量分布实验,研究了碳纳米管悬浮液对532 nm激光的限幅机理以及样品厚度对光限幅机理的影响。结果表明:碳纳米管悬浮液的光限幅机理并非单纯的非线性散射,对低能量入射激光光限幅特性主要源于对入射激光的非线性吸收;对高能量入射激光,碳纳米管的吸收效应和它电离形成的微等离子体以及液体汽化所形成气泡散射效应的共同作用,使其具有较强的光限幅能力,对浓度一定的悬浮液,增加样品厚度虽然会增强其限幅效果,但却会减弱其非线性散射效应。     

多壁碳纳米管光限幅特性的研究

用化学气相沉积法制备了多壁碳纳米管,并将其溶解在甲苯溶液中.用波长为1064nm的皮秒脉冲激光测量该样品的透过率,发现了非常明显的光限幅特性.当入射光强较小时,透射光强度随入射光强度的增大而增大,输出与输入为线性关系;随着入射光强的增大,透射光强增长的速度明显变慢,并逐渐趋于饱和.当入射光强度较小时,样品的透过率接近100%;而当入射光强为8GW/cm²时,非线性透过率达到30%.根据三光子吸收理论计算,理论拟合与实验结果非常符合,说明多壁碳纳米管的三光子吸收产生了光限幅效应.实验测 关键词： 多壁碳纳米管 光限幅 三光子吸收     

Optical pulse compression of ultrashort laser pulses in an argon-filled planar waveguide

We investigate the possibility of optical pulse compression of high energy ultrashort laser pulses in an argon-filled planar waveguide, based on two level coupled mode theory and the full 3D nonlinear Schr?dinger equation. We derive general expressions for controlling the spatial beam profile and the extent of the spectral broadening. The analysis and simulations suggest that the proposed method should be appropriate for optical pulse compression of ultrashort laser pulses with energies as high as 600 mJ.     

High-dynamic-range characterization of ultrashort pulses

Received: 20 June 1997     

Measurement of ultrashort laser pulses

A proposal for measuring the pulse shape of ultrashort laser pulses is described. The proposed method consists of a Gamo triple intensity-interferometer to measure the triple-correlation function of the light pulses. A subsequent signal processing algorithm is used to reconstruct the true shape of the light pulses out of their triple-correlation function. The suggested method is quite insensitive to noise, as shown by means of computer simulations.     

Spectral self-compression of ultrashort pulses

Spectral self-compression of initially bandwidth limited pulses in negative-dispersion optical fibers is shown on the basis of numerical studies. The peculiarities of the process are revealed for Gausian and secant-hyperbolic pulses.     

Frequency conversion of ultrashort pulses

Problems of frequency conversion of ultrashort pulses are discussed. Efficient frequency conversion methods with large spectral bandwidth are reviewed with special emphasis placed on dispersively compensated schemes employing phase matchable nonlinear optical crystals.     

Divided-pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses

We propose and demonstrate a new approach, to the best of our knowledge, for avoiding nonlinear effects in the amplification of ultrashort optical pulses. The initial pulse is divided longitudinally into a sequence of lower-energy pulses that are otherwise identical to the original, except for the polarization. The low-intensity pulses are amplified and then recombined to create a final intense pulse. This divided-pulse amplification complements techniques based on dispersion management.